139
Estio Volume 6
- Episode 12
"Now go back to the people you need to protect again."
"I......."
The light of self-loathing appeared on the black eyes that had lost the playfulness of a clown.
"The lord I have to protect is here."
"Yes."
Estio made an expression that was not natural.
"I will always be here."
Again, Mubin was speechless. But this time, her stiff muscles in her face collapsed. In the end, Moobin chuckled like she was crazy. With a more refreshed face, he bowed deeply in greeting.
"Thank you. Then, I'll fix it quickly and come back."
"Yes, please go."
It seemed like he was going to insist on staying until the end, but when he left, he strode away without looking back. When Duke Heyga quietly left the guild headquarters, Yeon-yeon Rang, who looked at her disappearing back with a surprising look, also opened her mouth.
"Then I'll go too."
"Huh? Where are you going, Rang?"
Her hair, tied up high along the waist of Yeon Yeon-rang, who turned around, fluttered lightly.
"To receive a mercenary commission. The saying not to get involved in the war is only for leaders. I'm going to work."
Unlike Parker, Yeon Yeon-rang did not officially belong to the leader support team. She only applied for the Turke branch mission, but was still a free combat mercenary. Before Lee Yeon-rang left her team, she said softly as she passed Estio.
"If you want to keep the promise I made earlier, call me."
"All right."
"Even if not."
The fuel riot, which he thought would pass by as it was, was still standing next to Estio. Estio looked at her a little embarrassed.
"......Yes?"
"Now that the Duke Heyga is gone, you don't have any decent fighters to help you? So, if you need help, call me."
It wasn't a sharp voice like before.
"If it's the leader's command, I'll follow it without saying a word."
Yeon-yeon-rang, who had left those words, did not listen to an answer and just ran away and disappeared.
It was as flat as a spot swept away by one storm. Neju, Tsuki, and Ahur were originally colleagues who followed Estio regardless of the guild, so now Parker was the only team left. Parker awkwardly wiggled his wings, flying his luck.
"I, leader."
"You may go."
"Yes? Oh, no, not that."
Naturally, Estio, who had planned to let Parker go, turned his gaze back to the bewildered man.
"Actually, I got a letter from my father the other day and I was going to go home anyway. If it's okay with you..."
"?"
"Come on, would you like to go with me?"
Estio did not understand his proposal and remained silent. Then Parker added in a cold sweat.
"Ahaha! It's the first time I've ever invited a non-Join person to a village, so it's kind of awkward."
"...Parker's house?"
"Yeah. It's a bit far, but it's the season for the autumn leaves festival soon. It's very mountainous, so it won't have much to do with the territorial war."
Come to think of it, even in the village of Silvia, where Estio grew up, there was no way of knowing how the country was going. Most of the deep mountain valleys were like that.
"Since I took a long vacation, uh, I wondered what it would be like to have nowhere to go."
Parker's eyes twinkled at the boss he respected. However, Estio's head was still full of confusion.
'invite?'
Estio pondered what he had just heard. Invitation was an unfamiliar word to him. Of course, when I was young, I had seen the scene outside the window where children of the same age or neighbors invited each other to their house to play. But no one invited him.
Estio hesitated and opened his mouth.
"Can I go?"
"What do you say!"
Hearing the unsure question, Parker jumped. An excited voice continued in Estio's ears, who had become anxious again.
"I hope you can come, Leader! Neju-sama too!"
Nyaan.
The black cat lying on its long belly on the floor cried languidly. Only after the cry of "Cat-sama!" continued, Estio nodded his head. Had he heard of the sleeping cactus, he would have regretted that he had not been invited alone, but that's how the destination was decided.
Parker sent a letter home that way. The letter with the message that he would go with a special guest flew in the sky ahead of them and headed to the village of Vernis.
* * *
A few days later, Estio, who left the headquarters, reached the foot of a certain mountain.
"Wow, autumn leaves are already in full swing!"
"It's pretty. Is this mountain where Parker lives?"
"...When you say that, it feels like the whole mountain is our home. From here we have to go up the mountain range all the way."
In the direction Parker pointed his finger, there was a towering mountain peak. Ahur, who woke up while admiring the mountain with the colorful leaves, groaned.
"Isn't this the perfect hometown pilgrimage party? Anyone who hasn't been to their hometown here?"
"Hehe. I like that better. Doesn't it feel like we're getting closer after inviting each other over to our house?"
"that's right. It was good when I went to the desert too."
The cactus, who easily changed his original thoughts, quickly agreed with him.
"By the way, there was a village like this."
"Is this a town you don't know?"
"If I were alone, it would be a place I would fly through, but now I have to follow the road."
Wind Mountains.
