"Dick-Dom, what are they doing?

It was Morn-Rutim who raised his voice as such.

On the day Dick-Dom was injured in his right hand, the next morning. The place was next to Kamadu's cabin in Dom's main house, and Dick-Dom was still waving a twist with his left hand.

"You'll see. I was cracking firewood."

"Well, I know that, but Dick-Dom's got his hand injured..."

"My left hand alone is not crippled to sift through the bamboo. It's going to take me a while, but it's going to be a rush job."

"But... won't it sound like a wound?

Morn-Rutim looked worried from the bottom of his heart.

Dick-Dom says, "It's okay."

"If you wave a tweezer with your left hand, it won't sound like a wound on your right hand. I wonder which of these shocks will disappear through my big body."

"Well," Morn-Rutim smiled.

Dick-Dom breathes relief inside. This chest hurts when Morn-Rutim looks worried.

"With me, I'm a hunter. It is painful to have to take a break from hunting work, but that is why I consider healing wounds the best. Never imitate unscrupulous."

"Yes, Dick-Dom will not misjudge you. I apologize for speaking too much."

With a smile on his face, Morn-Rutim gave a bowl of grace.

In his hand is held the leaves of Pico full of cages. It was still early in the morning, so he went out to the edge of the woods with the other women.

"Is it just Pico leaves? No firewood?

"Yes, this firewood was still loose, so I gave it all to the families"

"Right. Well, when this one's cleared up, we'll head to the branch."

"Huh? Have you broken all the firewood that was on this side?

"Uhm. Here's what I put out, it'll be the last minute"

As he laid down the bamboo and put the new firewood on the marutai, Dick-Dom asked him to answer as such.

"If you're not moving your body, you're restless. It's not like I'm going to use a lot of power with my salary, but I'd rather sit still at home."

Morn-Rutim smiled, "Well" again.

Dick-Dom lets his eyebrows whisk because he kept laughing as he shrugged.

"Did I say something strange?

"Oh, no, I'm sorry. I just remembered my father, Dan. When my father Dan also injured his leg, he couldn't stay quiet for a moment..."

That's what Morn-Rutim said, with an unyielding grin on his rounded face.

"While I couldn't get out of the woods, my father, Dan, was running Totos from morning to evening. The hunter has a lot of power, so I guess he can't help it."

Morn-Rutim laughs, his eyes narrow like threads.

It was an unusual smile, like a toddler or a baby.

Dick-Dom, who was about to be spotted for a moment, rushes to regain himself.

"Speaking of which, I can't see Rem. You weren't picking up firewood together?

"Is that Lem-Dom? Yes, I haven't seen him today. I thought you were still asleep."

"Right. I wish I hadn't done something wrong."

When Dick-Dom almost said so, that Rem-Dom appeared a little.

"Did you call me now?... Oh, I'm sorry if I interrupted your conversation."

"Don't slap the extra light mouth. Rem, where the hell were you hiding yourself?

"I'm a little in Gene's settlement."

Rem-dom approached us with a refreshing foothold.

I giggle at Morn-Rutim, who dyed his cheeks slightly with such a light mouth just now, and then turn back to Dick-Dom.

"Actually, I need to talk to my parents. I don't think that's a bad story, but could you think about it?

"What. There's nothing strange about it."

"So think about it.... When I asked Gene's people, it seemed like it was just a day off to Sung's hunting ground. I think I'll let you accompany me to it, too, but what do you say?

Dick-Dom glanced down at his sister laughing with a petty face as she frowned.

"That's a lot steeper talk. Why did you suddenly become interested in Sung's hunting grounds?

"Stick around, it's not sudden. I've always been interested in the hunting grounds there. However, I was wondering if it was a good idea for an apprentice to head to the hunting grounds."

"So why did you open that mouth?

"That's because you've suffered a hand injury, parent."

Rem-dom smiled like such a prank boy.

"Think about it. There are only seven hunters in Dom right now, but there are as many as six apprentices, right? So if a parent leaves work, six hunters will take care of the same number of apprentices. I thought you might be out of your hands."

After much thought, Dick-Dom decided to state his honest feelings.

"I don't think so. At least, you, Diga and Dodd are gaining power in public. That power is only useful, and it's impossible to get in the way."

Rem-dom rounded his eyes properly.

"Oh, thank you. It's the first time my parents have ever praised me from the front like that."

"No praise, etc. It's just that I expressed my honest feelings."

Rem-dom turned his hand around Morn-Rutim's shoulder, who was standing up instead, laughing a little differently than usual.

"Did you hear that? You're usually more unfathomable than anyone, but sometimes you show this side, this guy. Was Morn-Rutim supposed to be distraught in this way, too?

"Yes, no, I..."

"Ok. Morn-Rutim is in trouble."

"Ugh. Parents seem to be in just as much trouble though."

