118 Prologue - Busy Holidays

Morning.

After ten days of work in the boarding town, the next morning.

At the temporary inn in the settlement of Lou, I was overlooked by two cookware purchased yesterday.

Cooking knife and iron plate.

The cooking knife, made of shim, has a body size of 20 cm and a width of about 8 cm.

The blade is thin, single blade.

The blade lines are not inverted, like santoku knives and meat cutting knives, and the torso is rectangular.

Thus, if the blade wire is straight, when lowered vertically, the surface of the slab and the blade fit perfectly, so it is suitable for chopping things, etc.

However, since the sharpening method is different when it is a single blade, more attention should be paid than ever. Because of the thin blade, this guy is prone to blade spills.

But when it comes to sharpness, it's remarkable.

The price of 18 white copper coins is not Dade.

And an iron plate.

This one says it's from Jagal.

Or it seems that the majority of the iron ware sold in Genos comes from Jagal.

This is an extremely muscular design.

It has a width of 70 cm, a depth of 50 cm and a thickness of 6 mm.

It has a return of about three centimeters on all sides, just a handshake on the left and right, later a black iron plate with no decorations or anything.

But I can't wait to see the martial arts again.

Seasoning - The so-called iron baking and taming the oil was done yesterday, so its surface is black and shiny to decorate.

I started living by this forest for a month and a half. Although I have done it in one iron pan for any kind of baking dish. The convenience of iron plates is still high. This should also make the task of baking patties and poitans considerably more efficient.

Besides, the iron pan I usually use may weigh as much as 30 kilograms because it is nearly a centimeter thick, but this iron plate would weigh as much as 12 or 3 kilograms at most. Even in that sense, it is user-friendly.

In addition, thin thickness also means less heat storage. That's just because the iron pan has been too thick so far, and I think the thickness of 6mm is voluminous enough as an iron plate.

It is also a fairly usable item at the moment, and will expand the range of dishes in the future.

Thinking that way, I can't stop smiling.

Sims cooking knives as beautiful as ornaments and jacquard iron plates as chunks of practicality.

I could never tire of staring at them in the morning sun.

"... what the hell are you doing, it's Asta?

And, first thing in the morning, Ai-Fa, who was supposed to have headed to the water field, is back, so I can circle my gaze over there.

"Hey, that was fast. How's your left arm?

"Mm-hmm. No pain at all.... but the force seems to have fallen a long way. If it's a human opponent, it's still uncomfortable to deal with Giva."

While doing so, Ai-Fa slowly bent and stretched out her first freed left arm in six days.

"If you can't do it before the force returns, your bones may come off again. You'll need to see how things go in the next few days.... So, what were you doing, Asta?

"No, nothing. I was just admiring these guys I bought yesterday."

"... Hmm?" Leaning her little neck, Ai-Fa came forward on her feet and settled her hips in my place.

A slightly damp golden brown hair is tied to the same complex shape as before.

Simplified virgins that just bundled into one with their shoulders were quite appealing, but I still feel this active hairstyle suits me best for I-Fa.

"You mean you've been sitting around like this the whole time I cleaned myself up and helped clean up dinner?

"Oh, the tools I've never had at home, so I'm kind of sexually obsessed."

Maybe I had a face like a good grandfather who welcomed my first grandson.

Ey-fa starts frowning a little bit on the slice.

"Asta, you..."

"Yeah?"

"No. Nothing"

"What's going on? Isn't it unusual for you to stop talking along the way?

"Hmm. It's nothing."

"It won't be anything. I'm curious. If you have something to think about, don't hesitate to say it."

"... but even though they're family, they won't be able to lose their sense of courtesy. So, nothing."

"No, no, you're more and more concerned! Didn't we talk a little while ago about not hiding your feelings? It's normal for me and I-Fa to think and feel different, so I think we should put anything like that aside and work on mutual understanding from the front, right?

"It's not that hard of a story. I just... I didn't want to offend you."

"That's good. You said if you said something unpleasant, you'd beat him up, but don't hide your feelings.

"... are you gonna beat me up?

"Can you, such a scary thing"

"... don't you even get angry?

