"I think music is necessary."

I was talking to her about the festival idea at Sena's house.

The two essential elements of the festival are alcohol and music.

Looking back on the past, there was no festival where these two did not exist.

In the first place, a festival is a prayer to G.o.d, a ritual.

The main purpose was a fertility prayer, which stems from humans' attempts to control nature through the festival.

At the heart of prayer is a desire, after all.

Also, since rituals have the purpose of connecting humans to G.o.d, spirit-enhancing liquor and music were indispensable.

Although it is a memorial festival in the absence of G.o.d, it will not help to omit those that have been regarded as important since ancient times.

"If possible, I would like to have a concert at the opening and closing times."

"A concert? I think we need music for the festival, but we don't have enough time to prepare for something that big."

"Are there any hornedmen that are good at music? I'll use their help."

The Hornedmen is a beastmen with horns and hooves resembling herbivores such as sheep, cows, goats and deer.

Except for the horns and hooves, the figure resembles a human, similar to the Felper (catman).

They have a hobby in the depths of the forest, playing music with homemade instruments.

So if we were to entrust the music for the festival they would be the most suitable ones.

"Oh, right they are indeed great music, but there are only three who are truly adept at music?"

"Only three people in the horned puck are familiar with the music itself, but there are a few others who can play instruments, and some are good at singing."

"Eh, what is it ?! It's my first time hearing about this."

I smiled and nodded at Sena's surprise.

"They told me about it while we were drinking alcohol. Everybody has a little trick up their sleeves."

"Hmm~, is that so?With this maybe we can actually do a concert."

"Yeah, it should be fine. And then-"

Sena also offers a variety of other ideas, and Sena puts them together.

On the way, Sena said:

"Would you like to clarify the theme of the festival anyway? I think it would be easier to select ideas."

"Theme huh. At the moment, it's just the first anniversary of the city. For example, what would be great?"

"How about about this?"

Saying so, Sena begins to paint on her tablet.

The skill was much better than before, and the image in Sena's head soon became a detailed picture.

The painted picture is a scene during the festival, and the details of the store opening and decoration are concrete.

The overall feel is somewhat fancy or perhaps childish.

"Eh, I guess it's all about putting the child as the main character?"

"Yes! That's what it is!"

Sena pa.s.sionately affirmed and continued.

"Because, as Mr. Kaito said, this festival has no G.o.ds to pray. So, if we thought about who to pray instead, we think that the future of our children is good. "

"hmm, the future of the children, I see."

"I think the most important thing to keep this festival as a tradition is that there are people who will take over the festival. Therefore, I want the children who will be the future of this city to enjoy the festival the most."

I was deeply impressed by Sena's words.

Sure, she is right.

No matter how luxurious the festival is, it will soon go out of service if no one keeps it as a tradition.

Then it is the right choice to put those who will take over first.

If they were impressed and pleased, they would naturally want to leave behind even if we weren't forced.

"I think it's a great theme. Alright, let's do just that."

"Really? Yay!

I smiled at Sena, who was pleased ash she clasped her hands, feeling deeply emotional.

Sena has grown as a leader in the city.

"But if you follow Sena's theme, we will be very busy making decorations."

"Everyone does their best. It seems they have a lot of power because of their stable life. They should be happy to cooperate."

"I see, I have to work immediately."

Sena laughed, saying "I see."

The proposed festival at the meeting was approved with a fervent welcome.

No one objected to the theme, and the festival preparations went smoothly.

Each we set up different departments and decided on the responsibility for each part of the festival.

I and Sena are in charge of controlling the whole thing, while checking the progress of each department. A very busy job, but rather a satisfying one at that.

Even today, I was running around between the department heads.

When I run, I suddenly saw Israphel ahead.

Moreover, she was walking alone without straddling Balaina, a rare sight.

She carried a fis.h.i.+ng rod and a bucket, so she must be going to go cloud fis.h.i.+ng.

According to the report of Balaina, Isrpahel is also becoming very familiar with the city.

It was good to pa.s.s, but I was worried.

"Oh, a rare sight, to see you all alone."

As I called out, Israphel glanced at me without stopping.

"... Is it bad to be alone?"

"That's not it. What happened to the Balaina?"

"……over there"

Looking in the direction that Israphel indicated thorugh her chin, I found a bruised Balaina surrounded by children.

I felt like I was asked for help for an instance after our eyes met, but I think it's probably just my own thoughts.

I kept talking while walking beside Israphel.

"So that's why you fish alone. What about these days?"

"Ordinary"

"Ordinary ... I've been thinking about it before."

"……what?"

"You're on good terms with Balaina. Why?"

"What do you mean why, didn't you send her as a caretaker?"

"... Well, that's right, but it's just that you guys were getting along with each other more than I thought."

"that is--"

"that is?"

"I wonder?"

As Israphel leans her head, I nearly fell.

Apparently, she doesn't know anything about the ident.i.ty of Balaina.

So, she might be Metatron after all?

"Is that it? I'll be going?"

"Well, there's nothing else ..."

I know the schedule is tight so I should move right away.

However, there is something about Israphel today that makes me think

I didn't know the answer, so so I followed Israphel.

Israphel didn't show any dislikes even though I was following her, but she doesn't seem to start a conversation.

As I walked silently, I saw the end of a Toyok.u.mo, a fis.h.i.+ng spot for cloud fish.

The end of the Toyok.u.mo was once empty, but now it has scaffolding and fences to keep people from falling.

Although it was set to automatically raise by gravity operation even when a person fell, many voices said that they were uneasy without a fence.

Israphel arrived at the fis.h.i.+ng spot and cast a bucket.

A red magic stone lure draws an arc and lands on the sea of clouds.

The technique of turning the reels around while shaking the poles and appealing to make the cloud fish easy to bite was quite good even when looking at it from the side.

This alone tells me that she was working seriously.

She couldn't catch it once, so she repeated the casting twice and three times, but it didn't hit.

Israphel tilts her head to another point.

I followed her back and leaned my head for another reason.

Why of all the day, today that I started to feel curious about this guy?

Ummm, it's strange. Is this love?

No, definitely not.

Israphel is a dragon. It is not a love target.

Gabriel, her mother, exiled her from Dragon race and she became a human, but since she was turned into a young girl, there was nothing I would be attracted to at.

Rather, it's a story that if something fascinates you, it's dangerous.

So what am I worried about?

Let's observe Israphel again and again.

Um, as usual, she's a blond little girl in a blue dress.

What's weird about

"Oh oh oh!"

I thought there wasn't, but there was.

Yes, there was something obviously different about Israphel.

"Israphel, you!"

As I point and scream, Israphel turns around and grin.

"Huh, finally noticed you fool"

In short, Israphel peeked from the hem of the dress with a tail wrapped in white scales.