Estio Volume 3
- Episode 6
A badge with a flaming firebird elaborately engraved on its wing feathers was an accessory that symbolized the guild's executives. It was then that Lina recognized her situation properly and relaxed her shoulders.
"Oh my God, were you a guild leader?"
"I should use my honorific title, Ms. Lina."
Parker pointed out his rudeness with displeasure.
"Even if Lina is an ace in the combat mercenary department, you must be polite to the leader. You are far below the rank."
"De, grade?"
"Yeah, rank. As you know, the worst is the feeling of being demoted or expelled. Are you going to leave the Lina-san's guild? If you want to take off your clothes, do whatever you want."
Lina opened her mouth wide. It was an outright disbelief from her, but Estio did not pay much attention to it and remained silent.
Estio didn't really care what other people looked at him. However, it was inconvenient to attract more attention than necessary. Because of Lina, who has a particularly loud voice, the interest of other guild members was gradually gathering.
Estio shook his head while holding the cactus flowerpot.
"It's okay, Parker. Let's go have dinner with your friends."
"Yes? Aren't you going with me?"
"I'll go separately. ...You seem to be uncomfortable in many ways."
The last one was a rather chilly voice, so Parker and his group all flinched.
The expression, such as a white turkey or a monster, was a wound for Neju as well. In fact, Neju stood there with innocent eyes, but Estio didn't want the young white fur monkey to treat him like that.
Instead of getting angry, he drew a cold line.
"It was nice to see you again, Lina."
Estio lightly bowed and turned around. Then, Lina, who was standing pale and trying to understand the situation, turned her back to his back and opened her mouth.
"Hey."
"......"
Estio stopped walking again. The black cat following him with a light foot groaned low.
"Esto leader."
"Anything more to say."
The moment he turned around, the large man suddenly bowed his head and apologized.
"sorry!"
"?"
"It wasn't because it was uncomfortable, but because I was really surprised. That's the case with White Turk. I never imagined that a familiar person would be our guild leader."
Lina did not speak the dialect for the moment when she sincerely asked for forgiveness. As Estio slowly turned and slept, Lina threw her seriousness aside and raised the corners of her frown.
"So, don't get me wrong."
Frowning, Lina didn't forget to wink at the tip of the apple. The wink blown by a large, muscular man was not very beautiful in the eyes of people.
Parker sighed and shook his head. Either way, Lina reached out her big hand and asked Estio to shake her hand.
"This is Lina Cetrox."
"......This is Estio."
They held hands for the second time after meeting in the winter mountains.
Even after hearing Estio's name, Lina was still confused.
"'Esto' is easier to sing. It's inconvenient every time someone's name is repeated four letters at a time."
"No one shortens their name for discomfort."
"Wow, our leader is very knowledgeable. Don't know the nickname, nickname?"
There was not much difference in the expression on Estio's expression, which was only heard when shyly talking about nicknames with a harsh face. Instead of smiling or grimacing, Parker shrugged his shoulders.
"If it's too long and uncomfortable, you can just call me 'Leader', right."
"Wow, you're a genius!
Lina patted Parker on the shoulder and smiled profusely.
"Leader, this is also a relationship, so why don't you go out and eat something delicious?"
"Is Lina shooting?"
"Ah?"
Parker waited for Lina's answer with a serious face. Frowning like her backstreet thug, Lina glanced at Estio, who was watching their conversation indifferently.
'It's a bit disappointing to break up just to say hello to Yorokorom.'
Yep, I lost my appetite. Lina Setrox was a combat mercenary who wielded dual swords and roamed the battlefield, but his personality was rather compassionate. She easily gets along with people and gives them trust. When she first met Estio, she had such a simple temper that she immediately believed the absurd saying that she has the ability to read the minds of animals.
But until you get mad.
Once you change your mind, no matter how sweet you try to bewitch you with words as sweet as honey, it is of no use.
Because in Lina's world, there are only the two of them, either an ally or an enemy.
Now, Estio was a pretty special ally from Lina's point of view. He met again with great effort, and was curious about the abilities of the little-known leader.
The counter-question that should lead to 'why am I?' has faded.
"Oh, what the hell."
Lina, who suddenly had to pay the bills, led them out of the headquarters.
Outside the guild headquarters was a huge city. The Ignis Guild was a special ability association established under the imperial power of the Rubarjan Empire, so its scale was very large.
The city surrounding the headquarters is 'Levito Castle'. It is the only castle in the Rubarzan Empire that the guild has the territory.
Everything from restaurants to small shops and markets is managed by the guild.
Therefore, even if it was outside the headquarters, they ended up just getting out of the cafeteria, but it was nothing more than a guild editorial.
"Kuh-hum, let's go to a restaurant that has already come out!"
