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

"Every time I learn about the past of this world, I think a lot"

"The past of this world?

"... you also somehow guessed that there is a history in this world other than what the priest told you when you heard about the Nuffs, didn't you?

The priest taught me, the formation of the world from a thousand years ago. You should have taught me politely as the textbook suggests, but there was no record of a major war there, and no magic machines, cores or other technologies were noted. No matter what kind of person Alec asks to live around the world, he says it didn't change. I mean, the history that's supposed to be gone.

Only a very small number of people know. They have been holding their mouth for thousands of years and continue to prepare for “something”.

"…… is that okay?

"To be honest, it's not okay. That's why we stop it. I won't let it repeat itself like this. That won't solve anything..."

Alec's words asked for a strong will. Confidence in oneself and determination.

Ruth hugs his head like a backup.

"... but sometimes I think about when everything didn't work out"

Alec's voice sank. There is strength in the arm holding Ruth.

There is no such thing as someone without anxiety. No matter how powerful you are and how much you have the heart to endure suffering, the brittle parts exist because people are people.

Alec is human even with the title of brave man. Naturally with anxiety.

Even that Cyrus collapsed from a slight distortion, because he ended it all himself.

"Alec......"

Ruth didn't know what to say, and she held Alec tight in silence.

I can encourage you with a smile, I can feel angry and in tune with you, I can perceive your feelings, but I don't feel that they are all correct and incorrect. Ruth doesn't know how he can remove Alec's anxiety.

"I wish I could have carried that anxiety with Alec... sorry"

If Ruth was strong enough to travel with Alec, he could have felt the anxiety and encouraged each other. But even if Ruth gave the village chief the power to be recognized, the story is about the small village world. Instead of staying on Alec's side, he could jeopardize them because of his weakness. I couldn't be arrogant enough to follow because I wanted to be on Alec's side. I can't do anything. I'm teething myself.

"Oh... there you are."

But all of a sudden, a voice echoes from the chest feeling the pain of a different nuance than earlier. I also heard a deep breath that dampened my excitement.

"What's up, Alec?

"... No, I don't know, yabe." I'm sorry "with that voice? Awesome, Ki."

"Huh? Something here?

"I'm not... haha... I can't beat you to make it."

"Win?"

As Ruth tilted her neck, she finally saw her undone green eyes. Instead of feeling anxious, the face looked very happy and desperate.

Alec smiled filled with his usual confidence as he breathed just a little.

"Thank you, Ruth. I'm in a great mood now. Not if you're thinking about it. To keep you from saying that, I push. And do it."

Ruth, who couldn't figure out how Alec's mood had changed, was relieved to see that face laughing calmly. Anyway, I'm feeling better, so I wouldn't have to think deeply about it.

Alec shrugged as he slid his forehead together and kissed Ruth's nose.

"I wonder what would have happened without you."

"What do you say?

"I'm sure he didn't find this world fascinating and lived apathetically. I'm not even interested in my own raw, and I might have died a long time ago."

"Alec...... that's too much of anything. I'm sure there's something else I like."

"- I'm not exaggerating, I'm serious."

Ruth laughed bitterly at the story too extreme, but Alec, who had gazed at it, looked very serious.

"I was born to meet you. That's what I thought when we first met. Destiny. So... I can't think of a world without you"

Fate - and I thought you were joking about an expression that was too big, but Alec's expression and words were serious.

I guess the word is serious now for Alec.

(It's heavy……)

If another human told me this, Ruth would be gently running away at a distance.

Born in a small village, especially for Ruth, who continues his irreplaceable life, “I can't think of a world without you” is too heavy for the brave man who saves the world. We will need to be prepared to carry it with us even to peace in the world.

(... but it's Alec)

But when I thought that was Alec, the weight was also easily accepted for some reason.

That much thought, I don't feel bad at all.

(I also need to be able to wait for Alec safely)

I remembered Natasha's prophecy again, but Ruth immediately decided to shake his head and forget. I'm sure that stuff is up to her lies. There is no way that someone you happen to meet has the ability to see the future.

Ruth wanted to take the word, but accidentally noticed that Alec's eyes were freaking out in color.

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"Huh... have you been chasing me? From where?"

……

"Alec?"

Alec's green eyes gradually darken and darkened. Ruth grabbed Alec's face in a hurry to turn herself, as the figure seemed to be taken in by the darkness.

"Alec!? Alec!!"

