422 Count Dalaim's Ball (1) - Prepare below

26th of the month of gold.

Five days after Schmiral was recognized as a family member by the woods.

That day was the day of the ball at the Earl of Dalaim's house.

Until noon, do your work in the Inn Town as usual, send everyone to the settlement, and then get ready to leave in advance. Only I, Ai-Fa and Tour-Din, are going from the clan without chieftaincy to the castle town.

It was said that Fou and Baim should also attend as spectators, but you were always resigning. I was invited as a guest of honor, and I heard that I had to be dressed in a castle-downtown banquet costume, and just as badoo-foo and the others seemed scared.

"I'm sorry, but I just want Asta and the others to see the feast as a small family representative."

On the day after, with a face that seemed truly sorry, Birdu-Fow said so.

Either way, I didn't have time to relax.

When I got in the van to Fa's house, Ai-Fa and Tour-din were already waiting for me along with a ton of crates.

Tour-Din was also out of the lodging town business for the rest of the day, working on preparing food and confectionery under the castle.

Originally, only confectionery was left to Tour-Din, but only one snack was prepared at my suggestion. Neighbouring women should have been able to help us with that, but they had already left.

"Good day. Looks like you're all set downstairs."

Tour-Din is smiling with a face that is all about accomplishment and tension.

With such Tour-din and Ai-Fa on board, I first headed to the settlement of Luu, and now I was to be greeted with a smile by Raina-Lu saying "Good luck".

"This one is all set. Let's head to Castle Town."

Because me and Sheila-Lou have been designated guests, Raina-Lou is the person in charge of today's Kadoku.

But that kind of heavy pressure seems to have worked in a good direction for Raina-Lou. Raina-Lou was smiling frankly as he made that little side look strong with pride and joy.

"Oh, Asta, could you put a rim on that one if you like? Rimi wants to talk to Ai-Fa."

"Yeah, of course I don't mind. There's only three of us."

Five human beings are supposed to board the Lulu luggage, with the exception of Limi-Lu. The members are Raina-Lou, Sheila-Lou, Dalm-Lou, Rudd-Lou and Sin-Lou.

Within this, only Sheila-Lou and Dalm-Lou will be attending as VIPs, with the remaining Hakamadu numbers and their escorts. Until now, only the chief, Donda-Lou, or his deputy, Giza-Lou, had made his way to the castle town as the representative of the Lou family, but this time Darum-Lou was finally to be elected.

"Zaza and Sautti people meet in front of the castle gate, right? Then let's get out of here."

We gave way to Lulu's luggage car, where Lulu held the reins, and we rolled out onto the road again.

Ai-Fa was caught in the rimi-lu, so I'm still going to take the reins.

"Hiccup, Castle Town! Let's do our best today, Tour-Din!

"Ah, yes. Best regards,"

"Tool-din's gonna make some new treats again, right? Ugh, I look forward to it."

Remi-Luu's innocence still seemed to be in excellent shape today.

From here, Raina-Lou, Rimi-Lou and Tour-Din participate, while from the side of the castle town, Jan, Siri-Lou, Bozzle and Roy participate as cook numbers. If that's the case, I wanted to share my hard work with everyone in the kitchen, too.

"Remi-Lew, how's Michelle doing?

On the road, when Ai-Fa asks that, Rimi-Lou also says to it, "Yeah!" and was in good health.

"You can walk alone now if you put your cane on! Balsha scolded me for having a fever when I couldn't."

"Right. That was above all."

"Yeah! Michelle's getting better, so Mim's getting better, too."

I face Mim every day, so I know exactly what Limi-Lew says is true.

However, Mim was looking very anxious when he received a story from Polearths that he wanted to invite some people to join him. That was apparently because he feared that Michelle would ask him to accompany Mime to the job.

If Mim showed the nobles that arm, it would sooner or later be a stepping stone to working in Castle Town.

