The seriously injured Ezo: "It doesn't matter to me. (Ezo language)"

Ayaka just babbled a lot of Ezhi language - Ogata couldn't understand it at all.

But Ogata understood what the more seriously injured Ezo said - he said it didn't matter to him.

The reason why Ogata could understand what this Ezo said was because he and Atachi had been carefully studying common expressions in Ezo from the "Guide to Common Ezo Phrases".

The phrase "It doesn't matter" was taught in the "Ezo Phrases Guide", and Ogata also happened to learn this phrase.

Since this Ezo said he was okay, Ogata guessed that Ayaka was just asking this Ezo if he was okay.

Ayaka pulled open the clothes on Ezo's chest and examined his injuries.

When Eyaka checked his injuries, the Ezo said "thank you" to Eyaka in Eyaka.

Then he turned his head and looked at Ogata, who was standing next to Aiyaka.

First, he looked at Ogata up and down with surprised eyes, and then said in Ezo language:

"Thank you...(Ezo)"

"He said 'Thank you'." Ayaka translated for him.

In fact, Ayaka does not need to translate for Ogata. Ogata can understand the thank you that the Ezo just said.

"Thank you" is a word that is highly used no matter which ethnic group you belong to. The first page of the "Ezo Common Teaching Guide" teaches the word "thank you".

"Aiyaka, please translate for me." Ogata said softly, "'You're welcome, I just did some small things within my power'."

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Ogata himself is also a person who has suffered countless injuries.

He has lost count of how many injuries he has suffered since traveling to the Edo period.

Because of too many injuries, Ogata has now developed some ability to see wounds.

According to Ogata's observation, the wounds on these two people were not serious.

The man whose left arm was injured had no other major injuries except the injury to his left arm.

The man who was injured in the chest, although his chest was injured, fortunately the wound was not deep and no artery was damaged.

These two people are also considered to be lucky.

Especially the man who was injured in the chest was crushed by a bear and only suffered such a slight injury. To describe it as a blessing in misfortune is not enough.

After taking a few cursory glances at their injuries, Ayaka turned to Ogata and said:

"Mashima, can you help me? Move these two people with me to the hunting cabin we just stayed in. Although their injuries are not fatal, it is better to deal with them quickly."

"Let's keep that bear until later and deal with it slowly."

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Eyaka carried the Ezo who was injured in the chest, while Ogata carried the Ezo who was injured in the arm.

The two men carried the injured two people back to the hunting lodge where they had just lived.

Aiyaka carried with him herbs that could heal wounds and clean cloths to bandage them.

According to Ayaka, this herb can reduce inflammation and prevent wounds from suppurating.

After chewing the herbs with his teeth, Ayaka applied the chewed medicine to the wounds of the two men.

While healing the two men, Ayaka asked them how they had encountered the man-eating bear just now.

The man with the injured chest was not suitable to talk, so Ayaka asked the man with the injured left arm to explain.

The man with the injured left arm did not speak Japanese, so after he told them what they had just experienced in Emi, Aiyaka had to translate it for them.

It turned out that these two people were villagers of Hege Village.

The man with the chest injury was named "Noosa".

The man whose left arm was injured is named "Nakushi".

Hege Village was one of the settlements that responded to the appearance of the pair of man-eating giant bears and sent people to hunt them down.

These two people, like Aiyaka, came to hunt the pair of man-eating bears.

Just now, the two of them were passing by nearby, looking for a suitable place to spend the night.

Then he encountered a sneak attack from the man-eating male bear.

The two of them were walking on the snow when the man-eating male bear suddenly jumped out of the darkness and attacked them.

The two had little hunting experience, and the man-eating male bear was very cunning and good at hiding, so they never found the man-eating male bear hiding in the dark.

Although they did not discover the man-eating male bear in time, they instinctively dodged when the man-eating male bear attacked them.

Their instinctive dodge saved their lives.

Naikushi's left arm was scratched by the bear's claws, while Noosa's chest was scratched by the bear's claws - but because of their dodge, neither of them suffered too serious injuries.

Being scratched by a bear's paw, not only did they not die, they were not seriously injured - the two of them were really lucky.

After quietly listening to Ayaka's translation, Ogata asked Ayaka with a wry smile:

"That man-eating male bear happened to be near us... Could it really be planning to come for revenge on us?"

"It's possible." Aiyaka smiled bitterly and nodded along with Ogata, "otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why it happened to be near us."

"Mashima, it seems that you were right. It really came back tonight and plans to seek revenge on us."

"I really hope I can say anything about other aspects..." Ogata sighed in a half-joking tone.

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After giving good medicine to Naikushi and Nusa, the two fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion and injuries.

After the two fell asleep, Eyaka, who had finished his work, let out a sigh of relief, and then asked Ogata and Atachi in a voice that would not disturb the two people who had already fallen asleep:

"What was the weapon you used when attacking that giant man-eating bear just now? A short gun?"

As soon as he heard it, he knew that the weapons Ayaka was referring to were Sosakura and Kasumi Nagi.

"Yeah." Amachi answered before Ogata could, "Yes, it's a short gun."

"It's amazing...it can shoot so many rounds in a row."

"The Lucians' blunderbuss can only fire one shot."

"Oh?" Amachi's eyes showed interest, "Have you seen the Lucian short musket?"

"Yes, I have seen it. Not long ago, a group of Lucians lived in our village for a while."

"It was at that time that I saw the short muskets used by the Lucians."

"In addition to short blunderbuss, they also have long blunderbuss."

"But whether it's their short or long musket, they can only fire one shot."

"It cannot fire many rounds in a row like the short blunderbuss you use."

"If the power of your short muskets could be greater, there might not be any animals in the entire forest that can be your opponent."

After praising Sosakura and Kasumi Nagi, Aiyaka adjusted his sitting posture, and then continued to talk.

This time, Ayaka's tone was full of emotion.

"The man-eating bear incident is finally over..."

"What a good luck..."

"I thought that even if I followed you, it would take several days before I could hope to kill that man-eating bear."

"I didn't expect things to be settled so soon."

"In this way, we can comfort the souls of the nine compatriots who were unfortunately killed by these man-eating bears."

"Nine people?" Atachi exclaimed in a low voice.

"Yes. That's right. This is only the number we have found so far. The number of people eaten by these man-eating bears must be far more than this number."

"The first time I discovered these pair of man-eating bears was half a month ago."

"This pair of man-eating bears broke into the village next door to the village where I live in the middle of the night."

"They smashed the walls of the house and took away a mother and daughter. Then they quickly fled from the village."

"Once a bear eats human flesh, it can only feed on human flesh for the rest of its life."

"Although according to our Ainu traditional concepts, the reason why a bear cannot eat other food except human flesh for the rest of its life after eating human flesh is because it has been punished by the gods."

"It is forbidden to eat delicious foods such as nuts and fish."

"I actually don't really believe this statement."
To be continued...