152 ③ 13-year-old celebration day (top)

I welcomed Gill of Totos as my new cohabitant, the day after that.

The 24th of the Blue Moon.

Reyna-Lew came down from Lew's main house to the lodging town, as he encouraged the stall commerce that day unchanged.

For use is, of course, the purchase of ingredients.

That doesn't bother me at all. Raina-Lou looked somewhat like he had in mind that day and said, "Asta. Can I have a moment? He whispered."

What a disturbing atmosphere.

Sheila-Lou, who together received the 'Myrmou Grill' stall, is also strangely inclined to his neck.

"No, er... in a few moments I'll have to head out to work at the inn..."

The time is between Jomtien and Heaven.

Since about four days ago, I've been working on a factory at the Xuanrong Pavilion, and I've only been able to participate in the stall business until Jomtien.

"I won't let it take long. Could you please?

Raina-Lou, with a slightly younger face, stares back at my face as she sheds a sincere light on her blue eyes.

"... ok. Well, Sheila-Lou, can I just leave the store to you for a little while?

"Yes, this one will be fine because Li-Sudra will be here soon"

A little worried Sheila-Lou watched us while we moved into the grove behind us.

"I'm sorry about that. I interrupted my important work..."

"No, I don't mind that. What the hell is wrong with you?

Face-to-face with Rayna-Lew is a little crackly.

The last time I saw him was probably around the night of the day Zazz-Sung was captured by the castle, so it's been about nine days.

In Luu's main house these days, Vina-Lu and Lara-Luu, who go down to the boarding town every day, bought more ingredients than ever, so there was also a stark decrease in the number of people in the house coming down to the buyout.

Long, pure black hair, rare to the forest people, is tied in two like an offering. She's a seventeen-year-old daughter my age, who looked adorable and had a very small but enchanting proposition that even her sister couldn't beat.

It's good, it's good, and as a forest folk, it has excellent cooking skills. I'm not ashamed to let you out anywhere, I'm a very fine daughter - but as always, I couldn't help but grasp what distance to keep up with this Raina-Lou.

"It's very painful to talk about this to Asta right now... but I really couldn't contain my feelings. Will you please heed my wish...?

"Well, that depends."

A little Rayna-Lew, who only reaches about my jaw, looks up at my face with a desperate face. The body is close enough to feel exhaled, even though it hasn't touched anywhere.

"Actually..."

"Ugh, yeah."

"... Tomorrow is Lara's birthday holiday..."

"Yeah?"

"It's a celebratory day when Lara turns thirteen. So... I was hoping Asta could cook just one dish as well... how about that?

Rayna-Lew still has the eyes that come to mind.

I don't know why, but I give a dumb reply, "Ha."

"Cooking, how many people?

"The man in the main house, it's for twelve. Poitan Yasu - Prepare here and there. I would like to ask Asta to cook meat...... after all, can't you...?

"No, if that's the case, I don't mind."

Rayna-Lew's eyes opened to surprise if I were to answer.

"Are you sure? Asta not only cooks in the street business, but also in two inns, and these days she's even been left to take care of Totos...?

"Inn work is daytime work, and I haven't had that much trouble since I got home. Even Totos takes no special care of anything. If you can get me to do the sourcing work at Lew's again, like before, I don't know what I'd do for a day or so."

"Is that true? Thanks............!

and Rayna-Lew held her hands together in front of her chest, breathing deeply as she relieved herself from the bottom of her heart.

"Hey, aren't you exaggerating a little? I wonder how Rayna-Lew is shaking her mind so much?

"Huh? No, I heard Asta's been really busy lately, so I wasn't expecting her to take it on. But now, I'm sure Lara will be happy."

That being said, now it is Raina-Lou, who happily breaks his face.

It's very smiling family love, but only a little bit of suspicion lingers in my mind.

That is - the suspicion is that Raina-Lou is up to something.

(No, I think too much of anything for how much)

At least I don't think there's a lie to that look of smiling very happily in front of me right now.

I decided that it was my understated thinking that I should not be the kind of daughter who would dash my sister's birthday and plot something.

"So do you need any special ingredients? If I may, I will buy it for you today."

And, at such a distance, it can't even sound like Lara-Lew in the stall, but Rayna-Lew has been stretching her back and leaning her mouth in my ear.

"Yes, no, I've just heard the story, so I haven't decided to dedicate anything... and it's pointless to keep your voice down?

