Chapter 966 – Tonight’s Plan
I had never seen so many lights at night before. Every household had hung up pumpkin lanterns, some even several. In addition to these, many other decorations were also displayed.
Even in the slums where people had no money, they at least placed some candles on the ground, shaped snowmen into monsters, or carved ghost faces from discarded newspapers and wooden planks to wear in front of them, pretending to be monsters.
According to Leoman, this year’s event would be even bigger because the surrounding areas were corroded to an unimaginable extent. If this combined with the rampant demons on Halloween night, no one knew what kind of catastrophe it would lead to.
Therefore, Emperor Carlos V hoped that at least on Halloween night, things would go well, suppressing the corrosion within the cities and the underground cities, to avoid a situation where the walls were on fire and they were besieged from within and without. Thus, he allocated funds from the national treasury to each city, ordering them to hold a grand Halloween night event.
Now, even the main streets were draped with star-shaped lights, the trees by the roadside were adorned with colorful luminous stones, and many buildings were decorated with colorful flags painted with monsters. Many staff from the Lord of the City’s mansion were checking on households or making preparations.
In this situation, we returned home. As soon as the door opened, Via pounced over and hugged Jayad, “Big Brother is back! Happy Halloween, trick or treat!”
“Uh, here, for you.” Jayad took out the candy we bought while shopping earlier. Because candy would be distributed to children tonight, many stores sold them at a discounted price. Jayad had bought quite a lot, which was originally meant for me.
Europeans particularly enjoyed sweets, with some even having an insatiable craving for them. After obtaining sugarcane cultivation areas by colonizing South America, a large amount of cane sugar flowed into Iberia and was then sold throughout Europe. As a result, the market price of sugar in Iberia was actually very cheap, with a bag costing only a few copper coins.
“Hooray!” Via happily raised her hands, accepted the candy, and opened it excitedly, as if these worthless sweets were something precious.
Hearing the commotion, Lorna also floated over. Jayad carefully noticed a yearning expression on Lorna’s face, but she seemed unfamiliar with the concept of Halloween and didn’t know how to express it.
“Lorna wants some too?” Jayad asked, holding out a candy. The little ghost nodded repeatedly, “Yes! I want some!”
So, she also received some candy and happily spun in mid-air. In the end, only Sherris remained standing at the back. Jayad tentatively asked, “Sherris, do you want candy too? Can you eat it?”
His question was thoughtful. On one hand, it ensured Sherris wouldn’t feel left out, taking care of her emotions. On the other hand, it avoided any potential awkwardness if he offered Sherris candy without asking and she couldn’t eat it.
“I, I don’t know. I can try. Eating a little should be fine.” Sherris had never eaten candy before, but as a mixed-blood, even if ordinary ghouls couldn’t eat something, Sherris could still eat some, though the taste might be a bit strange.
So, Jayad unwrapped a piece of candy and brought it to Sherris’s mouth. Sherris quickly shook her head, “You are the Master, I am the maid. I don’t need this.”
“I am the Master, so Sherris should obey me, right? Open your mouth, ah~” Jayad chuckled. Sherris was startled and obediently opened her mouth, allowing Jayad to put the candy inside.
“So sweet~” Sherris savored it. She could actually eat it without finding it strange. Could it be because candy isn’t a plant?
“I want more~” Sherris finished the candy in a few bites and opened her mouth again. Suddenly, her face turned red, realizing that this was not how a maid should behave. She quickly shook her head and explained, “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to be greedy, that…”
“It’s alright, eat more if you like it. I command you to eat, here, open your mouth.” Jayad seemed to be having fun, and Sherris had no choice but to obey and open her mouth again.
Sherris was actually very pure-hearted. A little teasing would often make her blush shyly, and she wouldn’t dare to resist. She looked particularly cute, making people want to tease her even more. It seemed Jayad understood this essence.
Thus, the candy originally bought for me was completely eaten by these three girls. If anyone really came knocking tonight, we would have no candy to give.
“Don’t eat too much candy. It’s almost time for dinner. By the way, have you guys never eaten candy before? You’re eating so ravenously,” I asked while stirring soup with a spoon, feeling like a busybody.
“We’ve eaten before, but there’s rarely candy in a vampire’s castle. We had to spend a lot of money to buy it from human society, and there weren’t many opportunities to get it. I love it,” Via said.
“My mother bought me some when I was little, but I haven’t had any in many years. I really miss it,” Lorna added. These “many years” probably meant over twenty years; she hadn’t had a chance to eat candy since she died.
“I’ve never eaten it before. This is the first time I’m trying it. I didn’t know food could be this sweet. It’s amazing,” was Sherris’s reply. She grew up in the countryside, and ghoul families didn’t particularly bother with candy. This was her first time tasting it.
Hearing the answers from the three girls, I almost felt reluctant to stop them from eating the candy. I hadn’t expected that they rarely had the chance to eat candy in the past, making me feel like the bad guy.
But it was alright. Tonight, they could eat to their hearts’ content. After dinner was served, we started discussing going to the Halloween parade tonight.
“It seems we have to go out. We didn’t dare to decorate outside the villa during the day. If we don’t go out, we might attract real ghosts to our home,” Via said.
“Yes, I also heard that the factory will be having a Halloween party tonight, and perhaps families with children will be out trick-or-treating. To avoid awkwardness, we should all go out,” Lorna added. She had snuck into the factory again.
“What we were thinking is, um, Master and Parul (Sister), could you join us?” Sherris asked. This was the real reason they brought it up; it was their true intention.
“But, Jayad has the power of Holy Light on him. Going out like this is very risky; it’s easy to attract monsters,” I said worriedly. However, staying home also seemed risky. Leoman said she had directly hidden in the church.
“It seems fine. The light power on my body is inexplicably fading. It will probably be completely gone soon,” Jayad said, raising his hand. A faint light gathered in his palm but quickly dispersed.
This was what Leoman had mentioned, that the power of light would be suppressed on Halloween night. In its place was the yellow-clothed divine power on him, which seemed to be growing stronger, its aura becoming deeper and deeper.
