Estio Volume 3
- Episode 17
"I will claim compensation for this matter separately, so please go back to your seat. While you are at the headquarters, please refrain from harming the guild any longer."
Estio's fists, who were listening to their conversation, also gained a little strength. The Master was pointing out the guild damage caused by the rain with an objective eye now. To be precise, he counted all dead animals as 'values'.
The Master's human-centered policy must have played a part in helping the fuel fighters ignore the extraterrestrial races and behave violently.
"...Okay. But."
Birang quietly backed away. But before leaving his seat, he shot Estio fiercely, as if it were about to eat him.
"I'll decline this quest. I can't possibly work as a team with that kid."
"Birang."
"It's dirty all around, disgusting."
with a bang.
Turning around, Yeon-yeon-rang gave her last glance at the abundant tree branches hanging over her head, and then left.
「What is it, the part where you get tired of talking to your in-laws?」
"Wumma, it's a surprise!"
The cactus, who had been sleeping in Neju's arms, was sobbing through its branches as to when it had been awake.
The sound of a cat's cry was heard in Lina's ears as she sat down with her shocked chest in her arms.
Nyaan.
A black cat lying curled up on a branch was yawning languidly.
Estio strode into the grass without showing any appreciation for Birang's disrespect. He didn't walk a few steps before seeing the pond he had visited yesterday. There was no longer the sound of ducks crowing on the shallow grass, which was full of flower grass.
Lina, who followed, took a deep breath.
"Hey, what is all this?!"
Flowers were trampled down and dead animals were scattered everywhere. The blue pond turned dark and fluttering as if it had been painted with red paint.
Feathers dyed red were blooming like petals everywhere.
"Hey! Hee. I killed it cleanly."
Lina frowned and began to spit and collect the corpses of the animals. Respect as a warrior had long since disappeared. Rather, in the case of Lina, she hated the class who harmed the weak. Unlike Lina, who diligently gathers and lays dead animals in one place without even paying attention to the blood on her hands, Estio stood motionless in her seat.
Kai looked into his eyes and thought.
'Is this a big shock to him?'
It was a small incident that may not be a big deal to others. It's not that people died, nor did the pets they raised. At best, the animals they were caring for in the guild just died, so there was nothing to grieve or feel bad about unless they were breeders. It will probably be easily buried within the guild. At least Lina, the charge commander, saw it, so Kai thought that he might say something about Yeon-yeon's cruel hands at least once during mealtime.
It's just a story that can be passed with a frown.
However, it is a different story if the person involved in this story is a black dragon who quickly reacted to the inner side of all living things.
Kai, who was examining the condition of the dead animals, took a deep breath and apologized instead.
"I'm sorry. I'm not a bad kid, but if I only look at monsters and wild animals... Hmm, the first meeting wasn't as good as I expected."
"Why are you apologizing to me?"
It was then that Estio, who had only stood still, started moving again. The master's melon-colored eyes carefully stepped on the back.
"Those who deserve an apology are already dead because they are a weaker minority than humans."
Estio stopped in front of a corpse. A rat panda that touched his toe was drooping without movement.
dead.
The moment he recognized that fact, an emotion that was difficult to express in words came rushing up from within him.
'I like humans!'
The night before, this little animal, who introduced himself as 'Ban', said so with his bright eyes shining.
Animals here especially like people, so they were accepted into the guild from when they were babies. They were the kind of docile children who approached strangers with curiosity and sneered at them for the first time.
Man killed again the life he chose to live with. At that fact, Estio felt a terrible sense of separation.
"If a strong man who can never be defeated appears and harms people according to his mood, then you are the same."
Estio has seen a lot of people whose attitudes change depending on what the other person has.
His parents and siblings did not have to go far. Those who tried to kill him by imprisoning him in a cold attic, calling him a monster, appeared with power and fell on his face and prayed for his life.
The sense of emptiness I felt then was similar to the sense of separation I felt now.
"Can you say, 'It's not a bad thing' when you see victims who are brutally murdered?"
Seeing the dark blue eyes that sank coldly, Kai had an intuition.
'It happened.'
A little while ago, Yeon Yeon-rang said that she would refuse to team up with S.T.O. Because he hates having a ferocious beast called a white-haired monkey by his side.
However.
"...until that happens, it won't change, never."
Estio bent his knees and held the rat serpent's carcass.
The emotion he felt when he saw what Virang had done was not just displeasure. The antipathy felt in his voice far exceeded the expression 'disgust' used by Yeon-yeon.
If it is left as it is, it may become no different than Shuhanan, the yellow dragon who hates humans. Kai was nervous inside.
"Estio, can we talk to each other for a moment?"
