559 Twenty-eighth Day of the Green Moon ① - Harvest Festival

In that way, in the house of Fa, he was to begin living together with Tia, the daughter of the Red Wildlings.

Nevertheless, that was not even a story that would create such a huge problem. Anyway, Tia was submissive, and she never made a mess of the woodland code, so she was able to build a new life a lot smoother.

The only difficulty was that Tia wouldn't try to get away from me.

I don't care how many scratches you say, that's all you don't listen to.

"If the forest code or the law of the outside world doesn't allow it, Tia also obeys. But if not, please let Tia redeem her sins."

That's why I was supposed to tier and act together from morning to evening, except during the time I went down to the boarding town.

Of course. So, it's not like this is going to cause any trouble. As far as I'm concerned, I just felt sorry for Ai-Fa.

It was also accompanied by a seed of anxiety that had to be accompanied by tiers in the work of collecting firewood and pico leaves.

Although this one broke on the first day and only Ai-Fa was to work on the job, I can't do that forever. It was the motto of Fa's house that we should collect firewood and pico leaves for ourselves, although we had asked other families to do the sampling for business.

"Then do as you please. Even if you fall in the woods and hurt your wounds, you won't be able to help!

Under such an Ai-Fa decree, we were to head to the edge of the woods for the three of us.

but it was our concern that the act would resonate with foot wounds. Tia cleverly handled crutches and was able to follow us without difficulty, even at the edge of the woods with poor feet.

The mountains of Morga are also covered in depressed trees, so I guess these environments were very familiar to Tia as well.

Moreover, Tia was barefoot, even as she stepped into the edge of the forest. The soles of Tia's feet, which had no habit of wearing shoes, were as sturdy as smooth leather, and she never felt pain when stepping on togey grass or pebbles.

In any case, with regard to the issue of accompanying sampling operations, that could be cleared.

but with it, the noise was also lifting, which required a bit of debate.

It's about the mastery of water bathing that I and I-Fa do when we get into the edge of the woods.

On the first day in the woods, Tia insisted that she didn't want to turn away from me during the water bath, etc.

"Help Asta purify herself, and that will be one of the redemptions. Tia wants to redeem Asta at all."

The offer, of course, was to be rejected with a whispering voice of Ey-Fa's calming emotions.

"... if you see unmarried women naked in a settlement by the woods, you will get eyeballs peeled. You're not one of us, but as the head of Fa's house, you can't allow Asta to imitate like that."

"But Tia, she's only twelve. Human beings who are not thirteen years old in Morga are not considered men or women"

"By the woods, they are seen as women from the age of ten! You are not allowed to see naked unless you are also a family that has divided the blood!

This meant that Tia was to take a water bath with Ey-Fa as she gripped her lips with dissatisfaction.

I am the luggage number while I lead to my usual big rock. From beyond the Great Rock, the interwoven lively voices of Ai-Fa and Tia echoed.

"Are the people of the woods cleansing themselves every day? Tiers, at best, once every few days."

"It's strange. To live by the woods, follow the woods."

"It's a whole troublesome lesson. When your hair gets wet, isn't it uncomfortable until it dries?

"How uncomfortable it would be to keep it dirty. Just be nice."

Along with the two voices, I can hear the squeaky, water bouncing tone.

Tia can't take off her foot shrub, so I'm sure she's sitting by the river, getting her body plucked by Ey-Fa.

"... you have a strange color all over you, so I'm not sure where it's dirty"

"Aren't you the ones who are brown as damp soil?... Speaking of which, why is Asta the only one with a different color?

"Because Asta was born outside the woods. But now that I'm a compatriot by the forest, it doesn't matter what color my skin is."

"Right. Tia first targeted Asta because only one of them was noticeable in different colors. And it was convenient because he seemed a lot weaker even though he was a grown man.... ii-fa, if you shake your head so hard, it hurts"

"That's weird! If you hadn't hurt Asta like that, you wouldn't have carried all this trouble!

