132
Estio Volume 6
- Episode 5
* * *
"Hi."
Estio heard a voice in the long, dark tunnel.
'It's warm.'
It was the first time I heard her voice, but I felt it was very lovely. It was a voice full of bright and warm energy. Estio, who had been sleeping, was silent, thinking that she wanted to keep listening.
"......What are you."
Soon, a very blunt voice was heard, unlike the lovely voice a while ago. Even pretending to listen was full of irritation and displeasure. But this time too, Estio did not dislike it.
'Are both people I know?'
However, the people Estio knew were very limited. He vaguely remembered the faces of those around him, wondering whether even those who had properly talked to each other would be counted among his ten fingers, let alone being friendly. There were no protagonists in the voices.
"Hello, Shuhanan."
Estio's eyes widened as a name he hadn't thought of came out. And he frowned at the pouring sunlight. A dark-haired girl was smiling brightly under the bright golden sun.
"My name is Loaren. I'm from the Black Clan."
"The Black Clan?"
"Yeah! It's the first time I've met another hatchling, so I'm so happy."
A pretty pond with unidentified red flowers in full bloom.
Estio, who was standing as far away like an invisible man, between the golden boy and the black girl who greeted each other through a tree, realized just then.
'This is... someone else's memory.'
Yellow Dragon Shuhanan.
Once upon a time, there was a temple built on the shores of a golden pond.
It was in the memory of Shuhanan, who was worshiped as a guardian dragon by the people there.
Estio agonized over why he had entered into the memory of someone else, and Shuhanan, rather than his own, and then he found the answer.
'Perhaps because I touched the scales of the Hwangryong.'
Come to think of it, it wasn't that strange. The scales of the yellow dragon are also part of the body after all. It was just a glimpse into those memories. I looked around to see if anyone else was there, but no one could see if they were each having a different dream.
Estio gave up looking for other people and focused on the two dragons in front of him again.
"I'll forgive you for your youthful rudeness, so go away, kid. I'm not a hatchling."
"Really? You look very skinny."
"......"
Shuhanan had a very sad expression on his face, but in reality, the two were about the same height. To be honest, she was still a hatchling in Loa Ren a little smaller than Shu Hanan, but she still looked like a boy or girl her age.
Shuhanan, who had been lying for a long time among the bushes, got up and let out a sigh.
"Ha, I did this on purpose. To make it look familiar to humans."
"Do you live among humans?"
"Just play."
The dragon tribe, who inherited the power of the gods and was born as a coordinator, lived a life close to infinite time, and there was a custom of 'play' to live among the lower races they had to take care of.
All dragons die when they become old dragons. It didn't mean dying. Tired of living too long and wounded, the dragons travel across the countless stars in the sky.
A dragon realm where only the dragons live.
It was a custom left by such ancient dragons in the meaning of understanding humans to later adjusters, but in recent years, play has been used in a slightly different sense.
"How are you? I've never played a game. Is it worth it? Do you understand humans?"
"It's like a young hatchling. It's foolish."
Shuhanan laughed at the naive Black Hatchling.
"I hate humans."
"Then why are you here?"
"I'm just here to pamper my heart."
"ah-ha, I see."
No matter how blunt he was, Loaren smiled and accepted it. The girl would come to Shuhanan every day to hear stories about people who were not very poignant.
"I'll come to play again."
"Don't come. It's annoying."
However, Loaren has always been looking for Shuhanan. When the days when she didn't come were starting to feel empty, Shu Hanan asked her Loa Ren.
"Loaren, why do you like humans so much?"
"Umm. Well, why?"
Loaren let out a clear laugh.
"Because it's just lovely."
A golden boy was reflected in the black eyes of the girl who was staring at each other. She didn't like herself, who was shining with gold in her all black world, so Shu Hanan let her come to the seat next to her.
As time passed, the girl grew into an adult. Her body was a black dragon with beautiful black scales. There are two types of bodies the dragon has been given by the gods. One was the original form of a dragon, and the other was a human form that was said to be in the image of a god. Among them, Loaren mainly assumed human form.
Shuhanan was now coming to Loaren, who had grown up quickly. She sat next to her by the pond, as if she were a young man with golden hair that contrasted with her black. Now his temple had been transformed into a very luxurious one, and it was crowded with many people.
"The Black Clan..."
"Yes?"
Shuhanan, who was staring intently at Loaren, who was basking in the sun with her feet in the pond, suddenly spoke up.
"I heard that he has great mental abilities. He can read minds."
"That's right. I can hear your heart."
"......What?"
Loaren smirked playfully as he slapped his feet.
"I've been hearing from the moment we first met. What you want to say to me."
Shuhanan's face flushed red as the girl's growling voice continued.
