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

"Speaking of which, Mr. Wonock, I've been thinking for a long time, are you okay with not locking the house in your absence? Addy was the only one there today, and it's not very good for security?

When Ruth visited earlier, Addy had no sign of unlocking. Since the population is small compared to the Wang capital, there should not be many suspicious people, but it was still a village where travellers would come, so I didn't think it was okay to unlock the key.

"I don't need a key or anything. We've decided who's going to be in this house."

"Hmm? What do you mean it's decided?

"People other than you have the art of not letting Addy (him) in when he opens the door. Normal people can't break in first."

They used to use the art of hallucination to show the interior to suit their appearance, but it seemed to be more troublesome than they thought, and now they didn't let people in who didn't know what was inside. In other words, in this village, they say they can't let anyone in except Ruth and Addy.

"Oh, that's what you're talking about. Well, are you okay then?

Ruth basically didn't know because he wouldn't want to go into this house without Wonock or Addy, but apparently he already has the right to come and go freely.

It's complicated whether I should be happy to earn the trust from Wonok or if it's too much.

(... Well, Mr. Wonock is back, but he looks busy. I think I'll go back, too)

Looking at Wonock, who had planned to invite Addy to lunch but again dropped his gaze on the book in silence, Ruth decided to go home for good. Even though my husband seems busy, it wouldn't be nice to take up servants on his own. Unfortunately, that's it for this interaction with Addy.

(Mr. Wonock, have you been doing anything lately?

Recently, when Ruth visits, Wonock thinks about something with a wrinkle between his eyebrows. Sometimes that has happened before, but it is particularly common these days. After the Spirit Festival, I'm even thinking about eating my favorite borough stew. Even that borough stew is behind us today.

He hates being a pain in the ass, he's a very annoying, fun type who spends his time worrying about something all the time. I'm sure it's more important than that.

But from the chair up to Ruth, Wonock suddenly called out.

"Ruth."

"Uh, ah, yes?

"............... Are you taught your title by a brave man?

"From Alec, today?

Ruth was confused by the first words he heard. I don't hear much of it, so I can't translate it into words well in my head.

"What I call a title isn't what it usually is, is it? It is a special name that represents an identity, a situation, or a future that appears in a person's status. There is nothing that we do not have in this world, and most often we follow a fate commensurate with its title. This rarely disappears, even if it can increase or change. It's about those hidden names. By analogy, that man, Alec the Brave, has the title 'The One Who Makes the Stars Wish'."

Wonok explains it because of Ruth's face that he doesn't know what it means. And it was unusual and polite.

("Title" ……)

“Title” is generally the name of an individual or organization that represents a public identity, but Ruth remembered after listening to Wonock's analogy that it was a system of games that had been in his previous life.

Sometimes titles are just decorations in a game, but sometimes they can be important to the status. By and large, it represents the person's position, and in Ruth's case, would it feel like “son of Hashi Village Inn"? Alec seems to have some kind of title.

"No, nothing in particular from Alec… that, for the first time, I know that the title is attached to everyone.... Something wrong with my title?

"… you have a special title: 'The Fate of the Brave'"

"" The one who holds the fate of the brave "?

What Wonok taught me was a title that sounded a lot heavier than I expected. Besides, there's a "brave man" in there, so I guess it's related to Alec. I felt a little scared by the phrase "I hold my destiny”. I can also nod what Wonok described as' special '.

"What does that mean?

"……………………………… I don't know."

"Eh, don't you see Mr. Wonok?

"There are many things I don't even know.... if you know everything, this hasn't happened"

"Like this?

"…… Anyway, I don't know."

Wonok abandoned him with an abominable sigh. Unusual for him, he has his elbows on him and his jaw on his hand to meditate his eyes. It feels like something I don't know is irritating.

(Sometimes even Mr. Wonock doesn't know)

Wonok doesn't seem to be an ordinary person (a former demon king in Ruth's prediction), and I don't even think he's as old as he looks, so I was wondering if he knew anything about things because he's still a so-called 'sage' being, but he doesn't.