Rem-dom laughed with great pleasure as he held Morn-Rutim's shoulder, which turned bright red.

"But thanks to you, it's easier to continue the conversation. If that were the case, would you allow me to work in the hunting grounds for a while?

"What? Gene's men should be on their way to Sung for a few days."

"What interests me is neither Gene's hunter nor Sung's hunting ground. .. I am interested in the hunters of Sudra."

A challenging light floats in the black eyes of Rem-Dom, who had a much innocent face.

The hunters of Sudra are also daylighting with Gene's house and heading out to Sung's hunting grounds. So Dick-Dom could immediately guess.

"I see. You mean you learned interest in the hunter of Sudra, who is known for his bow skill and agility"

"Oh, I knew you'd talk fast. Actually, it is. Wouldn't I learn a lot if I went into the woods with the hunters of Sudra?

Dick-Dom often thought about it again.

Rem-dom is already the most bow-skilled person in Dom, and there is little such thing as a small hunter in the northern settlement. That meant nothing more than that knowledge was being lost of how to raise a small, agile hunter.

Rem-dom is by no means small, but far thinner and more agile than any man. It is not in this northern settlement that such a Lem-Dom presence should serve as an example.

"So I'm going to head out to Sung's hunting ground with Gene's hunters today and ask Sudra's parents there to take care of him for a while. If you work with Sung's hunting grounds, you can prove that I'm not useless."

"I see...... but let's stay away from Sudra's house. If you're allowed to work with me tomorrow, are you willing to stay over there again?

"Yeah, I'm going to spin quite a few edges with Yun-Sudra in Sudra's house, and if it's annoying, I'm thinking about relying on Fa's house"

"... you're not trying to use Sudra's house because you want to deepen your bond with Ai-Fa?

"Oh, this is a lot of ridicule."

Laughing furiously, Rem-Dom flashed a strong light on his black eyes.

"I do love Ai-Fa, but now I'm thinking of empowering myself."

"Right. It was my fault. Let me undo it."

Dick-Dom was to reflect greatly in his heart.

"I'll just say one thing on top of that. I will not allow you to go into the woods with Ai-Fa as Dom's parent."

"Oh, why is that? Even though there seems to be a lot of things I should be apprenticing to Ai-Fa."

"Ai-Fa uses Gibba's fruit. Since I bought the hounds, I hear that it has become more important to carry out" sacrifice hunting ", but it is nevertheless dangerous to hunt with gibberish fruit. Regardless of the ay-fa with skilled moves, no other hunter should step in"

"Oh, I see... if that's the case, it's the only way. It doesn't even produce gibberish fruit around here, so I guess there's no use learning how to do that."

Rem-dom said that lightly.

Nor does Dick-Dom look distracted because he immediately admitted to not being. Instead, on his face, he had a pleasant look.

"Well, can you forgive me for the Sudra thing? As Dom's parent, tell me."

"Uhm... I'll take note of that. Sudra's hunters have a lot of work to do, but I'm sure it's for you."

So Morn-Rutim raised his voice in a panic.

"Hey, wait a minute. That's what we're talking about today or tomorrow, right?

"Yeah, that's right. The plan is to spin the edge at Sung's hunting ground today and take care of Sudra tomorrow. What's wrong with that?

"Yes, Sudra's house should now be a period of rest"

Rem-dom was supposed to open his mouth.

"What period of rest does Sudra's house... Huh? What the hell are you talking about? How does Morn-Rutim know such a story?

"Yes, I heard that story from Asta when she went out to Luu's settlement at the wedding of Schmiral-Lilin and Vina Luu-Lilin. The nearest family of Fa's house seems to have a period of rest just around the time of Easter of the Sun God, .."

"Well, the Sun God's Easter celebration hasn't started yet, has it? That was later, wasn't it?

"Yes, but this time of year, the boarding town has been busy since about the 15th of the purple moon, and the hunter is supposed to accompany him as an escort. There seems to be no trouble with the manpower, so it seems that they are already in the rest period."

Morn-Rutim smiled so that he could fool Lem-Dom.

Dick-Dom also decides to speak to Rem-Dom, who is still grumpy.

"You've gone all the way to Gene's settlement? Didn't you ask about Sudra then?

"I didn't ask... 'Cause I didn't even think that Sudra might be a rest period..."

"So you weren't thinking enough."

"Already! What the hell! My plan is not ruined!

Rem-dom stepped on the estate like a child.

Then Morn-Rutim raises his voice, "Um" as he sees it.

"If that's the case, why don't you just rely on Lew's house?

"Lew's house? There's also a skilful hunter in Lew's house who's so light and bow skilful that Sudra can't beat him?

"Yes. Rudd-Lou bragged about his bow arm from the front, and I hear Zida is an unbeatable arm for it. And Sin-Lu, the brave man of the blood clan, is also smaller and more idle than Rem Dom."

