Ziba-Lou, the oldest by the woods, blessed me and Ai-Fa by saying he could remember the joy of living.
That was a real pleasure. I can't say enough about the best ending. It was a great pleasure to have been involved in this way in the life of Ziba-Lou, which is also important to I-Fa, and I, myself, could remember the emotions that struck my heart trembling.
But - a few hours after that, I got bored alone in a deserted empty house.
Ai-Fa is not here.
There is no Limi-Luu either.
In a quiet room, I was so angry and humiliated that I had to wander around.
(Damn it! What the hell!
I'm not stuck in custody. I just left a message because I-Fa and Limi-Luu are in the middle of warming up their old relationship in Ziba-Lu's bedroom.
It is one of the houses in the settlement of the Lew family.
Apparently, this house was the property of Donda-Lou's brother or nephew. That's why they moved to other houses last year because their families had dwindled and their lives had become painful, leaving them empty.
So, since Fa's house is far away, I should like to rest in this house tonight, so I am grateful to the Lew family for their consideration - anyway, I was only unhappy and dissatisfied.
I don't even know who to hit this dissatisfaction with.
If you dare, you're the bad one.
That's why I had to suffer alone while holding feelings that I had no choice in my chest.
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A few hours ago, in the main hall of Lew's house,
"I guess I'm going to sleep in Luu's settlement today, Ai-Fa?" Grandmother Ziva slowly continued her meal one by one, speaking to Ai-Fa that way.
"Because it's already totally dark. Hey. The road at night is dangerous, so rest in your empty house today."
"No, it doesn't extend to that. It's not me that Mundt or Geez do something about it, Ziba-Lou."
"Ooh, ooh. Sure, you look like you grew up in a fine 'giva hunt', but you'll rest for your wife, too, Ai-Fa."
"But..."
"'Cause you have a stunt as a parent, too, so yeah, you can't come to a house this far, can you? This woman doesn't have the power to walk to Fa's house... then at least you can deal with this woman tonight. Whatever, I haven't been able to face-to-face with an important Ai-Fa in years..."
Neither could Ey-Fa, which is just that, solidify this offer.
but it's okay to stick around. It's up to me to fool myself that my parents, Donda-Lou, don't see any signs of recommending dowry to the current Ai-Fa, and then I should reconnect with Grandma Ziba and Limi-Lu.
So that wasn't the problem.
The problem arose after that.
Since it seems to be a lesson that we shouldn't take our seats until we're all done eating, Limi-Lu will be escorting Grandma Ziba after that, and I and I-Fa went back to our own meal. In the meantime, my parents, Donda-Lou, kept cursing my dishes.
"This is what animals eat," "It's not what hunters eat," "How dare you feed me Mundt's bait, etc.," "My life was spoiled," it was already rained down by cursing gossip.
But, well, I guess this rough guy has some reason to cook for people because of his rebellion against the rest of us, or his position as a parent, and I didn't care that much either.
Since Grandma Ziva had so much to say, she was able to retain a completely satisfied feeling.
Cracks occurred there just after I finished my last bite following Ai-Fa.
"Please don't! Why are you cursing Asta's cooking so badly? The Ziva woman was so happy for you!
It was Raina-Lou who was finishing his meal one foot away who shouted that way.
When Gibba was incarnated, her blue eyes looked loud and pitiful at her next sister.
"What is it? What's wrong with reputating bad stuff as bad? I thought the elder said that earlier. Everyone knows what's right. The only person who appreciates a meal like this is an old man with no teeth."
Rayna-Lew shut her mouth for a while.
And I put my hands on my neckline.
Slowly approaching me and Ey-Fa as I remove the corners and fang decorations.
"Hey......" Donda-Lou's eyes make him look so disturbingly radiant.
Ignoring that, Rayna-Lew has knelt down perfectly, dedicating one fang at a time to me and Ai-Fa whether it's a fang or a horn.
"I would like to offer my heartfelt blessings to the Ai-Fa and Asta of the House of Fa, who have saved the soul of Ziba-Lu and given peace to the life of the House of Luu, from Raina-Lu of the House of Luu"
"Yeah? Hey, are you okay, Raina-Lou...?
And I tried to sneak in my ear, but I got my shoulder poked small by Ey-Fa.
