Estio Volume 7
- Episode 15
Of course, Estio did not intend to deliver the message in such an extreme way from the time she first visited Elysium. However, I realized it while sharing Shuhanan's feelings a while ago.
'You didn't know anything.'
Shuhanan didn't even know that Estio existed. Even the fact that Estio was the same person, and even the truth that Loaren was a child born to Shuhanan. He knew nothing, and he lived alone in pain for many years. I just went crazy day by day, waiting for Loaren, who suddenly disappeared.
'Can this be a reward for you?'
Estio decided that Shuhanan deserved the heart of Loaren back. He didn't have the confidence to convince the dragon who had already gone mad by explaining it in words. So Shu Hanan acted first before choosing his own death.
'And to you, Loaren.'
Even Estio didn't know under what circumstances Loaren gave the Dragon Heart to me. But she at least felt that she was desperately trying to save herself. Estio survived his mother's sacrifice, and thus he lived to this day. So now it was time to return the sacrifice to those who deserved it back.
As the consciousness slowly faded through the red bloodstains, I remembered what the black cat had once said.
"You are so clever."
"The point of thinking that you can abandon yourself."
Odd-Eye, who looked back at Estio, was as pretty as a jewel.
"You're not expecting it at all, thinking that everyone will abandon you anyway."
Estio felt a little sorry for Tsuki, who always only worried about him. The sound of anger seemed to be heard again.
'Sorry. If I disappear, I can live more freely now.'
It was a good thing because he was a black tiger who always wanted to be free. Neju is still young and worried, but if she goes back to the wild and lives, she may be happier than she is now. With Kai remaining as a good guild master, it was clear that Parker would continue his guild work, Ahur would do well as a duke in the desert, and Mubin would do well as a duke who ruled Hei's territory. However, I felt sorry for not being able to keep my promise with Yeon-yeon.
'Ah.......'
The light from the colorful stained glass was dazzling, and he slowly closed his eyes. Come to think of it, there were quite a few more colleagues who would be angry with him than before.
'I wish I had time to say hello.'
That was the last thought that Estio had before he settled into the darkness.
* * *
'Why?'
Shuhanan fell into great confusion when he saw the fallen dark-haired young man in front of him. I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on. And as soon as he smelled the blood, it was impossible to guess why his heart was pounding like crazy.
In the meantime, I heard a humming sound and looked down to find the last thing the young man had held in my palm.
'Loaren's Dragon Heart.'
The seven-pointed black jewel, the Black Dragon Heart, twirled in his hand. It was strange. He was not happy when he finally got the traces of Loaren he had been looking for so much.
Then, as my head, which had been dyed with madness, gradually cleared, I began to see the truth one by one that I had not seen before.
First of all, only real blood relatives with the same blood could have a dragon heart in their body. If he had Loaren's Dragon Heart, it would mean that the young man in front of him was at least not a human but a black dragon.
'And the holy sword.'
Also, the only people who could hold the holy sword Lipe Stigmata without rejection were Hwangryong himself and the guardian who drank Hwangryong's blood.
'No, if there is one more possible existence...'
Shuhanan, who had even thought of that, held his breath like someone struck by lightning. He was able to hold the Holy Sword if he had inherited the blood of the Yellow Dragon.
And these two pieces of evidence point to only one conclusion.
Estio is half Lorren's blood and half Shuhanan's blood.
Perhaps it is the child who should have been raised with care between them.
But, as always, the truth always came to him one step later.
It was a helpless and ruthless dream road, like soft spring petals scattered in the cold winter wind.
Chapter 28 Reunion
Estio obviously thought he was dead.
There was no pain or trouble in the world painted black. It's like a piece of paper boat drifting away on a rainy day and constantly sinking somewhere. It was a feeling I had never felt before. It was dark and quiet, but not scary at all. It was just as cozy as in a deep cave. To the extent that I thought it would be okay to sleep like this forever.
But even so, Estio couldn't sleep.
'Tsuki... Are you going to be angry by now?'
The angry expression of the black cat was good in front of him. His little friend who grew up together since childhood. He must have been even more angry because he had done it without a word.
"You always do."
With such an angry face.
"Even if you are this close."
Meow, the black cat cried unhappily.
"Acting like someone who will disappear at any moment."
'I should say no.'
