139 (9) Blue Moon 14 - Dare

The next day - or that night before dawn, a strict precaution was to be laid by the woods.

Zazz-sung and Tay-sung escaped, because the ferocious news reached the entire forest frontier from the northern settlements.

The opponent is a murderer who bites down the human throat and sets fire to the settlement. Such murderers can no longer be called compatriots, etc. A decree was issued that both Zazz-Sung and Tay-Sung names should be kept captive, both alive and dead, and at the same time the night dawned, half of the men would be scattered in the woods and the other half would defend their homes.

Furthermore, there are people to watch over rather than protect.

Needless to say, the Sung family and the people who were once Sung families.

The likelihood that Zazz-Sung and others will try to take their form is not zero. In particular, the men of the division, who had previously been granted freedom, were to be confined to a single house and held in its custody.

Not all those who remained in the settlement of Sung. The same is true of the men who were removed by their families.

They are the ones who gained their freedom by being recognized the will of Kyoshun, but once Zazz-Sung is in front of them, they don't know what action they are going to take - it would have been logical for Diga and Tay-Sung's actions to make them so alert.

But some of them include Tour-Din's father and others.

Because of this, I got a new Mr., and I was tied up again by that arrow, which was about to take the right path as a forest people, and I was pulled back to Sung's settlement.

Father or daughter, whichever mood you care for, your chest gets painful.

And the people who were once Sung's main house were also to be transferred to a lookable environment.

Yamil-Ray, Oura, Zwei and Mida, in the house of Luu.

Digga and Dodd, barely captive and accomplished without being decapitated, together with Zulo-Sung, were in Zaza's house.

Thus, the settlements of Sung, Luu and Zaza were particularly well equipped to gather their forces, protect their families and keep an eye on sinners, as well as intercept Zazz-Sun and others.

And the house of our fa...

How dare you combine it with the steps of daring to do business in the Inn Town, while being protected by the elite by the woods.

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"- Hey, what's this all about?

Milan-Math looks around at us with an evil eye.

It would also be impossible. We were twice as many today as we normally were, and all the increments were from the hunters by the woods.

Four were elected as escorts.

It is Ai-Fa, Rud-Luu, Sin-Luu and Rau-Ray.

A little noise in popularity led to the election of young and soft hunters, but I guess the mindset will change dramatically just when it comes to a man with a knife down. The eyes of Milan-Math, which dazzled the Rudd-Loux, dwelt in such disturbing light that they were almost as close to hostility.

"Excuse me. There was a little circumstance with this -"

"Things? What the hell is going on here? You wouldn't need a knife for business, would you?

"Yes. I think it's probably time we had a circular from the castle in Genos. As a matter of fact, a great sinner by the woods escaped and was released into the field."

The moment I responded that way, Milan-Math's eyes opened in amazement.

"By the woods, a great sinner...... you say?

"That's right. Two major criminals have disappeared, who have broken both the forest code and the laws of Genos. We once had a bad relationship with those big sinners, so they were supposed to accompany us as escorts."

If it was meant to be, we shouldn't keep doing business on a day like this.

But we were ordered by no other power in Genos to "not rest" - and this is how we got down to the lodging town.

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"Huh? What does that mean?

When I heard the story, I was surprised to question it that way, too.

The person questioned is Gazran-Rutim.

On his own initiative, the story of the escape of two Sung family members was to be sent to Genos without covering up.

The decision itself, I think, was correct. This is an embarrassment to the people by the woods, but that's why we can't build normal relationships or anything, even if we're covering up inconvenient facts. Also, if the two people who escaped worked outside the woodland even for bad deeds, the fact would become known in a more disgraceful way.

If you value pride, all the more so, you should reveal everything - Gazran-Rutim insisted so, and the three chiefs were to draw on that opinion as well.

That's how the murders of last night were to be communicated to Castle Genos, and both Zazz-Sung and Tay-Sung were to be announced as the official "sinners" of Selva, the Kingdom of the West.

