- Episode 9
"Go to the animal dealer in Shark Road at #3. I'm a collector belonging to the guild, and I heard that they've been having trouble managing them since they've been collecting a lot of rare species.
Estio realized that this was the guild's test. As he nodded, Hawk made a quick mark on the map and handed it to him.
"If you solve the problem well, you will be able to get a guild coin from the merchant. Bring it back to me."
A guild coin was a kind of confirmation that the clients who requested the guild received it and returned it to the guild member when the dispatched guild member successfully completed the request.
Estio, who came out of the guild building with a map, diligently walked to the area marked with a red circle. In the meantime, quite a bit of snow piled up and footprints were taken.
After walking for about 10 minutes while stamping my feet in the white snow that no one stepped on, I reached the number 3 Shark Road that Hawk said.
Next to Estio, who was looking around, Neju sniffed and pointed to one place.
"Over there."
"...Ah, thank you, Neju."
"〨."
After moving just a little bit following the guidance of the white-haired monkey, which has a better sense of smell than humans, a large tent caught my eye. It was a triangular tent with green stripes on a yellow background. As soon as he stepped into the entrance, the musty smell of an animal rushed into Estio's nostrils.
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month, month.
Two large dogs tied to a stake at the entrance saw the stranger and began to bark. Instead of the doorbell, the dogs were playing the role with a loud voice.
Estio approached the growling dogs and squatted down in front of them.
When the dogs saw Neju following Estio, they were startled and curled up their tails. The momentum she had been barking at her voice disappeared as if washed away, and it was not that pitiful to see her lying face down with her ears folded and trembling.
Neju, who made the dogs scared, only scratched his side with a bright face.
"You don't have to be afraid."
「……」
"Don't worry, I won't attack you. I'm here to meet the owner."
"......really?"
The dogs, still with their ears folded, carefully raised their bodies from their knees. A frightened tail swept the floor like a broom.
Estio put his hand on the head of one of them and smiled a little.
"It really is."
"......Interesting......."
"Suddenly, I am not afraid."
"Who are you?"
The dogs wag their tails and panted as they sat in front of Estio. Fear disappeared and Estio knew that he had touched their feelings once again as he met his round eyes full of joy and curiosity.
"This is Estio."
"Come on. What S are you talking about?"
Suddenly, he got up from his seat and turned around at the sound of a squeaky voice coming from behind him.
A bald old man with bald baldness was staring at him, pushing up the little glasses that hung over his nose.
He had a chubby body overall and was short enough to reach Estio's shoulder. Its eyes were as small as peas, but the anticipation that flashed within them was brighter than a lamp.
"Yes, I came here with the introduction of the Ignis Guild."
"...These guys, they were brought in as fighting dogs that never follow people."
The bald merchant pointed his sharp eyes at the dogs sitting at Estio's feet and waving their tails.
"......"
"I wonder if they're crazy in pairs, or if they really have that crazy ability. Follow me, kid."
The animal merchant had already received a delivery from the guild. However, he, who has been buying, selling and taming animals for over 30 years, did not readily believe the story about Estio.
Originally, he was an old man known for being eccentric.
"Look. Do you know the reason why this asshole keeps turning his sloppy eyes upside down?"
As Estio followed the merchant, he saw several large and small animal cages inside the tent. Among them, the merchant who took him in front of a large iron cage like a lion's cage pointed bluntly into it.
"I mean, it's a rare species that I bought with a lot of money. I was fine when I came, but even if this damn bastard gave me something to eat, I wouldn't eat it, damn it."
His tone was harsh, but there was concern in the merchant's eyes.
'Don't get sick, baby. Yes?'
It was an emotion that I could understand without having to read it, but Estio, who read the merchant's strong heart flowing into his head, bowed his head and looked at us.
color fluid.
Inside the nest prepared by mixing dry sawdust and sand, a reptile the size of a palm was curled up and asleep.
Short limbs, blue scales shining like jewels, a long tail with thorns, and cute wings on its back, it looked very similar to the legendary creature 'Dragon'.
However, they look similar, but in reality they have low intelligence, so they cannot use magic, and since an adult adult is as small as a five-year-old child, it was a pet animal with no fighting power.
Because of his cute appearance and gentle personality, it was 'Drake', which was popular as a pet among the nobles.
"...you're still a child."
"You're talking natural, and I hope you're sassy? If you don't guide them when they are young, you will attack people. If a noble complains about selling aggressive animals, there is no answer, you bastard!"
"Is that so."
Even if the merchant said harsh words, Estio nodded his head calmly.
