Estio Volume 3
- Episode 21
The children's request could have been ignored and passed on. Although he looks expressionless on the outside, he hardly ever leaves his seat, and just by looking at his attitude towards his children, we can see that he is not really compassionate.
However, the children who did not hear Tsuki's voice cried and grabbed him.
"Can't you just listen and decide? Rihanna's father is now in the capital..."
"No, it's okay."
Estio turned his gaze to the red-haired boy who stopped the group of children. He was one of the tallest in the group and had a stubborn look in his eyes. Estio, who made eye contact with red-brown eyes burning with disbelief, realized that the child was 'Rian' who wanted to make a request right away.
"It sounds like a procedure. It means that people like us who can't go out into the woods aren't even given a chance."
"No, Rihanna. If you ask me, I might listen."
"Okay! I don't need help from a guild like that!"
A child named Lian cried out with tears in his eyes.
Even without even trying to tell, Rihanna's mind could be read as clearly as the bottom of a clear pond. The child who had lost his one and only family was in a corner.
'Forcibly evicted.'
The memories that Rian was holding strong flashed through his mind like a video. As a result, Estio immediately learned the purpose of her children's commission.
Rihanna's father was a ranger with the best skills in Rainville, who was tasked with protecting the forest. Around this time last year, when the fact was known to senior management, his father was taken to the capital without any preparation. He had been told by the village chief that he became a worker for a high person, but he has not been able to know the news at all.
Rian had been desperately wishing to find his father, whose life or death had not been known for a year before.
He came to the Ignis guild member with a little hope, but was rejected, and Man Lian stared at the ground with red eyes. Then he turned around and jumped through the trees in an instant and disappeared.
"Lian!"
Confused children started running after them. The last remaining child nodded and said hello.
"I'll get you back soon. Sorry!"
back down.
Neju stared blankly at the little rangers who disappeared as swiftly as a flying squirrel through the trees. In this forest, even the strong Neju would have a hard time catching her children.
"Ah, the Paralympic Games are not coming here either."
Ahur, who was sleeping in Neju's arms, muttered in a sleepy voice. Neju, who had become accustomed to her tone of voice, patted the cactus with her large palm so that she could fall asleep again.
After a while, Estio returned to the inn with a black cat on his shoulder.
"Come here. Is your business well done?"
As soon as he entered the room, Kai greeted him. Parker, who suffered from portal aftereffects, was asleep with a pale complexion.
Estio looked at Kai quietly. The soft melon-colored eyes were looking at him softly.
"Kai."
"Hao, a special blueberry tart made with today's fresh eggs and seasonal fruits. Try one."
Before he could say anything, Kai held out a tart wrapped in wide leaves. Upon receiving it, I noticed that some crumbs came out along the crispy skin. It was a snack topped with blueberries and baked to a golden yellow color.
Estio tasted the purple tart without saying anything.
'sour.......'
It was a raw fruit, and it looked like it had been picked from natural fruit without any processing. Kai, who was looking at Estio, who was speechless because he was munching on the sour tart, smiled broadly.
"You look like you have a lot of things to say. If you want to ask a question, I'll be happy to answer it."
Estio nodded. It is better to ask directly about the rumors you have heard from others.
"Is Kai human?"
"Human."
It was an immediate answer.
"I can't see it as a common-sense creature."
Melon-colored eyes sank bitterly. For a moment, Kai regained her vitality in an instant, and smiled like her habit. Kai took another tart out of her snack basket she had received at the inn and waited patiently for the next question.
"Then, is the Ignis Guild the enemy of humans?"
"Collock!"
Kai took a large bite of the tart with a relaxed expression, but Sare took it.
"Well, cuddly. What did you say now?"
"I asked if the guild was created for the purpose of harming humans."
"Heh heh. The question is so grandiose that it's embarrassing to answer."
Kai pulled out an embroidered handkerchief from his robe pocket and cleaned up the spilled pieces of bread. Although his name is a guild master, he always seemed to be well-organized. Kai, who sighed as he folded her handkerchief, ate again and picked up the tart.
"I'll just cut it and tell you."
The azure boy said firmly, holding the bumpy tart with blueberries in both hands like a squirrel.
"I have no intention of harming anyone, never anyone."
"All right."
Estio passed by without asking any further questions. Then, while the two of them had a serious conversation, they began to look at the state of the Joining tribe, which stretched out as if fainting. Kai followed and asked, towards Estio, who took great care of the patient, such as spreading the crumpled wings properly.
"...is it over?"
"? Ah."
Estio looked back at Kai and nodded his head.
