107 (8) Day 5 - After the close of business

If you drop the stall fire, the rest will be evacuated quickly.

Vina-Lou laughs with pleasure as he cleans up the slabs, wood plates, excess vegetables, etc.

"... I knew I'd sold out...?

"That's true. Just so we're clear, I don't really feel it."

I don't really feel it, but now the copper coins are piled up.

Since few customers use white copper coins, cloth bags for copper coins have become obnoxious.

120 meals of food, sold out.

If converted into red copper coins, it is the sale of 240 sheets.

Really - it's just a horrible amount of money.

"In the meantime, let's go return the stall.... but with this amount, you should stop by the exchange first."

The two of us push one stall at a time, pushing through the stone streets.

If it's day five, I'm used to looking at curiosity.

"Hey, are you in the store? That was the slowest day of my life."

"Hey, do me a favor tomorrow?

It is all the people of Jagal who give a warm voice, and so forth.

However, the people of Sim sometimes meet secretly.

"Ah, Dora's father. Are you feeling all right? If I return this, I'll show you my face again."

"Hey, good luck.... I'm fine. It's not like there's anything wrong with you."

Dora's father, who arranged vegetables on the cloth as usual, turned out to be pale and smiled a little weak.

I'm worried, but now I have to return the stall anyway.

And we have to exchange copper coins before that happens.

When it comes to more than 200 pieces of copper coin, it weighs about 1.5 kilos.

Just in the middle of the outdoor area and the accommodation area, the exchange point existed.

It's a wooden two-storey building that has been built the same as the houses around it.

However, next to it is the guard's stuffing and two guards are also lined up in front of the exchange.

There are so many copper coins sleeping in this building that it would be a natural course of action.

I call it a bureau de change, but the main business is a lender of copper coins.

Exchanges alone do not generate fees, but of course lenders do not undertake such jobs with good intentions or morality. They say the Lord of Genos entrusts the task so that the circulation of copper coins in the Inn Town can be smoothly executed.

At the lender, I exchanged 200 red copper coins for 20 white copper coins for today's sale.

What sentiments do you have for the sales of our store, which is growing day by day? The lender's father also offered me a white copper coin without expression today.

Return the stall at the Kimmus' Tail Pavilion, have your luggage temporarily kept too, be alone with Milan-Math, then turn to the outdoor area.

By the way, Camua and the Late Boy, they were absent.

"Speaking of which... that Camus guy, he didn't show up today...?

"Oh, speaking of which, yes. I forgot how busy I was."

Neither Camua nor the Sung family showed up.

Freaky noise never broke out either.

That's how I was able to sell out 120 meals.

Really, it would have been an ideal day to say the least.

Vina-Lou shrugs her shoulders colorfully as she takes a wide walk through the bustling lodging town.

"Well, if you don't have to see it, you better not see it... but maybe you're masterful where you can't see it, or something like that, both of you..."

"Heh. Vina-Lou doesn't like Camus?

"... I hate people who don't know what they're thinking. Wow... so I love Asta...?

Is it that easy to understand, me?

Whatever it was, I decided to head over to Dora's father's shop first.

"Hey, it's a busy day."

I knew it felt a little weak, and Dora's father would welcome me and the three ladies.

I don't see Tara.

"Sounds a lot worse to me. Isn't there something wrong with you...?

"Oh, I'm gonna get sick."

Saying, your father shook his head powerless.

"Actually... there was a giva hanging from the pit."

"Huh?"

"There are a bunch of traps around the field to keep Gibba from attacking the vegetables. Still, I got hit this morning... but only one of them was stuck in a dump."

"... Really?"

"Oh. I hung it. But I have to finish it. From the top of the hole, we all poked and killed him with Grigi's spear... and on those days, he was so unwilling to eat meat. That tremendous voice creeps up in my ear too... I just remembered, my body is about to tremble"

And your father really shook that fleshy good body.

"A hunter by the woods is amazing. It's such a nightmare itself to encounter Gibba in the woods. I must have lost my hips just watching how stupid I had a big knife.... I can't fight such a monster"

"I can't either, can I? I think the hunter is really amazing."

Is Ai-Fa - Will he be safe today?

