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

Feel the awakening of consciousness and get up on the spot.

When I looked outside, I could tell the night had just dawned. It was dimness.

"……… Something I think I've had a much nostalgic dream"

Suddenly remembering his previous life at an early age, Ruth panicked in a vortex of information that attacked him at the top, unable to understand the frontiers of his previous and present life. Besides, that was the problem because it happened in a square where there were a large number of villagers. Ruth's bizarre behavior soon became known all over the village.

Besides, Ruth couldn't even get out of the room for a while after that. The five-year-old brain, given thirty-one years' worth of memory, gave him a fever of wisdom to sort out its enormous quantity. Thanks to this, I was going to sleep for more than a week, which increasingly fuelled the anxiety of the villagers. Some friends came to visit me in the meantime again, but Ruth, whose head had not been able to sort it out, got rid of them all. That didn't seem any better, and they were going to say, "The Devil has taken hold" or "I got sick and distracted" or something. All my friends, who were close because of it, have gone away, except for Alec, who has been on my side the whole time.

(Well, you can't help it)

Maybe Ruth's atmosphere has changed since then. I was able to sort out my memories and regain my composure, but I couldn't go back to being a five-year-old who didn't know anything. Even though he was hiding it, I think he felt it around him.

Now in Ruth, there are nineteen years of shelves in this world, and thirty-one years of shelves in the previous life, in parallel. Instead of remembering the previous life as a 'past', he kept it stable by positioning it in his head as' something like reading a book that is on a bookshelf '. Otherwise, it becomes a philosophical concern about what the' self 'is in the first place, because it interferes with life.

(But this bookshelf has a lot of holes……)

Ruth remembered her previous life, but the information was not perfect. When I was younger, I remembered everything about my childhood in detail, but my memories had fallen out in society, especially in the years leading up to my death. I even feel like someone took it. But I remember clearly just before I died, so it might have been nice not to have had to make a mistake like that.

"Well, let's get up"

Ruth, who was unwilling to go to bed again, decided to get dressed when she got out of bed.

Strangle your jacket with a thick belt up to a blue knee length close to blue, put your legs through your beige trousers, and put on a boot of corked tea up to your flatulence to look like you always do. And once I checked the hunting tools, I realized there was no knife.

"Oh, is that so... they took it to Bal yesterday"

Ruth used the slightly higher cast-iron knife that my brother Clark bought for me quite importantly, so I remembered the loss and sighed small. Besides, when it comes to knives in that class, you won't even be able to buy the next one that easily, so for a while you'll have to use the one that lowered your rank.

"I wonder if there was a guy in the warehouse who used it before."

Ruth leaves the room and heads straight for the warehouse behind the inn. As I narrowed my eyes through the window on a still dim day, I eventually noticed that there were people in the square behind me making firewood and so on.

"Good morning, Mr. Maxim. You're early."

"Ru, Miss Ruth! Good morning."

It was Maxim with the sword who was in the dim square. Maxim was sweating a little in spite of the chilly hours and his cheeks were on fire, whether he was bareback or something. I think it's the boulder that should be refreshing and the colour that goes with the handsome figure. I was a little worried that a little more village woman would be interested in Ruth if I got this kind of color involved.

"Is it a workout?

"Yes, because if you don't do it every day, you will lose strength immediately."

Ruth thinks Maxim is as serious as he looks. If you are the Knights Commander, you will not have to stand on the front line. You will have most of the role in giving directions in the rear. You will not have to fight for yourself very often, and you will not have to train that much. Yet Maxim seems unwilling to stop working himself out like a first-degree soldier. Maybe he thinks he shouldn't stop building himself because he's thorough in the rear.

When Ruth heard it that way, she saw just a little shade in Maxim's expression, which was a smile.

"I have the power to pull everyone off, only with strength."

"What…………?

