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

Naturally, there are no beds in the cafeteria and there are no decent futons.Although slightly larger than the average family, the church's cafeteria is less than half that of the Brau family.Though the three of them are children, the space for sleeping while avoiding boxes with ingredients, cupboards, tables and chairs is quite small.Rihala and Noah are getting bigger and bigger.

(... what is this?)

Looking at Alec's living conditions, Ruth was stunned.

Of course, there may be children living in worse conditions.I can think of a roof, a meal as good as possible, and a companion as salvation.Because if you look at the bottom, there is no curve.

However, Ruth couldn't get the assistance he should have received from an adult in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel heartbroken when he saw the irrational children.

(This isn't a real past, is it?It's a fake, isn't it?This didn't really happen, did it?)

Nobody answers Ruth's question.

(Speaking of which, Alec often wanted to sleep with me... but was this really the reason?)

Alec said he was afraid of sleeping in church and that he was more comfortable with Ruth.

At that time, I simply imagined that Alec was afraid and a sweet man, but this fact may have been hidden behind.I don't know the truth, but I can think of it that way.

"But if you say anything to me... but I see..."

Ruth stares at Rihala sleeping next to Alec.

"Alec, don't say anything extra."

Alec was very close to Ruth of the Brau family...

As you can see from that conversation, Rihala is a pretty smart kid.It is possible that young Alec is keeping his mouth shut so that he doesn't say anything extra to Ruth and the others.Because I don't know what Honza will do if I talk about it.

(Speaking of which, where were Rihala and Noah during the day?At my age, I should have been taught to hunt, and I could go to the mountains to get some ingredients, so I think I could at least get some ravioli and oak meat....)

Even if a large boreal is impossible, what if there are two of them like Rapi?The food situation in Hashi Village, while on the border, never deteriorated due to the abundance of mountain graces and easy to hunt animals.And knowing its importance, the village's adults teach their teenage children hunting.

(Rihala came back saying, "Cultivate.")

Even in Hashi village, agriculture is practiced, but it is a sunny high rise house, and there is no such land around the church.

But Rihala and the others were talking about growing something and shipping it when they were talking to Honza.I've never heard of the church growing crops, but it didn't seem like a recent project.

"What the hell..."

Ruth was worried about cultivation, and Rihala and Noah went to sleep.

"Alec, are you asleep?"

"... you seem to be asleep."

Rihala and Noah, who got up, sat a little away from Alec and lit the lamp.

Both of them silently took the box out of the corner of the room and poured water into the bucket, and took the bandage out of their hands.

(... eh?)

Looking at their fingertips, Ruth loses his words.

"I can't take this anymore than a soap...."

Noah's quiet voice echoes in the room.

Their fingertips were unnaturally red.It's as if I dyed my hands in the sea of blood, and the color is getting darker as I head towards my fingertips.Noah is still alive, but Rihala is still black in some parts.

"But it's better than not. Wash your wrists."

That said, they put the soap in the bucket that was stuck to the water, and when they foamed, they calmed down their hands and started rubbing hard.I washed it many times, wiped it repeatedly, and when my hands burned, I took another leaf out of my pocket.It was a wild grass that grows well in the mountains.It is a leaf that has a lot of unevenness on the surface and is used to scrape wood and the like.

Rihala and Noah rubbed it slowly when they hit their broken fingertips.

"... be careful. If you do too much, you'll bleed."

"Mmm...."

As you carefully stroke your fingertips, a red thing comes to mind in the bucket.It turned out to be the skin of their scraped fingertips.

"That's about it. It's a little more beautiful."

The redness on the two fingertips taken out of the water again had decreased.Still, it's not completely gone.I can see the effect of the continuous rubbing on it, or even the skin is damaged from afar.

"If you keep touching it, it's going to turn black like this."

"Ah, Torrea said, if you leave it alone, it will turn black.Don't forget to take it regularly. "

When the fingers were clean, they washed again with soap and then wrapped the washed belt around their hands.

"Rihala, I know you don't want to involve Alec, but treat him a little more gently.She's scared of you. "

"That's all right. You wouldn't be closer to us if you were scared.Don't even know what's extra. "

"But...."

"Just get it over with. It's early tomorrow."

They shut up and moved again without either.Throw away the hand-washed water, turn off the lamp, and return to the sleeping area near Alec.

As I lay still, I found Noah sighing in the dark.

"How long do we have to keep doing this...."

"... Noah"

"Rihala, I'm done.I've been working in such a dark place, my fingers are getting so bad, and even if I work hard, my meal is so bad.... "

"Stop it...."

