438 Day of Return ② - Vows Under the Rain

After the business, we were to tour the "Xuanrong Pavilion" and "The Great Tree Pavilion in the South" as planned before returning to the forestside settlement.

Both Nair and Naudis, following their own fashion, congratulated me on my return. Neither disturbed me like Milan-Math or Dora's father, but I still couldn't help wondering the truth.

"Even in Asta's absence, the quality of the food that could be delivered would not be diminished. It's totally comforting."

Naudis, the most business-like of the innkeepers, was also laughing at me very smiling, stating such things.

And then I wanted to keep my face on the Westwind Pavilion, but after Jomtien, there were more noisy people around there, so I was tempted to think it might be dangerous to approach without an escort. However, sooner or later I decided to greet you when delivering Giva meat in the morning, and I had to desist from visiting you that day.

Instead it was visited by the Grace Pavilion of Tanto.

This one has no commercial connection, but Jan, the cook, visits it every day and receives the dishes. Here, stall commerce and the like were left to another person, and Jan seemed thorough on the back.

"Oh, Lord Asta. Have you resumed your work today? Looks like you're feeling better."

Jan, who came out of the kitchen, also smiled gently and said so. I guess I was already informed that my comeback was close, as I was face-to-face with his husband Polearth two days ago.

"I happened to meet Lord Varcus' apprentice at the market in Castle Town the other day. I was still worried about Lord Asta's medical condition by then."

"Are you a disciple of Varcus? Is it Siri-Low or Bozzle?

"Lord Siri-Low and the other was Lord Turtumai. Lord Turtumai seems to be in charge of purchasing vegetables."

Turtumai is an old man who is mixed with Sims. I felt like the person and Vulcus had not looked at each other in a long time.

"Lord Vulkas still seems to be studying the ingredients of a shim called Chaska. I also look forward to seeing what dishes will be revealed."

"It's just a dish like my devised pasta or buckwheat, isn't it? Yeah, I'm really excited."

But the people of Castle Town don't have a chance to talk about Vulcan cuisine. Will I have to wait for the role of keeping Kamado with me to come around again somewhere?

"If you ever get a chance to face the Siri-Laws, can you tell them that I'm sorry to bother you? They don't have the means to speak from this side."

"Roger that.... Oh, don't worry, you'll hear from Shayla every day about Lord Alishna."

Currently, because the commercial Poitan is out of stock, it is not possible to sell pasta in stalls, and "Giva Curry" is sold every day. Therefore, it was delivered to Arishna through Jan every day.

"Lord Arishna also seemed terribly worried about Lord Asta, so if you hear that he has resumed his work, you will be putting his chest down.... Everyone was really guided by Lord Asta."

"Yeah, as much as I really appreciate it. Thank you for your continued support, as there will be few more."

That's how I said goodbye to Jan and finally got back to the woods.

Fafa and Ruulu had left their luggage cars first, so now they have only one luggage. Just like in the morning, it was Yun-Sudra who was responsible for that driving.

"I hear Rimi-Lou still goes to the settlement of Sauti every day. There's variation in the amount of ingredients that arrive, so they're teaching the women of Sauti how to handle it."

To Yun-Sudra's words, I say "yeah." The first day of my comeback, I saw how things were going, and if this didn't seem to be a problem, I was going to let Sautti's house show its face again.

"Limi-Lew is a big deal. I was going to use my skill as a kamado, but I didn't know you were going to be able to apply it that far."

"Yes, and so is Tour-Din. I didn't have the confidence to be Kamado-numbered either thanks to Asta, but I'm still not far from Tour-Din and Limi-Lu."

"No, but it's..."

"Yes. I guess that's just too awesome for the Tour-Dins. So I would like to inspire the Tour-Dins as role models, without hissing them either."

By the way, that Tour-din, he's got a knee next to me. Therefore, it was decided to shrink as my face turned bright red.

"Oh, I see a settlement in Luu. You were just dropping by today, weren't you?

