Estio Volume 3
- Episode 16
He didn't know much about martial arts, but he truly admired Lina's desire for a radish that burns as intensely as pure.
"I will support you."
"Uh, Kerham. It's embarrassing."
Lina scratched the tip of her nose shyly.
As I walked while chatting, it was the point where I was slowly coming to the pond I had stopped by yesterday. Estio said goodbye first.
"I'm alone here."
"Um? Wait a minute."
However, the greeting did not continue and was cut off. It was because Lina wrinkled her dreadful face even more and grabbed his wrist.
"Leader, Gi-nyang... it's better not to go here today."
"what."
"It smells like blood."
Lina was a guild member who quickly knew what was in the headquarters. However, he didn't know how to tell the truth in a beautiful way.
Following Rina's disapproval, Neju also carefully helped.
"It's not human blood."
Neju, who has a much better sense of smell than humans, knew right away. But she just hesitated in embarrassment.
"I think it was those kids yesterday..."
crumble.
At that moment, with the sound of grass being trampled on, someone appeared from among the lush trees.
In front of the shadow of a person who suddenly appeared, Lina jumped back in surprise, as if a tiger had appeared.
The person who walked through the grass and appeared was a girl who looked about the same age as Estio. But Lina was not surprised by her sudden appearance.
'Live.'
Although ordinary people do not feel it well, for those who encounter a lot of killing, there is a certain current that they want to kill, namely, living.
Normally, you can only feel life from a wild beast that is furious to the point of its head. It was a ferocious and cruel energy that was difficult to detect in any human being. But now, in the stranger who appeared among the bushes, before he could even check his face, he could feel his hair standing up to the point of being so intense.
Living can be seen as madness. It's because it's hard to think of wanting to kill someone so they can't breathe until they're not quite bloody. Human beings who breathe life have a pathological obsession with killing.
For example, the girl who appeared in front of them with a lively expression of life was terrifyingly dark. He had a face that was already extremely biased towards displeasure rather than pleasure, but he had an exotic appearance with brown skin.
The dark-skinned girl was walking, looking down on the ground, not looking ahead. She was determined not to care at all what was in front of her.
Only her long ivory hair, tied in a bundle and swaying neatly behind her back, followed her trail like a tail.
"Hey."
Lina whispered to her, but there was no answer. The girl just looked at the floor and walked slowly, as if she hadn't heard anything. The guild robe, originally provided for the purpose of body protection, was intentionally torn from the forearm to reveal its insides. There were countless wounds on his slender wrist. Among them, there was a part where the skin had turned purple at all, perhaps from poison.
On the other hand, Seaferon Spear, which was floating with magical power, followed its owner like a shadow, clinging to its back without any special straps or cradles.
Lina, who glanced at the blue window for a moment, covered her nose and spoke again.
"Hermi, the smell of blood is vibrating from the wind in the morning. Is it possible that even a monster will appear in the guild headquarters?"
There was still no response from the girl. The girl who had been dragging her feet in front of her suddenly stopped at her seat right after the next words were spoken.
"No, you were too hungry to slaughter yourself?"
"Slaughter..."
Finally, the girl's mouth opened. Unlike the lively atmosphere, only his voice was as thin as a tired butterfly.
The girl who was only looking down at the floor raised her eyes upwards.
"Ah."
His hazy eyes, like dead fish, were of beige color. She said the girl raised her finger and pointed right in front of her.
"One here too."
The girl's finger was pointing straight at Neju. Even though she was suddenly hit, Neju blinked her red eyes with a gentle light.
"What?"
"There's something else dirty."
keying.
In the blink of an eye, along with a strange, unidentified sound, a blue glowing cutlass could be heard in the girl's hands. It was a sharply forged dagger.
"An unholy creature that is not human."
With a small murmur, Cutlass cut through the air without hesitation. Surprised to see the flying blade while standing still, Neju raised her long claws to stop it.
Even though the knife and claws collided, the loud pounding sound was still intact, so it scratched the eardrum.
"What is this!"
"Can you speak?"
"Myam! It's dangerous to wield a knife all the time!"
The girl was not scared at all when she saw the white fangs flashing with anger. However, when she found out that Neju could speak her, she began to show little embarrassment.
"What is this? Isn't that a monster? Is it a person? Just a person with a lot of hair?"
Some questions passed quickly before Neju could answer them.
But they weren't really the questions they wanted an answer to. The girl muttered hard to come to a conclusion on her own.
"It's difficult if you're human. Say no. You shouldn't be human......"