The disciples of Varcus are also invited on the spot. Varcus, who is in favor of Michelle and Mime, seemed to mediate his work more directly.

But Mim doesn't want to move to Castle Town. Above all, Mim wanted to live with her father.

If we are talking about the distant future, Mim may also start to wish to live as a cook in Castle Town. But such a wish would not have been at all late in five or ten years. All she needed now was a peaceful life with her father, the only family she had.

You guessed how Mim felt like that, and I hear Michelle didn't try to make a cut about this one.

And Mim was finally laughing from the heart.

(Well, as for Michelle, I know you're having a hard time sitting at the Lou's without even paying for the lodging, but even the Raina-Lou's will want you to stay forever)

Besides, I was remembering the words of the prophecy of yesterday.

It is that star reading word, told me by one of Schmiral's compatriots, The Silver Kettle.

(The people by the woods gain great power by meeting Michelle. That will pave the way for the people by the woods.... but that should have been the word)

Indeed, Michelle brought great power to the people by the woods. I myself have been saved from Count Turan's mansion thanks to Michele's advice, and I have taken care of Michele in a wide variety of ways, including how to make dried meat properly, how to cook brains and eyeballs, and how to handle unfamiliar ingredients.

But I think.

For once, such a thing is just a preface, and I was wondering if Michelle was going to bring great power to it.

By meeting Michelle's daughter, Mim, the Rayna-Lew and the others began to aspire to further heights as cooks. If Michelles continue to live in the settlement of Luu in the future, the impact will be immeasurable. At the moment, Rayna-Lew and the others are finally excited to see Mim cook commercial dishes.

(You don't mean to distract fatalists, but you even feel something fateful about Michelles starting to live in a settlement in Lou)

But also, whatever fate may be, it is the will of man to grasp it. I believe that.

Destiny was ordained from the beginning, and man is just walking on top of it - isn't it too horrible a story to think about?

So I guess humans should make decisions that each person is very worried about so that they can choose the best path for themselves.

And so on, while I was thinking such a sentimental thing, the luggage truck had arrived in the lodging town.

Once you get off your podium, walk through the town area, and then get in your luggage again. If you take the streets north and have Gilr's neck pointed at the road to the west that first appears, the castle gate will be here soon.

It is roughly the first castle town in a month for me because it has been since the dinner of reconciliation at the Earl of Saturas' house.

In front of the castle gate below the bounce bridge, there was a crowd.

Those are the other chieftaincy people who were arriving earlier and the martial officers who welcomed it. As we approached the luggage truck, another big man waved loosely.

"I've been waiting for you. Now you're all here."

"Thank you for waiting. Looking good and most importantly, Dari-Sutty"

"Oh. I think I'm almost ready to start working as a hunter, too"

That being said, Dari-Sauti was laughing calmly.

Dropping his head next to it is his companion, Mill Fay-Sutty. It was actually the first reunion in three months.

That means that even after Dari-Sauti and Donda-Lou left their jobs as hunters, all those years passed.

Dali-Souti, who broke his right arm, was no longer in the care of a triangle towel or an escort, either, but on the outside, health itself.

"... Has it finally arrived? It's a long wait."

And a big shadow woke himself up from the roofless luggage car that was in Dari-Sauti's place.

It is George-Zaza, the hunter of the northern settlement, wearing the fur of a giva with his head.

Sitting on his knees next to him was his twin sister, Sufila-Zaza.

This was all the people by the woods attending this ball.

"We will now take care of your luggage. We will also carry the necessary luggage here."

And the guide martial officer, who has already taken care of us several times, led us to the Totos car for transfer, stating so.

It's a two-headed, box-shaped luggage truck.

I've been invited to Castle Town more than once, but I never stepped down the street on this foot yet.

Either way, we're going for Count Dalaim's mansion.

In the meantime, Georg-Zaza has always been confused about Ai-Fa and Sin-Lu. There were two Totos cars available, so we split into two hands, but he came all the way to this car.

