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

When Ruth and Alec, who finished the inventory and brought souvenirs from Clark, returned to the inn, for some reason Garcia and Curtis were drinking tea in the dining room. Apparently, I finished my errands and only the two of them came home first.

When Ruth asked if it was okay with the women alone, he was apparently forced down because he had errands in the city where only women could get in. But as far as listening on the side, it seems that all three of them have been in. I was curious as to what kind of city it was, but the three of them closed their mouths when they said, "It was a beautiful city." I ended up not knowing. I don't know, the kind of face that peeked at the bottom of that hell.

(Even so, are they 'unloaded'... or are Alec and the others on some kind of ride?

Ruth thought of that, and now he was coming to church with the three Aleks.

Because they wanted to go in the name that the two of them, who had no time, were interested in Alec's room in the church and would take him in person that he had not yet returned.

Ruth and the four of them go underground in solidarity with the priest and the helper Esther. Apparently the Birds had just gone out to play.

It's been a while since you've been here.

Alec's room is in the basement of the church. Alec remodeled the previously unused warehouse into his own room. He used moisture control and so on at that time, and I know Ruth who has visited him many times surprisingly comfortable spaces. The children in the basic orphanage are awake in a large, dedicated room, so I guess Alec wanted his own space.

"Something's wrong with this door..."

Garcia frowns and squeals in front of the door that appeared at the end of the basement staircase. Alec said he built it, so he imagined a cruder door, but he seemed a little wary of the heavy black door.

"Perhaps, as an anti-theft measure, it would explode if someone other than him touched the door."

"I wouldn't do that. The church will break. Even if you're doing it, the door won't open... I guess."

"Probably... What do you mean, Alec?

"Something... I remember working on the door, but I can't remember clearly. Bird, there's something coming, so I'm not going to jeopardize it... but what did you do?

"That is…………"

Garcia's gaze heads to Ruth, who was the furthest from the door. Alec and Curtis also turned their gaze to Ruth so that they could be caught by it.

In other words, it seems that Ruth is involved in the door as well, because Alec can't remember the technique he put in his room.

(Me on the door... What did Alec do?

Of course Ruth has opened the door many times, and if she doesn't remember doing anything unusual when she opened it, she's never heard of that from Alec. Then Alec would have done something on his own.

"You're related again."

"I guess so. By the way, Ruth, have you ever been in there?

"Uh, ah, yes. I've been in there many times. Even so, Alec's room wasn't suitable to play with because there were so many books, and I didn't stay long."

"Was there a trick at the door then?

"No... it shouldn't have been particularly..."

Ruth turns to Curtis and answers the question, gently escaping Alec, who turns her gaze toward him.

Though it was better than the moment I realized a while ago, Ruth's love affair had not yet calmed down enough to be able to look directly at Alec and remain unsettled.

(Ah I did it...... you're so childish to get out of sight, I need to be able to react some more adults...... Ugh...... but I still can't)

Love or not, but I always want to calmly respond to adults without putting my upset on the table. I don't want to react like such a young child - the thought I just realized while I did was troublesome because the fusion diagram didn't work and my body overreacted on its own just because I saw Alec. If I turn my face bright red and scratch my sweat, and I talk to him while he's acting strange, he'll be on guard if he's good and worried, if he's bad.

I look at the people who are constantly swinging in love and say, "Can't you control it yourself? 'I was wondering, but now I feel like I know. If I can do something like that, I do it all the time.

(When this happens, the memories of my previous life are completely useless...)

The troubled memories of my previous life that confused my feelings for Alec are of course of no use even in this state. Probably fast to fall in love, but also fast to be shaken, so it hasn't gotten to experience at all.

I really have no idea what the hell I remembered from my previous life for, if I didn't have cheat abilities, I wouldn't even be able to bring my experience to life.

I'm sure it means that Ruth must live only with the experience of this world, without using previous life as an excuse. It shouldn't be a good idea to blame the previous life for not realizing that my heart was leaning on Alec in the first place.

(That's right. In my past life, in this world, not like that, but simply because I was dull)

"Hey."

As Ruth looked at Curtis and talked with that in mind, Alec interrupted to block that gaze for some reason.

(Wow!)

- I inadvertently distract myself from surprise and chest noise. It was late when I thought I had.

"You, be."

"Oh, hey."

Alec, who raised a slightly irritating voice, grabbed me in the opposite face and forced me to look at him.

Maybe Alec is holding quite a bit of power and doesn't have any force on his fingertips, so it doesn't hurt, but he's being pushed in the palm of his hand, so he can't resist. I grab my arm and try to take it off, but there's no way Ruth can win because of the strength of her powers, and I get a good eye contact with Alec, who is musty.

(Wow! No, because my face gets hot on its own......! Give me a break!

I can see something glittering flying around Alec, and I can see his temperature going up. I feel Alec's fever from my touching fingertips, which speeds up my heartbeat. Ruth doesn't chase after Ruth more to his own reaction, which moves busily.

(This is really troublesome...)

I'm too ashamed to just look at my face and turn red. So at least when I glanced at the resistance, a deep vertical wrinkle entered between Alec's eyebrows.

"You, why didn't you turn to me just now?"

"Oh, no, that's not true."

"Liar, you've been turning your eyes on me for a while."

"I didn't distract you."

"I do."

"I didn't."

"Do -"

"- Yes, yes, that's it. Making a scene here would annoy the priest, wouldn't it?

That's what Curtis told me coming in between, and Alec and Ruth shut their mouths. At the same time, his hands were removed from his face, and Ruth rubbed them with his palms.

"Let's just open it."

Alec is urged by Garcia to move in front of the door with suspicion and gaze at Ruth.

"Even so, you guys are so close. The first atmosphere sounds like a lie."

