508 Two on a rainy day (below)

The next day - it is the fifth day of the month of tea.

Even that day, Schmiral had had plenty of time, albeit unfettered.

The body is just on its way to recovery. Although it still took a person's hand to stand or walk, I wouldn't even feel a great deal of pain if I stayed at rest. The painkiller Rom leaves have also stopped drinking completely since last night.

Whether you're even asleep or sitting, I can't even help you with your work at home. It is distressing that the men are just resting without having to exchange while they are encouraging their giva hunting work. Besides, since it was the rainy season, the house was dim, cold, and seemed like it would make me feel extra dark.

But still, Schmiral was full.

Needless to say, that was thanks to Vina-Lou being on our side.

Even when Ur Ray-Lillin takes his seat off, Vina-Lou will stay by Schmiral. It is for this reason that she sits at Lilyn's house. Even though they were family members, it was usually supposed to be an unlikely story, such as a few days' stay in a house by the woods.

But Vina-Lou volunteered for it himself, and Donda-Lou listened to it.

He is a people by the woods who live in a harsh code and a learning, but when this happens, he weighs up something called reason.

I guess Schmiral was to be fascinated because the people by the woods are such a clan.

And most importantly, it didn't make Schmiral happy that Vina-Lou wished for something like this himself.

Schmiral and others unilaterally pushed themselves into forestside settlements.

I loved Vina-Lou from the bottom of my heart and let him abandon God and his homeland as well. But it was also only a matter of following my feelings, so it should not have been a story to be praised by anyone.

Schmiral is also born of Sim, who considers it a disgrace to represent his emotions.

I try to express my emotions as much as possible by abandoning Sims or their learning, but they are still crude. This should also have made it difficult to correctly convey my mood to Vina-Lou.

Despite that situation, Vina-Lou is staying at Lilyn's house for Schmiral.

Only then could Schmiral gain an unparalleled sense of happiness.

Vina-Lou, who has missed her for the past six months, has been waiting for her from morning to night. That couldn't have been happiness.

But - that sense of happiness, around a little past Jomtien, was to be smashed to pieces by wood dust.

And it came to pass from the house of Lou that Asta had developed the Breath of Ameshorn.

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"Asta said," Ameshorn's Breath "...? But isn't that the disease that toddlers take?

Lilyn's main house still had Schmiral and Vina-Lou and Ur Ray-Lilyn today. It was still Ur Ray-Lilyn who returned the words to Lara-Lu, who rushed to the occasion.

"Yes, but Asta wasn't born on this continent, was she? So even if you're not a toddler, the woman Ziva has been telling you since yesterday that you're going to get Ameshorn's Breath."

Lara-Lew, who stood at the front door wearing wet rain gear, looked angry.

Perhaps he is twisting his inner anxiety and upset with a strong feeling.

"I was ready for my medication, and I could help you as soon as I fell, so now I'm in Fa's house, and I-Fa's in medical care. This one was so bummed up to Jomtien that it was too late to tell my family."

That's what Lara-Lew said as she bounced slightly over the droplets dripping over her face.

"I keep coming around to Mufa and Maam's house in my luggage. If anyone wants to go to Fa's house, be ready by the time I get back."

"Can we, too, be a force in the house of Pha?

"Um, I don't think we're going to make it over there because our neighbors are supposed to be helping us. But some humans say they're sorry if we don't go see how it goes, right?

That's probably about herself, too.

Lara-Luu's blue eyes were shimmering with all their anxiety, yet glowing as strong as a man.

"Anyway, that's what I'm talking about! Sister Vina, I'll see you later!

Ur Ray-Lillin breathed deeply as Lara-Lu popped out the front door.

"I can't believe Asta got into Ameshorn's Breath... I never imagined that. That's the oldest, Tablesight."

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"Schmiral and Vina-Lou had a deep edge with Asta, so you're worried, right? If it's Asta, I'm sure she'll make it through this trial... and I'm worried too"

Needless to say, Schmiral was shocked enough to feel dazzled.

"Ameshorn's Breath" is a test that must be passed if you are a human on this continent. Only men who have survived that test will be able to live as the people of the continent.

A toddler without power will return his soul there. This was God's merciless sorting, which could not escape the birth of any kingdom. Schmiral had also survived this trial when he was three years old.

