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

"Whoa, whoa, you're taking wild grass that you can eat properly.Alec is good at finding weeds. "

"Ehehe....."

"Dad, how's mine!?"

"Uh-huh... yeah, Ruth's doing his best, but we'd better take it without eating it."

"Can't you eat it!?"

After that, Rosa asked Alec for a favor, and the three of us came for a mountain walk.

Rosa was happy to take Alec with her, as Ruth had expected, and she lent me clothes that would allow me to walk the mountains for young Ruth.

Upon entering the mountain, while Rosa was watching the setup, both of the first houses were playing in a lookout, but Alec said, "I want to find something to eat," so Ruth, who usually runs around on his own, is now hunting for wild grass.

Thanks to this, Rosa was able to confirm the scheme early, and now the three of us are looking for mushrooms and wild grass.

"Alec, there's a mushroom in the shadow of the tree, right?I can eat them all. "

"... yeah"

Alec became accustomed to the invisible presence of Ruth, and was able to have a small conversation so that Rosa and young Ruth didn't seem suspicious.Even now, I have no doubt about the mushrooms pointed at by Ruth.

"What does Alec have?"

"Oh, mushrooms... yeah, that's good, that's good to eat.Well done, Alec. This will make dinner more luxurious. "

Yeah!

Me too!

Mushrooms in large caps should be delicious both in soup and baked, as they are well fed.

Shirai-san, there's nothing else...

"--- Who's Reie-san!?"

Alec was secretly talking to Ruth, and one day, young Ruth approached.

"Hey, Alec, who's Shirai-san?What have you been snuffing about? "

Apparently, young Ruth heard Alec and Ruth talking.Alec was often asking Ruth for instructions today in particular, so he might have listened with suspicion.

"Eh... um... well..."

Yesterday, Alec talked about the Spirit immediately, but Noah scolded him and said nothing about it.I don't see Ruth except Alec, so I figured he'd be playing again.

"Seizure, is it possible that an adult is saying," Seizure "?"

"Eh... so... so..."

But young Ruth immediately understood what Alec meant by “spirits.”Even if Marianne hadn't told you about it, you might have that kind of information coming in from an adult.

Alec couldn't deny Ruth's approaching words and nodded honestly.

"Really! Can you see Alec too!?"

"Uhh... yeah"

Scared Alec affirmed, young Ruth froze with her eyes wide open.

Le, Ruth?

When Alec was suspicious of his actions, he eventually trembled and grabbed his shoulders.

"Wow! Alec, wow! Do you look good!?"

"Eh... um, yeah, I can see it."

Could it be that the rash after that was a spasm?

"Uh-huh. I got a mushroom bang."

When Alec talks honestly while being pushed by momentum, young Ruth's excitement is even higher.

"Wow, wow! Where are you!?Stinging!? "

"Um... I'm right there."

Alec was surprised at young Ruth's excitement, but nevertheless pointed to Ruth desperately.Even though I knew Ruth couldn't see, I waved at myself for a moment.

"Oh, I can't see! Where!?"

"I'm in front of you.I'm waving my hand at Ruth now. "

"Oh, really! Wow, wow!Wow! What kind of guy is that?!Is it big or small!? "

"Well, it looks like Ruth's mother."

"Eh, my mother!?"

"Yeah, he said he made you.But he's a man, so maybe he's not. "

"Wow! Can you make people look like you?!It's so awesome! It looks like I've seen it ~ "

Young Ruth remained excited.More than when Ruth told Alec that he was a spiritual person, just seeing him happy would tell him.

Ruth didn't feel bad when he was so happy.I thought I'd be surprised if I showed you.

"... Ruth, are you shivering me?"

But in contrast to young Ruth's excitement, somewhere calm Alec leans his neck.

"Huh? Are you there?"

"Yeah, I'm here... but I don't look like Ruth..."

"But you look like Alec, right?"

"Yeah."

"So, you're going to teach me all kinds of things like grass and mushrooms that you can eat?"

"Yeah."

"Well then, I'm here, and there's no mondai!"

Alec's anxious expression gradually glowered to the words of young Ruth, who had no doubt at all.

"So, Alec! What else did he tell you?"

"Uh, well, Ruth's dad's got some strawberries, they're better than the lapi, there's a small river with fish nearby."

"Eh, is there a river around here?"

"Yeah, well, I'm saying it's over there."

"Okay, let's go."

"Eh, hey, Ruth!"

Young Ruth ran off on his own.Alec, who was late, and Rosa, who realized that her son had suddenly started running, hurried to the back.

"Me, it's so annoying... really"

Ruth sighed as he followed him.

Shortly after young Ruth ran away, a small river appeared.The water doesn't seem to be flowing there because of the terrain, but I can see that there are beautiful mountains and waters flowing.

"Really! It's small, but there's a river!"

"Ah, there it is!"