Lina shouted and took the lead. The combination of a manly man and a wild beast of white furry monkey also drew attention in Levito Castle.
There were so many different groups in the guild, so it wasn't something to be afraid of just because there was a white fur monkey in the party, but it was still a strange sight. They live in hiding in the snowy mountains and are known as yeti because they are smarter than other wild beasts and know how to use tools, so they are never tamed by humans.
When a chain is hung around its neck, it beats the one holding the chain and runs wildly until its life is lost.
People who actually saw the white fur monkey, which they had only seen in books and pictures, glanced at Neju with curious eyes.
"Come on! This is the best restaurant in Levito Castle!"
The place that Lina guided me was a seafood restaurant that smelled salty. Parker sighed as Neju, who lived only in the mountains, watched the fresh fish swimming in the aquarium in front of the store.
"Being the best is purely Rina-san's standards..."
"No, I see that you go around as much as I do, so I'll tell you something like that. I've been to all corners of the world, so I can't believe it's a place I pinpointed because it's a restaurant?"
"Ugh. I'll believe it, I believe it."
They were drawn to Lina's rant and sat around their seats.
"Hey there, leader."
Parker glanced at Estio, who had just followed him, and asked with a perplexed look.
"This is a sushi restaurant."
"......?"
The method of eating freshly caught fish in raw sashimi was a recipe imported from another country.
The sashimi served to the table through a secret method that maintains cleanliness and freshness while maintaining a clean and chewy texture is very expensive and difficult to manage.
Even the sashimi was not well known among the common people, not only the commoners and the aristocrats.
"Are you good at eating raw fish?"
Of course, it was a high-quality meal that Estio had never encountered before.
"I've never eaten it."
"Ugh, is that so?"
Parker groaned and buried his face in the palm of his hand.
Then Lina grunted and bruised.
"The reaction is coming back. It seems like he recommended something that I couldn't eat."
"It's not that you can't eat it, but it can be difficult to eat. It's raw fish."
Of course, Estio had never eaten cooked fish let alone raw fish. In the beginning, the poor mountain village where he grew up was far from seafood. Even a single tree fruit was a precious meal, so all he could obtain was drinking water from a well.
It was after joining the guild that I was able to see the proper wheat bread.
In conclusion, the argument between the two had nothing to do with Estio's opinion.
"Because it is not cooked, it is fresh and delicious."
"Aww, it's not like that, is it?"
"What the hell is this!"
Leaving the two of them arguing, Estio placed the cactus he had been holding in his arms all along on the table.
Ahur was surprisingly quiet.
'Where are you sick?'
As far as he could read right away, he didn't feel any pain. If you dig deeper, you can find out more, but I stopped because Ahur didn't want to reveal it.
When I put my hand on the cactus's head, the sharp thorns curled softly like animal hair. This was Ahur's voluntarily softening the thorn. If anyone other than Estio tried to touch the cactus, he raised a thorn like his hedgehog.
A small voice could be heard in Estio's ear, who was seriously thinking about going to the clinic to examine plants.
"it."
When I looked up, I saw the girl who had been following me quietly without introducing myself until now, staring at Ahur. Her red hair flew lightly under her hood, her pressed down hood.
"Cactus?"
"Yes."
"how old?"
Here Estio was speechless. It was the first time someone had asked the age of a cactus. He answered honestly.
"I don't know because I didn't ask."
"I don't know...? Why?"
The girl gently raised her head. Something like a purple tattoo was drawn under the hazy brown eyes.
"You can tell without asking."
"......"
Estio was silent for the second time.
'I don't feel it.'
I couldn't read any emotions.
As she got closer than a certain distance, the thoughts and emotions of the other person that flowed naturally into her were not felt as much as in this girl. She only shudders with a strange and uncomfortable feeling that doesn't look like a living person.
"Who are you?"
"Zen."
After an argument with Parker, Lina, who even ordered the menu, intervened.
"It's called Master's doll."
"doll?"
"Yep. The doll that Leader knows."
The girl named Zen showed no reaction when her colleagues called her a doll.
It's just sitting in some places like a doll. Parker briefly added her explanation to Estio, who was facing her bleak expression as she made it.
"Zen is not a person, but a doll made by the guild master."
"What do you mean by 'made'?"
"Huh? You didn't know?"
Even in the world, Ignis's Guild Master is famous.
Although his name was widely known as the master of a famous guild that joined hands with the Empire, in fact, he was very famous even before the establishment of the guild.
Parker answered proudly, wiping his nose.
"Our guildmaster of Ignis is the only 'puppeteer' in the world."
The only person with this ability in the world.
At that familiar yet unfamiliar sound, Estio felt a strange unity. I don't know exactly what puppetry does, but it must have been something as special as the ability to read and control the mind.