Since Tia never gets angry or anything, it always becomes an eye-fa role to rough up her voice.

As far as I'm concerned, I couldn't resist.

"Oh, and one more thing I've always wanted to ask...... have the sons of Ai-Fa and Asta all become children of another house?

"... what are you missing all of a sudden. Between me and Asta, there are no children."

"What? But I guess Ai-Fa and Asta are neither parents nor children nor brothers? So doesn't family mean I gave you a wedding in Ai-Fa and Asta?

"... Asta was a right-hearted person, so she was to be welcomed as a family member of Fa's house. That's all."

Ai-Fa was of the will of steel, returning a calm voice.

But Tia is more innocent in itself.

"So the companion of Ai-Fa has returned his soul? Ai-Fa's already this big, so I guess she's giving birth to a lot of kids?

"... I am not giving birth to a child. I live as a hunter."

"Yeah? But Ai-Fa doesn't have so much milk and butt strain. Wouldn't a woman without a child ever be this kind of body?

"That's not true.... where are you touching it!

"Look, isn't the milk so heavy? Wow, you're so soft, but you're so heavy. Look.... Ouch, why are you slapping Tia?

Needless to say, I was supposed to hold my head all by myself while I was stuck in a big rock.

Well, that's roughly how it was supposed to form a noisy co-life with Tia in Fa's house.

In the morning we go into the edge of the woods with Tia, bathing in the water and collecting work. If I go back to the house, I will engage in business and have the tier kept at the Lew's while I go down to the lodging town. Join Tia again when you're done with business, and return to Fa's house for a banquet culinary study group. All you have to do is grab dinner with Ey-Fa back from the hunt and go to bed.

Of which it should be noted, would it still have been dinner?

While Tia was staying at Fa's house, I decided to actively use Payfay's meat. In other words, he decided that dinner for Tia would all be served with the meat of Payfay.

"This is the meat I gave Asta, so Asta should say it"

That's what Tia had said the first night.

But I tried to make sense and convince Tia to eat it.

"It's the meat I got, so how am I supposed to handle it? Besides, either way, Tia's meal was supposed to be prepared by me, so isn't it the same thing to try and use Payfay's meat to use Giva's meat?

When it was decided to stay in a forest settlement for a while, Tia seemed to be thinking of sourcing her own food, but harvesting the grace of the forest was a big contradiction. If my legs were a little better, I might have been able to catch wild birds with my bow, but that would still be something to talk about.

Also, since it is an unacceptable tier to go down to town, there is no other way left to procure food. These are all acts according to the Forestside Code and the laws of Genos, so even as a tier, there was no room for objection.

"And the meat for one payfay is gone in a few days. After that, we'll just have to eat Giva's meat until the wound heals. Taste Payfay's meat while you can."

"No, but..."

"I'd be happy if Tia ate Payfay's meat. If you make me feel happy, wouldn't that be one of the redemptions for Tia?

Tia seemed skilful with words and age-appropriate wit, but after all, the roots were the temperament to be honest. Therefore, it seemed difficult to argue my reasoning.

"... ok. If Asta wants it, Tia obeys the word."

"Thanks. So, what kind of meal does Tia prefer? I don't think you liked tau oil soup."

"In Morga, meat was eaten with vanilla. When I boiled, I was simmering vanilla, nuts, etc."

So what kind of spices did I prefer and I gave it a taste of different kinds, and it was vanilla similar to lemongrass and fruit similar to cumin, plus frustrated leaves and chit fruit that made it into thier glasses.

Ira leaves are corn-based vanilla with similarities to chit fruit. Out of the blue, it was an exciting lineup.

"You surprise me. In the mountains of Morga, you can take such an irritating vanilla. I was preparing a light meal, but it was totally on my back."

