479 A New Blood Bond ③ - Feast

On the verge of setting the sun, at dusk.

Under the purple-dyed sky, Fou and Sudra's wedding was finally about to be mentioned.

The square is packed with a lot of people.

Including Fou, Sudra and Lan, and the family members invited by the extra room, there are fifty of them in total.

Compared to the harvest festival held at the Six Families Joint, although it was still a small number of people, it was felt that there was no lesser colour in the degree of enthusiasm and vibrancy.

People stand side by side surrounding the ritual fire set in the center of the square.

On its western side were seats set up for the two who would become new partners, and in front of them stood Bardu-Fou and Lyelpham-Sudra.

"Now we begin the wedding of the Fou and Sudra families! Bring the two of you here to be partners!

The ladies who were waiting in front of the main house pulled open the doorboards when Berdu-Fow, a long-bodied man, said so loudly.

From beyond, two figures advance.

People gave a drink to welcome it.

It is Chim-Sudra and Ear-Fou.

Chim-Sudra wore a giva cloak as huge as it was likely to reach her ankle.

At its chest, Gibba's face is also left. The same was true of Gazran-Rutim, who seems to be a habit of wrapping around the hunter's clothes on his face during the wedding. The knife on his lower back also seemed to fit in a more luxurious sheath than usual.

Ear-Fou is wearing a jade bug-colored veil all over his body.

This was also a costume that felt similar to what Ama Min-Rutim once wore. They also seem to wear different ornaments underneath them, but it is the radiance woven by the translucent vale that colours the bride most beautifully.

And both had green grass crowns on their heads.

Further to the left and right, he follows a small toddler.

Both, about ten years old. The boy wears a hunter's clothing and a dagger for decoration, and the girl wears such a fine banquet costume that she can't beat the women around her.

Compared to the Lew family, the ornaments of smaller clans are simple. More stuffed with flowers and nuts than precious metals. Even if I can live a richer life than before, I guess I still don't feel like wearing copper coins for ornaments and such.

But there was no harm done to the bridegroom's bravery and the beauty of the bride.

It was also the same thing, even for the joy and happiness people felt.

Four figures slowly approach the ritual fire. Every step of the way, the cheers of the people were also feverish.

Some of the hedges crack and four line up in front of the parents.

In the meantime, he offered a grass cage that the toddlers had lowered in their hands.

It is still a large grass cage, decorated with flowers and nuts.

Birdu-Fow and Lyelpham-Sudra threw in one giva horn or fang at a time there.

The bride and the bridegroom bow their heads and move on to the right hand side.

They walked slowly on the hedge, and the people waiting for them threw their horns and fangs one after the other with a blessing.

Just like the Lew family, there was a lesson in the Fow family to receive fangs and horns from all their families.

The hunter-free women and toddlers receive one of the three pieces on their necks. That way, the next morning, you'll receive another missing bottle from the men.

In the meantime, I had received one fang from Ai-Fa beforehand.

My neck is filled with memorabilia from the people of Lew's main house. I couldn't give this away, so I needed to be prepared in advance.

We'll wait and see, and eventually the Chim-Sudra and the others will approach.

Chim-Sudra had become a very angry face of tension.

Ear-Fou seemed to be smiling quietly across the jade bug-colored vale.

For Chim-Sudra to be small, he may be as taller as Ear-Fou. However, Chim-Sudra's appearance was very ambitious and she felt overwhelmed by the temper that she was going to protect her partner for the rest of her life.

To both of you, I give you a blessing fang.

At the same time, Ai-Fa was throwing a splendid one horn.

Chim-sudra and eah-fou look at us, head down small.

Ear-Fou and I had eyes, but Chim-Sudra felt less comfortable and less aware of who we were.

Even the usually deposited Chim-Sudra is still something that loses me in a place like this.

That didn't seem very favorable to me.

So they circled the square and returned to their parents.

Birdu-Fow and Lyelpham-Sudra pull back to the left and right.

The two slowly approached the pedestal of the main guest who showed up there.

That is the seat where the mighty braves sat on the night of the harvest festival.

It's not like the Lew family. The height is one meter, which is a pedestal made up of round-tails and plates.

The fur was laid, and the two sat gently in that seat decorated with flowers and nuts.

Instead, a grass cage loaded with blessing fangs and horns is offered by the hands of the toddlers.

"... Tonight, Chim-Sudra and Ear-Fou will be joined together as their companions. As a parent of Fou, I would like to express my sincere congratulations"

When Birdu-Fow uttered his words, people immediately calmed down.

