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

Ruth sighed deeply, pushing Alec's shoulder up. Encourage Alec, who is a little surprised, to sit properly too, by brewing an aura that we're going to have a serious conversation.

I opened my mouth where Alec sat horseshit on the bed.

"The story I'm about to tell you may sound crazy to Alec, but it's true. I want you to listen to me."

"Oops... ok"

Alec was upset about Ruth's serious atmosphere at some point, but he opened his mouth. If you decide to say it, don't hesitate. It's the only time.

"I told you something strange when I was five, and then I pulled you home, didn't I? That's when I remembered my last life."

"Previous life?"

"Yes, previous life. Memories of a man who died in thirty-one, living in a completely different world than here......"

Then Ruth spoke pale of what she remembered. It was good or subtle because there are many things that are not in this world, but it still keeps talking desperately. Alec listened without pinching his mouth even as he looked difficult.

Eventually, when Ruth shut up after everything had been told, silence came. Alec, with a wrinkle between his eyebrows, opened his mouth thoughtfully, wondering what he thought of Ruth's words now.

"Alec... did you think I was crazy or something?

"No, not at all"

"So, but. I told you in my last life... Alec taught me a lot of things I don't know."

There must be a lot of words that I honestly don't know what it means to tell Alec in this world, like he was a company employee, he was a teacher in Judo's classroom, he died of being stuck in a car, and he looked like a bear. So I can't help but think I'm losing my mind.

But Alec thought I was a strange guy, and I felt a lot of chest pain when I thought I might be able to turn my white eyes. I wish I hadn't told you, but the slightest regret comes up.

But Alec felt Ruth was anxious, he reached out and stroked his head when he laughed just a little.

"It's okay. Don't look like that.... So, to be honest, I've seen a guy with other memories several times."

"Ugh, yeah!?

"Even so, no one had the memory of living in another world like you. But with a different human memory than my own, I met several people who lived while understanding it. A little different, but in a secret village where the stars were gods rather than the four gods, generations of witches entrusted their memories to the next generation of witches. The witch who was entrusted with it used her memory to rule the village."

Looks like Alec and the others got caught up in it and were helping them. Because they do not worship the Four Gods, whose status as God is absolute in this world, they say that they are a people who have lived in isolation from the general world and have developed their own culture.

"There were a few others. There can't be a kid with an adult memory, a fisherman who hates water because he remembers when he was a bird... well, we were all a little lost and normal."

Hearing that word, Ruth kind of lost her shoulder strength.

(I'm not the only one... I was licking this world)

It embarrasses me to think that I'm the only one with another human memory.

But it's a world where spirits and magic can be used, so there are certainly many things that I don't understand more than the previous world. Besides, it's not surprising that memory transmission is a secret in this world.

"I see.... So you, you've been acting strangely grown up since that time, and you've become aggressive when you do help with your house, distance yourself from the kids in the village, and sometimes you start saying weird things, and you've come up with no clapping, either?

"……… yes."

Now is the time to keep it out of my mouth as much as possible, and I could immediately delude myself, but at the time I remembered, sometimes I had mixed memories and tended to talk about extras. And because of that, we're going to distance ourselves from other villages than Alec.

Shit. Of course, there were times when they noticed how Ruth had changed.

"Right, right, you mean that? Ha………………"

Alec sighed deeply and pulled his arm down with his hand that was stroking Ruth's head.

"Ah, Alec......?

He rode up on one of Alec's legs, sitting still. Ruth wandered a little because of her thin clothes, but held her tight as if she was relieved. Alec leans over with his forehead resting on Ruth's shoulder.

"... a memory of a previous life, maybe not normal indeed. But unlike I expected, I was relieved."

"What did you expect?

"Hmm? There's a place I have to go home, a short life span, that sort of thing. Of course, I know enough that you were usually born and raised in a village and didn't know you were sick, but I was curious to find out.... If Ruth ever disappears from sight, I don't know what I'm living for..."

Ruth became a little worried about Alec because of the slightly stronger seriousness of the voice of the last muttering word. To the extent that I honestly am not there, I don't want you to lose your temper to live.

(But... there are times when the brave man's due diligence value is corrected...)

It's true that I lost my temper so much that I forgot Ruth, or Eliza said she was going to kill herself, that it's hard to deny the word outright.

"There's no such thing. You won't be able to live a hundred years from now, but you'll probably live until you're normally a grandpa."

"Oh, please. You must live longer than I do."

"Absolutely," Ruth laughed bitterly. But I reached for Alec's back and decided to give him a hug back. It's true that Ruth's words were making Alec anxious. I think that was bad.

"Ruth......"

Alec, with his face up from his shoulder, looks at me. I tried to bring my face closer to the colorful look - but I remembered the key thing and accidentally put my hand in front of Alec's face.

"... what the..."