"The tart was good. Thank you."
"Not that word."
I was at a loss as to what to say. At the orders of the puppeteer Kai, the dolls around Estio were always watching. So Kai knew all the stories he had heard from the Ballista Guild members a while ago.
'I'm sure there are many more questions than this.'
But Estio responded calmly.
"I've heard everything I wanted to hear. There was only one thing I wasn't sure about in this story."
"What is it?"
"Shuhanan and Kai, one of them must be lying."
Kai told him to avoid Hwangryong, while Hwangryong said that Kai is the enemy of humans. And when he asked again, Kai replied that he had no intention of harming humans or anything.
One of them was lying.
"You can tell if it's true or false by looking at it."
Coincidentally, Estio has the ability to read minds. He has a weakness that he can read even the deepest thoughts he does not want to reveal with his power, but on the contrary.
"Because Kai answered the truth."
You cannot lie in front of the ability to read minds.
Therefore, there was an advantage that the only perfect trust in the world was possible.
"The one who told the lie must be Hwangryong Shuhanan."
As soon as he heard the calm tone, Kai hurriedly put the tart he was holding in his mouth, thinking he might cry. The fragrant bread crumbs spread throughout the mouth with the bitter fruity scent.
'thank God. My choice was not wrong.'
Kai, who chewed and swallowed his heartbreaking feelings with a bit of flour, opened his mouth again after a while.
"...I'm sorry."
Estio looked back at Kai, who was suddenly handing an apology. Kai sat on her chair, which was made for her adult height, and her toes did not touch the ground, and her legs were dangling. The hem of her golden robe hanging over her droopy shoulders looked a bit heavy.
Kai bowed his head and sincerely apologized once more.
"I'm really sorry for you. Actually, there's something you haven't told me yet."
"......Kai?"
"I didn't mean to deceive you, but as a result, they tried to take advantage of you without telling you anything."
Kai looked at his toes and smiled self-consciously.
"In this way, it's no different from Shuhanan."
It would have been the worst number ever. I'm glad I realized it now.
After making the decision, the guild master took a long, deep breath.
After awakening as the first puppeteer, he established a guild, and many years passed. In the meantime, Kai is the head of the empire, including the emperor, and has met all kinds of powerful people. At the same time, he realized that minorities with special abilities like himself are being discriminated against as witches and demons all over the world.
So, at first, it was obviously a guild work that started with the motive of creating a society by providing a place for a small number of talented people who are discriminated against by ordinary people in the world and using them as a driving force. Kai pursued a society in which ordinary people and talented people alike could live to their advantage.
The start was good. The number of capable people gathered in the guild increased, and they gained power and were no longer disrespected.
But as the years passed, the world changed. The talented were more often recruited as talents rather than persecuted, and there were frequent compositions in which the powerful gradually trampled on the weak. I tried to close the difference, but it wasn't easy.
The imperial emperor provided growth capital and fame in exchange for joining hands with the guild. At the beginning of the guild's establishment, the majority of clients believed in the guarantee guaranteed by the imperial family and signed a contract.
Meanwhile, Kai met a golden dragon who called himself 'Shuhanan'.
"To put it bluntly, Shuhanan doesn't just hate humans."
What Kai saw at the time was a marvelous creature that survived with a tattered body, even though it was heavily wounded and bleeding. The golden eyes that flashed under their torn wings were moaning with deep despair and anger towards their people.
"I hate it. I will never forgive you."
Standing at the crossroads of life and death, Hwangryong spit out a hot breath mixed with blood. In his fallen eyes, it seemed that he could not even see Kai, who had come close enough and had hardened.
「Black Dragon 'Loaren', the humans you loved-.」
"...I hate it, Shuhanan was constantly repeating."
The eerie voice that Shuhanan cried out has been transmitted to Estio beyond his memories. It was a moment when Estio, who simply read the thoughts that Kai had in mind, and felt a hum in his ear, frowned slightly.
"And 'Loaren' is a black dragon that probably did not give up on humans until the very end and remained in the world."
Kai slowly raised his head.
"Estio, I guess it must have been your bloodline."
It's an unrealistic story. Already, stories about dragons are nothing more than legends. Still, his heartbeat, which began to accelerate, was not the kind he could control.
However, for Kai, who clearly knows what this duron Estio longs for, a sadly disastrous ending awaited him.
"As you know, there is no race in the world that can inflict damage to a dragon until it dies, unless you are of the same kind.
And the fact that Shuhanan was still alive, albeit in a tragic mogol, meant only one thing.
"Unfortunately, except that Shuhanan survived the killing of Loaren."