"Yeah, I got some business for the Raina-Lou guys. He wants an opinion on the dishes he's going to serve tomorrow."

This was also a case that I should have completed earlier if I hadn't fallen ill. It is Tarapa, Tino and Pra that become unusable during the rainy season, and this is an item that is heavily involved in "Giba Burger" and "Myrmu Grill", which are handled by the Lou family.

Luu's settlement was still quiet today. During the rainy season, you have to do most of the work indoors. But also, in the earth and in the halls, instead of the women snorting at fur smoothing tasks and salary scales, imagining the toddlers shaking, it did not feel smiling.

First stop at the main house's mother house, tell her that you are coming, and then turn around to the back of the car. There were four people waiting: Raina-Lou and Sheila-Lou, Mother Meer Rey and Lara-Lou.

"Welcome to Lew's house. I'm sorry I called you on purpose. Is your body all right?

"Yes, not a problem at all so far.... Hey, you smell delicious."

"Raina and Sheila-Lou twisted their heads and rubbed an interesting dish. I don't think there's anything wrong with me, but I don't think I can feel safe without Asta's words."

Both names were tense in the face of tension.

"Now, I'd like a taste. Even if it's a new dish, this one just changed the flavor."

"Yes, I thought I should continue to sell it during the rainy season because it seems to be still popular."

And when the lid of the iron pan was removed by Raina-Lou's hand, how fragrant the scent was.

If you look at it, it was the orange sauce that was simmering there. Like stew, it has a thick texture.

"Oh, that smells good. Is this shade a bit of Nenon?

"Yes, I figured instead of being able to use Tarapa, why not try Nennon"

Nennon is a vegetable similar to carrots. However, the flavor is not as strong as carrots, and instead it is sweet. On the other hand, it was a convenient vegetable that could be used as a colour for a variety of dishes.

"I see, Nennon. Speaking of which, even Kimmus meat buns sold in other stalls had plenty of Nenon."

"Yes, we've put a lot of hands on it ourselves...... I'd like some candid feedback"

While stating so, Sheila-Lou prepared the fuwano fabric. Apparently, they'll lump the new 'Giva Burger' finished product.

The same size 'Giva Burger' is made as it is sold in the stalls, and that divides it into four equal parts. Giva meat patties were covered with plenty of orange eneon sauce, and together they were stuck with sliced raw aria and eneon.

"Well, you're also using Enon as a raw vegetable."

"Yes, it's just aria and it's too spicy... I cut it as thin as I can, so I don't think it'll get in the way"

The Lily-Lavitz and Matua women had returned first, so only me and Tour-din and Yun-Sudra were on the spot. One of the last dishes, divided into four equal portions, was to be stuck at Lara-Luu's hands.

"Okay, I'll take it"

The size is smaller than before, so a quarter can be worn by mouth. Besides, if you grab it badly, the sauce will spill all over you. So the smallest Tool-din was also trying his best to eat that with one mouth.

The taste is better.

Nennon has a weak flavor, so there's no claim to it as much as its color. The natural sweetness of vegetables dominated the delivery to our tongues.

I'm sure they also use Aria minced and fruit liquor, just like Talapa sauce. The vanilla seemingly is not used, but only the Pico leaves seem to support the lower flavor well.

Besides, various seasonings seem to be used in a balanced manner. The depth of flavor is so great that you can't beat the tarapa sauce. And yet it also seemed to go perfectly well with the gravy-filled giva meat patties.

Plus, Aria and Nennon slices add a pleasant texture and the sober feeling. The onions and carrots I know are not as strong as they are, so I never broke the taste of the dish even raw.

"Yeah, I think it tastes good without complaining. Besides salt and pico leaves and fruit liquor, what other seasonings do you use?

"I use tau oil, red mammalian vinegar and just a little bit of sugar too"

"But I didn't think it would taste better, even if it enhanced saltiness, sweetness and sourness... so I settled for this kind of finish..."

