- Episode 19
"According to what you said, Shuhanan still believes that Loaren-sama lives somewhere."
When one heart stops, the other dies. So Shu Hanan believed that Loa Ren was still alive somewhere because he was alive. However, Kirin lowered her head gloomy.
「Loaren-sama certainly closed her eyes. You can feel that Kirin because it is a creature created by Loaren-sama himself."
Loaren's blessing is gone. When he first felt that fact, Kirin had no idea how much he cried. For Kirin, the black dragon Loa Ren was her master and parent.
"Unfortunately, it is an undeniable fact that Loaren-sama passed away in the arms of God."
"Then why Shuhanan?"
When Estio asked why the Yellow Dragon Shuhanan was still alive, Kirin shook her head.
"I was also surprised when I saw Shuhanan-sama in Elia again. Because Shuhanan-sama, who performed the ceremony of sharing his heart with Loaren-sama, cannot survive in this world."
Unlike humans, once a dragon has shared a heart, it cannot revoke the ritual of companionship again. So when one dies, the other must die. It was the supreme and pure love that only the dragon can do.
"However, if Loaren-sama is dead, but his heart is still alive, it will be possible."
"......?"
"I heard that dragons can pass on their hearts to their children just before they die."
The story of a hero who inherited Dragon Heart. It has already been mixed with countless legends and fairy tales, and it was a staple material that roamed through the mouth of the bard. Pegasus laughed bitterly at how absurd this was. A dragon heart is a treasure that a dragon only passes on to its children.
"So, if it's just a heart, it can remain intact through blood ties. Just as I heard your heartbeat and felt Loaren-sama."
At that time, Estio seemed to understand why Kirin was looking at him with eyes mixed with sadness and joy from the first meeting. That black Pegasus already knew.
Estio asked, blankly placing his hand on his heart.
"Do I... have the heart of loaren?"
"That's right, sweetheart."
Even after hearing the friendly voice, Estio could not understand.
"why?"
The only connection Estio has with Lorren is that they are of the same black clan. There was no reason for Loaren to hand over his heart, and there was no point in contact with that. In the first place, there was no way that the dragon, who had already died a thousand years ago, and Estio, who had barely been born for 19 years, could be related by blood. It was impossible for him to inherit the heart of Loaren.
'No, is it really impossible?'
Estio doesn't know how long he slept with the guardian, who was killed by a human pretending to be his father while he was nestled in an egg. He did not know whether he had been in the egg for several hundred years or longer with the guardian of the unknown black dragon, and he did not know why he was entrusted to a guardian other than his parents.
"It was not Shuhanan-sama who betrayed Loaren-sama and took his life as well."
Standing in front of the dazed Estio, Kirin muttered in a voice filled with anger.
"These are humans."
The direction of anger that Kirin exploded was the same as that of Shuhanan. In front of the truth he faced, Estio did not know what expression to make. Kirin looked at his face for a moment before turning around.
「……Then rest.」
The reason why he didn't leave for Bernie's village was to give him time to organize his thoughts. The sound of various hooves went away.
Parker and Neju, who happened to hear all the conversations with Estio, just exchanged glances, not knowing what to do. It was a difficult situation to put into words now. They backed away with the innocent Kon, who had not yet understood the situation. Neju hugged the cactus planter, and Parker sat next to a large mushroom sprouting near the pond, stroking the cone's mane. They decided to wait for Estio to finish cleaning up.
There was nothing in the pond except the sound of a small waterfall. The golden stones that sank beneath the rippling waters were as bright as swarms of dancing fish.
Nyaan.
At that moment, Tsuki, who had been silent, suddenly meowed.
"Estio."
"......"
"do not Cry. Why are you crying?"
tuk.
As I blinked, tears fell and the world that had been blurred was immediately visible again. Estio suddenly found himself reflected in the pond and knelt down to take a closer look. it was pitiful His expression was still okay, but tears were flowing without realizing it.
"Why didn't you know...?"
"I couldn't help but not know. Because no one left you without telling you anything!"
The black cat burst into anger, but Estio continued to cry as he looked at his face reflected in the pond. Next to him, a black cat wept together.
Black hair, dark blue eyes that mimic the human they believed to be their mother. And maybe, maybe.
'You protected me.'
It wasn't abandoned. Even while locked in the cold attic, there was a warmth that kept the persecuted young life from dying. Estio could only understand now. The heart she holds in her chest is the heart her real mother passed down.
"Uhh..."
"Why are you crying? Don't do that, please."
A suppressed sound, not knowing whether it was a laugh or a cry, leaked out. With that, she started to burst into tears.
