617 Wedding Feast ② - Beginning of the Feast

Preparations for the wedding feast are solemnly underway as the world is just wrapped in thin twilight. I watched over you, along with Ai-Fa and Yumi.

Until just a moment ago, me and I-Fa were interacting with Sarris Lang-Fou and Li-Sudra in the toddler's deposited house, and Yumi and Terrier-Mass were touring all the time. And so the feast was nearing its beginning, and they joined.

At this time, most of the guests from the rest of the family had also arrived.

Fa, Din, Lid, Gaz, Matua, Ratz, Meme, Beim, Dagola, Ravitz, Naham, Die, Lehn, Luu - and the people of Zaza were invited to this day's feast. In other words, it was a rash of family members involved in street and market work and Zaza, the parent muscle of Din and Lid.

Although the four families of Rutim, Ray, Minn, and Mufa were also involved in the commerce of the stalls, this time only the people of Luu were invited as the parent muscle, as the number would increase significantly if they invited them until then.

However, because many trees were felled again in the recent rebuilding of the house, it also feels like the square of the settlement of Fou has been widened once more. This no longer seemed to make much difference from the square of the settlement of Luu.

The center of the square is loaded with large quantities of firewood for ritual fires, and a number of pieces are assembled to surround it in far-flung windings. And on the outer perimeter of the square, a pedestal was also set up to set the fire.

In the meantime, it is Fou's bloodthirsty men and women who are in a hurry. The men are also already back from the woods, helping with the task of carrying iron pots, firewood, etc. Our guest's position, the human, stood blurry at the edge so as not to stand in its way.

"Yo, I = fa to Asta. Plus, Yumi and Terrier-Mass are with you."

And a familiar voice approaches me from behind. Looking back, Rudd-Lou, who pulled Lulu's reins, was about to approach. Accompanied is Raina-Lou, the feast costume.

"Hey, I knew Rayna-Lew was coming."

"Yes, for the wedding feast, it is the Lew family's lesson to serve unmarried young people. I'm not going to give you a wedding yet."

The second half was Raina-Lou, who whispered a little to you.

But after all, Rayna-Lew's cuteness had doubled when he wrapped his banquet costume around him. Because the Lew family is rich, ornaments are also extravagant.

And four men and women who have followed the Rudd-Lou's have bowed their heads to us. It was a less familiar face, but it was supposed to be the people of Die and Lehn. Only one of the ladies, the young but married ladies of Lehn, was a person who had participated in the market for meat, so she could discern me as well.

"Hi, I'm hissing. You're here with the Lew family."

"Yes. We live more on the south side, so I suggested we get the luggage out here..."

"I like to move Totos, that's okay. And I don't drink fruit wine, so I can send him home. You should enjoy as much fruit wine as you like."

Rudd-Lou laughs uncontrollably, and the people of Die and Lehn bow their heads as they feared. This is the original sense of distance between the chieftaincy and the smaller clan.

(But well, if we get more chances to face each other at the feast this way, there 'll be days like ours where we can crack it down)

The majority of the families wore a circle with the feast that welcomed the last architect, but it was the people of this die and Lehn who would be the first to join them. The four young men and women looked around the square with a mixed face of anxiety and anticipation.

"Then let's keep the knife. I have to keep Totos and his luggage."

"Oh, yes, I understand. We don't know where the main house is, so please guide us."

Rudd-Lou and two men head towards the main house.

The rest of the women looked at Yumi a little more perplexed.

"Hmm, where did these people come from?

"These are the people of Die and Len. Until last month, you had a job in the meat market."

"Uh, you over there, you've been face-to-face a few times! Oh, well, thank you for today!

When Joo-Run went to the market as a guard, Yumi had visited the place several times. The Ladies of Lehn nodded "Yes," smiling.

"There were no unmarried women around the age of Lehn, so I was to go out. Your eyes are dirty, thank you very much."

"It's not dirty at all, but after all, the man who gave you the wedding is a lesson not to wear a banquet costume?

"Yes, it is a woodland lesson that a man who marries his partner has no point in dressing."

"I see. Even older people are dressed in town."

That said, Yumi showed more white teeth.

