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

(That...... is this a dream?

I felt uncomfortable with the view that came in front of me. For the Hashi village where Ruth lived, there was a small, thin and dirty atmosphere.

The walls of the dim room were yani and dirty, and there was a large desk made of steel and a pile of unmade documents. The view from the window shows a pretty pink sign or a woman standing on the road dressed in flashy clothes. I guess it's the one called the back street.

On the side of a faded pipe chair, a man stands up and yells at something. On the front is a tired guy in his 40s or so with gray hair and another one. That was a beautiful boy who didn't fit the atmosphere of a dirty room.

(…… but this child………)

Ruth looked familiar to me. Light pigmented hair color, small body shape, beautiful sides...

(Hikaru.........?

There he was a man named Takashi Tanzaki, Ruth's previous life, the light he met at the dojo. He always looked like a woman when he was seeing her. She - he still looks like a boy with short hair this time. And there were injury marks on his face and arms, and he was nagging and crying.

An angry man kicked the chair that was on his side. As soon as possible, the sound heard in the cage becomes clear.

"Kill me, who said!? All I asked you guys to do was torment him. Tell him to stop and throw it away when he's in good shape. That's what I should have planned!

"... I know, Akashi-san. But this is really just an accident."

Ruth remembered that the man yelling was Akashi, a colleague of Takashi's company. Instead of his usual spare attitude, he still had an atmosphere that seemed to shake and ramble the knife.

"Accident!? Don't be ridiculous! He was a stepping stone for me to stand on top! If you don't have a stepping stone, you tell me how to stay up there!

"…… Akashi-san."

The grey-haired man frowns at Akashi's attitude. I treat him politely using respectful language, but he doesn't seem to think it favorably.

Eventually, you thought it was useless to tell a man with gray hair, Akashi reaches out to the light sitting on the floor. Grabbing his hair abusively, he was forced to stand up and scream in his ear.

"Hey, you, why did you kill him! Why did you kill him! Say, why did you kill him?!!!

"- Uh-oh!

Crying like a scream of light echoed into the room.

"-"

As if the video you were playing was stopped, suddenly you can't see what happened earlier. Ruth felt the awakening of consciousness and opened her eyes.

(…… my room?

That was not an earlier thin, dirty room, but the Ruth room of the Blau family, polished to new levels by Wonok.

Looking around with a blurred consciousness, I was starting to see even the thin morning sun from the window that was open. With this morning sun in the Zenobian season, it's still quite early.

"Mmm..."

When I felt signs of people on my side and looked down next to my left, there was a half-naked Alec still asleep looking satisfied. From the neck is still hanging that blushing Ruth handmade talisman. Feeling relieved by the way it was, Ruth sighed.

(My current dream... what was it...)

Given the landscape around us, it was the world of previous life that I dreamed about.

I had never seen a man with gray hair, but the light and Akashi are associated with Takashi Tanzaki. It was likely a story that had something to do with him. There was no such atmosphere when I first came to the dojo, but the light and Akashi also seemed to know each other.

And what bothers me more than anything is what was being conversed about on that occasion without Takashi Tanzaki. Sometimes I dream of my previous life, but I've never seen a scene like that.

"- All I asked you guys to do was torment him."

I don't know who “he” is at the heart of their conversation, but I can assume Akashi was planning on doing something to look down on the person and make it a stepping stone. Due to the atmosphere of the conversation, the grey-haired man and the light were part of it.

There is a connection between light and Akashi. The injured light is crying. The word "killed," that is, is dead. Based on the above...

Did you say "Takashi Tanzaki"? When...?

An unpleasant hypothesis came to mind as soon as possible.

The man Akashi wanted to set foot in a trap until he asked people to - Takashi Tanzaki, Ruth's previous life. The plan would have been accompanied by light.

(No way, Mr. Kwong came to the dojo, he was running with me,... a woman - dressed as a woman?

From Akashi's line, it was likely a play of light to fit the filial piety into the trap.

(Huh... Huh? Hey, wait a minute, I can't keep my head down......)

This is a hypothesis that Ruth can deduce from a dream he had of his own accord. I don't know if I am correct or not because I have already finished my life as a filial. Even if I try to deny it that way, the more I think about it, the more I wonder if my guess is correct.

Takashi Tanzaki had been betrayed not only by her colleague and friend Akashi, but also by the light she thought like her brother - and died in an accident.

