691 Masquerade 6 - Truth

"Good day, Sin-Lu!

Lara-Luu rushes over to Sin-Luu with a smile. Trying to welcome it with a smile, Sin-Luu noticed a bouquet of flowers in Lara-Luu's hand and tilted his little neck.

"What happened to those flowers?... was it given to some nobleman?

"That's not true! This belongs to Sin-Lu!

Lara-Luu presses a bouquet of flowers under Sin-Luu's chest as she blushes. At the same time loud cheers and applause echoed, so Lara-Luu was shrugging his neck like a little.

Apparently, until your lady gave you a bouquet of flowers, it was this one set of pastimes. What a bouquet of flowers Odifia had given to Gemd, who was just a short distance from Sin-Lu.

Well, Odifia is probably the noblest unmarried woman in this Genos. When Gemd broke his knee and received that bouquet of flowers, he was given another spare cheer and applause.

"I see. Is it like a blessing to a man who has finished a power comparison"

Seeing the circumstances, Sin-Lu softly relieved his mouth.

"I am delighted that Lara-Lew took on the role. I have to take these flowers home."

Somehow Sin-Lu felt more smiles today than usual.

Lara-Luu still blushes a bit on her cheeks, but she stares back happily at Sin-Luu like that.

We waited for a paragraph of applause for both names before approaching the Sin-Lu's. Gemd greets us and then walks away to his master.

"You seemed like a pretty nasty opponent. If you were wrapped in cramped armor or something, wouldn't it have been dangerous?

When Ai-Fa called it that way, Sin-Lu took a serious look at "what do you think".

"The one is the one, and armor and the like are probably people who think they're in the way. I'd rather... fight with a real knife is what seems most dangerous"

"Hmm? What does that mean?

"Whether it's wooden or steel, as long as it's a fake knife, I won't be late for the one. But fighting him with a real knife is dangerous."

Sin-Lu has offered us the tip of his right hand. Though a silver handkerchief is worn, the fingers are exposed so as not to be crippled. On that finger, there were several red muscles of mite swelling floating up.

"... was the tip of his sword touching Sin-Lu's body? But when it comes to power comparisons, the tip of your hand should have been protected, too, right?

"Mm-hmm. He was made to wear something called thick gloves, but to the point where he still felt a slight pain, he had a sharp fat muscle. If this was a real knife, they would have dropped some fingers"

Lara-Luu mumbled in tremendous dissatisfaction.

"So he's stronger than Sin-Lu? I don't think so."

"Mm-hmm. Still, I won't lose. … from the very beginning, if it is slaughtered with the intention of taking their lives."

Sin-Lu had an increasingly sharp face.

"If you weren't prepared for that, you'd probably get your fingertips hurt first and I'd be defeated better.... I wonder if he has ever protected his husband with such swordsmanship."

"You mean a sword move that hurts your opponent's fingers and takes away the power to fight?

"It may not just be my fingers. The fat muscles aimed at my legs were also sharp enough to make my spine colder. Anyway, it's a sword move that takes away the power to fight from your opponent."

Sin-Luu and Ai-Fa, dressed as knights, talk as they tuck away their quiet enthusiasm. It was Gazran-Rutim dressed in the same outfit who nearly smiled to envelop it.

"The opportunity for us and them to exchange swords, for example, will surely not come. Shouldn't we be thankful to the Forest and Western God that such a manoeuvre did not exist within the Bandits once?

"Mm-hmm. It's something you shouldn't have, like crossing swords with them for life."

Ey-fa was looking back at me and was living in the right place. Has he stuck with me in front of a man with an unknown sword technique? Sin-Luu also regained a gentle glance and looked back at Lara-Luu.

"Talks like this should have been exchanged around Rudd-Lou by the woods. I want to fill my stomach because I've finished my job too."

"Yeah, you are. I figured for starters, it's giva food!

When Lara-Lew answered as relieved, his last name approached him again when he was a dwarf in the woods.

"If you don't mind, I'll keep a bouquet of blessings. We will keep it in the same place as Sin-Lu's apparently worn outfit, so please check back when you return."

"Uhm. Nice to meet you"

Then, as he tried to go for the culinary table, Gazran-Rutim raised his voice.

"Sin-Lu has also finished his work, shall we set aside our actions too?... I still think it will be with the Astas, okay?

"Uh, Asta will want other dishes, too. Then we'll meet again later!

Lara-Luu laughing innocently and Sin-Luu watching it happily walk away across the crowd. After dropping it off, Ai-Fa looked back at Gazran-Rutim.

