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

Ruth was left alone in a quiet room with no people, but Alec was uncomfortable with the air and a little hesitant to speak because of Alec's different appearance.

(... no hesitate what to do. It's fine here as usual. Alec may have forgotten about me, but you just have to talk like Daniels and all -)

"- Hey."

Suddenly I was a little surprised to hear from Alec, but Ruth turns around trying not to put it on his face.

Alec looked at this one with some boring look on his face.

"Something, huh?

"Toilet, where?

"Ah, oh. The bathroom is behind you."

"Guys."

Alec, who gave him a cluttered thank you, walks through Ruth's side to the toilet where he held his finger. Eventually Ruth sighed small when she heard a slightly larger door close.

(…… Alec's expression is completely different……)

Alec often had a basically soft look when talking to Ruth. Of course, I've had fights before, so that makes me look angry, but I was in such a bad mood that I've never been spoken to without a face like that.

Because of this, there is a stiffer atmosphere now than when I am angry or irritated. His face is neat, but the cold impression is probably getting stronger.

(Besides, what's wrong, I...)

And Ruth couldn't believe he was upset in front of Alec like that.

Ruth felt confident that most things would not work. In fact, I've never cared much about being treated unusably by adults, whether the village girls hated me or Daniels said terrible things to me.

Yet, for some reason, I'm now horny with one of Alec's expressions. I feel sorry for everything.

(Anyway, I know why you've forgotten me. No offense to Alec, and I need to be positive. That's right. Memorabilia is important, I wonder where we're going to start. hmmm..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Honestly, from the way things are now, even if we talk about it, it's going to get flushed out like a 'hoon'. Or if you do poorly, you may get frowned upon. I felt a little heavy when I thought so.

(I can't believe Alec bothered me like this...)

I felt like Alec had figured out how nice he was to Ruth. Alec said he likes Ruth, so he must have always had a fun look on his face like that.

So when I lost interest, I naturally had a stomachache knowing I would be dealt with as cold as I am now.

Alec's face glistened in front of me before I forgot, making my heart kind of painful. Nico, I miss when you laughed and called me 'Ruth, Ruth'.

"Mr. Ruth, are you still there?

As I held my stomach down just a little bit, Curtis, who was supposed to have left, came in and out the entrance door. When he finds out there's no Alec around, he makes a call and calls Ruth.

Ruth drove the pain and put his expression back on, stopping by.

"What's wrong?

"I have two things to say to you."

"What do you mean?

"It's Alec's feelings for you, but I actually know Garcia and I do."

"……… Huh?

"I couldn't tell you because everyone was there earlier, but we both know from our mouths that Alec had an extraordinary love and obsession with you before the trial. Well, I thought it was a girl..."

"... eh...?

The sudden news caught Ruth's expression for a moment.

At the same time as you scratch sweat and get cold inside, your body is hit by an unexplained situation that makes your neck and face hot. But it also manages to get away with Curtis's disgusting expression.

"So when I knew Alec had not written to me at all, I immediately became convinced that what I had lost was you. It would have been possible if I had noticed sooner... because I couldn't imagine how much Alec had made you feel cold. Besides, I didn't think there was anything like losing and trying... sorry."

"Uh, the other guy is me...... don't you pull it off with a guy?

"Pull? Haha, once I knew Alec's passion, I thought I'd support even a Bal-like girl. Ruth, I'm more of a ho with you. I don't care about honesty."

"Is that so?"

"... there was a girl like Bal who wanted to know how many secrets, or magic tricks, she used to bone Alec that far."

"Eh?"

"Ha, I'm just kidding."

Curtis was laughing lightly, but his voice was a little serious, so Ruth realized that he might have been thought of as a bad girl who was brave.

(But, well, they knew...)

From the start, I thought they just knew they were writing to Ruth - but Alec had told them exactly how he felt. Besides, according to the story, he talked a lot to be quite proud of, and Ruth's inconvenience was not half as good.

Incidentally, the two of them, who decided on the purpose of looking for someone named Ruth, apparently made the explanation of the circumstances to the other members quite obscure, sometimes a delicate issue. So the women didn't seem to be responding, even when they first heard Ruth's name. Also, they have failed many times in other villages, so they were deliberately adults until they gained certainty.

"However, there are circumstances in which I said so, and the women do not know more about Alec's relationship with you. For that reason, I'm sorry that Fana asked such a question to explore."

"Ah, no, that is……….."

"If you think you don't like being asked questions from time to time, I'll tell you somehow, what will you do?

"Th, That is a bit............!

"Right."

I definitely wanted that to stop because I was so embarrassed that Garcia and Curtis would want to bury me in the hole just to say that when that trio of sparkling beauties/girls found out about my subtle relationship with Alec, I would go to a level where I wanted to die.

Curtis is smiling as she lowers her eyebrows and seemingly just checks to see if she understood Ruth's reply as well.

"Even so, Fana is more likely to be taking into account. Well, sometimes she doesn't bother to read the air because she is the type to read the air, but she will keep her mouth shut. Eliza and Moore are out-of-the-box blunt, so I don't think you can imagine that much, even if you're wondering. So it's okay."

"…………… is that right -"

Ruth has no choice but to respond to Curtis' line with a bar reading, which is not reassuring at all.

