419 Great Transformation ④ - Sung's Settlement

It is the next morning.

When I made my way to Luu's settlement on time, there was a little commotion going on there.

The five moments up there that Schmiral promised to visit were just the time I was headed to the settlement of Lou.

Schmiral had already arrived in the settlement of Luu, surrounded by everyone.

Besides, there were a lot of hunters from the family as well as Luu.

"Oh, isn't that Asta! That's terrible!"

Pack your bags at the entrance. As I approached you, Rau-Ray called from the hedge.

Sure, it's crackling to face Rau-Ray. If I suck, maybe it's the first welcoming party that invited Dora's fathers.

"That's a hiccup. What's wrong with you today?

"Donda-Lou invited me! I was told to find the insane East people and the hounds it would bring."

From behind Rau-Ray stating it that way, this is another nostalgic figure coming out of his face. It was Lilyn's head, Gillan-Lilyn.

"Oh, and Gillan-Lillin...... one second, are all the parents of your family invited?

"Mm-hmm. There seem to be some people who are not parents around."

Such a Guilan-Lilyn word is covered with a high laugh of gahaha.

Surely this is the laughter of the previous parents, not the parents.

"Excuse me for a moment.... Oh, Dan-Rutim, it's been a shame"

"Oh, Asta! Behold, these things! Aren't they really delightful?

Dan-Rutim sat down on the ground, twisting with two hounds.

Somehow, he looks like a giant baby with a giant stuffed animal.

"Uhm, it's a real pleasure! These guys look like Valve's wolves somewhere! Speaking of which, weren't there a legacy that wolves down the mountain turn into beasts called dogs?

"Oh, you've heard of me from Ai-Fa, too. I'm sure there's a lot of blood on dogs and wolves."

These hounds, however, all looked western-inspired. My ears are drooling, my face is square, and I have a very powerful but also a lovely one.

"Again! Both Valve's wolves and these guys have really smart eyes! No, it's a real pleasure!

I thought Lid's head of household, Rad-Lid, looked like Dan Rutim, but the luxury of the main house still seemed different. The hounds are also adults without much fright.

Dan-Rutim was the biggest shudder of all, but the rest of the people were smiling. The people who were made to see the art of beasts by the travellers must have been immune to something called a strange beast.

So, I wonder where Schmiral at heart is, and he was talking with Ziza-Lou and Gazran-Rutim and others in a serious way.

If you try Giza-Lou, he is the one who wishes to be son-in-law to his dear sister. And if he weighs the Forestside lesson more than anyone else, the presence of Schmiral may have been as much a headache seed as I once was.

I got a little worried, too, and I tried to turn my legs that way.

but before that, my good brothers and sisters stopped me.

"Yo, Asta, good job"

"Look, look! Limi, I'm getting along with this girl!

Needless to say, it is Rud-Lu and Limi-Lu.

The two scuffed one hound from left to right and were adorable with an unbeatable momentum by Dan-Rutim.

I was wondering if the people of the woods would have gotten through their hearts early with Totos because of Sim's blood.

And it is also assumed that the blood of Jagal is flowing to the people by the forest. Does the memory of your blood make you so distracted by dogs?

"Asta, thank you for waiting. This one's ready to go."

And now I can be called from behind.

Looking back, Raina-Lou was smiling from outside the pedestrian walls.

"Hi, good job.... you know, what happened to the Schmiral thing?

"Yes. For now, I was allowed to go into the woods. As for the story of whether you are allowed to be a family member or a son-in-law in the chieftaincy muscle, it seems that discussions will be held again after you have determined the power of Schmiral."

That would certainly be difficult to decide everything just by overnight consultation. And if Schmiral can't show his power, the story will flow at that stage.

"Looks like you're going into the woods for a few days first, with Luu and his family hunters. Seems like you're going to have to decide what's going to happen in the future."

"Oh well. Above all."

I let Schmiral wave louder as I breathed relief.

Schmiral and, besides, Gazran-Rutim return the thanks.

"Well, shall we leave? We have to do our job."

"Yes."

