273 Invite Again

The next day.

Encouraging her to work well in the stalls, she had a rare guest.

For the people of the south, the daughter of an iron furniture store, Deal.

"Hey, that's a little crackly, Asta"

A girl with dark, still short brown hair stands in front of the stall laughing. Your Larvis is alive and well, of course.

Having lost a large business partner named Cycleus, it was once again possible for them to enter into a contract of commerce with the Marquis de Genos' agent.

So, the man named Granal, the head of the trade union, returned triumphantly with a huge amount of orders, but they remained in Genos. Deal and Larvis, and the number two of the Chamber of Commerce, remained in Castle Town and remained open from time to time.

When I receive a new order, I will fly an early tototoss and pass the order on to my home country. Once those items were ready, they decided to continue to do business in that way for a while, with the largest proportion of caravans forming again in six months to visit Genos.

It seems that Deal's father, the cookware used by the cooks who were under Cycleus' control, as well as the weapons used by the soldiers of Castel Genos, is a rather merchant-soulful figure, still trying to broaden his hand in commerce while establishing a major business deal to undertake them on a permanent basis.

"Hey, hasn't it been about ten days? Looking good, above all."

Ever since the ash moon, I've been able to regain a peaceful relationship with this girl, too.

Dial laughs so innocently, he looks around at the stalls in a sloppy line.

"I don't know what to eat today. I rarely come to buy it, so I get lost every time!

"Dial liked 'Giba-Man', didn't he? Well, I guess it's called" Giva Cuttlesand. "

"Naturally! Because I've only hit it once!

But I think it's a big deal because I pulled a single hit on myself that I could only show my face after about five days.

If I thought of it as something like that, there were people approaching soothingly from the groves behind me.

Dial turned to you and said, "Is that it?" and round his eyes.

"What's going on? It's so rare that you're down in town!

"Hmm. I had some shopping to do today."

It is ai-fa.

I/Fa came down to Accommodation Town yesterday to buy a replacement for the damaged machete.

So, I already bought the machete first thing in the morning, but I'm off work as a hunter today and acting with us.

He can't squeeze his strength because not only has he cut anything in his mouth, but his back teeth are shaking around.

I'm surprised to think you were pumping Lem-Dom away in that condition, but whatever, I've never been over to rest if I'm not feeling well.

Until just now, Ai-Fa, who chewed on the leaves of the painful Rom, confronts Dial by regaining his pristine appearance.

"Hmm, well. I haven't seen you in more than a month."

"Mm-hmm. The last time we met was when we got Asta back at Count Turan's mansion."

Saying, Ai-Fa quietly beckoned.

"I've always cared that I should thank you properly, too.... that night, I was saved by your driving"

"Ki, the driver? What are you talking about?

"You knew who I was, but you kept it quiet? Besides, I could smell Asta's presence casually and feel like she was moving us in the direction we wanted."

"Well... if you think about what you couldn't do until then, it's not like you're thanking me at all."

Dial looked sad, but Ai-Fa shook her head "no".

"For you back then, there must have been no reason to take revenge on the Count Turan family. I can't help but thank Asta and the people of the woods for their help in that."

"I said exaggerate! If you say such a nasty thing to me, I won't know how to respond!

"I haven't asked for a response at all.... well, now you don't have to water Asta for sifting unjust violence."

"... whichever old story you flirt with. I forgot about that one."

Dial wiggled his short hair with a bitter smile.

"Well no. If this means you don't owe me, I'll be honest with you."

"Umm," he nodded before Ai-Fa withdrew.

I take up the wooden barrel at my feet with a breath of relief.

"Well, here's the lottery. You can't worry about dedication until you pull this off, can you?

"Right," Dial says, pulling the stick of the tree unconstructively.

On its tip was a solid red mark.

"That... hit me"

"Congratulations. That's quite a median, Dial."

From the crate Tul-din offered me, I take 'Giva Cuttlesand'.

"Yes, it's three red copper coins."

"Eh heh," laughed Dial, accepting the product.

