- Episode 6
"Chase!"
"You must completely stop breathing!"
Even the fallen archer got up again and the scouts who had formed their ranks began to pursue them, but the monster quickly hid in the snow-covered mountains. Estio, who looked at him blankly, lost his strength in his legs and slumped down.
'...What the hell was I thinking?'
It was a strange feeling. In an instant, he did not stop at reading the monster's emotions, but controlled them.
It was for a short time, but the monster, as he wished, calmed his anger in his heart and stopped the act of killing people.
And in return, it was the monster that now loses its life.
"......"
Estio, who was crazy about it, got up from his seat. As he concentrated his mind and listened, he could barely hear the monster's voice.
"scared. I'm scared, Mom..."
Dogs barking louder than necessary and showing their teeth actually had a fear inside them. Likewise, monsters had a fear of humans before anger from the beginning.
Estio ran up the snowy mountain in a direction different from the one the warriors were facing. On the way, he stepped on the slippery ice and fell. He climbed the steep incline and crept into the mountains.
After climbing for a long time, we arrived at a large cave. The samurai had not yet discovered this cave, so the surroundings were very quiet. Estio slowly approached the cave entrance.
I smelled blood.
'Is there a rare species living here?'
'The fur of a white-haired monkey is worth calling. The nobles like it very much.'
'You can catch it, skin it, and sell the intestines and meat to a cook or a wizard.'
'I'm sure you can get a lot of money.'
'Sweep it up before the others get it!'
It was at this entrance that the hunters who came to catch the white fur monkey were chattering. Estio looked around while reading the memories flowing from the monster. The ability, once activated, read the monster's memory without any blockage like a ruptured dam.
A group of white fur monkeys lived peacefully in this cave. And among them was a human woman who got lost in the cold snowy mountains and came to live with them.
'But who gave me that information?'
'I heard a report that there was a woman kidnapped by them.'
'The white-haired monkey is a beast. You mean you didn't kill the woman, you just kidnapped him?'
'I guess they'll reveal the women as well.'
The hunters giggled and entered the cave. And what followed was a brutal killing.
'No! They are my benefactors and my family! Please don't kill me, please!'
The woman cried out like a scream. Although they were called monkeys, they were actually a cold-blooded race with human-like genetics, that is, yeti. Contrary to popular belief, it did not attack people violently unless it touched its own group.
And a human woman lived with them and even gave birth to a yeti child. Her child was this monster.
A monster mixed with human and yeti blood was born as neither an ordinary yeti nor a human.
At first he was just a small yeti cub, but after the hunters annihilated his family and herds, he grew in anger and became larger than a normal yeti.
Hunters even killed women who resisted.
The monster that lost everything in one day ran wild in anger. However, he could not control the power he first activated, so he was pursued helplessly, far from revenge by the hunters, and was barely spared for his life.
The monster, who had missed the enemy, increased its anger towards humans and searched for a target for revenge. Then I discovered that it had just been a wagon.
Estio, who had read his memories up to that point, stood at the entrance to the cave and opened his mouth quietly.
"...Yes, yes."
krr.
Two red eyes glowed in the dark cave.
"Yes."
"......mom......?"
There was a response that didn't suit her huge body. Neju, it was the name the monster's mother gave him.
'My baby is as white and pretty as snow, Neju-ya.'
Neju means snow in the ancient language. Neju, who had been called by her name for the first time from her existence other than her mother, walked out to the entrance of her cave with tears in her eyes.
"I am not your mother."
"Then, who?"
Neju tilted her head like a child. They were resonating strongly with Estio's power now. Because they share their emotions, they have become the most reliable beings in the world for this moment.
"My name is Estio."
「S……Tio……」
Neju blinked slowly to remember the name.
"Estio, did Estio come to kill me too?"
"Nope."
"then?"
"that......."
Seeing Neju's innocent eyes, Estio lowered his gaze.
"I don't know about that either."
"I do not know?"
"Yeah, I thought I should just come and see."
「……」
Neju was silent for a moment in response to the honest answer. She then slowly opened her mouth again.
"Humans, you killed my family."
Estio, who had already read his memories, let out a long, trembling breath.
"I know."
"It's the same human being, but I also killed my mother."
"Yes."
"I don't know why."
"It's probably because of the money."
"What is money?"
"Among people, if you have a lot of money, you can have anything."
"Then, if you have money, will you be able to see your mother and family again?"
