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

Ruth decided to talk to Ed a little later.

"Mr. Ruth, Mr. Ed, it will be time for your meal in a while. Before we do that, I was wondering if you should clean your body, so I can prepare your bath."

"This one, do you have a bath?

"Yes, there is also a larger tub for you"

"Oh."

My brother Clark told me that there was only a tub in the big inn in Wang Du, but when the servants got rich enough to hire them, things seemed a little different. Ruth was interested in the tub that the rich had.

"Ed, what... what's wrong, Ed? Not feeling well?

When Ruth turned his gaze to Ed, he looked badly disappointed and had no motivational atmosphere until earlier.

"No, you didn't make it..."

"Can't you make it?

"... Mr. Dorte, has Miss Tiana gone back to her room?

"Yeah, yeah. You know very well. The lady went to take a bath before dinner."

Dorte looked a little surprised but nodded at Ed's words. Ed snaps' I knew it 'with a small voice at the same time. And he shuts up as if he's fallen asleep.

Seeing that, Ruth realized what Ed meant when he said 'I didn't make it'.

(Tiana's back in her room means she can't chase you, can she?

Exactly. My only daughter's room would have a key. And no matter how freely they say you can move, you can't imitate being in the landlord's daughter's room, and in the bathroom.

I mean, it seems that Ruth and the others can't meet and talk until dinner time, more than Tiana has gone back to her room.

I guess Ed saw Dorte, who would recommend Ruth and the others to bathe because he knew that, and he said, 'I didn't make it.

(... I knew Ed kind of knew who would act on this mansion)

That means nothing more than that Ruth's unwanted hunch is hitting. The material to deny is diminishing.

No, I guess it's time to admit it. Even if you can't believe it.

"Uh Ed, I walked a lot down the mountain road, and I'm sorry to take a seat at the meal while I'm still soaking dirty, so why don't we rent a bath?

That's how Ruth spoke to Ed, who had completely lost his energy earlier.

Dorte listened to Ruth and led us both to the bathroom. As Ruth pulled away from Ed, who was not well, he eventually reached a place that was no different in size from the Blau family's bathroom. Because this is for customers, I thought the rich people were still different.

"Please put your servings in that cage, we will do the laundry here. The replacement clothes are in the cage next to you, so change them when you get up."

"Excuse me. Thank you for everything."

As Ruth bowed her head, Dorte left the room with a soft smile, telling her when to go up.

(Mr. Dorte, you look young, but are you this old?

Ed just starts taking his clothes off when Ruth thinks about it when he sees Dorte, whose legs were moving a little strange when he left.

Ruth also took off her jacket as she felt relieved by Ed, who was willing to take a bath even as she was depressed. But I realize.

(I mean... Speaking of which, my sister and brother were set up, but they put me through the same bathroom at the same time... this means you should come in with me.)

If you are two brothers of a man, your thoughts stop for a moment, not thinking that you can be recommended to bathe at the same time in your sisters and brothers of both sexes.

(As it were, well, even in the past life, the little boy took a woman's bath, and in the first place, he was set to be the older sister and brother, and you shouldn't think deeply about it.)

After taking off his clothes, Ed is still a young boy, no matter what he looks like. There would be no problem where I took a woman's bath.

Besides, Ruth is a man in the first place, so there's no reason to complain. I don't know what Dorte means, but he won't have to bother making a scene.

(Beautiful bathroom...)

When I took off my clothes and went in, the bathroom was very beautiful. It shouldn't be used very often, but the floor is nicely polished and looks like it's brand new.

The construction of the bath is more akin to the bathroom of the flying ship Gilmore, which Alec had previously put on board, than the one with the handmade feel of the Blau family.

Ruth called out when she realized that Ed, who had come earlier, was just about to enter the hot tub.

"Ed, I need to wash my body first and then go into the hot tub!

That's the moment I spoke up. Ed, so far blurred, looks up and turns Ruth in surprise. And when I blushed my face, my eyes opened wide.

"Hey, why, Ruth, here!?

"Why... because at the same time I was taken to the bathroom with you? Besides, you've been with me since earlier, haven't you?

"Usually, separately......! Oh well, because of the time spent searching...! I'll come in later!

"Hey, hey, Ed, wait!

Ed, who for some reason was unusually wolfish, tried to get out of the bathroom by passing next to Ruth. Ruth rushes to take that arm and lifts it up and takes it to the washroom.

"Mm, my chest, I'm touching it! Ugh, uh, keep your arms off me, dammit, come on!

"Phew...... sorry, sorry. Because it'll be over soon."