"Yes? Estio."
I felt sorry for the cat looking up at me with worried eyes, but Estio couldn't stop crying for a while.
* * *
"......I'm sorry."
"I, no. I don't know much about that story, but I don't think you should be sorry at all. Yes."
Parker was gibberish, trying to convince him that he didn't care. It was Estio, who seemed to be having a hard time crying without a sound. Even now, the tears have stopped, but it still doesn't seem genuinely true. Estio was apologetic because he was nervous about making his party wait. Parker, who looked sadly at his superior's chapped eyes, asked cautiously.
"Leader, are you feeling better now?"
"It wasn't that I was in a bad mood."
"Is that so?"
Estio briefly added to Parker, who looked surprised.
"I'm just a little surprised."
Whether it was Shuhanan or Loaren, they were people they had never actually met anyway. So Estio didn't cry in her sorrow.
"That's it. It's really good. Thank you, Parker."
Estio quickly brushed away the remnants of the emotions that had cluttered his head. Parker looked at him suspiciously at his seemingly innocent expression, but nodded his head as he couldn't argue more that he was fine.
In the meantime, one question remained. Parker thought to himself, keeping his mouth shut.
'It's strange. In the Imperial textbooks, it was clearly said that a human cannot kill a fully grown dragon.'
It was impossible to know if Loaren had deliberately killed him or if it was written in the wrong way in the book. But he didn't want to provoke him further by bringing this up to Estio, so Parker kept his mouth shut and kept quiet.
Instead, there was a cactus chattering as usual.
"I want to drink that water!"
"Pond water?"
Ahur showed interest in the pond where divine power flows. Neju obediently responded to the request and approached the pond with the flowerpot. When she looked up close, she looked very mysterious, even to Neju, her constantly sparkling and rippling water surface.
"Con! Can I drink this water?"
"Uh, yes. If that kid isn't a monster, you can drink it."
Kon, who had been stiffened awkwardly in the uncomfortable atmosphere, heard Neju's call and ran away for a month.
"Elia's spring water is full of divine power. That's why the dirty things get purified just by touching them!"
Khon triumphantly boasted of the spring waters of Elia, but the cactus, upon hearing this, trembled with thorns and turned pale.
"I'm a monster..."
「Well, then it can't be……」
Kon, who grew pale at the same time, squatted down next to the Ahur flowerpot that Neju had put down.
"I'm not a bad monster, so wouldn't it be okay? Have you ever been killed?"
「! has exist."
Estio also looked at Ahur that he had memories of killing something. Ahur, who received the attention of all, began counting the number of his killings by picking up the thorns.
"I almost got a mite from another plant, so I killed it by bursting it with thorns. Last time, I accidentally killed a flying fly, and I may have killed an ant by stepping on it without my knowledge!"
「No, no, that arrangement is fine! I mean, uhm."
Conn frowned and pondered, then gave an example.
"I mean, did you ever intentionally get blood on it? Did you feel pleasure in killing others? Is it that just looking at blood makes you thirsty and makes you want to kill yourself?"
"Oh shh! scared. I do not know. What is that?"
Although Ahur was a blood-drinking cactus, he was not always greedy for other people's blood. Ahur only bled on Estio, and if he didn't allow it, he immediately gave up. He usually drank only water without affecting his health, so he used to eat blood once in a while as if he was eating a special meal.
From Ahur's point of view, Estio's blood was as addictive as a drug, and it was the best special food to help him stay alive for several days. Despite his steady departure from ordinary plants, Ahur never touched other animals or people.
"Woong. My throat is too dry. Ahur Mala, Joo-Yeot."
"As long as you haven't harmed others, you'll be fine. Have a drink."
Khon rolled his eyes and said it was going to be okay, but Ahur stood firm and looked back at Estio.
"water? blood? Please choose the lunch menu!」
Estio, who felt strangely staring at the cactus even though it had no eyes, was seriously anguished.
'Still, wouldn't water be better than blood?'
Even though it was water with divine power, it didn't seem like it would have a bad effect on Ahur. Estio made a decision after deliberation.
"Neju, give Ahur some water."
"I see!"
It was the pond water, not blood, that was provided to the dried up cactus, which had a green body that looked like it was really thirsty. Neju, who was asked to water the cactus, dipped her hand into the pond and scooped up water. It was so cute to see the white-haired monkey carefully spraying the cactus with its large hand, so Kon, who was squatting next to her, chuckled.
slit.
"How are you? Are you okay?"
「Ugh, is it surprisingly edible? It has a tangy taste!"
"You're shooting?"
"Give me some more. More and more."
