130 Prologue - Today to Tomorrow

"Asta, what the hell is that all about!

The voices of Ey-Fa, who completely lost their restraint, echoed, and I was heartily surprised.

of the settlement of Lou, is an empty house.

Returning from Sung's settlement, now around the middle of Jomtien and Sunset. I borrowed the water field in the sense of drowsiness, and when I came home feeling very neat, I was struck with such a loud voice.

In the middle of the hall, he becomes Jen Royal, and Ai-Fa is shaking his whole body with puffiness.

It is a face that can only be described as a phase of anger.

As I closed the doorboard with my back hand, I said, "What are you so angry about?" And I asked, roughly.

"Not what! The one named you...!

Slightly, Ai-Fa approaches me with a big strand.

And Ai-Fa has stuck his fingertips numbingly around the middle of my torso, standing up without a shredder.

"That wound! What is that scar?

"Oh, this... this is a trail of Dodd-Sung kicking my ass last night. I'm surprised I took my clothes off."

I've also washed my T-shirt in the water, and it was just a light outfit with my feathers woven whether it was a vest or a chock.

As a result, blue-black bruises had been exposed, carved tightly around the middle of his belly.

But, well, the men by the woods kicked me to death, so which injury did I need? If the hit was bad, the ribs would have been easily broken.

But - I = fa is shaking plumply.

"I didn't hear you say that! I thought you said you were safe without a thing! Are you kidding me, Asta?

"Yeah? That's about as safe as it gets! If you're unconscious, it's painless. Which wound?

"... if you're conscious, it hurts," Ey-Fa sat down perfectly.

And so gazing at my abdomen from a transcendental closeness.

"I didn't know that my second brother was doing this kind of imitation...... damn! I should have solemnly cleared myself up before I turned myself over to Donda-Lou et al!

"No, but I lumped the back of his hand, too. The damage is probably about five fifths. There's no need to retaliate."

Ai-Fa has mindlessly bitten her lips...... and softly scarred her palm.

"... Does it hurt badly? Do you need medication?

"No, not at all! Leave him alone and he'll be gone soon. Thanks for your concern."

"... a shame," Ai-Fa says hands off.

And.

Now he turned his arms around my torso and cheeked on the scar.

"Wow! I can't even move while I scream inside."

"Ho, ho, he said it was really okay! You worry too much about anything, no matter how much! For a hunter, is this a scratch?

"You are not a hunter. It's Kamado."

"No, that's right..."

Ey-Fa is coming to his arms all the time.

I'm on the verge of death.

"... I hate it when you get hurt," Ey-Fa snapped low.

"It's harder for a weak person like you to get hurt than this one gets ripped apart... and I'm sorry for my impotence for not being able to protect my family..."

"That's not true. With all that fuss, we could live with five bodies satisfied like this, so that would be a joy, wouldn't it?

The contents of my head still remained half panicked, and I could still respond that way.

"I'm so glad you're okay. Diga-Sung, what would you have done... I don't think I could have been sane."

"Mm-hmm. If I hadn't been drunk by someone careful too, I'd probably be in a bit of a danger right now"

With cheeks all over my belly, Ai-Fa breathes heavily.

The feeling of that warm breath makes my spine tingle again.

"The Sung family no longer has the power to harm us, but we do not know that any ordeal awaits us in the future. I guess we should live more carefully than ever without being chronic"

"Oh. I agree very much with that."

So I was just thinking it was time for you to let that arm go - or something, and the doorboard behind me was knocked from the outside.

"Asta, you're not ready yet...?

It is Vina-Lou.

After this, the planting work for tomorrow is waiting.

"Yes! Please wait a moment! Then I'll do my job."

"Uhm..." he said, in a terribly slow motion, loosening his arms from my hips.

So, sitting perfectly on the floor, Ai-Fa came looking up at my face.

"Is there anything I can do to help?

"Yeah, I don't think so. But aren't you sleepy, too?

"Yeah, so bright. I don't even feel like sleeping from within. If I don't have a job to help, I'll collect firewood."

