384 Descendants of Old Blood (Bottom)

"What!? So you're going to reveal the night in this settlement!?

Siri-Low, he stuck out loud.

After the feast in the settlement of the Lou family ended and joined the other guests in the corner of the square.

The person who drove Siri-Low into such a mood looked like he was going to say, "Well, yeah," he said.

"There's no way the guards would let the jump bridge down if we went back to Castle Town at this late hour, is there? We're nobles, we're nothing but cooks."

"But..."

"Or do you want to take it in an inn in Inn Town? But I don't know what kind of inn is safe. So I'm surrounded by outlaws, and I can't even protect myself from you?

When Roy said so, Asta, who was listening to him on the other hand, also said, "Right."

"I also used something called a lodging house for the first time in Doug, but in the middle of the night, I was to be stepped in by the bandits. The hunters by the woods stayed with me, so I got nothing, but I guess taking an inn somewhere I'm unfamiliar with puts me in the right danger."

Siri-Low, biting his lips, looked around at the people of the town who were tumbling on the spot.

I've lost track of my name, but Dalaim's vegetable selling youth smile back at me.

"Usually, you could have invited me to our house. Unfortunately, my father was already drunk, and my youngest sister was looking forward to revealing the night in the woodland settlement - and we weren't going to go back home because we were looking forward to it so much that our sister couldn't beat us."

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"Don't worry about anything! Dareim and Turan are protected by the guards at night, but in this settlement the hunters by the woods will protect them! Instead, is there no other place safer than here?

It was Mim, Michelle's daughter, who raised her voice as such.

I am only eleven years old and yet I can't feel any signs of fear of the people by the woods.

"They say Gibba and Mundt won't push us all the way inside the house, and even outlaws won't get anywhere near a forest settlement. Then in the first place, there's nothing dangerous about it from the start!

But Siri-Low did not reveal the night outside the stone walls of Castle Town at one time.

And on this occasion, there is no one with a sense of heart. Even the longest hanging Roy didn't count on anything, because he's going to be in a different bedroom anyway.

"Well, I guess...? We have a lot of guests today, so I want you to split up into a few houses..."

And, while my daughter by the woods said so, "Ahhh..." she bit the yawn to death.

She is a daughter with long chestnut hair that exudes discoloration and color.

"The Astas, the men, all put together, the house of Barsha, the Dora women are the main house of Luu, and then Maim moves with Barsha to the house of Sin-Luu, and the rest of the women are the house of Mida... I wonder if that's okay...?

"Yeah, I don't think there's a problem"

Siri-Low's mood has been sidelined and the story keeps going.

I don't know what to do, and when Siri-Low was sneaking around Selva's talisman, Yumi looked at me from the side.

"You were going back to Castle Town. But you left so late, all you have to do is sleep, right? Then we'll have fun together till the end!

"No, but... I have a factory job early tomorrow..."

"Ah, the folks by the woods wake up at the same time as dawn, so I'll send you in a luggage truck if you like, right?

And, with a smile, Asta interrupts me again.

I don't know if it's offensive at all, but as a Siri-Low, it just induces frustration. When I accidentally glanced at you, Yumi followed me on the cheek with her finger "here".

"Why would you look at Asta like that when you're telling me you're sending me from the morning? He's just a little out of line, isn't he?

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"Then it's time to move. But really, don't we have to help clean up?

"We can't let our guests do their job. Besides, it's only tomorrow morning that we finish the fire before we go to sleep."

Answered that way was a brunette daughter named Raina-Lou.

Together with Sheila-Lou, he is one of the most knowledgeable forestside people for Siri-Lou, but this one has little heart.

"Enough? Let me show you home now."

A boy with bright red hair and yellow eyes, whose skin colour is not pale and black for the people by the woods, speaks that way.

Then Asta looked back at her beautiful daughter with golden brown hair.

"Bye. Good night, parents."

"Uhm."

And when Asta went out to the city of Castle, she was the daughter of one another. It is usually an obscure figure with a fur coat wrapped around it and a knife lowered, but if you remove it this way, it feels more beautiful than anyone else. It's also beautiful as a lady knight, graceful yet brilliant. Speaking of which, Siri-Low remembers that he was made to dress as a martial artist at the Tea Party seat and that also looked amazingly good on him.

The guests who were thus invited to the woodside were to be guided to their respective houses.