"If it's that bad, we'll discuss it until we're satisfied"

"Right.... Ok. Apparently, you're more right at this point."

Ai-Fa stretched out her spine only with an agua on, and she stared at me with a really rough face.

"I just, for a moment, thought I was feeling thin about you,"

…………

"Are you mad?

"No, not at all"

However, a little tear seemed to spill.

"That means that you felt just a little less thin looking at tools made of iron and trees and all that merciful looking at humans..."

"Oh, no, it conveys exactly what it means, so it's okay that you're not chasing me."

"Right.... angry?

"No, not at all"

"Well," Ai-Fa nodded.

That way, I can flaunt my mouth a little innocent.

"Then again, it seemed right to put it in your mouth. I think my chest's a little lighter, Asta."

That is above all -.

"Besides, you look a lot brighter too. I thought you looked terrible last night."

"Oh, that's well, if you want to solve the trouble, you just have to do every job in front of you," he said again.

Disturbing information, obtained from Milan-Math.

Increasing suspicion and suspicion of the Sung family.

In contrast, when it comes to what I can do right now - after all, it would just be to glance at the Conference of Parents in a complete manner.

"Well, I'll rent a water field, too. I've been very busy this morning."

"Mm-hmm. First of all, give the ladies a hand with the cooking, huh?

"Oh. After that, I'm waiting a lot for the planting work for tomorrow, and I have to decide on the culinary contributions to serve at the inn. I don't know, they're going to chase me to work for a day."

"... not at all, as long as you envy me," Ey-Fa says, holding her lips together a little.

"I only have enough work to collect firewood. Seriously, when my body gets better, it becomes painful not to go into the woods."

"Come on, so don't be impotent, okay?

Calling it so with a little worry, Ai-Fa let her lips squeeze.

"Do I look like such a fool? Resting when you should is also a necessary job for the hunter."

"Oh, I'm sorry. But you looked so unhappy."

"Disgruntled is dissatisfied.... But you're the only one who can show a face like this, so don't get out of complaining"

I want Ai-Fa to go through more hearts and minds with all sorts of people - and so on, when they throw up such a dialogue, it's me who's about to crush my heart.

"... thank you in the morning"

"Thank you for what, what is it?

"Yes, no, it's nothing! Then I'll clean myself up before work, too!

So my holiday, as busy as it was on a business day, began.

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"- So this is a study group for the Conference of Parents. In the meantime, I set up the work process for the day myself."

The study group was to be held in two parts: in the morning and in the afternoon.

If I gathered too many people, my eyes would become loose, and I could not help but notice calling the women of Rutim in the morning, so that's how I planned it.

At the Parents' Conference, there are eight women who can help me.

From the main house of Luu, four people: Meir Ray-Luu, Vina-Lu, Raina-Lu and Lara-Luu.

From the branch, two people, Sheila-Lou and Tari-Lou.

From Rutim's main house, two people, Ama Min-Rutim and Morn-Rutim, have a rash on their face.

Tali-Luu is Sheila-Lu's mother.

On the day of the Conference of Parents, if this competent mother and daughter leave the house at the same time, they will be missing Sin-Lu et al's kama number, but that seems to be followed by other branches of women.

Apparently, not only Sheila-Lou, but Tari-Lou has also been flashing up his cooking arm since Rutim's feast again.

Therefore, it was a huge promotion by Meer Ray-Lew.

And Morn-Rutim is the sister-in-law of Ama Min-Rutim - that is, the sister of Gazran-Rutim and the daughter of Dan-Rutim - who I've only met once.

She looks like a father, has a healthy body by the way, and is a loving, energetic daughter.

So, the current gathering was five of those eight.

He is the three sisters in the main house and mother Meer Ray, plus a member named Sheila-Lou.

Mother Meer Ray and Sheila-Lou are also invited to attend the afternoon study group.

To get the squad captain of this elite unit to follow them.

I lay my words on them as I saw how reliable those five people were.

"The purpose on this side is to beat the cooking skills on the women of the Sung family. On that day, we want the Sung women to move as much as we can in the form of a sample. You know, it's like the second night I took care of the Lew family."

