Time goes back to the past-

A deal was successfully reached with Skuluchi, and Chepke and others walked out of Skuluchi's camp.

Manaker, who was walking beside Chepk, breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that we are busy later. We have to prepare enough meat and wine for Skuluchi and the others... There are not many people in our village who can set out to hunt now, and it takes some time and effort to catch enough prey... Well? Chepuk, why are you still serious?"

"Nothing." Chepke took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled the air in his chest, "I just felt a little tired."

"Speaking of this... you seem to have not slept since last night."

"There are so many things to do. And... if I go home and rest, I might meet my son and daughter-in-law."

"I... don't really want to see my son and daughter-in-law now."

"Hmm? What's wrong? Have you quarreled with your son and daughter-in-law?"

A look of embarrassment slowly appeared on Chepke's face.

"There was no quarrel, it was just... something embarrassing happened..."

"Forget it, I don't want to pay attention to your family affairs. Anyway, I think you'd better go and have a rest."

"I don't have the time to rest now. I plan to find that Goro Mashima now."

"Look for Goro Mashima?" Manaker's pupils shrank slightly - he instantly guessed what Chepke wanted to do.

"Yeah." Chepke nodded, "I want to go and ask myself if he would stay in our village."

"What if he doesn't agree?" asked Manakel.

"If he doesn't agree, then I can't help it." Chepke smiled bitterly, "I can only think of other ways to solve the problem of insufficient number of men in our village..."

"Anyway-I'll try it out at Goro Mashima now."

"Maybe he's willing to stay in our village."

"This time I will go with a person in charge of the translation. Manaker, go and organize the manpower to prepare enough meat and bars."

"Yeah. I get it."

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Timeline back to the present-

"The village chief said: I would like to ask if you would like to work in our village, marry another wife, and then stay in our village."

The middle-aged man sitting next to Chepuke translated what Chepuke had just said into Japanese.

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--Um?

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Okata turned his head and cast doubtful eyes at the middle-aged man in charge of the translation.

He asked the middle-aged man with his eyes: Did you not translate the wrong translation?

Facing the sight that Okayama cast, the middle-aged man answered Okayama with a firm expression without any shyness. He did not translate it wrongly.

Okara turned his gaze back to Chepke.

"Miss Minister, let me confirm - you are not kidding me."

"I'm very serious. (Ainu)" Chepk said.

After confirming that Chepk was not joking, and after the translation was not wrong, Ogata involuntarily put on a weird expression.

——Is this my luck in love with love?

Okata thought helplessly in his heart.

In just two days, he was hailed twice.

Yesterday, the mother-in-law, who was possessed by the possessed god who could see others, wanted to accept him as her grandson-in-law.

Today, the village chief of Qina Village came to the door and asked him if he wanted to marry the girl from their village.

However, Okabaya was not blinded by this "peach blossom".

After a brief shock, Ogata quickly calmed down.

He put his hands on his chest, staring straight at Chepke's face with the look that seemed to pierce Chepke's eyes.

As for Ahmachi, who was sitting behind Ogata's side, after listening to the big words that the translator had just translated, her expression on her face first fluctuated greatly.

Just as she was about to say something to Chepke, she noticed that she was looking directly at Chepke with a calm gaze.

Looking at Okata who was calm, Amachi silently pursed his red lips and swallowed the words that had originally flowed to his mouth.

Okara stared at Chepk for a while before whispering:

"Captain, can you tell me why you want me to marry the girl from your village and stay in your village?"

"Is it to increase the number of men in the village and give the village an extra man with great skills?"

Okabata just had been thinking about the reason why the village chief proposed to him.

He thought for a long time and found that there was only one reason he could think of - he wanted to expand the number of men in the village, which were not many now.

Chepke pursed his lips and fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Chepke said slowly:

"I don't know very well what your life is like with people."

"For us who live a fishing and hunting life, the strength and number of men directly determine the prosperity of a village."

"The villages lacking men, without exception, are quite poor and will be looked down upon by people from other villages, or even bullied."

"Since you are a friend brought by Aiyaka, you should know the 'missing incident' a few years ago, right?"

"Since the 'missing incident', there have been many fewer men in our village."

"And I experienced something like that last night. If I don't think of a solution, our village will save it... (Ainu language)"

Speaking of this, Chepke stopped talking as if he could no longer say anything.

Although he did not directly answer the question that Xu Fang had just asked.

But what he said just now was an indirect answer.

After listening quietly to Chepuk's explanation of the pain of their village and the translation, Okabata sighed lightly.

"I understand the suffering of your village very much."

"But I'm sorry - I don't want to marry the girl from your village, nor do I have the energy to live in your village for a long time."

Xu bowed toward Chepuke.

"I am a roman who has no place to live. The wind and the earth are the quilts I should build and the bed I should sleep in."

"and……"

The appearance of the wanted order that had risen to 800 taels for some reason flashed through Okata's mind.

“I am not a person who can bring happiness to others.”

A smile with a faint helpless look appeared on Okata's face.

Chepke lowered his head and was silent.

After a while, Chepke finally broke the silence.

"……I see."

Instead of pestering her, Chepuk nodded happily to show that he understood and then stood up.

"Mashima Goro. If you change your mind later, you can come to me at any time."

"Our village will always welcome a man like you, awesome man."

"Yeah." Okata nodded, "I will."

After leaving this sentence, Chepuk took his translator very happily and left his home without any hesitation.

After Chepke left, Obaum breathed a sigh of relief.

Ascho, who was sitting behind Okata's side, walked to Okata's side, then poked Okata with his elbow, and said in a half-joking tone:

"I'm here to go to the door myself and give you a chance to marry a new wife. Are you sure you give up like that?"

Okata smiled bitterly.

"I'm not very used to the Ainu living habits, so it's even more impossible for me to live in an Ainu settlement."

Speaking of this, Ogata lowered his tone.
To be continued...