358 Destruction and regeneration ② - Night before

It is about that night, the thirtieth day of the purple moon, when I learned who Lolo the Knight King was and I was to be beaten in the back of the head by Ai-Fa.

The day before the holidays, we were visiting the Dora family in Dalaim that night.

The members are: Kamadu number is five for me, Limi-Luu, Ama Min-Rutim, Tour-Din and Yun-Sudra, and the escorts are five for Ai-Fa, Rud-Luu, Gazran-Rutim, Dan-Rutim and Guillain-Lilin as well, for a total of ten.

The number of people has been narrowed down because Grandma Ziva is non-participating, but this number was due to leave five stalls in the morning to sift the whole grill of Giva.

But tomorrow night more folks from the woods are scheduled to visit the Dora family.

Tomorrow night, which is a holiday, we plan to do business in the Inn Town, and yet, the next day's 'Day of Regeneration' is going to take a complete break from business. So, as the launch of the great work of the last ten days, we were going to have a feast at the Dora family, and it was decided that a large number of people, including Ms Ziva, would participate in it.

Tomorrow's "Day of Doom" is the last day of the year, New Year's Eve, if you say so in the words of my hometown.

He said that day he celebrates the resurrection of the Sun God thoroughly at night, and that the next day's "Day of Regeneration" also sets the people of the town as a day of complete rest. Then the people of the woods, according to the teachings of Genos, settled down to the story of revealing the night together.

It was Grandma Ziva who wanted it strongly, and Donda-Lou who accepted it.

Lots of leftovers. Lodging town nights are dangerous, but if it's a feast in Dareim, it's considered acceptable. Giza-Lou and the others who accompany them as escorts can hardly even take time to relax, but I'm sure it would be meaningful to them, nevertheless, to spend a long time with the people of Dalaim.

"The work in the field is done today! Everyone I hired during this period will be rolling out to Inn Town, so there are plenty of beds. Don't hesitate, call me dozens!

That's what Dora's father said to me while I enjoyed Giva food at my third meeting place.

All the vegetables that can be harvested have been harvested and are now sleeping in the warehouse. Now they will rest their bodies slowly until the middle of the silver moon, after which they will plant new seedlings in the fields in preparation for the rainy season to come.

"After this, Tarapa and Tino are getting thinner, but the people who were busy with the Inn Town are getting smaller and smaller. Asta and the others should relax for a while."

"Yeah, it's nice to have a tingle in your life like this"

This is probably the most changeable period, since there is no such thing as the four seasons and there are no other major events besides Easter, Genos. Although the days were not boring at all, it was nevertheless in the mood to welcome these kinds of emergencies.

"So why don't you let me interrupt the settlement by the woods again during the silver moon? If you like, now we'll stay there dressed up."

"Uh, I'm already totally curious about the chibi rim. Dad's sweet on the rim, so I don't think I can say it now, huh?

Rud-Lu, who corresponds as such, is also a pleasant expression, no less than Rimi-Lu and Tara.

"Does that still mean it's a settlement in Luu? Then I'd like you to invite me to dinner too."

When Gazran-Rutim spoke, Dora's father smiled and looked back at you.

"We'd love it if you or Dan-Rutim came!... but you're really calm and human. You look smarter than the people in town, don't you?

"It's outrageous," Gazran-Rutim nearly answered, but that was undone by Dan-Rutim's laughter.

"Gazlan is my proud son! But aren't your sons growing up really splendid!

"Oh, there's still something I don't rely on."

Those two sons are slightly younger than Gazran-Rutim. but they were also somewhat of a calm temper and seemed very equine with Gazran-Rutim.

Besides, they used to show us that Giza-Lou wanted to deepen their interaction even with their opponents. Being them like that, they seemed to talk extra well with Gazran-Rutim, who has a strong interest in the outside world.

Talks seem to be bouncing that Ama Min-Rutim and Yun-Sudra, whose first participation this is, also had a wife, and Tour-Din is taken in by Rimi-Rou and Tara's circles. As the day grew, the hedge with the Dora family was visibly thin.