"If human."
q
Someone grabbed one of the cutlass from above, which was still wrestling with Neju's claws. Although the blade was not on the living side, it was not a good weapon. The hand could have been blown off.
However, as soon as the weapon was caught in the dark-haired young man's bare hands, the girl had to let go of her power without help. Her voice as cold as frost continued.
"Unless you are human."
The other cutlass was also held by the same person.
A pair of blue daggers, which had lost their strength, scattered and disappeared in the air like fireflies. Now Estio's hands were clutching the girl's dry wrists like handcuffs.
"Is that important to you?"
The girl was blindly blinded by the dark blue eyes.
This dark-haired young man is not uninhabited. It would be a simple matter if he immediately moved his magical powers and drew out a sword or a spear and wielded it. But he was never able to do that. It was because he had become unable to move like a moth caught in a spider's web.
Conversely, Estio, who looked into her eyes, said what she had read in a voice filled with cold anger.
"With fuel efficiency."
"......!"
The girl, Birang's mouth was open sullenly.
"How do you name it!"
Her real name is a secret that has never been revealed to anyone except the Master. Unless the Master broke his promise and flirted, at least within this continent, no one should know the name of 'Yeonbirang'.
But a little while ago, Estio called her name straight up. It was undoubtedly the correct pronunciation.
'like.'
- As if reading your mind.
Birang, who had thought so far, slightly relaxed the boundaries.
"Are you... Estio?"
Estio didn't answer. The opponent was seriously trying to harm Neju. There was no one to talk to or share with leisurely.
"You're a new member of the guild with mental abilities, right? I've heard information about you from the Master in advance."
Birang glanced at him as if observing his prey. Estio calmly reflected in the sharp beige eyes.
'Whoah, life is gone for now.'
Lina pulled out her weapon in surprise until Estio jumped in front of Birang, but now she has captured it again. Judging by the atmosphere, it didn't seem like it would escalate into an armed fight.
Without swallowing a sigh of relief, Lina glanced at Estio.
He had the same expressionless expression as usual, but his gaze on the girl was as cold as he had never seen before.
Birang asked.
"Why are you blocking it?"
"Why do you want to hurt me?"
Estio responded to the question with a question again. The two did not understand each other at all, like the poles of a compass.
"Monsters are insects that need to be eradicated."
"Neju is not a monster."
"You're not even human."
Neju, who was born to a human and a white-haired monkey, was a mutant. So, she thought that Neju had some truth to the girl's words that she treated her as a monster.
The white-haired monkey, who became the center of the controversy, stood helplessly and looked at Estio and Birang alternately. Then, Chuck raised his finger and pointed to Neju.
"That monster can tear you to death at any time with its dirty teeth and claws."
"Even if you have that kind of power, Neju wouldn't do it."
"How are you sure?"
This time, instead of living, a crooked smile hung on the girl's lips.
"Is it because you read even the heart of the monster with your clever abilities?"
"......"
Birang, who silently ridiculed Estio, continued speaking in a slender voice that seemed to be cut off.
"Normal people, unlike you, can't communicate with lower creatures. And if you can't communicate."
squash squash.
Birang moved the bridge he had stopped and approached. The moment the two crossed, beige eyes shone with life.
"...I can't believe it, absolutely."
Birang passed him slowly with that whisper.
"So you killed them all?"
However, after taking less than a few steps, a calm voice caught his ankle. Birang glanced around, but Estio was still standing facing the forest.
Beyond the trees, hidden from view, there were carcasses of animals whose breathing had been stopped. Birang glanced briefly in the direction he was looking, then frowned.
"The Master clearly instructed, 'Do not harm people unintentionally.' That means you can kill all non-humans."
"This is an enlarged interpretation, Birang."
At that moment, a new voice intervened. Because it was a child's characteristic clear sound, everyone's eyes turned to him.
Birang also opened his frown and shouted.
"Kai!"
A little boy with light blue hair came up to them and smiled broadly. Guildmaster Kai was the only one who could control the unruly Birang.
Kai shook his head in embarrassment.
"I didn't mean that it was okay to kill anyone if it wasn't. I was just asking you to be more careful so as not to cause unnecessary casualties."
"There were no casualties."
"The same goes for the animals managed within the guild. They were also valuable resources and companions of the guild."
"It's wrong to have them as allies from the beginning!"
He was so moved that he raised his screams, but then Virang shook his shoulders. It was because her soft melon-colored eyes stared straight at her.
"Birang."
Kai called out her name powerfully. Although she was a kid that only came up to the waist of Birang on the outside, she was pushed by her momentum.
"You need to be more careful with your words and actions."
As I lowered my eyes, Birang bit her lip.
