487 Achievement Day ④ - Blessings

And then the moment came.

From above Yagura, the bride and groom descend. Escorting are Mother Meer Ray and Tari-Lou.

Both stand before the ritual fire, watched by blood clans from a hundred people.

There awaits Grandma Ziva and Vina-Lou.

The two kneel in front of Grandma Ziva, each showing a trick that grabs her own shoulder. Darum-Lou is on the right shoulder and Sheila-Lou is on the left shoulder.

Mother Meer Ray and Tari-Lou circled to the other side of the ritual fire and threw herbs in there.

It is a strangely scented vanilla that is never used in cooking. It was a vanilla that could be taken in the Morga Forest, and was not allowed to lay hands on it outside the wedding.

When Grandma Ziva removed the grass crown from both heads, she broiled it gently with vanilla incense smoke.

Thus, the grass crown worn by Dalm-Lou is reworn by Sheila-Lou and the grass crown worn by Sheila-Lou is reworn by Dalm-Lou.

For me, this was my third marriage ritual.

But it is Sheila-Lou and Dalm-Lou who are coming to the ritual.

I was kind of as comfortable as I was seeing in a happy illusion.

The people who surrounded the ritual fire are also watching the behavior of both without proper attention.

In that, Grandma Ziva's voice sounded solemnly.

"Bless you... Tonight, Sheila-Lou of the Lou family became the daughter-in-law of the Lou family as well... The Lou family deepened its bond to bring so much power and prosperity around this forest..."

Grandma Ziva handed the horns and fangs of Giva lowered to her neck, one at a time, to Darum-Lou and Sheila-Lou.

Pushing and holding it to your chest, the two declare.

"Darum-Lou gave Sheila-Lou to the woods"

"Sheila-Lou has given the woods a Dalm-Lou"

The cheer exploded.

That was my limit.

The two figures standing in front of the ritual fire blur with tears.

They became partners.

From now on, we're going to live together in a new house.

Either way, I'm sure you'll have a baby there.

Um, silent, heartless, with something very hot on the inside, Darum-Lou is going to be my father.

Sheila-Lou, who is nice to everyone, is going to be my mother.

Reminds me of Darum-Lou, who was teasing me with his shooting eyes.

Reminds me of Sheila-Lou smiling weakly.

Reminds me of Darum-Lou, who was exposing his defenseless sleeping face.

Reminds me of Sheila-Lou doing her job with stiffness.

Darum-Lou, who was drunk on the barbecue, and Sheila-Lou, who smiled like a mother and embraced it - Darum-Lou, who praised Sheila-Lou's cooking without any concern, and Sheila-Lou, who dyed her cheeks in bright red - lined up with a feast costume from Castle Town, two figures - Sheila-Lou, who made a generation of confessions, and Darum-Lou, who responded to them - I had received so many different memories from these two, as long as I could count them.

Though I didn't have such a good relationship with Dalm-Lou - but he also worried me from the bottom of my heart about the fate of Ai-Fa. On top of that, he entrusted everything to me and went back his way. In a way, he was also the one who gave me a stronger impression than anyone else.

Sheila-Lou was also an extraordinarily helpful person in the Lou family. In a time when Rayna-Lew was not in the business of stalls, she was the one at the core of the business, and she was to help more than once afterwards. Without Sheila-Lou's presence, even the lodging town business would not have gone so smoothly.

Such two became companions for the rest of their lives.

Please be happy forever - words like that flood my chest with tremendous heat.

It was only a few days after we still met that the Gazran-Rutims gave us their wedding.

I didn't have that close relationship with Chim-Sudra or EA Fou Sudra.

So I guess there's never been anything else in this life that has shaken my heart so much at people's weddings.

With all the people around me, I banged my hands out.

I knew that something puffy and hot was telling me to my chest, but it was obvious that I couldn't pluck it anyway, so I decided to give it up already.

In the meantime, the women of Luu's division bring their first plates.

Vina-Lou, who received it, offered a large plate before the two of them.

There was a dish of blessings for both of us, filled with me and Rayna-Lew.

What I have prepared is this is the first unveiling of Crispy Roast Giva.

I have rubbed 'Roast Giva' with skinned meat. But in those days, there were still no stone kilns, so he worked on the iron pot and managed to get it in shape.

But this time I used a stone kiln to make me pursue further ideals.

With reference to the dish called brittle-skinned BBQ, I tried to make the skin look crispy in Paris.

The meat used is rose meat.

After salting it, slip in various seasonings and vanilla spices and drill a lot of holes in the skin with iron skewers. Cook it thoroughly in a stone kiln.

Fire reduction was quite difficult.

In fact, the dish was one that was not completed in time to be unveiled at the harvest festival.

Then over the course of about half a month, I managed to get it done.