Leaving the pedestrian walls, Lulu's luggage car was already standing by. Until the end of Lily-Lavitz's training, she was arranged to get two luggage cars out of Fa's house, so the ladies riding this one also stand in a sloppy line instead.

And among them, Vina-Lou was included.

Vina-Lou was on duty today, too.

"Good morning, Vina-Lou. How's it going?

"How are you...? Nothing, just as usual...?

Where did you get the look of yesterday's mood? I'm kind of back in the mood before yesterday.

As I was leaning my neck, Rayna-Lew came softly to my mouth.

"When Schmiral came to visit today, it became such a commotion that it was difficult to exchange words. Especially since Brother Ziza won't leave Schmiral."

"Oh, if you try Giza-Lou, I guess this is also a derivative thing"

"Right....... but I don't think Brother Ziza is shaking his heart either than I thought. I look at Schmiral with a very harsh eye, but if he shows his power as a hunter properly, he may not freshly complain"

After saying so, Rayna-Lew smiled with an adult look.

"I'm sure Brother Giza, too, is changing. Compared to when I first met Asta, I think I've changed my mind completely."

Not long after I showed up by the woods, nine months - that would have been enough time for people to change their mind.

I watched Giza-Lou and Schmiral again before heading to the luggage truck to do my job.

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Business in the Inn Town went well today.

Same goes for Mim's stall. Mim had asked the women of the Lou family to help her plant only in the morning, so that she could prepare a hundred meals of food.

If you sell a dish of 100 meals, the red copper coin you get is 200.

Even after deducting the cost of the ingredients, the net profit would extend to about 120 red copper coins. So Mim was paying me back the price of the pills that Fa's house had already covered.

"My father's wounds seem to have healed a lot thanks to it. It will still take a long time for my leg bones to connect, but I've been able to regain my full energy."

Mime, who said so, was also able to get a bright smile back 80% of the time.

The remaining 20% probably come from anxiety about the future.

Stay in the settlement of Lou and it will be the sixth day of the day. It's how Barsha and Zida both live together with no problems, and there shouldn't have been any anxiety anywhere except for future stories.

"I also love settlements by the woods. I'm happy enough to just live with my father and the Balshas like this.... but I guess it's not that simple."

Mim was also supposed to hear about Schmiral from Barsha.

How much rigorous scrutiny will it take for the remnants to be recognized as forest people? I guess I got to know that.

"But Schmiral wants the Lew family to have a son-in-law, so he was supposed to be so scrutinized. My God, I was allowed to live as a family in Fa's house without any scrutiny."

Nevertheless, if I was just relaxing too, it is possible that I would have been banished from a forest neighborhood settlement at the parent council earlier. Back then, I felt strongly that even Ziza-Lou should live in town.

But also, if you are a Guest, you will not be seen with such harsh eyes. Barsha and the others have been staying as guests for months. I also wanted Mim to feel at ease now, without worrying about anything.

With all that behind the scenes, business is going well.

Besides, there was a steady talk about the contract for the placement of Poitan. At present, only the minimum number of pieces of silver coins were paid to Dora's father to see how much more was needed.

Moreover, with regard to the cost of the advance, the Lew family had also offered to replace me with half their shoulders.

In the first place, it is a responsible story to the house of Fa, but it was also an act after the desire to give joy to the people by the woods, and it would be unacceptable for the chieftaincy Luu family to overlook the plight of the people, which made it such a backdrop.

All you have to do is take a survey of all the families by the woods to see how much poitan you need during the rainy season.

If I have more, I will only use it in my business in Inn Town, so if you can declare more, that's fine. This should have avoided the people by the woods starving without being able to buy Poitan.

And even today, members of the Silver Pot, excluding Schmiral, were visiting our stalls.

Five people showed up in the morning and four in the afternoon, each of them buying a lot of food. In doing so, Radajid called out to me like it had happened.

"Schmiral, by now, you're in the woods. Safe, going back, us, praying."

"I'm sure Schmiral will be fine. The hunters of the Lou family will act together."

"Yes.... Totos, if you can ride, don't worry, Morga Forest, Totos, you can't get in, green, deep, right?