Estio Volume 3
- Episode 16
He didn't know much about martial arts, but he truly admired Lina's desire for a radish that burns as intensely as pure.
"I will support you."
"Uh, Kerham. It's embarrassing."
Lina scratched the tip of her nose shyly.
As I walked while chatting, it was the point where I was slowly coming to the pond I had stopped by yesterday. Estio said goodbye first.
"I'm alone here."
"Um? Wait a minute."
However, the greeting did not continue and was cut off. It was because Lina wrinkled her dreadful face even more and grabbed his wrist.
"Leader, Gi-nyang... it's better not to go here today."
"what."
"It smells like blood."
Lina was a guild member who quickly knew what was in the headquarters. However, he didn't know how to tell the truth in a beautiful way.
Following Rina's disapproval, Neju also carefully helped.
"It's not human blood."
Neju, who has a much better sense of smell than humans, knew right away. But she just hesitated in embarrassment.
"I think it was those kids yesterday..."
crumble.
At that moment, with the sound of grass being trampled on, someone appeared from among the lush trees.
In front of the shadow of a person who suddenly appeared, Lina jumped back in surprise, as if a tiger had appeared.
The person who walked through the grass and appeared was a girl who looked about the same age as Estio. But Lina was not surprised by her sudden appearance.
'Live.'
Although ordinary people do not feel it well, for those who encounter a lot of killing, there is a certain current that they want to kill, namely, living.
Normally, you can only feel life from a wild beast that is furious to the point of its head. It was a ferocious and cruel energy that was difficult to detect in any human being. But now, in the stranger who appeared among the bushes, before he could even check his face, he could feel his hair standing up to the point of being so intense.
Living can be seen as madness. It's because it's hard to think of wanting to kill someone so they can't breathe until they're not quite bloody. Human beings who breathe life have a pathological obsession with killing.
For example, the girl who appeared in front of them with a lively expression of life was terrifyingly dark. He had a face that was already extremely biased towards displeasure rather than pleasure, but he had an exotic appearance with brown skin.
The dark-skinned girl was walking, looking down on the ground, not looking ahead. She was determined not to care at all what was in front of her.
Only her long ivory hair, tied in a bundle and swaying neatly behind her back, followed her trail like a tail.
"Hey."
Lina whispered to her, but there was no answer. The girl just looked at the floor and walked slowly, as if she hadn't heard anything. The guild robe, originally provided for the purpose of body protection, was intentionally torn from the forearm to reveal its insides. There were countless wounds on his slender wrist. Among them, there was a part where the skin had turned purple at all, perhaps from poison.
On the other hand, Seaferon Spear, which was floating with magical power, followed its owner like a shadow, clinging to its back without any special straps or cradles.
Lina, who glanced at the blue window for a moment, covered her nose and spoke again.
"Hermi, the smell of blood is vibrating from the wind in the morning. Is it possible that even a monster will appear in the guild headquarters?"
There was still no response from the girl. The girl who had been dragging her feet in front of her suddenly stopped at her seat right after the next words were spoken.
"No, you were too hungry to slaughter yourself?"
"Slaughter..."
Finally, the girl's mouth opened. Unlike the lively atmosphere, only his voice was as thin as a tired butterfly.
The girl who was only looking down at the floor raised her eyes upwards.
"Ah."
His hazy eyes, like dead fish, were of beige color. She said the girl raised her finger and pointed right in front of her.
"One here too."
The girl's finger was pointing straight at Neju. Even though she was suddenly hit, Neju blinked her red eyes with a gentle light.
"What?"
"There's something else dirty."
keying.
In the blink of an eye, along with a strange, unidentified sound, a blue glowing cutlass could be heard in the girl's hands. It was a sharply forged dagger.
"An unholy creature that is not human."
With a small murmur, Cutlass cut through the air without hesitation. Surprised to see the flying blade while standing still, Neju raised her long claws to stop it.
Even though the knife and claws collided, the loud pounding sound was still intact, so it scratched the eardrum.
"What is this!"
"Can you speak?"
"Myam! It's dangerous to wield a knife all the time!"
The girl was not scared at all when she saw the white fangs flashing with anger. However, when she found out that Neju could speak her, she began to show little embarrassment.
"What is this? Isn't that a monster? Is it a person? Just a person with a lot of hair?"
Some questions passed quickly before Neju could answer them.
But they weren't really the questions they wanted an answer to. The girl muttered hard to come to a conclusion on her own.
"It's difficult if you're human. Say no. You shouldn't be human......"
