272 Twenty-two Days of the Black Moon – Qualification of the Hunter

When he arrived at Fa's house, he said, "I stayed late yesterday, so I have to go back early today," and Tour-Din went back to his own house.

Only me and Rem-dom and Yun-Sudra were left behind.

Not a familiar opponent with Yun-Sudra, but still the first person I met - and wondering if it would be more comforting to be alone with someone Yamil Ray told me not to distract, etc., I decided to get ready for dinner.

"Uh, I don't even plan on cooking so elaborate today, but we're still eating as we've always done in the northern settlements, right, Rem-dom?

"Yeah. Few people think the only way to bake Poitans is to teach them how to bake them quickly."

Rem-dom arms under his assertive chest and looks down at me sarcastically.

"Still, I learned blood drainage and other techniques from Rutim's men, so things have changed a lot for dinner, though.... That's the technology you brought to the woodside, isn't it, Asta?

"Yeah, but it's not a special technology, it's a natural thing to do in town."

Rem-dom's eyes narrow considerably.

"Asta, how old are you?

"Huh? I'm seventeen."

"Yes. Then you're two years older than me. Is that a hard word to say once again?

I thought you might be young, but were you only fifteen years old?

I'm a little surprised you're the same age as Rudd-Lou and Morn-Rutim.

"Uh, by the way, how old are you, Yun-Sudra?

"Yes! I'm fifteen too!

I seriously compare myself to both.

Yun-Sudra, who was less than 160 centimeters tall and looked like a girl, and Lem-Dom, who was nearly 180 centimeters tall and had a better physique than me.

It was a different combination of atmospheres as if it were a different species of creature.

"Then surely you can't be the only one who treats me special. Oh, thank you, Rem-dom."

"Yeah, welcome."

Even with the loss of non-Yun-Sudra eyes, Lem-Dom's condition never changed.

It's like eating someone, I picked it up. It's awkward.

I don't even think he's a sticky bad guy, but this is the first time he's been relative to these other woodland ladies besides Yamil-Ray, so I'm just not comfortable.

But, well, I decided to get to work without worrying.

"Well, then, I'll start my supper schedule. Let's get the juice ready first."

At first, Nanar's ash is drained.

This vegetable, which is very similar to horseradish, has a strong Egumi, and when it is used as such, it has a texture that makes it feel like it is too xyxy, so it takes a lot of work.

But it's not that much trouble. Simply boil it thoroughly in hot water with salt and expose it to cold water.

That's how I chop up the ash drained nanals and Aria, Nenon and Chach, and simmer them carefully with slightly less water along with Giva's Momo meat.

"Gibba's meat is extraordinarily soft when simmered over time in a weak fire, and the flavor spreads to the broth. So, the cloudy juice that comes out of the meat and vegetables becomes cluttered, so it should be removed in advance."

For the Beginner-class Rem-dom, I prepared myself with a good explanation.

Yun-Sudra nods more enthusiastically as to which procedure has already been followed.

"So, while you maintain a low heat so that the fire doesn't go out, now you're ready to cook the Poitan in the next kamado.... In Sudra, do you even spoil Geego on Poitan?

"Yes, no! Parents have stipulated that there is no need to use vegetables so luxuriously!

"Oh well. When it comes to everyday things, it certainly doesn't make a fool of Guigo's price.... even at Fa's house these days, it's not Guigo, it's Fuwano."

"Fuwano? That's, like, boiled and dried poitan powder, right?

"Yeah. The texture changes when I put Poitan and Fuwano together, so I'm just trying things out. It's cheaper than putting Gigo together."

I was secretly arguing that Poitan's firm bite and Fuwano's stingy bite could make a bit of an interesting dish with this formula addition or subtraction.

but it's still something I'm studying, so I'm going to cook it flat as usual today.

"Then we'll finally have meat next time. Here we use Aria, Nenon and Pra, plus Giva breasts."

The dedication is "Tarapa-flavoured sweet vinegar anchorage".

Stir the meat and vegetables thoroughly, and finally hang the mammalian vinegar, sugar and tau oil, plus the special sweet vinegar stuffed with tarrapa and aria, thickened with chatch powder.

It was still loose for the sun to go down, so I only baked it for the tasting and gave it to the two apprentices.

"What do you think? I don't think it's hard to eat because it reduces acidity."

