85 ⑤ Two people who can wander

And we were standing in front of Rutim's house again.

While you two hoist and hold a silly big iron pan.

"Oh, what's the matter, Asta to Ai-Fa! Hang an iron pot like that! Maybe you came to my house to sift through the food!?

"Dan-Rutim! Were you already out of the woods?"

What a Rutim Parent Hall it was that emerged from the entrance of a large house no less than the main house of Ruw.

It's only been three hours past Jomtien. but the parents already welcomed us in a light outfit with both cape and knife off.

"I've had a lot of gibberishes lately. I got my horns and fangs for today, and the young folks at the branch just got hurt, so they turned back early! So, what are you going to do today!?

"No. Um, I just came by to talk to Gazran-Rutim..."

"I don't know what it is," the parents said, dropping their round-tight shoulders disappointingly.

A fleshy body with a length of 180 cm or 100 km to spare. He has a bald head, a brown jawbeard, and his heartbeat sticks out. Dan-Rutim, the head of Rutim's main house, is also reminiscent of the Arabian demon god or the fabric bag, who looked magnificent today.

"If you also wanted Dan-Rutim, you might want to listen to me with you. Actually, I need to talk to you about something."

"Well, it's not a rush to consult you guys..."

And he is a parent who puts his lips together.

Please don't, taking away our parents' eighteenth number.

"Oh, I 'm-fa to Asta. Were you there after all? How was your discussion with Camua-Josh?

Your son, who was able to do so, appears behind his parents.

He is also a different parent and son from the Lew family.

"I'm sorry many times a day. Um, what about Ama Min-Rutim?"

"Along with the other ladies, I went to Lew's house so that I could master the art of delicious cooking as soon as possible. Thanks to you, I'm left alone."

"Oh, that's again..."

"So, I don't feel comfortable. Please come up.... There's no problem, is there, Parent?

"Yeah......"

Yeah.

You can't stop being a toddler, this one.

That's how me and Ai-Fa deposited the knife and then the iron pot and became Rutim's guests again.

It is a day of going and going.

However, it is not an issue that can be postponed, so there is no alternative.

The more the day goes on, the more I - Fa - will be unable to fulfill his stubbornness as a hunter.

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"- And well, it's more or less like that."

This time too, it was a long story.

Gazran-Rutim arms up with "Hmm".

"Then again, the impression of the person remains the same, does it not? But behind those words and deeds, you can only feel a strong attachment to the woodland - or obsession, and there's no sign that you're fooling the Astas."

"Yes. In addition to that, I also looked into what was going on in Accommodation Town with care. I do believe that this would not create a major problem if we left the store, and that it would be possible to be quite successful if things went well. … at the end of the day, until you can let the giva meat itself add value to the product, you won't know unless you try."

After we said goodbye to the late boy and Dora's father, we stopped at various stalls to dare market research.

As a result, we were able to obtain information that all stores set snacks at a value of one to three red copper coins, with daily sales ranging from 20 to 50 meals and earnings concentrated around Jomtien.

I think I can fight this.

Gazran-Rutim said, "Hmm" again.

"Then I don't think there's anything wrong with me… What do parents think?

"I don't think so. Why do stone city dwellers want to know what's at the end of the woods? All the inhabitants of the stone capital need to do is carry stones and stretch their way to the end of the earth.... than that, Asta."

And he says with a blushing face, and he looks at me with a blushing look.

So please don't take the eighteenth number of our parents.

"You're trying to sift a meal to the people in the capital, and you're not gonna sift to me?

"No, that's why I'd like your opinion on the matter... wouldn't it be a problem for someone in a position like me to open a store on their own like that in Inn Town or something?

"I don't know. Though it would be Fa's parents who decide to do that? Why are you trying to get my opinion?

"Ha. Of course that's true, but I wanted to make sure that the very act of opening a store didn't buy the objection of my fellow Moribe compatriots.... Plus, the Sung family is all partitioned about interacting with the capital, right? I also have the question of whether it's okay to do something unsolicited without going through there."

"... the Sung family?," said Dan-Rutim's dugout gleaming.

"Leave those idiots alone! If you ever complain about anything, that's when we Lutim will show you something in the eye! What, are you planning on pointing a blade at the Sung family, Asta?

"Don't look so happy! I don't want to be a spark of commotion by the woods, so this is how I talk to you!

"What, I'm bored," Dan-Rutim goes into apathetic mode again.

"Don't worry about that," Gazran-Rutim said as if nothing had happened.

"The Sung family is partitioning only their interaction with the castle of Genos. If you're talking about opening a shop in that stone wall, you need to go through the Sung family, but the Inn Town shouldn't have a problem."

"Really?... but does this really not go against the contraindications and clichés of the woodland?

"There's nothing wrong with that either. Rather, we are forbidden to harvest the grace of the mountains of Morga, nor to plow the fields from the mistletoe, because we are allowed to live in this woodland area under the covenant to just devote ourselves to hunting Gibba. Conversely, we are only allowed to sell Giva to stone capitals."

"I see..."

"And it's Asta. I don't have a direct relationship. Rutim is in a little trouble right now."

"Huh? What's wrong?

"There's no less meat."

The grin on its stern side seemed to be a rare and bitter laugh.

