424 Count Dalaim's Ball ③ - The Thread of the Tangible Edge

"Let me introduce you once again. This is my father, Paud, the head of the Count Dalaim family, my brother, my first son Addis, my mother, the Countess Rittier, and my companion, Merrim."

The men were the tense Buddha's top surface, and the women had a snuggly smile.

In it, first of all, Mother, your Lady Rittier advances in.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the banquet costume looks great on you. How would you like to hear your heart's exhaustion from Count Dalaim's house?

"We are very grateful that you have prepared such a splendid feast costume. I think, among other things, that the crest on this chest is worthy of the people by the woods."

To Dari-Sauti's reply, the Countess smiled satisfactorily.

She seems to be a very gentle, elegant lady. It is in a rounded physique with the temples that gives peace of mind to those who see it. Brother, you seem like a father, but Polearth clearly seemed like a mother.

"I always felt I should say hello to the history of the people by the woods. I'm very happy to accomplish that."

And now your lord is going in better.

This one is a fairly penetrating Mistress. Marstein and Ruidros, among others, had a spicy and unskilled atmosphere, but the head of the Count Dareim family was a person with an aristocratic look in another sense.

Turning to the face, he's not surprisingly tall. It would be about two or three centimeters higher than me at best. Its width is disappointing, and its awkwardness seems to create majesty. Both the mustache and the missouri, exuberant as ornaments, are truly aristocratic accents.

So, the eldest brother, Addis, looked just like this father. Thick eyebrows, big nose, strong eye light. If I add your mustache, I won't be able to tell the difference in the long run.

And she is Princess Merrim, the companion of Polearths.

She was so small and adorable when she saw it nearby.

The exterior almost only looks about my age. Height would have been only about 150 cm at most. Besides, the Countess was so small that maybe the men looked so big.

"... nice to meet you. It's an honor to meet you, folks by the woods."

and its princess Merrim pinched the hem of the dress with a poor trick.

Under chestnut curly hair, brown eyes sparkle.

"My husband always tells me your stories. You're Lord Asta of Fa's house, aren't you?

"Oh, yes, nice to meet you. I always take care of Pole Earth."

"My husband would have had no current position without your help. Thank you very much."

Princess Merrim smiled at me, and everyone by the woods was bowing their heads and giving back their salutations.

The eyes of Princess Merrim, who was looking around at those figures, can be stopped perfectly at Ai-Fa's.

"You're the Ey-Fa of Fa's house, right? Shayla, the samurai, told me about you. You look beautiful, beyond all rumors."

"I'm here," Ai-Fa said expressionlessly.

Ai-fa doesn't like to be shaken up about appearance. I guess it was at least a concern not to show a grumpy face.

Afterwards, Dari-Sauti was to introduce us to the facades of the woods.

but the first air I felt is hard to change. The men on the aristocratic side were always nervous, and the women were always brisk.

"Now we are finally ready to face all the lords of the Count family. The exchange of words with the people of the woods is defined as both Polearth and Melfried, but I urge you to spin the right edge in the future."

Even as Dari-Sauti put it that way, the Lord and the First Son all nodded inexorably.

After all, have you been distressed by the power of the Dalm-Lou and Georg-Zaza hunters? For those of us who have not yet dealt with so many nobles, it was also difficult to discern whether this reaction was normal.

There, "Excuse me," a new figure approaches.

The eyes of George-Zaza, who saw you, blinked yet another disturbing light.

What appeared there was a young prince who would take him to the Earl of Saturas.

"Oh, Lord Railis, you're late to say hello. Are you enjoying the food?

"Yeah, they're all just great food. Musicians play brilliantly."

That's how he greeted the Count's face, and then Leiris turned to George-Zaza.

"The son of the Zaza family, too, has been a long time. Were you in a breath disaster afterwards?

"... were you invited here, too, with the Knight of Saturas?"

Speaking of which, George-Zaza had been defeated not only by Melfried, but also by this young man.

But you won't have to be ashamed of that. Raylis was third and George-Zaza fourth in a martial arts club attended by so many swordsmen. Conversely, only Melfried and Leiris exist who soiled the hunters by the woods in the townspeople.

