812 Twenty-first Day of the Purple Moon ③ - Black Little Things

After going a few meters or so down the passage partitioned by the insider, we finally arrived in the area of Giva.

A year ago, the Pinots entered the woods with the hunters of the Luu family, a giva that they captured.

We couldn't have forbidden the big surprise.

"Uh... this is the giva from that time?

"That's right, wow. Is there anything wrong with that?

Nothing's wrong. Short, black-brown furrows with majestically opposed horns and fangs. Slow torso, short limbs. A hard tendency that grew from the top of the head to the back, reminiscent of Mohican - everything we know, what Gibba looks like.

The only strange thing was its size.

Relaxing in the roped groves, the giva was about a mile long.

The round torso had meat on it so it wouldn't weigh a hundred kilos either. It was also certified as medium-sized or larger by the forest.

"Gi, is Giva something that gets so big in just one year? You were such a little baby when you brought it back from the woods, weren't you?

The figure of Shantu, the beast man, holding a young Gibba in love remains firmly behind his brain. That giva was supposed to be about 30 centimeters long at best.

"Sa 'anye, at any rate, Atashi and the others are new to raising Gibba, so I can't even tell if this guy is bigger or smaller than he is. Shouldn't we ask the hunter Sun?

"No. Neither do we know how much Giva will grow in a year.... but no matter how freshly hunted Gibba is, it's hard to lose count. After all, it's something that grows faster than humans."

Saying it that way, Lyelpham-Sudra was pouring a serious eye on Giva.

"... Whatever it is, I wonder if this giva will ever attack a human being. You seem to have a very calm eye, just like a black monkey."

"Well, of course, because it's a giva that Atashi and Grandpa Shantu grew on hand salt. No matter how hungry you are, you will not strip human beings of their fangs."

Indeed, the giva had a very calm eye.

With so many people surrounded, there's no way to be afraid or concerned. Gibba, heard from a hunter by the woods, was a completely distant figure.

"Hmm, wow! When humans raise you, Giva grows up so much -!

Rimi-Lou is speaking out in a shaky voice. Tara, taken in its arms, was also staring at Gibba with curious eyes, not fear.

"Then the Gibbas in the woods, too, wonder if the Limi will get along with them, they'll be grown up?

"You can't do that. Once all Gibbs have been given freedom, the grace of the forest will be consumed. Then sooner or later, the forest will die."

I said as Ai-Fa knelt down and stared at Rimi-Lou's innocent face from up close.

"If that's how the forest dies, Gibba will go out into the outside world. If we do, we will now be fighting with humans over the grace of the outside world."

"Oh, sure, he's eating a lot out of the bottom. If you don't want to eat like this, you need to make a mistake."

That said, Pinot also nearly smiled at Limi-Lu.

It is a slightly unusual expression of a mother giving up a toddler.

"Algra lions and gauje leopards are also harmful to humans if left alone. If humans want to unify the world, they'll be able to cross blades."

"Hmmm... you guys live with Huey and Sarah and that doesn't make you sad or anything?

Limi-Luu's eyes seemed to be in some serious light.

Pinot lifts his lips so hard as to give him the usual invincible look.

"I don't want to think about that kind of hard stuff, so Atashi and the others live without roots. Although lions, leopards, black monkeys, and gibbas are abominable in the world of men, you can live with them at will."

"We do not abhor Gibba, the son of the same forest. It's just that I'm hitting your life to get that day's life."

"Oh, I guess hunter Sun is. Even Sun, the hunter of Masala and Drago, would not abhor leopards or lions.... it must be the reason of the stone capital to abhor beasts that do harm to humans."

Finally, laughing delightfully, Pinot flinched herself.

"Ma, Atashi and the others have turned their backs from such reason, so Nana can't tell you that, Ella. A gathering of twisted monsters who delight in their vicious beasts."

"Uhm. But exposing the figure of Gibba alive in this way can create some meaning, I guess. Whatever it is, the one who left the woods is no longer a child of the woods, so there are others who will live as your compatriots."

It was Lyelpham-Sudra who said that.

"Yes, yes," Pinot responds as she sings.

