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

As Ruth went up from the bath and dropped the guest's lamp and tried to sleep, a sudden scream broke out.

"Kyaaaa!

My father Rossa, who was in the cooking area, also reacted to a scream that seemed to belong to a woman, not just Ruth. There are currently no female guests in the inn, and the only person who can scream is Marianne, who is coming to stay with her mother Celine.

Rossa and I ran up the stairs and rushed to the third floor room where the two of us were.

"What's up, Celine!?

"Marianne, it's okay!?

Going up the stairs to the third floor, they were out of the room as they leaned against each other. The residents of the other rooms are out there noticing screams.

When they noticed Ruth and the others, they rushed over looking relieved. It was a big scream, but apparently he doesn't have to worry about getting hurt.

"Turn off the lights, then, someone's voice!

"Voice?"

Ruth enters the room vigilantly, wondering if an intruder has entered the inn. I immediately turned the light on.

On the bed placed on both sides they moved it when they made a noise or it was somewhat disturbing. There is no change in the small chest, the hanger provided on the wall, the two-legged chair and table placed in the center. The windows were locked, and there was no way there was anyone under the bed. The only thing that catches my eye is the black dress floral doll and sewing set placed on the central table.

"What do you say, Ruth?

"Nobody..."

When Ruth left the room saying so, Marianne looked remorseful.

"I heard a voice! Laughter! A man's laughter was in his ear! It's not my fault!

Upon hearing the story, Ruth and Rossa look away at the other guests who were gently out in the hallway. There are a lot of male guests in the inn right now, so there are a lot of people like Marianne says. As Ruth and the others stared, every guest shook their heads in a panic.

"You can't imitate me like you threaten Mr. Celine and the others!

"Yes, we like this inn. I'm taking care of Mr. Celine with rice!

"What's the point of threatening you two more or less?!

Happy or unhappy, the inn now has many regular guests. Merchants who come to the village once a month to sell groceries, or vice versa, merchants who buy processed meat made in the village and deliver it to other villages. There are new customers, but they weren't there because they could basically stay on the ground floor to make sure anything happened. It would also be impossible for a guest on the ground floor to speak to two people on the third floor.

That's why it was best for the customer to say it. There is no gain in them troubling the innkeeper general who has only one in the village. Of course Ruth and the others don't seriously doubt it either.

"I'm sorry, I know. I'm not seriously suspicious. Everybody go back to your rooms and rest. I'll talk to you later."

When Rossa said that, the people who were gathering went back to their rooms. I was somewhat angry when I was suspected, but I guess Rossa, who I'm familiar with, didn't apologize to me. Ruth is impressed by his father's desire.

Ruth called out to Rossa as she scorned the two of them as she looked at the room again.

"For once, won't we talk in the living room?

"Right."

Ruth and the others took the frightened Celine to the living room of their mother's house. Rossa gave her a large cloth to the two shaking even though it was still a little hot season, and Ruth brought warm tea in between.

(Speaking of which, Orha didn't move...)

Olha, an Orihalcon good at finding things, but she didn't even react to the earlier noise because Ruth is asking me to pretend to be a normal knife in public. Now that his abilities are up, he should have ignored the order and moved out on his own if Ruth's life was in danger, but I guess he decided it wasn't a problem that it wasn't there. Orha's ability also helped measure the threat level of the situation.

I drank a drink and relaxed. The two looked a lot better.

"So, can you tell me more about what happened?

"That's it."

According to Celine's story, while talking to Marianne about how to sew a flor doll, she realized it was getting a lot slower and decided to stop fixing it along the way and go to bed once. They went into bed with each other and turned off the lights, but after a while they heard something like people's breath. At first, we thought it was each other's voice.

"Suddenly in my ear I said," Hey, you have a nice ass "......"

Marianne shudders slightly, wondering if she remembers her voice then. I gently rubbed Marianne's body so that Celine could calm down.

"I heard that voice too, although it wasn't in my ear. What Marianne is saying is true."

"Little Mother......"

"It's okay. Because I heard it, too."

When they encourage each other, they stare at Ruth and the others. I didn't doubt it, but it sounded that way, and I laughed bitterly with Rossa.

