The Traveling Hero Won’t Let the Innkeeper’s Son Escape

When I returned to the Inn, members of the Knights had already eaten.

The inn run by the Blau family has a reception lobby and dining room on the ground floor. Behind the kitchen there are warehouses and houses for Ruth and the others, but basically guests fall into the dining room. I can pick up dinner at another store in the square once, but it's a small village, so there are few places I do it late, and the crowd starts around dinner, mostly because I take meals at the inn. The members of the Knights were eating early in order to heal the fatigue of their journey from the King's Capital.

Miss Ruth, are you home now?

"Ah, Yes. Welcome home, Mr. Maxim."

Nico and Maxim laughing in a good mood waved at Ruth, who came in from the surface. I was a little surprised by the big reaction, but I wave back small with my sales smile floating. Other customers who knew Ruth was a man were surprised by Maxim's words, but they didn't see him anyway.

The fact that the Knight Commander Maxim is already here seems to mean that the discussion with the village chief is over. As Ruth greeted him, he approached to take a peek at them as they enjoyed themselves.

"Gentlemen, how's the taste?

"Delicious ~"

"Especially the meat!

"The bath was good, and it's a good place to stay, this place is"

"Thank you."

Mother Celine's cooking originally had a good reputation, but apparently even the fat King's Capital humans have a satisfying taste. As Ruth watched the cup empty, trying to speak up to ask for more booze, she noticed that Celine at the counter looked troubled in front of the old man carrying the luggage.

Leaving the scene to greet the members of the Knights and approaching the counter, a small old man with plenty of gray hair and white beard was smiling gently. I miss that figure. It resembles my grandfather in his previous life, and Ruth smiles reflexively.

"Hello, welcome. Are you staying?

"Oh, I have a daughter. This is what I want to do more and more..."

That said, the old man rocked a white eyebrow so chunky that he was blind. Apparently, the look on your face is troubling.

Ruth called out to Celine, next door, even wanting to correct a lot for a moment.

"... Mother, what's wrong?

"Welcome home. Kind of..."

That said, Celine's lodging book, which she showed in a whisper, showed that there were unusual guests in all the rooms.

"The Knights were really due tomorrow, so I'm not free. I also used the spare room, and the living room of the mother house was used as a luggage storage area for the Knights..."

"Oh......"

Sometimes the Blau family lodging is a family business, and it's not that big. I can only accommodate a maximum of ten people and twelve people using a spare room. Even though the dungeon is nearby, it usually only fills 60% to 80%, so it's not a problem, but this time it seems to have become over-capable because six Knights members have come at once.

"Your brother won't be home for a while, will he? Why don't we empty the room?

"That's right... I lent it to Mr. Maxim."

According to Celine, the chief of the knighthood, Maxim, was originally planning to stay at the village chief's house, but he came to the Blau family because he had consulted with his men.

"When you talk to me, Mr. Maxim says you're noble, and you can't sleep with your men in the fishes, can you?

Sometimes that happens. They put Maxim through his brother Clark's room. Clark's room seems to have had no problems for a first time because it has few things and is always beautiful, but now that I think about it, I have to think that Maxim should have gone to the village chief's house at all costs.

"I came to visit my son's grave... but I'm still in Nojuku tonight..."

I heard such a lonely voice and decided Ruth's chest. On behalf of my father, who was tough in his previous life, I can't let this old man, who looks somewhere like my grandfather, who spoiled me, be in the wild.

"Ah... Mother"

"What?"

"The village chief originally planned to be able to stay with Mr. Maxim, right?

"Yes, it is... Could it be?

I hear Ruth realizes what he's trying to say. Celine smiles beautifully.

"Can I have that bottle?

"Yeah, of course."

Ruth called out to the old man as he took the object out of the reservoir.

"I'd really rather have them wait at the inn, but it's already sundown."

"I don't think your daughter cares. If I can sleep in bed, I don't give a shit about walking."

"Excuse me."

The sun hid out in the shadows of the mountains and the lights began to shine outside the villages' houses. Ruth rushed to the village chief's house with an old man wearing a little wind.

Ruth's idea was to ask the village chief to take care of this old man for one night only. If you were planning on staying at Maxim's, I'm sure he had a room for you, and he could have cooked more meals. Originally, the village chief's house was huge there, so I knew there was a guest detachment, and the old man didn't look like a robber, so I decided to go and negotiate with him if he could stay the night or so. If it's tomorrow, the inn will be available, so if you do, you can come back.

(Well, if I can't get to the village chief's place, I'll have to ask him to sleep with me in my worst room)

Sometimes it's a small village, and it's common to provide travelers with a room to weather the rain storm even if it's not a lodging. Ruth was also an incredible thought at first due to his memory of his previous life, but he was eventually used to the village customs. It's only natural to help if you're having trouble with it.