"Shuhanan, the truth is you-."
Loaren, who gently covered her mouth with her voluminous sleeves, whispered as she pressed her upper body close to him.
"Are you fond of humans?"
"that!"
Shuhanan looked down in anger and stopped. Seeing Loaren babbling again, the words to say were completely lost. Now, I wondered what was the matter. But Shuhanan affirmed her words like a sigh.
"...Yes, I like it now."
"Uh, really?"
"I like you because I like you."
In order to tell her what a human being is, I looked at it every day. She wanted to answer anything she said to her questions, so she wandered among her people to find her answer. As a result, Shuhanan became a yellow dragon praised by humans.
Shuhanan was no longer an annoyance to humans. The more I got to know him, the more I fell in love with the human race. It felt like I was contagious to Lorraine.
But Shuhanan clearly knew why. He doesn't like humans. His favorite was Loaren.
The day Shuhanan admitted his feelings, the two became lovers.
"Yes, Shuhanan."
Loaren leaned on his shoulder and spoke softly with her eyes closed.
"Did I ask why I like humans?"
"Yes."
"I'll tell you. They say we were born to be Adjusters of the World."
Shuhanan just listened. She liked whatever she said.
"Especially, the Black clan was born to love all living things."
To be honest, it was a story I didn't want to tell much from Loareen's point of view. Each of the dragon tribes is given various missions for each clan they are born into. The mission that Shuhanan received from God was 'justice'. With strong light magic and the most excellent judgment, the gold clan has the authority to decide the head of all races, that is, the king. So, the Dragon Lords also came from the gold clan from generation to generation.
And the black dragon's ability was the most special and most invisible 'mind' among their dragon tribes.
"How could even a single flower growing in this pond not be lovely. They share their thoughts and feelings."
Complete understanding, empathy, and putting yourself in the other person's shoes.
Whether you want it or not, there are things you can't help but know.
The Black Dragon was a clan that was born with such abilities. Loa Ren told her birth and her first beloved companion everything about the Black Clan. Hearing her talk, Shu Hanan cared for her even more.
They were a pair that matched perfectly. No one could separate the two. I certainly thought so.
Until the Balaur, tired of controlling the world, made a 'decision'.
"Shuhanan!"
That day, Loaren was very excited. She had been away from her home for a month so she didn't even notice when Shu Hanan appeared with her hardened face.
No matter how good the mind-reading ability was, it would be useless if not used. Loaren did not use that ability recklessly against the same Balaur. So, moreover, she was unaware of the misfortune that Shuhanan had brought.
"Why did you come so late because you came to meet Rod? I have something to tell you."
As always, with her lovely face, her cheeks were somewhat red, and Loaren was about to open her mouth.
"Yeah, I..."
"Loaren."
A tired voice came from him. As her loa Ren clasped her shoulders with her shudder, Shu Hanan warned her with her dry, golden eyes.
"Don't go near humans anymore."
"......?"
"It's decided. It's the Lord's order."
Loaren protested at the word of Lord's command.
"Orders. What are you talking about all of a sudden, Shuhanan? Why is Lord killing humans...?"
"The whole Balaur has decided to abandon this world!"
Shuhanan cried out in frustration. His companion, whose horse's waist had been cut off, just stared blankly at him with his eyes wide open.
"I'm sorry for yelling. Ha, I didn't mean to do this."
Shuhanan, who apologized for his harsh words and actions, delivered the Lord's orders in a relatively calm tone.
"We're leaving this place. No."
The smile finally disappeared from Loaren's face.
"I'm leaving this world. So, Loaren."
Both trembling hands rested on Loaren's shoulder. Her Shu Hanan, who slowly pulled her into her arms, warned her softly again, as if pleading with her.
"Don't love humans anymore."
please.
It was a desperate voice. Estio, who was watching the two, thought at this point that maybe Shuhanan had already predicted that she would refuse.
"I'm sorry, Shuhanan."
"......no."
"I can't go. I can't."
"no."
"I will stay here."
"no."
Shuhanan strongly objected to Loaren being left alone.
"Then I'll stay here too."
After a long battle, Shuhanan was the one who was stubborn.
"I promise, Loaren."
"Yes."
"Never leave each other alone."
The memories that Estio could see were up to this point. I didn't know what Lorren had to say. And it was difficult to predict why Shu Hanan had gone crazy, and why she hated humans so much.
'Did Loaren break his promise?'
Guildmaster Kai said that Shuhanan hates the Black Dragon Loaren very much. But in the memories of Shuhanan that I saw now, the two were lovers. It is also a companion that he promised for a lifetime.
He didn't seem to be able to hate someone like that easily. For Estio, who has never been in love, it was an ending that could not be understood.