In the meantime, I turned my gaze to your father's mother, who was silently eating.

"How about today's cooking? It's one of the most popular things in Inn Town."

Mother, you return a grim and unfathomable gaze.

Prepared today were stewed Tarapa dishes and fried and grilled giva loin. Both were treated as daily menus for stalls.

"... how can this tarapa be so sweet? What you guys are buying is supposed to be a big, sour tarapa, right?

"Yes. They also fry the chopped aria and simmer it together, and then use fruit liquor. I think it brings out the natural sweetness of vegetables rather than using sugar"

"... this vegetable is a vegetable you don't know."

"Oh, that's a vegetable called Ma Pra. It looks like Jagal and the rest of the vegetables can be picked west of Selva. No bitterness, but you sound like a buddy of Pra's."

Without touching the presence of Giva meat, Mother, you are moving a wooden spoon.

But today, he is giving me a proper mouthful of his granddaughter's favorite Giva dish. My uncle also grabbed me a fried roast on the top of the Buddha. That was all, I was so happy to get my chest clogged.

"What the hell is tomorrow's feast like?

And it was Gillan-Lillin who asked no one.

Your father was still bickering with Dan-Rutim, so your son up there turns back to you.

"I'm not doing anything special. They also set fire outside, enjoying light meals and fruit liquors, waiting for the resurrection of the Sun God. … oh, I mean, waiting for the first sunlight of the new year to reach the earth,"

"Oh, my God! So you mean wait for the morning without even sleeping?

"No one has to fall asleep along the way, but you'll wake everyone up before dawn. You can rest all day the next day anyway."

"Hmm. Even by the woods, weddings, harvest banquets, etc. are noisy late, but I don't remember until the morning. When should we set the order so that everyone doesn't fall asleep?"

"Why don't we leave that kind of step to Ziza-Lou, Gazlan, etc! I can stay awake as long as I have fruit liquor!

And, as Dan-Rutim joined along the way, Gillan-Lillin delightfully lowered his mouth.

"Of course with me, I'm not going to sleep until morning if that's the case. But if me and everyone but Dan-Lutim fell asleep, I'm sure Donda-Lou would reprimand me later, right?

"Oh, it's often more intoxicating for the younger ones out there!

Isn't that just to say that these two names are a single alcoholic?

The women of the Dora family are also laughing as they shudder for fun.

"Nevertheless, the people by the woods had no lesson in celebrating the resurrection of the Sun God. But I heard in Jagal that at the end of the year and at the beginning there was a similar festival."

When your son below asks him that, Dan-Rutim says, "Hmm?" and tilted his thick neck.

"It's been eighty years since the people of the woods used the black forest of Jagal as their home. Besides, by then, I never had a chance to know what Jagal was learning, because I never got along with the people outside the woods."

"That's a very strange story. I can't believe he lived without any interaction with the people outside... that's not a mean word, but it's like a legendary Morga wildling."

"Hmm. The red wildlings of Morga. I've never actually seen that before."

"Huh? So, have you ever seen a madalama serpent or a Valve wolf?

"The serpent of Madarama has just seen him crawl up as he snuggles up on a cliff. But Valve's wolf is my friend!

Dan-Rutim shifted his thick breasts all the time, and your sons let their eyes shine in anticipation. I happen to have run into a madalama serpent who has flowed down the river of Rant with a hand wound, but the beasts of Morga Mountain are supposed to be legendary beings who never get a chance to touch the human eye.

That evening's supper was thus to be concluded by anecdotes of Valve's wolves, which Dan-Rutim had encountered about twice before.

Valve's wolf story of having pure white fur and saving Dan-Rutim's life twice was fantastic and full of romance, like Niya's Misha song.

Later, we were given another bedroom for men and women, one room at a time, but before we pulled in there, one report was made by Rudd-Lou.

After finishing his business and returning to the settlement today, a messenger from Melfried was sent to Donda-Lou. Its contents had been thoroughly heard by Rimi-Lou on his way to the Dora family, but it was not a topic that deserved much of a place at the table, so the official report had been left out until this hour.

