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Estio - Chapter 51

Published at 7th of May 2022 06:00:55 AM


Chapter 51

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- Episode 1

 

Black mountains.

 

A man was climbing a mountain road.

 

The sky was dark with no moonlight, and the son-in-law was all dark. The River Mountains, tinged with darkness, were filled with the cry of monsters. Many times he fell over in surprise at the creaking of birds flying, and the man was so nervous that the ax hilt he was holding was wet with sweat.

 

"Damn it, you've been completely wrong. Damn it!"

 

He spit out swear words and looked around the area with anxious eyes.

 

The man was a farmer living in a poor mountain village.

 

During the day, after cutting grass and watering it, it is his daily routine to climb the mountain before the sun goes down, cut trees and bring them. It was usually the way to come back just in time for the sunset, but today there were so many dead trees and mushrooms that I went deep into the mountain as if possessed. The problem was that I was too greedy to do this one and that one.

 

When he woke up, he had gone deep into the wooded mountains that he had never been before, and the sun had long since set.

 

Besides, it must have been raining today, so dark clouds were covering the sky and obscuring the moon and stars. It is deep in the mountains, so there is no way to find even light. When the situation was around that time, the man was startled and wandered around looking for the way home with the ax hilt.

 

The moment he felt a sense of crisis beyond embarrassment, he realized it too late.

 

The mountain after the sun goes down is a trap. A mouse trapped in a trap will slowly die.

 

The man felt as if he had been swallowed up in a swamp of darkness.

 

When he was on the verge of going crazy at the sound of wolves, owls, and wild beasts roaring from all directions, something that caught his attention like a cord from the sky appeared.

 

'Fire.'

 

fire!

 

Not too far away, a man who noticed a flickering light waved his hand in delight.

 

"Look! Save someone! Hey!"

 

There was no answer, but just finding a light in the dark darkness filled him with hope. He ran towards the light, screaming like crazy, lest he might get farther away.

 

"Look! Wait a minute! Until dawn..."

 

He called his throat to rest and chased after him, but it was very difficult to catch up with the light. As if closer and farther away, the light seemed to make fun of him alive.

 

Still, the man did not give up and ran, and eventually reached a place where there was a light.

 

'What is this.'

 

The man who found out the identity of the light was astonished.

 

It was a huge pit that met the man running after the light, as if a meteorite had fallen. It was large enough to accommodate a hundred more people.

 

And there was a glimmering 'light' in the pit.

 

"Oh My God."

 

The man slid down into the pit as if possessed. There was dirt on his butt and back, but there was no time to worry about him.

 

"Oh God."

 

There was a huge jewel in front of me that I had never even imagined in my life.

 

It was smooth gold that was scattering a beautiful light to the point of regretting that it was mistaken for a light.

 

"That, gold!"

 

The man got lost in the mountains and embraced the gold nugget, forgetting even the fact that he was on the verge of death. Just looking at the gold nugget the size of a newborn baby was enough to make you fall in ecstasy.

 

Even a nobleman would never have seen such gold. No, I didn't know if it was gold or what. If it shines with golden light, it is only considered gold.

 

But it would be nice if it wasn't gold. It was such a beautiful jewel that the eyes of an ignorant country farmer would be captivated by.

 

"Kreulreung."

 

Then the cry of the beast was heard from behind the gold. The man who had reached out his hand for the gold nugget almost fell to his seat as his heart was about to drop.

 

"What, what, what?"

 

As if a black-haired beast was protecting gold, it blocked it with its body and exposed its teeth.

 

His appearance resembled a wolf, but his outstretched legs were long like a deer, and his belly was slender. Its black, shiny fur was like a lion's mane, and it glistens beautifully, and her eyes were terrifying with only the whites of their eyes.

 

As if he had been hit by something and had been seriously injured, his legs were limp and his breathing was in danger.

 

The beast with its teeth exposed didn't run at him, but just stood there, blocking it from coming close to the gold.

 

The man who was about to run away with his back stopped at the thought that ran through his head for a moment.

 

'If only I had that jewel, my life could be different.'

 

I remembered the faces of my wife and two children waiting at home. He slowly turned around and looked around. A wolf-like beast gracefully wags his long tail and rubs his head against his gold nuggets. The man's hand gripped the ax hilt tightly as he rubbed his head as if to relieve himself of the jewel.

 

One step, another step.

 

The man approached the gold cautiously like a hunter. When the beast, feeling his presence, raised its head, he leaned over as if reaching out for gold.

 

"Creung!"

 

The beast spread its snout and took his hand. At that moment, the man swung the ax he was holding in his opposite hand.

 

Aww!

 

It was an instant. I don't know where it came from, but the man was able to hit the beast properly.

 

The hilt of the ax cut the beast's neck. The beast didn't die, even though its neck was limp, and its teeth were exposed. Tired of seeing him desperately trying to protect his treasure, the man swung his ax frantically.

 

ᴀᴀʀᴀ ᴀᴀʀᴀ Kwajik!