"For that reason, there is no need to stop doing business in the Accommodation Town. Instead, it would be the cessation that unnecessarily disturbs the hearts and minds of the people and exchanges vengeance on Genos. … Cycleus said so"

"Why not? I can't grasp the truth of that word right now."

As a messenger from the Three Kingdoms, Gazran-Rutim, who came to Fa's house a little after sunrise, always had a sinking face.

"Sincerely - I don't know that either. If we stop doing business at this time of year when we let sinners out of the woods, we will be searched for a belly that won't hurt. It doesn't matter if you're prepared to stay out of business at all, but if you're not, Cycleus said you shouldn't behave as you've always done with perseverance."

"Hmmm, one muscle doesn't seem to be passing through right now...... still, shouldn't we refrain from going down to Inn Town more than the two people who fled aren't zero chances of attacking Fa or Luu's people? Above all, isn't it going to put the people of the lodging town at risk?

"Yes, that's how I responded, too, but now I'm upside down wondering if I'm going to underestimate the power of the guards guarding the boarding town - maybe Cycleus wants the murderers captured by the hands of the guards. If Asta and the others don't continue to do business, it's also very unlikely that the murderers will go down to town, so I was wondering if they insist on continuing to do business with it - just my impression."

Perhaps that impression is correct.

Otherwise, there would be no need for castle humans to be involved in stall commerce or anything else.

Haven't you thought that if we could capture the sinners who have been set to release to the field at the end of this one, on the Genos side, it would also be possible to take the lead in future discussions - and so on?

Plus, I even imagined it was more ominous.

"Um, Zazz-Sung's escape itself is part of the Genos conspiracy, there's no such thing, is there?

"I don't think that's possible. Neither could Gene's parents have assumed that Zazz-Sung, who was so weak over there, would try to escape on his own.... Still, it was my turn to sleep one inside and one outside the house, but Zazz-Sung first bit the throat of the man who was inside the house, took that knife and also defeated the man outside, and fled into the woods. This is a word obtained from the persons who took their lives, so there is no question. Zazz-Sung has escaped alone, without anyone's help."

"Really..."

It is a thankful story that this is not, for example, Cycleus' conspiracy to put the people of the woods in a predicament.

But on the other hand, Zazz-Sung, who was supposed to have been in a dying state, defeated and ran away with a bunch of bent Gene men no less than Zazza and Dom - it was a story that made his spine colder.

How much paranoia can such a place of work be?

Either way, it was against the men of the castle that we now had to haunt our heads.

"The people of the town are protected by guards. Forestside people should only be protected by forestside people. If you do not spare your strength, the murderer and others are not afraid enough. Cycleus laughed, saying so."

Murderer.

Zazz-Sung and Tay-Sung were to be called by that name in the future.

As a great sinner who also broke the laws of Genos, is.

There are three sins of Zazz-Sung.

The sin of vandalizing the grace of the Morga Forest. The sin of hurting the people of the west. Sin of ignition.

A people by the woods is a clean western people who gave their souls to Selva, the Western god, and their settlement is also the territory of the western kingdom.

Therefore, in the light of the laws of the capital, it is the same sin to harm our fellow citizens by the woods as it is to hurt the people of the town, and to set fire to the settlements by the woods is also recognized as the same sin to set fire to the buildings of the town.

The sin of fire is heavy.

In Genos, it was one of the finest felonies heavier than murder.

If caught, it is a capital offense.

And Tay-Sung's sin, at the moment, is one.

Only sin that has vandalized the grace of the forest.

The escape from Dom's house, even if it violates the woodland code, does not touch the laws of the capital. If he escaped from the prison of Genos, he would be guilty of escape, but he cannot be held accountable to Genos where he escaped from a forest settlement that is not publicly binding.

However, if Tay-Sung ever lends strength to Zazz-Sung's actions in the future, that would be a major sin.

In addition, the testimony of Diga and Dodd makes it unlimited that he is acting with Zazz-Sung at his own will, so he is already suspected of aiding the escape of the great sinners at the moment.