Ed's grown-up tone is crumbling because of his panic. I held him up before and he hated me, but then it felt like I was seriously rambling him and “rejecting” him, but now he doesn't slap me with his hand even if he hates me with his mouth. That's why I didn't think you hated me that much.

The way it's turning bright red because of it is cute and makes me laugh unexpectedly.

(Ed is shy, isn't he? I never even tried to come in with you at the inn)

Even when he led her to the Blau family's bathroom last night, Ed totally rejected Ruth for inviting her to come in with him and threw her out of the bathroom. The reason I asked at that time was' cause it's embarrassing to go in with Ruth ', so I thought it must be a difficult time.

Ed, who may be older than he looks, even if he thinks about it from a special species called the Spirit Clan, may be a complete adolescent. That's what I thought, I respected his claim - but I can't say that this time.

"I know Ed is shy, but he's been courteously staying at people's houses now, and he doesn't seem to have time in order, so don't separate. If you're meditating on your eyes, I'll wash them for you, and it'll be over soon, okay? Yes, I'll cover my face with my hands and put some hot water on it."

"Uh, ah, uh."

As he lowered to the washroom chair so as not to make him say yes or no, and gave instructions to Ed, he turned his face bright red and covered his face with a small hand, even as he was wolfed.

I washed Ed's hair out of a faucet similar to the one I saw in Gilmore, and Ruth sat in the other chair that was on his side and turned around behind him.

When you bubble solid soap that wasn't in the village and then apply it to your hair, it spreads quickly. I've bathed the orphanage kids before, but the foam was out of step.

"Ed has beautiful hair."

"... eh"

Slowly rubbing her watery hair and gently rubbing her scalp, Ed becomes completely adult. But for some reason, I have no strength left in my back.

"Doesn't it feel good?

"Eh... no, no... mochi, no..."

Ed whining about the bumps interruptedly, but it doesn't look like he really hates them. I don't seem to be feeling well as usual, but I feel somewhat mozzled. I guess it just stinks.

(That's... Ed's back is getting stiff again?

I noticed Ed's back, which should have been small if I had noticed, was getting bigger. I tried to bend down earlier and wash my head, but now I can't wash it without getting my upper body up. This size is more than ever. Not the first half of the ten. It's hard to think it's just my fault.

"Ed, I've been wanting to ask you this for a long time... isn't Ed's height growing or shrinking from time to time?

"What...?... stretching or shrinking?

"Yeah. What is it now, but I suddenly feel like I'm growing taller or going back to normal..."

'I feel it,' I said, but as Ruth, I just think it absolutely is. The back I have in front of me right now is not of five or six years old, no matter what. If you're bad, it's about the middle of ten.

"…… When was I growing up?

"Uh, when I came to this mansion, or when I was looking for Tiana and pulling on me, I still am. When I realize it, I'm back to the usual size of Ed, but at the mundane moment, he grows tall and looks like an adult..."

"... eh"

When Ruth washed Ed's bubbles off with hot water as he spoke, his growing back was back to his original five- and six-year-old size.

As Ruth tilted her neck at the phenomenon that had happened again, she noticed her little back swaying in small pieces.

"It's because of…"

"Eh?"

"That's out of my mind."

"Eh, but look again and again"

"Absolutely, that's, Ruth's, mind's sake,! It's my fault!

Turning around, Ed affirmed with a bright red face, moving to escape to the next washroom with a chair. Then I start washing my body myself.

From the look of it, he said, 'I won't let Ruth wash me anymore!' The firm will came through, and just as Ruth stopped chasing me.

"Is it my fault?

"Yes, it's my fault! Think about it, there's no way your body will grow bigger on its own!

Ruth nodded unexpectedly, staring at him with a silver eye.

"Is that so... is that so? Is that a mistake?"

"Yes, it is."

Though I replied as I was convinced, Ruth doesn't exactly mean it either. But I couldn't help but feel like I was going to be mad at Ed again if I didn't tell you that.

(Well, okay………)

Ed had a special circumstance about magic, and maybe for other reasons. Ruth also decided not to ask any more, as she didn't really want me to touch on this matter. Even as his body grows, Ed is no stranger to Ed.

Ed was satisfied with Ruth's reply or when he finished washing his body silently, he tried to escape and went into the tub first.

Ruth also finishes washing her body and hair before following Ed into the tub. Thanks to the same degree as the Blau family, I was able to relax.

"Ed, it's a different story..."

"Yes."

"" From Ed's point of view, "I'm sure,“ many times. "You're taking a bath here, aren't you?

Ruth was almost certain.