"I guess Luu's settlement was able to consume tons of meat at that feast. I didn't have that opportunity here either, because if I had loosened roughly two heads a day to drain and dismantle, it would have already turned out to be filled with those meats up to the butcher's room at the branch. This is enough to leave all the meat in the woods after tomorrow."

"Oh...... of course it will, won't it"

Even in Fa's house, there is too much Guiba meat that Ai-Fa has tailored. Since it can only be preserved for half a month or as long as twenty days when it is soaked in pico leaves, it is the case that in the end a large quantity of smoked meat will be made, and they will not appear to decrease at all.

"If we can replace this meat with copper coins, then life will certainly be richer. Besides - it's a shame to use meat as bait for the mistletoe that I found would taste good if processed properly. Because the bloated bellies of Gibba, who failed to drain blood, will be filled enough."

"We're gonna drain blood tomorrow! Meat is limited, even if it's meat!

Parents turn while relaxed.

The son nodded with a still slightly bitter smiling face.

"... then you'll be dumping everything but abalone meat in the woods from tomorrow. Blood drain, gut drain, properly processed feet, shoulders and hips meat."

"Wow, that's unbearable!

"Yes, but you can't even distribute it to people in other houses. Because if you do that, it could be that the powerless family would give up their fangs and horns and start eating all the meat."

And, Gazran-Rutim squeezes his expression a little tighter, and he embarks on himself.

"Asta. We are willing to pass on the technology we have learned from you to other families like Min and Ray from now on. And at the end of the day, I believe that all the people by the woods should have this knowledge."

"Huh? And Sung's house?

"Whatever. So if they get to work on the giva hunt, that's the best result."

Yes, it was. I can only recognize the Sung family as an "unforgivable enemy" if I haven't been able to be a part of the woodland yet.

"But it is dangerous to do so in the present situation. If you have a family as powerful as the Sung family, you will not yet be able to give this knowledge to the little clans who do not belong to Sung or Lu."

"Huh? Why?

"That's because the meat tastes too good. If the people of the small house, who have beaten down the flesh of the torso before, find out what this torso tastes like, they risk losing out on their own weakness: if Gibba is hard to hunt, he can only eat the flesh."

Is that... is that possible?

Suppose there were people desperate to hunt for a lot of giva because they didn't like the smelly meat in their torso. That, a strained feeling, to the result that the existence of "delicious meat" is cut off - can it be?

Maybe it can be.

As this Gazran-Rutim says so, I guess the chances are, at least, not zero.

And you can't blame me if you're not a hunter.

"Isn't that the poison of knowledge, to my mind"

"The poison of knowledge, is it -"

"Yes. If you use too much strong medicine, it becomes poison. If Asta's power could be poisonous, I think that's the case."

My heart swells up to that word.

My powers are poisoning me.

"So I believe that this knowledge should not yet be revealed to small houses outside the family. But if Gibba's meat can be replaced by copper coins in the lodging town, those people can also sell meat to get aria and poitan"

"Yes......"

"That way, your powers can be a lot of medicine."

And Gazran-Rutim laughed forcefully.

"So if Asta and I-Fa find their way and make the decision to open a store in Accommodation Town, I will want that success more than anyone else. And we will not spare any cooperation to that end. - As a friend."

"Thank you...... I want to think about it tonight and draw conclusions. When we come to a conclusion, I'll let you know first, Gazran-Rutim"

Do I deserve to be called a friend or something by an adult like this?

If you don't deserve it, I think you want to work hard to get it.

It's something I never imagined Gazran-Rutim's presence would be so big in me that night I first met him.

This, too, is all about people's edges.

An encounter with Ai-Fa brought about an encounter with Rimi-Lou, and even with the Lu family, with this Gazran-Loutim or Dan-Loutim.

And Camua-Josh also...

Making that man's presence a drug or a poison depends first and foremost on me and Ai-Fa's decision.

And then we'll discuss it with Ai-Fa.

My stomach is set.

"Thank you. Really, it's good to hear from you, Gazran-Rutim"

"It's a pride to say that to you, Asta.... Are you home yet?

"Yes, I'm sorry to bother you twice a day"

"What, you're really leaving!," Dan-Rutim roars.

"We don't have that much time before the sun goes down, do we? Is Fa's house far away? Why don't we just reveal the night at this Rutim's house!

"No, that's just about it..." I called and gave it back to me a little too.

It takes about an hour and a half from here to the house. Still, there will still be respite by dusk, but we may not have time to dry the Poitan in the sun.

And unless I have a guinea pig like a potato, I still don't have the power to easily cook liquid poitains.

"Asta. It seems that the women of Rutim have not yet returned from Ruw's house either. And the women have only just started attending the Lou family yesterday, and they haven't been able to master the technology to that point.... If you like, which number will you keep for tonight?

Either look at me or my father's complexion and I even mentioned that to Gazran-Rutim.

"... well, let me talk to my parents for a second"

I made as solemn a face as I could, and it turned out to be another mouthful to Ai-Fa's ear.

"I = fa. If you go home today like this, you may end up soaking the crackling with raw poitan juice"

I = fa also nod one with a harsh look on his face, and he leans his mouth in my ear.

"Oh, no."

And so we were supposed to leave Rutim's house at once.