380 Chieftain Qualities (Bottom)

That's how as time passed, things became understandable to the young Giza-Lou as well.

The Chieftain Muscle Sung family was an evil and inverse clan, and their predecessor, Douglan-Luu, had been grinding his fangs to one day wave down the sword of acquittal.

But the Lew family didn't have enough power yet, and there was no definite proof that the Sung family was guilty. Once a year, while face-to-face with the Sung family at the Parents' Conference, his predecessor, Douglan-Luu, even endured - and carelessly left the world to become a step in letting Donda-Lu take over the parental seat.

After that, Donda-Lou also had even feminine days. One day by that day the Sung family will commit an indescribable sin, they will also gain power over the Sung family and the northern clan. He rightly inherited the path laid down by his predecessor, Douglan-Lew.

About five years after Donda-Lou became head of the family, Zazz-Sung suffered from the disease, causing the head of the family and the seat of the chief to be passed on to a son named Zulo-Sung.

It seems that Zulo-Sung was a hunter who did not resemble his father and had no power whatsoever. He was such a man that even the youngest hunter of Lou would be able to snap his neck easily, etc. while only his arrogant and despicable temperament was certainly inherited.

But still, Donda-Lou didn't move.

Even as the Sung family lost power, their clan in the north became more and more powerful.

And since the chief was replaced, the Sung family has been so cautious.

No, I guess he was obviously more afraid of the Lew family than more cautious. If there was any discontinuity, the chief Zulo-Sung bowed his head without pride or anything, trying to fit everything in round. And it was in the shadows that they worked evil, and afflicted the children of the lesser families, and the men of the city.

"Maybe the Sung family will love us before we take the knife."

Saying so, Donda-Lou didn't try to move.

I won't take the knife until I have a definite proof. And bring tranquillity, not ruin, to the forest side. He exercised self-control when it came to steel in order to keep those two vows through.

After a long time, Giza-Lou thought. I wonder if that's the part where I inherited it from my father.

The younger brothers also eventually grew up as fine hunters. And they also each inherited something difficult from their father.

His second brother, Darum-Lou, inherited his fierceness by the flames.

I will never forgive anything that defies me, it is a fierce temper that burns everything. It was also this Dalm-Lou who is said to most closely resemble his father when he was young.

My youngest brother, Rudd-Lou, inherited his qualities as a hunter.

Of course, for being apart of age, it still doesn't extend to the brothers in comparison to power. But being chosen by eight brave men at just fifteen, etc., meant that it could not have been Ziza-Lou or Dalm-Lou - and even though he was inferior to anyone in stature, Rudd-Lou was hunting an unbeatable number of Gibbas by his brothers.

Where do I resemble my father compared to those younger brothers?

I wonder if that is the strength of the mind that disciplines itself.

In other words, that could have been the weight of the readiness to be "born to the eldest brother in the main house".

Moreover, the Lew family was finally to be laid down in the chieftaincy muscle. He who became the head of Lu's house became responsible not only for his family, but for the fate of all his compatriots.

If I misjudge myself, I may lead the people of the woods to doom. Precisely as the Sung family brings a relaxed doom, the fate of the clan is also shaped by the likeness of the chiefs.

I must live more correctly than anyone else.

That was the weight of Giza-Lou's readiness.

Darum-Lou or Rudd-Lou seem to be less comfortable disciplining emotions than the rest of us. That kind of fierce temperament is certainly the blood muscle of the Lew family, too. My sisters see that kind of temperament, and I also hear that the previous generations of parents, Ziba-Lou, had a side when they were younger, when they were on a fiery fire.

I'm sure Giza-Lou inherited more of the sedentary temper found in Lyada-Lou and Sin-Lou than in those families.

Lyada-Lu and is originally from the same main house. He is the grandson of Ziba-Lou and the son of Douglan-Lou. Both the temperament of fiery fire and the temperament of sedimentation were rightly characteristic of the Lew family.

But also, I guess there's no one else that only has one side, either.

It's just a matter of which comes out strong on the surface, and there must be a raging side to the Lyada-Lu's, and a deposited side to the Darmu-Lu's, that must be lurking.

