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

(... I don't know what that means, why did Mr. Benno go crazy when he talked about Hashi village)

Ruth remembers an earlier sight as she washes her body.

Benno's reaction earlier was the same as when he asked Chester and Iban about matters that would each be remembering.

It was about “Hasi village” that I put out as a unique noun in my conversation with Benno, and then Benno would know about the village.

(Mr. Chester's “Beverly” and Grandpa Iban's “Daniel” are both deeply involved. Maybe that's how deeply related Mr. Benno is to “Hashi Village”? When there is a deep relationship in Hashi village, it is only with the residents... but there are no missing persons other than the two of us here...)

It is likely that Benno was taken from somewhere and trapped in this world. Considering he's involved in Hashi village, there's a good chance he's close to Ruth. But he lived in the village for twenty years, but Ruth didn't remember.

(I thought you remembered everything about the village, but the truth is, I've come to this world and forgotten a lot too...?

Ruth, who left the bath while worried, returned to the guest room with Ed to wait until dinner.

Close your eyes as you look at Benno leaving the room.

(I forgot?... No, that shouldn't happen. If so, it would be strange to remember Mr. Chester or Grandpa Iban)

The first reason Ruth can understand that this world is strange is because the two people who were supposed to be in the village work in a place like this in the face of someone else.

It would be inconceivable to leave such a "questionable element of the existence of this world" and only other memories have been erased.

"... I don't know..."

"Ruth, I think I have a headache, but are you okay?

"Hmm."

"We have time until dinner, so shouldn't we lie down a little bit?

"……… just for a moment, shall we?

Ruth lay down in the guest room bed while Ed could move on. When I put my back on the fuzzy bed, I felt like my confused head rested just a little bit.

At that time, looking at the chest next to the bed, I noticed that once again there was a 'happy afternoon'. I should have put my hand in the chest next to the couch when I cut it with paper, so did it move around Ed? You said it was mediocre, but maybe you were actually interested.

"If you like, will you take a little nap?

"I won't do that."

"But Ruth hasn't slept much since she came to this world, has she?

"Is that so?

What Ruth is feeling right now is about half a day of precision in two servings. I don't feel so hard when people say I haven't slept. But according to Ed, he hasn't slept properly since the beginning.

"What's going on with that, too? The feeling of time is driving me crazy, but is there an obstacle to the main body?

"... you said something extra, me. …… Anyway, Ruth should meditate his eyes. I'll wake you if anything happens."

Saying so, Ed comes up to bed and sits at the side of his head where Ruth lies, stroking his hair.

That looked just like the sleeping behavior Ruth did to Ed last time, and I accidentally got a niggle. I'm sure you're working hard for me. The care closes my eyes with joy.

"Ed's hands are small, but warm."

"Small is extra. … because it will grow soon."

"I know. Ed, who grew up, was tall, wasn't he? But I guess I'm a little too skinny, I'd better eat more and muscle tread in the future."

"... do you think you should"

"I don't need it now while my body is small, but when I grow up. 'Cause when you have a kid you like, you want to hold him up, right? I can't do that without muscle strength."

"Okay. I'll do my best to hold Ruth up."

"Ha, what are you going to do with me as your goal? I need to be the girl I like."

"Nothing wrong."

"Well, I'm sure I'm heavier, so as long as I lift up, any girl will be fine. Am I wrong to think so?"

"……… No, I'm not."

When Ruth said, "I hope the goal is higher," Ed's intent (?) Agreeing, he has said 'Enough is enough' with a musty voice.

Ruth laughs unexpectedly at the way it is. Ed didn't like the bath with him, and he felt like his brother again, I guess when he looked small and difficult.

"... Ruth, can't you sleep with me?

"That's not true... I'm just curious about a few things that honestly don't seem to matter to get out of this world..."

"What do you mean?

"Everyone here was brought into this world just like us, right? In that case, it was the standard..."

Is it a coincidence or an intent that brought you into this world? I haven't seen it since the beginning.

In the first place, Ruth came here lost on the road with Ed in the fog, but even before that, because he is lost once in the fog with Daniels.

I was lost in the fog in the same way, but I don't see why they brought me here now, with nothing at first.

Speaking about it, Ed sighed deeply.

"Ruth. I don't know if it has anything to do with this, but I think I should tell you one thing..."

"What?

"I'm talking about Rodia, a senior spirit with a village chief in Hashi Village, and I hope I've met her before... But I don't actually know Rodia."

"Huh!?

Ruth gets up in surprise.

Ed looks like he's gone, but decides he didn't see it and encourages him to go ahead.

