412 The 11th of the Golden Moon (2) - Unexpected Disaster

That's how Jomtien approached, and when there were more people in the streets - I finally came back to Ai-Fa.

At the entrance to the town, we will descend from your platform, and then we will draw the reins and approach you.

"Good day. Did you see the mimes?

I just arrived at the back of the stall, and that's what I tried to call it.

While freeing Gill from her luggage, Ai-Fa nods back "um".

"Thank you very much. So, how was Mim? Could you have bought Giva's meat?

"It's not very hassle-free content to talk about. If you're free at work, talk to him/her."

"Huh? You brought me Mim?

"Mm-hmm. I'm on the carrier"

Then how come Mim doesn't show up?

Without refusing, I was left with a great deal of anxiety.

Today's daily menu was pot meat twice, so make enough and set aside before leaving the stall.

Ey-fa, who remained under Gilr, connected to a tree branch, pointed to the luggage car only by gaze.

It is a very harsh look.

That eye of Ai-Fa made me so anxious.

"... Mim, are you there?

I turned around the back of the van and called inside the front.

The weak voice "Yes…" returns from the other side of the perfectly lowered entrance and bulge.

If I did so, I would have been drawn from the inside out.

What emerged from it was Mim's face, which made her eyes cry red.

"Ma, mime? What the hell is wrong with you?

"Asta... I'm sorry we couldn't reach you..."

After stating so, Mim chewed her little lips off.

It was such a trick that he was desperately enduring whimpering that he was about to spill.

"I don't care about me, but how could Mim be like that -"

That's what I said, and I was stunned.

I finally realized what Michelle was like lying on the dim side of the carriage behind Mime.

Michelle is lying on top of the bedding that we probably brought in from our own house.

Even from this distance, I could see Michelle bandaging her head and right leg.

"Mi, Michele! What the hell is wrong with you!? What the hell was that injury -?"

"... what, you were already in Inn Town"

And Michelle tries to wake herself up cursorily.

Once again, Mim grabbed at him with the same momentum as he had been bounced.

"Dad! If I can't get my body up like that -!"

"Don't worry about it. With about this much injury, can you stay asleep forever"

Michelle had replied that way, but she was clearly flabbergasted.

The meat has fallen from its face, which was originally lean, and a disappointing skeleton has emerged. The lower half of his face was covered with a grey beard and blood was stained from a bandage wrapped around his head.

Besides, it's a bandage on your right leg.

Michelle's right leg was stretched up with a tree by her shin, and this was again tightly bandaged. That was clearly a procedure for fractures.

"... as soon as I entered the Golden Moon, I was forced into theft."

Eventually, Mim explained that to me in a weak voice.

"Stolen things? Turan's, at the Mimes' house? Did you file a lawsuit against the guards?

"Yes...... but after ten days there was no tone out...... I'm sure those bad guys have gone out of Genos already"

"Hmm. Or let the guards hold the copper coin,"

Michelle abandoned her as she was supported in the shoulder by Mime.

"Only a Turan person can guess that there are mountains of copper coins in our house. Odd, I guess I'm supposed to head out to Inn Town during the festival and see this guy doing business."

"So someone from Turan broke in to take the copper coin?

"Oh. There's not a single piece of copper left now. They've taken it away. If Turan had a villain like that, the escort wouldn't have made any sense."

To prevent such dangers, Mim hired Barsha as an escort. Barsha was also properly alert to being tailed, so it was certainly hard to think of an outside human offense.

"All people living in Turan are poor people like us. If the poor have an unworthy fortune, they will cause this kind of disaster."

"... I couldn't leave my father and leave the house, and it was also a dangerous story for a child like me to head to Accommodation Town alone... I apologize for not being able to contact the Astas..."

Saying so, Mim got deeply depressed.

On the floor of the carrier, pompous and small smudges spread.

Instead of me losing my words, Ai-Fa stood soundless.

"I couldn't leave him in his original house because of this kind of possibility, so I brought him here.... Asta, give me a free copper coin"

"Copper coins? What do you get for copper coins?

"What I found out. Are you sure you want to buy some medicine? I've treated my broken leg correctly, but I need medication for my head wound, and I've got a fever. The pills you buy in town heal faster than the Rom leaves"

"Oh well. Okay. Take all your sales today."

"We don't need that much. … you should rest until the medicine arrives"

Without waiting for either of them to reply, Ai-Fa closed the cargo hold.

And then he pokes his angry fire in the depths of it at me.

"... then leave the dishes for both of you. When you're done with the injury, feed it."

