777 Behind the stage (II)

Then some time later, in the settlement of Fou, the power comparison of the hunters was to begin.

Instead of Raina-Lou, Rud-Lou raises a much hazy voice. At the harvest festival of Lu's blood, there was only a comparison of the power of fighting, but at the harvest festival of these six families, we all compared the power to things like target and carry loads. Even if I tried Raina-Lou, it was quite a fresh and heart-pounding act.

"Ai-Fa, Joo-Run and the Sudra guys are awesome. Even to the Lew bloodline, the one who can handle bows so well, isn't that right?

"Right. I can't say for sure if I don't actually compare forces... at least I can shoot through that brilliantly."

"Huh. If it was me or Zida, I wouldn't beat them either!

Rudd-Lou, as well as Giza-Lou, look quietly daunted.

And around the Raina-Lou's, the other guests were cheering loudly.

The majority of them, like Raina-Lou and others, are people by the woods invited by the rest of their families. Guests from the town were guided by Asta and were positioned a little further away.

"That's amazing! Who the hell is going to be the brave one?

And, a small crowd of women who were nearby, call on Raina-Lou.

It is a young lady who is helping Asta's stall. Rayna-Lew could not remember the names of those women, but only this daughter's name was painfully remembered.

"Uh... you're only Ray-Matua, aren't you?

"Yes! In Castle Town the other day, thanks for your help!

Yes, this girl was with me when I went out to see the castle.

Yet this daughter is told that she will be working in the street every day along with Malfira-Naham. About that time, it was Asta's turn to anticipate his arm.

"Oh, there you go! Um, second man from the right! That's Thur-din's father!

And he laughs uncontrollably at Raina-Lou.

They are very innocent, and they are a good bunch of women. Besides, she should have also participated in a feast of rapprochement at the Lou family and another feast of sending a bunch of architects. Since the days when he didn't know his name, Raina-Lou and I had occasional feasts together.

(... I wonder if that means Asta's been eyeing this girl since then)

After seeing Tour-Din's father and the others win, Rayna-Lew turned to Ray-Matua.

"Um, how old are you, Ray-Matua?

"Huh? I'm thirteen, but what's wrong with that, Raina-Lou?

"No... just isn't it usually people over fifteen who make parental statements in these settings?

Then Ray-Matua smiled a little embarrassed.

"If it was meant to be, I guess it is. But I really wanted to go to the banquet, so I asked my parents not to."

"So you weren't called by Asta"

"To Asta? Yes, Asta won't talk to the rest of the family about that. Always, I say all I can."

That said, now I laugh without grin and submission.

It is a very attractive smile.

"But it was Asta's decision that you were to work in the street every day, wasn't it? So that's all you're expecting from Asta."

"No! My God, I'm still immature! Not to mention Yun-Sudra and Tour-Din, but Malfira-Naham, still shallow in the sun, has completely overtaken me."

Laughing only innocently, Ray-Matua overlapped words that way.

"But because of my character like this, I specialize in partitioning street work and dealing with customers in the Blue Sky Dining Room. I think Asta appreciated those parts, not just the cooking arm"

"Oh, that's the kind of power that matters in the lodging town business."

"Yes! So I respect the Raina-Lou thing! Rayna-Lew is more skillful than anyone at cooking and compartmentalizing stalls!

"Well, respect?," said Raina-Lou, wandering away. It was the first time that the women of the rest of the family had been told to do so directly from the front.

"Yes. There are plenty of women who think that way. In the first place, Raina-Lou and Sheila-Lou are the best of Asta-friendly people! Everyone admires the Raina-Lou guys!

"Oh, do you admire it... I don't think so..."

"I guess that's because we don't all talk about deviation like I do. Whatever the case, the Lew family is a chieftaincy muscle, so we're all very reluctant."

That being said, Ray-Matua has softly touched Raina-Lou's hand.

"We're all looking forward to being able to have a feast with Raina-Lou today. When you're done comparing your powers, could you let me talk to you about this?

"Yeah, well, it must be important to deepen ties with other clans..."

"Yay! I'll tell everyone, too!

That's how Ray-Matua disappeared beyond the hedge.

Then, the so-called Rud-Lu peeks into Rayna-Lu's face.

"Where have you been, sister Raina? You look like Kimmus got his beak."

"Huh? Ki, what's Kimmus doing?

"That's what they say about accommodation towns and daleims. - Right? Tara or something taught me."

Rud-Lew spilled more white teeth.

"Was it so surprising that the rest of the ladies admired Sister Raina? It's not a strange story."

"What, you were obsessed with targeting me, and you were eavesdropping?

