621 Unexpected Visitors ② - Apologies and Pleadings

The day after that.

Some of the luggage cars headed to Accommodation Town for business also appeared to be eye-fa.

I = fa, was very angry.

Since last night, Ai-Fa has even continued to be angry.

No, still compared to last night, would it have been somewhat sedated? I was angry last night when I revealed a story about Musul.

"Though once a great sin was forgiven, what on earth are you going to do to harm Asta again! I will never forgive you!

"Yeah. But, well, I wasn't thinking of doing harm, I was just confused."

"... but would they have held that hand by force? Besides, I hear you were in danger of burning yourself with hot oil."

"So it was confusing. I didn't really see the situation around me. I don't have to be so angry because I haven't had a scratch."

I tried to explain it that way, but I-Fa was an angry Bobcat figure that kept my hand in the dark.

"The most important thing for you should be this fingertip. If you were miserable like Michelle and you'd never be able to take a knife again... I just imagined that I was going to be able to handle my head"

"Mm-hmm. Wounds on your face and feet won't inconvenience you in making a delicious meal."

It is, of course, tier that turned it back that way.

Ai-Fa was in the shape of a bobcat, and he was shrugging his fangs off there, too.

"I won't allow you to scratch Asta, face or foot! If only I had been on the spot, such an impudent would have beaten the shit out of me instantly...!

"That's the same thing if you try to tier it. If Asta had been scratched on the body, Tia would have had to carve more scratches on the man."

Tia was the usual small-animal face, but deep in her reddish eyes, she felt a flame of corn and passion burning. And Tia was no less angry than Ai-Fa.

"Ugh, yeah. I'm so glad the i-fa guys showed me that far. But only that there was no malice on Musul's side, can you understand that?

"... the presence or absence of malice is irrelevant. You can't hurt Asta without malice."

Ey-Fa's hand crushing like that kept holding my fingertips all the time.

At first glance it looks like it's grabbing the rampage, but its hands flutter and softly envelop my hands. It was that tender feeling that never seemed to be the most representative of the feelings of I-Fa.

After such a commotion, it is this morning.

On the back of Ey-Fa, who was lined up on the throne, it feels like an aura of wrath hanging over him. Tour-Din and the rest of the women also watched Ai-Fa's back with a very worrying look.

That's how when we arrived at the Lou's, two luggage cars were waiting for us today.

One was a luggage truck with a Kamadu number on it, and the other was arrayed in the luggage truck by Rudd-Lou.

"Yo, I've been waiting for you, Ai-Fa. I'm going down to town today, so say hello."

Ai-Fa only replied, "Uhm."

These two names will be picking up Musulu from now on.

Yesterday, Musul visited an inn town stall to make a wish for me.

The wish was - I want to work under Refraia again, so I want you to give me that mouthpiece.

"I, who sinned, was dismissed from my position as a martial officer and removed from Lady Refraia… and I was left to work as a servant of a certain Baron family, not itchy with the Count Turan family, who I would give you, who was left wandering around"

Yesterday, Musul was talking like that in tears.

"I intend to work in powder for the past year to rinse my former sins… I have once again dreamed of a day when I could work under Master Refraia and endure any humiliation… and I have heard that Master Refraia has been allowed to socialize… at the same time I have learned the fact that that Sanjula is working under Master Refraia"

"Oh... didn't you know about Sanjula?

"Yes, I had assumed that Sanjula, who was not even a people of Genos originally, must have been banished to a town elsewhere..."

That said, Musul was spilling so many tears.

"How come only Sanjula is forgiven, and I am not? With the magnitude of sin, there should be no difference between me and Sanjula! Yet why… I spent more time with Master Lifreia than with Sanjula…"

Further, he complained to his current husband, a certain baron, that he wanted to work at Count Turan's house more than once.

But the answer was no. It was a story that the person did not make a fool of the Earl of Turan or the Marquis of Genos, but stuck with Musul's offer at his discretion.

So I thought Musul was going to visit me. Asta of the house of Fa was expected by the man, the Marquis of Genos, so much so that he was invited to the castle town every once in a while that he could ask for a palate - so that he could live up to his desire.