"Oh, right. Excuse me. I'm stuck with you."

Stand back embarrassed and grudgingly Raina-Lou.

If it's not calculation, I want to believe it.

"Um, you may think I'm childish, but could you keep a secret from Lara about tomorrow? I'm sure Lara would love that."

"I don't mind that. But by the time I left for Lou's settlement, didn't you find out?

"I need to talk to Mother Meer Ray about business, but if you tell me, I'm sure you'll be fine. Donda, you can talk to your father, because you've already taken it from me."

"Oh yeah.... By the way, can I talk to Vina-Lou?

"Of course it is. But keep your mouth shut."

"Oh, and I was just telling you that I know twelve people, but what about Mida's share? If he was around, we'd have to make about twice that, wouldn't we?

"No. Just as Mida started having dinner at Sin-Lu's house yesterday. Besides, Mother Meer Ray said that Mida's meal was for five servings."

I see. Dietary restrictions? That could have been Mother Meer Ray's English break.... Well, that's still five servings.

Anyway, I was wondering if that's about the confirmation, and I thought about it carefully.

- That's how I realized I forgot to confirm the most important thing.

"Speaking of which, I'm not letting our parents leave a message. I mean, I-Fa's gonna have dinner, too, right?

Then Rayna-Lew's eyes lit up a different kind of cut light than just now.

"Of course it is.... Have Asta and I-Fa ever had an evening in a separate place?

No.

We often spend the day separately, but the night of having dinner in separate places and sleeping in separate places should not have existed even for one day during the period of our common life, which is finally about to extend to the sixtieth.

"Now give my regards to Ai-Fa as well. I'm sorry to interrupt your work."

At the end of the day, with another frantic smile, Rayna-Lew walked away.

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"Hmm. Is it the birthday celebration of Luu's third sister? Don't worry about it."

Waiting for dinner to be ready, Ai-Fa said that very lightly indeed.

"I'll check it out one day, but how can the Lew family not have a big feast on their birthday?

"Oh. Sensibly, I wonder if it feels like a pre-wedding celebration. It seems normal to celebrate just the family of the house, although I would devote all my time to cooking"

That being said, "luxury" by the woods was just talking about punching more vegetables than usual in a giva pan, until now.

"Something about soup is going to put more on Raina-Lou's arms. It's not a big burden because all I'm asked to do is cook meat."

"Hmm. So what kind of food are you going to serve?

"Oh, I'm sorry Ai-Fa doesn't have any novelty, but I was wondering if I could use the array I bought from my husband at the Xuanrong Pavilion the other day"

It was a rarer and more expensive, preserved ingredient than the tau oil obtained through the Great Tree Pavilion in the South.

"... you're going to use an array," Ai-Fa said, faintly clutching her lips.

Ai-fa loves me.

"No, look, it's a celebratory seat. When Sim's merchant arrives, we'll buy him again... don't be so shy."

"Who's shaking!... How old will the three women of Luu be tomorrow?

"Oh, he says he's thirteen"

"Thirteen? If you're a man, it's time to learn how to be a hunter."

"Hmm? Well, what about the ladies?

"If they are women, they will learn how to dowry by the age of fifteen.... I lost my mother May as soon as I turned thirteen, so I don't know"

"... well," he said, as I lowered my eyebrow butt just a little bit, Ey-Fa had turned a risky glance.

"What? I don't feel sorry for you for losing my mother ten years ago, do I? Don't turn your back on anything extra, but do your job as a kamado number."

"You're so busy with shins and anger."

"I'm not even shanky, I'm not angry!

Ai-Fa stomped on his feet with a dota as he sat down.

I'm sorry to say, but I love you to death.

Thanks to this, it didn't have to be damp air.

"Oh, and. One flower at a time for the birthday celebration. Right?

"... so what do you think I haven't done?

"You just checked just in case. Because customs may vary from house to house.... Oh, so, after dinner, we're going home to Fa's, right?

"Mm-hmm. It's hard to rent the main bedroom."

"Well, I'll head directly to Luu's settlement after work, so please take care of Gil."

"Taking care of Gill?

"Yeah. We're gonna be away, so we're gonna have to get Gill inside before Ai-Fa leaves the house, right?

The gill is still connected to the front door today, stretching his long neck sloppily on the floor.

Ever since I checked out that swallowing sleeping look, Ai-Fa has been sneering at me very, very hard.

