493 Twentieth Day of the Yellow Moon - Towards the Finale

It was on the 20th of the Yellow Moon that participation in the Dinner Party in Silver Star Hall was officially allowed.

It was Shayla, who became Jan's cooking assistant and a maid of the Count Dalaim family, who told us that.

"The sunset is two days later, the 22nd of the Yellow Moon. The carving limit is five moments down. Please allow up to ten people."

"Huh? Did you allow so many people to participate?

"Yes, from Castle Town, we now have the same number of guests, including those in the east. Looks like a restaurant called Silver Star Hall has an arrangement of up to twenty people a day."

Shayla, who came all the way to the stall to tell me that, said so with an elegant smile.

"So if you don't mind, we were talking about the hunters coming with us. … or that's what Varcus said he would like people who are not customers to come to the store"

"Okay. If it's that number, I don't think it's a problem."

Even at previous tea parties, there were two escorts. Incorporating Ai-Fa and Dalm-Lou there didn't seem to raise any complaining voices from anywhere.

"Master Asta said she would be very happy to come to the store. And if that's the case, Mime would like to come to the store."

"Roger that. I'm sure we'll be delighted."

When I answered that way, Shayla exhaled a little chopped up.

"... I'm sure Master Ai-Fa will be with you that day?

"Oh, yes. I'm sure it will......... Shayla won't be present?

"The samurai and squire have to stay out in the car. Well, it's going to be hard to say hello to Lady Ai-Fa."

How she gets so obsessed with Ai-Fa is a mystery.

But well, do I have to convince you that it's because I'm the most popular eye-fa for women?

"Now give my regards to the chief by the woods. Excuse me while I'm at work."

"Yes, welcome and thank you for taking the time"

When I broke up with Shayla and went back to the stall, she stared at me like there was a lot of Tour-Din.

"Polearths has agreed to invite up to ten people."

"Ju, are you ten? So, um..."

"Yeah. Tour-din is accurate. But there are ten of them, including the escort, so it could have been too much."

Tour-din let his face shine.

Seems like a joy that just spills tears while boiling pasta for carbonara.

"It's hisabi to serve Varcus dishes. I'm happy for you, too."

"Yes! What the hell kind of food can we feed you?

"I don't know about that, but I'm sure it's Sim-style cuisine because we talked about wanting your opinion of the people of the east. In the first place, it's the subject of entertaining the Kukuruels."

Besides, Vulcan remembered that he was drilling for the handling of Sim's ingredients called Chaska. It's been a long time since then, so it'll be just right when it's done.

(But you don't see Chaska in the ingredients flowing from Castle Town. I wonder if Varcus can buy it up on his own route)

Whatever it was, it was us who couldn't stop expecting it.

But Vulcus is not face to face from the silver moon. We used to visit the castle town every once in a while, such as the tea party in Eurifia and the Ball of the Earl of Dareim, where only the disciples of Vulcus, Siri-Low and Roy, and the bozzle could be seen.

"The truth is, you just want to eat our food, too. But inviting Vulcan to the woodside seems difficult."

"Yes, Varcus seems very busy."

"Yeah. Besides, you can't imagine Varcus standing in a forest settlement. For a moment, cover your mouth with a cloth, like the previous Silly-Low -"

And that's where I was supposed to keep my mouth shut.

It was just then that a flamboyant figure, hiding his face with the hood of his cape and a collar wrap around his mouth, came this way.

Watching as I thought that was it, the person who followed the person and emerged from the crowd greeted me with a "Hey."

"It's a lot hisabi. The last time we saw each other was around the end of the rainy season, so it's been about two months."

The person was also wearing a hood, but the collar was not wrapped, etc., so I could confirm the conspicuously long face of the scab.

"Roy, is that Roy? It's a hiccup. So you're Siri-Low, after all."

The mysterious figure, wrapped around his collar, is staring at us with his brown, glowing eyes. This small, laid-back physique and eye-sharpness would definitely be in Siri-Low.

"Si, Siri-Low, thank you for hitting on me..."

and Tul-din bowed his head with an anxious face.

Siri-Low's eyes are fixed in the direction of Tour-Din.

