47
Estio Volume 2
- Episode 22
He clearly heard his plea for help, but no one even tried to make eye contact. It was because Bella was already a criminal branded as a witch in the village.
"Uncle Jake..."
"Where does that call my husband's name?! That's what I asked for!"
The wife of a man called Jake was furious. Her guilty husband was just bowing his head.
All the people Bella asks for help now are people she has had a deep relationship with. Bella, who was beautiful, was loved by all her men and women in her village. Everyone in her loved her and tried to be nice to her.
Bella, who was born pretty, but suffered from a lack of affection because she was not loved by her parents, learned aegyo in order to be loved by more people, and there was no one who did not fall for the skills she desperately learned.
But that fiery love turned into a rope that tied her neck at some point.
'It's a witch! I was just possessed by that witch!'
When the truth about a dirty relationship was revealed, someone made an excuse. That excuse was just the beginning. Both of you agreed with that excuse and drove Bella into her witch in an instant.
All of them were guilty of covering up that no, and the warmth they shared wasn't even the love they really wanted to cherish.
Even so, after Estio, who was covered with all kinds of dirty sins and filth in the village, disappeared, people became very sensitive.
'A cursed being who brings bad luck to the village.'
They were already used to Estio's role as a water receiver. Someone has to catch one and take over that role.
Instead of getting angry at Estio, who disappeared without permission, he turned the arrows to one place at once. Unfortunately, it was Bella who ended up being the target.
"You said you loved me!"
Bella felt the fire coming from under her feet and screamed. Her body was already covered with scars, and she had no energy for several days because she couldn't drink properly, but she didn't want to burn to death like this.
However, people's reactions were cold.
"Kill it!"
"Burn it clean!"
Boo.
The crowd's booing scratched her chest like a hawk's claw. They were all sweet lips whispering love not long ago. A fire burned at the feet of Bella, who had lost her soul in despair.
Bella desperately twisted her body, panting with a face mixed with fear, anxiety and anger. Her scorching heat felt like it was already climbing up her body like an earthworm.
'help me......!'
It was then that a single sound, not a boo, flowed into her ear, trembling like a paroxysmal.
Nyaan.
A black cat jumped up onto the wooden pole to which Bella was tied. The cat, who flexibly climbed on the pole, climbed to the top in the blink of an eye and looked down at the villagers.
"Are you a cat?"
"A black cat at a time like this. It's an ominous sign."
"After all, that girl must be a witch!"
Only one cat appeared, but the mood was even more extreme. Bella lifted her head, brimming with tears in her eyes. Then she met her eyes head-on with the black cat perched on top of her pole to which she had been tied.
"Meow."
"Black."
When I saw the mysterious eyes of green and yellow together, I became even more sad.
'what. Now it's done, even the cat... It's too much.'
It seemed as if the whole world was cursing him. Bella bit her blood-dried lips, thinking of someone.
'It's all because of him.'
A person with a color that closely resembles that black cat. Had he remained in the village, he would not have been tied to this place now.
'If only that person did not leave here, I would.'
His lost anger was directed at the wrong person, not at the people who cursed and burned him.
The moment I thought so.
Scratches-.
A sharp dagger cut the rope that bound Bella's hands and feet.
Bella blinked her long eyelashes and opened her eyes as tears fell. The man she resented so much in her heart was in front of her.
"What the hell are you doing!"
"Who are you?"
"Who is interfering with the village's cleansing ceremony!"
The man who jumped into the burning altar and released Bella from the wooden pole was wearing a black hooded cloak. The face line hidden by the hood was quite sharp.
He came down from the altar holding the released Bella. He suffered no harm while he descended to the floor through the flames. Everyone could see that the robe and cloak the young man was wearing were expensive magical artifacts.
Leaving behind the terrifyingly burning fire, the young man holding the dirty Bella raised his head. The hood was ripped off by the wind, revealing his face.
"You... you, you!"
The village chief, who stood closest to the altar as the representative, swallowed a breath of astonishment. At the same time, everyone in the room had to doubt their eyes.
"...Estio oppa?"
Bella muttered in disbelief even though she was in his arms. She wondered if she was dreaming of being burned to death. A young dark-haired young man with a completely different appearance from the last time he saw him on the day of his coming-of-age ceremony was staring coldly at the villagers.
Contrary to the villagers, who were stiffened by his sudden appearance, the village chief tried to grasp the situation hastily.
'Ignis Guild!'
In the village of Selvia, where he had never met a guild member because it was so rural, he only considered the guild uniform he was wearing unique and did not recognize him. It was the same with the village chief. However, as much as the red pattern engraved on his chest, he couldn't see it unless he knew it.
blazing bird.
