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

As I walked to the back of the ground floor, I eventually followed a different building door. The heavy construction was a door to the outside just by looking at it.

It seems Ed's courtyard is behind this.

When unlocked doors were opened, there was a “courtyard” there that Ruth had not expected.

"What is this………?

What you see in the distance is a red sunset in the sea. The color of the sky began to change from red to blue, and beyond the darkness there was a dazzling moon and clear stars. On the other side of the sunset you can see the quiet mountains and the assembly where the lights started to come on - maybe the city. When the wind blew, the grass shook, the air roared, and I heard the birds flying high.

The view that made everyone want to sigh was spreading there.

"... what's going on with this? It was foggy outside when we got here, wasn't it? Besides, there are mountains around here, and you can see the sea..."

"Ruth, please don't go that way"

"Eh, wow!

Ruth, who was walking towards the sunset as he reached out, was surprised that his hand touched something unexpected. Hard feeling to touch your fingertips.

"What is it, this... wall?

You should have reached for the view of the sea, but there was a wall there - the so-called 'invisible wall'.

It wasn't damaged either because Ed pulled my arm, but it's pretty close to the door that came in, and if it's bad, it's in a range where it's not weird to hit every body.

"There, you can see the light at your feet, right? That's the border between the moving picture and the wall."

"Realm?"

On the floor to which Ed refers, there was certainly a line like light. It stretches straight up to the hut surrounded by grass trees that can be seen far away. The moment I entered, the view took my gaze away and I didn't notice, but when asked, only the cabin was oddly unnatural to the surrounding view.

"Yes, I mean, this isn't real, it's probably something that uses magic... but I don't know how it works."

Ruth had also lived twenty years and had never seen anything like it in this world.

But I've seen it many times in my previous life. A technique that reflects a view that is not present on the wall.

"Is it a 3D theater or something like that that that you can look over 360 degrees......?

"Ha-ha-ha? ……… What is it?

"Oh, no. The... the footage of another place on this wall... do you know what that means?

"... show others the footage made with fantasy magic, is it like?

"Oh, yeah... similar?

Based on Ed's appearance, technology to show the scenery in this way is probably unusual in this world. Ruth doesn't seem to know.

But what Ruth said was that it was only in the previous life that science had progressed. I didn't think I could see it in this world, where I was making technological innovations relying on magic. In the first place, at the technical level of the nations and houses and clothing of this world, I do not think it extends to the previous life.

(... Speaking of which, this mansion is a little weird, isn't it?

On second thought, furniture and conditioning items are also of a different quality from those found in the village where Ruth is located. Many of them are harder to say that only natural materials and materials are used.

Of course, it may be due to magic craftsmanship, but it is somewhat less hand-crafted. I was also concerned that the window glass I had just touched was not uneven and beautiful, as if it were an industrial made product.

"This kind of thing, you say, yah. I didn't know. Where did Ruth find out?

"Yeah... I have a friend who knows things. He taught me a lot."

Ruth, who can't even tell the truth, was deluded by Alec's face. I'm sorry I lied to Ed, but Alec, who leaves the village to do his valiant work and have various experiences, wouldn't be anything stranger if he had more knowledge than Ruth, who is just in the village.

"............... Is that who you're sending the painting that was decorated in Ruth's room?

"That's right. Alec. He's traveling around the world now, and he knows a lot about his career patterns, and he sends me letters well, and that painting with me then..."

- We don't need to talk about him.

As Ruth tried to tell Alec's story that way, Ed had been overlapping words to block the story. When Ruth looks surprised when he is suddenly denied the story, Ed turns a musty but distracted gaze. It was the first time I had ever seen such a murky face.

"Yes, I'm looking for Tiana first now. Let's hurry."

"Yeah, you're right. Sorry."

Ed walks away with his face turned, still pulling Ruth's hand.

Ruth, who was as thrilled as his brother when he saw Ed like that and said, 'You've got a lot richer expression compared to the first one,' couldn't even think about why he got that look.

As he proceeded to look at the white light on the floor, an adorable hut surrounded by grass approached him. If you look closely, the cabin is built inside the border of light. The area around this cabin is not video, it's reality.

Eventually as we proceeded through the cobblestones that appeared, we heard people from across the trees.

"... it's terrible. Everyone is lying…………."

"Lady, not everyone is lying. It's just... for your daughter, think a lot."

"…… that's how you lie to your uncle?

"Lady, I'm not lying. You know I don't lie to your daughter, right?

From the voice it seems there are two of them there, one of them would be Tiana, who I met in the hallway. And they thought the other was an old man.

Based on the conversation, they seem to be close, and I think they're in the middle of having a man talk about Tiana.

(But this man's crouched voice, something I've heard somewhere......?

Leaning his neck, Ruth followed Ed's cue and peered softly across the trees.

But seeing the man next to Tiana makes me speak out unexpectedly.

"Huh...... Grandpa Iban!?

Ruth's voice sounded more than I thought, and the two of them on the other side immediately noticed.

"Who!?

Yes, Iban, who raised a low voice, stands up with the sickle he had placed nearby. And at the same time, Tiana, sitting in the front of it, ran out to escape when she and Ruth gazed at each other.

"Oh, wait, Tiana! Talk……!