It was a sad question as pure as it was. Estio felt that way and shook his head heavily.
"No, it's impossible."
"Can you go back to the past?"
"no."
Every time I heard Neju's question, my heart sank. Estio raised his cold, dark blue eyes and looked straight at the monster born between a yeti and a human.
"Then can you take revenge?"
"...that might be possible."
"Ah."
Neju let out a snort as if he knew only then.
"That's what money can have."
"......"
In fact, even Estio, who had been living in a rural village rejected by people, did not know much about the weight of money. He just learned that money allows him to be respected, money allows him to eat whatever he wants, and money keeps him from being a thief in expensive clothes.
So he couldn't answer Neju, who was crying sadly.
"But I must have been very angry. I thought I was going to kill them all."
Neju, who had been hesitant for a while, spoke again.
"The moment Estio appeared earlier, I thought that it didn't matter."
"It's... it's my fault."
「?」
"It's probably because I've manipulated your emotions."
"You control your emotions? Do you have that kind of ability?"
Even now, while talking in a way of reading thoughts, Neju made a new expression of surprise.
"Neither do I, I don't know. Maybe. I read and manipulated it. Maybe that's when I stopped him from getting angry."
"Yes......."
Neju sat down helplessly in her seat. Boom, the cave rang.
"But it doesn't matter. It's been really good."
"......Yes?"
"If revenge is what you can buy with that person's money, I don't think there is any need for that."
The young monster looked down at Estio with flashing red eyes.
"Then I will become the same as that 'money'."
"......"
Estio stared blankly at Neju.
A monster born between a yeti and a human was telling a story wiser than a human. Of course, there was also a reason that Estio's power had controlled his anger, but even considering that, it was a very surprising statement.
"It is now. I want to rest……"
"...Relax, Neju."
Neju slowly entered the cave, crouched down and closed her eyes. Although the monster was bigger than the wagon, Estio felt that he was not afraid at all.
It was then.
Nyaan-.
Estio raised his head with a happy face at the familiar cry of a cat suddenly heard above his head.
"Tsuki."
「……It's annoying, really.」
The black cat Tsuki was looking down at him from a high tree branch. He didn't know when he had been watching, but the fact that a familiar presence was with him was enough to calm Estio.
"I'm glad you're safe."
"Estio."
Tsuki raised his tail as if slightly displeased. Then, tak, he landed gently on the floor.
"I'm not weak enough to get hurt by a kid like that."
"......Is that so."
"sure."
The black cat sat in front of him and began to groom his fur. Estio, who had a familiar cat and a young yeti who was asleep as if fainting, looked around with a puzzled face. It was clear that it would hurt even more if he met the warriors who were chasing like this.
He reached out towards the cat Tsuki.
"Can I give you a hug?"
"no."
Tsuki lightly refused the favor and first walked lightly through the snow. Estio looked at the back of the black cat and asked.
"Where are you going now?"
"carriage."
"...What about Neju?"
「……」
Meow.
At that question, Tsuki cried in dissatisfaction.
"throw away."
"I'm hurt. If people find out now, I'm going to die."
"If you stay here, will you freeze to death?"
"......"
It was true. Even so, his whole body could not cool right now, and he was engulfed in the cold, and his senses were disappearing.
"...Let's go into the cave first."
anyway, then. Tsuki responded simply enough that it felt cold-hearted. But Estio knew that it was Tsuki's greatest kindness. That arrogant black cat was obviously worried about him now.
As he thought, Tsuki soon began to grumble.
"You are so clever."
"......"
"The point of thinking that you can abandon yourself."
"What do you mean, Tsuki?"
"You're not expecting it at all, thinking that everyone will abandon you anyway."
Having grown up together since childhood, Tsuki knew Estio better than anyone. He knew him much more deeply than his parents or his blood brothers.
「……I don't like it anyway.」
The arrogant black cat ended annoyedly.
The cave was shallow, but when we reached the place where Neju was, the cold wind was able to stop it. However, the already cold body did not know how to melt.
Estio took out the robe he had put in his bag and draped it over a rag. After that, he got a little better, but still, his body trembled in the chill of the onslaught. Estio leaned on the big Neju's back. White-haired monkeys, which originally live in cold climates, have a very low basic body temperature, which is not helpful for warming up.
"......"
To make matters worse, the fever began to rise. The body, suffering from hunger and cold, had reached its limit. When I got a fever, a shiver came. Estio blinked his blurred vision and then slowly closed his eyes.
