749 Tour of Castle Town ② - People of Castle Town

"Then one hunter will be paired with two kamadoku numbers and decide to move. Raina and Sheila-Lou are my team."

The chief's famous Giza-Lou raised the voice of the partition that way in the style it deserved for the title.

Rimi-Lou, who was clinging to that reluctant brother's arm, comes back to me and Ai-Fa, of course.

Rudd-Lou is Yun-Sudra and Ray-Matua. Gazran-Rutim, Thur-din and Mim. Schmiral-Lilyn seemed to settle into a group called Vina Ruu-Lylin and Malfila-Naham.

Since there was also an imminent deadline for the engraving of a promise to Varcus, for now it shall be free movement with a view of four half-minutes. Shayla offered to keep an eye on the luggage, so I was supposed to roll out to the Square with the lighter Ai-Fa and Rimi-Lou.

Many of the people are still turning their gaze here and there. But he doesn't look so alert. We need a pass to step into the castle, so the big premise was that almost none of the outlaws were alike. Moreover, it is not uncommon for a man to have lowered his sword, since a merchant more than a distant man is one who carries an escort. It just seemed curious to me who the hell these people looked unfamiliar to - were.

"The feeling is, you seem close when you head out to Doug. Even then, I think we were being looked at like this"

"Oh, Doug had an inquisition in boarding town, so there weren't many outlaws. We've been targeted by a handful of outlaws."

"Uhm.... I certainly don't see any kind of outlaw on this occasion either"

Without needing to be told by I-Fa, all the people gathered on the spot looked wealthy. Of course it is not uncommon for a person to wear a silk outfit, even if it is not as noble as it is. Besides, it felt more gentle and serene than the people of Accommodation Town and Dalaim.

(A man who returns his soul without taking a step out of the land where he was born,? Well, me too, though I'm not that outdoor person...... I guess spending the rest of my life in a stone wall feels different again)

But if it is the people who live in this land, it is the only raw thing, so I guess there is no room for doubt. People who question there may abandon their homeland like Zashma and become windmills.

"Wow, clean up! Look, there's ornaments for sale I've never even seen!

and Limi-Luu, who held the hand of Ai-Fa, rushes over to one of the stalls. I rushed after him so I wouldn't be scolded by Ai-Fa either.

It was an ornamental stall. There are few outdoor boutiques of ornaments in the Inn Town, but there still seems to be a lot of difference in the assortment of items. Silverwork, jewelry ornaments, etc. are also plentiful.

However, what Limi-Luu discovered was not something like that. It is a simple yet spicy piece that connects a beautiful seashell.

"It's a necklace I could buy from Baldo. Three white copper coins."

A fuzzy woman who is only getting old explained that to me.

When it comes to three white copper coins, my feeling is about 6,000 yen. Seems like a pretty good price.

"Three white copper coins? If I wear so many copper coins, everyone in the house will scold me."

Unfortunately, Rimi-Lou was staring at the ornament with his shining eyes.

The old lady in the store number circles her eyes there "oops".

"What are you hanging on your necks... maybe a giva horn or fangs?

"Yeah, that's right! You know Giva?

"Even in my shop, I've dealt with him before. Why not? Then maybe you..."

"The Limi are people by the woods!

"Fair enough," the old woman opens her eyes.

"This guy surprised me. I've been wondering why the hunter is in Castle Town for a while now... this guy is unusual sometimes."

After stating it that way, the old woman grinned.

"We have heard your rumors. Sometimes I can cook for you... or maybe I can do something like that today?

"Yeah! We're making sweets at the tea party!

"That's it," the woman narrowed her eyes pleasantly.

"He's a big actor. Please encourage me."

As the first inhabitants of the castle town to exchange words, it was a very favorable response.

But we were immediately reminded that that was the standard for Castle Town.

A peek at any stall was hardly alarming, and the vast majority of the people immediately perceived who we were. Even after that I found out who I was, I never let them leopard my attitude.