From Estio's point of view, it wasn't even an insult. He was brought up with a curse full of heartfelt contempt and disgust. He was stoned to death, and the cursing of that swear word was like a soft expression of affection by pretending to be strong.
When he responded insignificantly, the merchant internally judged him as a merchant.
'This guy is not an ordinary bet.'
Usually, the younger the boys of that age, the more eccentric he acted, the more uncomfortable he became. It's not a situation where you're going to hear a swear word, but hearing a shout out makes you feel bad together. In some cases, the bad-tempered people swung their fists or went out to get their job done.
Even if it wasn't a radical reaction, there has never been a case where he reacted so indifferently.
While the merchant was observing Estio with curious eyes, Estio was holding our iron cage in his hand and looking at Drake.
'I said I was sick. Exactly where does it hurt?'
There was a moment when I was unintentionally curious.
throb.
Suddenly, Estio, who had been fine, stumbled. Neju hastily supported him. Estio, who leaned on Neju to catch his breath, looked down at the sleeping baby Drake again with shaky eyes.
"Well, what. Why is that. Where is your little boy sick?"
"No. It's not that I'm sick."
Estio clenched his chest in the burning pain as if he had been pierced with an iron skewer. Beads of peregrine sweat dripped down between his dry fingers.
He wasn't hurt or sick.
He was now suffering from Drake's pain, which was not his own.
The reason he found out quickly was that he had had the same experience only once before.
Shrek.
At that moment, the sleeping baby Drake opened his eyes. Recognizing Estio who shared pain beyond simply reading his mind, Drake raised his head without energy and looked at him.
Her pretty pink eyes sparkled like jewels, so that noble girls would fall in love at first sight.
「……」
Drake's thoughts flowed into Estio's head like waves.
Because of that, Estio was able to read Drake's pain clearly enough to take his breath away. A bald merchant approached Estio, who was dazed, and tapped his shin with his toe.
"Hey baby. Did you die with your eyes open? Damn it, why are you talking!"
"...that kid."
"what?"
"He's heart is melting right now."
"......!"
The merchant opened his mouth when he heard the sound he could not have imagined.
"Oh my gosh, where is this madman selling drugs..."
"It is a species that has to live in very cold water. If you put such dry soil or sawdust on it, you will not be able to breathe in the dryness and will wither to death."
"Yeah! Damn kid, Drake is a monster that lives in the desert. I didn't know about that? You're just a pseudonym! What nonsense are you talking about?"
"He said a heart made of ice is melting."
The merchant stared fiercely at the dark blue eyes of Estio, who answered firmly.
"Hey Michuan. There is an animal in the world that lives only when its heart is frozen!"
The swearing and pouring merchant glanced at the caged baby Drake. Hearing it, it's not that it's not, but when I first brought it in, I remembered that he thought the blue color of the scales was a bit unique, unlike the typical Drake he knew.
Drakes, which usually inhabit the desert, have bright green scales and dislike cold and damp places to seek out dry sand.
Since it was a cold winter, I thought that I had prepared the best environment by laying warm straw and mixing sand and sawdust with care, and everything I did was trampled on by my eyes.
"Damn kid."
"?"
"Take it."
A lump of iron flew away with a whistling sound. Estio reflexively reached out and took his hand, and found that it was a shovel that looked shabby with a dull blade and rust here and there.
Estio, who suddenly had a shovel in his hand, was just looking at his teeth, and the merchant became furious.
"You can't figure it out quickly, don't you eat it, go outside and get some snow! You damn little bastard."
"...Am I coming?"
"Then is this old man going to use his strength? There's no ice right now, so you young man will have to go out and spread the snow. If it's late, you and this slacker Drake will all be fucked together."
Whilst muttering, the merchant opened the iron cage that Drake was in and took it out and held it. Then he put the Drake in the fish tank and turned on the water hose. Drake's ears twitched at the sound of cold water pouring out.
Then, he approached the hose through which water was slowly pouring in, and received cold water all over his body. The merchant, who was looking down with proud eyes at Drake, who seemed to be drenched in the water, found Estio still standing with a shovel and opened his small eyes.
"Isn't it puffy?!"
Estio was reluctant to take a shovel and tumbled out of the tent at the crippling momentum of the short inspiration.
There was a lot of snow in front of the tent without going far. As the snow fell nonstop, he scooped up a pile of snow with a shovel.
When I went in with the shovel, the merchant told me to pour it into the tank.
Pussack!
The snow was pouring down and stuck to the glass of the tank in white. Drake, the size of the palm of his hand, fluttered his wings as the cold snow came in, and he was clearly alive.
"Look at the action. It's not coming sooner, what are you doing?"
"Do you need more?"
"Stop talking and run until I tell you to stop. Whoa!"
