491 The 18th of the Yellow Moon ① - Morga's Code

The next day, it is the eighteenth day of the month of Huang.

As declared, the Kukuruels were to visit the underneath of the pavement that morning.

The castle was to bring the news to Sautti's house on the eve of the day before. Dari-Sauti flew his messenger to discipline, so he could also rush from Fa and Luu for a tour.

"Damn, that's a rush in the morning. Even if you hadn't accompanied him, would you have been able to take care of the acceptance that would have allowed him to meet with Similar?

As he manipulated Gill's reins, Ai-Fa said so.

"No, I personally was interested in someone named Kukuruel. I just wanted to ask you what that guy was going to talk to Schmiral about."

"It's a total favorite thing. Is your body better off when you say you finally have a day of rest?

"It's okay. It's been a busy but fun five days."

The business of stalls comes on holidays at five days' notice. But this time, on the second day of business, there was a Luu family wedding, and yesterday's last day there was a confectionery study group, so I had quite a busy day.

Also, on the day of the wedding and the day after that, the Lew family was out of business, so they were to prepare double the dishes at Fa's house for that matter. That is also why I applauded my busyness.

But I wasn't strong, I was energetic. I guess that blew me away with fatigue and all that because Sheila-Lou and Dalm-Lou were supposed to get a hell of a sense of happiness at their wedding. Even now, four days after the wedding, my heart still had enough of a happy aftertaste.

"Is Ey-Fa all right with you? Lately, then, it seems like hunting two or three giva a day has become the norm."

"My labor is rather reduced because that is the result of the added power of Brave. I've shortened my time out in the woods, so even more so."

Until now, Ai-Fa has often fallen squarely into the woods from Jomtien to sunset. But it turned out that if it continued every day, the fatigue would accumulate on Brave, so he was supposed to have a half-day off once every few days.

Half a day off, you'll be back home soon, making sure it's not unusual to set a trap. And then he rests his body with Brave, and he's not at a physical burden. Which training he spends his time in.

"Ever since I invited Brave home, I haven't used 'Gibba's Fruit' at one time. That's all Brave is capable of," he said.

"Oh well. It's amazing what a hound really is. You can't thank Schmiral enough."

Not using "Gibba's Fruit" means that it reduces the dangers of EY-FA.

Shaken in the carriage, I decided to stroke Brave's head with all my heart. Naturally, I'm an eye-fa who doesn't think about leaving a message just for Brave.

"Yo, that was fast, Ai-Fa for Asta"

When we arrived at the settlement of Luu, Lud-Luu greeted us around the yawn.

Rimi-Lou, stuck in its place, also said, "Oh no!," he laughs cheerfully.

This curious sibling has also offered to accompany us today.

"There's exactly six of us, so you can have one luggage car. I'll get Brother Giza. Just give me a minute."

"Yeah. Who's the other one?

"Dulm, it's my brother! Rimi's coming for you!

"Oh, well, I guess I'll say hello, too."

Ai-Fa seemed uninterested, so I decided that Limi-Luu and I would head over to the Darm-Luu's house.

It is a house originally inhabited by Mida-Lou, erected next to the Sin-Lou family. When Limi-Luu knocked on the door, I heard Sheila-Lu say "yes," as I had been waiting for him.

The door opens and peeks at the same Sheila-Lou figure as yesterday.

From beyond, Darum-Lou, weaving his hunter's clothes, also approached him.

"It's time. I'll be there, then."

"Yes. Take care, Dalm"

When Sheila-Lou smiled softly, Dalm-Lou responded low, "Oh".

While nothing seems to be the same as before, I still feel warm air somewhere. I'm supposed to sneak into my chest again.

"Eh heh. I'm glad to be with my brother, Dalm."

Limi-Luu grinned and just clung to Darm-Luu's arm.

This is the fourth day since we started living in separate houses. I guess this is also a valuable time for communication for Limi-Luu, who admires Darm-Luu.

That's how I got into the carrier, so much so that the Rudd-Loux and the others came along.

Giza-Lou, Dalm-Lou, Rudd-Lou, Rimi-Lou and quite a thick face. Waiting for all of them to calm their hips, Ai-Fa whipped into Gilr.