This vast mountain range was named in the sense that it was always accompanied by large and small winds going up and down the ridge. It was a place that boasted a variety of beauty as the scenery changes every time it crossed one peak, such as a rocky mountain that continued through the clouds, a steep mountain with coniferous trees, and a gorgeous flower garden covered with flower trees.
Since it is a mountain range frequented by tourists and hunters, the village located at the foot of the mountain was quite large. When I entered the village, it was full of people who were gearing up for hiking.
"Everyone is walking. Do you think the carriage doesn't?"
"Wind Mountains? Aw, it's hard to climb unless you're a unicorn or a Pegasus."
Parker responded kindly to Neju, who looked around with curious eyes.
"The higher you go, the steeper it gets. Professional hunters even bring new shoes."
Artifacts enchanted with various types of magic were also popular in the village below the mountain. The guild supplies were superior to any magic shop artifacts, so Estio and the others didn't need them. Still, Parker, worried about Neju, who was walking around naked, glanced at the shoes on the shelf for nothing.
"Do you want to have shoes that fit Neju-sama?"
"Wooang? It's okay. Have a good ride on Neju-san!"
Neju, who grew up in the snowy mountains, was proud of himself, but Parker couldn't help but hide his worries.
"That mountain and this mountain must be different..."
Parker did not recommend it any more, as it was difficult to find equipment suitable for its large size anyway. Estio silently moved along with Parker, who was snooping around the shopping street in case there was anything else he needed.
"Well, since I've already been here, I'm going to buy some presents for my sisters."
"Did you have a brother?"
"We are five siblings. There are only four younger brothers below me. It's very busy."
Estio looked at him in amazement because Parker had often talked about his parents, but never talked about his siblings.
"It's the first time I've heard of that."
"Ahaha, I still have snoring at home. Actually, I ran out because I was tired of taking care of my younger siblings. .. Huh."
Parker naturally brought up Estio's brother, then shut his mouth. Normally, it was a topic that could be continued by talking about family to each other, but the opposite was not good.
Parker remembered Estio's family he met in the village of Selvia one step later. Teriot and Rosette, who acted as his older brothers and sisters, were not good people even if they tried to say good things. Turns out, they weren't even real brothers. Estio, who noticed the shaking purple pupil, calmly shook his head.
"I don't mind talking."
"Ah, no. Hehe, my mouth is square."
Parker, who had slapped his lip with his palm for no reason, turned the topic to a crawling voice.
"Actually, it's been a year since I've been home, so I brought a lot of sweets from headquarters. Now that I look at it, girls might like things like handkerchiefs more."
As it is a mountain frequented by tourists, there were also souvenirs such as bracelets made of colored beads and handkerchiefs with beautiful maple leaf paintings on sale. Parker picked up a handkerchief with red maple leaves on it.
After saying that he was tired of taking care of his younger brother, Estio laughed quietly as he saw Parker choosing a present that would make the children happy again. In one way or another, Bernie Parker was a warm young man who took good care of the people around me.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
But then, suddenly, a group appeared from the crowd. The onlookers, terrified of pushing and swearing at people who were in the way, ripped apart. They proudly occupied the middle of the road and held weapons such as swords and axes in their hands.
'Hunter?'
Estio was able to recognize their occupation at a glance because of the prey they proudly carried on their shoulders.
Koo!
They put all their sacks on their backs in front of a shop. The wind spilled the items on the shelf, but no one apologized. Something resembling wild boar horns protruded from the tip of a large, improperly fastened sack. There was a faint smell of blood from the sack, wriggling as if still alive.
The man at the forefront exclaimed with a loud voice.
"Grandma, count!"
"Hey, Chase, are you here?"
An old woman with a bent back greeted them hurriedly. The old man was the merchant who traded the most with the hunters in the village. As she revealed her yellowness and pretended to know her, her hunters began to look down on their prey.
"Prepare money right now. Because I've caught something amazing."
"Oh! What are you doing today?"
"Look at Grandma for yourself."
One of the hunters flashed the sack he had brought and poured out the contents.
"......!"
There was gasps all over the place. The old woman also shouted with great excitement.
"U... unicorn!"
It wasn't the horn of a wild boar that was sticking out of the sack, but the sacred horn of the unicorn's forehead. The graceful legs that had to part through the sky were bound with chains, and the snout was sealed with a muzzle in case they escaped.
Purung.
What was even more surprising was that he was still alive. The blood-soaked unicorn dimly blinked its tired eyes. A harsh breath spurted out of his nose.
"No! Where did you get this precious thing?"
Kekkuk, a hunter called Chase couldn't hide his joy and smirked.
"Yeah, grandma. Did I tell you? Prepare money."