(Even so, 'Hey, you're a good ass' sounds like your uncle's line to be in a drinker like that, you haven't heard that in a while)

Although there are shops in Hashi village where food can be purchased, there is basically no place where food can be eaten on the spot. Most people eat on benches placed in central square or in the shade of trees. Village humans basically take it home and eat it too. Restaurants don't exist like Wang Du. That's why the dining room is delicious and delightful.

Of course, there is no such thing as a drinker. Although it is also possible to purchase alcohol in grocery stores and so on, it is mainly cooked liquor, and the liquor that is kept as a preference in each household is basically picked up. I bought a lot about the time of the festival. It is also possible to get drunk if you bring it with you to the village, but you will not be able to bring it in in large quantities. I don't serve so much alcohol when I take an order at the inn, so no one drinks enough to get busted.

It is also wrong to have the suspicion that it is her fault because Marianne, who hardly ever comes out of the village, is unlikely to hear the line for a long time because of such circumstances - rather than because of it.

"I think it's true what my mother and Marianne are saying... what do we do, Dad?

"Hmm... it's already midnight. It's hard to find any more killers... and you two don't want to go back to your room, do you?

"I don't like it."

Answer both at the same time.

"So what's to change the room? The back of the first floor was empty, wasn't it?

"That was a twin there, too."

"You're right, then."

When Marianne and Celine were convinced to change rooms, it happened.

"Gyaaaaaa!"

All of a sudden, there was a scream in the inn that seemed to belong to a man. Much louder than the Mariannes.

"Eh, again!?

Ruth rushes to the third floor with Rossa. Then the guests on the third floor had already gathered. When they get close, they open up the place and show us how it's going.

At its center, the person who would have shouted was falling down with a bubble blowing as he leaned back. He's one of our regular customers.

"......... What happened?

"I don't know. But when the geeks went back downstairs, and we went back to our room and tried to sleep again, the guy next door suddenly left the room and started knocking on another room."

"Were you mad at me for saying," Shut up and find the killer tomorrow? "

"Looking for the killer?

"So, if you think I opened the door, it's that scream. I have no idea what happened."

People around me nod over and over again at the words of the man who explained them to Ruth. Everyone here looked like he didn't know what surprised him and fainted.

"Looking for the killer... this room"

The door where the man was falling was the room where Marianne and the others had heard strange men earlier. The door that should have been locked and closed earlier is open. I don't even look like I kicked it, but I wonder how the man who fell opened it.

"…… Is that a flor doll?

In the room, a table fell and a doll fell near the entrance. The sewing set is also rolling on the floor. Did the man hit him with a noisy momentum and fall with that bounce?

"……………… not broken, is it?

Ruth was concerned about the flor doll and tried to lift it, but it doesn't look particularly broken or torn clothes. Looks like I just rolled over.

"Ruth, how's it going in the room?

"Oh, …………… it's the same as just now, and it doesn't really make a difference."

I turned the lights on again and checked inside, but there was no change except that the table was down. Orha doesn't seem to move either.

"Oh, he doesn't seem to be hurt... but he doesn't even look like he's waking up. I'll sleep in my room anyway, or I'll just..."

Rossa lifts the man who was down and transports him to the man's room. The guests who were around also parted from those who helped Rossa and those who returned to the room, and all left the room where Ruth was.

"Are you okay, that guy...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

In the noise of Marianne and the others, a flor doll who has forgotten its existence and left it, but according to the priest, it is expensive, and it would not be a good idea to leave it in a deserted room like this.

As Ruth leaves the room holding each sewing set, he confirms that it was locked securely from the outside. I went straight back to my mother's living room. The mystery that unlocked on its own, likewise, I thought I'd think about it tomorrow.

"Fainting?"

Back in the living room, Marianne and Celine listened to Ruth and the others and pulled her face apart. It must have reminded us of a creepy phenomenon that happened to us earlier.

"…… So, it's where I sleep."

"I don't want an inn room!

"After all?"

Marianne was reluctant to go to another room in the inn.

It would be a natural reaction if I knew that after a spooky experience I had, something strange had happened and one man had fainted.

I guess many other guests think it's better than Nojuku because they're used to traveling, and they don't know if they believe the Mariannes' story in the first place, so they look fine.

But Marianne is an ordinary woman, even though she has a spirit attached to her. Better than Nojuku, you can't think of anything. It's only natural that you don't like it when you think about the possibility of seeing the same eye again.