Both Raina-Lou and Sheila-Lou watched me behave with a serious eye.

Looking sideways at it, Lara-Lew takes a sauce on his fingertips.

"You could have told me it was delicious without complaining, wouldn't that be okay? By and large, if we thought it was delicious on our own, I think we've had enough."

"Yeah, you're right. I can't think of a word to add from me, and I think Rayna-Lew and the others should believe in their taste."

Raina-Lou and Sheila-Lou had a relieved breath as they quietly joined hands. On that surface, the expression of joy slowly creeps up.

Yun-Sudra nodded satisfactorily, watching it with a smile.

"I think it's delicious, too. I don't think you ever lose compared to the previous gibberish."

"Yes, I feel the same way. Just..."

And when Tour-Din was about to say, Rayna-Lew changed her complexion and said, "Just? inquired."

Frightened by the way it looks, Tour-Din hides behind me with such agility as a little rabbit.

"Yes, no... I was just a little surprised because I thought I would use more vanilla if it were you two..."

"... Did Tour-Din feel he needed vanilla?

"Fuck, that's never how it works! I'm just saying I felt unexpected!

Tour-din's little fingertips are grabbing the fabric on my back.

Rayna-Lew managed to grin as she held her chest to calm herself down.

"I'm sorry. I thought if it was as much of a kama-din's turn as we did, we'd find it in failures we didn't know... and I accidentally messed it up"

"Yes, no, it's outrageous..."

"I didn't use vanilla because I use it a lot in this dish. We started selling him every day in Asta, and I wondered if they didn't like the customers of the southern people because they made too much vanilla."

While stating so, Sheila-Lou opened the mouth of the leather bag. Really, the intense vanilla scent suppresses the other scents.

"Oh, is this a flavor grill that you two are good at?

"Yes. Instead of 'Myrmu Grill' we think we're going to sell this"

Tino's chisel was also used in the Myrmu Grill, which forced him to unravel some improvement. However, it seems that the flavor just drops even when other vegetables are scissored, and the decision was made to change the flavoring itself.

"To this, stick the boiled nanals together. Here's a taste for you too."

Rose meat soaked in chopped vanilla and fruit liquor is cooked in an iron pan. Place it on top of the fuwano dough that you want to flatten, and lay on top of the boiled nanals as well, then fold it like a crepe.

The deliciousness of the flavored grill that you two make has long been remembered. So, Nanar is a green vegetable when it comes to horseradish, but before this strong flavoring, it just conveyed a slight texture.

What bothered me more than that was the flavor of fuwano.

Something smells sweet and mellow. This was also a lot neutralized by the scent of vanilla, but apparently the fuwano dough was condensed with caron skimmed milk.

"Nanar put it in for colour and nourishment. I used Caron's milk on Fuwano… because I felt familiar with the scent of vanilla."

"Yeah. I think it's more helpful to finish how delicious it is than to use regular fabrics. It tastes good without complaining."

I could state that with great satisfaction.

Lara-Luu also eats a flavored grill with great joy.

"I knew I preferred regular meat to Hanba-gu. This dish is better, I love it!

"Yeah, it's very tasty. It tastes better than anything I've eaten before."

"The sweetness of the fruit liquor goes very well with the spiciness of the vanilla."

Naturally, there were no complaining voices from Yun-Sudra or Tour-Din either.

Raina-Lou and Sheila-Lou come stuck to me again with a serious face.

"So did you also think Asta would have no problem serving these dishes in the street...?

"Of course I do. I guess even after the rainy season, I can keep selling this. Especially when it comes to flavored baking, I've only been working on it for a long time, and it's impeccable."

After I said that, I came up with one.

"If it were, would I decide to sell" Myrmu Grill "to me again? I also wanted to pursue the deliciousness of" Myrmu Grill "because I got some interesting ingredients called Kel's Root."