That's how I was supposed to lump dinner for Tia with the flavored grill taught to Raina-Lou and the Arabian-style dishes I'm wholesale at the Xuanrong Pavilion.

I just noticed feeding Tia all of Payfay's meat, so I prepare only a small amount of the same dish for myself and Ai-Fa as well. So what I found out was that Tia prefers a much more exciting flavoring than I-Fa.

"If it tastes like this, I can think of Tia as delicious. Asta wasn't so bad at cooking meals either."

Tia laughed contentedly and told me so.

Of course, Ai-Fa was unhappy with his mouth as a letter to, but he realized that he could only complain if his preferences had varied so far, or remained silent.

"Yeah, this payfay meat goes well with vanilla, too. It's delicious enough just to cook normally."

"Payfay's meat is delicious without having to bake it. I think eating meat before it dries with rya leaves is the best."

Having such a conversation raised one suspicion in my mind.

"Speaking of which, the Red People usually use fire, too. For that matter, I've never seen smoke come up from a mountain in Morga or a fire light at night."

"Naturally. The lights of the fire and the smoke are hidden so that they cannot be seen from outside the mountains. People on the outside know where the settlement is because it's dangerous."

Tia told me that as she ate my made payfay dish looking delicious.

"In the last few hundred years there has never been a great quarrel between men from the outside world and the people of Morga. But if the human outside world is disgusted before the Great God wakes up, he will surely try to destroy the people of Morga. So Tiers are doing everything they can to protect their blood."

"Yeah, you did.... but I wonder how the red people and the people of the outside world got so thoroughly cut off from each other. I think the use of the same word was originally a blood family living in the same place."

"I don't know. All I know is that we worship different gods."

To Tia, that didn't seem like a mind-boggling issue.

But as far as I'm concerned, it's quite a concern.

"Besides, you don't just say the words are the same, you even have a unique name in common. Mountains of Morga, the names of the beasts that live in Morga... I guess that means there was an interaction until when there was one?

"I don't know. Even if it did, I guess it's centuries old."

In that way, the opportunity for this great mystery to be solved was hard to come by.

Together, living together with Tia was a busy but peaceful passage.

That's how we ended up celebrating the Six-Family Joint Harvest Festival in such a situation.

◇

"What are you talking about?

That's how Tia asked, refraining from being in the corner of the cabin that day.

However, it is not the house of Fa, but the kamadu cabin of the house of Fou. Today's organizers were supposed to have Lid's house with them around, but only the settlement of Fou could force all six families to be invited, so today we were still working on what kind of work.

"You've explained that before, haven't you? It's an important celebration of a forest settlement, a tribute to the forest that brings grace."

"Hmm. For that, do you prepare a more sumptuous meal than usual? I don't know, is it like a birthday celebration"

"Oh, even in the settlements of the Red People, there exists a birthday celebration."

"Uhm. Every time a new child is born to the clan and then the chief survives ten years, we have a feast to celebrate"

Then Sarris Lang-Fou, who was taking care of the iron pot at Kamado next door, pointed her gaze around the smile at Tia.

"Even in the mountains of Morga, there exists something called moon or day? Our fathers learned it from the people of the city."

"Hmm? The only thing that matters in Morga is the day when the eyes of the Great God flash over Morga's head. The Red People get older every time they celebrate the day"

"Oh, will everyone get older on the same day? Well, then, it looks like a lesson from the West."

Tia showed up in a settlement by the woods, and today is the fourth day. By this time, the majority of nearby humans had been able to deal normally with Tia.

However, Tier is not treated as a customer, but as a "protected beast". There were signs that everyone was considering getting the right distance, as it is well known that deepening ties to the murky is not in keeping with Genos' intentions.

But still, Tia is an attractive being. Its purity and honesty are extremely consistent with the air of the people by the woods. So maybe we were all consciously trying to distance ourselves so that we wouldn't let our hearts faint.

"Come on, it's time to start comparing the powers of the hunters! Turn the next job you're not going to make it, and don't be halfway there!