I want to get home early and see Ey-Fa healthy.

"Between last month and this month, though, aren't there a lot of gibberishes? I haven't seen mine yet, but closer to the woods, they've done enough damage to make you want to wreck your neck, right? It's a terrible place. Then they've uprooted Aria before harvest."

That said, your father quietly shakes his head.

"It looks like last year is more than last year, and this year is more devastating than last year. No way...... like my grandfather's, another day or night will flood the woods with gibbers, oh my god...?

"I don't think it's okay. But after all, it looks like there are more givahs..."

Or are there more people by the woods who have not fulfilled their work as hunters?

The truth remains a mystery.

"In a time when there weren't any people by the woods yet, people from farms like us were gathered together to do the guiva hunting thing. So a lot of people were slaughtered by Gibba... my grandfather was hit on one leg and he had a cane on him until he died. I don't like it... I can never hunt for a giva"

"Father..."

"Oh, I'm sorry. It wasn't like putting your body up and letting the people by the woods listen to you hunting for Gibba. Tomorrow, we'll be eating delicious food again."

"Yes. Nice to meet you."

Was it not possible to reveal his feelings to Tara because of this content?

My father was trying to behave brightly, but that was an unseen story for the folks by the woods.

(I wonder how many giva the Sung family are hunting. I don't think that means I haven't hunted one... but the guys in the main house have been coming down to town since daytime just to get drunk or have a snack)

And that includes Tay-Sung, who would probably be a division.

The number of people in the Lou family should have been less than forty combined with the main house and the branches.

If the number of Sung family members is about that... if it was meant to be, less than four people a day would not be able to make a living without hunting.

If you have four heads a day, you have 40 in 10 days. 400 in 100 days.

After all, the results are completely different depending on how enthusiastic the Sung family hunts for Giva.

"... don't look so hard, Asta. So, how much are you buying today?

And I decided to change my mind, too, because I let Dora's father use unwanted attention.

All I can do right now is work hard to make this business work.

"Excuse me. Then two tarapas and thirty arias.... and 150 Poitans."

"Finally, there are 150 Poitans!... So you're going to start cooking for 150 people tomorrow?

"Yes. Maybe this is the limit of what four of us can do."

Sixty meals of "Giva Burger". 90 meals of "Grilled Myrmu".

I'm in charge of meat preparation and baking Poitan for "Giva Burger," and Poitan for "Meermoo Baking," Sheila-Lou is in charge.

If we don't cut back on business hours and sleep hours, this will be the number full of them.

Can you create a full number of them every day without being forced? In the remaining five days, I'm going to check that out.

"And Fa's house is about to have meat reserves approaching its limits, isn't it?"

Counting the number of Poitans, I spoke to Vina-Lou.

"Starting around the day after tomorrow, we'd like you to give up the meat from the Lou family, so can you tell Donda-Lou and Meer Ray-Lou that?

"Yeah, okay. Wow..."

We've already talked about that area.

but to fix the price of that meat was to haunt my head a little.

Since there was plenty of meat in Luu's settlement, Mother Meer Ray and others said, "I don't need a price or anything, so you can take as much as you like." We will also be offering meat to be used in commerce, which has not yet been fixed at the end of the period, semi-permanently free of charge.

At the very least, I insisted that you should pay the price commensurate with the task of dismantling without blood, and you accepted that.

Still, I could do more about the amount - after a somewhat delightful negotiation where the buyer raised the price and the seller lowered the price, I settled down to the point where "the price is equal to the Giva fangs and horns".

The price is twelve red copper coins for a larger giva and eight for a smaller giva.

It was still too cheap, so I think I'll have to fix a better price.

"Then please start the day after tomorrow. I'm sorry it's such a big bag."

The meat is supposed to be carried to Fa's house by Vina-Lou in the morning.

Vina-Lou smiles back at me as I bag the counted poitan.

"If you just want to carry it home from home, you can use a pull plate, so heck... while I'm walking hard, Lara-Lu and Sheila-Lu are doing a harder job and hey..."

"Yes, yes. Even my sister Vina has to struggle a little."

We don't have much conversation at work, but we still seem to get along well with Vina-Lou and Lara-Lou.

