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

"Why do I know her name... Takashi-san, you?"

The words of light were bitter.It was full of deep regret and pain, not gratitude to those who saved their lives.

(After all, Mitsu-san's soul still regrets it.....)

Even now that Alec is reborn, the soul of the light of the previous life that remains in Alec is still wrapped in Takashi Tanzaki's regret.The pain engraved in the soul is still there, as Ruth strongly remembered when he regained the memory of his previous life that things didn't go well with women.

(Well, I can't compare my regrets with Mitsu-san's regrets....)

Ruth was freed from the regrets of his predecessors by Alec's presence.Thanks to this, I don't feel the pain now.I don't know what Takashi Tanizaki thinks, but I think his remorse has disappeared.

But the light stays the same. Alec's deeply asleep memories of light cannot be healed or forgotten.

(We don't have much time, but if this is how words intersect, just a little...)

Coincidence or inevitability, if Ruth and the light could speak together, I wanted to relieve him of any regret.

"I'll be brief because I don't have time.I may be surprised, but I have memories of Takashi Tanizaki. "

"Do you have a memory...? What do you mean?"

Ruth briefly talked about why he knew about the light.Remember Takashi Tanizaki from the previous life, light came to the world of Takashi Tanizaki, the relationship between light and Alec, and the relationship between Alec and Ruth - while omitting the confusing part with the manager, teach how Ruth relates to light.

At first it was a skeptical light, but when I found out why I thought I needed to help Ruth, my expression eventually changed.

"Haha... I see, that's why I know you.”That's why I was so anxious to get you out of here. "

The appeal of the mind that Light himself felt uncomfortable with.The reason was tied to it, and I felt rather relieved.

"... so, what do you want to tell me with your memories of Takashi-san... a grudge?"

"I...."

"I deceived Takashi-san.I was trying to deceive you and bring you closer to ruin.Personal grudges don't mean you get crazy requests from other people's bastards.... I didn't think it was bad at first.I even thought this guy looked like a good guy, a scum behind others' grudges. "

The light had a distorted smile, but I noticed tears appearing in the eyes.The tearful eyes seemed to ridicule my foolishness.

"I've been thinking about how hard I'm going to shake you in love with a woman and get you into trouble.That's what I am. "

"Mitsu-san, Takashi Tanisaki knew you were a man."

"Eh...?"

The light solidified his expression.My eyes were drawn and I was upset by the incredible facts.

"You're kidding, right?"

"It's not a lie. It's true. I knew it.Even a man pretending to be a woman. "

"... when did you start?"

"Since we first met."

Takashi Tanizaki realized that he was a man in a female figure when the light first came into contact.But that was possible because he was a filial piety who had been fighting for a long time and was good at seeing the other person's skeleton.Ruth herself didn't doubt the light until she dreamed of filial piety.

"Then why... shut up..."

"I thought there was something going on with you, so I kept quiet.I was treating you as a woman because I thought that's what you wanted. "

When Ruth told the truth, the face of light twisted sharply.

"Haha, they found out everything... that's Takashi-san.... and even though he was such an awesome person, he saved me... he's really popular. "

Tears spill from the eyes of light.The area around my mouth where I ate my teeth trembled.

"I... I... Oh, my God..."

Tears swelled with remorse, grief, and hatred for oneself were terribly painful.His long and painful regrets come through.I wonder how much I kept blaming myself.Even though he's already reborn, Miyamoto Hikaru's soul is still suffering.

"Mitsu-san... I was able to save you at that time, and Takashi Tanizaki was full of good feelings.I wanted you to be happy. "

"That's a lie. Save your life if you let a liar like me fight you... Why..."

"I'm not lying. I didn't think Takashi Tanizaki would be unhappy to meet you.I'm glad you've come to admire me more and more, so I've stopped thinking about extra things. "

Having a relationship with a woman who hasn't been doing well for years.Takashi Tanizaki had been worried about it ever since he met Hikaru.Because when a lonely boy with something going on saw himself gradually nostalgic and brightening, his heart was filled.Takashi Tanizaki definitely felt happy at that time.I realized that my criteria for happiness were not only tied to women.

Are you kidding me?

"-That's true. Takashi Tanizaki's heart was filled when she was with you.Please believe me, the truth of Takashi Tanizaki in me... "

When Ruth appeals with straight eyes, the distorted eyes of light soften slightly.

"... I see. I hope so.No, if you say so.... "

I could see the face of the light that was spilling tears slightly broken.

I don't know if you believed me completely, but I want to believe that the words have arrived.

"Also, this is not a word of filial piety, but... thank you for chasing me."

Huh?

"If you hadn't followed me and reborn on my side, Alec wouldn't have been born.So thank you.... "

It was strange to say "Thank you for being reborn," but it was also something Ruth wanted to say.

If the light hadn't followed me, Alec wouldn't have been born.Ruth couldn't see Alec either.I would have ended my life mediocre in a small hashi village without remembering my previous life.That may have made me happy, but I can't think of such a world right now.

A world without Alec is impossible for Ruth.