"This is also a ritual whereby Fou welcomes a new family member named Sudra. After the Golden Moon Harvest Festival, Sudra and I have been interacting every now and then, so I don't think it is necessary to state how much more - I think this would be an event that should be life expectant above all for Fou, who had lost all his family members except for the run and was no longer able to see ahead"

Thus Birdu-Fow turned his eyes to Lyelpham-Sudra.

"Sudra's parent, Lyelpham-Sudra, also asks for a word"

"... I don't even know what to say in this setting, but as Sudra's parent, I am proud to be able to connect Fou and Lan with the edge of the blood. From now on, as a blood family, I want you to walk the same path with me."

Lyelpham-Sudra, who looked like a little monkey, said that in the usual blurry tone.

Birdu-Fow nods, turning again to everyone.

"Now on this occasion, all the Fou, Sudra and Run humans are gathered together. For Chim-Sudra and Ear-Fou to give a wedding - and for Fou and Sudra to cross the edge of blood, those who disagree do not hesitate to state."

The square remained quiet.

After waiting for plenty of five seconds or so to react, Birdu-Fow nodded loudly.

"Now exchange your wedding vows. Chim-sudra and eah-fou, before the fire."

On the pedestal, they stood up.

Now Chim-Sudra snorts her hands out and escorts Ear-Fou.

The two, who were on the ground again, broke their knees in front of the burning ritual fire.

Birdu-Fow's companion advances and throws herbs at the ritual fire.

The strange aroma of sweetness and acidity drifted to us.

Furthermore, when Birdu-Fow's companion removed the two grass crowns with a flattering gesture, he gently passed it through the vanilla incense smoke and then rewore the Chim-Sudra grass crown to Ea-Fow and the Ea-Fow grass crown to Chim-Sudra.

The two rise and turn their backs on the ritual fire.

In front of him, Birdu-Fow stood up.

"Tonight, Ear-Fou of the Fou family became the daughter-in-law of Chim-Sudra, who was given the name of Ear-Fou Sudra. Sudra and Fou deepen their bonds and bring so much power and prosperity to the woodland."

"Chim-Sudra has been awarded EA Fou Sudra in the woods"

"EA FOW-SDRA has been awarded Chim-Sudra in the woods"

At that moment, cheers exploded in the quiet square.

Chim-Sudra takes the hand of the woman who became her partner and goes up the pedestal again.

After waiting for the two to take their seats, Burdu-Fou received the earthen bottle of fruit liquor offered by his companion.

"In front of my mother's forest, the wedding vows were exchanged! Celebrate the fate of both and enjoy the feast greatly!

Ooh, an angelic cheer answers that.

At the same time, he suddenly grabbed the root from the side.

"No, I'm so sorry! We're not a bloodline, but as friends of Fou and Sudra, we're gonna have a lot of fun!

That was the head of the Lid main house, Rad-Lid.

It is a magnificent gift, like the slight thinning of Dan-Rutim, which gave rise to hair. I felt like I had a broken neck bone just because I was headlocked with that shitty arm.

"It's Lid's parents. Asta is a hunter, so I don't want you to treat her too rough."

and i-fa instantly bumps into the voice of condemnation.

Rad-Lid grinned and turned back to you.

"Even women and toddlers won't be able to come here about this! Let's fill our bellies with feast dishes!

"Before filling your belly, I want you to let Asta go first"

The blue eyes of Ey-Fa are tempered.

but Rad-Lid, also one of the brave men of the Six Families, just laughed waha.

"Even if you're as beautiful as that, it still sounds like Ey-Fa is a better man! If you can't beat Fou or Sudra and give them a wedding there, you should!

"... Lid's parents, I don't want to make a scene like this."

Ey-Fa's face was slightly blushing, saying noisy words.

One case involving Yun-Sudra and Joo-Run was well known to Lid and Din as well. That meant that everyone also knew in what terms Ai-Fa refused to talk about dowry from Joo-Run.

"Anyway, cooking! As far as I'm concerned, I was wondering how much food I could cook without the help of Fa or Din!

Rad-Lid finally got his arm off my neck, but he didn't try to move off the spot.

I guess that means we'll go around Kamado together.

As far as I was concerned, I was still grumpy and burning my eyes.

"... Lid would have brought some family, too? Where did they go?

"I don't know. I wonder if we are deepening our bonds with those of other families. Why don't you act separately, Ei-Fa and Asta, anyway?

"We have our way. Let's get you out of here."