"Then help me. I don't know..."

Because I feel like I want to be with you, I decided to drink the word.

Starting tomorrow, I want to stay with you until then because I'm going to stay away from you and encourage you to work again.

Ai-Fa stood up and narrowed her eyes just a little happily and said, "Okay."

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Now, switching heads is also a struggle.

Starting tomorrow, stall commerce will resume, and starting the day after tomorrow, commerce will also begin in the inn.

I need to reset my brain, which was full of responses to the Sung family, and work on my feelings anew.

"Tomorrow, we're going to make it 100 pieces at a time...? I wonder what to do first...?

"In the meantime, let's carve an aria for 'Giva Burger' - 100 pieces, uh, 25 pieces, shall we say?"

It was Vina-Lou who volunteered to help.

Of course, salaries accrue. Approximately three and a half hours until sunset, as the present is the midpoint between Jomtien and Sunset. Three red copper coins.

"... but maybe we should also review this form of pay. I've been held captive for half a day, and the price is six red copper coins, which means less than one red copper coin when converted to hourly wages."

Vina-Lou leaned his neck wonderfully as he put the cooking knife in Aria, which the three of us carried with us.

"So, it only takes half a day to get rid of the fur, so I decided on the price of six copper coins based on that...? I guess I can't change it now...?

"Hmm. You're right about that... and the price of meat, too. Now I only pay twelve red copper coins for one giva, but if it was caron meat, it would be more than ten times that price. Even for me, if I were to sell Giva meat in Accommodation Town, I would like to make it equal or more expensive. How distressing it is to pay only twelve pieces of red for such giva meat"

"Ugh...? I've been thinking about it for a long time. How come Asta tries to take the story so she loses money...? Nobody's got any grievances, so I guess I don't have to lose money...?

"Right. But now that we've finished the Parents' Meeting and worked with families other than Lou, I think we need to talk more about the distribution of wealth than ever."

In short, the Lew family was originally one of the richest families in the forest. There's plenty of Giva meat, and I'm not having any trouble with my life. The current price of meat is as low as Mother Meer Ray said it could be.

In the future, however, we will also buy meat from a family as small as Fou.

Twelve red copper coins should not be considered too cheap.

I think that pricing around it should be based on rich and poor families.

Or, if I suddenly paid 100 red copper coins or something, everyone might lose their hips.

Although we work in a stance that wealth is not just about corrupting humans. It would still be a dangerous act to turn previous values into wood dust.

We should proceed with caution so that the parents of the Zazas and others, who are still sceptical about the matter, can also be convinced.

"... what's wrong, ii-fa...?

And, Vina-Lou, who was carving Aria, looked back at Ai-Fa in disgust.

Ai-Fa stares at Vina-Lou in the hand with a strangely enthusiastic eye.

"No... I just thought it was something that handles knives a lot more skillfully. I don't think Lou's oldest sister was that good at his number."

"Phew...? That would be better if I had this chance to help... and I've been enjoying my job lately..."

And, Vina-Lou can flaunt his mouth in colour.

"Speaking of which, I often help Kamadoku turn like this too, but I wouldn't use a knife at all...? Is there any reason for that...?

"Hmm? I don't know why. Because Asta is the number of Fa's house. Even if I do, the taste of the dish will just fade."

"Heh... does that mean I = fa is only a hunter...?

"Oh, you're right"

It's unusual for Ai-Fa and Vina-Lou to exchange words so far.

If this is around Lara-Lew, I can get a very smiling comfort, too. This combination is a bit subtle.

If that's what you're thinking, Vina-Lou has been making fun of nonsubtle remarks.

"Hey... Ai-Fa really isn't going to be anybody's daughter-in-law...?

Eight-fa's face, which was somewhat serene, makes me look grumpy at once.

"Oh. I bet you've told Donda-Lou that many times too"

"Donda, Dad doesn't care at this time. Wow... and that feeling last night, even if you don't focus so much on the edge of the blood anymore, it feels like Luu and Rutim are friends of Fa..."