"Asta, you don't use gills when you're like this, and when are you going to use them?

"Yeah? 'Cause it's night and it's the two of us... oh, but should I pull the reins on my way home"

"What's that? Though there would be no reason not to get on Gilr either going or going home?

"Well, 'cause it's not safe to ride home on that dark road, is it? Even the candlestick fire will go out."

"I don't need a candlestick. Keep Gill running lightly, and neither Geez nor Mundt will catch up."

"But Gill might be blind at night, huh? In the world I was in, I called it a bird's eye for being blind at night."

"Hmm? Is Totos blind at night? Well, even so, as long as it's moonlight, it's not a problem for me. When the moon is hidden, you do have to walk down the gill like you said, so just get ready for the candlestick."

So for Ai-Fa, the candlestick fire meant nothing but beast removal? Again, the people of the woods, they are.

"... that's my last concern then. I've never been on Gill's back yet, have I?

"I manipulate the reins, so no problem. You just have to hold onto my body so you don't get shaken down."

Two Totos?

I do remember the late boy saying that was possible, too.

But how about that situation where you hold onto the body of an age-girlfriend Ey-Fa?

I tried modestly to disagree.

"When we're done for dinner tonight, do you want to practice riding for two?... Doesn't that sound quite pleasant?

And, ii-fa made me laugh more, and I couldn't even do that anymore.

My spirit, my weakness.

"... so you haven't had that dinner yet? I'm getting hungry, aren't I?

"All you have to do is cook the meat, so just be patient a little longer. It's a roasted meat dish made with tau oil today."

"Uhm."

The eye-fa of the night, which is not hamburger, is always flat. I don't eat dissatisfied. Instead, I don't show how happy I am.

I took care of Fa's house for about two months. I still hadn't been able to get around with any more favorites than Hamburg. The new ingredients obtained at the Xuanrong Pavilion are only a complement to coloring the hamburger.

"Speaking of which, it's been about two months since I met Ai-Fa. Then it's natural for someone in the Lou family to celebrate their birthday."

"Hmm? I'm not sure what the word means, are you?

"Oh, so if we fit all the way to Kota-Lu, Luu's main house is a family of thirteen, right? Then it wouldn't be strange to have someone's birthday like every month. This world is twelve months a year."

However, it seems difficult for me to understand that once every three years it is 13 months.

"You're the one who thinks funny things. It doesn't matter if it's supposed to be the birthday celebration of a family member of Lou's who's not family, does it?

"No, well, I guess that's true,"

"And don't skip the proper thing, like, two months, etc."

"Huh? But that's about it, right? I wasn't exactly counting, but it should be about 60 days."

When I answered that way, Ai-Fa put a cheek wand on one knee he put up.

"It's not about that. This night, it's just two months."

"Huh?"

"I met you in the woods on the 24th of the Yellow Moon. Today is the 24th of the Blue Moon, so I guess that means just two whole months?

I lost my word.

Ai-fa gives a slightly distant glance.

"If this is the time - just when I was boiling the pot, would it fit? You were in an exotic white outfit, and you looked at Gibba's flesh without blood, and it looked delicious, and so on."

Since that night - was it just the second month today since the day I met Ai-Fa in the woods, when she was stabbed with a knife at the tip of her nose, and invited to Fa's house?

Back then, a month ago, I lived without even realizing what day of the month the present is in the first place.

But now...

"... the tau oil teriyaki is stopped! Make it a hamburger today!

"Hmm? What's the matter, suddenly?

"No, if it's my two-month anniversary, you want to make it look a little celebratory, don't you? Yes, use the example array to add a touch of luxury!

"In just two months, what's to celebrate? Besides, if you're carving meat now, you'll be late for dinner more and more?

"I have a commercial patty! Of course I'll make it back later for what I ate! It's small for snacks, so it's two for one."

Ai-fa looks up at me when I get up and head to the pantry.

"I have no idea. What do you want from me, Asta?

"Huh? No, it's not like I want to... I just want to feed you Ey-Fa's most wanted food on a day like this. If there's anything else you want to eat besides hamburgers, I'll do whatever you need, okay?

"... there can't be such a thing"

He is an eye-fa with a very complex face, as if he should clung his lips or is not sure.

That is why, in the house of Fa, before the celebration of Lara-Luu's birthday, a whispering celebratory dinner was to be held.

Congratulations! Thank you for your continued support! … and let me state with all my heart.