The next day, February 19, the Melisis Carnival officially kicked off.
With a history of more than 180 years, this largest carnival in Greece 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, masquerades, and Greek food festivals. But if you really want to list one of the most unique activities, then both Greeks and tourists will recommend the [Carnival Float Parade]
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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 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.
Face-to-face dancing until late at night.
But this morning, when people happily walked out of their homes and hotels to feel the happy atmosphere of the carnival, they found that there was a faint smell of burning in 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. The building was still emitting some black smoke, and the top five floors had completely disappeared, along with the entire building's glass.
All were blown to pieces or burned, and the carefully manicured green courtyards and open squares underneath were reduced to 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?"
"Perhaps the pipeline burst directly? Oops, 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 without any injuries."
"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."
“Absolutely a miracle!”
Hearing the comments from the people around her, Heather couldn't help curling 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, where Reiner and Roxana were sitting in a booth in the corner, eating and drinking, waiting.
Reiner, who was wrapped up tightly, was seen looking back and forth warily, like a rock rat that had just emerged from his hole. Roxana, on the other hand, was heartlessly holding a bucket of chocolate popcorn and munching on it.
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 can't speak until she is eight years old. But this does not hinder the communication between Heather and Roxana, even if they are "ahhhhhhhhh"
Even if she shouted, Heather could 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 going to share the bucket of popcorn, Roxana was a little downcast, 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 wear masks and festive costumes, dressing up as various mythical or anime characters. There are several hangings on the houses on both sides of the street.
There were unclear ribbons and banners, 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 center 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 mouse in the back kitchen. The scene was very chaotic for a while. The host was not so much mediating as he was making a fire and watching the fun. Many customers were there.
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: "Let's continue the previous topic. What other organizations does the Magic Association have besides the Clock Tower?"
"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 Court], the Court of Accumulation and Measurement, is called [The Crypt of the Giant]. It is 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 using elemental magic, but
Proficient in alchemy. It is said that if you hold one of the seven contracts issued by the Atlas Academy, you can apply for the secondment of an alchemist from the Atlas Academy. But this is just a rumor, and no one knows
Know 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 its base camp is in Northern Europe, and the specific location is unknown. Its research content seems to be mainly the transformation of the 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 relevant information anymore. Oh, by the way, according to Lord Meastia, the basic magic of Asia is different from that of Europe, and it is a unique [thought magic]."
"Thought magic? What is that?"
"Sorry, I don't know either. I just heard the name was mentioned by Lord Meastia."
"What about Japan? Is it Onmyoji?"
"Japan learned European elemental magic, which they call 'Western magic'. There are two local families in Fuyuki City. I heard that they dominated 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 didn't speak, 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.