"... if my fringe with Luu, which I twisted two years ago, is going to be correctly tied, I'm happy with that too"

"That's right, I'm glad too. Wow... so I wonder if I'm not going to be anyone's daughter-in-law if I skip that kind of talk...?

"When I say no, no. What the hell are you sticking to, Lew's eldest sister?

"Ugh... then I'm not wondering if Asta's going to take her daughter-in-law, but if Ai-Fa's going to disagree..."

"Hey Vina-Lou! What are you saying all of a sudden!?

Vina-Lou shrugged and laughed.

"Let's just say... Asta's going to have trouble getting her son-in-law into another house. Hey, if we're talking about welcoming her daughter-in-law as Fa's family, I wonder if there's any reason to disagree with Ai-Fa...?

Around the corner, I tried to steal a better look at Ai-Fa.

I = fa was - like a child, getting decent.

And with that look on his face, he turns to me again.

"It's Asta. Did anyone even have a bunch of women who wanted to welcome you to their daughter-in-law?

"I didn't!

"Well," Ai-Fa glanced back at Vina-Lou.

"They didn't."

"So far, was...? I don't know what's going to happen next...?

Again, Ai-Fa turns to me.

"Ahead, can you?

"I can't! You've always told me I'm not going to take anyone as my daughter-in-law.

"Right. Yes, you did."

"... but people's feelings are different...? One day, if a bunch of women show up wanting to be Asta's daughter-in-law and Asta feels like accepting it too, Ai-Fa will bless it as a parent hey...?

"Blessings......", Ey-Fa makes his eyes squeeze.

"Blessed... Blessed..."

"That's right... if you're a parent, it's natural to celebrate your family's wedding...?

Ai-fa, it's gone out of function.

I am somewhat deeply troubled - rather than a hesitation that is likely to be heard even with the drive sound of the hard drive from within my head.

"Ah! It's I-Fa!" And there came the angel of salvation.

It is Rimi-Lou.

"Asta and sister Vina are back! Hey, how was the Parents' Conference?!?

Limi-Luu has been encouraging Pico's leaf-picking work with Sati Ray-Luu since Jomtien.

When we returned, there was only Grandma Tito Min and Grandma Ziva in the main house who had been left to babysit Kota-Lu, so only those two were informed of the outcome of the Conference of Parents.

"Um, it's gonna be a long time when we talk... I guess we should wait for Donda-Lou to come home here"

"Huh? Donda, isn't Dad home?

The three newly ordained chiefs and their families remain in the settlement of Sung and are pursued after many. Only the women returned.

"Oh well. But I'm glad everyone's okay! Hey, Ai-Fa, let's talk at the Ziva woman's!

"No, I'm helping Asta do her job..."

"Eh! But I-Fa and Asta are going home to Fa tomorrow, right? Then we won't be seeing each other again for a while! I couldn't even talk to you yesterday, so I want to be with you all day."

Like a puppy, Limi-Luu clutches to Ai-Fa.

I sneered at Ai-Fa, who still hasn't recovered much function.

"I'm fine over here, why don't you go get him? Ziba-Lou will want to talk to you more."

"Right.... Then I'll go a little"

And Ai-Fa looked back at Vina-Lou with what an obscure face.

"Lew's eldest sister, I was just talking to you"

"Ugh...?

"... to me, I'm not sure"

Ai-Fa disappeared with Rimi-Lou, and I was supposed to tease Vina-Lou.

"Vina-Lou! What the hell are you going to do? How could you do that all of a sudden...!

"Hey, it was just a little uninteresting that I'm just a-fa..."

and Vina-Lou flutters her cheeks.

"Me, Raina, Dalm and Asta should be worried about each other, but it's funny that only Ai-Fa knows...? It's not fair..."

"I don't think that's fair or anything."

At least, Ai-Fa chose the path of living as a hunter, prepared to do so.

Despite being a bunch of women, I cut off the path of being someone's daughter-in-law and son-in-law and chose a raw one that would decay into the woods - and that shouldn't be half ready to live.

