The Bride Of The Sacred Forest God
Chapters 30. Thank You for Accepting Me
“Good morning, Aragaki-sama.” says all his servants
“Good morning.”
The four servants sat in their respective places and praised the food at the table.
“Huwaa, what is this? New menu? There's mushrooms on the rice!” exclamation Nagi
“Ehehehe~Ryuunosuke who prepared it.” said the little fox with a confident smile
“So. Thank you very much, Ryuunosuke.” Ginko smiled
Hakuren teases Ryuunosuke while kissing miso soup in his small bowl.
“Is there a second and third portion later? Looks like I'll eat a lot more this morning.”
“Of course there are! Ryuunosuke will bring to this place yes.”
Hearing that, the little fox came out and took Reda's hand towards the kitchen.
“What's up, Ryuunosuke?”
“We take the soup and the rice again, Reda-sama! Ryuunosuke is sure Aragaki-sama will eat a lot more like yesterday! Hakuren-sama also seems to be so pleased with the food. Come come!”
Reda didn't quite understand, but seeing her little fox happy and excited made her smile.
They actually took the rice as a basket with other miso soup in bowls and tempura. More tempura and other kakiage as Reda makes it enough for all.
In the dining room, Aragaki and his servant start drinking soup in the bowl. How surprised Aragaki was so downing him.
“What is this feeling? Is this a taste I've never tasted? It's yummy!” inwardly
He began to see what the contents of the miso soup were. With his chopsticks, he started picking up something long.
“Jamur?”
He saw his servant who seemed to enjoy the meal.
“I'm happy to feel this soup~it's.”
“Nushi-sama, this tempura and kakiage is your favorite. This is really that sweet fuki plant. Tweet.”
Aragaki did not understand why her servant was so enthusiastic about breakfast this time. There are no questions from all of them. Just eat it with enjoy.
However, he finally understood the reason his loyal servant was so fond of breakfast this morning. The ruler ate the kakiage in the bowl and it seems that this time he liked it too.
“I've been eating it this week and somehow I haven't been bored by it. This taste is delicious. For 200 years, I never knew my little fox could find wild plants in that forest.”
The face of Aragaki who ate it looked so soft. There was a faint smile on her lips that indicated she was so happy with her breakfast this morning.
Mushroom rice with spices it eaten with greed, as well as the soup.
The little fox came to bring another portion for them. Reda was worried about all the food. He was so afraid that Aragaki would throw and throw his food back.
However, considering that it had already been three days and Aragaki seemed to receive a hint of her scent on the cooked wild vegetables made her a little relieved.
“Thank God, this morning Nushi-sama still wants to eat voraciously. May Nushi-sama always be healthy and happy.”
Reda's face flushed to think of a prayer for the heart that she liked in silence.
He did not dare to look at her face from behind the shoji that was restricting the dining room to where it is now. But, he could imagine the handsome face of the Guardian God that seemed to be enjoying his breakfast.
Ryuunosuke approached Reda and whispered.
“Reda-sama, we managed~” whispered the sweet little fox
“True. Thank goodness, Ryuunosuke.”
“Let's go, Reda-sama.”
Ryuunosuke pulls Reda's hand towards the kitchen. Inside the dining room, the four loyal servants of Aragaki glanced at each other. Like something was hidden by them.
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Reda and the little fox stood looking at the pot of soup.
“It's over, Ryuunosuke. I'm so happy miso soup with mushrooms liked everything.” Reda smiled while showing her merry face
“Ryuunosuke also likes it, Reda-sama. Tastes good~”
- Kruuyuuk
The sound of Reda's stomach rang. The beautiful girl seemed to be clutching her stomach with a embarrassed face.
“I'm sorry. I can't seem to lie to this stomach. I'll be home for a while to boil the remaining vegetables huh. Later, we go to the market together to buy meat.”
The little fox looked so sad. He began to take out a small bowl and pour the rest of the soup almost dry.
“Reda-sama, Reda-sama, bring the rest of this soup as well!”
Reda simply shook her head and rubbed the sweet fox's face.
“Ryuunosuke, that's allotment for you. I can't accept it because later it will be scolded if it reaches the.”
“But this is the rest! Aragaki-sama will not eat it either!”
“Cannot, Ryuunosuke. It's okay, boiled vegetables are enough for me. I will be back again.”
The fox looked so disappointed at the rejection, but he understood that the village girl was just trying to obey Aragaki's orders.
“Reda-sama..”.
Reda walked to the back door to her hut. Arriving at the old hut where he lived, he opened the door.
“I'm home. Eh?!”
How surprised he was to see something unusual.