- Episode 6
"Chase!"
"You must completely stop breathing!"
Even the fallen archer got up again and the scouts who had formed their ranks began to pursue them, but the monster quickly hid in the snow-covered mountains. Estio, who looked at him blankly, lost his strength in his legs and slumped down.
'...What the hell was I thinking?'
It was a strange feeling. In an instant, he did not stop at reading the monster's emotions, but controlled them.
It was for a short time, but the monster, as he wished, calmed his anger in his heart and stopped the act of killing people.
And in return, it was the monster that now loses its life.
"......"
Estio, who was crazy about it, got up from his seat. As he concentrated his mind and listened, he could barely hear the monster's voice.
"scared. I'm scared, Mom..."
Dogs barking louder than necessary and showing their teeth actually had a fear inside them. Likewise, monsters had a fear of humans before anger from the beginning.
Estio ran up the snowy mountain in a direction different from the one the warriors were facing. On the way, he stepped on the slippery ice and fell. He climbed the steep incline and crept into the mountains.
After climbing for a long time, we arrived at a large cave. The samurai had not yet discovered this cave, so the surroundings were very quiet. Estio slowly approached the cave entrance.
I smelled blood.
'Is there a rare species living here?'
'The fur of a white-haired monkey is worth calling. The nobles like it very much.'
'You can catch it, skin it, and sell the intestines and meat to a cook or a wizard.'
'I'm sure you can get a lot of money.'
'Sweep it up before the others get it!'
It was at this entrance that the hunters who came to catch the white fur monkey were chattering. Estio looked around while reading the memories flowing from the monster. The ability, once activated, read the monster's memory without any blockage like a ruptured dam.
A group of white fur monkeys lived peacefully in this cave. And among them was a human woman who got lost in the cold snowy mountains and came to live with them.
'But who gave me that information?'
'I heard a report that there was a woman kidnapped by them.'
'The white-haired monkey is a beast. You mean you didn't kill the woman, you just kidnapped him?'
'I guess they'll reveal the women as well.'
The hunters giggled and entered the cave. And what followed was a brutal killing.
'No! They are my benefactors and my family! Please don't kill me, please!'
The woman cried out like a scream. Although they were called monkeys, they were actually a cold-blooded race with human-like genetics, that is, yeti. Contrary to popular belief, it did not attack people violently unless it touched its own group.
And a human woman lived with them and even gave birth to a yeti child. Her child was this monster.
A monster mixed with human and yeti blood was born as neither an ordinary yeti nor a human.
At first he was just a small yeti cub, but after the hunters annihilated his family and herds, he grew in anger and became larger than a normal yeti.
Hunters even killed women who resisted.
The monster that lost everything in one day ran wild in anger. However, he could not control the power he first activated, so he was pursued helplessly, far from revenge by the hunters, and was barely spared for his life.
The monster, who had missed the enemy, increased its anger towards humans and searched for a target for revenge. Then I discovered that it had just been a wagon.
Estio, who had read his memories up to that point, stood at the entrance to the cave and opened his mouth quietly.
"...Yes, yes."
krr.
Two red eyes glowed in the dark cave.
"Yes."
"......mom......?"
There was a response that didn't suit her huge body. Neju, it was the name the monster's mother gave him.
'My baby is as white and pretty as snow, Neju-ya.'
Neju means snow in the ancient language. Neju, who had been called by her name for the first time from her existence other than her mother, walked out to the entrance of her cave with tears in her eyes.
"I am not your mother."
"Then, who?"
Neju tilted her head like a child. They were resonating strongly with Estio's power now. Because they share their emotions, they have become the most reliable beings in the world for this moment.
"My name is Estio."
「S……Tio……」
Neju blinked slowly to remember the name.
"Estio, did Estio come to kill me too?"
"Nope."
"then?"
"that......."
Seeing Neju's innocent eyes, Estio lowered his gaze.
"I don't know about that either."
"I do not know?"
"Yeah, I thought I should just come and see."
「……」
Neju was silent for a moment in response to the honest answer. She then slowly opened her mouth again.
"Humans, you killed my family."
Estio, who had already read his memories, let out a long, trembling breath.
"I know."
"It's the same human being, but I also killed my mother."
"Yes."
"I don't know why."
"It's probably because of the money."
"What is money?"
"Among people, if you have a lot of money, you can have anything."
"Then, if you have money, will you be able to see your mother and family again?"
