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

--Foeon

The train came into the home and the siren rang.Ruth glanced toward the train.

The surroundings become noisy as if they have suddenly returned to reality.The house was overcrowded at once by people getting off the train or trying to get into the car.

Ruth rushed back to the young man.

"Ah... what?"

Looking again, the young man wasn't there.I looked around, but I couldn't even see what it looked like.

"Ruth, he wasn't here. How were you!?"

Ruth had no choice but to be paranoid until Kia rushed in.

On the way back from Kia and the local station, Ruth murmured as he walked through the dimming residential area.

(Yusha... Yusha, brave man? No way!)

The last sound of the word "Yusha" he said was the "brave man" that appeared in the RPG game.

(You said, "I'm here to help him," and then you said, "Yousha...")

I can guess what he wanted to say when he sorted out the words was, 'Ruth is here to help Yusha.'

(No way!? No way, it's impossible.)

The “brave man” was too unlikely, so I had to laugh.I couldn't help but think deeply that he must have been weird.

Ruth approached the gate of the house laughing and noticed a small shadow there.

Oh, Ed?

Ugh!

Looking back at Ruth's voice, it was Ed as expected.I wondered if there was a father Remias around, but strangely nobody was there.Since the sun has already fallen, it is not a good time for Ed, who has just entered elementary school, to walk alone.

What's wrong, Ed?

"Ed?... I knew Ruth! Ruth, wake up!What are you doing here!? "

Huh?

Suddenly Ed shouted.I've never seen Ed so clearly raise his voice since he was as big or as cute as he always seemed.Besides, even though it is always called "Ruth Brother", it is now called "Ruth".

"Something wrong, Ed?"

Ed grabbed Ruth's confused hand.Even though it is a small hand, it has a strong grip, and I can feel him very anxious.

"Ruth, we need to get out of here."

Are you coming out?

"Yes, look for everybody..."

"Ed, you're here."

Ah, Mr. Remias.

It was Ed's father, Remias, who emerged from the corner a little further.He still had rough hair and couldn't see his eyes, but his mouth painted a loose smile.

Huh

Suddenly the power to hold Ed's hand grew stronger.

Ed?

Ed, you can't just jump out of the house at a time like this.

Remias approached with a sigh of relief.That state of affairs only seemed to worry about the sudden disappearance of the young son.--But somehow I felt uncomfortable.

(... ah, something...)

Remias doesn't come to pick Ed up like this, he always feels more heralded ─ Such a strange feeling comes up.

Ah, that Remias?

"Ruth, thank you for finding Ed."

Remias looked up at Ruth with a smile on his mouth.When the hand was placed on Ed's head, the fingertips holding Ruth's hand slowly relaxed.

"Ed, you know you can't do this, right?"

"... yeah. I'm sorry, Dad. I wanted to play with Brother Ruth, so I came home."

Ed answers Remias honestly.That doesn't look the same as the boy who was so anxious earlier.

"I know how it feels, but if Ed walks out of the house on his own, he'll be worried, right?Please don't go anywhere. "

"Yes...."

Ed, who became shun, apologized honestly to Remias.And as he held him in his arms, he said "bye" to Ruth and wiped his hands.

"Ruth, I'm sorry for the inconvenience.Thanks for finding Ed. "

"No... that's fine, but... that..."

I wonder if a man named Remias was such a naughty man.Against polite rhetoric, an invisible look.It wasn't wrong, but I felt it wasn't right.

What's wrong?

"No... because Ed was saying something a little strange... that Ed was talking about earlier."

Earlier? What is it? "

Ed is tilting his neck.It's as if you've forgotten everything you said.

"I'm sure I wanted to play with you and said something to distract you... but don't worry about the kids."

But when Remias says that, it becomes harder to pursue.

Ed was hugged up, and he didn't hate it.Their condition is the same as before.Nothing suspicious.

After all, Ed couldn't be asked again, and they left.

(... I wonder what it was...)

Ed's condition seemed strange, but we can't force him to stay and pursue the two who returned peacefully.And when I asked Ed what he looked like about the same thing, I didn't think he'd get a different answer.

Ruth walked into the house in a strange mood.

"I don't know, a lot of weird things happened today...."

There were a number of things that bothered me about the home youth, Ed.However, they all had to be done to the extent that they were "worried".

Ruth lay down in bed in a strange mood and noticed that she was asleep.

N-

My consciousness suddenly cleared up when it was still dark.Reach out into the dark and grab the alarm clock.

