73 ⑤ At the end of the feast

"Look, seriously, this is the last piece of meat. Oh!

An extra portion of meat is delivered to the banquet hall.

How much meat did you eat today? Even though I'm so unwilling to even account for it anymore - the boys and the women cheer and flock over there.

I called on the girl to watch the scene from the side of the main house in Lou.

"... isn't Lara-Lew going to eat?

"Yeah. I'm hungry already. I ate too much. I guess I'm gonna get fat."

I still feel good about being fat. Compared to your two sisters, she's a little too skinny.

But Lara-Lew is only thirteen. I guess he was in shape to grow taller first. In a few years, I'm sure I'll grow up to be an attractive woman no less than your sisters.

"Hey. That last fire, that was amazing. What was that?

"Unusual fruit liquor. Strong booze burns with fire."

Of course it was the fruit liquor given to it by Camua-Josh.

Because there was only one bottle, I could not think of any other use, so I let it be used as a prop to decorate the finale of the feast.

"Hmm," he says, not even looking very interested, and then Lara-Lew closes his eyes inadvertently.

"Nevertheless, Ama Min-Rutim was lovely. He was a beautiful guy, but the bridesmaid costume is extraordinary again."

"Right. I was really surprised.... but isn't Lara-Lew's costume nice?"

Of course Lara-Lew is also dressed in a feast outfit.

I'm still a young girl, but I knew I'd be extraordinarily feminine when I draped my hair.

Still, praising the appearance was obnoxious, and I retained it to praise the costume, but Kakiku was snapped on the back.

Strong pain creaks into my tired body.

"Stay with me.... So, what was it about running errands for me?

"Yeah? No, it's not like I had an errand for you... Sin-Lu, didn't you see it?

"Sin-Lu? Come on? Aren't you with me around Rudd-Lou?

"Rudd was with the other brothers. That's crazy. I was supposed to be with Sheila and the others until just now."

Anyway, it's a feast that more than a hundred people put together, so there's no other way.

Even though I was able to finish the job this way, I still can't get around to Ai-Fa.

"Yo, Asta, you're annoying. It wasn't just Kamadu's turn, it was tough dealing with all the Sung family blubbers. Hey?

Rumor has it, I don't know. Rudd-Lou appeared sneaky there.

"If Brother Ziza hadn't been around, I would have smashed them all by myself. It's Rutim's feast, so should I bring flowers to Rutim's father?"

"It's time for you to grow up, Chibi Rudd.... the Sung family should never get involved."

"Shut up, man and woman.... So, what are you guys doing? I thought you were gonna welcome a man like this to your daughter-in-law.

Angry Lara-Luu tried to flat out, but the young hunter avoids the attack.

"Fair enough. I'm so glad you're here.... hey Rudd-Lou, don't you know where Sin-Lu is?

"Sin? Yeah, if it was him, I'd be at the empty house where Asta and the others were staying."

And so Rudd-Lou frowned just a little less interesting.

"I was talking to your mistress.... Damn, I wish I had said something extra to Singh"

Something extra?

In my exhausted head, the pieces of the heel and puzzle fit.

"What's the extra thing? What did you blow into Singh? I mean, why are Sin and I-Fa talking?!

"Uuch. It doesn't matter to you," Rudd-Lou says, staring at me.

I nodded and took my shoulder off the wall I was bringing.

"Lara-Lew, let's go. I was just looking for Ai-Fa, too."

"Huh? Oh, yeah......" he grabbed Lara-Lew's arm, showing a slightly feeble face, and I turned my foot to the empty house.

"Hey, what is it? What's wrong with Singh and Ai-Fa?

"I don't know that yet. I don't know so much about Sin-Lu, so Lara-Lu can talk to him and do it."

Together with Lara-Lew, who twists his neck, crowds and heads to the empty house.

Guys, that sounds like real fun.

The men, who usually have a tough face, are also cheering their faces up and laughing.

Meat and liquor. Family and family. Flames burning orange. A brave groom and a beautiful bride - to all sorts of things, I guess, drunk.

