Cooking with Wild Game: Volume 23 [Complete] by EDA

Author:EDA
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Eighty-four people had gathered at the Fou settlement in total.

The women and young folk crowded around the edges of the plaza as best they could, while the men were standing in the center. With the amount of space on offer compared to the number of people around, it felt like we were dealing with an even denser crowd than when a hundred people gathered at the Ruu settlement.

“The fact that we are here to see this day arrive is something for us all to celebrate. Never before have clans unrelated by blood come together to feast like this, but we are all children of the forest and comrades here at the forest’s edge. As the Fou clan head, I greatly hope this event shall further strengthen the bonds between the Fa, Deen, Liddo, Sudra, Fou, and Ran,” Baadu Fou, the head of the Fou clan, said to welcome us. The older hunter was slim, bony, and nearly 180 centimeters tall. He was calm and composed by nature and deeply loyal, which made him well suited for managing everything. “And to oversee this momentous day, we also have visitors from the leading clans and the Beim in attendance. However, they are only guests and will not be participating in the contests of strength or dinner, but they will be watching over us as fellow people of the forest’s edge all the same.”

At that, five people standing at a bit of a distance silently nodded. Dari Sauti was the only man among them, since the rest of the hunters were all busy with work at this time of day. The other four were women: Reina Ruu, Sufira Zaza, Fei Beim, and a Sauti woman.

“Well then, time is moving onward, so I would like to begin our ritual contests of strength. The first contest shall be archery.”

With those words from Baadu Fou, the crowd moved farther into the settlement. The archery contest was to be held at the outskirts of the forest.

There were thirty-three hunters taking part. With thirty-five chefs, sixteen young folk, and five guests watching them, the hunters lined up along the edge of the forest. Some young boys who looked fairly close to thirteen years old stepped out in front of them, cradling a large number of bows and arrows.

“Excuse me, I would like to make a request,” Ai Fa suddenly interjected. “I’m terribly sorry to ask, but could I get in a bit of practice with the bow before the contest?”

“Bow practice?” several of the hunters questioned dubiously.

“Indeed. I have not handled a bow since losing my father. I felt there was no need for such a thing when hunting on my own, and since my bow was lost along with my father, I have not had a chance to touch one again until today.”

“Oh...? But it has been years since your father’s passing, has it not?”

“I lost my father two and a half years ago.”

“After two and a half years without touching a bow, I cannot imagine how a little practice would make any difference.

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