Then Roy suddenly smashed Siri-Low's head from the rear.

"What are you keeping quiet about? Why don't you say hello?

"Kick, don't slap people in the head with comfort! You are rude!

"Hmm. Isn't it rude not to say hello back?

Siri-Low shudders with a grudge and lays his eyes down at his feet.

Here, me and Tour-Din are supposed to see each other in the face.

At the last tea party in Castle Town, Siri-Low was outraged with tears. That was because Tour-Din overwhelmingly triumphed in comparison to the taste of the princesses.

On his way home, Siri-Low said, "Because you'll never lose!," he shouted like a child. Today was a reunion since then.

"I'm listening to you. That Thur-din guy over there is offering sweets to the Marquis de Genos for a few days? More importantly, it's a little unusual for a Marquis man to come and pick it up outside the stone walls."

Siri-Low brought a kick head again to Roy's words, which he did not hesitate to know.

And then those eyes glimpse me and Tour-Din together again.

"So you kept your mouth shut, didn't you? You went out of your way to find these guys, didn't you?

…………

"I'm sorry. I'm probably embarrassed that I cried like a child. It's been two months, so I wish I knew."

"So, who was crying?!

"It's you. You've been crying ever since you came back between refrains."

Siri-Low began pounding Roy's chest pompously as he blushed the visible area from the gap between the hood and the collar-wrapped.

Roy grabs that wrist with both hands as he glances at his face, "It hurts," he said.

"So, you guys were invited to Silver Star Hall, right? It's bad luck to face each other at work while we're breaking up like that, so I came here to put wasabi in it."

"Why should I do wasabi, etc?!?

"No? Then what are you doing here?"

Siri-Low shook Roy's hand off momentum.

And once again, they're gonna scowl at us.

"... at that time, I got stuck emotionally. We believe that just because you defeat a taste comparison, and you hit the target with anger, that's a serious thing to do in a cook."

"Look, you're apologizing"

"Ugh, shut up!... Asta, Tour-Din, you were really invited to the Silver Star Hall dinner party, weren't you?

"Yes," I nod.

"Really?" Siri-Low glanced sharply.

"I'll tell you in advance, the confectionery served as one of the six dishes and the confectionery that can be eaten with daytime snacks are completely separate. Even if Varcus serves less finely crafted confectionery at a dinner party, I will never forgive him for insulting the power of Varcus with it."

"From next to apologizing, what are you talking about? He told me to make it a little special."

And, Roy smacks Siri-Low's head again.

"Hey, what is it, you are!," Siri-Low resented again.

"It's kind of dangerous to look at. You're a lady after all."

"Wow, don't tell me something I don't understand! Surely I am the family of the House of Lowe, but there is no sardine to be slandered by thee!

"So don't show off your ladies with your voice. If the outlaws keep an eye on you, you're gonna get me in trouble."

Roy has been watching me ever since he put his head on the hood.

"I'm sorry you made a scene in the middle of your job. I think I'm done with my errands, so I'll eat the food and let you go home."

"Oh, did you giva food follow for you!?

"The purpose is your amulet, but it sounds stupid to come this far and go home with your bare hands.... What kind of dish is it today?

"Yes. Fried and grilled giva meat today, right? And then there's pasta and meat buns, and the Lew family has a dish called cream stew for flavored grills."

The other day, the confectionery study group also talked about it, so I was selling fried and grilled dishes to crackers. It is an accommodation town specification, made from the oil of Leten.

"They all look delicious. Do you have a recommendation?

"Meat buns have been eaten many times for a long time, haven't they? So why don't you two split up the other four? If you'd like, I can lend you a plate for splitting."

"Oh, that's good. And Siri-Low, that's all right, right?

…………

"You've been feeding me food before. Varcus' delicious Chaska was a very different dish. I'm sure he'll be served at the dinner party, so stay tuned."

"Yes, thank you"

I serve freshly fried meat and chopped Tino salad on a plate and also make Carbonara with Tul-din boiled pasta. In the meantime, Sheila-Lou and Lara-Lou were also finishing their flavored grills and cream stews.

Roy pays for the copper coins and moves on to the dining room.