"Oh, and then Grandpa"

"My name is Gio."

"Okay, Mr. Gio. One favor... I'm a man, so I was wondering if you could stop being a 'lady'."

"……………… Are you a man?

"Yes."

Gio, who was wearing a cane, began to observe Ruth as a dildo by moving his body small (invisible) as he swayed his eyebrows in surprise. Then he shook his cane with both hands with a strange voice that impressed him as "Ho".

"Maybe you, Ruth?

"Why did you give me my name?

When Ruth answered the confusion, she nodded "That Taste" and whimpered a little this time, yeah.

"No, there's a disciple I left at home. He said your name."

"Your apprentice gave you my name?

"He is an idiot disciple... Ruth, the son of the innkeeper in this village, thought he was a sarcastic Musai man if he was the son of that big man... Ruth was born a mother or a good man."

"Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha"

Ruth likes her face, so it doesn't matter if she's said to be feminine or actually misled by a woman. I don't feel bad because the equation "feminine" equals "facial integrity" form in my head in the first place. Sometimes I'm happy with anything that my previous life has had no complimented experience at all.

(Gio's apprentice has also stayed at our inn. Besides, it's an honor to have you tell our story to your master too ~)

Exactly. Ruth also never remembers one traveler at a time coming to the inn, but since she is out for dinner instead of Celine, who is busy cooking, she is frequently asked her name. I'm sure Gio's apprentice is one of them.

When people asked me my name, I was mostly asked by mistake as a woman, but my love was meant to be handled well, so it was a pleasure to hear it in this way.

After a short walk with such a story, I arrived at the village chief's house in the deepest part of the village. The village chief's house is smaller than the Blau family, which runs the lodging house, but bigger for private housing.

When he knocked on the door, his daughter, Marianne, was called before the woman who helped him came out and Ruth told him the village chief's name.

"What, you were telling your father?

"Yeah. Marianne called me first."

"Mr. Fanny, it's a little bit of a pee, I'm sorry. I'll show you."

Ruth felt just a little better when Marianne showed her smile more dazzling than usual about whether something good had happened. I think Marianne is cute after all. Now Ruth is so appealing to Alec if he doesn't know he likes him, but he didn't feel like inviting Marianne, who has been appealing to Alec for over a decade. Alec also took it personally that he liked Marianne in the first place, so he wasn't eligible for Ruth from the start.

As Gio praised Marianne's appearance on the way she walked, her mood grew better and better. And when I suddenly stopped in front of the village chief's room, Nico and I grinned and looked up at Ruth.

"Hey, Ruth. Listen to me for a second before I talk to your father!

"Yeah?"

"Alec sent me a letter! Bye!"

That said, Marianne looked good and took the letter out of her pocket. I was concerned that the destination was not Marianne personally, but that it was her family name. For one second, Ruth smiled.

"Good for you, Marianne."

"Yeah! I didn't think that Alec would send me a letter and I was so happy!

Ruth also smiles naturally and fuzzily at Marianne, who laughs lightly as if she got a love sentence. I think the girl's smile is cute after all.

"Heh, so, what did it say?

"That's right, it's terrible. How's the village going, how's the crop going, all that, it doesn't say anything about itself! Be careful with my body at the end of the day, it only says things like your father's oozing... I don't think you can write a lot more!? I don't think Alec is too brushy!?

"Well, shall we………………?

"'Cause it's been a month since we headed to Wang Du, and we finally have one. And just one note at a time! It definitely stinks!

…………

Ruth, who kept smiling, felt a cold sweat flowing in front of Marianne, who was excited about the letter from Alec.

(Alec brushes inebriated......? What...?

That's because I knew there was too much difference between Ruth's situation and Marianne's. That's why they're going to say, "Did Ruth write to you? What did it say?" I don't know how to answer the question.

But it was Geo behind me who changed the air.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry, but is it time for you to let me see the village chief? My back hurts..."

"Oh, I'm sorry! Dad, Ruth wants to talk to you!

When Marianne spoke, she heard back from inside the room. Marianne leaves the two of us back in the hallway to the voice that allows them to enter the room. There was a letter in his hand that looked important.

"She's healthy."

"Isn't she cute, Marianne?"

When Ruth laughed hella, Gio, who saw it, gave a slightly distant look and then a slightly frightened voice, "I don't think so."

"What's wrong, Ruth? Is this an errand from my father?

When I entered the room, it was Tanuki who was in front of the big desk - not the little forties man with the glittering eyes. She is about the same height as her daughter, Marianne, and she has a normal physique. I just wear round glasses so I can't even look intelligent at first glance, but I think Ruth is a bit of a nervous normal uncle. This is Bartolo Lillesse, the village chief.

"From my father, I mean. Do you feel like you're running an errand?"

"What is it?"

Ruth stood in front of the desk as she put down Gio and approached Bartolo.