"Speaking of which, we were talking about that fellow Fermez showing up again to say hello."

"Yes, on the spot, I'd like to join you."

What a comforting offer that was.

After the swordsmanship, it feels like a feast. In the middle of the hall, a large number of people are starting to dance again, and there are whispers everywhere. As Devious, a lion human, had just mentioned, he seemed to be allowed to take his wings off more than he had at the last ball.

Farther afield, Dali-Souti's length can be questioned. Apparently, this time, we're talking about a line in Count Turan's house. The golden Refraia dress glitters from the gap between the people who come and go.

Nearby, two ladies with quail feathers dance with each other. The first name runs around all the time and seems busy serving liquor. Looking back because he cheered, a man dressed as a crimson knight and an inept monster was interested in a fighting attraction like a hero show.

"Nobility, too, is just the same person as us. … it seems as though Ama Min's once spoken words will be conveyed today"

"Yeah, there's no mistake in being the same person in different positions."

When I answered that way, Ai-Fa pointed her sharp gaze across.

Looking back, people are approaching us as expected. It is Fermes, who joined Gemd.

but behind it were a large number of ladies following. To its appearance, Ai-Fa frowns with a vigilant face.

"Thank you for waiting. Finally, I am free, so let me say hello."

"I don't care if you say hello... what are those women?

"These ladies came to Ai-Fa of their own free will."

Then one of your ladies proceeded to Ai-Fa with a moistened eye. He is one of the ladies who had just besieged Ai-Fa.

"Um... Dear Ai-Fa, could you please dance with me?

"What? I don't know, like the castle town dance.... I know a lot about woodland dancing."

"Now, there's a free-dancing song playing. See, the folks by the woods will be dancing, right?

Seeing as the lady pointed out, I was going to be quite surprised. Indeed, the brothers by the woods were stepping, mingled with strange looking nobles.

The first thing that caught my eye were Tour-Din and Odifia. As promised earlier, they were enjoying dancing hand in hand.

The young girls dressed as fluffy fairies are dancing freely as they relax their jade bug-colored feathers. That warmed my heart as if it were a fairy tale scene.

If only those two names were dancing, I wouldn't have been surprised either. But right next to them, how Eurifia and even George-Zaza were interested in the dance.

"... is it permissible for a person with a partner to dance with the extra man, etc?

When Ai-Fa raised her confused voice, the Lady of Bei gave her a "well" and pleasant voice.

"Of course, my dear Ai-Fa. If you wear red and blue flower decorations, the act of courtship will no longer be tolerated… and the dance will have nothing to do with it"

"Oh, look, it looks like someone else can dance."

When I looked, even Dali-Souti was about to be pulled out into the middle of the hall. What a Polearthly companion Merrim is leading it.

And afterwards, Polearth and Mill Fay-Sutty are following. Apparently, it's an attempt to exchange your partner to work on the dance.

"Dance is what we do to deepen our bonds. I, too, hope to deepen my bond with Master Ai-Fa."

The lady stares at Ai-Fa with her hot eyes as she hides her mouth in disgrace. Ai-Fa was finally lowering his brow with a burning face.

"If I refuse that... will I lose any respect?

"Well... there can't be such a thing. It's just that my banquet costume gets wet with tears."

Ey-fa kept the same look on his face and gave me a mouth.

"Asta, how should I behave?

"No, I don't think you need to ask. But, well, I guess the folks by the woods should deepen their bonds with the people in the castle."

"Even to me, I know that's about it. But......"

And, eye-fa glared over Fermes on the side.

I make "oh" laugh.

"Are you worried about leaving me on this occasion? You don't have to be so distracted. Even when they visited Fa's house, there was no escort until Ai-Fa got back."

"Hmmm......"

"I'll keep you posted on what I talked to Fermes about. Don't worry about anything, just enjoy the dance."

"Do you enjoy dancing with strangers?"

"Well then..." I whispered.

"Later, can you dance with me, too?

I = fa, eyes rounded properly.

Then he smiles sneakingly as he pretends to sniff his nose and hides his face from the rest of us.

"Okay. As a comfort, let us overcome this trial."

"Trials are exaggerated."

After those secrets, Ai-Fa was to accept the offer of the dance.

Your lady will face you in a glorious manner, and your friends will give you their blessings. At this rate, he was likely to be offered a dance from next to next.

(But if they're your lady, thank God)

Now if their opponent was a princess as Rin as Leiris, I guess I would have dropped off Ai-Fa in complicated comfort, too. The figure of Ai-Fa, drawn to the centre of the square by a nagging lady, was, after all, a fairy tale scene.