The fat falls off the better, and yet the interior is cooked up moist.

So the skin is crispy enough to have the appearance of a crispy tooth.

I don't need any more flavor because I slip in seasonings beforehand. Salt, pico leaves, sugar, tau oil, mammalian vinegar, myrmu, kel roots, panam honey, and some unknown varieties of vanilla - I was able to complete a satisfactory flavor with trial and error in its distribution as well.

The meat is thick enough, and you won't be dissatisfied with Dalm-Lou, who relishes hunter-like dishes.

I once dedicated "Roast Giva" to Donda-Lou as a celebration of the Hunter's power comparison victory. I decided to dedicate the dish to this day with further improvements.

Reina-Lou is "Giba Katsu".

Nothing is strange. Raina-Lou chose that dish, which is very popular with the forest people. There's also that, and in the feast dish that everyone talks about, they probably made it 'fried and grilled giva'.

Thus, for my beloved brother and Sheila-Lou, Raina-Lou finished this just before the ritual.

Freshly fried, the best 'giva cutlet' ever.

With the meat cutting knife handed to me by the ladies of the division, Sheila-Lou cuts it apart.

Along the way, Darum-Lou leaned over to the bride's ear on the sieve.

Sheila-Lou stops his hand and looks back at Dalm-Lou as surprised.

And those eyes looked around at the blood families as if they were looking for something.

I smile unexpectedly at that.

(No way, you just told him at this moment that I made him, didn't you, Dalm-Lou? It's always been a fumble, so you could have said it at any time)

But given the temperament of Darum-Lou, I thought that might be possible.

He is an unfathomable, untruthful, darm-lu with a very nasty personality.

Thinking about it like that, my eyes got so hot.

When Vina-Lou spoke out in wonder, Sheila-Lou cut the dish apart in a way that she regained her mind.

And with iron skewers offered to the ladies of the division, each of them carries the dish into his mouth.

"Crispy Roast Gibba" and "Gibba Cuttle" were delivered to the two mouths.

Then several cheers rocked the square.

"Both Durm and Sheila-Lou look happy..."

Grandma Tito Min's voice, who was in the same rug, is faintly heard from beyond the cheer.

Limi-Luu also had his hands slapped with a full grin.

Everyone on the spot was full of blessings for the new bridegroom and bride.

"The wedding vows have been exchanged! Starting today, Dalm-Lou, the second brother of the Luu main house, will be the head of the new branch and Sheila-Lou will be its companion!

Donda-Lou proclaims in an unbeatable voice, even in the event of a tsunami.

People shook up the earthen bottle of fruit liquor, just how noisy it was.

"... Come on, let's go"

My vision closed in the dark at the same time that my voice sounded like that.

An eye-fa with his hands up from the side began to cleanse my face roughly by hand.

"Damn, spill your tears like a baby... you're the only one messing with that, Asta"

"That's not true," he replied, "I was getting nosy.

Hand-tufted, etc., is as snug as it seems to be.

"You're done! Let's eat some food, too, Limi!

and Limi-Luu clings to Ai-Fa's hips again.

I hadn't even turned half the way around yet, but I wanted to feel this sense of happiness for a while too, so I decided to calm my back down a lot.

Darum-Lou and Sheila-Lou are screwed up by their pushed blood clans. And the women and toddlers who rushed from all over were offering earthen bottles of wood plates and fruit liquor with dishes on them. At last, they can both speak of feast dishes as they please.

(Let me deliver the words of celebration later)

Thinking of it that way, Mother Meer Ray and Tari-Lu escorted me back, as did Grandma Ziva.

Plus, leaving the pedestrian hedge, two shadows approach us.

"Asta, I can finally say hello. I'm sorry I'm late."

It was Sin-Luu and Lara-Luu.

Sin-Luu has the usual deposited face, and Lara-Luu laughs in the face of innocence itself.

"Hey, Sin-Lu. Good day. And congratulations."

"Hmm. Without Asta's presence, Sheila - no, Sheila-Lou would never have caught so much happiness"

Sin-Luu has knelt on the rug and bowed his head.

Lara-Luu also lowers his back a bit next to it.

"You can stop talking tough now! I don't know, Sin-Lu, I was just spilling some puffy tears, huh?

"Hey, Lara-Lew, it's -"

"I'll keep it a secret from Rudd! Shin-Lu must have been so happy."

Lara-Lew is showing her white teeth in a fun way.

Sin-Lu lifted her hair, blushing her cheeks a lot.

"Anyway, I'm thankful for Asta. Sheila-Lou was able to help so much, thanks to Asta."

"My presence is just a trigger. Everything Sheila-Lou has ever met has helped Sheila-Lou."

That was what I meant.

Sin-Lu smiles, "Uhm," further narrowing the eye of the slit length.

