This tradition and legend were one of the reasons why the festival zone would be locked down at noon.
It allowed the secret guards to distribute the envelopes without missing a single talent!
From 7 a.m until 12 p.m, the royal secretary would note down all the talents Mariella picked up based on their number tags.
Later on, the secret guards would rely on this list to distribute the envelopes.
Wouldn't the royal family be afraid of losing talents this way?
What if the talented people lost their number tags or small bags and couldn't receive the invitation because of it?
Or what if they lost the invitation?
For these unlucky people...even if they're the chosen talent, the royal family would give up on them.
After all, if they couldn't take care of their important number tag, small bag or invitation, how could they take care of a bigger matter?
The security at the festival was absolutely good, and no one would steal other people's number tags or small bags.
After all, these visitors would either stamp the bag with their fingerprint stamp or sign the bag with their signature.
Even if the bag was stolen, the thief would get nothing from it.
Of course, there were still a lot of pickpocketing cases at the festival and other small issues.
After all, the festival was so big and the number of people visiting the festival each day was enormous.
The guards also didn't check their backgrounds and only checked their identity cards and other safety measures such as hidden weapons and the like.
But there would always be some loopholes and dangerous people would still mix with the crowd.
Thankfully, so far, there had never been a terrorist activity at the festival or serious cases such as murders and attempt murders.
"You can leave the festival security measures and other things to me." Duke Fez patted Mariella's head before poking her cheek.
"Your job is only to pick up talents and tell the secretary, get it?" Duke Fez added.
After that, Isabella could enjoy the festival until midnight. That's twelve hours!
"I will accompany you to play after your job is done. We will both wear a disguise and play. How is it?"
That's undoubtedly a great temptation to someone like Isabella.
Even Mariella was also motivated because she was curious about a festival held in this old western world!
The kid immediately nodded her head as if she were a chicken pecking for worms and rice.
"Okay, okay, I promise! I'll do my job well and after that, let's play! Play!!"
Duke Fez's cold face instantly melted, and he showed a swallow yet genuine smile on his face.
"Good. Keep practising your talent scout ability because you will have to use it for a few hours."
From 7 a.m to 12 p.m...that's around 5 hours straight.
No one knew whether using the ability would drain the user's energy or mental power or something, but Duke Fez just wanted to be cautious.
"If you feel any discomfort during the five hours of talent screening, you have to tell me. No talents are more important than you as this kingdom's queen."
After all, if the queen died, there would still be some chaos, and Duke Fez didn't want that to happen at all.
Mariella nodded at Duke Fez and promised to practice hard. "I'll tell you if I feel any discomfort."
During these four days, Mariella practised using her talent scout ability and gradually found her limit.
The ability did drain her energy, but it was more like her food consumption.
When she used the ability for too long, she would feel super hungry and need food to continue using the ability.
Within a few days of training, Mariella's baby fat rapidly disappeared because of the talent scout ability's excessive use.
The baby became chubby instead of fat, and she really did lose around one or two kilograms in just four days.
Such a situation greatly alarmed Duke Fez.
"You have to eat a lot to replenish the energy consumption! Look, you've become so thin in just a few days..."
Duke Fez was really distressed as he shoved tons of food to Mariella's plate and bowl.
If this little tyrant lost weight in just four days, how could she endure the 7-day festival? Wouldn't she turn into a stick by then??
Thus, from that onward, Isabella's food intake doubled to the point of almost turning the baby into a fat, white pig.
She's really to be slaughtered!
Mariella didn't mind eating a lot of delicious food, but looking at her body in the mirror that deflated and expanded like a balloon…
She didn't know what to say.
The talent scout ability easily made her thin or fat in just a few days! That's scary!
In the end, Mariella could only endure this side effect and began to bring food everywhere with her, especially when she practised using the talent scout ability.
Just like that, the day of the talent festival finally arrived.
Numerous commoners from all over the kingdom had already arrived at the capital city, instantly filling the inns and other lodgings.
The festival also attracted the other kingdoms' attention,, and the spies mingling around the commoners were paying attention to this festival.
Although they couldn't enter the festival zone because they didn't have the kingdom's identity card, they could still inquire about the festival itself from those who could come.
At the same time, the family members of numerous officials and ministers that had suffered a huge defeat at Isabella's hands were also making a move.
"This festival is a huge chance to act. With Her Majesty's playful nature, she will definitely come to the festival to play."
So...let's assassinate her!
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