Punishment for Tay-Sung will vary greatly depending on future action.

And Mr. Sung, once stripped, was also to be returned with his sins. He is no longer Tay, the family of the Dom family, but Tay-Sung, the great sinner of the Sung family.

"… eventually, I was told that if I were to insist that I still couldn't continue doing business, I should not sell any Giva dishes or anything in the future and live quietly by the woods as I have done so far. - I'm sorry I couldn't help you."

And as Gazran-Rutim began to mindlessly bow his head, I was to panic a lot.

"Ga, there's no need for Gazran-Rutim to bow his head! … but is that a matter of decision? If you want to continue your business, don't rest today, if you want to rest, you won't allow me to stall you again - is that an 'order' from Castel Genos?

"I am not in a position to give orders to the people of the woods. But if you're dissatisfied, I'll take care of Marstein, Marquis of Genos, right now."

It was too hard to say.

Does Cycleus want to hold Zazz-Sung's figure in his own hands until then?

"... what are the chiefs' opinions? So you have no objection?

"Yes, the Chiefs had no reason to bother choosing the lodging town or anything else as the place of the raid, so... I guess I didn't even feel like going against Cycleus so forcefully. This one also had the burden of mistaking Zazz-Sung..."

Saying, Gazran-Rutim didn't even look like him, and grabbed his fist in a shameless manner.

"But I don't mean it. I can't read Cycleus' thoughts, so that makes me feel creepy."

Creepy - or it's an obscure story.

But in any case, if the opponent of the Sovereign Muscle told me that much, there wouldn't be a veto or anything like that.

If that was a more irrational order, that's what Donda-Lou and Graf-Zaza wouldn't have shut up about, but Cycleus is just saying, "If there's nothing dark behind you, you don't need to rest on business". Moreover, the people of the town even said that the guards would protect them, so there must have been no reason to strongly reject the proposal to the chiefs.

But - I didn't think so.

In the unlikely event that the Zazz-Sungs come down to the lodging town and the guards' power is not extended, there is a risk that the people of the town will be harmed.

The place of responsibility is not tedious, and such a situation cannot be allowed.

But this is essentially an order.

If you refuse to do so, there will be no other way to give up business in the lodging town.

I'm going to be very annoyed.

And instead, I was smacked in the head by an eye-fa sitting there.

"What are you worried about, you? I don't suppose you're going to bubble up all the hard work you've been through about this?

"No, but..."

"We will protect you. And if it's within your reach, let's also protect the people in town. Never let the shameful sinners get in the way of your work."

The tone was as usual, but the eyes of Ey-Fa dwelt in the light of readiness until magnificent.

That's how we rushed off to get ready for work and went down to Inn Town just like we did yesterday.

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And it is now.

Milan-Math has questioned with a faint voice.

"A great sinner by the woods... a man by the woods is being pursued as a sinner..."

"Yes, by Jomtien today, that name and the anthology should be released"

It was the first time in decades that the people of Moribe were accused of being sinners.

And in recent years, stories were whispered that the people of the woodland would be defended by the people of the castle even if they sinned.

That's how Milan-Math's best friend died.

What is the current state of mind of Milan-Math?

With the joy that the people of Moribe are rightly treated as sinners, and then the thoughtless thought of why the death of their best friend has been overlooked - if I were you, I'd be in such a conflicting mood and messed up my chest unscrupulously.

Milan-Math shut up for a while, and then he eventually looked around us again with his emotional eye.

"I see what's going on.... So the guys at the castle have been ordering you guys to keep doing business, right?

"Yes. As far as I'm concerned, I also think I should be solemn until the noise subsides -"

"Hmm. You mean a good body player? That's what people in the castle would think."

Leaving that behind, Milan-Math walked away.

Behind the inn, in front of the two stalls prepared as usual, I look us in the eye.

"Oh, my God, I thought there'd be more noise, but the information really fits in. I don't care how much you don't eat, you can't resist the people in the castle."

and starts shrugging his shoulders with the way Rudd-Lou clapped out.

