The Prologue to “Fields of Higanbana”

I always wanted to celebrate Halloween when I was young.Halloween’s not a Romanian celebration, but the younger generations started embracing it in recent years and enjoy playing spooky dress up at the end of October. But there’s no “trick or treating”. Our sort of “trick-or-treat” event takes place during Christmas, on the 23rd of December (on my birthday). Children knock at your door, they ask, “Will you receive our carol?”, you say “Yes!” because (you’re not a monster) it’s tradition, and then they sing. When they finish, you offer them treats (apples, oranges, Romanian pretzels, optional anything else sweet). One of my favorite celebrations.Coming back to this Halloween, thank you for allowing me to celebrate with you with a gift, the first part of the prologue of Fields of Higanbana (Shinigami’s sequel).