Estio Volume 3
- Episode 21
The children's request could have been ignored and passed on. Although he looks expressionless on the outside, he hardly ever leaves his seat, and just by looking at his attitude towards his children, we can see that he is not really compassionate.
However, the children who did not hear Tsuki's voice cried and grabbed him.
"Can't you just listen and decide? Rihanna's father is now in the capital..."
"No, it's okay."
Estio turned his gaze to the red-haired boy who stopped the group of children. He was one of the tallest in the group and had a stubborn look in his eyes. Estio, who made eye contact with red-brown eyes burning with disbelief, realized that the child was 'Rian' who wanted to make a request right away.
"It sounds like a procedure. It means that people like us who can't go out into the woods aren't even given a chance."
"No, Rihanna. If you ask me, I might listen."
"Okay! I don't need help from a guild like that!"
A child named Lian cried out with tears in his eyes.
Even without even trying to tell, Rihanna's mind could be read as clearly as the bottom of a clear pond. The child who had lost his one and only family was in a corner.
'Forcibly evicted.'
The memories that Rian was holding strong flashed through his mind like a video. As a result, Estio immediately learned the purpose of her children's commission.
Rihanna's father was a ranger with the best skills in Rainville, who was tasked with protecting the forest. Around this time last year, when the fact was known to senior management, his father was taken to the capital without any preparation. He had been told by the village chief that he became a worker for a high person, but he has not been able to know the news at all.
Rian had been desperately wishing to find his father, whose life or death had not been known for a year before.
He came to the Ignis guild member with a little hope, but was rejected, and Man Lian stared at the ground with red eyes. Then he turned around and jumped through the trees in an instant and disappeared.
"Lian!"
Confused children started running after them. The last remaining child nodded and said hello.
"I'll get you back soon. Sorry!"
back down.
Neju stared blankly at the little rangers who disappeared as swiftly as a flying squirrel through the trees. In this forest, even the strong Neju would have a hard time catching her children.
"Ah, the Paralympic Games are not coming here either."
Ahur, who was sleeping in Neju's arms, muttered in a sleepy voice. Neju, who had become accustomed to her tone of voice, patted the cactus with her large palm so that she could fall asleep again.
After a while, Estio returned to the inn with a black cat on his shoulder.
"Come here. Is your business well done?"
As soon as he entered the room, Kai greeted him. Parker, who suffered from portal aftereffects, was asleep with a pale complexion.
Estio looked at Kai quietly. The soft melon-colored eyes were looking at him softly.
"Kai."
"Hao, a special blueberry tart made with today's fresh eggs and seasonal fruits. Try one."
Before he could say anything, Kai held out a tart wrapped in wide leaves. Upon receiving it, I noticed that some crumbs came out along the crispy skin. It was a snack topped with blueberries and baked to a golden yellow color.
Estio tasted the purple tart without saying anything.
'sour.......'
It was a raw fruit, and it looked like it had been picked from natural fruit without any processing. Kai, who was looking at Estio, who was speechless because he was munching on the sour tart, smiled broadly.
"You look like you have a lot of things to say. If you want to ask a question, I'll be happy to answer it."
Estio nodded. It is better to ask directly about the rumors you have heard from others.
"Is Kai human?"
"Human."
It was an immediate answer.
"I can't see it as a common-sense creature."
Melon-colored eyes sank bitterly. For a moment, Kai regained her vitality in an instant, and smiled like her habit. Kai took another tart out of her snack basket she had received at the inn and waited patiently for the next question.
"Then, is the Ignis Guild the enemy of humans?"
"Collock!"
Kai took a large bite of the tart with a relaxed expression, but Sare took it.
"Well, cuddly. What did you say now?"
"I asked if the guild was created for the purpose of harming humans."
"Heh heh. The question is so grandiose that it's embarrassing to answer."
Kai pulled out an embroidered handkerchief from his robe pocket and cleaned up the spilled pieces of bread. Although his name is a guild master, he always seemed to be well-organized. Kai, who sighed as he folded her handkerchief, ate again and picked up the tart.
"I'll just cut it and tell you."
The azure boy said firmly, holding the bumpy tart with blueberries in both hands like a squirrel.
"I have no intention of harming anyone, never anyone."
"All right."
Estio passed by without asking any further questions. Then, while the two of them had a serious conversation, they began to look at the state of the Joining tribe, which stretched out as if fainting. Kai followed and asked, towards Estio, who took great care of the patient, such as spreading the crumpled wings properly.
"...is it over?"
"? Ah."
Estio looked back at Kai and nodded his head.