Sheila-Lou is also smiling secretly in its place.

Guys, that's a full look.

I guess I got the full sense that I worked well for a day.

At least, that's how I was able to get that feeling.

"Well, let's finish the buyout and go home."

I bid farewell to Dora's father, bought Guigo at Grandma Missil's shop, rock salt and myrmu at the dryer, fruit liquor at the liquor store, and a new leather bag at the tannery, and the day's buyout is over.

So when I went to pick up the luggage I had left at Kimmus's Tail Pavilion - there, Camua-Josh was waiting for me.

"Hey, it's getting early today, too. I'm sorry I couldn't eat Asta's food."

"Oh, thank you. … I thought I'd be able to stay just till the hour today."

"You've prepared over a hundred dishes, haven't you? They sold twice to three times as many as normal stores in such a short period of time. No, don't be afraid at all! Perhaps it's time to be wary of harassment from other stores."

Today's camouflage was as sober as ever.

However, it will be true that the peers do not find it interesting. I was wondering what kind of vigilance the hell to take, and I said, "Were you at work today?" I'll ask.

"Yeah. We're finally approaching our big work day, so we're at that meeting. Today is the day of the Blue Moon, so in about half a month, Genos and I will say goodbye."

"When you left, couldn't you come back about the lid moon?

"Yeah. I love Sim's country, so it's a very exciting job, but I'm so sorry I can't see the end of Asta's store.... maybe by the time I get back, I'll be opening a fine restaurant in Accommodation Town?

"No way. I'm a forest dweller, right?

"If your soul is by the woods, it doesn't matter where you wake up. I think there could be a life where it's more efficient for Ai-fa to go to the woodside than for Asta to go to the town from the woodside, right?

This guy again - I don't know what a thump he's going to mention.

Camus laughs at me in silence.

"Well, whatever it is, I wish Asta success! Tomorrow is definitely the day we'll be eating new dishes and snacks!

"Yes.... then excuse me"

I didn't even get a chance to talk about the Mida-Sungs as I never got back to face Camus yesterday - but if you haven't touched me from the side of Camus, I thought I'd leave that at that.

"If Camua-Josh gives an extra hand, he snaps his neck," Donda-Lou said, so it would be easier to keep the Sung family and Camua out of contact whenever possible.

I don't know what I'm good at, I'm nagging, and I'm still an unreadable camouflage inside - but if this guy is really just guiding the end of the woodland, I want to maintain a peaceful relationship like this.

That's how we followed Kimmus's Tail Pavilion.

Finally, it's time to go home.

"Well, thank you again tomorrow. Be careful on your way home."

"Yes, thank you very much."

"See you tomorrow."

Outside of town, say goodbye to Sheila-Lou and Lara-Lou.

They are doing their respective work an hour in advance, so upon arrival at the settlement of Luu, they are out of service.

The heavy iron pan and a hundred meals of poiton and guinea pigs were raised, but not in the footsteps of the two.

"Well, let's go home, too. I'm glad it's over."

"Yeah, really hey..."

and Vina-Lou is a little less energetic while following the road to the woodland.

I was wondering what was going on, and eventually Vina-Lou snapped like he was talking to himself.

"I wonder if Asta will someday... start living in town...?

I said, "Yeah?" and look back at Vina-Lou.

"What's wrong with you? Don't take Camus light-hearted seriously! It can't be that stupid."

"I wonder... if I was making copper coins at this rate, I could buy a house in town someday...?

"You can't even imagine that. You wouldn't have a reason to live in town in the first place, would you?

"... you really think so...?," Vina-Lou's expression is annui.

"If you're going to have such a hard time bringing iron pots in from the woods every day, wouldn't it be quicker to live in town...? Oh... I'm starting to feel so unbroken..."

"I'll never admit to that, even I-Fa. It's convenient for me. But isn't life just inconvenient for I-Fa?

"... nothing, isn't it inconvenient...? The forest stretches right next to town, so the hunter's job just needs to be done there, and no... even Pico leaves, firewood, could be collected there...? So I'm guessing there's nothing inconvenient about Ai-Fa because he's not connected to anyone by the woods...?

