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

'Come on, time is full. The time has come for you to fulfill your mission. He who guides the fate of xx -'

(... now... what)

On the verge of waking up, Ruth thought she heard a voice that could not be a man or a woman.

(Who guides the fate of XX...... do you mean "who guides the fate of the brave"?

"The one who guides the fate of the brave" is the title attached to Ruth, previously heard of by Wonok. I don't know exactly what that means. "Do I have anything to do with Alec?" It's only a degree of recognition. I've never heard such an announcement before.

"But what do you mean, 'do your mission'?

Even if you think in doubt, you don't know what you're saying to Ruth, who is an ordinary person.

The fate of the brave, or Alec's, I meant to guide him, but I didn't think Ruth, who wasn't even on the journey, could do such a big thing.

"I'm sure Alec will soon find out about this..."

Ruth rose out of bed, a pain in the ass to think about. Open the window and let the outside air into the room.

Outside the cold Citstiadis approaching, sometimes early in the morning, the quiet air spreads. The leaves had not yet fallen, but the richness of the fruitful season had faded a lot. I feel a little chilly in my bedtime.

"- Ruth"

"Ah, yes!

Mother Celine's voice rang from downstairs, and Ruth rushed to change, down the stairs.

When I finished my morning job at the inn, it became breakfast for the Blau family.

Bread bought next door, thinly sliced Boreal meat, fresh vegetables picked on the village high ground. Everyone is somewhat twitchy before breakfast, which is no different than usual.

"Today at last."

"Ugh, yeah......"

Ruth was moaning about the dream, but I felt like I woke up when Celine told me. Strange words that bothered me until earlier soon disappeared from my head as well.

(You've really had a lot going on this past year...)

Beginning with an unexpected demon hunt that welcomed Knights Commander Maxim, a serial murder in an inn involving Ziltanian Second Prince Kia (?) The incident, the people-grabbing & melting demon noise that led me to become involved with Yuan and Karen, the half of Dwarf and Elf, the great problem of Alec losing the power of the brave, the trouble of being trapped in a world of unending stories with the son Ed of the Spirit King.

(All of it, you cut through so well, I... maybe you're lucky)

And the recent brainwashing disturbances in the village, which stood up with the artificial weapon Cyrus, also caused some confusion, but in the end did not have a significant impact on the village.

Thanks to Wang Capital officials catching the killer and touching his brother Clark and others that the noise in the village had been resolved, we lost so much that customers also appeared in the Blau family. Instead of selling my father Rossa's special dried meat for a broken price of eighty percent off, calling it a resumption sale, it might have been nice to have the rumors spread. The pedestrians, who had left early enough before, were also coming back with awkward faces. I'm sure it's a gift of the Blau family's efforts from time to time.

The remainder of my heart in the last case is about Cyrus falling asleep again, but all this can't help but ruth making a scene. The next time I woke up and saw him, I had to always prepare boreal meat to try to get him to eat a lot of delicious food.

(Fans season is almost over...)

Then the season passed and the monster hunt for the season of Fans, which came again, although Maxim was the only one who could not come, came a lot of the knights of the King's Capital and this year ended without any particular problems. If I were to say so, would it bother you that the number of demons was much lower than usual?

Alec said he had visited us this time of year, but it ended without much activity.

Then the moon flowed for a while - today was the day I waited for.

(I don't know yet...)

Ruth is cleaning the guestrooms on the third floor, feeling softened like that. I've cleaned the same place three times since earlier and have spent a lot of time naughty, but that didn't bother me either. Because I don't have any other plans today.

But without anything happening, it will eventually be time for the sun to start heading towards the earth.

As Ruth stopped doing things and looked out the window in his room, suddenly a mild vibration came through.

(This is...)

Ruth put his upper body out and looked up above.

I don't see anything around me, but I notice the sunlight shading the village until earlier.

Looking over, there's...

"Hey, it's Gilmore!

Above the village of Hashi was Gilmore, a ship flying in the sky. It is said that two hundred people can be accommodated, a large ship that Alec and his brave men are using as a means of movement. Usually he disappears and travels higher in the sky, but at this time, as he approached Hashi village, he was showing his luxurious appearance around him and starting to descend.

As the ship passes through the village, it stops in the nearby woods and begins to drop altitude.

Ruth rushed down the stairs.

"Ruth, of now!?

"I'm here, I think I'm here!

"Oh is that true!?

Ruth goes outside with both her parents. Similarly, villagers were coming out of the villages' houses. I guess we all immediately perceived Alec's presence in the appearance of Gilmore, who had seen it as that sound.

Their faces were a surprise at the sudden appearance of the ship, but they were different for the people of the Blau family.

(As promised, Alec is back!

Ruth had been informed in advance by Alec that he would be returning by boat to the village today. That's why I've been waiting for this day. Of course I make vacancies in the inn.