139
Estio Volume 6
- Episode 12
"Now go back to the people you need to protect again."
"I......."
The light of self-loathing appeared on the black eyes that had lost the playfulness of a clown.
"The lord I have to protect is here."
"Yes."
Estio made an expression that was not natural.
"I will always be here."
Again, Mubin was speechless. But this time, her stiff muscles in her face collapsed. In the end, Moobin chuckled like she was crazy. With a more refreshed face, he bowed deeply in greeting.
"Thank you. Then, I'll fix it quickly and come back."
"Yes, please go."
It seemed like he was going to insist on staying until the end, but when he left, he strode away without looking back. When Duke Heyga quietly left the guild headquarters, Yeon-yeon Rang, who looked at her disappearing back with a surprising look, also opened her mouth.
"Then I'll go too."
"Huh? Where are you going, Rang?"
Her hair, tied up high along the waist of Yeon Yeon-rang, who turned around, fluttered lightly.
"To receive a mercenary commission. The saying not to get involved in the war is only for leaders. I'm going to work."
Unlike Parker, Yeon Yeon-rang did not officially belong to the leader support team. She only applied for the Turke branch mission, but was still a free combat mercenary. Before Lee Yeon-rang left her team, she said softly as she passed Estio.
"If you want to keep the promise I made earlier, call me."
"All right."
"Even if not."
The fuel riot, which he thought would pass by as it was, was still standing next to Estio. Estio looked at her a little embarrassed.
"......Yes?"
"Now that the Duke Heyga is gone, you don't have any decent fighters to help you? So, if you need help, call me."
It wasn't a sharp voice like before.
"If it's the leader's command, I'll follow it without saying a word."
Yeon-yeon-rang, who had left those words, did not listen to an answer and just ran away and disappeared.
It was as flat as a spot swept away by one storm. Neju, Tsuki, and Ahur were originally colleagues who followed Estio regardless of the guild, so now Parker was the only team left. Parker awkwardly wiggled his wings, flying his luck.
"I, leader."
"You may go."
"Yes? Oh, no, not that."
Naturally, Estio, who had planned to let Parker go, turned his gaze back to the bewildered man.
"Actually, I got a letter from my father the other day and I was going to go home anyway. If it's okay with you..."
"?"
"Come on, would you like to go with me?"
Estio did not understand his proposal and remained silent. Then Parker added in a cold sweat.
"Ahaha! It's the first time I've ever invited a non-Join person to a village, so it's kind of awkward."
"...Parker's house?"
"Yeah. It's a bit far, but it's the season for the autumn leaves festival soon. It's very mountainous, so it won't have much to do with the territorial war."
Come to think of it, even in the village of Silvia, where Estio grew up, there was no way of knowing how the country was going. Most of the deep mountain valleys were like that.
"Since I took a long vacation, uh, I wondered what it would be like to have nowhere to go."
Parker's eyes twinkled at the boss he respected. However, Estio's head was still full of confusion.
'invite?'
Estio pondered what he had just heard. Invitation was an unfamiliar word to him. Of course, when I was young, I had seen the scene outside the window where children of the same age or neighbors invited each other to their house to play. But no one invited him.
Estio hesitated and opened his mouth.
"Can I go?"
"What do you say!"
Hearing the unsure question, Parker jumped. An excited voice continued in Estio's ears, who had become anxious again.
"I hope you can come, Leader! Neju-sama too!"
Nyaan.
The black cat lying on its long belly on the floor cried languidly. Only after the cry of "Cat-sama!" continued, Estio nodded his head. Had he heard of the sleeping cactus, he would have regretted that he had not been invited alone, but that's how the destination was decided.
Parker sent a letter home that way. The letter with the message that he would go with a special guest flew in the sky ahead of them and headed to the village of Vernis.
* * *
A few days later, Estio, who left the headquarters, reached the foot of a certain mountain.
"Wow, autumn leaves are already in full swing!"
"It's pretty. Is this mountain where Parker lives?"
"...When you say that, it feels like the whole mountain is our home. From here we have to go up the mountain range all the way."
In the direction Parker pointed his finger, there was a towering mountain peak. Ahur, who woke up while admiring the mountain with the colorful leaves, groaned.
"Isn't this the perfect hometown pilgrimage party? Anyone who hasn't been to their hometown here?"
"Hehe. I like that better. Doesn't it feel like we're getting closer after inviting each other over to our house?"
"that's right. It was good when I went to the desert too."
The cactus, who easily changed his original thoughts, quickly agreed with him.
"By the way, there was a village like this."
"Is this a town you don't know?"
"If I were alone, it would be a place I would fly through, but now I have to follow the road."
Wind Mountains.
