18- Turtle Mountain Festiva

As the carriage approached the lighted area on the outskirts of town, Alyssa stopped the carriage.

Carmen stood up and grabbed Evan by the waist, lifting me and perching Evan on her shoulders.

"Don't go too far" Said Alyssa who then looked back at Evan and gave him a nod, although from the beginning her intention for Evan to enjoy the festival was clear she wanted to emphasize with her nod.

The carriage continued leaving Evan and Carmen behind.

Carmen took the cloth blindfold and placed it around Evan's eyes, covering his strange and unique eyes. His skin looked yellow from the illumination of the fire-lit lamps.

Mana lamps are too expensive to use if there is no mage to constantly feed them with mana or if they are not in an area where mana is dense, electricity-powered lamps could be used but that is the reverse of the step, obsolete and useless.

The only option is to find an area fed with dense mana, an example is the case of Alexandria the capital, an area where mana is very dense making it possible for mana lamps to be very cheap and accessible. But also the situation of Alexandria is very special, it is not a zone of natural dense mana, but created by the human presence or being more specific of the WR family, the WR family has 26 mages of semi-Divine level.

Carmen put Evan on the ground and let him lead the way, effortlessly she made her presence become null, only leaving a trail for Evan to detect her.

"I'll be around you, enjoy the festival all you want" With a kind tone she let Evan be free to enjoy the walk.

Evan enjoyed the moment, and with an expectant heart, he headed into town. The closer he got the more he could hear the excitement of the people. The joyful music, produced by different people, had no order, on one side one song was playing while on the other side of the street, another song was playing.

He had not yet entered the village but, what he could already observe and hear from a distance thanks to his underdeveloped senses was exciting, he increased his steps and when he entered his face lit up with joy, even his cheeks seemed to regain the color of his joy.

"Beef bruschetta!"

"Honey toast!"

"You saw this year Alyssa, the Smoky Wave, arrive!"

"Yes I saw her, it's awesome to see her up close."

"More beer over here"

"A pork leg over here"

There were tables in front of the restaurants and kegs of beer outside each bar and the restaurants repeated the same method. There were food stalls on the sides of the street which shared names with some of the restaurants and bars.

Around the fountain were mostly musicians, playing their own music, and around them, various couples of all ages were dancing to the music.

Evan sighed, detecting Carmen. So he extended his hand and Carmen responded by taking his.

Evan ran over to the first booth, where they were giving out meat skewers.

"Hi! I'd like to order 5" said Evan excitedly.

"Sure young man, what kind of meat would you like? We have Pork, Cow, and Turtle."

"Give me two of turtle and three of Cow."

The gentleman handed him the meat skewers and Evan said goodbye without paying.

"Wait, boy!"

Then he saw that behind the young man stood a young woman dressed as a Maid with dark skin and dark hair, her presence was so faint that he couldn't detect her but now like this. but her presence was still so faint that he could only pick up the 10 bronze coins handed to him by this young woman and then ignore her presence totally.

Evan went through each stall, it didn't matter if what they were giving out was sweet or savory food, he devoured each dish without exception. His palate salivated every time he tasted something different, no matter what they gave him Evan devoured it.

A strange hunger for a human even for those who have Aura, since every time they increase in rank they need less and less. For a vampire, it is also strange since he only needs to feed on blood and that need decreases with time, it would be the same for demons, but not for a Spirit Beast.

Spirit beasts instinctively eat large quantities.

A grizzly bear can eat up to 40 kilograms of meat a day. But for a spirit beast that amount may be even less.

A spirit beast in its infancy, 10 to 12 years, eats between 20 to 60 kilograms of meat, vegetables, and fruit. In teenagers, that amount doubles. A spirit beast between 13 and 18 years old eats between 40 to 135 kilograms of meat, vegetables, and fruit.

***

In the WR family home.

"Let's go together, you just have to let me put several spells on you to change your appearance."

Vayre repeated this sentence several times in front of Evan's door, sometimes stopping or unable to say the whole sentence. She felt a little bad for speaking rudely to her son, but she had no regrets about her thoughts.

Now, that she felt a little calmer she decided to accompany Evan to the festival, she could put several spells on him to change his appearance.

She stood in front of the door to Evan's room for a few minutes before deciding to enter.

She grabbed the handle and turned it, thus opening Evan's dark room.

Immediately around her eyes a circle with various symbols appeared, allowing here to see in the dark. With a friendly smile, she looked toward the bed but no one was there. Not even her senses permanently enhanced by magic circles on her body could detect Evan.

There was only one person in the room, her presence was confusing but she mimicked Evan's presence in the distance making her senses confused.

When she looked back to the couch where that presence was.

She noticed Enola, who was sipping a cup of red herbal tea.

"Where is he?" she asked with a grim expression.

Enola looked at her, her expression calm and indifferent, without giving her so much as an answer.

"Answer me!" she commanded.

At her tone Enola's indifferent and calm expression disappeared, turning into a look which despised her.

"You, you don't give me orders" Enola replied, with a cold and sharp tone.