When Ed said that and tried to chase Tiana, Iban with a sickle interrupted in the meantime. With the path blocked, Ed stops.

"Hey daughter, where did you come in from!? What are you doing to our little girl?

Black eyes in the same gray hair as Daniel. But my eyes are sharp and old. Most impressive is the scratch on the palm next to his cheek that he was hit when he was younger. Although I am not tall, I don't think I am close to seventy because of my good health.

Such Iban was still going to sickle at Ed, and Ruth hurried around in front of them with his hands up. And lower Ed.

"Excuse me, Grandpa Iban. Ed just wants to talk to Tiana properly!

"Hmm? You even have a big daughter? What's the meaning of this?

Iban was also surprised at Ruth's appearance, apparently, but when he saw that he was holding back Ed, who was about to jump out, he stopped pointing at me. The alarm seems to have been lifted once and for all.

But at the same time that he was upset about it, Ruth was concerned that Iban was not doing well.

"Um… it's Grandpa Iban, isn't it?

Daniel's grandfather Iban, who had been missing since he went to the mountains for a few days. He worried about where he was going and gave up on becoming a no-go, but apparently he had reached this mansion just like Ruth and the others.

But when Ruth heard his name again, Iban frowned.

"... I'm sure I'm Iban, but my big daughter, where did you hear my name?

He looks as if he's the first to see about Ruth and Iban asks. Ruth no longer knows what he was told.

"Eh, where did you hear that... in the village, wasn't it Grandpa Iban who taught me to hunt? Duh, what's wrong!?

Before Alec taught hunting to children aged ten, Iban was the hunting leader in the village. Of course, both Ruth and Alec are being coached by Iban.

Unlike Alec, Ruth was hard to say an honor student, but when I went hunting with Daniel a few months ago, he used to praise me just a little bit for the way the meat was shaved.

I don't think Iban will forget the name of his godson, even though how little Ruth is more conspicuous than Alec. I know Ruth is a man in the first place, so I don't know what the statement 'daughter' means either. But...

"Hunting? What are you talking about, I've been a gardener for forty years serving this Dickhout family. I've never done such a barbaric job as hunting. Sorry, big girl. I don't even know you."

"What, eh?

What came out of Iban's mouth was a statement of shock.

Iban is proud of his hunting and is the kind of person who still heads into the mountains alone after retiring from business. I can't believe the word 'hunting is a barbaric job' comes out of him like that.

It sucked, and even if I forgot about Ruth, I couldn't think of forgetting about the hunt.

"What's wrong with you, Grandpa Iban!? It's a hunt!? The hunt is the pride of Grandpa Iban..."

As Ruth tried to pack into the strange Iban, Ed came forward this time.

"- Mr. Iban, we are Brother Blau, who will take care of this mansion tonight. Sorry to interrupt your place of work all of a sudden."

"Brother Blau... sister and brother? Speaking of which, Benno said that. Then you're a man. Sorry, I made a mistake."

"No, I don't mind. Ruth, it looks like you've solved Mr. Iban's misunderstanding, and let's go."

"Huh!? Yeah, but Ed, no matter what this guy thinks, he's Grandpa Iban, who went missing in the village, right? We need to get him back to Daniel..."

I realize how strange Iban is, but that's why I felt like saying goodbye like this. Because I know the Golas were very worried about Iban.

But in front of such a upset of Ruth, Ed had a bitter laugh that seemed a little lonely.

"Ruth, that person is not Mr. Iban, who Ruth knows."

"............... what do you mean?

"It means as it is. I'm just saying that no matter how much Ruth asks about the village or your grandson, the person doesn't know. I know that you've asked me many times to give me a discouraged look. So let's not."

"What…………?

Ruth doesn't know what Ed's words mean.

Why talk like you know Ruth's question and Iban's answer to it? It's like...

"Let's go. Ruth."

That's what Ed says. He pulls Ruth's hand, which remains perplexed. 'If that's the case, speak to your daughter today,' a gentle Iban voice echoed from afar.

I walked for a while where I was said to be in the courtyard, and when I reached the point where the lines of light that were on both sides hit me, I noticed that I was uncomfortable with the wall there.

Ed does not hesitate to open the wall - the door and leave this room. At the end of the door was the same hallway as when he came in.

"There is a kitchen ahead. Shall I look at you?"

"Wait, Ed."

Ruth stopped Ed from trying to pull his hand off the hallway again.

While wondering if Ed would have been so tall, take both hands and gaze at the face near his chest.

"... Ed, you know what? Do you understand what I don't know? What do you mean," you asked again and again "?... such memories, for me -"

Anxiety, similar to the fear that swelled from Ed's words, blocked Ruth's mouth with his hand as he continued to ask questions early.

A terribly sad silver eye leans on Ruth.

"Ruth, I'm sorry. My words and actions are making you nervous, aren't they? But I can't tell you“ this time ”at this point. If I tell him, it could be the same thing as" before ”. That's all I want to avoid."

The words “this time” and “before” emanating from Ed apply to what was missing from my imagination. At the same time, I felt the fear that the ground would collapse from my feet.

When did Ed say "before”?

I wonder why Ruth doesn't know that.

(Maybe... Me... Forgot something?

I felt a chill and my body trembled small.

My anxiety spread to my chest that my memory might not be the right one.