"But... even ii-fa is connected to rimi-luu or jiba-lu, right? If you live in an inn town or something, you'd be glad to lose your edge, even though you still can't face it like that.

Vina-Lou shakes his head slowly as he walks down a path that is getting tougher and tougher.

"Asta, are you serious...? The settlement of Luu is closer than the house of the current fa, from the inn town...?

Yes, it was.

It will only take an hour from Fa's house to Luu's settlement, but the settlement of Luu from Accommodation Town will allow you to arrive all ten minutes early.

"So, that's why, how much copper coin does it cost to buy a house in town? I'm sure that's impossible."

"I don't know... if it wasn't possible, I guess that guy wouldn't say that either..."

I almost fell into a loop of thought, but I got ridiculous along the way and stopped thinking.

On second thought, it was not a distressing thing.

What matters to me is I = fa.

And it's the people of the Lou family, the people of the Lutim family.

If you can remain as relevant to them as ever, it certainly doesn't matter where you live.

I don't want to live in a boarding town until I sacrifice my relationship with them, and I don't mind if I live in a boarding town if I can maintain my relationship with them.

Then you don't have to worry about anything.

I'm not actively wanting to live in an accomodation town or anything, so I wouldn't have to worry about Camua's paranoia or anything.

It can only become so, and because it is up to us to decide, there can be no future worse than the status quo.

I told Vina-Lou that thought, but her expression never cleared up.

"But if Asta and the others start living in the lodging town, they're going to have less chances for me to seduce them...?

If you have a dark look for that reason, you no longer have anything to say!

After that, we went back to the woods, talking absurdly as usual.

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"Well, thank you again tomorrow"

Unload the iron pan in front of Fa's house and bid Vina-Lou farewell as well.

It took a little while to clean up and buy out the ingredients, but still should still be left with only four hours left by sundown. This can be done at your leisure.

(But if I prepare exactly 150 meals, I'll be sitting in Inn Town from tomorrow until a certain time. Still need to think about working efficiency so I can get ready exactly down there)

To make 60 meals of patties, to cut out 90 meats, to create talapa sauce, to bake 50 meals of poiton. After that, make the pickled juice and the flavored vegetables to use for adding tarapa sauce.

Quite a hard amount of work, but if you can work well in parallel with making supper, you won't have to shred your sleep.

With that in mind, I put my hand on the doorboard.

but the doorboards were calloused.

"Is that it? Ai-fa, are you home already?

While calling, knock on the doorboard.

After a slightly longer silence, the voice of Ai-Fa, "Wait a while", returned.

But the doorboard doesn't quite open.

By "often" I = fa had plenty of thirty seconds of serving.

There was a rubbing noise and the doorboard opened.

At that moment, I was supposed to breathe.

"What's the matter, Ai-Fa!?

I don't know what happened.

However, Ai-Fa has a tight eyebrow root as much as it does any more.

Surprisingly brings up a bitter sweat on its fine surface.

And he was burning blue eyes like a wounded beast.

"Don't shout... get in the house right now"

Ugh, Ey-Fa disappears into the shadow of the doorboard.

Anyway, I grabbed a packed iron pan and stepped inside the house.

Ai-Fa was nodding in the shadow of the doorboard.

Keep your fur cloak on.

With your right arm, hold your left arm.

"Hang up the candlestick."

I did exactly as I was told in a great hurry, and then I bent down to Ai-Fa.

"What's the matter with you? Does your arm hurt? No way...... the Sung family attacked you?

From what I've seen, I don't see any trauma.

But it was since that old day, when the serpent of Madarama attacked me, that Ai-Fa looked so painful.

"It's not me taking a lag on the Sung family etc...... in the middle of the hunt, my arm bones just came off"

With a squeezing voice, Ai-Fa said so.

Bones off?

Does that mean you dislocated?

"Ugh, where's your arm? Left arm, huh? Shoulder? Elbow?

"I tell you not to make a scene... on the left, elbow. I've already put the bones back in, so I won't show you around."

"Oh, don't be dramatic. Tell me, if you're dislocated, you should fix it or something, right? Er, what would be a substitute for an escort..."

Dong, and i-fa hit my head in the chest.