"Tell you what, that giva must be a mon like the people of the Great God who left the sanctuary. Just like the wolf down the mountain said he turned to a dog, I guess that means he turned to something that wasn't a giva. Even though we're together, I think the shades of our souls are different."

"Hmm. You know what the people of the Great God are."

"Well, of course. I'm not sure I'll get a chance to see you."

Lyelpham-Sudra has stuck his mouth, watching me and Ai-Fa better.

Speaking of which, Tia's presence had not yet been revealed. This wasn't always every secret, so maybe now was the time to reveal it.

"As a matter of fact, you are keeping your daughter in the house of Fa, who will be brought to the people of the Great God."

Pinot, who was about to walk out the aisle, stopped and looked back at this one.

That face has a rare and decent look on it as a pinot.

"He who will be brought to the people of the Great God... what is he talking about? You believe that the people of the Great God don't interact with people from the outside world, right?

"Yes. It's just a little bit of a reason, I'm leaning by the woods. When the injury heals, I plan to return to the sanctuary."

Before my words were over, Pinot kicked the ground.

In the next moment, that appearance is imminent in front of me. From a low head, Pinot has been staring seriously at my face.

"By the woods, falsehood is a sin, isn't it? So you're not making fun of Atashi... are you sure the daughter of the Great God's people is leaning against the woods?

"Yeah, yeah. Only temporarily."

In my response, Pinot said, "Heh!," he raised his voice.

The cleavage's eyes are wide open, revealing black eyes. It was glittering like a black gem, exploding curiosity.

"What a ton of nondemonstrable stories! The people of the Great God, the guests by the woods! Does Camua's husband or Rico know about it?

"Yes, both of them are already face-to-face."

"Ha! Whatever Rico and the others are, Camua's husband is not a good person! You were hiding such a delightful story with such a slight laugh! Oh, I'm so sorry if I don't slap you in the face the next time I see you!

"Oh, no, didn't Camus just miss the opportunity to reveal it, too? I guess you just said hello lightly, didn't you?

"Yikes! This is how he laughs at the surprise! You can bet ten copper coins!

Betting is not recommended by the woods, and doesn't seem like a very good bet in the first place. If it was that Camua-Josh, he would have had that kind of prank mind in place.

"... can Atashi and the others say hello to their daughter?

And, with a lot of tone in his voice, Pinot overlapped the words that way.

He leans back slightly and looks at me upwards. Somehow, it is a trick like a toddler feeding on confectionery.

"If we don't imitate the laws of the kingdom, we're not forbidden to stick together... but what are we going to do when we meet?

"I'm not planning anything. If the daughter abandoned the sanctuary, I'd like to bring her around with me. If you're ever going back to the sanctuary, there's no way the people of the Great God would be interested in talking about it."

"Still, do you want to see me?

"Well, I'd like to see you. This could be the best opportunity of your life, huh?

I felt it was extremely unusual for Pinot to offer so many personal wishes.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't doubt the truth about Pinot. but since it shouldn't be a good story for me to contract cheaply, I pass my gaze to my beloved parent.

I = fa watched Pinot for a while before saying "I understand".

"Just in case, let me talk to Chief Donda-Lou. And if forgiveness be forthcoming, visit Pha's house."

"Thanks!," Pino spread his hands wide.

A wide range of wings flutter like the wings of a liou.

"Thank you very much. I feel like kissing you all over your face."

"Hmm. Wonder, your bullshit doesn't piss me off."

"Well, it's moderating. If you really imitate that, you'll have your promise rebuffed."

And, at the end of the day, she was like him, a pinot that hung her lips up to.

Then, from the end of the aisle, he said again, "Hey!," he hears Rad-Lid.

"How long do you keep it on Gibba? I'm so tired of waiting for you!

As I proceeded to walk in response to that voice, I came across a rock lizard on a tree along the way. He was pulling Shantu's luggage, two big lizards. It's a giant that would be three meters if it included the tail, so it's rolling up close too.

Thus there was a curtain upon the poke, and before it was the appearance of Arun and Amin. He probably waited for us to catch up because this is the hall where he shows his crooks.