(Even if it is not the birth of this continent… even if it is the People Without Stars, do we have to be sorted by Ameshorn? Oh, what the hell do you mean...)

Schmiral bit his lips and swallowed the groans of distress.

Even though I strive to represent my emotions, it didn't seem right to show such bitterness and anxiety to others.

"Schmiral isn't the kind of body you can still get in a luggage truck, is he? What will Vina-Lou do…?

Vina-Lou cursorily looked back at Ur Ray-Lilyn's words.

"Under Schmiral, it will be enough if one remains. I'll take it from here, so go check on Asta."

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"Going to see how it goes won't take that long. So don't shy away from anything."

"No......" Vina-Lou whispered Ur Ray-Lilyn.

"I'll let you stay here. Wow... if you like, maybe you should go...?

"Huh? But... I adore Asta, but it's a pattern I've only spoken of long enough to count... and Vina-Lou would be better off going to see how it goes, wouldn't he?

"... you are the daughter-in-law of the head of Lilyn's main house, so I think you deserve better. Wow... Gillan-Lilyn was quite close to Asta, so I'm sure she'll want to know what she's in..."

"But..."

"Of course, it's up to you to decide whether or not to go... Either way, I will shy away wow..."

Vina-Lou couldn't confirm that look because he was upset.

Ur Ray-Lilyn frowned worryingly, "Really......"

"If so, I will send you to the house of Fa.... Are you sure that's okay?

"Yep... we'll be rushing a bunch of people from Lew's house to Fa's anyway, so that's enough..."

Then about a quarter of an hour later, Lara-Lew came back to Lilyn's house.

When Ur Ray-Lilyn, not Vina-Lou, told him that he wanted to go out, he gave him just a little nuanced look, but he didn't try to question his sister.

"Okay. Then get on the carrier. After stopping by Rutim or something like this, I'm heading to Fa's house."

"Roger that. Now, Vina-Lou, I'd like a moment of schmiral, please."

Only Schmiral and Vina-Lou were thus left in the hall.

Vina-Lou holds both knees like a toddler and doesn't even try to look at Schmiral better. Schmiral, who had endured that painful silence for a while, but could not remain silent for some time.

"Vina-Lou, why, Fa's house, didn't you go?

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"I, don't worry, I don't want to. Vina-Lou, stay here, for a reason, I don't think so."

"Shut up... I don't care what I do, will I...?

With a missing voice of emotion, Vina-Lou said so.

It was also the first time for Schmiral to hear Vina-Lou speak out like that.

"But, Asta, I'm worried. Vina-Lou, more than me, you should be worried." The Breath of Ameshorn, Losing Life, It Is Possible... "

"I'm saying shut up... it's so annoying that I'm staying here...?

"No, it's not..."

"Then I'll disappear for you... leave me alone..."

Vina-Lou rose loosely or went straight to the front door.

They say it's raining outside, but they don't even try to wrap rain gear around it. Schmiral stood up for chest pain, but before that, Vina-Lou had left the house.

"Vina-Lou, wait"

Schmiral didn't get lost.

Leaving the house myself and turning my gaze to the left and right.

Vina-Lou had turned his back on this one in the shade of a tree a little further away.

Schmiral approaches you barefoot.

Rain is almost foggy. But the long-sleeved top quickly got moist and wet.

"Vina-Lou, are you okay?

When Schmiral spoke, Vina-Lou looked back like a hack.

"Idiot... how could I even get out to you... you are an injured person...?

"But Vina-Lou, you can't leave me alone"

Vina-Lou, too, was soaking wet.

Light shaded hair has lost its puffiness and snapped to her face and shoulders.

The face had the look of a toddler crying.

"Me, Vina-Lou, if you've pissed me off, I apologize. Please, home, go back."

"So... there's nothing you need to apologize for..."

Maybe Vina-Lou was already crying.

However, it is difficult to discern because the snow of rain is getting wet on its surface.

Eventually, Vina-Lou had taken it to Schmiral's chest as if it were overwhelming.

Its trembling fingertips grab Schmiral's shoulder, and her wounded chest is gently cheeked up.

"After all, I can't. Wow... Whatever I think, it just annoys me around..."

"I don't think so,"

"No... I have no idea the right path... even if I think I'm right myself, it just annoys me like this... I must have touched the fury of the woods wow..."