It is an attractive smile, not knowing the fear of things. The Ladies of Lehn were returning a giggly grin, just as they had been followed.

(But after all, you're over fifteen years old for a wedding feast, and yet you're learning to serve unmarried men and women)

Otherwise, Limi-Luu would have been chosen from the Luu family. This time it felt like most of the clans were turning to unmarried young men and women.

(I'm sure this is because a new wedding lesson was recognized at the Parents' Conference. Last time, even Din and Lid were supposed to let out married people)

Moreover, this time, due to the large number of families to be invited, it was set at up to two per family member. For this reason, familiar faces such as Tour-Din and Rad-Lid are also absent. She was still serving the unacceptable thirteen-year-old of the wedding in Matua, but Din and Lid seemed to be coming to this feast with a different idea.

(The woodland women were originally taught to wear banquet costumes only at wedding feasts. After all, a wedding feast is a valuable meeting place for unmarried people)

But here comes the people with the spirit of the invertebrate.

the people of Ravitz and Naham.

From Ravitz came the elderly married Day-Ravitz and Lili Ravitz, and the unmarried Malfira-Naham showed up again in a normal outfit that was not a banquet costume.

"Hmm. Even I said I was wearing a banquet costume, and you ladies wouldn't allow a banquet costume for a wedding feast"

When Ai-Fa inquired that way, Day-Ravitz snorted "Hum".

"This third sister of Naham is willing not to give her a wedding for a while. Then there's a reason to wear a banquet costume. Do you have any complaints? I'm Fa's parent, Ai-Fa."

"Stick around, I'm not going to be complaining.... but is that what he wanted?

"It's up to him and Naham's parents to decide. As a parent, I'm supposed to forgive the words."

Malfira-Naham at the time, of course, just lets him swim his eyes a little.

And instead, he was naturally the eldest brother of the Naham main house. That pale blue eye is still watching us today with an inorganic glow.

"… so your daughters were invited by the lodging town"

Day-Ravitz's bottom light eyes captured Yumi and Terrier-Mass.

Yumi looks back at it without fear, and Terrier-Mass shrinks in a much frightened way.

"Hmm. You're the one wishing to dowry by the woods, aren't you?

"Yeah, you got it very well. To be precise, I might wish for a dowry."

"I've heard so much about you from my partner Lili. Sure, you don't seem to be afraid of the hunters by the woods."

"Well, if you've been poking each other in the face for over a year."

That said, Yumi smiled invincibly.

"So, you're your man's companion. I'm Yumi from Westwind Pavilion. Nice to meet you today."

Without answering, Day-Ravitz was still squatting about Yumi.

At the end of the day, he snorts again, "Hmm."

"Be sure with it whether you can truly be a people by the woods. Life by the woods isn't as sweet as you think."

"Yeah. I'd be very grateful if you'd give me such a tough opinion. Thank you very much."

Day-Ravitz turned that way and returned the acne as it gained momentum.

Lilli-Lavitz gives a salute with a look like a vault, and Malfira-Naham bows his head to the mundane, then goes after him. Naham's eldest brother, Shinji, was still silent until the end.

"Looks like Ravitz's parents are the same."

Rayna-Lew whispered in a whisper, so I make her nod "yeah".

"But I'm glad we've had more chances to exchange words lately. Let's storm him today, eh, i-fa?

"Sure. I'll chase you wherever you run."

After stating so, Ai-Fa looked back at Raina-Lou.

"Nevertheless, I never hated that man Jen. That honest temperament seems more preferable."

"Yes. Unless you're denied the existence of Asta, right?

In the words of Raina-Lou, Ai-Fa made his mouth a letter to.

"Is that what you're saying about the time of the Conference of Parents? There wasn't supposed to be a Rayna-Lew there."

"Afterwards, Brother Durm snuck up on me. Thank you. I told you that when I talk about my family, I don't know what to say."

…………

"But if I had been on the spot too, I would have had the same anger as Ai-Fa. I guess that's the kind of person you have to understand better."

That being said, Rayna-Lew smiled with a grin.

Ai-Fa is on the top of the Buddha, wearing his head while avoiding hair decorations.

That's when the voice resonated.

"It will soon be sunset! Guests seem to be all set, so we'd like you to gather here!