Though it was a swordswallowing atmosphere, the lavish Lad-Lid didn't seem to care to stop.

"So let's take a tour of Kamado! Looks like it smells really good from that pan over there!

Rad-Lid starts walking in a whim. My back was being pushed by that arm, so I had to follow Ai-Fa as well.

"... Asta, why are you following your promises?

And I accidentally get to the point because I = fa has been ear pounding quickly.

"No, nothing, I was wondering if there was any reason to say no.... I don't know how it would look in Ey-Fa's eyes, but I'm glad you admire me like this."

"... you mind if I take such a violent beating?

"Um, I'm used to that in Dan-Rutim and Lau-Ray."

Ey-fa was at an angle that didn't look rad-lid, causing her lips to flourish.

"Don't be so rude. It's a feast, let's have some fun."

"... which of these things is not on my side that offends me?

"I didn't say that. I just want to have a banquet with Ai-Fa."

Within whispering to each other like that, we arrived at the first kama.

There's quite a crowd around. As we approached the simple kamado with it, the white soup was simmered in an iron pan.

"Oh, I 'm-fa to Asta. You're finally here."

It was Yun-Sudra who had that meal.

Today she also loosens the side tail and wears a banquet costume.

She went on to try to say something, and on the way, she opened her eyes and said, "Ah."

"Is that the feast costume of Ai-Fa! Wow, Ai-Fa is originally beautiful, but you looked different again!

Whoever I met with tonight, it was up to me to start with such a greeting.

Ai-Fa looks back at Yun-Sudra with a face that is sighing.

"Why would anyone want to make a scene like that? Are you wearing a banquet costume with Yun-Sudra?"

"'Cause there aren't quite as many beautiful women as I = fa, and, you know, what... they're like men, so they make a different surprise than the rest of us,"

Yun-Sudra smiles with a grin on her innocent face.

"Speaking of which, there aren't many women who usually stare at me inadvertently about Ai-Fa, are there? Being a hunter, Ai-Fa will have something called the unique charm of Ai-Fa."

"I don't care, I'm not good at getting noisy about myself"

It was a bit unusual for I-Fa, and it looked like he was honestly stating a weak tone.

I'm sure that's all I'm opening my mind to Yun-Sudra.

"We're all floating around at the wedding, so you don't have to worry about anything. More than that, how about this dish?

"Oops! That's, uh, Gibba's Bone-Sup that I was serving at the harvest festival!

Rad-Lid, who was waiting for us on our behalf, shouts out loud.

Rad-Lid was right, it was giva bone soup. It is a cloudy soup, carefully simmered over half a day with Gibba's bone gala.

"This is laborious, so you don't usually get a chance to make it, do you? Enjoy it if you like."

Yun-Sudra handily poured the soup into the wood dish.

There are plenty of ingredients, and the pearl and nanal greens of Nenon are clear. Besides, it looked like Tino and Onda were also used.

Plus, just like last time, it's accompanied by thick-sliced char shoe.

"Uhm, yummy! I also thought during the harvest festival, how come things and flavors made so far in my house change? The vegetables we use are supposed to look like ours."

"I guess that's because I use an ingredient called seagrass. Because of the value, we only bought them when we were celebrating."

Combined with dried seagrass stock, it adds further depth to Gibba bone stock. Besides, there are many different kinds of seasonings: rock salt, sugar, pico leaves, tau oil, myrmu, nyatta distilled liquor, so I guess the flavor varies greatly depending on the person making it.

"... how about Asta?

"Yeah, it's delicious. Compared to the soup served at the harvest festival, I don't think it's any worse."

Yun-Sudra smiled relieved.

I just felt like I was missing one thing.

"But you didn't turn it into soup pasta. That's the only place I'm sorry to hear that."

"Ah, yes. I couldn't prepare much of it, so I couldn't use it here. … but I use another paste."

"Another pasta?

"Yes, it's a pasta that Asta used in her dish called Kurata."

That was about dough gnocchi-type pasta with chatch.

Having confirmed that to the bottom of the wooden dish, I was to carry every soup into my mouth and raise my voice "heh".

"Looks like this pasta goes pretty well with giva bone soup, too. This is a new discovery."

Originally, I came up with noodle-style giva bone soup pasta as an arrangement of tungkotsu ramen, so I didn't have the idea of using noodle-shaped pasta here.

Slightly mochi gnocchi pasta is just delicious, and if eaten with plenty of soup, it is doubly delicious. The gnocchi pasta seemed a great match for the stunning white water style giva bone soup.