"... I just don't think I'd feel this way either if it was also a blood connection between Asta and Ey-Fa... I knew I wouldn't interpret it..."

After blurring out like that, Vina-Lou looked a little sad.

"But I'm sorry... we weren't talking about making it in the middle of work... now I'm sorry wow..."

When this happens, it is up to me to arouse guilt.

I can't see the way to an answer at any time when it comes to this issue of building a healthy relationship with Vina-Lou or Raina-Lou, although it's a life of different difficulties.

Especially for this Vina-Lou, through the business in the Inn Town, I began to feel a strong sense of favor and trust without sex, so even I felt like it.

A friend of the opposite sex - a fellow worker - though I don't know what the title would be. Vina-Lou is very important to me.

If Vina-Lou were to be distracted by another man and give it to him at a wedding, I'm sure I could celebrate the happiness of my flesh parents.

(... I wonder if Shmiral is doing well...)

And I thought of Sim's young man with silver hair, and I breathed forever.

At the same time, Vina-Lou breathed a lot.

"The Astas are leaving tomorrow...?

"Yes. I've taken care of you for a long time"

"I'm so scared... thinking about tomorrow makes me want to die..."

"Well, isn't that a big deal?

"Ugh, not just about Asta... I kind of can't wait to get a bad feeling..."

"A bad feeling?

"... the Sung people are going to come to this settlement...?

I see. Is that the case?

The man in Sung's main house was abolished and it was decided to become a family member of a leading family.

Diga-Sung - No, Diga, Dodd and Tay should be family members of the Dom family, and Yamir should be family members per Zaza or Gene family.

The three remaining humans are considered relatively harmless.

Oura, Zwei...... and it's Mida.

"... that youngest brother is going to come to Luu...?

"Um, what do you think? Well, there's no way the Lew family at the end is gonna take it from you."

"That's right..."

"Besides, it wouldn't be possible to take on that Mida without a family with that kind of power."

"That's right..."

"... Still, Mia Ray-Lew seemed a little sloppy about Mida, didn't she?"

"Ahhh... I'm really dying wow..."

When Vina-Lou gave such a mournful voice.

From the table, there were some signs of murder.

I turn to Vina-Lou and take a deep breath at the same time.

When he left Kama and turned his foot towards the square, the sight he had half anticipated was unfolding.

It is the figure of a group that returned from the settlement of Sung and of the women of the division of the Lou that surrounds it.

"Hey, Vina, sister, Asta, you're home?

Rudd-Lou, who was at the head of it, laughs.

He is not only a man of Lou, but also an organization that took him to his family.

Still, I guess not everyone. In terms of the face I saw, Donda-Lou and Dan-Lutim and others were there, but I don't see Darum-Lou or Rau-Ray, or Rutim's second brother either. Roughly half of the members who participated in the Conference of Parents seemed to be.

And in it, you can also see the people who were once Sung families.

It's Oura, Zwei, and Mida.

It will of course depend on the alienation of Mida that the women around them are obsessed with.

It is a mida that also appeared at Rutim's feast, but it is not an appearance that can be seen once or twice.

"Good luck. That was a long time ago, wasn't it?

Vina-Lou is getting stiff, so when I spoke to Donda-Lou, he turned to me like a pain in the ass.

The one who responded instead was Rudd-Lou, after all.

"We have to get these guys back, so we're back first. The Dulm brothers are staying to keep an eye on the family."

The humans of Sung's branch.

About half of them were to be taken away by the houses of the blood fringed families, but the remaining dozen would remain in the settlement of Sung.

But the forests around Sung's settlement are not an environment in which they can hunt Gibba properly until new graces grow, and yet they have not been able to do much of their job as hunters for more than a decade, without the skill to hunt Gibba properly in the first place. At the same time, we have to make sure that they are prepared to live as people by the forest.

Now that we've lost the main house human, it's up to them in the branch to see if the Sung family regenerates.

It means that if they cannot regain their power as hunters, Sung's name will also cease to exist here.

"You don't have Yamil. Which house was she supposed to take over?

