Estio Book 5
- Episode 8
Estio, who heard the spirit's voice for the first time, widened her eyes in surprise. A young spirit, crouching in the mirror, was talking to him.
"Can't you go outside? What if I'm not kidding anymore? Does it hurt people just by being there? If it's a spirit that's useless to anyone, then."
Questions poured down like a waterfall.
"Why was I born?"
It sounded like a wounded child. Estio hesitated and placed his palms on the mirror. It didn't even reach the cold space beyond the mirror, but the surface of the mirror shook shallowly as if he had put his hand on the surface of the water.
"someday......."
He said in a slightly hoarse voice.
"Someday someone will find you."
"Are you looking for me?"
"certainly."
Hearing Estio's story, the mirror became silent again.
Just like a real mirror, only the quiet interior of the laboratory was reflected on the surface of the mirror that had stopped moving. When the spirit stopped talking, Estio laid him down comfortably on the floor with Moobin so that the fallen people would not get hurt, and then left the lab. On the stairs going up to the ground again, Mubin suddenly asked him.
"By the way, Estio-sama, are the words you spoke to the mirror spirit like a prophecy?"
"?"
"Isn't it supposed to be divine power?"
nod.
Mubin scratched the back of his head as he watched him respond with a small nod of his head.
"Aha, I'm also told that dragons are loved by God, so I wondered if Estio had the ability to prophesy."
"There is not."
Hearing a firm answer as if he was putting a period, Moobin said umm, for a moment, while walking while looking at the floor.
"Then may I ask why you said that?"
The magic stairway shimmered with every step it took. In the strange silence where only a swarm of lights was scattered, Estio remembered the situation a while ago.
'A story that did not need to be told.'
The shock that the young spirit, who had not yet even formed her ego, received was an event that had nothing to do with Estio. He wouldn't have blamed him if he didn't get involved and passed by. If you intervene for nothing, it can have a more adverse effect on you.
Now that young spirit will be sleeping in the mirror, waiting for someone to need him. No one knows whether it will be hope or despair.
But nevertheless he chose to be entangled.
"It depends on your point of view, but..."
This was a point of view that I definitely learned as I joined the guild.
"Because there is not a single life in the world that is useless."
It was because he believed that the newly born spirit would do the same as he himself did.
Blessings to every born life.
Estio didn't know, but that belief was a small seed planted and protected by the Adjusters of the world long ago.
Chapter 18 into the desert
A month has passed since the doppelganger incident. The people in the research department recorded the incident as an unfortunate mistake caused by the mirror spirit's rampage. Although the research department was a mess, in the end, the lost spirit was properly recovered, so it was fortunate that there were no casualties.
Also, on the other hand, no one remembered that Yeonjunang had come to the research department. Even the telemarble devices installed in the research department failed, so it was impossible to check the situation at the time. Researchers found it dubious, but no one delved deeply into the matter. It was because he was possessed by a strange compulsion that he should not have been more concerned about.
Estio, who made all of this possible, stayed at the headquarters as if nothing had happened. Contrary to the country's tumultuous atmosphere, saying it was a power struggle or war, his surroundings were surprisingly quiet.
"Good morning, Leader!"
Parker, who takes his stamp of work into Estio's room every day, flew in today as well. He didn't forget to bring snacks and a request for breakfast every time he came.
Recently, Estio, who had recently started walking around comfortably taking off the eye patch, greeted each other familiarly.
"Yes, good morning."
"It's a little chilly today. It was hard to get out of the blanket when I woke up."
Mubin, who had been staring at the sullen Jo In-joo with an absurd expression, abruptly opened his mouth and asked.
"Hey, chick. Won't you say hello to me?"
"Moobin is the face you see every day anyway."
"Just say you don't want to say hi..."
It was the season when the summer vibes had faded and the cool autumn wind was blowing.
In the meantime, Estio has been taking charge of small requests and solving them.
Once released, the ability to respond to the mind started to develop stronger as time passed, making it more difficult to control. So, Estio rejected all quests that had to go far or had a high risk, and dealt with daily quests that could be easily resolved within the guild headquarters.
Other Ignis guild members, who had no idea of such a story, spread warm tales, saying that the newly appointed leader likes to help others. Estio, who had unintentionally gained a good image, was slowly adjusting to his current life.
"But it's true that it's uncomfortable."
'Inconvenience?'
Estio shook his head. While he was sorting out the newly received request for a while, Parker was chatting with Moobin.
"It's nice because the leader doesn't take on big things, but it's nice to be at peace. You can't go around blindfolded like this."
"It is not."
"Hehe, that's what I was thinking about."
