48
Estio Volume 2
- Episode 23
A sigh of relief went up to the tip of her throat and then back down. Seeing such Estio, the village chief gently stretched out his hand.
"Then let's go ahead and pay the sinners for their sins."
"Bella never committed a murder."
Again the words stopped. Although the village chief's expression hardened with discomfort, Estio did not raise an eyebrow and resolutely defended Bella.
"I read Bella's memory a while ago. It didn't contain scenes of eating people's livers or harming their lives."
"......!"
Bella, who didn't know that the mental abilities she hated so much could be used in this way, looked up at Estio with a look of half astonishment and half emotion.
It was the same with the villagers who were pushing her to kill her. Everyone looked at each other with puzzled faces.
'It's not like this!'
Reading the memories meant that Estio also knew the truth the villagers wanted to hide. Bella is her sinner, but those who want to punish her are also hers.
"How can you believe that word, that you looked into your memory?"
Someone loudly raised the suspicion. Then, as if waiting, he bit her by the tail and continued to shout suspiciously about him.
"That's right! You could be lying, right?"
"Where's the guarantee that that bastard is true?"
In an instant, the atmosphere became harsh again. Someone picked up the stone as emotions rose. Seeing the gesture of throwing a stone, Estio let out a small sigh. He remembers that even when he was a child, he was hit in the head with that stone and bled.
But now he wasn't the little kid he was back then.
"Shut up, you monster!"
pit.
The stone that flew in scratched his forehead and caused a scratch. Seeing this, the village chief's complexion grew pale. The village chief, who was the only one who recognized that he was a member of the Ignis guild, was furious at the young people who were throwing stones one after another.
"You ignorant bastards, what stupid things are these!"
The young men who heard the stones at the village chief's shout stopped and looked at each other. At the same time, the sky covered with dark clouds roared and cried.
thump thump.
Thick rainwater fell to the ground. A sudden downpour of rain caused a commotion among the crowd.
Estio slowly wiped his forehead with the back of his hand. Blood mixed with the rainwater was thickly smeared on the back of his hand.
"Hey! Oppa, I'm hurt..."
"Ah."
Laughter erupted out of nowhere to fit the situation. Surprised, Bella bit her mouth, and she turned to him, as if attracted to the eyes of the villagers who were noisy at the pouring rain.
'Not a single thing has really changed here.'
An emotion flashed in the dark blue eyes that had been insensitive until now.
"stop."
"Wow!"
At that moment, everyone who was watching broke the knee.
The large crowd surrounding the altar knelt all at once and fell on the floor. Even though Estio didn't take any action that stood out, for some reason, everyone's body became so stiff that it was impossible to move.
It felt like I was being pressed by scissors with my eyes open.
"Such a vicious bastard, I didn't even know how much I raised him!"
"You put a curse on us!"
Even in the midst of this, their lips were not as controlled as they were, so they used evil.
"Are you going to stop?"
An unfamiliar voice he heard for the first time resounded through the rain-soaked air.
Mubin, who walked out from the crowd, stopped in front of Estio. Behind Mubin, Neju, holding Ahur, approached me.
"There's one more black hair!"
"There's even a white fur monkey!"
"What's that flower pot?"
When the situation turned around, the people were terrified and trembled. Moobin was watching everything that had happened so far. After seeing it with his own two eyes, he was able to understand at least a little bit of the ambiguous attitude that Estio had shown.
'This town is never normal.'
From adults to children, none of them were in good shape. Moobin glanced at Estio's expression. There was an expressionless expression on the young man's face to the extent that it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"Leader!"
thump thump.
Finally, Parker flew down next to Estio, flapping his white wings. With the appearance of the Join tribe with beautiful wings, the turmoil among the people grew.
"Angel?!"
"Huh? No. I'm a joiner...... Anyway, this isn't important. The leader of our Ignis Guild can't lie, right?"
Parker had heard all the conversations the villagers had just a moment ago, so he responded with an unkind look. No matter what expression he made, people knelt on his knees and looked at him in ecstasy.