"Oh, my God, you're so eye-catching. Are you still burning hostility at Sin-Lu?

Rudd-Lou, who was chatting with Limi-Lou, turns to George-Zaza all the time.

"You're not more powerful than Sin-Lu, are you? If you get stronger, you'll have to train as a hunter, won't you?

"... I know such things without being told"

In a fuzzy tone, George-Zaza turned a puffy face.

Speaking of which, Rudd-Lou should also have accompanied the Martial Arts Feast as an escort. It was quite fresh to me that Rudd-Lou was talking to George-Zaza at ease at his usual rate.

"There are awesome hunters around you like Graf-Zaza and Dick-Dom, so if you give them an archery, you can help. Sin-Lu, 'cause me and Brother Lau-Ray and Dalm did the archery, so we could build on it so far, huh?

"... in that mouthful, you sound more skillful than Sin-Lu"

"Oh, I've never beaten Sin-Lu in comparison to my powers."

After saying so, Rudd-Lou laughed more at Shin-Lu, the straw.

"However, I don't know what will happen compared to the next force. It's getting stronger, Sin-Lu."

Sin-Lu just said quietly, "Not yet, such as me," he said.

With them sidelined, I whispered to Ai-Fa.

"On second thought, the men who participate as VIPs look amazing. I'm so glad you had Dari-Sutty."

The Rudd-Loux are only escorts. When that happens, the men who are left behind us will have the facial rashes of Dari-Sauti, Darm-Luu, Georg-Zaza. The average age shouldn't be that high, but let's just say it's a pretty nasty blush.

But I-Fa looked like he couldn't understand my emotions, and he said, "Hmm?," he leans his neck.

"I'm not sure what that means, but I don't think he's any less of a hunter than Zaza's youngest brother or Darum-Lou if he's not handy with Dari-Sautti"

"No, leave your power as a hunter alone, talk of outward force"

Still, the questionmark never disappeared from the overhead of I-Fa, so I decided to give up the explanation early. I guess no opponent feels intimidated by the way people look.

(Mostly, I'm guessing Ai-Fa is beating Dalm-Lu in comparison to power, and I'm not even willing to beat Georg-Zaza. Then you can't possibly feel intimidated)

While I was thinking about that, the Totos car arrived at its destination.

They open the door from the outside and get off to the ground, and the round person approaches because of it.

"I've been waiting for you, all of you by the woods! I would like to thank you for having responded to the invitation of the Count Dalaim family today."

Of course it was Pole Earth.

It's not yet a banquet costume, it's wrapped around the loose long clothes as usual.

"This is the one, as long as you're sorry it's such a large number of people. I appreciate your acknowledgment."

From here, Dari-Sauti was to respond.

On this occasion, I guess the chief Dali-Souti will be in a position to assume all the responsibilities.

"Well, I'll have to pick up the other guests, so the ladies can take care of the rest."

One of the maids was Sheila.

After subtly eyeing Ey-Fa, Shayla finally lowered her head.

"We'll show you to the bathroom first. This way please."

A total of eleven people from the woods will be taken into the mansion.

By the way, Count Dalaim's mansion was a brick-built mansion like the one that once dwarfed Count Turan's mansion around. The color of the roof is blue, not yellow, but it doesn't seem to make a big difference as a style.

Step indoors as you knock through thick, double-open doors and are watched by your guards. The first carpet was laid to clean the feet, but the bricks were peeled out ahead.

Not as big as Count Turan's mansion and not as freshly decorated as Count Saturas' mansion. Still, of course, it was aristocratic grandeur, and everywhere was beautifully polished.

I don't know the details, such as the sequence of nobility in Genos, but anyway, the Count family should rank second to the Marquis. Underneath it also seems to refrain from something called the Viscount House, but I don't know what that is. Whatever it is, it is the home of the Earl family, which, although inferior to the former Earl of Turan, has only three houses in Genos. Such a Count Dalaim mansion could not have been a miserable one.