"Nevertheless, you've got a cool number of people. We didn't expect Darum-Lou to join us either."

If I put it that way, Darum-Lou would scorn me.

"You're still a swallowing man. Whose fault is it that you think I'm such an early winger?

"Huh? Maybe it's my fault?

"... if you hadn't told me that you wanted to take the frivolous East people to Lilyn's house, they wouldn't have driven you out to me."

To the words of Dalm-Lou, Rudd-Lou speaks out, "Ha ha".

"You didn't get driven out of anything, you said Brother Durm would accompany you from yourself. If it was me and Brother Ziza, I wouldn't have to worry about anything."

"Worried? Are you on guard about Kukuruel?

"Not us, my sister Vina. It's been a long time since last night that the people of the east would do something wrong to Schmiral who abandoned Sim."

That's done something I'm sorry about.

And it shakes my heart again to Darum-Lou that I woke up prematurely on purpose for my sister.

"I'm face-to-face with a guy named Kukuruel, too, but he wasn't the kind of guy who would do that kind of evil. So I told him I didn't have to worry about anything, and he wouldn't listen to me."

"The people of the east say they treat poison. We can't be alarmed either."

Giza-Lou said so in a quiet tone.

He will also stand on this inspection as the chief surrogate.

"I hear that Schmiral also originally hid so much poisonous grass in his body that he was frightened. They all let Lilyn's house seal them, but if any, they would certainly be able to retreat even if surrounded by ten enemies, Gillan-Lilyn said."

"Uh, the one who needs ten outlaws to attack one of Sim's travelers? We could clean up ten outlaws by ourselves."

"Conversely, the people of the east who deal with poisonous weapons have the same power as the hunters by the woods. That's all we need."

It's about me and Rud-Ruh and Limi-Ruh who are actually face-to-face with Kukuruel, so it's been a strangely slaughtered conversation.

Besides, neither me nor Rudd-Lou can know what's inside of Kukuruel. With that in mind, it may have been natural for the Giza-Lou and the others to be so vigilant.

Even while we're having that conversation, the luggage truck is going on and on.

Along the way, I thought that I-Fa would say, "Hmm?" and squeezed the reins.

"Hey, it looks like that Schmiral was expecting us."

Within the unending words, the luggage truck stopped.

From the space beside your podium, Schmiral peeks into the carrier.

"I've been waiting for you, Giza-Lou. May I, accompany you?

"What's the matter with you? Sim's guests were supposed to take him to Lilyn's house after the inspection."

To Ziza-Lou's words, Schmiral nodded yes.

"But I, I should, I thought. Strangers, Lilyn's house, inviting in, a little, anxious."

"Hmm. But we're already full of baggage cars over here, right?

"It's okay. House Ray, Totos, borrowed.

From over Schmiral's head, Totos, with a slightly sharp eye, peeks into the carrier. Rau-Ray bought it personally, young Totos.

"After all, should we be alert to the people of the east?

When Giza-Lou asked, Schmiral shook his head "no".

"Black Wind Cut Feathers," a well-known business association. Its leader, a stranger, but credible, I think I can.... just my prospect, if I'm wrong, it's going to be Lilyn's house, disaster, inviting. First of all, my eyes, I should check, I thought. "

"Right. Then you can accompany me."

"Thank you"

So Schmiral on the Totos of the Ray family was also to go side by side.

Me and Limi-Luu and Rud-Luu struggle to pull up the front of the rear and somehow see what it looks like. I noticed that. Schmiral quickly slowed me down, so Limi-Lew was to cheer "wow".

"Nice. Let's get Rimi on Lulu later, too!

"Hmm. Looks like you handled Totos well when you were born Sim, after all"

Indeed, Schmiral's appearance across Totos felt so sumptuous.

The spine is loose and holds the reins very naturally. It makes Totos look so alive and running, even though he looks like he's in no mood.

Forestside people also feel very good about handling tototos. But also different levels, the atmosphere of a single human horse can be felt by the Schmirals.

So even down the road, after all the hour, we finally arrived at the settlement of Sauti.

but the entrance to the settlement was bare and hurried further south, as Dari-Sauti and the others had promised to meet locally.