Yun-Sudra falls aside and Lem-Dom puts his hands up fearlessly.

"Oh, it's so delicious. It's always wonderful how Asta does things."

And that's what Yun-Sudra said to me when I took a bite.

Her cheeks are red and her eyes are moist.

"Sugar is a great ingredient. Don't overuse it because it's more expensive than salt, and I will always be noticed by the people of the house."

"Oh, does Yun-Sudra prefer a sweet flavor?

"Yes, I love it"

With his cheeks blushing, he grins with a grin.

Somehow, I snuck in my heart that it was a fresh reaction for the woodland ladies.

In the meantime, Rem-Dom says, "That tastes odd."

"That Thur-din meal didn't taste like this. If it were this, I might prefer meat just covered with salt and pico leaves"

"Yeah, because the sweetness of sugar and the acidity of vinegar are flavors that have never existed around the forest before. I don't think many people are very familiar with it."

Fortunately, I didn't hate sugar or vinegar from the very beginning, so I've asked for a taste of it.

When I rubbed the meat dough with sweet vinegar, I was in a good mood.

"Speaking of which, I've heard stories about all the settlers in the north putting themselves in a particularly qualitative life, even as forestside people. Can't you resist buying vanilla and condiments?

"Doesn't quality mean we don't use copper coins for nothing? If a delicious dish is found not to be a waste to the clan, it will not spare a copper coin. Because we are supposed to have second riches to the Lew family."

After saying so, Lem-Dom glanced at Yun-Sudra.

"But Sudra's house has a lot of wealth by helping Fa with her work and selling meat, right? It still feels odd that a small clan that hasn't hunted a significant number of Gibbas is gaining more wealth than the northern clan."

"Yes, Sudra has only nine families, so if you hunt one giva a day, you can manage to live. But we, thanks to the house of Pha, were able to gain strong strength"

Nor is it the wind that fears Lem-Dom, and Yun-Sudra is shining her eyes.

"So now it's no longer uncommon for the men to hunt three givahs in two days without getting a hand wound. Li has also been able to conceive children, and I'm sure she will be able to build on them in the future."

"Speaking of which, Sudra's out of a branch and family, isn't she? Are you Li-Sudra's sister or something?

As soon as I speak up, Yun-Sudra dyes her cheeks.

but what is spoken out of its mouth was the harsh internal affair by the woods.

"No, Li is originally the blood muscle of the branch, and I am the blood muscle of Meema, who was once the family of Sudra. Sudra managed not to perish when all the people in the division and family who were about to lose blood became the main family members.... Otherwise, Sudra would have had no choice but to survive by becoming a family with no blood ties"

"... I see"

Forestside people weigh the edge of blood. Therefore, it was felt to me that a flourishing house and a fading house were both extremes.

The Lew family and the former Sung family, for example, were large areas of more than a hundred people, including their families. Among them, the Luu and Sung families of the parental muscles are large houses of around thirty, and the families of the terminals and others may be smaller families of less than ten.

Still, if we have many family members, we can keep our strength by dowry or son-in-law, but I guess small clans get a little ahead of each other and end up being integrated into one house like Sudra.

Looking at it from me and elsewhere, it makes me feel comfortable if I tie blood edges with different houses more often - or something, but the story isn't that simple. Connecting the edges of blood literally means "becoming a family" to the people by the woods.

Do you think you are as important as your parents and brothers who divided your blood, and can you risk your life for that? If I wasn't ready for that, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to bond as a family.

It was the Lou family that gained so much power, and it was the Sung family that declined because of that bond, I'm sure.

"... but I guess having only two family members is about Fa's house around the woods"

And Rem-Dom said in a sarcastic voice.

"Dom's home is between me and my parents, too, but if we split up, there's eleven of us. And nearly seventy families exist. Just the two families, and Fa's house is waiting for the day of doom, right?

"But! Even Fa's house will have more families if you take a wife or son-in-law! That way you can also get family naturally, so it will never be like doom!

Before I said anything, Yun-Sudra petitioned like that in a strong tone.

Looking back in surprise, the little girl is pissing off her shoulders and scowling at Rem-Dom.

That was kind of like Toy Poodle standing up to Doberman.

"... right. No, the house of Pha has more wealth than any other family, so you can welcome your family with that power."

