841 The Twenty-ninth Day of the Purple Moon (7) - Beyond Vengeance

"Is this all, like, cooking?

Chim-Sudra said that in an exhausting manner.

"But is that Mizola flower or not? Mizola can't eat flowers or leaves."

"Yeah. That's why they're all dishes that look like flowers. You used ingredients to create a flower-like shape."

Even if I explained it that way, Chim-Sudra looked half-hearted.

Well, that would have been impotent, too. So many dishes prepared on the spot blossomed with real flowers and luxury.

The flowers of Mizola were prepared in three varieties: red and blue yellow.

Gibba meat flowers in the peony are so powerful on their own that they are served perfectly on plates everywhere.

And then there were the unknown tulip-like flowers, the sunflower-like flowers, the small but vibrant orange-colored flowers, the fairly water-colored flowers - and, anyway, the appearance at the display deck of the flower shop.

"Sure, from this point of view, I can't seem to feel the smell of Mizola either... but what's the point of this kind of craftsmanship?

Chim-Sudra has a rare reputation.

I let you laugh as I suppressed my inner amazement.

"Of course that's to entertain your eyes. The nobles are impressed, aren't they?

"Um... well, I guess this is originally a feast dish for nobles, so I guess there's no reason for me or anything else to complain"

Looking back at him, Chim-Sudra looked around on the table.

"So, which is Giva's dish?

"In the meantime, I think that red flower dish is giva meat."

"Hmm. Sure. Looks like some of the petals have been taken away."

Chim-Sudra pinched a petal of red giva meat like blood.

If it's this dish, I and I-Fa are also talking about it at the dinner party that Fermes invited me to. The bright red color should be a steamy dish, but with a better distribution of sweetness, spiciness and aroma. It has a strong flavour like teriyaki sauce, but it is very easy to eat and conforms to the taste of giva meat - that was my feeling.

"... I see. It doesn't seem wrong to be delicious."

Let Chim-Sudra's words shine her eyes, and EA Fou-Sudra also tries to put her hands up.

But she pulled her hands together along the way.

"I don't know, it's so beautiful, you're hesitant to break the shape. It feels like a real flower petal."

"No, no, if I leave you alone, you're gonna have to throw it away, so I think I should eat you out of the way"

That's what Polearth said in a voice that included laughter, with a peek in his face from behind.

"Look, you should try Merrim, too. When it comes to Dia's Giva dishes, I'm guessing you've been getting a lot of interest, too?

"Yes, not only is Dia a confectionery, but you also elaborate on this kind of craftsmanship in cooking"

When Merrim smiled and put his hands up, Ea Fou-Sudra also pinched the Giva meat petal in the way she had decided to.

Both names, who at the same time mouth the dish, become expressions of joy at the same time.

"It's delicious. It's so easy to eat with such strange colors and shapes"

"Yeah, really. That's Dia's arrangement."

After expressing their thoughts that way, the two smiled at each other like a hazy smile. Merrim should be considerably older, but she seems to be some kind of contemporary friend because of her very small, young face. Whatever it was, it was a combination that did not soothe the minds of the beholder.

"Is Giva meat not used in other dishes? I can't seem to find a meat-based dish in the first place."

"Well," laughed Polearth when I said so.

"I guess there's nothing else to try all this. Half the time, it's the first dish I've ever seen."

Sure, I just had to be surprised. I'm so lost, I decided to pinch up an orange petal that looked adorable like a kingyo sow.

When touched, it has an unexpectedly hard texture. The scent is sweet as a real flower, that's what it is.

When I put it in my mouth, it spread in my mouth with a refreshing citrus flavour intertwined with the aromatic taste of hoboi.

The texture feels like a toothy cookie. The petals are about 2mm thick, so when chewed, they are crushed and scattered, spreading aromatic aromas and flavors. It had a truly incredible flavour, neither confectionery nor cooking.

"Oh, this dish seems to be made of giva meat, Lord Asta"

What Polearth pointed out was a purple flower reminiscent of a tulip.

They're big enough to crush the ping-pong sphere vertically, and this one eats the crown itself, not the petals. Taken away, it was sloppier than expected.

It was a so-called meat bun.

The petals were fabrics, in which the ingredients were hidden. It has an extremely elegant flavour with the sweetness of Lamam when it comes to apples. Such flavored loose giva meat was rolled up in rolls and packed tightly in the petals, so it was good enough to eat.