Passing also the settlement of Faye and Tamr, the family of Sauti, the destination is almost upon us.

Eventually, Ai-Fa loosened her reins as she raised her voice, "Hmm.

"I see. Is this the kind of thing to be built"

Dropping the pace from the fast walk to the constant walk, Ai-Fa moves the luggage forward.

From the rear of the carrier, I was supposed to confirm the presence of it, which I-Fa had looked over.

Just before the branches where the three paths intersect, a large gate was built.

And it was a gate built to restrict access to the settlements we came through.

At present, the gate is wide open. However, the building of the pillars is splendid, and the doors seem a lot sturdy. It was more than two metres high and it seemed difficult to peek into the opposite side if the gate was closed.

However, the left and right sides of the road are woods.

Step into the woods and you can easily bypass the splendid gates in this way too.

But I guess it's important to build a gate and let them know that this is not a good place to step freely ahead. This was a measure to prevent travellers using newly opened roads from inadvertently stepping into forestside settlements.

Looks like the nobles are already here.

Immediately after going through the open gate, Ai-Fa stopped the luggage.

We go down the carriage, we go around to the front. Then there was the figure of the soldiers you were familiar with.

These are the martial officers of the Kingsguard regiment, reporting directly to Melfrid. They were also forced to accompany Melfried when he left the castle town, which was supposed to be the task of defending the royal castle.

"Hey, guys, Luu and Fa. Thank you for your time. We arrived a little early, but Lord Dari-Sauti was there, so we started first."

Polearth, guarded by those close guards, smiles and invites us. Was it not since Raylis' case that I looked at him? Since then, more than a month should have passed.

On the other side, there is also the figure of Melfried wrapped around the outfit of a spirited martial artist, not armor.

And it was Kukuruel who was exchanging words with Melfrid, and there were about four eastern people around him.

"Mel Fried, it's a hiccup. I would also like to give you a tour of the people of the Lou and Fa families."

"Oh, Ziza-Lou. It seems magnificent and above all.... This is Kukuruel, the leader of Black Wind Cut Feather."

Among the people of the east, only Kukuruel had his hood off.

Kukuruel has been turning his face towards me and Rudd-Lou ever since I gave him a bow of grace.

"My name is Kukuruel-Gi-Adumftan. Rudd-Lou, it's a pleasure."

"Oh, I remember you. You look good."

Rimi-Lou, who looked at me yesterday, is also a foreman with a smile on his face.

After watching the interaction, Melfried put his arm up to us once again.

"You were talking about Lud-Lu, Limi-Lu and Asta already bonding. This is Giza-Lou, the chief of the forest, his brother, Dalm-Lou, and Ai-Fa, the head of Fa's house."

By this time, Melfried was also on edge with all those humans. That was also a somewhat emotional story.

"So... you became a family by the woods, that was Schmiral at Lilyn's house. Kukuruel said he wanted to see you, but you went out of your way."

Schmiral was also set to meet Melfried and Polearth when he offered to become a family member by the woods.

Schmiral, who came to the carrier with Totos' reins, proceeds and goes, "Yes."

"Are you Schmiral? It's a pleasure to meet you."

When Kukuruel prayed, Schmiral prayed the same way.

"This is my pleasure." Black Windcut Feather, "he asked," Your Highness, Your Highness. "

The different ages and hair colors are still Schmiral and Kukuruel, born of the same Sim. When we turned to each other that way, the atmosphere looked amazingly alike.

The difference would be that Kukuruel has a slightly sharper eye. But that's also the quiet toughness that goes to Lyada-Lu, so I didn't feel bad at all.

After such a glimpse of the two, Melfried speaks up, "Well."

"Well, let me do this job first. I was just explaining a new route."

Dressed to make the Giza-Lou and the others listen too, Melfried makes the explanation resume.

The first half is the same as I told Kukuruel yesterday and made him listen. I couldn't have bruised Kukuruel in this situation, nor should I have had to.

"... Giva is not considered to be in great danger, as she is rarely close to humans from scratch. Furthermore, we have twisted one proposal, so we would like your opinion on the history of the forest."

And, when Melfried signaled, one of the martial officers offered something odd.

