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

It took a little while to understand Alec's words, but Ruth, who understood the meaning, opened his mouth without being particularly troubled.

"What is it, suddenly? I like Alec, too.

I was only thrilled for a moment by the look on his face too serious, but Ruth returned his natural words. I have never spoken and told him, but of course I like Alec. Otherwise, I won't forgive you anything.

But in response to Ruth's reaction, Alec looked like he had chewed up a bitter worm.

"After all, I can't get through......!

"What? You know what I mean? You like me, don't you? I know exactly what I'm talking about. Otherwise you won't be able to help me like this."

He said he was on a journey, but he came to help me scratch the snow, he stood up and helped Ruth in an avalanche, and there was no way he didn't like Alec's behavior like that. Rather, I like Ruth too much, so much that I'm anxious that she'll be okay with marrying a girl or something. But at the same time, if Alec is serious, he thinks that any girl would kill him instantly.

(Hmm?.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Ruth rushes to drive that weird mood. You must not have thought anything wrong.

"Well, that kind of return is within your expectations. Instead, it makes me laugh past my imagination... why don't you realize that I appealed to you, that I did it the wrong way, but if you don't, this bluntness..."

"Ah, Alec?

"Look, Ruth!

Alec grabbed Ruth's right wrist tightly and played the silver bracelet attached there with his fingertips. It's the silver bracelet Alec left with Ruth.

"Of course you remember the story I made for the proposal, right?

"I remember that. That's what you said the day before you left the village, isn't it?

I'm talking about the day Alec hadn't been told he was still a brave man, and the next birthday he bothered to use his magic to hand make a proposal to the person he wanted. Ruth, who listened to me then, felt so lonely for Alec, who was getting married first.

But the proposal was discovered that Alec was a brave man, and it didn't come true to tell him. From those streams, Ruth keeps his bracelet in place of Alec, who embarks on the journey. This is something I have to give to Alec's intended opponent one day.

"You know that proposing means I want to marry that person, right?

"I get it."

"You know that's all I like and can't wait to get married, right?

"I get it."

"You know how it makes you feel that I want to do anything to that person, that I just want you to look at me, that I want to monopolize you, that I don't want anyone to do it, right?

"I know... Alec, what are you trying to say?

I feel uncomfortable with Alec's behavior as she looks at Ruth to confirm one by one. It's like teaching your child 'Once and for all will be two' in a foolish and polite way. But I'm too polite to conclude.

But Alec shook his head at Ruth's question and kept going.

"... if that's all you like, you know you're the guy who feels like you want to be the other guy, right?

"Uh... well... I get it..."

"You know naturally you just want to be nearby and kiss them, touch them, let them in, right? You know how hard it is to be patient, right?

"Wow, I know... so what. Let's get down to business."

"If you know that much, fine. Then I'll tell you based on them."

"Ah, yeah."

Ruth was relieved that he seemed to finally get to the point. It's just hard to keep asking questions that don't make sense from the front. Especially the lewd system. The lewd talk from the sparkling prince's face is a little bad for the heart.

"I was going to give this to you from the beginning."

Alec said so and firmly grabbed the silver bracelet on Ruth's wrist.

".......................................... hmm?

"I need to talk to you about brave men, I was gonna go on a long ride with you the next day, and there, I was gonna give this to 'you,'"

Alec repeats with a fierce emphasis on the 'you' part on Ruth leaning his neck.

………………………………

Alec sighs and opens his mouth as Ruth freezes and loses his words.

But the face was a little neat.

"The truth is, I was going to wait until you gave up your desire to marry a woman... I couldn't keep my mouth shut when I saw you with no pulse or dust and no intention of giving up at all. …… I didn't know what I was going to do in case of a miracle and you were going to marry a woman"

I felt the disturbing words were heard on the last one, but more than that, Ruth had taken some time to understand the first one's words and they didn't come to mind.

(Alec gives the bracelet to the person who proposes. And I was supposed to give you that bracelet, - me. I mean...?????????????)

Even though Alec spoke to me very plainly, Ruth's head quickly stops moving in a glass. The answers are supposed to be concise, very simple stories, but they don't pile up well to the end with the reality I've believed in being flipped from foot to foot.

(Er, pollinate with mackerel...)

When Ruth was skipping thinking to someone completely irrelevant, Alec's face was loose when he asked how it was going.

"Bubu... That's a nice face, you're finally aware of me"

So smile happily. My face got hot on its own even though my brain still didn't understand the sweetness of the smile in the atmosphere such as I couldn't wait. He notices his face turning red and looks down in a hurry.

(Smiled and blushed, am I a child!?... No, no, more than that. What's happening?)

I desperately think about sorting out my head anyway while the heat on my face doesn't heal. But no matter how much you think, your head doesn't think the answers you derive are right. There is a leap to deny it somewhere.

Ruth, who thought she couldn't do it on her own, turned her gaze to Alec, the culprit. And in order to finalize the conclusion that was fluffy in my head, I decided to ask a question.

"One, I mean... Alec was going to propose 'to me' that day?

"Oh, yeah, I am. About after the meal, I proposed to give him a bracelet and kiss him... and he wanted to touch me a little bit."

"… ho, seriously…………?

"I mean it. I knew you didn't recognize me like that, so I was willing to make you aware, teach you something nice, and let you say 'yeah' for one second. But that brave noise wasted it all."

Alec's expression seems extremely unfortunate. But Ruth's thoughts came back a little real in their current language.

