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

After that, Rossa blamed me for leaving the almost made doll at the store counter, and sent me straight to find Celine as a punishment. I'm really sorry I just wanted to finish making the doll, but I have no choice but to pack it in my pocket and go outside.

(That's right. Before I look for my mother, let's go to Mr. Wonock and ask him if he understands the language of the Leion tribe)

Unlike a nasty personality, if you are a strangely knowledgeable Demon/Wonok, you are likely to know a special language. When Ruth realized it, he decided to go next door first.

(You can't leave Lara alone somehow... her hyena and eyes look a little like Alec's. Oh, and Alec. He said in a letter that he wanted to come to the Spirit Festival, but what do you think?... but I can't)

I should have thought about Lara, but at some point I didn't notice my own thoughts switching to Alec, and Ruth remembers the contents of the letter.

In the letter, Alec seemed to want to leave this year for the festival he was attending every year. But I figured it wouldn't be possible given that I'm in the midst of continuing my valiant journey right now.

Besides, if Alec came to the village, he must have found out about it before, and it would be a little noisy. This is all the more so because there are many tourists. Ruth thought it would be even more impossible to come normally given that, although he is not Alec who cares to stand out, he should also not want to destroy the spirit festival atmosphere that takes place in the gentle air.

"Hello - Addy. Mr. Wonock, are you there?

When I knocked and opened just an unlocked door like a plank, I heard an indoor with a high format furniture that was very different from the outside. Ruth is not particularly surprised because he knows that the difference between inside and outside is caused by Wonok's magic.

But usually a boy rushing to Ruth's visit as soon as possible leaned his neck at not coming out forever.

"That...... Addy?

While slowly entering the room, Wonok, who has no ability to live, calls the name of the servant boy he brought for himself, but has not responded. And after a while, Wonok, the landlord, came out himself.

"What is it, Ruth?

"Oh, hello. I came because I wanted to ask Mr. Wonock something...... more than that, what's wrong with Addy?

"Ah? Oh, he's using it to get it out there. Aren't you coming back for the 10th?

"Yep, even though it's a Spirit Festival in the corner!?

"Stick to it...... luminescent dust is just moving in tune, like Spirit Festival, right?

"Light emission, dust, get on with it..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

But from Wonok, a demon tribe, the festival of spirits may be like that. I guess the area is a difference in perception that arises from differences in race.

"So, what are you doing here? Are we talking about a guy who's doing something funny?

Wonok changes the subject as he nibbles. I didn't know what you were talking about for a moment, but Wonock pointed his gaze towards the innkeeper and predicted what he was talking about.

"Could you be referring to Lara of the Leion tribe?

"Lara? Hum, is that your name... so you came to me to talk to me about it?"

Ruth, who somehow understands that Wonok is not a normal people (and probably not even a normal demon), wasn't particularly surprised that he already recognized Lara, even though he didn't see her. Because I'm used to it, I think Ning Ro even talks fast and helps.

"It is. Looks like Lara wants to tell you something, but she only speaks the language of the Layons, which I don't understand. Can Mr. Wonock understand that?

When Ruth tells her why she wants you to cooperate, Wonok's face turns into fun. At that moment, 'You failed the way you asked me,' Ruth realized.

"No. I don't even know the layolese language of the layon subpeople living in the southwest depths."

"... you know that much, but you really don't know?

"What, Ruth, are you suspicious of me? Well, I don't know about that in your little brain, but there are about as many species in the world as there are stars. Even I can't possibly know everything...?

…………

Seeing Wonok laughing happily with Niyaniya, Ruth was convinced, 'You know what I mean.

But this is what happened. Wonok never told me no matter how much Ruth asked. He said, "I don't like people who listen to anything and solve it," but lately I've found that about half of them enjoy watching Ruth's troubles. There is also a card called "Borough Stew" as my wife's hand, but it seems to be ineffective if I use it too much, so I decided to refrain from using it this time.

"... Really? Then you have no choice. Okay, sorry to bother you."

"Ruth."

I can call Ruth as she tries to leave the house a little musty.

Turning to a slightly lower tone of voice, there was a Wonok with a serious expression, pulling in as many nigga faces as he had just done.

"What's wrong?

"... until the Spirit Festival is over, keep him company"

"……… What do you mean?

"You know what I'm talking about?

"Arr... are you talking about a superior spirit with a village chief lodging your son?

When Ruth replied by guessing from what Wonock had said so far, he nodded deeply in the face, saying he had done well.

"The power in a split is not the usual ratio, nor is the number of ares attracted to that power unusual. Then, due to the special nature of the land, resonance occurs and the uniformity of the space is lost and it is in a precarious state. Thanks to this, the fools started interfering with it with their eyes. And one of them is a mix of troubles."

"…… I just don't know what that means……………?

"That is. If you apply sap to a tree, it means it's not just the butterfly of interest, it's the pest, it's even the human. It's not strange to have people trying to break a tree."

The explanation, which was quite shattered, somehow made sense. At the same time as this year's Spirit Festival is amazing, it seems that the surroundings are in a dangerous situation.

"... Is the village okay with that? Should we evacuate or something………?

"Rest assured, there's a reason near the village where the residents are and they can't come by. Much safer than evacuating poorly. I plan to get rid of it myself. It won't happen very often."

"Thank you. I was relieved to hear that."