"Hah... what time is it? Six o'clock!?Why are you at such a time for two days in a row... hmm? "

When I tried to sleep again and turned around, I felt uncomfortable around my waist.When I reach out and wonder if I even left the TV remote, I realize that it's completely different.

"Eh...."

Ruth took it out from under his sly body, fearing what he had grabbed.It was bigger than a remote control and as big as you could immediately notice when it was under your body.Turn on the lights in the room by remote control in a hurry.

"Nh... nh, this..."

There was a sword about fifty centimeters old, which I had seen in my room before.It feels slightly light, but the touch is authentic and it is not a toy.Ruth's room was confused by something that couldn't have been in front of her.

"Why? I don't know what's going on... like this... eh?"

The moment I murmured 'I don't know', the sword that I was supposed to be holding right in front of me faded away.

"Ah... what?"

Even though you are supposed to have it in your hand, you lose weight so that it disappears, and you don't know the shape so that it disappears into the fog.

"Eh, hey, why did you disappear... no, this is here, right?"

When you murmur 'yes' to a paranormal phenomenon you've never seen before, the weight returns to you again.Even the thin figure that was about to disappear returned to its original state.After a while, it returns to its original state completely.

"... no, what is this?"

Looking at the situation, Ruth murmured what she thought she would try, feeling strangely nervous.

"... no, it can't be."

In response to Ruth's words, the existence of the sword in his hand changes.Once again, the sword diminishes its existence.

"Su... amazing"

At first, I was afraid of the existence of the sword as I remembered, but as I got used to it, I was curious and interested in the paranormal phenomenon.

I'm not afraid to have a sword I've never seen before.Curiosity prevails over the sudden presence of foreign objects that are not normal life.

I wondered what would happen, and I wanted to know why this was happening to me.

"This is here. Absolutely."

I think it's clear. Whether the presence that was unstable was stable or not, the weight came to hand.The weight of the non-replica metal is likely to drop on the spot.

"... the sword appeared..."

There was a question as to why, but above all, "What is this sword?The question was strong. A closer look revealed that the patterns and sheaths were green, slightly curved, and that Loose could hold them in one hand.

"Maybe... a knife?"

Though I thought it was a sword, given its shape and weight, it's highly probable - once I think about it, I can play something in the corner of my head.

"Hmm? I've seen this before..."

It was when Ruth went to some mansion.

The knife that I was supposed to have was gone before long, but when I believed strongly in its existence, it appeared again.

Where did you leave that?

"Ah...? Ah?"

I felt that the knife in my hand glowed slightly to sue for something.

"Ahh! Ahh! Orha!"

Ruth jumped on the spot, grabbing the sword - Olhakon's Orha, his weapon.Standing on the bed, looking around.

Little dirty study desk, bookshelf full of books, clothing chest with stuff, huge picture of woman, brown carpet, blue checked sheets.

"... where are we?"

None of them were known to Ruth.

I've never seen anything, nothing to remember.It doesn't resemble Ruth's room in the inn.I don't know why I recognized this room as my own.

"What is that? What's going on?We're going deeper into the ark... yes, darkness! "

After entering the great darkness that appeared along the way, Ruth finally realized that his memory was going crazy.Somehow I was somewhere I didn't know where I was, and I lived there.

Ruth holds Olha in his grip and looks out the room as he approaches the window.The dark light arrives in the surroundings, not in the ark, not in the familiar Hashi village, not as the dreaming king's capital.

"This is similar to the city I used to live in..."

It looked just like the world where Ruth's predecessor, Takashi Tanizaki, lived.

Clean painted houses and well-maintained roads look like metal furniture in your room on lights, televisions, and remote controls that use electricity.It was all very similar to the scenery I remembered in the depths of my memory.

(Why are you here? What's going on?That's why I used to live here normally...?This is like....)

Ruth has had a similar experience once.I got lost in the mountains, and sometime I was trapped in the middle of Natasha Dickhout's surgery.At that time, Ruth and the others spent many days in an unlikely mansion.

"Well, the same thing. The same thing is happening here...!"

Ruth and the others went into the invisible darkness in the ark where the magic was swirling.

Among them, they show things similar to Natasha's magic hallucinations, seal their original intentions and memories, and fit into the laws of this world - it is highly probable.

Ruth and the others were trapped in a world created by Zagres or something and prevented from moving forward.

"Yes, Geo-san said a lot, that you might hallucinate that you don't know what's going to happen... right?"

Ruth's imagination was too low.I never thought that magic would create a different world and get caught up in it.If I hadn't noticed, I might have lived in this world my whole life.

If that happens, I can't even imagine what happens to the body that should have been left alone.