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

In the evening village, everyone is busy preparing for dinner and cleaning up after work. This is not exactly the case if Alec is here at this time, and even with an unfortunate look in his eyes, he made it a priority to clean up his work.

With that in mind, Ruth decided to stop by the Gorath family butcher once she was home.

"Ah, Daniel."

"Hey, Ruth……………… and Alec?

When I went to the Golas store, Daniel just stepped out of the door next to the store. It's like coming out knowing that Ruth and the others are here, it's a great time.

Daniel turns his gaze to Alec and openly looks disgusted when he greets Ruth.

It was Ruth's face when Alec was in the village. And against the same Daniel, Alec doesn't look particularly concerned. They don't change whether they remember Ruth or not around here. Daniel, on the other hand, doesn't look particularly different when he finds out Alec is a brave man.

"You guys have that sense of distance...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

"You got a good idea."

"……… Hmm."

In Alec's reply, Daniel, who snorted, seemed grumpy.

But after a while of silence, he approached directly next to Ruth when he grinned.

"Well, it doesn't bother you either, does it?

"Wow."

At the same time as his voice, Daniel tries to hold Ruth's shoulder and puts his arm on it. Plus, I tried to keep my face close, and Ruth almost stepped on the bump because she was going to put on weight. Alec seemed to have grown somewhat taller, but still, because of Daniel's higher height, he felt pretty heavy in relation to the height difference in the tallest ruth of the three.

"Also... heavy, Daniel."

"Hey, Alec. This is what me and Ruth think?

"Something? …… I know you're close, but especially………………"

Alec before, when he found out he was talking to Daniel, he would always stop by and pull Ruth straight in between. I'm not in trouble because I'm not being disgusted or harassed like I used to, but it still feels weird not to come in between. Old Alec didn't want Daniel and Ruth to have a conversation, I guess, because it was so forceful that it seemed.

(... but something's a little weird, Alec)

But there was a wrinkle between Alec's eyebrows on the back of a line that seemed uninterested in Daniel's actions. But Alec doesn't seem to realize it himself. I don't know what you're thinking in the way Alec doesn't match his words and actions.

"Ya be serious Alec you really forgot about you"

"Oh, yeah…………………."

When she told me that, Ruth thought she didn't want me to stop because I had a slight chest pain. But Daniel keeps talking excitedly about not realizing Ruth like that.

"When that happens...... you forget what you did to me with the Ruth entanglement?

"To you? … I don't remember doing anything in particular."

"Ha, 'I don't remember doing anything in particular'?

Daniel looks uncomfortable. At the same time, he stopped putting weight on Ruth, so he tried to escape from his arm, but while he was disappointed with his shoulder, he failed because he had a cage with a crop in his hand and a little bit of it on top of his body. Of course, I think I can get away with dropping the cage and hitting him, but I just don't want to go that far, so I decided I had no choice but to make him an adult.

"Shit, I knew you'd forgotten that much.... It should be convenient, but don't get angry about it. Well, okay, I'm sweet, so I'll do a lot of" Tell Me "in front of Ruth at this time. Ruth, listen, what Alec was doing to me."

"What, Alec, were you doing something to Daniel?

Ask Alec, but he just looked surprised. Apparently, he doesn't remember. As Daniel says, I'm sure that's Ruth tangled. That's why I seem to have forgotten.

(Nevertheless, Alec to Daniel?

It was a bit unexpected. Because Alec always felt like he wasn't dealing with Daniel no matter what he told him, but Ruth had no idea you two had such a cause. Alec never said that to Ruth either.

"I did, I did it all over. This guy. Where you never saw him,... Remember when he got a hand wipe from you when he was eight?

"What, I gave it to you...? Um, you couldn't help but take it from me because it's Daniel's birthday. It wasn't your brother's back..."

That was before I learned how to hunt. Ruth's clothes and the like were basically down until the physical difference with Clark was clear. At that time, the only thing Celine had prepared for me as' something different from Clark 'was something that was severely worn out, such as towels and hand wipes. "Something my brother never used" was special, so Ruth took care of it, but Daniel was forced to take it.

"I told you to give it to me, but you said you didn't want it.... well, then I met Alec in front of the house... he used to freak out when he looked at me, but for some reason he started being so grand."

(Speaking of which, Alec has changed gradually since I remembered my last life)

Alec, who should have tried to hide behind Ruth and always defended himself from being abused, was gradually starting to stand side by side. When I was eight years old, I was probably starting to feel confident because I was also talking about 'the priest is teaching me to sneak magic'. And then when I turned ten and started to learn to hunt, my talents quickly appeared on the table and at some point I became a village hero.