"Daddy Donda would be relieved too. Brother Dulm was almost twenty years old, too!

"Is that it? Lara-Luu doesn't change the way Darm-Luu calls you when he gives you a wedding."

"Hmm? I'm a brother, and that's all right! Even Sin-Lu, I don't think you need to force it to change?

"Oh, my God, it's a masterpiece. I'm the head of the family, and I'm going to keep it on."

But no matter how you call it, your thoughts on Sin-Lu's sister must never change.

Tali-Luu also watched with a loving look at the figure of Sin-Luu, who spoke only stubbornly.

"Let's eat, too! If you're bluffing, it'll become a dance limit!

Everyone takes up a wooden dish, too, signaling such Lara-Luu's words.

Only the oldest sitting rug had plenty of food delivered there. We were supposed to share a sense of happiness on the spot for a while as we flourished on a non-deflective topic.

A further shadow approached me there after I enjoyed all ten minutes of cheering.

Lara-Lew looks back at you and makes her face shine.

"Brother Dalm, please! Did Sheila-Lou leave you?

"Oh. The ritual is done, so you don't have to put it in place forever."

Seeing, the rug where Sheila-Lou calmed his hips seemed to have a herd of young ladies.

Limi-Luu and the others say words of celebration orally, and Darm-Luu quietly returns the words "oh" and "um".

"Congratulations, Dalm-Lou. Stay tuned."

The last time I spoke, the blue eyes of Darum-Lou lit a hard light.

"... Asta, I need to talk to you"

"What? Another secrecy? Brother Durm always talks to Asta!

When Lara-Luu raised his dissatisfaction, Darm-Luu responded by blurring "You're a freak."

Somehow, it's a tone and atmosphere that reminds me of Donda-Lou.

"I won't let it take that long....... if you don't mind, I'd like Ey-Fa to come too"

"Well," Ai-Fa lifted her hips, so I decided to be one of them.

The three of us move away from the rug and walk to an unpopular dim.

Eventually, when he reached the front of the deserted house, Darum-Lou stopped and looked back.

"First, thank you for the dish of blessings.... Sheila was very happy."

The only way I called it that suddenly filled my chest.

My voice was going to be a little loud, so I'll try to keep my head down silently.

"And you guys have a story to tell. It's about the promise I once made to Asta."

"The promise I told Asta?

When Ai-Fa asked Urunou, Darum-Lou nodded "Oh".

That aspect seemed as quiet and calm as rare to him.

"I once made one promise to Asta. It was when I lost Asta's life in the woods."

"... what?," says Ey-Fa, burning his eyes.

But Darum-Lou, never-expensive, looked back at it.

"I thought I should live as a lady. And he thought it was only Asta who could move Ai-Fa's mind. So I took it to Asta that I should persuade Ai-Fa - Asta said no to that. Asta insisted not only on the life of Ai-Fa, but also on preserving her feelings, her dignity, etc."

It was also a feast night that we had such a conversation.

It was the first time that I and I-Fa had participated in the Lew family harvest festival - where Darm-Lew, who had lost to I-Fa, told me so, burning his eyes in passion.

"I wasn't convinced by that. So when Ai-Fa decayed into the woods as a hunter, that's how I ended up dying Asta."

"... I see. Were you having that disturbing conversation?"

Ai-fa flaunts me, and I try to say "sorry" with my expression.

"So? As far as I'm concerned, it's a story I can't throw away."

"So this is how I was supposed to summon you.... Asta, the promise I unilaterally pushed that night will be made antiquarian on this occasion now"

Darum-Lou said so, still in a quiet tone.

"More than originally, my feelings had changed a lot since that night. From the beginning, I didn't deserve to talk to me about the deeds of Fa's house... but more than that, I was starting to wonder if Asta's words were more correct than mine. In the first place, I was obsessed with Ai-Fa, so I guess I didn't want to lose it."

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"So I don't think I would have felt like taking Asta's life, even if Ai-Fa had decayed into the woods. I thought I should tell you exactly that."

So Darum-Lou kept his mouth shut so that he could take his breath.

Originally an oligarchy, it was rare in itself to overlap words so far.

"Besides... I was given Sheila from the woods this night. It is unacceptable for me to obsess with the rest of the women, and it is even more unacceptable for me to harm Asta for that reason. It would never be acceptable to me to imitate that foolishness and plunge Sheila into the abyss of despair."

"Naturally, such a thing"

When Ai-Fa said it in an angry voice, Darum-Lou nodded "Oh".

"It's obvious. I wanted to tell you what's natural. Besides, although I was so wrong that night, it was a word spelled out of the truth for me then. I thought I should tell you that I was going to make the promise I made myself clear to you and your mother in the woods."