"It seems that the nobleman Gay Malos has finally recovered enough to speak properly. He confessed his sins.... Anything. He wasn't sure he could beat a hunter by the woods at all, so he said he was having a lot of trouble with this kind of battle. Still, I couldn't get away with it, so I dyed my hands so cleverly."

There were three people who remained on the spot: me, Ai-Fa and Gazran-Rutim. In it, Ai-Fa is frowning "Hmm".

"Weren't things like swordsmen and knights as proud as hunters? I remember hearing that from the Lady Ziva before."

"Oh, that's why that pride has turned in the wrong direction. For him, it seemed more proud to beat his opponent using dirty means than losing or running away."

"I don't understand it at all. So what the hell kind of joy do you get when you win without anyone knowing the evil deeds?

"You don't know I told you. Anyway, it seems that he was to be deprived of his status as the Knights Commander.... it looks like you'll never be able to take a knife again, either, because of Sin-Lu's blow."

"The person seems to have broken the bones in his nose and left arm and yet badly hurt his neck muscles. If you are a hunter by the woods, you will try to regain your former power no matter how long it takes, but nobility in the castle town has no such temper."

It's not a breeze of contempt for it at all, and Gazran-Rutim supplements it with a calm voice.

"Also, losing his identity as the Knights Commander seems to mean that the person loses all power and power. To observe, is it not only the blood muscles that are aristocrats, but also the position that is so heavily weighted? The Polearths also seemed to be a nobleman with no power until they defeated Cycleus - and Cycleus' brother, Syl, was told that he had dyed his hands in such evil acts to gain power and power."

"Oh, I see. Surely that person named Gaymaros, Polearths and Silel, they are all the second or third boys in the Count's family."

So, Silel took the worst means of assassination to seize the seat of the militia leader, and a man named Gaymaros was to dig a grave trying to protect his current identity. Viewed in this way, it was also somewhat ironic that Polearth, who is committed to enhancing the status and power of the Count Dalaim family itself, is the most successful, not in order to obtain a position himself.

"After all, humans should live with the right pride in their hearts. Some of the Polearths were floating and childish, but they were still trustworthy among the aristocrats."

Apparently, he thought of something similar to me, and I-Fa remarked that way only reluctantly.

"So, the Marquis of Genos has offered to open a venue for reconciliation."

"A place for reconciliation?

"Yes, there is no justification for a person named Gaymaros, but the Earl of Saturas, who was to serve such a sinner, would need to apologize to the people by the woods, he said.... before, a nobleman named Leeheim would get bored with Rayna-Luu, and it was also that Leeheim who decided to play in front of Sin-Luu and Gaimaros. So you wanted to open up a place for reconciliation so as not to leave any certainty in the future."

In other words, this was the result of what Marquis Marquis Malstein was aiming for. Maybe how much Gay Malos settled into the outfit that Malstein wanted when he just worked a strange sin.

"This is about the Lew family and nobility. In the first place, Sister Raina went all the way to Castle Town to help Asta with her work, and that's why the nobleman had to see her, so Mandarin Fa's house wasn't irrelevant, was it? I don't think I know what happens to business in Innkeeper Town when I turn people around like the Saturas."

"Yeah, if you're talking about accompanying me, of course, I'd like you to... don't mind, i-fa?

"Of course, I guess I should... but when the hell would that be? I think it's time I started training to regain my power as a hunter, and I'll be with Lew's house soon after the rest period?

"Oh, it's just about half a month today. It will still take a while for Gibba to come back, but I just want to get this mess done early."

Either way, we won't be able to decide on that day until Easter is over. Talks have been raised about going all the way to Castle Town to indulge in new ingredients, and even if the business calmed down for a while, the seeds of hardship still seemed to run out.

"Besides, I don't know how the stories about the travelers wanting to catch Giva calm down. Totally, it's a lot to talk about."

After saying so, Rudd-Lou yawned greatly, "Whoa," he said.