'Ignis' symbolizes immortality.
A group of people with mysterious abilities from the Rubarzan Empire to manage and carry out their duties. A high-class manpower group that spreads across the empire and carries out quests with the permission of the imperial family.
If it was another unknown guild, there was no one who did not know about the Ignis guild.
The village chief raised his old, wrinkled fingers and pointed at him tremblingly.
"You, why are you?"
"What the hell is this?"
The village chief, whose words were cut off, widened his eyes. How dare you stop talking to the village representative! If it had been before, it would have been unheard of. But now, even the village chief could not shout in front of him.
"She is a sinner. He has committed a mortal sin that will anger God, so he will only pay the price for his sin."
"What crime did Bella commit?"
'You know what to do!'
The village chief, who wanted to shout just like that, managed to put up with it, and then his mouth twitched. While calming the boiling inside, someone suddenly answered on behalf of the old village chief.
"Heh, the old girl tricked the guy next door and killed me. Are you okay?"
"......"
Estio threw an emotionless gaze at the woman who had intervened.
'Rosette.'
She was born a year earlier than that. Rosette, with the light brown hair and blue eyes she had inherited from his parents, still looked at him with disgust. He was as skinny as a branch and still had his freckles covering his face.
The only corner that resembled Estio was the blue eyes, but even that had a very different color saturation. If Estio's dark blue eyes were a dark color that could only be seen in the deep sea, Rosette, the older sister, was as clear blue as the autumn sky.
The two had very different personalities as well as the stark color difference.
"It looks like you went out to the city and came back with quite a bit of success, but what's going to happen with that? The kid you saved is the filthy murderer."
Rosette was also aware at a glance that the clothes Estio wore were expensive. Clever in this respect, she did not know to what level her brother had risen, but guessed that she had mastered something.
So even though his tone was sharp, he was kind enough to explain each and every one of them.
"I heard that all the men in the village near the River Mountains flirted with them? It is said that the man who fell over was brutally murdered and his liver was devoured."
"No! Kolok Kolok. I, I'm not, bro. I'm just..."
Bella clung to Estio's arms and shook her head frantically.
"It's shameful."
"He must have committed such a terrible sin and coveted another man."
"Because you're a witch, you like to eat fresh intestines alive?"
"If it is, the mother of that child would have abandoned her child and ran away."
When the story of her mother came out, a venom spread over Bella's disheveled expression. Even after seeing the poison, Estio quietly opened her mouth, turning her gaze away, pretending not to have seen it.
"Is there any evidence? A proper trial?"
"Ha! Why do you need that?"
Rosette's ridicule followed, followed by sharp boos.
"To cover up a sinner! Cursed child indeed."
"They stick well with the same filthy tribe."
"That damn child."
This time, it was his older brother Terriot who broke through the crowd and appeared in anger.
"If he had run away, he should have disappeared without even seeing his nose. Why did he come back to the village like a rat?"
The young men of the village did not know much about the Ignis Guild yet. The village chief, who heard the abusive language brought about by Terriot's ignorance, was startled and belatedly started to stop.
"Come on, calm down."
"But the mayor! That bastard has completely ruined the offering to the gods!"
In the end, the village chief blew a cold sweat as he comforted Terriot, who growled like he was about to eat him and even pointed his fingers. When I glanced at her, Estio's expression didn't show any emotion.
expressionless, and insensitive
As if to appreciate a boring play, he was holding Bella and watching them chatter.
The village chief, who had managed to force Terriot to step down, opened his mouth as if squeezing sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
"Estio... Kun, you're still young, but you might not have known."
Without realizing that the awkwardly given the name 'gun' made it even more awkward, the village chief continued to explain, pretending to be fair and benevolent.
"We have always been able to resolve unsavory problems in the village by a majority vote."
"Majority vote?"
"It's a good system to gather everyone's opinions. Isn't our life too difficult to go to the city and wait for the judgment of the law every time something happens? We don't have enough flour to live on right now."
Blood-drying poverty has dulled even people's notions of good and evil. They judged sins together and condemned them together. In this small town, the law soon established itself as the will of the elders, led by the village chief.
Estio lowered Bella, who he had been holding in his arms until then, to the ground.
"......Ugh."
She suffered a sudden burn and had to stand on rough grass with hot bare feet. Frowning at the grass that pricked the soles of her feet relentlessly, Estio looked straight at her mayor without looking towards Bella.
"So we chose to get that witch out of town."
"What was the choice for?"
"For the sake of peace."
An immediate answer came back without hesitation.