"Wow, this tastes... impeccable"

"It's true... I'm also convinced that Rayna will look like that. Wow..."

I had intended to call on Ai-Fa, but it was Vina Luu-Lilin who answered me. Instead, Schmiral-Lilyn also puts his hands on tabletop flowers with a satisfying face.

"Taste, very, complex. But easy to eat, strange"

"Yes. That's the cook they say will contend for one or two in Genos"

I smiled back at Schmiral-Lilyn and then I turned back to Ai-Fa.

Ai-Fa is heartless, and he's going on a meal when he's puffy. That's how I noticed this gaze, and Ai-Fa leaned down to my ear.

"I do think these Giva dishes are delicious. It would be difficult for people in town to make such delicious Giva dishes."

"Yeah. But instead, you seem less impressed"

"... it's delicious, but it's not a special dish for me."

So I - Fa - have been whispering.

"Besides, none of these dishes have heat. I'm gonna miss your warm dinner."

"Oh well. I didn't care because this would be a flavor that was assembled assuming it was cold... but as a folk by the woods, it might not be enough."

"... I hope it's warm."

And I-Fa has been looking at me like a little shank.

If you give me that look in such a beautiful banquet costume, I'll be shaking my heart.

"Even I want Ai-Fa to eat my own dish. Look forward to dinner tomorrow."

Ai-Fa looked like she was smiling and nodded "umm".

My heart is still shaken.

"Well, Nicolas. I don't think I saw you earlier."

And Merrim's voice sent me back.

When I look at you, your familiar daughter is standing in the basin in her hand. It was Nicolas, a maid of the Earl of Dareim family, helping Jan with his work in Inn Town.

She's a daughter about fifteen or six years old, who's small, has a pretty decent face, and has a grumpy face at all times. She still looked unfathomable today and still politely lowered her curly hair head.

"My lord told me, I was carrying the food. Would you like this dish, too?

"Yes, of course. But before you do, why don't you try this wonderful Giva dish, too?

Nicolas will look so unfathomable to Merrim, who smiles gently.

"Thank you for your attention. However, it is unacceptable for the samurai style of the feast to speak of cooking."

"No, no, that's not true. Jan offered me a job as a samurai today to feed Nicolas Castle Genos dishes."

Polearths said that with a smile.

Speaking of which, I felt like this was the first time I'd seen Nicolas working away from Jan.

"Especially since this Giva dish is a brilliant addition. By the end of the feast, there won't be a single piece left. You should taste it while you still can."

"No, but..."

"I will bring the food to you, my lord. Can you lend me that basin?

"I can't let your wife imitate you like that."

Nicola looked like she shut up and hid the basin on her back.

Then Merrim grins and pinches up a tulip-like giva meat bun.

"Then eat this dish. If I eat, I'll get you back to work."

"... is that your order as the Lady of the Count's house?

"Yeah, that's how you get it."

Merrim smiled innocently, offering a meat bun to Nicola's mouth.

Nicola mouths a meat bun, slightly reddening her scattered cheeks.

At the next moment, a look of amazement appeared on that face.

"This… tastes like something I've never even spoken of before"

"Isn't that right? Jan is impressed with Dia, the head chef of Castle Genos."

Nicola carefully chewed Dia's dish as she caught a serious eye.

Seeing that look, Polearth is laughing satisfactorily.

"Come on, then. You should bring the food to your fathers, too. I'm sorry to interrupt your work."

Nicola thanked him and moved the dish on the table all the way to the basin before quickly walking away.

Polearths, with the same expression, drops off its hindsight.

"I guess it's an important training for cooks to mouth delicious dishes. With this one night alone, I'm sure Nicolas will have a great deal of experience too"

"Cook, is it? I heard she was a maid of the Count's house..."

When I clasped my mouth, Polearth looked pleasantly narrow.

"Haven't you heard from Jan or Shayla? Nicola officially asked Jan to join us the other day."

"Apprenticeship? Are you just going to help cook in Inn Town, and start training as a cook?

"Yeah. Something like Count Dalaim's, the future head chef. Well, that depends on Nicolas' hard work."

So Polearth said, "Yes!," he struck his hand.

