119 ① Attendance

Between then and the Conference of Parents, there was nothing notable about this - I guess I can't say.

The day after the study group at the Lou family, we resumed our business in the Inn Town, and we were supposed to sell out 200 meals.

The day before I left the store, I sold out 170 meals, and this time I had enough time to do the planting, so I prepared 100 meals of "Giva Burger" and "Myrmu Grill". It matched the result of selling out exactly in the prescribed amount of time.

The day after that, momentum dropped slightly, and even this one could only prepare 170 meals. Still, the product never sold out.

Has the anomalous schedule of one day off and two days off from the day after that inspired the customer's willingness to buy strangely? Until then, even 150 meals should have been sold out somewhat.

In the meantime, after the Conference of Parents, I decided to dare to order that even if I were to put in the day off, I should keep it on a regular schedule at the top of the 10th.

At any rate, more than 150 dishes can only be prepared while they are based in the settlement of Luu.

Vina-Lou has about two hours more time to engage in another job because he doesn't need to stop at Fa's house. Unless you use those two hours to help us prepare more than 150 meals.

Furthermore, the day after the Conference of Parents, work in the Great Tree Pavilion in the South also begins. The increase in sales in stalls is a delightful story, but now is often also the time to seek stability.

By the way, for the record, the Southern Daiki Pavilion was to serve dishes that were different from both "Myrmu Grill" and "Giba Burger".

No matter how much Jagal wanted to cook Giva meat, I devised a new dedication because they thought I would soon get tired of the same dedication in the morning and at night.

If the sale isn't very fragrant, it's a policy to switch to 'Myrmu Grill' or similar dishes. In the meantime, the innkeeper Naudis gave me a go sign, so I think I'll start by challenging you.

of the battle in Accommodation Town, that will be the second round.

With all those thoughts, the 8th and 9th of the Blue Moon flowed past - and the day of the Conference of Parents, came.

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"... it's a long way from Sung's settlement"

I snuck my ears out to Ey-Fa as I even walked down the yellow-treaded, hardened woodland road.

As he advances his legs as supple as a wild leopard, Ai-Fa also sneaks back the words.

"Sung's settlement is the northernmost point, and Luu's settlement is the southernmost point. It's natural to feel far away."

Forestside settlements are formed in the form of elongated stretches to the north and south.

It is such a geography because the forests were cut open in a way that divided the mountains of Morga, which soar to the east, and the territory of Genos, which extends to the west.

So, Sung's settlement is located quite to the north, dressed as a small clan settlement that includes Fa's house in between, with Luu and Rutim's settlements present in a position near the south.

To see from the position of the sun, we should have been walking for only two hours already, but it still seemed to take about half an hour to arrive.

"Hmm... I mean, those Rutim banquet nights, the Sung family stepped on such a long road that they came all the way out here to harass me"

When I make him ear again, Ai-Fa nods and looks at me, too.

"I don't do my job as a hunter properly, so I guess I have as much time, etc. Damn it, it's a simmering story."

"It's true, right? I'd tell you to hunt one more Giva if you have one like that."

"... by the way, it's Asta"

"Yeah, what is it, Ai-Fa?

"How come you keep your voice down and talk to me?

Oh, you didn't even know what that meant, so you were following me to a secret story.

"Nothing, it doesn't make any deep sense. Isn't it a fascinating atmosphere to talk to the public?

We're not on our way to the Sung settlement alone.

with the families of Lou.

In Luu there are six families united by the edge of blood.

He is the six families of Rutim, Ray, Minn, Maam, Lilyn, and Mufa.

Those parents and one man at a time.

And the women of Lou and Rutim, who accompanied him to fulfill which turn.

It is a group of 24 people, including me and Ai-Fa.

And as for the men, they were the parents and the elite fierce men who were allowed to attend the Parents' Conference, so that was no longer a blur.

They are all the families of Lu, so everyone would have attended that Lutim feast. Only three men know each other: Donda-Lou and Dalm-Lou, plus Dan-Lutim.

Besides, they're handing me the ingredients to use at dinner tonight.

Because it is an ingredient for 140 people, eight women plus me alone was not a very portable amount.

