Yarra's Adventure Notes-Chapter 94 - 18 Unexpected Encounter at the Harvest Festival_1

Chapter 94: Chapter 18 Unexpected Encounter at the Harvest Festival_1

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"Toot, toot, toot." A series of whistle sounds rang from the crowd, along with the joyful laughter of children.

"That should be a toy vendor over there." Lina said, pointing in the direction of the whistle sounds: "It seems very lively there."

Pannis asked, "Want to go over and check it out?"

"Absolutely not." Lina shook her head firmly: "Children are just too noisy, we definitely do not want to go over there."

"Hahaha." Pannis laughed heartily and only stopped under Lina’s threatening gaze: "So where are we going to explore?"

"Where should we go?" Lina gently tapped her lips with her index finger, thinking hard: "The Harvest Festival lasts for three days here, different merchants will arrive every day, so there will be different goods and entertainment daily, such as circuses, street performers, troubadours, belly dancers, painters, right, and there are a few competitions too."

"Competitions? What competitions?" Pannis asked curiously.

"Like I said, it’s different every day, there are many types of competitions." Lina started counting on her fingers: "On the first day, there is a wheat reaping competition, a strength competition, and an archery competition. The wheat reaping competition is held on a small dedicated plot of field that they plant every year, all visitors can participate in it. The strength competition is about weight-bearing running, as for the archery competition, it’s quite common."

Pannis nodded, "Hmm, the wheat reaping competition must have originated from farmers competing during the harvest. The strength competition is probably after the harvest, when they run with the bundles of hay. But why the archery competition?"

Lina shrugged, "The book didn’t say, maybe it originated from some story, like a hero saving the village from wild beasts, um, that hero should have been a ranger, yes, it must be like that."

"No, actually, it was a sniper assassin."

"Oh, that’s also possible." Lina nodded knowingly, suddenly paused, and looked around: "Who’s speaking?"

"Just a passerby." Pannis snorted: "Just treat it like background noise and keep going. By the way, what other competitions are there?"

"Oh, background noise huh." Lina nodded: "On the second day, there is a cooking competition and an eating competition. On the third day, there is a mud wrestling competition and a beer drinking competition, and a large-scale dance gathering in the evening. It’s going to be lively."

"There’s also a beauty contest on the third day."

"Oh, right, there’s also a beauty contest." Lina nodded again, then stomped her foot and shouted, "Is this background noise ever going to stop?"

Pannis also pinched the bridge of his nose and said in frustration, "You two quit messing around, just come out."

"Teehee." Following a giggle, two graceful figures miraculously appeared in front of Lina and Pannis.

Indeed miraculous, the two people seemed to appear out of nowhere in front of Lina, as if they were ignored earlier. Even though the surrounding area was bustling with people, Lina looked around without missing a spot, yet the two people huddled together seemed to have been forgotten and only were noticed when pointed out.

"Oh, it’s you." Lina paused, revealed a smile: "Miss Indulgence, thanks for the tip on the last mission, it was very accurate."

"It seems your mission was completed successfully, congratulations." Indulgence showed Lina a sincere smile, then glanced sidelong at Pannis: "And you’ve successfully roped this guy into your team. Even Passion had a hard time doing that back in the day, we have to give you credit for that."

Lina laughed shyly, looking at the person beside Indulgence: "And who is this?"

The person leaning on Indulgence was also a beauty. If a description was necessary, only the words cold and brilliant would suffice. Her half-closed eyes revealed a sharp edge, her stunning complexion expressionless, matching her sharp gaze, giving the impression that one could be cut at any moment. Her curvaceous figure contained an explosive force like a female leopard.

"Passion." The stunningly cold woman seemed to like Lina, her indifferent voice carried a subtle softness.

Lina was stunned: "Ah, it’s you, I’m sorry."

"It doesn’t matter." Passion didn’t even look at Pannis, she indifferently said: "My team has been disbanded already."

"Okay." Lina felt awkward in front of outsiders without Catherine beside her: "What were you doing just now...?"

"Haha, just a little trick of the thief profession." Indulgence, arm in arm with Passion, laughed: "It’s called ’you can’t see me’, hahaha."

"Miss, stop teasing her." Pannis patted Lina’s shoulder from behind, stepping forward: "Are you here for a mission today?"

Indulgence looked at Pannis like she had seen a ghost: "You even started taking the initiative to deflect away attention for people? And even started calling us ’Miss’? Was the real Pannis eaten by a magical creature and now it’s pretending to be him?"

"You guessed it right, I’m a disguise beast, I specialize in sucking human brain pulp, and once I suck it all, I can acquire the other person’s memory and transform into their appearance. Please keep it a secret," Pannis said seriously.