"This will be the bathroom for the lord. Ladies, come here."

The Ai-Fas went further behind the corridor with Shayla's guidance, and only the boys with the lowest surname were left behind us.

The construction of the bathroom is still familiar.

First, when everyone subsided during the refrain, one of the lowest surnames kept his hands in front of him and bowed his head.

"We hear you don't need help cleansing yourselves, how about that?

"Mm-hmm. I'll let you do it on your own, so you don't need to realize. In this, is the first human being to be called a bathhouse - about Dalm-Lou?

"Oh. But I've heard from my brothers, so there's no problem"

Apparently, Dali-Souti and Georg-Zaza became feathers who used the bathroom before the feast of the celebration. Speaking of which, with the exception of me and Darum-Lou, we were all part of a celebratory feast.

Throw clothes in the prepared grass cage of the lowest surname when the hunters look like them.

As far as I'm concerned, I was fortunate to have Sin-Lu or Rud-Lu. Both Dari-Sauti, Georg-Zaza and Darm-Luu are all around 180 cm tall and have horribly forged flesh.

What stood out, among other things, was Dari-Sauti.

Although the face is soft, it is likely to be forgotten, so much so that it is comparable to Donda-Lu in terms of physique. Height and weight were number one in this, and their flesh was not too much to say when it came to masses of muscle.

"Uh, there's no place for you to take a bath."

As he stepped into the steamy bathroom, Rudd-Lou was whispering and blurry.

Sure, I don't see a digging tub. Nor did it exist in Count Turan's mansion, so I guess it is not something that is always available in all mansions.

We decided to clean ourselves up quickly and leave the bathroom.

Then another outfit was ready as soon as possible for the four attending the ball.

Even so, it's not a banquet costume. It is a new belt and a long coat that matches the gown.

"Banquet costumes are prepared in separate rooms, so please call this one. We'll show you soon."

With us sidelined like that, Rudd-Lou and Sin-Lou wore their own outfits.

Darum-Lou and Georg-Zaza put their arms through clothes that they can't wear because of their rather bitter faces. I'm sure each one of them is strictly ordered by their fathers to follow the noble fashion.

When he left the room that way, Rudd-Lou called on the boy with the lowest surname.

"Nah, are the women out yet?

"No, if it's you ladies, how long will it take to get the water off your hair?"

"Well then, me and Sin-Lu are waiting for the women to come out. Our job is as Kamado's escort."

So that's where I got to break up with the Rudd-Lou guys.

Only four guests of the day will be invited to a separate room upstairs.

What was guided was a messy large room.

This is the first time I have seen such a messy room in a noble mansion. From what I can see, this seemed to be a dressing room with a costume room.

I guess the other VIPs will come to visit after wrapping up their banquet costumes in their own homes. There's no one else but us.

"Well, here you go,"

Guided by his lowest surname, he is further invited to the back of the large room.

There, two young men awaited, a much older tailor and his assistant.

The youths are the face of tension, but the tailor's old man smiles with a smile.

"I've been waiting for you. The Countess has given us an order to prepare a banquet costume for four. We need to rework it to suit your body, so we'd like to take care of each of you."

So we decided to turn ourselves over to the old man one by one.

Three people other than me didn't take measurements, so I needed to pack and spread the length in a little bit. Still, my husband's arrangements were smooth, and it didn't take him ten minutes to dress alone.

So, roughly 20 minutes later.

There appeared four men wearing castle town banquet costumes.

"How about that? Are you satisfied?

"Hmm. Well, I don't know what a banquet costume looks like to us... but for now, it doesn't seem like we're having any difficulty moving"

On the verge of a bitter smile, Dari-Sauti was answering that way.

As far as I'm concerned, it wasn't a very unusual outfit, so I was just relieved.