Of course, even if I tried the Donda-Lou's, I didn't seem to have any intention of letting only the women precede Sung's settlement. I just had to be afraid because it was me and Ai-Fa who eventually accepted the Sung family's job.

"... oh, you're getting kind of sleepy," he said, suddenly raising a loud voice from behind.

Looking back, the boy, supposedly the youngest in the male, is yawning greatly as he walks.

"It's crackling that I was woken up at such an early hour. Donda-Lu, when we get to Sung's settlement, would you mind if I let you sleep a little?

"... do as you please," Donda-Lou replies softly.

"That helps. Well, I'll be up as soon as there's any noise, so give me a break. What are you looking at? It's Fa's house."

"Oh, no, excuse me"

"I didn't lose any respect. I hear what you're looking at, I am."

He doesn't look grumpy at all, but he doesn't even look so serene in temper.

While I was choosing words about what was going on, the boy lined up next to me with faster legs.

"Speaking of which, I haven't heard your name yet. I'm Rau-Ray, but what's your name, Fa's house?

"Yes, my name is Asta"

Maybe younger than me, but I decided to stay out here badly.

If I was thinking about it or something, the boy would look a little grumpy.

"I'm seventeen, but how old are you, Asta?"

"Oh, I'm seventeen too."

"Then you don't have to use polite language like that. Speak normally, normally."

He is a boy who says something like Yumi.

But the boy was also equipped with some piercing locks.

He has long stretched his hair in a pale hue almost as close to gold, tied behind his neck. The long cut eyes are also pale watery with high nose and thin lips. It feels like it made Rudd-Lou look a little more adult, with a slightly neutral face but a rough look of temperament.

He's a little taller than me, and he's a little skinny.

With such a look, and a young age, the power is not beaten by the men around him.

"Well, I wasn't sure about one thing Gazran-Rutim said right now about what happened to the lodging town business. If you're talking about the Sung family getting into trouble with you, I can help you with whatever you want."

"Yes, thank you"

"... he says speak normally"

"Hey, because you started doing business in boarding town, this way of talking is even easier."

"Right. Well, then, for every polite word we use, let's hit him once."

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"Are you sure it's Fa's house?," said the Lough-Ray boy, looking at him all the time.

"When those Sung family members stepped on a wedding feast, you were the one cutting off the prestigious one, weren't you? It's like someone else."

"No, well, I had a lot of blood on my head back then."

"Hmm. Then let the blood go up today. If I show my weakness to the Sung family, they'll follow me as much as they want."

He seemed to be a boy with a theory of opposite poles with me.

As far as I'm concerned, I only want to stay calm in dangerous situations.

"By the way, Asta, even at Ray's house I learned from Gazran-Rutim the intent of draining and dismantling Gibba. That certainly made the meat taste better, but it's not far from the meal you were fed at the feast. How the hell do you make that gnarly meat?

"That's a dish that can't be explained by words alone: carve the meat and then round it up again... The women of Lou and Rutim have already worked out how to make it, so I guess they'll have to learn it there."

When I responded that way, careful not to get beaten up, Rau-Ray looked back obliquely.

"Then, Ama Min-Lutim, teach the women of Ray how to make it. I want to eat that dish at home."

Ama Min-Rutim, who was walking with a packed bag of vegetables on his back, just like everyone else, bowed his head courteously to the Lough-Ray boy.

"Roger that. I still can't make it that good either, but I'd like to brush my arms with the Ray ladies"

"... Ama Min-Lutim, how old are you?

"Yes, I'm seventeen too, Rau-Ray"

"Then it doesn't have to be such a polite word. Like Asta, talk normally."

"No. As Lew's family, I can't be so rude to Ray's head of the house."

Ray's head of the house. - This boy?

"As soon as I become a parent, all the women are that.... You're like a man, even though it's your turn, so talk normally, Asta?

Apparently, you have approached a boy who is difficult to handle.

When I glanced back at Ai-Fa, of course, my parents turned that way with strange faces.

"What, do Ray's parents prefer Hanba-gu? I'm not saying that Hanba-gu tastes bad, but the best would still be abalone meat?