Also, the victim of Musul's sins is me. Therefore, if I allow myself to do Musul, I may be able to move the heart of the Marquis of Genos. Having spoken naked to those moods, Musul has begged me for a mouthful.

But naturally, this was not a project that I could manage on my own.

Therefore, I would like the chief to visit the stall opening limit again tomorrow, so I decided to go back to the woods.

It was in the midst of last night's supper that a message from Donda-Lou was brought to Fa's house.

"I've never even looked at a man named Musul. If you want forgiveness for your former sins, bring him to the woods."

That was Donda-Lou's response.

They even plan to run Totos to Zaza and Sauti's house to assemble the three chiefs. It's a story about the three chiefs trying to figure out what kind of person Musul is.

(Well, if you don't, you won't be able to ask Mulstein for amnesty. The people in Castle Town had an idea, and they must have kept Musul away from Refraia)

With that in mind, I'm headed to Inn Town.

Rent a stall at Kimmus's Tail Pavilion and head to a predetermined space, a crowd is still available today. And out of that ring there was a pompous, hooded cloak wrapped around a muscle.

"... that's the one who muscles."

Eye-Fa's eyes are burning fast and giddy.

With such ai-fa and rud-lu, I decided to come to Musul.

"Thank you for waiting, Musul. This is Fa's head, Ai-Fa, and his youngest brother, Rud-Lu, of the Chieftain Muscle Lu family."

From the shadow of the hood, Musul compared the Ai-Fas with glowing eyes of depression.

Ey-Fa is jealous of the hunter's temper.

"Hey, isn't it rude to hide your face in a place like this?

"Huh? Oh... excuse me..."

Saying in a cuddly voice, Musul rips the hood off. What emerged from underneath was a bearded, crushed face on Zabula's hair. Still big enough, compared to the slender shape in my memory, it felt thinner once.

"Hmm. Sure, you're like someone else from before. But I remember that bottom glance."

"Ha... come see me...?

"I used to be relative to you at Count Turan's mansion. My husband's evil deeds came to light, and I threw you at Pol Earth. You must have named him by then."

In Musul's little eyes, the light of surprise flashed.

"So... I was with Lord Polearth, that woman... that was rude..."

"It would have been yesterday's doing that I was losing my gratitude. I hear you worked an illegal imitation on Asta."

"It was... it was disturbing my mind. I lost myself so much..."

Indeed, Musul knelt on the spot again when he distorted his face in agony.

"Never, I wasn't trying to imitate abusively... If you don't feel comfortable, hit yourself as much as you like..."

"Then I shall tread the law of Genos"

When Ai-Fa raised her voice of anger, Rudd-Lou said, "Hey, calm down."

"I know how I feel about I-Fa, but this isn't going to go any further, is it? You look up, too, uh, muscle?

"Yes... will you forgive my sins...?

"It's the chiefs by the woods who decide that. Right now, by the woods, when the three chiefs are gathered to exchange words with you, right?

With that said, Rudd-Lou glanced at him with a glimpse.

"So, I'll tell you in advance, this is the second time I've seen you face to face, too. But you were wearing a cloth around your face, so I've never seen your face before."

"Cloth on your face...? So could you..."

"Oh. You were one of the hunters I was escorting when you took Asta. You and Sanjula ran off with a knife to Asta's throat."

How much power is put into Rudd-Lou's big eyes. The expression of anxiety and impatience was finally beginning to spread on Musul's face looking up at it.

"It's... no words of apology... if you're angry with me..."

"So you're already redeeming your sins with a sentence of whipping, so we can't raise our hands, can we? Besides, it's not a woodland ritual to turn hatred on a punished person."

While stating so, Rudd-Lou put his face much closer to Musul.

"But I think that one thing is a disgrace for life, and even I-Fa, as you can see. Still, we swallowed our feelings into our bellies to forgive you your sins.... you're asking us for more pity, aren't you?

"... I intend to understand how shallow I am imitating... but I..."

"If you understand, you don't have to overlap words. I just wanted you to know how we feel."

With that said, Rudd-Lou woke himself up a little.

"All you have to do is talk to the forest chiefs. So if the Chiefs are convinced, they'll hang you on Lord Genos."

"Then there's definitely not! Please... thank you..."

"Well, let's take that van over there to the woods. Someone will send you home again."

