348 Twenty-fourth Day of the Purple Moon ② - Maiden Heart

Thur-din was to sell out 'Giva Curry' first that day, so when I went to help out with the Blue Sky Dining Room with the Gaz ladies, Lara-Lew was out of work and escorting Ms Ziva.

So, just for a few moments, Grandma Ziva got off her luggage and was protected by Donda-Lou and six hunters, while also sightseeing the bustle of the Blue Sky Dining Room from up close.

At that time, Dora's father and Tara also came and interacted with Grandma Ziva. I wasn't too sure from my position, but I could only confirm how Grandma Ziva stroked Tara's head lovingly.

Even then, without falling, the guests were able to sell out all the dishes on time today.

Yumi and the others, who had clearly prepared 120 meals, had opened the store again until the end, but when this one closed the store, the queue would be more than doubled, so it would surely be possible to sell it out. On the third day since Easter was held, everything is going so well.

So, as we were cleaning up the stall, Donda-Lou, who had a more bitter face than when he was dealing with Gamray, approached with Rud-Lou.

"Asta at Fa's house, we need to talk"

"Yes, what is it?

"... the eldest, Ziva, has now begun to skip out on things like wanting to go to Dareim."

"Dareim, does that mean it could be at Dora's father's house?

"That's right. Tomorrow night, are you going to go out to that vegetable house again? He wants to attend and so on."

This is another surprising statement.

I try to tilt my neck "hmm".

"But even in the last number of people, your father's house was pretty close to the limit, wasn't it? It seems hard to get more seats to the hunter's portion of Ziba-Lou and the escort...... what did your father say?

"Whatever shit you said earlier, it's that way. To be exact, that vegetable seller's daughter said she was dressed like her father had accepted it."

"Oh, that doesn't sound like a problem."

"Is there a problem? Though the drunkenness of the oldest who truly gets that bullshit would be the big problem?

I sprayed out of nowhere for a moment.

"... What do you have to laugh at?

"Shh, excuse me. Donda-Lou looks like he's in trouble sometime, so follow me."

Donda-Lou intimidated me with the eyes of a beast, then "Hmm," he snapped his head.

"It's a cool thing to get better, but you're getting too well with that.... The oldest Jiba was originally a very solitary woman in Lew's house. It ends when you're so tiny and so full of temperament."

At what age is Donda-Lou still a little over forty looking like this? So, Grandma Ziva is supposed to be 85, so she was only in her early 40s when Donda-Lou was born. For once, was Grandma Ziva still cutting up Lew's house as an active parent around that time?

(At my age, I guess it's just about the same as Donda-Lou is today. This means that Grandma Ziva is in Donda-Lou's shoes, and Donda-Lou is in Kota-Lou's shoes... yeah, I can't imagine.)

When I was thinking about that, Donda-Lou stuffed me with such a nasty look.

"What's that Dareim house like? I hear the old men were neglecting the people by the woods, but is there no danger?

"Yeah, at least I don't think it's a more dangerous place than the boarding town. There are only people who grow vegetables living in Dalaim, so no one has lowered their swords - and your husband, Dora's father, will be passing it on to Donda-Lou, too, right?

Dora's father stood up before the Donda-Lou's, who were once about to head to Castle Town. Not only the Lew family and us on the spot, but the Sung family sinners and even the northern hunters like Graf-Zaza and Dick-Dom looked at each other and threatened the people of the town, but Dora's father nevertheless stood in front of us alone and wished that he would continue to connect with the people by the woods.

Back then the people by the woods were in a state of one-touch immediacy with Cycleus. As it was, so much was feared that the people of the woods would destroy Genos, or that the nobles of Genos would destroy the people of the woods.

How determined was your father to stand before us? If it was Donda-Lou, it should be understandable that it was not a half-baked determination.

"... when I get back to the settlement, I want to hear from everyone who has spoken to Dalaim. Tell that to the others."

"Yes, sir, I understand."

Donda-Lou went back to his luggage car on the top of the Buddha, and Ai-Fa, who was listening by the way, came softly closer to his face.

"That Donda-Lou had turned out to be my grandson's face, not my parents"

"Yeah, I'm a little surprised, too."

"That must be a pleasure. Not for Lady Ziva, not for Donda-Lou. I know Donda-Lou is strictly behaving as a parent, but if you forget your feelings for your family, your parents won't either."

After saying so, Ai-Fa was able to relieve her mouth much better.

"And if you're talking about the Ziva woman, you don't need to worry. There's nothing dangerous about me because I'm always there."

"Oh, even the bedroom is with I-Fa. I'm sure Rudd-Lou and the others will accompany me again, so I'm not worried about you either."