With two white, noble-looking wings, soft emerald curly hair and purple eyes, in the eyes of the rural people, Parker was an infallible angel.
A young man raised his hands as if praying and asked.
"Ignis? You mean the famous guild Ignis, Angel?"
"Yes. I am not an angel. Estio-sama is the only leader of the guild. Everything the leader says is protected in the name of the imperial family, so doubting this is the same as doubting the Emperor Rubarzan. "
When the talk of what to do with the Rubarzan emperor came up, everyone bowed their heads in surprise. Even people who acted recklessly without seeing anything in their eyes become as meek as a gentle sheep in the face of power.
Parker, who glanced at those people, asked with a serious face.
"Please be polite to the guild leader."
* * *
The light on the altar went out.
Raindrops fell like waterfalls under the overcast sky filled with smoke. The rain falling from the mountain made a terrific sound and wetted all directions in an instant. Along with the scent of grass, the smell of musty earth spread along the thick fog.
Since it was raining, there was no need to make much effort to extinguish the embers. Seeing the burnt-down altar that had been destroyed in vain, the people who had gathered murmured. Among them, there was a mixture of cursing towards Bella, regret, and snow colder than the cold wind in the middle of winter. And there were endless stories about Estio, who ran away on the night of her coming of age and returned to the village with a completely changed identity.
Neighboring villagers who had come to watch the ceremony were also busy pounding cubes among themselves.
In the midst of turbulence and heavy rain, Estio and his party were invited to the village chief's house for a request. Estio and his party were the only ones invited, but there were also many people who followed behind them.
A girl limped up behind the party walking in the rain following the village chief.
"Me, brother."
Estio silently looked down at the scarred fingers holding onto the hem of my clothes.
It was Bella, who had climbed the altar a while ago and nearly burned to death.
"Thank you for saving me."
Estio was the only place she could lean on, having barely escaped the crisis of death. She has been absent from her father since birth, her mother has been working all over the place, and she hasn't returned to her house at all lately.
There were many men who whispered love while praising Bella for her beautiful appearance, but no one stood by me in a time of crisis.
For the first time.
For the first time in her life, Bella felt as if she had been 'saved'.
"I didn't mean to save it."
"But..."
"Don't get me wrong."
Estio's reaction was as cold as frost. But Bella felt that even her cold expression was as hazy as her spring sunshine. She reached out and hugged Estio's back. Then I gently rested my cheek on his back. Unlike Bella, who got wet in the rain, Estio's black outfit was waterproof and felt cozy.
"You can say it coldly, I know that you are a kind person."
Bella said in a low voice like a lover whispering to her, and then laughed softly.
Even though the hair that was flowing randomly covered the jagged corners of her eyes, it couldn't cover her red cheeks.
"Everyone else pointed out that you ran away."
"......"
"I believed you would come back, Estio oppa."
"you."
The girl's expression, who looked lovely, hardened in surprise.
Bella looked up at Estio, who turned with a trembling gaze. In the dark blue eyes they met, something eerie that didn't seem human was swirling.
"You still hate me."
slurp.
The hand that was holding the hem of his clothes lost strength.
"If possible, to the extent that I want to shove my back into the pit you fell into instead."
"no!"
I tried to deny it like a scream, but to no avail. What Estio was reading right now was her ugly true intentions.
"I'm not good enough to understand someone who hates me."
"brother!"
"Since when are we?"
Estio gently lifted her from her arms with one hand, her eyelids fluttering with her wounded eyes. Bella, who had already been persecuted in the village and weakened to the point of weakening, was easily pushed back.
"Were you close enough to use such a title, Bella?"
If you were stabbed in the chest with a spear made of ice, what would it feel like? Bella's expression softened. Her sweet dream, which she had been dreaming of in vain, was shattered in an instant.
dump.
Bella had lost her strength and sat down in a pool of cold water. Leaving her like that, Estio turned around without her regrets. Neju, Parker, and Mubin, who had been following the village chief earlier, were waiting for them.