"Right. If you were on Totos, you'd hook your neck everywhere. It's not spacious enough for Totos to run around well."

"It's a shame. Totos, if I could get on, I think even the hounds would have been useless."

I don't know, so when I asked him, Shmiral was very skilled at manipulating Totos, and if he cared about it, he could get rid of beasts like Muffle's Big Bear and Algra's Silver Lion.

"Amazing. That's all the more reassuring. Believe in Schmiral."

"Yes," he nodded, then Radajid stared at me like he remembered something.

"There was another important story.... We, from Wang Du, have carried a lot of ingredients. Uncle Turan, if you've lost your leg, Asta, I'd like to sell it, but other nobles, it seems you have to take it."

"Oh, there's a lot going on with the Marquis of Genos and the Custodian of the Count Turan family about the business that Cycleus was dealing with. If you don't say no to it, and you sell it in the lodging town, it could be a little confusing."

"It's a shame. Asta, directly, if it sold, it would have been somewhat cheaper."

"Thank you for your concern. But the number of dried sea grass and sea fish seems to have gotten a lot thinner, so thank you very much."

After such a business talk, Radajid returned to the castle town.

Because Schmiral had already transferred God to Western God, the seat of the Commander had been taken over by Radajid.

Yesterday, he headed first to Castle Town also to tell the business people about those circumstances. By the way, the vice president's seat is held by an elderly member who specializes in star reading.

(I guess Schmiral, in dignity, will take on the form of an external collaborator. that should have been quite prepared, since you would be leaving to the Radajids the Chamber of Commerce your own father created)

I strongly hope all this readiness pays off.

But first, whether something called a hound can help you hunt Giva.

While I was thinking about that, my business in Inn Town came to an end.

After this, it was finally a handful of cooking in the Sung family.

Say goodbye to the Raina-Lou's in the settlement of Lou, head north on the road, unload Lili-Lawitz on the way, and then go for the settlement of Sung.

It is Sung's first settlement in over six months if you try it on me.

It took me a long time to get there, and as I boarded my luggage car into the settlement, an unspeakable nostalgia ran through my spine.

In the middle of the square, a huge sacrificial hall was seated.

It is a huge, domed building covered with dried grass and other roofs.

In this place, we ran the Parent Council.

For the first time, even the northern clan, beginning with Graf-Zaza, faced each other, giving everyone a taste of the dish of Giva meat drained of blood, giving an explanation of the deeds of Fa's house - and at night, Diga and Dodd were to attack them.

Rudd-Lou, who was confronting Tay-Sung as he bled out of his head, Dan-Loutim, who held Zwei aside, and Donda-Lou, who was hunting down Zulo-Sung in his lion-shaped form - plus the figure of Ai-Fa, who was sleeping with his hands and legs tied, resuscitate behind his back one brain after another.

And they're from the Sung family.

After all the sins had been revealed, the people of the division were all crying out loud.

Tour-Din was also one of them.

Now we remember clearly that we were stripped of the skin of our heads - but now we are also free from the curse of Zazz-Sung - and that such thoughts were trembling at night with mourning voices.

This place was one of the big turning points for us.

Exploring the woods with Ai-Fa, I was invited to the settlement of Luu, and in the boarding town I met Camua-Josh - so that we could visit this settlement of Sung. At the end of those piles, there is the present.

With that sentiment in my chest, I squeezed Gill's reins.

"Um, which house should I head to?

"It's the house over there, on the left edge. It will be the home of those who bind the Sung family today."

The Sung family people who have lost their main house are still not allowed to set up a new main house, and they are all rebuilding the house from an equal standpoint. Of these, the story was that the house inhabited by the oldest man was ordained as a bundler.

I accidentally raise my voice as I step out of your podium and point my foot at you.

The former main house, which should have been right next to the house, had disappeared.

"... that house was burned down by the hands of the Graf-Zazas when they moved Zulo-Sung and Zaz-Sung to the northern settlement, he said. No one's going back."

From the top of the carrier, Tour-Din explained that to me in a quiet voice.

I say, "Oh, my God," with my heart full of unspeakable emotions.

Surely there's no one left to go back here.

