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

Ruth, who woke up at the same time as usual, began to prepare breakfast with Celine. My father Rossa should have stayed at the village chief's house, but he seems to have returned at some point, wiping the dining room table with a sleepy eye.

Karen and Yuan were the only ones who had eaten because people from the village of Mikana had gone to the village chief's house, but they also asked Grace to go to the village chief's house, along with the use that came after breakfast. It made me very quiet after breakfast.

Talking about what to do with lunch after a while, I noticed it was getting slightly noisy outside.

"Is someone here?

"Doesn't that make you loud?

"Ruth, will you look outside?

"Let's go too."

While Rossa was a little wary, she headed outside the noisy inn. Ruth goes after him, too. Softly opening the door with Rossa as she put the wooden sword in sight for security just in case, there was not much sight in the peaceful village there.

"Virgin - show me your face"

"Knights are so cool!

"The magician's old man didn't lose either -!

"Sister of the bandit, I want to be slapped with a whip..."

"Young lady, how dare you adventure at such a height... take your wife's special pie"

"Aleku, no, Master Aleku, welcome home -"

Ruth and Rossa gazed at the unexpected outside look.

It was noisy when Maxim came to the village about six months ago, but this time it wasn't the ratio. In the square, people from all over the village appear to be gathering to see Alec and the others at first sight. Perhaps the village chief couldn't say that Alec was just headed to the king's capital in this case, and at some point it became widespread that Alec and the others were "the brave ones". Rumors of small villages are early.

"Oh, Mr. Rossa! Is the inn there!? Guys, let's go!

He noticed Rossa's appearance, and when Garcia, a knight, spoke so, the line approached the inn early enough away from the villagers surrounding him.

Ruth, who understood the situation, immediately went inside, and as they entered, hurriedly closed the door and locked it. And curtain the glass window upstairs. Because thanks to the renovation, the inn has windowpanes, so it is possible if you want to peek. By the way, windowpanes are not that popular, but many houses are attached to the village. Of course, transparency is not very high, so it is not a level where the expression can be seen. Cloudy glass level.

"Ha, thank you...... Mr. Rossa"

With that said, Garcia approached Ruth and the others.

Apparently, he knew the Blau family was an inn because he was face-to-face with Rossa at the village chief's house. Sometimes the village chief's house is flooded with people from the village of Mikana, and we were talking about whether we could let them stay here.

Garcia found herself a much taller man than Ruth when she came to her side. I don't feel anything like the overwhelming charisma of the Knights Commander Maxim, but it's still full of strong auras worthy of a line of brave men. If you look just at the strength, it's better than Maxim. Maybe it's up there.

"It's tough, who's popular?"

"This is the first time I've welcomed you so far - I'm tired."

"Isn't that nice, I'm so happy that you're welcome. You were all smiling."

"Yes! The city in the meantime was under a lot of pressure to go home. Never again in a city like that! It's better this way!

"I've been hiding a lot over there."

When Rossa calls out as she struggles, the bandit-style little woman looks around, smiling at the atmosphere of the store, the cleric-style woman quickly sits in a chair, the purple-haired girl smells the pie she gets in front and puts it in her tease, and the magician-style man calls out to Celine if she can get water.

We all had an overwhelming atmosphere, even though Ruth showed a slight difference from the line of brave men he had in mind. Even the purple-haired girl, who seems the weakest of these, won't beat Ruth.

"Father, Mother, it's been a long time. How are you?

Alec smiled as he spoke in front of Celine and Rossa as his companions relaxed that way. It's Alec pretending to be just the usual little girl.

"Alec, that's our line. Is the valiant industry working hard?

To Rossa and Celine, Ruth had fallen apart that Alec was a brave man at the time of the incident in the five days of the disconnection, so bringing his people in didn't make any more noise now, like the other villagers.

"Yes, I'm working on it."

"It's tough, really. Take a rest in the village. 'Cause I'll do my best to serve delicious food, too."

"I'm looking forward to that. Speaking of which, what about Mr. Clark?