"I can't wait to see the bottom of my belly. If you have such a rash on your face, shouldn't you even meet with your sword without dancing or something?

"We look forward to seeing you and your strength tested again. But now, enjoy musicians and delicious food."

That said, Raylis smiled calmly.

Um, it's a different look from when I saw it at the Count Saturas residence. At that time he was stirring up his passion for the dishonorable deeds his father had committed.

"... By the way, isn't Lord Sin-Lu here? But tonight, I remember hearing he was invited, too."

"Oh, Lord Sin-Lew has been invited as an escort to a cook by the woods. You're not going to show your face at this venue."

"Really?" Raylis frowned in response to Polearth.

"It's a shame. Will I be able to say hello later from here?

"Of course that is. You won't be home till after the ball, so I'll let the samurai show you to the cook later."

"Thank you"

Raelis was looking as clean as a real possession had fallen.

I'm sure this is who it is. It is a spicy, elegant, aristocratic ambiguity.

Then Darum-Lou, who had been slapped in the ear by Sheila-Lou, shouted low, "Whew."

"Were you the one who tested his powers against Sin-Lu and Zaza's youngest brother in the martial arts club? I didn't think he was such a young, beautiful man."

"... Excuse me, but what about you?

"I'm Darum-Lou, the second brother of Lou's main house. Lyada, Sin-Lu's father, is my father Donda's brother."

"Oh, were you the one who would take me to the Lew family? … that verse caused great trouble to the Lew family by the unsurprising father"

"I guess that's already a done story. No need to apologize now."

Saying so, Darum-Lou gauged Leiris' appearance.

"But... that nobleman named Melfried still doesn't know that a young man like you has left a hunter by the woods. Next time, I want you to show me who you are."

Dalm-Lou, who didn't move his mouth when Eurifia was his opponent, is rapping a lot at this time. After all, is the defeat of Georg-Zaza to the people of the town a narrative grass in the Lew family as well?

"I used to watch the martial arts club. Lord Leiris and Lord George-Zaza were brilliant swordsmiths! If we're going to be there next year, we're going to have more fun."

Because of how quiet you and your brother have become, Polearth was smiling and holding the role of host.

Dari-Sauti keeps a quiet eye on such people.

"Well, why don't you just talk and enjoy cooking a little more? Has that wonderful meat dish over there been spoken of yet?

"No, you just toured the table on this side yet"

"Well, let me show you. I'm sure it'll be in the mouth of the forest folks."

"Then we have to greet the other guests, too, so with this.... Polearths, I asked for the rest."

And without a big word, the Pauds were gone.

Wait for that figure to become invisible before Dari-Sautti turns back to Polearth.

"O Polearth, is thy father and thy brother also any place to plump upon the people of the woods?

"No, no, no! My father and my brother just don't have as much liver in place as Marquis Genos or Uncle Saturas. I still can't figure out how to deal with the people of the woods known for their rigid temperament."

"You don't have to worry about it that way. Our monarch is Marstein, the Marquis of Genos, but in the first place is nobility a being that all stands above us?

"Um, it's a little hard to explain. The fathers are becoming fathers and weighing their friendships with the people of the woods. So it's hard if we get caught up with the people by the woods because of our own unfaithfulness, and we seem to be losing our hips."

"Cautious is the home style of Count Dalaim's house."

And the voice that swept up the laughter answers from the side.

It was only Princess Merrim who remained under one partner.

"Besides, you, the shader, can finally get out where the sun hits. I wonder if your lord or brother would be careful not to disturb you?

"That's a lot of rhetoric in front of the guests! Well, if you're from the woods, you might be happy to say that."

Polearth probably laughed, making sure he was invited to it and Dali-Souti smiled as well.

"Exactly, we like that kind of straightforward stuff. Were you a shader, Polearth?

"Worldly, I guess. Nobility, which cannot be given any position, is something that you have nowhere to go."

Speaking of which, even the first time I looked at him, Polearth had said such words. Perhaps the thought of overthrowing Cycleus also existed in order to get out of that position.