"Well, then, go ahead. This is a beast scene."

He opened the curtain by speaking more of a toddler like a twin, perhaps a girl, Amin.

When you step in there, Rad-Lid and some others say, "Oh!" and give a shout of surprise. And Rimi-Lou and Tara cheered.

"Wow! Sarah to Huey, hiccup!

It was a hall about five metres square, divided by an insider.

In order to be an open space, no trees have grown. In the middle of it stood a beast shantu and two beasts.

"Welcome to the Old Knowledge and the first to see you. Enjoy the art of old age."

Shantu said so with a very serene face.

He is an old man like a immortal, with a white beard hanging down to his chest. The skinny body still has black and gray clothes, wrapped around it like a borough cloth.

On either side were Huey, the silver lion of Algra, and Sarah, the leopard of Gaujeh.

The people at first sight would deserve amazement just for their appearance. Neither Huey, with her pale grey furrows and watery eyes, nor Sarah, with her sabel tiger's teeth in leopard furrows, were the first beasts in this neighborhood to see.

After all, a large beast of the cat family feels like it has a unique elegance. Even though it was so magnificent, its discrepancy, with its elegance somewhere, was that it drew a line with black monkeys and gibbas alike.

"What a beast full of power. If this were in the field, it would be no less of a threat to Gibba."

When Chim-Sudra snapped as she felt in, her partner, EA Fou-Sudra, replied with a smile, "Right," she said.

"But those beasts look smart like hounds. You must be working with human beings."

That's how Sarah and Huey's art began.

It is still a brilliant thing to lift with a pitched ball of chantu or to show different movements depending on the whistle. As well as the first time people saw it, we had a lot of fun for the first time in a year.

"Well. Does anyone want to try riding on this Sarah?

When Shantu called it that way, Rimi-Lou and Tara said at the same time, "Yes!," he raised his hand.

Other times, Yun-Sudra and Ray-Matua are raising their hands. Even EA Fou-Sudra raised her hand, so Chim-Sudra was surprised.

"Ea Fou wants to ride that beast?

"Yes.... as for the person who gave the wedding, should I have followed"

EA FOW-SDRA dyed her cheeks a little shy, and put her hands down.

but even though i'm giving you a wedding, ea fou sudra was only supposed to be one year old different from yun sudra. Besides, Yun-Sudra celebrated her birthday, so she is now the same sixteen. Stick around, it doesn't seem old enough to shy away in a place like this.

"No, I'm not going to blame you for anything... but when it comes to riding a beast that moves so quickly, it's going to be dangerous for a while..."

"Nothing is at stake. Even if you accidentally let go, Huey will help you."

and Chantu smiled at Chim-Sudra.

"If you're still worried, why don't you ride with me? You're both small, so Sarah won't complain."

"No, I..." was a reluctant Chim-Sudra at first, but I guess I still felt less inclined to make my partner's wishes come true. Ultimately, we were to ride Sarah's back together.

Sarah, with the young couple of the Sudra family on board, rushes around the hall with the same strength as she had just done. EA FOW-SDRA had a lovely, age-appropriate cheer, and Chim-Sudra had her mouth down too.

"Wow, wow! Next time, Yun-Sudra and the others are on board!

"Oh, no, Rimi-Lou and Tara, if you like."

"The remis let me ride last year too, so it's fine for the last time! Right, Tara?

"Yeah! Go ahead -"

So next up was the combination of Yun-Sudra and Ray-Matua.

Watching it, Rad-Lid is waving a nod and a giant.

"Old man! If I could put two of Sudra on it, wouldn't she be able to withstand my weight, too?

"Yeah, there's no problem. Would you like a ride?

"I'd love to!

Everyone seems to enjoy the song of "The Seat of the Gamleys," above all.

Me and I-Fa decided to pull into the corner of the hall and watch everyone enjoy themselves.

"It's been a long time. Are you sure you're okay with dinner?

"Yeah, I'm done. With all this manpower, there's no problem."

At that time, the sound of something ripping off sounded overhead.

Ey-fa looks up like a hack - its appearance, engulfed in darkness. I'm supposed to have my eyes open, but in an instant, my vision was shut.