As if in a fantasy, the cat crying came to mind over and over again. He wanted to reach out and comfort him, but he couldn't reach him, and as he struggled, the shaky cat's tail disappeared like a mirage. There was no more crying. Estio clenched an empty fist and looked around.
'Is it really okay if I disappear like this?'
He consulted in his mind. It was a thought that hadn't come to his mind when he stabbed his sword in his chest. He reassured everyone that he would get along without him. So he closed his eyes, and he was still being sucked into the endless darkness.
But the moment he asked himself, he immediately remembered the answer.
'Yes.'
A little white furry monkey shimmered in the distance. I wanted to run and grab it, but it was too far away to reach.
'Movin.'
The happy face that he had found the descendant of the Black Dragon was now frozen without a single smile. His dark-haired swordsman turned away from him as it was.
'Parker.'
The white feathers were dyed black and gradually faded. When all the people on the rise were engulfed in darkness, Estio sat alone in the Black Swamp. His comrades left with anger and hardened faces, but he had nothing to say.
'I put it on myself.'
I knew the answer right away. So it hurt even more. Estio grabbed his lap and buried his head. He can't turn back now. Thinking like that, his eyes clouded without hesitation. As the pool of tears was about to flow, he saw something small bouncing around him.
'Ahur?'
It was a cactus that glittered with a fresh green color even in the dark. Estio jumped to his feet.
'Wait. Wait a minute!'
It was the only existence that passed so close that it seemed to pass by. I wanted to sing out loud, but it was too much in this darkness. The petals flew to the side of the outstretched arm. Ahur had already disappeared into the darkness, but instead red petals were strewn across the floor.
Estio started running after the petals. With every step he took, the flowers shattered and scattered like star dust. It looked like a red firefly was floating on the black lake. Ahur had long since disappeared without a trace, and no matter how much he ran after the flower, he saw nothing but endless darkness.
It was around the time when the petals were gradually disappearing in the darkness, a different sound could be heard in the silence that seemed to last forever.
"Black, huh."
it was a cry Estio stopped running and listened to the sound.
"Sorry. I'm really sorry I couldn't protect you until the end."
A voice mixed with sorrowful cries that was suppressed and could not be endured repeated the apology. Estio approached the sound source and looked around.
No one was there.
'Well, it's dead, but there's no way anyone can be by my side.'
But there was definitely a sound. It was the moment when he raised his head a little more, wondering if he might have been obscured by darkness.
earth.
Tears wet his cheeks. Estio was not in luck. Someone's tears were dripping down his head. Only then did Estio recognize his opponent.
'Black eyes.'
It wasn't dark. In a space that I thought was just endless darkness, it turned out that a dragon with a huge body existed. Black scales darker than darkness, and black eyes shining like starlight. Estio looked up at the crying Black Dragon and thought blankly.
'...Loaren?'
Although the appearance was different from when I peeped from Hwangryong's memory, I was convinced that it was her. She had no clear reason, but she felt the same nostalgic feeling as back then. Estio cautiously approached the giant dragon. Loa Ren was crouching, but she was so large that she had to look up to see her face.
"scared. I don't want to die like this."
Loaren was trembling in fear. In the last moments of her life, she remained in the darkness where even her companion could not find her, and had to fight her fear of death alone.
「Shuhanan……I'm sorry. I don't think I can keep my promise. Still, as much as this child."
Sararak, the black dragon with its spread wings floated in the air, a sphere that the dragon held dearly. Although it was small enough to be embraced by a giant dragon, it was quite large from a human point of view. The sphere, the size of a human child, was shining gold so beautifully that anyone could be charmed. But Estio knew as soon as he saw that it wasn't just gold.
"I'll protect you. I will protect you even in death. If it's Shuhanan, I'm sure I can come to you."
The golden sphere was a dragon's egg. Loaren kissed the surface of the egg floating in the air tenderly.
"It's fine, sweetheart. She sleeps until she meets him. you don't have to worry You don't have to know what happened."
'Why......?'
I wanted to ask you why are you saying that. But Estio stood nailed to his seat and only listened to Loaren's warm whisper. Because he knew that what he saw in front of her was already a vision of her who had closed his eyes a long time ago.
"In the meantime, Noel will protect me instead of me. Please, Noel."
Purneung.
The black-haired beast I once saw in my adoptive parents' dreams supported golden eggs with antlers grown gracefully like a deer. Estio only now knew that the animal's name was 'Noel'.