Besides, it seemed a little eye-catching when it came to at least three people other than me.

In particular, it is Dalm-Lou.

Of these, it was Darum-Lou who seemed to be the most masculine, and he was also the owner of a slender length. Once Sin-Lu was also made to wear martial arts attire, something that looked like a little princess, but was no less of a ringing figure than that.

I wonder how this works. Sleeveless torso coat with loose balloon trousers and a decorative cape hanging from shoulder to hip. They were all made of superior silk or something, and embroidery was loosened under the collar and hem with silver glowing yarn.

He also has a colorful band wrapped around his hips and the rest is draped all the way around his knees. Metal ornaments were worn on the nagging upper arms and wrists, and unrecognizable marks were stitched with deep green threads on the chest.

Besides, it's hair.

The other two had short hair, so they couldn't get it, but Dalm-Lou, who had put it down long enough to tie it behind him, had been loosened the decorations there too.

The front hair, which is usually natural, is filled with a jar, and the back hair is loosely bound with decorative strings. Without that overly sharp glance and even a large ancient wound to the right cheek, it was a riddle that seemed to work even when it came to some prince, rather than your son.

The tailor's master, who looked at Darum-Lou satisfactorily like that, turns to Rin and this way.

That stretched fingertip stroked my head with great kindness.

"I'm sorry, but your hair is very soft, but it's really going to fall off earlier. Would you like me to bring you some oil?"

"Oh, no, it's cool. Oil your head, because it's not your own fashion."

Originally, I'm a cat hairy. I know it's hard to handle, but even if you grease it like Ruidros or Leeheim, it'll just be as pleasant as a ventriloquist doll.

What we were made to wear, by the way, was basically the same style of outfit as Darum-Lou. Just a few different shades of fabric and decorations don't make that much of a difference.

However, what was common was the pattern on the chest.

This is the same for all, both in shape and in the colour of the yarn used for embroidery.

You noticed the same thing I did, and Dari-Sautti spoke with his chest tucked away.

"Is this something called a letter used in town? What does this mean?

"That's called a crest with embellishments on the original letters. The meaning of the original letter is' forest ', isn't it? To match that meaning, we have embroidered it with green thread"

"I see, 'Forest'?... Is this letter what you chose?

"No, it is a request from the Countess"

"Right," Dali-Souti smiled.

It is not a bitter laugh, it is the usual soft way of laughing.

"I have a fine outfit for an innocent like us, and I appreciate it. I'll let you know later, but I'd like to thank you for what you actually did."

"Excessive words, sir."

The tailor's old man smiled back equally softly.

They don't seem to share a sense of discrimination against the people of the woods. That's probably why this person was chosen to be in charge of us.

"We will now guide you during your refrain. This way please."

A boy with a small surname who had been waiting for us at the end of the line led us out of the room.

Along the way, I whisper to Dari-Sauti as Georg-Zaza could not reveal himself.

"What a troublesome role. I couldn't afford to take any more care of a martial arts feast."

"If this is an aristocratic fashion, there is nothing else to follow. If you really don't have patience, from now on, just turn down the offer."

"Hmm. That's what I'd love you to do."

George-Zaza seemed very dissatisfied, but neither did he quite fit the feast costume. In other words, removing Giva's fur revealed an unexpectedly neat appearance and how age-appropriate she was.

There is an ancient wound over his right eye, the shape of his face is squared, tough for tough, but there he is still sixteen, so he is left somewhere boyish. If you think you are three years younger than Dalm-Lou, what a place it was.

(I wondered what would happen for a while, but I wonder if this would stand out so badly in a banquet hall....... I hope so myself)

That's how we were invited to the deserted cabin.

In a room where things have changed and are few, leather benches, small tables, and so on are arranged. Would the size of the room be about six stickers? It's a calm room, about a step ahead of the inorganic.

"Please wait here. I think you'll have your support soon."

That said, his last name stood by the door.