And Ziza-Lou, too.

I am by no means an undisturbed person. Rather, he conceals a fiercer temper than the rest, he realizes. It's not that I don't understand the temper of my brothers, who laugh angrily and often, but you just don't seem to have enough power to discipline yourself.

My brothers, that's fine. No matter how fierce, if you don't step off the road, that's fine. For Giza-Lou, it was more of a loving temperament.

But to Giza-Lou, you are not allowed to behave as you wish.

No matter how your emotions shake, you must first stop and explore your thoughts and look for the most right path.

Donda-Lou is already 42 years old. Only a few more years remain until the age when the previous parents decayed into the woods.

Donda-Lou also became the head of the family when he was 27 years old. It didn't seem like that much time was left for Giza-Lou, who was about to turn 24 soon.

Moreover, Donda-Lou suffered a deep hand injury in his battle with the Lord of the Forest.

Fortunately, it seems possible to regain his power as a hunter over time, but if he makes a mistake, Giza-Lou was in a situation that could soon have inherited the seat of a parent and a chief.

Can you correctly guide your compatriots to yourself today?

Giza-Lou had no idea what to look for.

But you can't escape your fate.

Unless it's a matter of giving your soul back sooner than your father, you'll have to inherit your seat as a chief one day.

By that date, Ziza-Lou had to acquire power as a chief at all costs.

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"... uh, are you asleep?

The worrying voice of the young daughter defeated the thoughts of Giza-Lou.

Looking back, two daughters are looking up at themselves. They are the daughters of the inn in the city of Inn.

"Do I look asleep?

Now we are in the middle of a feast that welcomes them. Giza-Lou pulled back into the corner of the square, looking at those scenes but looking at them without, and was alone in his thoughts. Instead of lying down, I haven't even lowered my back.

"'Cause you didn't even move the tickle from earlier. I was wondering if the hunters by the woods could even sleep standing up."

My daughter, who was as upset with her shoulders and belly as the women by the woods, laughed ridiculously and said so. The name is only Yumi.

The other daughter-in-law, who looked weak, is smiling like a soldier, looking up at Giza-Lou. This is a daughter named Terrier-Mass, who was also shallow to the Sung family.

"Actually, I need to talk to you."

While stating so, Yumi has offered Giza-Lou the large wooden dish he had in his hand.

Terrier-Mass has a wooden dish about the same size. All that was served on it was a sweet sweet treat called a chatch cake on a Poitan baked treat with my sister Rimi-Lou and the others on it.

"Can I give these sweets to the little ones?

"Little kids?

"Yeah. The kids who aren't five are gathered in some house, right? It's pathetic that you can't have a treat on a day like this, so I thought I'd just take some sweets for you."

What a strange offer that was.

Ziza-Lou compared her daughters as she stroked her mandible.

"I don't need you to be concerned about that at all. The only people recognized by this forest are those who have reached the age of five."

"What? Isn't that a bit of a cold word? If you're not five, aren't you even allowed to have a treat?

"… all the people have been raised in that way, so it seems that there is no reason to treat the toddlers only specially today"

"But even your son Kota-Lu is that toddler! I think if I took this for you, Kota-Lu would be happy, too.

"There's no way I can treat you like a special because you're my own child. All the more reason to be sorry for other people."

Yumi said, "Yikes!" He shouted out loud.

"It's tough! Weren't you the eldest brother of Lew's house?

"Yeah, you're right."

"Then you're the next chief! Can't a tough lesson like that change a little at your discretion?

To this, Giza-Lou was to be fed better.

"The Forestside Code is not such a light lesson. Also, not recognizing a child under the age of five as a people means protecting him as a family treasure until then. Instead of letting them participate in the feast, they won't let them take on the work of the house. We're just saying we're protecting our toddlers in that way."

"Then won't you miss as much as I'll split the treats for you? If Kota-Lu was happy, you'd be happy too, wouldn't you?

Ziza-Lou took a small breath and let her shake her neck to the side.

"I didn't even say it was forbidden to share the dishes. It's just that I'm not allowed to treat the dishes I serve for my family and guests at my discretion. If that's how you feel, you should get forgiveness from your parents, Donda."

