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IX: Festival of the Witch; Each and everyone is invited to Cuisine a La Grandé
SIXTH OF OCTOBER in a weirdly no particular year timeframe: that was what the calendar suggested to me when I tried to check it in my chamber. I even asked some of the butlers I passed by and their answers were all the same.
Today marked the traditional celebration of the Festival of the Witch. I don’t know who exactly this witch they were trying to offer this festivity to, was this their religion or something? Or perhaps a god that they fear for taking their live
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