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

"Brother Ruth, what's wrong?

"Ah...... no. Surprised that Addy was looking a lot different."

The voice had no problem with Ruth's earlier imaginary Addy, but he was too grown up.

Now I'm just wearing one thing like a brown robe, but with a decent figure, I might have looked more like an adult.

"... me, it's me. It's Addy, isn't it? You don't believe me because you look like this? I remember reading your book to Brother Ruth and drawing it with you. You praised me for" delicious "the last cup of tea I served...?

Addy can fool around with Shun. Ruth panicked at the look.

What Addy is saying is certainly a small interaction that only Ruth and Addy know. There's no way anyone else knows. It would be pathetic for Addy to doubt it.

(My appearance has changed, and it's Addy who's in shock, so I have to believe you)

"No, that's not true! 'Cause it's okay!

"... Could the Birds be surprised, too, and play? I want to play brave again..."

"It's okay, Addy. You might be a little surprised, but if we talk about the situation properly, the Birds will play as usual."

They're not children who care about appearance, but they won't be able to hide their surprise at Addy's change. Still, if there's any reason, such as it's sick, you'll understand correctly.

(brave dude...... you look like an adult due to the side effects of treatment, but the contents really stay a child......)

Ruth was horrified by Addy's childish words. It still looks like this kid is definitely Addy.

"Well, shall we go outside? It's here, so if you stay home today..."

"Wait, Brother Ruth"

Addy grabs her wrist and holds Ruth back as she tries to head outside. I was a little surprised by the strength of that power.

I've interacted quite a bit with Addy before, but I've never been grabbed so hard. Can't I add or subtract my powers well because of my changing physique?

"Hey, what's up, Addy?

"I need to talk to Brother Ruth first..."

The voice felt a little different from Addy, who had just said 'I want to be brave'. I don't know what you're thinking flat. It's like an adult I don't know.

But such discomfort was dispelled with the following words:

"The only reason I haven't been able to talk to you is because of him - Wonok."

"Huh?"

"Wonock blocked my throat so I couldn't talk."

I couldn't keep up with what Addy was saying. Wonok's power is enormous, and I'll be fine with the outrageous. He's beyond Ruth's imagination.

But blocking the throat of a little kid, I didn't think I'd imitate it.

"... there was a reason...?

"Right. There was a reason. Of course I know why."

"Oh well. What kind of reason is that?

I felt kind of scared to hear “Why Don't You Let Addy Speak Out” that Ruth didn't know.

Addy has been staring at Ruth with cold eyes.

"It's easy. - Ruth, to make sure I don't talk too much."

"What do you mean?

Addy's little eyes laughed. I think I saw that smile somewhere. But I can't remember.

"Ruth, I don't remember your brother, but I do. He's the one who remembers Brother Ruth."

A thin tube crawls between the thigh and skin.

"... Keeping memories?

"That's right. I didn't want Brother Ruth to remember what was inconvenient to me, and Wonock forced me to turn it off."

I felt cold from the tip of my head and cold sweat flowing from my forehead.

"An inconvenient thing...?

"Yes, I am."

Addy's fingertips touch Ruth's cheek.

"Good luck remembering, Brother Ruth. Brother Ruth is watching. What ordinary people shouldn't know."

"Things you shouldn't know"

I felt a letter painted in Addy's little eyes. I don't think I've even seen it.

Letters come up in my brain.

"Sitteheikenaikoto"

"- I taught you a lot, but you can't go back to earth with the knowledge you've gained here."

Wonok's words, which should not be remembered, have come back to life. It can't be Wonok who doesn't care about others or anything else, a voice of sadness.

My skin all over my body was noisy, my hands and feet trembled, my body temperature disappeared from my fingertips, and a sudden cold struck me. A mozoic sensation dominates my head.

"... Alec, the brave man, will be made a pillar, won't he? Brother Ruth."

Yusha human basila.

- In my head, the sound of breaking glass rang.

"The Celestial God we believe in is about the heroes of the past - the four people who sleep here, right?

'... has Mr. Wonok seen the world of men for a thousand years?

'It's not a big deal. Compared to these four, the funnier the lesser the responsibility'

"… the four have sacrificed themselves to protect this planet from the calamity created by mankind - as if they had become" pillars of humanity "".

"Three Hundred Years More...... No, At Least A Hundred Years"

"Hey Ruth. Who do you think those two are?

"It doesn't even appear in Celestialism, these two figures................ who do you imagine the two of you are?

A huge amount of memories that shouldn't have flowed all at once into Ruth's head. That was similar to what I felt when I remembered my previous life.

"Ah... ah..."