"Cook? Okay. But I wonder if Michelle's in a state where she can eat."

"If you don't talk a little, you have a body. Michelle and the others took all the copper coins, didn't they? For the last ten days or so, they haven't eaten just the food that was left in the house.... There didn't seem to be any people around to put their saving hands on Michelle or anything like that."

That being said, Ai-Fa suddenly kicked on the ground.

To my surprise, I say "I'm sorry".

"I'm angry at myself for listening to you last night and not being able to assume what's been going on so far. If we were on our way to Turan last night, we could have saved them half a day earlier."

"Well, when I said that, I couldn't move until ten days later..."

"But if Asta hadn't raised her voice, she wouldn't have even noticed the misfortune that had befallen those people. And if I hadn't had a free hand at work, I might have left it behind by saying I was a useless worry, too. I'm angry at myself for being so far-fetched."

I guess that's all there is to it. Hurting others for copper coins is something that is inherently incomprehensible to the forest people. It was all the more so with men who lived in the same town, not with the bandits.

"Anyway, we save those people's predicament. I also got loads of stuff around me so I could spend some time in a forest area settlement. As a family member of Fa's house, is there any difference?

"Yeah, sure. I'm so glad I'm so close to you."

"Don't let it get out of the way. When you were exposed to nobility, did Michelle give you strength in the shadows again? I still don't think I owe it back."

That being said, Ai-Fa flinched her cloak resolutely.

"Before I take you back to Fa's house, I need to get Donda-Lou's approval first.... Whatever the chiefs say, I will never hold my hand."

"At least Donda-Lou will be fine. Let me persuade you to join me."

That day was supposed to be more rushed than it was until yesterday.

Compared to this one, such as the invitation from Polearth to the ball, it just seemed so smiling.

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After our business in Inn Town, we were headed to Luu's settlement.

Neither did Sheila-Lou or Lara-Lou, who were on duty today, try to stop it. Even for them, Michelle and Mim were close enough to call them friends.

That's how we ended up facing Donda-Lou in the main hall.

The men are out hunting jobs, so there's no sign of the Giza-Lou's. Rayna-Lu and the others are working on the bottom line for tomorrow, so Mother Meer Ray is the only one holding back instead.

"I see... you're not a burglar in town. You mean a mere human being does such a nasty imitation"

Donda-Lou had a cup of chatch tea instead of fruit wine. The right shoulder wound was also on the way to recovery, but alcohol is still strictly forbidden, he said.

This one, relative to such a Donda-Lou, had a total of seven.

Me and Ai-Fa, Michelle and Mime, Sheila-Lou and Lara-Lou, and Barsha, who flew when they heard about this.

Michelle was in such a state that getting out of the carrier would even be painful, but she insisted, "Will you leave me alone and get on with the conversation?"

"So? Are those shameless people still letting themselves go wild?

"Yes.... maybe even the inhabitants of Turan are not familiar with us. If you knew my face, you would have broken in sooner... I'm sure you saw me at the morning market in Turan or something and figured out that that was someone who was making rough money in the lodging town"

Mim was trying so hard to keep herself, she answered that.

Donda-Lou snorts, "Hmm......" in return for that healthy figure with a fiery eye.

"In that case, even a neighbor could imitate that if he had the chance," he said.

"... Yes. Because not everyone you know can be trusted."

"Hmm. This is why I don't trust people in town."

To Donda-Lou's words, Mim shook his shoulders frighteningly.

I = fa say "hey" all the time.

"Don't you, Donda-Lou, in its words, seem as if all the human beings who live in the town are evil? At least, these people are not such bad people."

"I don't think anyone said that. I know you're angry with me, but I don't care who he is."

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"So what do you want from us, Michelle Turan?

"So it's..."

"I'm listening to Michelle. If you can't be nice, just wait outside the house."

To Donda-Lou's relentless words, Ai-Fa chewed his teeth too hard.

It's about the crackle that makes these two feel so sword-soaked, so I get a grumpy heartbeat.

"... there's only one thing I want, Donda-Lou, the chief of the forest..."

Michelle, whose right leg was placed against the floor and whose body was supported by mime, responded accordingly with a crooked voice. Because of the warm medicine, the consciousness seems a little blurred.

"I want you to cover us up in this woodland area... because this girl can also earn copper coins by herself... and I want you to allow her to put herself down for a while..."

"Hmm. For a while, how long?

"That's... until I can walk again..."

In his blue-face like a dead man, Michelle was just tearing and burning both eyes.