But Lem-Dom shrugs his shoulders without looking bad.

"Stick around, I'm not thinking of discrediting Fa's house, am I? I don't want to say anything to the other clans, and if you do, I apologize, Asta."

"If that's what you can say, I'm not complaining.... so can you put your spear away too, Yun-Sudra?

To my words, Yun-Sudra looked back like a hack.

So, I dye your face bright red again.

"Also, sorry! As long as I'm embarrassed."

"Hey, don't worry about it," he replied, "I'm going to shut up a lot too.

The combination of the strangely ironic Lem-Dom and Yun-Sudra, who defended Fa's house excessively, seemed to cause some slight spirits to sag his stomach as well.

As for the fate of Fa's house, I'm in a mood that I don't really want the rest of you to touch.

"... then let's continue with the juice dish"

In this case, I concentrate on my work.

I took away the earthen bottle I left on the table.

Recently, fat was removed to make milk fat, skimmed milk.

Let him pour it into a bottle, a whole iron pan.

"Oh, is that what you call caron's milk?

"Yeah. If you rub milk fat, you get extra milk, so this is how you get wings that you use frequently."

The soup, which was cloudy with the stock, stains a clear milky white color.

Careful not to bring it to a boil, I added salt and pico leaves and a small amount of tau oil.

So, at the end of the day, if you thicken it with Poitan, it's done.

The truth is that I want to rub a decent white sauce with milk fat and fuwano flour, but when I consume milk fat there, it gets grandiose.

"You're not buying caron's milk in Sudra, are you? Have you ever tasted this dish?

"Yes, only once before.... Oh, but if I may, I'd like to give it a taste today!

"Yeah, whatever you want"

I shrugged my caron milk soup in a wooden dish and let the two of them serve it.

The appearance has a thick texture that is not significantly different from the cream stew.

However, I don't use milk fat and the calon milk is skimmed milk, so my mouth is refreshed.

The accent is a black pepper replacement Pico leaf.

The dishes taught to Kimmus's Tail Pavilion and Westwind Pavilion are almost unchanged from the recipes.

"Oh, this one is still very tasty"

Yun-Sudra had a blissful look on her face, and Lem-Dom had a one-eyebrow hanging up.

"... this is using the milk of a beast named Karon, right?

"That's right. Do you mind?

"Yeah, this tastes kind of powerful."

Lem-Dom seemed to be a person with something clearly called his taste.

To put it badly, it means being a predator, but it can also be perceived as having the sensibility and tongue to determine whether it tastes good or not.

(Advice, these people are better suited for cooking)

With that in mind, Yun-Sudra began to compare the two iron pots more casually.

"Um... your meat dish is tarapa red, and this juice is caron milk white... very beautiful colors, huh?

"Yeah, cuisine's important because it looks like it."

"… and the sourness of the tarrapa and the sweetness of the caron milk also feel like it will lift your temper"

"Yes, she was going to bump into the taste of 'caron milk soup' when it was just the sourness of Mammalia's vinegar, so she used more tarrapa"

I was surprised to make a rather sharp point.

Yun-Sudra is smiling like a puppy with a head.

That's when - then I heard a lot of sand treading.

"Oh, Ai-Fa, welcome back - what's wrong, dude!

I got upset and shouted all at once.

"What?," Ai-Fa said, turning a grumpy gaze.

Whatever it was, it wasn't unusual for me to see what Ey-Fa looked like.

My hair, which is always neatly put together, is creased, my fur cloak, my hands and feet are covered in dirt, and my mouth is covered in blood.

However, its standing is powerful and its eye-sharpness is no different. So I managed to contain the anxiety in my chest.

"Two gibberishes have scissored me. I've got one, but I've let one get away with it.... because he struck a knife in a strange position."

And, Ai-Fa suddenly pulled out the machete.

I can't help but breathe.

Ai-Fa's knife was broken in the middle.

"The flesh and fur have given way to Fou's house, as he was unable to make a proper blood drain by injuring his hands everywhere"

"Well... no major injuries, more importantly."

"Well, I've suffered a small injury."

After saying so, Ai-Fa spit roughly and threw away.

No - it wasn't spit, it was blood.

He's cut his lips as well as his mouth thoroughly.

"Asta, you wouldn't be using chit fruit or anything for dinner tonight, would you?