"So can I offer to dance, too?

And Fermes, who watched these interactions silently, said such things to the pretense.

I look around unexpectedly and then turn back to Fermes.

"Er... is that your word to us?

"Yes, I would like to dance with Asta and Gazran-Rutim."

Fermes was smiling very smiling.

Gazran-Rutim is also looking back at Fermes just a little surprised.

"If women are to be forgiven for each other, men may be forgiven for each other... is that a normal thing to do among the nobles?

"If it's a masquerade, it won't be a rare story. Look, aren't those people with each other?

Chasing Fermes' gaze, a lion human was taking steps with a big knight. Around, your wife and your son are laughing happily.

"I'm wearing a Goddess Gilli-Gu outfit, so it won't look so unnatural. If you'll excuse me, I'd like to deepen my bond with the folks by the woods."

It wasn't something I could quite say no to when they said that to me face to face.

Besides, it's not the kind of situation where you can set up something bad. After finding out about those things, Gazran-Rutim seemed to have responded "I understand".

"We accept your offer. What will Asta do?

"Yes, if that's what Gazran-Rutim says, there's nothing different about me either."

"So can Asta please?

Fermes smiles and reaches out. It has a black manicure and white fingertips to pull out. If you only saw your fingertips without knowing anything, you'd definitely think it belonged to a woman.

But if you are of the same sex, you will not offend the contraindications by the woods. Does Dali-Souti or Georg-Zaza dance together without touching the other person's hand?

(The Ai-Fa and Tour-Din look so smiling)

Thinking like that, I took the hand of Auntie and Fermes.

It is a fingertip as if there is no such thing as body temperature, but when you actually touch it, it has a very common fever. Relaxed by the obvious, I entered the center of the hall with Fermes.

Sure, everyone seems to be dancing freely. He steps thoughtfully as he rocks his body to match the song. This was likely to lead to the application of free dance conveyed from the boarding town.

Ai-Fa, who was working on the dance with your lady, sends a glimpse from a place not close by.

I looked at you with such complicated comfort that I was relative to Fermes.

"Finally, we'll be exchanging words slowly… I've been waiting for this moment ever since the ball began"

Fermes whispered as he took my hand and stepped more gracefully than anyone else.

A strange hazel eye stares at me from the shadow of a crow. On that side, he was smiling like an innocent child.

"Of all these precious people, I'm afraid you can say that.... Were you even talking to me about something?

"No, specially.... I just want to deepen my bond with you, Asta."

So it also reminded me of Camua-Josh's joking light mouth. Anyway, it's the one called "Ayasha".

It would be a strange story to make such an association just because of the word you want to deepen your bond. It's just that this guy - he's too, too beautiful.

"I have also heard from Camus that you have done all you can for me in the king's capital.... but how could you have sheltered me like that before you looked at me?

"As for you and the people of Genos and the woodland, there was a lot of material in the Wang capital. That's enough for me to see."

He laughs when he dulls, and Fermes leans over.

The beak of the worn thing blurred my temples, and Fermes' lips approached my ears.

"My predecessors, Lord Dregg and Lord Talon, had no pull around either. Well, I guess I was just letting the clerk write down the contents of the meeting... which showed me the way forward."

"The content of the talks? At that time, I don't think they even talked about anything new..."

"Such is never the case. Well, I'm sure I'm the only one in the Wang capital who shook my heart at such a sentence."

Something tells me Fermez's voice is pouring into my ear like he's chewing up a big emotional stiff.

"The presence of Asta had been determined by astrologers in the east to be a" people without stars ".... That's how it was written. Don't you remember?

It was as if Fermez's aurora and nervousness had contaminated me with his voice and fingertips.

I often curse my mind at that incredible feeling, and then I say yes.

"I remember.... they told me to report anything without covering it up... so I said," That's what I said. "

"Yeah, you bet. in writing, as well."

"But... is astrology the culture of the eastern kingdom in the first place? The people of Genos don't seem to weigh those words at all..."

"Even in the Wang capital, there are no heavy human beings. Whatever you do, Your Majesty Cairos has been repelled for his skill and his learning."

With those words exchanged, only the body dances gracefully.

I was somewhat of a floating sensation of my spirit moving away from my flesh.

"But I also learned Sim's culture in The Tower of the Wise. So we learned of the existence of the People Without Stars. You must be the real People Without Stars. Sim's astrologer is not supposed to utter such falsehoods... and if you are a People Without Stars, you can also believe that all your words are true."