"If human."
q
Someone grabbed one of the cutlass from above, which was still wrestling with Neju's claws. Although the blade was not on the living side, it was not a good weapon. The hand could have been blown off.
However, as soon as the weapon was caught in the dark-haired young man's bare hands, the girl had to let go of her power without help. Her voice as cold as frost continued.
"Unless you are human."
The other cutlass was also held by the same person.
A pair of blue daggers, which had lost their strength, scattered and disappeared in the air like fireflies. Now Estio's hands were clutching the girl's dry wrists like handcuffs.
"Is that important to you?"
The girl was blindly blinded by the dark blue eyes.
This dark-haired young man is not uninhabited. It would be a simple matter if he immediately moved his magical powers and drew out a sword or a spear and wielded it. But he was never able to do that. It was because he had become unable to move like a moth caught in a spider's web.
Conversely, Estio, who looked into her eyes, said what she had read in a voice filled with cold anger.
"With fuel efficiency."
"......!"
The girl, Birang's mouth was open sullenly.
"How do you name it!"
Her real name is a secret that has never been revealed to anyone except the Master. Unless the Master broke his promise and flirted, at least within this continent, no one should know the name of 'Yeonbirang'.
But a little while ago, Estio called her name straight up. It was undoubtedly the correct pronunciation.
'like.'
- As if reading your mind.
Birang, who had thought so far, slightly relaxed the boundaries.
"Are you... Estio?"
Estio didn't answer. The opponent was seriously trying to harm Neju. There was no one to talk to or share with leisurely.
"You're a new member of the guild with mental abilities, right? I've heard information about you from the Master in advance."
Birang glanced at him as if observing his prey. Estio calmly reflected in the sharp beige eyes.
'Whoah, life is gone for now.'
Lina pulled out her weapon in surprise until Estio jumped in front of Birang, but now she has captured it again. Judging by the atmosphere, it didn't seem like it would escalate into an armed fight.
Without swallowing a sigh of relief, Lina glanced at Estio.
He had the same expressionless expression as usual, but his gaze on the girl was as cold as he had never seen before.
Birang asked.
"Why are you blocking it?"
"Why do you want to hurt me?"
Estio responded to the question with a question again. The two did not understand each other at all, like the poles of a compass.
"Monsters are insects that need to be eradicated."
"Neju is not a monster."
"You're not even human."
Neju, who was born to a human and a white-haired monkey, was a mutant. So, she thought that Neju had some truth to the girl's words that she treated her as a monster.
The white-haired monkey, who became the center of the controversy, stood helplessly and looked at Estio and Birang alternately. Then, Chuck raised his finger and pointed to Neju.
"That monster can tear you to death at any time with its dirty teeth and claws."
"Even if you have that kind of power, Neju wouldn't do it."
"How are you sure?"
This time, instead of living, a crooked smile hung on the girl's lips.
"Is it because you read even the heart of the monster with your clever abilities?"
"......"
Birang, who silently ridiculed Estio, continued speaking in a slender voice that seemed to be cut off.
"Normal people, unlike you, can't communicate with lower creatures. And if you can't communicate."
squash squash.
Birang moved the bridge he had stopped and approached. The moment the two crossed, beige eyes shone with life.
"...I can't believe it, absolutely."
Birang passed him slowly with that whisper.
"So you killed them all?"
However, after taking less than a few steps, a calm voice caught his ankle. Birang glanced around, but Estio was still standing facing the forest.
Beyond the trees, hidden from view, there were carcasses of animals whose breathing had been stopped. Birang glanced briefly in the direction he was looking, then frowned.
"The Master clearly instructed, 'Do not harm people unintentionally.' That means you can kill all non-humans."
"This is an enlarged interpretation, Birang."
At that moment, a new voice intervened. Because it was a child's characteristic clear sound, everyone's eyes turned to him.
Birang also opened his frown and shouted.
"Kai!"
A little boy with light blue hair came up to them and smiled broadly. Guildmaster Kai was the only one who could control the unruly Birang.
Kai shook his head in embarrassment.
"I didn't mean that it was okay to kill anyone if it wasn't. I was just asking you to be more careful so as not to cause unnecessary casualties."
"There were no casualties."
"The same goes for the animals managed within the guild. They were also valuable resources and companions of the guild."
"It's wrong to have them as allies from the beginning!"
He was so moved that he raised his screams, but then Virang shook his shoulders. It was because her soft melon-colored eyes stared straight at her.
"Birang."
Kai called out her name powerfully. Although she was a kid that only came up to the waist of Birang on the outside, she was pushed by her momentum.
"You need to be more careful with your words and actions."
As I lowered my eyes, Birang bit her lip.