"I don't think so,"

Schmiral never wanted to, let him grab Vina-Lou's shoulder.

It's rainy season, so Vina-Lou also wraps around a long-sleeved top. But there, a definite warmth and softness were felt.

"Let's live right, if you think, Morga Forest, my own child, I will never abandon you, I think. Otherwise, I, son of Morga, wouldn't have wanted it. Vina-Lou, if it's painful, if it feels, it must be redemption."

"... that if I overcome this suffering, my sins will also be forgiven...?

"I don't know. But Morga Forest, Vina-Lou, to abandon, you won't."

Vina-Lou's fingertips are putting a lot of effort into it.

However, the feel of the cheeks placed on the chest remained soft and I was found to be caring for the wounds of Schmiral.

"I'm sorry... it's definitely not supposed to be the right thing to do to hit you with your misery like this..."

"No. Me, glad, I think"

Schmiral's touching Vina-Lou's shoulder shook unreliably.

But Vina-Lou turned himself away from Schmiral without crying.

With their hands just resting on your shoulders, they stared at each other from close quarters.

"Still, after all, this is not right. Wow... my sins must be overcome by me alone..."

"... is that right?

"Yes, it is... or I will... I will surely be abandoned in the woods too... besides... I will not be able to forgive myself Wow..."

Vina-Lou smiled as she moistened her eyes.

It was a beautiful expression, among other things, as Schmiral knew.

"Sorry, let's go back home... it would be tough if I got sick to you... I need to warm up soon..."

"Yes," he nodded, and Schmiral took his hand off Vina-Lou's shoulder.

Vina-Lou also took his hand off Schmiral's shoulder.

Its fingertips are now gently accompanied by Schmiral's arms.

"Come on, let's go... don't fall, I'm not careful..."

"Yes."

So they went back to the house.

The rain remained unchanged and kept the world wet.

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It is that night.

Similar to last night, Schmiral, struck by rain, was able to surround dinner with everyone because it never modulated his body.

"I didn't know Asta was going to take Ameshorn's Breath. I don't know what's gonna happen."

Always cheerful Gillan-Lilyn also looked serious just this past night.

"But if it's Asta, I'm sure she'll make it through this trial. We just have to pray to the woods."

"Yep. I don't think you need to worry about anything, as the nearby clans seem to be sparing no effort to help Fa's house"

Ur Ray-Lilyn, that's what he said.

The two toddlers enjoy each meal in a way that they don't even know what's going on. This evening's dinner was a flavored grill of giva meat and a dish boiled with tau oil, plus a juice dish with caron milk.

"Hey, Bubba - is it gone yet?

"We still have a few days' worth of ingredients, but it would be a waste if we ate them in a hurry, wouldn't it? So I decided to make it for a day."

With a calm look, Ur Ray-Lilyn strokes his eldest brother's head.

My two-year-old sister was still limited in what she could eat, so she grabbed a grilled poiton that hit the broth.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll see how it goes, too. Are both cars now in Lou's settlement?

"Yes. But even Rutim and Ray said they bought a new luggage truck. There was originally Totos there."

"Right. We, too, want to get our own toss.... No, should we have more hounds before that"

At Lilyn's house, we had a good enough harvest today. Even though the harvest falls during the rainy season, thanks to the hounds, I could have been told that it was going well.

"I guess we'll just need a few more days for Schmiral to get in the luggage. Ameshorn's Breath should be down in about three days, so Asta might be feeling better by then."

"Yes. As such, I hope"

"So will Vina-Lou go with you tomorrow? You haven't been to Fa's today, have you?

"No..." Vina-Lou shook his head sideways as Gillan-Lillin called.

"I forbid, wow... after Schmiral's wounds heal and I'm going back to Lew's house, I'm going to go to Fa's house..."

Gillan-Lillin broke his face, "Well."

"Well, if we go out there, it doesn't make Asta's recovery any faster. Even if you don't have to take a trip, praying to the woods is enough. Most of the people by the woods will offer the same prayer, so Mother Forest won't miss it"

According to Ur Ray-Lilyn, the story was that this matter had already been passed on to all the families by the woods.

Then the words of Gillan-Lillin would not be off either. Even a man who is a negative view of the deeds of Fa's house wanted to believe that no one wished Asta to die.

"Hey, what kind of asta is fa's no?