"You told me to wipe my hands back. Of course Ruth gave it to me, and I said no."

"…… so I didn't give it to you."

There seems to be a difference of opinion between Daniel and me. But if you haven't noticed it, keep talking.

"Then - suddenly my hand wipe burned out."

"Eh? What do you mean?

"That's why the moment I said no to Alec, my hand wipe burned alone. It disappeared right in front of me. Then this guy said," Ruth didn't give it to you, so it's not weird if it burns away, "smile."

Ruth turned her gaze to Alec. But he's leaning his neck, he doesn't remember. I mean, it's about Ruth.

(You mean you were angry at Daniel for forcing you to take a hand wipe from me and burn it?

From information about Alec's previous memories, he seems to have forgotten about things that are deeply related to Ruth together. Then this story should also be deeply connected to Alec.

"That's not all, there's more..."

Afterwards, Daniel told me that Alec's business was varied. From dropping Daniel into a pit, punching water, catching a leg, stabbing a tortoise at the hunting prey on his own, deliberately releasing arrows in the face shavingly, being replaced with a stick of wood, being told by his parents the bad things he said to Ruth, being splashed about skipping a job - and a child's mischievous level to acts a little dangerous.

(... If what Daniel is saying is true, Alec, I've been doing quite a lot. Is that why we weren't close?

Of course, Daniel wasn't saying everything was right, but lying would tear everything apart if Alec remembered, and it was frustrating to see if the look on his face when he was talking in the first place reminded him of what it was like at the time and didn't seem like an act, so he somehow said, 'Isn't it true?' I began to think.

But when we talk about it, it all starts out like retaliation for what Daniel did to Ruth, and Alec advises him once before he does it in front of him. I guess that's what happens when it comes to Alec-like where you don't hide and do something.

"And the worst part was when you cut your hair......"

Suddenly Daniel started messing with Ruth's hair. I got naturally goosebumps touched by the head, one of the steep points, and just pressed my belly with my elbow to resist, but Daniel just laughs as if he somehow enjoys Ruth's such behavior. I have no idea where Daniel is laughing.

"Daniel blew his battle on his own and told me to cut my hair because he won."

When he was seventeen, Ruth had no choice but to respond when suddenly Daniel sprayed his battle without Alec. And it was Ruth's bad long sword battle, so Daniel beat him and told him to cut his hair even though he wasn't the first to tell him.

Ruth didn't cut her hair because she was bothered in those days, so her hair was stretched out all the way around the middle of her back. Of course, I had it all together, but Daniel said that was the blind eye. I lost, so I responded, and to Daniel, who was persistent in eating down, Ruth had no choice but to use a knife in front of me to cut his hair.

(Totally, I'm surprised you cut your hair)

As for Ruth, she didn't have hair restraints, so it was a case that ended with "Stay Together," but if she was a girl, she's decided to make a scene.

"I told you because you looked weak! Instead, you're starting to look a little manly, so thank you."

"Appreciation…… Yes, sir. So what did Alec do?

"Oh, yeah! Ruth, do you remember when I became a boy after that?

"Ah... speaking of which, the next day Daniel's hair was gone..."

Ruth turns her gaze to Alec, who is listening to the two of us very much. Alec still didn't seem to understand, but he was just staring at the way things were going.

The day after Ruth cut her hair, Daniel, who should have always been indispensable in taking care of her hair, became a little noisy in the village. Ruth only thought about it as' mood swinging '- from the way this story goes, it would mean Alec did that.

"Huh? Really?

"Seriously. When he came in the evening and took me out to the woods, he asked me why your hair was short and I answered him, and suddenly he said, 'Bon!' The only thing that burned was my hair, but I thought I was going to die."

Ruth met Alec that day after the battle with Daniel, and although he was immediately noticed that his hair had become shorter, he didn't tell him why. Because I didn't think it was a big deal.

(But I'm sure Alec left early that day... and I think he was quiet.)

Apparently, he noticed that Daniel was involved in Ruth cutting his hair.

"What do you say, Ruth? It's not even Roku, is it?

Daniel pointed to Alec.

Indeed, the more I hear, the more surprising it is. Apparently, Alec and Daniel did that, while still making it normal in front of Ruth. Maybe he thought there would be continued retaliation if he told Ruth.

(But I don't know, Alec is terrible, but Daniel is probably also...)

Ruth found herself the spark of two moments, but honestly it was hard for either side.

Alec said it was about Ruth and Daniel, but I'm surprised he was retaliating on his own, and I think it's too much. I'm just holding on to my powers properly, and I'm not imitating Daniel getting hurt. The way he did it was only, he appealed to me that he had done it.