"…… So it doesn't say what it means next to the title or anything together?

"Meaning next to the title?

Wonok frowns at Ruth's question.

From Ruth, who has gaming knowledge of previous life, it was an image next to or below the title, with the meaning of that title written, but apparently not in this world. Well, it's not a game, so maybe it's natural.

"The meaning of the title is what I think of myself. There is no way that the correct answer exists from the beginning. By and large, the number of people who see the title is quite limited. There's only got to be enough in the world to count."

"Ah, isn't it something we can all see"

"Of course."

I thought it was common sense in the world that Ruth just didn't know, but apparently the title isn't an easy peek for anyone, like the game. He said he couldn't even do that if he used the item, or if he was a church cleric, he could peek.

Without a certain power, like Wonok, even if it was seen to its status, the remarks column ahead, that is, the part where the title is written, says that it cannot even recognize its existence.

Wonok explained it to me rarely and properly, also because it is definitely not the information that Ruth would ever know that he thought about it.

"Oh, is that the thing?... then who is the title for?

"For whom?... What's the meaning of this?

Wonok glances at Ruth as he frowns at the words he muttered polo. Because his eyes were serious, Ruth shook his head and shut up wondering if he had said anything extra, but he opened his mouth because he was stared at.

"No, well... if most people can't see it, then I wonder who's going to see it and who's putting it on in the first place..."

"... who's wearing it? What's the meaning of this?

"No, so..."

If the meaningful “title” is attached to each person, Ruth thought someone might be “using” it.

A person gives a name separate from a person's name, etc., in order to understand the nature of the person in that name. There will be no name for no reason.

The village chief, the priest, the son of the innkeeper - every name is made to easily understand the person.

In terms of the game, the title is an element for the player to easily understand the character. You could say that the game developer put it on to give the player a deep understanding of the character.

(… but when most people can't see it, the question "who” remains…)

From Wonok's story, most people can't see it, even if the title of this world exists.

Ruth wondered why people had aliases they couldn't take advantage of. And at the same time, I wondered who put it on in the first place.

(Ah, well. Four gods)

Four Gods - that is, the name God gave to understand the creature. I felt it was reasonable to think so. It's a common setting for previous novels.

Thinking about it, I felt that the answer was even more correct. The title of Ruth and Alec must also have been given by the Four Gods, the "God” of existence that transcends men.

"Right, you're the Four Gods. The goddess Aristotle Theresians put it on to recognize us………"

"No, those guys don't have that power."

"Eh?"

"Those guys aren't the ones who can do that. And those guys in the first place..."

Wonok rarely blued his face and began to think about it. He looks very ill when he thinks with a wrinkle between his eyebrows, making it difficult to speak up. If I speak poorly right now, I'm going to be queasy.

(When Mr. Wonok talks about the Four Gods, he sounds like he knows each other)

I'm sure it's the way you put it because you have a wealth of knowledge, but the way you speak now can mislead you into knowing God.

(............... what should I do, should I go home?

I care about the title, but I don't have the courage to speak up to Wonok, who seems to be in a bad mood. Ruth wanted to disperse this time.

- Gatan.

But the moment I tried to get away from the chair, I heard something fall from a little distance. Wonok notices the sound too. Face up.

The sound was heard in the back room, where Addy should have been.

"Addy, is something wrong?

Ruth starts walking with a voice. But naturally, there has been no reply. It was only natural that Addy couldn't speak the language.

Ruth, concerned, tried to get to the back and glanced at Wonok, who was returning from his thinking to reality. Because I felt resistant to walking around someone else's house on my own without the landlord's understanding.

But the light wonock commands me to 'go' with my chin. Ruth headed to the back room where Addy disappeared, frightened by Wonock, who had no shards of resistance to using others.

It's incredible from the exterior, but there's always a door behind the room where Ruth is passed, and further back, across the large aisle, there's a cooking area across the street. That's where Addy often brings Wonok spoons and Ruth's tea. Ruth has also been in several times.

"Addy?"