The only thing I worry about is Grandma Ziva's health, but all this has to do is have her and everyone in her family identify her. As far as I'm concerned, I was able to get a warm feeling just because Grandma Ziva and the Dora family had the opportunity to interact.

Thinking of it that way, now Lara-Lew is getting closer.

"Hey, Asta, I need to talk to you for a second."

"Yeah? Well, then it looks like we're done cleaning up, and we'll talk as we move"

Four hunters are also perfectly escorted to Lulu's luggage. We made a final check to see if we forgot anything, and then we rolled out into the streets.

"So, what are you talking about?

"Yeah......" Once he laid his eyes down, Lara-Luu stared at me with a strong eye.

Then combine your fingertips in front of your chest as you walk down the stone streets.

"Asta, please! Next time you head out to Castle Town, take me with you!

"Huh? A castle town... that, of course, is about the day you show off your dishes to the people of Banaam, isn't it?

"Yeah, Sin-Lu's invited that day, too, right? So I want to come with you."

That, of course, would naturally be taken for granted as Lara-Luu. On that day, Sin-Lu is forced to try swordsmanship with a swordsman named Fingerfold in Castle Town.

"Um, well, yeah... how can you be a hunter by the woods, but you're not polishing your knife arms to deal with humans. I know what it's like to be worried about Lara-Lew."

"What? What are you talking about? There's no way Sin-Lu can beat a nobleman!

"Huh? Because -"

"I don't care about swordsmanship! Otherwise, Sin-Lu was invited to Castle Town because he... was a noble princess or something, right?

Saying in an angry voice, Lara-Lew happens to be a bright red face.

That Sin-Lu is watching over us because of his shiatsu, so I'm not afraid to be heard this conversation.

"Oh, what the hell is that already! How could anyone and everyone else have their eyes on Sin-Lu, like that girl from Yumi's crew or that little guy from the traveler?

"Hey, I don't think Pinot has any particular interest in Sin-Lu at all, do you? Most probably don't even know his name."

"But the girl in the street used her eyes on Sin-Lu, and maybe she invited Sin-Lu by name, didn't she?

"Yeah, maybe you can't deny that. But people aren't seriously thinking about dowry or son-in-law."

"Still, I'm definitely not!

That's what Lara-Lew said out loud enough to surprise Tour-Din, who was pushing another stall next door.

So do I. Reflect. Even if I were Lara-Lew's position - if some castle-town nobleman had approached Ai-Fa comfortably, I'd be carrying a hell of a lot of annoyance. I find that absolutely unbearable to let only Ai-Fa head to the castle town in that state.

"... yeah, I understand. I'll make some plans so Lara-Rue can accompany me this time."

"Oh, really?

Lara-Lew rather circled his eyes as surprised.

"But I can't be as helpful as Tour-Din or Limi, can I? Besides, I'm guessing this is a job taken on by Fa's house, not Lew's..."

"Yeah, but I've been trying to get Raina-Lou and Sheila-Lou to accompany me from the beginning. I'd love for them to eat the Varcus dish."

Or yesterday's today, so I haven't packed the story yet, but even the Raina-Loux will naturally be thinking about wishing to accompany them.

"So, Raina-Lou and the others are also making wonderful dishes with white mammalian liquor. They seem to still taste unfinished in person, but I'm sure they can surprise me enough, as there doesn't seem to be many lessons in the castle about using alcohol for cooking in the first place."

"But... then all the more so. Aren't the Raina sisters going to want to ask Ama Min-Rutim for help with a well-armed rimi or something?

"No, because I'm still in a rush to get ready for business that day, I'm sure the Raina-Lou guys will cook up at home and take a way to warm it back up in the castle town? See, like when I sifted through the flavored grill in Dalaim."

"... then you don't need my help?

"When I say that, you don't have to go out with Raina-Lou and Sheila-Lou either. But I'm sure you both want to accompany me. Then it would be acceptable for Lara-Lew to accompany you?

Lara-Luu pressed silently with a plausible and gritty look on its face.

I'm sure you're sick of throwing out your home job just for your own convenience. The Rayna-Lu people are burning their enthusiasm to raise their cooking arms so much that they don't have to suffer from such things.

"Don't you feel comfortable hitchhiking like that?

".................. yeah"

"Then after all, shall we take the form of asking Lara-Luu for help in Fa's house? Even Lara-Lu has enough skill to beat Yun-Sudra. With Tour-Din and Yun-Sudra, you can help me cook."

"... is Asta really okay with that?

"Yeah. I have more items than the Rayna-Lew guys, so I was originally going to ask some of them for help. So, the folks at Fou and Run are busy working at home, so if Tul-din and Yun-Sudra just couldn't fit in, they were going to call around Yamil-Ray."