"Ugh, yeah. I haven't used it so far."

"Never use it. If you eat chit fruit or something with this mouth, it's gonna be hell."

I could sincerely say that it was good to keep the study of "Giva Curry" at Rue's study group.

In the meantime, Ai-Fa's grumpy eyes are directed at my replacement.

"By the way, you're the Dom women, aren't you? Weren't you handcuffed in Luu's settlement?

"Yep... you've often found out I'm Dom's person, Ai-Fa in Fa's house"

I look back in surprise.

Rem-dom was in a different shape.

Even so, it didn't change into a sticky, bad breeze.

I don't even think it changed into a good breeze.

Rem-dom stared at Ai-Fa with a strangely hot look and had a strangely brave grin in his mouth.

"By the woods, it would be about the Dom family that has Gibba's bones as ornaments. Besides, Asta told me about Dom's women coming to Luu's settlement.... Why are you so handy with Asta at Fa's house?

"I wanted to see you, Ai-Fa"

I was more and more surprised.

Didn't this girl come here to raise her arm?

"I don't know what I have to do, but I'm not in the mood today. If we get into this, we want the day to be clear."

Discarded as such, Ai-Fa brutally removed the skinned string of his head.

The liberated golden brown hair glitters down his back and chest.

"You're a lot more beautiful, Ai-Fa... I heard you weren't such a big lady, but you're not prominently muscled... and if you hadn't had those eyes, you'd look better than those ladies there, wouldn't you?

"... is it your business to get rid of such nonsense, Dom ladies"

"I am Lem-Dom. Dom's parent Dick-Dom's sister, Rem-Dom.... I've come to see Ai-Fa in Fa's house, the only woman hunter around this forest."

Rem-dom trims his fleshy lips.

It was as if it were a carnivore who found his prey.

"Hmm. You seem to have a much better body for the ladies, Lem-Dom. In Dom's settlement, is it even left to work with any power?

"Oh, you think so?... Well, surely, if me and you stood side by side, everyone might assume I was the Huntress, huh?

Ai-Fa began to unwind her freshly loosened hair again with a careless look.

Me and Yun-Sudra just keep an eye on this disturbing interaction.

"A man will sometimes be stronger than me, even if his body is smaller than mine. Abominably, it's something that makes that difference from the beginning between men and women.... but if it were the same women, wouldn't it be something with a bigger body that could have stronger powers?

"If you do have that good physique, you might be able to carry heavier baggage.... but what's wrong with that? I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Nothing's hard to talk about. I just want you to help me."

"Match?"

"Yes, compared to the power of the hunter."

Rem-dom laughs so bravely.

but - once Ai-Fa looked like he lost all interest and took his gaze off Lem-Dom.

"Bullshit. There are no hippos in the mood for such entertainment. Asta, I'm cleaning myself up in the house, so I'm not coming in for a while."

"Wait, Ai-Fa. For you, it's a pleasure, but for me, it's an important act of stipulating the raw things that lie ahead?

Lem-Dom proceeded to walk as he rang the jarries and bone ornaments.

Ai-Fa looks very annoyingly sideways at the look of it.

"What will the women do when they compare the power of the hunter? A power comparison is an act that should be done when showing the forest its power, or only for training."

"So this is a ritual that shows my power in the woods, but also my training as a hunter."

Rem-dom laughs with his lips lifted.

"I guess you're giving me a shameless harvest as a hunter, aren't you? If my power is weaker than yours, does it mean that I am equipped to be a hunter?

"... there is no mistake in that word, but I will not lag behind the ladies, who are not hunters either"

"How can you be so sure? I've been trained to do this myself, haven't I?

"As a bunch of women who aren't hunters, there may not be anyone in line for you. Also, if the other person is a person in town, most men will be able to give in.... but that's all we're talking about. A hunter full of them, you have nothing to exchange."

"I'm not here to argue, I'm here to challenge the power comparison. Hey, Ai-Fa?

"That's tough," says Ey-Fa.

"I thought you said I was grumpy today. If you don't want to be in pain, take care of your job."

In the middle of that word, Lem-Dom moved.

He kicked the ground and stuffed the distance from Ai-Fa, which was only three meters long, in one breath.

Yun-Sudra screams and grabs it in my arms.

Ai-Fa did not panic and twisted herself, wreaking havoc on Rem-Dom.