Ruth slowly opened the door to the cooking area and wandered inside.

It's bigger than the Blau family's cooking area and it's as beautiful as new. There, it's cleaned up beautifully and there's no sign of people.

The moment Ruth stepped in to look for Addy, he noticed a person collapsing in front of a magical stove on his left hand side.

"Addy!"

It was Addy who was there. He was shuddering small as he fell to the depression, turning his hands to his arms and trying to hug himself. Sandwich-like food and tea are scattered around. I guess the sound earlier was that of Addy falling down.

"Addy, are you okay!? Addy?"

……

Ruth rushes over and speaks as she gently shakes her body. Addy has a spicy look without opening her eyes, although she responds to Ruth's voice. When I looked closely, there was sweat coming from my forehead.

"Did you get hurt somewhere? Or do you have a stomachache? Addy, hold on -"

As Ruth glanced at his body in an attempt to ascertain Addy's situation, something strange caught his eye.

(On Addy's back, there's something...)

There was something on the back of the trembling little boy. I can tell from the top of my clothes. It also looked like three arms were rampaging in my clothes.

(hey...... what, this)

Maybe animals and demons have gone into their clothes - Ruth tried to reach for it.

"- Don't touch that!

"Whew!"

The moment he thought he was shouted from behind, Ruth's body rolled in the opposite direction to Addy. Keep hitting your head on the leg of the table behind you and nodding.

When I woke up in pain, there was Wonok. It would also be Wonok (who must have been grabbed by the collar and thrown) who rolled Ruth now.

"Come on... are you Mr. Wonock?

"……… because you tried to touch it without darkness."

To Ruth complaining, Wonock stared as he stood at Addy, who nodded. The eyebrows on her beautiful face are slightly frowned upon.

"…… Limits."

Wonok growls so small that he casts some spell. At the same time, a demonic cube emerged on Addy's back and his body tremor stopped. It stops moving as if I fell asleep.

"What did you do?

"... I just did the trick so I could take the pain."

Wonock answers Ruth's question palefully and leaves the room holding Addy's body with one arm like luggage. Ruth hurriedly stood up and chased after Wonok. He was going behind the hallway.

"Mr. Wonock, don't you have to see Addy as a priest?

"You think there's something that that that priest can do and I can't do?

"No, it may be………………"

If we talk powerfully, there won't be anyone in the village that rivals Wonok. But people have a specialty, and Wonok used to say he didn't like treatment, so I thought it would be better for a priest with a lot of experience.

"Besides, this guy's medical condition is beyond the reach of that priest."

"What is the medical condition... is Addy sick?

For the first time, when Ruth asked the question in surprise, Wonock looked back with the usual expression after a moment of silence.

"... oh this guy is sick. I need to be treated for a while. … tell those kids in the church that you won't see them for the time being."

"Oh, no..."

I didn't know Addy, who was normally speaking until just now, had such a serious illness.

Ruth tries to rush over to Addy, who is held by Wonok, but gets rested.

"Stay away from me. … not a very good one"

"No...... but Mr. Wonok has Addy, right?

"Even if it's harmless to me, it could be harmful to you. It's a hassle to wind up with you."

When Wonok says so, he wraps Addy in a black cloth he took out of somewhere to make him invisible.

"Ruth, go home already today. I'll return the borough stew pan next time."

Wonok does the trick of getting rid of it by hand. At that moment Ruth's body had been flown out of the house at some point.

"Oh."

Ruth, rolling to the ground, finds out he's been kicked out and turns his gaze from the open door into the house. Wonok quietly stared at this one as he moved to the entrance at some point there.

"Mr. Wonock, Addy will heal, won't he?!? Mr. Wonock's going to see you, right?

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

Always full of confidence, Wonok returned an ambiguous answer.

I guess that means that Addy's medical condition is so serious by now.

That's all Wonok says, he quietly closes the front door. Ruth, who stood up, tried to turn the knob but didn't move.

"……… see you again, don't you, Addy?

There was nothing to reply to Ruth's words.