Thus, the six moments of descent - it is sunset.
Yun-Sudra and the others, who were to be invited as guests, also managed to get forgiveness from their respective parents safely, so we had a small dinner party on schedule.
The faces of the guests are five: Dial, Larvis, Yun-Sudra, Tour-din and Kulua-Sung.
Although the members, except for the Kulua-Sung, have long been familiar, as one group, it would still be a fresh combination. Keeping his solemn face as a parent, Ai-Fa looked around at those faces.
"... So I'm going to start dinner. You helped all three of them work today, didn't you?
"Yeah. It's everyone's work."
"Admitted. … thank you to Asta, Yun-Sudra, Tour-Din and Kulua-Sung for the grace of the forest and get life tonight"
It is the pre-meal wording of Ai-Fa, which is released out of the mouth only when the compatriots by the woods are invited as guests.
We were supposed to recite it and get to dinner.
"Well, so are the Deals. I put more on my arm."
"Yeah! That's an unbeatable treat when you invite the Ballans!
While laughing back at the glittering dill, I decided to cook iron pot juice.
Reflecting the content of the study group today, the main dish was the water dumplings of tarapa soup and the stewed dish of tau oil. And then he prepares Japanese-style Akasaka Gibatan Hamburger, Mallory and Raw Vegetable Salad served in a Hoboi Dressing, Giva Meat and Bunashi Mejmodoki and Nanar Stewed in a Cooked Chaska Served in a Earthen Pot.
"Yes, go ahead. It's still hot, so be careful not to burn it."
"Thanks!," Dial took up the wooden spoon.
It is a tarapa soup, proud of the house of Fa. Dial enjoyed the scent for a long time before Gibba's ground beef dusted up plenty of water dumplings.
Still breathing in the hot water dumplings, squirt with a small mouth. While fu brought breath to the occasional overflowing gravy, Dial became a joyous expression.
"That's delicious! Even at the stall, I wish I could handle this dish!
"You're in charge of the Lou family for the juice dishes, so you're avoiding them as much as you can. If it's baked dumplings, I've served them a few times."
"Oh well. But it's also my friend's privilege to be able to speak of dishes I can't handle in the street like this!
As he scattered a happy aura from his little body, Dial threw a scallop of water dumplings in his mouth.
Krua-Sung is smiling securely as he sees it. Even in daytime stalls, Krua-Sung observed the delightful eating of Dial.
"Kulua-Sung, too, before it cools down. Shaska's pretty hicky, huh?
"Yes, I have spoken of this dish only once at the Conference of Parents"
The Sung family does not yet possess as much wealth as the rest of their families, so they did not have the opportunity to buy Chaska, which is classified as a luxury ingredient.
Today's cooked chaska is made of Giva rose meat, carrot broth Nennon, tachenocho broth chumcham, and shiitakemodoki. Krua-Sung, who mouthed the cooked chaska, which he gave up with a wooden spoon, breathed "Oh" as he could not reveal.
"I think it tastes much better than Chaska in my memory... no, Chaska was also as delicious as I dreamed it would be then... because it seemed complete due to what it was, combined with him and the bulk..."
"Was it" Giva Curry "and" Giva Cuttlebowl "that were unveiled at the Parents' Conference? It was definitely about combining vegetable chaskas with other dishes."
"Yes, and another item... bulky. The impression is that the dish is probably the closest."
"Giva Bowl" was a dish made with reference to "Pork Bowl" originating in Hokkaido. Krua-Sung probably decided to find similarity in this cooked chaska with the sauce from "Giva Bowl" smudged.
"At that time, Chaska dishes were created by Tour-Din and Yun-Sudra as partitioners."
When I turned the water that way, Tour-Din blushed, "Ha, yes," he said. Seeing that look, Krua-Sung narrows his eyes in dazzle.
"I was in a hurry that day so I didn't get a chance to exchange words with Tour-Din either...... I was sincerely proud to hear that Tour-Din had created such a delicious dish. Of course, I guess what I see as such, which is not my blood, is an act out of the Book of Learning..."
"That's not true. Even if the blood is cut off, I'm sure it doesn't make any difference that you two are deeply bonded."
Laughing like an adult, Yun-Sudra said the words like that.
Kulua-Sung returns his salute to you and then turns again to Tour-din. Tour-Din looked back at Kulua-Sung with his eyes that still seemed to spill tears.
"The people by the woods are all good friends. Something makes me jealous."
and Dial, who was in the process of eating with a satisfying look, also speaks that way.