- Episode 19
"According to what you said, Shuhanan still believes that Loaren-sama lives somewhere."
When one heart stops, the other dies. So Shu Hanan believed that Loa Ren was still alive somewhere because he was alive. However, Kirin lowered her head gloomy.
「Loaren-sama certainly closed her eyes. You can feel that Kirin because it is a creature created by Loaren-sama himself."
Loaren's blessing is gone. When he first felt that fact, Kirin had no idea how much he cried. For Kirin, the black dragon Loa Ren was her master and parent.
"Unfortunately, it is an undeniable fact that Loaren-sama passed away in the arms of God."
"Then why Shuhanan?"
When Estio asked why the Yellow Dragon Shuhanan was still alive, Kirin shook her head.
"I was also surprised when I saw Shuhanan-sama in Elia again. Because Shuhanan-sama, who performed the ceremony of sharing his heart with Loaren-sama, cannot survive in this world."
Unlike humans, once a dragon has shared a heart, it cannot revoke the ritual of companionship again. So when one dies, the other must die. It was the supreme and pure love that only the dragon can do.
"However, if Loaren-sama is dead, but his heart is still alive, it will be possible."
"......?"
"I heard that dragons can pass on their hearts to their children just before they die."
The story of a hero who inherited Dragon Heart. It has already been mixed with countless legends and fairy tales, and it was a staple material that roamed through the mouth of the bard. Pegasus laughed bitterly at how absurd this was. A dragon heart is a treasure that a dragon only passes on to its children.
"So, if it's just a heart, it can remain intact through blood ties. Just as I heard your heartbeat and felt Loaren-sama."
At that time, Estio seemed to understand why Kirin was looking at him with eyes mixed with sadness and joy from the first meeting. That black Pegasus already knew.
Estio asked, blankly placing his hand on his heart.
"Do I... have the heart of loaren?"
"That's right, sweetheart."
Even after hearing the friendly voice, Estio could not understand.
"why?"
The only connection Estio has with Lorren is that they are of the same black clan. There was no reason for Loaren to hand over his heart, and there was no point in contact with that. In the first place, there was no way that the dragon, who had already died a thousand years ago, and Estio, who had barely been born for 19 years, could be related by blood. It was impossible for him to inherit the heart of Loaren.
'No, is it really impossible?'
Estio doesn't know how long he slept with the guardian, who was killed by a human pretending to be his father while he was nestled in an egg. He did not know whether he had been in the egg for several hundred years or longer with the guardian of the unknown black dragon, and he did not know why he was entrusted to a guardian other than his parents.
"It was not Shuhanan-sama who betrayed Loaren-sama and took his life as well."
Standing in front of the dazed Estio, Kirin muttered in a voice filled with anger.
"These are humans."
The direction of anger that Kirin exploded was the same as that of Shuhanan. In front of the truth he faced, Estio did not know what expression to make. Kirin looked at his face for a moment before turning around.
「……Then rest.」
The reason why he didn't leave for Bernie's village was to give him time to organize his thoughts. The sound of various hooves went away.
Parker and Neju, who happened to hear all the conversations with Estio, just exchanged glances, not knowing what to do. It was a difficult situation to put into words now. They backed away with the innocent Kon, who had not yet understood the situation. Neju hugged the cactus planter, and Parker sat next to a large mushroom sprouting near the pond, stroking the cone's mane. They decided to wait for Estio to finish cleaning up.
There was nothing in the pond except the sound of a small waterfall. The golden stones that sank beneath the rippling waters were as bright as swarms of dancing fish.
Nyaan.
At that moment, Tsuki, who had been silent, suddenly meowed.
"Estio."
"......"
"do not Cry. Why are you crying?"
tuk.
As I blinked, tears fell and the world that had been blurred was immediately visible again. Estio suddenly found himself reflected in the pond and knelt down to take a closer look. it was pitiful His expression was still okay, but tears were flowing without realizing it.
"Why didn't you know...?"
"I couldn't help but not know. Because no one left you without telling you anything!"
The black cat burst into anger, but Estio continued to cry as he looked at his face reflected in the pond. Next to him, a black cat wept together.
Black hair, dark blue eyes that mimic the human they believed to be their mother. And maybe, maybe.
'You protected me.'
It wasn't abandoned. Even while locked in the cold attic, there was a warmth that kept the persecuted young life from dying. Estio could only understand now. The heart she holds in her chest is the heart her real mother passed down.
"Uhh..."
"Why are you crying? Don't do that, please."
A suppressed sound, not knowing whether it was a laugh or a cry, leaked out. With that, she started to burst into tears.
