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

"Don't worry about it. Whatever the circumstances, that was a bad way to say it. I'd want to punch you if you told me that."

When Alec says so, his people also shake their heads vertically.

"You're good at pissing people off, Grandpa."

"So is the case with artificial weapons and artificial soldiers, how many times have we also been frustrated...... ha"

"No offense... that's why you're angry... I yelled at you a few times too"

"I hope you can think of a few more ways to put it..."

"I can't help it."

I found out that I wasn't the only one who thought I wouldn't engage Tommash in the story of my spicy companions.

Nurf comes to Ruth, who feels just a little easier thanks to their voice.

"Mr. Ruth, I'm sorry to say... the Doctor has always been a genius that pisses people off because he's not just himself, but because he's oblivious to the emotions of others. My son, Cyrus, has been in a lot of collisions... and I've never seen him talk decently since he lost his body."

Ruth gets a little flabbergasted that Nurf is saying that, too, when he thought he would take Tommash's side.

It seems that for a long time Naughty kept watching the scene where Tomarsh pissed others off and used it as a teacher on the other hand to learn how people feel. I guess that's why Nurf feels more people-like than the Zeros.

"…… but I want you to forgive the Doctor"

"I can't believe I forgive you... I'd rather say I'm sorry I said a lot from the side without even thinking about how Mr. Tommarsh feels. I'm not even a party..."

That said, Nurf raised his face only slightly.

"Thank you. … the Doctor himself has not noticed, but he is frustrated with Mr. Ruth - no, the eagle recognizes that he was jealous."

"Jealous?"

"Because you're the reason I couldn't be Cyrus."

"What do you mean?

To Ruth's question, Nurf raises only a few eyebrows.

The expression is sad and jeopardizes his “boundaries that are not people”.

"Cyrus has stopped functioning once after the reunification of the northwestern central continent"

(Really... Mr. Cyrus said he was "awake," and he was asleep until then)

I guess it's also because he fell asleep that the book of the hero Cyrus is over there.

Until Alec and the others were caught up in the commotion and the lab was unsealed, Tomarsh had made numerous contact with Cyrus, who had fallen asleep. But Cyrus is recorded to have never woken up, Nurf tells us.

"But Cyrus, awakened by this disturbance, spent some time with you after he escaped."

"That's because Mr. Cyrus had lost his memory……"

"That may indeed be the case. But I'm pretty sure he was with you after he got his memories back."

"I was in the middle of something…………………"

The whole village went crazy and the only safe people were Ruth and the priest. If Cyrus was going to "sleep because he regained his memory" on that occasion, that was the big deal.

"It's fine for a fine reason. The problem is that Cyrus was awake for you, not for the Doctor, who has been talking for a long time..."

"……… Have you been talking about it?

"The Doctor is extending his life for Cyrus until he puts his soul in Phantom Core"

"Life extension..."

Says the other one, who succeeded in putting his soul in Phantom Core, is Tomarsh. However, he said that he could not make the same split-shape as Cyrus until he was in the body, and kept the artificial body in a slightly modified form. Something wrong with the skin on my face, that would be the reason.

(Mr. Tomarsh......... that much)

But Cyrus lived for Ruth, who happened to meet him, not for his father, who kept waiting to wake up until he became such a body. I found that out. Tomarsh must have been a complicated thought.

"But, Mr. Ruth. Don't stop worrying too much. Whatever the Doctor's thoughts, if he was forced to kill himself, forcing those who have lost their lives to resurrect themselves by making their bodies because they have souls is not a good deed……… even though" death ”is the honorable end allowed only to creatures"

At the last part of the conversation, I saw a slight emotion in the sound of the naughty voice that sounded flat.

They say someone tried to accomplish the same thing in magic a long time ago, but the phrase that fits the criticism, the technique failed and took many victims. At the time, it was even prohibited to study it. It seems that the teachings are still being passed on, and no one should be studying them, Nurf says.

"Different shapes, but what the Doctor did would be the same thing. I mean, it's not a good thing for people from history. But the Doctor is likely to go on if someone doesn't criticize him because he can do it... I'm glad Mr. Ruth told me about this one"

He was a naughty enough to say so in a serious voice, but when the conversation is over, he returns to his complex expression.

"... I'm just not sorry that the reason Cyrus woke up wasn't Doctor, but the eagle was just a little bit"

That said, Nurf stared quietly at the door where Tommash had left.

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After the discussion in Gilmore, it was Ruth who came home late, but because of the noise a few days ago, no guests had come to the inn today, and her parents had no time to spare, so nothing was said. But if this goes on for a few more days, you should finally think of something else. Even though it's a family business, it's just hard to live without customers all the time.

While worried about that, when the lights in the house turned off gradually, Ruth returned to her bedroom, wiping her wet hair.

(Tomarsh must also have cherished his son Cyrus...)

I know it's the wrong way, but there must have been strong feelings there. Otherwise, there is no way to imitate waiting.

Maybe Cyrus was used as a weapon at the time in the middle of the war and could not make anything unrelated to the battle, but had no choice but to form a weapon.

