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

After breaking up with the people of the village of Karen and Mikana, Ruth and Alec came to a warehouse in Clark's store after lunch.

I wanted to replace the product for the summer, so I was asked to help me with the inventory. So, Alec and I were here to help. Clark was also confused by Alec's attitude without an example, but he grumbled that Ruth didn't know what he meant when he told him the circumstances: 'As a brother, I don't know what to think'. And for some reason he had a subtle look at Alec.

Alec's people are out after noon. They're still heading somewhere in a special way today. Since the word "Wang Du" did not appear, it is possible that he is going to another city.

Ruth was counting the rest of the bag of powder, remembering the dialogue Karen told him.

- Is the idea that I'm gonna marry a girl really what you want?

I felt like I had been hit in the head by Karen's words. Because I never thought of it that way even though I didn't suspect it was what I wanted until now.

That's why Karen's words resonated with Ruth. It wasn't just swinging, it was the first time I thought about it better.

(Speaking of which, when did I start to think like that...)

Ruth retraces his memory and tries to remember when he first wished so. Then as I followed him several times for confirmation, I realized that the time when I started wanting it was after one time.

(Yes, I started to think that way - after my memories of my previous life came back)

When he was just five years old, about a year after meeting Alec, Ruth suffered a sudden headache and remembered his previous life. Memories of the previous and present life crossed my mind, and the confused Ruth was enough to fall asleep for a while.

(Yes, I should have been thinking about what I eat and play with Alec every day until that happened)

In fact, the thought of the age of five would have been natural that my head would be full of meals and play. Ruth didn't like the help of the house either and was dawning on playing with Alec. I remember Celine and Clark getting mad at me for having fun playing and not helping out with the house. It was only after the memory of the previous life that I helped the house too seriously when I was five years old.

I mean, until then, Ruth was a handful of kids about herself right now.

So why did you start thinking about 'marrying a girl and having a happy family' - that's a very simple story.

(Because I remember my last life... no -)

Precisely because he remembered a wish that Ruth's previous life, Takashi Tanzaki, had strongly thought of. That is why in this world, reborn in a beautiful face, action was taken to fulfill that wish. Because I must have believed that this time I would be able to fulfill the wishes of my previous life.

(Yes, I thought it would come true. If I were you right now, I would have wished for a previous life - ……… wait a minute, 'I can fulfill my previous life's wishes'?

I had great doubts about the words that came to my mind. I've always taken this word normally, but when I think about it again, I can tell it's a very weird story.

Because the desire belongs to Takashi Tanzaki. It's not what Ruth Blau thought himself.

(…… yes, why am I trying to fulfill my previous wishes “now”)

There is no reason why Ruth must fulfill Takashi Tanzaki's wishes. I didn't make a promise, I wasn't cursed, let alone I wanted to do it and acted on it, so there's absolutely no need to make it happen.

Now that Ruth is "Ruth Blau" and not "Takashi Tanzaki," there is no decision that he must necessarily be thinking the same way.

Ruth crouched down on the spot and held his head.

(Well, that's what happened... I've been dragged by the thoughts of my past life. Takashi Tanazaki's desire was so strong that I had not decided because I was only five years old at the time... so it was all overwritten and I believed it was my intention)

Because it was not my decision, it was more coercive and I couldn't allow my consciousness to change. Not to mention the fact that Takashi Tanzaki's memory is more experienced in life, which forced him to continue to undo Ruth's consciousness of trying to reverse the sidewalk. It is possible that he would have made him not think about it if he was bad. "You marry a girl and have a happy family." So don't think about the extra thing, with the words, "Don't give up with some frustration, strong will."

Takashi Tanzaki has nothing to do with it, but in a way, Ruth must have been dominated by his strong desires.

(I'm an idiot...... I can't believe I didn't realize I was being dragged by previous life thoughts for over a decade)

The idea that you should never give up with a strong will to fulfill your wishes has a strong glow, but at the same time a very cruel heart that can break. Because it also sounds like you're saying it's evil to change. And if you change your hopes, what do you do, do you have to keep doing it, even if it's painful - no consideration at all for that?