"If you talk in such a big voice, you can hear me even if you don't want to. The hunter has good ears.... Oh, now Sudra's two and Joo-Run? Don't miss this one."

Beyond the cheer, new hunters were covering their bows again.

With his eyes over there, Rudd-Lou overlaps words even more.

"Anyway, Sister Raina and Sheila-Lou are big goals for the rest of the ladies. Tour-din and all that sounds awesome, but sweets are more prominent over there. I guess the Raina sisters are better off with all the new Giva dishes on their own."

"I wonder. But those women, they all look at Asta's hands from time to time, so there's no reason to admire us, is there?

"Asta is special, isn't she? I'm a trained man on a lot of land. Of all the people who got hands-on from that Asta, the most distinguished are Sister Raina and Sheila-Lou."

Rudd-Lou smiles a nasty smile as he stares at his target audience.

"Finally, even among the men, Sister Raina seems to have a reputation? I can't seem to consolidate my readiness to offer a wedding because they're from the Lew main house."

"What's that? I'm sure there's hardly a man in the other family."

"Still, a few times, you looked at me. Rayna, my sister's a pussy, but her breasts and buttocks caught the attention of a man."

"Already!", Raina-Lou said, pulling his brother's back.

From behind there, a fluffy and soft voice is thrown.

"Is it still difficult to offer a wedding to a person in the chieftaincy muscle, even if something called a non-exhausting wedding is allowed to other blood clans?... Oh, excuse me, the conversation got in my ear."

It was Fermes, a diplomat of the king's capital. Of all the guests from the town, he and his squire were alone in this group.

"Heh, you have good ears without a hunter, too.... Wow, it's five times in a row! Awesome, those guys!

Apparently, Joo-Run and Sudra's youth were allowed to center all arrows five times in a row to move on to the next battle for both names.

"Um, so what is it? Oh, about the wedding? Well, of all the chieftaincy muscles, Sister Raina is the next sister in the main house. My oldest sister, Vina, has been dowried by Lilyn, and the two of you are not old enough to give her a wedding, so it's hard to give her an extra bite."

"I see. Are you saying that there is no chance that the person who will be Rayna-Luu's companion or the child will be a chief?"

"No, that's almost impossible, because before Kota grows up, unless Brother Ziza, Brother Dulm and all of me screw up, Sister Raina's turn won't come around."

"Hmm. Darum-Lou, who left the house and became the head of the branch, is no stranger to the right of inheritance."

"I don't know what the word is, but it is. If my father and Brother Ziza screw up before Kota grows up, it's Brother Dalm who's going to be chief."

and Rudd-Lou looked back at Fermes behind him in a way that seemed a lot troublesome.

"Except my father and brother Ziza can't be so easily screwed. The next chief is Brother Ziza, and the next chief is Kota."

"Yes. If the fear of accidental death has also been reduced thanks to the hounds, then the end of the Lew family must be cheap."

Fermes is smiling with his innocent face.

Raina-Lou was not comfortable with this smile. Even though it seems like a very simple smile, free of malice, hostility, sarcasm and mockery, it kind of inspires me to be vigilant.

"I apologize for interrupting your conversation. Looks like we're finally in the finals."

"Oh. I have no idea which one will win."

Abandoning that, Rudd-Lou turned to the battlefield.

Fermes greets Raina-Lou and then pulls in softly.

"... that's why I don't think Sister Raina needs to stick to their blood muscles, either?

"What, you weren't done with that story yet? I haven't given you a wedding for a while."

"It's been awhile, how long? Sister Raina is two years older than me."

"... you won't be so stuck until you're 20, and I didn't give you a wedding until you were 24 for Gazran-Rutim, so you're still okay"

"Hehe. Gazran-Rutim's going to be pulled out every time we talk like this."

While we were talking about that, the target brave man was laid down in Joo-Run.

Raina-Lou is a less tight opponent, but he is a well-known figure by the woods because he may soon give Yumi a wedding. He has a much tender look, but his power as a hunter seemed impeccable.

Next, the force comparison of the load carrying is started.

Regardless of the bow's target, this was the first thing Raina-Lou saw. You go out of your way to put a toddler on a pull plate and pull it and run around the square. Sometimes I saw it if it was about the training of carrying a human being to train his ankles, but it was not a bad idea but a surprise to compare forces in this way.

"Heh, this guy is a delightful power comparison! Is this the first time you've seen Brother Giza, too?

"Hmm. When I was invited before, I came in the middle of a power comparison. I've only seen two kinds of power."

While the usual leisurely face, Giza-Lou also looked greatly intrigued.