Lara-Lew snubbed and snapped with a small voice, "Thank you" as she looked at me in the eye.

"Never, because I will try not to think that I should have made it Yamil-Ray"

"Yeah, well, good day then."

Lara-Luu lowered her head a little and then ran back to Grandma Ziba's waiting luggage car.

I've been listening to this interaction next to me for a long time. Ai-Fa nods with a solemn face of "Hmm".

"It's something that's become a lot more difficult to talk about. I wonder what those noble daughters are thinking."

"I don't know. I'd rather not be as enthusiastic as Leeheim, who was obsessed with that Rayna-Lew."

"Hmm... in the first place, I couldn't even understand that nobleman's mood. I wouldn't expect nobles to welcome the people of the woods to their daughter-in-law."

"Right. Wasn't it so mild that you wanted to have your favorite daughter with you?

"It's a mild feeling, but it's something that changes your attitude that far by being turned down? I thought you were complaining about Asta's cooking like people changed at dinner parties."

"Hmm, well, if you had different feelings about sex, you'd probably hurt your self-esteem as a nobleman."

It's kind of a delicate story because if I did it, I'd eat it down.

but i-fa comes to me looking unconvinced yet.

"I don't know what that feels like. So that nobleman wanted to welcome Rayna-Lew as his daughter-in-law after all?

"No, it's not my daughter-in-law, it's an equivalent or something... maybe the people by the woods don't understand, but there's probably a concept of free love in town. That's what happened in my hometown."

"Jiyurenai"

Ai-Fa becomes an increasingly puzzling expression.

Pushing a stall in a busy street, I chose the word "er".

"There's a notion in town that I'm not your daughter-in-law, I'm your lover."

"Koizi"

"I wonder if it should also be a period of time to determine if we should give that person and the wedding. Build a relationship like a couple with your preferred opponent and see how you feel with them."

"But it is unlikely that the nobles will take the people of the woods as their daughter-in-law. Then there's no point in checking your feelings."

"Yeah, well, that's true... some of them want to skip the wedding and just enjoy the romantic relationship. Isn't that exactly what Yumi's friend Luia was like?

"You're not even going to give me a wedding, but you're going to have a relationship like a couple?

Eye-Fa's eyelids were supposed to fall by only half.

After all, it was an unacceptable story for the people by the clean woods.

"Oh, no, we don't know what it's like to actually be princesses of Louis or nobility, do we? I'm just trying to apply the tide of my hometown."

"Were such acts permitted in your homeland?"

I have to say yes to this.

By the woods, falsehood is sin.

…………

"Well, you see, there are different kinds of lessons in the country. The people of the woods just have to go down the right path."

…………

"Uh, Lord Parent?

"............... how was yours?

In a very quiet voice, he was asked that way.

It is quiet, but it is a voice within which there are signs of a storm.

"............... until you came to the woodside too, were you enjoying sex with someone you weren't even going to give you a wedding like that, Asta...?

I could answer "no" to this squarely.

"Luckily, I never went around with someone like that in my hometown. I've been busy working at home, and I haven't had a chance to get close to a woman my age."

Only Lina, a childhood trainer who grew up with siblings, was there for me.

It was something else between me and Lina that was completely different from romantic feelings.

…………

"Hey, you convinced me, Ai-Fa?

"............... you are no longer a forest folk. Don't forget that, Asta."

"You bet. You think I'm gonna forget something that important?

"............ I hope so," Ai-Fa frowned, seemingly bitterly.

"When you can sooner or later think of someone as your daughter-in-law, I promise, as a parent, to behave with fortitude. However, there is no firm desire to tolerate such things as Jiyurenai."

"Yeah, I'm not even willing to bring that concept to the woods."

And the feeling of breaking down your unrequited love heart is also not exposed.

Whatever readiness Ai-Fa was consolidating, that was the only certainty.

(But for I-Fa, I guess I'll have to consolidate my readiness for that, too.... as a parent)

I don't feel like welcoming anyone other than I-Fa as my daughter-in-law. If they hear such words, even Ey-Fa will be disturbed. If your existence is shackled and your family is unable to receive your wife, it should be a feeling of frustration as a parent.

But Ai-Fa didn't say to get rid of herself or anything and take another woman to her daughter-in-law - or anything like that. Instead, he said, "The world can't be left behind," very happily and very sadly.

(That feeling is enough for me, Ai-Fa)

With that in mind, I kept staring at Ai-Fa.

Ai-Fa blushed her cheeks only slightly, letting a sharp elbow punch tumble into my flank before starting to focus on walking.

That's how Grandma Ziva's inn town sights came to a successful end, and the next day it was decided that the Dalaim sights would be dared.