"Besides, can I say it now? I was a little worried when I heard that the people of the woods would be baptized by Western gods."
"Worried part?
"Yeah. The Kingsville people were telling the people by the woods to be more like the people of the kingdom, right? So, I'm going to be baptized by Western gods... and I've been thinking about how boring it would be if the people by the woods became like normal town people."
That's what I said, and Dial smiled.
"But you didn't have to worry about that! The people of the woods seem to be doing well with the people of the town until now!
"Yeah. As long as you live in a woodland settlement, I don't think the woodland people are going to lose their woodland folks."
I smiled, too, and let him answer like that.
"But I'm a little surprised Dial was worried about me like that. Even Dial is a man of the town."
"Yeah. Of course I'm not ashamed to be a man in town. But there are hundreds of thousands and millions of people in this town, so you don't have to be a person in this town until the people by the woods."
"How many millions...... are there so many humans in this world?
To the words of Kulua-Sung, Dial nodded "Yeah".
"I didn't even check with these eyes, but that's about all I can afford, right? Ameshorn is huge!
"Right...... right. I kind of just imagined it, it's going to dazzle me."
"Haha. Most people never leave their homeland, so I don't think they need to worry about it."
Then, in front of the guest, the diminishing number of people, Ai-Fa, opened his mouth all the time.
"Speaking of which, it must have been about a year and a half since you came to Genos. You haven't been back to your hometown yet?
"Yeah. Until Zeland, it's gonna take a month round trip. It's not that easy to go home."
"But... do you also have a family left in your hometown?
"Right. My sisters must have grown up a lot."
Dial smiled a little, obscure face.
"Of course, I'd be lying if I told you my folks back home weren't worried... because I was desperate to be a full merchant, too. It wasn't long before I had a year and a half."
"Right. It's unthinkable for us to spend all those years away from our families. How can you stand such trials?"
"Even if it's a trial, it's a story I wanted from myself. I can't tell you how to cry."
As such, Dial grinned embarrassingly, squirming her still thick hair.
"And well... I was able to be in charge of Genos, too. In the next milestone, I'm going to get a furlough and go back to my hometown."
"Ugh," Ai-Fa responded with a solemn voice.
"What are milestones? Is that the next time the fathers visit Genos?
"Yeah. It'll probably be the moon of Zhu? That's when Harias will come with us and keep Genos' shop only for the first month."
Since the moon of the moon does not exist this year, the arrival of the moon of Zhu will be three months later. Ai-Fa remained on the same face and nodded, "Well."
"That seems to me to be the right thing to do. It's been about a year since I left my hometown with the Silver Pot. If you need a month to get around, you can spend as much time in your hometown as you want, but bond back with your family."
"Nah. You don't have to talk about me!... Larvis is the one who can finally get back to Zeland, so you're relieved, aren't you? My sisters will want to see Larvis, too!
"… still, compared to the pleasure of seeing your sister Dear Deal, let's talk about the end of the story"
Larvis replied that way, on the same Buddha top surface.
But the plate seems to be decreasing faster than anyone else. I hope our hearts are full.
"Speaking of which, the puppeteers left Genos with a group called the Silver Pot, didn't they? One last time or so, I wanted to see them play."
It seems embarrassing to be brought up stories about my hometown and my family, and Dial worked on a track fix on the topic.
I thought it would be something for all of me to deal with you, and when I dared to keep my mouth shut, Yun-Sudra replied, "Right."
"For a while, they're going to tour Jagal territory. You said you were going for a land called Nerwia first."
"When it comes to Nerwia, it's the home of the Ballans. Oh, I envy you."
"Yes, this time, we're going to create a puppet that mimics Balan, so you're going to have to see how well it's done"
"Ah, shit! You were talking about finally appearing in a puppet play until Balan! That's an amazing story, too!
After saying it that way, Dial rocked his body with his mojo.
"I'm so jealous that Asta could be featured in the lead play... but if something about me was covered in that play, I'd be a total villain. I'm glad I didn't."
"Villain?" Yun-Sudra was to tip her little neck. Dial nods, "Yeah," as he lowers his brow.
"Because I suddenly hit Asta the first time I met her... and even when Asta was exposed to the castle town, it was completely useless. Then we can only treat him as a villain."
Yun-Sudra and the others have been bewildered, looking at me better. This would require a supplementary explanation.
"Deal hit me is just an unfortunate mistake. And when I was exposed to Castle Town, Dial helped me."