"You don't know that, do you? Clark went to the Duran house a while ago. He's doing great with Sarah."

"Really?.................. but when that happens, what do you do with the inheritance of this inn?

"Hmm? What are you talking about, you know Ruth will inherit. Ruth, show Alec your cooking arm's up."

Ruth was just a little nervous when Rossa called me to hear the conversation between the three of them from a little further away. When Alec looks at Ruth as she follows Rossa's gaze, she gives him a surprised look as if she had noticed her presence for the first time.

(... no, I probably just didn't think he was there. I'm just surprised. The conversation I had earlier was also a little misremembered...)

While telling herself so, Ruth heads to the kitchen where Celine is. And he called out to Alec, who gave him a harsh look over the counter.

"Me, I've been desperately learning from my mother since my brother left, and I'm a lot better. Eat Alec too, 'cause you don't serve scorched rice like before."

Ruth speaks that way in a mild tone - but Alec's response back was, in a way, as he imagined.

"You were in a cave yesterday. Something like Ruth, right? Why are you here?

"……… Why, my house is here."

"What? You're kidding. The Blau family is Rossa's youngest father, Celine's youngest mother, and then Mr. Clark's family. I don't know anybody like you."

The word 'I don't know', which I don't know how many times, even broke my hopes, which were only a little.

(Why... Me, just...?

After a day, if I saw him during the day, if he came to the inn, if he saw everyone, I'm sure he would remember Ruth's presence and say 'I'm home, Ruth' with his usual sparkling smile. I was wondering how desperately you would apologize for yesterday's attitude toward Ruth, with the excuse of 'being subjected to weird procedures'. If Ruth shook his head, "I don't care," everything would be fine.

- But it didn't. Alec is no different from yesterday and asks about Ruth's presence with a rugged expression. Naturally you don't really know Ruth.

"Oh, hey, Alec!? What are you talking about, it's Ruth!? My Ruth, no, you're lying, it's Ruth!?

"Alec, what are you talking about!? You said you were gonna marry Ruth when you were little, remember? Are you kidding me?!? You brought Ruth to my room during this time!?

Rossa and Celine were surprised by Alec's words. But the upset between the two of them was also natural. Anyway, if Alec has time, it's the usual thing to be crouching around Ruth's side. It's also routine for two people spending time in the same house to witness how it goes, rather telling Ruth that they have errands and Alec is absent: 'What's going on? You had a fight?' What an inquiry. 'I don't know Ruth' if that's the first time I've seen her in a long time. It's not strange to be stuffed with a surprising sword screen.

"Uh... yeah? Ruth, is... the two of you? Besides Mr. Clark?

But it didn't change Alec's reaction. At last, Ruth couldn't stand on the spot.

"Ah, Mother. I'm gonna go get some water."

Ruth told him so unilaterally, away from the noisy three, grabbing the bucket and heading to the back door.

"Huh!? Ruth hey!"

Close the door to shake off Celine's voice like that. Standing straight in front of the well, he threw a bucket with rope. Hearing the hustle and bustle of the villagers heard from the side of the square, he made a noise and pulled the water up at the bottom of the well.

"... than something funny..."

Ruth put the bucket of water in the bucket and peered into the dark bottom with his hands in the abyss of the well.

"I don't know anyone like you."

More than I could have imagined, Alec would have told me, "You don't know."

As proof of that, I feel as dull as my body weighs, even though my friend should be telling me that it's not a big deal. Feminine, pitiful, don't be creepy, the brain tries to put in a drink, but my heart is complaining of dull, deep pain, and I was not laughing well. If I'd listened to the three of them talking like that, I'd be exposed to a lot of ugliness, and I couldn't stand still.

(What the fuck, Alec's guy...)

In the meantime, if I think I've jumped over the confession and even made a proposal, I'd like to tell you to swing around, too, that I've forgotten Ruth this time.