George-Zaza said, "Hmm!," he snorted, dropping his hips roughly to the bench.

The women came after about fifteen minutes had elapsed since then.

There is a touch of Shayla, and the door opens.

I forgot to breathe for a moment in the form of Ey-Fa who emerged from it.

"Wow. This looks a lot different."

Pleasantly, Dari-Sauti says.

Ai-Fa was silent, and since then three women have been following.

It is composed of three members: Sheila-Lou, Mill Fey-Sauti and Sufila-Zaza.

When they entered the room, the less decorative interior was gorgeous at once.

Everyone is dressed in a castle style dress.

I'll have to describe this as a dress already. It is an exotic style, no matter where it is, whether it is Middle Eastern or Persian, but it is a party dress for your lady anyway.

The upper body is perfectly along the lines of the body and the skirt's hem is fluffy and wide. The collar was wide open and colored there with a frilly strand that was not too gorgeous, as if a lot of small petals were sewn up.

After all, the costume also has no sleeves and the arms are swollen, with spicy ornaments glowing on the fingers, wrists and upper arms.

Besides, everyone had their hair loosened up and various ornaments were put on there as well. They were all long hair that reached near their hips except for Mill Fay-Sutty, who has a partner, so it was gloriously coloring them in itself.

It's boldly open to the chest, but it's originally a thinly dressed woodland lady, so the exposure would be about as low as it usually is. The hem of the dress was long enough to reach the ankle.

But they were more lustrous and attractive than usual.

In it, there was nothing more I could do to keep my eyes open to Ai-Fa all the time. To me, Ai-Fa was so special.

What Ey-Fa was entangled in was a light water dress, which brilliantly highlighted brown skin and golden brown hair.

They don't have bands or anything, but they loosen up the finishing touches that make them fit their body shape. The area around the waist is constantly creaking as usual, drawing beautiful curves.

With such an eye-fa creeping closer, I was about to have a heart explosion.

Ey-fa, who was slightly laying low in his eyes, stands before me and softly raises his face.

"A, Ai-Fa. You can walk a lot more quietly."

"Mm-hmm. When I entered Count Turan's house to save you, I learned something called walking in Castle Town. I thought you should walk like that when you wear something like this."

If you open your mouth, it is the usual Ai-Fa.

The look on your face is the same as usual.

Still, it kind of makes me feel like someone else.

Such an eye-fa came closer to me and whispered.

"... what do you say?

"What do you say? Of course, I think it's beautiful..."

"I don't care about banquet costumes, etc. What I'm asking is this."

And, Ai-Fa has been pointing to his throat as he snuck his lips together.

On a smooth clavicle, a blue stone glows.

It's a necklace I gave you, worn by I-Fa at all times.

However, the neckline was made more luxuriously than usual with silver chains and decorative strings wrapped around the leather straps.

"Yeah, that's the necklace I gave you. It looks a lot nicer."

"Mm-hmm. When I was previously forced to wear a castle costume, this necklace was also taken off because it didn't look good. But this time, a daughter named Shayla will be ready to wear a feast costume in Castle Town."

"Really? You're a lot of people, your daughter Shayla."

"Hmm. He remembered exactly what I thought was unwillingness to remove this necklace."

After stating so, Ai-Fa smiled, grinning at the lid.

"Even then, I had this necklace hidden under my waist roll, but it would still be the most correct thing to do to lower it off my neck. I'm really happy, too."

I was pulling into the corner of the room, so I would have been the only one who could see the look on Ai-Fa's face opposite it. Yes, that's why I'm smiling defenselessly this way too, Ai-Fa.

With such an innocent smile on my face, I was supposed to be so intoxicated that I was blinded.

To be honest, as much as I want to praise myself for not cuddling Ai-Fa unconsciously.

(I wonder if I'll have it till the end, at this rate, before the ball starts)

With all my thoughts at hand, the Ball at Count Dalaim's house was about to begin.