"Hmm? He's the only one who hasn't decided where to go. It's too close to Fa's house in Lou and Rutim, and it feels like Zaza and Sautti can only spare their oldest sister. Now he's locked in Sung's house and watched by the men."

All I could say was "... right".

I guess everyone and he are all on guard about Yamir, who was to play a brainy role in this evil act. If you are a man, you can also make him engage in giva hunting work, but not in the women either. It seems dangerous to leave Yamil in a place where there are only women while we leave the house for hunting work - I guess that means.

Maybe that's something I can't help. As far as I'm concerned, I still feel heavily distressed.

"What are you wearing a dark face, Asta! I'm still in trouble, but I'll send Gazlan to Sung's settlement tomorrow, so we'll figure it out. Only let him handle these troublesome stories!

and Dan-Rutim laughed gahahahaha at his usual rate.

Then move your thick fingertips a little bit and invite Oura and Zwei over.

"These women were to be picked up at Rutim! Rutim had a shortage of women, so that's just fine! … so Asta and Ai-Fa are friends of Rutim, so let me say hello as a family one day."

"Oh, are you two going to be Rutim's family"

That would be a good news story.

He is an older Zwei than he looks, but he is still twelve years old, the same age as Lara-Luu. It's not too sneaky to be separated from your mother.

"... thank you very much," Oura bows her head deeply.

The blue eyes were dark and shady, but not cloudy.

It just seems like a sad look.

Sticking to its foot, Zwei is staring at my face.

I'm the one who threw the last word of ruin at Sung's house, so it's natural to be resented.

But I want this mother and daughter to be happy.

"Oh, Ai-Fa. That's the way it is."

When I looked back at Dan-Rutim's voice in surprise, I wondered how soon Ai-Fa was standing right behind me.

Rimi-Lou, hidden on its back, is raising his voice as he looks up at Mida's giant.

And further behind, Mother Meer Ray was smiling with a truly satisfying face.

Do the Raina-Lou and Lara-Lou even take it in their temporary sleep, or they don't see it?

"Now let's just say we're going to be rude with this! Donda-Lou, when we send Gazlan to Sung's settlement tomorrow, we'll stop by Luu's settlement along the way."

"Oh. This is me or Giza deciding to head over."

"All right, then, let's go!

Then - Mida stood in front of Oura and Zwei.

An emotionally unreadable little eye, like an animal, stares at his former family.

"Oura, Zwei, you're going...?

"Yep.... you're fine, Mida"

On Mida's arms as thick as a marutai, Oura lays a quiet hand.

Zwei is silent and doing a look up at his former brother's giant.

Mida shuddered her cheekmeat as she sifted.

"Mida... Mida, I miss you...?

"Right. I miss you, too.... but this is something I can't help. We who have sinned must redeem it."

"... I can't see Oura or Zwei anymore...?

"That's right. Sung's main house is gone. You're going to live as a Lew."

After all, was Mida supposed to pick it up at Lew's house?

Vina-Lou, who stood behind me, grabbed the fabric on his hips.

"To Yamil, to Tay... to Diga, I can't even see Dodd...?

"Yeah, that's right. - And if you ever meet them anywhere, don't listen to them anymore. You will live according to Luu's word because you will be Luu's person. Forget all about Sung's code and follow only Lu's code? That way - I'm sure you'll be happier than ever."

"... Mida wants to be with Oura and Zwei...?

Mida got on her knees.

So now I'm gonna look up at Oura's face from the bottom.

Oura smiled sadly, placing her hand around its hilly shoulder.

"You are a strong child, Mida. I'm sure you'll make a fine hunter. Zullo, Diga, and what Dodd couldn't do, will surely be able to do. As a Lew person, live strong...?

"... Mida is..."

I don't think so, I just kind of did.

Because a pile of tears suddenly rose in Mida's eyes too small compared to his face.

"Come on, give me a break, will you?," Rudd-Lou escapes to us.

The next moment.

From Mida's mouth, the quick-wave-like roar was unleashed.

