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

Rossa's condition was clearly strange. Ruth, who had been with him for a long time as his son, even felt like he was not in person, although his words and actions were firm.

(People who were gathered outside the church, things were strange too...)

After the incident this morning, people inside the church explained the situation to the villagers who were gathering, but they looked painful and said, "I can't help it."

Too lightly, the members gathered in the church felt fit for betrayal from other villagers, so much so that they were flabbergasted for a while. Their backs seemed smaller on the way home than when they came.

"Ruth, what's wrong?

"Ah... it's nothing. Please wait a little longer. I'll freeze it now."

Ruth realizes she was flabbergasted and rushes to freeze the wolf meat with life magic. It takes time, but if you spread the frost carefully like this, the meat will be preserved for a while.

"... Do you care about your father this morning?

As Ruth turned to Cyrus' voice in surprise, he was frowning and arming himself.

"About the morning, do you know?

"When I tried to go out, I saw a noisy group breaking into the church you went into. I was peeking through the glass window upstairs."

Cyrus said he showed Ruth who he was.

"Surely your father looked something strange then. I haven't spoken to you in person, so I don't know the details, but your father seemed so calm when I was talking to you."

"Yes.... My father is a very sweet man. That's exactly what" Kuma "means."

"Kuma?

What Ruth is saying is not about the fierce beasts of the real world that he saw in his previous life, but about the large animals of the kind body of the heart expressed in the story.

(That's what I thought when I saw my father when I remembered my previous life and was confused......)

Ruth also has more respect as a man than she has for Rosa as a father. The eagle fry I don't hate to be used, the kindness of trying to reach out to anyone, the honesty of listening straight to people - a man who also knows well to rely on something habitual like a village chief.

A man of a powerful, reliable and serene character, Rossa, only her body is truly “Kuma", very different from herself, who was a very small man and had a complex on the outside.

It was incredible, from Ruth's point of view, for such a Rossa to say and act like that to a priest who had been gracious. I can't wipe away the discomfort.

(I know it's weird for my father, the village chief, everyone in the village. Besides, I don't know if that generalism is involved at all...)

Considering that everyone started going a little crazy after the Bultons arrived. I don't feel that distorted air is beginning to drift around that group, into a village that was peaceful and serene.

(... kick those people out of the village and back to normal?... but is that what you're going to solve? How in the first place……)

The bulltons are surrounded by executive officers, including village chiefs, who can't even get close as they do today in Ruth. There's no way the words' I want you to leave because there's something wrong with the village because of you 'can be accepted more than the village chief is on their side.

If you disprove Genetialism even though there is no evidence of it, if you do poorly, you will be considered a 'narrow-minded person with an unacceptable new way of thinking', and Ruth will be seen with a whiter eye and no one will talk to you.

(How do I…………)

After a while of silence, my little hand stroked my head. When I look up, Cyrus looks at me with her doll's eyebrows down.

It wasn't other than my parents and Alec that I could stroke my head in this year, but sometimes it was a doll's hand, and I didn't feel strange and disgusted.

"Don't worry too much about that organization. The strong ones are everywhere... but I can't ignore them in these little villages."

"That's right..."

Take a deep sigh at the same time as Cyrus.

Disputes arising from differences in ideas in small villages can be huge. So Ruth, too, has to be cautious in his actions, even if he thinks Genetianism is strange. Because if something happens to my parents and friends because of the action I have taken, I will be the one to regret it. Village society is difficult for many things.

"Besides, I kind of feel like there's been a little weird air all over this village since they got here. Other than you, it's weird."

"Weird...... does Mr. Cyrus feel“ something ”in this village right now?

Staring at Cyrus' words with anticipation, wondering if he was capable like Tiana, the other person looked a little troubled.

"Bad. This body, it's not very sensitive to that... I don't know, it feels like a piece of cloth on it, and it's overall dull. So control of magic. If it's hard. What I just went to is, as far as the villagers' eyes and behavior are concerned, it's like my account. Besides, I don't know the vibe of the original village."

"Ah. That's right. Excuse me......"

Having a stronger magic than Ruth would not be a good idea to expect from Cyrus, whose body is less than adequate. Even he should be in trouble.

When we had such a conversation, I finished freezing the wolf meat.

"Shall we go home?"

"Do you?"