That's how Darum-Lou looked straight at me.

"Darum-Lou of the House of Lou declares that the words of that night were the wrong ones and that the promises he told Asta of the House of Fa will also be thrown away here. This time, I swear I will never speak out for the deeds of Fa's house again."

"... ok. I accept your words."

I was kind of stuck in my chest.

What the hell was Darum-Lou thinking?

We were supposed to stare at each other in silence for a while.

But that was to end with Ai-Fa suddenly twisting my cheek up.

"At all, you kept such an important story from me... what the hell were you going to do?

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Sorry! I apologize for that!

"It's not enough to apologize. This is how you punish me."

Apparently, I-Fa is serious and angry, and he didn't feel forgiven at all for the twist on his cheek.

"Give him a break about that. I guess Asta also told me that I was no longer willing to live up to that ridiculous promise."

Eventually, when Darum-Lou's voice sounded, I finally got Ai-Fa's hand off my cheek.

I hear more calm voices in my ears whispering cheeks with tears.

"Besides, Asta... I guess I didn't want to see Ai-Fa hate me. Isn't that who Asta is?

"Hmm! Marrying a mate is something that will allow you to vomit a lot wiser words!

Ai-Fa puffed and angry, putting his arms together.

There, a new shadow approaches.

"Um, are you okay? I felt like I heard a sad voice..."

Oh, my God, that was Sheila-Lou.

I forget the pain in my cheeks and make him laugh.

"It's okay. Sorry, I should say hello here."

"No. First, let me thank you. Asta, thank you so much for such wonderful food."

While stating so, Sheila-Lou stood next to Dalm-Lou.

How the hell should I have described the feeling I remembered then - just a moment ago, even though it was relative on Yakura, the atmosphere surrounding them felt changed.

Sticky, I'm not snuggling around perfectly. Just keep your courtesy distance and stand in line normally. But even so, the two no longer looked like anything but a partner.

Wrapped in a jade maggot-colored glow, Sheila-Lou smiles gently as usual.

Darm-Lew tilts his neck slightly and quietly sees Sheila-Lou like that.

That didn't make me feel like I could tell you how much I trusted you and how merciful you were.

"I never imagined I could mouth Asta's cooking on that occasion, so I was comfortable going up in heaven as well. Really... thank you so much"

"No. If it's a thank you, tell Dalm-Lou"

"I told Dulm earlier."

Sheila-Lou smiled embarrassingly.

If it had been the previous Dharm-Lou, it would have pointed that way at "Hmm".

But Darum-Lou just stared serenely at Sheila-Lou.

"I will never forget this happy night. And I'm also going to carve it into my chest to see how irreplaceable Asta and I-Fa were."

"I don't think Asta can help me yet, Sheila-Lou."

"No," replied Sheila-Lou with a calm voice, shaking her head sideways.

"All the encounters I've ever been given have brought me this happiness. And in it, I think that for me, meeting Asta, but for Darm, meeting Ai-Fa, was greater than anything else. We were able to find a new self by involving ourselves in the house of Fa - I believe so"

Saying it that way, Sheila-Lou shook up the straw Dalm-Lou.

I've been staring at Sheila-Lou for a long time, Dalm-Lou, and that finally staggers my gaze.

Sheila-Lou was staring at Dalm-Lou with tears in her eyes.

Darum-Lou was staring back at it with a very gentle eye.

To that appearance, I almost burst into tears again.

"Now let's go back to everyone.... Dalm, did you do all the errands?

"Oh, no... you still had only one left"

Darum-Lou has shifted his gaze from Sheila-Lou to me.

That's how he approaches me as he inserts his right hand inside the hunter's clothes, which is his wedding outfit.

"Asta, give this to you."

"Huh?" Darum-Lou offered his right hand before me tilting his neck.

What was gripped there - was a single, splendid giva fang.

"It's the cooking courtesy of today's wedding.... your cooking has given me and Sheila great joy"

"Ah...... thank you"

I took it, half-hearted.

Ten fangs and horn ornaments are lowered around my neck. It is the fang of blessings given by the people of the main house of Luu, with the exception of Darm-Luu and Giza Luu.

Now there, after nearly a year, the eleventh Blessing Fang was to be dedicated.

"Fa's house has relaxed a number of forestside lessons. I'll admit it was all right. I sincerely delight and bless you for giving me and Sheila so much joy in your deeds."

And Darum-Lou - he turned to me, and for the first time, he clearly spilled a smile.

"Now the only thing left is the zizza. Needless to say, he's a mess."

With the blessing fangs I received from Darum-Lou in my hand, I burst into tears.

It was me who would never have forgotten about this moment this day.

The 14th of the Yellow Moon - that date was to be carved deeply into my chest, along with an unparalleled sense of happiness.