That being said, Morn-Rutim smiled frankly.

"Of course, I don't know which is better than the hunters of Sudra. But since the Rudd-Loux are the brave men of the Rudd bloodline, they should never be much inferior."

"Oh... I know the skill of Zida's bow. I went into the woods and hunted wild birds at about the same time last year."

Rem-dom put his muscles' prominent arms together and thought about it.

"As for the blush, sure enough, isn't it? There must be only four or five hunters for Sudra... and just Rudd-Loo and Sin-Lu and Zida is far too much for me to set an example."

"So now you're going to ask me to come into Lew's house? Until then, you don't have to leave Dom's house. As I said, you will not stand in the way of any other hunter."

Lem-Dom laughed a lot more complicated when Dick-Dom stood up to him like that.

"But after all, Dom wouldn't have many original hunters, would he? While you're off, it might be a burden to take care of your apprenticeship."

"I don't know about that, not actually going out into the woods."

"If you don't know, can't you forgive me for going to the extra room?

Dick-Dom felt something suspicious about Lem-Dom's attitude.

"Hi, you seem to be avoiding working at Dom's hunting ground itself. If I can't get out of the woods, is there any inconvenience?

"Well. I don't mean to belittle the folks at the branch... but it's the parents who've been giving me a clue, isn't it? I'm just a little worried that other people will be able to use me like a parent."

Once again with his expression, Lem-Dom overlapped words that way.

"So, just in case... really, just in case? If I lose my soul or suffer a deep hand injury while I am without a parent... it seems to me that both parents and everyone are going to have feelings of no place to do it. I knew I shouldn't have handled the hunter, or... abandoned Digga, but my parents shouldn't have been hurt, or... I don't want them to worry about me that way."

Dick-Dom was to lose his word.

Different emotions are swirling in my chest. One of them was the unrarely black rage fierce.

"You... you think that Dom's hunter is such a fragile and irrational bunch of people?

"No, I'm not. Dom is the most proud and powerful gathering of hunters in the woods. But... there aren't many small people like me, and I think they're stubborn without saying goodbye."

Without even cowering at Dick-Dom's anger, Rem-Dom insisted that way.

"My parents are my brothers who have divided my blood, and they have always taken good care of me. You're the one who understands me best. I wonder if others can use me well in such a place without you."

"Then again, you don't trust Dom's hunter."

"Yeah, I don't trust you in that sense. Even if each one is a hunter with great power, I don't trust him as a mentor who guides me. 'Cause they've never handled a handsome, bow-skilled person like me. It would be the same for you, but... you are a rare human being who can still lead a hunter like me, I'm sure."

Lem-Dom went on to say, glowing his black eyes hard.

"Besides, I can beat most of my opponents in a bargaining battle. Dom's hunter is too serious. Even though the power to crush enemies from the front is so good, you wouldn't be comfortable chasing a running giva or trying to strike them unintentionally, would you? But when we lent Rutim and his family to each other before, didn't the guys at the branch admire Rutim?

"Hmmm... I hear the hunters at Rutim are clever and use different traps"

"Yeah, but both Rutim's head of household, Gazran-Rutim, and his predecessor, Dan-Rutim, are powerful hunters who looked so fine. I wonder if Rutim and Lew have gained so much strength because hunters with so much power have been circling their heads as well as their bodies?

Lem-Dom is also driven by passion.

But it was not anger, but something else.

"I've been wondering. I wonder why there are fewer and fewer families when Dom has so many fine hunters... I wonder why Dom is in decline when Luu and Rutim and Zaza have gained so much power... even Dick would have thought so? No one is more worried about Dom's fate than you!

........

"Dom's people suck at handling hounds, too. 'Cause I'm about the most skillful. And not enough bow training. Dom's hunter should be more sorry that I'm losing with bows and hounds. You should be more sorry that you won't do it to me by pulling bars and climbing trees. If you get more moves and knowledge than just wielding a knife at your fingertips...... you can never beat Luu or Zaza!

"Okay. Shut up already."

Dick-Dom swallowed the fury of black anger to the bottom of his belly.

As head of Dom's main family, Dick-Dom should have done so.

"What do you mean, shut up? Because that's how I don't try to lend my ear to anything that's not convenient."

"Didn't you hear me tell you to shut up? And I said," Okay. "

Rem-dom silenced himself with a face like a toddler who was taken away with dried meat.

Morn-Rutim compares Dick-Dom and Rem-Dom in a very worrying way.

"I forgive you for staying in the Lou family. Of course, if Graf-Zaza and Donda-Lou will allow it.... I'm going to go to Zaza's house and if I get forgiveness for that, I decide to head to Luu's settlement. You get ready for Totos."

Rem-dom had been flirting about Dick-dom for a while, but eventually he walked away a lot.