"The disciples of Lord Varcus went out to the woods every once in a while. If you like, is it something that Nicolas won't be able to invite me to any time soon?

"Yeah? Do you want Nicolas by the woods?

"Yeah. It wouldn't have to be a feast or anything, just to see the work of Lord Asta would be a good training for Nicolas. If it's not annoying, please."

That was such an unexpected offer.

But I guess that's all that means Jan and Polearth are buying Nicolas. Then there was no denying it on my side.

"This one, of course, is most welcome, as long as it gets the recognition of the Chiefs. Are you sure you want to come after Easter?

"Yeah. During Easter, just because I can't get this one moving either. Hey.... Thank you, Lord Asta. I'll make sure to thank you one day."

"I can't believe it's a thank you. We always take care of Pole Earth."

Then Ai-Fa called in a whisper, "It's Asta".

"If you stay here too long, it seems to annoy the other guests. If you want to taste it, finish it quickly."

"Oh, yeah, I got it. I'll be done in a minute."

This table was so popular that it was always like a hedge.

The other faces seemed to have been tasted while I was chatting, so I decided to just let Ai-Fa stay and get my hands on all the flowers.

Just like the hors d 'oeuvres just now, all this is a great feat.

On top of that, it's all done to the point where it looks good. Even if these weren't in the form of flowers, the flavor would never have dropped.

Among them were, among other things, three colored flowers of Mizora.

We were once privileged to have a Mizola-like treat in our tea party seats. But it was not confectionery that was arranged on the spot, but a clean dish.

The aroma is different from the confectionery, with aromas of aloof from the red petal, of amantha from the blue petal, and of seal from the yellow petal.

But then, when the petals were caught, the taste of animal protein was enclosed in abundance.

This was probably a dish that refined the fuwano with meat and bone stock.

The red petal had a delightful Mallory taste of the sea, with a blue petal of caron and a yellow petal of chimus.

Because the taste and flavour are concentrated, the illusion arises as if it were stirring the meat itself. However, it was a dish that seemed to confuse my brain quite a bit: the toothpaste was unmistakably fuwano dough, and the aroma was a fruit I saw.

(If I turn meat into flowers in a magical world, I wonder if I can cook something like this...... anyway, it's an amazing dish with no multiplication)

I left the table with great satisfaction.

Taking off the hedgehog along with Ai-Fa, Raina-Lou asks, "How was it?" I call on you. The faces of the Lew family still lived on the spot.

"Yeah, it was amazing. Besides being amazing, I can hardly find a word for it."

"Yes, I do not intend to stick around and elaborate on my appearance so far... but still, it has shaken my heart tremendously"

Here too, by mouthing the dishes of Dia, a number existed as to whether he had significant experience.

And I guess that's no other HR for me either. After all, Dia is so shocking that it is comparable to Varcus.

(You give me this opportunity, and I have to thank Fermes too)

When I was thinking that way, Ai-Fa glanced sharply at me.

"... sounds more noisy over there"

"Ah, yes. The more Leeheim and Raylis greeted me."

Rayna-Lew smiled with a slightly more complicated face, saying so.

Following that gaze, Leeheim had a liquor-stained face, throwing some words at Schmiral-Lilyn. Vina Lew-Lillin and Leiris, who are in your place, each have a grinning look.

"... let me say hello to those two, too"

I was worried about Leeheim's sword curtain, so I decided to turn my back to you with Ai-Fa.

As I approach, Leeheim's much-crossed voice pops into my ear.

"So I'm just telling you to compete in the early runs next year! Why didn't you try to be so hard on Ken?

"Yes. Promise, to exchange, is because of the chief, forgiveness, need. Also, the tournament, it will be a year from now, so the chiefs will also be promised, difficult, seemingly."

"So you're an arithmetic about winning and running while you beat me!? With all those arms, how can you be such a jerk!

When we arrived, I noticed it and Raylis smiled as relieved. He is a slender, long-lasting, rather riddled prince.

"Oh, Asta to Ai-Fa. Hi. I'm out of time. Will the feast be enjoyed?

"Mm-hmm. That sounds like a breath disaster to me, too. Best of all.... Rather, it looks like you have a lot of power"

Then Leeheim, with a red face, also looked back at this one.

This one is the heir to the Earl Saturas family, skinny and with slightly longer hair perfected with oil. Rin like Leiris cannot be desired, but he was, well, the bearer of a bad or aristocratic look.