And, it is Rutim's Parent Hall who has put in the cross spear.

Rubbing his heartbeat, he comes close as he unwinds. I'm sure this Mitsuhito won't be a help ship.

"Ah, the meat. Of course, that was a lot tasty too - but isn't it hard to eat with bones on it?

"What are you talking about! Isn't that delicious to take from the bones! If I could, I'd want to keep my bones on Giva's feet, right?

That's going to be hard to put through fire.

But if we drill some more steam grill and other technology, I don't think it's possible.

"By and large, there are many women and children who prefer Hanba-gu. I looked up to him as a parent at that young age, but he hasn't lost the child's face yet."

Dan-Rutim laughs out loud, and the grumpy look he sees creeps up on Rau-Ray's face.

"Is Rutim willing to sell Ray a fight? Treating a hunter man as a child would be too disrespectful a rhetoric?

"Then eat the abalone meat without complaining. That's the best dish the hunters deserve."

There was no sign of Rau-Ray's anger or anything like that, and Dan-Rutim has turned a little indulgence towards me.

"Asta! Of course you're going to feed me some abalone meat today, aren't you? That thin meat with myrmu and yara did taste delicious, but it still doesn't extend to the deliciousness of abalone meat!

So Ama Min-Rutim and Morn-Rutim, who mastered the cooking skills of "Myrmu Grill" at a study group three days ago, just showed off their skill at the Rutim family dinner?

That's a very cool story, but as far as I'm concerned, "Is that it?" and I have to twist my neck.

"I thought you also split the meat from Rutim today. That would have included a good bit of abalone meat, wouldn't it?

"I don't know. Speaking of which, I feel like Gazlan was saying something, but he was sleepy, so I was listening."

"... is that so"

"It's a business belly to feed the Sung family delicious meat like that, but well, if that makes any of their rotten sexual roots, let's forgive them! If you want some delicious meat, seriously hunt Giva, and I'll kick their ass!

"No, um, please try to be as calm as possible...?

"Yeah? What are you looking so worried about? It's an analogy though I said I'd kick it. How could I possibly extend to such a brief gesture?

I wonder if so, and let me sneak a sigh of relief.

I can't be relieved to see the anger toward the Sung family during the feast.

"... but if they get lost and try to harm Asta, I don't know what I'm gonna do either."

And, laughing lavishly, Dan-Rutim's cheerful face flashed the hunter's expression only for a moment.

"That doesn't matter if it's going to be a war with the Sung family, but losing Asta isn't going to be anything. Talking about son-in-law to the Sung family is out of the question, but above all, you must never lose your life, Asta?

Dan-Rutim apparently has no interest in the business of the accomodation town.

I don't seem to understand one thing right now, either, about living a rich life by the woods, or the words of Ai-Fa or Gazran-Rutim.

But when Gazran-Rutim reported that the Sung family was after me, this Mitsujin was so mad that he was about to yell at Sung's settlement as it were - and Gazran-Rutim had told me.

This Mitsuhito was just fascinated by the taste of abalone meat, and I'm ashamed of myself for thinking that he doesn't have that much interest in a human being named myself - or something like that.

With that thought in his chest, he replied, "Yes, thank you," Dan-Rutim laughed again gahaha and slapped me in the back.

"Well, in the meantime, the women, in other places, we'll protect them! Asta should feel safe cooking delicious food!

It was a very powerful word and a very powerful skinship.

I feel like I heard a crackling rib, but I didn't seem to have managed to break it.

"Hmm. The Sung family, etc. are not a number of things, but you should be careful, you dumb family. I wouldn't even appreciate a weak man like you, so if you're wrong, they won't step on their tail."

I have a bad mouth, but Lauray-Ray speaks those words too.

Somehow, out of my mind, Luu's family felt friendly towards me and Ai-Fa.

I haven't even spoken properly to anything other than Rau-Ray yet, and wherever I look around, I only see the martial top of Buddha. Somehow, it seems that no one is dissatisfied with the increase in extra work.

At its root, of course, there will be a whirlpool of common sentiments that whatever the case is, we will not let it be like the Sung family or anything else. I feel like you're accepting me and Ai-Fa very naturally, who are not family members either.