"Oh, you're talking about the night before Rutim's wedding, which fed our parents soaked? Sure, I almost cooked it with us then."

Mother Meer Ray nods loudly today in a way that stands for Together.

"But this time, they're about the same number as Rutim's feast, right? Are you sure it works that way?

"I think that's okay. I don't make elaborate dishes like I did at the feast, because I don't need to bother my head with meals. … So, as a dedication, I'm going to go with Myrmu Grilled and Steaked, Grilled Poitan, Giva Meat and Aria Soup."

"Heh, can't you put any other vegetables in the soup?," said Lara-Luu.

"Yeah. Whatever the cost of the ingredients has to come out of the price. Something to tease me about. Apart from Aria and Poitan, I also use Myrmu and fruit liquor, and this time I'm going to go for the qualities."

It is the Sung family that should be attacked, but all parents gather at the Parents' Conference.

If we release the technology of blood loss and dismantling anyway, I would like those people to eat simple and affordable dishes, so I added steak to the item.

"So, on the day, I would like to proceed with the work in the order of baked poitan, giva soup, meat dishes,. Instead of cooking each dish at the same time, we all finish one dish at a time, right? Therefore, there will be no more problems with baked Poitan and soup, so we would like each of you to have enough skill to give the women of the Sung family a hand job when it comes to meat dishes"

That's how I turned my gaze toward Sheila-Lou, who stood still.

"So, this is a different story from the Conference of Parents. You want Sheila-Lou to be able to make" Myrmu Grill "perfectly by herself, in particular."

"Huh?... Why?

"Yes, tomorrow we will start the business of the Inn Town again, so I want you to be able to cut up the 'Myrmu Grill' stall without me."

From the twelfth day of the Blue Moon, the day after the Parents' Meeting, I was to undertake the preparation of dinner dishes at the Grand Tree Pavilion in the South.

But under the circumstances, we don't have enough time.

If I'd started working on the planting after the stall business was over, I'd be late to get home. If we do that, we will now be cut off time to do business the next day.

"So when I sold out" Gibba Burger "past Jomtien, I want to head to" The Great Tree Pavilion in the South ". In the meantime, I'd like to leave Sheila-Lou with the stall of Myrmu Grill."

"Can I...? That dish is very important, isn't it...?

"Yes, overcooking will make the meat harder, and the juice will boil down and the flavor will thicken.... but if it's Sheila-Lou, in a few days, I'll be able to leave it to you without a problem."

"Is it...?

"Yes, and I've already told Meer Ray-Lew that I want to pay Sheila-Lou twice as much as I've ever done when I can get that far"

Sheila-Lou looked back at Mother Meer Ray in surprise.

Meer Ray's mother laughs at her garlic and sneezes around Lara-Rue's head, which was nearby.

"I asked Lara and Vina if that's okay with you guys. We only talked about Sheila-Lou being the only one who could imitate that, so we decided to leave it to you. Well, these kids aren't that good at anything."

"Ugh. That's Sheila-Lou too good for you! There's no way we can make dishes that taste exactly like Asta!

"It's true... I wanted to do my best too, I just don't have the courage to cook meat in the street Wow..."

The two eyes that responded that way were lit with a very honest light of praise and envy.

And - the last person to ever shut up was to open his mouth there for the first time.

"Meer Ray, mother. Even I think I can do a lot of work for you... starting tomorrow, it's Sister Vina and Lara who are going down to town after all...?

My next sister, Raina-Lou.

Raina-Lou had his hands together in front of his chest, staring at his mother's face as he pleaded.

Mother Meer Ray smiles a little troubled.

"I picked Vina first because she's a parent. Hey. If Vina and you fall out at the top, you're just a little late for work at home, aren't you?... Besides, I guess I'd rather have Vina instead of Asta, unless the Sung family is a little more comfortable. I don't know what to say, but your sister must be the best human being."

"But..."

"For example, if the Sung family of men got drunk and obsessed, it would be Vina who would make him the best, right? Parents may also change their minds if they fulfill the Kamadoku turn of this parenting meeting and there is no longer any prospect that the Sung family will come forward to give Asta a little bit more. Until then, you're a little impatient too."