Estio Volume 3
- Episode 6
A badge with a flaming firebird elaborately engraved on its wing feathers was an accessory that symbolized the guild's executives. It was then that Lina recognized her situation properly and relaxed her shoulders.
"Oh my God, were you a guild leader?"
"I should use my honorific title, Ms. Lina."
Parker pointed out his rudeness with displeasure.
"Even if Lina is an ace in the combat mercenary department, you must be polite to the leader. You are far below the rank."
"De, grade?"
"Yeah, rank. As you know, the worst is the feeling of being demoted or expelled. Are you going to leave the Lina-san's guild? If you want to take off your clothes, do whatever you want."
Lina opened her mouth wide. It was an outright disbelief from her, but Estio did not pay much attention to it and remained silent.
Estio didn't really care what other people looked at him. However, it was inconvenient to attract more attention than necessary. Because of Lina, who has a particularly loud voice, the interest of other guild members was gradually gathering.
Estio shook his head while holding the cactus flowerpot.
"It's okay, Parker. Let's go have dinner with your friends."
"Yes? Aren't you going with me?"
"I'll go separately. ...You seem to be uncomfortable in many ways."
The last one was a rather chilly voice, so Parker and his group all flinched.
The expression, such as a white turkey or a monster, was a wound for Neju as well. In fact, Neju stood there with innocent eyes, but Estio didn't want the young white fur monkey to treat him like that.
Instead of getting angry, he drew a cold line.
"It was nice to see you again, Lina."
Estio lightly bowed and turned around. Then, Lina, who was standing pale and trying to understand the situation, turned her back to his back and opened her mouth.
"Hey."
"......"
Estio stopped walking again. The black cat following him with a light foot groaned low.
"Esto leader."
"Anything more to say."
The moment he turned around, the large man suddenly bowed his head and apologized.
"sorry!"
"?"
"It wasn't because it was uncomfortable, but because I was really surprised. That's the case with White Turk. I never imagined that a familiar person would be our guild leader."
Lina did not speak the dialect for the moment when she sincerely asked for forgiveness. As Estio slowly turned and slept, Lina threw her seriousness aside and raised the corners of her frown.
"So, don't get me wrong."
Frowning, Lina didn't forget to wink at the tip of the apple. The wink blown by a large, muscular man was not very beautiful in the eyes of people.
Parker sighed and shook his head. Either way, Lina reached out her big hand and asked Estio to shake her hand.
"This is Lina Cetrox."
"......This is Estio."
They held hands for the second time after meeting in the winter mountains.
Even after hearing Estio's name, Lina was still confused.
"'Esto' is easier to sing. It's inconvenient every time someone's name is repeated four letters at a time."
"No one shortens their name for discomfort."
"Wow, our leader is very knowledgeable. Don't know the nickname, nickname?"
There was not much difference in the expression on Estio's expression, which was only heard when shyly talking about nicknames with a harsh face. Instead of smiling or grimacing, Parker shrugged his shoulders.
"If it's too long and uncomfortable, you can just call me 'Leader', right."
"Wow, you're a genius!
Lina patted Parker on the shoulder and smiled profusely.
"Leader, this is also a relationship, so why don't you go out and eat something delicious?"
"Is Lina shooting?"
"Ah?"
Parker waited for Lina's answer with a serious face. Frowning like her backstreet thug, Lina glanced at Estio, who was watching their conversation indifferently.
'It's a bit disappointing to break up just to say hello to Yorokorom.'
Yep, I lost my appetite. Lina Setrox was a combat mercenary who wielded dual swords and roamed the battlefield, but his personality was rather compassionate. She easily gets along with people and gives them trust. When she first met Estio, she had such a simple temper that she immediately believed the absurd saying that she has the ability to read the minds of animals.
But until you get mad.
Once you change your mind, no matter how sweet you try to bewitch you with words as sweet as honey, it is of no use.
Because in Lina's world, there are only the two of them, either an ally or an enemy.
Now, Estio was a pretty special ally from Lina's point of view. He met again with great effort, and was curious about the abilities of the little-known leader.
The counter-question that should lead to 'why am I?' has faded.
"Oh, what the hell."
Lina, who suddenly had to pay the bills, led them out of the headquarters.
Outside the guild headquarters was a huge city. The Ignis Guild was a special ability association established under the imperial power of the Rubarjan Empire, so its scale was very large.
The city surrounding the headquarters is 'Levito Castle'. It is the only castle in the Rubarzan Empire that the guild has the territory.
Everything from restaurants to small shops and markets is managed by the guild.
Therefore, even if it was outside the headquarters, they ended up just getting out of the cafeteria, but it was nothing more than a guild editorial.
"Kuh-hum, let's go to a restaurant that has already come out!"