"After this quest is over, I hope that we will never meet again. I'm tired of you and this town."
Estio, who had just taken another step, heard an evil voice from behind.
"Yes."
When Estio turned around again, Bella continued speaking with a tearful face.
"Once upon a time! It was like that in the old days. I didn't know much about you and only believed in people swearing at you. That's why I thought you were cursed."
"......?"
"But I know it's not now. It was all an illusion and a misunderstanding."
She shrieked as if she was shedding the tears of a handcrafted reunion, but she couldn't hear well because of the sound of rain.
"I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. But, I understand you now. Because we are alike."
'Resembles?'
It was the first time I had ever heard of it. Estio couldn't understand any of what Bella was saying now. Bella added sweetly as he lost his words and just looked down.
"The fact that both have been abandoned by people."
"Hey, leader."
Moobin called to him without any time to get angry.
"What are you doing? Would you like to hear more of that crappy bullshit?"
"Even if it's not for him, I'm sure you'll continue to hear bullshit in this town, so my 10 thorn sword."
The cactus sarcastically sarcastically. Unfortunately or fortunately, she was buried in the sound of rain, and no one but her party noticed that the cactus had spoken her words.
"No. I'll go."
Estio turned around and headed towards the party. The village chief, who had been standing waiting, made eye contact with Bella and coughed as if not seeing it.
Bella, who was thrown out in laughter, stretched out her hand and shouted urgently.
"I'm the only one who can understand you!"
However, this call could not hold Estio's footsteps to a halt.
"Eh, Estio oppa, we were close when we were young, right?"
childhood.
A story from around the age of 5 at most, before his abilities were revealed.
Until then, obviously, neither the village elders nor the boys and girls of the same age hated Estio. Even in his memories, at the time, it seems that the family didn't hate me as much as they do now.
And Bella was only three years old at the time.
It's ridiculous to even say that they were close to each other. He walked through the rain with his back to Bella, who was clinging to the relationship.
"Are you going to leave me like this...?"
48
Estio Volume 2
- Episode 23
A sigh of relief went up to the tip of her throat and then back down. Seeing such Estio, the village chief gently stretched out his hand.
"Then let's go ahead and pay the sinners for their sins."
"Bella never committed a murder."
Again the words stopped. Although the village chief's expression hardened with discomfort, Estio did not raise an eyebrow and resolutely defended Bella.
"I read Bella's memory a while ago. It didn't contain scenes of eating people's livers or harming their lives."
"......!"
Bella, who didn't know that the mental abilities she hated so much could be used in this way, looked up at Estio with a look of half astonishment and half emotion.
It was the same with the villagers who were pushing her to kill her. Everyone looked at each other with puzzled faces.
'It's not like this!'
Reading the memories meant that Estio also knew the truth the villagers wanted to hide. Bella is her sinner, but those who want to punish her are also hers.
"How can you believe that word, that you looked into your memory?"
Someone loudly raised the suspicion. Then, as if waiting, he bit her by the tail and continued to shout suspiciously about him.
"That's right! You could be lying, right?"
"Where's the guarantee that that bastard is true?"
In an instant, the atmosphere became harsh again. Someone picked up the stone as emotions rose. Seeing the gesture of throwing a stone, Estio let out a small sigh. He remembers that even when he was a child, he was hit in the head with that stone and bled.
But now he wasn't the little kid he was back then.
"Shut up, you monster!"
pit.
The stone that flew in scratched his forehead and caused a scratch. Seeing this, the village chief's complexion grew pale. The village chief, who was the only one who recognized that he was a member of the Ignis guild, was furious at the young people who were throwing stones one after another.
"You ignorant bastards, what stupid things are these!"
The young men who heard the stones at the village chief's shout stopped and looked at each other. At the same time, the sky covered with dark clouds roared and cried.
thump thump.
Thick rainwater fell to the ground. A sudden downpour of rain caused a commotion among the crowd.
Estio slowly wiped his forehead with the back of his hand. Blood mixed with the rainwater was thickly smeared on the back of his hand.
