858 Six Days of the Silver Moon ② ~ Preparation below ~

Upon arrival at the settlement of Luu, preparations for the feast were solemnly under way there.

No, would it be an unworthy bustle to solemnly call it? Since the approximate women were stuck in the cabin, there were not so many people in the square, but the smoke and steam that was about to rise from the window felt as if it showed the enthusiasm and haste of the work being carried out in it.

"Now, I'll take this luggage to Fa's house."

The women of Gaz, given Gill's reins by me, call me like that from the top of your podium. Only three people were able to attend the feast today to help me and Tour-Din cook.

The three, Yun-Sudra, Malfira-Naham and Ray-Matua, stand side by side with faces commensurate with their character. Tomorrow was a holiday, so I could reluctantly ask for help from the skilled women.

"Well, I'll show you to Mother Meer Ray first."

Lara-Luu walks wide through the square with a large number of guests. On that path, the Kamadu numbers of Luu's blood, headed by Sheila-Lu and Mim, each left to head to the Kamadu cabin in the house in charge.

Only a group of our guests were left behind.

In the meantime, I decided to give Nicolas my first visit.

"In a woodland lesson, the Guest will first greet the person in the main house. Right now, men, including parents, are in the middle of hunting, so you're going to say hello to the parents' companions."

"... thank you for your kind explanation"

While retaining his courtesy, Nicolas had a much stuck look. For humans who grew up in towns, it's an unusual enough thing to do, just to step into a woodland settlement. Even Dora's father and Yumi, who are cheerfully speaking, were initially forced to be quite nervous.

"Hey, isn't that amazing? As far as I can see, it's a forest. At first, my legs got dull."

And your father is definitely speaking to your mother, your uncle and Grandma Missile. These people are also the first woodlands.

The three elderly people look around silently at the surrounding scene. Whether you are under barometric pressure by the shadows of the woods surrounding all sides, or biting the emotions that set you into the land where Grandma Ziva was born and raised - I could not deduce from that appearance of holding the grumpy Buddha top surface to the inside.

Eventually, when he arrives at the main house, Lara-Luu bypasses the mother house and goes straight to Kamadu cabin. Of course, Mother Meer Ray is in the middle of a job.

"I'm home! I've guided our guests!

"Oh, it's time for that."

From the entrance to Kamado Cabin, Mother Meer Ray shows up.

Then a small figure popped out of its side like a bullet, hugging Tara's body directly from the front.

"I've been waiting. Yo! Welcome to Lew's house, Tara!

"Yeah! Rimi-Lou, I missed you -!

Tara also smiles full face, nodding her cheeks at Rimi-Lou's reddish hair. Rimi-Lou was on stall duty yesterday, so it would be his first reunion of the day, but it seemed no different to the calories of joy.

"Damn, it's not noisy.... Once again, welcome to Lew's house, we have a guest. Hey, that's a lot of people this time."

Meer Ray's mother grins and looks around at the guests.

From Dalaim, there are eight members of the Dora family, and Grandma Missil.

From the accomodation town, there are five people: Yumi, Terrier-Mass, Levi, Ben and Cargo.

From the castle town, there are six people: Roy, Siri-Low, Bozzle, Nicolas, Deal and Larvis.

And adding Kamua-Josh, Late and Zashma, the total was 23. At the banquet, you'll be joined by "The Seat of the Gamleys" and a line of Ricos.

"Oh, you guys are Jagal's iron hardware stores. My daughters tell me a lot about you."

"Yes! Thank you for inviting me today!

With his opponent being the chief's companion, Dial uncommonly revealed his tone, but it was as usual that he was full of energy.

"Plus, thanks for all your orders last month! Since the iron fixtures on your order should arrive during the Silver Moon!

By the woods, during the purple moon, they ordered iron equipment. That, too, should have been quite a number, since not only the blood of Luu, but also the smaller family headed by Fou, wanted cooking knives and such.

"I'm looking forward to the day it arrives. Well, let me keep the steel."

It was a line of Guardians and Larvis and then Cargo to Ben who carried the knife. Ben and Cargo also had a protective dagger today.

Nicola frowns all the time when she sees both of those names.

"Excuse me. Do I have to keep my dagger as well as my long sword?

