A foreigner's journey

The next day, February 19, the Melisis Carnival officially kicked off.

This is the largest carnival in Greece with a history of more than 180 years, and is now the largest and most spectacular carnival in Europe.

The period includes many special activities such as traditional kite flying, chocolate war, treasure games, masquerade and Greek food festival. But if we really want to list one of the most unique activities, both Greeks and tourists will recommend the [Carnival Float Parade] first.

More than 40,000 people participated in the celebration parade that lasted from 2 pm on February 19 until late at night.

The entire Central Street was flooded with people, mobilizing the city's full potential. Nearly 40,000 participants worked tirelessly from the Old Town, along the Central Street through the city of Melicis, passing the Melicis Bridge, and finally arrived at Porto Rey.

In St. Nicholas Square in King's Port, people will hold a grand closing carnival, burn the largest float with the title of "King of Floats" on fire, light fireworks, and then the whole city will start to stage gorgeous concerts and holiday performances. Mask dancing until late at night.

But this morning, when people happily walked out of their homes and hotels to feel the joyful atmosphere of the carnival, they found a faint smell of burning pervading the city.

Crowded with onlookers near the central square, one of the city's landmark buildings, the 'Boulder Hotel', was burned to rubble overnight.

Heather stood in the crowd and looked at the hotel building that was completely burnt black and only half of it was left. To this day, the building is still emitting some black smoke, and the top five floors have completely disappeared. All the glass in the building has been shattered or burned, and the carefully manicured green courtyards and open-air plazas below have also become charred. ruins.

The voices of people around me also came to my ears——

"I heard it was a gas explosion. It's terrible."

"Is a gas explosion so powerful?"

"Maybe the pipeline burst directly? Oh, I don't know if there were any casualties."

"I heard from the fire brigade that everyone in the hotel went out to prepare the carnival floats last night. Fortunately, they escaped and no one was injured."

"What a blessing! What about the travelers staying there?"

"It seems that out of curiosity, everyone went to watch the float production, and there were no casualties."

"It's a miracle!"

Hearing the comments from the people around her, Heather couldn't help but curl her lips slightly. It was 'gas explosion' again, such an old-fashioned reason.

After walking around twice, Heather returned to a cafe next to Central Street. Reiner and Roxana were sitting in a booth in the corner, eating and drinking while waiting.

Reiner, who was wrapped up tightly, looked back and forth warily, like a rat that had just come out of its hole. Roxana was holding a bucket of chocolate popcorn and munching heartlessly.

Seeing Heather push open the door of the coffee shop from a distance, Roxana immediately moved her little hands excitedly and screamed 'ahhh' and 'ahhhh'.

Roxana's deafness was caused by a high fever when she was two years old, so she still cannot speak until she is eight years old. But this does not hinder the communication between Heather and Roxana. Even if she yells "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhress me", Heather can still understand the meaning of Roxana's words.

Heather came over and sat next to Roxana, twirling the popcorn crumbs stuck to the corner of her mouth bit by bit: "You left half of the chocolate popcorn for me? Thank you, but I don't like popcorn, this thing It’s not a fun thing. I’ll take you to play on the street later, okay?”

Seeing that her favorite RIDER was not planning to share the bucket of popcorn, Roxana was a little crestfallen, but she became happy after getting the promise to hang out together.

Then, Heather looked at Reiner: "She is in the stage of losing her teeth. If I see you buying popcorn for her again, I will pull out all your teeth one by one."

The seriousness in his words made Reiner shiver and his head lowered.

Through the glass windows, you can see that the streets are full of cheerful tourists and marchers, most of them wearing masks and festive costumes, dressing up as various mythological or anime characters. Countless ribbons and banners were hung on the houses on both sides of the street. Fireworks exploded in the sky from time to time and countless sequins fluttered down.

The TV above the counter of the coffee shop was playing a live broadcast of the Carnival in Melisis City. The host stood in the middle of St. Nicholas Square in King's Port and introduced the ongoing [Food Festival] event.

The scene was very lively because a shop selling honey pancakes was discovered by a customer that there was a rat infestation in the back kitchen, and the scene was very chaotic for a while. The host was not so much mediating as he was fanning the flames and watching the excitement. Many customers angrily denounced the store and demanded compensation for mental losses.

"It's so unprofessional." Heather also hated this kind of store that didn't care about kitchen hygiene. He looked at Reiner and said, "Let's continue the previous topic. Besides the clock tower, what other organizations does the Magic Association have?"

"Generally speaking, the Magic Association refers to the [Clock Tower], but there are actually two organizations competing with the Clock Tower, namely [Baldanders] and [Atlas Institute]."

When the topic came to his major, Reiner straightened his back a lot:

"There is very little information about these two magic organizations, because compared to the Clock Tower, which recruits talents widely, they are very exclusive and can be said to be typical hermeticism.

[Atlas Courtyard], the courtyard of accumulation and measurement, is called [The Giant's Cellar]. Located somewhere in Egypt, the specific location is unknown, and the specific entry and exit methods are unknown. The magicians there are not good at controlling elemental magic, but are proficient in alchemy. It is said that if you hold one of the seven contracts issued by the Atlas Academy, you can apply to loan an alchemist to the Atlas Academy. But this is just a rumor. No one knows what the so-called 'contract' actually refers to.

[Wandering Sea], the prototype of the Magic Association, has the alias of [Mobile Stone Coffin]. It is said that the base camp is located in Northern Europe, and the specific location is unknown. The content of his research seems to be mainly the transformation of the physical body (human body), but the details are unknown. There are rumors that Hesitant Sea will take down its "heritage defense" on December 31st every year and open the door to recruit talents. "

"Well, the Clock Tower is in London, the Atlas Academy is in Egypt, and the Wandering Sea is in Northern Europe. They are all in Europe, and there is no relevant magic association in Asia?" Although it has nothing to do with the Celestial Empire in this world, the Sea Se was still a little unhappy.

"Well, actually there is. There are two magic organizations in Asia, namely [Mountain Court] and [Spiral Hall]. I also heard these two names from Lord Meastia. Other than that, there are There is no more relevant information. Oh, by the way, according to Lord Meastia, the basic base of magic in Asia is different from that in Europe, and it is a unique [thought magic]."

"Thought magic? What is that?"

"Sorry, I don't know either. I just heard Lord Meastia mention this name."

"What about Japan? Is it Onmyoji?"

"Japan is learning European element magic, which they call 'Western magic'. There are two local families in Fuyuki City. I heard that they dominated the show in the third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City. Unfortunately, because the Holy Grail was destroyed, those Native families also declined rapidly.”

Reiner guessed why Heather wanted to ask about the magic system in Asia or Japan, and asked tentatively:

"Are you asking about Japan's magic system because of yesterday's ASSASSIN that looks like a bird? Masters and servants are not related to each other because of their nationality or magic system. As long as there are holy relics, it is possible to summon the magic system of Japan. Servants related to the legend of the relic.”

Heather said nothing, just lost in thought.

He was easily killed without even releasing his Noble Phantasm. Even for the ASSASSIN class with the weakest frontal combat ability, this was too easy.