"Me too! I don't know how to accommodate you! Okay, I get it. All you have to do is say that Mr. Chieftain is good, right? Terrier-Mass, let's go."

"Ah, yes..."

Yumi just flinched herself into the center of the square, but Terrier-Mass has looked up at the face of Ashizu and Giza-Lou.

"Excuse me. Yumi is just a little short minded and never offended. I love the Kota-Lu thing, so I guess I came up with this..."

"I'm going to know that. No parent is compassionate and offended by their child."

"Really? Good for you then. … Now if you'll excuse me"

Terrier-Mass left a flamboyant smile at the end and followed after Yumi.

Giza-Lou keeps staring at its back in a complicated mood.

If you interact with people in town, this is how you will have a hard time disagreeing. Even more so if you're not a compatriot and have a feast with you.

It was perfectly harmless, such as the current act, but I think that if we overlap the edges in this way, more complex problems will continue to rise.

(Asta and Vina started doing business in the lodging town, finally six months and a half...... no one would have predicted in just that much time to get this far with the town folks)

I remember the words Donda-Lou had said before the feast.

If you interact with the people of the town in the wrong way, the people by the woods can also lose their power. Just as the Sung family, who were with the nobles, stepped off the road.

But if you hadn't deepened your ties to the people in town, it would certainly have been difficult to know the truth. How evil and treacherous the Sung family was imitating, and in what way the nobles had lent a hand to it. With Terrier-Mass' father, Dora the vegetable dealer, and the people of towns like Camuer-Josh and Melfried, the folks by the woods came to know the truth.

So the Sung family was doomed.

The swordsmanship with the Sung family, which followed from the generations of their predecessor, Douglan-Luu, did not have to take the sword, but was put away bloodless.

There is no doubt that it was the right path.

So I guess Donda-Lou also stated that we should strive to keep going the right way.

But - on Giza-Lou's chest, a great deal of concern remained.

It is, of course, a matter of life to have been able to judge the Sung family and the nobles without taking a knife. But at the price of that, how could the people of the woods have decided to take a path full of misery?

Until now, things have been going well at the rind. But that's not always the case in the future. Will it ever cause further disaster by tremendously stepping off the forestside mastery - that's what Ziza-Lou had to care about?

For example, the plan is to clear the way by Morga Forest.

Once that has materialized, a large number of travellers will pass right next to the settlement.

So as not to cause a strange disaster, Melfried said he should let the people of the woodland know once and for all now.

Again, I think that would have been a perfectly correct word. Melfried was a man of unwavering conviction, like steel. There were people on the noble side who weighed so heavily on things like code and reason that Ziza-Lou didn't even think about it.

But still, what if it causes disaster?

The planned path is to pass right next to the settlement of Sauti. While the hunters are in the woods, a large crowd of strange town humans pass right next to a settlement with only women, young children and the elderly. One of them just had a nausea, and Sautti could suffer irrevocable wounds.

So far, everything has fallen into a good breeze. But nothing dangerous happened. The chiefs were to be shot with arrows in a meeting with Cycleus, and Asta was turned back to the nobles. Forestside people are attacked by bandits, both in the tent of "A Seat of Gamrays" and in a town called Dabbagh. All those ordeals could have been withdrawn, but not necessarily beyond.

Without knowing, Giza-Lou was circling his gaze over the square.

In the light of the bright, burning fires, Asta and I-Fa are enjoying their food.

By its side are the Castle Town cook named Roy and the traveler's Pinot.

(It all came from Fa's house)

The walking path of the people by the woods was to change dramatically over the last six months.

There will be no doubt about the fact that it was those two who made that difference.

If Asta hadn't come to the woodland, if Ai-Fa hadn't accepted it, the woodland people wouldn't have followed such a path. Ziza-Lou decided it was the coming of a disaster, and he had also stated a word of warning to Asta. Still, Asta did not back down, but took part in the Parent Council, bringing doom to the Sung family.

Donda-Lou found it the right way. That is why the people of the woods still embrace the Astas and continue to follow new paths.

But - the next chief is Ziza-Lou.