Speaking of which, Rudd-Lou has only met Milan-Math once.

I decided to give you a declaration of departure while I chewed my sigh to death.

"Then let's go. It's getting a little late, so the customers might be hanging out."

That's how we rolled out into the stone streets today.

It is a large number of a total of eight.

No major announcement should have been made about the murderer yet, but the attention is still not the usual ratio. How conspicuous the young people are, the hunters are the hunters. A gaze that adds more degree of fear than contempt pierces me from here and there.

(Is this really a good idea...)

I can hardly erase those thoughts.

Because there is no way to predict the actions of the murderer-Zazz-Sung at all.

It is already a zazz-sung that does not seem like a decent mental state, but there should not be so many options for its behavior.

There is no way that the Sung family can revive its authority as a chieftaincy muscle. Then I think it is likely that the Lew family, which has been recognized as a hostile force and new chieftaincy muscle for many years, the Zaza family, who abandoned the Sung family, or the Fa family, who uncovered the Sung family's great sins - will come pointing a murder blade at those families.

Can we just go down to Inn Town like that?

Doesn't that put the people of the Inn Town at risk?

In common sense, it's impossible to raid us in the middle of the day, in the middle of nowhere. Then it would be inevitable that they would at least be attacked on the road to Accommodation Town without guards.

However, it is doubtful that it is possible to have the correct damage account for a human being who kindles fire on a settlement that will give rise to injury to his fellow citizens by the woods.

Even if we're protected, if the people in town get caught up in it - if we think about it that way, we naturally feel severely distressed.

I can never stand Milan-Math or Dora's father, Tara, Shmiral, Oy, Aldas, Yumi, Naudis, and - bringing disaster to them who have gained their knowledge in this town.

I never dreamed that the day would come when I would have to do my street work in such a heavy way.

At that time - "Ah!," he said out loud.

Instantly I was nervous, but I was the only one in a hurry.

Something didn't go wrong. In other words, we are in a better position to make a difference to the town.

Tara, who was sitting right next to her father in her usual place, is staring at us amazingly. It was that Tara who gave me the surprise.

"Hey, Tara. And your father, thank you. … vegetables today please"

"Ah, oh. You want me to go with you yesterday? Eight red copper coins."

My father had lost a little complexion to accompanying the unusual hunters, but he still had a smile on his face.

Even Tara doesn't reveal so much fear. However, the young girl stared at Rudd-Lou with a slightly nervous face.

"... Oh, the chick I met a long time ago. Still amazing, you."

When Rudd-Lou laughed more, Tara smiled a little bit too.

"Oh, you know, I talked to Rimi-Lou a while ago, didn't I? You're Limi-Lew's brother, aren't you?

"Uh, I know. I know. He was talking to me at dinner. Chicks like each other."

On the sidelines of the heartwarming reunion of the youngsters, I turn to Dora's father.

"You know, there must be some flurries from the castle soon -"

That's how I communicated the general situation to Dora's father.

From your father's point of view, your blood draws so much attention.

"Well, that's important. A great sinner of the people of the woods..."

"Yes, there is no reason for those people to do harm to the people in town, but if you have a skinny, thin man like a skeleton or an older man with gray hair, stay away from them"

"Wow, I get it. What if I said it this way, but I guess it's a pretty vicious bunch of people to be recognized as sinners by the people at the castle even though they're forestside people. I'm not gonna let Tara walk away alone today."

"Yeah. I'd appreciate it if you could tell this story to the acquaintances as well. By the way, apart from that, I'd like to ask you something -"

I've decided that the suspicions that arose last night will also be dispelled here.

In other words, it is doubtful as to when exactly evil was committed by the people of the woods.

"Yeah? Whenever they say... outlaws would still be making a scene in town, wouldn't they?

"That's the noise of drunk woodland folks hurting people in town, breaking stalls they don't care about, right? What I want to know is that we're talking about more serious sins, like figuring out women and robbing crops."