And Larvis offers me a white copper coin without expression.

He hasn't eaten Gibba's food yet.

"That girl, that's a new face, right?

and said as Dial shifted his gaze to the next stall.

The ones who worked there were Yun-Sudra and Li-Sudra.

There was still time in Jomtien, but they rushed to finish their work at home.

"Yes, I'm in the middle of getting that clue because I'm going to be working new. Nice to meet you."

"Hmm, you're a pretty girl"

"Yeah?"

"The women by the woods you make are just beautiful. Well, maybe Asta's just picking people like that."

"Oh, no, that's not true. It just so happens that your young daughter is chosen."

"Heh," he snapped, and he had some real eyes.

Fortunately, I was preparing a more important story for this girl.

"Speaking of which, I wanted to ask Dial one thing."

"Hmm? What?

"You know, I wonder if there's anything in stock about iron fixtures this size and shaped like this?

"Huh? Huh? I wasn't sure. In what form?

"Eh, it's ideal when it's cylindrical like this and the tip is so thin that it's so thin"

"Oh, maybe that's about the funnel?

"In the meantime! Yes, it's that funnel! I needed it to try something new."

Yesterday, I asked Nair to introduce me to a customer of the people of the east, and I was learning how to make bowel meat from that person.

Since only smoking techniques are available to Michele, we need to gather information about the intestinal meat here.

"A funnel. Ah. I don't think that was even in stock. I don't think we'll ever buy another funnel like that."

That's what Dial said as he stumbled on "Giva Cutsando".

"A funnel is an array you use to transfer alcohol and tau oil from a barrel to an earthen bottle, right? If that's about it, you can even get it in Inn Town, right?

"Um, I wonder if so. In the meantime, I didn't see you looking around the iron shop."

"Then why don't I take a look at the castle town shop for you?

"Oh, then I'll ask you to do it because I have a twat. Even Dial is busy at work every day, isn't he?

When I answered that way, I could see what and the big boss of that twat creeping closer from the end of the north.

It is a box-shaped car pulled by Totos.

Followed my gaze with my eyes, and Dial said, "Hmm?" and lean his neck.

"What is that? Looks like it's got a noble crest on it."

"Probably the son of Count Dalaim's family. He's been visiting me a lot since dinner in Castle Town."

The car stops at the entrance to the inn town, from which two martial officers and a round nobleman descend.

It was the second son of the Earl of Dalaim, Polearth.

"Hey, let me buy you some food today, Lord Asta."

"Thank you every time. What about the lottery?

"Of course I'll pull! I haven't pulled a hit in half a month."

For the most part, it was Pole Earth, which gave me the maid's maiden name and bought me products, but when Jan's shop and Dalaim's territory had errands, they were visiting me on the road.

I'm guessing his behavior has created such a reputation for our store. The fact that nobles come all the way to the lodging town to buy food is an unlikely thing.

Incidentally, Leeheim, the Earl of Saturas family, who had visited the stall about as often, doesn't look dizzy lately. The Marquis of Genos tempted me to buy Giva meat, and then - maybe it was due to the fact that I was clearly solidified in an attempt to give Rayna-Lew expensive silver ornaments.

Not only did young cooks Roy and Banaam's aristocratic Wellhide, but he was also distracted by Rayna-Lew.

It seems that among the woodland ladies with many beauties, as Deal puts it, Raina-Lou has the power, among other things, to attract the people of the west.

"Oh, it's off! I don't know how I haven't been lucky!

While I was thinking about that, Polearth was dropping his shoulder disappointingly.

The idea of making 'Giba Katsusando' specially prepared with aristocratic privileges - etc. seems inconceivable from the outset.

"I, hey, the dish" Bullshit "suits my taste best. Of course I'm not complaining about the other dishes, but they taste extraordinary again."

After saying so, Polearth gave me a cut glance at Deal's hand as he was pulling into the side of the stall.

Those eyes get rounded properly.

"Is that it? Wasn't it Zeland you were staying at the hotel?