"Hey! Oppa, I'm hurt..."
"Ah."
Laughter erupted out of nowhere to fit the situation. Surprised, Bella bit her mouth, and she turned to him, as if attracted to the eyes of the villagers who were noisy at the pouring rain.
'Not a single thing has really changed here.'
An emotion flashed in the dark blue eyes that had been insensitive until now.
"stop."
"Wow!"
At that moment, everyone who was watching broke the knee.
The large crowd surrounding the altar knelt all at once and fell on the floor. Even though Estio didn't take any action that stood out, for some reason, everyone's body became so stiff that it was impossible to move.
It felt like I was being pressed by scissors with my eyes open.
"Such a vicious bastard, I didn't even know how much I raised him!"
"You put a curse on us!"
Even in the midst of this, their lips were not as controlled as they were, so they used evil.
"Are you going to stop?"
An unfamiliar voice he heard for the first time resounded through the rain-soaked air.
Mubin, who walked out from the crowd, stopped in front of Estio. Behind Mubin, Neju, holding Ahur, approached me.
"There's one more black hair!"
"There's even a white fur monkey!"
"What's that flower pot?"
When the situation turned around, the people were terrified and trembled. Moobin was watching everything that had happened so far. After seeing it with his own two eyes, he was able to understand at least a little bit of the ambiguous attitude that Estio had shown.
'This town is never normal.'
From adults to children, none of them were in good shape. Moobin glanced at Estio's expression. There was an expressionless expression on the young man's face to the extent that it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"Leader!"
thump thump.
Finally, Parker flew down next to Estio, flapping his white wings. With the appearance of the Join tribe with beautiful wings, the turmoil among the people grew.
"Angel?!"
"Huh? No. I'm a joiner...... Anyway, this isn't important. The leader of our Ignis Guild can't lie, right?"
Parker had heard all the conversations the villagers had just a moment ago, so he responded with an unkind look. No matter what expression he made, people knelt on his knees and looked at him in ecstasy.
With two white, noble-looking wings, soft emerald curly hair and purple eyes, in the eyes of the rural people, Parker was an infallible angel.
A young man raised his hands as if praying and asked.
"Ignis? You mean the famous guild Ignis, Angel?"
"Yes. I am not an angel. Estio-sama is the only leader of the guild. Everything the leader says is protected in the name of the imperial family, so doubting this is the same as doubting the Emperor Rubarzan. "
When the talk of what to do with the Rubarzan emperor came up, everyone bowed their heads in surprise. Even people who acted recklessly without seeing anything in their eyes become as meek as a gentle sheep in the face of power.
Parker, who glanced at those people, asked with a serious face.
"Please be polite to the guild leader."
* * *
The light on the altar went out.
Raindrops fell like waterfalls under the overcast sky filled with smoke. The rain falling from the mountain made a terrific sound and wetted all directions in an instant. Along with the scent of grass, the smell of musty earth spread along the thick fog.
Since it was raining, there was no need to make much effort to extinguish the embers. Seeing the burnt-down altar that had been destroyed in vain, the people who had gathered murmured. Among them, there was a mixture of cursing towards Bella, regret, and snow colder than the cold wind in the middle of winter. And there were endless stories about Estio, who ran away on the night of her coming of age and returned to the village with a completely changed identity.
Neighboring villagers who had come to watch the ceremony were also busy pounding cubes among themselves.
In the midst of turbulence and heavy rain, Estio and his party were invited to the village chief's house for a request. Estio and his party were the only ones invited, but there were also many people who followed behind them.
A girl limped up behind the party walking in the rain following the village chief.
"Me, brother."
Estio silently looked down at the scarred fingers holding onto the hem of my clothes.
It was Bella, who had climbed the altar a while ago and nearly burned to death.
"Thank you for saving me."
Estio was the only place she could lean on, having barely escaped the crisis of death. She has been absent from her father since birth, her mother has been working all over the place, and she hasn't returned to her house at all lately.