- Episode 9
"Go to the animal dealer in Shark Road at #3. I'm a collector belonging to the guild, and I heard that they've been having trouble managing them since they've been collecting a lot of rare species.
Estio realized that this was the guild's test. As he nodded, Hawk made a quick mark on the map and handed it to him.
"If you solve the problem well, you will be able to get a guild coin from the merchant. Bring it back to me."
A guild coin was a kind of confirmation that the clients who requested the guild received it and returned it to the guild member when the dispatched guild member successfully completed the request.
Estio, who came out of the guild building with a map, diligently walked to the area marked with a red circle. In the meantime, quite a bit of snow piled up and footprints were taken.
After walking for about 10 minutes while stamping my feet in the white snow that no one stepped on, I reached the number 3 Shark Road that Hawk said.
Next to Estio, who was looking around, Neju sniffed and pointed to one place.
"Over there."
"...Ah, thank you, Neju."
"〨."
After moving just a little bit following the guidance of the white-haired monkey, which has a better sense of smell than humans, a large tent caught my eye. It was a triangular tent with green stripes on a yellow background. As soon as he stepped into the entrance, the musty smell of an animal rushed into Estio's nostrils.
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
month, month.
Two large dogs tied to a stake at the entrance saw the stranger and began to bark. Instead of the doorbell, the dogs were playing the role with a loud voice.
Estio approached the growling dogs and squatted down in front of them.
When the dogs saw Neju following Estio, they were startled and curled up their tails. The momentum she had been barking at her voice disappeared as if washed away, and it was not that pitiful to see her lying face down with her ears folded and trembling.
Neju, who made the dogs scared, only scratched his side with a bright face.
"You don't have to be afraid."
「……」
"Don't worry, I won't attack you. I'm here to meet the owner."
"......really?"
The dogs, still with their ears folded, carefully raised their bodies from their knees. A frightened tail swept the floor like a broom.
Estio put his hand on the head of one of them and smiled a little.
"It really is."
"......Interesting......."
"Suddenly, I am not afraid."
"Who are you?"
The dogs wag their tails and panted as they sat in front of Estio. Fear disappeared and Estio knew that he had touched their feelings once again as he met his round eyes full of joy and curiosity.
"This is Estio."
"Come on. What S are you talking about?"
Suddenly, he got up from his seat and turned around at the sound of a squeaky voice coming from behind him.
A bald old man with bald baldness was staring at him, pushing up the little glasses that hung over his nose.
He had a chubby body overall and was short enough to reach Estio's shoulder. Its eyes were as small as peas, but the anticipation that flashed within them was brighter than a lamp.
"Yes, I came here with the introduction of the Ignis Guild."
"...These guys, they were brought in as fighting dogs that never follow people."
The bald merchant pointed his sharp eyes at the dogs sitting at Estio's feet and waving their tails.
"......"
"I wonder if they're crazy in pairs, or if they really have that crazy ability. Follow me, kid."
The animal merchant had already received a delivery from the guild. However, he, who has been buying, selling and taming animals for over 30 years, did not readily believe the story about Estio.
Originally, he was an old man known for being eccentric.
"Look. Do you know the reason why this asshole keeps turning his sloppy eyes upside down?"
As Estio followed the merchant, he saw several large and small animal cages inside the tent. Among them, the merchant who took him in front of a large iron cage like a lion's cage pointed bluntly into it.
"I mean, it's a rare species that I bought with a lot of money. I was fine when I came, but even if this damn bastard gave me something to eat, I wouldn't eat it, damn it."
His tone was harsh, but there was concern in the merchant's eyes.
'Don't get sick, baby. Yes?'
It was an emotion that I could understand without having to read it, but Estio, who read the merchant's strong heart flowing into his head, bowed his head and looked at us.
color fluid.
Inside the nest prepared by mixing dry sawdust and sand, a reptile the size of a palm was curled up and asleep.
Short limbs, blue scales shining like jewels, a long tail with thorns, and cute wings on its back, it looked very similar to the legendary creature 'Dragon'.
However, they look similar, but in reality they have low intelligence, so they cannot use magic, and since an adult adult is as small as a five-year-old child, it was a pet animal with no fighting power.
Because of his cute appearance and gentle personality, it was 'Drake', which was popular as a pet among the nobles.
"...you're still a child."
"You're talking natural, and I hope you're sassy? If you don't guide them when they are young, you will attack people. If a noble complains about selling aggressive animals, there is no answer, you bastard!"
"Is that so."
Even if the merchant said harsh words, Estio nodded his head calmly.