Michelle is also more desperate than ever.

"As it stands now, we just have to wait for death... no matter how much copper this girl earns, every time she goes back to Turan, the villains will attack her again... so at least until I can walk..."

"Things are going to change when you can walk. Isn't that how you get attacked by all the bad guys again?

"At that time... even this girl alone, I'll send her to Castle Town"

I was surprised and stared at Michelle's sad side.

Michelle, all at once, keeps making fun of only Donda-Lou.

"With me, you are originally a people of Castle Town... if you throw away all shame and outrage, you will find someone who can keep your daughter... no, I will definitely find her... so I want you to tease me until I can move freely..."

Mim was also biting her lips and staring at her father's side.

Donda-Lou snorts again, comparing the two of them like that.

"You seem to be in a lot of heat. It doesn't seem to make sense to ask any more questions in that state."

"That's not true! I..."

"Let's welcome you parents and children as guests of Lew's house. However, the deadline will be fixed only after your wounds have healed. Then don't complain."

I was surprised again.

Ey-fa, who would have caught the same surprise, raises his voice just fine.

"Donda-Lou, you want me to let Michelle and the others stay in Lou's house? I was thinking of taking care of Fa's house."

"How are we going to take care of Fa's house with only two family members? Besides, you're putting your foot up in every house, even though it's a rest period?

Donda-Lou lightly doubled Ai-Fa's objections, then turned his attention to Barsha.

"It's Barsha. Let these two live in the house where you live. I don't care if it's a sticky house, but it'll be a lot less painful."

"Got it. I can take care of Michelle while Mim's at work."

That being said, Barsha spilled more white teeth.

After seeing the look on his face, Donda-Lou turns his eyes to Michelles again.

"This Barsha, along with his son Zida, is a guest of the Lou family. But Zida hasn't received the price or anything to help her with the giva hunt.... and we're supposed to be making our own money on the copper coins we need?

"Oh. They're selling wild birds hunting in the morning. I don't even need so much copper coins because they serve meals."

"That's the thing. Prepare your house and meal here. Other than that, we can make our own money. Allow Luu's stay in the settlement, if that condition permits"

"Ah... thank you..."

As I could not see, Mim made me tear my cheeks.

"Thank you for the warmth..." Michelle snubbed with disappointment as well.

"You don't have to thank me for anything. You have also brought great power to the Kamadoku family.... You did, Lara?

"Yeah! You taught me how to make delicious dried meat because it's supposed to be the Michelles!

"Yes. Otherwise, Michelle and Mimes have brought a great deal of power to the Lew family."

Sheila-Lou, too, was quietly accompanied by words.

She and Rayna-Lew and others, especially inspired by the presence of Mime, started putting so much heat into Kamado's work.

"I'm mild and unwilling to call the people in town my friends. But the daughter used Giva's meat to do business, and both her parents and children were to be welcomed as guests twice. … and when Asta of Fa's house was once exposed to the daughter of Count Turan's house, it must have been you who told Zida where she lived, Michele."

"Oh... I just told you where the main residence of Count Turan's house is..."

"Without that advice, we might not have been able to save Asta in Fa's house. More than Fa's parents admit Asta there as a family member, that would mean nothing more than that he saved his fellow countrymen by the woods. Then we owe you a great deal."

Abandoned blindly, Donda-Lou mumbled Chatch's tea again.

"I'm done talking. If you don't have any complaints, rest at Barsha's. I need you to tell me more when you can speak properly."

Barsha stood up smiling and supported Michelle's body with Mim.

Mim is bowing her head to Barsha with a crying smile on her face.

And when we tried to raise our hips, Donda-Lou said, "Oh..."

"I forgot another important story.... the town guards may have missed out on the bad guys because they grabbed the copper coins, etc?

"Ah, yes. Nothing is a proven story... because the attitude of the guards was too bad... and it's not unusual in Turan..."

"You can't miss hearing that. That's a story. It will be necessary to ask the nobles what kind of education they are giving the guards"

At that moment, Donda-Lou flashed an awesome glance in both eyes as Mim frightened.

Of course, you're burning your anger at someone else who's not a mime.

"At least, if you're a nobleman named Melfrid, you shouldn't miss such a sin. This guy's gonna need a messenger here."

"Uh, then tomorrow or the day after, I was talking about an emissary from the nobility coming. Why don't we just talk about it then?

To Lara-Luu's words, Donda-Lu said, "What?," he frowned.

Yes, there was a report today.

"The matter will be discussed by me and Lara-Luu.... Asta and the others, go ahead and get Michelles."