Roy, who gave Asta and her acne back, also just walks away, "I'll see you tomorrow," he said.

In the square, the work of putting out the fireworks was continued by the inhabitants of the settlement.

As it progresses, the square gets darker and darker. Siri-Low didn't care what would happen if everything was turned off by the time this one arrived at the house.

"So here we are, too.... Sheila-Lou, and then say hello?

"Yes."

Raina-Lou and his chestnut-haired daughter, plus the women from Dalaim, march on to the back of the settlement.

This is Sheila-Lou's guide, from which he was to be invited to a house just around the corner.

In front of it, Sheila-Lou speaks out, "Oh."

It was the woodland people of young men and women who looked back in horror at the voice.

Was it speaking in such darkness? It's a boy with long black brown hair and a girl with bright red hair tied at the top of her head. The girl is more likely to raise her voice as she blushes as much as she can tell at night.

"Oh, you're back, Sheila-Lou! Vina, where are the sisters?

"We've led our guests to the main house. Looks like Limi-Lu and Tara went back before that, right?

"Oh, my God! See you later, Sin-Lu! Sheila-Lou and the Ai-Fas, I'll see you tomorrow!

"Um," the boy nods back.

The girl is more in a hurry, but this one doesn't settle around.

This is, however, a boy who had been invited to a tea party with a woman hunter named Ai-Fa, or had been made to play sword moves matches with the knights of Genos, etc.

That's how the red-haired girl ran across the darkness, dropping it off, and then a big woman with a tough look like a man gave a runny voice, "Hey, Sin-Lu".

"I'll take care of you tonight. Our houses are filled with men."

"Oh, I'm listening. Was this Barsha and your daughter?

"Yes, it's Turan's mime! Best regards,

Mim bows her head deeply.

Now all that was left was Siri-Low, Yumi and Terrier-Mass, plus three forestside daughters.

These three are not from the Lou family, so they're treating their guests just like the Siri-Laws.

"Next to this is Mida's house. But you're not back yet."

"Oh, if it's Mida, you just said you'd get some bedding and walked away somewhere, didn't you?

One of my daughters replies to Sheila-Lou's words.

She is an energetic, pure looking daughter with grey-brown hair tied to one beside her head. Age seemed a couple of years younger than Siri-Low, but he has a much better developed body.

(... or all the women by the woods look good and seem to be colorful. I wonder if eating Giva makes your body grow easier)

Thinking of the lack of such a benefit, my daughter, with grey-brown hair, turned to the people of town.

"Um, we're going to spend the night together, so let me name you again, shall we? I am Yun-Sudra of the Sudra family, this is Tour-Din of the Din family, and this is Ai-Fa of the Fa family. Best regards,"

"Yeah, nice to meet you. Speaking of stalls, I don't know if it's the first time I've heard your name properly."

When Yumi answered that way, as she had brought the concept of people-friendliness together, her daughter, who had named Yun-Sudra, smiled with dust and pleasure.

The other Tour-Din is also the opponent of Siri-Law with a different face. He was shown so much skill at the Tea Party that he may be the first person to remember his face and name, except for Asta. Still about the same age as Mim, with a very feeble look, but her confectionary skill was something to be amazed at.

(Really, if only for confectionery, I guess you can't beat a Castle Town cook. Once trained like this, you must acquire enough skill not to be opponent, such as a half-breed person)

Staring at him thinking that way, Tour-Din noticed it, making his cheeks red and nagging.

At times like this, she always tries to hide behind Asta's back, but there seems to be no substitute for it on this occasion, and it is due to her lack of location.

There, Yumi's voice sounded "Ah".

"Isn't that it? Wow, looks like the mountain is moving!

In association with Morga from the word mountain moves, Siri-Low looks back at you in a hurry.

Then there awaited an astonishing sight that seemed comparable to Morga's move.

A huge figure on both arms, overlaid with cloth bedding, was approaching us again.

"That's daunting. I'll help you too, Mida."

When I = fa told me that, I got a tongueless voice back from across the bedding saying, "Yeah......"

"It's okay...? But I want you to open the door to the house...?

"Then I want words of forgiveness as master of the house"

"Yeah... Mida of the Lew family allows Ai-Fa of Fa's house to open Mida's house door...?

Hearing the words, Ai-Fa pulled open the doorboard of the house.