"Well, you are, are you a rumored forest folk?"

The most astonishing expression was that of a magnificent man who had sold skewers of carons of meat. But that face, too, quickly smiles lovingly.

"According to the story, Giva meat is a lot of delicious. I haven't had a chance to say anything yet, but I have a reputation among people who cook."

"Really? Be sure to try it when you get the chance."

Since it was still too early to have lunch, there seemed to be few stalls dealing with food. Even in this stall, very little had been made, and one skewer had just been baked up carefully in order to attract customers by scent.

We also plan to have a cooking tasting at Silver Star Hall, so we leave the stall without ordering skewers. The master of the stall gave us such a gloomy look until the end.

"Looks like you're going to have to undo what you just said. The people of the castle are more comfortable than the people of Doug."

Ey-fa, who describes it as such, had a much more difficult face.

I don't even know how I feel about it. Instead of avoiding us, they were kind enough to be dealing with exotic people like the people of the east and the people of the south. Although it was not so exaggerated as discomfort, there was no denying the feeling of being given a shoulder watermark.

Eventually, around half way around the square, I go and meet my brothers who were standing talkin '. That was six members of the Giza-Lou and Gazran-Rutim groups.

"For one thing, it's hard to say... don't feel like these people trust people with passes rather than people by the woods"

"Yes. Perhaps for them, every human with a laissez-passer is a trusted guest. As a forest folk, you don't feel very interested."

Gazran-Rutim said so with a very quiet face.

"Maybe what happened outside the stone walls for them is Nokimi and other personnel. So maybe even in the days when the Sungs were committing evil deeds, they weren't avoiding all the people by the forest."

"Hmm... you're not interested, so you weren't in the mood to repel?"

"Yes. And are you less willing to be alert to others because they are always protected by stone walls? Normally I think I would be somewhat wary of just putting the knife down hunter in front of me... I hardly feel that kind of sign either"

Giza-Lou was stroking his mandible in a less interpretive manner.

"I hear the Marquis of Genos said that if the Chiefs wandered around the castle town, they might threaten the people of the castle town... do you mean that such fears were also worrying"

"Yeah. Put it on good and bad, maybe it is"

To the words of Gazran-Rutim, Ziza-Rou narrowed his narrow eyes further.

"After all, is there also a bad side to that? I don't want to say goodbye. I don't feel right about my stomach."

"Yes, it seems to me that it is a matter of continued pleasure to be a compatriot living in the same territory of Genos but not of interest. Doesn't it seem more natural and wholesome to us to the people of Inn Town and Dalaim, who have been heartbroken by the evil deeds committed by the Sung family and have bonded back to them?"

After stating it that way, Gazran-Rutim smiled fluffily.

"But the nobles of Genos may have been the same. I don't suppose he was interested in us until Malstein and Polearths and the disturbances surrounding Count Turan's house were represented."

"Right...... but I also got a chance to deepen my bond with the nobles, but I don't get such an opportunity with these people either. Are we going to spend the rest of our lives as compatriots without much interest?"

"No, that's not true. The people that Asta and the others are about to visit are also people of a beautiful castle town."

Gazran-Rutim looks back at me with the same smile on his face.

"Besides, the Lew family has already invited the people of Castle Town to a feast. I wonder if those little piles will eventually grow ties"

"Um... well, the people named Siri-Low to Roy were also the people of Castle Town. They were so different from the people in this square that they were oblivious."

The signs of anxiety that were floating between Giza-Lou's eyebrows finally unraveled with it.

"Shouldn't I have cared as if I had figured out everything about the people of the castle town after just one tour of such a square? We've only just set foot in the land for the first time."

"Yes, because they are each and every human being, just like us. We should continue to grow bonds over time."

Then Rimi-Lou, who was hanging in Ai-Fa's arms, raised his voice, "Hey."

"I smelled the street food and I was hungry! It's been about four and a half minutes, so why don't we go to Varcus?