Maybe - that's one of Rutim's feasts that Rau-Ray just said, too, is a factor.

When the three blubber brothers of the Sung family had broken in, the men, all angry and mad.

It is the men, that is, these members who are currently acting together.

In front of a common enemy, the cohesion within the population becomes stiff. Maybe that theorem extends to me and Ai-Fa.

(If so, that would be a thankful story)

There's no misunderstanding or anything there.

We and they weren't family or anything, but there was no place to be abhorrent about the Sung family.

Thinking about it, but thinking about it without...

"You see..." Donda-Lou, who was walking in the lead, snapped in a low voice.

I rushed forward and breathed a little.

A somewhat unimaginable structure was hidden beyond the perimeter.

buildings, it might not have been as splendid as it could be said.

In the middle of a cut open space, something like a mountain made of hay is thriving. It is like a paleolithic cavernous dwelling.

However, the scale is immeasurable.

It's shaped like a dome with a bow down, but its diameter would be over 20 meters.

It has a shape that I would like to flatten considerably, but even the apex of the box is about two stories tall.

The entrance appears to have a black hole in all directions.

At the top of the canopy is a triangular hat-like roof, and there is a square hole in it that I thought was for ventilation.

Even if the making itself is poor, it may be said that being able to create such a huge building in a woodland environment is a testament to tremendous power.

The sacrificial hall - and to the people by the woods, they call it that.

Today's Parents' Meeting will also take place in this sacrificial hall.

The wooden buildings that could be seen were dotted everywhere, mainly in its idyllic sacrificial hall.

That number, too, is high.

I heard the number of houses is five, but there are likely to be more than ten.

Do you mean that half of them are empty houses?

"... Welcome to Sung's settlement," one man appears loosely before us.

With gray hair behind him, he grew a mustache of the same color, a man of good stature but lacking vitality, an old man - Tay-Sung.

"You got here a lot faster. I thought only Kamado people would visit Jomtien."

"Hmm. Only the ladies, can carry all this load"

Donda-Lou, who opposes it, responds with a grunting voice.

"Shall I show you to Kamado in the main house? Greetings to the chief, after that."

"Yes.... before you do, may I take care of your fangs and horns?

During the day of the establishment of the business meeting with Yamil-Sung, it seems that the agreement "to bring four fangs and horns during the Parents' Meeting" was communicated to all the families.

horns and fangs for one head of giva, is.

It is not a great loss for the families of Lou or for the house of my fa.

But for a small house such as Fou, it would have been a loss involving death and death.

I wish I could present those people with a light of hope commensurate with all that loss - whatever, I can't start talking about keeping the Sung family quiet.

"Now, come here..."

Tay-Sung, who deposited a total of eight horns and fangs, took it with one leather string and then began walking behind the settlement.

As always, he is a man with no hegemony or liveliness.

For the most part, I don't even think it's a hunter's job to give this kind of guidance. I wonder why this Mitsujin has been given the role of a small-time user every time.

(... that? Don't you have to keep the knife?

In the settlement of Lou, it is customary to keep knives before entering. I was never even asked to do that.

Well, if you don't have to keep it, you don't have to bother - something reinforces the impression of doodling.

"... Stinkiness as usual"

And, walking in my place, Rau-Ray threw up in a whisper.

Is that directed at Tay-Sung, or at this settlement itself - maybe both, I think.

When it was almost Jomtien, I didn't see a single figure there.

No one is breaking firewood.

No one is drying Pico's leaves.

There are no stand-up women or children snooping around for fun.

It's as if it's a deserted, deserted settlement.

Besides, observing it passing by, I could see that the immense sacrificial hall was also quite ancient.

Repairs are probably made everywhere, but the haystack-covered walls also look like they're about to rot half way.

Because I don't think we deserve a dwelling of this kind of making in this woodland area, which is quite rainy, maybe this is the way it was when the woodland people lived in the south woods.

When this building was built, were the Sungs also able to guide the people correctly as chieftaincy muscles?

I don't know.

"Here it is…"

Behind the sacrificial hall like the carcass of that dinosaur, a splendid wooden building was hidden that could not be beaten by the Lew main house either.

