854 A Day in the Silver Moon - The Eyes of the Great God

After the "Day of Doom," the morning of the first day of the Silver Moon - we exchanged heartfelt New Year's greetings with those gathered in Dalaim before returning to the settlement by the woods.

It is the families of Sudra's house who are aboard Gill's luggage. They had a good home and just the right number of people, so they decided to go home with them.

In a rattling and rocking carrier, Yun-Sudra and EA Fou-Sudra are closing their eyelids as they lean against each other. Needless to say, Sachi the Black Cat. And Chim-Sudra, who stared in love at her partner's sleeping face, also rowed the boat at all times.

Forestside people, who boast extraordinary physical strength, are still things that will take their limits if the night is noisy until dawn. Among other things, only the head of the main house, Lyelpham-Sudra, had the same depositional facade as usual.

"The sun should be indispensable to man. But if you spend your days caricaturally, I guess it's something that makes you lose track of its gratitude. Then perhaps it is necessary for man to give thanks for the grace of the sun even once a year."

"Yeah... that's a good story"

"Seeing it as God may not be very different from our mood to mother the forest either. Whether or not Easter of the Sun God should also be held at the forest side, it will be on the agenda at the next Parents' Conference."

"Yes... this time all the clans will have seen what Easter looks like, so the debate is going to be incandescent"

I answered like that and then I bit the yawn to death.

Lyelpham-Sudra turns to me with a bitter smile.

"I'm sorry. Asta would be more exhausted than anyone else. I don't care about me, I want you to rest."

"No, because it's Easter until you get home. I don't feel comfortable sleeping easily without my parents driving my luggage."

Besides, the van had already arrived in a settlement by the woods. It passes too far through the settlement of Lou, north on the path by the woods. As far as Fa and Sudra's house, it should have been a few minutes left.

"By the way, it's time for us to resume our work as hunters."

Lyelpham-Sudra, who said so, frowned a lot.

"Hmm? What is the voice now, I wonder?

"Voice? Didn't sound like me..."

"No, I did hear it. It sounds like some kind of beast."

Lyelpham-Sudra stood up completely and proceeded to walk toward your table.

"Ey-fa, I wonder what your voice is now?

"I don't know. At least it doesn't sound like a gibberish."

If it's a gibberish, I've only heard it once. It was on the verge of an earthquake that rocked the world, the outbreak of "The Turnover of Ameshorn," that we were to hear its terrible voice ringing from the Morga Forest.

Again, I crawled over to the Ai-Fas, a little anxious that something would happen even if it were a natural mutation. In this state of nightfall, I was not sure I would walk without falling inside the carrier.

As I rode myself out of the opposite side of Lyelpham-Sudra, the cold wind in the early morning blew too comfortably.

But the tone of the luggage car rushing through gets in the way and you can't hear anything. Hearing that seemed to require hearing as a hunter.

"Much, much closer.... it sounds like it's coming from somewhere in the settlement, not from the Morga Forest"

"That's a funny story. In any family, some men should be allowed to stay in the house. If a strange beast has sprung up in the settlement, there's nothing left to leave behind."

Ai-Fa and Lyelpham-Sudra were exchanging words with a face that was not to say goodbye but stuck.

Eventually the luggage car passes too far in front of Fa's house and goes further north down the road. Sudra's house is further north than Fa's.

and - and soon afterwards I saw the next sidewalk, Ai-Fa squeezed Gilr's reins.

This is a crossroads leading to the settlement of Fou.

"This voice seems to be coming from the settlement of Fou. Let me stop by before we go for Sudra's house."

"Um, of course. But the settlement of Fou means... what if the hounds are making this faraway noise?

"No. The braves trained as hounds, of course, shouldn't speak like this for no reason with Zilbe"

They keep the Tiers and the Braves in Fou's house.

How mysterious his face was, Ai-Fa circled Gilr's neck to the sidewalk.

And because the speed of the luggage truck was slowed down, I finally heard that strange voice too.

Indeed, this is a voice reminiscent of the howling of dogs and wolves. It just seemed a lot weaker and some sort of cry to me.

"Oh, Ai-Fa. You're back from Dalaim."

As he stepped into the squares of the settlement, Sallis Run-Fou, who held Aim-Fou, rushed over.

And in the square, you can see a lot of people. And those people, they were all looking in the same direction.