"You're the one who said you wanted to look around the stall, Rimi"

I was laughing at the mouth of Giza-Lou, stating it that way.

"But there will also be certainty that the carving limit is imminent. Is it time to leave this place?"

That's how we were supposed to gather the rest of our countrymen.

After all, looking around Castle Town is a meaningful deed for us. While I rebuffed the conversation between Ziza-Lou and Gazran-Rutim in my head, I could feel that way.

"We will now take you to Silver Star Hall once again"

Join Shayla for the exit of the square. Before that line was long gone, Ai-Fa called on Sheila.

"Shayla, I want to ask you one thing, okay?

"Yes. What can I do for you, Master Ai-Fa?

Of course, Shayla looks back with a full grin.

Looking back at that smile in a crisp fashion, Ai-Fa said.

"When I first looked at you, you seemed to me - or wary of the people by the woods. I think that was a stronger vigilance than those gathered in this square, but is that also for any reason?

Shayla happened to panic.

"Yes, no, I would never have such a thing... Wow, would I have offended Lord Ai-Fa...?

"It's not. As far as I'm concerned, it seemed more natural to you. Your reaction was close to the people of Inn Town and Dareim."

"Oh, really? I was told by the people around me to be very careful when passing through the lodging towns because I had so many opportunities to travel to the mansion of my beloved Dareim."

"Hmm. That included the phrase," Be careful of the people by the woods. "So, the point was made."

Ai-Fa was convinced, but Shayla remained hastily fuzzy.

"But I soon became aware of my shallow! I never thought I was an outlaw..."

"So I'm not willing to blame you for that. I thought you said that seemed more of a natural reaction? In those days, the Sung family actually made a scene in the Inn Town."

"So-so. Besides, we didn't even feel like we were brothers in town."

Rudd-Lou, with his hands behind his head, interrupts him with a cheerful voice.

Then Gazran-Rutim also voiced, "Right," he said.

"Giza-Lou, in so much conversation as earlier, there was one thing I had lost sight of"

"Uhm. Whatever it is?

"In the past year or so, we are the ones who have changed dramatically. The fact that you performed a baptismal ritual in the cathedral of Castle Town, for example, would be the most important of them all. That's how we remembered to live righteously as the people of the western kingdom, because it's also been conveyed to the people of the castle town… how they may have softened their feelings of repelling the people by the woods"

"I see," Giza-Lou nodded.

Looking up at its length, Rud-Lew said, "Hmm?" and lean his little neck.

"Regardless, Gazran-Rutim seems to care a lot about the guys in Castle Town, too, Brother Ziza. What the hell is this, a whirlwind?

Ziza-Lou looked down at his younger brother with his thin eyes like yarn.

"I'm here on behalf of the chief. Would it be natural to try to see everything right?

"Hmm, is that all this is about?

Ziza-Lou often conceived before overlapping words.

"The former chief Zazz-Sung hated everything about the people of Genos. But Zazz-Sung should have been meeting with Cycleus at Turan's mansion back then, so he shouldn't have even stepped foot in the castle town"

"Yeah, so?

"Zazz-Sung has transformed his hatred and suspicion of Cycleus into all of Genos as it were. It was stipulated that we should bond correctly with the people in town in order not to make the same mistakes as Zazz-Sung....... then isn't it natural to wish to know correctly about all the humans living in Genos?

Rud-Lew spilled more white teeth, looking finally convinced.

"Oh well. After all, when you're the next chief, you have to think about something very difficult."

"This should be a story that applies not only to me, but to all the people by the woods."

"If you're talking about deepening bonds with the guys in Castle Town, I'm gonna do it right, huh? I just exchanged words with all kinds of people as I went around the stall."

Giza-Lou, who had a much more solemn face, softened his expression, "Really?" Both in the Inn Town and in Dalaim, Rudd-Lou was spreading the circle of interaction faster than anyone else because of his natural nostalgia. It was thought that even if we did not have the thought of theorizing like Ziza-Lou, Rudd-Lou would be doing something very naturally to be exchanged.