Huge high and low frequencies teased, like swirling, it was just an awesome roar.

If something like window glass existed in this world, it could have been crushed from one end to the other.

It is so much a bomb with a sound equal to a shock wave.

"Uh-uh-uh-uh! I think you've been crying all over Sung's settlement! Come on!!

Rudd-Lou, who blocked his ear, is whining out loud.

Mida was crying ooh-ooh as she let down the roar that suppressed her voice.

A huge amount of tears tell the sagging cheek meat and fall to the ground, creating a puddle.

"Ugh, idiot!," Zwei kicked Mida in the leg, but there's no sign she'll stop crying like this.

The first time I did so much damage to my eardrum, I was blocking my ears with both hands - and still, I was getting my chest stuck for less.

As much as that, Mida's face was filled with unblemished emotions of grief.

Mida, who seemed fat by the time she blurted and inhuman and had no interest other than to eat, is squeaking her face and crying.

It's so mida that the fat is too thick to even move a decent look - what a sad face.

It's like a real baby.

"Mida... I miss you...? I don't want to break up with Oura or Zwei...?

Eventually, whimpering, Mida squeezed out words like that.

"Thank you, Mida. … but we have no choice but to do this"

This one leaves no tears, yet Oura nags with a sad look.

So Mida pulled her face furiously, but an unexpected voice whispered it before a new cry was shed out of her mouth.

"Funny! How long have you been crying with your big figure! Don't show the men tears in front of the others easily!

Probably, I was the one who got the most upside down.

It was - oh, my God, it was Ai-Fa - that made it in front of Mida once again like that.

"Even such a bunch of disgruntled people were family to you. I know that, but it doesn't change fate where I cried. If you were a forest folk, you'd live with a little pride!

Mida looked back at Ai-Fa with a decent face.

And the tears, and the runny nose, and the enormous face of whomsoever it was, eye-to-eye as a bobcat.

"You have sinned. Losing your family is that punishment! Think of your sins! The only thing you're allowed to do is live on it!

"But... Mida..."

"I also know the sadness of losing all my family. It's not insurmountable."

I put a wrinkle on my nose head and a face towards Mida saying I should be Ey-Fa.

"And as a family, we lose our edge, but we don't lose most of our lives. If you live truly as a man of Lou, and these women live truly as men of Rutim, you will soon be seen together again. Don't groan and cry even though such hope is left!

"... can we see Oura or Zwei again...?

"You can't meet the men, the eldest sister, etc., but these women will have to meet you sooner or later."

It was Dan-Rutim who responded accordingly.

The servant extravaganza is also getting sloppy.

"... I'd like to see Yamil and Tay too..."

"That's on your mind. Don't let anything get out of your way without making any effort."

Mida snapped, "I'm sorry..." when Ai-Fa mocked me with a scary face.

"Oh man. I didn't think you'd get ahead of me by Ey-Fa.... You're a good parent, Ai-Fa."

Laughing, Mia Ray's mother also advances in front of Mida.

"My family is my family, even if I don't have blood on my hands. And if you live well as a folk by the woods, you'll also get the name of Lew from your parents. I can only regret the past, so do your best to live well from now on."

And I'll wipe Mida's face all over every liquid with a cloth cut out of her nose.

Under Dan-Rutim's decree, "… then, let's go," the families of Luu left the square.

Mida becomes the family of Luu, and Oura and Zwei become the family of Lutim.

Diga, Dodd and Tay will be Dom's family, and Yamil - I'm sure Gazran-Rutim will do something about it.

And the new chiefs by the woods will be dealing with the lords of Genos.

Four days from now, the Genos Chamber of Commerce, guarded by Camua-Josh, will pass by the woods, so we should officially communicate the fall of the Sung family by then.

Truly, the problem is piling up.

I guess the folks by the woods are going to have to rebuild the untimely end of the chiefdom - for a better woodland future.

"Well, then it's time to get ready for dinner."

With my grinning mother Mia Ray and her grieving Vina-Lou, I decided to go back to my place of work.