(Well, it's all my imagination... but I couldn't even apologize after all...)

After that, I tried to apologize for saying too much to Tommash, but he couldn't even let me in the room.

I've given Nurf the letter, but it's a mystery if he can read it too. I had no choice but to be escorted straight to the vicinity of Hashi village, and I broke up with Alec and the others.

(Well, apologizing is just neater, and this Moya Moya can't help it)

As Ruth wipes her hair in the first place, signs appear in the room. When I took the towel I had put on my head, I saw the light gathering and becoming human.

"Ruth, are you in the bathroom?

"Alec! Don't you have to be on the boat?

Alec appeared as expected.

Alec laughs, as Ruth comes up to talk and sits behind her, hands around her belly. I'm worried about my still wet hair and try to avoid it, but Alec leaned over without worrying.

"I'm done with one job. The rest of the day. I'm over here if I'm going to rest."

Saying so, Alec drops his lips softly on Ruth's cheek.

Other members said they would take a break where Tomarsh's lab was. Garcia said she was in a good mood when Naughty put more on her arm to act like she was eating and it had been a long time since she had been able to drink. Alec came to Ruth alone with the usual transfer technique without taking a meal. He's not that hungry.

"I hope so...... because Alec, my hair is still wet"

"I'll dry you off."

When I was taken a towel, I was directly touched by my wet hair.

A warm breeze blows directly from Alec's hand, causing Ruth's hair to swell. When my fingers touched my scalp, I was wooted by the warmth.

(That's Alec...... good)

Alec's fingertips carefully dry her hair so that she caresses her head. Ruth wondered if Alec could also be a hairdresser. I've never heard of it in this world.

"Ruth......"

"Hmm?"

"……… Don't push me."

"Eh?"

As Ruth turned to the unexpected words, Alec, who was drying her hair, stopped her hand.

"You've been acting strange since I heard about Cyrus' son."

Alec's fingertips stroking Ruth's cheek moved gently to take the stiffness. So for the first time, Ruth realizes that he had power in his face.

On the verge of disembarking from the ship, Ruth was summoned to Naughty with Alec.

And he told me a story about Cyrus that I hadn't even thought about.

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"Cyrus lost his flesh - the cause of his suicide is still unclear. ……… but the eagle gathered the material of the time and came to one hypothesis"

"Hypothesis?"

"Yes, for the Doctor's sake, it's what I wanted to know about Cyrus... it's just what the weasel, an artificial soldier (made), says, but this is only a story of possibility. We need to know if it's true."

Nurf began to talk about going on to Ruth after making a firm forethought.

"... Cyrus had a son who would be nineteen at the time. The whole country was desperate to win the war, so he was a soldier. It just seemed that their relationship as parents and children was thin and their story was taboo even inside the military. And the day Leitol fell, when Cyrus was dropping the enemy, his son was defending Leitol at his behest."

"Raitol's defense... no way"

"Yes, Cyrus' son was captured by an invading enemy soldier... who was recorded killed after torture"

Nurf talks pale as he reads the material in front of him.

"Torture, questioning... why?

"It was on record that being Cyrus' son leaked something from somewhere. Given the circumstances, it seems that he was trying to make him throw up because he thought he knew the inside of the upper echelons… also contained information that his capture had led to a state of confusion inside the military. And there's still testimony that it fell lightly because of it."

"Oh no..."

At the time, Leitol's name Cyrus Drovandi said he was powerful enough, even if he hadn't been called a hero yet. Cyrus was more popular among the country than the royalty, and it was quite a shock when his son fell into enemy hands. The confusion in the military doesn't seem strange either.

The nurf who told me that much drops the tone of his voice once he separates the words.

"... When I thought I had won, the country fell by being attacked from behind by an alarmed gap. My son, whom I had left at my behest, was killed after the torture. Besides, I have to kneel down to the enemy country that killed my son and beg for the safety of the people… I can't examine Cyrus' mood at the time, but I decided that he must have suffered terribly."

Nurf put his hand on his chest. Like there's a soul there.

(Mr. Cyrus………)

Cyrus was in a position to pull the army. You can say that you carry the country. I understand the argument that humans who stand on that must abandon eagle sentiment, kill themselves to save large numbers -.

'I should have treated you this way, I didn't do anything more,' he said. Maybe it's meant to be penance. I know it's too late... '

But still, people are people. I can't kill my heart. If even those who were dawning into a forward battle were accidentally dropped to the ground and deprived of everything, there is no zero chance that something would break pokiri and want to throw everything away impulsively.

Naughty's hypothesis is only a “hypothesis," but I couldn't say enough without it.

"It is also unclear that Cyrus was inspired to sleep until this time… I think the eagle thought it was because he remembered his own son"

In the place where he stopped, he said, there was an article like a mountain when Leitol fell, in which he also mixed investigative material about his son's death. In other words, Cyrus remembered his memories of the time and lost his reason to stay alive, and he probably fell asleep.

"I'm sure Cyrus found his own son in you. That's why it existed for you. It's something the Doctor couldn't have done."

That's all Nurf told me, he said he was going to see how Tomarsh was, and he left.