While doing so, we arrived at the exit of the square, so we made another longitudinal line and took a wide walk down the street.

There was a crowd on this street. People heading to the square and returning from the square are hitting on each other. Apparently, this was the main street for people who didn't use luggage.

Those people are watching us with a curious eye. Sometimes the toddlers you see are pulling the hands of their mothers and grandparents and asking them what kind of a group they are.

Shayla breaks down the road along the way and takes another path in the north direction.

In doing so, there were exceptionally more passers-by. Apparently, he broke into the shopping area.

It seems that the house facing this street is a nokimi store, and a variety of things are sold. There were a lot of customers flocking to it, and the crowd was pretty good. Rudd-Lou and others speak up, "Uh-huh."

"It's cool to be busy, but this guy's gonna be a little stuck breathing. I wonder if it's because of the masonry."

"Right. It may be unsettling not to see a single tree."

It was Ray-Matua who was responding as such. She treats the chieftaincy muscle with courtesy, but at the same time she is an innocent character, so she may have been able to break it with Rudd-Lou.

"That's right, when it comes to castle towns, you're going to be selling a lot of rare things. I look forward to seeing it later."

When I put it that way, Ai-Fa narrowed her eyes with pleasure. I'm ashamed that Ai-Fa isn't dawning on all the merchandise in the store, she's probably having a good time feeling that I'm haunted. It was all the more so because on the other side Rimi-Lou was showing more haunted than that.

"This is Silver Star Hall."

After only walking for a few minutes, Shayla finally stopped.

It is one of the shifting stone buildings. I was usually sidelined in a Totos car and entered the store through a line made by the guards, so what a fresh feeling.

"I have to leave my luggage with Totos first, so please wait here for a moment"

One Shayla disappears across the door.

Eventually, Shayla returned with one old woman. Um, she's a small, classy old woman who had a catering job at Silver Star Hall. Even today, she wore work clothes like apron dresses.

"Welcome, everyone by the woods. My husband is waiting in the back, so please come in. I'll keep Totos and your car."

"Well, let me unload my stuff before I do"

When Ai-Fa opened the front door, Malfira-Naham and Yun-Sudra took the lead in carrying the load. It is a dish and a confection for the Vulcas.

"Once again, please excuse me."

The old woman grabbed Gill's reins and headed to the back of the building, so we set foot in the store with Shayla's lead.

Ray-Matua and Malfira-Naham, the first visitors, looked around uncommonly. Other than that, is this the first thing you see - around Giza-Lou and Gazran-Rutim? Schmiral-Lilin and Vina Ruu-Lilin are visiting in a meeting with Black Windcut Feather.

"Silver Star Hall" was a blur as I remember it.

The walls are hung with a simple wall hanging with a white tone, and by this I don't see any kind of ornament. The dining room, about the size of it, had two huge tables for ten people, arranged loosely.

The wall across the street is equipped with two doors. When Shayla spoke to the door on the left side, eventually something of a white mask appeared from within.

"Oh, are we finally here? I'm just finishing up."

While stating it that way, peel off the strange mask in the form of a bag. What emerged from under it was Roy's face, which seemed a little crackly.

"... I wonder how I should treat you today. Stick around, you're not a Silver Star Hall guest, are you?

"Hmm," Giza-Lou looked back at me as Roy mentioned it that way, lifting his hair, which had become a lot more flattering.

"I guess Asta should divide this place up. The interaction on this occasion should have been a promise exchanged between Asta and the Vulcan."

"Roger that. Then Roy will treat you like a personal guest of Varcus."

"I've never had a personal guest in Varcus, so I don't know how to handle it. Sit down and wait."

Roy pulled into the cook, so we decided to let him sit down.

Since we are fifteen members, we shall divide them between eight and seven. On the same table as me are Ai-Fa, Raina-Lu, Sheila-Lu, Limi-Luu, Rud-Luu, Mime and Tour-Din. Instead of trying to join him there, the guide Shayla stood securely in the corner of the dining room.

