Star Festival!
"This festival is an event where the number one Knight Order is decided based on the number of stars obtained by each Knight Order throughout the year!" Finral explained to Asta and Adam.
"Our squad is definitely last. We cause more trouble than we get achievements," Adam couldn't help but sigh.
"Damn it, having fun is the most important thing! Let's go!" Captain Yami waved his hand, seemingly impatient.
However, the clothes he was wearing were super embarrassing!
Adam didn't dare to look. Wasn't that the classic attire of a certain island, with a few white ropes tied below, like a sumo wrestler?
"Festival! Girls!"
The Black Bulls F4 embraced each other, and everyone started cheering.
Asta then turned to Finral and said, "Senior, I need your help."
...
At dusk, Castle Town, as the kingdom's most luxurious commercial district, was already bustling with various stalls.
"Enjoy yourselves, kids! It's still a long time until the rankings are announced!"
"I'm so hungry, let's eat something first!"
"Drink!"
"Food! Food!"
...
Upon arriving at Castle Town, following Captain Yami's command, the Black Bulls members began to scatter.
Adam didn't know where to go for a while, so he could only wander around with Noelle and Asta.
Dou Dingsta (Stubby Asta) was extremely excited!
"They're here!" Asta pointed ahead, where Kahono and Zora were waving to Adam and his group.
"Kahono, Zora, why are you here?" Noelle quickly ran over. Kahono was her first friend, after all.
"I asked Senior Finral to bring them over."
"How could I refuse a request from a cute junior?" Finral waved his hand nearby, striking a gentlemanly pose, and said, "You all have fun! There are many other cute girls waiting for me!"
"Why can't you face reality? Even Gray transforming into Gordon gets approached, but you've never successfully approached anyone," Adam said unceremoniously.
"Please respect your senior! Wuwu~" Finral's eyes welled up with tears, and he turned and fled.
Adam's words had hit him where it hurt, making him a bit sad.
"Adam, you're a bit too much. Why can't you tell a white lie?" Asta walked up to Adam, looking like an old man, and patted his shoulder.
"By the way, Zora, did you bring your leg?" Zora took out his short leg, preserved with Water Magic. Asta opened a special bottle containing the Demon Queen's healing magic.
Blood-colored threads emerged from the bottle, coiling around Kahono and Zora's injured areas.
"The Demon Queen has changed for the better too?" Adam was somewhat incredulous. He hadn't heard about this; that old witch had too many tricks up her sleeve.
"Oh oh~"
"My leg is healed!" Kahono happily started singing, and Zora hugged Asta and cried.
"Noelle, you go wander around with Kahono and them. I'm going to buy some things." Adam touched the ring on his hand, where the golden clothes were stored. He planned to stroll around and buy some materials for making puppets.
"Adam, do you need me to go with you?" Noelle said shyly.
"Next time, if there's a chance. You go with Kahono first; she's your first friend." Adam patted Noelle's head. The little girl instantly went into steam-mode, with a bit of smoke rising from her head.
"Asta, have a good time!"
"Okay!"
...
Adam wandered the streets. It seemed that besides commoners, even the nobles who usually hid in the royal noble realm had come out to play.
Adam walked forward. Magna had just asked him to set off fireworks together, but he had refused.
"Captain Yami is actually selling things?" Adam quickly walked past his stall, afraid of being caught by Yami to be free labor.
"That was a close call. I'll leave this kind of work to Asta!" Adam patted his chest. This was an annual festival, and he didn't want to get involved in boring disputes.
"Stay away from Asta and Captain Yami. Those two are pure trouble generators..."
Slap!
"You little brat, watch where you're going! My young master is a noble. Are you, a low-class person, trying to rebel?"
"It was clearly him who bumped into me..."
Anyone with eyes could see that the chubby blond boy had deliberately shoved the simply dressed young man to the ground.
The noble's attendant, like a mad dog, fiercely slapped the young man and continued to lecture him incessantly.
"You low-class person, this isn't where you belong. With a few coppers, you dare to show off? You're looking for death!"
Slap!
Another hard slap. The surrounding crowd was all watching the show, with a hint of pity on their faces, yet no one dared to step forward.
"Still picking them up!"
The coppers in the young man Ishi's hand were kicked and scattered on the ground. He quickly scrambled to search for them. This was money his family had saved for a long time. He wanted to buy some flour to improve his family's meals.
Flour made into a paste was very filling!
"Sir, he's still a child. I apologize to you on his behalf." The village chief, returning from procuring supplies, immediately stood in front of Ishi. He pleaded bitterly. Just as the sharp-nosed, monkey-faced attendant was still swaggering, the fat noble behind him spoke, "Stop hitting him. I'm hungry."
"Yes!"
After a few more vicious kicks, the attendant, with a fawning smile, carried his master on his back and walked forward with difficulty.
He had only gotten down to walk after seeing Ishi...
"Village chief, I'm sorry."
"Silly child..."
Adam's eyes were as dark as a venomous snake, and a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He stared intently at the master and servant, quickly following them.
"My good mood today was completely ruined by these two scoundrels."
If Adam hadn't been afraid of trouble, he would have unleashed a Dragon Blast already. Killing a noble in the street was no small crime.
"Can't let them off easy..."
Barton, riding on his servant Zako, strolled along the food street. Any food he fancied, he would directly grab, without paying a single coin.
"Zako, after this meal, I just want to grab a little girl..."
"Hehe, I understand, Young Master. I'll make sure to get you a pretty one to warm your bed."
Barton was somewhat unrestrained, and Zako, as his attendant, was even more utterly wicked.
Adam, following not far behind the two, quickly entered an alley, took out his grimoire, and began to chant.
"Clever monkey, grant me the ability to transform into all beings!"
A golden light flashed, and Adam transformed into a golden ringed hornet, one of the most dangerous bee species on the ancient planet.
The hornet's stinger held a secret. It combined the venom of ten of the most poisonous animals on the ancient planet: blue-ringed octopus, stonefish, poison dart frog, black mamba... This exotic venom was almost impossible to cure.
Buzz buzz~
Adam swiftly flew out, heading straight for Barton and his attendant.
"Young Master, look, that little girl isn't bad."
Zako was indeed Barton's most loyal servant, with an extremely discerning eye.
He knew who could be bullied and who couldn't.
Above nobles, there were also royals!
"Then what are you waiting for? Quickly put me down, and go grab her."
"Alright!"
Crack!
Just as Zako squatted down, Adam, with lightning speed, directly stung him in the neck.
"Zako, what are you waiting for, quickly... Ah!"
Zako fell straight to the ground, his eyes rolling back, foaming at the mouth, and his entire body turning purplish-blue.
Crack!
"Damn it, you want to..."
Barton, who had fallen to the ground, hadn't even realized what was happening when he was stung by the most venomous needle.
Barton felt as if his whole body was on fire, his mind went blank, and his vision gradually darkened.
The two figures, like purple yams, lay motionless on the ground.
The surrounding crowd dared not approach, still thinking that this noble was playing some new trick to torment people.
Buzz buzz~
"Next life, don't be human anymore!"
Adam flew away without looking back. This kind of potent venom was incurable, even by immortals...
After an unknown period, members of the Golden Dawn patrol saw the two men lying on the ground, their bodies purple. He quickly ran up to check.
"Dead!"