Estio Volume 7
- Episode 15
Of course, Estio did not intend to deliver the message in such an extreme way from the time she first visited Elysium. However, I realized it while sharing Shuhanan's feelings a while ago.
'You didn't know anything.'
Shuhanan didn't even know that Estio existed. Even the fact that Estio was the same person, and even the truth that Loaren was a child born to Shuhanan. He knew nothing, and he lived alone in pain for many years. I just went crazy day by day, waiting for Loaren, who suddenly disappeared.
'Can this be a reward for you?'
Estio decided that Shuhanan deserved the heart of Loaren back. He didn't have the confidence to convince the dragon who had already gone mad by explaining it in words. So Shu Hanan acted first before choosing his own death.
'And to you, Loaren.'
Even Estio didn't know under what circumstances Loaren gave the Dragon Heart to me. But she at least felt that she was desperately trying to save herself. Estio survived his mother's sacrifice, and thus he lived to this day. So now it was time to return the sacrifice to those who deserved it back.
As the consciousness slowly faded through the red bloodstains, I remembered what the black cat had once said.
"You are so clever."
"The point of thinking that you can abandon yourself."
Odd-Eye, who looked back at Estio, was as pretty as a jewel.
"You're not expecting it at all, thinking that everyone will abandon you anyway."
Estio felt a little sorry for Tsuki, who always only worried about him. The sound of anger seemed to be heard again.
'Sorry. If I disappear, I can live more freely now.'
It was a good thing because he was a black tiger who always wanted to be free. Neju is still young and worried, but if she goes back to the wild and lives, she may be happier than she is now. With Kai remaining as a good guild master, it was clear that Parker would continue his guild work, Ahur would do well as a duke in the desert, and Mubin would do well as a duke who ruled Hei's territory. However, I felt sorry for not being able to keep my promise with Yeon-yeon.
'Ah.......'
The light from the colorful stained glass was dazzling, and he slowly closed his eyes. Come to think of it, there were quite a few more colleagues who would be angry with him than before.
'I wish I had time to say hello.'
That was the last thought that Estio had before he settled into the darkness.
* * *
'Why?'
Shuhanan fell into great confusion when he saw the fallen dark-haired young man in front of him. I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on. And as soon as he smelled the blood, it was impossible to guess why his heart was pounding like crazy.
In the meantime, I heard a humming sound and looked down to find the last thing the young man had held in my palm.
'Loaren's Dragon Heart.'
The seven-pointed black jewel, the Black Dragon Heart, twirled in his hand. It was strange. He was not happy when he finally got the traces of Loaren he had been looking for so much.
Then, as my head, which had been dyed with madness, gradually cleared, I began to see the truth one by one that I had not seen before.
First of all, only real blood relatives with the same blood could have a dragon heart in their body. If he had Loaren's Dragon Heart, it would mean that the young man in front of him was at least not a human but a black dragon.
'And the holy sword.'
Also, the only people who could hold the holy sword Lipe Stigmata without rejection were Hwangryong himself and the guardian who drank Hwangryong's blood.
'No, if there is one more possible existence...'
Shuhanan, who had even thought of that, held his breath like someone struck by lightning. He was able to hold the Holy Sword if he had inherited the blood of the Yellow Dragon.
And these two pieces of evidence point to only one conclusion.
Estio is half Lorren's blood and half Shuhanan's blood.
Perhaps it is the child who should have been raised with care between them.
But, as always, the truth always came to him one step later.
It was a helpless and ruthless dream road, like soft spring petals scattered in the cold winter wind.
Chapter 28 Reunion
Estio obviously thought he was dead.
There was no pain or trouble in the world painted black. It's like a piece of paper boat drifting away on a rainy day and constantly sinking somewhere. It was a feeling I had never felt before. It was dark and quiet, but not scary at all. It was just as cozy as in a deep cave. To the extent that I thought it would be okay to sleep like this forever.
But even so, Estio couldn't sleep.
'Tsuki... Are you going to be angry by now?'
The angry expression of the black cat was good in front of him. His little friend who grew up together since childhood. He must have been even more angry because he had done it without a word.
"You always do."
With such an angry face.
"Even if you are this close."
Meow, the black cat cried unhappily.
"Acting like someone who will disappear at any moment."
'I should say no.'