"Yeah. A steel weapon is a way to keep it."

"... Really? Okay, take this."

Nicola took a skinny dagger out of it as she inserted her hand into her nostrils. Small as a paper knife, but stunning designs elaborate on patterns and sheaths. Seeing that, Mother Meer Ray circled her eyes "heh".

"You're a bunch of women, do you carry that around? We also carry swords to cut grass when we enter the edge of the woods."

"... Yes. I carry it with me from time to time, just to be careful."

"Right. I'll take care of it."

Mother Meer Ray received the dagger with a smile.

"Well, you can do whatever you want with the rest... can the Missiles come over here? The elders will be waiting for you to arrive while you twitch."

With the guidance of Mother Meer Ray with the knife, Grandma Missil and the Dora family old men are forced to go to their mother's house.

In exchange, Rayna-Lew made a face out of Kamadu's cabin.

"I've been watching the fireworks, so I'm late to say hello. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Lew's house."

"Ladies and gentlemen," Raina-Lou's eyes are directed straight at the Roys. Roy and Siri-Low beckoned silently, and Bozzle raised his voice aloud, "Hi."

"We sincerely appreciate your invitation today. Could you just give me a tour of the cook?

"Yeah, sure.... It's just that Michelle and Mim are preparing feast dishes in their own homes. If you like, let someone guide you?

"No," it was Roy.

"I'm also curious about how things are going over there, but it's not a reason to go through this place. In turn, will you give me a tour of all the cooks?

Rayna-Lew nodded "Yes," as she tightened her expression neatly.

"Okay, here you go. What will the others do?

"... I don't know what I'm up to either, so I'd like to ask you to take a tour with me if you don't mind"

It was Nicolas who answered that way.

Raina-Lou looked like he was going to give it a flash, but soon he agreed "Oh".

"You were the one who became Jan's disciple. Please don't hesitate to visit."

Raina-Lou was also present at the celebration of the early runs, so Nicolas and I exchanged greetings at that time. Plus, since she was helping Jan in the boarding town, she should have looked at it several times.

After that, Tara would also stay for Limi-Luu, and the rest of the face would be moved to another Kamadu cabin. Because of this number, it cannot be consolidated in the same place.

Lara-Lew, who was supposed to be the guide, turns to me.

"The Astas are ready for a feast dish, right? Tali-Lu and the others are supposed to be waiting at Sin-Lu's house, so will you go that way?

"Copy that. See you guys soon."

We don't need to be guided because it's a know-it-yourself Luu settlement. That's how a line of Camua-Josh followed him as he set out for the Kamadu cabin of the Sin-Lu family.

"Because of this, we will be with Asta and the others. If the men don't come back, they're less familiar."

"Go ahead. I'm sure Eyfa will be here soon."

As Lara-Luu put it, Tali-Luu and several women were waiting for them in the Kamadu cabin of the Sin-Luu family. They were mobilizing Kamado and the stone kiln to cook Poitan, and the fragrant smell is all over them.

"Welcome to Lew's house, we have a guest. We're done here, so use whatever you want."

"Yes. Thank you for everything.... Ah, Camua, this is Sin-Lu or Sheila-Lu's mother, and this is Tali-Lu."

"Hi. I'll take care of you today."

Even with less familiar opponents, there's nothing wrong with Camua-Josh because they excel in sociability. Cheerful and daunting, Zashma, of course, but not too exposed to the inner reaches, it was the same thing.

"Well, let's get ready."

We waited for Tari-Lu and the others to clean up, and we decided to start work too.

Yun-Sudra and the rest of the team are moving forward in a tight fashion, as the slender steps have already been communicated. To that appearance, Camua-Josh gave an impressive voice.

"Somehow, I can feel how handy you are in the lower preparation phase. Even the chefs in Castle Town can hardly get this much control."

"That's an honorable word, but has Camua ever peeked into a castle town cook?

"No, I'm just talking about impressions."

Ray-Matua laughed "well" at Camua-Josh's blurry response.

"You're a delight, aren't you? Er..."

"I'm a camouflage. A man named Camua-Josh, who makes the Guardian his business."

"Yes, I'm sorry. I should be greeting you every once in a while, but it's messed up with other people's names."