"Yes."
It was an accommodating acceptance, even though it was edgy with emotion.
"Please wait a moment."
Kai nodded.
With the Master standing behind him, Estio started digging up the soil with his bare hands. Seeing him digging handfuls of soil, Neju helped build a pit with strong nails. The task that would have taken a long time if I had done it alone was completed in an instant with the help of the white fur monkey.
Estio laid the dead animal in a small pit. The pit they dug was big enough for a tuft of droopy, bloody fur.
Kai, who was silently watching the process, sighed as he touched his chin.
'Is it a grave?'
I wondered what he was going to do, but he was burying the animals one by one, just like burying people. Soft soil covered the cold corpse. It wasn't a very pretty shape due to lack of dexterity, but after carefully spreading flower grass on the soil and picking up black pebbles instead of a tombstone, a plausible tomb shape was completed.
"Leader-sama, go now. I will clean up the house."
Lina, holding the oiled perch, smiled and pushed Estio on the back. Bears that were too large or ducks floating in a pond had to be burned. After all, it was better to burn down the damaged surrounding plants and repair them anyway.
Lina was familiar with lighting the perch.
Whoops!
A blazing fire blazed as if dancing through the dark blue eyes. Estio stared at the blazing flame for a moment before turning. He felt no weight in his dirt-covered hands.
* * *
Master Kai took Estio to the workshop and cafeteria at the guild headquarters.
It was a building serving simple food and beverages, but there were several small studios divided by partitions instead of open like a restaurant. Each room was well soundproofed, so it was a useful space to hold a meeting or share a presentation.
Neju, who was too big to enter, decided to wait outside the door, hugging the cactus. Anyway, she didn't have to worry because the partitions in the studio were all made of glass, so she could see inside.
Although it was a hot summer, the inside was cool by the action of magic, so there were two steaming teacups on the table.
As soon as Kai sat down, he immediately handed out the request form.
[ <Ignis Guild - Leader Exclusive Request>
-Customer: Marisa S. Lubarjan Arconia
-Place of request: Ely, the capital (to the location shown on the map) ]
Estio's gaze stopped for a moment when he checked the request details written on the thick high-quality scroll.
'Rubarzan.......'
The client was an imperial family. It was impossible to know the details from the name alone, but as long as they already had the name of the empire as their name, it was clear that they were of such a noble status that ordinary people would not even dare to look at them.
Even the aristocrats could not have imagined that the royal family would send a request letter, but as Estio looked at the scroll, Kai added a hint of explanation.
"Marisa is the first princess of the Rubarzan Empire here."
Again, no detailed information was given in the request. It seemed like they would meet and deliver it in person.
"She is also the first daughter who is the most favored by the current emperor."
Estio, who was constantly looking at the name 'Marisa', folded the request and looked at Kai. The boy with melon-colored eyes made eye contact with him and smiled softly as if he was waiting.
"Twenty-one this year. You're a tomboy princess who has been refusing all marriage conversations from five years ago."
It was a friendly tone, as if introducing a neighbor's wife. It's an inappropriate way of speaking to a princess.
He didn't read it in his mind, but Estio had the impression that Kai knew the first princess well.
"Perhaps, if it was her, she could request a rather unreasonable quest."
After giving Estio time to think for a moment, Kai asked briefly.
"Are you going to accept it?"
Estio asked with a slightly surprised expression on his face.
"Can I say no?"
"Um, unfortunately, there is no imperial nation that can defy the imperial family."
Guilds are, after all, institutions under the control of the Empire.
As long as they live in the Empire, no human can defy the Imperial Family. Estio looked at the Master, who was aware of that fact, but dared to ask if he would accept it.
Then Kai replied with a smile.
"Instead, it is possible if you give up on becoming a citizen of the Rubarzan Empire."
That blue-haired boy was spewing out words that were too terrific. Estio, who suffered from a headache, sighed briefly and put the request in his arms.
"I don't think so."
Kai, who stood up and looked at him softly, smiled softly.
"Good luck."
With this, Kai confirmed the fact that the subject that Estio was angry with was not the human being in general. Estio knew how to distinguish between those who had the same fuel efficiency and those who did not.
Typically, the villagers of Selvia and Viscount Fabien were in the same category as the fuel economy.
However, this was not the case with Ser Arin, a young noblewoman whom she met at the author's house. Even in the guild, Rina Musa, Parker of the Joining tribe, and Hawke, the branch manager of Galasia, are people who have warmth.
Although the atmosphere was still subdued, there was no longer any anger peeking through his dark blue eyes.
Kai, who was worried that he might be deflected by the wrong inclination, was relieved a little.