It's high on the right hand side from us.

"I was waiting for the i-fa's to come back. We alone can't decide what to do..."

Ai-Fa had a tough face and stepped down from the platform to the ground.

Me and Lyelpham-Sudra, too, follow that. Then even the Brave and Fou hounds could be seen gazing in the same direction.

Meanwhile, strange voices keep ringing.

When I followed everyone's gaze and glanced high on the right hand side, I was left to breathe unexpectedly.

It is tier.

Tia, who climbed onto the roof of the house, was making that pitiful sound.

Tia lay her hands on the roof, squirming her thin neck, raising her voice like a beast.

It is the saddest voice in the world: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

"... when the night dawned, Tia became like that. You look so sad that you can't even feel compelled to bring him back..."

A moment or so should have already passed since the dawn of the night.

If he had squeezed his voice for such a long time, it would have been natural for his throat to be swallowed.

I walked half unconsciously and said, "Tia!," he decided to raise his voice aloud.

"What are you doing in a place like that? What the hell happened?

Tia's voice stopped right.

And Tia, who's turned back towards me, that's what jumps to the ground with beastly lightness.

Once he landed on the ground, Tia jumped further into my chest.

Ai-fa, who was just next to me, didn't try to blame me for that either.

Tia's little face was wet with tears.

"Asta... I'm sorry I surprised everyone in the settlement... Tia... couldn't keep her mind down..."

"What the hell is wrong with you? What's Tia crying about?

I put my hands gently on both shoulders of Tia, with no idea.

Tia looks up at me as she whimpers.

What was floating there was such a grieving look that it would clog my chest just watching.

"The Eye of the Great God has disappeared..."

"Huh? What's the matter with the Great God?

"Because the sun appeared, 'The Eye of the Great God' was wiped out by its light... a year of the Red People came to an end..."

I was in the extreme of confusion and could hardly understand Tia's words.

Then Ai-Fa leans over with a serious face.

"By" The Eye of the Great God "you meant the stars of the night? That must have been the story of Morga's shining day being the only special day for you."

"Yes... Last night, 'Star of the Great God' flashed over Morga's head... all the people would have cleansed their bodies with holy water and shared the joy of having successfully completed a year..."

"Well, maybe..."

As I opened my mouth, Tia nodded her face to her chest.

Hot tears wet my chest.

"Tia is now thirteen... the due date for Tia to work as a hunter ended yesterday... so Tia is..."

After that, it was speechless.

Whimpering spilled from Tia's mouth creeping through her clothes and skin into my heart.

I just had to cuddle Tia's little body without finding a word to say.

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It is then about half an hour later.

I, along with I-Fa and Tia, was set to face the Birdu-Foos in the hall of the Fou main house.

The Birdu-Faws were walking home from Dalaim, so Lyelpham-Sudra picked them up in Gilru's luggage. To the left and right of Birdu-Fow, the parents of Lyelpham-Sudra and Lan were also face-to-face.

"In other words, was it a lesson that the red people living in the mountains of Morga, like the people of the town, would grow older by celebrating a day of the silver moon"

Tia, who sat down a bit between me and I-Fa, nodded "Uhm".

Tia had completely regained her composure in the past half an hour, but her eyes are crying red. Just looking at me like that seemed like I was going to be blocked by grief.

"I'm not sure what a silver moon is, but there's no mistake that a year ended yesterday. Tia turned thirteen."

"So... you didn't live as a hunter until you were thirteen, did you?

"Uhm. The women of the Red People live three years, from the age of ten to thirteen, as hunters. Only those who show strength will be allowed to marry their companions."

That being said, Tia bowed her head as deep as her forehead was on the rug.

"I was ready for this to happen, but I couldn't really contain my feelings of sadness. I feel sincerely sorry for the unwanted inconvenience caused to the folks of Fou"

"Wait. What do you mean you were ready? Were you staying in a forest settlement to regain your power as a hunter?

"Uh-huh. But there was no chance Tia could regain her power."

Tia raised her face, lifting her right arm to the side.

The arm, just horizontal with the shoulder, stops perfectly.

"Tia's right arm is no longer rising above this. He probably suffered an irrevocable wound when he broke his back. This wound never healed when the flesh returned to its full strength."

"Then what were you... continuing your training for? If you had irrevocable wounds, wouldn't it make sense to train?"