"... okay," Rayna-Lew swept her cheeks a little.

Vina-Lou is messing with her chestnut hair tip as she turns that way with a very complicated looking face.

And - Sheila-Lou has stared at me with some resolute face.

"Okay. If Asta trusts me and others so much - I want to live up to that trust, too. Best regards, Asta"

"Thank you. … Shall we start the study session now?"

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After that the place was not disturbed by this, and I was able to successfully complete the morning section study group.

It's been about two hours since I've gotten out of this, and I stretch out my arms.

Outside, Limi-Luu and Grandma Tito Min were cracking firewood while drying Pico's leaves.

"Hey Rimi-Lou. Has Ai-Fa not returned yet?

"Yeah. I guess it's time to come home"

Ai-Fa headed to the edge of the woods to collect firewood for commercial use.

I wonder what to do because there's still so much time to get to Jomtien - an unexpected person approached me.

It is Ziza-Lou.

"Asta, if you're free, I'd like to talk to you for a moment."

"Talk to me - is that it?

Ziza-Lou, who lately lurked in the shadows, told me in full - clearly, I don't even think it's a very good story.

Mother Meer Ray, who followed me for a long time, stared suspiciously at her eldest brother.

"Isn't it unusual for you to talk to Asta, Giza?... No way, you're not dissatisfied with your parents' decision, are you?

"Parents' decisions are absolute. You think I, your oldest brother, would imitate you against that?

As always, only expression is moderation itself.

After staring back at her eyes as thin as that yarn, Mother Meer Ray breathes small.

"You and Asta have a job, so you shouldn't be carrying too much extra hard work, right?

"Oh," he nodded, Giza-Lou moving on to the side of the house.

As far as I was concerned, there seemed to be no other way to follow.

"... it's a lot of hissing to have a proper word with you, Asta"

"Right. Maybe since the morning of Rutim's feast."

"Still, it hasn't been twenty days.... but in the meantime things have changed dizzily"

Giza-Lou stops and turns to me.

No knife, no cape. It is the appearance of plain clothes, wrapped only in cloth torso and waist.

But if Mitsuhito, who has this privileged body, cares about it, he won't need a knife or anything to solemnize me.

I care that you should be as discreet as you are with the Sung family.

"You've become a central figure by the woods. When you move, so does the end of the forest.... I don't feel that way."

"I don't think so. I have a sense that it's triggering all sorts of disturbances - but that's not one of my powers, either in a good or a bad way. I think people like me were also in a position to get involved in the end of the woodland because there was Ai-Fa, there was Gazran-Rutim, and there was Donda-Ru."

"I don't know about that. … at least I don't think there would have been anything today without your presence"

Invisible pressure loosens up over my head.

It's an invisible lead-like compression that his brothers are afraid of.

"That may be true, but I guess that's the same for the rest of us. It seems to me that the situation was going to be completely different, after all, with Ai-Fa, Gazran-Rutim and Donda-Rou, whichever one of them was missing.... Isn't that what the world is all about?

"... you've changed, Asta," Ziza-Lou's voice went low.

"Previously, you had a weaker impression. I don't know what I am, so I don't think I was in danger of shaking that power in a disorderly manner."

"Ha..."

"But now that you understand your power, it seems like you're trying to extend it to the woodland."

Giza-Lou's, even the big body, has fallen into the illusion of how big it has become.

The pressure keeps increasing.

"You are dangerous. Probably more than that stone capital person named Camua-Josh - you're the exotic one with the power to move the end of the woodland from the inside out, and you look like the most dangerous person to me."

"After all, does that mean you still can't see me as a member of the woodland?

I responded, feeling more like an intolerable breathlessness than a sense of fear.

"I still want to be a part of the woodland from the bottom of my heart. But I was still anxious to live by the woods and do something big just by my shallow judgment, so I intended to choose the best way to go by exposing myself to Ai-Fa, Gazran-Rutim, or Donda-Lou.... Is Giza-Lou unwilling that Leou's house involves the Accommodation Town or Sung family in such a way as it is today...?

"If you ask me if I don't mean it or not - of course, I don't mean it. I think it's up to the people of the woods to decide the end of the forest."