"That's all there is to it. I guess we're supposed to be interacting with a lot of people just during Easter."

That being said, Camua-Josh smiled less.

"Again, that's the same thing. What kind of daughter are you, by the way?

"My name is Ray-Matua. This is Tour-Din, Yun-Sudra, Malfila-Naham."

"Hmm. Matua and Din and Sudra and Naham? Is it a coincidence that we are not all the family members of the parental muscles?

I was silently getting ready, and I said, "Huh?" I was to look back.

"You know very well that those families are not parental muscles. When did you acquire that knowledge?

"That's why Easter's grace. Whenever a holiday came, I could talk to people from different families."

Laughing like a Cheshire cat, Camua-Josh said so.

"Matua would be Gaz, Din would be Zaza, Sudra would be Fou, Naham would be Ravitz's family, right? Gaz and Fou were family members who had endorsed Asta and the others' deeds since the last Parents' Meeting, and Zaza, needless to say, the chieftaincy muscle, and Ravitz... until the end of the day, they couldn't agree with the deeds of Fa's house."

"Ha, yes. La, Ravitz's parents are very cautious..."

"But was Asta and the others unanimously allowed to do it at the last Parents' Conference? The first time I turned Asta around, I was relieved."

"Did you?," Ray-Matua rounded his eyes. Seeing that, Camua-Josh said, "Oh, no?" and tilt his elongated neck.

"I'm the one who recommended Asta to do the stall business, but didn't those stories get into controversy at the parents' conference?

"Oh, if you ask me, right. Neither I nor I-Fa would ever bring up the name of Camus at the Conference of Parents. I didn't mean to belittle the existence of Camus, and I and I-Fa were sincerely convinced that we were working on the street business, so I wasn't driven by the need to bring up the first name of Camus."

Then Ray-Matua embarked on herself with a much daunted face.

"It was! Even in the puppet play, the meeting between Asta and Camua-Josh was told! After all, if Asta and Camua-Josh hadn't met, wouldn't they have even been able to start selling stalls?

"Well, I don't know. If it was Asta, I'd have thought of it naturally."

"Hey, what about that? I don't think I could come up with that bold idea."

"Then, after all, you mean Camua-Josh is our benefactor!

Ray-Matua stared at Camua-Josh with glittering eyes.

"I can't even imagine a world where people by the woods don't do street business anymore! Thank you so much for giving Asta such a great idea!

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's like I was using the Astas to uncover the Sung family's sins. If you say it like that, you'll freak out."

"What are you talking about? Worried that if I uncovered the sins of the Sung family, it would deepen the gulf between the people by the woods and the people of Genos, Camus would recommend me to do street business, wouldn't he? So I figured it was because of Camus that we took the first step."

That's how I also explained the role Zashma played in uncovering the Sung family's sins. Since then, Kamua-Josh and Zashma have been friends who advance for the same purpose.

The hands of the work remain unstoppable, Ray-Matua and Malfira-Naham are eager to listen. Yun-Sudra and Tour-Din would have already told such stories. If it is the house of Pha and the profound family, we have heard such stories.

"Sh, shh, that's amazing. Well, it kind of makes me feel like I'm just enjoying the happy results without even knowing the hardships of the day."

"That's not true. The Ravitz bloodline is the family that was exposed to the atrocities because of the proximity of the Sung family and the house, right? In that sense, you must have been struggling harder than anyone"

"Ah, yes, no, hey, never such a thing..."

and Malfira-Naham wandered over Tul-din as he swam his eyes. Seeing that, Camua-Josh narrows his eyes "Oh".

"You were taken from Sung by Din. I've heard of your qualities and reputation from Polearths and Euriphia.... I'm sorry I cursed the Sung family so badly."

"No, because the Sung family was guilty, because it's true"

Tour-Din returned a soft smile to Camua-Josh without ever showing a faint face.

Camua-Josh also smiles calmly, "Well."

"At Easter, I also exchanged words with the Sung family. Both the people who used to be the main house and those who still have themselves in the Sung family. Everyone looked full, so I was relieved."

"Yes, thanks to Asta and Camua-Josh, we were able to redeem our sins. I really, truly appreciate it."

