524 A Day in the Green Moon ② - Silver Lion Army

The ensuing lodging town was a gentle noise.

Even so, it's not like the army that visited the lodging town caused any noise. They stayed in Genos for a while, so that's how they've asked for the place to stay to be prepared.

But from what I heard later, the number of escorts in the inspection team was as high as 200. Suddenly preparing that number of inns seemed like an unscrupulous offer even for outsiders.

Of course, there are numerous lodgings in the Inn Town of Genos. There were thirty people at the Chamber of Commerce, and which of your husbands was gathering, so at least that number exists.

Also, I hear that some of them have husbands who run more than one inn, and there are things like Moguri Inns that don't participate in the Chamber of Commerce. Because so many lodgings exist, Genos can welcome so many travellers.

However, it should nevertheless be noted that this was a matter of urgency.

No matter how many travellers came to Genos, it was impossible for a group of as many as 200 to come first.

Moreover, they refused to divide in small numbers. It has been conditioned to accommodate at least 10 people and, if possible, a group of 20.

That's all the vacancies are available in so little fashionable accommodation. To deal with this sudden downward challenge, the owners of the inn were often left with a headache.

"At home, we're supposed to welcome twenty soldiers. There wasn't that much room available, so I had to ask a couple of guests to move into a spare room."

When we went to return the stall after the business, Terrier-Mass explained it to me that way with a twilight face.

Milan-Math seems to be awesome in their response to other customers. The 200 soldiers are still waiting in the streets, but they have to be all set before they can move.

"Damn, that's an annoying story! I don't know if it's a Wang Du inspection team, but I wonder what the hell you're going to do!

It was the humi of the Westwind Pavilion, which was rushing worried about Terrier-Mass, who raised his voice of anger as such.

The story was that the Westwind Pavilion was excluded from this request because of the decision that it was not appropriate to accommodate human beings in the Wang capital.

"If some of our great soldiers push over, it's going to be a noise to see blood on the spot! It's perfect to accept these people for how much copper money they've piled up!

"Yes, I'm talking about a special reward for an inn that accepts soldiers… I and my father wanted to be there if we could"

I guess that means I wanted to take care of the familiar rather than invite the noble and superior customers. Terrier-Mass had been quiet enough to feel sorry for this one watching.

"By and large, when you push with such an adult count, don't you let even the messenger run in advance and make an appointment? I wonder why those guys can't think about that!

"Yeah. I was running a messenger ahead of time against the town I've been to. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to accommodate 200 people in any town."

It was Leyt who answered that.

Once he disappeared, he anticipated the meeting around the end of our business and joined us again.

"I just didn't run the messenger against Genos, my final destination. I asked Camua for a guide or something, probably because I wanted to keep this story down with Genos. What the Marquis and Camus of Genos are offering is already known to the people of the capital."

"Why do you have to hide it like that? Are the Kingdoms resenting Genos?

"I don't have a grudge, but it's a little complicated there,"

Terrier-Mass watches with an emotional look at Late exchanging words with Yumi. Late was raised with Terrier-Mass in this Kimmus Tail Pavilion at an early age.

But at the time Late was still in Genos, Terrier-Mass didn't really try to show up in fear of the people by the woods, so I was the first to see both of these names face to face.

"... so I'd like you to sneak roots in the inn that accepts the King's Capital escort -"

and Late looks back at Terrier-Mass.

"Even when it comes to the troops of the King's Capital, it is the gathering of mercenaries who are participating in this mission. There are rougher people concerned than lousy outlaws, so could you tell them to respond with their intentions?

"Really... yeah, okay. Thank you, Late."

"No, for me too, Genos is an important home."

Late has difficulty reading his emotions, even as he grins.

But that and the relative Terrier-Mass were watching Leyt with the kind of eye that sees his brother.

"Be careful, then. Say hello to Milan-Math too"

"What, is Late gone already?

"Yes, I'm going to have to head to a settlement by the woods."

That's how we decided to say goodbye to Terrier-Mass and Yumi and go for a settlement by the woods.

Late was on foot, so I'll put him on Gill's luggage. I decided to let my suspicions spit out in my chest, after a deliberate lodging town, just off the deep green road that leads to the woods.

"Late, I was just talking to you. What do you mean, you wanted to keep this story down on Genos?