There was ample chance that Takashi Tanzaki's aspirations and Ruth's thoughts were happening because he had begun to diverge from the ugly strife that had recently arisen in his mind that neither would give way. Since Karen also said, 'Thoughts are divided, or Chigu,' and so on, I'd say Ruth's predictions are a hit. Either way, the level at which others can see is equivalent.

"Well, 'that' wasn't what I wanted..."

When I put it that way, I felt something that had been accumulating in my chest disappearing. There was no more noise in my head, and I felt strangely refreshed and my eyes widened. It was so easy to breathe.

"My, you can do whatever you want... the future, the marriage..."

I see other people's thoughts as my own - I don't know what a stupid idea it is to think now that I'm off that thought circuit, but once I got caught up in those thoughts, I felt like it was terribly hard to get out. Ruth had firmly believed for years that the idea was natural and had to be fulfilled, so she could not be flexible and change her mind. With Karen pointing it out this time, for the first time, she noticed something a little strange in her mind.

(I really can't lift my head to Karen... she said she was coming to the village and I need to take a thank you one day...)

Ruth, who interpreted Karen's last words herself, takes a deep breath as she pulls out of her shoulder as she ponders what a thank you would be.

Noticing his stopped hand, Ruth remembered that he was in inventory, and as he followed the number of powder bags in front of him with a neat head, he realized that it was fundamentally important.

(That... So, what do I... really want to do?

I had forgotten my original purpose while I was thinking about something kind of difficult, but what I really wanted to do was think about what Ruth wanted to do, not see Takashi Tanzaki's thoughts as something else.

(Uh, I am………)

With the controversy in his head, I'm sure Ruth doesn't have a desire to 'marry a girl'. And then Ruth had a hard time with the conflicting thoughts.

(………………………… Huh?

Raising his surprise at the result of his thought, Ruth turned his gaze to Alec, who was looking at the number of dried herbal bottles on the other side while making a gruesome move.

(............ Huh!

The moment I saw my golden, shiny hair and a side that didn't know the distortion through my nostrils, my jewel-like green eyes - and Alec, who was still the same, something swelled with my heart so much that my strange voice was about to rise, I rushed away and turned my gaze to the paper for inventory.

(What's this!? What is this!? What the hell, this!?

But when he said he had taken his gaze off Alec, his swelling mood didn't heal, on the contrary, his whole body became hot, and his heart began to pulse so annoyingly in the treatment.

That was a feeling that Ruth had never experienced before, but the result of the earlier thought made me immediately think of a reason, even Ruth, who had been told by others that it was scattered and dull.

(Wow... Me, really? Really!?)

Inside was panic. I honestly can't believe it myself.

But the answer explains everything that Ruth suffered scatterly when she assumed that she had to marry a girl, that Alec couldn't get an instant answer to Yuan and ran away forever, that she had forgotten her feelings about Ruth, and that she didn't want to see her talk to a woman.

Ruth couldn't stop her ears from turning red enough to hurt and covered her face with both hands to hide it.

(uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Yes, the moment I put it into words in my heart, my thoughts spread so that the flower buds would open the petals out at once. It can be seen that the heavy emotions that make up a tight part of the body are completely different from the fondness for Alec that I have ever understood with my head. Rather, I had so much strong feelings for Alec that I thought I might be out of my mind when I decided I was just a friend.

What Ruth was pointing at was such a strong emotion that if Alec was to smile, he could risk his life trying to take the pain. And if I could, I would like to be the one to make Alec smile. I also had a similar desire for exclusivity. It's like turning it on Daniels and his real friends.

"Ha, I, you are really dull......"

Even though they said it was dull around me, I thought somewhere in my mind, 'You don't have to do that,' but just considering this one, I have to accept it.

But when Ruth was leaking a dry laugh at her bluntness, she noticed someone standing beside her at some point.

"Hey."

Suddenly he was called out and Ruth was surprised to try to jump up. Soon after thinking, I looked up over my head, the voice, and there stood Alec, who was supposed to have been in a remote position until earlier.

(Huh... Alec...!

Because I have rapidly become aware of my thoughts, or when I can gaze straight at them, my heart sounds bounce with explosive momentum. His face, which was already hot, also went up twice and three times, and his head was about to burst.

"Hmm? What's wrong, such a surprise?

"Oh, the..."

"Face, isn't it red? Are you ill?