"Oh, that's Asta from Fa's house! You were talking about being Schmiral-Lilyn's one of a kind friend! Then I want you to manage to convince this stubborn man too!

"Mm, are you one of a kind friend? Of course I think so..."

"If that's what you think, I'm sure of it! Anyway, convince me!

I looked back at Schmiral-Lilyn, having trouble choosing his expression.

Schmiral-Lilyn is smiling as troubled, and neighbor Vina Ruu-Lylin is grinning as she shudders.

"Just now Raylis asked me what kind of relationship Schmiral and Asta had, so I was answering it like that... it's not cool with compassion..."

"Oh, that's... thank you, Schmiral-Lilyn"

"No," Schmiral-Lilyn smiled embarrassingly. Maybe I had the same look.

Then Leeheim brings his face all the way up from the side.

"What are you laughing at each other like a beginner lover! No matter how many words I overlap, this guy can't promise to compete in the next tournament. What are you insisting! There's no such thing as a lawless story, is there?

"I don't know what's illegal, but Schmiral-Lilyn's response was audible to us too. If you were a forest folk, everyone would have answered the same."

I let him answer that way while Ai-Fa grabbed my arm subtly and kept it away from Leeheim.

And faster than Leeheim with an angry face opens his mouth, overlapping words.

"Sticky Schmiral-Lilyn isn't taking that lightly, he's just clinging to making mild promises. The people of the woods are guilty of falsehood, so I ask you to look at that."

"I've always had a mouth like that, but Lord Leeheim can't hear other people's words when blood hits his head."

When Leiris explained how sorry he seemed, Ai-Fa nodded "well" with a stern face.

"But fortunately, you seem to have my word in your ear now.... Schmiral-Lilyn, who abandoned his former god and homeland to become a forest people, should weigh the forest code. If you wish to enter into an agreement with Schmiral-Lilyn, I would ask you to first inform the Trinity Chiefs of that."

Leeheim looked back at Schmiral-Lilyn with a bumpy face like a child.

"... you think you're going to win no matter what you do, and you're turning me away?

"That is not the case. I've lost five fights, four."

"Hmm! So you tested my trail judgment and took the victory at the end! Then even if we rematch right now, you should be the one to win!

Leeheim stepped on the estate and said so.

"But! In a year, humans will grow! This is me winning next year's tournament! Even if you were on a better Totos than you are today, I would never lose!

"Yes, chief, forgive me, if you can, I am rematching, enjoying,"

So finally, it seemed Leeheim's belly had subsided as well.

And finally, "Hmm!," he snorts, and Leeheim turns that way. Then that gaze was just to bump into Raina-Lou.

"Ah... Re, Rayna-Lew, you were there too"

"Yes, I was in place of my sister, Vina Luu-Lilin, until recently."

Raina-Lou gave his regards with a well-behaved maneuver.

Leeheim is so blushing, he's disturbed his mind.

"Oh, did you? I'm sorry I'm late to say hello. Beautiful for a while today...... oh no, that was forbidden to say that"

"Yes," Raina-Lou laid her eyes down.

Leeheim strokes his head, staring at that beautiful feast costume.

"Hey, I was glad to hear that Rayna-Lew was attending today. We were having a rough relationship because of me."

"Yes.... but the matter has also been settled, right?

Rayna-Lew looked a little worried and watched Leeheim on the lookout.

Leeheim gets so mundane.

"Well, of course you're right, but I haven't had much of a chance to exchange words with Raina-Lou since then... so I was concerned you wouldn't want to see me or anything like that"

"Such is never the case. Since I have also worked disrespectfully, I wonder if I am in a position to blame you."

Rayna-Lew has a past where she poked back at the ornament that Leeheim once tried to give her. From there, the story was twisted around, and at last it became a commotion that also involved Leiris' father and Sin-Lu, and that is how reconciliation was exchanged by our Lord Luidros and parental surrogate Giza-Lu.

"But you don't like people like me, do you? A nobleman with a big attitude, like me, wouldn't fit into the mood of a forest folk."

"No, it seems too arrogant an act to dislike just because you're not in the air. For a long time, people by the woods who have not interacted with people from the outside world believe that that's the kind of attitude we should change."

"... So you don't hate me or anything?

