There is a grandmother smiling kindly in front of me.
She is the mother of Mr. Oshasio, who came to the griffon's nest, and has red hair just like Mr. Oshasio. The color has faded a little with age, but her face is somewhat similar.
I could tell at a glance that we were family.
I was now learning to write from my grandmother, or grandmother as the villagers called her. Gaius and the other village children are with me.
I heard that human writing and beastman writing have slightly different habits, but they are generally the same. I never learned to write when I was in the village where I was born and raised, and there were almost no people who could read. In this village, I was told that many people can read, partly because my grandmother teaches letters to those who cannot read.
I thought that if I learned to read, I would be able to do more things, so when my aunt asked me, "Would you like to learn with me? I nodded my head in delight when she said, "Would you like to learn with me?
She taught me carefully and had kind eyes, and I quickly grew fond of her.
She even promised to let me read a book she had when I could learn to read and write well.
I am not a good speaker, so I cannot speak slowly, but she listens to me and smiles. She is kind, warm, and reassuring.
After learning to write, I help the villagers.
I can't keep up with the hunting, so I help them cook, clean, make clothes, and so on.
When I help them, they give me things in return.
At first, some people looked at me suspiciously when I said I wanted to help them, but when I did my best to help them, they laughed and were happy.
When I was in the village, I did chores as I was told. They told me to do those things because they could not harm me directly. I didn't have anything else to do or want to do, and it was natural for me to do what I was told to do.
There was no one to say "thank you" to me like the people in the beast village. People here would say, "Thank you," and smile at me. That alone made me want to help them willingly.
The griffons and seafo were willing to help out with us.
They would also hunt for me, and when I shared it with the people of the beastmen's village, they were happy to see me.
I also learned to cook. My grandmother knew a lot about seasonings and other ingredients that you would find in a big city, and she knew how to make delicious food. I was amazed at how much more delicious a dish could be with just a little ingenuity.
There are so many new things in the beastman's village.
There were so many things I had never done before.
I was so happy that I walked without looking ahead, and I fell down. I scraped my knee a little.
I sometimes can't do that if someone tries to hit me or something, but I do get hurt from my own carelessness.
The beastmen who were around me immediately took care of me. The place where they treated me was a medicine man's house where injured people gathered. The house had a distinctive smell of medicine.
I became friends with the medicine man's sister there, and the medicine man's house was added to my list of places where I helped.
While helping out at various places, I interacted with the beasts. It was the first time in my life that I had ever had conversations with so many people. It's all new to me, and I'm anxious, but more than that, I'm happy to be here for the first time.
My family is here with me, Gaius and Athos are kind to me, and I've grown to love my grandmother, so I guess I'm more happy.
I like this place, this beastman village. I like everyone here.
It's warm and makes me feel warm inside.
I had never thought of it that way before.
I love ......, I love everyone.
"Gururururu."
Come to think of it, since Raymer was the only one with golden fur, the people in the beastmen's village seemed to respect Raymer especially among the griffons. Nevertheless, Raymer and his friends said that they are closer now than in the past because they help the villagers and even play with the children now.
I am glad I asked Athos at that time if I could go to the beastmen's village. I was glad that I had come here.
One day, while we were having a good time, one of the beastmen came back with a serious injury.
He had fallen off a cliff. They managed to pull him out from under the cliff, but he was just barely alive.
He was bleeding. It was the first time I had ever seen someone so badly injured. He was the brother of the beast who smiled at me and said, "Thank you" when I helped him.
My mind went blank. There was a lot of noise around me. Voices asking if I was okay. People crying. I thought, "I don't want to do this. I thought, "I don't like it.
I wished so hard that I didn't want that person to die.
I wished, and wished, and wished so hard ----.
And then I thought I saw a light, and I was unconscious.
---The Girl and the Village of the Beastmen 3
(Maybe the girl who is a godchild likes the village of the beastmen. So--I strongly wished)