“What is this? Is there anyone wrong to put it here?!”
There is also fresh food taken from the forest.
“Hiratake and Kogomi mushrooms. There are also vegetable fuki. Hm? This..”
Reda picked up something covered in cloth near the wild vegetable. Once opened, it was a small knife to cut. The knife is new and sharp, making it easy to cut vegetables and mushrooms.
The girl did not know who laid all that down and did not have any guesses that might lead to the culprit.
“There can't be Ryuunosuke because the little fox is always with me. Did anyone really put it wrong?”
The confused village girl really did not dare to touch all of it because she did not want to get into trouble. He moved all the ingredients to the side.
As soon as he moved the next pile of wild vegetables, something fell down. It was two pairs of black and white feathers there.
“Fur?”
Reda looked at the two feathers again and remembered something.
“Could this..”.
The girl's face immediately turned pale. He almost cried out of fear.
“How is this? Is...is Nushi-sama going to hear it too?”
Reda who was still holding the two strands of fur in her hands immediately came out and ran without caring about the sound of her stomach. She was so scared that she let out tears unnoticed.
Arriving at the Aragaki residence, Reda tried to catch her breath. He tried not to cry but still could not.
“I beg you, Dewa. I just.I just want to make Nushi-sama smile. Please give me another chance to make him accept humans. I beg you please lest he hear everything from Hakuren-sama and Kuroto-sama.”
Reda was trembling. He learns that the possibility that gives all those items away are the two tengu who give him clothes as well.
As soon as she wiped her tears and walked over to look for them, Reda already looked frightened. He saw Aragaki coming out of the dining room. Followed by his four servants.
Reda's face turned pale as soon as she saw Hakuren and Kuroto come out. She could not hide her tears from fear.
Even more tense, the two tengu approached him as soon as they saw him.
“Reda-sama, we just finished eating. Reda-sama?”
Hakuren saw the village girl looking terrified. Nagi and Ginko who saw that went straight to him as well, while Aragaki did not even look and left them all behind.
“What's up?” ask Nagi so until
“Reda-sama? Would you like to clean the dishes?” Ginko also asked
Relief immediately limp until it falls to the wood floor engawa. She was so scared and ended up crying. The four maids were shocked and knelt down to see how he was doing.
“Oi, are you okay?!” kuroto asked with a slight flick
“...af..”
“Hah?”
“Sorry..”
“What are you talking about?!”
“Ma–forgive me. I. I could have sworn, I didn't mean to be presumptuous. I'm sorry..hiks..”
“...?” the four began to get confused
The girl cried and extended her hand. He showed the two black and white feathers to all of them.
“I. A–aku did not attempt to violate Nushi-sama's orders. Hiks.i'm really just trying to make her happy. Hiks.please don't tell her anything. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Hiks..”
It seemed that they were starting to find out what made the girl so scared right now. The village girl before them was so frightened that her hands trembled. He continued to say sorry while crying.
Hakuren smiled and held the girl's hand.
“Reda-sama..”.
The girl was shocked and shocked. He looked at the four servants.
“Reda-sama, we already know. No cry. We already know all your efforts and we realize that Reda-sama is a good girl.”
“No one will say it to Aragaki-sama and we also tried to cover it.”
“Why? Didn't Hakuren-sama and everyone also hate me who comes from Kamakura Village?” Reda asked with a trembling voice
Nagi and Ginko gave their opinions.
“We hate you, humans. But seeing that little fox change since you came made us think of watching you tighter.”
“And finally, we know that Reda-sama appreciates the feelings of Nushi-sama and Ryuunosuke. We can't deny what we saw ourselves during the week. Thank you for everything Reda-sama did.”
Reda was silent. His focus returned after Kuroto took out one of the feathers in his hand.
“Just take this a good start for you, country girl. This way all your tears are not completely in vain.”
Hearing that, Reda could not hold back her tears any longer. She started crying. But different from before, these were tears of happiness.
From behind Reda, the little fox saw everything. The four servants of Aragaki signaled the little fox to approach them.
The sweet little fox ran while hugging Reda from behind. There were tears that wet his cheeks. He seems to have heard all of that, too.
“Hiks...hiks..”.
“Thank you for fighting. We won't say anything to Aragaki-sama, but we will still pay attention to you two. Assume all of it is a gift from us.”
Hakuren gave his smile then stood up and flew away leaving them. Kuroto also just gave an elusan to Ryuunosuke's head before leaving.
Nagi and Ginko only saw the village girl being hugged by the little fox. The girl said in a soft voice.
“Thank you, thank you for accepting me. Thank you very much.”
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