"For now, let's finish the feast tomorrow at work. It's early tomorrow, so it's time to go to bed, huh?

"Right. Thanks for everything.... Bye, Ai-Fa, good night"

Somehow it wasn't even an atmosphere to stand talkin 'today, so when I greeted him that way, Ai-Fa nodded "uhm" after taking a beat.

Ai-fa leaves the door on the left, we open the door on the right and dive into each bedroom.

In this bedroom, Dan-Rutim and the others were already resting. It is a miscellaneous fish bed, just lined with bedding on the floor.

"... every day, that's very meaningful"

That's what Gazran-Rutim has said as he lays himself on his bedding.

Likewise, I nod back, "Yes."

"It's a valuable and meaningful experience for me to fall asleep in the same room as Gazran-Rutim."

"Right. I thought so, too."

In a lying position on his back, Gazran-Rutim laughs as if he were haunted.

"And then tomorrow morning we'll sift Gibba's meat in the boarding town, do business at night, and then we'll join the feast at Dareim - so for one thing, Easter is the end of it."

"Yes, it feels kind of strange, like it was not long ago,"

But whatever it was, it was a precious and meaningful day.

Even if I keep it until tomorrow night to hit the sentiment, I'm still stuck with a special feeling like a school trip night.

"The next Blue Moon will see the Parents' Council run, and if business in the Inn Town is recognized by all parents there - again next year, you can taste this kind of time."

"Yeah, I just want to win that right at all costs.... Speaking of which, Gazran-Rutim is going to be at the next Parents' Conference."

"Of course. Because I'm Rutim's parent."

Under the blue moonlight, Gazran-Rutim seemed to smile calmly.

Rudd-Lou seems to have fallen asleep lightly, and his sleep is a trio.

"I become a parent at a time when the people of the woods are about to undergo a great transformation, and I am also a tight thought. For Rutim, of course, I want to do my best for Luu, for Fa, my friend - and for all my compatriots by the woods."

"Gazran-Rutim will make you a great parent who can't beat Dan-Rutim either. As a friend of Rutim's, I want to do everything I can with Ai-Fa."

Gazran-Rutim and I really talk in a serious direction, but somehow, I was getting a slightly ticklish feeling that I was making sure of your feelings with my dear friend.

Words like that were not social dictionaries or anything, and the time I could spend with Gazran-Rutim was invaluable and irreplaceable to me.

Then silence fell for a while, and I wondered if Gazran-Rutim had fallen asleep too - and when I blurred my mind, that low, calm voice echoed in the darkness again.

"Asta, I actually need to tell you something...... can you still keep this in the chest of Asta and I-Fa?

"Yes, what is it? Of course I'll keep a secret."

"Thank you. This is a story that has only been revealed to people in the main house, even in Rutim -"

So for a little while. Then Gazran-Rutim said quietly.

"Actually, Ama Min may have had a child."

I woke up at the top and panicked and saw Gazran-Rutim better.

"There is no certainty yet, and besides, there is a risk that it will flow at this stage. So I want you to keep your mouth shut for a while now."

"Also, of course.... Uh, is it too early for blessing words?

"Yes, I hope you can still keep that later"

Gazran-Rutim smiles at me.

"It's just that if you do that, Ama Min won't be able to help you work in the boarding town again, not far away. That's all he cared about."

"That's the only thing. Compared to the joy of giving your child, isn't it so much?"

It makes me happy, and I let my mouth down, too.

"If you're sure about that story, you're going to be given a kid the same age as Li-Sudra. Sudra and Rutim are not very close to home, but they seemed to secretly fit in, and it seems like something to please them."

"Yeah, that's right"

"Will it be about two years old different from the Kota-Lou in the Lou family? … So in a few decades, the sons of Kota-Lu and Gazran-Lutim will be heads of household like Donda-Lu and Dan-Lutim, Ziza-Lu and Gazran-Lutim to set up a family of Luu"

"Asta puts her mind at the end of the line that far, doesn't she? … but it's kind of a blinding and happy imagination"

If the son of Li-Sudra is born safely, you will be the Aim-Fou of the Fou family and a near-old child. Fou and Sudra would be close to home there and have deep interactions, so they would go hand in hand like Lyelpham-Sudra and Birdu-Foo now.

