- Episode 14
"Wrong is what you say to the people who sold Hiru. You are not wrong."
Sera, who met his eyes again, gave a small admiration. The dark blue eyes that gently fluttered like the deep sea felt mysterious again.
"It's just that Hiru's expression was different."
The girl smiled brightly like the sun rising after the rain.
And he handed a shiny golden guild coin in his hand. It was a guild coin that announced the success of the first quest.
A middle-aged man in a suit came in from when he had been standing in the sight of Estio, who was turning around with it in his pocket.
The man who took off his black suit jacket and handed it to the servant spoke with an interesting expression on his face.
"Hey, you have some really great abilities."
"Dad!"
Sarah smiled broadly and ran in front of him.
Remil de Fabien, Viscount Fabien, owner of the mansion and father of Sera. Standing next to him was his eldest son, Jeremiah de Fabien, who was now 17 years old.
"I didn't mean to spy. I just got home, but Serariin's cries echo through the garden fence."
"Dad! I didn't cry that loudly!"
"Yeah. Unfortunately, your brother heard it too. Isn't that right, Jeremy?"
"......Haha. Sera, you have a very nice voice."
Sera's face flushed red as she looked at her brother who smiled and affirmed her father's words.
"Hey, there are guests, too."
"Ah, yes. Were you a guild member dispatched from Ignis?"
Hearing Sarah's grumbling, Viscount Fabien turned to Estio. In fact, from the beginning, the Viscount's interest was in Estio.
Estio bowed his head in front of the green eyes that looked down on him with interest.
"Yes. I'm Estio from the Ignis Guild Special Support Department."
It was a straightforward self-introduction. Viscount Fabien saw this and laughed happily.
"Looking at it a while ago, the ability to solve situations was unusual. Exactly what kind of ability is it?"
"...the ability to read the minds of animals."
"of animals?"
"Yes."
Viscount Fabien smirked. But soon that smile was erased as if washed away with the cold tone that followed.
"You're fierce. Don't you know what would happen if a commoner dared to tell a lie in front of a nobleman?"
"......!"
Estio realized that Viscount Fabien knew that his abilities did not end with just 'reading the minds of animals'.
In order to connect the minds of humans and animals, it was fundamentally necessary to be able to read not only the minds of animals but also the minds of humans.
'...It was frivolous.'
Estio regretted it later.
The mediation ability I just used was the right one to complete this quest, but I should not abuse my ability hastily. The Viscount, having learned of his special ability, will now despise and loathe him. Even if he wasn't beaten like in his hometown, he might have been beaten harshly.
He sighed inwardly as he met the Viscount's cold gaze.
The interrogation continued.
"I wonder where the hell did you start limiting the category of animals. Is the baseline intelligence or the soul? Well, what about the mixed race of monsters and humans? If you can't answer all of them..."
There was no way to escape the savvy eyes of the Viscount, who had dealt with the nobility like snarlings in the political world.
Viscount Fabien laughed at the innocence of the rural youth in front of him.
"After all, your true ability is probably to 'read minds'. Humans and animals, without exception."
"really?!"
Sera, who was still innocent, widened her eyes and was amazed.
Unlike the youngest daughter, the eldest son Jeremy realized that Estio's ability was a very special and terrifying power.
'Nonsense! If it's really possible to read people's inner feelings, that would be completely...'
It was like a card game where you start showing all your hands. Originally, it was very important for me to hide my inner feelings to some extent and to coordinate the relationship between people. In a nutshell, would the children of aristocrats take a class to hide their emotions and play a false expression before entering the political or social world?
As soon as he met his dark blue eyes that had sunk, Jeremion asserted this.
'monster!'
Estio, who read the brief but intense thought involuntarily, lowered his eyes again. It was a natural reaction. There was no feeling of shame or humiliation again.
After revealing his abilities, it became increasingly difficult to breathe. He felt as if he had returned to his hometown of Selvia.
"You read minds? That's an interesting ability."
Clap clap, unlike his son, the Viscount applauded with great satisfaction.
"Even though I've met and heard of so many talented people, I've never seen anything as special as yours. It's literally considered 'the only ability'."
"......"
"Do you know what I mean?"
The Viscount came up to Estio and patted her on the shoulder. It was a friendly attitude. But Estio still felt uncomfortable.
"There are things in this world that only you can do."
"......I am."
"Send the request to the guild soon."
Viscount Fabien spit out those words and turned around. Then, without explaining what the request was or why he couldn't do anything else, he went up the stairs as it was.
