732 Return dinner party ① ~ Prepare below ~

On the 21st of the Blue Moon, we were on our way to Castle Town again.

It was three days ago that Rico and the others headed out to Castle Town. In such a short span, we were summoned to Castle Town because the dates for the return of the nobles of Gerd had finally been set.

Originally, Alvach seemed to insist on staying in Genos until the arrival of specimens of ingredients that could be delivered from Gerd, but in less than a month's time, the Easter of the Sun God would begin. The lords of Gerd - that is, the fathers of the Arvach - would not consider delivering any more ingredients for Easter. The story seemed calm, then, in the way that the Alvakhs should also return home for the first time.

"After all, something called Easter should be spent with your family. Lord Alvach and others seemed to regret it, but Lord Nanaqem managed to persuade them."

Polearths said so, apparently.

So, before you two go home, I asked you to prepare dinner at Kamadoku's turn by the woods, starting with me.

However, the client was not the nobles of Genos, but the nobles of Gerd. That's what I meant by wanting to use the help of the people by the woods to pay tribute to the people of Genos who have so far welcomed us.

"At last, he wants to invite both the folks at the Forestside Chieftains and Lilyn, who invited us to the wedding feast, to attend. Well, it seems odd to me that we should prepare the dishes for the Kamadoku people on the forest side in return for the people on the forest side... because Genos, as Selva's representative, is in a position to have to spin the right edge with the people of Gerd. I need your help."

That's all I got.

Of course, there can't be any difference between us. It would be an unwanted pleasure to be invited not only to the people of the chieftaincy muscle, but also to both names of Lilyn. As far as I was concerned, I was just going to let the Schmiral-Lillins eat my cooking, and I was going to play my mind.

"They're inviting Odifia today, too. Tool-din would be worth a sieve of arms, too, wouldn't he?

When I called it that way in the car on the way, Tour-Din said yes with an extraordinary smile. Why, it's only since the masquerade that I've been face-to-face with Odifia. Because of the Lilyn family's wedding, the visit of Gerd's dignitaries, etc. in the meantime, it should not have felt like a long time ago.

We said that the day would suit this convenience, so we fixed it for today, which is a holiday. The facial rash is about me, Tour-Din, Yun-Sudra, Malfila-Naham, Raina-Lou, Sheila-Lou, Limi-Lu, and the escorts are Ai-Fa and Lyada-Lou. Both the chief muscle and Lilyn were supposed to visit the castle town in the evening.

Incidentally, even now, Rico and the others are steadily preparing for the puppet play. Today and elsewhere, he even went out to the settlement of Sung and said he intended to go around slowly talking to the people of Zaza and Sauti and the lodging town as well. The more we know about the circumstances behind the disturbances that befell Moribe and Genos, the more Rico is becoming more motivated to create.

"Hey, you don't have any Asta or Ai-Fa dolls ready yet?

and Rimi-Lou, arrayed next to Ai-Fa, raising his voice as such.

Ai-Fa responded, "Uhm", not to mention the lack of interest.

"If we don't decide what kind of muscle to make first, we're not going to have to remain ready for the puppet either. Seems like a harder job than we thought."

"Oh well. Looking forward to seeing what kind of doll you'll be! I wish Rimi had an eye-fa doll too."

Since watching the puppet play in the square of the Lew family, Limi-Lew seems totally obsessed. Well, it was the first puppet show I ever saw, so I guess the culture shock was enormous. Given Rico and his brilliant hands, that was also an impossible story.

After all, the Yun-Sudra and Tour-Din, who have yet to see it, look like they are inflating their curiosity about the play of the unknown puppet. Once my story was complete, a good number of people were likely to want to watch it.

Thus the Totos car eventually arrives at its intended location.

Today it was not the usual guest house, but a small house that became a swan palace commonly used at tea parties. The guest house was chosen to avoid friction because many guests from Jagal were calming their hips.

Start by cleaning yourself up in the bathroom and then head to the cook.

The place had the ingredients exactly as I had asked for. We talked about not putting threads on copper coins, so I didn't hesitate to place an order. Yun-Sudra was smudging and crushing as she looked around at those piles of ingredients.

"The people of Gerd seem to live a much richer life. They call me the people of the mountains, so I imagined a more hunted clan."

As I prepare for my visit, I say, "Right."