The giant figure throws the bedding into the house from there and turns back to this one "uhh..."

So Siri-Low was once again set to feel cowardly.

It was, you know, a huge woodland hunter who had come into sight and threatened Siri-Low, even at the feast, undeniably.

No, it doesn't fit with the word big etc. The back length, etc. was so much bigger than Siri-Low's for about two heads, and the width, etc. would be about twice the size of a coarse man. It was as if Karon had woken up a giant, incredibly big man.

That traveler's big man and the like were also unusual sizes, but this one adds width and thickness to it. It has meat on its face, arms and feet, and it is also like a meat bun in clothes. If such a big man cares about it, he must be twisted and crushed with one arm, such as Siri-Low.

"Ai-Fa... Ai-Fa reveals the night at Mida's house...?

"Hmm. I'll take care of you, Mida."

"Glad to hear... what's the first time a customer has come to Mida's house...? Mida is glad because her first customer is Ai-Fa...?

"Right. Asta insisted on a morning like the rest of the guests today."

While answering with a calm voice, Ai-Fa seemed to laugh only in front of her eyes.

"I don't really think it's a good idea to take care of other houses, but revealing the night in a house you've worked so hard on might be a pleasure."

"Yeah...... I knew it was hard to say EY-FA sometimes......?

"You don't need to think deeply about anything. It's a beautiful house, Mida."

"Yeah... thanks...?

As a matter of course, there are no indications at all that the people by the woods are afraid of this big man named Mida.

But anyway, they, the same clan, even Yumi and Terrier-Mass, looked fine, which Siri-Low couldn't believe.

"Now that Mida is back, I beg your pardon, too....... Siri-Low, are you okay?

Called upon by Sheila-Lou, Siri-Lou looks back unbridled.

Sheila-Lou was lowering her brow butt looking so sorry.

"My room isn't that big, so it's just filled with inviting Mime and Barsha. I would have liked to have invited Siri-Law if I could."

"Heh, was Sheila-Lou that close to this co?

And, Yumi interrupts from the side.

"Leave it to us for today. We don't have as many people in Castle Town as we do in the woods!

"Right. I will greet you again tomorrow morning. Mida, would you like to greet your guest?

"Yeah... make it nice...?

That's how Sheila-Lou went back to her house before Siri-Lou squeezed her mouth-watering energy.

"Then you want me to come in...?

A big, middling man disappears into a dark house.

Still, when Siri-Low couldn't move, all of a sudden Yumi grabbed my arm.

"Forestside people can move fine even in the dark, right? We have to be careful not to fall."

When this happened, it seemed that this humi would be the most reliable on this occasion.

Siri-Low, who can't help throwing away the grudge that forced him to dance, also had to walk quietly without shaking off that warm fingertip.

"Mida, I'm sorry, but can you turn on the light?

"Yeah... I need you to wait a minute...?

A red light flashed in the back of the room while the Guest was taking off his footwear.

I guess I lit the candlestick with Lana's leaves. Eventually the indoors are illuminated by a blurry light.

It was a wooden house, like no other.

In Castle Town terms, it is equally crude to Kimmus' breeding cabin, but I'm sure there is no big difference compared to Inn Town, Dareim, etc. The slab floor is covered with fur rugs and the walls are hung with coats and sticks. In the back of the room were several doors, and stone shadows.

"Heh, that's a pretty fine house. You live alone in such a splendid house?

"Yeah...... Meer Ray-Luu or Llada-Luu told me to build a house the size of a normal...?

"Hmm? Well, if any of us could have a family, we'd need this size. People by the woods seem to have a lot of kids."

"... Mida doesn't have kids...?

"There you go! One day you're gonna be Mida's daughter-in-law and you're gonna have a daughter!

When Yumi said with a laugh, Mida seemed to squeeze her tiny eyes at a far height.

"Mida hasn't gotten Mr. Luu yet, so she can't get a daughter-in-law...? Besides, even if I get Mr. Lew, I'm not old enough to get a daughter-in-law...?

"Oh, really? It's not uncommon for a man to give you a wedding if you're 15 or 6 in town."

"... Mida is only fourteen...?

Yumi said, "Eh!" He shouted out loud, and Siri-Low was also to be struck by blinding surprises.