As the Viscount disappeared from view, Estio breathed out a small sigh. But Jeremiah, the eldest son of the Fabien family, remained with them. Sera, who approached with a gun while holding Hiru, ignoring the uncomfortable air current flowing between them, looked up at Estio.
"Your name was 'Estio'?"
"Yes."
"You don't talk to me disrespectfully. You almost didn't even know my name."
I didn't answer because I didn't ask exactly, but Sarah grunted, puffing out her cheeks.
"Anyway, thank you. I'll call you next time!"
"...Yes, what."
Estio's expression changed to trembling. It wasn't a place he wanted to come twice. With that thought in mind, his strong arms crossed the way he was about to bow his head to say hello.
It was Jeremion, Sarah's older brother.
"Are you still reading?"
"?"
Estio sent a curious gaze towards Jeremion, who was asking hostilely at first. Jeremyon glared at him and turned her swishly her sister behind him.
"Is there no limit to that ability?"
It was then that Estio understood the meaning of the words. Even without intentionally trying to read it, the vigilance and hostility from Jeremion were flowing in strongly.
Estio did not express this and shook his head.
"I can't read them all. Don't worry I won't."
"Are you sure? You don't just say it and read it all?"
"......"
In fact, I couldn't say it wasn't. Even if I didn't want to read, the strong feelings and thoughts of the other person flowed into my head by itself.
Estio was still inexperienced in controlling his own power. It wasn't something that could be resolved enough to close my eyes and cover my ears. Jeremion's expression turned harsh when he noticed the moment's hesitation.
"When you're done, leave."
"Brother!"
Surprised, Sarah pulled her brother's sleeve, but to no avail. Jeremion drove Estio out as fiercely as Hiru who was barking at the first time.
"Get out of my house right now!"
Estio turned around without saying a word at the sound of the shouting. I heard Sarah cry behind my back.
"Huh. Brother, why are you doing this to my guests? Estio helped me and Hiru!"
"He's dangerous. Sera, listen to your brother..."
"I hate you oppa! Aww!"
Estio laughed bitterly as he heard Sera crying again after only solving the problem. Passing through the garden and coming out through the door guarded by the guard, he took out a guild coin from his pocket and looked into the sunlight.
The golden guild coin shone dazzlingly in the winter sunlight.
'But one thing is done.'
As soon as I left the mansion, I felt at ease. Estio took a long breath and held his guild coin in his hand.
"Humans are a little weird."
"...Yes, yes?"
Neju, who had been following quietly, confirmed that no one was passing by and opened his mouth. When Estio turned around, Neju looked at him with red eyes.
"Neju-eun, it's nice that Estio reads your mind."
Then he made a face that he didn't really understand.
"Even if you don't tell me, you know what Neju is thinking!"
"That's what I hate about it."
"That's why it's weird."
Neju looked a little angry. Neju, who let out her snort, firmly added her words.
"Estio is not a scary human being!"
"......"
"I mean, it's different. He's much more caring than other humans, and he's so warm. It wasn't Estio who was afraid, but the heart they had. I'm just venting my anger because I'm afraid that Estio will find out about it."
Neju could not overcome the frustration and delivered a strong ideological wave instead of human language. After reading this, Estio walked silently and gently stroked Neju's head.
"Fine."
"Whoever gets angry with me or is afraid of me. It doesn't matter if I think of it as a monster."
It was sincere. Since his childhood, he had been rejected by people for his abilities.
When I looked at myself through the eyes of the villagers, I was choked and sweaty, but that was okay.
Estio patted Neju's head and glanced up at the snow-covered wall.
Nyaan.
The black cat, whose eyes met, wagged its tail and roared.
"So that's fine."
'It's much more now walking the road with you than when I was locked up in a narrow attic.'
I felt alive.
Estio walked along the road again.
The snow under the wall began to melt in the slightly warmer sunlight.
Chapter 3 Escape
A few days later, as the Viscount had foretold in advance, the request arrived in front of Estio.
It was rare for nobles to entrust new guild members with quests in succession, so the Ignis guild office all gave congratulations and applause.
"Look at this. Guys, did you do anything? I guess you got the eyes of a nobleman properly in the last quest! Congratulations."
"Originally, nobles like special things. Estio-kun said he has a special ability, so I expected that he would definitely be interested, but the results are faster than expected, right?"
After Hawke, Rosalie, who appeared with a pile of papers, smiled and patted him on the back. However, Estio, who was actually congratulated, let out a small sigh with a complicated expression.
The guild members still misunderstood that his abilities were limited to animals.
If Estio had known that he could read people's minds as well as animals, and even manipulate their emotions, he wouldn't be able to congratulate them like they do now. That power was nothing short of a disaster for commoners.