Parker asserted boldly.
"It seems like there are too many people here, so it's uncomfortable!"
Mubin's expression hardened because it was too natural to say. Seeing her lost interest in her dark eyes, Parker withdrew, this time passively listening to her opinion.
"So, why don't you go on a trip to a place where there are less people?"
"It's a trip."
"People often say that you can recharge when you go on a trip. If you go out of a guild crowded with people and take a forest bath or a hot spring, it might help control your abilities a bit!"
"Well, I've been feeling so stagnant these days."
It was originally a tempting proposal for Moobin, who likes to wander around. Having reached a conclusion, they turned their heads to ask the person concerned.
"Huh? Leader, where are you going?"
Estio, who covered her eyes with a black eyepatch, stood up with Neju. The fact that he, who is still unable to control his abilities, wore an eye patch meant that he was going out.
As Parker flew to his side, Estio took out the request form he had folded in his arms and showed it to him.
"This is a quest that needs to be moved to another branch."
"Oh, this!"
The join-clan with emerald-colored hair responded with a fuss.
"It's the Turke branch in the south of the Empire!"
"Hey, if it's South Turke, there? A very wide desert area."
As Mubin pretended to know, Parker glanced at Estio.
"Yes. But it's quite far from the headquarters..."
It was Parker who had been excited about the trip a while ago and became anxious when he was about to go out. But Estio had already made up his mind. He immediately went down to the counter to announce the acceptance of the quest, and Parker followed suit and started making the necessary preparations for the trip.
Meanwhile, the cactus, who was sleeping by the sunny window, was awakened when he heard the word Turke Desert.
"What! Turke Desert?"
"By the way, the request site is a desert. Do cacti grow in the desert?"
"Omo omo, what kind of coincidence is this? The Turke Desert is my hometown."
Neju, who was taking care of the cactus because there was nothing to do in the preparation for the trip, widened her red eyes.
"Where is your hometown?"
「Ugly.」
"Really? Then there's the Ahur's family, right?"
"Wow! It's exciting, I'm off to see Mom!"
Ahur was very excited and shook his branches wildly. Estio, Mubin, and Parker were very surprised to learn that Ahur's hometown was the Turke Desert.
In particular, Mubin showed great interest in the fact that Ahur had a family.
"Cactus-san, do you have a real mother too?"
「? Why are you suddenly swearing at your family?"
When the cactus was in color, Mubin quickly lowered his tail.
"No, I'm not saying it's bad, just because plants usually don't have a concept of a family."
"I didn't mean to say something bad while saying something bad, that's a fart."
"Sorry."
"Heh, of course we don't remember family things like humans do. Mom remembers, but the brothers, um."
Ahur was excited about the family. So, she kindly explained her story to Mubin, whom she didn't get along well with.
"Too many people call them brothers. As you can see, they are all children born to the same mother across several bridges. Just you, me and us! It's such an atmosphere."
"It's amazing. Are all those brothers like you?"
"Oh, I don't know."
"Why? There are so many brothers. On the way to my hometown, let me introduce my family..."
"Ahh, someone please shut him up."
In the end, the cactus, who had graduated from the crane, jumped up and ran away to Neju's arms due to Mubin's persistent questioning offensive. In the midst of this, Moobin did not know why he became even more unfavorable to the cactus.
On the day of departure, I finished preparations in such a loud voice.
Kai, who had not seen his nose for a month, appeared like a ghost at a moment like this.
"Estio."
There was no change in the smile on his face when he came with the dolls. The guild master was still a small boy, and the melon-colored eyes he had were still as soft as ever.
"I heard that you are going to the Turke Desert this time."
"Yes."
"I see. The desert is going to be a rough road."
Estio had never been to the desert. So it was hard to guess what Kai was worried about. The clear voice of a child was heard again through the eye patch that carefully covered his eyes.
"Actually, I feel like I want to follow along with you, but it has become difficult because of the situation."
"It's okay without Kai's help."
"I'm really sorry."
Kai apologized over and over again, even though S.T. was okay. To be honest, it didn't mean much to Estio whether Kai moved together or not. After all, she wasn't on a combat mission this time, and she wasn't a high-ranking person like the princess.
It was requested by the Magic Research Department at the headquarters of the Ignis Guild where the doppelganger riot occurred a while ago, and the content was very simple.
<Mirror Spirit Carrying>. The Magic Research Department regarded spirits with the habit of imitating people as a risk factor. In particular, through this case, the research department was in a mess, and all of the research department personnel lost consciousness, and mysterious things happened, and the headquarters decided that it was out of control.
So the chosen sealed area was the Turke Desert.