"I somehow understand from Alec's story that their relationship is in a delicate position. I don't think it's innocent for anyone else to speak out there, so I won't say anything more from you. Let's not even tell Alec now. He still only understands you as a 'friend', so if you give him extra information poorly, he could be the worst."

"Yes, thank you very much……."

Sure, if I gave Alec information about 'I actually liked Ruth as much as I wanted to get married' right now - I can't even predict how he would react. Like Curtis said, in the worst case, he might be weirdly conscious and unable to regain that much memory.

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Of course I know that we need to regain the power of the brave. But Ruth couldn't answer Alec's confession. Still no answer. Nor has the dream of marrying a woman completely disappeared. When that happened, I even came up with the idea that you should not be remembering that much.

I'm just reminded that Alec and I are friends. And after regaining his power and finishing his role as a brave man, Alec returns to the village and continues to interact with each other with each other with his own family, drinking with each other in the store even in his old age, an 'ideal' from such a young age.

(............... Oh, fuck, what about me?

I felt a feeling of black pus creeping up from the bottom of the deep darkness.

"Marry a girl and have a happy family."

I feel like such a dialogue is emptying my mind. Without resounding in the back of my mind, I don't even know if it's because of the words I feel slipping up my brain or if step by step these words are really my thoughts.

Is that 'ideal' really what you want, or is it 'someone'?

"- I told you that I thought it would be easier to move on something once I told you about this situation. That's what I'm saying, so talk to me if you have any problems...... Mr. Ruth?

"Ah, yes. Thank you for your concern…"

To Curtis's voice, Ruth bows her head deep in reflexion as she returns to reality. I felt like I had a headache but at some point it was gone too.

(Nevertheless, I'm glad Mr. Curtis is someone who will be on Alec's side)

Apparently Curtis is older than she looks or better at keeping an eye on her surroundings. There was also embarrassment, but what a relief to have someone on Alec's side to rely on. Alec seems to be blessed with good talent.

"And then, one more thing."

"Yes?"

Curtis grinned bitterly as Ruth looked up.

"Alec, you had a bit of a bad attitude towards you, didn't you? Stick around, it feels cluttered, like you're not interested."

"Ha, well..."

I was just a little worried about that earlier, so it was a really good topic for timing. Again, it seems obvious from the surroundings that Alec's current lack of interest in Ruth is obvious.

"... but that's actually a very rare thing."

"Huh? What do you mean……?

"When I'm on a basic journey, he's such a good young man. I've been crushing a lot within my peers, but I'm always conscious to make a positive impression, as I did when I greeted your parents. Even if a stranger calls out like a friend to Alec, it's more because he doesn't know who he is, so he responds carefully and politely on the outside. I guess you're trying to understand yourself as a brave man and make up their hopes.... don't you know that side?

"Ah..."

It was never directed at him, but Ruth remembered that Alec was very polite to the adults when he was in the village. Same for travelers and adventurers who come to the village. It was also somewhat shattered by some humans (of the same age) only that it was other than Ruth, and he didn't have much of an attitude toward Ruth's brother Clark.

(I was so distracted by Alec's differences that I completely forgot about it...)

Considering that, Alec's condition was certainly weird.

If you don't know Ruth for real, it should be odd if you're not being more polite. But Alec felt strangely cold when he first met Ruth. Seeing that attitude of 'I don't know you,' you wouldn't seem like a very good young man. There's no way they make a good impression when they say that.

"Alec reacts differently to you even though he says he doesn't know it. I mean, obviously, he feels something strong about you. I don't remember, but I'm sure he's reacting to you in a much deeper part of his consciousness."

"…… even if you don't remember."

"It's special, just you."

Curtis said, 'Please Alec,' and just told him to leave.

Ruth stunned slightly with the door closed.

When I heard what I was saying, I saw Alec and the feeling that it was getting painful had turned into strange heat for some reason.

"Hey, what's wrong?

Looking back, it looks like Alec was just returning from the bathroom. As always, he looks suspiciously at Ruth like he's not a good young man.

(But, that's just me...)

When I thought so, I felt something spreading twitching.

I felt the heat even on my cheeks, and when I rubbed it to scatter it in a hurry, I turned away from Alec and turned towards the door.

"Oh, Ruth, what's wrong? Alec, come with me."

"Mother."

From the open door, Celine showed her face. They just got back from shopping. Celine, who placed the bag nearby, looked at the two alternately and approached Ruth's ear to tell a secret story.

"Alec, did you remember you?

"... that's... not yet"

"Really?"

Celine wondered if she had guessed Ruth and Alec were having subtle air or nothing more and smiled nicely.

"The weather outside in the corner is a good thing, and you two should come for a walk. You can leave Grace to me."

"Are you sure?

"It doesn't matter. Oh, but it's nice to shop."

When asked to shop for a few heavy looking luggage that she couldn't buy out at Celine, she held her purse and the two went outside to be kicked out. Sometimes it's noon in the square, and there doesn't seem to be many people there. You won't have to worry about Alec surrounding you.

"What's wrong?

"Hey, it's nothing. Shall we walk in the village? I need to remember."

"……… Ah."

Ruth slowly started walking, listening to Alec's reply, which seemed uninteresting.