Tapping her pussy and cheeks harder, Alec rocked herself as she woke up from her sleep.

"Hey, what's up, Ruth?

"What's that line over here? What's wrong, shut up all of a sudden"

"What, did you shut up?... Me?

Alec's eyes, tilting his neck, were back to their original green color. Alec always looks confused.

But he didn't remember the words he uttered, even though he asked the "chase" part, he just leaned his neck.

(Maybe something harmful is out there because of the strength of the brave...)

Alec has great power in people to save the world. It must be hard to do that control. There will surely be hardships that Ruth cannot imagine. It was more than likely that those things were affecting me now.

(Alec...... I hope you're okay)

Ruth became more worried about Alec than ever before. I'm not just struggling to fight the melting demons and get caught up in a lot of things, but I get anxious that Alec might get hurt swinging by his own powers.

"Alec......"

Ruth turns his hand around his neck, which he had placed on his cheek, and hugs Alec. When I felt Alec's calm heartbeat, I was horrified to know that it would be okay now.

"Ruth, what's wrong?

But Alec questioned Ruth's behavior the other way around. Ruth decided to delude herself by not being able to be honest with the boulders about the ills of the brave, an unsolicited imagination.

"Alec, you've calmed down a little…… how about now?

Though feeling a little lit up, Ruth looks up at Alec like a wasp. Of course, it is understood that Alec is unexpectedly vulnerable to these betty attitudes. Otherwise I wouldn't do such an embarrassing imitation.

"Huh... do"

As expected, Alec took Ruth's invitation lightly - but he stirred it up too weirdly to delude it and it suited his hard eyes, reflecting a little the next day.

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Ruth, who woke up a little late the next morning, had breakfast with Alec and then came to the back of the inn when he finished helping out with the inn without guests.

When you line up at a distance to the space where you crack the firewood, you grab Olha, who was flying around Ruth as far as Alec was earlier.

"Primarily change the user. From Ruth Blau, Alec. To Gala '

- Copy that. Primary user Alec. Gala, memory]

When Olha's voice was heard, which resembled machine audio, the shape that had been a large knife earlier changed to a long sword.

"Hey, did this Orihalcon have this functionality......"

Alec stares carefully at Olha's observations.

The special performance of Orha I learned when I fought with Cyrus. I was sure it would be possible with Alec, and Ruth had a tentative contract first. The result is success as seen. That's not just Cyrus, it seems to be possible for anyone as long as they have magic and Ruth's permission from this contractor.

When Alec put it in his hands again, Olha (once let go, he's angry), who seemed unhappy until earlier, became as quiet and changed shape as when Cyrus was holding it. I don't move around on my own after that. It seems that when this happens, Orha really becomes just an orihalcon.

However, whether it is the influence of Phantom Core, the total length, which at the time was only about as short as a sword, stretches to nearly a meter, wearing a number of golden glowing muscles on the white body, making it divine. It's a completely different vibe than when Cyrus had it.

"I see... So, what, is it an image?

"Yes, here's the thing, with changing shapes in mind…" …

When Ruth tells him, Alec makes a slightly more difficult face and then grips the pattern hard. - Then, the tip of the sword became a giant sphere.

"Well, that's funny."

Alec is good, while changing Orha's appearance one after the other. Next in the sphere, I also tried to make the art of appearing a shield, a sickle, a whip, a spear, countless needles like Zero was doing, or flying some of Orha's filling elsewhere to crack firewood with that sword.

(Speed and movement are different than when Mr. Cyrus was here.)

Even then, Ruth was surprised to see Orha making a diverse change, but Orha, who is at Alec's disposal, is showing more movement than that. The changing speed also left no time lag at all and seemed to be executing the instructions instantly. Maybe it's the difference between Alec and Cyrus' magic powers.

"You really convey the image the way it is."

"Isn't that amazing? Orha."

"…… sort of. So, what? You can do it with my magic powers."

"Yeah, yeah."

When Ruth honestly praised Orha's performance, Alec, who was just a little muddled, had openly changed the story.

While laughing bitterly at it, Alec waits as Ruth tries to touch Olha, who is back in his original form.

"Not from that side. Not from that side. Over here."

Pulling Ruth's hips into his arms, Alec puts Orha with both hands in front of him.

He wants to tell Ruth to try it in this position.

Ruth laughs bitterly at the odd posture of two feathers, while touching Alec's Orha changes a part of it and forms an axe. I could break the firewood as it was.

"Heh... don't move really on your own. So, even in this state, you give my instructions."