It was the voice of Birdu-Fow.

Yumi, who was whispering to Terrier-Mass, makes his expression shine once in a while.

"You're finally starting! Wow, I'm looking forward to it. Hey, let's go a long way!

"You don't have to panic. When this happens, it starts with the Guest's introduction."

Not many people meet for the first time in a setting like this. Therefore, the Guests will be introduced in front of the crowd one by one.

In front of a pile of firewood that has not yet lit the fire, the parents of Birdu-Fow, Lyelpham-Sudra and Run stand. Birdu-Fow, who stood in the middle of it, raised his voice again.

"Today we are inviting guests from different families and also from the Inn Town. Let's start with a guest from Inn Town, here."

Yumi grabbed Terrier-Mass's hand and advanced in front of Birdu-Fow.

Birdu-Fow nods heavily before pointing to the people assembled in the square.

"I'd like you to give me a name, please"

"Yeah. I'm the daughter of Westwind Pavilion in Inn Town, called Yumi"

"Wow, I am the daughter of Kimmus's Tail Pavilion, and my name is Terrier-Mass"

We have both already experienced this lesson at the feast of the Lew family. Still, Terrier-Mass and the like were getting a lot nervous after all.

But Yumi is the same Yumi as usual. He brings a lot of faces and takes people's gaze from the front. There should have been more than seventy people packed on this occasion, including the guests, but they still didn't look frightened at all.

"… then we would like you to wait until the start of the feast"

After an extremely light greeting, Yumi and the others came back near us again.

Yumi was breathing "ugh" as the guests were introduced one after the other.

"Uh, I'm nervous! I thought you were paying more attention than usual, I knew you'd get nervous."

"Really? It was magnificent."

"That's not true. My knees are still shaking a little!

While stating it that way, I knew Yumi was laughing innocently.

The other day, after a meeting between the two sides' houses, Yumi felt like she was wearing such a mess again.

There, the look on Yumi's face is more lively than usual, with overlapping expectations of the wedding feast itself. It was a fascinating smile, unlike the people of the woods, how it combined the humane lightness and sobriety of the town.

Once the introduction of the guests counting thirty thus has been completed, the ritual fire is lighted in abundance and it is finally the beginning of the wedding.

Just as at the wedding of Chim-Sudra and EA Fou-Sudra, the two names who give the wedding first are led before the ritual fire.

It is the men of Sudra, the groom, and the women of Run, the bride.

To me, neither of them is so personal. But Sudra's men were once again in charge of the escort, and the women of the run were helpful in their work.

Both names, wrapped in wedding attire, follow male and female toddlers and come in constantly. If you look at him, Yumi exclaimed, "Wow."

"It's so beautiful... and you both look happy!

The groom is wrapped around the hunter's clothes with Gibba's head around his shoulder, and the bride is wrapped around a vermilion of balls all over his body. This was my fourth time attending a wedding feast, but I still couldn't help but be blinded by its bravery and beauty.

Upon arrival before the ritual fire, one guiva horn or fang is dedicated by each parent to the grass cage raised by the toddlers.

Plus when Birdu-Fow gave the same blessing, the four started walking slowly along the hedge.

Their blood and their guests are all blessed.

Among them, Yumi and Terrier-Mas, not the people of the woodland, had dedicated the ornaments they had bought in the lodging town.

"This is from both of us. Go ahead and be happy!

When Yumi laughed cheerfully, the bride had a very soft smile back. The bridegroom is happily grinning away from the start. In contrast to the former Chim-Sudra, which was at the extreme of tension.

(It's the wedding I've been waiting for. Then I guess I can't wait to be happy)

With that in mind, I also let you dedicate one fang to the grass cage.

As the brides pass too far, they breathe as Yumi was impressed.

"I knew a wedding was good! I can't believe I've only ever seen a wedding as much as I count... but I still admire it."

"That's true. It kind of clogs my chest."

Terrier-Mass was also inadvertently narrowing his eyes with a posing that pushed and held his body.

For them, it is the wedding of an almost completely faceless opponent. Still, after all, the feeling was disturbed by the flurry of happiness and enthusiasm filled with this occasion.