The wife of Lid's parents was speaking out in a prestigious voice, deceiving the partitioner of the day.

Being Lid's parent Rad-Lid's companion, she was a magnificent woman as tall as I was, and more than 50% more and in good health than I was. He deserves a luminous and joyful Rad-Lid companion and is no less good than Mother Meer Ray.

"What do you think, Asta? So far, you haven't been late for work, have you?

"Yeah, sure. At least, the work we're doing here is going well."

"Well, I'll have to look around the other Kamado cabins too! Oh, busy, busy!

I'm still the one in charge of the actual work divider. But my apologies for putting all this burden on me meant that the hostess's house ladies were supposed to be the nominal partitioner from this time on.

Rad-Lid's companion seemed greatly aroused and, yet, very entertained by the fact that he was to be left with such an important role.

"At the next harvest festival, I have to take that role, right? Even though we're still months away, I'm going to be worried about it now."

It was the accompanying woman of the head of the Lan main house who said so.

The age does not look very different from that of Rad-Lid's partner, but the lines are thin and a slight temper. Beyond this, the partitioners were to be carried around in the order of Run, Din, Sudra, Fa, so that the blood houses would not become continuous.

(At this rate, it's the end of next year or next year that comes around for me. I don't know, I can't imagine.)

But whatever it is, it's no different that it's fun. The Run's girlfriend also looked anxious, and there could certainly be a look of anticipation and joy.

Then some time later, a signal of assembly is delivered from the square.

The Hunter's power comparison begins, reaching a moment of descent.

Having finished the first half of the fight, we were set to head over there with a full heart.

Tier of crutches is walking a little too, leaning perfectly against my place.

In the square, the hunters of the six families were assembled.

Last year the number was 33, but since then two young people have reached the age of 13, bringing the total to 35. For the first time, those two names participating in the power comparison stood side by side with the other hunters while equally drifting pride and tension in the face of remaining young.

I work in other houses and I have all the noodles. Only two people are not here to take care of Giva bone soup, which cannot stop the fire, and two children under the age of five, with a total of thirty.

Apart from that, there are about a dozen men under the age of 13 and women under the age of 10. Those youths, who had other jobs than Kamado, also surrounded the hunters with their eyes sparkling, of course.

And this time, only Sufila-Zaza visited from the family of the margin as a seer.

The other chiefly muscles and beim people apparently thought they had finished the role by looking over the last harvest festival. That meant that he decided that he did not see any major problems in giving harvest festivals to non-lineage families.

In the meantime, I guess only the Zazas have sent in the seers because a family member named Lid is still joining Din in this. In the evening or so, the story was that George-Zaza should also cut up the hunter's work and come and visit.

"Thank you all for your hard work in the morning! Starting the Hunter Power Comparison!

Rad-Lid, the partitioner of the day, declared that out loud.

Its slightly larger eyes look around the circle of those around it before being fixed under the tier.

"Before you do that, you should also explain the red wildlings one day! Everyone will have already heard about the situation, but there must be some humans who haven't seen it yet!... Asta, can you get him over here?

I nodded and approached Rad-Lid with Tia.

Rad-Lid smiles and looks down at Tia before turning his gaze to the people around him again.

"As we've all heard already, this guy is currently being kept in Fa's house! I'm not sarcastic enough to invite this one to the harvest festival, but it doesn't seem to get in the way, so I'm allowing him to be by Asta's side!... From what I hear, they forbade me to join the banquet at the Luu family feast, which is already happening, but there are no people in town on this occasion, and even if I let them like it, it won't be a problem."

What Rad-Lid is saying is about the feast of rapprochement that invites the people of the town.

The day was decided on the first day of the Blue Moon, but the Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis delivered an offer not to have Tia present.

Instead, they say that it is up to the people of the woods to judge about today's harvest festival.