"Disguise Beast?" Indulgence paused, "What’s that? I’ve never heard of it. Does it really exist?"

"You haven’t heard of it?" Pannis said in surprise, "Well, I haven’t either. But who knows, it might actually exist in some other world."

"Hell, you’ve even learned to fight back." Indulgence nudged Passion beside her, "My dear, what do we do now that he’s acting like this?"

Passion gave Pannis a sharp look, completely ignoring him, "Let’s go, keep shopping."

"Alright, we’ve finally managed to get out and unwind a bit, let’s keep looking around." Indulgence stuck out her tongue and made a ’you’re dead’ face at Pannis.

"Wait a second." Pannis called out to the two ladies who were about to leave, faced Passion’s cold gaze, got close to her and whispered something in her ear. Even with Indulgence’s Legendary Rank perceptiveness, she only heard intermittent words like "last time", "some words", and "hurting you".

However, after hearing Pannis’ words, Passion’s gaze softened significantly, and a rare expression showed up on her face. She glared at Pannis, "I understand." She then pulled Indulgence to turn around and leave, ignoring Indulgence’s incessant chatter in her ear and persisting in saying nothing.

"What did you say to her?" Lina’s curiosity was piqued again. "What made her thaw out like that?"

"Guess." Pannis put his hands in his pockets and swayed his way back onto his interrupted journey. "If you guess correctly, I’ll tell you."

"You’re such a cheapskate." Lina pouts and asks, "How did they just appear next to us like that?"

"Didn’t Indulgence already tell you?" Pannis said, "’You can’t see me’ right?"

"What?" Lina opened her mouth wide in surprise, "Was that not a joke? Is there really such a skill?"

"Of course it’s not a joke." Pannis explained, "Hiding oneself is not difficult. The real challenge is to make others not see me even when I’m right there, just like just now. Essentially, it involves using some tricks to make others ignore you. But such a skill can only be used in crowded or cluttered places. If the environment is too simple, it’s useless."

"Ha, what a funny name." Lina said with interest. "Knowledge from other professions is indeed intriguing."

"Alright, let’s move on. I’ve heard there are lots of special snacks from all over the world here. Let’s hurry, I’m hungry." Pannis’s eyes sparkled as he wipe the corners of his mouth, eager to go.

"I can’t stand you, fine, let’s go, and try some street food." Lina sighed helplessly, then her interest piqued again, "By the way, I forgot to ask you. It’s very unusual for you. You used to hit on every beautiful woman you saw ever since you joined our adventuring team. But when those two beauties were in front of you, you didn’t bother them."

"Because they’re not fresh anymore." Pannis replied calmly.

"What do you mean? What does ’not fresh’ mean, are they too old?" Lina asked curiously.

"Only fresh beauties are worth paying attention to. Every unfamiliar beauty has her own charm, her own beauty. Everyone is different, different faces, different personalities, don’t you think it’s this freshness that’s the most enticing part?" Pannis said passionately with a yearning look, "Such fresh beauties with different shy expressions when flirting - I mean, when chatting, the changing distances, the blush when they’re angry, oh how intoxicating! Only such fresh beauties are the most perfect, outdated ones are heresy."

"You... You... jerk." Lina’s mouth twitched, and she stomped heavily on Pannis’ shin. She turned around with a face full of anger and stormed off, leaving Pannis screaming in pain and holding his leg.

"What did you do that for? It hurts so much!" Pannis hopped on one foot and followed after Lina. "Wait for me, I’m hurting."

"Stay away from me, I don’t know you. Scumbag, don’t get close to me. If you come any closer, I’m going to kick you again."

The two of them were laughing and joking as they strolled down the bustling streets, enjoying the various stalls around. The greedy Pannis never stopped munching, constantly buying local foods from the roadside vendors, enjoying the whole journey. On the other hand, Lina was just wandering aimlessly and never stopped at any stall.

"Don’t you plan to buy something?" Pannis passed Lina a cup of green drink, "Try it, you’ll definitely like it."

"There’s nothing I like, so I won’t buy." Lina took the drink and tasted it cautiously. Her eyes immediately lit up, "The fruity flavor has a thick taste of mint, good drink. You’re quite thoughtful."

"Miss Lina, whew, and this mister, whew whew. I finally found you guys."

The two turned around in surprise to see a nun-dressed little girl gasping for breath behind them.

"Don’t rush." Lina went up to pat the little girl’s back, "Take your time, what’s up?"

"Please come back to the temple with me quickly." The little girl grabbed Lina’s hand and said, "The Priest is looking for you. He seems very worried as if something has happened."

"Okay, let’s go." Lina exchanged glances with Pannis, nodded, and followed the little girl through the crowd, heading back towards the temple.