"Yes, thank you"

Sweet for Sheila-Lou's words, we decided to let you leave.

However, you will have to return to Donda-Lou after you have deposited Michel with Barsha. We can never talk about the Ball at Count Dalaim's house again.

"But you didn't expect Donda-Lou to invite Michelles from you as guests. I was in a bad mood, so at first, I got harassed."

"Sure," Barsha laughed, too, as she described Michelle's body as she lay on the carrier.

"You must have been so angry at the way the villains did it. But he's with me, isn't he? I was a little funny because I was upset because of you both."

"It's not funny. Am I not, then, like I have been hit by eight?"

"So I told him you wanted to come too. For a hunter by the woods, I guess it's unthinkable to break into people's houses and take away copper coins."

Barsha then laid her hands on Mim's head.

"Hey, Mim. This forest settlement can only be hung on the door of a house. A lock that hangs from the outside doesn't exist in any house. You know what that means, don't you?

"Huh...? Does that mean that you have so many families that you don't even leave home during the day?

"No. Hey. For example, you should be emptying your house during the day because you only have two families about the houses of the i-fa's. So, of course, Asta doesn't carry any of the copper coins she's put in every day, does she?

"Yes, because if you take that stuff to Accommodation Town, it would be unnecessarily careless"

I already understood what Barsha was trying to say to me when I was not born in this settlement.

The poor mime is making my eyes squeeze.

"By the woods, there's not a single human being trying to sneak into the other house. I'm sure everyone in the neighborhood knows how many copper coins Asta makes, but no one tries to steal it. Uh, if I set foot in the spare house on my own, would they cut off my toes?

"Yes, that's the woodland lesson."

"That kind of promise keeps the peace around the woods. It's kind of unthinkable for people in town."

That being said, Barsha sneezed Mim's head around.

"To be clear, I don't think there's anywhere else where all these stupid honest people have come together. So you should live in peace.... I'm so cozy that I don't feel like leaving forever."

"Really..."

Mim has bowed his head deeper to me and Ai-Fa as he hastily rubs the tears that have come to his senses again.

"Um! Thank you so much! I will behave so that the Astas who have given me the mouthfeel will never bother you......!

"I wasn't worried about that. Because the truth is, as much as I was thinking about inviting you to Fa's house. Hey, Ai-Fa?

"Umm," nods Ai-Fa, a somewhat dissatisfied face, perhaps because he was so determined to welcome the Mimes as guests of Fa's house that they smashed it from the side.

But if the house of the chieftaincy Luu takes on the role himself than the house of Fa, which is disturbing the woodland by something, he would never have gone beyond it. If you are originally a Lou family that allows guests like Barsha and Zida to stay, it may be easy to talk to Graf-Zaza and others.

(Oh, yeah. One case of intestinal meat allowed to be traded in Castle Town, because it couldn't be exchanged without the help of Michelles. I have to tell Donda-Lou about that, too)

When I thought of it that way, there was a split shadow coming from both directions.

It was Tul-din and the others who waited for us in the square, and Raina-Lu and the others who encouraged us to work between the backs.

"Asta, what happened to the mimes?

"No way, they didn't tell you to kick the mimes back into town, did they?

I'm sure the story had already been conveyed from around Yamil-Ray. Rayna-Lew and others were stuck with me in the face of seriousness itself.

"Yeah. The mimes are going to be invited as guests of the Lew family. I guess I'll have to talk to the other Chiefs and Genos nobles from now on, but Donda-Lou will do something about it."

"Oh, I'm glad to hear that..."

Raina-Lou did his hand to his chest and breathed heavily.

Then I smile at Mim again.

"Welcome to Lew's house. I don't want you to feel comfortable."

"Good for you, Mim. Don't hesitate to say anything we can do to help."

The Tour-din and Yun-Sudra also surrounded the mime with a face full of charity.

So Mim, too, will shed a big tear of pomposity again.

"Ladies and gentlemen... thank you so much..."

"Don't cry. Guys, you're on the side of the mimes, right?

Rimi-Lou was muddling Mim's cheek with a hand tufted out of her nostalgia.

Balsha, looking down at it as she narrowed her eyes, said, "Come on!" and raise a loud voice.

"I need to give your father a rest first. I'll tell you what I'm gonna tell you later."

That's how Barsha pulls the reins, and Gill's luggage car moves slowly.

I took a small breath as I dropped it off.

Now for one thing, the mimes will be fine.

Once again, I was so proud of myself that I could call the people of the woods my compatriots.