After Donda-Lou has left, Giza-Lou must choose his way.

Is a human named Asta a drug or poison for Moribe? Will the deeds bring prosperity or disaster? As the head of the clan, Ziza-Lou had to identify it.

Ziza-Lou's emotions are no longer almost embracing Asta's existence.

I don't know exactly how long I've had to think so. Ziza-Lou was constantly blindfolded in the place of his father, watching without alarm what Asta and the others did. Now, just as Graf-Zaza is doing so through Sphyla-Zaza, he was staring diligently at whether Asta's presence was poison or medicine or not.

The families and families almost all seem to embrace the presence of Asta and Ai-Fa. There were many occasions when Dalm-Lu and others caught on to something, but that would have just moved on to me. I don't think it's an act of thinking about the end of the forest.

Even at this feast, the family and family look really happy.

Know the excellence of the delicious cuisine by Asta, connect them with the people of the town and look like they are lifespanning everything. At least, it was thought that there was no such thing as a human being who would repel the Astas on this occasion right now.

In terms of emotion, Giza-Lou also thinks that's the right thing to do.

The tribe of Lew gained great joy and strength by the deeds of the Astas. Even Ziza-Lou doesn't feel like denying it. That, after all, may have been an emotion that began to budge on Giza-Lou's chest from the day he mouthed the dish 'Giva Cuttlefish' brought to him by Asta.

But Ziza-Lou is the next chief.

I'm not allowed to behave like an emotion.

No matter how much joy you get, you have to stop and think about how right it really is.

Donda-Lou, a parent with a far more fierce temper than himself, had endured the Sung family's deeds by pushing and killing thoughtless thoughts for nearly twenty years. If it had not been for the bondage of being the eldest brother of Luu's main house, Donda-Lu would have taken the knife at any time. My father has been pushing and killing his feelings for twenty years because he weighs the end of the Lew family against the end of the forest.

As a person who would take over the seat of a parent and a chief from such a father, there was no way that Giza-Lou would be allowed to be easily emotionally flushed.

(If the deeds of Fa's house are found to cause corruption and disaster by the woods... I'll take those two -)

At that time a new figure stood in the place of Giza-Lou.

A hunter by the woods with a very calm eye, about the same physique as Giza-Lou - a young parent of Rutim, Gazran-Loutim.

"What is it, Giza-Lou? He hasn't spoken much since."

"No... just a thought."

"Really? What about Sati Ray-Lu?

"Sati Ray should be taking care of the toddlers on a shift"

Gazran-Rutim said "Really?" again and stood in the place of Giza-Rou.

Taking over the parental seat from Dan-Rutim, Gazran-Rutim seems to have gained more strength and calm than ever before. Although his power as a hunter was still somewhat above his own, Giza-Lou was starting to feel the strange power that he could not measure in comparison to his power from the head of this family.

"... Giza-Lou, are you still lost?

Gazran-Rutim snapped that way as he flew his gaze in the same direction as Ziza-Lou.

"Fa's human beings looked at Asta and the others with the same eyes as if they were enemies or allies, poisons or pills for the forest side - and wanted to identify them."

"... as the next chief, wouldn't that be natural?

"Yeah, of course."

Gazran-Rutim's voice is still calm.

Isn't this Gazran-Rutim the one who can discipline himself in a true sense? It was a settling that did not seem so to Ziza-Lou.

"The answer to that is only in Giza-Lou. Isn't that why Donda-Lou is behaving like that too"

"... what did my father Donda say?

"While Donda-Lou fully embraces Fa's human being, I still don't think he's spoken of the word 'being a friend'. That may be Donda-Lou's temper... but perhaps he doesn't want to put up the path of Ziza-Lou."

Giza-Lou rolled the word "my way" in his mouth.

There are signs of Gazran-Rutim looking back.

"If the parent Donda-Lou speaks the word, the end of the Lou family will be tied to it. But I suppose it is Giza-Lou who spends longer time with still young Ai-Fa and Asta than he does, and Donda-Lou wants to entrust Giza-Lou with the end of the Lou family"

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"Remember the day Asta said she wanted to do business in the lodging town?