Dial swallowed down what was in his mouth, and gave a bowl of grace along with the kind of tricks that put his empty hand on his stomach.

"Yes, I - No, my name is Deal, and I am the son of Granal, an iron hardware store in Zeland."

"Oh, fine, fine, even though it's not all over the castle. I am the second son of Count Dalaim's family, a man named Polearth.... Uh, did you recently move from a hotel to a regular inn?

"Yes, we are continuing our business as an iron hardware store there"

"Right or right. You guys seem to be dealing with a lot of fine products. It seems that the Commander of the Kingsguard Corps, who tested the sample sword, said he had no complaints about it."

"… it is an unwanted pleasure"

After all, Dial seemed to be more firmly thankful to the nobles than I was.

However, one hand kept a ready to eat dish, so that's the only adorable part.

I'll give you a nod back to Eagle Deep Fried, and then I'll turn back to Pol Earth Hagurin and me.

"By the way, Lord Asta. Though I have deposited your words with the Lord Genos again today."

What can I do for you?

I didn't think I could be offered a further meat price increase in just a month and a half, but a lot of vigilance has soaked me up.

Polearths is smiling with the same innocence.

"No, actually, we have another guest from Banaam coming next month. But now it's not just a customer, it's a line of missions."

"Mission? Does that... mean reconnecting national traffic disrupted by Cycleus for the first time in ten years?

"The term national transport is inappropriate because it's the same Selva people, but that's the thing. We can't trade in fuwanos and fruit liquor made in your town, or we're going to argue about it again."

Polearth smiles with such pleasure as she trembles her plump cheeks.

"So, it seems that the mission was to be led by Lord Wellhide in succession to your father's will. That Lord Wellhide is expecting another dish from Asta."

"Yeah? You want my cooking?

"Yeah. Apparently so. I wonder if Lord Wellhide could have convinced everyone in his hometown of how delicious Guiba's food was. Then actually try it! I guess I'm in the mood."

I let myself sigh softly as I remembered Wellhide's righteous, serious-looking face.

"I don't know if I can play such a big role in a person like myself, but I don't feel comfortable with it... for now, let the Forestside Chiefs do a favor."

"Yeah! Nice to meet you!... Well, I told you the same story last time, but you don't have to focus so much on Giva food. If you could show the delicious taste of Giva meat in a meat dish for Lord Wellhide, I don't know what else to cook, would I?

That being said, I'm not that good at handling Karon and Kimmus. Using them instead of Gibba wasn't sure I could lump anything better than Gibba's cooking.

However, I sneak up on the idea that if current research proceeds, we might be able to deliver some interesting dishes with Fuwano and Poitan dishes.

"So this time I think of the ingredients that are all over Count Turan's mansion. Shouldn't I probably try it? But Lord Asta has only set foot in the little chef, right?

"Yeah, right. Still, I wasn't dissatisfied with the mass of the ingredients."

"No, no, the big chef's pantry is not the same size as that! It's a treasure trove of ingredients that Turan's predecessor spent half his life collecting! It's the first time I've seen it in the last few days, but it was already a sweeping word!

That's the treasure trove itself for Cycleus - reminds me of Michelle's words.

"What do you think? Would you mind checking that pantry once in advance, if you like? If you have ingredients that seem to be available, why don't you take them back to the woods and come up with a new dish?... Oh, just imagining it makes your chest squeal!

"Ha... well, I'll talk to the chief, including that"

"Yeah! I'll talk to Lord Genos!... Oh, and, of course, Lord Asta, it's not a sneak idea to leave everything to each of you, so he's going to prepare a cook for you."

"A keepsake cook?

"Yeah. He was once the head chef of Count Turan's mansion, and now he's the rare cook Lord Varcus, who decided to open his own shop in the castle town. He was once one of Genos's top three cooks."

"Are you the three great cooks of Genos..."

I blurted out that it was another two names, but the words of Polearth that followed were a little breathtaking.

