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

"Let's follow the order and talk about what happened"

The target the original poisoned killer wanted to kill was supposed to be Ruth. So the killer went to set up poison in Ruth's room. If Ruth dies now, the killer's job is done. However, someone noticed the person's suspicious behavior.

"That was probably Mr. Herald. Herald didn't come into my room for stealing, he noticed suspicious people entering my friend's son's room and went to pay attention."

Herald saw the killer planting something on the bed on the spot. And I tried to stop him, but he hit me and he fell on the spot. The Herald was not intended for melee fights, although he was an adventurer, and was backward supportive, so it is quite possible that he was unable to accommodate the movement of his opponent.

"The killer was upset to see Mr. Herald fall. Because this makes a fuss before you achieve your purpose. That's where you came from."

I don't know why anyone who imitated Julia visited Ruth's room. However, it is possible that he approached Ruth in an attempt to obtain some information.

"The killer staggered under the bed. You must have dropped the poison needle at this time. And since you were originally good at putting out the signs, you discovered Mr. Fallen Herald without noticing the hidden killer either. And you didn't try to help Mr. Herald, you created the scene where the accident happened."

"Wait, there's a chance that the person who hit me could have faked it that way, right?

"Sure, I didn't break the window that way, but at least I doubted it if it was just open."

"... what's the meaning of this?

"I don't see how someone who sneaks a poison needle into a room would act boldly to break a window to make it look like an accident. If the person with the poison needle is going to handle Mr. Herald, he should strip the board, open the window, throw it outside, or try to hide it anyway. … and that's also the biggest reason I thought I was weird"

This time the three cases took on a complex form due to a mixture of vigilant behavior of using the invisible poison of the trauma and bold behavior of breaking windows or killing them with a knife to make them look like suicides. Because of this, the killer's behavior fell into an unpredictable state of affairs.

"Then why did the eagle imitate such a pain in the ass? Though I shouldn't be involved?

"For you, who were going to carry out a plan using Kia, you should want to avoid the extra noise in the village. Besides, you dressed up as Julia, the adventurer, to make it easier, but your companion, Herald, must have found it nice to carry luggage but a little out of the way. So I thought it might be easier to make it look like it would fit the accident and disappear."

Whoever imitated Julia, who made it look like Herald was in an accident after entering the burglary, left the room feeling the presence of another person acting in the inn. The poisoned killer also left the room, bewildered by the disguise.

And as I thought, the face of the Blau family, other than Ruth, was in an accident when Herald went into the theft. The killer also agreed with the opinion with a face that didn't do anything. Though I think the inside was full of sweat.

"But apart from the internal incident, there was a problem. You realized that Kia, who regained consciousness, was not so far away by the contract of the Slave Print. But you didn't think I was hiding from you and taking care of you, so you didn't let Kia get away with what you thought was sneaking into the inn, so you created an enclosure around you that you could float into the universe."

The inn was floated not to let Ruth escape, nor to take the Blau family hostage, not to let Kia escape, the key to the plan that once left him at hand. But that's what keeps Wonok on guard.

And in the middle of that, a second case was made by the poisoned killer. Whoever was going to kill Ruth accidentally kills two coras. Moreover, it affected the worst form.

"I didn't realize, but the killer was subtly put under pressure by Mr. Wonock, right?

Wonok could have made a slight threat, although he did not imitate a forceful capture because he was floated. So the killer imitated Wonok's dinner like he was poisoning him. Before I killed Ruth, maybe I thought it was a bad idea not to kill this man. But this action ended in failure because of the wonock I realized. Those who imitated Julia knew it. There's a good chance he was monitoring the killer for all the nasty things he did.

"Both Mr. Wonock and his use of poison show that the killer is not confident in exercising his powers. But..."

"The man had been stabbed in the stomach with a knife and died. Sure, it's so bold that it doesn't seem like the behavior of a coward who was hiding and poisoning all the time without showing up."

"Whether you're a coward or not, it's a tough business to get into the nostalgia of a vigilant prey and end it from the front. Besides, if you're not used to handling weapons, you shouldn't be able to target organs that don't help you."

Wonok is tall, and the story is a little high-pressure. I don't know if he was aware of the second being, but he was also wary of being poisoned. In front of such an opponent, the skill of being able to stab him with a knife without being frightened did not match the figure of the killer who frequently used poison to hide from Kosokoso and overlap the crime.

"You understood the killer's intentions and killed Mr. Wonock to look like a suicide. And he deliberately similarized the letter of the suicide note with the meaning of a warning against the killer. Perhaps the killer shouted about the contents of the suicide note in order not to pay attention to characters similar to his own."

"By the way, who do you think you are, the poison killer?

Those who imitate Julia make a loose face. Apparently, he got his spare time back while we were talking.

"... I'm Seju. I mean, you told me on purpose in that suicide note, didn't you? But I didn't imitate it until the brush pressure, so I knew someone else had written it."

"…… you didn't think about brush pressure."

The letters in the suicide note seemed to have the same habit as Seju's letters in the lodging book, but only brush pressure was the opposite. Because Seju had no dent in the suicide note, even though the paper was written with such strength that it receded. And Julia was the only one left with the same weak brush pressure.

"There will be parts of what I'm saying that are wrong, and parts that reasonably don't make sense. Honestly, I haven't cut the whole thing in my head either."

Ruth is not so confident in his solution. There may be many more possibilities, and there may be parts that are not actually rational. I also feel a little forceful. But if I'm not Ruth or a detective, I'm not that smart, so I gave up that I had no choice.

But there's only one thing I'm sure of.

"But I'm pretty sure you killed Mr. Wonock."