It is an instrument that has never been seen, with about three iron plates overlaid in shape and size like a rectangle. There's a hole in the top, and there's a leather string through it, and it's wrapped in one. However, the leather strings were loosely tied, so the metal bumped into each other and played a terribly shitty tone when the Melfried who received it swayed his hands gently.

"Gibba hears that he hates noise. So how can we keep Giva away if we attach these instruments to the carrier?

"Oh, that's the same tone as the pushing tool we use at Sawty"

Melfried nods to Dari-Sauti's words.

"Based on the words of Dari-Sauti, it is the instrument that made him persist. Wouldn't this have been an extra effort?

"Oh. If you add that sound to the sound of a luggage car running, you'll lose your temper to get close even to a hungry giva. Gibba especially hates the tall tones of metal."

"Then let us make more of the same for the travellers who will pass this way in the future. Fortunately, there's a Jagal iron shop in Castle Town."

Is that, for one thing, about the Deals?

Unexpectedly, it's what comes around.

"And here's what I wanted to ask Kukuruel, too. How much can the people of the east read the letters of the west?"

"Is it a letter? That would only be according to people. If you're a young person, you can barely read it."

"Right. Then don't come out needing to write down the same thing in the eastern letters. I need you to give me a lift."

It was in front of the gate we had just passed that Melfried led us through.

At the behest of Melfrid, the martial officers close the door. Then the letters were surprisingly carved out there.

After carving the letters, they poured black dye in there, and it's floating up tightly. However, in order to be a western language reminiscent of hieroglyphics, it is difficult for me to comprehend them completely.

"Here, the laws of Genos by the woods are described. We're going to put the same sign on the other end of the road."

Also at the behest of Melfried, one of the martial officers began carefully phonetically reading the text written there.

Firstly, the law in the Morga Forest.

Harvesting fruit fruit in the woods is considered a great sin. Whoever breaks this law will be punished with all the punishment of whipping, engraving sinners, and genous exile.

Nor shall the forest of Morga be dwelled by giva, mundt, geese, and all kinds of poisonous worms, so that they shall not set foot.

And harming forest beasts using poisons brought in from outside is also a strong contraindication. Whoever breaks this law will be subject to the same punishment as the right.

- And that's where I was supposed to lean my neck.

(Was the use of poison in giva hunting prohibited not only by the forest code, but also by the laws of Genos? Besides, it's a lot of felony that it's the same punishment as harvesting forest grace)

More importantly, the forest code is supposed to skin my head if I raze the grace of the forest, so even though it is a lighter punishment than that, my suspicions were not dispelled.

But since it wasn't like me or anything, there was nothing else to make a big deal out of here.

This was followed by a description of the settlement by the forest.

First of all, all the laws of Genos apply even in forestside settlements.

Unauthorized intrusion into the dweller's house, violence against the dweller, looting of the dweller's household property, all of which are forbidden. It is an extremely natural story.

There were two further highlights.

The first is that it is forbidden to step into a settlement without a definite purpose.

The second is that the forest people are given autonomy to keep their settlements safe.

When human beings who are not compatriots set foot in a settlement, the people by the woods have the right to ask why. And it was clearly stated there that if the people on the woods did not recognize the legitimacy of their purpose, they would be forced to leave.

In addition, a person who has committed a crime in a forest settlement may also be tried by a forest code. That is a heavier punishment than that laid down by the law of Genos, but the people of the woods are allowed the right to exercise it - it was.

"Let's say, for example, that theft broke into a house by the woods. In the law of Genos, that corresponds to punishment such as whipping and the engraving of sinners, but what about the code by the woods?

"If you step into someone else's house without permission, it will be a punishment for cutting off your toes"

To Giza-Lou's answer, Melfried nodded, "Okay."

Instead, Polearth has a tight laugh of "haha".

"When we capture the sinner, the people of the woods are forgiven for exercising their code. Alternatively, you may hand over the sinner to the guard without exercising the code. I want you to decide which punishment you deserve from time to time."

"Hmm. As far as I'm concerned, I think we should punish the people in town... but you can choose whatever you want, which is a thankful offer."

"Uhm. And I believe that the people of the woods will not hurt others in vain with stories without proof."