"No, nothing"

As Ruth listened back, Maxim quickly returned to his original smile and began to wave his sword again. The sharp, neat fat muscles were sharp and powerful enough to tell how much Maxim had worked himself out. I honestly think it would be cool to just watch it on the side and it conveys temper to the point where I'm going to be crippled. If it was just the sword movement, wouldn't Alec be enemies, too?

But Ruth noticed a slight but strayed sigh coming out of Maxim after he shook off his sword.

(I'm the Knights Commander, and I wonder if there are many troubles...... I look young)

But I knew that clouding the words meant I didn't really want Ruth to get into it and ask. Perhaps he didn't think it was something to tell a small village woman (and Maxim thinks) he didn't know about. I was asked more persistently.

Ruth walks out of Maxim's way and heads to the warehouse as originally intended. On the road, he asked casually.

"I think it's rude...... how many are you, Mr. Maxim?

"Age, is it,? I am, twenty-eight, almost twenty-nine!

"That's a great year for a Knights Commander."

Surprised at his younger age than he thought, Ruth looked back at Maxim's face as he opened the warehouse door.

Maxim looked at Ruth, who he honestly admired, with a chill on his side, and laughed slightly as he lit up, he lowered his sword and wiped his face with the cloth he was offering to his neck.

"But there isn't. The former Knight Commander suddenly retired because of illness, and I was chosen to be harmless because of the faction's problems."

"Faction Problems………?

"There was a lot going on in the Knights too...... unfortunately, not everyone recognised by them is elected to the top. Until I became a knight captain too, I was about a few years in the position of captain, a person with little experience or popularity to stand on top of.... when it comes to something to be proud of, there is only a sword"

Maxim's hand, toweled from his head, reaches out to the sword and grips him hard. It looked as though it was grasping or grasping.

"I have to be strong. If you're stronger than anyone and you're not powerful enough for everyone to fear, no one will follow you. So don't miss your workouts."

That said, Maxim took a towel and started waving his sword again. Maxim's fat muscles with a tough face seemed to seep with painful determination and loneliness.

(This guy is suffering too...)

A handsome man who took up the position of Knights Commander at the age of twenty-eight from the aristocracy, he looks like he's walking the elite streets in a smooth sail, and Maxim probably has a lot of problems that are difficult to talk to others about. Just looking at what happened yesterday, they trusted each other amicably and they did and had no idea, but the inside is still not an easy read.

If I said it in my previous life, did I become Inspector General at that young age? Maxim's troubles are unlikely to be understood by Ruth.

That's why I noticed the boulders walking away without saying anything. Even if you don't understand, you can put in words that lean in. Besides, if you've heard so much about it, it's a shame to keep quiet.

Ruth called out casually as he turned his back on Maxim, who kept waving his sword in silence, looking for a knife from inside the warehouse.

"I don't think so. I didn't think any of the knights around here followed me because they were afraid of Mr. Maxim's power."

"…… This was also an order."

"It may be an order... but you all seemed to enjoy yourselves when you were at the inn. I don't think you can do that under a boss who's obeyed his powers."

"... Yes, sir?

Hearing a slightly surprised voice, Ruth looks back with the knife of interest in her hand.

"That's right. The look on your face when you're with Mr. Maxim is so good, I don't think you're being followed only by your powers. You were all desperate to come here when you were in Bal. I think that's because I admire you as my boss. Of course I think I have some respect for Mr. Maxim's strength, but I don't think he's ever been afraid."

…………

Maxim stares at Ruth. Soon the sword I held with both hands stopped.

"If you find out it's just power, you might be sorry to hear it from your people. At least, it would be sad if I were you."

Ruth is so sad that she wants to cry if Alec thinks she's doing her friend for fear of power. Ruth has fun with Alec, and he's on his side because he wants to help. I don't think there's anything more painful than being misled with that.

(Oh, but I think I said something extra)

I wonder if I have said too much to Maxim, who has no reaction, and look away to delude him. And when I pretended casually to make sure the knife in my hand was free of scratches, I attached it to my waist belt as it was. It's not a very good thing, but I don't know what else to do.

