blueteamnovel Chapter 244 - 274: Lady Narukami Is Angry
Chapter 244 - 274: Lady Narukami Is Angry
Chapter 244: Chapter 274: Lady Narukami Is Angry
Chapter 274: Lady Narukami Is Angry
"It really is lively down there."
Spitting out a fishbone, Bai Luo stood on something like a bell tower, looking with great interest at the bustling crowd below.
To be honest, in Bai Luo’s memory, Miss Hina—created by Yae Miko—was indeed quite popular, but nowhere near this popular.
Though, this change is probably due to the two of them hyping her up, plus the early reveal of Miss Hina’s portrait.
And considering how many people Gorou had actually helped, it was only natural that he would explode in popularity.
"The time should be about right now, yeah?"
Seeing the crowds lining the street, Bai Luo lifted his head and glanced up at the sun.
The sun wasn’t especially harsh today, but standing under it still felt somewhat hot.
Though that level of heat only made Miss Hina’s fans more fired up.
"Miss Hina!"
"It’s Miss Hina! It’s really Miss Hina!"
"Look! Miss Hina is waving at me!"
"Idiot! She’s obviously waving at me! "
At the end of the street, several burly men in official uniforms walked forward first. They forcefully split the crowd into two sides, protecting the palanquin behind them—carried by eight Slimes.
The Visions hanging from their waists made it clear they were definitely Tenryou Commission officers. After all, no one other than those acknowledged by the Raiden Shogun herself would dare parade around with their Visions so openly.
(Sidenote: Yes, there is lore saying that being acknowledged by the Shogun allows certain people to keep their Visions.)
The tamed Anemo Slimes flapped their tiny wings with effort, steadily holding up the three-level palanquin.
Judging by the decorations not yet removed from it, this should have been a sacred palanquin used in past festivals. But since its owner was none other than Yae Miko of the Grand Narukami Shrine, using it for something like this was... very much her style.
After all, if she could turn the annual Fire-Soothing Festival—originally meant to pray for protection against fires—into a light-novel writing contest, what couldn’t she do?
The bottom level of the palanquin displayed Yae Publishing House’s most popular light novels over the years, along with all sorts of premium merchandise, including figurines of Her Excellency the Almighty Narukami Ogosho.
Bai Luo’s own novel was among them, placed right at center alongside several other top-selling titles.
The second level was different.
It was packed with people.
Some were dressed like bards, holding flower-decorated lyres and singing songs of freedom.
Some looked like adventurers, carrying a battered greatsword and pretending not to care about anything around them.
And some were even dressed in armor, holding polearms.
They had obviously tried to avoid copying a certain deity too closely, but one could still tell at a glance—
Wasn’t that basically the Shogun who dwells in Tenshukaku?
Of course, the most dazzling figure was the girl sitting at the very top.
Seated in a specially made chair, she wore a friendly smile, continuously waving to the crowd.
Smile and wave.
Yes... smile and wave.
Following Bai Luo’s instructions carefully, "she" repeated the motion again and again.
Fortunately, as the general of the Watatsumi Island Resistance, Gorou was already used to being surrounded by people with this kind of intense gaze.
Otherwise... whether he could survive this parade was a real question.
The ones suffering the most were undoubtedly the poor Anemo Slimes flapping their tiny wings. Carrying just one Miss Hina might have been fine, but with so many people crowded onto the second level—and the palanquin itself being heavy to begin with—
All of the Slimes now had eyes shaped like ((ଘ(>-