Considering Dunyarzad's condition, everyone threw themselves wholeheartedly into their outing with her, visiting every stall at the Sabzeruz Festival and sampling or experiencing its various customs.
However, Dunyarzad really was in poor health. After lunch, her energy gave out, and Dehya took her home early to rest so she could watch Nilou's Dance of the Goddess of Flowers that evening.
Happy times always flew by, and night slowly fell.
As night settled over Sumeru City, more and more people finally began to notice the festival.
Even in Sumeru, where technology and living standards were a notch above the average across the Seven Nations, ordinary people had extremely limited entertainment options. After a tiring day, when they heard that people in the city had organized a Sabzeruz Festival of their own accord, the fun-loving residents flocked to the celebration in groups.
Among them were quite a few young Akademiya students and graduated scholars.
Judging by this detail, prejudice against the arts existed only among those old fossils in the Akademiya's upper ranks.
They imposed their own preferences on the people of Sumeru. That alone showed that the current Akademiya leadership's approach to governance had serious problems.
With the influx of people, the celebration clearly grew livelier. The Zubayr Theater, which had organized the Sabzeruz Festival, and its sponsor, Dunyarzad, could not help tearing up at the bustling scene.
Sadly, after tonight, they might never see such a spectacle again.
As the theater's manager, Zubayr had a large group of actors and helpers making their living under him. Thanks to his excellent management, his strict insistence on quality artistic dance performances, and the addition of their current star, Nilou, the Zubayr Theater had flourished.
But now, with a single notice, the Akademiya had announced a ban on public artistic performances throughout Sumeru.