"What's the meaning of this? We've met before, haven't we?

"Yes. I've seen him before.... but what Lodia looked like at that time was not what people looked like..."

Advanced Spirit Rodia is a spirit and therefore does not originally possess the shape of a person. Kannagra, who had previously appeared before Alec, had been shaped like a sphere, but said that it was the original form.

He said he was in the shape of a sphere when Rhodia met Ed, although he sometimes took the form of a person, prioritizing ease of speech and circumstances when he also became a senior spirit. So Ed doesn't seem to know what Rhodia is doing to people's shapes, even if he's ever met them.

"So, maybe, Mr. Dickhout - that Mr. Rhodia, who is the husband of this house, could be the senior spirit of the village chief who was missing?

"Given that Mr. Chester or Mr. Iban are named as they are, it seems likely. I don't know where the family name came from."

On second thought, I was uncomfortable with Dickhout's reaction to Ed from the start. I saw the same scene twice so I flushed it, but I'd say that was the same reaction as the Chesters.

"Wait, when that happens, Tiana...?

"She doesn't know. I've never heard the name either... but Rhodia said she was staying with your son, right?

"Right! Is it possible that Tiana is that son!

Dickhout - Rodia looked like a man, she named herself her father, so I never thought about it, but when the Spirit has no distinction between a female and a male, and the birth of a son is close to division, it can be enough to say that those two are spirits who disappeared in the village.

"Maybe they're all from Hashi village? That's where I got involved."

"But then, Mr. Benno and Mr. Dorte are the problem, right?"

"That's what I was talking to Benno about earlier."

Ruth told Benno earlier when he talked about Hashi village that something was wrong.

"Well, I don't remember Ruth, but when it came to the possibility that Mr. Benno might also be involved with Hashi village, speaking of which, Mr. Dorte was weird when we talked a while ago too... was it the topic of 'marriage'?

"Yeah, I was wondering if I was married to Mr. Benno because I saw something I was a little curious about last time. They denied it on the spot, though. He said he was too old."

"But that also means that Mr. Dorte is more likely to be true than he has had a concerned reaction, right? I'm a little concerned about your age."

"Sure... but I don't remember Mr. Benno, who has something to do with Hasi village, and Mr. Dorte, who has the possibility of being a couple with that Benno..."

"The previous village chief is missing.... By the morning of the festival, he had suddenly disappeared from his home. Your wife will be with you. '

(Ah............)

Unexpectedly, Remias, the man who came looking for Ed with me but strayed away, tells me the story back on the fog road.

At the time, suspicion prevailed and I didn't really take it seriously, but if that word was true...

(No way, Mr. Benno and Mr. Dorte are a couple of village chiefs who disappeared twenty years ago?... No, no matter how much, that's too much leap)

Ruth stops thinking in strange directions. It would be too frivolous to tie anything there under current conditions. And it was twenty years ago.

"Ruth, what's wrong?

"Oh, I'm sorry. It's nothing. Anyway, maybe they all have something to do with it."

When Ruth said so, Ed stepped out of bed and stood on the floor. The face that turned Ruth was a little uneasy.

"Ruth, will our operation work?

"We've been able to gather them all together, and I think we're doing well so far. Maybe we can get out of here like this."

"Yes, but... I don't know much about it, and only time has passed, and it's okay to stay like this?

To be honest, Ruth couldn't help feeling anxious either.

I feel like I'm missing something important, but I didn't know what it was. It's because I have too much information in my head to sort it out, without even being able to make a rounding choice. But I don't have much time to write it down.

(Well, I can't tell Ed that sounds anxious)

Ruth laughed. That's all I can do now.

"Ed, let's move on anyway. Because even if this doesn't work out, there's still next time. If only the Shadow Demon had disappeared with Ed's abilities, he would have kept his memory."

"…… right. If Ruth keeps his memory, he'll make it someday."

Seeing Ed undoing his expression, Ruth also gets out of bed. I didn't feel like I was sleeping anymore.

"Mr. Ruth, Mr. Ed, dinner is ready, please go to the dining room"

Dorthe's voice echoed, and Ruth and the others, fixing themselves up, answered and walked out the door.

(Is that...?

Looking back at the room when I left, I felt just a little uncomfortable.

In front of the door is a large sofa set, a chest with a book on its side and two large beds in the back. Between them is a chest with a book on it. Large windows that don't open in the front. I wonder why it looks like there's no such thing as a philosophy.

"Ruth?"

"Oh, I'm coming."

Ruth headed to the dining room unaware of the identity of the discomfort.