I'm sure this is Sung's home.

Nature, my feelings tighten.

This is the main mountain of the enemy - the Negijo, of the Diga-Sung, who have tied numerous vicious edges.

Tay-Sung moves on to the back of the building in regular footsteps like a robot.

"… how long will this be?"

Again, just like the Lew family, a small building was co-located behind the main mansion.

It's about the same size as the Lew family.

The same applies to outdoors to the point where two pieces of grilled meat are installed.

"Hmm. Where did the women of the Sung family go?

As Mother Meer Ray raised her voice, Tay-Sung gave a bow of grace with a vain eye.

"I'm calling you right now. Please wait."

Tay-Sung disappears, and the people who were in charge of the luggage load it up at the end of the entrance.

Roughly more than 90 kilos, meat.

More than 400 arias. Nearly 300 poitanes.

Fruit liquor, rock salt, myrmu and other condiments.

Cookware and rubber noodle leaves for catering.

When collected in one place in this way, it is an uninterrupted mass.

There are 79 people attending the Parents' Conference, 41 Sung people, and 9 of us - plus 10 surpluses for Mida-Sun, which is once in a while 139 pieces of food.

So, on the face of it, that's it for the help of the men, but there's still a respite for about two or three hours before the start of the Conference of Parents. Until then, they were willing to wait around.

"... but even after the Parents' Council has begun, the men and others in the Sung family's division are free to move. Never be alarmed, Asta?

Ey-fa whispers words that I don't know how many times it's going to be.

"I know. Anyway, no matter what happens, I will never act alone.... you better be careful too, right?

"Hmm. No more danger to me, but it's just regrettable that there's no Gazran-Rutim"

Yes, at the Parents' Conference, Ai-Fa is the formula for announcing in what mood Fa's house has opened its shop in Accommodation Town. There is no Gazran-Rutim on the spot.

It hardly helped that in Donda-Lou or Dan-Rutim, nor was Rutim's second brother as skilled in his tongue as his brother.

Or perhaps Gazran-Rutim is just peculiar.

I've never seen anyone so intelligently manipulative.

I guess that's due to the temperament of the people by the woods.

Many people are deeply emotional and sensitive, but people who value reason and knowledge don't see them so much. To the extent of my dwarf friendship, I still had such properties as Gazran-Rutim and Ziba-Rutim and - and then I felt one of those scales on Ziza-Ruti and Sati Ray-Ruutim and Ama Min-Rutim.

"... I'm fine. It's important to tell them how you feel."

And I whisper back sneaky to Ai-Fa, too.

"I guess people like me and Camus, no matter how many words they master, can hardly convey their feelings to the people by the woods. But I'm sure I can do it well if I'm an eye-fa who's from the same forest."

"... it's hard to understand how words like that can be vomited after looking at me so far, but well, rather than being told you can't do it, did you have a few steps"

Discarded blindly, Ai-Fa puts his nose head on.

"As much as I can do, I'll do my job.... Looks like work time is here for you, Asta."

Chasing Ai-Fa's gaze, Tae-Sung almost showed up again from behind the house.

Behind it, more than ten women follow.

One of them ran past Tay-Sung on the way and stood in front of me and Ai-Fa.

"I've been waiting for you, to Ai-Fa at Fa's house, Asta. My parents, Zullo, and my brother, Mida, are looking forward to today?

He is Yamir-Sun, the eldest sister of the Sung main house.

This is the first time we've met by the woods.

Yamir-Sung, who hid his complexion in the lodging town with vales and shawls, stood before us in a light-hearted appearance with nothing but chest, waist and metalwork ornaments, how beautiful it was than meeting him in town - and how thin it was.

Long brown hair is knitted like dreadhair.

Cut long eyes are infinitely closer to black.

He is slender and tall, has long hands and legs, and has such a graceful limb that he can't beat Vina-Lou.

But I figured - the smell of rotten blood crept into its beautiful flesh.

(... but you say you can't feel it in Ai-Fa or Vina-Lou, this smell is)

Maybe if I were the only part of the forest that could fit the people, that would be the sharpness of the sense of smell.