But Polearths didn't just want his birth. Rather, the thought should have been stronger in order to rebuild the Count Dareim family, which is under strain because of the Count Turan family.

The prospect has been successful and it now feels like both the Dalaim and Saturas families are gaining strength. Now if the Count Turan family were to be rebuilt by legitimate means, would the power relations of the three families finally be well balanced?

"Have you been called Merrim? Excuse me, but you're a much younger wife."

"Well," Princess Merrim smiled as Dari-Sutty overlapped the words that way by showing her sociability.

"That's not true. I became twenty in the new year ahead."

"Twenty years old? This is rude again, but you look three or four years younger."

I also agreed with Dari-Sauti.

Polearths is laughing delightfully.

"Merrim was a side-stream blood muscle in the Earl Saturas family, and he had a wedding about three years ago. If he was 17 and 22, well, that means a good match."

"Hmm? Does that mean Pol Earth is only 25? You didn't think you were younger than me. I thought you were counting thirty already."

"That's terrible! I'm still a young man."

Regardless, the conversation seemed smoother after the strained family disappeared.

"So shall we move to that table over there? There are dishes that everyone around the woods would love to taste."

That's how we're supposed to move around with Pole Earth's guidance.

Other people who wander around the venue are enjoying the chatter as they steal a glimpse of us. The musicians' performances also add colour to the atmosphere of the venue as they hide.

"Here it is! This dish is excellent!

It was an odd dish stabbed on a skewer.

I think it was just meat dishes, but it is the fuwano dough that covers the area around it. It would be broiled or kiln-roasted. It is in the form of a disk with a fuzzy middle, and the surface is baked to a fox color.

"When the dough breaks, the contents spill, so you should eat it with one mouth. It's filled with caron meat."

As I said, me and Sheila-Lou and three Dali Sauti put their hands on the dish.

Like any other dish, it is of a size that is not indiscriminate to eating with one mouth. Small, pompous and fuzzy look, very adorable.

Believing Polearth's word that it was recommended for the people of the woods, I ate the dish with one mouthful.

If you chew, the fuwano dough will be shattered away. Like pie dough, it was thin and crispy.

And what emerged out of it was the texture of caron meat without any decay.

They layers of thinly sliced meat on many layers, not mince or blocks. First the fat and gravy filled my mouth comfortably.

That's how aromatic meat flavors and unspoken aromas follow.

I wonder what this flavoring is. The gentle sweetness, the slight tingling of the tongue and the rich bitterness are complicated teases. Moreover, the more they chewed, the richer the flavor, giving them many stages of joy and surprise.

"This is vanilla flavor, isn't it? But the taste keeps changing, so I have no idea what's being used."

To Sheila-Lou's words, I'll try to nod yes, too.

"That tastes strange. I wonder if this, for one thing, scissors different vanilla and sauces in between thinly chopped meats. So I think every time I chew, it goes around and it feels like the taste is changing."

"Oh, I see... it's such a small dish, but it's something that can unwind such a meticulous workmanship"

Sheila-Lou breathed like he was impressed.

Dari-Sautti groans, "Hmm."

"I do think this is delicious. I don't know about the food, but the meat is delicious anyway."

"Right. Above all, that's the best part."

This flavoring surprised me, but it also had the absolute delicacy of caron meat. Anyway, I can't wait for the meat to taste good anymore. No matter how complex the flavouring was, it was only a fine work to highlight the flavour of the meat.

Since it is a dish to make, the heat has almost been lost. Yet the taste of the meat was revived by the heat in his mouth, a feeling of wings. Also, the meat is layered over a thickness of two or three centimeters, even thinly sliced, making it perfect for chewing.

Even purely, this was a delicious meat dish.

"What do you say? Do you mind?

"Yes! I think this will also be in the mouth of the people by the woods"

So the Ai-Fas were to eat the same dish.

George-Zaza, who was nodded by Sphilla-Zaza and, no, took the skewer, is also opening his eyes to surprise for the first time. Still, he never tried to mouth his thoughts, but he was eating that dish three times as he continued to stand.

"This is delicious. I never thought I'd find the food in town so delicious."