Raina-Lou nodded, "Yes," as she frowned at the troubles.

"I do not yet know anything about you. Like it or not, isn't this what we're going to do?

"Well," he breathed, then Leeheim gave him another contemplative look.

"So... can I ask you for a job?

"Work...?

"Oh. When Easter is over and you're almost settled, I want to leave you to the dinner cook."

After saying it that way, Leeheim waved at the mundane.

"But, of course, you don't have any crazy thoughts, do you? I'm just hoping for some fine Giva food! I won't expose myself to you because of that!

"Ha..." Raina-Lou lowered his brow.

Then Giza-Lou, who emerged from nowhere, lines up instead of Raina-Lou.

"It's Leeheim. Is that okay with the request and receipt of a job from the Earl of Saturas to the Lew family?

"Oh, oh, Ziza-Lou, were you there, too?... Oh, yeah. Luidros, my father, has also accepted this matter. Right, Raylis?

"Yes, I was listening in the same place. If you want to ask Raina-Lou to do the job, let him dictate it with his own instrumentation, that's what the Lord said."

"Spoken down..."

"Yes, that's why it's only a job request! There's no way I'm turning a relationship around with the people of the woods!

Leeheim turned hot as he gestured.

"I originally hoped to welcome Rayna-Lew to the Count's cook. That's not just to say that I was distracted by Rayna-Lew's appearance. I had a mouthful of Lew family dishes at the Inn Town stall early on, and then I had the opportunity to mouth the feast dishes at the prom. So I made sure my tongue wasn't wrong. Speaking of woodside cooks in Castle Town, all Asta and Tour-din in Fa's house have been shagged out...... even Raina-Lou should be an unbeatable skill!

"Being lined up with Asta is too scary...... but so how come you're at the Count Saturas dinner party?

"So it's... I want to entrust an important task to a trustworthy person. Entertaining guests with delicious dishes is important to the aristocracy. But, of course, there's no such thing as wanting to welcome you into your hands as it once was, is there? I just... I just want to let you know how much arm the cook I've met has."

Rayna-Lew stared back at Leeheim with a serious, unobtrusive face, and then "I understand," he praised.

"Though I cannot exchange my covenants without the forgiveness of me or the Trinity Chiefs, just as Schmiral-Lilyn did. I would like to do my part if I were given such an opportunity."

"Oh, are you listening to my wishes?

"If the Three Chiefs will allow it, we will take it."

Leeheim sighed like he was exhausted.

"I appreciate that word. Your father just gave you permission from the Marquis de Genos, and then we'll see the Lew family again."

"I understand. Let's tell Chief Donda-Lou that too."

Nodding to Ziza-Lou's words, Leeheim looked back at Schmiral-Lilyn with a much more relaxed face.

"Schmiral-Lilyn. Though you are a people of the east, I hear you wished to be son-in-law to the Lew family. It's a preparation and a decision I couldn't even hold. It's not just Totos' mantra judgment, I respect you for that."

"I am a merchant. The Earl's family, my son, seems to be different."

"But you abandoned God and your homeland. No matter how heavy the Count's position may be, there is no comparison with God."

That said, Leeheim raised the edge of his mouth more.

"That's all you paid to capture your present happiness. It's hard for me to believe that we're going on a six-month journey with such a beautiful bride... but we're never gonna let that happiness go, are we?

"Yes, I am."

Schmiral-Lilyn smiled and looked back at her so-called companion.

Vina Ruu-Lilin has the same look and looks up at Schmiral-Lillin's face.

Watching that look, Leeheim tongued with a bitter smile.

"My advice seemed superfluous.... Well, excuse me. Hey, Raylis, we're going back to your fathers."

"Haven't I barely exchanged words with the people by the woods? … just another moment, gentlemen"

As Leeheim and Leiris walked away, Rudd-Lou put his head behind his head with "Hmm".

"That nobleman seems to have changed a lot, too. I hardly ever get a chance to show my face."

"Mm-hmm. Gazran-Rutim, who once exchanged words at a feast, also reputed Leeheim to be a man of enough credibility"

After answering that way, Giza-Lou looked back at Raina-Lou.

"The rest of the judgment will be made by the chiefs. Rayna does Rayna's job."

Rayna-Lew grinned and nodded, "Yeah."

The smile felt like it contained heartfelt joy and pride.