Estio Volume 3
- Episode 17
"I will claim compensation for this matter separately, so please go back to your seat. While you are at the headquarters, please refrain from harming the guild any longer."
Estio's fists, who were listening to their conversation, also gained a little strength. The Master was pointing out the guild damage caused by the rain with an objective eye now. To be precise, he counted all dead animals as 'values'.
The Master's human-centered policy must have played a part in helping the fuel fighters ignore the extraterrestrial races and behave violently.
"...Okay. But."
Birang quietly backed away. But before leaving his seat, he shot Estio fiercely, as if it were about to eat him.
"I'll decline this quest. I can't possibly work as a team with that kid."
"Birang."
"It's dirty all around, disgusting."
with a bang.
Turning around, Yeon-yeon-rang gave her last glance at the abundant tree branches hanging over her head, and then left.
「What is it, the part where you get tired of talking to your in-laws?」
"Wumma, it's a surprise!"
The cactus, who had been sleeping in Neju's arms, was sobbing through its branches as to when it had been awake.
The sound of a cat's cry was heard in Lina's ears as she sat down with her shocked chest in her arms.
Nyaan.
A black cat lying curled up on a branch was yawning languidly.
Estio strode into the grass without showing any appreciation for Birang's disrespect. He didn't walk a few steps before seeing the pond he had visited yesterday. There was no longer the sound of ducks crowing on the shallow grass, which was full of flower grass.
Lina, who followed, took a deep breath.
"Hey, what is all this?!"
Flowers were trampled down and dead animals were scattered everywhere. The blue pond turned dark and fluttering as if it had been painted with red paint.
Feathers dyed red were blooming like petals everywhere.
"Hey! Hee. I killed it cleanly."
Lina frowned and began to spit and collect the corpses of the animals. Respect as a warrior had long since disappeared. Rather, in the case of Lina, she hated the class who harmed the weak. Unlike Lina, who diligently gathers and lays dead animals in one place without even paying attention to the blood on her hands, Estio stood motionless in her seat.
Kai looked into his eyes and thought.
'Is this a big shock to him?'
It was a small incident that may not be a big deal to others. It's not that people died, nor did the pets they raised. At best, the animals they were caring for in the guild just died, so there was nothing to grieve or feel bad about unless they were breeders. It will probably be easily buried within the guild. At least Lina, the charge commander, saw it, so Kai thought that he might say something about Yeon-yeon's cruel hands at least once during mealtime.
It's just a story that can be passed with a frown.
However, it is a different story if the person involved in this story is a black dragon who quickly reacted to the inner side of all living things.
Kai, who was examining the condition of the dead animals, took a deep breath and apologized instead.
"I'm sorry. I'm not a bad kid, but if I only look at monsters and wild animals... Hmm, the first meeting wasn't as good as I expected."
"Why are you apologizing to me?"
It was then that Estio, who had only stood still, started moving again. The master's melon-colored eyes carefully stepped on the back.
"Those who deserve an apology are already dead because they are a weaker minority than humans."
Estio stopped in front of a corpse. A rat panda that touched his toe was drooping without movement.
dead.
The moment he recognized that fact, an emotion that was difficult to express in words came rushing up from within him.
'I like humans!'
The night before, this little animal, who introduced himself as 'Ban', said so with his bright eyes shining.
Animals here especially like people, so they were accepted into the guild from when they were babies. They were the kind of docile children who approached strangers with curiosity and sneered at them for the first time.
Man killed again the life he chose to live with. At that fact, Estio felt a terrible sense of separation.
"If a strong man who can never be defeated appears and harms people according to his mood, then you are the same."
Estio has seen a lot of people whose attitudes change depending on what the other person has.
His parents and siblings did not have to go far. Those who tried to kill him by imprisoning him in a cold attic, calling him a monster, appeared with power and fell on his face and prayed for his life.
The sense of emptiness I felt then was similar to the sense of separation I felt now.
"Can you say, 'It's not a bad thing' when you see victims who are brutally murdered?"
Seeing the dark blue eyes that sank coldly, Kai had an intuition.
'It happened.'
A little while ago, Yeon Yeon-rang said that she would refuse to team up with S.T.O. Because he hates having a ferocious beast called a white-haired monkey by his side.
However.
"...until that happens, it won't change, never."
Estio bent his knees and held the rat serpent's carcass.
The emotion he felt when he saw what Virang had done was not just displeasure. The antipathy felt in his voice far exceeded the expression 'disgust' used by Yeon-yeon.
If it is left as it is, it may become no different than Shuhanan, the yellow dragon who hates humans. Kai was nervous inside.
"Estio, can we talk to each other for a moment?"