"Mida was so young, huh? No, I was wondering if you're younger than me because you're so young, but you're a little surprised, Terrier-Mass?

"Yes, that's right. I thought I was very old."

"Speaking of which, how old is everyone else?

The voices "It's 17," "I'm 11," and "It's 15" echo.

"Wow, Yun-Sudra is fifteen years old? Your face is young, but it's colorful."

"It's not as good as Yumi. I've just finally been able to marry my partner."

Yun-Sudra is smiling, as if to ask.

"How old are you?

"Me? I'm with Ai-Fa."

"I am now eighteen"

A gaze was raised from all sides, and Siri-Low answered, "… I am also eighteen".

"Ooh, you have a lot of people that are close to this age! This guy is going to be a fun night!

What the hell is so fun about it, Siri-Low takes a sneak breath.

In the meantime, Ai-Fa, who was dropping his gaze at his feet, called to Mida, "Hey."

"You've got a lot of bedding ready. You had so much extra bedding at the Lew's?

"Yeah......? Raina-Lou and the others bought this in town...?

"Oh, yeah. Raina-Lou and the others were buying it on the way home from business. You stopped working as an escort that day."

To Yun-Sudra's explanation, Ai-Fa nods "I see".

"But you bought a lot of numbers. I don't usually have a use for it."

"Yeah, but we can't put our guests to sleep on the board, and we're going to use it again and again," Raina-Lou said.

"Right. That's Donda-Lou's decision."

Saying in some strange voice, Ai-Fa grabbed the bedding at her feet.

"I'm not really familiar with something called bedding, but you just have to lay it on top of each other anyway, okay?

"Yeah... it's three of each...?

That was just a wool textile rug, with no feathers used either.

Even if you lay three sheets on top, the thickness is only about palm. So it was just planking the fur underneath, so it was unlikely that I could expect a very peaceful sleep.

"... I want you to use this...?

And, just after laying down the crude bedding, Mida offers her both hands. on that thick palm seemed to be the skins of elongated and cut trees.

The others take it in thanksgiving, and stand still, not knowing how only Siri-Low.

"Is that it? You don't use tooth trees?

"And me?

"Wash your teeth before you go to sleep. This is how you soften up with cancer and rub your teeth."

In Castle Town, he was brushing his teeth with brushed caron hair.

Siri-Low felt like he wanted to cry, but decided to scratch the skin of a tree he didn't know how to handle.

That's how I rinse my mouth with the water in the water bottle, and I'm finally ready to sleep.

Afterwards, when the Ai-Fa and Yun-Sudra draped their long hair over their shoulders, it was so beautiful that it stirred.

All the young daughters by the woods have long hair like ladies in Castle Town. Especially since Ai-Fa and Yun-Sudra had rare golden or gray hair like the people of the east and north, their beauty was also one thing.

While Siri-Low is caught in such a thought, Mida tries to give in to her figure thick torso to thank her.

"Then Mida sleeps...? If you need anything, I want you to wake me up...?

"I just sleep here, too, so I don't need your attention. Mida, why don't you get some rest?

"Yeah..." Mida said, shivering the flesh on her cheeks, opening the back door and disappearing into its interior.

Wait for everyone to lower their hips on the rug before Ai-Fa extinguishes the candlestick fire.

True darkness engulfed Siri-Low.

Lie on a stiff bed and breathe heavily, being careful not to make any noise.

There was still a strong scent of veterinary fat candles in the room.

When the silence falls, wild birds and bugs are heard from outside the window.

After a while my eyes got used to it and I could see exactly what was going on in the room, even just in the moonlight.

I'm still stuck on my head and I don't even feel like closing my eyelids.

Will this make work tomorrow, Siri-Low sighed again?

So, there are signs that the straw of humi is moving around.

"No, and you had a lot of fun. Really, it was like Easter was already here."

It wasn't even loud once, but it was so quiet around that it resonated in the darkness.

"Right," says Terrier-Mass.

"I did not even make it to Dareim on Easter night, so it was a pleasure. If you try to be an innkeeper, you'll be pickled at work during the festival."

"Uh, really. I worked. They probably let me play, but Terrier-Mass didn't get a step out of the house, did they?

"Yeah, after a paragraph of work, I fell asleep as soon as I was tired"

"It's sloppy. We'll play together next year, won't we? After entertaining our guests, we need to enjoy ourselves."