Lina shouted and took the lead. The combination of a manly man and a wild beast of white furry monkey also drew attention in Levito Castle.
There were so many different groups in the guild, so it wasn't something to be afraid of just because there was a white fur monkey in the party, but it was still a strange sight. They live in hiding in the snowy mountains and are known as yeti because they are smarter than other wild beasts and know how to use tools, so they are never tamed by humans.
When a chain is hung around its neck, it beats the one holding the chain and runs wildly until its life is lost.
People who actually saw the white fur monkey, which they had only seen in books and pictures, glanced at Neju with curious eyes.
"Come on! This is the best restaurant in Levito Castle!"
The place that Lina guided me was a seafood restaurant that smelled salty. Parker sighed as Neju, who lived only in the mountains, watched the fresh fish swimming in the aquarium in front of the store.
"Being the best is purely Rina-san's standards..."
"No, I see that you go around as much as I do, so I'll tell you something like that. I've been to all corners of the world, so I can't believe it's a place I pinpointed because it's a restaurant?"
"Ugh. I'll believe it, I believe it."
They were drawn to Lina's rant and sat around their seats.
"Hey there, leader."
Parker glanced at Estio, who had just followed him, and asked with a perplexed look.
"This is a sushi restaurant."
"......?"
The method of eating freshly caught fish in raw sashimi was a recipe imported from another country.
The sashimi served to the table through a secret method that maintains cleanliness and freshness while maintaining a clean and chewy texture is very expensive and difficult to manage.
Even the sashimi was not well known among the common people, not only the commoners and the aristocrats.
"Are you good at eating raw fish?"
Of course, it was a high-quality meal that Estio had never encountered before.
"I've never eaten it."
"Ugh, is that so?"
Parker groaned and buried his face in the palm of his hand.
Then Lina grunted and bruised.
"The reaction is coming back. It seems like he recommended something that I couldn't eat."
"It's not that you can't eat it, but it can be difficult to eat. It's raw fish."
Of course, Estio had never eaten cooked fish let alone raw fish. In the beginning, the poor mountain village where he grew up was far from seafood. Even a single tree fruit was a precious meal, so all he could obtain was drinking water from a well.
It was after joining the guild that I was able to see the proper wheat bread.
In conclusion, the argument between the two had nothing to do with Estio's opinion.
"Because it is not cooked, it is fresh and delicious."
"Aww, it's not like that, is it?"
"What the hell is this!"
Leaving the two of them arguing, Estio placed the cactus he had been holding in his arms all along on the table.
Ahur was surprisingly quiet.
'Where are you sick?'
As far as he could read right away, he didn't feel any pain. If you dig deeper, you can find out more, but I stopped because Ahur didn't want to reveal it.
When I put my hand on the cactus's head, the sharp thorns curled softly like animal hair. This was Ahur's voluntarily softening the thorn. If anyone other than Estio tried to touch the cactus, he raised a thorn like his hedgehog.
A small voice could be heard in Estio's ear, who was seriously thinking about going to the clinic to examine plants.
"it."
When I looked up, I saw the girl who had been following me quietly without introducing myself until now, staring at Ahur. Her red hair flew lightly under her hood, her pressed down hood.
"Cactus?"
"Yes."
"how old?"
Here Estio was speechless. It was the first time someone had asked the age of a cactus. He answered honestly.
"I don't know because I didn't ask."
"I don't know...? Why?"
The girl gently raised her head. Something like a purple tattoo was drawn under the hazy brown eyes.
"You can tell without asking."
"......"
Estio was silent for the second time.
'I don't feel it.'
I couldn't read any emotions.
As she got closer than a certain distance, the thoughts and emotions of the other person that flowed naturally into her were not felt as much as in this girl. She only shudders with a strange and uncomfortable feeling that doesn't look like a living person.
"Who are you?"
"Zen."
After an argument with Parker, Lina, who even ordered the menu, intervened.
"It's called Master's doll."
"doll?"
"Yep. The doll that Leader knows."
The girl named Zen showed no reaction when her colleagues called her a doll.
It's just sitting in some places like a doll. Parker briefly added her explanation to Estio, who was facing her bleak expression as she made it.
"Zen is not a person, but a doll made by the guild master."
"What do you mean by 'made'?"
"Huh? You didn't know?"
Even in the world, Ignis's Guild Master is famous.
Although his name was widely known as the master of a famous guild that joined hands with the Empire, in fact, he was very famous even before the establishment of the guild.
Parker answered proudly, wiping his nose.
"Our guildmaster of Ignis is the only 'puppeteer' in the world."
The only person with this ability in the world.
At that familiar yet unfamiliar sound, Estio felt a strange unity. I don't know exactly what puppetry does, but it must have been something as special as the ability to read and control the mind.