Ruth begins to descend the mountain when he carries the meat of the oculus. If I noticed it was already past noon, I was wondering if Rossa was home and what happened to Celine's health.

Along the way, it was time Cyrus praised Ruth when he did his hunting arm in an attempt to boost the air he had sunk earlier.

"Hmm? Is that it?

"Eh?"

Ahead of what Cyrus pointed to, something was growing from the ground. What is white and divided into four parts does not look like a plant or animal.

Ruth and the others concerned approach there. There are no demons or signs of animals around. But...

"Isn't this your finger!?

Coming out of the dirt resembled a man's finger. The loose surface was gloved or not humane, but the twisted movement of the joints must have been a human-shaped thing.

"Ho, let's dig!

"Well, it's quicker for me to flip the dirt using my technique"

Ruth, anxious that people might be buried, tries to dig in Orha and Cyrus performs magic. I was anxious because I saw the sorcery earlier, but I didn't seem to let the boulder let me go and cast a spell on my mind.

Focusing on the fingertips that are out of the ground, a band of demon squares appearing strikes a bump and wave, and the soil moves out. It seems that they are applying a little bit of soil attribute magic that originally puts soil walls out of the ground. This won't even hurt what's buried.

(Mr. Cyrus, I can do this too)

It seems that some control is possible as long as you take the time to cast the spell. In a hurry, I guess it will be like that just now.

Soil was dressed back from the bottom by magic, and what was buried appeared before Ruth and the others. What is wrapped in a black cloth is the same size as Ruth's body. Hurry up and roll the cloth, white legs and torso appeared.

"Hey,...... to, human!?

"No, wait. This is…… a doll."

Coming out of the dirt was a broken white doll wrapped in a hooded black coat.

The doll is as long as Ruth's back, and he can see that his hands and feet are made to look like humans. If it had moved, people would have seen it. It's close to the shape we used to call mannequins in previous life.

But there was a hole in the chest area, and from the broken area, the substance that appeared to be metal popped out, and there was zero purple liquid. Obviously you don't look like a human or a subhuman. On the contrary, it is suspicious whether it is an organism.

"It feels like someone broke it and hid it here."

"Who the hell...? And what is this doll... ah"

"Have any artificial soldiers come to this village?

Ruth remembered what Alec had said a while back.

The characteristic of that soldier, as I heard from him, was the material close to the white stone, very similar to a human being, no different height from an adult man. All apply to the doll in front of you.

Ruth gets to her knees and peeks into her face, trying to see a little more.

"I don't have eyes………………."

No eyeballs existed in the head, made to resemble a person's face, for some reason. The two indented holes were dark so that the voice of sorrow could be heard. Zowari and nasty chills run.

(……… Artificial soldiers……… We need to contact Alec)

Ruth was convinced that this was the artificial soldier Alec was talking about, but was concerned about the fact that it was being destroyed.

If Alec and the others found it, they shouldn't have to bury it here. That means someone else broke the artificial soldier and buried him.

(I have a bad feeling...)

I tried to contact him in a hurry, and as I stood up and looked back at Cyrus, he was stunned for some reason.

"Mr. Cyrus? Mr. Cyrus!

"Ugh, oh!? Hey, what is it?

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?

"No -"

Cyrus looks at the falling artificial soldier as he waves his head at Ruth's words.

"- Nothing."

That's what I tell him. His words were quiet.

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Ruth, who returned to the village, hastened to the previously told method - Wonok's - to contact Alec. But even if he knocks outside the house, just like before, Wonok, on the contrary, Addy doesn't come out to pick up Ruth either.

I had to stop and went inside and went to the back, and came before the five doors again. When I decided to open the door in front of me, Cyrus, who was following me, stopped that hand.

"Ruth, stop it. Don't go in here any more."

"But I have to let you know about that doll. To do that, I need to meet someone here."

"... I know you may be here, but this mansion is a monster. If you go any further into the back without anyone's guidance, you'll be killed, not kidding."

"Does Mr. Cyrus know that?

Cyrus said earlier that he had become blunt with the signs as he looked like a doll. And yet, do you know what this mansion looks like?

"…… I do feel very weak right now. I have no power to perceive magic or signs. But I know this. Don't go in the back of this mansion. This is a warning that I'm the one who survived years of war."

