4 Estio
- Episode 25
After that, Estio stayed at the Eli branch for five more days.
As it was, the mission was over, so I had to go back to the guild headquarters in Levito Castle, but things were not going well.
First of all, Kai disappeared.
After a brief absence due to a problem between Shuhanan and the Holy See, the guild masters were also tied up at the same time because of the guildmaster, who had not been notified for 5 days each. Actually, it didn't matter if I left first, but Kai told me to wait, so I decided to wait a few days because of loyalty.
And one more problem.
'Is there any condition for stopping the trigger?'
Estio was locked up in the room alone, deep in thought. He was still blindfolded with an eye patch.
It was already ten days ago when I drank the nectar tantalus, which is said to attract dragons, at the Imperial Palace.
The power once unleashed was devoured under the control of the mind if anyone made eye contact with him. There were times when dozens of people met in a dream as a group because they made other people's voices heard, manipulated them to act as they were just thinking, or connected dreams with dreams. The way in which this power was affected was also different.
Two days ago, Estio became even more timid after taking off his eye patch and going outside, thinking he might have gotten better.
If you want to succeed in holding it down, it was like handling a pudding that had lost its bowl, to be released again after a moment of carelessness.
'It can't be like this. We must somehow find a way to stop the random ability triggering.'
I couldn't stay in my room like this all the time, and I didn't want to go out and live in a remote place where there were no people at all.
If it was not a problem that could be resolved by itself, like a drunken person waking up, Estio had to find a solution on his own.
jump
"......"
Even after getting up from his seat, Estio just stood there for a while.
He was alone in the room, but he did not remove the eye patch on purpose. As a result, it was difficult for him to move without a helper now. With his eyes closed, it was difficult for him to pour a glass of water in the room.
'Why is it that my power is not under my control? Why all of a sudden, it's come now.'
My chest has been tight. Estio let out a long sigh as he leaned on his body as if sagging on a chair on the road. He felt like he was trapped in a dark cave closed on all sides.
'No, not suddenly.'
I suddenly felt like that.
"I'm from the beginning..."
He has been desperately trying to suppress it from the beginning of his ability to manifest. Even though it was his own strength, he was afraid. He read other people's minds and hated the glances they received. So Estio ran away.
Even birds born with wings will be able to fly by repeating clumsy flight training. How much less is the power of the dragon clan? It was not a good enough ability to be able to handle it like a limb when I left it without proper training and suddenly wanted to use it.
Just because he left his hometown and became independent right after his coming-of-age ceremony, doesn't mean he really became an adult.
It was absurd to suddenly release the power that had been suppressed like an eye patch that had been blocking the eyes in the first place only when needed.
Estio was not trained to control his own power. So, in the current situation, drinking was just a catalyst, and it was inevitable that it would happen someday.
'But what about training?'
nothing came to mind.
The ability to read, dominate, and manipulate the mind is a power that humans do not have. So humans can't help him.
The only person who is likely to know about the abilities of the Balaur...
'Hwangryong Shuhanan!'
Estio, who had inadvertently recalled Shuhanan in his head, stopped and straightened his posture. Unlike Estio, Shuhanan has lived for a long time as a dragon. If it was Shu Hanan like that, he must have known the way.
'Kai said that Shuhanan hates the black dragon.'
Then you can't meet him. Being unable to control one of his abilities and appearing in front of Hwangryong, who hates the Black Dragon, was like giving his head to kill him quickly.
But here, Estio felt a question.
'Shuhanan... does he hate all black dragons? But why do you want to destroy humans without crossing over to the dragon realm?'
Thoughts bit their tails. Also, there were too many distorted facts about the Yellow Dragon Shuhanan.
At this point, Estio felt that he needed someone's help.
"Kai."
"Did you call?"
I was only talking to myself, but the voice of a child came back with a smile. Estio was so startled that he shut his mouth like his clam.
"It's amazing! I just came back, how did you know? I came in quietly so as not to disturb you on purpose."
"...I didn't know."
"Well?"
Kai tilted his head as the low voice sounded somewhat unfair. Then she looked around the shabby room, and she asked again.
"What about the others?"
"I'll be back soon."
"Did everyone leave you alone at this point?"
Kai raised his eyebrows in embarrassment.
"Hey. What the hell did you mean you left so much?"
This was not a very dangerous place because it was a building owned by the Ignis Guild even among the safest capital of Lubarjan. Besides, it was morning when the other members went out, and it was still before lunch time, so Estio tried to answer that they had not all been out in a while.
But the answer came from another place.
"I went out to find you. It's like an irresponsible guildmaster."
Since there was no sound of the door opening again this time, Estio shrugged and narrowed his shoulders.
"...When did Moobin come again?"