When Siri-Low tried to follow it silently, Tool-din said, "Um!" He raised his voice.

"Thank you for taking the time today, Siri-Low. I look forward to seeing you again in two days."

Siri-Low, with a dish of dishes in his hands, only turns his neck toward Thur-din.

After solidifying for about three seconds as it was, Siri-Low shrugged his head.

And we're going after Roy at foot speed. It was as dangerous and smiling as a toddler who was separated from his parents.

"Oh, my God. You're such an itchy guy, Siri-Low."

"Yes.... but I was so anxious that she might hate me... I kind of feel lighter"

That being said, Tour-Din smiled softly.

I'm in a similar mood. She often clashes with something, but her desire was to be incisive while respecting you.

"When you invite people from town to the woods again, you just want to speak to the Siri-Laws, too. He's more likely to be heard than Vulcan."

"I was thinking the same thing," Thur-din smiled frankly, letting me state that.

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After that, when we finished our business, we returned to the woods.

Today's study group was a day at Fa's house, so Sheila-Lou and I break up in the settlement of the Lou family and head north on the road.

When we got to Fa's house that way, it felt more numerous than usual.

Until yesterday, even the Fou and Run people were gathered.

"Is that it? What's wrong? As for your work, we're still going to need Gaz and Rats for a while, right?"

"Yes. At noon today, I'm ready to sell meat in town, so my hands are empty. So I was hoping I could help Asta with something."

A bunch of still young fou's mentioned that to me with a smile.

"Are you ready yet? That was a lot quicker than planned."

"Yes, the meat itself gathered quickly, so there was no major problem. The weight of the meat was carefully handled by Asta."

Indeed, even a total of 450 kilograms of giva meat is half of what the Fou family received. It had already been three days since I started work, so maybe it wasn't that much of an impossible workload.

"Of course, a lot of times we accidentally cut the meat too small, but that's something we should eat ourselves. The meat arrived as much as it wanted, so it wasn't that hard."

"We also keep the copper coins kept from Fa's house properly separate so that they don't fall apart from the copper coins in the house. Looks like there's still enough copper left to buy out some more meat."

The house of Fou bought the meat for work, and the house of Fa prepared the commission. Copper coins should have been deposited in the house of Die from the Lew family.

"To be honest, this is the feeling that I should receive as many as 240 rewards. Shouldn't we be discussing it with the Lew family again if the price is legitimate?

"No, because it's still a trial period right now. If you are going to increase the number of days you participate in the city or the amount of meat you prepare, you will be so busy. … and we want you to manage your copper coins."

"Yes. Is it management of copper coins?

"That's right. How profitable is it to calculate the difference between the copper coins that can buy meat and the copper coins sold in town? If you don't make it boring, you're gonna have trouble reporting at the Conference of Parents, too, right? As far as I'm concerned, that would be as difficult as preparing meat."

But there was a stomach proposal for me. To avoid any confusion, I am thinking about teaching it once again after joining the City of Meat.

"Anyway, it was above all that I was able to prepare the meat so quickly. Should I join the city of meat, which will take place on the nearest day, once I have completed my work at Die's house? The longer it stays soaked in Pico leaves, the more water will drain and shrink in size."

"Yes. This can be anytime. Were you talking about meat city days being informed the day before?

"Right, because I'm going to have a meat merchant visit me from Doug for a couple of days. The day they arrive, they do business in Castle Town, and the day after that, they open the city in Inn Town."

And I was told by the people in the lodging town that the meat city had opened just today. That means the next city opens in three or four days.

"If the next city is four days from now, the street work is on holiday, so I will accompany you. By then, I'm sure you'll have done your job at Die's house."

"Thank you.... but it's the 24th of the Yellow Moon in four days, right?

"Yes. What's that?

"... Isn't that Asta's birthday?

I was surprised to see how the Fou women knew such a thing.

"That is how I heard it from Sallis Run-Fou. I'm sure that's what they talked about with Ai-Fa."

"Oh, I see. But it's not my birthday. Ladies and gentlemen, outside of the evening celebration dinner, they would normally work, wouldn't they?

"Yes, but Asta was born exotic, so I was wondering if she would celebrate with something of her own... so I was off to work in town."