"Mm-hmm. That story should have been repeated twice or three times already. Come on, change your mind."
Since Yun-Sudra and the others still looked strange, I was supposed to explain the backdrop in Castle Town. When Ai-Fa got into Count Turan's mansion in disguise, Dial led me in the shadows so that things could go well.
"I see... that's how Dial was bonding with the Astas before we started helping out with the stalls."
"Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm talking about"
"So, why did Asta end up getting beaten up by Deal?
"... I don't know if it's a flower."
When I smiled bitterly and deluded, Deal pretended to slap me with his face a lot red. This is how I mistakenly saw my beloved Deal as a boy, and I was supposed to give him a full right hook.
"But you know what? You didn't all know Asta sooner than I did."
To Dial's words, Yun-Sudra nodded yes.
"It will not be until after the great sinners of the Count Turan family have been judged that I have come to help Asta in her work. Since before that, I've had a few cooking maneuvers at Fa's house, but I don't think they even told me the name."
"I had several opportunities to show my face, but it was only a few days before I gave you my name."
Kulua-Sung also replied that way, so Dial's gaze was to be directed at nature and Tour-din.
"Oh, uh, I... I first met last year in the blue moon, and from that few days later, I became Din's family and received a handful under Asta"
"A blue moon from last year? If that's the case, you'll be sooner than me!
It would be around the end of the Blue Moon, as it should have been a few days before I met Dial to say goodbye to the Silver Pot and the facades of the architect. Then, by then, Tul-din and I should have been able to deepen quite a bit of interaction.
"I guess the first time I saw Tul-din in the street was a while before Yun-Sudra. It was the tea party before Easter that I got the name right though!
"Yes. You mean the day I first met Odifia."
"So-so! Odifia wants to meet Tour-Din, or something! Well, that's all Tour-Din's treats were delicious!
Thur-din was dangling, dyeing his cheeks.
Cheeks the stewed dish of tau oil all over his mouth, swallows it, and then Dial laughs like a hiccup.
"After all, this kind of dinner is good! Of course, the feast is fun, but it's hard to discuss it in small numbers like this!
"Yes. I find it very difficult," Yun-Sudra responded with a smile. Not at all, I agree.
"Not to mention, if it's a castle town feast or dinner party or something, I'm worried about noble eyes.... Speaking of which, Asta's being called down to Castle Town again, right?
"Yeah. With an invitation from Polearth. I was supposed to keep the cook with a cook named Varcus."
That due date was already approaching two days later. It is in the middle of a street business day, but the holidays were inconvenient for Polar Earth and Vulcan.
"We talked about inviting example diplomats that day, but is Asta okay?
"Yeah, because I think you and that guy can talk for a second. I'd rather have fun."
It was also Pole Earth's tease. Both Vulcus and Fermes wanted to meet me face-to-face, so the plan is to put it together and fulfill it at the Count Dalaim's dinner party.
"So after that, is it the Martial Arts Club of Genos? The people of the woods are coming out again, aren't they?
"Yeah, it looks like we're going to be competing in the name of trying."
"Try harder? If you were a forest folk, wouldn't you be winning again?
"No, the last time I competed, I was two men with the title of brave man by the woods. Still, that's all I struggled with, so how hard is it this time?"
Then, Kulua-Sung spoke modestly.
"It's the hunters of Luu's blood who compete in that fight thing this time, isn't it? Again, for Asta, is it a man you've seen?
"Yeah. People named Ji-Mayam to Dim-Rutim, but I've looked after them many times as an escort, and they face each other at the Lou family feast, so you're quite familiar with them."
I turned my gaze toward Tour-Din.
"Does Tour-Din remember Dim-Rutim?
"Yes. But you were the one who took the role of escort when you came to Doug, weren't you?
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, Ji-Mayam is a very big man who took on an escort on the first Easter."
This time, both of them were to join the martial arts club. It was just a test of strength, as the prospect of I-Fa was that it would be "difficult to beat Melfried or Leiris".
"I see. Well, every time the folks by the woods win, you just don't get the face of the Genos swordsmen! But you're not the kind of people that would turn out to be very embarrassing, are you?
"Yeah. Dim-Rutim is a small thing, so it's gonna be tough to move armor, but Ji-Mayam is a big guy by the woods."
"Big, how big?
"Er... maybe one head bigger than me or Larvis"
"Heh! If you were such a man, wouldn't you win?
After saying it that way, Dial tilted his neck adorably.
"I mean, Asta's a lot bigger, too. When we first met, I thought one fist was maybe smaller than Larvis, but now it's pretty much the same."