Eventually the two names, blessed by all men, are led in front of a pedestal installed before the ritual fire.

So the word of the covenant was said, and the grass crown was exchanged.

Now, formally, a new bond has been formed between Sudra and Run.

Sudra, who a while ago became Fou's family, was now to be connected for the first time to the blood rim with Lan, the same family. In this way, the blood clans by the woods deepen their bonds.

"In front of my mother's forest, the wedding vows were exchanged! I want you to celebrate the end of both and enjoy the feast immensely!

Eventually, when the brides settled their hips on the pedestal of the main guest, Birdu-Fow declared the start of the feast.

People respond to it with so much cheer.

but Yumi and Terrier-Mass, it didn't seem that way.

"Uh, I'm kind of full of breasts, and it's not where I eat anymore. Until just now, my stomach was peppery!

"Yeah, me too. For a while, I'm not going to be able to say anything."

To those remarks, Ai-Fa had his eyes rounded properly.

"That's a lot of talk. What are you so impressed with at a stranger's wedding?

"Because I've never had such a splendid wedding! A wedding in town is more of a whisper, isn't it?

"Yes. I suppose that means that there was no man in our midst who would hold such a grand wedding feast. If it were a wealthier house, we'd have a huge banquet..."

"No, but because so many humans will never get together and burn so much gunfire! After all, this is a unique wedding by the woods!

Around us, talking like that, people are squeezing out what they think is a munchkin 'cup.

Okay, now, what's going on, I'm thinking, the lead actor behind the day appeared in the crowd wet.

"You were here, Yumi. Sorry I'm late to pick you up."

That was, of course, Joo-Run.

While blushing slightly, Yumi can flaunt her mouth "hey".

"That was such a lovely wedding! I'm kind of impressed!

"Yes. It was a blood wedding that mattered to me, too, so I'm very happy with it.... So, my family says they want to say hello again, so can you come over here?

Yumi just pressed silence for a moment and then said, "Yeah!" He nodded loudly.

"Well, let me say hello. Terrier-Mass can stay with us, right?

"Of course it is. Here you go, then."

Yumi waved at us and then disappeared across the crowd, along with Joo-Run and Terrier-Mass.

Me and I-Fa, left behind by the pony, accidentally see each other in sight.

"The pedestal of the bride and groom is full of people. Shall we get a tummy first until that one calms down a little?

"Hmm. I don't know about the Yumi's, but I'm hungry"

At any feast, Ai-Fa is normal driving. "Speaking of which," I said overlapping, walking shoulder-to-shoulder with such an eye-fa.

"Joo-Run couldn't help but notice that the feast costume Ai-Fa was right around the corner. I mean, didn't you see what we looked like?

"Hmm. Even the servant one would have been in a hurry. Nothing strange."

"Yeah, well.... Well, if you've completely swept up about Ai-Fa, that would be a pleasure."

Ai-Fa has a face that's holding a sigh of relief, and she's been making fun of me.

"Damn, that's not true. Haven't Joo-Run been revealing his attitude towards me for a long time"

"Oh, really? Well, I guess I stopped showing my squishy face like before..."

"It's not just that, it's obviously changing my eyes to look at me like before. You will no longer see me only as one hunter, not as a bunch of women.... You didn't even realize that, did you, Asta?

"Yeah. You didn't notice. How long has that been going on?

"What I noticed was around the Parents' Conference. I mean, after the meeting at the Inn Town."

If that is the case, Heiji fits because it is just at the right time when innovation has been brought to the relationship between Jou-Run and Yumi.

"You're out-of-the-box, you're oblivious to other people's change of heart, Asta."

"Hey, I wonder if Ai-Fa is just too sharp for anything. But then I'm really glad."

While we were exchanging words, the first Kamado approached the present.

Before entering the scene, I will tell Ey-Fa what I had in mind since earlier.

"Speaking of which, I didn't expect you to, you're alone"

I thought I'd be kicked in the leg by a red-faced eye-fa, and it was a very happy smile that had been directed at me.

"Uhm. You'll run into someone else soon anyway... Until then, let's just say we enjoy this time"

I was kind of comfortable with the right straight on the counter.

As such, Ai-Fa's smile seemed uncontrollable and delightful.