Estio Book 5
- Episode 8
Estio, who heard the spirit's voice for the first time, widened her eyes in surprise. A young spirit, crouching in the mirror, was talking to him.
"Can't you go outside? What if I'm not kidding anymore? Does it hurt people just by being there? If it's a spirit that's useless to anyone, then."
Questions poured down like a waterfall.
"Why was I born?"
It sounded like a wounded child. Estio hesitated and placed his palms on the mirror. It didn't even reach the cold space beyond the mirror, but the surface of the mirror shook shallowly as if he had put his hand on the surface of the water.
"someday......."
He said in a slightly hoarse voice.
"Someday someone will find you."
"Are you looking for me?"
"certainly."
Hearing Estio's story, the mirror became silent again.
Just like a real mirror, only the quiet interior of the laboratory was reflected on the surface of the mirror that had stopped moving. When the spirit stopped talking, Estio laid him down comfortably on the floor with Moobin so that the fallen people would not get hurt, and then left the lab. On the stairs going up to the ground again, Mubin suddenly asked him.
"By the way, Estio-sama, are the words you spoke to the mirror spirit like a prophecy?"
"?"
"Isn't it supposed to be divine power?"
nod.
Mubin scratched the back of his head as he watched him respond with a small nod of his head.
"Aha, I'm also told that dragons are loved by God, so I wondered if Estio had the ability to prophesy."
"There is not."
Hearing a firm answer as if he was putting a period, Moobin said umm, for a moment, while walking while looking at the floor.
"Then may I ask why you said that?"
The magic stairway shimmered with every step it took. In the strange silence where only a swarm of lights was scattered, Estio remembered the situation a while ago.
'A story that did not need to be told.'
The shock that the young spirit, who had not yet even formed her ego, received was an event that had nothing to do with Estio. He wouldn't have blamed him if he didn't get involved and passed by. If you intervene for nothing, it can have a more adverse effect on you.
Now that young spirit will be sleeping in the mirror, waiting for someone to need him. No one knows whether it will be hope or despair.
But nevertheless he chose to be entangled.
"It depends on your point of view, but..."
This was a point of view that I definitely learned as I joined the guild.
"Because there is not a single life in the world that is useless."
It was because he believed that the newly born spirit would do the same as he himself did.
Blessings to every born life.
Estio didn't know, but that belief was a small seed planted and protected by the Adjusters of the world long ago.
Chapter 18 into the desert
A month has passed since the doppelganger incident. The people in the research department recorded the incident as an unfortunate mistake caused by the mirror spirit's rampage. Although the research department was a mess, in the end, the lost spirit was properly recovered, so it was fortunate that there were no casualties.
Also, on the other hand, no one remembered that Yeonjunang had come to the research department. Even the telemarble devices installed in the research department failed, so it was impossible to check the situation at the time. Researchers found it dubious, but no one delved deeply into the matter. It was because he was possessed by a strange compulsion that he should not have been more concerned about.
Estio, who made all of this possible, stayed at the headquarters as if nothing had happened. Contrary to the country's tumultuous atmosphere, saying it was a power struggle or war, his surroundings were surprisingly quiet.
"Good morning, Leader!"
Parker, who takes his stamp of work into Estio's room every day, flew in today as well. He didn't forget to bring snacks and a request for breakfast every time he came.
Recently, Estio, who had recently started walking around comfortably taking off the eye patch, greeted each other familiarly.
"Yes, good morning."
"It's a little chilly today. It was hard to get out of the blanket when I woke up."
Mubin, who had been staring at the sullen Jo In-joo with an absurd expression, abruptly opened his mouth and asked.
"Hey, chick. Won't you say hello to me?"
"Moobin is the face you see every day anyway."
"Just say you don't want to say hi..."
It was the season when the summer vibes had faded and the cool autumn wind was blowing.
In the meantime, Estio has been taking charge of small requests and solving them.
Once released, the ability to respond to the mind started to develop stronger as time passed, making it more difficult to control. So, Estio rejected all quests that had to go far or had a high risk, and dealt with daily quests that could be easily resolved within the guild headquarters.
Other Ignis guild members, who had no idea of such a story, spread warm tales, saying that the newly appointed leader likes to help others. Estio, who had unintentionally gained a good image, was slowly adjusting to his current life.
"But it's true that it's uncomfortable."
'Inconvenience?'
Estio shook his head. While he was sorting out the newly received request for a while, Parker was chatting with Moobin.
"It's nice because the leader doesn't take on big things, but it's nice to be at peace. You can't go around blindfolded like this."
"It is not."
"Hehe, that's what I was thinking about."