From Estio's point of view, it wasn't even an insult. He was brought up with a curse full of heartfelt contempt and disgust. He was stoned to death, and the cursing of that swear word was like a soft expression of affection by pretending to be strong.
When he responded insignificantly, the merchant internally judged him as a merchant.
'This guy is not an ordinary bet.'
Usually, the younger the boys of that age, the more eccentric he acted, the more uncomfortable he became. It's not a situation where you're going to hear a swear word, but hearing a shout out makes you feel bad together. In some cases, the bad-tempered people swung their fists or went out to get their job done.
Even if it wasn't a radical reaction, there has never been a case where he reacted so indifferently.
While the merchant was observing Estio with curious eyes, Estio was holding our iron cage in his hand and looking at Drake.
'I said I was sick. Exactly where does it hurt?'
There was a moment when I was unintentionally curious.
throb.
Suddenly, Estio, who had been fine, stumbled. Neju hastily supported him. Estio, who leaned on Neju to catch his breath, looked down at the sleeping baby Drake again with shaky eyes.
"Well, what. Why is that. Where is your little boy sick?"
"No. It's not that I'm sick."
Estio clenched his chest in the burning pain as if he had been pierced with an iron skewer. Beads of peregrine sweat dripped down between his dry fingers.
He wasn't hurt or sick.
He was now suffering from Drake's pain, which was not his own.
The reason he found out quickly was that he had had the same experience only once before.
Shrek.
At that moment, the sleeping baby Drake opened his eyes. Recognizing Estio who shared pain beyond simply reading his mind, Drake raised his head without energy and looked at him.
Her pretty pink eyes sparkled like jewels, so that noble girls would fall in love at first sight.
「……」
Drake's thoughts flowed into Estio's head like waves.
Because of that, Estio was able to read Drake's pain clearly enough to take his breath away. A bald merchant approached Estio, who was dazed, and tapped his shin with his toe.
"Hey baby. Did you die with your eyes open? Damn it, why are you talking!"
"...that kid."
"what?"
"He's heart is melting right now."
"......!"
The merchant opened his mouth when he heard the sound he could not have imagined.
"Oh my gosh, where is this madman selling drugs..."
"It is a species that has to live in very cold water. If you put such dry soil or sawdust on it, you will not be able to breathe in the dryness and will wither to death."
"Yeah! Damn kid, Drake is a monster that lives in the desert. I didn't know about that? You're just a pseudonym! What nonsense are you talking about?"
"He said a heart made of ice is melting."
The merchant stared fiercely at the dark blue eyes of Estio, who answered firmly.
"Hey Michuan. There is an animal in the world that lives only when its heart is frozen!"
The swearing and pouring merchant glanced at the caged baby Drake. Hearing it, it's not that it's not, but when I first brought it in, I remembered that he thought the blue color of the scales was a bit unique, unlike the typical Drake he knew.
Drakes, which usually inhabit the desert, have bright green scales and dislike cold and damp places to seek out dry sand.
Since it was a cold winter, I thought that I had prepared the best environment by laying warm straw and mixing sand and sawdust with care, and everything I did was trampled on by my eyes.
"Damn kid."
"?"
"Take it."
A lump of iron flew away with a whistling sound. Estio reflexively reached out and took his hand, and found that it was a shovel that looked shabby with a dull blade and rust here and there.
Estio, who suddenly had a shovel in his hand, was just looking at his teeth, and the merchant became furious.
"You can't figure it out quickly, don't you eat it, go outside and get some snow! You damn little bastard."
"...Am I coming?"
"Then is this old man going to use his strength? There's no ice right now, so you young man will have to go out and spread the snow. If it's late, you and this slacker Drake will all be fucked together."
Whilst muttering, the merchant opened the iron cage that Drake was in and took it out and held it. Then he put the Drake in the fish tank and turned on the water hose. Drake's ears twitched at the sound of cold water pouring out.
Then, he approached the hose through which water was slowly pouring in, and received cold water all over his body. The merchant, who was looking down with proud eyes at Drake, who seemed to be drenched in the water, found Estio still standing with a shovel and opened his small eyes.
"Isn't it puffy?!"
Estio was reluctant to take a shovel and tumbled out of the tent at the crippling momentum of the short inspiration.
There was a lot of snow in front of the tent without going far. As the snow fell nonstop, he scooped up a pile of snow with a shovel.
When I went in with the shovel, the merchant told me to pour it into the tank.
Pussack!
The snow was pouring down and stuck to the glass of the tank in white. Drake, the size of the palm of his hand, fluttered his wings as the cold snow came in, and he was clearly alive.
"Look at the action. It's not coming sooner, what are you doing?"
"Do you need more?"
"Stop talking and run until I tell you to stop. Whoa!"
