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

As soon as Ruth gets dressed in the next room, she goes to the inn. If you don't show your face to the inn forever when you're finally home, it's a little fast because Celine and Rossa are worried.

"Ruth, you were late. I thought I'd go find him."

"Sorry, Mother"

"Really, already......!

When she returned to the inn, Celine looked out of the kitchen. Celine is in a bit of a bad mood, wrinkling between her eyebrows. Apparently, it worried me a lot.

"Don't worry too much. Mom, I'm in a bad mood for something else."

"Something else?

When Clark pointed his gaze towards the dining room with his chin, there were about four guests sitting in a chair who were not there during the day.

"What we have now are adventurers and travellers who have rushed in quickly."

Clark said that when the weather became suspicious in the evening, customers rushed in.

One of the closest places to Ruth to eat alone was a warrior-style middle-aged man with short brown hair and bad eyes. The name is Nicola, let's visit people and come to this village.

Sitting at the table next to those two is a young man a little older than Ruth with purple dark hair and black eyes. His name is Seju. He works in the Wang capital, and he came here to visit the dungeon's regular investigation and was caught in a blizzard.

And it seems that it is the male and female adventurers who are happily talking at that front table. The winter in this village seems to have come at an untimely time. The man is called a herald, he feels a little scared of his eyes with the fine surface of his green hair, but he looks human. But the woman next door...

(Wow, haven't seen it in a while. That guy, he's a sub. Besides, he's a rabbit ear Rapid sub)

A woman who looks a little older than Clark, apparently Julia, has white, elongated ears growing from redhead gaps close to pink. Although rarely seen in Hashi village, in this world there is a species called Subhumans, who look like they have multiplied so-called animals with humans. Its appearance also varies from subhuman to subhuman, some not so different from that of humans, and others seem to have obvious differences, as Julia did.

The Blau family sometimes meets such guests very rarely because they run a lodging house, but Ruth got a little excited about the appearance because it is really rare. Anyway, it's because the games, comics, and cartoons I've seen in my last life are what they are.

"Are you the first to see a subhuman?

Speaking so from behind, he turned around, a man shining his puppeted beauty stood next to Clark like a bear. I am impressed once again that the position is not half as good as the height difference with Clark is not so great.

"Mr. Wonock, you're here."

"Because I got your invitation, I'm happy, I'm here. The bedroom is made there, but you don't look uncomfortable sleeping. If you like, don't say five days. You can stay a little longer."

"Ha... Thank you very much."

My face looks like a crop, but I still answer with a bitter laugh at the words in my gaze from above. While it's good, Wonok apparently liked the Blau family's inn. Daniel and I are twisters with different directions.

"Oh, Mr. Wonock. Dinner's ready."

"Is that true!?

Wonok rejoices in trying to jump up to Celine's words with her face out of the kitchen. Celine instructed Ruth to take Wonock to his seat and Clark headed to prepare for the bath. Celine had a good crush on Wonock, but Ruth and the others are still in a bad mood. I don't know how it happened, but I couldn't ask after Clark, who was kicked out of the bathroom.

"Take your time, Mr. Wonock. There are plenty of changes."

"Oh, a ready borough stew! It smells different."

"Huh..."

Celine brought a meal as she prepared water, forks, and more for Wonok in her seat.

Ruth frowned slightly at the menu. Because the Wonok meal that Celine brought was bread and a small side dish in a bowl of borough stew full of plates.

(Today's menu was steak, right?)

Looking at the guests around to make sure, it was still the Boreal steak on the table. The signs of stew are dust-free. But when Ruth tries to mouth the difference in the menu, Celine pulls him toward the kitchen before she does.

"Mother, I'm sure Mr. Wonock likes that one. It's not good to make a difference from other customers..."

"It doesn't vary much in price. With potatoes and vegetables, the cost is easier with borough stew. And... look at this."

"... what is this?

Celine, who entered the kitchen to hide from the guests, showed Ruth a jewel with as many bright red thumbs. Besides, there are fine goldsmiths around it, so much so that even if Ruth isn't familiar with the value of the thing, he can tell in one shot that it seems expensive. Even if the jewels were fake, the fine work around them seemed well worth it.

"Mr. Wonok gave it to me on behalf of the inn. Clark gave me an appraisal, but it looks like this gem is real."

"In lieu of food and accommodation...... this would be too expensive!

"Yes, it is... Clark said that one of these jewels would be worth buying our house. That's why I said no, too, because I don't have any cash. If you don't like it now, bring some other jewelry..."

……

Doubts prevailed over fright and surprise over Wonok, who was trying to pay for the lodging with huge jewels, not cash. You don't know the value of a gem, or you're the kind of person who can live without worrying about that - but then you don't know why you came to such a small village. He's really not sure.

(Yeah, but now you know why Mr. Wonok is so unique in the way he talks...)

A unique way of speaking and speaking that self like a king named 'I' is also a remnant of an environment where gems can be pounded out. Ruth and the others are not very familiar with the noble family names, but maybe they are well-known nobles in the Wang capital.

"When I said no, I said 'back to the house next door', so I decided to discuss it and take it. So it's not a good idea to make a difference to other customers, but to some extent, make them whatever they want, wash them with us, just a little..."

"I see."

I'm sure Wonok didn't give out the jewels for special treatment, but from the Blau family, he seems to have no choice because he can also be tempted to treat them on an equal footing with other ordinary customers. Well, borough stew doesn't seem to be that hard to cook, so it seems rather easy for the menu to be set.

When Ruth understood Celine's thoughts, she decided to go around each table with the water spill in her hand, thinking about going to Wonock later to ask if there was anything dirty.