"It's just a coincidence that stall commerce was a holiday. I'm not planning on doing anything unusual."

Even I-Fa stated that he was going into the woods that day, so that would be for sure.

But, well, I'm going to make sure I get it right within today.

"Then I'll ask the Lew family about the Die family, even tomorrow. As soon as possible, the city of meat is in three or four days, so tell the parents so."

"Yes, sir, I understand."

So we finally got down to work.

That's quite a number of people, as they were increasing the number of members invited from Gaz and Rats. However, you can make as many curry ingredients and dry pasta as you want, so you don't have to entertain manpower. Together with the five people who participated in the business, we did our jobs with total responsibility.

"Ea Fou-Sudra and the others were also out to help out, but cutting meat and weighing it certainly didn't seem like such a bitter job. Originally, everyone was handy with Asta on how to cut meat."

During his work, it was Yun-Sudra who had spoken that way.

She was the only one who was in the process of preparing meat for sale in town, mainly because of her stalls and undercover work.

"That's a comforting story. And then there's how much meat we can sell in town."

But it also didn't have to be so pessimistic if I recall a piece of the confectionery study group. What worries me, then, is even further ahead - whether the people who actually bought it will want to buy it again.

Giva's cuisine is now very popular, both in stalls and in lodgings. In addition, many people are looking for Giva meat, which is quite an expensive commodity. How many people continually think about buying giva meat that is much more expensive than skinless kimmus meat or caron foot meat? All this was something you wouldn't know if you didn't actually start selling.

"But the owners of the inn, who are cordial with Asta, have been able to buy out Giva's meat for months now, right? If so, wouldn't the other innkeepers think the same way?

"I don't know. That could have been a rare value because there weren't many houses to sell Giva food. I'm just a little anxious to see how this affects it."

"Really? Again, standing up is not a struggle. I have sincere respect for Asta, who works so much more than we do with such responsibility"

After stating so, Yun-Sudra smiled with a grin.

"I and others are just enjoying cooking and selling food, so I just thank Asta. Thank you very much."

"What's the matter, in advance? The presence of Yun-Sudra is very supportive to me."

"Yes, I was going to say a little bit about my childhood, so I thought I'd thank you before I did."

And now it's Yun-Sudra, who's staring at me in the face.

"... it's a castle town dinner party in two days, but that can be attended by up to ten people, right?

"Yeah, that's right."

"I'm sure I won't be selected as one of those ten, so I'd like to ask Asta from now on if she can manage to join me on the next occasion"

"Huh? Really? If it were ten, Yun-Sudra would be just fine, I was thinking..."

"No. If I were ten, I wouldn't think I'd just be chosen. Asta, Ai-Fa, Raina-Lu, Sheila-Lu, Limi-Luu, Tour-Din, Schmiral, Mim - at this point, there are eight more."

"Oh, yeah, I guess those eight are accurate. But if there are two more vacancies..."

"Aren't the other two Darum-Lou and Vina-Lou? Sheila-Lou and Schmiral will be there."

Indeed, the escort would need another person besides Ai-Fa. Ten of them would also have two luggage cars, so that driving should be left to the hunter.

"Vina-Lou, though, is not yet definitive. Around there, if you talk to the Lew family..."

"During my work today, I spoke to Sheila-Lou and Lara-Lou. Vina-Lou says she is very worried that she may wish to participate....... I don't feel like pushing Vina-Lou like that and wishing I could join"

That said, Yun-Sudra pulled my T-shirt hem.

"So this time we're already giving up. Instead, could Asta take it back so that I can somehow accompany her on the next occasion?

"Wow, I get it. I don't know when my next opportunity will be, and it will depend on why I'm going out, but let's try to make Yun-Sudra a priority."

"Thank you. I'm really sorry for being so childish."

That being said, Yun-Sudra smiled again with a grin.

Sure, it might have been childish, but that was a lot of an attractive smile.

Whatever it was, the City of Meat, the invitation to Castle Town, and the Yellow Moon, which continued to stand up for all sorts of things on my birthday, seemed to finally welcome the finale.

Until the 24th of the Yellow Moon, when I first met Ai-Fa, there are four more days left.