"The inn is filled with guests, so I was wondering if you could stay overnight with Gio over there, so I came to ask you."

"Mr. Geo?

If you divert your body slightly from Ruth, who speaks aloud, Baltro's eyes are directed toward Gio. And staring at Geo as Girosilo as worthy, he turned to the paperwork who had his gaze as if he had eventually lost interest.

"What do we get out of staying with that grandfather?

"I mean, it looks like you're in trouble."

"You should go to another house. I won't bother to stay with you."

Ruth sighed small.

He thinks Bartolo is a normal uncle, but he also thinks he's a troublesome person. My personality is a little twisted and it's hard to handle. How dare you think an honest girl like Marianne was born?

(I have no choice……)

Ruth took the luggage she had out of the bag. Baltro turns a slightly alarmed gaze at the behavior.

"I'm not saying it's just... I actually got something a little better..."

"Ko, this is……………."

Ruth's invisible bottle was bottled with Celine during the day.

"Yeah, it's the testicles of a Boreal male."

"Boreal's!

Bartolo rides himself out and closes his face.

The testicles of Boreal males are all-purpose drugs that favor the so-called vigor system, like boosting energy, restoring strength, nourishing, and catching copies of drinks somewhere. In addition to the vigorous agents handled by the aristocrats, they are also used in Wangdu for expensive restorative medicines. But Boloa's testicles are perishable, and if you don't treat them as kittens, you won't be able to do it immediately. Hunting males isn't always available. As a result, it is traded at a fairly high price in the Wang capital, and Clark seems very pleased when he goes to sell it. However, I don't consider it a very valuable item because it is commonly available in well-handled brow households.

"I got it today, but I was wondering if I could give it to my brother."

"Ooh..."

"If the gentle mayor of the village would accept Mr. Gio, he said he could give him a token of gratitude."

"I see..."

Baltro, who had a deliberate cough with Gohon, turned to Geo with a good smile when he returned to his chair.

"Ruth told me about the situation. Apparently, you're in trouble. Please use our guest room. I have extra room. Let's hurry up and serve a meal."

"Is it true, thank you..."

Ruth shuts up and watches the two, even though he is stunned by Baltro, who corresponds the opposite with his attitude just now.

When Bartolo rang the bell, an earlier fanny came out and took Gio. Ruth gave Ruth the same thumbs up as he grinned bitterly as he left. Maybe Ruth and his conversation sounded like Geo.

Ruth, who gave him the bottle and returned to the house after leaving the village chief's house, opened the chest drawer on the side of the desk by entering the room through the window as he headed straight to his own room, which was away from his mother's house, rather than to the inn.

"…… This sender is not wrong, is it?

There were many thick letters in the drawer from which Ruth turned her gaze. Considering the number, it's the amount I think I write once or twice a week. Moreover, the letter from Wang Du is sent together once a month due to the delivery, so I was surprised what happened when this amount arrived at a time. Thanks to this, I can still only open the third one.

Ruth had not yet cut the seal. When he opened one that was on top, he opened nearly five bowels.

"To Ruth.

How are you doing? It's getting cold, so be careful with the cold.

Four days after I arrived in the Wang capital, I was confronted with a knight yesterday. It was a scattered day surrounded by the big bastards. They all look the same. I wanted to show you too. Besides, there are a few people who can move properly. Whatever you say about the Knights of the King's Capital, it's pinkie. You can move better. Oh, I want to go hunting as soon as I see your face. Boreal is greasy this year - '

There's been such an irrevocable sentence written all along. He tells Ruth about the changes that happen every day and notes them to a good extent, and sometimes he regrets saying, "I can't write any more... I'll tell you when I get home". Just reading it and the sender - it's the text that Alec sees in his hands every day that fits the hard eye. They wrote the first one from inside the carriage to Wangdu, and the view along the way was painted with Alec's wonderful paintings. I don't think it's very brushy.

"I wish I could write something like this to Marianne too... then I would have been happier"

Although I whine with my mouth, I didn't feel bad about the letters addressed to me alone. I feel bad for Marianne, but I feel more tickled than that. I felt like my chest was getting a lot more painful. Ruth is not sure what this is.

As Ruth lay down on the bed, she stared at the letter she had with her arms extended.

"I'm sure I'm writing a lot because I know what's going on with Alec, right?

I wouldn't be able to write such daily changes to a human being who doesn't know the circumstances of being a brave man. When I met the king face to face, I couldn't concentrate on the story because I was concerned about Kuroko, or I ran away because I was about to be forced to dance with the princess. I just couldn't tell him because the situation was strange for a person who went to study in the king's capital. That's why I thought Ruth would be sending me a diary with the feeling of keeping it.

(Ah... but I'm sending it to the proponent, huh?

When I noticed it, I felt a little bit stuck in my chest.