 

After the beast had been slashed to the point where it could not move any further, the man took a breath and threw the ax on the floor.

 

He carefully hid the bloody gold nugget in his arms.

 

The man, who had been wandering in the mountains, screaming for anyone to be spared in fright, looked everywhere with a vigilant eye to see if anyone could see him.

 

He had no doubts as to how the nuggets of gold buried in the pit could be seen so clearly from afar that they could be mistaken for a light. The man hid in the pit, waited until some light was reached, and then flew straight back home on that road.

 

bang bang!

 

"Honey! Open the door. Honey!"

 

"No you, what the hell are you doing now...!"

 

The voice of his wife, who opened the door and questioned him, was sharp. Her form with her daughter on her back and her hair tied up in a ponytail had not slept all night, and the sign of her waiting for her husband was evident.

 

The man grabbed his angry wife's wrist and dragged him into the house and locked the door first.

 

"Pack your bags, come on."

 

"Are you crazy? You stayed out without a word and came in, and now the red carpet is also oily!"

 

"It's not like that. We need to take care of our children and leave this town."

 

As if running like a crazy person was a lie, the husband calmly nodded.

 

When the wife also calmed down her excitement, it was evident that her husband's eyes were red from fatigue and he couldn't sleep all night.

 

They were ignorant and ignorant, but they weren't stupid. Her wife once calmed her anger and grabbed her husband's forearm.

 

"What's going on? You have to explain to me, whether I'm packing my bags or waking the kids up."

 

"I got lost in the mountains."

 

"what?"

 

Indeed, the man's body was full of dirty soil, leaves, and blood. Her wife, suspicious of her husband's affair, looked at him with her softer eyes.

 

"Oh, are you okay? You didn't get hurt by meeting a wild beast..."

 

"It's not about the beasts. You wouldn't be crazy if you knew what I found in the mountains."

 

"What?"

 

Finally, the wife understood her husband's words and her eyes lit up. Instead of explaining it in her words, her husband took out the 'golden' he was holding tightly in his arms.

 

"It's a precious treasure I've never seen in my life."

 

His wife's eyes widened. She pointed her finger at the thing her husband had pulled out of her arms, saying it was gold.

 

"Are you really crazy? Are you crazy? Huh?"

 

"Ah, no, how did this..."

 

The man was astonished, and while he was beaten by his wife's hand, his eyes were wide open.

 

"......?"

 

In the darkness, the jewel that had glistened with golden light was alive and blinking.

 

A small hand reached out towards them.

 

"Hey."

 

As much as a smile like sunlight, it shone more than gold.

 

"Ha, a treasure I've never seen in my life?"

 

"No, no. This is not what I brought!"

 

"Noisy!"

 

The 'treasure' that a man risked his life to carry in his arms,

 

It was a baby with dark hair.

 

* * *

 

"Take it away now."

 

The wife vehemently turned away from the baby. No matter how much the man explained it, she did not believe it. Her wife thought that her husband's baby was the result of her affair at dawn one day.

 

Reluctantly, the man had to find a pit and climb the mountain again, holding an unfamiliar baby with his suspicious wife.

 

'Are you saying that I was possessed by a ghost?'

 

I couldn't quite believe it. However, no matter how much you looked at it, the baby was a living human, and it was not a jewel like gold. Even his hair was dark black, with only his eyes shining like gold.

 

The man looked down at the baby in his arms with confused eyes.

 

The baby was very gentle.

 

His black hair and big, round, golden eyes were clear without a blemish, and they had been left unattended for several days because of a fight between the couple, but they did not cry even once.

 

The man suddenly remembered the pit he had mistaken for gold and was carrying a baby.

 

'What was that beast?'

 

Anxiety that the beast might not be an ordinary beast if he had been possessed by a baby took over his mind belatedly.

 

'Have you ever killed anyone?'

 

The man could no longer believe in himself. The couple, who had been climbing the mountain with complicated feelings, arrived at their destination soon.

 

It was surprisingly easy to find where the pit was. Unlike the dark mountain road at night, the daytime mountain path had a clear view, and the huge pit was clearly visible from afar.

 

But they were not the only ones who found the pit.

 

"There is a priest from the papal court."

 

"It seems that you have received a revelation."

 

"I heard that there is nothing there that should be there."

 

People from a nearby village were all looking around and chatting around the pit. Surprised by the unexpected scene, a couple sneakily approached the people.

 

"what happened?"

 

"Huh? You didn't know?"

 

"I came all the way here with my wife to dig wild vegetables because the air is good. What is this pit? Why are there so many people?"

 

At the man's question, one of the onlookers reached out and pointed at the bottom of the pit.

 

"Hey, boyish? The High Priest came from the Vatican."

 

"......!"

 

The man stopped breathing in surprise. The spot the bystander pointed to was where the gold nuggets had been. It was now empty and empty, and there were several people in priest's uniforms.

 

'The Pope? High Priest?'





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