It seems that not only the basic physical abilities, but also the people by the woods have very good powers in sight and hearing. Only the sense of smell seems to barely fit in with me.

As a result, I am more alert to this woman named Yamir-Sung than anyone else.

No way is it human blood, but it would be natural to feel creepy and spooky, such as a human being who is constantly wearing a blood odor.

"... Speaking of which, there's something I need to tell you first"

And Yamil-Sung said so, grinning cold.

"The price I pay for Fa's house is 36, not 40 giva horns and fangs. Can you accept that?

"Yes?... I guess that depends on why"

"The reason is simple. In the past year, the number of families has dropped from 40 to 36. My family died or I went into another house before I died, and four of my men were destroyed. … so I want you to reduce the number of dishes you cook by eight, at a price of 36."

"... than more people, but you didn't think the Forestside deal was that easy to override."

"It's not easy. That's why I'm asking you so sincerely."

I shrugged my shoulders when I heard you sincerely.

Really, it's so untrue that it's ridiculous to take someone seriously.

But this one has to fight on this mound.

"So I don't even feel like going home with this big bag right now. If everyone in Lou and Rutim seemed to agree, I'd take it."

"I don't care what the price is. Let's get to work."

Mother Meer Ray moves forward in front of Yamil-Sung, with no apparent movement at all.

Yamil-Sung gave me a cold glance over there, seemingly without any interest.

"Well, thank you very much, Asta at Fa's house. Because you can use these fifteen women as you please."

Fifteen? That's quite a crowd.

I heard the total number of people in Sung's settlement was 41, so I wondered if they'd gathered most of the women, and I looked around and...

And I was going to lose my word.

(... what is this?

They are woodland women of varying ages.

The oldest is about fifty, and the youngest is about ten.

Some married women, some unmarried.

There's nothing strange about this on the outside.

It's just...

All of them, their eyes were dead.

The old woman, the young girl, everyone, he had a cloudy look, just like Tay-Sung.

Even from its brown face, every facial expression is missing.

As a people by the woods, I can't feel anything like a quick sense of vitality and dynamism.

It's not that I'm still thin and fading, and I don't seem to have any deficiencies in my health, but I'm just apathetic.

More than the people in the boarding town, more than the people in the world I was in - more than any person I've ever seen, they stood blurry, like mud dolls that were scarce and impossible to do.

"Then I have another job for you, so excuse me.... Ah, the parents haven't woken up yet, so your men will say hello again soon."

Leaving behind a smile like a viper, Yamil-Sung leaves.

Tay-Sung, too, as a matter of course, is leaving.

After dropping them off like that, Mother Meer Ray breaded her big palm.

"Then I'll carry my stuff! I beg you, Poitan!

The women of the Sung family approached us at all costs, not even responding.

It's not even extremely slow to stick around, but somehow, it looks like a bunch of zombies.

"... what were those creepy women?," Dan-Rutim snapped grumpy behind my back.

Apparently speaking to myself, I replied, "She's the eldest sister in the main house and her name is Yamir-Sung."

"The women in the main house? Compared to the three brothers, they seem to have a temper, but I'm sorry to have dinner with a human being sprinkling such an unpleasant smell."

"Huh?"

Looking back at Dan-Rutim's giant with a little surprise, his round nose was tingling.

"Why are those women sprinkling the smell of rotten blood? I don't care if you're wearing a skin-peeling job with such thin arms."

"... Dan-Rutim has a much sharper nose, doesn't he?"

"Yeah? I smell gibberish in the woods. Even Rutim, only me and my father Ra can do this."

and shook his heartbeat proudly before rubbing its round nose with his fingertips.

"Anyway, I don't care. All of Sung's people don't care, but those women are exceptional. Asta, you don't just let those women in particular, do you?

"Yes, I agree with that word from the bottom of my heart"

I nodded and grabbed the Poitan bag.

That's how I look back at Ai-Fa.

"Well, I'll get to work, too.... Let's do our best, thank you."

Ai-Fa gave a harsh look, remained silent and nodded.

Thus, our battle in Sung's settlement was quietly curtained.