A busy crowd at the festival as Cedric found himself walking aimlessly with a frown on his face. Everyone were on their high-spirits alongside with the colorful themes on the festival, especially the different colors of dresses that everyone wore
Even the men themselves were in on it...
Except for a certain Sorcerer of course.
Not even bothering to make an effort, Cedric wore a casual black shirt with some normal pants to add so. With this, he surely stood out as the only bland one among them.
He didn't care however, if only not for the phoenix feather that was displayed to be won at one of the stalls, there was no way in Merlyn's beard that he was even gonna consider coming here.
His gaze was all over the festival. The lights sure added into the nice festivity of everything especially this evening. With this busy crowd and the noise generating from everyone, getting lost in such crowd would definitely suck
As he continued his strolling, he notices something on his hand that he had lost awareness of with the overthinking. It was the "umi hairclip" or what that woman told him that he won from that stall that he played on. He wanted the phoenix feather yet this is what he won...
Crazy how luck always seem to be against him.
But then again, Cedric decided to keep it. It might actually be worth quite a fortune or even be a treasure for someone else.
Not for him though, his hair isn't long enough for something like this.
He oughta give it so someone... but who?
Just as he thought of this, a certain girl caught his gaze
"Hey Sofia!"
A certain auburn haired princess turned to him as he called out for her name. A smile immediately forms on her lips as she sees him
"Mr. Ceedric!" she greeted him with enthusiasm "You came!"
"Of course I did..." he looked away, trying to avert his gaze from her
"Well. I'm glad you're here" she hummed in a soft tone "By the way, who are you with?"
"I came alone."
"Alone?" her expression turned to surprise as he said this
"Yeah" he grew curious over her sudden reaction "What's up?"
"Cedric.." he giggled on the spot, knowing how introverted the Sorcerer is, this is to be expected..
"You're supposed to be with friends when you come to places like this"
"Oof, what's the difference.." he murmured under his breath.
A sudden silence filled the air as they stood against each other, not a word to be said. The ambient background noise of everyone's chattering and holler filled the awkward vibe... but for Cedric, it wasn't awkward in the first place
Sofia slowly fixed an auburn curl of her hair to her ear "Cedric... d-do you like what you see?"
"Yeah, the festival is quite something, eh?" Sofia notices he was looking at the festival... not her
A pout forms on her face "I meant my dress!" she was quick to grunt at Cedric which forced him to look at her
"Yeah, it looks normal."
"Normal?" her pout deepens with her eyebrows furrowed, clearly offended
"Wah, what do you expect me to say. It's covering your body, and that's good enough.."