"Sort of... does that even mean a lot?

Fermes' fingertips are gripping my fingertips.

"It means a lot to me. People Without Stars and so on are equal to being in mythology… they are more rare than the people of the sanctuary and the people by the woods."

When I couldn't answer, Fermes pulled himself back just a little.

Hazel eyes stare at me from a position just off the beak length of my forehead.

There seemed to be more, if not more, lights of joy swirling in there.

"I interrupted Fa's house, that night... Lord Melfried nursed me as I was floating, but I still desperately restrained myself. Must have never been the night my heart trembled so much"

"... Were you?

"Yeah, it is. On that occasion were present the nobility of the king's capital, and the nobility of Genos, and the people by the woods, and the people of the sanctuary… and the People Without Stars. It was like a page of myths and fairy tales that didn't seem to me."

Staring into those eyes twirling in different colors and different passions, it was like they were going to suck my soul in.

I took a big, deep breath and let him say, "Really?" while holding my heart tight.

"I was thinking the same thing. However... I recognized that I was a forest folk who was the same as Ai-Fa. I'm not sure about People Without Stars, but I'm already going to be a pretty forest folk."

"Yeah, because you were baptized by Western God. You are a people by the woods, a people of Genos, a people of the kingdom. I sincerely congratulate you on that fact. I consider you an irreplaceable compatriot, Asta."

Fermes was smiling quietly.

A quiet grin, different from the unusual grin and the luscious grin I showed on admission - I couldn't tell what emotional end it was created at.

So suddenly, "Hey," he grabs my shoulder.

Looking back in surprise, there stood a riddled princess knight.

"Even the same men don't give themselves away like that. Time to take turns with me."

Eye-Fa's eyes stare at Fermes as if he were coming.

When I turned my gaze, Fermes was already smiling gracefully at her usual condition.

"You've already switched songs. Now let's dance with Gazran-Rutim."

Fermes smiled at me at the end.

"See you later...... Best regards, Asta"

I couldn't get a word out of it, so I nodded silently.

Fermes flinches and Ai-Fa squeezes my hand.

"Come on, you promised to dance with me, it's Asta."

"Ugh, yeah.... Ai-Fa, are you mad at me for something?

"There is no such thing as anger. It's just that the reason why the nobleman named Fermes didn't care was finally certain."

I = fa took steps very rough while holding my hands. Fortunately, the orchestra plays a somewhat brave tune. In the meantime, Ai-Fa whispered in a strong tone.

"He sees you with a very luscious eye. That's what I don't care."

"Oh, I see... I don't know what I'm trying to say."

Still a little poisoned by Fermes, I blurted out the answer.

Ai-Fa draws my body all the way in and peeks into the back of my eyes from up close.

"You look like you're losing your mind. What were you talking about?

"Er... to sum up, that guy seems intrigued by the guy called" The People Without Stars ". So you seem obsessed with my existence."

Ai-Fa frowned at the root of his eyebrows.

Those lips are lovingly grabbed.

"Is that what the people of the east call astrology? The more you listen, the more ridiculous it is to be caught up in something like that."

"Oh, I agree. Destiny is something you cut open with your own hands."

I gathered my strength and gave him a heartfelt grin.

"I'm not a People Without Stars, I'm a People by the Woods. I will continue to live as a forest people....... so keep it up, ai-fa"

Ey-Fa wielded my body in such a rough manner as to pull his lips together.

My body makes a turn as I twirl along with I-Fa, and the colors of extreme color rush around the edges of my eyes. It would be a feast costume for people dancing around. But my eyes were fixed straight on the eye-fa, so I couldn't tell any of them from anyone.

"I see. I see. I see. He took his job for a ride. So the presence of Asta is an extremely rare ingredient."

"Oh. I'm sure that's why he's trying to cook with care."

I = fa said, "Hmm!" He rang his nose and then turned to me.

Ey-Fa's worn helmet and my worn iron pot hat bump into each other.

And Ai-Fa's voice was delivered to my ear with a warm breath.

"Whatever his thoughts may be, he will never give you away."

"Yeah. I don't think I'm gonna get away from Ai-Fa, either."

I don't even have to put it in my mouth, that was our truth.

Ey-fa, who has pulled himself off a lot, stares at me from up close.

Beautiful eyes, like jewels, with strong will and deep love.

Fermes' words and eyes have the power to upset my feelings.

But the most important thing to me is this eye-fa.

As long as I had that thought, there was no anxiety in my mind.