Then again, there are signs of humidity.

"Hey, where and what were you doing on the 'Day of Doom' night? There's a fine feast in Castle Town, isn't there?

"... is that a word to me?

"Of course you do. You're the only one in the castle town, aren't you? Besides, everyone else was making a scene together in Dalaim."

Siri-Low breathes a third time as he looks up at the ceiling that blends into the darkness.

"I was also at work that day. I was invited to the guest house to cook a feast."

"Hmm? And then what?

"Back home, I slept."

"Oh well. I've never slept at the end of the year since I was about ten. The people by the woods weren't even celebrating the Sun God originally, were they?

"Yes, you didn't learn that way."

From a long way away, Yun-Sudra's voice returns.

For once, maybe no one is still falling asleep.

"Oh well. But, well, the people around the woods have all sorts of other celebrations, don't they? To celebrate the harvest, was it a birthday celebration?

"Yes. But it's a small family name, and it's not going to be that big a feast. Families with many families, like the Lew family, are also very limited by the woods."

After stating so, Yun-Sudra's voice sounded pleasant.

"But at the next harvest festival, nearby houses were to gather for a feast. I'm not looking forward to it now."

"Heh, that's a good one. Is Ai-Fa or Tour-Din with you?

"Yes, it will be a celebration of six families, including Sudra, Fa and Din. Still, I can't compare it to the Lu family feast, but I'm very excited."

"I see," Yumi also responds with a voice containing laughter.

"In a place like that, young daughters get proposed, right? I'm even more excited about him."

"Huh? Oh, yes... you know that kind of lesson a lot?

"Yeah. When I was at the feast of Dareim, I was taught that showing dancing was also a sign of proposal - So at first, everyone hated to dance, but I convinced them that there was no such thing as a lesson in town."

"Oh, I see..."

"Tour-din's still tiny, but Yun-Sudra and Ai-Fa can get married now, can't they? I was wondering if my partner would decide on the next feast?

After signs of something to say, Yun-Sudra said, "What do you think? answered."

"I am not yet strong enough to be my daughter-in-law, and I have just become fifteen."

"If you were as cute as Yun-Sudra, the men wouldn't shut up. All you have to do is give her a wedding and then wear it."

"Ha..."

"So, what about I-Fa? Ai-fa's the one, if you were that pretty, wouldn't you pick them all you want?

I didn't even hear a response for a while.

I wonder if he's already asleep, and Siri-Low blurts out, and the resolute voice of "no" echoes.

"I will never marry my partner. I'm a hunter."

"What? Shouldn't a hunter of women get married? Isn't that terrible?

"Such a lesson does not exist. In other words, it has never existed by the woods before, such as a woman hunter."

"Oh, is that it? Then don't hesitate to marry me."

"... I chose not to marry my partner and leave my children, but to die in the woods as a hunter"

Something Siri-Low felt his chest twitch.

In the dark, there are signs that someone is nervous. It was like being delivered a voice without a voice to the Spirit or something because it was strangely heady, even though I would not normally feel such signs.

"Heh, it's a waste. I thought I'd be tied to Asta."

But Yumi doesn't seem to feel anything, and that's how he overlaps words.

"I can tell from the side that I care about you, and if it's a woman hunter and a man's kamadoku number, it would be perfect as a combination? You live in a house with me, and that's not how you felt?

"... but I've decided to live as a hunter. I've already told Asta that."

"Hmm? So Asta, what?

"It is unacceptable for me to speak voluntarily of Asta's feelings that are not here"

In a terribly quiet voice, Ey-Fa said so.

"Oh well. Too bad. If Ai-Fa and Asta were going to give you a wedding, I'd have wanted to rush to celebrate too."

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"What about Terrier-Mass, then? You're the oldest of them all?

"Uh, hey, what is it? Why do you keep talking like that just now?

"Hmm? Because it's just a woman's night, and it's usually something exciting about stories like this, isn't it?

"Oh, really? I don't know because sleeping with non-family people is rare in itself."

Somehow, it felt like the signs I was straining were loosening up.

In the dark, Siri-Low sneaks up on sweat.

"So, what do you say? Isn't there one guy you care about?

"Well... but I can't give you a wedding that easily."

"Why not? Is there something tricky going on over there?

"It's not easy... when I'm married to another house, Mr. Mass will die."

