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

That night, tomorrow, I did something like a farewell party to the Knights members about going back to the King's Capital. It seems that a grand feast has already been struck from daylight at the village chief's residence, but even the innkeepers who took care of him wanted to drink it.

The Blau family, who arrived at the table with the Knights, enjoyed their meal together by opening the high liquor bottle they had "received” from the village chief's house. Ruth can't drink in front of her parents either, but what happened within their talking Knights was hilarious and she laughed at them as if they were drunk.

(Ha ~ That was fun)

Ruth, who finished cleaning up instead of Celine, who went to the drunken Rossa and her caregivers, called out to the two of them in the living room of her mother's house to go away, where she had her own room.

Then he poked in the hallway, in front of Ruth's room, and noticed the person standing with his head.

"Mr. Maxim, what's wrong? Do you have a headache?

"Ru, Lord Ruth!

Maxim seems surprised by Ruth's appearance and jumps up exaggerated. But when I shook my head like I had decided to, I stared at Ruth.

"I'd like to talk to you for a moment... Would you like some time?

"Talking?

I thought the living room would be better off if we were to talk, but I thought it was hard to talk where my parents were squirming, and Ruth invites Maxim into his own room. While leaning his neck towards Maxim, who looked nervous, he suggested that the only chair in the room be pointed toward the bed before sitting down, and he sat himself in the bed.

But Maxim did not sit in a chair, but for some reason sat directly on the floor in front of Ruth sitting on the bed. And...

"Sorry!

"Huh?"

Ruth tries to get up in surprise at Maxim, who suddenly bows his head and makes an apology, but the words went on earlier than that.

"Hopefully I'll do my best for you, this time out of order! I feel sorry for myself, Maxim Calaferty, and I can't help it!

Ruth realized he was drunk when he hit Gong in the head and apologized again. Speaking of which, I think I kept drinking at a pretty high pace. I thought it was okay because it wouldn't show up on my face, but apparently he's pretty drunk.

Ruth sat beside Maxim, slamming her back as she raised her face, for a moment speaking out to calm her down.

"No, no, no, no, no. Mr. Maxim and the others played a proper role in the rear raiders, didn't they? He also defeated the remaining demons in the village."

"But while we were happy to win, the village was attacked by Bal and Lord Ruth was seriously ill... oh, what was I doing!

"I didn't know, so I had no choice."

"If we had returned soon, at least Lord Ruth would not have been seriously ill..."

"No, that is difficult….."

Ruth sighs at Maxim, who is kind of continuing to blame himself.

His serious personality is disastrous and Maxim seems to feel responsible for this disturbance. I didn't see that during the day, but I guess I had an explosion because I drank too much alcohol.

But honestly, this is an unexpected situation, and it's obvious that it's not a matter of the Knights' movement. Rather, if you say who is to blame, Ruth might have more.

Because that bal that attacked the village seemed to be an individual who was there when he met Maxim, and Ruth's cast iron knife came out of the carcass. That means that if I could have stabbed Todome in the first place, I wouldn't have been in a situation like this one.

Well, that won't even start.

I'm not running away from responsibility, but I don't know who's to blame. I don't know how far back to go. Of course Ruth is unwilling to blame others, but she is unwilling to blame herself. I have decided that unfortunate coincidences have only overlapped in this case. Otherwise, I lifted it up to my arm and knocked it down, but it would make me moya.

"Mr. Maxim, please raise your face. I'd be mad if I did more than that, wouldn't I?

"…… Lord Ruth."

Ruth smiled nicely as she reassured Maxim, who looked pitiful and raised her face.

"I thank Maxim and the others very much. In the first place, this demonic hunt, without Mr. Maxim and the others, I think that would have been a big deal for the village. Thanks to all of you, that's all I need."

"But..."

"I can move my body safely now, and I have no sequelae. The village is the way it has always been. I think that's enough."

"Lord Ruth..."

"Thanks to you the village can live normally again. I'm very grateful that you came. Thank you, Mr. Maxim."

When Ruth firmly thanked Maxim, Maxim finally put his complexion back on track. Then she smiles slightly as she turns her body to Ruth, who sits next to her. My cheeks were dyed to my senses.

"Lord Ruth, you are still a goddess."

"Huh? Again... what are you talking about, Mr. Maxim? I'm not a woman, am I?

'You're drunk,' he laughed bitterly as he thought, and Maxim grabbed Ruth's palm, which was on the floor. Ruth feels kind of weird, being held in a palm much bigger than he is.

When I realized it, Maxim's eyes sparkled for some reason, and I felt that the colour tone around him was spreading from time to time.

"Ma, mr. Maxim?

"No. I'm not talking about the goddess Zenobia... you're the goddess... no, you're the only one for me."

"Eh?"

"Lord Ruth."

Maxim pulls Ruth's hand and packs the distance.

Surprised Ruth tries to open the distance, but Maxim pulled his hand as far as he could not allow it. Ruth panicked even though he was stiff in front of an imminent man.

I have no idea what's going on.

"You might be confused if I told you this, but I'm gonna..."

As soon as Maxim tried to say something with a serious face - batan! and a terrific noise sounded.

'Huh?'

If the two of us were surprised by the dull sound of heavy objects falling from heaven - and looked behind Maxim, people were falling down there for some reason.

The person had blonde hair, and a miserable amulet she remembered peeking from her nostalgia.

"- Alec!?

Ruth raised her voice to the figure of her best friend who wanted to see her.