Let's Manage The Tower
(5) Birth ceremony
The examiner was visiting Vamilinian Castle with Sylvia and Floria.
Shu, who is only one year old, spends most of his time there.
The metastasis gate is not bad for the child's body, but it is decided that it is better not to change the environment very much.
This is why Kaiseki frequently visits the castle.
Sylvia and Floria followed, saying that Kaiseki would go to the castle at the management level.
When I saw the examiners coming, Shreyn looked strange and said.
"What's going on? Bring them all up."
"No, there's nothing particularly weird about it. Just follow me when I tell you I'm coming."
Sylvia and Floria also nodded when the examiner answered that easily.
Nothing really happened, I just came to see Shu's face.
Florian looked around with a strange face at Shreyn, nodding in relief at the answer of the examiner.
"It looks like it's decorated, but what happened here?
The room where the examiners were sitting was slightly wider, and for some reason some vampires around were decorating it.
As far as the work is concerned, it is not just for glamour, but also for regularity.
But Florian didn't know what it meant to decorate it, so he cut his neck.
Instead of Floria, Sylvia looked around the room before seeing Shrein.
"It looks like something that was commonly used in ancient times...?
"Hmm. That's Sylvia. That's almost right."
Shreyne nodded after expressing satisfaction with Sylvia's answer.
But that's all Sylvia knew.
So, this time, my eyes gather to study aids.
The examiner, who understood the meaning properly, shrugged his shoulders and replied.
"Simply looking at the meaning of the spelling, it's like celebrating or celebrating a subject, so is it something for Shu?
Sometimes the decoration is on the way, and I don't know what decoration is for the examiner.
Nevertheless, I can understand the meaning of the spelling that is currently made, so I deduced the answer from that.
With the answer of the examiner, Shreyn nodded with cockroach.
"Mm-hmm. That's right, but it's a little boring if I can be serious here."
"No, I don't know what to do."
Shreyn's bokeh?), the examiner unexpectedly burst in.
The idea of deliberately giving an interesting answer was not part of the study aid because I was looking for an answer in the first place.
It was Shreyne who said that, but she told me to say something interesting in the first place, and I didn't have the personality to prepare an answer right away.
I just wanted to say something in this atmosphere.
That's also true. Well, anyway, the examiner was almost right. More specifically, it includes decorations and calligraphy for the birthday ceremony. "
"Birthday ritual?
Floria tilted her neck to explain Shreyn.
According to Florian common sense, the ritual of birth (like) is performed at birth, and not after growth like shu.
However, apart from Floria, Sylvia, who was supposed to be familiar with such rituals, looked like she remembered something.
"--Certainly, some of the fairly old literature said that rituals were performed a little while after birth. Is it in line with that?
"Hmm. That's Sylvia. Exactly. The rituals we're going to perform are from ancient times."
Shreyne explained further after saying so.
The ritual of birth can now be performed simply by going to the temple.
If the house is wealthy, it will soon become a witch and a priest to come directly to bless it.
Current vampires perform rituals as soon as they are born in accordance with that custom, but old rituals remain.
The old ritual hardly changes what you are doing.
However, it is not until a year has elapsed since the time of birth.
There are several reasons for this, but the biggest one is that it was not recognized as "born" until a year passed in the old age.
It meant that the infant mortality rate was higher than it was today, as sacred magic and magic were developing, so I was watching to see if I could survive a year.
It's a really lonely reason, but when something happens to a baby in reality, it was a time of little help, so it's probably a bad habit.
Therefore, the ritual of birth for surviving children was more important than it is today.
The rituals that Shreyn and the others are about to perform are such so-called rituals.
Having heard a detailed explanation from Shreyn, Sylvia nodded several times with an impressive expression.
I see. Certainly, if you think so, you can see why ancient rituals are more important. "
When Sylvia found out about the ritual in ancient documents, it was written that it was being performed more flashly than it is today.
I didn't know why, but I listened to Shreyne and understood.
The ritual itself is, of course, a harsh one year since its birth in the world (?) I am honestly convinced to celebrate that I survived the time.
Due to the development of sacred laws and magic, it is impossible to judge lightly whether such rituals were good or bad.
Anyway, what remains of this ritual in vampires today is a boulder.
"Vampires still attach more importance to this ritual. It's going to be flashy inside."
Shreyn said that, and now she looked strange.
"Flashy... the decoration itself doesn't look so flashy, does it?
What is decorated in the room is not flashy because it is in accordance with the old ones, or because it is regular.
The room itself is narrower than the large hall, so many people won't be able to enter.
I wondered if this would be as flashy as Shreyn said, and Shreyn looked stunned.
Um... This will still be the castle lord's trail, right? This place isn't the only way to end this, is it?
Florian was somehow convinced of the Shreyn's explanation.
"I see. You want to go outside and festive?
"The festival is a little exaggerated. I don't think it's going to be a little celebration mode."
Shreyn nodded like that, and Florian looked impressed.
"Oh, a vampire festival. If you think about it, you've never seen it."
For some reason, Kaiseki shook his neck to the left and right as much as he could expect.
"Me, I'm not going!? You're going to be surrounded!
Floria and the others laughed as they screamed.
As Kaosuke said, if I show my face to the castle where this is going to happen, there is no doubt that it will be a fuss.
Together they laughed at Kaiseki and looked at Floria with a sinister face.
"I'm not going anyway. If Floria wants to go, I think she should go with Sylvia.
I see. I wanted to go with Kowske, but I'm sorry. "
Florian, who saw that the examiner was seriously reluctant, did not try to force him to invite him back, but did so without difficulty.