Yamir-Ray went to Ray's house, Mida to Lew's house, Zwei and Oura to Rutim's house, Diga and Dodd to Dom's house - and so Zazz-Sun and Tay-Sun were executed as sinners, and Zuro-Sung were transferred to an unknown place of confinement.

So finally, their sins were forgiven.

They were cut off from the brink of blood, and burned down the house where they were born and raised, and Yamil-Ray and the others were finally allowed to walk new raw.

That much thought made me feel my heart bounce in a strange way with Doc.

A cold sweat finally drips down my cheeks.

I was cut off from the brink of blood and burned down the house where I was born and raised - I was allowed to walk new raw.

It's just a coincidence, but it's like...

(It's like I'm talking about myself)

I drank my saliva.

Then Yun-Sudra, who was walking in my place, called out worryingly.

"What is it, Asta? You seem a little pale..."

"No, it's nothing."

This stuff is just a coincidence.

I'm not guilty of anything.

But I was able to think of Yamil-Ray's present in a slightly different way.

(The Yamil-Rays were also able to grab a happy raw in exchange for losing a lot of things. In that sense, you're with me)

Only Zazz-Sung and Tae-Sung could be saved while they were alive. Until their minute like that, I guess the family left behind should be happy.

Thinking like that, I stood in front of an old house.

"Excuse me. I asked you to give me a clue."

The doorboards were opened and the old ladies showed up from there.

Old woman, isn't she that old? However, my hair is getting a lot whiter.

The women began to weep when they saw me.

"Asta... you really came... I was afraid you would remain angry with the Sung family..."

"Oh, that's never happening. I happened to have an emergency yesterday, and I couldn't get in here."

I rushed over to Yun-Sudra's place to fool the women.

Yun-Sudra is smiling, feeling a little troubled.

"I should have explained it properly, but my words alone didn't seem to be enough to pluck my anxiety"

"Oh well.... Um, don't cry. I'm not angry with the Sung family. Wasn't it the decision of all the people by the woods to forgive the Sung family?

Still, the women were staring at my face, pounding in tears.

Not a rotten fish-like eye. I have brown eyes that glow with tears.

All the ladies in the division should have been driven out during the Parents' Conference, so this lady should have been the one person who looked at her once too.

The women have a crying look as they combine their fingertips under their chests.

"How long are we all gathered here... Kind regards..."

"I understand. See you soon."

We were to go around the back of the house while the women dropped us off.

So, as I stepped in there, there were so many people waiting for me that I couldn't even think of them.

"Oh, Asta, I've been waiting for you"

"Asta, I'm glad to see you again"

It was all ten women and some young children.

I have already heard that there are only fewer than twenty families left in Sung's settlement. If the words were correct, it was thought that this would be all the family except the hunter.

The children under five stare at us with a decent eye.

Bigger kids were staring at us after all, laughing like they were haunted or hiding behind their mothers.

The young ladies have different smiles and tense expressions.

But none of the humans had eyes like dead fish or were as faceless as mud dolls.

Some of them are certainly familiar faces.

Guys, they're the people who cooked the Parents' Conference dishes together.

There were women who were about to burn Thur-din by letting him put hot water on.

Some women had scorched 'Meermoo Grill' as Sheila-Lou handled them.

Some women replied that there was no reserve of Aria or Poitan in Sung's settlement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's a pleasure. Looking good, above all."

When I let him state that while clogging his chest, some women held his head back again.

To them, I guess I'm like a symbol of the doom of the Sung family.

All the parents, headed by Donda-Lou, were hunting down Zuro-Sung, but it was this me who unleashed most of the "I want you to reveal the pantry".

Even then, they surrounded us like living corpses.

Thus the secret of the pantry was revealed, and he cried down as if he had cut off the weir.

"I'm sorry. For all of us wanted to say hello, we even gathered those who couldn't fulfill Kamado's job either. I'll be right back so you don't get in the way of your work."

"No, I'm so glad to hear from you guys. Best regards,"

The women with the toddler walked away from the spot with their heads down.

All that was left was five women.

"Nice to meet you, Asta. Thanks to the Astas, we have never increased the joy of living again."