Now I'm going to be surprised from another direction.

I can't sleep with this.

"I and my father are the only ones who have left Mr. Mass's house because other relatives have ceased to exist. So you have to take a son-in-law to welcome your partner..."

"Ah, well. Terrier-Mass is the blood muscle of a liberal pioneer. But, I don't know, is that what you have to leave Mr.? Terrier-Mass isn't a pioneering people anymore, he's usually a people of the kingdom, is he?

"Yes. Still, I find it very distracting to stop Mr. for centuries on his own behalf. I guess there's no point in anything where I left off."

"I see. Speaking of which, you had one too, didn't you?

As a matter of course, Yumi's interest has also been directed at Siri-Low.

Keep looking up and let Siri-Low try to answer yes.

"It does seem that Mr. Old Blood is thin. It doesn't make any special sense, so it can't be weighed down by extra human beings.... I just know it's a shame to stop"

"Oh, really? So you're taking my son-in-law, too?

"... I'm in training, so there's no way I can think about a wedding. Besides, I don't have a brother or sister to blame."

"Uh, I knew you, you were my youngest? It's kind of sweet, so I thought so."

"So, who's the sweetheart! That's so rude!

"Oh? You were like a sweet sister to your sister for interacting with Sheila-Lou earlier, weren't you?

Siri-Low was to blush his cheeks in the dark.

You guessed that, Terrier-Mass comes up again.

"Yumi just asks people. That's the one, isn't there a man who cares?

"Me? Me? I don't know, people by the woods or something."

"What!?" and several of them were speaking up at the same time.

"Also, with the people by the woods? Is Yumi giving you the wedding?

"So, has anyone even bothered to make a man?

"It's not like that, but hunters by the woods, they have a lot of men, don't they?

In the meantime, Yumi is freshly laughing when she dulls.

"But well, Sin-Lu or Rud-Lu something is younger, and my older brother seems to be crazy, and I don't really have someone like this."

"Oh, really... but there's no way that a woodland hunter would ever get a son-in-law into a town person, so in that case, Yumi would have to daughter-in-law into a woodland, right?

It still seemed to be Yun-Sudra stating it that way.

I have no doubt that I am struck by the same or more surprises as Siri-Low. but Yumi was only more obvious.

"That's why, man. Life by the woods sounds like a lot of fun, and if you help me with my street work, I can show my face to the lodging town like I do every day.... that's such an easy-going thought. Then will everyone be mad at you?

"Beh, I'm not angry at you... but since the people of the woods have never welcomed anyone else as their companion before..."

"But it's not contraindicated, is it? It's about Asta being welcomed as a family.... you don't have to make such a serious voice, what are we talking about right now? They haven't even found you in the first place!

Shards and a laugh, then Yumi continued in a slightly altered tone.

"But after all, now that you can call me to a settlement by the woods, you can also come up with something like that. Until a while ago, I couldn't even think of joking about dowry by the woods.... Oh, and then, actually, when my friend climbed up to the hunter by the woods and got stuck with it by Asta, you thought it was really nice. Oh, these people are so serious and honest."

"Ha..."

"So, well, did I admire the people by the woods themselves? I can't help but be serious right now, because there's no way I can be dealt with by a man by the woods! It's not that floating feeling, I just thought if I could go around someone I think I like from the bottom of my heart, I'd really try my best."

"Really......" Yun-Sudra twinkles in a smug tone.

"After all, it is difficult for me to understand correctly the mood of Yumi, the man of the town... I think it would be great if something like a man of the town were to dowry by the woods"

"Oh well. That's all I'm comfortable with right now."

Yumi seemed to be shaking and seemed to be trying to illuminate.

"Ah! Then I'll tell you one thing, I'm not after Asta, am I, Ai-Fa?

"... um?

"I want to be like Asta, and I don't want to be married to Asta. I don't want you to misunderstand me, so just remember that, okay?

"Well," replied Ey-Fa quietly.

Siri-Low shrugged his neck wondering if the air would strain him again, but rather the sound of Ey-Fa felt different and softer than before.

"I feel the same way about Yun-Sudra. At least I didn't expect to hear the words," You, the man of the town, admire the people of the woods, etc. "For those of us who wish to reconnect us to the right edge with the people of the town, it won't be so difficult to say."

"Is that right? If I interact deeply with the people around the woods, there's going to be a lot of people out there who think about things like that."