"Yes, that seemed to be the idea of Genos' nobles beware of prefabricating or matching their mouths when they told us the due date for their arrival"

"Align your mouths?

"Yes, the disturbances that occurred last year between Count Turan's house and the people of the woods, and the prospect of following the nobles of Genos."

Towards my back driving Gill, Late kept talking like that.

"Originally, the inspection team in Wang Du visited Genos about once or twice a year. Never before, however, have we brought in so many troops. So this time, you mean seriously."

"Ho, seriously, what does that mean?

"So if you don't want to, you won't quit the use of force. Well, you can't just let Genos fall with 200 soldiers, but you're making threats anyway."

Whatever it was, it was a swordswallowing story.

Moreover, the people of the woodland are not other personnel, and so on.

"But it was months ago that there was all this noise about the Cycleuses. And now you're going to steam it back?

"I guess there was something unconvincing about the fold of the last inspection. So this time, I think that story will be thoroughly steamed back, too. So I wanted to draw the attention of the forest chiefs and Astas."

In a voice with no sense of urgency, Late had just stated so.

"The nobility of the Wang capital is higher than the nobility of Genos, and the escort force is a rough gathering of mercenaries. I don't know if I can be more patient with the people by the woods than I've ever been, but please do it in peace."

"... In the meantime, I'll carve your advice into my chest. So, Camus is a castle town, right?

"Yes. You must be sliding through the inspection team's eyes and giving advice to Melfried, Polearths, etc., to go around. There's got to be a lot of noise over there."

Then Late said, "Oh," to the lid.

"I forgot I had another message. I'd like to enjoy Asta's Giva dish soon, that's for sure. If Castle Town calms down a little, you'll be sure to show your face at the stall."

"Yeah. I'm looking forward to the reunion day."

I let him answer that way, remembering Camua-Josh's smug smile.

Then I lost so much and arrived at the settlement of Luu first.

"Well, I'm going to wait for the chief to return. Thank you so much for bringing us here."

"Yeah. Take care of Late, too"

Today was a day off for a study group at Fa's house, so we were here to say goodbye.

Once again taking Gill's reins, Tour-Din calls out as if he was waiting for it.

"Um, Asta... sorry to hear about today"

"What?

"No, that... today was the day I was able to reunite with the people of Jagal for crackling... because I was watered in this way..."

"Oh, yeah. Besides, you even showed up to Late, so you were exactly a thousand customers. I can't keep up with how I feel."

"... I am somewhat of a nasty man. If the sun had slipped by even a day, Asta would have been struck by the joy of reunion without heart..."

"Thank you. Tour-din is sweet."

I was supposed to smile alone, running Gill lightly.

"Oh, no, that's not true," Thur-din gives a disturbed voice.

"It's okay. I can interact with Balan's boys for the next two months. Tomorrow I'll chew on that delight."

"Ha, yes...... I hope the Terrier-Mass and the others have a safe day"

Yes, you were more of a source of concern to me first.

It must be troublesome to think of such things as a bunch of rough men with the title of noble escort unit in Wang Du. It was the innkeepers who had to welcome those people from 10 to 20 at a time that was the extreme of the disaster.

(But the soldiers you saw from the stall were as neat as robots. It's a little hard to imagine that those contents are rough... what the hell kind of people are they)

While I was thinking about that, I arrived at Fa's house.

In front of the house, six women are waiting. It was the blood of Gaz and Ratz who gathered for us today, because Fou's blood family did not cause Sudra to suffer all sorts of things due to the birth of an infant.

"Thank you very much. Let's start with your job."

No matter how much change we got, we just had to do our job.

But after all, for the other women, the noise today was a big deal, and during the work, it was all about the topic.

"I can't swallow a single situation. Are there any other sayings that can complain about a case that has brought a great sinner from Moribe and Castle Town to justice from another human being?

Saying so was Fay-Baim, who was also helping you with your work continuously from the stall business.

"There are a lot of parts I can't grasp either, but I think we should be careful that Camua-Josh has been calling attention."

"Is it Camua-Josh? I've heard that name from my parents."

When Cycleus and the others, along with Camua-Josh, were uncovered, Baim's parents were there as well. That, too, should no longer have been an old story for more than ten months.

"But both the people of the woods and the nobles of Genos chose the way to go, believing that this was the right thing to do, so I think you should behave with dignity no matter what they say."

After stating so, I put a lid on a crate filled with chopped giva meat.