And my younger elder brother spoke that way to no one.

Schmiral, who was soaking the juice dish, was taken by surprise without saying goodbye.

"You, Asta of Fa's house, don't you know?

"Yeah. I don't know much. I've teased you before."

Then Ur Ray-Lilyn supplemented the words.

"Toddlers under the age of five also had less opportunity to make contact with Asta because they had to refrain from being in the house even on feast nights. We delivered the food for the feast."

"Yeah! Bullshit, daisy!

"I see.... Asta, he's a wonderful person. My compatriots, before I became one, I thought so."

"Me too, it was about the silver moon that I began to speak intimately. There's no mistake in being quite a pleasant, people-loving person."

Softly laughing, Gillan-Lillin looks back at Vina-Lou.

"But after all, it would be Vina-Lou who has the deepest connection with Asta. But even with regard to commerce in the boarding town, Vina-Lou would have helped from the very first day?

"Yep... lately, in order with my sisters but hey..."

Vina-Lou had a much farther look.

"Asta... I think she's a strange person. Wow... she's so strong, she's so weak... she's so cute, she's so hateful... she's hard to say in a nutshell..."

"Well, I guess everyone does, not just Asta."

"Yeah, really... lately, I think I'm gonna make it. Wow..."

Vina-Lou had a very calm look.

Did that rain wash away the strays and suffering of Vina-Lou even slightly? It was the first time since Schmiral returned to Genos that Vina-Lou seemed so calm.

(I'm sure Vina-Lou, too, was set to undergo some kind of transformation by meeting Asta)

Schmiral thought so.

Human beings involved with Asta will more or less change their destiny. The Lew family was also deeply involved with Asta, among other things, by the woods, so the impact should have been remarkable.

(Not to mention Vina-Lou, who admired the outside world. So if you meet Asta, who came from outside the continent and became a family by the woods, you will be disturbed without any more)

And Schmiral even saw Asta and Vina-Lou working in the stalls. When Schmiral met him, he was alone in the stall, so he mistakenly thought that he was a couple.

(But Asta had a family called Ai-Fa)

It's not that late that I met Ai-Fa either. And now I'm convinced these two will be husband and wife.

That certainty was off, but the two seemed to be tied with more rigid trust than the actual couple. I'm sure I'll give you a wedding eventually, and I still think so. For Asta, Ai-Fa was her destiny.

(Is that why Vina-Lou decided to cut off his thoughts, even as Asta distracted him)

That's Schmiral's speculation.

Schmiral has no idea how Vina-Lou felt about Asta.

No, maybe Vina-Lou herself doesn't know how that felt. Vina-Lou's eyes, staring at Asta, always felt unstable and distracted.

But there's only one thing I know.

It was that when Vina-Lou stared at Asta today, there was no such thing as any kind of distraction there.

For the first time in six months, he returned to Genos and, together with Asta, headed to the settlement of Luu, where he was reunited with Vina-Lu, where Schmiral was to learn the facts.

And - that unstable glance of dizziness was so that it could be directed at Schmiral, not Asta.

(Back then, Asta was the one who confused Vina-Lou. And now, I'm confusing Vina-Lou.... should this be interpreted as such)

Nothing is a proven story. It's all an impression of Schmiral.

Thus, the unbridled truth for Schmiral was only his own mood.

I love Vina-Lou.

That was Schmiral's, just one truth.

So Schmiral had no choice but to follow his feelings and follow his path forward.

"... Also, what are you staring at..."

And Vina-Lou comes up with a grumbling voice.

Too much caught in his own thoughts, Schmiral seemed to have pointed another bumpy gaze at Vina-Lou.

"I'm sorry. I was thinking."

"Now, would it be dinner time...? You shouldn't be eating while paying for evil and giving thanks to the woods...?

"I'm eating. Boiled food, very delicious."

"... that's a dish made by Ur Ray-Lilyn..."

Vina-Lou turns that way with a shin face.

Schmiral panicked, but he couldn't wait to see Vina-Lou like that, too, loving him.

"... Looking at each other like they've already given us a wedding."

By the words of Gilan-Lillin, Vina-Lou blushes.

Again, for Schmiral, it was a happy and full night.

All I had to do was get Asta through the trials, and I had nothing to say.

Schmiral decided to be strong and pray to the woods so that his dear friend could come back to his compatriots.