The two were delighted to discover the river where Alec said.

Rosa, who came after her later, knew about the small river on the boulder, but was surprised that they discovered it on their own.

"I knew it was awesome! Alec, that's good!"

"... yeah! Isn't that amazing!"

Young Ruth praised him for letting go, so Alec smiled.

When I reported it to Noah yesterday, I must have really wanted him to believe it.

(Ah... again)

Memories come back.One day, all of a sudden, Alec talks about spirits.At the time, Ruth had no doubt about what Alec was saying and was honestly jealous.I feel very nostalgic.

Now that I think about it, I have a lot of ability to place wild vegetables, mushrooms and rivers, but I was impressed to be taught what they don't know from their invisible existence.

By the way, I remember Ruth telling Rosa to keep the Spirit secret.When I told the adults, I was mistaken for taking the Spirit away.The Spirit was a mere tool of play for Ruth and the others at the time, so there was no choice.

Afterwards, Alec and the three of them returned to the village before the sun went down, after receiving the advice of Ruth.

"Here, for Alec. Eat with everyone in the church."

When Brau returned home, Rosa said that and gave him the meat of the lapi that she had taken with her tricks today.

"Eh... but I..."

"Thanks to Alec, I got some good mushrooms and weeds today.This is a thank-you. Don't hesitate to take it. "

"But...."

"If Rihala and Noah get too much together for the hunt, go to the Goraths - the butcher's shop.I'll talk to Gorath. It's okay. "

Rosa doesn't know that the three orphanages don't eat meat properly, so she probably took Alec's confused words for "trouble if it's too much."Follow me for that.

"... yeah. Thank you, Uncle Rosa."

"That's fine."

When Alec receives the meat from Rosa, he takes it to church with the other mushrooms and weeds.

"Great, Alec. The Rihalas will be delighted."

"Yeah... thank you, too, Seii-san."

"You're welcome."

Honestly, Alec thanked me and Ruth smelled.

I taught wild grass and so on as an action that was intended to gain trust from Alec, but I want to do a lot of things when I'm happy with it.

Hey, Seirei-san

"What is it?"

"What's your name?"

"My name is Lou...."

As usual, I almost said my name, so I stopped in a hurry.

Even though I have a child Ruth, it gets complicated when I name myself Ruth.But it seems to have stopped a little too late.

"Is your name Lou?"

"Eh... no, um..."

"Isn't that Lou?"

Er...

"What's your name? Loose mouthed when asked with his gaze.I was originally bad at naming it, and now I'm in a hurry and I'm not doing well.

"Um, well... uh, 'Lou' is good..."

After all, I didn't think of it at all, and even if I was called bad at it, I might not notice it, so I decided to make it good with "Lou".It's kind of halfway through, but I didn't think of it at all, so there's nothing I can do about it.

"You must be Lou! Nice to meet you, Lou."

"Yeah, nice to meet you, Alec."

But Alec seemed happy to hear his name.

Ruth decided to convince him, "If Alec isn't confused."

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Rihala and Noah came back just at the same time when they got to the back of the church because they were a little late.

"Alec, it's late today... what's in your hand?"

"It's a delicacy!"

"Eh... from where?"

"Uncle Rosa gave it to me!"

"Who's Rosa... from the Brau family?"

"Yes, Ruth's father!"

Alec wants to see the meat he received and takes it out of the wrapped leaves.Rihala's throats rang in surprise as they saw fresh meat cut clean.

"No way... you just gave it to me?"

"Yeah, we went to the mountains together and took mushrooms, so we all ate."

"Alec's in the mountain...?"

"Could it be your back, too?"

Rihala gives Alec a bag.A bag containing mushrooms and wild grass.

"This is about mushrooms.I took it.Aunt Celine said it would be delicious if we had dinner yesterday. "

Rihala's eyes were wide open to Alec's story.But that was natural.

Until now, Alec had only been playing with Ruth and had not done anything to enrich their lives by picking weeds or getting to Rosa's hunt.Rihalas didn't say anything because it was only natural at the age of five.

And then all of a sudden, he came back with food, so he couldn't hide his surprise."Let's eat together."

"Rihala, you can eat this, right?"

"Oh, yeah. Of course I can eat."

"Good."

Rihala glances at Alec with a smile of joy, but it is obvious to anyone that her mouth is drawing an arc.On the contrary, Noah stroked his head praising "Well done, Alec."Alec seems to be very happy to hear a good response from both of us.

When the three of them had such a gentle atmosphere, the back door of the church opened.

"What are you doing out there? Hurry inside... Alec, what's in your hand?"

"Eh...."

With a sharp gaze on Honza coming from inside, Alec was found to be stiff.The hand with the meat is trembling.

(Ah, shit!)

Ruth was intuitively showing it, and I noticed that Honza would take the meat.

"Alec, hide the meat!It's nothing, it's dirt dumplings or something! "