Maybe Melfried tells me that because, together, it was a painful pattern to defeat Cycleus.

In those days, no matter how much anger the people by the woods burned, they did not try to take a knife inside without proof. Melfried was in a position to keep an eye on him from close quarters.

"The people by the woods were to show great power at the martial arts club earlier. On top of that, if you find out you've been given so much autonomy, then yes, there won't be any outlaws breaking into the settlements."

"I strongly hope so. We can't risk the children and women of the settlement."

"Slow down, he wants to put a stuffing of guards in this place. It would be a necessary measure to protect both travellers and settlements"

Kukuruel and the others are watching from the side as Melfried and Ziza-Lou speak. It was a rather bizarre construct in which Darum-Lou and Schmiral watched over such Kukulls.

"And that's the last point. This is a particularly serious case, so I wrote it down separately."

Melfried ordered me, and the martial officer called the last line.

It was an intense text: 'Whoever sets foot in the mountains of Morga in the middle of the forest shall be guilty of death'.

"It would be a well-known matter for the people by the woods and the people of Genos, but stepping into the mountains of Morga is the biggest contraindication. I ask you to inscribe in your heart that whoever breaks that contradiction, whether it be the people of Sim or the people of Jagal, will be guilty of death without excuse."

Kukuruel stared at Melfried as he narrowed his eyes a lot.

"There's not a single reason, for example, to tear apart the woods where Giva lives and head to the mountains, but how is it that the act is so much of a felony?

"The Morga Forest is dominated by three kinds of beasts. It's the wolf of Valve, the serpent of Madarama, and the red wildlings. If we touch the wrath of those beasts, Genos is supposedly doomed. For the liberal pioneers who once lived in this neighborhood, the mountains of Morga were the gods."

"Oh, was the mountain of Morga a sanctuary? Understood."

Kukuruel said softly, combining his fingertips into some complicated shape.

"Let's also tell our hometown compatriots widely. The depth of sin in the sanctuary is probably better in the east than in the west, so don't worry."

"I hope so. … I would also like you to tell me the same about the law on poisons just now"

"You must not poison the beast of Morga, that's the law. Is that also a story about Morga's faith?

"Mm-hmm. When Gibba strikes me on the way down this path with human hands, I don't mind poison. But it is a strong contraindication to divide it into woods and poison Morga's beast. To protect it, hunters by the woods also continue their giva hunting work without poison"

"Heh. Was that every promise you made to the Lord of Genos? I thought I was forbidden to use poison because it was cowardly."

When Rudd-Lou said it in a cheerful tone, Giza-Lou looked at you with his eyes as thin as a thread.

"You must have been asked about the origin of all the codes by Chief Donda once, Rudd."

"No, I don't think you'll remember. I haven't used poison since the beginning.... Okay, don't get mad."

Recently Rudd-Lou seemed to have been honed in his skill of retreating before being scolded.

After watching such interaction between the Rudd-Loux, Melfried turns to Kukuruel again.

"I don't step into the mountains of Morga. Do not poison the beast of Morga. Subject to the observance of those covenants, humans were allegedly allowed to live at the foot of Morga. And the covenant was taken over from the liberal pioneers to the Marquis de Genos family. For the sake of friendship between the West and the East, let us ask you not to commit those contraindications on top of each other"

Somehow I was supposed to look back at Morga's mountain in the eastern direction, feeling a tiny sense of urgency on my back.

Just like at the foot of this mountain, it is a mountain covered in abundant greenery. It is a majestic and sober temper that is not likened to such a terrible inheritance.

(Two hundred years ago, until the Genos came to the land, was this mountain God... and it was the ancestors of the Lema-Gate, like Milan-Math and Siri-Low, who worshipped Morga as God)

And nowadays, the people by the woods use the forest at the foot of the mountain as their "mother".

We held a mysterious sanctuary in the middle of our mother's forest.

(So, how hard do you keep only the contraindication that the Melfrieds don't consider Morga a god, but it's a sanctuary they should never set foot in? That's kind of a strange story too)

While I was thinking about that, Melfried's description was shifting over the road itself again.

The mountains of Morga only showed beauty in the mornings, unknowingly the thoughts and deeds of the humble men.