I am delighted to have been involved in such a feast.

I feel proud to have done my job.

This thought can only be...

After all, I only have Ai-Fa.

"Ah......" Lara-Luu speaks up.

From behind an empty house that was so dim and unpopular, Ai-Fa and Sin-Lu showed up.

The figure of Sin-Luu is buried in a crowd of people.

Only Ai-Fa stayed on the spot.

"Sin! Sin-lu!," Lara-Lew shook my hand off and ran into the crowd.

Of course I headed for Ai-Fa on a small run.

"Asta......" he opens his eyes as if Ai-Fa were surprised.

"What's up? Is something wrong?

"No... I won't do anything about it."

In front of Ai-Fa, stop.

Really, my right knee crushed.

I can support Ey-Fa's strong arm where he was about to fall.

"What's the matter with you? Are you out of your mind?

"No... I'm just tired of it. I didn't say anything but snack and eat."

"Fool. You mean you're not doing all this work and eating decently?

Discard me with an angry face and bring my body to the walls of the house.

"Wait. I'll get you some meat."

"No, that's fine. I'm not going through my throat for a while yet," I panicked and grabbed Ai-Fa's arm.

"I'm finally done with my work. Let me have some more aftertaste."

I say, sloppily, I lower my hips to the ground.

Ai-Fa looked a little lost, but he sat next to me.

However, with the usual one-kneed claw.

"Um, come on, i-fa. Aren't you going to hit a bee when you act like a bunch of women when you're dressed like that?

"Don't say anything crazy until you do. Ziva says she can't help it, so she's just wearing it."

and is an eye-fa, including a translucent vale with thin fingertips.

"Before I was a bunch of women, I was a parent and a hunter. It's just funny if I wear a banquet costume or something."

"That's not true at all. Sure, you're a parent and a hunter, but I'm pretty sure you're a bunch of women."

I'll laugh at Ey-Fa for looking grumpy.

"You look great. Not flattery, it's really beautiful."

Ai-Fa did not blush, just made her eyes black and white as if she had stuck food in her throat as well.

And the final word unleashed is, "Don't say something I don't understand".

Thus, he turns his face toward the feast, which shows no sign that it will end this way.

"... the job is done."

"Oh, it's over"

"I don't know about the rest, but you've done your job"

"Oh."

"This is your power, Asta."

I = fa had some kind of terrible, distant eye.

I wonder what.

Until just now, it was normal, but I kind of feel far away from the presence of Ai-Fa.

"Asta"

"Oh."

"Shouldn't you be with Rutim?"

I stare at the side of Ai-Fa.

Ai-fa, don't try to see this one.

"Gazran-Rutim acknowledges your power. Dan-Rutim, too, that's the same thing. You won't even be admitted to being a son-in-law to the main house, but as I am now, as a blood unconnected family, you will welcome me with your hands up."

"Hey."

"If we deepen our bond that way, we might be allowed to go as far as son-in-law to the branch. That way, you'll be in the woods too."

"What the fuck? Why are you saying that all of a sudden?

I'm stuck in an eye-fa.

But I-Fa doesn't try to look at me.

"... then ask the other way around, what are you going to do by sitting at Fa's house?

"What..."

"Fa's house is not as rich as Luu or Rutim's. I cannot hope for a meal that has been so luxurious. Aria, Poitan, Giva's meat and only a few vegetables later to make a meal just for yourself and me... so are you satisfied?

"I'm satisfied. I'm not sifting around cooking for you as a cook. As a family, as Kamadu number in Fa's house, I'm just cooking. It's Kamadoku's job to make a living and color the table."

"So are you satisfied?

"Satisfied," I said.

"If this is how you can cook as a job, I'm happy with that. Fun and happy. But it's not Lew or Rutim that I want to keep. It's Fa's house. I want you to eat my food."

…………

"Maybe he'll show up again and tell me he wants me to keep the feast and overnight tears? If that's what you do, you're welcome. With all that anticipation in my heart, I want to cook at Fa's house."