"The hands-on of the men, today was your last day. You've already been able to taste the meat from Gibba that drained blood, haven't you?

"Yeah, I've gathered enough meat to run out of pico leaves already -"

And it came to pass, when one of the women was about to answer as such, that a cheering voice was heard from the square.

The sun is still high, but it seems the men have returned from the woods.

I thought I'd say hello to you and then let you get to work, and a slightly unexpected giant figure appeared to surprise me.

It was a hunter in the north settlement, wearing heady fur.

"Kamadu number in Fa's house. You were on your way out today."

Even after the men, the same bent hunters appeared. The number was about six, and they had as many as three givahs.

"We're Gene's hunters. I was visiting the Sung family today to give them a hunting guide."

"Oh, you did. Thank you very much."

This is how they were still visiting the settlement once every few days to follow the men of the lost Sung family of giva hunting skills.

It also seems that the implication exists that they are living correctly - not getting their hands on forest grace again - or confirming it. They were angrier and more responsible than anyone for the Sung family's deeds.

Thus, from after them, a familiar group and an unrecognized group also appeared.

The hunters of Sudra, and the hunters of Sung.

There are four Sudras and seven Sungs.

And there were as many as five givers in charge there.

"Good job, Lyelpham-Sudra. It's still so expensive, but it's an amazing harvest."

"Mm-hmm. Only half of us have succeeded in draining blood. I brought everything back because I had to peel my fur."

Sudra's parents, reminiscent of the little monkey, gave him a deep wrinkle on his forehead while stating so.

"But sure, I didn't expect to be able to tailor as many as eight givahs. I've never seen a hunting ground with so much giva like this."

"That is why the land was chosen as the settlement of the Sung family. The Sung family was stronger than any other family."

The hunter of Gene, the first to raise his voice, screams his mouth like that.

"In less than six months, the grace of the forest has fully resurrected, so the number of givahs will increase. Sometimes if we don't come, Sung's men will be in danger."

"Mm-hmm. You guys are excellent hunters. I was reminded of the power of the northern clan in various ways.... but you guys don't use bows for hunting?

"I never use it, but I didn't bring a hunter who specializes in bows today"

"With Gene, there would be ten hunters? Not even six of them will use a bow."

Lyelpham-Sudra put together a short arm with a difficult face.

In the meantime, Sung's men were greeting me one by one.

This one is just a direct, faceless opponent, but still, everyone stood in that moment of doom. Though I didn't cry like a bunch of women, all of that glance contained a feeling of panacea.

That's how they started hanging as many as eight prey on the tree, and Lyelpham-Sudra opens her mouth again.

"To Gene, Sung's hunters, is it normal for you to have as many as eight givahs a day?

"Eight heads, that's just not normal. Even when Gene helped us, it seemed like five or six heads at most were normal."

To Gene's manly words, Lyelpham-Sudra nods "I see".

"Then again, you mean our bow helped too. Our bow would have been effective in pushing Gibba, wouldn't it?

"Hmm. I was wondering if I might get shot through this head."

"I can't do such a dumb imitation.... But we've been to Sung's settlement for the last half month or so, but we've never been given this much harvest without Gene's hunter. Then again, I guess this is the result of the exchange because of the power of Gene, Sung and Sudra"

Gene's hunter glanced a lot in the shadow of Gibba's upper jaw.

"Parents of Sudra, how long have you been saying this?

"No, I was impressed with your arrangement. As you can see, Sudra doesn't have much of a big physical hunter. You won't be able to exchange it on anyone like that for breaking Gibba's neck with a knife."

"... Hmm?

"But it was in our hands that drove Giva with a bow. By joining forces with us who specialize in bows and you who specialize in swords, we have been able to make a huge difference."

"So what do you mean? No way, you want to be our family?

"No, we're thinking of connecting the Fou family to the edge of blood. Connecting the far north clan of the house to the brink of blood will make it difficult to mercy your wanderings as blood clans."

While stating so, Lyelpham-Sudra was scrubbing his jaw to the depth of his thoughts.