"Chi, no, I'm not. Hey, just hot...... ha"

Alec frowned in surprise, and Ruth managed to distract herself as she wandered off. Apparently, he's on the table more than I thought. You have to delude yourself. Cold sweat flows through your back.

But more surprising than that was happening to Ruth's eyes.

(Ah....................................... was Alec so cool?

I think to myself what you're talking about is stupid. Besides, I thought of Alec as a prince face and inside, so I should have recognized that his face had been in order for a long time.

But now that I saw it, I didn't feel so strangely attracted that it wasn't the only one. Green eyes are clear and beautiful like gems, and a face that is as neat as the noticeable nose has been calculated looks like a statue. Blonde hair that shines indoors but in the sun, the beauty that rings in her ears, and the strong signs that she feels just closing in, keep rocking Ruth's chest. Anyway, it's sparkling.

(Um, this Alec is the same Alec as yesterday, right? You wouldn't be a different person, would you? Why is that??

Ruth was a little confused. It was supposed to be the face I normally looked at until yesterday, because once I realized I liked Alec, I couldn't help but follow him like someone else. Of course I don't really think I replaced it, but I still didn't think Alec would be a bad person for my heart to this point because of the difference in consciousness. I should have liked someone else more or less before, but the difference was so obvious that I could tell they weren't serious.

(Alec has golden eyelashes too... no! That's not where I'm thinking right now! The problem with this is that I can't see Alec's face properly! We have to do something!

Now my face gets hot on its own, my heart is loud and I can't help it, my body softens and I lose my composure, and I'm out of control. Of course, there's no way I can reduce the redness of my skin. But it was also natural for Alec to be sluggish as it was.

"Hey...... are you sure you're okay?

Ruth's strange response opened up a strange time. Anyway, to disguise himself as calm, Ruth opened his mouth subtly. My heart is still scratching my sweat.

"So, it's okay. So, what's wrong? You don't have the right number or something?

"No, it's not about inventories... it's you..."

Alec felt a little preposterous, but when he put it down for a moment, he crept in next to Ruth.

Signs get closer and inner Ruth screams. Love - on the contrary, for Ruth, a novice in love, Alec's sense of distance is hard. I hated myself a little until yesterday when I was fine.

"You were talking to Karen about something when the guys from Micana Village were leaving, what were you talking about?

"What, with Mr. Cullen?

Ruth remembered the conversation back then, when she was a little chilled out thanks to being turned on a topic she hadn't thought about. But when I understood that I couldn't tell Alec instantly, I said something unusual. Of course, my face remains staring at paper for inventory. It's still too early to look directly at it.

"Heh, it's usually a goodbye greeting. Please come back to the village, Karen also told me to come to the village, and I just had a little talk with Mr. Grace... nothing weird about it, right?

"............ a normal goodbye greeting? Haven't we talked for a long time?

There was some kind of odd excuse for Alec to mislead the story. It got windy. Because of that, Alec's words sound suspicious.

"And I'm a friend, so you deserve it. I was looking forward to going to Micana Village and the conversation bounced. Is it normal for you to be here?

"…… Is that normal?

"Well, it's been a while."

To Alec, who is not convinced for some reason, Ruth turns her gaze only slightly. Thanks to my concern to be calm, I managed to see it sideways without raising my heart tone.

Alec, who was there, looked dissatisfied. But I think that my face is the same, and I feel a little too sick. Rather disgusting.

(But I don't know what else to do, I've always liked Alec's face the most, and as much as I clouded my expression....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

I noticed the words again.

(- "Alec is the best" from there, I...!

Alec opens his mouth when he intends to make excuses against himself, but he proves blunter, and he is in plain shock.

"Make it a farewell greeting, hey are you…………"

"Arr?"

"………………"

"What is it, what is it?

After being silent for a while, Alec scratched his head a little irritated, and when he closed his eyes, he turned his back and went back to where he had been earlier. I thought you had a headache, but when I went back to the shelf, I was withdrawing my hand. Maybe it was an overthought.

Ruth tilts her neck at how Alec looks like that.

"Alec?"

"………………………… nothing. Restart Inventory"

I couldn't even listen any more persistently to Alec, who had a strangely hard voice, and Ruth, desperate for his thoughts, restarted the inventory completely oblivious to his parting act with Karen.

The feeling of restlessness did not heal at all.