Tour-Din, who used to have a dark face every time the Sung family talked about it, also became so proud of his raw life.

That unmistakable smile didn't stop clogging my chest.

"I think the people of the woods are on the right path because the people of the woods were equipped with that much power.... By the way, is it time for you to answer the question, Asta?

"Huh? Were they asking you any questions?

"This is why we have all the daughters of the clan who are not our parents. Is this a coincidence?

Without any idea, I nodded yes.

"A coincidence, or is it a natural accomplishment? I wasn't even aware that everyone in this room was not my parent's family."

"Right. I think the people of the forest are a blood-heavy family, but it's not about that, it's about developing talent from a meritocratic point of view."

Camua-Josh laughed with great pleasure.

"I think that's big enough. The people of the woods are so flexible in accepting Asta's idea of being born outside the world."

"Asta is already a clean forest folk, so nothing seems strange to me."

When Yun-Sudra raised her voice with a lot of seriousness, Camua-Josh narrowed her eyes so pleasantly, "Right."

"You accepted Asta as a compatriot, so you're showing flexibility at that point. And now up to five of them, Schmiral-Lilyn, Barsha, Zida and Michele and Mime, have become families by the woods... hey, that's kind of emotional."

"Huh. You sound like an old man. With all that emotion, you'll grow old."

That's what Zashma said as people grinned badly.

"Well, I didn't imagine a while ago that I would be invited to a feast by the woods, either. I think the wind has changed a lot since we were in the duffel together."

"Right. That's just about it, I think I've invited people from town to the woods, and I think I'm going to go out from here, and I'm going to come and go a lot."

Even a short trip to Doug is over a year old. And then after all the changes, we were standing here.

(If you get old with emotion, I'm not getting old anymore)

When I thought of it that way, a voice was thrown "hey" through the door that was open.

"Excuse me. Give me a tour."

It was a line of cooks, Roys.

"Yeah, go ahead. Have you been indulged in the main house yet?

"Oh, sort of. In the meantime, let me take a look around every cook in order."

There were only five of us, so it wasn't difficult to bring in any more guests.

That's how four cooks were supposed to enter the room - the last time Nicola stepped in, she noticed what the guests looked like and made her body ha-ha strong.

Camua-Josh smiles fluently at Nicolas like that.

"Hey, Nicola. How's the first woodland?

Nicola was just responding "yes" in a push-kill voice.

Squeeze your gaze away from Camua-Josh's smile and grip both fists tight. For some reason, she seemed to be in a calm mood for Camua-Josh.

"So, what kind of food are you going to prepare today?

I've never noticed Nicolas like that, and Roy talks to me like that. I felt like I was pulling my hair back, and I turned to you.

"Um, I'm going to be preparing Chaska food again today. And then there's the Tool-Din compartment, and we're going to prepare the confectionery."

"Chaska food? I'm looking forward to it. But you smell like him."

"Yes, it's a Chaska dish with curry. I'd like to give Valkas a taste someday."

Then Nicola came in and said, "I'm sorry."

"I'm feeling a little sick, so I'm going to get some air outside. Please continue your tour."

Without waiting for anyone to reply, Nicola held her mouth and left Kamado's cabin.

To its appearance, Bozzle frowns "Hmm".

"Miss Nicola looked a lot blue. What the hell happened to you when you looked better until just now?"

"Well. Didn't you get too distracted around the woods for the first time?

Roy doesn't seem to care much, he's peeking into our hands.

He had a golden brown head as he lowered his brow butt a lot as he looked at Camua-Josh. I don't even seem to be thinking about whether or not I should go after Nicola.

(I wonder what. Camua is intimate with Polearths, so it's not strange to have an acquaintance with Nicolas... I wonder if it's also due to anything)

When I was thinking that way, Siri-Low called me "Asta".

"Are you close to that girl named Nicola?

"Huh? No, I've had a couple of chances to show my face under Jan, but you've barely exchanged words personally"

"Really? I'm sure she's got a lot of skill and enthusiasm, because she can be recognized as an apprentice by someone named Jan."

Siri-Low was supposed to know Jan's skill at your lady's tea party. Jan's skill should have been praised for playing Siri-Low, who gets confectionery making.