"- Ruth, what's going on……?

"Ah...... Alec"

Alec, who at some point had his eyes open, reaches for Ruth as he lays down. To Ruth, whose words could not go on any further, Alec woke up with a slight frown as she opened her eyes firmly, which seemed to sleep.

"You look pale, don't you? Is something wrong?

"……… Ah."

I couldn't put it into words.

Even though I've been telling Alec about my previous life, I didn't know if I should talk about dreams without such a pulse. There is no proof that it is true, and it is not a story that Ruth, who is now informed of this or reincarnated, can do something about it. No grudges are even told, it's just that I feel bad for my chest. Besides, I didn't like it when I put it out in my mouth, as if to affirm my guess.

Worried about such a stray, Alec grabbed Ruth and stroked her back to reassure her.

(Warm…………)

Once again, Ruth recognized that his body was cold and tense. With his head on his shoulder, which was on his side, he could feel the heat he deserved during the Zenobian season.

"............... Could it be you, that woman did something to you yesterday?

"Eh?"

When I looked up at the story I hadn't even thought about, there were green eyes that looked down worryingly.

"As far as I could tell, there was no such thing as a curse, and he seemed tired, but he didn't get hurt. You didn't say anything when you asked, but I thought they were doing something. Like they said something terrible? What do you say?"

Alec stuffs over to Ruth, who is silent.

(... Natasha... or speaking of which, you didn't mention that fortune teller)

"You will be torn out of your body within a year... and you will die."

When I went to bed yesterday, I generally told Alec what happened when Natasha caught me. I was seen in the world with Natasha because I was worried she would say nothing. Nevertheless, some of them were sleepy and I haven't told them the details. The consequences of the fortune she told me were also silent.

"Ruth......?

Alec stares at me. And in his eyes, he said, "Is something wrong? 'I can see you're convinced. It seems impossible to keep your mouth shut.

(Well, if you're fortunate, you should tell Alec)

I don't feel comfortable talking about the unpleasant dreams of my previous life, and I hesitate because there is no thread for a resolution from what I said, but I thought we should talk about Natasha's fortune telling. Ruth himself is concerned, and Alec wouldn't like it if he was hidden. Shut up about important stories, and it's often a problem later. That should be avoided.

"Actually, Natasha gave me a fortune for completing my story."

"Divination? That Baba? It smells like chicken. It's all open, isn't it?

"…… I was a beautiful sister at first."

I'll correct it there.

Alec frowned a little at Ruth's "Beautiful Sister" remarks, but has encouraged her to go ahead. Once upon a time, I would have had a word with my girl-loving Ruth, but now she doesn't say anything that seems to earn her trust. I'm a little happy. A little frowning would be like a conditional reflex.

"So she said, 'You'll die within a year.'"

Ruth closes her eyes and remembers Natasha's serious face. I was sincerely surprised at the time because it wasn't the atmosphere in which I was joking - but when I put it in my mouth again next to Alec this way, I felt kind of funny.

(... You really think about it a lot, "Full Inch Stinkiness." Card fortune or “whatever.")

Even the median rate she was talking about is only self-proclaimed. He impersonates Alec, and he cheats on others. I don't want to doubt it all, but I don't know how far I can trust you. Now that I think about it, I don't know why I took it so seriously.

(That... isn't that stupid, me?

When I started thinking about it that way, I seriously talked to Alec, and I got weirdly embarrassed. It's like someone who's making a fuss in the wake of the fortune of a self-proclaimed prophet, The World Will Collapse Tomorrow.

(Wow, I'm getting embarrassed......)

I meant to be calm, but I guess I was mentally exhausted from being trapped in such a weird space. If you think about it, it should be suspicious, but it's also because you believe it.

Ruth lowered her voice and laughed, letting her body go of Alec, as she deluded herself of what she had said, which she had seriously spoken.

"I heard that. That's right, you smell like an awesome chicken!" Die within a year. "What is that... Alec?

But looking back at Alec's face, he realized he shouldn't have put it in his mouth in the first place.

"Die?......... you?

From his stunned face, he lost color, and his arm, which was grabbing Ruth's arm, is trembling.

"A, Alec?

"Really, that Baba said that? You, and, and, and, and you die? Die?"

Ruth noticed Alec's ambient air was changing. From Alec, an invisible force is released, and the expression that is being pushed against it may be correct.

"A, arr, k............?