Next to Ruth putting out the axe, the main unit starts the task of bringing firewood from the firewood yard and placing it on top of Marutai. The part with the round-tails was like a man's hand.

"Yeah, I can do that, too."

"It can be shaped like this."

"Ooh, wow, wow!

Alec transforms Orha into a ladder, a chair or a table. Ruth was tied to the concept of weapons and protective equipment, but Orihalcon may actually have more capability than that. When Ruth praised him honestly, Alec looked good and also created stone throwers and such in Orha.

That way, we were two for a while, changing it into various shapes and playing a little bit, but eventually Alec stops moving.

"Shit... get out of my way"

Alec groaned as he seemed badly annoyed, holding Ruth with one hand, taking out a black stick about the size of his palm from his nose and groaning against it. Away from Alec's hand, Orha instantly returns to Ruth's knife shape and snaps back into his hand.

"What is it, you're off till noon today, right?

'Please don't make such a grumpy voice. I know it's bad with Ruth...'

What was heard from the stick was the voice of Curtis, a magician in a row of brave men.

He tells Alec that he only wants you to come back for a moment because he has business to do. Alec hated it, but eventually broke into the phrase, "Ruth will give you something to feel safe about."

"Bad Ruth, get back over there once. I'll be right back."

"Oh, yeah.... That's amazing. The voice now was the voice of Mr. Curtis, who was supposed to be in the lab, right?

Ruth was more concerned about the stick he heard Curtis than Alec was about to return once.

(It's like a telecommunications device from a previous life)

Small communications equipment that was commonplace in previous life. A crystal of wisdom that symbolizes previous life, where you can send stories and texts with anyone, wherever you are, as long as you deliver the radio waves.

"Oh, here it is. Grandpa Tomarsh gave it to me. It used to be normal."

"You can have a conversation with someone who's far away?

"Yeah, I don't know how it works, but it's made of magic machines, too. However, unfortunately, it takes some magic to use..."

That's why he said he couldn't use it even if he gave it to Ruth. I wanted to try Ruth, but I was a little sorry to hear it was still like that.

"Yes, Alec. Orha, what are we going to do? Will Alec have it?

Ruth shows Orha back on hand again.

Orha's ability to be reshaped and have more means of attack would be quite high. At the time Alec let go, he was only supposed to think of the annoying weapon that would pull on his own, so now that he knows about Orha's performance, he might want to have it.

From Ruth's point of view, I kinda miss letting go of Olha, who honestly moves so far, but I didn't think I had a choice if it was for the brave man who saves the world.

"I know it's a good performance... but you keep this."

"Okay, you think you can use it pretty good, don't you?

"I miss you so much... there's no way I'm going to take up the Orihalcon that follows you"

In Ruth's hand he said, 'Please, don't throw it away! Alec stares with white eyes at Orha, who just snaps at him.

Sure, seeing this, I'd be tempted to force you to take it away, no matter how competent you are.

Ruth put Orha back in the sheath while relieving herself a little.

"I'll be right back."

Alec pressed Ruth to disappear with the transfer technique.

"... I don't know what to do. Looks like the customer hasn't arrived today. Even taking care of the tools..."

"- I'm home"

"Come on!

I put a scratch in Alec's appearance when he came back in seconds without putting his hair in.

There's a lot going on over there, and I didn't think they'd be back for exactly a few hours, but they really came back “right away”.

"I just met Curtis and got the stuff. So, this is... to Ruth."

What Alec brought home was a piece of paper folded into four. It's a little browned paper with no weird philosophy. Instead, the end is oblique and dirty.

When Ruth opens the folded paper with his neck tilted, Alec puts his hand on his shoulder and peeks in. This was written in masterful writing there.

"I'll never forget you for waking up my son. I'll use you one day to wake him up. I won't let you die until then. You can always tell me if you want to dump that flesh, and I'll make you an artificial body. Tomarsh."

"……………… a threat?

"I don't think so...... I'm not sure."

Whether it was a grudge verse, gratitude, or something else, it bothered the two of us with an indescribable sentence. I guess the fact that it just says' I'll make you an artifact 'means' I'll do something for Ruth '. Then it doesn't seem to be a bad letter.

"As always, I don't know. You're a grandfather..." Thanks for waking my son up "or something. Be honest. I don't think he'd resent it if it wasn't for the last time."

"Ha ha………………"

Ruth had to laugh bitterly at Alec's best scratch.