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

Soon after that disturbance, the village's adults learned about the crimes that Honza was committing from the village chief's mouth.

Adults were losing their words to the crime that was happening right next to them.If I made a mistake, I might have been involved in crime all over the village, so I guess I didn't think it was other personnel.Afterwards, it was decided to review the relationship between the villagers, the church and the orphanage.

Alec, who brought the evidence, told the village chief and others about Ruth, who instructed him to act, but unfortunately the story was lost because Rodia, the superior spirits, could not sense the signs.The village chief seems to have explained that Alec did it of his own volition while creating a delusional existence.Maybe he thought so because he saw some of Alec's heroic powers.

After a while, the village chief took Honza, merchants, and slaves to King's Landing.This incident involves a priest sent from the country, so I couldn't leave it to anyone else.

After a while, the village chief returned with Father Johann.

The village chief had told the surroundings that the newly arrived Father Johann was simply a substitute for Honza, but the real reason why the brilliant superior priest, Johann, had come as a priest must have been due to Alec's early awakening.

In other words, the village chief would have known at this point why Father Johann came to the village and Alec's ability to be a brave man.I knew that a messenger from King's Landing would come to the village one day and had been playing for over a decade.

(After all, the village chief is Tanuki.... and that was Alec's first awakening.)

Alec's first awakening, he didn't even know Ruth was supposed to be by his side.I didn't know I was an adult, and I didn't expect to know under these circumstances.

Rihala and Noah were discovered by the villagers immediately after the commotion and sent to a priest who could use the healing techniques of the nearby city.I must have decided that the injury caused by Honza was too bad to be healed in Hashi Village.The village chief didn't tell Alec about it in detail.

After that, unfortunately, they never returned to Hashi village, but the village chief told Alec that they were doing well in another city.

(I'm a little sorry about Rihala and Noah, but Alec's fine now....)

A few weeks after the incident, Alec was able to lead a decent life by Father Johann.

Rihala and Noah are gone, and there are no other orphans yet, so the two of them continue to live indefinitely, but they can also eat three meals made by adults, rest in proper beds, and be taught to study when Father Johan has free time.Alec laughed more often in the church than he did in Honza.

(And I (Ruth) was furious... quite naturally.)

The troublemaker, young Ruth, was so angry that his parents cried.But thanks to the village mayor's follow-ups, I had to skip a meal.However, the snack has been gone for a while.

Also, young Ruth, who hated the church, occasionally went out to play in order for Alec to make Father Johann's story better.I wouldn't call the priest an 'old man I don't know' anymore.

Of course, all of Honza's Alec rumors have been corrected - rather than children's (Ruth's) retaliation, adults stopped saying anything.

(How can you help me?)

I know I'm not a smart kid.Honestly, I guess it's stupid.However, I felt like I couldn't say anything because the foolishness was not only having a negative effect on Alec.

Ruth sat on the chair of the church with that in mind.

(... so how long will I be here?)

All Alec's problems have been solved.From here, I can imagine that it leads to the history Ruth knows.There are no anxiety factors at all.

And yet Ruth couldn't get out of this world.

(My own sense of consciousness is getting crazy, so I don't feel like it's going to be long, but I can't stay here forever.)

A few weeks have passed since the confrontation with Honza, but Ruth wasn't always watching the world during that time.

From that day on, my consciousness was unexpectedly distant and suddenly woke up.Instead of experiencing each day in the same amount of time, it continued to be able to show only important parts of the diary.

And that's not all.

(Ah, here it comes....)

A young boy comes into a beautiful church with a hammer.Today is a day of prayer, so I'm guessing we're going to clean it before everyone gets here.

The boy suddenly looked up to heaven after sweeping the floor seriously and making up the chairs and the like.

"Lou... where are you?Aren't you coming out anymore? "

With that said, the boy Alec searches for Ruth.But no matter how close you get, Ruth sitting in the chair won't see Alec's eyes.

Alec, this is it.

"Lou?"

His green eyes won't turn toward Alec when he calls.

"... you can't see me anymore, Alec."

After the confrontation with Honza, Alec was unable to see or hear Ruth.

I don't know if the shock was strong when I woke up or whether it was a side effect when I woke up, but even if Ruth came to the side and called again and again, Alec could no longer notice.

"... Lou"

"Alec, you can finish cleaning.Let's have breakfast. "

"Ah, yes! I'm on my way."

Father Johann called out, and Alec left the church with a cleaning kit without noticing any sign of Ruth.

(What happens to me when I can't talk to anybody, I don't know who I am, and I can't go back to modern times...)

If I had experienced the normal amount of time in the past few weeks, I might have gone crazy, but fortunately I lost consciousness many times and had to go through serious situations because of the fast passage of time.

(Nevertheless, you can't keep going like this... and today)

Ruth knows the day “today.”

For Alec, and for Ruth, it's the day when the events that have shaped our lives happen.

Having finished eating breakfast, Alec sat down in the church chair as soon as he could, waiting for the time to come up early.

"Hello, Alec."

Good morning, Ruth!