"Um, yeah... well, it was a long time ago when they took our crops. I think it was longer than Tara was born. Other than that, all I had to do was hear rumors, and I guess I'd have to ask the castle people the exact exact story."

"Are you a castle person?

"Oh. I know a lot of people have been crying, but most of the time they're supposed to be delivering to the guards."

That could be difficult.

Being exposed to the old evil of abandoning the evil deeds of the people by the woods, etc. should be a matter of wanting to hide through even the people of the castle.

"Hey, Asta. Don't stick your neck in too much trouble, okay?

And Dora's father grabbed my arm on the lid.

"I already know that the Astas are not bad people. That's enough for me. Let the guards take care of the sinners, and Asta will encourage you to do your job as always."

"... thank you. I'm so glad you said that."

All I could say was words like that, but I was really, really happy that my chest was jammed.

After your father's shop, your destination is right in front of your eyes and nose.

I can see that there's already a crowd.

And - there's also a larger number of guards standing there than usual.

"Wow. Isn't that the first vibe?," Lara-Lew sneaks in his ear.

Indeed, it was a serene atmosphere.

The people gathered there are changing their blood and stuffing the guards.

And so, as we approached him, he said, "It's too late, gentlemen!," he raised his voice.

We left Fa's house much earlier than usual today, but we came down to town together via a settlement in Luu, so we were only supposed to be half an hour late.

Even so, it is the right of the master of the stall to fix opening hours. I honestly decided to keep my head down "sorry" because I don't have the muscle to be reprimanded by the guards - I can't even say that.

"I'll be ready in a minute, please wait"

Then something strange happened.

Around a third of the people gathered there were separated to flee.

The movement of those unnatural people made me hazy.

Those who try to walk away are all western people with yellowbrown or ivory skin, and on their faces - all with expressions of hostility and fear.

The guards, all six of whom were there, saw what it looked like, and then returned the surprise to themselves.

"I'm done talking. Can't we complain any more? If it's gonna be too much trouble, I'm really gonna tie you up, right?

The words of the head of the guard were directed at the guests who remained on the spot.

The guests silenced with resentful faces, and the guards turned to the north. Usually they should head to the south side of the stuffed area, but I guess they will remain in charge of guarding the north entrance of the inn town.

But is it possible, for example, to counter the assault of the murderers with just six people?

There are four guards here, but I don't think six guards can work the same way.

Besides, there were only two guards standing at the entrance and exit of the road from the woods where we came from.

Though a brave and well-known forestside people, do you think that this is enough if the sick and the old man are opponents?

Well, before that, even if the murderers were to come down to town, they would come through the woods without using cut paths or anything. Nevertheless, there was no stopping the applause for the dark comfort.

"Hey, I'm sorry you made a scene. Never mind. Get ready for business."

And, as I proceeded through the stall to a fixed position, Aldas laughed at me.

While relieved that the gaze directed at the Ai-Fa and Rudd-Lou folks was not so alarming, he asked, "What the hell happened?" I'll ask, too.

"Oh. If I waited for your stall as usual, those guards would come. The sinners of the people of the woods fled, and they might come near this stall, and they said," Let the wasters of life walk out of here. "

"... Was it"

It's a terribly abusive and unfriendly explanation, but I can't explain anything until a formal announcement is made, so I can only assume it was a necessary measure.

But he commands the people by the woods to "continue their business" and warns the people of the town to "walk away". That was so spotty, it never seemed to expose the confusion of the chain of command.

Or - is everything what Cycleus thought it would be?

Is it true that all we want is a role as a player, and that we don't care about Moribe and Inomachi's determination?

If I suspect it, everything will seem oblivious.

"So, we didn't care to line up, but the people of the west passing him heard us, and they made a scene about not letting those dangerous people into town. So my southerly compatriots tried to eat them, so the noise grew."

The more I hear, the heavier my chest gets.

But Aldas was laughing lavishly.