"Yeah, I guess so. I'm sure it's a gift of Giva meat."
"Yikes! I'm just about done here. [M] As a people of Jagal, it's still bigger."
Yes, Deal looks like this, and his back is nearly 160 centimeters long. The people of the south were supposed to be sufficiently long categories, as even men have most of that back length.
However, Dial has a luxurious physique. The women in Balan's old man's family, etc. were nearly ten centimeters smaller than the real ones, but it seemed that the weight etc. was only ten kilograms smaller.
"So, to Castle Town, are we all going out too?
And, Deal pulled the topic back as if he had regained his mind.
Yun-Sudra smiles softly and answers yes.
"Me and Tour-Din are now to be allowed to accompany. I apologize to Klua-Sung..."
"Not at all. There is no reason for me to accompany you, because I cannot yet be of any help."
"Yeah. Yun-Sudra, because it was around the time of the first Easter that I started going all the way to Castle Town. In a few months, you might want to ask Kurla-Sung for help."
When I said that, Dial hit his knee with a "uh".
"Right! I remember seeing Yun-Sudra in Castle Town around that time! That was... the day you beat the knight of the nobility, wasn't it?
"Yes. It was the day to devise the use of ingredients that could be delivered from the banner. I miss you so much."
"Yeah, yeah. The first Easter thing was over a year ago. Yun-Sudra was adorable back then."
"Oh, I don't think so,"
"No, no, I'm still pretty enough! More like this, it feels like it's the first time... when I eat sweets, it's delicious! Didn't you have your voice up?
Really Yun-Sudra blushed, resentful and watched Dial.
"I'm so embarrassed that you could say that.... even Dial wore a fine outfit like a noble princess back then, and she was adorable"
"Heh. At first sight, it won't be Yun-Sudra."
Dial doesn't look like he moved, he shows more white teeth. Around it, I guess, is safer than the pure woodland ladies.
"So, what about at the martial arts club? Last year, all we had to do was get out of the stall, and only the chieftaincy people were invited to the celebration feast, right?
"Yeah. It's Luu's blood that's going to show up this time, so there's no sardine we're invited to... you could have told me you wanted to invite all the Luu family members"
Of course, we were told by Polearth via Shayla that it was Fermes who plotted it that way. Me and I-Fa were also invited at Totos' early run competition, so Fermes asked Malstein if he could do the same this time.
At that feast of Totos' early running tournament, I was shown a play that would be 'The Hardship of St. Alesh', and I was supposed to have great suspicion for Fermes - but we talked belly to belly about it on the 'Day of Doom', and I believe that should not happen in the future either. If that trust had been betrayed, I too would have been in a position to give my opinion to Fermes with dignity.
"I don't know, you seem in a hurry! Asta and the others were rubbing about the people of the sanctuary, so we didn't get much rest after Easter?
"Yeah, well, maybe so. But... for all of us, it was never going to happen again."
I put my gaze around the corner of the room.
There is a small shelf, decorated with glass of vitreous liquor from Schmiral-Lilyn and a large plate of vitreous from the Radajids, as well as the fangs of the Lord of the Woods from the house of Sauti - plus Paifey's claws from Tia. For a few more days, small wooden dolls were also arranged there.
Not sure with my eyesight, but the doll will still be seeing us with crushed red eyes.
By now, would Tia be enjoying dinner with her family as well?
Thinking about it like that, my chest didn't feel warm anymore.
"Oh, yeah! So when the silver moon dawns, they'll come again, too, won't they? Really, you don't seem to have a resting hiccup!
"Oh, yeah. But those people are about to start trading with novel ingredients from Gerd and Mahydra. If this expands the range of dishes, isn't that a bad story for Dial, too?
"Well, maybe it is. When the people of the east make a big face in Castle Town, it's hard to do this one."
After saying it with a decent face, Dial rinsed in Tarapa's soup.
"Besides, I guess it's time for the people north of Turan to move to Jagal. I think I'm in a hurry."
Not at all, Dial was right.
But this is the routine for us. It's been almost a year and eight months since I came to the woods, but I can't remember how many times there were when I wasn't in a hurry.
(This is how we invite the Deal and Yun-Sudra to dinner, because it's an important event for us)
Until I finished cooking for dinner that way, the subject never ran out.
It is a lively but soothing moment. As far as I'm concerned, I was as comfortable as I was allowed to recharge my energy and vitality before I had the numerous major events waiting for me during the Silver Moon.