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

Ugh!

"--What's the matter, Ruth!?"

A little later, Alec, running with his hands tied together, aggressively pulled up Ruth, who was about to fall.That prevented Ruth from poking his head on the ground, but the discomfort of pulling his legs remained.

What the-!?

Looking back at his feet, Ruth raised his voice close to screaming.

"Hey... I wonder... yeah... one of them..."

Sticking to Ruth's leg was a white boy floating in a dark ark.A neat and prominent look, a treacherous expression, which I saw earlier.

"Zagres!?"

Eh!?

Maxim, who was running in front of Ruth's voice, noticed and came back.And I was surprised to see the boy grabbing Ruth's leg.

"Lord Ruth, who is this child?"

"Did you just say" Zagres "?"

"Zagres!?"

When they heard Maxim and Yuan's voice, Kia and Ed, who had been running in front of them, returned.And equally surprised at the appearance of the white boy.

"That's Zagres!?"

"It's different from what I saw....."

I guess you're taking on one figure because you don't have the strength anymore.Now that I'm clinging to Ruth, it must be easy to buy his sympathy. "

"Ah, Alec...."

"Hey, get away from Ruth. Don't act like you're attracting more sympathy now."

Alec reaches out to the boy holding onto Ruth's leg.But his hands were empty and he could not touch the boy's body.

"What do you mean?"

"... thoughts."

"Thought body?"

"Oh, Zagres is dead. That's for sure.But thoughts - these are the only thoughts that still linger in the ark. "

Alec says that there is nothing in the body of Zagres that calls it a fake.It's just a “thought shard," and somehow it came to Ruth and held on.

"I'm staying... is that okay?"

"Rest assured, I don't feel any magic.I can't do anything with this... Ruth, I can't touch this guy, but you can pull it off. Try it. "

"Uh-huh...."

Ruth crouched down and reached out to Zagreth's thoughtful body, which was clinging to his leg.When he gently touched his white shining body, he felt the substance on his fingertips.Ruth touches his clothes, but...

"I hate it... I hate it... don't throw it away... don't leave it... please, please..."

Zagres burst into tears thinking that Ruth would pull him out.

"One is scary, one is scary... why isn't anyone with me... why wasn't everybody with me before... why isn't anybody with me now... why, why, why, why...?"

Zagres grabbed Ruth's touch.

"Everyone used to praise me... why are you angry... everybody praise me... I'm glad... why... everybody... go somewhere..."

That said, Zagres began to cry silently.

"Ruth, don't let him fool you.As I said then, he's been alive for over a thousand years.It's not such a pure creature, it's just pretending. "

"Uhh... yeah, I know."

I knew it in my head, but it was hard to see a boy with no tears.I can't help it when it looks like I'm really suffering.

Ruth found his hand hesitant.As soon as I shake it off, I know he's so fragile that he's going to disappear.

(I know Zagres is cunning.... but this is what he really meant.)

One of them is scary......

One tried to do a good thing because he was scared.One tried to be praised for being scared.One did something to attract more attention because he was scared.--That's how Zagres escalated to escape fear.The beginning was really pure, and I just wanted someone to be by my side.

(I wonder if I can leave Zagres alone...)

In Ruth, the strong feeling of "I have to go home with Alec" and the feeling of "Can I leave Zagres alone like this?"

It's a strange feeling that you think of yourself and not yourself.

― ― Ruth!

Huh

Ruth, who was shaking his shoulders and trapped in a vortex of thought, noticed Alec's distressing eyes.

"Ruth, don't be fooled! Pay him! Please!"

"It's okay, Alec. I know."

Ruth knew this was Zagres's target.And I'm not gonna leave Alec alone.We had decided to go back to earth together since we came here.

I'm scared......

Zagres cries. When he sees him, his body shakes deep.

Go home with Alec.

─ ─ I can't leave Zagres alone.

Suddenly a different thought emerges from Ruth's thoughts.

As if another personality had come in, “he” stood firm in his determination not to leave Zagres alone.

(Hmm, what is this...?)

I'll stay by your side.

The voice of the tree spirit is different in me.

What's the matter, Ruth?

I'll take you there.

"... I don't know, someone else..."

"What the hell, Ruth!? Hey!"

(Stop it, don't have any more will in me!I'm going home with Alec!)

My soul won't be able to breathe like this.I have to take him, I have to go.

The thought of spreading a small ripple swells deep into your heart.

Something that had been trapped all along grew bigger, pushing Ruth's thoughts.

Let's take Zagres's hand.

Ruth's hand tries to move on its own.I grabbed the hand aggressively and stopped it.

"Stop, stop! Get out of me! Get out!"