"Originally, it seemed like a pretty painful life. Anyway, he was in a position to be driven north by handing over fertile territory to the Lao clan. But with the toughness of your time, you've broken new territory and discovered more silver and iron mines, and you've rebounded your power."

I guess that's an old story, too, on a 100-year basis. From what I hear, they didn't live in the mountains, they set their residence in a basin surrounded by mountains, where they also seemed to cut open fields.

Of course the surrounding mountains are their territory, so we can also obtain abundant grace from them. Gamma grazing is also taking place there in the mountains. They're going after it, and they're spending their days confronting Muffle's big bear vicious beast as well. As far as I was concerned, I had the impression that life would be enriching and harsh.

(Well, I'm sure if the people by the woods had been allowed to harvest the grace of the woods or cut open the fields, they would have had a similar life)

Both the people of the forest and the people of Gerd agree that they were chased from their homeland. So I guess the new headline is that the Morga Forest, which was already defined as the territory of the kingdom, or the totally untouched mountains, such differences divided the way. It may also have involved the difference in timeliness that the people of Gerd were chased home hundreds of years ago, and the people of the woodland more than eighty years ago.

(Until just 200 years ago, Morga Forest wasn't Genos territory either, I guess. What would have happened if, by that time, the people by the woods had moved to the Morga woods? Just outside the woods, there should have been a settlement of freedom-explorers... I knew it wouldn't have been that bad)

And well, to the point where I was aroused by such delusions, I was also impressed by the fact that Gerd was there. Unlike both the people of the west and the people of the south, and the people of the meadows of Gigi, the same people of the east, they are special beings - and they were not to be felt as if they had the courage and cleanliness to pass to the people of the woods somewhere.

Of course I have a strong fondness for the people of the West and the people of the South. In other words, they were familiar to me, people in town. It was supposed to be on your side that I could really adapt.

So I guess what I hold towards the people of the woods and the people of Gerd is a sense of vision and awe for being different from myself. And to the people by the woods, my gratitude and pride for accepting me like this - that feeling should have been in my nucleus.

(As one of the people by the woods, I can spin the edge with the people of Gerd. I guess that makes me happy and proud)

With that in mind, I moved on with my work.

The number of items was quite high today, so the division of tasks is strictly regulated. At the bottom of the first half, I laid a pair, and my counterpart was Malfira-Naham.

"Speaking of which, it looks like Day-Ravitz has also admitted to using Chaska for confectionery."

When I called him that way, Malfira-Naham nodded as he let his eyes swim.

"Ha, yes. A. As Asta suggested, I first used mochi with Giva dishes, then it seemed to turn to confectionery. Dei-Ravitz liked it a lot, even when it came to go-go, go-numoki-rolled confectionery."

"Yeah. That's what I hear from the Ravitz people. Dei-Ravitz was delighted, above all."

Four of the trainees are still attending work every day, so those stories were also reported. Murphyra-Naham, after all, was not face-to-face yesterday because he was at work for a day.

So I decided to remind myself of another case.

"Speaking of which, I think the four apprentices will be able to work normally in a while. If that happens, we'll have to rethink our days on duty."

"Ah, yes. Twelve people will be working on a daily basis in the future. Well, it seems kind of hard to allocate it evenly."

"Yeah, and Lily-Lavitz has been offered less duty. It's not exactly even equal."

"Hey, I see. Sounds harder and harder..."

The end of the story gets weaker and weaker. It's a rare phenomenon for Malfira-Naham, not sure if it's careless or audacious. The shoulder, which was originally in a lowering mood, also felt so tightly inclined.

(Does that mean you'll be happy with my offer?)

Thinking like that, I cut it out.

"So. Actually, I need to talk to Malfira-Naham."

"Ha, yes. Hey, what is it...?

"Of course this is a story I have to offer to the parents of Day-Ravitz and Naham, but before I do, I want to see how Murphyra-Naham feels in person"

Murphyra-Naham is swimming his eyes with warmth as he continues his work. Well, if it was her, I'd probably drive my hand crazy, and I said that word.

"If you like, would you mind attending Malfira-Naham every day?

"Yeah, yeah, what!?

Malfira-Naham was roaring with a voice like a sleeping hottogis.

Yun-Sudra and the others look back in amazement, and Ai-Fa, who was waiting at the wall, turns a strong gaze.

"In the middle of your work, what are you saying? I wonder what Lyada-Lu and the guards outside the door are up to."