Mill Fay-Sauti, who had been quiet all along, also stated so.

Ai-fa was silent, so I'll sneak up on your thoughts.

"What do you say? You wouldn't be complaining about this, would you?

"I have no complaints. That's a brilliant arrangement."

And so on, Ai-Fa has stared at me with a face that doesn't float a lot.

"... but you can't mouth Asta's cooking until the end of the day. When I think about it, I feel empty without saying goodbye"

I was so surprised that I couldn't return the words.

Whatever, the eye-fa that says so is a beautiful dress. Eye-Fa, who narrows her eyes worryingly in such a way, was destructive enough to compress my heart.

"But it's time to finish Rayna-Lew's giva dish. Let's look forward to that."

"Uhm......" Ai-Fa laid her eyes down.

The destructive power remains unchanged.

At that time, the crackler's voice echoed.

"The people of the south, the son of Grandnal the Iron Fixture Shop, Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear Dear

Speaking of which, she also stated that she would attend this ball.

Led by a boy with a small surname, Larvis comes in wearing a dial in a blue dress and a white collar-like outfit.

As Polearth smiled and raised his hand, his last name led the Deals to this table.

"Hey, you're late, Miss Deal. I'm glad you're here before the food runs out."

"I'm sorry it's late. It's a little long for business."

Dial put his hands around his stomach, and he was an uncle. I'm sure that's the jacquard flow greeting.

I've been used to seeing it a lot. It's a real dress, but I can't deny it makes me look like someone else after all. It is also a strange effect that just a little forehead with hair decorations can make you feel so girly. A vibrant cobalt blue feast costume also suited her well today.

Such a dial looks back at me, showing my white teeth as usual.

"Asta looks pretty good in her banquet costume, too. You know, when were you ready?

"This was prepared by the Countess of Dalaim.... Larvis is a bit of a hiccup, too."

Larvis has returned the courtesy in silence.

He looked like a martial artist, no matter where he was, because he was dressed similarly to Melfrid. Or maybe these banquet outfits are also roots jagal because I remember Malstein preferring jagal-style outfits.

"After this, Gibba's cooking should be served. The women who usually cook stalls are invited as cooking numbers."

"Oh, really? Yay! Then it's worth the rush."

I was about to say, Dial's eyes opened in circles.

Apparently, he noticed the identity of the person behind me.

"Oh, that? Wait, are you you you?

"Anyway, I'm me."

"Wow, you're like someone else! Wasn't that Sim-style outfit today?

Speaking of which, Dial was present when Ai-Fa infiltrated the Count Turan family in a banquet costume. At that time, Ai-Fa had fooled Sim's status as a luxurious son, so he was dressed in Sim-style banquet costumes.

"Hmm, if you don't even open your mouth, you look like some noble lady. Because the colors are black, I guess I just think of you as Sim's nobleman!

…………

"You're so pretty, why are you such a hunter? Isn't that a little wasteful?

"... how do you answer when you are told that you want to make an iron tool shop or something?

Even though it is a feast costume, it is the same two names.

It's not as bad as it used to be, but the sparks there are scattered.

"Ma, no. I'll see you later because I have to say hello to you and the other guests.... Dear Polearths, I apologize a lot"

"Yeah, just like that again"

Princess Merrim smiled happily again as the Deals left in a hurry.

"She's always fine, isn't she?... By the way, how would you like me to introduce you to the rest of you by the woods?

"Hmm. With the others?

To Dari-Sauti's words, Merrim points to the venue with his sly arms.

"For all those who are interested in the people of the woods. There was supposed to be a bunch of people at this ball, right?

"Right. Yeah, that's why they're so big."

And, Polearths also smiles.

"Whatever this was, it was a ball to get closer to the people by the woods. So half of them are guests that we have chosen and invited, but the other half are people who have asked to attend themselves. In the last six months or so, we've had a huge sway of Genos, and we have people there who are interested in what people are called the forestside people."

"I see. Then we would also like to spin our fringe with those people"

"Then I will introduce you to the ladies first. From now on, we've all been talking about what we're looking at here."