It was a sad question as pure as it was. Estio felt that way and shook his head heavily.
"No, it's impossible."
"Can you go back to the past?"
"no."
Every time I heard Neju's question, my heart sank. Estio raised his cold, dark blue eyes and looked straight at the monster born between a yeti and a human.
"Then can you take revenge?"
"...that might be possible."
"Ah."
Neju let out a snort as if he knew only then.
"That's what money can have."
"......"
In fact, even Estio, who had been living in a rural village rejected by people, did not know much about the weight of money. He just learned that money allows him to be respected, money allows him to eat whatever he wants, and money keeps him from being a thief in expensive clothes.
So he couldn't answer Neju, who was crying sadly.
"But I must have been very angry. I thought I was going to kill them all."
Neju, who had been hesitant for a while, spoke again.
"The moment Estio appeared earlier, I thought that it didn't matter."
"It's... it's my fault."
「?」
"It's probably because I've manipulated your emotions."
"You control your emotions? Do you have that kind of ability?"
Even now, while talking in a way of reading thoughts, Neju made a new expression of surprise.
"Neither do I, I don't know. Maybe. I read and manipulated it. Maybe that's when I stopped him from getting angry."
"Yes......."
Neju sat down helplessly in her seat. Boom, the cave rang.
"But it doesn't matter. It's been really good."
"......Yes?"
"If revenge is what you can buy with that person's money, I don't think there is any need for that."
The young monster looked down at Estio with flashing red eyes.
"Then I will become the same as that 'money'."
"......"
Estio stared blankly at Neju.
A monster born between a yeti and a human was telling a story wiser than a human. Of course, there was also a reason that Estio's power had controlled his anger, but even considering that, it was a very surprising statement.
"It is now. I want to rest……"
"...Relax, Neju."
Neju slowly entered the cave, crouched down and closed her eyes. Although the monster was bigger than the wagon, Estio felt that he was not afraid at all.
It was then.
Nyaan-.
Estio raised his head with a happy face at the familiar cry of a cat suddenly heard above his head.
"Tsuki."
「……It's annoying, really.」
The black cat Tsuki was looking down at him from a high tree branch. He didn't know when he had been watching, but the fact that a familiar presence was with him was enough to calm Estio.
"I'm glad you're safe."
"Estio."
Tsuki raised his tail as if slightly displeased. Then, tak, he landed gently on the floor.
"I'm not weak enough to get hurt by a kid like that."
"......Is that so."
"sure."
The black cat sat in front of him and began to groom his fur. Estio, who had a familiar cat and a young yeti who was asleep as if fainting, looked around with a puzzled face. It was clear that it would hurt even more if he met the warriors who were chasing like this.
He reached out towards the cat Tsuki.
"Can I give you a hug?"
"no."
Tsuki lightly refused the favor and first walked lightly through the snow. Estio looked at the back of the black cat and asked.
"Where are you going now?"
"carriage."
"...What about Neju?"
「……」
Meow.
At that question, Tsuki cried in dissatisfaction.
"throw away."
"I'm hurt. If people find out now, I'm going to die."
"If you stay here, will you freeze to death?"
"......"
It was true. Even so, his whole body could not cool right now, and he was engulfed in the cold, and his senses were disappearing.
"...Let's go into the cave first."
anyway, then. Tsuki responded simply enough that it felt cold-hearted. But Estio knew that it was Tsuki's greatest kindness. That arrogant black cat was obviously worried about him now.
As he thought, Tsuki soon began to grumble.
"You are so clever."
"......"
"The point of thinking that you can abandon yourself."
"What do you mean, Tsuki?"
"You're not expecting it at all, thinking that everyone will abandon you anyway."
Having grown up together since childhood, Tsuki knew Estio better than anyone. He knew him much more deeply than his parents or his blood brothers.
「……I don't like it anyway.」
The arrogant black cat ended annoyedly.
The cave was shallow, but when we reached the place where Neju was, the cold wind was able to stop it. However, the already cold body did not know how to melt.
Estio took out the robe he had put in his bag and draped it over a rag. After that, he got a little better, but still, his body trembled in the chill of the onslaught. Estio leaned on the big Neju's back. White-haired monkeys, which originally live in cold climates, have a very low basic body temperature, which is not helpful for warming up.
"......"
To make matters worse, the fever began to rise. The body, suffering from hunger and cold, had reached its limit. When I got a fever, a shiver came. Estio blinked his blurred vision and then slowly closed his eyes.