Cyrus' expression was serious. A more serious tone than ever makes you feel like you have to obey it because it's usually loose. The hand placed on Ruth's shoulder was also strong.

"……… I understand."

If that's all they said, Ruth didn't want to back off.

(I can't help it, let's try Gio's notebook)

Ruth broke up with Cyrus, who went straight to the second floor room of the Blau family, went back through the front door to see what was going on in the inn. Then, a crowd was formed in the lobby and dining room, which usually emitted relaxing air.

(That... those people were all staying at the inn...)

All the guests staying at the inn were in front of the counter. Everyone is in a hurry and is likely to leave now. Usually this is not how it happens when the departure time overlaps.

"Please wait while we process in order"

I couldn't see because of the crowd, but they have Celine at the counter.

Ruth, who wanted to ask Celine what was going on, but thought it seemed difficult to break in among the guests, called out to the young guests who were at the far end.

"Are you all home at the same time? Was there anything at the inn?

"Yeah, Ruth."

The young guest, who had visited the Blau family several times, looked like a bum when he saw Ruth. And I dive into my voice and ear to Ruth.

"No, this is a nice place to stay...... you had a little trouble at church this morning, didn't you?

Apparently, all the guests saw the noise at the church this morning and moved to leave the village early. Even Cyrus knew, so it would be natural for them to know that there were rooms facing the square.

"The air in Imamura sounds a little bad, doesn't it? When we travelers get caught up in the village, it's a lot of trouble. I'm sorry, but I was hoping to get out early."

"Is that so…………"

I know what they say, too. When you get caught up in a case on the land on a trip, you change your schedule dramatically, you can't buy what you planned, or you can't deliver. It's fatal to them. It would be no choice as a job to rush away to avoid it.

(But if it turns out that maybe everyone hates it and never comes to the village again...)

Ruth, who thought of it that way, was full of it because it would keep her face from pulling. I desperately look for words and manage to take a bad image.

"Um, but I think it will be resolved soon and the village will be back to normal. So."

"I know, I know. Anyway, it's a primary. Looks like some weird guys are coming, and when they get home, they'll be fine."

"Ha, yes. Right."

I really don't know if they'll be gone and back to normal, but the status quo has nothing but a nod to his words.

"This village was always relaxing and peaceful, Mr. Celine's rice is delicious, the inn bath is great, and I like it because it's just right for stopping by on the way to buy it. So I'll be back in a little while, so make peace by then."

"Yes! Of course."

When I finished the conversation, a man was just called by Celine. Ruth carefully bows her head as she sends a reminder to the man who waves to check out, 'Please try again next time'.

"Ruth boy, hey"

"Ah, Yes!

With everyone carrying their luggage, it was an elderly regular customer who called Ruth. Ever since Ruth was a child, he comes to the Blau family a few times a year, he is very close to Rossa and will always call Ruth "Ruth Boy".

When he stopped near the table, he dived into his voice and spoke.

"The noise that was going on in the church, did you solve it?

"Yes, so far so good... but I'm sure it'll be back to normal soon."

"That's what the young man I was talking about might think, but it's not easy to talk about optimism.... I've seen villages that have gone crazy with a similar noise."

"... What do you mean?

The man opened a map on the table.

The map appears to be made by hand by a man, with the kingdom of Deoddard, with its Hashi village, in the lower right, and the kingdom of Ziltania, with its Okal sub Kia, in the upper right, with the diagram also spreading to the upper left. In the upper left corner of the map, or northwest, it says' Doddlefoul '. Ruth is the name of a country I've never seen before.

The man pointed to the place where the x-mark was put on in Doddlefoul territory.

"The village that was here was keen to believe in Master Zenobia. Faith was stronger than this village, but it was a village thicker and better for sentiment. However, the last time I left, a strange group came and rubbed it a little, and when I visited her about a month ago, the village had changed. I was forced to take the familiar man to church and try to lock him up. I got away with it. The other guys told me the same story. It's a little famous amongst traveling merchants."

Ruth guessed what it meant to have an X mark on the map. I don't suppose the man is willing to go to that village anymore.

The man stared at Ruth. And lurk a special voice.

"Ruth boy, be careful. It was the emerging religion that changed this village. Yes, 'Genetianism' came to this village -"

Seeing the village marked with a man's finger X, an unpleasant sweat swept through Ruth's back.