Ruth was just going to take a long ride that day. I didn't know such a plan had been made secretly. Sadly, either way, Ruth was attacked that day.

Alec looked at Ruth with a musty look as she was pulling her face together.

"You know, I had a lot of limitations, too. But I didn't want to imitate anything imperfect... so even bother studying... because there's no such thing as a guy in the village who can deal with a man, he listens to adventurers who give off that kind of vibe, he wears large sheets and buys books in the King's Capital... well, I had someone who gets nasty while I was listening. I made sure you never came to the village again."

Try not to ask about the reason why he's certain it won't happen again, and Ruth gives up badly and asks the question again.

"I mean, that Alec... oh, you like me? You want to get married or something in that direction?

To Ruth, who still keeps asking questions, Alec gave a slightly frightened look, but said, 'I'm angry, but you like that too...' he complained a bump and shook his head gently with a loud sigh.

"I'll tell you again and again. If you were a woman, I'd fall in love with you as much as I'd let you get pregnant and be my wife.... Well, as long as you have that dad, he'll kill you if you get him pregnant first."

"Ha... ha..."

I lost my word again to Alec's dawning clarity, but I couldn't even laugh because his eyes were complaining about it for real.

(Ho, I'm serious...)

Finally, Ruth understood that Alec liked her that way.

It is the woman who likes men. Marrying a woman should make you happy. The family ideal was a child made between the couple - for Ruth, who had such a solidified ideal, being confessed by a man was shocking enough to be told that the white was red. The point is that it is not black in this case.

"... Ah, that Alec once said, you look like my mother, but you're a man, right?

"What do you mean? I've done it more or less twice, so you know it."

"Well, that's true."

Instead of being seen twice, he had been touched, and Ruth put a penetration into himself.

"No! More than that, I can't even marry a man in the first place, can I?

"From there, Ruth... I'm sorry, but there's no gender designation for marriage in this country."

"Huh!?

"Well... some subhumans have amphoteric sex, so you're in trouble."

"Ah! Ah..."

It was the moment when I realized that my previous life's knowledge was disturbing the common sense of this world.

I didn't know because there are only male and female couples in Hashi village, but in Wangdu they usually have someone who is married on the same sex. It would be wrong to apply it to the same law at a time when there is indeed a species of subpeople who were not in their previous lives.

"... but..."

"Ruth."

When Ruth gives up and tries to keep going, Alec grabs his shoulder and puts his face closer together. I saw my face in my eyes with a brilliant green light.

"I held you that day because I liked you too much to hold you back when I said you'd wait for me. I'm just reflecting that I was a little forced to. Sorry."

"Ah… well, the matter is……………………………."

Sure, that matter is unforgettable, but it doesn't remain particularly damaging in Ruth. He thinks it's silly to care that he's a man and he's chaste.

But, rather, when they say 'I held it because I liked it', I thought consciously the other way around, so I wanted them to stop.

"Ruth, I certainly can't have kids with you. But I'm more confident I like it than anyone else. I don't know anything about it. I don't have the dust to beat a woman."

"Ah... of..."

"If you're getting married, do it to me, fall in love with me, Ruth. … because the more you hate it, the more you take care of it"

"................................."

As common sense in the general world set aside at this time, no option existed to marry a man and continue his lodging within Ruth's life design. So speaking of Ruth's common sense, you're right to calmly decline here. And I know that we should go back to being best friends, find each other good people, be neighbors, and make 'You were young then' a memorable story.

(So, but...)

At this time, however, Ruth was unable to reject Alec's feelings.

Fifty years after counting from his previous life, Ruth has never been more serious in his confession, nor has he ever been strongly sought after. Because of this, I pulse so much that my heart might break, I can't stop my face from turning red. Despite the divergence between ideals and reality, he is conscious of Alec's confession without being discouraged or disgusted.

On the contrary, when I look at Alec's face seriously, I don't even know what I want to do.

(No, no, I don't know what you want to do... because Alec was my best friend...!

But Alec has been Ruth's best friend from a young age. There was a lot of skinship, but there was still no change in the perception that we were friends. I suddenly like it, but I can't change my consciousness if they say so.

"Oh, I... I've always thought of you as a friend..."

"Nah, I know enough. But that's fine. Even if you think we're friends, if you like me that way from now on, it's fine. I'd rather be happy..."

"Ugh..."

You imagined when Ruth liked Alec, she smiles happily as a child at you for the sweet prince Face's sake, putting more and more load on Ruth's heart.

"Ruth, I like you. At the end of my journey, let's cut up the inn for the two of us instead of my little father and my little mother. I don't really know how to run an inn, but I'll try, and I'll back you up. Let's make it a good place to stay together."

Alec's left hand gently strokes his cheek.

Alec doesn't look frightened at all by Ruth's confused words. On the contrary, I even feel like trying to keep pushing it off by saying one word after another about Ruth going into the top five he wants to be told by the person he's getting married to. Pushed by Alec's only aura, Ruth was completely cut off from exit. Instead of saying your opinion, you don't even have a chance to think.

(Oh, calm down, me. We need to think calmly, we need to think............!

The only way Ruth can counter Alec, who is totally willing to win, is by 'silence'. So when I was using it to manage to buy some time, my hand, which was eventually stroking my cheek, stopped. And...

"... what the heck, Ruth.... You don't like me that much, do you?

Alec, who was laughing at Nico until earlier, suddenly drops the tone of his voice. Sadly his eyes narrowed, and he grabbed them as if - Ruth's heart, which had been filled with his own impatience until earlier, was cuddly grasped by the change.