After a while, a lively voice is heard from the entrance of the village. As residents near the square sipped and watched, a row with a gorgeous atmosphere eventually showed their faces to the square.

"It's Alec and the others!

"Welcome home, Alec!

"Welcome home, Brother Alec!

People show their faces, Alec. Running over to the line. Some appeared surprised by the sudden return, but I could see that everyone in the village was welcoming.

Alec's people are equally welcome, and they all wave in the light.

The square was filled with warm voices and cheers, making it so busy that it was not seen in the usual villages. Fished by that voice, the people who worked at home are also out the window waving at the Aleks and welcoming them with applause.

Ruth rejoiced at the warm sight. People didn't change their attitude when they found out Alec was a brave man, and this is how they were accepting it made them feel unspeakable joy.

Alec looks around as Ruth asks what's going on away from the villagers gathering that way.

"Ruth."

"Alec"

When Alec found Ruth, he loosened his eyes and scratched the villagers closer. Ruth, too, turns to Alec, wondering if that's enough.

Alec, laughing happily at me, reached up, so I reached out as well as if I was going to shake your hand.

"Welcome home alle - ooh!?

Ruth, who was grabbed by Alec and drawn to him, was held high by his hips as he approached him. Lifted higher than Alec's head, he is held with his hands still under his hips and legs. Sitting vertically with Alec's arm. Alec's head, coming to his chest, rubs off at his usual condition.

"Hey, hey, Alec"

Confused by being lifted higher than the perimeter, Ruth felt her face turn red when she noticed the villagers' gaze gathering on herself. Though his relationship with Alec is well known, he's not saying he's fine with being seen by the audience.

But Alec of the moment made a stubborn voice on Ruth's chest.

"Why don't you come closer? Hey. I thought you'd be right on your side when you walked into the square."

"No, after Alec and the others greeted each other, I thought I'd get closer. That's all."

Don't interrupt your greetings with everyone, and Ruth held back the desire to rush over. It's not like I wasn't looking forward to seeing Alec again, and when I told him early from the rush that he was being watched, Alec looked up from his chest.

"I hope so. I missed you, Ruth. I'm home."

He smiled really happy and Ruth swallowed up the "put me down because I'm ashamed" complaint. If my love smiles at me like that, I'll have to surrender to Ruth. I can stand enough to be seen by the villagers.

Ruth smiled as she thought, 'I just got back in the transfer technique during this time, so I wasn't very far apart'.

"I missed you too, Alec.... Welcome home"

What Alec is saying is, "I'm home." It means I won't be traveling any further. This greeting was important to Ruth.

"Oh. I'm home."

Alec laughed as the flowers blossomed at Ruth's words. Ruth groans unbearably small at the strongest sparkling smile of flowers and stars flying, causing his gaze to wander off Alec's face. My heart was so annoyed that I couldn't watch.

I heard applause and a warm laugh at the way it was going from those around me who were watching in silence. That also seemed to contain half a shudder, such as' I can't help it ', but it seemed to me that he was normally accepting of the Ruth's.

"Alec, I'm not holding Ruth up forever. Put him down."

Curtis, one of his companions, the sorcerer, finally gave me a help boat when Ruth was in the mood for more shame than he could stand, to Alec, who wouldn't move with a hug.

"Why not?"

"Ruth wants you to put it down."

"............... you want me to put it down?

"Put it down... I can't do this any more..."

Alec, who was still reluctant, but when Ruth told me honestly, he finally put me down to the ground.

When I could breathe as much air as I wanted, Ruth sighed loudly, pulling my jaw. Alec's face approached its limit and something soft hit his lips when he thought he felt nostalgic that he had been pulled like this outside before.

"Hmm?

Alec's face, back to the visible position again, creates a niggling grin.

I could see that the surroundings that you had been watching me calmly were making a lot of noise.

"Ah, Alec... you..."

"We need to make it look easy to understand because it's a lot of trouble."

"... well, I don't need that"

"I'm here."

Angry at Alec, who looks like a natural and says it out, but the other person just reaches out to Ruth's face and strokes him with pleasure, not at all intentional. Ruth understands with years of experience. It's no use saying anything to Alec at times like this.

"Alec...... keep it that way"

"Okay, sweetheart."

But Alec's finger finally leaves, as his neck was pulled by Garcia, a former knight who shouted at Ruth's face.

Alec, away from Ruth, went back to his usual expression and looked back at his companions. That's such a serious look I don't think I was playing with Ruth's face while nibbling earlier.

"First, I'll go to the village chief and finish my errands first."

"Ha...... yes yes"

And Alec's companions answered, bewildered and accustomed, and went together toward the village chief's house. The villagers warmly drop it off.

(... get back home)

Ruth, left alone, gently returned to the inn, still unable to even look around him bothering.

I didn't think I wanted to go outside for a while.