132
Estio Volume 6
- Episode 5
* * *
"Hi."
Estio heard a voice in the long, dark tunnel.
'It's warm.'
It was the first time I heard her voice, but I felt it was very lovely. It was a voice full of bright and warm energy. Estio, who had been sleeping, was silent, thinking that she wanted to keep listening.
"......What are you."
Soon, a very blunt voice was heard, unlike the lovely voice a while ago. Even pretending to listen was full of irritation and displeasure. But this time too, Estio did not dislike it.
'Are both people I know?'
However, the people Estio knew were very limited. He vaguely remembered the faces of those around him, wondering whether even those who had properly talked to each other would be counted among his ten fingers, let alone being friendly. There were no protagonists in the voices.
"Hello, Shuhanan."
Estio's eyes widened as a name he hadn't thought of came out. And he frowned at the pouring sunlight. A dark-haired girl was smiling brightly under the bright golden sun.
"My name is Loaren. I'm from the Black Clan."
"The Black Clan?"
"Yeah! It's the first time I've met another hatchling, so I'm so happy."
A pretty pond with unidentified red flowers in full bloom.
Estio, who was standing as far away like an invisible man, between the golden boy and the black girl who greeted each other through a tree, realized just then.
'This is... someone else's memory.'
Yellow Dragon Shuhanan.
Once upon a time, there was a temple built on the shores of a golden pond.
It was in the memory of Shuhanan, who was worshiped as a guardian dragon by the people there.
Estio agonized over why he had entered into the memory of someone else, and Shuhanan, rather than his own, and then he found the answer.
'Perhaps because I touched the scales of the Hwangryong.'
Come to think of it, it wasn't that strange. The scales of the yellow dragon are also part of the body after all. It was just a glimpse into those memories. I looked around to see if anyone else was there, but no one could see if they were each having a different dream.
Estio gave up looking for other people and focused on the two dragons in front of him again.
"I'll forgive you for your youthful rudeness, so go away, kid. I'm not a hatchling."
"Really? You look very skinny."
"......"
Shuhanan had a very sad expression on his face, but in reality, the two were about the same height. To be honest, she was still a hatchling in Loa Ren a little smaller than Shu Hanan, but she still looked like a boy or girl her age.
Shuhanan, who had been lying for a long time among the bushes, got up and let out a sigh.
"Ha, I did this on purpose. To make it look familiar to humans."
"Do you live among humans?"
"Just play."
The dragon tribe, who inherited the power of the gods and was born as a coordinator, lived a life close to infinite time, and there was a custom of 'play' to live among the lower races they had to take care of.
All dragons die when they become old dragons. It didn't mean dying. Tired of living too long and wounded, the dragons travel across the countless stars in the sky.
A dragon realm where only the dragons live.
It was a custom left by such ancient dragons in the meaning of understanding humans to later adjusters, but in recent years, play has been used in a slightly different sense.
"How are you? I've never played a game. Is it worth it? Do you understand humans?"
"It's like a young hatchling. It's foolish."
Shuhanan laughed at the naive Black Hatchling.
"I hate humans."
"Then why are you here?"
"I'm just here to pamper my heart."
"ah-ha, I see."
No matter how blunt he was, Loaren smiled and accepted it. The girl would come to Shuhanan every day to hear stories about people who were not very poignant.
"I'll come to play again."
"Don't come. It's annoying."
However, Loaren has always been looking for Shuhanan. When the days when she didn't come were starting to feel empty, Shu Hanan asked her Loa Ren.
"Loaren, why do you like humans so much?"
"Umm. Well, why?"
Loaren let out a clear laugh.
"Because it's just lovely."
A golden boy was reflected in the black eyes of the girl who was staring at each other. She didn't like herself, who was shining with gold in her all black world, so Shu Hanan let her come to the seat next to her.
As time passed, the girl grew into an adult. Her body was a black dragon with beautiful black scales. There are two types of bodies the dragon has been given by the gods. One was the original form of a dragon, and the other was a human form that was said to be in the image of a god. Among them, Loaren mainly assumed human form.
Shuhanan was now coming to Loaren, who had grown up quickly. She sat next to her by the pond, as if she were a young man with golden hair that contrasted with her black. Now his temple had been transformed into a very luxurious one, and it was crowded with many people.
"The Black Clan..."
"Yes?"
Shuhanan, who was staring intently at Loaren, who was basking in the sun with her feet in the pond, suddenly spoke up.
"I heard that he has great mental abilities. He can read minds."
"That's right. I can hear your heart."
"......What?"
Loaren smirked playfully as he slapped his feet.
"I've been hearing from the moment we first met. What you want to say to me."
Shuhanan's face flushed red as the girl's growling voice continued.