"The tart was good. Thank you."
"Not that word."
I was at a loss as to what to say. At the orders of the puppeteer Kai, the dolls around Estio were always watching. So Kai knew all the stories he had heard from the Ballista Guild members a while ago.
'I'm sure there are many more questions than this.'
But Estio responded calmly.
"I've heard everything I wanted to hear. There was only one thing I wasn't sure about in this story."
"What is it?"
"Shuhanan and Kai, one of them must be lying."
Kai told him to avoid Hwangryong, while Hwangryong said that Kai is the enemy of humans. And when he asked again, Kai replied that he had no intention of harming humans or anything.
One of them was lying.
"You can tell if it's true or false by looking at it."
Coincidentally, Estio has the ability to read minds. He has a weakness that he can read even the deepest thoughts he does not want to reveal with his power, but on the contrary.
"Because Kai answered the truth."
You cannot lie in front of the ability to read minds.
Therefore, there was an advantage that the only perfect trust in the world was possible.
"The one who told the lie must be Hwangryong Shuhanan."
As soon as he heard the calm tone, Kai hurriedly put the tart he was holding in his mouth, thinking he might cry. The fragrant bread crumbs spread throughout the mouth with the bitter fruity scent.
'thank God. My choice was not wrong.'
Kai, who chewed and swallowed his heartbreaking feelings with a bit of flour, opened his mouth again after a while.
"...I'm sorry."
Estio looked back at Kai, who was suddenly handing an apology. Kai sat on her chair, which was made for her adult height, and her toes did not touch the ground, and her legs were dangling. The hem of her golden robe hanging over her droopy shoulders looked a bit heavy.
Kai bowed his head and sincerely apologized once more.
"I'm really sorry for you. Actually, there's something you haven't told me yet."
"......Kai?"
"I didn't mean to deceive you, but as a result, they tried to take advantage of you without telling you anything."
Kai looked at his toes and smiled self-consciously.
"In this way, it's no different from Shuhanan."
It would have been the worst number ever. I'm glad I realized it now.
After making the decision, the guild master took a long, deep breath.
After awakening as the first puppeteer, he established a guild, and many years passed. In the meantime, Kai is the head of the empire, including the emperor, and has met all kinds of powerful people. At the same time, he realized that minorities with special abilities like himself are being discriminated against as witches and demons all over the world.
So, at first, it was obviously a guild work that started with the motive of creating a society by providing a place for a small number of talented people who are discriminated against by ordinary people in the world and using them as a driving force. Kai pursued a society in which ordinary people and talented people alike could live to their advantage.
The start was good. The number of capable people gathered in the guild increased, and they gained power and were no longer disrespected.
But as the years passed, the world changed. The talented were more often recruited as talents rather than persecuted, and there were frequent compositions in which the powerful gradually trampled on the weak. I tried to close the difference, but it wasn't easy.
The imperial emperor provided growth capital and fame in exchange for joining hands with the guild. At the beginning of the guild's establishment, the majority of clients believed in the guarantee guaranteed by the imperial family and signed a contract.
Meanwhile, Kai met a golden dragon who called himself 'Shuhanan'.
"To put it bluntly, Shuhanan doesn't just hate humans."
What Kai saw at the time was a marvelous creature that survived with a tattered body, even though it was heavily wounded and bleeding. The golden eyes that flashed under their torn wings were moaning with deep despair and anger towards their people.
"I hate it. I will never forgive you."
Standing at the crossroads of life and death, Hwangryong spit out a hot breath mixed with blood. In his fallen eyes, it seemed that he could not even see Kai, who had come close enough and had hardened.
「Black Dragon 'Loaren', the humans you loved-.」
"...I hate it, Shuhanan was constantly repeating."
The eerie voice that Shuhanan cried out has been transmitted to Estio beyond his memories. It was a moment when Estio, who simply read the thoughts that Kai had in mind, and felt a hum in his ear, frowned slightly.
"And 'Loaren' is a black dragon that probably did not give up on humans until the very end and remained in the world."
Kai slowly raised his head.
"Estio, I guess it must have been your bloodline."
It's an unrealistic story. Already, stories about dragons are nothing more than legends. Still, his heartbeat, which began to accelerate, was not the kind he could control.
However, for Kai, who clearly knows what this duron Estio longs for, a sadly disastrous ending awaited him.
"As you know, there is no race in the world that can inflict damage to a dragon until it dies, unless you are of the same kind.
And the fact that Shuhanan was still alive, albeit in a tragic mogol, meant only one thing.
"Unfortunately, except that Shuhanan survived the killing of Loaren."