"Oh my goodness……………"

But he heard such a voice, and when he raised his face, Maxim was grinning bitterly and then scratching his head. The face had mixed lights and looked a little childish. However, there is no fine dust in the appearance of anger.

I thought I'd be angry when a nearly ten year old said this to me, but he seemed to take me seriously unexpectedly. I think that the fact that it looks solid and flexible enough to listen seriously to children is a factor that Maxim is liked by them.

"Miss Ruth doesn't think she's a teenager. You're looking around so closely."

"Ah, oh. Well... when you're in a hotel, you can stay with a lot of people, and you can see how they relate to each other in the atmosphere."

Something about a group of adventurers who are obeyed by power is always tingling, and they don't show a smile at all. Conversely, we can see that unreliable groups are not interested in each other.

Members of the Knights didn't see either trend. If you mean to say so, it looked like a trusted group was having fun and having an adventure.

"Ah... but I'm sorry. I said something busy."

"No, I didn't think that way at all. I rather feel advised by older people."

"Huh... ahh... ha..."

Maxim turned bright blue when Ruth felt awkward because of a previous life story.

"Ha! Shh, sorry. How rude of you to be older! That's not what I meant!

"Oh, no, it's nothing. It's okay."

"Ho, because it's really different! Miss Ruth is young and beautiful, she has a very nice smile, she is attentive, and her strength, wrapped in a height no less than that of the goddess Zenobia, is such that she falls in love, and the person who will surely be her husband is a happy man on top of this, the -"

"Mr. Maxim! also, that's enough so that's it!

Maxim seems to have mistaken Ruth's reaction for 'I was angry that a woman was told she was older', and she overlaps words to lift weirdly whether she is desperately trying to solve the misunderstanding. Ruth finally put his hand on me and shut his mouth when he was embarrassed and desperate to stop the growing number of words of praise, even though he knew they were meant to delude him for being rude.

And when Maxim turned bright red, he said, "I'm sorry, it's in the nature of saying extra things..." Maybe he's made the same mistake before.

Seeing depressing Maxim, I was awkward. Ruth looked for a different topic when she gave a deliberate cough.

"More than that, uh, knights, how long have you been dating?

"No, they were originally direct reports of the former Knights Commander. So it was about six months ago when we first met properly… I was supposed to be able to raise more ranks and have our own troops during this HR shift, but for some reason they are my men."

"Good people."

"Yes. I am very grateful to them for their constant support in me not yet knowing my job properly.... but the first time, he praised me very much for winning the swordsman tournament held in Wangdu, so he said that it was because of that..."

Apparently, competitions in unusual performances are frequented in Wang Du. From what I hear, the Kenhao Games already seem to be more than thirty, traditional games among them. Apparently, it just happened half a month ago.

"I don't think that's all I am.... but it's amazing how many people get together to win the Wang Du tournament?

"I heard there are nearly a thousand people registered. I have seed rights because I have won last year, but when I come up from the beginning, I hear that I will play nearly ten games."

"... a thousand people... ten times the size of Hashi Village, huh... that's a different size"

"But I guess it won't replace it because it will be a form of contending for victory in a regular group... This year a huge number of newcomers showed up and the whole Wang capital made a fuss"

"Newbie?"

"At the age of slightly twenty after his first registration, he is a strong man who defeated the fierce warriors without any injuries and rose from World War I to the final. His overwhelming strength brought the king's capital to a great boil, and wherever he went, it was on the subject… Miss Ruth knows it too."

Maxim turns a soft smile. A certain person crossed Ruth's mind at the cheek grin and Maxim's words.

"No way... are you Alec?

"Huff... he's a great young man, isn't he? That's Yu... a young man who has come to study in the Wang capital in recognition of his power."

I almost said 'brave man' and Maxim clouded his words. I went to the village chief's house yesterday, so I guess the villagers are told not to let me know.