"Yes."
It was an accommodating acceptance, even though it was edgy with emotion.
"Please wait a moment."
Kai nodded.
With the Master standing behind him, Estio started digging up the soil with his bare hands. Seeing him digging handfuls of soil, Neju helped build a pit with strong nails. The task that would have taken a long time if I had done it alone was completed in an instant with the help of the white fur monkey.
Estio laid the dead animal in a small pit. The pit they dug was big enough for a tuft of droopy, bloody fur.
Kai, who was silently watching the process, sighed as he touched his chin.
'Is it a grave?'
I wondered what he was going to do, but he was burying the animals one by one, just like burying people. Soft soil covered the cold corpse. It wasn't a very pretty shape due to lack of dexterity, but after carefully spreading flower grass on the soil and picking up black pebbles instead of a tombstone, a plausible tomb shape was completed.
"Leader-sama, go now. I will clean up the house."
Lina, holding the oiled perch, smiled and pushed Estio on the back. Bears that were too large or ducks floating in a pond had to be burned. After all, it was better to burn down the damaged surrounding plants and repair them anyway.
Lina was familiar with lighting the perch.
Whoops!
A blazing fire blazed as if dancing through the dark blue eyes. Estio stared at the blazing flame for a moment before turning. He felt no weight in his dirt-covered hands.
* * *
Master Kai took Estio to the workshop and cafeteria at the guild headquarters.
It was a building serving simple food and beverages, but there were several small studios divided by partitions instead of open like a restaurant. Each room was well soundproofed, so it was a useful space to hold a meeting or share a presentation.
Neju, who was too big to enter, decided to wait outside the door, hugging the cactus. Anyway, she didn't have to worry because the partitions in the studio were all made of glass, so she could see inside.
Although it was a hot summer, the inside was cool by the action of magic, so there were two steaming teacups on the table.
As soon as Kai sat down, he immediately handed out the request form.
[ <Ignis Guild - Leader Exclusive Request>
-Customer: Marisa S. Lubarjan Arconia
-Place of request: Ely, the capital (to the location shown on the map) ]
Estio's gaze stopped for a moment when he checked the request details written on the thick high-quality scroll.
'Rubarzan.......'
The client was an imperial family. It was impossible to know the details from the name alone, but as long as they already had the name of the empire as their name, it was clear that they were of such a noble status that ordinary people would not even dare to look at them.
Even the aristocrats could not have imagined that the royal family would send a request letter, but as Estio looked at the scroll, Kai added a hint of explanation.
"Marisa is the first princess of the Rubarzan Empire here."
Again, no detailed information was given in the request. It seemed like they would meet and deliver it in person.
"She is also the first daughter who is the most favored by the current emperor."
Estio, who was constantly looking at the name 'Marisa', folded the request and looked at Kai. The boy with melon-colored eyes made eye contact with him and smiled softly as if he was waiting.
"Twenty-one this year. You're a tomboy princess who has been refusing all marriage conversations from five years ago."
It was a friendly tone, as if introducing a neighbor's wife. It's an inappropriate way of speaking to a princess.
He didn't read it in his mind, but Estio had the impression that Kai knew the first princess well.
"Perhaps, if it was her, she could request a rather unreasonable quest."
After giving Estio time to think for a moment, Kai asked briefly.
"Are you going to accept it?"
Estio asked with a slightly surprised expression on his face.
"Can I say no?"
"Um, unfortunately, there is no imperial nation that can defy the imperial family."
Guilds are, after all, institutions under the control of the Empire.
As long as they live in the Empire, no human can defy the Imperial Family. Estio looked at the Master, who was aware of that fact, but dared to ask if he would accept it.
Then Kai replied with a smile.
"Instead, it is possible if you give up on becoming a citizen of the Rubarzan Empire."
That blue-haired boy was spewing out words that were too terrific. Estio, who suffered from a headache, sighed briefly and put the request in his arms.
"I don't think so."
Kai, who stood up and looked at him softly, smiled softly.
"Good luck."
With this, Kai confirmed the fact that the subject that Estio was angry with was not the human being in general. Estio knew how to distinguish between those who had the same fuel efficiency and those who did not.
Typically, the villagers of Selvia and Viscount Fabien were in the same category as the fuel economy.
However, this was not the case with Ser Arin, a young noblewoman whom she met at the author's house. Even in the guild, Rina Musa, Parker of the Joining tribe, and Hawke, the branch manager of Galasia, are people who have warmth.
Although the atmosphere was still subdued, there was no longer any anger peeking through his dark blue eyes.
Kai, who was worried that he might be deflected by the wrong inclination, was relieved a little.