"Shut up and take it. Sending the horns and fangs of Gibba is a sacred act for the people of the woods. Rejecting it also equals trampling the dignity and pride of the other person"
With that said, Ai-Fa received a white fang, "bless Raina-Lou".
I have no choice but to say thank you and learn from it.
"Rayna... are you going to defile the name of Lew's house?
Donda-Lou whispered in a heavy voice reminiscent of the foretaste of the great earthquake at the bottom.
"Do you even think that such an imitation would be allowed to give false blessings for hitting on me...?
Rayna-Lew blues in fear, but still stares back at her father in temper.
"It's not a lie! It wasn't about the Ziva lady that I found Asta's cooking incredible. I have never known that Gibba's meat could be eaten so deliciously. Eating, that is, living - that is, I, like the Ziva woman, was able to feel strongly the joy of living!
"You... are you insane?," Donda-Lou snapped in a low voice.
It was the sound of that hush-hush voice that made me so happy.
But before we know who it is, Limi-Lew said, "Limi too!" and gained momentum.
Looking back at Grandma Ziva, when she nodded, "It's okay," she leaves by our side and rushes over to us.
That young face was full of happy smiles, of course.
"Asta! Ai-Fa! Thanks so much for today! It was so delicious, even from Rimi-Lou, it's a blessing!
The third celebration - what a cheap item that doesn't seem to be - can be put on the palm of the hands of me and I-Fa.
"Hey... deserved a blessing, it was a great meal wow..."
Vina-Lou, her eldest sister, rises loosely, along with a lusciously prolonged voice.
"This is the first time I've ever known that a 'great meal' exists by the woods... I can't help but bless you as a person living by the woods..."
"Not at all. You're absolutely right, Vina," followed by Grandma Tito Min.
"I can't believe it! What the hell, what the hell!?
Donda-Lou screamed again.
But the enthusiasm filled with that cracked voice - it wasn't anger, it was stunning.
"Has all my family gone insane? I figured that shit was even poisoned with apath that drives humans crazy in their diet? But then we should all go crazy!?
Grabbing five fangs and a horn, I seriously stare at Donda-Lou.
Donda-Lou seemed seriously confused.
It was as if I seriously doubted the sanity of my family.
"For once, are the others just getting smaller, scared that they'll yell at me? Then don't hesitate, just act the way you want!
Doing so, he looked very naughty and Sati Ray, the daughter-in-law of his eldest brother Giza, tried to get up.
Looking back at her husband before she got up completely, and being smiled at by Eagle Deep, she approached me with a relief look on her face.
"From Sati Ray-Luu of the house of Luu, to Ai-Fa of the house of Fa and to his family Asta, I send my blessings.... Thanks for a wonderful meal"
And when she gets back to her seat, this time a woman with the right width, who was sitting next to her, hips up.
Red hair mixed with a little white, dark brown eyes with a firm color. A magnificent woman with tense bread and meat on her arms and shoulders and feels like a husband.
It's Meer Ray-Lu, the mother of the Limi-Lu's and the wife of Donda-Lu.
"You're not sure what it is. Delicious things are delicious, okay? I'm so impressed that I'm about to lose my back."
He approaches me with a really powerful foothold, sideways my husband, who has stopped moving like a stone statue.
Maybe this was the first time I'd heard this woman's voice.
Meer Ray-Lew gave us fangs and horns with an extremely fragrant smile.
"It was delicious. Thank you so much for the Ziva woman, too.... Damn, what are our parents up to"
My mother smiles as if she embodies the word strengthened.
I honestly think it's amazing to think that seven of us on this occasion were born out of this woman.
Either way, this is my seventh blessing.
"... Father, is the dialogue you just had true? Give me a break for hitting only me later because I'm a man, will you?
and - said in a voice still young, his youngest brother Rudd-Lou stood up.
He comes slightly closer to us as he spins his yellow-brown hair and drops his hips roughly.
"Hey, what are you? They say there are people in the eastern kingdom who don't know how to behave like magicians, but you didn't magically change Giva's meat that way, did you?
"It's not magic. It's just technology, using a knife and fire."
Ai-fa won't answer anything, and whatever you think that was an inquiry into me in the first place, so I tried to answer it that way for now.
"Hmm," he snorted as if it wasn't even funny, and now he sees Ey-Fa with pale eyes of color.