"Wow! What?

"All of you!", the voice of Ai-Fa sounds.

At the same time, my vision opened.

So, something like a whirlwind goes past the tip of my nose. That was the fingertip of the right hand that Ai-Fa shook off.

"Get away from Asta! Otherwise... we won't have to do it!

Ey-fa gives you an angry voice.

From around my right shoulder, someone replied, "Nah."

"Your voice is a little..."

I roughly twisted my neck to the right.

Something like I imagined was sitting right on my right shoulder.

It was a very small kitten with blue eyes in black furrows.

"Ah, I'm sorry about this guy. Have you escaped the cage again?"

And Pinot, who was supposed to be outside the hall, tucked right next to me at some point.

People are watching us with a decent face. Sarah had also stopped moving, and Lad-Lid, who was shaking like a child on that back, was also tilting her thick neck.

"What's the matter, it's I-Fa? I thought even outlaws appeared."

"It's not the outlaw, it's the beast. Is this your art, too?

"No, this guy's just, like, wasting his time. I should've locked you in tight so you wouldn't be bad to your customers."

Pinot smiled bitterly and said so.

And look back on the Shantu and Rad-Lid's.

"Atashi will take care of this one. Enjoy yourself."

"Right! Now, for God's sake, it's the leopard of the gauze!

Sarah with Rad-Lid on board starts running through the hall again.

With that sidelined, we're going to solve this happening.

"Uh, this is a beast called a cat, right? I've seen it in my hometown too."

"Yeah, well, this is Sim's black cat. It's not the kind of beast you'd make a spectacle of, but somehow you're supposed to be pushed."

"... is this the cat beast"

Ai-Fa glanced at my right shoulder with a thick eye.

"Anyway, it would be disrespectful to touch my family without saying no. I want it removed quickly."

"Yes. Wait a minute.... There, come down here. When I hear you say it, I'll give you a slice of meat."

As Pinot tried to invite her with her fingertips for a moment, the black cat turned her whole body's hair upside down and intimidated her sharply.

To that appearance, I = fa becomes such an evil look.

"This guy is small, but he seems to have a lot of rough temper. Do you mind if I get my hands on it?

"Oh, wait a minute. He's got these sharp nails, and if he tries to pull them apart, Asta might get caught."

"... you are even with the black monkey of Vamda through your heart? And yet you can't even make such a small beast say something?

"He's only half a month old. What kind of clinging? Besides, as you can see, I have a rough temper, so I'm not even going to listen to Atashi or Grandpa Chantu."

The tiny pinot also looked a lot troublesome.

I look for the word "er" as I feel the slightest weight and warmth on my right shoulder.

"You said you were pressed earlier, right? How did you end up keeping this kitten?

"Hmm? Yeah, about half a month ago, an outlaw attacked me in the street. They flipped out and handed it over to the town guard Sun... there was this black cat sitting in their van."

"Heh. A bandit had a cat?

"No, the bandits say it's like one of the treasures they took. The cat is only in Sims, so it's for sale in the west. So, if it were true, this stupid cat would have been seized along with other treasures, but I didn't burst into the face of the guard Sun trying to catch him. An angry guard, Sun, tried to kill him, and Atashi and the others rushed to take him out."

Then it is something that seems likely to benefit the Pinots, but it seems that they have not developed a very warm relationship.

"If he had a more dear temper, I would have had him work with the other beasts. If the customer's face gets caught, it's important, so I locked him in a cage. Sooner or later, I was thinking about letting him go."

"... if you are such a fierce beast, I want you to pull it away from Asta immediately"

"Hmm, if I'm hungry, I think I'll come down a lot..."

That's what Pinot said, he frowned at Uranzo.

"... I mean, it's Asta's shoulder, he's making a lot of noise. Didn't you get caught somewhere?

"Yeah. At first I got jumped in the face, but it looks like you kept your nails pulled in."

"Heh... the person who got jumped by him is looking at the nagging, sore eyes. He's a puffy bard. He scratched my face."

Pinot stretched his back and peered into the face of the black cat.