Dick-Dom also hits the wall of the cabin and breathes. Then Morn-Rutim approached him as a jerk.

"Um... are you okay, Dick-Dom?

"Mm-hmm. You've made me look different."

"No. I don't think so. It's only natural to think about the end of the house, and sometimes you need to hit the truth."

With a stuffed grass cage of pico leaves in his hand, Morn-Rutim grinned.

"In my childhood, too, I saw many times how the adults were becoming more difficult. There are a lot of rough people in Lew's blood."

"Right. Though the blood of Lew seemed to have deepened their bonds with utmost serenity."

"I'm sure that's a recent story here. At least, it seemed more like a slaughter in the days when the Sungs were the chieftaincy muscle"

With a smile only frantically, Morn-Rutim said so.

"When and how to defeat the Sung family, that would have divided opinions and roughed up their voices. My father Dan, Ray's previous parents, etc. were particularly bloody, so I think Donda-Lou had a tough time putting that together."

"Well...... it did seem like Dan-Rutim, who sees it at the Conference of Parents, was in the temper of a fiery fire. It's hard to believe right now."

"Yeah. I rarely haunt my voice right now. Although the size of the laughter is the same."

It was the smile and words of Morn-Rutim, as Dick-Dom's chest, which was dull with the aftertaste of passion, was washed.

Impossible, when Dick-Dom gets a smile, Morn-Rutim happens to blush.

"Hey, was something wrong?

"No... Morn-Rutim's words seem to stain my chest. Can't you tell me more about Rutim and his bloodline?

"Ha, yes...... you know about Rau-Ray, the current head of Ray's, don't you? I think Rau-Ray was about the same age as Dick-Dom."

"Yeah, you look a lot nicer, but that one's a lot rougher, too."

"Yes, but Rau-Ray seems to me healthy as Ray's parent. I'm sure that's because older families are supporting the young Rau-Ray."

That's what Morn-Rutim said, shedding the light of mercy on those big eyes.

"Dom doesn't have an old person. Even the oldest man would be younger than my father. I think Dick-Dom, who leads his family as head of the main family at such a young age, is truly splendid."

"... I can't even hold my sister's reins satisfactorily."

"No. I guess Lem-Dom grew splendidly because Dick-Dom led him right. I don't deserve to be the one to say anything great.. I don't think Lem-Dom until a little while ago was just full of himself and didn't loose his mind on Dom's end"

That was what Dick-Dom agreed with.

That's why we were to swallow the fury of anger.

"And how splendid the Dom people are, I have also been able to think in the last few months. It's hard to believe that Dom is declining, etc."

"We... I guess something is missing. Of course, even Zaza and Gene, who live so close together, are steadily gaining strength. I just think we have our own problems."

"If it's missing, you just have to fill it up. I think there was a huge lack of something between us, the Lew bloodline, and the Sung family until their demise."

Morn-Rutim is diligently looking up at Dick-Dom's giant from a position that is even lower than one head.

It was as if something warm was pouring in from its small, plump body.

"I mean... weren't the people by the woods themselves greatly missing something? So the Sung family was to be destroyed.. as the chieftaincy, to redeem the sins of the people by the woods. It makes me feel that way."

"Hmmm... is that what was filled by Asta in Fa's house,"

"Yeah. I guess the first trigger is still Asta. But I don't think anything had changed if Asta had remained exotic born Kama's number. Isn't it because Ai-Fa accepted Asta and Donda-Lou accepted Fa's house that fate changed dramatically?

"So... I wonder what Dom's house should accept"

"It is at the service of Dick-Dom, the head of the main house, to identify it"

That being said, Morn-Rutim smiled brighter than ever.

"If you were Dick-Dom, you wouldn't miss that. Please follow your own heart and follow the path that seems right."

The smile gave Dick-Dom extraordinary power.

After all, she is also the ideal of the woodland women.

Gentle as enveloping, then, decisive.

"... the story of the Sun God's Easter should also be seen by the settlers of the North"

Dick-Dom suddenly turned the story around, but Morn-Rutim nodded "yes," without looking surprised.

"I, too, look forward to it. Down to the lodging town is a lot of crackling."

"Mm-hmm. I've never really set foot like that. In doing so, you'll be relying a lot on Morn-Rutim. I'll take care of you, thank you."

"Yes, of course."

Morn-Rutim smiled with a grin.

Following the emotions induced from that smile, Dick-Dom also made me laugh.

"I look forward to the day walking around the lodging town with the guidance of Morn-Rutim.... and for a while from today, you can spend time with Morn-Rutim from the height of the day. I'm looking forward to that, too."

Morn-Rutim blushed again after becoming a surprised look.

We still don't know what's missing from Dom's house.

But what I lacked would not be filled by this Morn-Rutim - to Dick-Dom, it should not have seemed so.