"But the name carriage sounds familiar. The brave man must have been Lid's head."

"Uh, how powerful he seems. Me or Sin-Lu. Well, you can't seem to beat this power."

"Hmmm. If I did this power comparison in Luu's blood... it would be Dan-Rutim who would be the brave one"

"Definitely not! If he had arm strength, he wouldn't have lost, but Dan Rutim joked that he had legs."

Both of them were right, both muscle strength and foot speed seemed vital in comparison to this force.

The little eye-fa of the body and the hunters of Sudra, among others, have been defeated early. That's how he became a brave man was Lid's parent that he won both last time and last time.

In this manner, the force comparison of the tree climbing starts next.

Even in the meantime, Asta has always dealt with other guests. The aristocratic opponents are left to Tour-Din and Yun-Sudra to look like they are dealing with Yumi and Roy. Guests from the town would need this explanation, but as Raina-Lou, I never missed them.

(Well, we don't need a good guide. It must be a valuable opportunity for people in town to deepen ties with Asta...)

However, Raina-Lou also didn't feel so deeply bonded with Asta these days.

Raina-Lou also goes down to the lodging town once every two days, but since Asta and herself are each stall dividers, there is little chance of exchanging words. Besides, the study group that Asta had at the Lou's house became more and more distant as the day grew, and it was now topped by the third.

(I wonder if my desire to be more hands-free to Asta is still mine)

The current Lew family includes Michelle and Mime. On the day Asta doesn't visit the Lou family, she focuses on Michelle for a study group.

Besides, Raina-Lou is now a handyman as well. We are often begged to teach by family members and family members, and Sheila-Lou and I are devising new dishes, so we have little free time or anything. Also, the day Asta's personal training takes place, she and Sheila-Lou take turns taking part in the first six days, so it seemed that the frequency with which Asta handles her was no different from that of Tour-din or Yun-Sudra.

(But the old Asta, like every day, was handy at the Lew's house)

Is it still Raina-Lou's home that makes me think of the current situation as insufficient?

Thinking that way, when Raina-Lou breathed small, it was told that Sudra's parents had become brave climbers of trees.

(I shouldn't. Today I was a spectator of the harvest festival)

Stealing from Giza-Lou in a bit of a panic, you were still talking to Dari-Sauti and Fermes.

"Then let it be time for a break for a while longer than this. Guests want us to come here."

At the head of Lan's parents, he returns to the center of the square.

Soon, there were a number of rugs laid there.

"Measure the time with this clock, and put the moment to rest. As Kamadoku and the others prepare tea and light meals, we want our guests to relax."

When Raina-Lou and the others lowered their hips, the six-family women brought crates and pots. It was Tour-Din who was at the head of it.

"Oh, thank you for waiting. It's a very simple meal, but I hope it's in your mouth."

Along with the proclamation of Tour-Din, the contents of the crate are distributed. It was a "hot dog" made of Poitan dough with chopped intestinal meat and tino.

Sitting on the same rug as Raina-Lou are Giza-Lou and Rudd-Lou, Dali Sauti and Georg-Zaza, three members of the Marquis Genos family, plus Fermes and Gemdo. Naturally, there seems to be a crowd of people of high rank by the woods and in the town.

"Well, this is Giva's intestinal meat. Even if it's a simple dish, it's a treat enough."

and Eurifia, who received the dish, smiles gracefully.

"I'm afraid so," Tul-din turned to Odifia.

"Um, this will be the dish my squad was in charge of. If Odifia likes it, I'd love it."

Its faint face remained ticklish and motionless, while Odifia sparkled her grey eyes. For some reason, this young princess can't move her expression at any time.

Receiving a 'hot dog' from Tour-Din's hand, Odifia grabbed Poitan's dough and intestinal meat with a small mouth.

"...... Tour-din, so yummy"

"Is that true? Thank you."

Tour-Din smiles with heartfelt joy.

These two seem to have deepened ties every time they see them. As a matter of fact, Rayna-Lew didn't have much of a chance to stand in the scene where these two were face-to-face, so she shouldn't have felt that the bond was deepening with a lot of momentum.

(But the first time Limi or Tour-Din was invited to a tea party, it should have been about now, so that means it's going to be about a year old.)

It would be rare for a people by the woods to be so deeply bonded with the people of the town that they skipped the title of nobility. The only thing that comes to mind for Raina-Lou was to Yumi and Joo-Run, who might soon be giving them a wedding, and then about the people of the Rud-Lou and Dora families, who were blessed with the opportunity to deepen their ties.

(The rest is about Asta, who's bonding with all sorts of people. But Asta's a little special.)