"Also, sorry! So, but it's something that surprised me so much...... A, A, and Asta are you seriously saying that?

Asking me that way. Not to mention, Malfira-Naham's hand was getting the job done precisely. The appearance is as if only the arm is engaged in the work, without any confusion of the master.

"Yeah, I wouldn't joke about this. There's one thing about that."

The circumstances were with regard to Yamir-Ray.

In the future, all Kamadu numbers will go to work at Lew's stalls for one or five days. Yamil-Ray, who overheard it, asked me if I could consider my own attendance.

"Now that Tour-Din has partitioned his stalls, it's just Yun-Sudra and I who do our jobs every day in Fa's stalls, isn't it? I don't care if Yun-Sudra is like Asta's right arm, but I guess I won't have to go out every day forever?

Yamil-Ray said so.

"On my side, there's no reason to reduce Yamil-Ray's duty. But if there are any circumstances on Yamil-Ray's side, of course, we will take them into account. Did something also arise in the context of wanting to reduce duty?

When I questioned him that way, Yamil-Ray took a deep breath and then honestly confessed to me.

"Our parents should wake up very early. After I went into business, I was bored to Jomtien recently. You've got to be kidding me, though I'm the one who ordered you to work at Fa's stall. So let's be honest."

"I see. Well, Yamil-Ray is already impeccable skill as a Kamado number. Even as Rau-Ray, is the original purpose sufficiently achieved, something like that?"

After such interaction, I came up with this story.

"Yamil-Ray doesn't reduce the number of days to that extreme either, enough to set aside a day or two that he was at work every day. I've always wanted Malfira-Naham to go to work more, so I thought this might be the right time."

"Oh, well, did I... Wow, I was wondering if I would be reduced in duty with Lily-Lavitz..."

"Oh, why? Of course, there are four more people who can help me, so what's wrong with one day at a time, but there's no reason to reduce Malfira-Naham's duty any more?

"So, so, but Ravitz's blood family has had more people used than any other family. Ah, ah, the three new people who have learned to work will need to do a good number of days... then I wonder if I will be reduced..."

Malfira-Naham was like the extremes of agitation.

However, its fingertips are still working unchanged.

"Sure, you might have that idea. But I want Murphyra-Naham to brush his arms more. So it's no longer sneaky to have fewer days on duty than it is now."

"Ha, ha, yes..."

"And the other thing, I'm thinking of doing Matua's girlfriend the same favor. I wish she and Malfira-Naham could be the representative names of their nearest families, like Yun-Sudra and Tul-din."

The smaller families living in the central area by the woods can be roughly divided into three groups. Focusing on Fa, Fou, Run, Sudra, Din, and Lid, Ravitz, Naham, Vin, Meme, Sung, Gaz, Matua, Ratz, Auro, Baim, and Dagola set up their homes relatively nearby on the north. When the harvest festival was held jointly, it was also considered reasonable to split between those three groups.

"That would also allow Matua's girlfriend or Malfira-Naham to take on the partitioner at the Joint Harvest Festival, wouldn't it? Based on that, I wanted the two of you to work on a daily basis and in a separate frame."

Malfira-Naham placed a heel and a cooking knife.

Those eyes set a straight gaze on me.

"And, well, my hand was going crazy, so let me put the knife down once.... Ho, ho, do you really entrust me with such a great role?

"Yeah. Rather, I wouldn't have thought of that story if it weren't for Marfila-Naham or Matua's girlfriend"

"Oh, oh, thank you. I am truly honored."

With that said, Malfira-Naham smiled.

"Wow, I was wondering if I would be reduced in duty, so, hey, it's kind of like going up in heaven. Also, if the parents or Day-Ravitz seem to disagree with it... well, I'd like to do something about it, too, to persuade them"

"Well, I don't think it's unusual for Malfira-Naham to say that."

"Ha, yes. But I can't bear to say no to such a thankful story."

Malfira-Naham's clear eyes seemed to have a twitching light of joy.

It's usually hard to be able to look at her eyes from the front for such a long time.

"Wow, wow, how much I and others can live up to Asta's expectations is almost unbearable, but I want to do my best to encourage you."

"Yeah, thanks. I'd love to hear you say it like that."

Murphyra-Naham, after an in-depth courtesy, let the cooking job resume.

"And, by the way, you're pretty sure Asta's Matua ladies mean Ray-Matua, right?