"So what do we do? I know you don't like your mothers bedroom, do you want to go to your brother's room... or do you want to sleep here?

"Here?"

Ruth points to the living room. I feel wrong as a suggestion for girls, but I have nowhere else to sleep, so I can't help it. I just stopped putting Ruth's room in numbers.

"That's right. It's the living room! Let's stay in the living room, guys!

"Eh, guys!?

"I wouldn't be afraid if we were all together!

"Well, then I guess I can sleep in peace. Your father and Ruth will be watching you, won't they?

"Huh!?

Ruth and Rossa's disgusting reply was met.

They're going to go to bed and Rossa and Ruth are going to be put on watch overnight because of Celine's line.

"Uh... wouldn't you rather have me where you're sleeping?

"It doesn't bother me at all. Besides, there are little mothers and little fathers. Thanks! Ruth!

……

I am trusted by my girlfriend, because it is a thought.

Eventually he gave the big couch to Marianne and Celine and laid the thick cloth he had brought on the floor and Ruth and Rossa sat on the floor. A large light is dropped and the hunting lamp is placed at the center of the two. It is still the hot season, so it is salvation not to feel the cold.

"It's going to be a long night, Ruth..."

"Right, Dad..."

With their knees in their arms, they exchanged conversations in a small voice. Ruth and the others, who cannot resist the women, have no choice but to obey them.

Sweet to his wife, Rossa is more unwilling to complain about Celine's words than she was originally. Plus, parents with two sons sometimes wanted a girl, and in the village they were also vulnerable to Marianne, who had always been nice to Ruth. If someone like the niece of a lovely relative is anxious, I guess I thought I could keep an eye on him for a night or so.

(Well, look...)

If Ruth also said Marianne was anxious, she could have stayed up for about a night. Even when it comes to watching, it's in the house, and if it's tomorrow, they'll be able to accommodate you for about nap time. I felt a little happy because Marianne told me what a lovely 'thank you' would be, and that would be about as good as this.

After a while I heard Marianne and the others sleeping. He seems to have forgotten his earlier fears and been able to sleep.

"Even so, what was the voice of the man you two were talking about?

"Hmm."

Rossa has asked Ruth a lot of questions by diving into her voice. There was a board game on hand for free time in the dining room, but I wasn't so focused on doing it, so I could afford to relax and pinch the conversation.

"The most powerful thing is that Marianne misheard... but she said she heard it too."

There will be mistakes if it is just one person, but when it is the two of us who hear it, the story changes again. Afterwards, I am also concerned about the guests who were falling in front of the room. Ruth didn't have a feeling she was getting caught up in something kind of unpleasant again.

"Tomorrow, after we talk to that guest, we'll check around the inn."

"Maybe there weren't any suspicious people in the village."

"If we don't know what's causing this, we'll be anxious for Marianne to come home, and if it turns out to be a weird rumor for us, it's gonna be tough."

I just want to avoid bad rumors because accommodation depends on my reputation. Even though there's only one in the village, people stop coming to the inn when there's a rumor about 'Inn with a man's voice in his ear'

(I've heard you say that there will be a lot of customers in the past life, inspired by a little suspicious conversation, but that kind of thing is in time with the Spirit......)

Speaking of strange beings, the epitome of this world is the Spirit. The voice of a man in his ear who says, 'Hey, you're a good ass,' doesn't even make me laugh.

"Nevertheless, that doll that Marianne brought with her is a little creepy......"

"Oh, yeah, that's true."

Ruth gazes at the flor doll she puts on the shelf at the end of the living room.

In the dim room, the realistic doll with a slight light of a small lamp was shaded and creepy. If it moves, Ruth might make a scene.

"I hope we find our owner soon."

"Isn't it Marianne's?

"That one, on the way out today, I found him falling in the woods. So I'm looking for a dropper... I was looking for it at home and the priest told me, so I'm thinking I'll put it in the back of the reception when it's fixed."

"Oh, really…………"

Rossa makes a face that she blatantly dislikes. Ruth doesn't like that hand doll either, but he still doesn't like his parents, Rossa, either. It must be hereditary.

"Well, it would be a good story to see a dropper right away. Ha ha, good luck. Er..."

Ruth moved the pawn on the board, grinning bitterly at Rossa, who had a lower temper than the killer search.