With both arms blocked, that's how I had to protest.

"If you make a scene, it won't be anything... I'm the one handling it, so I just need you to help me"

"Wow, okay. What am I supposed to do?

"... take off your footwear"

I followed promptly.

How much pain does elbow dislocation cause? Besides, I can't believe I put the bones back on myself - even if I'm going through the procedure, I'm not going to be able to do it.

"No, I let him take it off."

"All right... we're moving..."

Ai-Fa stood up loosely, biting her lips.

I swayed my body so much that I could softly put my hands on my shoulders whenever possible.

Even with the thick cloak, Ey-Fa's body felt like it was emitting a high fever.

Oh, my God.

It's not uncommon for a hunter to have a conversation about getting a hand wound, etc. - I can't believe EY-FA fits such an eye the day after that.

"... undress the hunter"

"Oh."

Untie the leather string that connects and fastens the cape.

The cloak fell straight to the floor, and Ai-Fa proceeded with her legs and nodded around the wall.

"... there would have been a piece of cloth I hadn't used yet. Bring that one."

I even move faithfully.

Afterwards, he fastened his left arm in the form of a hanging from his neck, with an escort on his forearm, wrapped around it with a thinly torn cloth.

It's a fixed method that's no different from the world I was in.

"That's fine...... and then I've planted Rom leaves in the back of my clothes, so take that"

Behind the cape, lots of hidden pockets are sewn up. One of them was twisted with a few leaves like Momiji in shades that were almost black.

"It's a hot and cold herb... with just a little water, crush it with a wooden spoon... just one..."

Ey-fa's voice becomes weaker and weaker as it slowly leads to the wall.

Rather than enduring severe pain, the fever may be rising.

"It's crushed. You drink this?

Ai-Fa is silent and comes up with his right arm.

I shook my head small and then leaned over to Ai-Fa and carried the wooden key to my mouth.

Pasted black leaves, ai-fa sips them down tastefully.

"Okay.... sleep for a while. Wake me up for dinner."

"What kind of things are easy to eat? I have a guinea pig, so why don't you turn it into a soup too?

"... Poitans should be baked..."

and Ai-Fa let her lips faintly tuck away.

I stare at those crusty faces with the thought of getting my chest stuck.

"Then why don't we make it the same dedication as Grandma Ziva? If it's hard to eat, both hamburgers and poisons can be soaked in soup"

"... even yesterday, Hanbah. What, okay?

"Don't be shy just like this, idiot"

As I said, I ripped the excess cloth chips to an affordable size, wet them with water from a water bottle, squeezed them hard, and soaked the sweat out of Ey-Fa's face.

"Oh, that feels good," Ai-Fa closes her eyelids quietly.

"Thanks for having you, Asta.... I had the same hand wound about a year ago, but that's when it was difficult to wrap cloth around..."

"... I'm glad I got hurt like this, I guess I should think"

"Oh, yeah. Every hand wound will heal in a few days. I'll take care of you for a little while."

"Call me as much as you want"

I washed the cloth with shaved water, and now I put it on my forehead.

Ambient water, but it would be better than not doing it.

"Okay, sleep.... you do your job"

"Okay. You need to call me as soon as something happens, okay?" And even though I did, I wouldn't be able to take the i-fa out of my sight anyway.

Even dislocation is never a minor injury.

Still, I'm really glad I didn't suffer irrevocable hand injuries.

I wonder what would happen to me if I lost Ai-Fa right now.

I don't think it's very good that I can stand such a reality, not like this.

How prepared are the women by the woods to send the men to the woods every day?

"Don't be dramatic... Tomorrow, you will be able to move so inexorably... The Sung family and others are not enough to fear..."

And, like every wow, I = fa snapped.

I headed to the front door to pack my stuff, and I turn and give in to Ai-Fa again.

"I get it. It's up to you to get some rest. 'Cause I'm gonna make you a delicious meal so you can get better a little faster."

Then, with his eyelids closed, Ai-Fa smiled faintly.

"... I want some Hanba-gu soon, Asta..."

I nodded, wrapped my hot cheeks with my hands like an eye-fa fire, and then stood up to get to work on dinner and planting.