47
Estio Volume 2
- Episode 22
He clearly heard his plea for help, but no one even tried to make eye contact. It was because Bella was already a criminal branded as a witch in the village.
"Uncle Jake..."
"Where does that call my husband's name?! That's what I asked for!"
The wife of a man called Jake was furious. Her guilty husband was just bowing his head.
All the people Bella asks for help now are people she has had a deep relationship with. Bella, who was beautiful, was loved by all her men and women in her village. Everyone in her loved her and tried to be nice to her.
Bella, who was born pretty, but suffered from a lack of affection because she was not loved by her parents, learned aegyo in order to be loved by more people, and there was no one who did not fall for the skills she desperately learned.
But that fiery love turned into a rope that tied her neck at some point.
'It's a witch! I was just possessed by that witch!'
When the truth about a dirty relationship was revealed, someone made an excuse. That excuse was just the beginning. Both of you agreed with that excuse and drove Bella into her witch in an instant.
All of them were guilty of covering up that no, and the warmth they shared wasn't even the love they really wanted to cherish.
Even so, after Estio, who was covered with all kinds of dirty sins and filth in the village, disappeared, people became very sensitive.
'A cursed being who brings bad luck to the village.'
They were already used to Estio's role as a water receiver. Someone has to catch one and take over that role.
Instead of getting angry at Estio, who disappeared without permission, he turned the arrows to one place at once. Unfortunately, it was Bella who ended up being the target.
"You said you loved me!"
Bella felt the fire coming from under her feet and screamed. Her body was already covered with scars, and she had no energy for several days because she couldn't drink properly, but she didn't want to burn to death like this.
However, people's reactions were cold.
"Kill it!"
"Burn it clean!"
Boo.
The crowd's booing scratched her chest like a hawk's claw. They were all sweet lips whispering love not long ago. A fire burned at the feet of Bella, who had lost her soul in despair.
Bella desperately twisted her body, panting with a face mixed with fear, anxiety and anger. Her scorching heat felt like it was already climbing up her body like an earthworm.
'help me......!'
It was then that a single sound, not a boo, flowed into her ear, trembling like a paroxysmal.
Nyaan.
A black cat jumped up onto the wooden pole to which Bella was tied. The cat, who flexibly climbed on the pole, climbed to the top in the blink of an eye and looked down at the villagers.
"Are you a cat?"
"A black cat at a time like this. It's an ominous sign."
"After all, that girl must be a witch!"
Only one cat appeared, but the mood was even more extreme. Bella lifted her head, brimming with tears in her eyes. Then she met her eyes head-on with the black cat perched on top of her pole to which she had been tied.
"Meow."
"Black."
When I saw the mysterious eyes of green and yellow together, I became even more sad.
'what. Now it's done, even the cat... It's too much.'
It seemed as if the whole world was cursing him. Bella bit her blood-dried lips, thinking of someone.
'It's all because of him.'
A person with a color that closely resembles that black cat. Had he remained in the village, he would not have been tied to this place now.
'If only that person did not leave here, I would.'
His lost anger was directed at the wrong person, not at the people who cursed and burned him.
The moment I thought so.
Scratches-.
A sharp dagger cut the rope that bound Bella's hands and feet.
Bella blinked her long eyelashes and opened her eyes as tears fell. The man she resented so much in her heart was in front of her.
"What the hell are you doing!"
"Who are you?"
"Who is interfering with the village's cleansing ceremony!"
The man who jumped into the burning altar and released Bella from the wooden pole was wearing a black hooded cloak. The face line hidden by the hood was quite sharp.
He came down from the altar holding the released Bella. He suffered no harm while he descended to the floor through the flames. Everyone could see that the robe and cloak the young man was wearing were expensive magical artifacts.
Leaving behind the terrifyingly burning fire, the young man holding the dirty Bella raised his head. The hood was ripped off by the wind, revealing his face.
"You... you, you!"
The village chief, who stood closest to the altar as the representative, swallowed a breath of astonishment. At the same time, everyone in the room had to doubt their eyes.
"...Estio oppa?"
Bella muttered in disbelief even though she was in his arms. She wondered if she was dreaming of being burned to death. A young dark-haired young man with a completely different appearance from the last time he saw him on the day of his coming-of-age ceremony was staring coldly at the villagers.
Contrary to the villagers, who were stiffened by his sudden appearance, the village chief tried to grasp the situation hastily.
'Ignis Guild!'
In the village of Selvia, where he had never met a guild member because it was so rural, he only considered the guild uniform he was wearing unique and did not recognize him. It was the same with the village chief. However, as much as the red pattern engraved on his chest, he couldn't see it unless he knew it.
blazing bird.