There were many men who whispered love while praising Bella for her beautiful appearance, but no one stood by me in a time of crisis.
For the first time.
For the first time in her life, Bella felt as if she had been 'saved'.
"I didn't mean to save it."
"But..."
"Don't get me wrong."
Estio's reaction was as cold as frost. But Bella felt that even her cold expression was as hazy as her spring sunshine. She reached out and hugged Estio's back. Then I gently rested my cheek on his back. Unlike Bella, who got wet in the rain, Estio's black outfit was waterproof and felt cozy.
"You can say it coldly, I know that you are a kind person."
Bella said in a low voice like a lover whispering to her, and then laughed softly.
Even though the hair that was flowing randomly covered the jagged corners of her eyes, it couldn't cover her red cheeks.
"Everyone else pointed out that you ran away."
"......"
"I believed you would come back, Estio oppa."
"you."
The girl's expression, who looked lovely, hardened in surprise.
Bella looked up at Estio, who turned with a trembling gaze. In the dark blue eyes they met, something eerie that didn't seem human was swirling.
"You still hate me."
slurp.
The hand that was holding the hem of his clothes lost strength.
"If possible, to the extent that I want to shove my back into the pit you fell into instead."
"no!"
I tried to deny it like a scream, but to no avail. What Estio was reading right now was her ugly true intentions.
"I'm not good enough to understand someone who hates me."
"brother!"
"Since when are we?"
Estio gently lifted her from her arms with one hand, her eyelids fluttering with her wounded eyes. Bella, who had already been persecuted in the village and weakened to the point of weakening, was easily pushed back.
"Were you close enough to use such a title, Bella?"
If you were stabbed in the chest with a spear made of ice, what would it feel like? Bella's expression softened. Her sweet dream, which she had been dreaming of in vain, was shattered in an instant.
dump.
Bella had lost her strength and sat down in a pool of cold water. Leaving her like that, Estio turned around without her regrets. Neju, Parker, and Mubin, who had been following the village chief earlier, were waiting for them.
"After this quest is over, I hope that we will never meet again. I'm tired of you and this town."
Estio, who had just taken another step, heard an evil voice from behind.
"Yes."
When Estio turned around again, Bella continued speaking with a tearful face.
"Once upon a time! It was like that in the old days. I didn't know much about you and only believed in people swearing at you. That's why I thought you were cursed."
"......?"
"But I know it's not now. It was all an illusion and a misunderstanding."
She shrieked as if she was shedding the tears of a handcrafted reunion, but she couldn't hear well because of the sound of rain.
"I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. But, I understand you now. Because we are alike."
'Resembles?'
It was the first time I had ever heard of it. Estio couldn't understand any of what Bella was saying now. Bella added sweetly as he lost his words and just looked down.
"The fact that both have been abandoned by people."
"Hey, leader."
Moobin called to him without any time to get angry.
"What are you doing? Would you like to hear more of that crappy bullshit?"
"Even if it's not for him, I'm sure you'll continue to hear bullshit in this town, so my 10 thorn sword."
The cactus sarcastically sarcastically. Unfortunately or fortunately, she was buried in the sound of rain, and no one but her party noticed that the cactus had spoken her words.
"No. I'll go."
Estio turned around and headed towards the party. The village chief, who had been standing waiting, made eye contact with Bella and coughed as if not seeing it.
Bella, who was thrown out in laughter, stretched out her hand and shouted urgently.
"I'm the only one who can understand you!"
However, this call could not hold Estio's footsteps to a halt.
"Eh, Estio oppa, we were close when we were young, right?"
childhood.
A story from around the age of 5 at most, before his abilities were revealed.
Until then, obviously, neither the village elders nor the boys and girls of the same age hated Estio. Even in his memories, at the time, it seems that the family didn't hate me as much as they do now.
And Bella was only three years old at the time.
It's ridiculous to even say that they were close to each other. He walked through the rain with his back to Bella, who was clinging to the relationship.
"Are you going to leave me like this...?"