Today is a day of prayer.

A day of prayer once every seven days since Father Johann came.On the day of prayer, which had been held only a few times, the villagers had been struck by Father Johan's enthusiastic words, and nature and many villagers had gathered in the church.

Even the village chief, who had hesitated to bring Marianne closer to the church, visited her parents and children.Of course, the Brau family and Ruth's mother Celine, who was a more devoted believer, Rosa, Clark and Ruth also came to church this day.

(Oh, you're going to see it again... "Today”)

Experience it in real life and dream it over and over again.At the same time as nostalgia, complex thoughts arise.

Children who finish their prayers and return home from the church.Adults are staring at such children with a smile.

At the heart of the children is General Kid's young Ruth.

Alec was in a good mood to hold hands with Ruth, but Daniel was hanging him up a bit and he was depressed.Alec's attitude did not differ significantly from before the incident, whether he was unconscious or had vague memories, even though he exerted that much power a few weeks ago.

--Suddenly there is a shadow in such a calm sight.

"Ruth!?"

Ruth, who was holding hands with Alec, suddenly fell in the middle of the square.The people around him rushed in surprised at Ruth, who was the center of the children.

"Ruth, Ruth! What's wrong, Ruth?"

Alec, with his face bluished, turned Ruth sideways and his strong closed eyes opened.

"Ah... what is this!? What's going on!?"

Loose, who woke up with his eyebrows raised, was clearly different from before.

A body that moves in a way that does not seem to be a child.Eyebrows and wonders about the surrounding expression.Although the quality of the voice remains young, it is a clear pronunciation with words like adults.

"Who are you... no, Mother?"

There was no boy named Ruth Braw who kicked an adult a few weeks ago and led the kids into a commotion.

(... objectively, it's creepy.)

I can see the creepiness very well by looking at Ruth, who was rampaging around.There was a feeling of discomfort as if someone else had taken over.As proof of that, not only the children on the side, but also the adults and even Ruth's parents stared as if they had seen a monster.

(Only Alec... handled it normally this time.)

It was Ruth who was looking at himself from afar in the past, but he was concerned and approached the side.I turned to Alec in front of him and asked him if he could see anything.

(Is that...?)

But the look on Alec's face was different than Ruth had imagined.

(At this time, Alec certainly didn't change anything, so he called me....)

From Ruth, who said something strange, Alec was the only one who said, "Well done."He was the only one who stayed the same and was saved by it. But...

(Alec "What should I do" look like....)

But the look on Alec's face at this time was confusing.It's the same look as the surroundings.If you look closely, the hands that are not connected are small and trembling.It was obvious that I was afraid of Ruth's leopard, who remembered his previous life and had a confused memory and changed his words and behavior.

(Is that...?)

It feels like something you cherished is going to break.Despair as if what I believed was my own self-indulgent delusion - but for a while.

"----Ruth, you're crying."

The moment Alec murmured, his frightened expression tightened and his tremors stopped.

The eyes with a strong determination were as bright as when they confronted Honza.

Alec reached out to Ruth without hesitation and hugged him.

"Well done, Ruth. It's not scary, so don't cry."

"Ah, so, k...."

Alec hugged her and found Ruth soothing, weeping from anxiety and confusion.

Eventually, his parents and brother returned to Ruth's side, ignoring the punctured gaze.

Ruth collapsed immediately afterwards.

Suddenly, the fever was high, and the consciousness was cloudy. It was not a conversation.Father Johann came and checked his body, but there was no further change than the fever and he couldn't be cured by healing, so he felt at ease anyway.

Alec was by Ruth's side the whole time, holding hands.Father Johann, who came to pick me up in the evening, urged me to go home, but I stubbornly refused and ended up staying with the Brau family overnight.It would be a big change for an honest Alec who never disobeyed what people say.

"Then go to sleep when you get sleepy, Alec."

"Yeah."

"You don't have to wake up."

"Yes, ma'am. Good night."

"... good night"

Celine leaves the room with a bitter smile, rooted in Alec who doesn't want to leave Ruth's side for a while.

In the quiet room, Ruth's groaning voice echoed.

"What is this... where... what is this... somebody..."

"Ruth... it's okay, it's okay..."

Alec shook Ruth's hand with a bitter voice.As a result, Ruth's moans gradually decreased, and he could hear his sleep again.

(Thank you, Alec....)

Looking at the two of them, I was completely relieved of the annoying mind once.Instead, your chest feels warm.

Alec, staring at Ruth, raised his face whispering something.

"I'm going to get better. It's going to get better so I can stay with Ruth."

The look on his face wasn't as young as when he first met him.Looking straight ahead, Ruth knew that Alec's face was still shining with a strong light.

Alec wasn't strong from the beginning.It didn't suddenly get stronger.It gradually became stronger.

"Ah...."

From where Alec and young Ruth were holding hands, I saw a strange light flooding.Ruth felt the light melting his body.The world is shaking and your senses are slowing down.I found myself disappearing.

"So, look somewhere, Lou..."

Focusing on Alec with a strong eye, the world disappeared in light.