Chapter 419 Float Parade
The grass gods were picked up by the flower knights and put on the floats, and the float parade officially started from Jingshan Palace.
In previous Flora Festivals, the only venue was the Grand Bazaar and the float parade only went around the Grand Bazaar, so the dancers performing the Flora Dance had to perform on stage.
But according to ancient tradition, the Dance of the Flower Goddess is performed following the floats during the parade.
So this time, the dancer Nero, dressed in the costume of the goddess of flowers, appeared in front of the float, slowly moved forward with the float, and performed a graceful dance of the goddess of flowers.
Wherever she stepped, purple-red flowers grew from the ground.
"Is that...Paddy Shallan?"
People are familiar with this flower, although generally speaking it is not purple-red.
In fact, the purple-red Patisallan had long become extinct with the fall of the flower god. The Patisallan that people see now is actually a variety created by the Great Compassion Tree King.
"..."
Nilu's graceful dance, coupled with the fairy-tale-like scene where Patisharan appeared out of thin air, made many people immersed in this picturesque and beautiful scene.
Only a group of people in charge of cleaning covered their faces and almost made a sharp explosion.
"Girl, can we start now?"
Following the float as a flower knight, Liu Bai couldn't help but ask Nashida, who was sitting next to the Great Mercy Tree King on the float and waving to the people.
"Sure, let's go together~"
Nashida smiled and nodded, then stood up from her seat.
The float moves slowly and steadily, so you don't have to worry about losing your balance when walking on it.
On the float were boxes that had been prepared long ago, filled with candies. Nashida and Liu Bai reached out their hands, grabbed a handful of candies from the box, and threw them around.
Originally, it was mostly children who grabbed the candies, but this time it was different. These were the candies thrown out by the God of Grass himself. The spectators watching the parade on both sides of the road quickly raised their hands, hoping to catch one.
As the second Flower Knight, Apep also reached out and grabbed a handful of candy from the box, but instead of throwing it away, she handed it to the Great Mercy Tree King.
The Great Mercy Tree King smiled and shook his head, then he stretched out his hands, held Apep's hands, pushed them aside, and threw the candies out with her.
In this way, the entire process of the float parade went very smoothly.
Although the scale of this float parade is still limited to Xumi City, the end point is not the Grand Bazaar, but a relatively large square in Xumi City.
After the float parade ended, Liu Bai, still in his Flower Knight costume, couldn't wait to take out the three-layer cake and placed it on a pushable food cart.
"Big cat, can you lend me a light?"
Then Liu Bai held a torch and spoke to Dishiya who was accompanying Dina Zedai in the crowd.
Dixia stretched out her hand and used the power of fire to light the torch. Liu Bai then held the torch and lit the special candle on top of the three-layer cake.
After lighting the candles, Liu Bai couldn't wait to push the cake towards Nashida and the Great Tree King.
While pushing, Liu Bai reached into the small white house, intending to take out the birthday gift he had carefully prepared for Nashida.
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Suddenly, Liu Bai tilted his head.
Where are my seven Lannaro wood carvings?!
Damn, there’s a thief in my house!
Liu Bai suddenly found that he could not find his seven Lannaro wood sculptures in the little white house.
But the cake was almost in front of Nashida. If she couldn't come up with a gift...
"Whoo~"
Everything went according to the normal process, but Liu Bai was a little nervous, which made Nashida and the Great Tree King a little confused, but the two of them still blew out the candles on the cake together.
"Why do you look so nervous?"
After blowing out the candle, Nashida couldn't help but ask Liu Bai beside her.
"No, nothing... Oh, by the way, girl, I have prepared a surprise gift for you. I will give it to you alone after we go back."
Liu Bai spoke weakly, but soon an idea came to him and explained it to Nashida.
"Okay, okay, then it's time to eat cake."
Nashida nodded, explained something to Liu Bai, and then stood up and asked someone to bring up the cakes that had been customized at various cake workshops.
If nothing goes wrong, everyone present can have a small taste of the cake.
"Girl, try it too. This was made for me by the master."
Liu Bai held a piece of cake, picked up a part of it with a fork and put it to Nashida's mouth.
"Uh-huh."
Nashida nodded happily and opened her mouth to take the cake that Liu Bai brought to her.