"That's it for me. How about pasta and curry vegetables?

"Yes, all you have to do is dry and stiffen"

"Then after a break, let's move on to yesterday"

(i) The continuation of yesterday was related to the handling of new ingredients delivered from Castle Town.

Some ingredients brought in by the Black Windcut Feather from a land called Baldo. Out of this, only loose stockpiles were delivered to the woodland.

"In the meantime, you don't have any more problems with Tinfa and Remirom, do you?"

"Yes, it's not that hard to handle, so if it's not a very valuable ingredient, I wanted to buy it in this house."

Tinfa and Remirom were vegetables used by Varcus in the dishes of Silver Star Hall.

Tinfa is a leafy vegetable with a bright white color, and Remirom has a dark green flower sequence - that is, a stump before the flowers bloom. Those vegetables brought from afar had been dried and solidified so as not to rot, but when returned to water, they regain their luminosity. And when I lightly boiled it as taught by Varcus, I was able to confirm the taste similar to that of cabbage and broccoli, respectively.

Varcus and others had sweetened them with Panam nectar, minced fruit, etc., but just simmered is delicious enough. I mean, neither of them were so flavorful vegetables that I could honestly enjoy the unique texture that no other vegetable had.

"You have two ingredients left, braised fruit and dried fish. In the meantime, this fish boiled seems to be able to take a pretty fine stock"

It was a boiled fish called aneira, used by Varcus in an incredible juice dish.

The dried fish we have been using belongs to sea fish delivered from Wang Du and has a similar flavour to cuttlefish. The shape was also hard on bees, having cut the fish and then dried and consolidated.

Aneira, after all, is boiled dry as she was when she was alive. It's 12 or 3 centimeters long and has a beautiful silver scale, and when you simmer this, you get a sweet, neat and elegant stock. My impression was that it felt close to boiling down Tobiuo, called "chin".

"I tried it at the Lew's the other day, but the head and belly wattage seems to be better to take and then simmer, but it doesn't cloud and tastes so refreshing. I think it's another delicious dish from previous fish stock."

"But a fish is worth a lot of money, right? We don't use dried fish or seagrass at a feast, either."

"The price, he said, can't put it on yet until the deal with the land called Bardo officially begins. However, Bardo is closer than the king's capital, and the harvest seems to be tremendous, so I was wondering if it would be that expensive."

Whatever it is, we have the test sample and how much is given to us. It did not seem too late to teach the smaller families how to handle it, even after the price had been fixed.

"The rest is the fruit of this brae...... maybe this is better suited for confectionery"

In fact, the brae was a small, round reddish-brown bean.

The shape and size are similar to the fruit of the tau. They were beans like soybeans, but this one looked like a bean.

"Of course, just like tau fruit, they usually eat it just by simmering it. I wonder what happens when you simmer with sugar."

"If that's going to be the ingredient for the confectionery, that's another show of Thur-din's arm."

To Yun-Sudra's words, Thur-din makes his face red.

After calling to say something more, Yun-Sudra said, "Is that it?," he tilted his neck.

"You can hear the luggage car. It's the south."

"A luggage truck? What the hell is it?

I peered outside through a lattice window, drawing a lot of feelings.

No way, someone came from town - and they made me wary.

However, a very familiar figure sat in the luggage car that slowed down and approached Kamadu's cabin.

I took a breath of relief and headed towards the exit of Kamadu's cabin.

"Was it Lyada-Lu? What the hell is wrong with you?

"Oh, you got in the way of my job. I thought I'd tell Asta."

It was Lyada-Lou, the previous head of the branch of the Lou.

Lyada-Lou looks at me sharply and sedentarily as he remains in formation at your table.

"Earlier, a messenger came from Castle Town. I hear the nobles visiting from the Wang capital are looking for a dialogue with the chiefs of the forest."

"Really? I'm sorry to hear you just arrived today."

"Mm-hmm. I'm afraid not. The Chiefs have been told to visit the castle town by tomorrow at Jomtien"

"Jomtien tomorrow? But the Chiefs have hunting jobs..."

When I called it that, a small figure peered from behind Lyada-Lou.

I just broke up with you, Rayt.

"When the nobles of Genos called for the chiefs by the woods, they took care not to let the hunter's work wander. But the people of the King's Capital don't seem to feel comfortable considering that."