"Oh, yeah, I am. I thought Malfira-Naham didn't know his name, but on second thought, he had a better memory than me."

"And, that's outrageous. I guess it's just an easy name to remember."

"Right. Thanks to her, I learned his name from Mr. Moribe."

In the woodland, Mr. and the learned of the name. Of course, Matua's girlfriend's name as my familiar "Ray" inspired me to learn the lesson.

She, Ray-Matua and Ray's family, have nothing to do with it. Originally, Mr. Moribe was the first name used.

And from here on out it's a unique lesson, but originally it seems that "Ray" was a male name.

After the birth of the family "Ray," they changed it to a female name.

So what does it mean to have a family?

Let me give you an example: Zaza's family, Gene.

More than eighty years ago, since moving to Morga's woodland, it was assumed that the only newly born family was Gene. He said that because of the increase in Zaza's family, he had made several branches independent as new family members, "Gene's House".

of that era, the first parent was Gene-Zaza.

The new family was taught the name of the first parent.

The people assigned to the new family will all be awarded Mr. Gene's. In the case of Gene-Zaza, they will be Gene-Zaza-Jean.

So - from that moment on, the story was that it would be contraindicated to give the name Gene to a boy, and that he would only be allowed to give it to a girl.

By the way, after Gene's house was destroyed, he also changed its name from female to male. It was said that even Grandma Ziva did not remember how such a lesson was to be born. Perhaps it is a consideration to prevent a family with the same name from being born.

That brings me to the story of if you're a girl, can you name her "Luu-Lou" or "Ray-Ray," but that seems to be a gentle repellence in the learning. Essentially, the story was that it was polite not to grasp Mr. of the Blood Family by name.

Conversely, if you are not a blood family, you are allowed to name it freely. Maybe there's a woman named "Luu" or "Sung" or "Fa" out there who I don't know.

So I fell to my heart.

The family of Sauti has a family named Faye.

I had some thoughts about whether Fay-Beim had any connection with his family, but that was not the case at all. Because of your lack of friendship, you were free to use that name.

And one more thing. Ai-Fa's mother was named May-Fa.

Besides, the person who once stayed in the Lou family with Sphilla-Zaza was named Mae Jean-Zaza.

So, at the last parenting conference, the family of Rats, who supposedly perished because their family was reduced, had a family name, May.

While the Mae family survived, "Mae" was a female name. But in the future, it will be used as a male name again. I mean, I guess that's what it is.

"Well, anyway, because I'm going to talk to each parent about whether they can get Malfila-Naham and Ray-Matua to come to work every day. If I can get your approval, I'm going to consider allocating someone else."

"Ha, yes. Best regards,"

Then Yun-Sudra, who was working across from the workbench, smiled with a grin.

"I'm also very comfortable when you two can get out every day. Plus...... to be honest, it's so exciting. Marfila-Naham has only been working for about four months, and Ray-Matua is a young man of thirteen, but he's very good at it."

"And, that's outrageous. Wow, I am so immature that I am not even at Yun-Sudra's feet..."

"If there is something missing from Malfira-Naham, it would be about as powerful as partitioning the field. If I said it with my arm as Kamadu's number, I think it was Malfira-Naham that followed Tul-din"

I agree with that. In the last four months or so, Malfira-Naham finally felt beyond Yun-Sudra.

But they're in the same generation, and they're still left to stretch. I would have liked to have been incisive and look forward to further bravery in the future.

(... but even I'm only two years old)

Yun-Sudra also celebrated her birthday earlier, turning sixteen. A little over a year has passed since we first met, and we've all grown old one by one.

Yun-Sudra was about a year old and Malfira-Naham was about four months old and was able to wear this many arms. I'm sure they could be like Raina-Lou or Sheila-Lou or Tour-Din, who would lead the blood clan to their kamadoku numbers. Ray-Matua, too, that's obvious. As far as I was concerned, I felt more comfortable and proud of it.

"Asta, we're done here."

and Thur-din, who was in the process of working with Yun-Sudra, comes to report.

"Copy that. Then when Limi-Lu's hand is free, I'll ask you to take a look at the confectionery. When it's done, we'll meet again."

"Yes. See you later"

We'll rendezvous with Yun-Sudra for another dish.

The work seems to be well under way, even for the Raina-Lou and others.

If this is all Kamadoku's turn, I'm sure he'll be able to cook a satisfying dish. Not to mention, I was supposed to bite off those thoughts.