That's how we settled into our seats, and the faces of Silver Star Hall appear. Varcus and four disciples. It is Turtumai, Bozzle, Siri-Low, and Roy. All of them, freshly stripped of their masks, felt like they were uplifting their faces a lot.

"I've been waiting for you, Lord Asta. Everyone by the woods. Allow me to welcome you with all my heart."

With a blurry, faceless look, Varcus gives a bowl of grace. Bozzle smiled cheerfully, and Tartumai's expression was silent when it came to the people of the east, and Siri-Law's face stood still, as well.

"It's a hiccup, folks. Thank you very much for listening to my sudden offer during my busy day."

"Not at all. I am thrilled to be able to taste Lord Asta's cooking for the first time."

Only words were enthusiastic, as was Varcus.

"I hear you're headed to your ladies' tea party today as your cook's number. Now let's begin your cooking tasting session."

"Oh, wait a minute. Before I do, I'd like to say hello from Mim."

Mim nodded and rose from her seat.

"It's a hiccup, Varcus. And all your disciples.... In fact, this time, me and my father, Michelle, never accepted me as a family by the woods."

"What?" peeled Roy. Siri-Low also has a lot of glances with a surprise look, and Bozzle has his eyes rounded with "ho ho".

"Hey, give me a minute. Michelle and your daughter are the family of the woodland... it sure looks like a woodland outfit. Just like Asta there, you mean she'll live as a forest folk in the future?

"Yes, my father and I were originally the people of Turan, but we were able to forgive the chiefs of the forest and the nobles of Genos to move their homes as the people of the forest."

That's what I said, and Mim grinned.

"It may not be relevant to you, such as our own, but thank you for your continued support."

"Well... I thought you guys were gonna be back in Castle Town any minute."

Roy was turning his head with a face that seemed really complicated. Siri-Low also draws his lips together in a puzzled manner.

In the meantime, Vulcus agreed with one thing: "Really?"

"I understand. Let's start a tasting session."

"Hey, wait a minute, Varcus. Don't you have anything else to say?

When Roy raises his voice in a panic, Varcus looks back at you with a fuzzy face.

"What else do you mean?... Oh, should I have mentioned the words of celebration here? Congratulations, Lord Mime."

"Yes, thank you!

Mim smiled happily, but Roy said, "No!" and freaked out.

"Michelle and this girl have become forest folk, right? You admitted Michelle's arm, didn't you? Didn't you secretly expect your daughter, who inherited the move, to be the cook in Castle Town?

"Expectations, or I expected. Just because you missed that prediction, what do you mean?

Varcus said in a blurry voice only.

"Or if you're staying in Genos as a forest folk, it's the same thing, isn't it? If you are Lord Mime, who inherited the moves of Lord Michel, you will eventually be enough cook to be invited to the castle town, just like Lord Asta. That's not so much the situation since she closed the shop in Castle Town and I don't have a chance to take a trip."

"Heh. So if you two were talking about leaving Genos, would you spare me a little?

"I find that extremely thoughtless. I'm also very interested in how many cooks Lord Mime can be."

Roy was sighing more tired.

"Then you should reveal that kind of mood first. You're just hard to read inside."

"Roy, the words are cluttered," Roy shrugged his shoulder as Siri-Low gave a quick voice.

After a blurry view of such disciples, Vulcus turns to the mime.

"Today, I hear we can also try Lord Mime's dishes. Have you made any changes to that appointment?

"Yes! Let me bring it here!

"Thank you. I would be more than happy to eat your dishes in the future."

With that said, Vulcus gave a relaxing bowl of grace.

"But let us first try our dishes. We're just finishing up, so we'd like you to enjoy the broth before it boils unnecessarily."

Was Varcus sure to start the tasting party?

After all, Vulcus is Vulcus. Well, I got to sneak in and laugh inside.