"Duh, why? A giva hunting job would be an important job in preserving the richness of Genos, wouldn't it?

"Aren't we first trying to obey the human orders of the King's capital? The monarch of the people by the forest is the Marquis of Genos, but the monarch of the Marquis of Genos is the king of Selva. It's their idea that the king's spokesperson's orders should take precedence."

The more I heard, the dumber it was.

Lyada-Lou is quietly glowing his eyes.

"The messenger from Castle Town also said so. The messenger is from a nobleman named Melfried. I know the folks at the woods are uncomfortable, but they want me to follow them to avoid boredom, Melfried said."

"Really... then you can't disobey"

"Mm-hmm. So I'm going to tell the Zazas that. I asked the Sauti family to turn to Barsha and Lara-Luu"

Lyada-Lou blinks his eyes sharply, stating only in deposition.

"How dare this remind me of a time when a nobleman named Cycleus was alive. I'm going to convey this word directly so that Graf-Zaza doesn't have any shortcomings."

"I'm here with you to explain the situation. It will be necessary to convey carefully the troubles of the nobility of the King's capital."

That's how they walked away early.

Soon Tul-din, who stood next to me, grabbed me in the arm like I couldn't see him.

"So, are you okay, Asta...?

"It's okay. The Chiefs will be fine."

I just had to answer that.

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"... are you sure you're okay?

It is night.

When I finished telling him what had happened all day while picking up dinner, a deep crease was supposed to come between the eye-fa's brows.

"It's okay. Gazran-Rutim should accompany you to your meeting with the nobles, and I'm sure you'll fit them round."

"I'm not talking about you. I'm getting rid of you."

"Huh? So far, though I don't have any difficulty"

"But I guess the Inn Town is flooded with 200 outlaws? In the meantime, are you okay with doing business without taking the hunter of the escort?

"You're not outlaws, you're soldiers of the escort unit.... Well, they tell me to be careful because they're mercenaries of the rough guys"

"So, isn't it all right?

Ai-Fa sits still, stomping her feet twitchy.

It's a very loving trick, but now it was more a prerequisite to relieving Ey-Fa's worries than that.

"As for that, you're going to be asking Lyada-Lu and Barsha for escorts. It's just the two of them who are free during the day."

"... just two escorts? With 200 opponents, the load will be just as heavy."

"But you don't think we're gonna get teased by the Kingsville guys?

"Though it would be the spicy aristocratic way not to get through that muscle? Surely this reminds me of when Cycleus and the others were alive."

Eye-Fa's eyes burn brightly as he progresses with his meal.

Somehow, it looked like a bobcat with her whole body hair upside down was disappointed in her meal with a loud voice.

"In half a month, Fa's house will have what was in the rest period too... damn, what an abomination they are"

"Stay calm, aye-fa. No matter how arrogant the noblemen of the King's capital may be, they will not suddenly poke their swords."

"... how do you know that?

"That's because we're not sinners or anything."

Half of them were comfortable telling themselves, and I made them answer that way.

"I don't know what kind of sexual roots the Wang Du aristocracy has either, but the Camus who knows it gave me the advice 'Never to get bored'. You said you'd take care of Rayt calmly, too, without any shortcomings. So, no matter how high-pressure they are, I think this means that if you respond with proper courtesy and moderation, there is no danger at all."

"Hmmm... that may be..."

"We believe ourselves we're on the right path. I wonder if we can push our beliefs through, just like we did in Cycleus, while we were careful not to be alarmed."

"... I don't think there's any mistake in that word"

With that said, Ey-Fa, who lowered the wooden dish, came all the way closer to his face.

"I'm just worried about you, Asta."

"Yeah. I promise I'll never imitate danger."

Ai-Fa nodded, "Uhm."

Then, because it was too close, my forehead touched.

Keep it up, Ai-Fa stops moving and pushes her own forehead against my forehead.

"... accidentally touched that body"

"Ugh, yeah. You're an accidental shopkeeper, Ai-Fa."

Ai-fa ravaged my forehead and then pulled himself back.

The eyes seemed to have different emotions attached to them.

"If you feel dangerous, you're going back to the woods, even in the middle of business. Human life cannot be bought with copper coins."

"Yeah. I promise I'll be back safe and sound."

Thus, the day of the green moon, full of different waves, finally came to an end.

Or - a green moon full of different waves, that's how it was supposed to start.