Nodding gently.

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The camp where Atachi and the others are hiding——

Gudong, Gudong...

A large pot stood next to the hunting lodge, and the water in the pot was bubbling.

Ayzan sat next to the cauldron, adjusting the heat.

At this time, Ashley suddenly emerged from the hunting cabin nearby.

As soon as Ashley came out, Ayizan immediately stopped what he was doing to control the fire and asked urgently to Ashley:

"How is it? How is Miss Atachi doing now?"

"Except that my body is still a little hot, everything is fine..." Ashley sighed softly.

"It's normal to have a fever." Ayizan comforted, "According to my experience, after suffering such a serious injury, it's normal to have a slight fever. As long as the wound is not inflamed or suppurative, it will be fine."

Since Ogata suddenly left last night, Aizan and Ashiri have been taking care of Atachi in accordance with Ogata's instructions.

Although it was called taking care of them, the two of them actually did nothing.

A-Ting has been sleeping and hasn't woken up yet, so all Aizan and Ashley can do is wipe the sweat off A-Ting's body.

In order to avoid suspicion, Ahili did all the work of wiping Ah Machi's sweat, while Aizan was only responsible for menial tasks such as carrying water and cooking.

Ashley raised her head and glanced at the sky, with a somewhat sad look on her face: "It's almost noon... Why hasn't Mr. Majima come back yet... He should... not have any accidents... What the hell is he doing?

Where did you go……"

"...Don't think so much." Aizan said softly, "Mr. Majima, he might be back later. It's almost noon now, it's time to prepare lunch."

After saying that, Ayizan stood up.

"Ashley, this pot of hot water is almost ready. Please put out the fire."

"Yeah." Ashley nodded, "Be careful on the road."

Ayizan picked up his bow and arrow and went into the woods nearby.

After Ayzan left, Ahili followed Ayzan's instructions, moved the firewood under the pot, stamped it out, and then sat beside the pot, staring at the boiling water in the pot, in a daze.

Last night, Ashley almost didn't sleep a wink all night, and had been taking close care of Ating.

Now that he is free, Ashley can only feel the fatigue rising like a tide... His eyelids are starting to get heavier and heavier...

Just when Ashley was about to sit down and take a nap, a strange sound suddenly came from behind her.

Ashley was no stranger to this strange sound. She heard it every day during this period - it was the sound of horse hooves.

The sound of horse hooves had just reached Ashley's ears, and the sleepiness that had nearly taken over his body immediately disappeared.

As if there were springs in her butt, she jumped up from the ground, grabbed her own bow and arrow next to her, then pretended to confront a bear or wolf, and turned her head to look in the direction of the sound of horse hooves.

——At the end of the line of sight, there is a man and a horse.

The man on the horse was half lying on the horse, steering the horse under his crotch and slowly leaning towards Ashley.

Looking at this man and horse, the expression on Ashley's face changed dramatically.

The expression on her face froze at first.

Then, the frozen expression quickly turned into one of surprise.

As a look of surprise appeared on her face, Ashley immediately lifted her alert state.

"Mr. Majima! (Ainu language)"

This man and horse were Ogata and Radish, whom Ashley was familiar with.

Ashley threw away the bow and arrow in her hand and hurried towards Ogata.

"Mr. Majima! You are finally back! Really, where have you been...ah! Mr. Majima! What's going on with the blood on your body? (Ainu language)"

It was far away just now, so Ashley couldn't see it clearly.

After getting closer, Ashley realized that Ogata's current appearance was quite scary.

The clothes were spattered with blood and stains of various colors - these bloodstains and stains accounted for nearly 50% of Ogata's clothes.

"Mr. Majima, how come your clothes...are like this...? Are you okay? You look very tired...(Ainu language)"

Of course Ogata couldn't understand the Ainu language Ashiri spoke.

But based on Ashley's expression and tone, he could roughly guess that Ashley was caring about him.

Ogata smiled at Ashley, and then said intermittently using the only Ainu words he knew: "I'm fine. (Ainu)"

"How is she doing now? Is she sleeping? Where is Aizhan? Why didn't she see him?"

Ashley couldn't understand Ogata's Japanese, but she heard the two names "Amachi" and "Aizan" from what Ogata just said.

Ashley pointed to the hunting cabin not far away, then closed her eyes, folded her hands behind her head, and made a "sleeping" gesture.

Then Ashley pointed to the woods nearby, and then made the gesture of drawing a bow and shooting an arrow.

After understanding Ashley's "sign language", Ogata let out a sigh of relief as if he was relieved.

"Are you still sleeping... That's good... If she sees my bloody 'human-killing' posture, she will definitely be scolded..."

After saying that, Ogata lowered his head and glanced at the bloodstained and stained clothes on his body, subconsciously showing a helpless expression.

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"Okay! Caught!"

Ayzan held a rabbit upside down by its hind legs and lifted it up.

As soon as the rabbit started to struggle, Ayzan quickly grabbed its head with one hand and crushed the rabbit's head to pieces.

Looking at the fat rabbit in his hand, Ayzan showed a satisfied expression and looked up and down.

But - very suddenly, Ayizan frowned suddenly.

Then, Ayzan threw away the fat rabbit in his hand very quickly, then rolled on the ground and rolled behind a big stone not far away. Then he stringed the bow and aimed the arrow at the not far away place.

A large area of ​​dense bushes, nearly half the height of a person.

"Come out." Ayzan said solemnly, "If you don't come out, I will shoot."

As an "old hunter", Ayizan, although his body and bones are no longer as good as before, his eyesight, hearing and other abilities that he has honed over decades of hunting will not deteriorate so easily.

Just now, Ayizan heard a strange noise in the bushes not far away.

With rich hunting experience, he instantly recognized that this was not a noise that animals could make.

Upon hearing Ayzan's naked threat, the bush fell silent at first.

Then there was a rustling sound.

Two figures slowly stood up from the bushes.

Looking at the two people emerging from the bushes, Ayzan's pupils shrank slightly: "Are you——?!"

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Red Moon Fortress——

The wooden walls of the Red Moon Fortress are guarded by people standing on them at all times.

Be wary of irrelevant people - especially curious children. When they climb the city wall, they are also wary of outsiders approaching their homes.

At a corner of the city wall outside the Red Moon Fortress, several young men holding bows scanned the outside meticulously, looking carefully to see if any outsiders were approaching.

At this time, a young man suddenly pointed outside and shouted:

"Look! Someone is approaching this way on a dog sled!"

As soon as the young man finished shouting, the people around him looked in the direction pointed by the young man - and saw a dog sled approaching them at an extremely fast speed.

Unidentified people were approaching on a dog sled - the news spread rapidly throughout the city walls.

Everyone on the city wall was waiting quietly for the sled to approach so that they could see who it was, and at the same time, they were also silently preparing to fight at any time.

The sleigh is very fast.

After a while, everyone on the city wall saw clearly the appearance of the person riding on the sleigh - it was Kazuto.

A very old Kazuto with gray hair and beard.

Just when everyone on the city wall was wondering "Why would there be such an old Kazuto coming here on a sleigh?", they heard the old Kazuto on the sleigh speaking very standard Ainu language towards the city wall.

they shouted:

"Please don't worry! I don't have any ill intentions!"
To be continued...