"It was just a thought, isn't it bad? Even if you add a regular baked potato, it dissolves without hesitation, so I thought it would be better for the juice."

"Yeah, I think this is good. That's Yun-Sudra."

Though they tend to hide behind Thur-din, Yun-Sudra is also growing appropriately. In particular, it felt like being able to arrange your own dishes was a considerable growth.

"Um, it's really delicious! If you stay here you will want to keep eating until the pan is empty, so decide to move quickly!

That's what Rad-Lid said with a smile as he put the wood plate back on the table.

Along with Ai-Fa, who still looks a lot sinister, I'll go after him.

Other people seemed to move around and enjoy a variety of dishes.

So I casually looked back at the pedestal of the bride and groom, and I said, "That?" I raise my voice.

"Chim-Sudra and the others are getting food, too."

"Hmm? That would be so. I can't move that place for a while, so the people around me will deliver it."

"No, at the feast at the Lou family, you saw everyone enjoy cooking and then you mouthed specially prepared dishes, right?"

"Hmm. Well, you don't come and go to your house without a blood connection, so your learning will vary from family to family."

Speaking of which, I remember it being done at the Lew family after enjoying the dishes, even when it comes to replacing the grass crown that reminds me of the wedding ring. Me and I-Fa watched the sight softly from outside the pedestrian walls.

Sitting on a pedestal, Chim-Sudra and EA Fou Sudra look like they are exchanging words with their blood families while eating one dish after another that can be delivered.

How happy were the two of you to be able to wed safely with the person you preferred?

They're both not that intimate to me, but I could still wholeheartedly congratulate them on that.

"Oh?"

And so Rad-Lid raised an odd voice.

With my gaze back in the direction of progress, I'm about to raise my voice unexpectedly, too.

From there, a familiar person walked up to me.

It must have been the opposite of us, moving from Kamado to Kamado.

The person, who was walking with his gaze toward the Chim-Sudra's, also eventually noticed what we were like and stopped her feet perfectly.

"Oh Asta to Ai-Fa... and are you Lid's parents"

The person smiled weakly as he lowered his brow butt.

It was Joo-Run.

"Um, I just got a giva bone sup over there! It's a big deal to be able to cook delicious food that far without the help of Fa and Din!

One cheerful face, Rad-Lid, gives another luxurious laugh.

Listening to that, I sneaked up on Ey-Fa's expression.

Ai-Fa was - a completely indispensable expression.

"I'm so glad you invited me to such a wonderful feast! See you later!

"Yes......" Joo-Run responded, but his eyes remained capturing Ey-Fa.

but eventually shaking his head wide, he slips past our sides.

"Hmm," Lad-Lid said of his mandible as he dropped off his back.

"You seem to have a lot of power as a hunter, but the sexual roots don't seem to be sitting around much more! Well, you don't have to worry about the i-fa!

"... I don't care about anything in particular"

"Mm-hmm. What can I say, but those young people don't have enough equipment! Anyway, you'll be able to get around with the right partner!

Thus Rad-Lid began to walk towards the next Kamado.

Following, I whisper to Ai-Fa.

"Hey, are you sure you're okay, Ai-Fa?

"What? He's already been forgiven for his crimes among his parents, so there's no reason why I'm complaining any more."

"Yeah, but he seemed desperate to kill his emotions."

"If so, I'm still immature, too."

While stating so, Ai-Fa raised her palms flat on her own cheek.

Just as when it was, so I loosened up my strong face all over again.

"With the Lan family, it's an ancient, marginal family to me. I'm not going to let this happen with the Lan family."

"Yeah. Whatever it is, it's the birthplace of my dear friend, Sarris Lang-Fou."

"Exactly," he said, then Ai-Fa terminated the facial massage.

And all of a sudden he smiles with a grin.

"What do you say? Are you loose?

"Ugh, yeah. You look amazed, you look like you're having fun."

"Right. Finally, I'm getting used to this noisy air, too."

Think of it, this may have been the first time Ai-Fa has had a clear smile so far since the evening that wrapped around the feast costume.

Illuminated by a burning fire, the jade bug-colored vale, golden brown hair and rainbow hair decorations sparkle. It was so fascinating that it threatened my heart with a single blow.

"I don't like noisy places, but for us, Fou and Sudra are opponents with no edge if one - and the joy of those two families joining the edges of blood may have finally come to our hearts"

"Yeah. You must be really congratulating me."

I laughed back, too, as I snorted out my loud chest.

I = fa kept smiling with the same look until I arrived at the next kama and the other person's gaze was pointed this way.