Originally, "Myrmu Grill" was a menu inspired by ginger grill and twisted out. but Myrmu is a vanilla with a scent similar to garlic, so the reality is garlic roasting. Rayna-Lew and the others had already used Kerr's root for "Myrmu Grill" on my suggestion, but it still needed research to complete the delicious ginger grill I wanted to tell you about.

"Then, except for the" Gibba Burger "patties, the dishes devised by the Nokimi Raina-Lu guys, right? Stew and hot pot are more popular, so don't worry about anything."

"It's really a big deal. Of course, because of Asta's clue, Raina and I were able to cook fine dishes so far.... you are the Lew family's proud Kamado, Raina, Sheila-Lou."

Raina-Lou smiled embarrassingly and Sheila-Lou got upset.

"In a few days, they're going to be selling vegetables for the rainy season. If it could be used for these dishes, how delicious could it be?"

"Oh, are the vegetables from the rainy season finally being sold?... but hey, it's hard to handle vegetables in the rainy season, so what happens?"

Naturally, even the people by the woods used to talk about vegetables every year during the rainy season. I could only buy Aria and Poitan or so if I were a poor family member, but I would have bought any ingredients from the Lew family.

"I guess this is how Asta will come to Luu's house again when he gets that one?

"Yeah, sure. At that time, we wanted to invite Michelle and Mime to resume the study session."

"That's a thankful story. Since Asta stopped making hassles of me... uh, it's been about a month and a half now. Guys, I'm looking forward to seeing Asta again."

I'm the one you can say that way, as much as I appreciate it.

"Well, here we are today. Thank you for the delicious food."

"Not at all. After you finish your work, rest your body slowly."

"I look forward to seeing Asta again tomorrow"

"Bubba. I'll see you tomorrow, too, Thur-din."

How long did we stay behind while the people of the Lou family dropped us off?

That's how I turn my foot toward the luggage truck, and I get a little stiff. Instead of Gill, connected to the shade of a tree, there was a woman wearing rain gear.

"I've been waiting, Asta... I was wondering if I could just get some time before I go home...?

It was Vina-Lou.

He stands like a ghost, hiding his expression in a rain gear hood under a foggy rain that falls softly.

"Yeah, yeah, of course you can. I'll talk to you in the trunk, if you like."

"... sorry. It's a story no one else wants to hear... can you come over here for a second...?

That's how Vina-Lou turned himself loose and began to walk across the tree.

Yun-Sudra looks back at me with her eyes closed.

"What's going on? Something's not normal."

"Yeah. I wonder if something happened with Schmiral.... I'm sorry, can you wait a minute?

Leaving Yun-Sudra and Tour-Din on the spot, I went after Vina-Lou.

Vina-Lou was waiting for me just a little bit deeper green. The rain has barely reached the ground, whispered by overhead branches.

"What is it, Vina-Lou? You seem to be worried about something."

Even if I nodded like that, Vina-Lou didn't quite try to open his mouth.

I'm not blushing or anything today, and I don't see any facial expressions on my mouth except from the shadow of the hood.

After staying silent for a while that way, Vina-Lou eventually cut it out this way.

"Asta, are you mad...?

"Huh?" I asked back, Vina-Lou began to shake his head puffy in a panic.

And if you let the rain gear hood get in the way, you'll stare straight at me.

"I don't know how I put it this way... no, I didn't... I wanted to apologize for Asta getting angry..."

"What are you apologizing for? I have no idea."

"I knew it, yeah... Yeah, I thought Asta wouldn't be mad at me for this... or something I was just grumbling and worried about by myself..."

Vina-Lou said even more to his pale shaded eyes, shining an unprecedentedly serious light.

"I don't want to apologize to Asta... when Asta was suffering from a disease, she didn't go to see how it went..."

"Huh? But Vina-Lou also visited Fa's house once, didn't he?

How many days was it when consciousness was restored? In the morning, Rudd-Lou should have brought all four sisters from the main house to visit.

"That would be after Asta left the demon......? What I'm saying is that while Asta was suffering..."