"Shuhanan, the truth is you-."
Loaren, who gently covered her mouth with her voluminous sleeves, whispered as she pressed her upper body close to him.
"Are you fond of humans?"
"that!"
Shuhanan looked down in anger and stopped. Seeing Loaren babbling again, the words to say were completely lost. Now, I wondered what was the matter. But Shuhanan affirmed her words like a sigh.
"...Yes, I like it now."
"Uh, really?"
"I like you because I like you."
In order to tell her what a human being is, I looked at it every day. She wanted to answer anything she said to her questions, so she wandered among her people to find her answer. As a result, Shuhanan became a yellow dragon praised by humans.
Shuhanan was no longer an annoyance to humans. The more I got to know him, the more I fell in love with the human race. It felt like I was contagious to Lorraine.
But Shuhanan clearly knew why. He doesn't like humans. His favorite was Loaren.
The day Shuhanan admitted his feelings, the two became lovers.
"Yes, Shuhanan."
Loaren leaned on his shoulder and spoke softly with her eyes closed.
"Did I ask why I like humans?"
"Yes."
"I'll tell you. They say we were born to be Adjusters of the World."
Shuhanan just listened. She liked whatever she said.
"Especially, the Black clan was born to love all living things."
To be honest, it was a story I didn't want to tell much from Loareen's point of view. Each of the dragon tribes is given various missions for each clan they are born into. The mission that Shuhanan received from God was 'justice'. With strong light magic and the most excellent judgment, the gold clan has the authority to decide the head of all races, that is, the king. So, the Dragon Lords also came from the gold clan from generation to generation.
And the black dragon's ability was the most special and most invisible 'mind' among their dragon tribes.
"How could even a single flower growing in this pond not be lovely. They share their thoughts and feelings."
Complete understanding, empathy, and putting yourself in the other person's shoes.
Whether you want it or not, there are things you can't help but know.
The Black Dragon was a clan that was born with such abilities. Loa Ren told her birth and her first beloved companion everything about the Black Clan. Hearing her talk, Shu Hanan cared for her even more.
They were a pair that matched perfectly. No one could separate the two. I certainly thought so.
Until the Balaur, tired of controlling the world, made a 'decision'.
"Shuhanan!"
That day, Loaren was very excited. She had been away from her home for a month so she didn't even notice when Shu Hanan appeared with her hardened face.
No matter how good the mind-reading ability was, it would be useless if not used. Loaren did not use that ability recklessly against the same Balaur. So, moreover, she was unaware of the misfortune that Shuhanan had brought.
"Why did you come so late because you came to meet Rod? I have something to tell you."
As always, with her lovely face, her cheeks were somewhat red, and Loaren was about to open her mouth.
"Yeah, I..."
"Loaren."
A tired voice came from him. As her loa Ren clasped her shoulders with her shudder, Shu Hanan warned her with her dry, golden eyes.
"Don't go near humans anymore."
"......?"
"It's decided. It's the Lord's order."
Loaren protested at the word of Lord's command.
"Orders. What are you talking about all of a sudden, Shuhanan? Why is Lord killing humans...?"
"The whole Balaur has decided to abandon this world!"
Shuhanan cried out in frustration. His companion, whose horse's waist had been cut off, just stared blankly at him with his eyes wide open.
"I'm sorry for yelling. Ha, I didn't mean to do this."
Shuhanan, who apologized for his harsh words and actions, delivered the Lord's orders in a relatively calm tone.
"We're leaving this place. No."
The smile finally disappeared from Loaren's face.
"I'm leaving this world. So, Loaren."
Both trembling hands rested on Loaren's shoulder. Her Shu Hanan, who slowly pulled her into her arms, warned her softly again, as if pleading with her.
"Don't love humans anymore."
please.
It was a desperate voice. Estio, who was watching the two, thought at this point that maybe Shuhanan had already predicted that she would refuse.
"I'm sorry, Shuhanan."
"......no."
"I can't go. I can't."
"no."
"I will stay here."
"no."
Shuhanan strongly objected to Loaren being left alone.
"Then I'll stay here too."
After a long battle, Shuhanan was the one who was stubborn.
"I promise, Loaren."
"Yes."
"Never leave each other alone."
The memories that Estio could see were up to this point. I didn't know what Lorren had to say. And it was difficult to predict why Shu Hanan had gone crazy, and why she hated humans so much.
'Did Loaren break his promise?'
Guildmaster Kai said that Shuhanan hates the Black Dragon Loaren very much. But in the memories of Shuhanan that I saw now, the two were lovers. It is also a companion that he promised for a lifetime.
He didn't seem to be able to hate someone like that easily. For Estio, who has never been in love, it was an ending that could not be understood.