"But I don't know what to say... I feel spared not using so much power. It's easy for the North clan and us to get to Sung's settlement like this with our luggage trucks. Sometimes it would be better to join forces like this to give you more harvest than ever before"

"But we have our hunting grounds.... Well, visiting Sung's settlement once every few days won't flood our hunting grounds, and we'll be able to prove it in the last few months."

The hunters of Zaza and Dom also refrain from the northern settlements. I don't know if you even have a huge hunting ground for sawdust, but I still don't think you're going to have enough hands.

"Right. We Sudra, for example, are rather short of Giva. Now that it's a period of rest, it's normal not to be without Gibba, but we've been getting a lot of hands on it."

"You know what? That's too bad about the hunting grounds, huh?

"Uhm. Families living in the proximity of Fa's house have gained strong strength in the last few months. Perhaps every family member has been able to reap more than ever in the last few months. As a result, the hunting grounds feel narrow. We have to go further into the woods to expand the hunting grounds from there, so we know our limits."

That's how Lyelpham-Sudra looked up at Gene's manly face, which was more than a minute taller than his head.

"We feel the hunting grounds are narrow. The Sung family is troubled by the amount of giva. Well, it seems like it would be in your interest to visit the Sung family from time to time - even more so if we could use the help of the northern clan there."

"... well, I guess it was because the hunters of Gene, Sudra and Sung were in place that we hunted as many as eight giva's in such a small amount of time"

Gene's men also twisted their necks deep in thought.

"It's our job to hunt even one giva. In that sense... our parents might also consider it a worthy story. Either way, I was going to visit Sung's settlement for a while."

"Right. Now, if you can tell me about that day, let's head out to Sung's settlement from us too. If we sell the meat to Fa's house, we'll get the copper coins, so you can keep all the horns, fangs and fur there."

"Then I feel bad that we're being dusted. The harvest should be divided evenly"

And, at the end of the day, while showing clan-like stubbornness in the north, it was how Lyelpham-Sudra's proposal was accepted in the larger frame.

I am secretly impressed by Lyelpham-Sudra's tongue as to whether the Northern clan will be effective in this way even against his opponents.

So Lyelpham-Sudra stole a glimpse of me before saying it again.

"By the way, are the Sung family humans allowed to sell meat to Fa's house? Once the Sung family did not endorse the deeds of Fa's house, but now that the people in the main house are gone, they must have changed their minds too"

"That would be... a story to ask the chief. It also seems dangerous for the Sung family to gain disproportionate wealth"

"Then why don't we just let them put away what they need, like food and medicine, and keep the excess copper coins at Zaza's house? There seem to be a lot of young children in Sung's settlement, and they don't seem rich enough as they are now"

"... it is the chief who decides. I'll tell Graf-Zaza what you said."

"Right. Regards."

Lyelpham-Sudra nodded loudly, and now she's clearly looking back at me.

"By the way, how long have the Astas been watching us? Looks like the sun's dropping a lot."

"Oh, right. Now, if you'll excuse me."

How long were we supposed to get together and pull in?

Along the way, Tour-Din whispers.

"Um, Lyelpham-Sudra, I don't know... you're a very strange man. It feels like we're seeing something that we're not seeing."

"Yeah, I think that guy is an amazing guy. I'm guessing he's one of the actors that's transformed life by the woods."

When I looked up to Yun-Sudra that way, she was smiling with a very proud face.

"I'm kind of full of breasts. I'm proud to be Sudra's family."

"Yeah, I think that feels right.... You don't think I'm smart about my parents anymore, do you?

"Not smart? Why would I do that?

"It was a long time ago, but that's how you said it. See, when Lyelpham-Sudra opposes Yun-Sudra going to Dabbag."

"Oh, that's because I wanted to be with the Astas too... and I wasn't seriously denigrating my parents about anything!

Yun-Sudra shouts, the women of the Sung family look back with a decent face.

Yun-Sudra stared at me in resentment, blushing.

"... Asta is terrible at pulling such an old story"

"Haha. Sorry, sorry."

Moribe is still in the midst of change.

In doing so, I decided to get to work today, in the sincere hope that the presence of Schmiral would be incorporated in a good way.