Rem-dom turns to Ai-Fa again with his beastly agility.

"Exactly. You won't change your complexion. But did it tell you that I'm not one of them?

"... apparently you have to look into your painful eyes to find out"

Saying in a totally immobile voice, Ai-Fa took off the hunter's clothes.

Keep your gaze on Rem-dom's figure and hook it up to the branches of the straw tree.

"Ya, don't, Rem-Dom! It is never acceptable, such as the people of the woods contending with each other!

Yun-Sudra speaks up to her temper.

but the hand remained hugging my left arm.

"This isn't a fight, it's a comparison of hunter power. If you ground anything but your palm or the back of your foot without causing your opponent any scratches, you win...... is that all right, Ai-Fa?

"Mm-hmm. Except you're not a hunter, so make no mistake"

At the same time as Ai-Fa answered, Rem-Dom struck again.

Its long arm protrudes from the left and right capturing the eye-fa.

Ai-Fa gracefully took the step and flushed it to her left hand side.

And catch Rem-Dom's left wrist.

Rem-dom shook it off by making sure he twisted his entire body.

Momentum as bounced, Ai-Fa even flies backwards.

Its right heel touched the ground.

I've already dropped the fire, but there's still a hot iron pan on top of it.

Notice it or not, Lem-Dom jumped three times.

"Ahhh!" Yun-Sudra screams.

If Ai-Fa turned herself in, I'm sure Lem-Dom would have had the feathers to stick into her body.

Even I almost closed my eyes reflexively.

But after all, Ai-Fa was not moving.

And he didn't even try to engage Rem-dom's advance.

When Ai-Fa sank herself and wrapped both Lem-Dom's arms over her head, she twisted her body in the direction of her right hand, resting on her opponent's tight hips.

Lem-Dom's body floats up, crossing the Kamado and Rinse spaces, slamming him from his back to the ground.

Having only been in bridge position for a moment, Ai-Fa lands on the ground under Baku's instructions as it is.

It would have taken advantage of the momentum of Lem-Dom's advance, but it was as vibrant a throw as a prowl.

"Now you're ready? Totally shallow women."

Ever since I said that, Ai-Fa has been flirting with us.

"By the way, you were Sudra's ladies, weren't you? Though it should be contrary to the woodland lesson for a man before his dowry to set himself up with another man of his clan as such."

"Huh?" he said out of his mind, and then Yun-Sudra could not fly from me.

The face stains bright red like never before.

"And, also, I'm sorry! You lost sight of me..."

"No, well, yeah," or something obscure, while I tried to peek into the other side of Kama.

Really, Lem-Dom builds momentum.

"That's a hunter full of them! I didn't think it would be easy to get here!

On that face, there was still a fierce grin.

Black eyes too, that's what burns like a hunter.

"But you won't be able to discern me at least once, will you, Ai-Fa?

"If you don't know the difference in power in this one time, there's no other way to tell you no hunter qualities."

"Hmm!" said Rem-Dom, dropping his hips.

I lost all that intense suplex and it doesn't seem to have any damaging damage.

Seeing that appearance, Ai-Fa narrowed her eyes uncomfortably.

"If you want to see more painful eyes, move the place. What are you going to do if you get in the dirt for dinner?

"Ugh. You finally got me serious about matching up, huh? Glad to hear it, fa woman hunter Ai-Fa"

"... it's not a day at all, it's a day"

Ai-Fa took a sigh full of worry as she lifted her forehead.

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Then a few minutes later.

The tone of Totos' hook and nail kicking the ground approached Fa's house.

"Hey, that's a hiccup, Asta!

"Is that it? Isn't that Rud-Lew?

The energetic youngest brother of the Luu main house pulls the reins and makes Totos stop.

The wings are slightly lighter in colour, so this is a ruuuuu, not a jidula.

"That's a hiccup. What's the matter with you?

"Mmm. Because I asked my Vina sisters that Lem-Dom was headed to Fa's house. I'm just here to check on you."

Jump to the ground alone and see Yun-Sudra, who was in my place.

"Yeah? Who are you?

"My name is Yun-Sudra of the Sudra family"

Yun-Sudra bows her head in a slightly nervous face.

For a family of small clans, I guess the person of the Lou family is not so comfortable with.