Asked by the pretense, Giza-Lou was a lot confused.

But I still remember that day well.

"Gazran-Rutim visited Luu's house that day with Asta and Ai-Fa. Dulm had an injury to his face and head, and I think he welcomed Gazran-Rutim and the others with me, my father Donda and Rudd."

"Yeah, that's exactly the day. Asta offered to use the help of the Lew family to do business in Accommodation Town. Instead of listening to that, if Asta betrays the trust of the people by the woods, you get the right arm - Donda-Lou said that, right?

"Oh, I remember"

"That, too, seems to me to be the word I uttered for Ziza-Lou. If you didn't make as heavy a pledge as that, you wouldn't be able to convince Ziza-Lou - and you should show that much readiness to deviate from the forestside learning, wouldn't Donda-Lou have wanted to tell Ziza-Lou"

"... So my father Donda had already admitted to Fa's deeds in emotional terms since that time,?

"Yeah, it's just my guess though.... but I still thought Donda-Lou might have put heavy conditions on Asta and the others to show Giza-Lou the right path as a parent."

The gaze remained toward the square, and Giza-Lou snapped "I see".

"No one knows how my father Donda feels, but I did jeopardize the conduct of Fa's house back then. Without such heavy conditions, it might have been very unacceptable to rent out the women of the Lou family. Even if my father Donda knew I was in that mood, there would be no wonder."

"Yeah, I think so too"

"As Luu's parent, I think that's the right decision to make. Back then it was not yet laid down in the chieftaincy muscles either, but since the Luu family was in a position to have to show norms on behalf of the Sung family, it would not have been easy to refer to exotic born Asta as a friend, etc.... Your Dan-Rutim seems to have publicly stated that Fa is Rutim's friend without anything on his mind."

"Yeah, my father Dan has such a temper. But I won't do anything inconvenient. I called Asta a friend before my father, Dan."

Ziza-Lou slowly looks back at Gazran-Rutim.

Gazran-Rutim smiled with serenity as usual.

But after all, a different glow resides in those eyes.

It was more deposited and gracious than anyone else, but then a secret of decisive determination - as if it were a sharp glance at the Great Eagle of Raghur, aiming at beasts on earth from the sky.

"... Gazran-Rutim has already laid down his path."

"Yeah, in this story, I'm not lost in my mind. I will forever take Fa's house as my friend. No matter who forbids it."

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"And also, Rutim is the son of Lou. Rutim hopes to continue on this path with Lew as his parent, Fa as his friend and in good health"

Saying so, Gazran-Rutim smiled so graciously.

"Giza-Lou, I also don't think it's time to bring these words to you yet - I don't think you need to worry about anything"

"... don't worry, do you?

"Yes, the position of chieftaincy carries a great deal of responsibility, but you never take that on your own. You have a family, a family, a compatriot. The chief leads the clan, and the clan supports the chief. The people by the woods should have walked so far raw. The Sung family, who went the wrong way, perished in order to perish. I guess that's what guides the forest."

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"Don't worry about anything. You are not alone, but always have compatriots from 500 - please remember that."

Ziza-Lou kept staring silently at Gazran-Rutim's smile.

Then again, there was a shadow approaching us.

It was his sister Rimi-Lou and his daughter Tara in town.

"Brother Giza, what are you doing just now? The whole giva grill, it's almost gone, isn't it?

"... oh well"

Limi-Lu and Tara joined hands and looked as if they were close sisters.

Its tara looks up at Giza-Lou as she glitters her brown eyes.

"You know, my brothers (who are) saying they want to talk to Giza-Lou more... don't you hate it?

Gazran-Rutim laughs at the vain Ziza-Lou.

"Did Giza-Lou also bond with them in the boarding town or Dareim? I think we should exchange a lot of words in the meantime, as we won't have a lot of opportunities to face each other in the future."

"That's right. You want to join us, eat some food?

Rimi-Lou has grabbed Giza-Lou's fingertips with his free hand.

Tara grabs the opposite hand.

Giza-Lou thus stepped out again into a square full of bright light.

The brethren were joining hands with the people of the town and enjoying the feast happily ever after.