"To what extent does that Baba fortune hit you!? Is it true that within a year!? How can I help you!? What am I supposed to do!? What's the cause!? What am I supposed to kill!?

The look on Ruth's face as he grabbed Ruth's arm with both hands and inquired was serious.

(hey, this feels... ah...)

As Alec's tone grew rough, I could see the golden aura releasing from him clouding. Only a drop of black smears gold at an unusual speed and stains the darkness.

At the same time, the breathlessness increased, and the noise of the birds fleeing the surrounding trees was heard, and the painting that hung on the wall floated in the air even though nothing had been done. If you look closely, Alec's surrounding space is distorted like a threaded bend, and the world is slightly dimmed.

"Ruth, tell me! What am I supposed to do? What can I do to help you!? Me, me, oleha!?

I saw Alec's eyes start to cloud. Zowazowa and chills rush through.

"Oh, relax, Alec!

"I was told you could stay calm or you'd die!

The cup, which was near the window, broke with a bang and a loud noise. It was like a crack in response to Alec's upset.

Ruth clung to the body in front of her.

"Alec, calm down! That's why it was Mr. Natasha's lie! I'm not dying!

Hold Alec's head and touch his back with the opposite hand. Alec's body was cold and he couldn't feel his temperature.

"Ugh………………………?

"That's right! Natasha was lying and trying to fool me because she wanted to keep me there! That's what I was worried about! So everything we're talking about right now is a lie!

Ruth told me what he had in mind, but I didn't think it was a mistake. She was trying to leave Ruth in that world until she stabbed herself, and it was quite possible that that fortune itself was a lie as Ruth put it. I don't know the truth, but there's nothing strange about it as a reason.

Alec feels that way, too, and the signs gradually calm down.

"... So... you're not gonna die?

"I'm not going to die. There's Orha, there's Mr. Wonok next door for once, and this is a peaceful village with no such ferocious demons as Alec meets on his journey. There's no way you're gonna die easy, is there? Yeah, right?

Alec's body stiffness took off as Ruth stroked his back as he spoke to calm him down. At the same time, the surrounding air softened and the world, which was looking dim, returned to the bright things that bathed in the morning sun.

When Ruth sighed small and relieved, Alec raised his face from his chest. My eyes had their usual glow back.

"… well. What, that Baba lie?"

"That's right. Me, too, because they said it in a place like that, I mean it a little seriously, but it's weird to say, 'My fortune is a hundred and a hundred' myself. Now that I think about it, it sounds more like a lie."

"Is that what you mean? That damn baba. Trying to fool Ruth..."

Alec's evil voice was back to normal. When I lift my face from Ruth's chest, it keeps hugging me. I've been looking at my neck muscles as usual. The anxiety seems to have been completely removed.

"Ruth, me, I'm going to try my best to get this trip over with and get back early, so just hold back for a little while, okay? Seriously, I'm worried that there are no more signs of this..."

"Yeah, I'm sorry I bothered you.... Thanks for everything, Alec."

When Ruth spoke to her head on the side, Alec raised her face. Instead of his head, he turns his arms and mouths in response to Alec's request that he should have spoken.

(- Forbidden, forbidden. Even with jokes, 'I'm dying' is forbidden!

Ruth smiled and kissed, his heart sweating cold.

(It kind of sucked a lot. Alec's upset was unusual... and his surroundings were distorted, right? What is that...)

The changes in the surroundings that I had never seen before could not be viewed with optimism by even Ruth the Boulder. Maybe it's the harm Alec's power is doing because it's getting bigger than before.

(It's tough to have great power...)

Alec is usually a calm type that doesn't get emotional, so even if he has enormous power, it's fine, but he also knows that the screws come off when it comes to Ruth. Moreover, it also has to do with brave correction abilities, so it has a lot of influence. I guess I shouldn't put it in my mouth again, even if it's a joke.

(I really need to wait for Alec to return safely. Otherwise -)

The cloudy golden aura, the darkening world, the distorted space, Alec's eyes that have lost their light - the frightening imagination turns my head and makes me shiver a little, even though I'm supposed to be kissing sweetly.

I don't know what you thought of that. Alec's hand starts moving Ruth's body. The sensitive areas are touched and the anxiety begins to fade.

"Oh, hey, Alec"

"Just a little bit, huh?

Because of that, the unpleasant dreams, and Natasha's fortune, got thin in my head.