There was no objection to the practice of returning it to Morga Mountain when he had finished treating his legs, and it seemed that Malstein basically trusted the judgment of the people by the woods.

"However, if this guy seems to do something wrong, he will keep his hands and feet tied and thrown into the house. You're going to do the same, you wildlings!

Tia looked around at the crowd with a straight eye as usual before lowering her head with a pepper at the end.

Although the people who haven't had a chance to see Tia in the last four days are slightly obsessed, there are no disturbing signs whatsoever. The chiefs' decision was not opposed by any other clan.

Nor will Tia disturb his heart, no matter how many people by the woods are in front of him. He puts his spine up resolutely as usual, twinkling his red eyes like a proud beast.

The current tier, by the way, was made to wear a one-piece outfit purchased in the boarding town. I only wore one of my clothes, so I bought it as a wash.

Giving a shim, whirlpool patterned outfit is a different textile than that, as it becomes a sign of welcoming in as a compatriot. Materials and colors are very similar to the outfit Tara wears, but that did not alleviate the strange atmosphere Tier had at all.

After smiling down at Tia like that, Rad-Lid said, "Uhm!" and nod.

"Okay, it's down, but good! Thank you, Asta."

"Yes. Good job, Rad-Lid"

The last time I looked at Ai-Fa, I went back to the audience circle.

I guess you're concentrating your consciousness on the force comparison. Ai-Fa is a solemn and unchanging face.

"Let's start with a power comparison! Everybody, move over there!

With Lad-Lid's decree, we moved to the edge of the square.

It is a targeted competition that targets a target hung from a tree with a bow and arrow. The boys under the age of thirteen had bows and arrows raised with a firm look.

"The last time I won the title of brave man on target was Chim-Sudra, the head of Sudra's branch. Let us all challenge whether that power is worthy of the name of the brave!

After all, even among smaller families, it seems that those who can win consecutively are the treatment of true bravery.

Chim-Sudra had a very tenacious face as she was directed at Rad-Lid's lavish grin.

"So I'm going to start a power comparison...... Ai-Fa, do you still need a hand this time?

"No. After I invited Brave the Hound home, I started using the bow in the hunt, too. You don't need an arm."

"Oh well! So you've raised your arms more than you did last time. This is something to look forward to!

Ai-Fa was spared by Masa Fou-Run in the semifinals of the winning tournament last time.

But it was a battle that I challenged without a bow for more than two and a half years. This time, I felt that I could expect it even on target, as I was an eye-fa who had an excellent track record in other competitions other than haulage.

"Again, let's start with four fights at a time. First try one from each of the four families except Fa and Sudra!

Depending on Rad-Lid's voice, four hunters advance and exit.

The power comparison of the target was a competition to shake the target suspended on a branch of a tree like a pendulum and shoot it through with an arrow. The distance to the target is about ten meters, releasing three arrows during ten seconds. The target is a plank of wood on 10 cm squares, with a mark in the middle, so they compete for the exact number of shots that mark has been shot through.

It should be noted that it is the job of the young people to shake the target, and it is the job of the toddler to count the seconds; it should not have felt smiling to me for the toddlers under ten to sing the count with a smile.

"I see. Are you competing for bow arms? Compared to the power of a hunter."

and Tia had a hot eye on the field of competition no less than the women around her.

The women are making their hearts jump at the bravery of the men, but Tia seems to be dawning as the same hunter.

"Speaking of which, the Red People also talked about using bows in hunting, right? Is Tia good at bows, too?

"Uhm. But the important bow seems to have been flushed down the river, which is a great shame"

Tia stares at the hunters' battle with glittering eyes.

No heart, that little body seemed to be shaking in small pieces.

"Tia can't wait to join us."

"Um, of course!... but Tia, who is not a blood family, should not be added. I know that too."

In the meantime, the battle proceeded in due course.