"Hmm. I'm Rud-Ruh from the Ruh family. Nice to meet you.... so where did the Rem-dom one go?

"She'd be there."

I'll show you the rear.

Rudd-Lou peeks right into my shoulder.

Rem-dom had his hands on the ground.

Ai-Fa stands right in front of it without disturbing his breath.

In the past few minutes, Lem-Dom had been thrown away by Ey-Fa more than ten times.

"Oh, I knew this was happening. I thought so, so I ran Totos."

"Huh? Did Rudd-Lou know about Lem-Dom?

"Oh. Look, you asked Asta to make you some meat before, right? That's when I was supposed to reveal the night at Dom's house."

Speaking of which, on the ash moon, Rudd-Lou would put his foot up to the northern settlement, and I would have rubbed him a 'croquette sandwich' as a lunch box.

"At that time, he wanted to be a hunter even though he was a bunch of women - or something like that. I was wondering if I could even compare my powers when I met Ai-Fa."

"Well, then I wish you'd told me that too. All of a sudden I was stuck in my eye-fa, so I thought," What the hell is going on? "

"Mmm. I thought I'd talk to you. I can't believe she wants to be a hunter even though she's a bunch of women, because she's not half ready to live. It's irrelevant. I thought I was lacking a brother-in-law to talk to other people."

And Rud-Lew puts his head on without looking bad.

"Besides, I didn't think it was going to be dangerous where he was stuck with I-Fa."

"Yeah, well, it wasn't gonna be dangerous,"

He is also an eye-fa who has left the tenacious hunters such as Ji-Mayam, Darum-Lu and Rau-Ray, and has also shown Dan-Lutim a mutual match to contend for one or two even in the family of Luu.

Even Lem-Dom, who has a non-standard physique as a bunch of women, didn't even seem to be able to make me sweat instead of soiling Ey-Fa.

"... you are not prepared or tempered to be a hunter, Rem-dom."

Looking down at the powerlessness of Lem-Dom like that, Ai-Fa said chilly.

"No matter how much strength your body gains, you can't defeat your opponent without strength in your mind.... and also, if you have the strength of your body but no moves to use it, you can only carry heavy baggage at best. I guess the only thing that's going to compete with you right now is a bunch of apprentice hunter men who haven't even been in the woods yet."

…………

"But you don't have to be ashamed of that. The women will never be pleased with the hunter's work, so you can do your job as a woman, Lem-Dom."

…………

Ai-Fa took a small breath and tried to flinch herself.

Lem-Dom grabs that ankle.

"What? You can't throw people off your own feet, can you?

"Ai-Fa, are you..."

Aww, Lem-Dom says.

"What a great hunter you are...?

"... um?

Much like that, Ai-Fa frowns.

Lem-Dom suddenly cuddled his supple legs.

"Good to see you... I want to be a good hunter like you, Ai-Fa..."

There seemed to be some sort of trance on the limb side of Lem-Dom, hugging Ey-Fa's legs as he went to the ground.

I meet Rud-Lew face to face and then rush over to you.

"Don't say anything you missed. You have no idea how hard it is to be a hunter with a bunch of women."

"Still, I want to be a hunter… I can't keep this feeling down without doing anything…"

Rem-dom closes his eyes snugly and cheeks on Ai-Fa's smooth thighs.

At last, a crack also entered the cold surface of the Ai-Fa, leading up to this step.

"Then do as you please! It has nothing to do with me anyway!... and get that away from me anyway!

"I don't like it. Just a little more like this..."

Ai-Fa saw us with confused eyes sometime.

"What the hell is this! Asta, Rud-Lew, help me!

"Hmm? Even before the dowry, the women wouldn't mind, would they?

"That's not the problem! I think I got a back. Move!

I tried to poke that head off of Ey-Fa Hajikan, but Lem-Dom wouldn't try to leave me with a "yeah" and a colorful voice. Lem-Dom's untrained muscles here seemed to show off for the first time.

"... what is it, this?

Rud-Lew looks at me with his head on.

"I don't know, maybe Ey-Fa looked too good"

Speaking of which, when Gilr first came to Fa's house, the neighborhood ladies were also yellow cheers for the appearance of Ey-Fa driving down the road with refreshment.

Even while I was fumbling with such emotion, I-Fa said, "Help me quickly!" He continued to twitch in sadness.