I'm somewhat sorry that I didn't realize that was happening to Daniel. But despite the possibility of retaliation from Alec, I don't know about perseverance or the guts to keep doing extra imitations on Ruth. It feels like there is no punishment or why that is so far. Why can't Alec turn a blind eye to fear?

(Oh, that could be...!

For the first time here, Ruth found a convincing answer to their actions.

Alec must have retaliated against Daniel, who was involved because he liked Ruth, but why did Daniel continue to leave Alec to Ruth without fear of retaliation - an answer that came out because Ruth found out that the matrimonial system made no distinction between men and women and that it was a world that was globally tolerant of same-sex romance.

"Daniel...... Could it be you - I liked Alec!?

I felt the air only white for a moment after Ruth's words. And Daniel, who was grasping Ruth, looked at the pain with a little strength.

"- Huh!? There's no way, why, that's the answer! Ruth, you don't have to be mean to me!

"Yes, no, 'cause Alec tells me you're gonna look terrible, and you're gonna get tangled up in me... No, I don't like it. Of course you like it? Like."

"No, you're definitely not. That. How can you jump over one and get there?

"Huh?

Ruth was unnecessarily confused when even Alec denied him that he wasn't supposed to have his memory back.

Alec was the type who showed little interest in the surroundings other than Ruth, so he kept going to Ruth, who was nearby because he wanted me to. So some time after Alec disappeared from the village, Ruth and Daniel were able to reconcile, and now we can normally be friends.

But as soon as Alec returns to the village, Daniel gets a little weird tangled up with Ruth again. It's what I've done since Alec got here, stretched out, messed up my hair, grabbed my shoulder painfully. Then it would be natural to assume that the cause is Alec. Alec looked so weird when I said that.

"You're pretty dull."

"Huh!? … I guess so."

Alec tells me I'm scared, but I can't deny it much. I couldn't help but find out in the meantime that I hadn't noticed Alec's favor in a long time.

"But then why did Daniel get all weird with me? Like lately, if you'd told me normally, we'd have gotten along, and Alec wouldn't have done anything terrible to you."

"That's..."

"- Uh-oh!

"Yes!"

The moment Alec tried to say something, I thought Daniel had suddenly raised his voice, slapping Ruth's ear with both hands and blocking him. And at the same time, I think I shook my legs up towards Alec. Of course Alec stands there looking cool without hitting him. It looked as if Daniel's leg had been hit and lost, but it shouldn't be at this close range, so he must have played the leg.

"... you, unnecessarily, don't say... Huh!

"I don't know, I think it's been like this forever. This guy's a mess. He's blunt."

".................. come here for a second"

……

That said, for some reason Daniel and Alec left Ruth and went into the woods. It was a little strange that Alec followed Daniel honestly just by squeezing his jaw.

(After all, are those two close?... Oh, I have to shop more than that)

Ruth, who held down his slapped ear and dispersed the pain, remembered the shopping she had told Celine and turned to the front side of the butcher when she placed the cage containing the crop she had received at Fritz's place on an empty box nearby.

When Ruth came back with the bag after shopping, there were two people waiting there who kept the subtle air. Apparently, the discussion is over. Alec had the cage I got at Fritz's.

"Daniel, we're leaving."

"What are they... Alec, aren't you going to church?

"I'm not the only one who can act alone because my people are at the inn. The priest saw you yesterday. Let's go."

"Ah, Ruth! Wait."

That's how Daniel reached out to Ruth's head. I wondered if Daniel would mess with my hair again. When I stood reflexively, my other hand got on my head sooner than that.

"You're messing with my hair..."

He said he was touched in the head, but for some reason he didn't feel bad. When Ruth looked up, he found out that it was Alec who put his hand on his head. Alec gently strokes Ruth's hair as he is. It was uncomfortable to be stroked with a big hand, but when I realized that my hand was shaking my hair, I remembered.

(Speaking of which, Daniel made my hair a mess earlier and I stayed put......)

I completely forgot to fix it with my hands, so I guess it was in terrible condition. I'm a little embarrassed to find out that I walked into the store like this.

Alec pulled his hand as soon as he scattered Ruth's hair from left to right. My hand was blocked with luggage, so I was saved.

Thank you, Alec.

"… Alec, you…… you didn't hear what I just said!

Daniel raises his voice as he roars, but Alec walks out without even caring after a glance. It's a little different from earlier, like the two of us before Alec left the village.

"Uh, Daniel, I'll see you later!

Ruth hurried after Alec when he greeted Daniel. Daniel walks into the house without responding to Ruth's voice. Ruth wondered if he had caused another weird tundra to look in a bad mood to close the door strongly.