Parker asserted boldly.
"It seems like there are too many people here, so it's uncomfortable!"
Mubin's expression hardened because it was too natural to say. Seeing her lost interest in her dark eyes, Parker withdrew, this time passively listening to her opinion.
"So, why don't you go on a trip to a place where there are less people?"
"It's a trip."
"People often say that you can recharge when you go on a trip. If you go out of a guild crowded with people and take a forest bath or a hot spring, it might help control your abilities a bit!"
"Well, I've been feeling so stagnant these days."
It was originally a tempting proposal for Moobin, who likes to wander around. Having reached a conclusion, they turned their heads to ask the person concerned.
"Huh? Leader, where are you going?"
Estio, who covered her eyes with a black eyepatch, stood up with Neju. The fact that he, who is still unable to control his abilities, wore an eye patch meant that he was going out.
As Parker flew to his side, Estio took out the request form he had folded in his arms and showed it to him.
"This is a quest that needs to be moved to another branch."
"Oh, this!"
The join-clan with emerald-colored hair responded with a fuss.
"It's the Turke branch in the south of the Empire!"
"Hey, if it's South Turke, there? A very wide desert area."
As Mubin pretended to know, Parker glanced at Estio.
"Yes. But it's quite far from the headquarters..."
It was Parker who had been excited about the trip a while ago and became anxious when he was about to go out. But Estio had already made up his mind. He immediately went down to the counter to announce the acceptance of the quest, and Parker followed suit and started making the necessary preparations for the trip.
Meanwhile, the cactus, who was sleeping by the sunny window, was awakened when he heard the word Turke Desert.
"What! Turke Desert?"
"By the way, the request site is a desert. Do cacti grow in the desert?"
"Omo omo, what kind of coincidence is this? The Turke Desert is my hometown."
Neju, who was taking care of the cactus because there was nothing to do in the preparation for the trip, widened her red eyes.
"Where is your hometown?"
「Ugly.」
"Really? Then there's the Ahur's family, right?"
"Wow! It's exciting, I'm off to see Mom!"
Ahur was very excited and shook his branches wildly. Estio, Mubin, and Parker were very surprised to learn that Ahur's hometown was the Turke Desert.
In particular, Mubin showed great interest in the fact that Ahur had a family.
"Cactus-san, do you have a real mother too?"
「? Why are you suddenly swearing at your family?"
When the cactus was in color, Mubin quickly lowered his tail.
"No, I'm not saying it's bad, just because plants usually don't have a concept of a family."
"I didn't mean to say something bad while saying something bad, that's a fart."
"Sorry."
"Heh, of course we don't remember family things like humans do. Mom remembers, but the brothers, um."
Ahur was excited about the family. So, she kindly explained her story to Mubin, whom she didn't get along well with.
"Too many people call them brothers. As you can see, they are all children born to the same mother across several bridges. Just you, me and us! It's such an atmosphere."
"It's amazing. Are all those brothers like you?"
"Oh, I don't know."
"Why? There are so many brothers. On the way to my hometown, let me introduce my family..."
"Ahh, someone please shut him up."
In the end, the cactus, who had graduated from the crane, jumped up and ran away to Neju's arms due to Mubin's persistent questioning offensive. In the midst of this, Moobin did not know why he became even more unfavorable to the cactus.
On the day of departure, I finished preparations in such a loud voice.
Kai, who had not seen his nose for a month, appeared like a ghost at a moment like this.
"Estio."
There was no change in the smile on his face when he came with the dolls. The guild master was still a small boy, and the melon-colored eyes he had were still as soft as ever.
"I heard that you are going to the Turke Desert this time."
"Yes."
"I see. The desert is going to be a rough road."
Estio had never been to the desert. So it was hard to guess what Kai was worried about. The clear voice of a child was heard again through the eye patch that carefully covered his eyes.
"Actually, I feel like I want to follow along with you, but it has become difficult because of the situation."
"It's okay without Kai's help."
"I'm really sorry."
Kai apologized over and over again, even though S.T. was okay. To be honest, it didn't mean much to Estio whether Kai moved together or not. After all, she wasn't on a combat mission this time, and she wasn't a high-ranking person like the princess.
It was requested by the Magic Research Department at the headquarters of the Ignis Guild where the doppelganger riot occurred a while ago, and the content was very simple.
<Mirror Spirit Carrying>. The Magic Research Department regarded spirits with the habit of imitating people as a risk factor. In particular, through this case, the research department was in a mess, and all of the research department personnel lost consciousness, and mysterious things happened, and the headquarters decided that it was out of control.
So the chosen sealed area was the Turke Desert.