'Ignis' symbolizes immortality.
A group of people with mysterious abilities from the Rubarzan Empire to manage and carry out their duties. A high-class manpower group that spreads across the empire and carries out quests with the permission of the imperial family.
If it was another unknown guild, there was no one who did not know about the Ignis guild.
The village chief raised his old, wrinkled fingers and pointed at him tremblingly.
"You, why are you?"
"What the hell is this?"
The village chief, whose words were cut off, widened his eyes. How dare you stop talking to the village representative! If it had been before, it would have been unheard of. But now, even the village chief could not shout in front of him.
"She is a sinner. He has committed a mortal sin that will anger God, so he will only pay the price for his sin."
"What crime did Bella commit?"
'You know what to do!'
The village chief, who wanted to shout just like that, managed to put up with it, and then his mouth twitched. While calming the boiling inside, someone suddenly answered on behalf of the old village chief.
"Heh, the old girl tricked the guy next door and killed me. Are you okay?"
"......"
Estio threw an emotionless gaze at the woman who had intervened.
'Rosette.'
She was born a year earlier than that. Rosette, with the light brown hair and blue eyes she had inherited from his parents, still looked at him with disgust. He was as skinny as a branch and still had his freckles covering his face.
The only corner that resembled Estio was the blue eyes, but even that had a very different color saturation. If Estio's dark blue eyes were a dark color that could only be seen in the deep sea, Rosette, the older sister, was as clear blue as the autumn sky.
The two had very different personalities as well as the stark color difference.
"It looks like you went out to the city and came back with quite a bit of success, but what's going to happen with that? The kid you saved is the filthy murderer."
Rosette was also aware at a glance that the clothes Estio wore were expensive. Clever in this respect, she did not know to what level her brother had risen, but guessed that she had mastered something.
So even though his tone was sharp, he was kind enough to explain each and every one of them.
"I heard that all the men in the village near the River Mountains flirted with them? It is said that the man who fell over was brutally murdered and his liver was devoured."
"No! Kolok Kolok. I, I'm not, bro. I'm just..."
Bella clung to Estio's arms and shook her head frantically.
"It's shameful."
"He must have committed such a terrible sin and coveted another man."
"Because you're a witch, you like to eat fresh intestines alive?"
"If it is, the mother of that child would have abandoned her child and ran away."
When the story of her mother came out, a venom spread over Bella's disheveled expression. Even after seeing the poison, Estio quietly opened her mouth, turning her gaze away, pretending not to have seen it.
"Is there any evidence? A proper trial?"
"Ha! Why do you need that?"
Rosette's ridicule followed, followed by sharp boos.
"To cover up a sinner! Cursed child indeed."
"They stick well with the same filthy tribe."
"That damn child."
This time, it was his older brother Terriot who broke through the crowd and appeared in anger.
"If he had run away, he should have disappeared without even seeing his nose. Why did he come back to the village like a rat?"
The young men of the village did not know much about the Ignis Guild yet. The village chief, who heard the abusive language brought about by Terriot's ignorance, was startled and belatedly started to stop.
"Come on, calm down."
"But the mayor! That bastard has completely ruined the offering to the gods!"
In the end, the village chief blew a cold sweat as he comforted Terriot, who growled like he was about to eat him and even pointed his fingers. When I glanced at her, Estio's expression didn't show any emotion.
expressionless, and insensitive
As if to appreciate a boring play, he was holding Bella and watching them chatter.
The village chief, who had managed to force Terriot to step down, opened his mouth as if squeezing sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
"Estio... Kun, you're still young, but you might not have known."
Without realizing that the awkwardly given the name 'gun' made it even more awkward, the village chief continued to explain, pretending to be fair and benevolent.
"We have always been able to resolve unsavory problems in the village by a majority vote."
"Majority vote?"
"It's a good system to gather everyone's opinions. Isn't our life too difficult to go to the city and wait for the judgment of the law every time something happens? We don't have enough flour to live on right now."
Blood-drying poverty has dulled even people's notions of good and evil. They judged sins together and condemned them together. In this small town, the law soon established itself as the will of the elders, led by the village chief.
Estio lowered Bella, who he had been holding in his arms until then, to the ground.
"......Ugh."
She suffered a sudden burn and had to stand on rough grass with hot bare feet. Frowning at the grass that pricked the soles of her feet relentlessly, Estio looked straight at her mayor without looking towards Bella.
"So we chose to get that witch out of town."
"What was the choice for?"
"For the sake of peace."
An immediate answer came back without hesitation.