After all, the hunters of Sudra are skillful at handling bows and all have won the first round. Plus, three of the last good grades, Masa Fou-Run and Jou-Run, and Tour-Din's father were also pawning in the semifinals.

And it is my parents Ai-Fa.

Ai-Fa was also able to win the first round at risk.

I guess I'm still a hunter with great talent in different respects. And he also has the indomitable spiritual power to blossom it with an irresistible workout.

That's how I = fa just shoots arrows, yellow cheering from around.

As always, Ai-Fa seemed to be more popular with women.

And yet, the way Ai-Fa shoots an arrow with a serious face, from my point of view, looked good and attractive without a hanging.

"All right, the next battle is for three!

Lad-Lid, who had lost the first round, had raised his voice without looking discouraged. To my knowledge, a big hunter is more like a knife than a bow.

Either way, it's the semifinals.

In this battle, nine hunters will be narrowed down to three.

Ai-Fa's opponents were all powerful men named Joo-Run to Lyelpham Sudra. Joo-Run, in particular, is an arm that was competing for the # 1 seat with Chim-Sudra compared to his last power.

"Those two seem very skilled. But I'm sure Ai-Fa will win"

Tia laughed at me with a grin, saying it that way.

Though Ai-Fa never shows her sweet face, Tia is sparingly mindful of Ai-Fa, who lives with her.

And as predicted by such a tier, I-Fa was able to win the semifinals.

First, Jou-Ran, who took one arrow off target, was defeated, and later in his rematch, he also let Lyelpham-Sudra fall brilliantly.

"Shit. That's ai-fa."

Joo-Run was laughing with his eyebrow butt down.

Ai-Fa did not try to return words for the time being, but instead Lyelfam-Sudra threw Jou-Run.

"You were just putting me down compared to the last power. Young man, you're supposed to grow stronger every day, so don't let an old man like me outrun you."

"No, it can't be that easy with a hunter as good as Lyelpham-Sudra."

"... I didn't say it was easy, etc. It's just that it should help you feel sorry for yourself."

"Oh, then don't worry. I'm just out of my mind."

When Joo-Lan smiled and stated it that way, Lyelpham-Sudra smiled bitterly, returning the call when "If only".

In the meantime, the second game of the semifinals has already begun.

There, Chim-Sudra lowered the hunters of Fou and Sudra to win.

And in the third battle, he is the father of Tour-Din and the young hunter of Masa Fou-Ran, and Sudra.

It was Tour-Din's father who controlled the battle.

Last time, his father, who was to lose in the semifinals, grabbed the victory, and Tour-Din was delighted as he moistened his eyes.

That's how I welcomed you, finals.

The finalists are the fathers of Ai-Fa, Chim-Sudra and Tour-Din.

"Except for Chim-Sudra, you got a different face than last time! This should make you want to praise the two with your arms up!

With the laughter of Rad-Lid, the final game finally begins.

This was also the great battle of last resort.

I think it took me about six times to compete last time, but this time I did not fall off as one.

This was the eighth time a battle had been won.

Even then, all three of them had arrows on them, but only Chim-Sudra shot through all the marks in the middle, making them succeed brilliantly in the streak.

"This is brilliant! This time too, the brave fighter of the target will be Chim-Sudra!

People were cheering, not just men and women.

Chim-Sudra takes a big breath and turns to Ai-Fa and Tour-Din's father.

"I feel more nervous than I did when I was hunting for Giva. I think you deserve the name of a brave man."

"But you're still the one who won. Let us bless you wholeheartedly."

Tour-Din's father, who had a slight resemblance to Lyada-Lou, had a gentle grin on his tannic face.

As I soak up the sweat on my forehead, I = fa also nods "um".

Chim-Sudra's companion Ea Fou-Sudra, as well as Tour-din, is smiling happily. I'm sure I would have had the same face.

Compared to the power of the hunter, losing doesn't make you ashamed. It was a great battle, like being able to recognise that as a matter of course.