"Yeah...... then can't you think in the wind that Donda-Lu and Gazran-Rutim and others are trying to use a tool called me to cut through the end of the woodland? As far as I'm concerned, I still have a little bit of that consciousness myself..."

"Even if you're a tool, it's not Lew or Rutim who's manipulating it."

Giza-Lou's eyes - like thin threads - felt like they were emitting black light.

A sharp light, like the tip of a pitch-black knife.

"It is the parents of Fa's house who are manipulating you.... If you say so, the end of the woodland may be in the hands of the head of Fa's house, who has no family"

"That's a misunderstanding. In that sense, I'm not weighing Ai-Fa alone. I mean, isn't Ai-Fa herself just acting out thinking about the end of the woodland, not private lust?

That's why I-Fa made the decision to rely on Luu and Rutim until he bent his feelings.

The day after that, worried enough to give off too much heat of hard work - still, Ai-Fa chose the path to follow Gazran-Rutim's words, which he thought was right.

So I was able to think that the people of the house of Lou, Rutim and Fa were trying to cut through the end of the woodland with a lot of support - can't this Ziza-Lou think like that?

"... if that Ai-Fa had been Dalm's daughter-in-law two years ago, I would never have been in this situation"

And, with a voice that never gets expensive, Giza-Lou said so.

"Or if Ziva and Limi are not on edge with Ai-Fa - or if Ai-Fa and you are not meeting in the woods -"

"Do you just think those things that seemed happy to me are unfortunate events for Giza-Lou?

While withstanding the pressure of invisibility, I also exert strength in my eyes.

"Well, then that's -- that's very sad."

It was as if the air was tingling and electric.

When I get distracted, my knees are about to crumble.

This was certainly - comparable pressure to the angry Donda-Lou.

But even though Donda-Lou seems to be releasing the emotion to form that pressure, I still can't feel any emotion from this Giza-Lou.

Is it not personal emotions such as anger or hatred, a feeling more remote from me - a sense of mission, a sense of belonging to a clan, a hunter's dignity, or something like that in the nucleus?

Whatever it is, it's a lot of pressure.

As far as I'm concerned, all I could do was indulge in it so I wouldn't succumb to the pressure.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Our confrontation was to be cut off by the voice of Ai-Fa, who rose from behind Giza-Lou.

"What are you doing here, Asta"

Phew - and the pressure that was dissipating from Giza-Lou's flesh disappears.

When Giza-Lou leaned over his body, he saw Ai-Fa carrying a bag of firewood on his back.

"If you're free too, help me. You're gonna need more firewood tomorrow than you did yesterday, right?

"Oh, yeah, right.... Okay, I'll help you."

I = fa, slowly approaching.

Ziza-Lou gave you a compliment and then looked at me.

"Then I'll be excused for this. It's good to hear from you today."

I give a small nod back, unable to twist my thoughtful reply, etc.

That's how Ziza-Lou left me, and Ai-Fa came instead.

"Really, what are you doing, Asta"

And, Ai-Fa gives me a scary face.

"I've never seen that eldest brother scatter so much killing energy. Don't be alone with a man like that in my absence."

"Yeah, but if they say they want to talk, they can't really say no, can they?

"Still, say no.... That elder brother can't read his mind, so he doesn't even know how to be vigilant with me."

Furthermore, Ai-Fa looks me in the face and peeks into my eyes from a distance almost as far as the tip of my nose is likely to touch me.

"Hmm... but well, I didn't know you were scared of one thing because of all that killing. You mean your arm strength has remained crude, and you've only got the guts."

"Um. If you do, praise me, praise me, one way or another."

"Right. Well, let's praise him."

With you, I = fa hits my forehead.

"There should be no such thing as a man who doesn't lose me because that elder brother hit me with so much killing. You're busy when you're weak, Asta."

"No, so..."

"I praise you, and I'm proud of you"

With that said, Ai-Fa had a very brave smile.

"If you have that guts, you don't deserve to be afraid, such as the Sung family men. Before the Conference of Parents, I was able to lighten my mind a little.... Then we'll go collect firewood, Asta. I have to get my body back to normal, too."