"Hey, Rihala, let's run. I'll take Alec with me.If you pretend to go to the cultivation site and run to the mountains, you can't even chase him! "

"--no, a"

Rihala called out her name strongly to Noah, whose voice grew louder and louder.Noah shut up because she felt his anger.

"No, Alec's going to wake up. And what happens when three children run to the mountain without equipment?This mountain is full of lousy monsters.That was taught during the hunt.I can't even get rid of the Bolloa kids. If we run into them, it's over. "

"But....!"

"Noah, remember Torrea.What happened to him trying to escape Honza..... "

"....."

Rihala shut up when she said that.Did Noah give up too? I could only hear the nose rinse without saying anything.

After a while, Noah's breathing will also be quiet.

"I can't let you two look like totlerers...."

Only Ruth, who was standing in the dark, could hear such a raving.

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(The sun is dazzling.....)

Looking at the Rihalas in the middle of the night, Ruth watched them all fall asleep and decided to leave the orphanage and walk in the mountains.

Because I wanted to find out where they called it "cultivation.”I'm worried about Rihala's saying, "I can't let you two look like totlerers..."

(But there was no harvest....)

With that, the morning sun falls to the ground that illuminates the surroundings.

It would have been suicide to walk the mountain without a lamp, but wonders and Ruth's vision were not so adversely affected by the darkness.It must be because Ruth himself is like a mental body.

But after all, walking around the mountains at night didn't find the destination, and they came back behind the church.

"That's right... I guess it's hidden somewhere you wouldn't know it if you walked normally."

Based on Honza and the three people, it is unlikely that the village (the village chief) knows about cultivation.He must be hiding.

(But something good happened.After all, there is no exit from here to the old times.It's the same as when Natasha was here.You should give up looking for an exit.)

There was more time than daytime, so I searched the world for quite a while, but I still couldn't find a way out.I also searched for the houses of the residents of Hashi village, but nothing changed from reality, and there was no hint of going back to the original era.

"In that case, I wonder if Alec has something to do with the church..."

It is around the church that things that feel uncomfortable are concentrated.

(Of course, sometimes I don't remember because I was a child and I wasn't interested in the church)

At that time, Ruth was not interested in Alec's surroundings, food conditions or the environment, although he was interested in Alec.I've never bothered to find out where he was sleeping or what dinner he was having.

"Back then, all I could think about was eating and playing...."

It's pathetic, but I decided to think of a five-year-old who doesn't have any particular problems.

"But I'm still curious.... why am I here? "

“Here” is not just about Hashi village.This season of our time, to put it more subtly, I wondered why young Ruth was able to see this timeline on the brink of remembering his previous life.And something is happening behind the church.

(I think it means something....)

I'm also concerned that only Alec can see Ruth, but the first thing I thought I should do was get a good look at the church and the orphanage.

I wanted to know what was going on in the church and what they were involved in.

After a while, the door opens and your consciousness returns to reality.Looking at the back entrance of the church, it appears that the Rihalas have just emerged.

They had already finished eating breakfast or were going somewhere.There is no sword or spear in the belongings, so it is obvious that it is not a hunt.

They carefully checked that there was no one around and went into the woods.

Oh, are they going to “cultivate” again?... let's follow. "

Ruth walks through the woods without a path, after the Rihalas.

They made their way to a steep place in the mountains.

Rock cliffs and trees can be complicated, and there is no hunting around.In other words, the inhabitants of the village are nowhere near.

(This was definitely the place, but Alec was dangerous, so I told everyone to stay away....)

I remember Alec in the real world telling the kids to stay away from the neighborhood when he taught them how to hunt.

(Speaking of which, it seemed a bit excessive....)

"Maybe it has something to do with it?With the question in mind, Ruth followed the Rihalas.The ruggedness of the surroundings is irrelevant to Ruth today, but it will be tough for Rihalas, who are still boys, to go beyond the steps.

When we moved on to a place where neither humans nor beasts came close, a rock wall appeared that was almost three times as likely as the Rihallas.

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Rihala stopped and rang the bell that was pulled out of her pocket.A strange sound echoed around, and a magic cube appeared on the rock wall, with a small hole in front of them.

(Well, the place of cultivation was hidden by magic, so it won't be easy to find.)

Looks like a common single-cell villain, and Honza was a rather cautious man.

If you hide it with magic, even if the Rihallas don't tell you, you won't find the entrance to the cave unless you ring the bell.Now Rihala has the bell, but Honza usually manages it.It is highly likely that there are many other schemes to prevent this location from being found.

(Around here, close to the border here.....)

Ruth can only move a little further from here into the mountains.

Had their destination been a little deeper, Ruth would not have been able to get there any further.

(... those walls are like the boundaries I've decided to show you)

I smiled bitterly and murmured half seriously and half jokingly.