"But......" he snaps, with Ai-Fa not looking at me.

"I once again had a bad relationship with the Sung family today"

"No, I'm with you."

"I have the power to protect myself. But while I'm in the woods, I have no power to protect you alone in the house."

"It's..."

"Rutim and Lew have that power. Even if you can harass me like today, I'm not willing to point a blade at Luu or Rutim in the Sung family right now"

…………

"Leaving Asta at Fa's house is dangerous"

"... is that what you thought?

I'm stuck in an eye-fa.

But Ai-Fa doesn't move.

"Well, isn't that what we're talking about? I met this guy named Dodd-Sung seven days ago. So why are you saying that now?

"... you've been living in this Luu settlement ever since that day"

"Oh, yeah. But you told me this morning, 'Tomorrow it's the way it's always been,' right? Why would you say that all of a sudden?

"... another bad relationship with the Sung family was created today. And you could show Rutim your strength."

"Is that all?

"... I shouldn't have left Asta at Fa's house, I was told"

"To Rayna-Lew."

…………

"I felt that way. I guess she should be thankful for my concern."

A sad face with Rayna-Lew's tears crosses the back of his brain.

"But it's her feelings, not mine. I only want to follow my feelings and yours."

…………

"My feelings are set. I want to stay at Fa's house. The only time I'm leaving Fa's house is when they kick me out of love with you."

"... if you ask me to leave, are you leaving?

I got angry and grabbed Ai-Fa's shoulder on the far side and forced him to turn this way.

If it were the power of I-Fa, it would be easy to rip that off, but I-Fa did not turn against it.

Blue eyes look at me for the first time.

"I want to be by your side. I don't want to leave even if you hate me. If you want to kick me out, try and kick me out.... if I had the strength, I wouldn't have done it for you."

…………

"Was it a lie that you told me you didn't want me to disappear?

In the eyes of Ai-Fa, the flames dwelt.

"I don't want you to disappear. So I'm saying maybe we should go into Rutim's house, I am!

"Right. If that's what you think, I still want to be by your side. The Sung family thing is - if it's really dangerous, let's figure something out. Worst of all, I think I can count on a guy named Camua-Josh."

"... that man is a resident of Stone Capital"

"If you don't like it, don't do it. Then I'll give Luu or Rutim a dungeon or whatever. Protect me from my family and nothing. - Still, I don't want to leave Ai-Fa."

Eye-Fa's eyes let loose, holding the flame.

You're angry, what do you think? - Maybe you don't know very well yourself.

Even though she's a crowd, she has a face as a hunter, Ai-Fa.

There will only be one person around this forest, the female hunter Ai-Fa.

I don 't--

"... What was Sin-Lu's errand?

"What?"

"You were talking to me earlier, weren't you? Maybe you mean" Sacrifice Hunt "? He wants to 'sacrifice hunt' himself to feed his family of five by himself - maybe that's what he was talking about?

…………

"What did you answer, Ai-Fa?

"... 'Sacrifice hunting' is a dangerous hunt. I said," If you lose your life, who will protect your family of five? "

"Right. But even you, you have a family like me, and you keep doing that sacrifice hunt. This sweet smell stuck to you is the smell of that gibberish fruit, isn't it?

On Ai-Fa's face, his blood creeps up loudly.

Is it still embarrassing to be touched about the smell, even with so much passion?

But I like this smell.

The sweet smell of gibberish fruit and.

The refreshing smell of vanilla and.

The sharp smell of pico leaves and.

Gentle smell of grigi fruit and.

Smells delicious with meat and fat.

I like the smell of the eye-fa that they have spooked.

This is just the scent of I-Fa.

I've done the work of men and women alone, it's just the scent of I-Fa.

The smell of the forest blends with the smell of the house, a scent that only Ai-Fa has.

"Until you do such a dangerous imitation, you don't have to be a hunter - how dare you never want anyone to tell you, Ai-Fa?

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"I'm the same. I don't want anybody to tell me how dangerous it is for Fa's house."