(No, more than that, it's Alec. If you're a brave man, why are you at the Swordhawk Games or something?

Ruth laughs bitterly at Alec, who is attending the event. The letter says I want to go home soon, but I seem to enjoy it a lot. Maybe the letter I haven't opened yet said so.

"Oh, I mean... maybe Alec and Mr. Maxim fought for the win?

"Yeah, I fought him in the finals. I'm surprised, it's incredible how many young people were buried in the world. That was incredible."

"So... so which one of you won?

When Ruth asked terribly, Maxim smiled slightly better.

"It was only a small difference, but I let you win"

"Ooh!

Ruth was honestly impressed with Maxim's declaration of victory. Because I didn't think anyone could defeat that Alec. Moreover, Alec even bears the title of brave man, and yet winning was proof that Maxim's strength was unusual.

"But that's just a story of sword skill. If you weren't banned from using witchcraft, it would be suspicious if you could have won, to be honest."

"Was magic forbidden?"

"It's a swordhawk tournament. Besides, I'm glad he was inexperienced in interpersonal matches."

"We only dealt with demons and animals in the village."

Exactly. Alec has little experience with interpersonal fights. It was enough to get rid of the rough adventurers who sometimes show up if you say they do, but most of the time those guys didn't deal with Alec because when he fired a blow that made him decide on the ground with a hinoki stick, he ran away.

"But I fought and found out, he's a pleasant young man, isn't he? I'd like to work with you when I get another chance."

"Alec's a good guy."

"Yeah, it looks like he was in the tournament because of the village."

"For the village?

"Hmm? Didn't you pass it on here?

Maxim looks strange and tilts his neck. And I shrugged, "That's all I can say, right?"

"I came to Hashi village because Lord Alec told me to participate in the village demon hunt."

"Eh...... Eh!?

"No, I had to move too if he lowered my head to show me so much strength and contend for the victory. Apparently, he also wanted to do me a favor because he was too busy to see me in person. They told me to keep the semi-finalist trophy."

before Maxim, who laughed refreshingly, Ruth pulled his face apart.

He said, "You have advanced me to the nobles. He said to send people to the village because they could be damaged by demons. '

(By advancing to nobility... you mean you sued the Knights Commander directly, Alec!?

I thought I had definitely asked an influential aristocrat to send me to the village, but it seems that Alec did me a favor directly to the aristocrat (chief of the knighthood) without going that far. The chief of the knights himself came to the village this time because of those circumstances.

(… Alec seems to be behaving obliquely……)

The idea of a brave man seems unpredictable to Ruth, who is an ordinary man.

"But to see the story, Miss Ruth is close to Lord Alec.

"Well, it's childhood friendly, because it's my best friend."

"…… 'Best Friend'? It's rare for men and women."

Ruth was told, "Men and women," and reminded Maxim that the problem was that she was still thought to be a woman. He was getting used to it because Maxim makes that statement naturally.

"Ah, Mr. Maxim, I still have something to tell you."

"Captain! were you here!

But the bad things between them continued, and as soon as Ruth tried to convey his gender at the corner, members of the Knights came out of the lodge.

"At all, if you want to train in the morning, call out to your men."

"That's right. The timing when you can receive direct instruction from the winners of the Kenjo Games is rarely precious."

"There are many people in the Knights who want to be coached by the captain of the regiment, be aware."

"It's more popular than instructors because it's polite and teaching well."

"Thinking about it, maybe we should swap some talent over there. Captain, why don't you think about forming a little bit when you get home?"

Members of the knight gathered at Maxim's side greet Ruth but happily expand the conversation.

"…… oh, I'm sorry. From now on, let's be sure to speak up."

Surrounded by them, Maxim narrowed his eyes. There seemed to be no air there when I was feeling as lonely as before. I can't seem to be arrogant that my words influenced me, but I still wish Maxim felt a little lighter.

Ruth greeted them softly as she greeted them, seeming innocent to the boulders to bring up the gender thing.