"Don't look at me like that. We took it from you, so nobody can be a guard. If I yelled at him that if he made a scene, he wouldn't be able to eat a good meal, all these people would have grown up. We were all in the West making a scene until the end."

"Hmm. The people of the west are really small livers. It's easy to do as a business partner, but I'm in such a hurry."

And the old man, hidden in the giant of Aldas, reveals himself.

"Even when it comes to vicious sinners, are they just two? Why do we have to put up with a good meal for these people? Totally ridiculous."

"... so please take a moment of your position. If the old man gets picked up, he won't be able to do his job after this, will he?

When Aldas said in a bitter mix, the old man said, "Hmm!," he snorted in a grand manner.

"Though there will be more important stories than that! Hey, kid!

"Yes!

"They've fed me an inn meal! If I even matched the fruit liquor, I'd be grabbing seven red copper coins!

"Huh? Wasn't the dish five red copper coins?

"One bottle of fruit liquor wasn't enough! What the hell, that dish!?

"... wouldn't you have liked it?

I was worried and I asked him, "Is that why!," he responded with such a loud voice.

"Don't be too loud, old man. The guards are coming again, aren't they?

"I don't care about those people! You know, if you can use tau oil, use it from the beginning! What the hell!? Are you messing up our minds and being funny, you?

"Oh, I don't mean that. I didn't know tau oil existed until I interrupted the Great Tree Pavilion in the South."

"What? So you're telling me you made such a delicious dish out of the first tau oil I've ever used?

And he turned his eyes round, as he looked up to Ardus.

I'll shake my head to the side as I carve a pair of tinos.

"No, there were seasonings in my hometown that were very similar to tau oil, so I chose that dedication. How did you like it?

"I like it. Tau oil tastes like home to us.... No, I've never had more delicious food in my hometown."

And Aldas laughed with great satisfaction.

From the side of it, the old man comes out and says, "Hey."

"Speaking of which, I don't know your name. I'm Balan of Nerwia."

"I am Asta of the house of Fa, a forest dweller."

"Asta at Fa's house? … Asta, if you ever go out to Jagal, be sure to visit Nerwia. When it comes to architect Balan, it should work for most of them."

"Yeah? Yes"

"... and make sure you keep in touch when you have business building a house. I'll rub in a better home than any architect for a cheaper price than any other."

That said, the old man put his arms around him and distracted his chest in a dignified way.

"So, when can we cook? I've been waiting for more than usual, and my stomach is all over this one!

"Yes! Now!

The ladies, they were the same.

No, I feel more favorable and familiar than ever due to the start of commerce in the Great Tree Pavilion in the South.

There is no change in the number of customers lined up behind it.

Are you saying that for the people of the lavish south and the people of the settled calm east, it is not enough to take the case of Zazz-Sung, etc.?

But - after all, I feel the groove has deepened with the people of the west.

Dora's father and others showed me something, and the people who originally got their hands on Giva's cooking might not cure my attitude that much though. But for those who were still unable to dispel their suspicions about the people by the woods, this heinous news would be a small event.

(But still - if you decide to do it, you just have to do it)

From Moribe, I let out the sinners. While we firmly expose that shame and dishonor, we may need to stand up and express our innocence. We don't have a dark spot behind us.

Hardly, though it might have worn with the pre-construction part that Cycleus has presented. The blame for overlooking the decadence of the Sung family also exists for the people by the woods. With that in mind, this whole matter may also be a test given to the people by the woods - a path of redemption.

"... asta. You can make delicious dishes with that face you came up with?

And the eye-fa, who stood instead, softly leaned to his ear.

"I have nothing to show you. If the murderer shows up, we'll get rid of him quickly."

At some point, the Rudd-Lou's were caught in the cluttered woods behind them, and there was only Ai-Fa on the spot.

I look back at Ai-Fa's resolute expression, and then I say, "Oh," and I make him nod.

"Well, Sheila-Lou, please"

"Yes," Sheila-Lou threw Aria into the iron plate, and the day's commerce began.