"Yes? Estio."
I felt sorry for the cat looking up at me with worried eyes, but Estio couldn't stop crying for a while.
* * *
"......I'm sorry."
"I, no. I don't know much about that story, but I don't think you should be sorry at all. Yes."
Parker was gibberish, trying to convince him that he didn't care. It was Estio, who seemed to be having a hard time crying without a sound. Even now, the tears have stopped, but it still doesn't seem genuinely true. Estio was apologetic because he was nervous about making his party wait. Parker, who looked sadly at his superior's chapped eyes, asked cautiously.
"Leader, are you feeling better now?"
"It wasn't that I was in a bad mood."
"Is that so?"
Estio briefly added to Parker, who looked surprised.
"I'm just a little surprised."
Whether it was Shuhanan or Loaren, they were people they had never actually met anyway. So Estio didn't cry in her sorrow.
"That's it. It's really good. Thank you, Parker."
Estio quickly brushed away the remnants of the emotions that had cluttered his head. Parker looked at him suspiciously at his seemingly innocent expression, but nodded his head as he couldn't argue more that he was fine.
In the meantime, one question remained. Parker thought to himself, keeping his mouth shut.
'It's strange. In the Imperial textbooks, it was clearly said that a human cannot kill a fully grown dragon.'
It was impossible to know if Loaren had deliberately killed him or if it was written in the wrong way in the book. But he didn't want to provoke him further by bringing this up to Estio, so Parker kept his mouth shut and kept quiet.
Instead, there was a cactus chattering as usual.
"I want to drink that water!"
"Pond water?"
Ahur showed interest in the pond where divine power flows. Neju obediently responded to the request and approached the pond with the flowerpot. When she looked up close, she looked very mysterious, even to Neju, her constantly sparkling and rippling water surface.
"Con! Can I drink this water?"
"Uh, yes. If that kid isn't a monster, you can drink it."
Kon, who had been stiffened awkwardly in the uncomfortable atmosphere, heard Neju's call and ran away for a month.
"Elia's spring water is full of divine power. That's why the dirty things get purified just by touching them!"
Khon triumphantly boasted of the spring waters of Elia, but the cactus, upon hearing this, trembled with thorns and turned pale.
"I'm a monster..."
「Well, then it can't be……」
Kon, who grew pale at the same time, squatted down next to the Ahur flowerpot that Neju had put down.
"I'm not a bad monster, so wouldn't it be okay? Have you ever been killed?"
「! has exist."
Estio also looked at Ahur that he had memories of killing something. Ahur, who received the attention of all, began counting the number of his killings by picking up the thorns.
"I almost got a mite from another plant, so I killed it by bursting it with thorns. Last time, I accidentally killed a flying fly, and I may have killed an ant by stepping on it without my knowledge!"
「No, no, that arrangement is fine! I mean, uhm."
Conn frowned and pondered, then gave an example.
"I mean, did you ever intentionally get blood on it? Did you feel pleasure in killing others? Is it that just looking at blood makes you thirsty and makes you want to kill yourself?"
"Oh shh! scared. I do not know. What is that?"
Although Ahur was a blood-drinking cactus, he was not always greedy for other people's blood. Ahur only bled on Estio, and if he didn't allow it, he immediately gave up. He usually drank only water without affecting his health, so he used to eat blood once in a while as if he was eating a special meal.
From Ahur's point of view, Estio's blood was as addictive as a drug, and it was the best special food to help him stay alive for several days. Despite his steady departure from ordinary plants, Ahur never touched other animals or people.
"Woong. My throat is too dry. Ahur Mala, Joo-Yeot."
"As long as you haven't harmed others, you'll be fine. Have a drink."
Khon rolled his eyes and said it was going to be okay, but Ahur stood firm and looked back at Estio.
"water? blood? Please choose the lunch menu!」
Estio, who felt strangely staring at the cactus even though it had no eyes, was seriously anguished.
'Still, wouldn't water be better than blood?'
Even though it was water with divine power, it didn't seem like it would have a bad effect on Ahur. Estio made a decision after deliberation.
"Neju, give Ahur some water."
"I see!"
It was the pond water, not blood, that was provided to the dried up cactus, which had a green body that looked like it was really thirsty. Neju, who was asked to water the cactus, dipped her hand into the pond and scooped up water. It was so cute to see the white-haired monkey carefully spraying the cactus with its large hand, so Kon, who was squatting next to her, chuckled.
slit.
"How are you? Are you okay?"
「Ugh, is it surprisingly edible? It has a tangy taste!"
"You're shooting?"
"Give me some more. More and more."