"Ah! I just came in through the window. Haha, that's what Mr. Cat does."
Mubin stepped on the window sill, crouched down, and laughed out loud. To Duke Hei, who had the highest body type ability, jumping up about three stories high was as easy as breathing. Tsuki looked at him with pitiful eyes and jumped in with a light movement.
nah
"Ugh Xiam. Since I've been using the window before, I'm here too!"
Next, Parker, a joiner with wings, crumpled up and dared to enter through the window. As everyone naturally used the abnormal passageway, Estio was speechless and silent. In the end, the only person who came up using the stairs normally, opened the door, was Neju with a cactus flowerpot in her arms.
When everyone gathered in one place, Kai scratched his chin with a bewildered face.
"But, why is everyone looking for you like that?"
"Is that what a person who has been away for three days would say to wait?"
Soon after, Mubin's stern reply returned. Parker, who had bought some of the capital's famous sweets while out, took out the perishable ones and chewed them thoroughly to intervene.
"Ah, you must have had a lot of work to do. You are a Master."
"Your guild master, not mine."
"Yeah, it is."
It was as swift as the speed at which the cookies in his hand disappeared.
While facing the peacock's black eyes, who were openly uncomfortable, Kai smiled.
"And your master is a member of our guild."
Mubin, realizing that he could not refute, fell into the yoke of the spinning food chain, and clicked his tongue.
"Ha, so what the hell is the information you've been missing for a few days? Let's share that."
"Good."
Kai nodded happily.
"I have one good news and one bad news regarding the Yellow Dragon Shuhanan, which one would you like to hear first?"
In this case, the decision-making power rested with Estio. When everyone was watching him, Estio realized that fact later and opened his mouth.
"I'd like to ask you for the good news."
If I had to choose both anyway, I felt more comfortable choosing the better one.
'Because it's never been really good if you put off good things.'
Kai respected Estio's choice and delivered the good news first.
"Shuhanan has stopped moving. Attacking guilds and guilds and preparing for war have all been withdrawn. It seems that he was planning to ascend to the papacy sooner or later.
"Heh, it's nice to hear that."
It would be welcome if, for whatever reason, Shuhanan stopped the tyranny. Better now than indiscriminate killings, giving them a chance to breathe.
"But it can be more cumbersome. When he ascends to the papacy, he will obtain a priesthood that even the emperor cannot easily control."
"Even if he becomes the Pope, he will not be in an extreme confrontation with the Emperor."
"So it's more of a problem. Shuhanan is a lot smarter than we think. Getting the Emperor to my side would be easy."
At best, it was good news and it was a hot topic, but heavy air flowed through the room.
Parker, who looked at Mubin and Kai, who were making serious expressions, suddenly said, "There," and gave up his luck.
"But why is it difficult for that Shuhanan-like person to become the Pope? Am I the only one who doesn't know?"
"It's good that you don't know."
"No, I'm also a member of the leader's team, right? It's my job to help the leader, right?"
"Because you don't have to know. You're doing your job well, so just do it the way you are now."
"Oh, well, we need to know who he is so we can help!"
Parker, who did not know who Shuhanan was, flapped his wings alone, expressing frustration. Then Kai, who had been staring at him, smiled and said to him.
"Bernie Parker."
"Yes, Master!"
"Shuhanan is a dragon, not a human."
"okay!"
After that, Parker, who felt refreshed, did not rub his nose, but made a stupid expression.
"Yes? Dragon......?"
"Want to hear more?"
"Oh no! I just don't know."
Parker's complexion darkened as he faced a truth that most of humanity was unaware of.
'Dragon is a legendary race, was it all a lie? Is it something like a bakery that just has one in every neighborhood?'
In the end, confusion came to the common sense that I had built up since childhood. Parker quietly squatted into the corner with a bit of bitterness.
Then, Mubin, who was grimacing with his arms crossed, suddenly asked a question.
"Wait, then what's the bad news?"
Melon-colored eyes turned to Moobin for a moment, then turned back. It was Mubin who asked the question, but the answer was not for him.
Kai spoke to Estio in a tone that was as cautious as possible.
"Shuhanan seems to have noticed your existence, Estio."
"......!"
"The fact that the Black Dragon is still alive in this land."
Estio didn't know how to react, so he just listened. He thought that one day his opponent would know of his existence, but when that day came, he felt a strange feeling. Fortunately, I wasn't so nervous or scared.
"I hope he makes contact with you."
Kai held out the envelope he had hidden in his arms. Estio took off the eye patch because he had to open the envelope to check it.
When the sealed part was torn off, high-quality paper was revealed inside. Among the contents written on the paper, there was a part that caught Estio's attention particularly clearly.
[ Client: Shuhanan G. ]
it was an order.