I looked around wondering what was going on with that Asta, but he was a little far away, talking to Ai-Fa.

I'm sure he's talking about power comparisons. In the comparison of the three powers that have been made so far, all of them have won until the last battle, but the throne of the brave has been missed at all costs.

(These two... you're the same)

I felt a special air there, even though I was just casually exchanging words.

Both Asta's eyes, staring at Ai-Fa, and Ai-Fa's eyes, staring at Asta, feel like they are shining an unlimited, merciful light. That should never have seemed like an eye that loved the other person so strongly that he couldn't beat Darum-Lou and Sheila-Lou or Schmiral-Lilyn and Vina Lulu Lilyn.

I used to just look at both of them, and my chest hurt like it was tight.

That must be because I was in love with Asta - and Rayna-Lew thinks. Rayna-Lew had never had anything called romance with a man before, so she couldn't even understand why she was going to be so disturbed, but now she was able to think objectively about her feelings anymore.

Originally, Raina-Lou was deeply impressed by Asta's delicious cuisine. That's how, while I love Asta, I guess that even developed into a relationship.

But Asta didn't try to accept Rayna-Lew.

Rayna-Luu wanted Asta to be a Luu family person, that day - on the wedding night of Gazran-Rutim and Ama Min-Rutim, Asta said "I can't" with a very sorry face.

Since then, Asta's heart has already belonged to Ai-Fa.

And it also seemed to me that Ai-Fa's heart belonged to Asta.

When did I become able to accept that fact - I don't think I dragged it that long. At least, by the time I first invited the Astas to the Luu harvest festival, they should have stomped off already.

I loved Asta.

But more than that, I was fascinated by Asta's delicious cuisine.

If you obsessed with Asta like this and tried to push through a relationship that you might or might not have, any of it could sever your ties with Asta. I might hate Asta. That's how Raina-Lou decided to consolidate his readiness to break down his own love affair.

(I could not bear to lose Asta. than sacrificing everything that lies ahead and taking up the slightest hope...... as a friend I always wanted to be with Asta)

Rayna-Lew never regretted the decision.

So even if I see Asta and Ai-Fa like this, my chest won't hurt anymore. I'm just feeling kind of nostalgic for the old days, like sweet pain.

"... may I be excused for a moment?

And, a wild voice awakened Raina-Lou from memory.

Looking back, a big figure stands up. It was a bozzle, one of the cooks of Castle Town.

"Oh, you were Varcus' apprentice. Have you already spoiled your snacks?

When Eurifia, sitting nearby, raised her voice, Bozzle finally graced her with a "yes" and broke her knee on the spot.

"I'd like to talk to everyone in the Lou family, would you mind if we have a moment?

"Yes, of course. You don't have to feel comfortable with us because we're in the same guest position. Hey, you?

Melfried, who was speaking of Ziza-Lou, nodded expressionlessly "um".

"Thank you for your generous words," Bozzle said again. The expression is as serene as usual, but it still seems to have a much different attitude in front of the nobility.

"Talking is nothing else. After this time of rest, will you let me act with the people of the Lew family?

"With us? Of course not... you must have been guided by Asta."

"Yes, it's not sneaky to put all the hard work into Lord Asta, and I hear today is a meeting to deepen ties with the folks by the woods. I would like to deepen my bond with the Luu family who took care of me at the feast before, how about that?

Then Rudd-Lou, who was colluding with George-Zaza, said, "Wouldn't that be nice?" He raised his voice.

"We shouldn't be the only ones, we should bond with all kinds of clans. It's the first time I've spoken to a man in a castle town, because there 'll be a lot of people here."

"Mm-hmm. I hope you don't stick to the people of the Lew family and deepen your ties with the people by the woods"

"Thank you. Now, when you're done resting, let me ask you a question."

Bozzle left a big grin and walked away.

"Hmm," Rudd-Lou rubs his nose head as he drops off that big hindsight.

"I thought they were the only ones who thought about cooking, but they seem to think about it all the time."

"Mm-hmm. When we had a harmonious dinner with the humans of the Earl of Saturas, they were the ones who prepared the dishes after considering the preferences of the people by the woods. I haven't thought about it."

With that said, Giza-Lou has turned his attention to Raina-Lou.

"Rayna, I can't pay attention to all those people because I need to exchange words with different opponents as a chief surrogate. While the power comparison is under way, can you take care of the guide?

"Yeah, okay"

Speaking of which, Rayna-Lew hasn't spoken much to the Bozzles yet either.

What kind of edge can you spin with them in a place where your dishes do not intervene? Imagine, I didn't have to feel quite happy.