As if in a fantasy, the cat crying came to mind over and over again. He wanted to reach out and comfort him, but he couldn't reach him, and as he struggled, the shaky cat's tail disappeared like a mirage. There was no more crying. Estio clenched an empty fist and looked around.
'Is it really okay if I disappear like this?'
He consulted in his mind. It was a thought that hadn't come to his mind when he stabbed his sword in his chest. He reassured everyone that he would get along without him. So he closed his eyes, and he was still being sucked into the endless darkness.
But the moment he asked himself, he immediately remembered the answer.
'Yes.'
A little white furry monkey shimmered in the distance. I wanted to run and grab it, but it was too far away to reach.
'Movin.'
The happy face that he had found the descendant of the Black Dragon was now frozen without a single smile. His dark-haired swordsman turned away from him as it was.
'Parker.'
The white feathers were dyed black and gradually faded. When all the people on the rise were engulfed in darkness, Estio sat alone in the Black Swamp. His comrades left with anger and hardened faces, but he had nothing to say.
'I put it on myself.'
I knew the answer right away. So it hurt even more. Estio grabbed his lap and buried his head. He can't turn back now. Thinking like that, his eyes clouded without hesitation. As the pool of tears was about to flow, he saw something small bouncing around him.
'Ahur?'
It was a cactus that glittered with a fresh green color even in the dark. Estio jumped to his feet.
'Wait. Wait a minute!'
It was the only existence that passed so close that it seemed to pass by. I wanted to sing out loud, but it was too much in this darkness. The petals flew to the side of the outstretched arm. Ahur had already disappeared into the darkness, but instead red petals were strewn across the floor.
Estio started running after the petals. With every step he took, the flowers shattered and scattered like star dust. It looked like a red firefly was floating on the black lake. Ahur had long since disappeared without a trace, and no matter how much he ran after the flower, he saw nothing but endless darkness.
It was around the time when the petals were gradually disappearing in the darkness, a different sound could be heard in the silence that seemed to last forever.
"Black, huh."
it was a cry Estio stopped running and listened to the sound.
"Sorry. I'm really sorry I couldn't protect you until the end."
A voice mixed with sorrowful cries that was suppressed and could not be endured repeated the apology. Estio approached the sound source and looked around.
No one was there.
'Well, it's dead, but there's no way anyone can be by my side.'
But there was definitely a sound. It was the moment when he raised his head a little more, wondering if he might have been obscured by darkness.
earth.
Tears wet his cheeks. Estio was not in luck. Someone's tears were dripping down his head. Only then did Estio recognize his opponent.
'Black eyes.'
It wasn't dark. In a space that I thought was just endless darkness, it turned out that a dragon with a huge body existed. Black scales darker than darkness, and black eyes shining like starlight. Estio looked up at the crying Black Dragon and thought blankly.
'...Loaren?'
Although the appearance was different from when I peeped from Hwangryong's memory, I was convinced that it was her. She had no clear reason, but she felt the same nostalgic feeling as back then. Estio cautiously approached the giant dragon. Loa Ren was crouching, but she was so large that she had to look up to see her face.
"scared. I don't want to die like this."
Loaren was trembling in fear. In the last moments of her life, she remained in the darkness where even her companion could not find her, and had to fight her fear of death alone.
「Shuhanan……I'm sorry. I don't think I can keep my promise. Still, as much as this child."
Sararak, the black dragon with its spread wings floated in the air, a sphere that the dragon held dearly. Although it was small enough to be embraced by a giant dragon, it was quite large from a human point of view. The sphere, the size of a human child, was shining gold so beautifully that anyone could be charmed. But Estio knew as soon as he saw that it wasn't just gold.
"I'll protect you. I will protect you even in death. If it's Shuhanan, I'm sure I can come to you."
The golden sphere was a dragon's egg. Loaren kissed the surface of the egg floating in the air tenderly.
"It's fine, sweetheart. She sleeps until she meets him. you don't have to worry You don't have to know what happened."
'Why......?'
I wanted to ask you why are you saying that. But Estio stood nailed to his seat and only listened to Loaren's warm whisper. Because he knew that what he saw in front of her was already a vision of her who had closed his eyes a long time ago.
"In the meantime, Noel will protect me instead of me. Please, Noel."
Purneung.
The black-haired beast I once saw in my adoptive parents' dreams supported golden eggs with antlers grown gracefully like a deer. Estio only now knew that the animal's name was 'Noel'.