4 Estio
- Episode 25
After that, Estio stayed at the Eli branch for five more days.
As it was, the mission was over, so I had to go back to the guild headquarters in Levito Castle, but things were not going well.
First of all, Kai disappeared.
After a brief absence due to a problem between Shuhanan and the Holy See, the guild masters were also tied up at the same time because of the guildmaster, who had not been notified for 5 days each. Actually, it didn't matter if I left first, but Kai told me to wait, so I decided to wait a few days because of loyalty.
And one more problem.
'Is there any condition for stopping the trigger?'
Estio was locked up in the room alone, deep in thought. He was still blindfolded with an eye patch.
It was already ten days ago when I drank the nectar tantalus, which is said to attract dragons, at the Imperial Palace.
The power once unleashed was devoured under the control of the mind if anyone made eye contact with him. There were times when dozens of people met in a dream as a group because they made other people's voices heard, manipulated them to act as they were just thinking, or connected dreams with dreams. The way in which this power was affected was also different.
Two days ago, Estio became even more timid after taking off his eye patch and going outside, thinking he might have gotten better.
If you want to succeed in holding it down, it was like handling a pudding that had lost its bowl, to be released again after a moment of carelessness.
'It can't be like this. We must somehow find a way to stop the random ability triggering.'
I couldn't stay in my room like this all the time, and I didn't want to go out and live in a remote place where there were no people at all.
If it was not a problem that could be resolved by itself, like a drunken person waking up, Estio had to find a solution on his own.
jump
"......"
Even after getting up from his seat, Estio just stood there for a while.
He was alone in the room, but he did not remove the eye patch on purpose. As a result, it was difficult for him to move without a helper now. With his eyes closed, it was difficult for him to pour a glass of water in the room.
'Why is it that my power is not under my control? Why all of a sudden, it's come now.'
My chest has been tight. Estio let out a long sigh as he leaned on his body as if sagging on a chair on the road. He felt like he was trapped in a dark cave closed on all sides.
'No, not suddenly.'
I suddenly felt like that.
"I'm from the beginning..."
He has been desperately trying to suppress it from the beginning of his ability to manifest. Even though it was his own strength, he was afraid. He read other people's minds and hated the glances they received. So Estio ran away.
Even birds born with wings will be able to fly by repeating clumsy flight training. How much less is the power of the dragon clan? It was not a good enough ability to be able to handle it like a limb when I left it without proper training and suddenly wanted to use it.
Just because he left his hometown and became independent right after his coming-of-age ceremony, doesn't mean he really became an adult.
It was absurd to suddenly release the power that had been suppressed like an eye patch that had been blocking the eyes in the first place only when needed.
Estio was not trained to control his own power. So, in the current situation, drinking was just a catalyst, and it was inevitable that it would happen someday.
'But what about training?'
nothing came to mind.
The ability to read, dominate, and manipulate the mind is a power that humans do not have. So humans can't help him.
The only person who is likely to know about the abilities of the Balaur...
'Hwangryong Shuhanan!'
Estio, who had inadvertently recalled Shuhanan in his head, stopped and straightened his posture. Unlike Estio, Shuhanan has lived for a long time as a dragon. If it was Shu Hanan like that, he must have known the way.
'Kai said that Shuhanan hates the black dragon.'
Then you can't meet him. Being unable to control one of his abilities and appearing in front of Hwangryong, who hates the Black Dragon, was like giving his head to kill him quickly.
But here, Estio felt a question.
'Shuhanan... does he hate all black dragons? But why do you want to destroy humans without crossing over to the dragon realm?'
Thoughts bit their tails. Also, there were too many distorted facts about the Yellow Dragon Shuhanan.
At this point, Estio felt that he needed someone's help.
"Kai."
"Did you call?"
I was only talking to myself, but the voice of a child came back with a smile. Estio was so startled that he shut his mouth like his clam.
"It's amazing! I just came back, how did you know? I came in quietly so as not to disturb you on purpose."
"...I didn't know."
"Well?"
Kai tilted his head as the low voice sounded somewhat unfair. Then she looked around the shabby room, and she asked again.
"What about the others?"
"I'll be back soon."
"Did everyone leave you alone at this point?"
Kai raised his eyebrows in embarrassment.
"Hey. What the hell did you mean you left so much?"
This was not a very dangerous place because it was a building owned by the Ignis Guild even among the safest capital of Lubarjan. Besides, it was morning when the other members went out, and it was still before lunch time, so Estio tried to answer that they had not all been out in a while.
But the answer came from another place.
"I went out to find you. It's like an irresponsible guildmaster."
Since there was no sound of the door opening again this time, Estio shrugged and narrowed his shoulders.
"...When did Moobin come again?"