The moment Ruth screamed, the world looked double.

From inside your body, the feeling that something you cherished is rolling out spreads.

─ huh!?

Huh?

The voice of surprise overlapped with that of Ruth.

"Why, you..."

Everyone is looking at a semi-transparent person appearing in front of Ruth.

Ruth knows that big back.

"Yazaki, Takashi..."

Ruth called the bear a big body, short hair that can't be long, muscles of arms on the thick torso, where Takashi Tanisaki, Ruth's predecessor, appeared in a semi-transparent figure.

(What's going on, this...?)

The sudden appearance of filial piety reached out to Zagres, who was clinging to Ruth's leg, and stroked his head, which was poking.

"Booze... no, Zagres? I'll stay with you.So let Ruth go.He can't go. "

……

I'll stay with you.Until the end. Until you don't feel lonely.Don't worry, don't cry anymore. "

Takashi reached out to Zagres and lifted his body a little.Zagres' tears are completely retracted by his sudden appearance of filial piety.

Alec lost his words to the strange sight of a semi-transparent filial piety embracing Zagres' body of thought.

The first to return was Karen, who had seen filial piety.

"Well... what do you mean?"

"Takashi Tanizaki has seen Ruth in his previous life... but he must have died, right?"

Ruth is there, so Doyle's body hasn't changed.

"And this guy is translucent, what's going on?"

"Does this mean that it's also a body of thought?"

I see. The body of thought.

"Was it a jerk?"

Alec woke up Ruth sitting on the ground whispering.The expression was a complicated one that seems to recall something.

(Well, Alec doesn't know what filial piety looks like....)

Alec, this is Takashi Tanizaki from my last life.

"I see... the atmosphere you were talking about stays the same.But why did you come here?Have you ever done this before? "

"No, I've never seen Takashi Tanisaki come out."

That's why Ruth himself is surprised at the impossible.

Ignoring the surrounding surprise, Takashi Tanisaki turned slowly.Zagres, who was completely calm on his arm, leaned against him like a crying child.

Shall we say goodbye here... Ruth Braw

Huh?

"Originally, by strange coincidence, I was reborn in you.I think this is a good opportunity.Let's split up here. "

The moment I heard the word "break up," something struck Ruth's heart.

"Break up... what are you going to do now?"

"I'm going up with a boy named Zagres."

"Up there....."

"Oh, I'm not taking my soul with me.I think my memories should stay away from you. "

"Your memory...."

"Yes, the memory of Takashi Tanizaki. You may have a little memory of your past life, but you don't need my thoughts anymore, do you?"

Takashi Tanizaki smiled calmly.

You're not related to me anymore.I choose a different way of thinking and thinking.We don't have to be together. That's why I'm going. "

…………

If Zagres isn't alone, you can safely go upstairs, right?

Takashi stroked Zagreth's head.Safe from that, Zagres, who cried so much, meditated in his eyes.Embraced by filial piety, he began to sleep with a happy face.

"Ruth, let Takashi Tanizaki take Zagreth.I don't think they'd be fooled by something like a star. "

"Alec... but I, um..."

"It's okay."

Alec stroked Ruth's head, feeling confused and slightly frightened by the sudden disappearance of filial piety.

"Ruth didn't change before or after he remembered his last life.He always trusted me and reached out to me. "

When talking about Ruth, people highlight the difference between before and after life.Ruth herself thinks she's changed before and after she remembers her previous life.

--But Alec says the essence hasn't changed.

"So even without filial piety, Ruth remains the same as Ruth.I promise. It's okay. "

Alec said, "It's okay," and when he stroked me, the noisy feeling calmed down.

(I see. Basically, I'm already 20 years old, and now that I've lost the memory of Takashi Tanizaki in my previous life, there's no way my personality will change.)

In childhood, which is susceptible to influences, problems are unlikely to arise now that you are completely mentally and mentally adult.

If Takashi Tanisaki wants to say goodbye, then Ruth should let go.

Don't tie him up.His memories and thoughts are his own.

"... okay, I'll say goodbye here.Thank you for talking about Zagres. "

Ruth reached out to filial piety.

Thank you so much, Takashi-san Tanizaki

When the memory of the previous life came back to life in childhood, there were many things based on the strength of the shock, but Ruth never thought it would be good if he didn't remember.If I hadn't known Takashi Tanizaki's life in the previous life, I might not have been standing here like this.It was full of gratitude.

Thank you for coming, Ruth Braw......

Takashi smiled as she said so.

The smile of filial piety, reaching out to poor Zagres and choosing to ascend to heaven together, was filled with love and shined more than anyone.