The black cat snarls her throat, "Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

"Hmm... he seems to have missed Asta a lot"

"Really? I've never been missed by a cat before."

"Even now, Grandpa Shantu is giving me the beast's hand. If you look me in the eye, you'll see about that."

At that time, the surrounding people cheered for me.

Looking back, a new beast had just appeared from behind the hall. It is Druid, the son of Huey and Sarah.

Druid had also grown significantly.

Almost the same physique as her mother, Sarah, who a year ago looked like a mundane stuffed animal, but was truly splendid even though the tenderness she was sorry for grew brilliantly.

"Wow! Druid, you've grown so big -!

Rimi-Lou and his men rejoiced, and let loose their split pennies into the grass cage where Druid had turned.

Dorui, who inherits the blood of silver lions and leopards, has both characteristics. The gray hairline has spots on it and peeks into its mouth like a sabel Tiger fang. It was me I had seen in the image if it was Leopon, Riger, etc., but the beast with fangs at the time of Lion's tenderness and Servel Tiger was the first to see it, so it felt divine as if it were a mythical being.

"Giva wasn't the only one growing fast, was she? Druid, my share, please."

When I threw the copper coin, Dorui caught it in the grass cage without danger.

For this minute, I would eventually wear no less artsy than my parents. Even the body was still about to grow.

"I knew it. Did you see that, too?

To Pinot's voice, which included laughter, Ai-Fa responded with an "umm..."

Looking back wondering what he was talking about, Pinot had his lips hung up like a prank kid's eyes.

"No, when Asta looked like she was having fun, she looked like she was having fun. It's like thinking of Asta as your mother."

"Ha. Not the father, but the mother? Well, maybe that's what I deserve better."

"No, no, most beasts are raised by mothers, not fathers, so when it comes to parents, that means mothers. The tail is swinging and looks like it's going to be cheeky now."

That's how Pinot smiled at me with his hands on his sneaky hips.

"I need to talk to you about something. Are you going to take it?

"Huh? At Fa's house, do you have this kitten? But... we have three dogs..."

"Hehe, the dog? But I hear that nobles in the west can keep all they want, whether they're dogs or cats. Stick around, I don't think it's compatible."

"No, but..."

"To be honest, Atashi and the others were sparing him. I just let it go to Sim's wilderness, and it's suspicious if a kitten like that can live, and if it can't be followed by Atashi or Grandpa Shantu, you can't even plant a show of art, can you? If you want to spend the rest of your life in a cage, you'd be lucky to die drooling in the wild... but if you can, I want him to have a happy ending."

"Then why don't we even sell it off to the nobles? If you are a nobleman with many copper coins, you may suffer from hunger."

Pinot looked at you with a flush as Ai-Fa complained.

"Other than art, I don't get copper coins. It's Atashi's creed. But even if I give it to you for free, for example, this guy has to admit that he's my husband. Oh, I've done this evil to you, and it would be naughty to be smothered by fur. You can't call that a happy ending, can you?

"That may be..."

"Even in a couple of days, why don't you check on him? If he does evil in Fa's house, of course Atashi and the others will take it. Can't you see if you can have a healthy relationship with him?

Ey-Fa pulled his lips together and turned his face towards the black cat.

I thought I'd give you another voice of intimidation, and the black cat sounds like "Mia" sweet. So Ai-Fa was to frown as deeply as he could.

"... a couple of days, huh? If this guy did one bad thing to Fa's family, you can never forgive him, can you?

"I'll leave that to your discretion. Feed your dog if you slip it into fur."

Ai-Fa sighed deeply before looking back at me.

"Asta, too, is there any difference? If you don't want to, I'm not gonna force you to keep it."

"At the moment, there is no difference. I just can't cook with it on my shoulder, so I guess I can stick with it. I'm just wondering if I can make it with the Braves."

"Mm-hmm. With me, I'm not going to make it that easy to get more family."

Either way, it seems that this black cat has decided to bring it back to Fa's house once and for all.

The black cat shouted satisfactorily, "Nah," and my cheeks began to peel.

Those little tongues were rougher than the Braves, as if they were damp paper yasles or something, but the stimulus was not even comfortable.