"……… it's not that far. It's normal."

"Garcia's right. It's a shame you can't remember, but as an old man watching over young people, I'm glad you two get along."

"Come on, let's open it."

To Niyaniya and the two with a grin, Alec took out the keys in a musty manner. Alec, they also attach regular keys to your handmade door.

A sound representing a chilli and unlocking sounded, and Alec grabbed the door knob and pulled it - but it wouldn't open.

"Hmm? Huh?

"I knew you had some kind of trick?

"Sounds like it... Alec set it up. The demon squares are even activated thin."

Curtis makes a difficult face as she touches the door.

As expected, it doesn't seem to open with just a key. Moreover, because Alec, the owner of the room, touches the door and doesn't open it, he doesn't use difficult techniques such as judging people.

"Well, first of all - is this it?... No."

Alec touches the door and writes something. The letter glowed for a moment, but the door wouldn't open. He seemed to have tried many techniques since, but the door showed no signs of opening at all. Garcia and Curtis tried everything, but the door didn't respond at all.

"Mr. Ruth. Again, I ask you... this door was normally open, wasn't it?

"It was open... especially not a problem"

"I'm sorry, but could you give it a try, maybe you could?"

"I don't think it means I can open Alec even though he can't open it..."

Even so, Ruth reached for the knob as the three watched.

And I try to turn the knob as I feel softened - but it didn't move.

"Ah... I won't open it either."

Ruth groaned a little disappointed, and the three dropped.

"Oh, my last hope… Alec, what did you do?"

"I don't know. I know it's weird, but I don't remember it."

"The fact that you don't remember means that even that is likely that you, Ruth, have something to do with it. Mr. Ruth, until now, when you entered the room, was Alec unlocking me from the inside?

"No, I've visited during work, so it doesn't look like they were unlocking me... I felt like they opened up at the same time as I rang out..."

"An open sound at the stage where you spoke? … Mr. Ruth, let's recreate that for a moment."

"Reproduction?"

They wanted him to make the same move as he did at the time, and Ruth walked in from the stairwell side, as he was told, and when he grabbed the knob, he gently knocked on the door.

"'Alec, are you there?' And he said, 'Who is it?' Be sure to ask, 'It's me, it's Ruth, open it' -"

- While I was saying that, there was a noise of Katiri and the door unlocked.

"Huh!?

Even while Ruth is surprised, the knob circles at will and the door opens toward the indoor.

When the door opened for about one face, the indoor lamp lit on its own. The smaller room the more Ruth lay down, the more she maintained the same atmosphere she had when she visited a long time ago.

………………

Everyone loses their words. The door, which neither Garcia nor Curtis, nor Alec, the owner of the room, had opened for any reason, was lightly opened by Ruth's actions. Besides, I didn't open it the first time, but I opened it the second time, so I don't know what it means extra.

"Hey, why did you open it all of a sudden? I didn't open it earlier."

"I don't know… what am I doing………"

That said, Alec held the temple down a little. Rather than being stunned by his past self, Garcia shouted sooner than that as Ruth tried to voice herself forgetting the illumination as well, looking really headached.

"Well, I get it!

"What, Your Majesty?

"This is the one who can't get in without speaking up. I mean, you need to grab the door knob and declare your name! It was a wind dungeon, wasn't it?

"Oh, you had that, too."

When Garcia put a no in Ruth and closed the door, she made sure it wouldn't open, then took a deep breath and grabbed the knob.

"It's Garcia, open the door."

That's what I said and I try to turn the knob, but the door didn't move.

"Oh, my God, what the hell... Alec, you try. May be narrowing target audience."

Soon Alec, keeping his hands off his head, followed Garcia and spoke to the door as he leaned his neck.

"…… it's Alec, open it."

The door was also unresponsive to Alec's voice, his husband.

"Phew, phew, haha, is that what you mean"

"Mr. Curtis?

"I get it. The way the door opens. May I have a word?"

I shrugged with a smile that Curtis said avoiding Alec who was in front of the door and grabbing the knob, and had no choice but to have fun.

"- Ruth."

At the same time as I finished saying it, Kachiri and the key unlocked, and the door opened and the lamp lit, just like earlier. Apparently satisfied with that, Curtis turns the three of them with a full smile.

"The principle is simple. It's just a euphemism. Grab the knob in front of the door and say 'Ruth'. That's all. No - you're making me smile somehow - I can't believe Alec's room's motto is you, Ruth."

Nico smiled at Curtis, and Garcia looked stunned, but Ruth's unspeakable emotions crept up and turned her upper body against her side.

(What is it, my name is the right word!

Most of the emotions are embarrassing and unpleasant, but I know that I am a little happy. "What about using people's names as aphorisms? 'I think so,' but I'm glad you chose yourself as nobody else, no matter what the use.

But next to Garcia and Curtis talking, when they asked Alec how he was doing, he looked so headached, holding his temples down, and he snapped, "It's impossible," "What are you thinking? I am."

(... 'Impossible' or, well, that's usually true. I'm a friend.)

It's a natural reaction from Alec right now, but Ruth has a chest ache remembering he remains forgotten. I've been filling up about myself for a while now and it's completely out of my mind, but the status quo Alec remains oblivious to his old feelings for Ruth. You may not be feeling my friendship, but I don't have feelings for you when you confess.

(... that, but. Aren't you the first time Alec's reacted like this to something like this?

I felt like I had fallen just a little bit, but I notice something strange.

No matter how much time I've been listening to myself (Alec) behave, he was indifferent or calmly frightened as if he were another HR. And yet, the reaction now was neither of them. It's a reaction as if you've heard a past you don't want to be exposed to.

(Is that...?

When Ruth and I met each other in the evidence, he gave a complicated look and immediately distracted himself.