If Wonok, who made Alec say 'I don't want to fight', is going to lend me a hand, there will be nothing more comforting. It must be better than consulting the village chief poorly and causing the residents floating at the festival to panic. For the first time, Ruth decided to keep the matter taught to Wonok in her mind.

"But you're easy to get caught up in because of the" remarks ". So I'll give you some advice just in case. Look, if you think it's weird, I doubt it."

"Remarks? Uh, what do you mean?

"Keep it up. You mean energetic weather or broad-minded...... there are parts of it. Anyway, don't forget to doubt it."

In the end, even if I asked Ruth what the ambiguous part meant, I didn't understand. However, there were a lot of verses that came to mind when it came to 'easy to get involved', so I tried to be careful.

"I need to stand here in a few moments because of circumstances. Try to protect yourself."

"Eh, Mr. Wonok, are you leaving the village!?

"Temporarily. It's a pain in the ass, but I can't stay here because of the race."

I didn't know why, but Wonok seems to be back after the Spirit Festival.

Talking about that, I heard a cry from outside the house close to a woman screaming. As Ruth pointed in the direction in which his voice was heard, at the same time Wonok glanced at him by moving his gaze to the other side.

"... What, is he here already? Ruth, go."

"Yeah, but a little more about that..."

"I'll do whatever I can to exterminate you, and I don't have time to deal with you any more. It would be a pain in the ass if I didn't make the promises I made with him. Besides, it's not your mother who's crying, but she's on her side and she's in trouble."

"What, my mother?

When Ruth turned his back on Wonok, he was pushed on his back as soon as he could. I thought I'd hit the front door as it was, but the door opened on its own and Ruth was thrown out.

When Ruth rolled up on the ground, he heard a sound that could be played at the same time as the words "Be careful". Turning around, beyond the door, there was just a chair rolling over that looked good in a house that was still going to collapse, not a conditioner that looked expensive.

"... What the hell is going on now? Mr. Wonok."

Usually this one was so irritating that my paced wonok made me feel subtle when I was thrown out in a hurry. But the fact that I can't read these thoughts at all seems to be wonook, so I can't help but care.

Standing up, Ruth turned to the audible, and there was Celine on the road in front of her going out into the square, and the wife, Beverly, of the Morson family, who ran a bakery next door. Like Wonock said, it's Beverly crying. Besides, I'm crying down with the momentum of sitting on the spot.

"Mom, what's going on?

"Oh, Ruth……………."

Speaking to Celine, who was in trouble, she looked up a little relieved. But she's worried about Beverly, who's crying, and she tells Ruth to help her signal with her eyes. Ruth nodded silently.

The two of us take Beverly to the bakery, sit her down in a chair and calm her down. After a while, Celine called me and Ruth moved to the bakery's side.

(... Oh, that?

The usual bakery at noon remained dark for some reason, and there was no sign of Chester, Beverly's husband.

"Mom, what do you mean by this?

"That's right... Mr. Chester, he hasn't been home since the early morning."

"What…………?

Chester, the bakery owner and craftsman, sets fire to the bakery before the sun rises. But today, he realized that he was running out of firewood, and he called out to Beverly and headed to the mountains.

But then Chester says he hasn't come home. Beverly noticed something strange when she saw a workshop where no one even when it was time for the sun to rise, seemed to have searched all over the village, but said no one had seen Chester.

"She asked me to help her find the mountain, but I don't want her to be too dangerous because she has kids on her stomach right now... Ruth, I'm sorry, but why don't you go to Mr. Gorus and find Mr. Chester with Grandpa Iban?

"Huh... Could it be Grandpa Iban hasn't come home either?

"Oh, Daniel, haven't you heard from me? Grandpa hasn't been home since he went for a walk yesterday morning. That's right, he's been doing very well, but it's a good year, and he was telling me that he might have been injured in the mountains..."

Daniel's grandfather Iban is nearly seventy. Unlike in previous life, at that age, it is treated as old age in this world because of its distant ears and blindness. But Iban said he has not stopped hunting when he left management and has a say in the Golas family. That Iban hasn't returned uncontacted would be important to the Golas family.

"Hey, Ruth."

"I get it. I care about Grandpa Iban, and I'm going to go to Daniel."

"Nice to meet you."

Once back in the inn's private room, Ruth weaved a short summer hunting length jacket with a bow. Sewing will be behind you for a moment. I leave the room wearing a lonely weapon on the surface, which I left in my clothes.

(Grandpa Iban, and I can't believe even Mr. Chester hasn't been home... Mr. Wonock said he'd take care of the extermination, but I guess it's related that way... hmm, should I tell the village chief after all?

I trust Wonock, but Ruth thinks he's not supposed to be more versatile than a creature, either. Because I've seen it fail and fall a few times in my previous life, no matter how praiseworthy the top management was.

Ruth has never heard of a missing person in a peaceful Hashi village in the first place. So I thought that the fact that there were two villagers who had not been home in this short period of time was also due to the change in the power of the land due to the Spirit Festival that Wonok had been talking about. I don't know the details, but I don't think something strange is going on.

(Anyway, let's talk about what happened to Grandpa Iban. Maybe he's home already)

Ruth first decided to go to the Gorus family after consulting the village chief.

Even though it was a hot season, the mountains seemed to have a thick mist on them.