Star Country, Gala City.
Seven o'clock in the evening was Central Avenue's Pedestrian Street at its liveliest, with streams of people weaving past one another, shoulder to shoulder. Felix saw children in Battle Suits running past her and only then suddenly realized that today was the Battle Dance Festival.
The Battle Dance Festival had begun with the first Duke Voslotda. As the Chief Legend of the Shining Gold Multistar Dynasty, the first duke had not only been an ever-victorious commander, a general who charged into the fray, but also the source of courage for tens of millions of soldiers on the battlefield.
On the eve of every great battle, the first duke would build a high platform, put on a ferocious ghost mask, and don full armor. As the military band beat the war drums and the War Song rang through the starry sky, the duke would stand atop the platform with twin swords in hand, dancing with blades, promising victory, and rousing the entire army's will to fight through a sword dance!
From then on, the battle dance became a traditional performance art of the Star army, and the common people also celebrated the day of the final decisive battle of the Shining Gold Multistar Dynasty's last war as a festival. On this day, battle dance performances took place all across the nation. On the Shining Gold Dynasty's hundredth anniversary, the Battle Dance Festival was officially made a holiday. Later, because many children liked to follow the performers and dance along, parents gradually began dressing their children in exquisite, beautiful Battle Suits on this day, letting them play to their hearts' content. Over several centuries, it had become a traditional custom.
And it was not only children. Many youths and adults also changed into Battle Suits. For ordinary people