"Ah! I just came in through the window. Haha, that's what Mr. Cat does."
Mubin stepped on the window sill, crouched down, and laughed out loud. To Duke Hei, who had the highest body type ability, jumping up about three stories high was as easy as breathing. Tsuki looked at him with pitiful eyes and jumped in with a light movement.
nah
"Ugh Xiam. Since I've been using the window before, I'm here too!"
Next, Parker, a joiner with wings, crumpled up and dared to enter through the window. As everyone naturally used the abnormal passageway, Estio was speechless and silent. In the end, the only person who came up using the stairs normally, opened the door, was Neju with a cactus flowerpot in her arms.
When everyone gathered in one place, Kai scratched his chin with a bewildered face.
"But, why is everyone looking for you like that?"
"Is that what a person who has been away for three days would say to wait?"
Soon after, Mubin's stern reply returned. Parker, who had bought some of the capital's famous sweets while out, took out the perishable ones and chewed them thoroughly to intervene.
"Ah, you must have had a lot of work to do. You are a Master."
"Your guild master, not mine."
"Yeah, it is."
It was as swift as the speed at which the cookies in his hand disappeared.
While facing the peacock's black eyes, who were openly uncomfortable, Kai smiled.
"And your master is a member of our guild."
Mubin, realizing that he could not refute, fell into the yoke of the spinning food chain, and clicked his tongue.
"Ha, so what the hell is the information you've been missing for a few days? Let's share that."
"Good."
Kai nodded happily.
"I have one good news and one bad news regarding the Yellow Dragon Shuhanan, which one would you like to hear first?"
In this case, the decision-making power rested with Estio. When everyone was watching him, Estio realized that fact later and opened his mouth.
"I'd like to ask you for the good news."
If I had to choose both anyway, I felt more comfortable choosing the better one.
'Because it's never been really good if you put off good things.'
Kai respected Estio's choice and delivered the good news first.
"Shuhanan has stopped moving. Attacking guilds and guilds and preparing for war have all been withdrawn. It seems that he was planning to ascend to the papacy sooner or later.
"Heh, it's nice to hear that."
It would be welcome if, for whatever reason, Shuhanan stopped the tyranny. Better now than indiscriminate killings, giving them a chance to breathe.
"But it can be more cumbersome. When he ascends to the papacy, he will obtain a priesthood that even the emperor cannot easily control."
"Even if he becomes the Pope, he will not be in an extreme confrontation with the Emperor."
"So it's more of a problem. Shuhanan is a lot smarter than we think. Getting the Emperor to my side would be easy."
At best, it was good news and it was a hot topic, but heavy air flowed through the room.
Parker, who looked at Mubin and Kai, who were making serious expressions, suddenly said, "There," and gave up his luck.
"But why is it difficult for that Shuhanan-like person to become the Pope? Am I the only one who doesn't know?"
"It's good that you don't know."
"No, I'm also a member of the leader's team, right? It's my job to help the leader, right?"
"Because you don't have to know. You're doing your job well, so just do it the way you are now."
"Oh, well, we need to know who he is so we can help!"
Parker, who did not know who Shuhanan was, flapped his wings alone, expressing frustration. Then Kai, who had been staring at him, smiled and said to him.
"Bernie Parker."
"Yes, Master!"
"Shuhanan is a dragon, not a human."
"okay!"
After that, Parker, who felt refreshed, did not rub his nose, but made a stupid expression.
"Yes? Dragon......?"
"Want to hear more?"
"Oh no! I just don't know."
Parker's complexion darkened as he faced a truth that most of humanity was unaware of.
'Dragon is a legendary race, was it all a lie? Is it something like a bakery that just has one in every neighborhood?'
In the end, confusion came to the common sense that I had built up since childhood. Parker quietly squatted into the corner with a bit of bitterness.
Then, Mubin, who was grimacing with his arms crossed, suddenly asked a question.
"Wait, then what's the bad news?"
Melon-colored eyes turned to Moobin for a moment, then turned back. It was Mubin who asked the question, but the answer was not for him.
Kai spoke to Estio in a tone that was as cautious as possible.
"Shuhanan seems to have noticed your existence, Estio."
"......!"
"The fact that the Black Dragon is still alive in this land."
Estio didn't know how to react, so he just listened. He thought that one day his opponent would know of his existence, but when that day came, he felt a strange feeling. Fortunately, I wasn't so nervous or scared.
"I hope he makes contact with you."
Kai held out the envelope he had hidden in his arms. Estio took off the eye patch because he had to open the envelope to check it.
When the sealed part was torn off, high-quality paper was revealed inside. Among the contents written on the paper, there was a part that caught Estio's attention particularly clearly.
[ Client: Shuhanan G. ]
it was an order.