- Episode 14
"Wrong is what you say to the people who sold Hiru. You are not wrong."
Sera, who met his eyes again, gave a small admiration. The dark blue eyes that gently fluttered like the deep sea felt mysterious again.
"It's just that Hiru's expression was different."
The girl smiled brightly like the sun rising after the rain.
And he handed a shiny golden guild coin in his hand. It was a guild coin that announced the success of the first quest.
A middle-aged man in a suit came in from when he had been standing in the sight of Estio, who was turning around with it in his pocket.
The man who took off his black suit jacket and handed it to the servant spoke with an interesting expression on his face.
"Hey, you have some really great abilities."
"Dad!"
Sarah smiled broadly and ran in front of him.
Remil de Fabien, Viscount Fabien, owner of the mansion and father of Sera. Standing next to him was his eldest son, Jeremiah de Fabien, who was now 17 years old.
"I didn't mean to spy. I just got home, but Serariin's cries echo through the garden fence."
"Dad! I didn't cry that loudly!"
"Yeah. Unfortunately, your brother heard it too. Isn't that right, Jeremy?"
"......Haha. Sera, you have a very nice voice."
Sera's face flushed red as she looked at her brother who smiled and affirmed her father's words.
"Hey, there are guests, too."
"Ah, yes. Were you a guild member dispatched from Ignis?"
Hearing Sarah's grumbling, Viscount Fabien turned to Estio. In fact, from the beginning, the Viscount's interest was in Estio.
Estio bowed his head in front of the green eyes that looked down on him with interest.
"Yes. I'm Estio from the Ignis Guild Special Support Department."
It was a straightforward self-introduction. Viscount Fabien saw this and laughed happily.
"Looking at it a while ago, the ability to solve situations was unusual. Exactly what kind of ability is it?"
"...the ability to read the minds of animals."
"of animals?"
"Yes."
Viscount Fabien smirked. But soon that smile was erased as if washed away with the cold tone that followed.
"You're fierce. Don't you know what would happen if a commoner dared to tell a lie in front of a nobleman?"
"......!"
Estio realized that Viscount Fabien knew that his abilities did not end with just 'reading the minds of animals'.
In order to connect the minds of humans and animals, it was fundamentally necessary to be able to read not only the minds of animals but also the minds of humans.
'...It was frivolous.'
Estio regretted it later.
The mediation ability I just used was the right one to complete this quest, but I should not abuse my ability hastily. The Viscount, having learned of his special ability, will now despise and loathe him. Even if he wasn't beaten like in his hometown, he might have been beaten harshly.
He sighed inwardly as he met the Viscount's cold gaze.
The interrogation continued.
"I wonder where the hell did you start limiting the category of animals. Is the baseline intelligence or the soul? Well, what about the mixed race of monsters and humans? If you can't answer all of them..."
There was no way to escape the savvy eyes of the Viscount, who had dealt with the nobility like snarlings in the political world.
Viscount Fabien laughed at the innocence of the rural youth in front of him.
"After all, your true ability is probably to 'read minds'. Humans and animals, without exception."
"really?!"
Sera, who was still innocent, widened her eyes and was amazed.
Unlike the youngest daughter, the eldest son Jeremy realized that Estio's ability was a very special and terrifying power.
'Nonsense! If it's really possible to read people's inner feelings, that would be completely...'
It was like a card game where you start showing all your hands. Originally, it was very important for me to hide my inner feelings to some extent and to coordinate the relationship between people. In a nutshell, would the children of aristocrats take a class to hide their emotions and play a false expression before entering the political or social world?
As soon as he met his dark blue eyes that had sunk, Jeremion asserted this.
'monster!'
Estio, who read the brief but intense thought involuntarily, lowered his eyes again. It was a natural reaction. There was no feeling of shame or humiliation again.
After revealing his abilities, it became increasingly difficult to breathe. He felt as if he had returned to his hometown of Selvia.
"You read minds? That's an interesting ability."
Clap clap, unlike his son, the Viscount applauded with great satisfaction.
"Even though I've met and heard of so many talented people, I've never seen anything as special as yours. It's literally considered 'the only ability'."
"......"
"Do you know what I mean?"
The Viscount came up to Estio and patted her on the shoulder. It was a friendly attitude. But Estio still felt uncomfortable.
"There are things in this world that only you can do."
"......I am."
"Send the request to the guild soon."
Viscount Fabien spit out those words and turned around. Then, without explaining what the request was or why he couldn't do anything else, he went up the stairs as it was.