That's how Musulu, along with Ai-Fa and Rudd-Lou, got into Rudd-Lou's luggage.

I'll run back to the stall as I see it run away.

"Excuse me. I seem to have managed to get the story together. I'll take the rest."

"This one, no problem. It just warms the pan."

Today's daily personnel were the blood of Baym and Rats, and my counterpart was Fay-Baym.

Fay-Baym looks back at me with the same sluggish face as always.

"More than that, are you okay over there? So many men are the great sinners who once figured out Asta?

"Yes, but you were able to reconcile with Lifreia and Sanjula, who are in the same position. If I can reconcile with him, I think it's above all."

I let him answer that way, but Fay-Baym didn't seem to say anything.

"But that man hasn't even tried to apologize to Asta for the past year, has he? I think it's too uncomfortable that he suddenly shows up and asks the lord to give him a mouthful."

"Apparently, that was because they were strict enough to stay away from the forest people. Well, I can't even imagine how he's been feeling for the past year at all..."

Either way, this isn't just about me and Muscle. Musul turned his back on me, who lived as a family by the woods, and turned his sword to the hunter of the Luu family, who served as his escort. Unless the three chiefs forgive their sins, they will not be granted amnesty at all.

(Because I don't even know what kind of person Musul is. But I'm sure you have absolute loyalty to Refraia)

And because of his blind loyalty, he has worked the great sin of kidnapping me. It has also been difficult to imagine at the moment whether that sin would be tolerated, as in Sanjula.

(If you can do it, I'd like to make a settlement exactly with him and give him what he wants... I wonder how Refraia and Sanjula feel about Musul in the first place)

While I was thinking about that, I was perfectly ready for business.

Today's daily contribution is a Japanese-style stewed dish featuring giva loin and tinfa. Tinfa, which resembled cabbage, didn't even make it to the stalls, so he thought about dealing with the cooking of the simmer rather than the baked goods for crackling.

Simply simmering is similar to "Gibba's Horned Braised" and "Meat Chatch" sold at "The Great Tree Pavilion in the South," so Meermoo and Chit fruit are also used to make it spicy. Giva meat and timfa are quite compatible, so as far as I'm concerned, it was a simple but recommended product.

A bunch of only ten architects showed up early, and the stall is still busy today.

That was how he ended his first peak in the morning, and it was Dial and Larvis who showed up.

"Well, it's a lot rarer for you to come two days in a row."

"Well, you made such a scene yesterday. The truth is, I wanted to come earlier."

That being said, Deal has stuck his face all the way inside the stall.

"Did that muscle show up at the carving limit as promised? I don't think he's here right now."

"Yeah. The chief by the woods is going to meet you soon. They took me to the woods in a luggage car."

"Oh well. In the meantime, I hope there's no remorse left. Otherwise, Asta won't feel comfortable encouraging business."

Dial, who describes it that way, had become a very worrying face.

Behind it, Larvis is the same Buddha top surface.

"Um, Larvis, thank you for yesterday. My parents were very grateful to Larvis."

When I mentioned it that way, Larvis got deeper and deeper between his eyebrows.

"... stick around, it's not enough to be thanked. He didn't mean to hurt you either."

"But Musul was all that messed up. If Larvis hadn't gotten me in between, they might have flipped the iron pan where the oil was boiling. If that's the case, it's already catastrophic."

"So-so, I was surprised that Larvis helped Asta before I spoke up!

And, Deal can dull his mouth with ease.

"On second thought, it's not like that for Larvis to help a human being other than his own! Why, it's starting to seem important about Asta, too, isn't it?

"... I just learned how Dear Deal feels."

"Uh, Larvis can read people's minds, huh? You're like Sims' flamboyant magician!

Dial grinned, elbowing Larvis's thick chest plate.

Larvis is biting his sigh to death.

"... so the Deals know more about that Muscle than I do, don't they? What the hell kind of person is he?

When I spoke like that, I got another troubled look on Deal's face.

"Um, we did take care of that mansion, but you and I have never spoken to Locke, have we? From some point on, I've been careful not to get as close as possible."

"At some point?

"Yeah. Didn't you tell Asta? When Leflaia and I had a bickering, she almost beat me up. Larvis stopped me, so it wasn't dangerous."