"That girl has a heavy mouth and she doesn't really talk jealousy. In boarding town, she helps you do your job as Jan?

"Yes, Jan seems to have been working on the mansion during Easter, but until then, I think we've been acting together."

Answering that way, I asked him how Camuer-Josh was, but he never opened his mouth.

And finally, instead of Camua-Josh, I had an eye for Leyt - but when I had an eye for him, Leyt shook his head silently beside him.

(You mean don't say anything extra)

Then I'm not going to ask you either. I decided to stop prying extra and concentrate on the work.

"By the way, where is Michelle? I've looked around the other half of the house, and I haven't come across it yet."

"Michelle is across the street from the square. We'd have stayed at a previous feast, wouldn't we?

"For the first time in months, my memory became obscure. Does the house across the street mean you've gone all the way?... Well, we go around all the houses, so it's the same thing."

Still, I guess I can't wait to see Michelle again. Siri-Low felt more twitchy than Roy.

"Oh, you know, how Michelle spends her time by the woods? No way, you're not being helped with the giva hunting job, are you?

"Of course it is. Michelle also has the cooking and reading and writing skills. And then... I wonder if you're as good as me."

For Roy and his family, it was their first meeting with Michelle. To be honest, I guess I was in such a mood that I wanted to rush first.

Still, they stayed here for ten minutes and skipped us that and this and the questions. Murphyra-Naham and others in particular were locked on by Siri-Law and look like they were in the blame for questioning.

"In the meantime, I wonder if this is what's going on so far. I'll give you another peek when I look around at the cook on one street."

Roy and the others, who had fulfilled their quest for a moment, took them together and left Kamadu's cabin.

Then without waiting ten seconds, Nicola runs in out of breath.

"Um! I'm so sorry about earlier, Camua-Josh!

Saying in an almost yelling voice, Nicola bowed her head deeply.

Camua-Josh laughs bitterly, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."

"What are you apologizing for, Nicola? I don't remember anything going down."

"No! It should be unforgivable disrespect to take your seat off when you look at your face and call it feeling bad, etc! Not to mention because you are a friend of Master Polearth!

Nicolas, who had raised his face since he had swung like that, glanced at Camua-Josh with a shooting eye.

The bright brown eyes are burning worse than usual.

It's just - those eyes were lit with tears.

"I 'm-- no, I'm never, ever resenting you! I just remembered the old days and disturbed my mind! I swear I will never imitate you like this again, please forgive me!

"You have nothing to forgive or not to forgive. I'm glad you're doing well."

Camua-Josh is smiling at Nicolas so he can fool her.

Nicolas has been looking around at us since she stumbled upon that stubborn smile for a while.

"... I apologize to the folks by the woods for the disturbance. Would you please forgive me?

"Yeah, yeah. If there is nothing that happens between the Guests, you can stick to it..."

"Thank you for your generous words. Now, if you'll excuse me."

Nicola bowed her head again and left Kamadu's cabin with the impetus of a detachment.

Zashma shrugs her shoulder, "Oh, boy," as we look at each other with no idea what's going on.

"I've never seen an apology for a fight like that before. That's something like" Arm Cut Nicolas "or something."

"Zashma, I'm not impressed with such derogatory remarks about the rest of us."

Camua-Josh restrained Zashma with a rare but sinister face.

Ray-Matua has a decent face and calls out to you.

"Is that Nicola's alias? I think it's a lot of serenity."

"Oh. I had a good reputation in Castle Town at the time. Those cooks didn't seem to know, but Asta's got something to do with it, right?

"Yes, no. I've never heard such a word before."

In response to my reply, Zashma looked like "oh yeah."

"Then I wonder if I've said something extra. If I were Lord Polearth, I wouldn't have hidden such a scandal..."

"You didn't hide it, you knew you didn't need to talk. I thought so, too."

And now it is Camuer-Josh who puts his lips together.

It's not cute at all, but it was also a lot about the crackle that he gave this look.

"But I've made this place noisy, so I guess I should explain it to the Astas, too.... Asta didn't hear anything about Miss Nicola's predecessor, did she?