Indeed, well, even with all eight of them solidified all the time, it may have been hard to get an incentive for the people around them to speak up either.

So the four ladies were to be guided to you by Princess Merrim.

I notice Ey-Fa's mundane gaze, and I try to sneak up on him.

"Don't worry, this one's with the Darum-Lou guys. Sheila-Lou, protect them."

"Umm......" he nodded unacceptably, then Ai-Fa followed Princess Merrim with all due respect.

While dressed in such a stunning banquet costume, Ai-Fa is only the heart of an escort. I decided to pray with all my heart so that the drunken nobleman wouldn't give Sufila-Zaza a little something.

"So shall we come here? I'll show you around."

We were supposed to go around the venue the other way as we pinched the food on the way.

Again, the ball meant that the average age of the guests attending seemed a lot younger. Some of them included elderly aristocrats and noblemen, but the majority seem to be in their twenties to thirties.

And surprisingly or whatever, some of those young aristocrats had a strong interest in George-Zaza.

It is the people who were watching the martial arts club or who were competing in the martial arts club. Particularly those who were contestants were to praise George-Zaza's martial arts with their mouths.

George-Zaza, who at first had a sinister face, eventually helped him around the booze, and gradually began to spill his usual luxury. They may have dispelled the depressing mood of Sin-Lew, Melfried, and Raelis and George-Zaza, who were all winged at face-to-face with people who outperformed themselves.

"No matter how bad, you're a simple man. Well, maybe it's no surprise given the age of sixteen."

Dari-Sauti had said such thoughts with a slight bitter smile.

And it was none other than myself who had the chance to speak up after George-Zaza.

These are people with an interest in Giva cuisine. Even in Castle Town, he was close to each other with the famous Varcus, which meant that my presence was supposed to be secretly known.

"The other day, the cooks would have been gathered together to learn about the handling of the black fuwano in Banaam, wouldn't they? That's when they called the man who keeps the head chef of my mansion."

One of them, a person named the owner of a certain Viscount house, and so on, said.

"Um, a little black fuwano dish is really delightful! Even in my shop, I was just about to handle it."

"Oh, they run a restaurant in Castle Town?

"Yeah, I guess that's why our head chef was invited. I started it on the road, but now it has a reputation no less than Silver Star Hall!

Is it called a patron? Indeed, Cycleus also distributed rare ingredients only to numerous restaurants under his control.

I didn't really feel it, but Cycleus' leg loss still had a lot of impact on the people in Castle Town.

I guess some people lost a lot of money because of Cycleus' leg loss, and others gained a lot of wealth. It seemed that some of the humans who gained wealth thus became fond of and interested in the forestside people who triggered Cycleus' leg loss.

"One of the richest of them should have been the Count Dalaim family, rarely. Whatever it is, the impetus to expand the field has allowed Poitan to sell. That's why my father and brother are so thankful to the people of the woods and Lord Asta that they can't buy their anger."

While I was walking to another table, Polearth explained it to me that way.

"Especially since the Earl Saturas family is about to have a dangerous relationship with the people by the woods, right? One of Lord Gaimaros's cases is verbal, but one of Lord Leeheim's cases is an unfortunate mistake arising from differences in customs. That's the kind of mistake you make, and you're afraid your relationship with the people by the woods will get screwed up."

"You're being discreet, as Princess Merrim said. But I don't think prudence is ever a drawback"

"Yeah, well, I guess I'm letting them run off, so my fathers can be as discreet and proportionate as that."

When Polearth said so, the door to the venue was wide open.

I thought it might be the admission of another new guest, but it wasn't.

"Thank you for waiting. We have brought dishes by the cooks of the people by the forest."

When we arrived at Count Dalaim's house, was it time for about two hours? Finally, it seemed that the Raina-Lou and the others were able to finish the day's work.

And the maidens and maids bring in many dishes, and they make the people of the guest of honor blur.

It was all a temptation full of anticipation and joy.

People who are disgusted with Giva cooking, I'm sure, aren't invited. What the hell is a Giva dish that the Marquis of Genos regarded as delicious - people felt, with such thoughtful eyes, watching the large plates to be placed on the table.