This vast mountain range was named in the sense that it was always accompanied by large and small winds going up and down the ridge. It was a place that boasted a variety of beauty as the scenery changes every time it crossed one peak, such as a rocky mountain that continued through the clouds, a steep mountain with coniferous trees, and a gorgeous flower garden covered with flower trees.
Since it is a mountain range frequented by tourists and hunters, the village located at the foot of the mountain was quite large. When I entered the village, it was full of people who were gearing up for hiking.
"Everyone is walking. Do you think the carriage doesn't?"
"Wind Mountains? Aw, it's hard to climb unless you're a unicorn or a Pegasus."
Parker responded kindly to Neju, who looked around with curious eyes.
"The higher you go, the steeper it gets. Professional hunters even bring new shoes."
Artifacts enchanted with various types of magic were also popular in the village below the mountain. The guild supplies were superior to any magic shop artifacts, so Estio and the others didn't need them. Still, Parker, worried about Neju, who was walking around naked, glanced at the shoes on the shelf for nothing.
"Do you want to have shoes that fit Neju-sama?"
"Wooang? It's okay. Have a good ride on Neju-san!"
Neju, who grew up in the snowy mountains, was proud of himself, but Parker couldn't help but hide his worries.
"That mountain and this mountain must be different..."
Parker did not recommend it any more, as it was difficult to find equipment suitable for its large size anyway. Estio silently moved along with Parker, who was snooping around the shopping street in case there was anything else he needed.
"Well, since I've already been here, I'm going to buy some presents for my sisters."
"Did you have a brother?"
"We are five siblings. There are only four younger brothers below me. It's very busy."
Estio looked at him in amazement because Parker had often talked about his parents, but never talked about his siblings.
"It's the first time I've heard of that."
"Ahaha, I still have snoring at home. Actually, I ran out because I was tired of taking care of my younger siblings. .. Huh."
Parker naturally brought up Estio's brother, then shut his mouth. Normally, it was a topic that could be continued by talking about family to each other, but the opposite was not good.
Parker remembered Estio's family he met in the village of Selvia one step later. Teriot and Rosette, who acted as his older brothers and sisters, were not good people even if they tried to say good things. Turns out, they weren't even real brothers. Estio, who noticed the shaking purple pupil, calmly shook his head.
"I don't mind talking."
"Ah, no. Hehe, my mouth is square."
Parker, who had slapped his lip with his palm for no reason, turned the topic to a crawling voice.
"Actually, it's been a year since I've been home, so I brought a lot of sweets from headquarters. Now that I look at it, girls might like things like handkerchiefs more."
As it is a mountain frequented by tourists, there were also souvenirs such as bracelets made of colored beads and handkerchiefs with beautiful maple leaf paintings on sale. Parker picked up a handkerchief with red maple leaves on it.
After saying that he was tired of taking care of his younger brother, Estio laughed quietly as he saw Parker choosing a present that would make the children happy again. In one way or another, Bernie Parker was a warm young man who took good care of the people around me.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
But then, suddenly, a group appeared from the crowd. The onlookers, terrified of pushing and swearing at people who were in the way, ripped apart. They proudly occupied the middle of the road and held weapons such as swords and axes in their hands.
'Hunter?'
Estio was able to recognize their occupation at a glance because of the prey they proudly carried on their shoulders.
Koo!
They put all their sacks on their backs in front of a shop. The wind spilled the items on the shelf, but no one apologized. Something resembling wild boar horns protruded from the tip of a large, improperly fastened sack. There was a faint smell of blood from the sack, wriggling as if still alive.
The man at the forefront exclaimed with a loud voice.
"Grandma, count!"
"Hey, Chase, are you here?"
An old woman with a bent back greeted them hurriedly. The old man was the merchant who traded the most with the hunters in the village. As she revealed her yellowness and pretended to know her, her hunters began to look down on their prey.
"Prepare money right now. Because I've caught something amazing."
"Oh! What are you doing today?"
"Look at Grandma for yourself."
One of the hunters flashed the sack he had brought and poured out the contents.
"......!"
There was gasps all over the place. The old woman also shouted with great excitement.
"U... unicorn!"
It wasn't the horn of a wild boar that was sticking out of the sack, but the sacred horn of the unicorn's forehead. The graceful legs that had to part through the sky were bound with chains, and the snout was sealed with a muzzle in case they escaped.
Purung.
What was even more surprising was that he was still alive. The blood-soaked unicorn dimly blinked its tired eyes. A harsh breath spurted out of his nose.
"No! Where did you get this precious thing?"
Kekkuk, a hunter called Chase couldn't hide his joy and smirked.
"Yeah, grandma. Did I tell you? Prepare money."