They told me, and I remembered too. But the episode was heard by Deal, who happened to run into me within the time I was locked away in Count Turan's mansion.

"But, well, that guy always did - because he was so stuck with Refraia. I didn't get a chance to talk, but I thought he was a very enthusiastic escort."

"I see.... Larvis feels the same way?

"Yes. I've never spoken to myself personally either. Just..."

"Just what?

"... I just thought that Mitsuhito looked like me"

In that word, Dial said, "Eh!?" He shouted out loud.

"What's the resemblance between you and Larvis? I never thought about that at all, did I?

"... I don't know the personality or personality. I just thought the situation was similar."

"Boundary?" he tilted his neck, then Dial pounded his hand.

"Oh, I was raised as a squire at my husband's house from a very young age, or something like that? But since the birth of Refraia, you've been a martial artist with him."

"Yes, I hear that that Mitsuhito was originally born in the house of a martial officer serving the Count Turan family, so he was given that role.... Maybe Princess Lifreia was like a daughter to that Mistress."

When Larvis overlapped the words that way, Dial smiled limply.

"Well, maybe that guy's old enough not to freak out even Refraia's father. Larvis is only five years old. So, did you just think of me like a daughter?

"No, I was never thinking of something as unpleasant as that -"

"Right. If it was a five-year-old difference, you'd be my brother at best. We grew up like siblings."

Dial's emerald green eyes somehow felt like she was lit with a rare soft light.

Larvis at the end is staring back at Dial on the same Buddha top surface.

"I kind of miss you. Surely old Larvis was more like a brother."

"… please don't deflect"

"Why not? At least I still think of Larvis as my family."

After saying it that way, Dial smiled back at me.

"Larvis was originally the younger boy who worked at my house. But my parents died of an epidemic one year, and they were supposed to be taken back to my house, right? So I was born the next year."

"Oh well. Then it's true, it's been a relationship since Dial was born."

"Yeah. I didn't have an older brother, so you chased after Larvis all the time when you were little. That's why Larvis is my brother."

That said, Dial smiled with a grin.

"But when I tried to do something wrong, Larvis scolded me properly. I don't think you and Larvis are alike."

"… so I just said that the situation is similar"

While turning away from Deal's smile, Larvis had just stated so.

"And if there is a difference between that Lord Jen and me, it must have been brought about by the difference between my master. Granal, the father of Deal, was a fine man, and Princess Lifreia's father, the former lord of Turan, was not.... I think that's all we're talking about."

"Yeah. But well, Lefreia's father would have returned his soul, too, and the Western God would have judged him for that sin. And then there's the human problem that's left behind."

Dial said so, scratching his smile, now with a slightly grown-up look.

"Hey, Asta. Talk to me about that muscle. If you ever need our word as a witness again, I'll make time for you."

"Yeah, thanks. Of course we are."

When I answered that, Dial laughed brightly.

"Then let's make it a meal! Well, Larvis was supposed to eat with me in the lodging town."

"Oh, really? Speaking of which, it looks like you don't even have a takeaway vessel."

"Yeah! I'll take that seat over there. Right, Larvis?

"... isn't that because Dear Deal would have complained a lot if the food had been cooked or if the flavor had dropped"

Larvis was only on the top of the Buddha.

But after all, I can have a different kind of intimacy from that face. More importantly, to me, the Buddha's top and heartless could not be a negative factor.

(If I had tried to exchange words with Larvis a long time ago, I guess I could have put my mind together more. From now on, let's get along until now)

That's what I was thinking.

And the idea never occurred to me that it would also apply to Musul as it was.

(I kept thinking about Refraia and Sanjula, and I didn't think about Musul. Of course, you probably didn't have to walk that far from me... but now you're showing up from Muscle. Then we'll have to face it with all our spirits.)

It was not until after that that Musul was returned to the Accommodation Town that he went around Jomtien.

The Ai-Fas said they headed for the hunter's work, and it was Lyada-Lu and Barsha who brought it.

Now that I know what Musul has to say, I want to turn in Malstein and talk to him later. I'm going to tell you that on my way to Castle Town, so if you get any acknowledgment from Malstein, I want you to join me in that meeting too - and leave a message like that, the Lyada-Lu guys headed for Castle Town.