"That's how Lord Varcus became the chief chef of Count Turan's mansion, and after the other fitted into the chief chef of Castel Genos, he was hailed as the cook's bi-perfection, etc. The last one bought Cycleus's misfortune, and he turned down his future as a cook."

…………

"Yeah? What's wrong?

"That could be... don't you mean someone named Michele?

"Oh, that was such a name. They still live in Genos territory, but I don't know the details."

"... Was that Vulcan man regarded as comparable in skill to Michele?

"Yeah. If you had a reputation, wouldn't Lord Varcus be better up there? He's using all those ingredients brilliantly! At the time, Cycleus was giving him a huge reward in anticipation of that arm, right?

Something hot came up on my chest.

Of course, the person named Varcus is not guilty. If he had withdrawn his wish from Cycleus, he might have followed the same path as Michelle.

But while the cooks who had called for a reputation in the same period still wanted fame, it was still hard to say how emotional it was in this situation that only Michelle was even burning charcoal outside the castle town.

"So, to the chiefs, please say hello! I'll do whatever it takes to attend that dinner party! I expect a good reply, Lord Asta?

◇

That's how we returned to the settlement of Lou.

That's where I was waiting for Lem-Dom.

"Oh, Ai-Fa... I've been waiting for you to arrive"

Ai-Fa lagged back and took my body as a shield.

Neither did Ai-Fa try to get out of the luggage truck in the morning, so this is what we have reunited since yesterday.

"... sounds like a disaster, it's Lem-Dom"

"Yep. But last night I got slapped to the ground. My back nodded and nodded... it was like I'd been cuddled all night by an eye-fa."

"Don't let anything out of your mind, you lying bastard"

The other women are starting to unload, looking at us like that.

Yun-Sudra, who was just fixated on one situation, looked worried.

"By the way, why are you hiding in the shadows of your family like that? I was looking forward to the moment when I could see its beauty..."

"That's what makes me want to hide because I get out of that creepy thing."

"You say terrible things... but you're just happy to turn your words to me like that..."

and stare at Ai-Fa with strangely increasing colors on the side.

I didn't even know what to do with me when Ey-Fa grabbed me a bunch of ginger and shoulder meat.

"So... you know... it's very hard to say..."

"Then don't tell me."

"But I'll tell you... I'd actually like to take care of not just Luu but Fa's house for the next six months"

"... I don't know what you're talking about"

"I want you to put it away for a day and let me live in Fa's house. Donda-Lou, the head of Lou's family, could have given his consent."

I was distracted.

I'm sure Ai-Fa would have liked that.

"Hey... what are you talking about, you? I don't think Donda-Lou would accept such a thing. In the first place, did you tell Donda-Lou a joke about wanting to be a hunter?

"Absolutely. You can't wish that while you're hiding your feelings from a forest chief. Now Dom's parents will know how I feel."

At that moment, a strong light came back into Lem-Dom's eyes.

"But it's okay. Even Dick, the parent, would have noticed that lightly, and I would have opened it up if it was originally fifteen. … and on top of that, I was going to hit all my powers to see if I could live as a hunter."

"... did you indulge in my words?

In the voice of Ai-Fa also dwells something strong.

"Of course," Lem-Dom nodded.

"Without needing to be told by you, if the women wish to live as hunters, etc., they are set to be neglected by the people around them. Still, I cannot forsake my feelings.... Isn't that what you were, Ai-Fa?

…………

"I still have more respect for you than anyone for making my feelings go through. That's what I want to learn from you as a hunter. Of course I'm not going to tell you to take me to the woods. That I don't deserve to be like that today is because I was slapped by this person yesterday."

…………

"I won't stand in your way. At your house, waiting for your return. That's how I want to feel close to your presence. Make sure you keep your job as Kamado's number. So...... wouldn't you put me by your side, Ai-Fa?

"... for half a month, for a day, right?

"Yep. And then, if Rutim and I ever get to replace the ladies in the north settlement, though we might as well relax for a few more days"

Signs of Ey-Fa's distress are coming from behind him with a hint.