Rudd-Lou's words come back to the back of his brain.

Don't worry, respect it.

Until then, Ai-Fa is trying to hunt Gibba.

As a people by the woods - to live as hunters.

If we were to stop hunting sacrifices, we might have had to stop hunting.

As a bunch of women, I might have had to marry her in some house.

If I refuse that fate and I live as a hunter...

Therefore, if Ai-Fa could have been so strong, so noble, so beautiful...

I knew I didn't want to deny my choice.

I was fascinated because I'm like this.

Combine the smell of the forest with the smell of the house.

Combine strength as a hunter with cuteness as a girl.

I wanted to be with Ai-Fa because I was one of these people.

"I think about the Sung family, too. So let me stay by your side. I want to be with you."

For a while, Ai-Fa kept her mouth shut.

As if trying to find my sincerity, those strong lighted eyes are staring into my eyes.

I don't know how long it's been.

Eventually, Ai-Fa turned to him, "... on your own," he said.

My lips are a little tense.

Around the cheek, it's still a little red.

Finally - he's back to his usual ai-fa.

In the presence of me and Ai-Fa, who breathe relief, the shadows come closer by making a noise all the time.

"I'm sorry to take you in. Do you mind if I give Asta an eye-fa"

Oh, my God, that was Gazran-Rutim.

He looks like a brave hunter in a cape with a giva head, looking down at us quietly.

"Oh, thank you. I'm not taking it in."

And, as I answered, I remembered that I remained in the position where I grabbed Ai-Fa's shoulder, and I hurried away my hand.

So Ai-Fa is turning that way and blushing her cheeks and letting her lips roll, so she's taking in how she saw where.

Or, how dare you speak to such an intaked people?

"Excuse me, because it's a body I can't get away from the feast. I thought it was rude, but let me speak up."

Say, "Oh, no, thank you," I get up.

Of course, Ai-Fa stood up, but in doing so he was smashed aside with a funny elbow iron.

"I don't even know if I can see you face to face tomorrow, so I thought within tonight, and I brought the price"

and the remaining half of the reward, Giva ten heads of fangs and horns will be given.

Must be part of the wedding blessing. Carefully tailored to the neckline with proper leather strings.

"Thank you for a great meal. Seeing the happy faces of my family, I was also certain that my judgment was not wrong."

"Thank you for trusting me. … and congratulations on your marriage"

"Thank you," he said, and he is a groom smiling like a scumbag.

"And about the Sung family too - I'm so sorry that I'm going to let you guys stand on the arrow. Both my father, Dan, and Donda-Lou, could have pulled out too many angry swords, so the men around them held them down for a while."

"No, because that's what we did on our own. That's all I was worried about."

"Disaster comes down whenever you ignore this thought and more. And that's what I figured out clearly this evening."

Gazran-Rutim's straight eyes float a strong light.

"But the Sung family shouldn't be able to get into thoughtful behavior either. Because no matter how inconsistent our presence is with our intentions, we cannot protect the woodland without our presence. You shouldn't be able to point a blade at Luu or Rutim from there to protect the comfort of life."

"I see."

"But you're not. The Sung will not remember so much hesitation in destroying Fa's house, which has only two families"

…………

"Still, as long as Lou and Rutim are close to you like this, you shouldn't be able to imitate it so spicy...... there are examples like today. Please love yourself, Asta to Ai-Fa"

"Yes, I'm going to think about it a lot"

Gazran-Rutim nodded one thing and then dropped his gaze once more on the necklace that moved into my hand.

"But were you sure the price was for 20 givahs? As far as I'm concerned, I still want to dedicate all my blessings today."

"Enough is enough. I'm glad to be unscrupulous. Don't hesitate, we'll use this soon."

That said, I looked back at Ai-Fa, who still looked a little red.

"Now you can buy a new iron pot! That way you can cook baked food and soup at Fa's house at the same time. That was worth the effort, wasn't it, Parent?

Ai-Fa has been kicking my leg with a less powerful force, keeping my lips crouched.