"Oh, you mean the first three days? But by then, I was confused, and I had no idea who was visiting me."

"Yes... Rayna and Rudd should have visited every day, and Rimi and Lara and Sheila-Lou should have been there once or twice to see how things were going... naturally speaking... because that's how deeply the people of the Rudd family were involved with Asta..."

I still didn't know what Vina-Lou was going to say.

I've just remembered one thing.

"But by then, Schmiral was still asleep with injuries, too, right? Until my consciousness came back, even Schmiral still couldn't move, could he?

"Yes, I am... that's why I didn't feel like leaving Lilyn's house..."

After stating so, Vina-Lou narrowed his eyes in slices.

"But that guy was nothing, he wasn't a life-threatening injury. Wow... Asta was in a state of living or dying... I didn't feel like leaving by that guy... no, it's not right to leave, I thought..."

"Not right? What do you mean?"

"I would have wished Asta to be dowry before...? I thought I shouldn't weigh more on Asta than he did..."

Whispering my words, Vina-Lou said so.

The very fact of whispering people's words was unusual for this Vina-Lou.

"I cut my own thoughts off because Asta is only in my eyes about Ai-Fa anyway wow... I never regret having thought of Asta or cut that thought off... but that made it seem like I would leave that guy and rush to Asta... it would never be forgiven..."

Saying in a squeezing voice, Vina-Lou hugged her own shoulders wrapped in rain gear.

"I don't know what other humans think... but I myself thought I couldn't forgive that... so if I were to rush to Asta, I wouldn't deserve to take this guy's thoughts..."

"Yes.... I don't think that's the wrong idea either"

"Yes... but I was, painful wow... I don't think I could forgive myself if Asta were to be summoned like this for the rest of my life... but that and this is all destiny I chose for myself... how could I not be born into a forest settlement like me..."

"Don't say that. If I said that, I wouldn't..."

"You are a fine forest folk, Asta... I deserve more than I do. Wow..."

Vina-Lou smiled at the lid.

Then, on its smooth cheeks, it quietly conveys what is not rainwater.

"But I also want to start over as a forest folk... because I will never think of abandoning my hometown again... I just want to live as a legitimate forest folk again..."

"It's okay. Vina-Lou is a fine forestside people. Above all, he's a fine and attractive person. If not, there's no way someone like Schmiral would want Vina-Lou to be his partner."

"I wonder... if anyone would run away if they knew how tiny and shallow I am..."

"Absolutely not."

I approached Vina-Lou only one step and said with all my strength in my voice.

"Vina-Lou has been worried for the past few days, hasn't he? Speaking of which, wherever you looked, Vina-Lou barely spoke. Vina-Lou suffers so much, too, because he has the right heart. Make sure you have the right heart if you suffer."

"My God... you're more worthless than a wet Pico leaf..."

"Even wet pico leaves must have the right use. There is no worthless existence in this world."

"... you won't deny that I'm a damp Pico leaf..."

"Oh, no, that's not in a bad way -"

"Thank you... I loved that kind Asta, I..."

Vina-Lou smiled so transparently, not even trying to soak up those cheeky tears.

"I'm going to look back at something called myself again... do I deserve to love people like this... do I deserve to be loved by people... if I don't know that, I shouldn't be able to accept anyone's thoughts..."

"I don't think it's a question of qualifications. But I think I know what Vina-Lou's trying to say.... I also pray to the woods so that Vina-Lou can find the right path"

"Neither do you, Asta... I can't wait to see you and Ai-Fa..."

That being said, Vina-Lou glanced at his lazy neck.

Chestnut hair shakes and tears fall to the ground.

"Thanks to Asta and Schmiral, I was reminded of what I am. Wow... Whatever fate awaits me, it would have been right to know it... I, as a people by the woods, let them look for a way I can live like me..."

I nodded yes.

It was felt that Vina-Lou now did not need any more words.

Nor did Vina-Lou try to speak any more words as he looked up at the closed sky in the forest canopy.