Chapter 85

To thank Sakuragi for coming over to cook for them and to welcome Rukawa, Philip's family formally invited the two star players to attend today's kickoff event for the traditional water-walking ceremony. According to local custom, Venice's oldest festival—the water-walking ceremony—would be held in three days, but beforehand, the community residents had spontaneously organized a kickoff event. The official ceremony was open to everyone, including foreign tourists, but the kickoff event was strictly for locals. Since everyone had put a tremendous amount of time and effort into preparing for the ceremony, this event was meant to reward the hardworking residents before it officially began.