"If even one piece of hope is left, we cannot spare our strength. Tia was a hunter until the Eye of the Great God flashed over Morga's head."

That said, Tia smiled fluffily.

It is an innocent smile that can only float on Tia.

"But the due date for Tia to live as a hunter came to an end. I'm going back to Morga as one lady."

"To Morga, can we go back? I thought you said you wouldn't be allowed back to your homeland unless you regained your power as a hunter."

"That's because Tia was a hunter. But Tia is not a hunter now. The chiefs will decide the rest."

At that time, a dull tone of soothing sounded.

When I look at him in surprise, Lyelpham-Sudra is slapping his fist on the floor at his feet. It would have been a handful, but it was such a shock that the floor itself wobbled.

"So you've been cut off from the path of living as a hunter by those murderers... I feel sorry for you in retrospect"

Lyelpham-Sudra's eyes were burning like fire.

But Tia shook her head with the same smile.

"If those people hadn't shown up, Tia wouldn't have had a chance to redeem her sins. Tia finally qualified to return to Morga by using her life for Asta. So… I guess this is the fate of the Great God"

"Is it right that you are destined to suffer so much for beings like you?

"Uhm. That's what Tia thinks"

That said, Tia drooled her head again.

"I am so thankful to the people by the woods that I cannot say it all in words. Whatever fate Tia may have ahead, as long as there is this life, I promise I will never forget the kindness and warmth of the people by the woods"

"Ma, wait. Are you ready to go back to the Morga Mountains?

"Uhm. No more reason to bother the people by the woods"

Tia, who raised her face, looked back at Birdu-Fow's face wonderfully as it was.

"But there's no reason to rush back. If it's not convenient for the people by the woods, I'm going to keep them waiting for days."

"Right. Then I want time to tell the chiefs about this. Perhaps we need to deliver the words to the nobles of Genos."

"Okay. Now I'm going to have to wait for the Chiefs to reply."

With a heavy sigh, Birdu-Fow marked the end of the meeting.

We grace ourselves and leave the house with the Braves waiting in the dirt. The folks at Fou's settlement seemed busy with their morning work.

"... from the beginning, you were prepared that you couldn't regain your power as a hunter."

Ai-Fa crushed it that way while aiming for the luggage car that was letting me put it by the side of the house.

Walking barefoot and hissing, Tia said, "Hmm?" and lean his neck.

"Not from the beginning. No matter what force I had returned, my right shoulder wouldn't move properly, so that's how I got ready."

"It must have been a long time ago that you had which power you regained. Besides, you would have guessed beforehand that the end of the year was approaching?

"Mm-hmm. Tia left Morga when about half the year went by. I thought it would be about time, and I've been checking the star's position at night for the last few days"

"If so... why did you keep that story from us?

I = fa stood by Tia's whereabouts and even made fun of that little figure.

Ey-Fa's blue eyes are whirled with emotions that are difficult to contain. In return, Tia laughed like she was in trouble.

"Would passing on stories like this to the Ai-Fa's just make them feel heavier? Especially since Asta and I-Fa seemed busy these days... I didn't want to bother with Tia or anything like that."

"Why are you trying to carry everything in there all by yourself? If you reveal it to us, your destiny will not change… but perhaps you are at ease."

"Ai-fa, you're saying something crazy. Tiers can't be friends or brothers. If that's the case, you don't have to take care of Tia's mood."

Tia smiled innocently.

Her eyes, as beautiful as those of Garnett, creep into the tears of seeing.

"But I also knew that the Ai-Fas were kind enough to guide me through Tia's self that way. That's why... I didn't feel like telling this story."

Ai-Fa nodded and shook her shoulders carelessly.

I kneel on the ground and gently wrap Tia's little hand around her with both hands.

"Tia, I don't even know what to say... but I hope Tia's gods show us the right way"

"The Great God, there is nothing wrong. It was Tia who hurt Asta."

Tia said so, glowing her eyes with tears.

"But Tia was able to meet the Astas, and redeem the sins that hurt Astas. So there's nothing left to remember anymore. Whatever fate may be brought about, it is the right path."

I didn't think so.

It never seemed right that Tia was destined to be unhappy.

What fate does the great god Ameshorn intend to bring to Tia - I hoped to see it through at any rate.