Even Ruth, who is usually hunting animals, hesitates to point a knife at someone he is unwilling to fight, especially a human being in the same shape as himself. But those who imitated Julia had not hesitated for a moment earlier, and had unleashed a knife to kill Ruth and Kia without even changing their complexion. That lack of hesitation should be difficult if you are not the one who makes killing a living. Since Wonok had been killed in a single poke without a trace of resistance, I'm pretty sure whoever imitated Julia put his hand down.

"So what? You think I can't forgive the eagle? What are we gonna do, kill him?

Those who imitate Julia laugh. You know Ruth can't kill people.

"Huh... I'll catch you. Take him to the Wang capital to atone for the crime of killing Mr. Wonok and the crime of trying to wage war"

"Ha ha, I see, that's scary...... then let's resist it as best we can"

The moment I say that, countless black knives appear around Julia. A strangely transparent knife, not out of hand as earlier, flew to Ruth while floating in the universe.

"Wong!"

"!"

Kia knocks me over to the side and avoids it on the verge. The knife barely stabbed Ruth's wall. But soon he disappeared, and only the walls with holes remained.

(Sorcery or special abilities, you mean you're finally no longer willing to pretend to be Julia......)

I was hoping it would be a relief, but it still seems inevitable to face it head-on. Ruth pulls her knife out of her waist and takes her place as Kia roars. You can't kill him. But at the very least, we have to make him fall into inaction.

"Now, I wonder how long we can get away with this…………"

Once again a black knife appears around Julia and flies in the same way. Now I avoided it as I slapped some down. The knife that flew behind me crashed into an open window and I could hear it being destroyed.

"Ruth!? Something's wrong!

I hear you noticed the sound. I heard Rossa's voice coming from the outside. But shortly after responding, the knife flies back to Ruth. I avoided three bottles, including five. You're getting used to the monotonous movement of the knife, it's not hard to knock it off.

"Wow on!"

Kia roars and jumps at those who mimic Julia, who was concentrating her attack on Ruth. From the slight discharge from Kia's body, I could see that she was haunting magic. But those who mimicked Julia twisted her torso wide like a mollusk, avoiding Kia's assault with a body movement unlikely in a person's structure.

"Duh, what happened..."

"If you make eagles like just humans and subhumans, you're gonna die, right?

Once that happened, the figure of those who imitated Julia changed dramatically. Her characteristic ears shrink and her hands and feet twirl like waves. The large, feminine face of her eyes blurs as she put it on black water, and the position of her eyes and nose collapses. I didn't think of the sight as a person breaking down the clay workmanship.

Ruth's legs clung to the sight. To beings beyond my imagination, my body stopped moving because of my fear as a creature.

"Fu haha............!

At some point a sphere appeared as much as a man's head in his hands. The disastrous sphere that discharges black emitted a strong force similar to the advanced magic of the power Alec makes. I'm going to be swallowed up by that strength just because I'm nearby.

(That's... well, you were listening to me, the knife, buying time...!

With a hand that had been hidden all along, the opponent was making time to create magic. You should have seen how Alec was doing and knew it would take that long to unleash advanced magic. But Ruth didn't even realize that, so he helped make time.

"Ruth, what's wrong, what's happened!

"Dad, no!

"Wow, on!

Rossa looks out the window worried about the noise. Ruth stood face to face in front of the surgery. But before that, Kia pops up.

"Kia, stop!

"- Disappear in this land with the prince, O one whose life is targeted by God!

With a laugh, black magic was unleashed from the hand of the man.

At that moment, the fierce impact that cracks the ground runs and a tremendous roar sounds. I also heard sharp flashes, heat like burning my skin, tornado winds winding up, the sound of the house breaking down and screaming. Ruth had a wind that rolled up and was blown to the edge of the room. Kia flies in the same way and accepts the body for once. But I couldn't even open my eyes, I just hugged Kia.

- Eventually Karan and Ruth, who had apparently lost consciousness only for a moment to the sound of something falling, surfaced.

When I open my eyes, I realize that my consciousness is clear. My ears hurt because of the sound of the explosion, but I should have received advanced magic from the front, but only as much physical pain as I punched my back. Waking up the body avoiding the wood that was riding over her body, she noticed that Kia was in her arms relaxing.

"Kia!? Kia, are you okay!?

"Ku ~ n"

When Ruth rocked, Kia looked up as she shook her head. From what I've seen, there doesn't seem to be any major injuries either. And as I relieve myself, I look around at the smoke disappearing gradually.

The earlier impact caused a crack in the wall, and the roof just above Ruth had a big hole through the second floor, and the later wall had many holes to see the outside. This is a situation where the top half of the inn blew up from where Ruth is. And the front of Ruth - white smoke was still standing in the position where the surgery had been released earlier, and I didn't know what was going on.

(... what happened? I should have been hit with advanced magic. If that was a direct hit, I wouldn't normally be surprised if it disappeared instead of an injury)

The effect is tremendous because Ruth's degree of magic makes him quite less resistant to witchcraft. But neither Ruth, nor Kia, who was out in front of it, was even injured. I just thought something had happened.

As I stiffened myself to the tension, staring at the fog that cleared up gradually, I eventually saw a familiar back there. Light arrives from the perforated ceiling and shines the silver thread flowing through its back.

"……… Why are you, why are you?

The man with his back turned slowly as Ruth leaked his grunt with joy and surprise as he was in his miserable emotions.

"You've often lodged in that impotence, my compliment, Ruth."

That's what I said and laughed at the doll. My face was filled with the light of life, and my golden eyes were slightly reddish.