Click——click——
Below the stage, a pink-haired reporter who came all the way from Fontaine was happily filming this scene.
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The Flower Goddess Birthday Festival came to a successful conclusion in a cheerful atmosphere and with everyone’s blessings.
At night, Liu Bai returned to the little white house. While Nashida was taking a bath, he began to search carefully in the little white house.
"That's strange. Where are my seven Lanaros..."
Liu Bai scratched his head and searched room by room.
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Nashida, who was taking a shower halfway, looked at Liu Bai in confusion as he came in, took a look around, and then went out again.
"You left the door open."
Nashida couldn't help but remind him, and Liu Bai then turned back and closed the bathroom door.
After searching for a long time without any results, Liu Bai had to give up looking for the seven Lanaros and began to think of other methods.
So, when Nashida finished her bath, changed her clothes, left the bathroom and returned to her bedroom...
"Girl, happy birthday~"
Liu Bai, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, immediately raised his hands and spoke to Nashida.
At this time, he tied a huge bow on his head with the ribbon used to pack the gift box, and then took out a red rope from somewhere and tied his wrists together.
"Uh-huh, you're giving me something that belongs to me as a gift?"
Looking at Liu Bai tying her wrists, Nashida put her hands on her hips with a bit of amusement.
"Eh?"
Liu Bai was stunned when he heard Nashida's words.
"Have you forgotten? You gave yourself to me like this last year~"
Nashida walked forward happily, reached out and held Liu Bai's tied hands.
"what……"
Liu Bai felt a little distressed for a moment. If this happened, he would have no gifts left. It seemed that he had to see if there were any unused props in the system...
"But I am still very satisfied with this gift, thank you."
Then Nashida held Liu Bai's tied hands against her chest and spoke to him happily.
"Ding ding, congratulations to the host for completing the side quest (Birthday of the Flower God) and receiving the reward."
[You reap what you sow (one-time): Anything the host plants in the soil will sprout, mature and produce identical items after a certain period of time. The number of fruits produced will decrease according to the rarity, with a minimum of 1 (excluding the planted items).]
When Nashida finished speaking, the system popped up a prompt like this.
"Okay~"
"Girl, you can open your presents now!"
Seeing that the task was completed, Liu Bai opened his palms happily and couldn't wait to speak to Nashida.
"Okay, I'm welcome then."
Only then did Nashida let go of Liu Bai's hands, nodded, and tried to help Liu Bai untie the red rope on his wrists.
"Hmm... can't be untied? And this rope can't be untied?"
"Looks like you're going to be in this state for a while."
After a little attempt, Nashida found that she couldn't untie the rope or destroy it, so she had to spread her hands helplessly.
After hearing Nashida say that it could not be destroyed, Liu Bai was stunned for a moment, and then immediately started to check.
[Conceptual item: Red string of matchmaker: When you obtain it, it will automatically fix your existing marriage and it will never wear out, so now you can probably only use it to flirt in the bedroom.]
"Wow... I think I took the wrong rope. This is the matchmaker's red rope, it can't be broken..."
Only when Liu Bai saw the description marked by the system did he realize the problem.
"Then I can only tie it up first~"
Nashida said this with some amusement, then climbed onto the bed and snuggled into Liu Bai's arms.
Liu Bai's wrists were just tied together with red ropes and couldn't be separated. Nashida went straight into his arms and let him put his hands over his shoulders in front of her body.
In this way, the two of them were barely tied together.
"By the way, can you tell me a story?"
Leaning in Liu Bai's arms, Nashida suddenly looked up and asked Liu Bai.
"Wow, I'm tied up like this, and you still want me to tell you a story..."
"Forget it, if you want to hear it, I'll tell you one."
"Today I will tell you a story about the god of the lamp, Ding."
Liu Bai was depressed for a moment, but still nodded in agreement.
"Eh? Aladdin the lamp god..."
"Shen Ding...the magic lamp...?"
Hearing Liu Bai's words, Nashida was stunned for a moment.
The next moment, she felt something and raised one hand. A white-green lamp that had been hidden in her body for some unknown period of time appeared in her hand.
"A Thousand Nights of Floating Dreams..."
Nashida subconsciously said the name of the lamp.
"Wow, where's the chamber pot?"
Seeing the exquisite thing in Nashida's hand, Liu Bai asked curiously.
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