As the Viscount disappeared from view, Estio breathed out a small sigh. But Jeremiah, the eldest son of the Fabien family, remained with them. Sera, who approached with a gun while holding Hiru, ignoring the uncomfortable air current flowing between them, looked up at Estio.
"Your name was 'Estio'?"
"Yes."
"You don't talk to me disrespectfully. You almost didn't even know my name."
I didn't answer because I didn't ask exactly, but Sarah grunted, puffing out her cheeks.
"Anyway, thank you. I'll call you next time!"
"...Yes, what."
Estio's expression changed to trembling. It wasn't a place he wanted to come twice. With that thought in mind, his strong arms crossed the way he was about to bow his head to say hello.
It was Jeremion, Sarah's older brother.
"Are you still reading?"
"?"
Estio sent a curious gaze towards Jeremion, who was asking hostilely at first. Jeremyon glared at him and turned her swishly her sister behind him.
"Is there no limit to that ability?"
It was then that Estio understood the meaning of the words. Even without intentionally trying to read it, the vigilance and hostility from Jeremion were flowing in strongly.
Estio did not express this and shook his head.
"I can't read them all. Don't worry I won't."
"Are you sure? You don't just say it and read it all?"
"......"
In fact, I couldn't say it wasn't. Even if I didn't want to read, the strong feelings and thoughts of the other person flowed into my head by itself.
Estio was still inexperienced in controlling his own power. It wasn't something that could be resolved enough to close my eyes and cover my ears. Jeremion's expression turned harsh when he noticed the moment's hesitation.
"When you're done, leave."
"Brother!"
Surprised, Sarah pulled her brother's sleeve, but to no avail. Jeremion drove Estio out as fiercely as Hiru who was barking at the first time.
"Get out of my house right now!"
Estio turned around without saying a word at the sound of the shouting. I heard Sarah cry behind my back.
"Huh. Brother, why are you doing this to my guests? Estio helped me and Hiru!"
"He's dangerous. Sera, listen to your brother..."
"I hate you oppa! Aww!"
Estio laughed bitterly as he heard Sera crying again after only solving the problem. Passing through the garden and coming out through the door guarded by the guard, he took out a guild coin from his pocket and looked into the sunlight.
The golden guild coin shone dazzlingly in the winter sunlight.
'But one thing is done.'
As soon as I left the mansion, I felt at ease. Estio took a long breath and held his guild coin in his hand.
"Humans are a little weird."
"...Yes, yes?"
Neju, who had been following quietly, confirmed that no one was passing by and opened his mouth. When Estio turned around, Neju looked at him with red eyes.
"Neju-eun, it's nice that Estio reads your mind."
Then he made a face that he didn't really understand.
"Even if you don't tell me, you know what Neju is thinking!"
"That's what I hate about it."
"That's why it's weird."
Neju looked a little angry. Neju, who let out her snort, firmly added her words.
"Estio is not a scary human being!"
"......"
"I mean, it's different. He's much more caring than other humans, and he's so warm. It wasn't Estio who was afraid, but the heart they had. I'm just venting my anger because I'm afraid that Estio will find out about it."
Neju could not overcome the frustration and delivered a strong ideological wave instead of human language. After reading this, Estio walked silently and gently stroked Neju's head.
"Fine."
"Whoever gets angry with me or is afraid of me. It doesn't matter if I think of it as a monster."
It was sincere. Since his childhood, he had been rejected by people for his abilities.
When I looked at myself through the eyes of the villagers, I was choked and sweaty, but that was okay.
Estio patted Neju's head and glanced up at the snow-covered wall.
Nyaan.
The black cat, whose eyes met, wagged its tail and roared.
"So that's fine."
'It's much more now walking the road with you than when I was locked up in a narrow attic.'
I felt alive.
Estio walked along the road again.
The snow under the wall began to melt in the slightly warmer sunlight.
Chapter 3 Escape
A few days later, as the Viscount had foretold in advance, the request arrived in front of Estio.
It was rare for nobles to entrust new guild members with quests in succession, so the Ignis guild office all gave congratulations and applause.
"Look at this. Guys, did you do anything? I guess you got the eyes of a nobleman properly in the last quest! Congratulations."
"Originally, nobles like special things. Estio-kun said he has a special ability, so I expected that he would definitely be interested, but the results are faster than expected, right?"
After Hawke, Rosalie, who appeared with a pile of papers, smiled and patted him on the back. However, Estio, who was actually congratulated, let out a small sigh with a complicated expression.
The guild members still misunderstood that his abilities were limited to animals.
If Estio had known that he could read people's minds as well as animals, and even manipulate their emotions, he wouldn't be able to congratulate them like they do now. That power was nothing short of a disaster for commoners.