But now I didn't even feel like going that way. I actually stuffed it up, and I also knew I should be angry about what I forgot, but if I was repeated 'I don't know' like I was confused at those places, I wouldn't know what to do at last.

"…… Alec is like that if you're not interested."

Alec's gaze, not interested in it, kept him out of his head. Because I've never been turned away from that gaze, I'm hurting my jiggles and chest when I remember. Surprisingly enough, I thought you were seriously depressed by Alec's attitude.

"Oh, I was there! Uh, Ruth!

When I can't move thinking about it that way, I get a voice from behind me and look back. There was a chivalry-style Garcia and a magician-style man who came out of the back door. They rush to Ruth, looking terribly sorry for some reason.

Ruth couldn't even turn a pitiful look, and once he meditated on his eyes as much as he wanted, he looked back desperately up at the corner of his mouth.

"What is it? Both of you?

There was no tension at the end of the story, but still smiling in the guise of calm, the two distorted their faces sadly. And Garcia, who sighed louder, looked straight at me when she changed her expression to something serious.

"Once again, I'll make sure you're Ruth, right?

"Ruth?

"You are Mr. Ruth, who has received many letters from travelling Alec, no doubt?

"Oh, yes...... maybe that Ruth is me. Even so, I received my last letter about three months ago..."

To Ruth's reply, the two exhaled deeply as if they were convinced or relieved. And...

"- What was that painting!?

"You were someone else altogether. Aren't you a funny, cute girl… Alec was a delicious person too."

"It was Bal, whatever you think it was Bal. That was!

"Alec's artistic level was too low than I thought. We can't find him on the street."

"Damn, what the hell was our month!?

The angry shaped Garcia and the bewitching magician - who says Curtis - have been foolish for a while, understanding that Ruth is bewildered. Curtis took a piece of paper out of his nostrils when Ruth stared at him without knowing what it meant.

"I've been searching for you, but I can't remember Alec, and all I know is that the clue is this paper and the name 'Ruth'..."

That's how the paper I spread out - Garcia was right - depicted Bal. The bal had hair and only two eyes, but whatever it was, it looked just like the B-rank demon bal. But Ruth looked familiar with the touch.

"This is the one Alec drew, in the length of his hair. Could it be me?

Ruth laughed unexpectedly at Alec's illustrations, which she hadn't seen in a long time, even though they were artistic in some ways.

Alec is always having trouble commenting because he is devastatingly bad at painting but not very aware of it. Of course I won't say bad, because it takes me a while to understand what I drew.

At some point they were smiling as touched by Ruth laughing bitterly.

"Oh, it must be the real Ruth, seeing this painting and knowing that she's even herself……"

"Everywhere. 'What do you mean this monster is my sketch!?' Cause I was told scattered……………."

Ruth, who was not on the spot for some reason, also figured out how hard it was for the two of us with some distant eyes. Because Alec's illustrated description causes more confusion than words. Incidentally, at a young age, there was also a case of Ruth making a mistake with Rapi because of Alec's illustrated Rapi.

However, I also understood one thing about Ruth because of it.

"Um, you two were looking for me, which means that Alec is definitely the Alec I know, right?

When Ruth looked serious and inquired, the two reduced their overreactions until earlier to a sober look.

"Yes. He's definitely Alec, who traveled from this village. However, I think you already understand, because of certain circumstances, he has forgotten" only about you ”. And that was the problem between us."

To Curtis's words, Ruth felt an unspeakable relief.

Because when Alec loses Ruth's memory without anyone knowing it, he doesn't know how to undo it or even what caused it, and it's likely he can't do anything about it.

But Curtis says it's 'from a certain circumstance', so there seems to be a cause.

(……… I'm glad)

If there was something causing it, if there was someone who knew it, there must have been a way for Alec to remember Ruth. The slightly seemingly hopeful surfaced only a little depressed.

"What happened to Alec? Why have you forgotten only about me?

"That's it, actually -"

"- What are the three of us doing with Kosokoso?

When the three of us looked back at the voice, Alec stood with a rugged face at the back door.