"You've become a really good woman, aren't you? I don't want to. Be more feminine. Oh, you could have gotten me a daughter-in-law instead of a brother."
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"It was a delicious meal without a threshold. To be honest, it was delicious enough to make me cry that I'm going to eat Poitan juice that won't change again from tomorrow. If you're not my husband, why don't you join my son-in-law?
"Hey, hey, because they have a right to choose, too."
"Hmm. If it was anything other than a chibi rimi, you could like any of it," he said only in a whisper at the last part, removing a necklace with enough loot to be no better or inferior to the eye-fa.
"Wow - it was delicious. So bless him. Ah. This is the first blessing of this Rudd-Lou. Thank you very much."
That's how when his petty youngest brother returned to his seat, only a strange silence remained after that.
"... you're not here anymore, are you?," Donda-Lou glances as he grips his mandibular mustache.
"That's not what humans eat, you mean there's only three people who feel the same way about me."
"I didn't think of anything that far. Why don't you stop using yourself as a benchmark for anything?
Three women Lara-Luu raise a voice that seems dissatisfied.
She is a petty looking girl with a face very similar to her youngest brother, with red hair coming to the top of her head.
"I thought the roasted Poitan and Giva broth was awesome. You must have a giva at the heart, and it was disgusting, so I didn't bless you enough. I just thought I'd do it.... The truth is, I wish I'd just blessed you about the Ziva woman. I stopped because everyone really seemed to think it was delicious."
"I see. What about you, Darm?
His second brother, who had a sharp look like a wolf, refused to reply, "There is nothing to say".
"Hmm. Giza, what about you?
"... you won't have to worry so much about it, parent Donda. No matter what shape it takes or what flavor it tastes like, Giva is Giva, and Poitan is Poitan. It doesn't make a difference how ingenious you are, if it fits in your belly"
"I did that. Oh, I know!
Parent's eyes burn up like fire.
The eldest brother laughed in an irresistible manner as he looked back at his father like a thread.
"Are we talking about delicious or unsavory? That's what Lara said, too. I was surprised that Poitan had this way of eating, and I couldn't feel that foul smell of Giva in the broth, and then I felt Giva's life strongly.... but I don't think I ate Giva meat with that red honey on it, that soft meat. If you eat that kind of meat every day, that's the fear that your teeth are going to lose strength and fall out of flabby."
"Yes - it is! That's why I thought hunters around the woods wouldn't eat that!
Something finally seems to have fallen to his heart, bringing his vigor back to Donda-Lou's face.
"These teeth of mine are for eating away Giva's hard meat! It's one of the most important tools for living in the woods, just like this arm that holds Gibba back and this leg that runs through the woods! Tools rust if you don't use them! What you feed me is that it was a bad meal that rusted my life!
"That's..." Ey-Fa grabbed my arm softly.
A calm blue eye says, "Stop it".
"Of course that's because I'm a man by the woods and a 'giva hunt'! So... it must have been the right meal for an old man without teeth above all else."
and finally resurrect even the unscrupulous grin and look back at the old man.
"Make it my grandmother, my oldest Ziva. The oldest man was right. If that brings back the soul of the oldest, I'll drink my vomited words clean. That's not Mundt's bait. Save your beloved grandmother, who has lived more eternal times than anyone else as a people by the woods and has worked in the woods with her, medicine! Treasure!"
"Hmm... aren't you being honest sometime, Parent Donda...?
"I'm always honest! Admit that the right thing is right, and say no to the bad! If you're not ready for that, you're a parent, aren't you?
And those fierce eyes make fun of me and Ai-Fa.
"Ey-fa in Fa's house! That family, Asta! You saved Ziba-Lou, the oldest of the house of Lou! As the head of Lou's house, let me frighten you of your previous disrespect and offer you my thanks once again!
Ie-Fa, silently glanced at him.
I see Donda-Lou while I entertain the emotions that are becoming clearer.
Donda-Lou is.
She seemed comfortable, laughing.
With a truly crisp face, as if years of suspicion had finally been unraveled.
"Your meal was poisonous to me! But it became a drug for Ziba-Lou! The overnight poison won't rust my soul, so I won't question the sin of being poisoned! The horns and fangs in your hands are a legitimate blessing for your actions! Make it your own flesh with dignity, without feeling a burden to anyone!