I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

Letting children raise a small animal can still be a good way to cultivate empathy. As a possible future monarch, empathy is a very necessary thing to have.

There is no downside except that the animals are slightly larger.

"Yeah! This beef is delicious!"

Arthur took the knife and fork and wolfed down the steak on the plate, making a crisp sound when the knife and fork hit the porcelain plate.

Compared to Arthur, Alicia was much more elegant. She sat upright, holding a knife in one hand and a fork in the other, eating in small bites.

"Is this the beef brought back from Sashili?" Alicia said.

Xia Ya nodded, "Have you been there?"

"I haven't been there, but I have eaten this beef." Alicia replied, "Do you plan to move there? I heard that the place is quite beautiful."

Xia Ya smiled. He seemed to want to say something. The noise outside the window attracted his attention. He turned his head and looked out the window.

The gate at the moment is in Eagle Point Town. Through the window, you can see the flow of people on the street. Compared to this time in the past, there are many more people on the street.

There were people from this town and many strangers from other places. Some of them were dressed very gorgeously, just like the nobles of the imperial capital.

Young men in porter costumes carried boxes of wine up the ramp.

"Char! Look, it's such a big boat!"

Arthur exclaimed from the side.

On the sea behind the opposite house, a huge wooden sailboat was docked at the port. It had a huge curved stern and a huge bowsprit. It was equipped with several square sails on the foremast and topmast, and a jib on the mizzen mast.

The visual tonnage should be more than 600 tons. It is a mixture of iron and wood. For this era, this kind of ship is very impactful. A long and large wooden board connects the ship to the port, and the porters on it are carrying it one after another. Carrying goods.

"Why did so many people come suddenly?" Xia Ya said.

"Because the Dionysus Festival is about to begin." Alicia said behind her.

"Bacchus Festival?" Xia Ya recalled it, and it seemed that she had indeed heard Mr. Foster mention it.

"what is that?"

"You can also call it the Festival of Dionysus." Alicia said, "It is any festival held for Bacchus (Dionysus), the god of wine, in ancient Greek and Roman religion.

This festival has existed as early as ancient Greece. This event is held in Athens every March to show respect for Dionysus, the god of wine.

The impromptu song sung by people at the banquet in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine, is called the "Hymn to the Bacchus".

The end of February is the month of Ancestri Pleiades, and the first day of this festival is the opening ceremony of fermented grog.

The next day was the Feast of the Water Jar, when people drank new wine and made bets at a public feast;

People also held secret sacrificial ceremonies on this day - the highest chief executive would sacrifice his wife to Dionysus, the god of wine. "

Xia Ya raised an eyebrow with a strange look on his face.

"But this is just a symbolic wedding ceremony." Alicia said.

“Then the third day is the Festival of the Pot, where people put out a pot of cooked vegetables as an offering to Hades and all the spirits of the dead.

Finally, there is the Pleiades month of Elaphipolis, which is the beginning of March. In this month, people hold the Great Bacchanalia.

The boys held parades, songs and dances. At sunset, people drink on deck chairs.

People also spend huge sums of money to perform many tragedies and comedies for a large audience. The government will invite everyone to drink and eat meat to their heart's content, thus pushing the festive atmosphere to the climax.

Although both Greece and Rome have perished, Europe, including Britannia, is the inheritor of Rome, and some towns will celebrate the Dionysus Festival.

Eagle Point Town is also very famous. Many nobles and businessmen come here to participate. Every year during the Dionysus Festival, Eagle Point Town sells a large amount of wine.

But it was banned for the first two years. "

"Why should we ban such an interesting festival?" Arthur asked.

"Because there are so many drunk people on the festival day, and the number of drunken people has also skyrocketed on this basis, almost every year there are violent incidents at the Dionysus Festival." Alicia said.

"I heard this from Mrs. Foster, but the sales of wine in Eagle Point have not been very good in recent years. At the request of the townspeople, the Dionysus Festival was restarted this year."

Arthur's eyes were wide open and his gaze was as bright as a torch.

"When does it begin!?"

"Today is the Festival of Burning Pots," Alicia said, "tomorrow is the Great Dionysian Festival."

After a pause, she said, "But there's no way we can participate. There's a Witch of the Wild on the street, isn't there?"

Alicia's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Arthur's head mercilessly, extinguishing his excitement at the moment and making him instantly feel a lot more depressed.

Then, he said angrily, "This damn Witch of the Wilderness! What a bad guy!"

The little lion in his arms seemed to be aware of Arthur's anger. It opened its huge mouth, exposed its sharp teeth, and let out a fierce roar.

"Ouch!"

Alicia looked at Sonny strangely, "Is this really a cat? Why does it sound so strangely?"

"It won't be surprising when it grows up." Xia Ya said.

"Grow up?" Alicia said in astonishment, "Is this cat not an adult yet?"

"Some cats are bigger, aren't they?" Xia Ya said.

Alicia nodded, "That's true. I heard that the largest Maine Coon cat is over one meter long."

Hearing that his cat would grow up, Arthur looked at the steak that was still a little bit left on the plate. He fed it to the little lion with a fork and whispered.

"You need to eat more and grow up quickly."

Looking at this scene, Xia Ya smiled. He made the right choice in choosing Sashili. The meat there was very cheap. After all, it was mainly based on animal husbandry.

It will take a lot of meat to raise this lion in the future.

Tonight, Eagle Point Town is no longer the tranquility of the past. It has become noisy and lively, and the festive atmosphere is getting stronger day by day.

For people in this town, the Dionysus Festival is the most important festival of the year, comparable to the Spring Festival, so people from every household will come out to help prepare.

Tonight will be a sleepless night, but the bustle of the festival seems to have nothing to do with the castle.

When they got up the next morning, the whole street had changed, and colorful lanterns were hung above the street.

All the shops and stalls on the main street near the sea have been closed. Not to mention fish, there is not even a fish bone to be seen.

The streets were crowded with people, and some even crowded to the door of the castle, making a lot of noise.

Arthur held the little lion and leaned against the window, trying hard to see the scenery on the main street.

Over there, a group of young men with naked upper bodies, full of muscles, bronze skin, and wearing ancient Greek war skirts sat on a parade float, holding swords and shields and slapping each other to make a sound. The thumping sound was accompanied by war drums, which made people laugh. People seem to have seen the bravery of the Spartans at the Hot Springs Pass more than a thousand years ago.

There were several floats behind, with some dancers in special clothes dancing on them.

Yet this is the appetizer for this festival.

At the end of the float parade, on the plain swamp to the north, there is food and wine, and it will be an all-night carnival.