Ruth pushes me in the face and Alec looks dissatisfied. I can't believe I pushed my face trying to kiss you. The atmosphere smashed, and I know it's not good. But Ruth really needed to tell Alec something.

"You know, I told you I died thirty-one in my last life, right?

"Yeah, I told you. He was a Kaishin, wasn't he?

"Yeah. So now that I'm twenty, I'm actually about fifty one, and I'm pretty old, but is Alec okay with that? Don't you think that's disgusting or something?

"……………………………?

Ruth was surprised the other way when she was given a voice and face from the bottom of her heart that she didn't know what it meant. Would I have said something so strange?

"... well, what's this all about? Why did the number 51 come up?

"Yeah, so... I was thirty-one in my last life, and now I'm twenty, so in total..."

"No, no, don't add up! You shouldn't add up there! Why are you getting older!

"Yeah, but I have a memory."

"I remember my previous life, I mean, I have a memory. That's good. But you must be twenty now. You're not the one who died in that thirty-one!? Your face, your thoughts, your body are totally different!? It's not that guy!

"Ugh, yeah. No."

Takashi Tanzaki and Ruth are the opposite of each other in face and physique. Thoughts can't be the exact opposite, but if Takashi Tanzaki stayed, I don't think Ruth would have liked Alec. Takashi was everywhere normal and had no more men in sight than Ruth. Seeing a guy like Alec and the perception that he was “handsome" didn't mean he was “cool.” Not to mention I would never think “cute”.

"Then you don't overlap with him just because you have that memory, don't add it! Sure, I thought you were a grown-up when you were a kid, but now I don't really think you're over fifty, do you?

"Oh, yeah?

I do feel that with each increase in age, the difference between the inner and outer surfaces has decreased. Originally, as the body grew, so did the thinking, but I felt like it was getting new every time I learned about things in this world. Plus, I've been surprised that my age thinks more about the future than I do. At those times I felt more childish and not thinking about it. Somehow, you might be right to say that Ruth's thoughts are catching up with the thought of capturing Takashi Tanzaki's public.

(Uh... but...)

But even though they said it was strange to add, Ruth wasn't immediately convinced in her head either because she had thought so for over a decade. I'm not sure what to reconsider.

Alec loosened her face when she saw Ruth, wondering if such confusion appeared on her face.

"… well no, if that's what you think, I won't stop. If that convinces you, fine. But I'll tell you one thing."

As Alec laid her hand on Ruth's cheek, she stared straight into her eyes.

"I like Ruth now. I like“ Ruth ”who calls herself an old man with memories of her previous life. Listening to what I'm saying doesn't change my mind. I don't think you're sick."

The moment I heard that word, I heard something crumble in Ruth. At the same time, Buwari and something spreads from the back.

Suddenly my nose has a headache and my whole body gets hot. I have something to say to Alec because I ate my teeth to stop what comes up from the back of my mind, but I can't get the word out.

Seeing Ruth like that, Alec's expression gradually turned into something she seemed sorry for.

"... oh, bad. You've been worried about that. [M] I'm sorry you couldn't notice I was on your side, Ruth."

As it is, Ruth is put his head against Alec's neck and is slowly stroked through the back of his head. Because of that warm hand, I was unable to speak more and more. Bury your nose in Alec's neck and stand still. If I spoke up, I would have dropped zero at once.

(I was worried, right?

I'm not sure myself. But I'm pretty sure that was caught up all the time and I couldn't behave like the rest of my age. And I thought somewhere in my mind, 'Because I have a previous life, I need to be more adult,' so I guess I was actively helping out with the house while laying my brother on the sidelines even playing. If Alec hadn't done something to force me to pull Ruth away, I might have had a really lonely childhood by now.

"If it's the memory of that past life that makes up Ruth, don't worry, I'll flip it too."

At the same time as his head, he felt his back stroked and Alec's words twitched and stained his whole body. I get the feeling that the void I've always had is breaking down because I know you really like Ruth. My chest got bitterly hot.

(- Glad. I'm so, so glad Alec told me that)

Ruth was normal everywhere, not a special kid. So even if I told you about my previous life, I couldn't tell anyone because I was anxious that you might think I was crazy, instead of believing me.

Alec didn't deny or creep Ruth like that. And then you told me that was a good idea. He said that Ruth would be fine. I couldn't wait to be happy about that.

(Me, you can have that guy's memory. Even if you can't handle your memory well, you can have it. It's fine as it is now. Oh well, Alec tells me he likes it, and that's fine)

For the first time, Ruth felt able to wholeheartedly accept that Takashi Tanzaki's memory was in her. The world is much brighter.

"Alec......"

"Hmm?"

I managed to push something in. Taking a little deep breath, Ruth took her head off Alec's shoulder. And when I stared at the gentle green gem, which reflected Ruth's face, I kept my face close.

Push your own on the shaped lips and leave immediately.

"Thank you, Alec. I like Alec. I love it."

Saying so, I laughed at Alec, who looked surprised.