"Yes, from Polearths and Jan, we only want to be the maid of the Count Dalaim family"

"Yeah. If you're a forest folk, you won't see Nicolas with white eyes when you hear stories like this. Believe me, I'll explain."

Camua-Josh made a serious face and went on to say it.

"Miss Nicola's predecessor was the second son of the Viscount Alphonse. So, the Viscount Alphonse was crushed in the ash moon last year, so she was forced to give herself up to the maid of the Count Dalaim family, the parent muscle."

"Well, was she a nobleman? Last year's ash moon was just around the time of the uproar surrounding Count Turan's house."

"Yeah. So I got involved with the Viscount Alphonse just before I left Genos, too, via Lord Polearth... in short, it's like I drove the Viscount Alphonse into your destruction"

I'm with Yun-Sudra and the others, "Huh?" I was to round my eyes.

"A person who was my first son at the time stabbed the lady who was the head of the Viscount family with a dagger. The day after that, your wife returned her soul with a stab wound... and Miss Nicolas used this cover-up to hide her sister's sins. So, I just happened to be there, and I served to expose that sin."

"That's... but Nicola didn't hurt your lady, did she? So how did you end up with this horrible notoriety of" Nicolas the Arm Cut "and so on?

"Well, I guess that's because she cut off your lady's wrist to hide the proof of her sin"

What the hell kind of situation would make me a feather to imitate like that if I visited it?

When I was losing my word, Yun-Sudra said, "So."

"So Nicolas is guilty, too, right? Was the sin properly redeemed?

"Yeah. Being stripped of her title and living as a nobleman is the punishment for her. I guess it's the right punishment to start with, because all the property she should inherit was also confiscated and thrown out by herself"

That being said, Camua-Josh smiled all the time.

"She had no other closeness, so if it weren't for Lord Polearth's warmth, she would have died wild. Still, she dreams of the day her sister will be released from custody, and she lives hard."

"Really?... that's why she had such sad eyes at the time we met"

That being said, Yun-Sudra lowered her eyes softly.

Speaking of which - when I first met Nicolas, Rimi-Lou said the same thing.

Besides, when I went to the Tanto's Pavilion of Grace, I remember that every Mime called Nicolas as elegant as a nobleman.

In retrospect, it means my eyes were a pit.

"She sinned, but redeemed it properly. If you're a forest dweller, you wouldn't blame her now, would you?

"Yes. If Nicolas was a bad person, I don't think Polearth would put up his saving hand... not to mention you wouldn't think about how he seemed to involve the people by the woods. Besides, I never thought Nicolas was a bad person."

"Oh, good. Now I don't have to resent Zashma."

"Dude, why should they resent me when I'm just telling the truth"

Zashma smiled bitterly again as she rubbed her bearded floating cheek.

"By and large, the more stories you hide, the more misunderstandings you create. I think Lord Polearth should have revealed it from the beginning."

"I don't suppose the forest folks were interested in a castle town scandal. Besides, I think she wanted you to see what's going on, not Miss Nicola's predecessor."

Saying it that way, Camua-Josh got a glance at something that made him see through.

"Even today, Miss Nicolas must have heard from Lord Polearth that I would be attending. Still, she never refused to attend. It's a testament to her decision to live forward, regardless of her past."

I'm sure that's right.

She came to the woodside even though she felt so heavily about the presence of Camua-Josh that she was disturbed by just running into a fake. It must be a manifestation of Jan's desire to do all he can as a disciple.

When I thought about it like that, I said, "Duh, duh, what's going on?" Malfira-Naham's voice echoed.

Looking back, Tool-din is nagging and spilling tears over the workbench. Tour-Din rushed up to her face and wet the tears on the workbench with a hand wipe out of her nostrils.

"Also, I'm sorry. I didn't contaminate the ingredients..."

"No, more than that, is Tool-din okay?

"Yes... if I was kind of listening to Nicola, I wouldn't think of her as any other HR..."

Tour-Din smiled softly as he wet his little face in tears.

"I wonder how much more painful Nicolas lived than I was allowed to live with my father... I would like to bond more with Nicolas if that were the case"

"Right. I think so too."

I could have answered that sincerely.

Sometimes, more than a year after we met, we came to this kind of mood. If this is Western God's teasing, I wanted to offer my sincere gratitude.