That's how the history of the people by the woods is spinning with cotton.

For those toddlers, I guess we who live now should squeeze our best to open up a bright future.

As Grandma Ziva and Ra-Rutim have done, as Donda-Ru and Dan-Rutim have done, everyone becomes a bridge to the next generation, shaping the world.

I couldn't stay or stand, and I woke myself up on my bunk.

"What is it?" Gazran-Rutim asks in wonder.

"No, I'm a little blinded, so I thought I'd get you a glass of water."

"Then I'll join you."

"I'm not leaving the house, so it's okay. Gazran-Rutim rest."

I got up and left my bedroom relying on the moonlight.

Close the wooden door with a quick and faint sound.

As it were, I was in the dark.

Without waiting ten seconds, this time the door to the next bedroom is opened.

"It's still you. What the hell is wrong with you?

It was Ai-Fa who showed up.

Satisfied with the result, I make you laugh in the dark. If I had Ey-Fa's eyesight, I wouldn't have misjudged my expression even in this darkness.

"I knew you heard the sound of opening and closing the door. That's a hunter by the woods."

"Are you running errands on me?... One second, are you talking about Ama Min-Rutim?

Close the door with your back hand and Ai-Fa will stand in front of me.

I try to see that surface watermarked inside the darkness somehow, and I try to nod "oh".

"Did I Fa hear it from Ama Min-Lutim herself?

"Mm-hmm. Gazran-Rutim told Asta this night that he was supposed to tell her, and we started talking. You said it wasn't a sure story yet."

"Yeah. Let's hope it's a definite story"

Ai-Fa leans her little neck in darkness.

"By the way, Asta, why are you narrowing your eyes like that? If you are sleepy, you should sleep."

"No, I don't really understand the look on Ey-Fa's face. Because I'm not as blind at night as I am at Ai-Fa."

Ai-Fa shrugged her shoulders while stepping back down the hallway a few steps.

There was a window cut off on the opposite wall, and the moonlight was slipping into the place.

Ai-Fa, who loosened her golden brown hair, had a very calm look.

"Are you satisfied with this?

"Yeah," he says, "I'll go ahead and walk under Ai-Fa, too.

Thirty centimeters. Which distance, we confronted each other.

If anyone walked by, they would have been frightened of what they were doing in such darkness. Still, this was something we needed to do.

"I knew I'd have to exchange words with Ey-Fa before I fell asleep. I didn't feel comfortable."

"... you don't have to bother putting what you already know in your mouth"

Saying mean things in his mouth, Ai-Fa smiled all the time.

My blue eyes are flashing very gently.

"You've got one more day to do this job."

"Yeah."

"There have been troublesome jobs waiting for me ever since, but now there's nothing else to focus on in front of me"

"Yeah, you're right....... carelessly put, it was very comforting and a great pleasure for the injured Ey-Fa to have been by my side as an escort for so long. I think it was so big for me to be able to share this time with Ai-Fa"

"Nothing, I don't make unwanted prerequisites. With me, if I had left escort work to others at a time like this, I would have had a tremendous amount of hard work."

Saying so, Ey-Fa slowly lifted his forehead, which could hang on his forehead.

"If you do, you can wonder if it was the forest that caused this kind of hand wound. … we were fortunate."

"Yeah."

I've had an untouchable relationship, but I can feel Ai-Fa's presence nearby more than before. We can talk to each other the way we want without falsifying one of our feelings or hiding them. Such a happy thing, there would be no other.

"Then give me one last day, please. Let's all make a scene after that and get some rest."

"Uhm," Ai-Fa smiled with a look full of charity.

And so the thirtieth night of the purple moon came to an end, and finally we were to celebrate the day of the destruction and regeneration of the Sun God.