I wonder what EY-FA has in mind for Lem-Dom, who denied it without a headache yesterday, but still didn't try to abandon his feelings.

For the first time, a girl named Lem-Dom has given her name to an area where she could never have existed other than Ai-Fa, where she wanted to be a hunter while she was a crowd.

If that wasn't a half-baked thought, I shouldn't have been able to even look at Ai-Fa.

"... Asta, what do you think?

"Of course I obey my parents."

There are many uncomfortable aspects of living with strange women, but there is still nothing like being half moon.

What should have weighed in was the mood of Ai-Fa.

A lot of silence falls on the spot.

Eventually, Ai-Fa said, in a low voice.

"Then... as the head of Fa's house, let's allow Rem-Dom to stay"

"Really!?

My vision rotated with a half twist.

My fine body was thrust into Lem-Dom's successful arm and he was to fall to the ground.

"Thank you! I will squeeze all the power of this body to you, Ai-Fa!

"Stop it, you fool! What the hell are you!

He was held up decently from the front today, and Ai-Fa was desperately up.

but the muscle strength itself still seems more wandering in Rem-dom, which is hard to shake off.

"I withdraw as many words as I have just said! I can't allow a sneaker like you to stay!

"Oh, the people by the woods relax their words? Falsehood is a sin, Ai-Fa...?

Lem-Dom smiled happily and cheeked on Ey-Fa's hair.

That's how he laughed, and the tough Rem-Dom also seemed young enough for his age.

◇

Then again, we snorted into the study of 'Giva Curry', and in Fa's house we worked on the formula of Fuwano and Poitan, as well as the eyeballs and brain cooking delivered from Fou's house, and we were set to celebrate the night.

The prototypes of eyeballs and brain dishes were annoyed with Fou and Lan people, so this evening's dinner at Fa's house went hand in hand with an item being wholesaled in the "Grand Tree Pavilion of the South" called "Giba Soup with Tau Oil Tailoring" in "Giba's Horn Braised".

If Lem-Dom were to stay for a day, he would be asked to help make these dishes in the morning. It was therefore a choice.

Let me add some grilled Poitan and a little salad to this, and the nutritional balance is perfect.

"Asta, I cannot falsify words, so let me express my frank opinion, though"

Lem-Dom says as we move forward with those meals.

"I think all of your dishes are amazing. I think it's even silly to compare it to previous meals."

"Yeah."

"But I don't know... you don't think everything tastes just as good. I think the spicy dishes I tasted in Luu's settlement at noon taste better than this sweet and tender meat."

"Heh. 'Giva Curry' is still in the prototype stage, do you prefer that one?

That was quite an interesting opinion.

"For your information, which was your preference in the dishes that Tour-Din made at the feast?

"Well... in that night's cooking, I thought it was delicious with gut juice and meat I baked with Myrmu."

"Tarapa's hot pot and a steak with myrmoo sauce? I wonder if you prefer spicy dishes.... No, but yesterday it sounded like you also liked the caron milk soup, right?

"Yeah, I guess I prefer a dish that feels powerful."

Are you a predator or a keen taster? I still can't tell by all these examples, but the cooking process didn't seem so bad, and my qualities as a Kamado-number were surprisingly likely to be a blessing, Rem-dom.

Besides, there's a part of Lara-Lew that goes through these candors, and I don't hate them.

However, our Parent has been eating on the top of the Buddha without a word.

"... Do I - Fa - have bad or preferred dishes?

When they turn their attention to Lem-Dom, they hoist their eyebrows once in a while.

Whatever I like, it's none of your business.

"That's mean... but it's nice to be so full of majesty as a parent"

…………

"Hey, Ai-Fa. I asked the men of Lou, and you were chosen by eight brave men compared to your power in Lou? Besides, I thought you showed that Rutim's parents and each other's powers.

"It's not mutual. I was defeated by Dan-Rutim"

"But you weren't cured of your left arm injury, were you? So show me the power to be close to each other with that Rutim parent. I just can't believe... Isn't that incredible?

There is another powerful light in the eyes of Lem-Dom, colourful all over Vina-Lou.