Saying so, Yumi laughed again.

"Then it's time to go to sleep. You're early tomorrow, aren't you?

"... Is that a word to me now?

"So that's how it's decided - right? Why do you keep looking up when your eyes are open?"

and suddenly a shadow of yumi broke into my vision.

Long hair drips over his face, and Siri-Low closes his mouth. She has such long hair that she can't beat the women by the woods.

"You didn't smile once until the end, did you? Didn't you enjoy the feast?

"… so I didn't come out to enjoy the feast"

"Well, do you regret coming?

Staring back at Yumi's face under the moonlight, Siri-Low asked himself.

It was a whole different day, from start to finish.

With all this exhaustion, I'm sure tomorrow's work will be a lot tough. Just imagining that makes me a little depressed.

But when asked if he regretted going out to a place like this - the answer seemed to be "no".

"... sticky, no regrets"

"Oh well. Good for you, then."

In the dark, Yumi laughs.

"Just for one day. Then it's going to be hard to get along with you. Shall we play somewhere else?

"... I am not so free body"

"Um! In that case, even my brother-in-law would say 'if I had a chance' or something! That way, there won't be any waves, will there?

Siri-Low took a sigh he didn't know how many times it would be, then he said.

"… then, if you have the opportunity"

Yumi spread her grin happily after a moment.

After staring at it for a while, Siri-Low decided to close his eyelids.

There are so many different people living in Genos.

This land, which was cut open by liberal pioneers, was dominated by the armies of the Earl of Genos for roughly two hundred years - human beings in the marginal towns and even, let alone, the people by the woods - and Genos made such a development.

This yumi and others with pale skin of color would surely also be human blood muscles from the margins. Genos has been able to gain so much prosperity because of the massive emigration of those people.

If Genos did not thrive, neither would the stone streets leading there be built. Without streets, no biggie pedestrians can even visit. At best, there are only about Sim's people, such as humans who try to do business with the rest of the land on a roadless path.

Outside the stone walls, so many different human beings live and support Genos that they can enjoy a rich meal in the castle town. It seemed like Siri-Low had never been able to get that obvious before.

(Though that doesn't enhance the quality of the dishes I make...)

But how did Roy want to know about the people by the woods until he went outside the dangerous stone walls? Now I felt like I knew just a little bit of what that meant.

If you only know Castle Town, you can only please the people of Castle Town.

Sheila-Lou appreciated his dishes so much by then, only because Roy understood the preference of something called the people by the woods. Siri-Low and others just followed the word and pulled the dedication it deserved out of their drawers.

If I was dealing only with the people of Castle Town, I would not have done so.

But in Genos, humans from all over the continent come together. Varcus had many opportunities to serve dishes to such more distant guests, and yet Siri-Low was eager from the bottom of his heart to catch up with his master in all respects.

So he is a people by the woods.

They are recognized as excellent cooks to the nobles, with Asta at the head, even though they know little about the inner details of the castle town, etc.

In addition, there are a huge crowd of people in the Inn Town, but it is also likely to be successful there.

Different environments in which they grew up should also change the standard of delicious cuisine. If you grow them in Sims, Sims' dishes will suit your taste best, if you grow them in Jagals.

It was even unpleasant that I could satisfy all my guests - and the people living in the different towns of Selva, not as distinct as Sim and Jagal, whose only eyes were on me within the castle town - simply by making Sim and Jagal dishes as taught.

Did Tartumai, Bozzle, etc. who was not originally born in Genos also know that from the beginning?

And can Vulcus and others, the people of the living Genos, cook dishes that, because they are geniuses, only their knowledge and skill will make anyone better?

Siri-Low and others have not yet reached either of those areas.

It was all thanks to Roy that Sheila-Lou appreciated herself so much by then. Her gentle, warm smile was what should be directed at Roy.

If I had cooked as I wished, I might have let the people by the woods down like Timaro once did.

I may not have even been asked to exist of myself like that by Sheila-Lou.

When I thought of it that way, my chest ached and I couldn't wait.

I couldn't wait to regret my immaturity.

(So... what would Yumi or Terrier-Mass think if they ate my dishes?

That was the last thought that struck Siri-Low's head when he finally tried to loose himself to the visiting sleeper, agitated by the seemingly spilling helplessness of tears.