Thank you so much, Mitsu-san.

Ruth thanked him with his utmost gratitude, and the eyes of light struck a ridiculous arc.

"What? Thank you for being reborn... haha... I don't know if you're happy... but..."

The appearance of light gradually fades like a blush.

"... but it's not bad."

"Mitsu-san...."

"It's not bad... oh, I wonder.I thought it was the worst part of my life, but if there was someone who would be so happy, I wouldn't have done all the worst. "

"... me and Takashi Tanizaki were both happy to meet you."

In Ruth's words, a smile blooms on the face of dimming light.A dazzling smile worthy of the name "light”.

"... thank you."

That said, the light melted into the world.

"Mitsu-san...."

I feel a little loneliness in my vanished figure, and at the same time, the joy of seeing my smile at the end swells up.I don't think I'll ever see him again, but Ruth thought he'd be saved at all.

"--What happened to the distance, did you find anyone!?"

But while I was doing that, I could still hear the footsteps approaching Ruth's ear.

"... let's go. Everybody's waiting."

Ruth rubs his face against his cuff and crouches down to see the palm of the young light.Darkness was spreading there.

"Goodbye, Mitsu-san...."

As he stroked the head of a young light breathing bitterly, Ruth jumped into the darkness.

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Hmm?

The moment he jumped into the darkness, Ruth felt a fuzzy sensation under his body.

"Wow, what is this!?"

Ruth was lying on a black translucent object.It felt soft and slightly warm, but there was a unique odor and life-specific movement.

"Here, this is the Fusion Devil!"

Ruth jumps off a black translucent object - a giant fusion demon.It turns out that the Fusion Demon, which is about the size of a bed, has a shape that has never been seen on the ground, and is a unique object of the ark.

As Ruth jumped from above, the melting magic's mouth opened wide.If I hurried away, the giant Fusion Devil would move with the mogo, but he wouldn't come after me.No, it was too slow to follow.

"Why am I on top of the Fusion Devil?"

Looking up in that way, there were black bars spreading in the direction thought to be the ceiling.It was the same as what I saw before I went to another world.

"Well, the exit of the bay was lower than where it came in.Could it have been saved because it fell on the Fusion Devil...? "

When the mind is trapped in magic just like before, the body becomes completely defenseless.If it is dropped from a high place, it cannot be received and there are cases of serious injury.

(There is nothing wrong with my health.I don't know how much it fell, but I got out safely.)

The dark and magical spaces remain the hallways and rooms that have been seen in the ark until now, with doors and windows lying on the walls.I'm sure this is in the ark.

Yes, is everybody okay?

"Ah, Ruth was here!"

When she tried to find her friends, Kia appeared across the hall.I hear you've picked up Ruth's smell and flew in.

Follow Kia's lead and other members will appear.It seems that everyone returned safely to our location without injury thanks to falling to the Fusion Demon in the same way.

Ruth and the others decided to keep track of the situation after making sure everyone was safe.

"It hasn't been that long since we got into that black moya.It's only a few minutes at best. "

"Oh, good."

Originally, time was the most important part of my life, but I didn't worry much because I was caught in the world repeatedly by the same eyes as before - Natasha's magic.At that time, too, time constraints were much less than physical feelings.

"Did we look like we were falling from above, which part of the ark is this?"

"According to the Sabine version, it's going down quite a bit."

"This may have been faster in some cases than walking normally."

I thought I'd lost some time in the dark, but it turns out I got quite a bit below the interior of the ark thanks to the darkness.

"It doesn't seem to have fallen straight down since I entered the cage."

Anyway, if you fell at this height, I'd be dead no matter how soft the floor is.There must have been a few spatial shifts in there. "

The current location is much deeper than where Ruth had previously arrived with the sealing device, and is fairly close to what is known as the heart of the ark.

"Ruth, where is Alec? More down?"

"Wait a minute...."

Ruth moved his head to find Alec's shiny position.Then the golden light that sways downwards enters your eyes.

"... it's still down there, but I can see a lot of light.I think we're pretty close. "

Compared to before entering the cage, Alec's light emitted was about three times larger.Moreover, the light was not just shining, but there were signs of a heat source.A contour is appearing in the light.It's no exaggeration to say that you feel Alec's life.You can say it's pretty close.

"Thanks to that Moya, we've been able to breach the security zone in question, but we've heard it was even more special ahead."

The sealing device that Ruth had previously seen on the side of the Four Gods came into contact with the surface layer from the structure of the device, and the body of Zagres was sleeping on the lower layer.The glass case in the middle was like a peephole to see how Zagres was.

Between the lower layer of the main unit and the sealing device on the front side, a large security device was created, and it was originally a system that could not go down unless several steps were taken by Geo or Wonok.But thanks to that black jar, I was able to break through the security without any problems.

In the future, there is also a high probability that automated magic machines will perform jamming work.And it's possible that Zagres himself noticed our presence.I'll try to be as quiet as I can and let the signs go. "

Oh.

Ruth and the others hurried ahead, killing the signs.