"I thought the strongest hunter by the woods was either our parent or Graf-Zaza. But the parents of Lou and Rutim felt like they were equipped with unbeatable powers, too.... which means that I'm a hunter who can line up with all four of them."

"Are you capable of applying that much extra power correctly, Rem-dom?

"I don't know that clearly. I totally misjudged the power of the i-fa.... but I think only Luu and Rutim's parents have the same power as their parents Dick and Graf-Zaza. I didn't see any more men in Lou's settlement."

Speaking of which, I've heard stories like Ey-Fa and Rudd-Lou were always able to feed the other's powerful eyes thanks to a close look at the mighty being of their own father.

I guess that's also because I was glad I was made to grieve for my weakness because I didn't benefit from my physique like Ziza-Lou or Darum-Lou, too.

Does that mean - maybe Lem-Dom, who was born into the brave Dom family settlement, also grew up in a similar environment and had the same mood?

Ey-Fa, who was rinsing the wooden dish soup, sees Lem-Dom with a hint of loudness.

"The power comparison is only a test. What matters to the hunter is the power to defeat Gibba, not man"

"But you've got a staggering number of gibberishes on your own, haven't you? I'm happy to be able to live in the same time as a woman hunter like you, Ai-Fa."

"I am still a seventeen-year-old young man. It is the hunters who have long demonstrated their power, like Donda-Lou and the others, that you should guide them."

Saying in a grumpy voice, Ai-Fa puts down a wooden dish.

"Besides, there is also Barsha in Masala in the settlement of Luu. Did you get along with that Balsha, Lem-Dom?

"Barsha means the exotic, right? Yeah, we've exchanged a few words... but my son's the one doing the giva hunting job, right?

"But I also hear that Barsha was hunting no less ferocious beasts in his hometown than Gibba. Barsha is also going to show you the right way."

"Hmm......?

Rem-dom tilts his neck in a less pinned manner.

"Okay. If Ai-Fa says so, find an opportunity to exchange more words.... but today, I'm full of breasts just because I feel like I'm a-fa."

"... how dare you tell me not to let that get out of my way"

"Oh, that sharp eye... it makes my back tickle"

Lem-Dom stares at Ey-Fa as if he were scratching.

Ey-fa chewed up the baked poitan like a jerk.

"Speaking of which, what about the dinner party Polearth was talking about?"

I whisper that it would be more peaceful to change the subject here.

"As the formal decision awaits the chiefs' reply - what do you think, Ai-Fa?

"I don't feel comfortable, but I don't see any reason why I should say no. Just like at the previous dinner party, if some hunters put on escorts, the problem would be fine."

"Right. I hope so."

"What, you don't feel comfortable either? So you should tell the chiefs how you feel?

"No, it's not that I don't feel comfortable.... I just feel so much more than I need to."

"Feeling? Why?"

"Of course, you can't stay calm with a cook who had more than the same reputation as Michelle."

"Hmm...?," said Ey-Fa, frowning.

"But Castle Town cooks do it differently. But that's what Michelle said, and isn't it true that the cook named Timaro was cooking all kinds of rare dishes?

"I don't know. Michelle said most of the Castle's cooks weren't using the ingredients. Well, maybe a cook like Valkas would be a fine cook even Michele would admit?

"You can't say anything about hypothetical things. Besides, I don't care about the chefs in Castle Town.... if you get excited, it's a pleasure to me"

"Oh well. Then I guess I'll be excited."

When I laughed, I faintly lowered my mouth, too.

Really Lem-Dom shouts "Oh......"

"Hey, i-fa... just sometimes, so maybe you can't even turn that kind look on me...?

"It's weird," Ey-Fa says, pulling in a smile of blame.

I'm in trouble. And I laughed bitterly.

"But more than that, it's a Dan-Rutim celebration, isn't it? Expect me there first, because I'll put more on your arm."

"Umm," Ai-Fa nodded in a grumpy manner.

That's how the first night of Lem-Dom's reception went on and on.