And at the same time, my hands and feet tremble with memories I remember. An unprecedented fear struck Ruth.

"Oh, ahhh... Huh! Alec!"

Ruth jumped out of the room calling Alec's name.

Addy was saying something from behind, but it didn't sound like Ruth right now. Maybe it doesn't matter how Addy knows what he just told you.

"Ha, ha..."

Ruth returns to earth using the Demon Square and runs straight to the dungeon where Alec and the others headed.

Nothing bothered me about the surrounding sounds, the callable voices, the sky where the sun began to fall.

- Alec, no! Alec, no! You can't go deep in that dungeon! Alec, Alec!

Two brave men who showed up before Alec.

The ages were different, they followed a path similar to that of Alec today, reaching the deepest part of the building, which Ruth and the inhabitants of Hashi village believed was just a dungeon.

And they were both made human pillars with the Four Gods. With the Four Gods who keep sleeping to save the world a thousand years ago. - To seal the disaster.

Alec is a brave man. As it is, it will be made a human pillar just like the two of the past, and Ruth will not wake up while she is alive. - That means eternal goodbye to Ruth.

(I don't like that! Alec!)

Ruth on the dungeon crouched into the entrance closed by Alec and tried to open the door. But the entrance, which had no handle, remained closed and not even freaked out. The door was thicker than Ruth's face when it closed. It won't be possible to open it with people's arms.

"Then... Ha, ha, ha... Somewhere, open the entrance, there must be a switch! Orha, look with me!

Orha, jumping out of the sheath he was wearing on his hips, began to look for the ground with Ruth. I don't know if there's anything like an eye in that body, but I'm waving my knife low and blowing sand and pebbles.

"No... no... where!?

But the two of us searched, and we didn't see anything like a switch near the entrance.

Eventually the sun begins to fall and the surroundings darken. Ruth lit the light of life magic, a dim glow appearing in the dark forest.

(I don't know what to do, I have to stop the Aleks, but I can't even chase them...!

The impatience was exacerbated by the fact that the door did not open and the surroundings were dimmer and dimmer.

If we can't stop the Aleks heading deep, we may never see each other again. I want to scream if I think so. I was pissed that I couldn't do anything.

(Why, why, I don't have any power...!

Ruth slammed his fists at the door where Alec and the others left.

If Ruth had any unusual power at all, he might have been able to force this door open. Maybe we could have found another entrance and broken in. I might have been able to retain Alec and the others without Wonock erasing my memory properly in the first place. I couldn't help but be angry about my helplessness when I thought so.

"Alec... please, don't go... eh"

Orha jumps around Ruth, who lays on the ground and slaps his fist. But Ruth couldn't afford to speak up to Orha right now. At the same time, such two people neglected to detect signs to their surroundings.

So when I heard people's voices nearby, I was surprised enough to jump up.

"Brother Ruth, over here!

"Huh!"

I hear the boy I was with until earlier, and Ruth looks up at me lying down. He turns his gaze once to Orha, who flies around the perimeter, while alerting to those whose voices sound.

"This way!

Boy - Addy's voice rang from under the cliff a little further from where Ruth was. When Ruth gets as close as he can see, he waves and calls me 'Come to yourself'.

"Addy, why are you here?

"Brother Ruth suddenly jumped out and left, so I came after him worried. Look at this more than that."

A cylindrical cylinder was popping out of the ground where Addy put his finger. There is a large hole in the center of the cylinder. Similar to a chimney. The material appeared to be stone, but the accuracy of the circle suggests that it is an artifact rather than a natural object.

The diameter is slightly larger than Ruth's face, and the height is less than the hips on which he's kneed.

(That's for sure with Ed...)

We met at the Spirit Festival, Ed, a boy of the Spirit Clan. I think I saw this cylinder when I came near the dungeon to find him. At that time, Ed was hearing friends from this cylinder, telling Ruth.

"There's a slight breeze coming up here. Look at that? Here..."

When Addy picks up the leaves nearby and brings them over the cylinder, he releases his hand. The fallen leaves rose flutterly, and when they danced high in the sky, they fell straight off the cylinder. There's definitely a breeze coming from inside.

(No way this... it is. That basement building was so big)

The place where Ruth and the others are now is far from the entrance to the dungeon. It is unlikely to be connected to that dungeon from the direction.

But that building beneath it was so huge that it couldn't be compared to a dungeon or anything else.

(This could be the vent of that building...)

When I saw him as Ed, Ruth hadn't noticed because he had lost his memory, but the cylindrical cylinder in front of him looks terribly like the wall inside the building. Even from the fact that that building is buried in the ground, the possibility of a vent connecting from that place to this point cannot be discarded.