98
4 Estio
- Episode 22
"Did you hurt your eyes?"
"...It's similar."
"Both?"
"maybe."
Hearing the ambiguous answer, Skyler put the papers he was holding on the table next to him for a moment and came closer.
"Let's see. Shall I call a therapist?"
"No, no treatment is needed."
"Leader, once the eye is damaged, it is difficult to recover. Don't neglect it too much, and if you need anything, please tell me."
It was a hard business tone, but it was a way of expressing her own concerns. But she wasn't really hurt, so she didn't need a therapist. Estio hesitated and asked for something else instead.
"If there is anything that can cover my eyes, please."
Skyler, who was looking at him with a strange gaze, looking for a blindfold, immediately came to get something from the counter.
"Hmm, is this really enough?"
It was a black eyepatch that did not let any light in. Estio wore this and nodded his head. Skyler, who had been waiting, brought up the subject again.
"I have something to report on the person search you requested last time."
"Say it."
"First of all, this is information about 'Isak'. To start with, we have confirmed that he lives in the capital, and the detailed location is still being tracked."
It was about Rihanna's father. Although Tsuki came first, he was quick as a guild called the best.
"You won't be able to check the documents right now, so I'll pass the details on to a member of the team."
"thank you."
Skyler took a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Kai.
"Come on, tell the leader well, kid."
The fact that Kai was the guild master was unaware even in the capital branch. In a funny situation where the guild members did not recognize the master and treated him as a child, Kai accepted her paper with a smile on his own. When I unfolded it, an ordinary map of the capital appeared. A red line indicates the latest movement path of the tracked object.
"The information request will end here."
Further investigation was meaningless in a situation where there was already a good tracker named Tsuki. However, Skyler, unaware of that fact, had a puzzled expression on his face.
"Oh, would you? Okay. And this is just additional information about 'Shuhanan'."
As soon as the name Shuhanan was brought out, the atmosphere became cold in an instant. Skyler swallowed dry saliva at the baptism of the group's unfamiliar eyes before continuing.
"There is news that Shuhanan will be moving to the Vatican soon."
"...Is this reliable information?"
"Unless there are any surprises in the future, yes! Also, at the same time this morning, the current Pope, Lot S. Ezekiel, has announced his resignation."
The Pope announces his resignation!
Estio and his party, who had not heard the news because they were staying at the Imperial Palace, could not hide their surprise. Skyler said the news of the Pope's resignation was only published this morning as an outsider, and the sudden, unannounced announcement has taken the capital by storm.
Kai, who was listening to the story next to Estio, rubbed his chin and muttered.
"I think the papal court is starting to move."
It was the tone I knew it would be. However, Kai was also quite perplexed on the inside.
'Too early.'
It was a predictable move. He knew right away that the Yellow Dragon Shuhanan would take over the priesthood and throw the world into chaos.
The problem was that Shuhanan had gone too far beyond Kai's expectations.
'It's strange. Of course, I thought you would destroy the guild first, didn't you?'
The most disturbing thing for Shuhanan, who hates humans, is Kai, who discovered Shuhanan's true identity. He's been sabotaging every single thing he wants to do, and he's even raised a guild in partnership with the Empire, which makes it even more annoying. So, after he got rid of the impediment, he thought he would seize the priesthood that could have the greatest influence on humans.
But as if ridiculing Kai like that, Shuhanan never moved as expected.
"That must have been the reason why it was cluttered outside."
Mubin patted the back of his head and muttered. I got the feeling that the capital was overly excited, but I'm sure the Pope would have resigned at will. The imperial situation was already unstable, but it was not a good declaration.
"This is the main report details. As soon as new information comes in, we will deliver it through the delivery service."
"Good job, Skyler."
"Then let me go. Rest in peace!"
Skyler, who nodded her waist to say hello, disappeared again with a busy pace, carrying a bundle of papers. Just in time, Parker, who had completed the request report at the counter, flew back and flew back.
Paddy!
"Wow! I've finished processing the quest. I'm glad I wrote a report in my spare time. Hehe."
Parker, who was bragging about himself as a veteran guild member who kept a report while sleeping, lowered his voice in the middle. Then he asked quietly.
"What's on everyone's faces? Like people who've seen ghosts."
"Ah, sorry, but sooner or later we'll see something worse than a ghost."
Mubin smiled softly as he washed his face. Then, Parker, who is good at her nursery rhymes, got her complexion white as Moobin intended.
"Isn't that worse?"
"He's a terrible guy, isn't he, Kai?"
"Huh, I'd rather be a ghost."
Parker's eyes trembled slightly as he turned to the blue-haired boy who sighed. Mubin pretended to shoot bread and arrows with his fingers towards the frightened joiners.
"Of course, my friend of the Joining clan, you will also go."
"Hey."
Parker, engulfed in fear that he might be dragged into a haunted den, his wings trembled. He flew to the side of Burinake Estio and landed.
"Lee, Li, Leader."
"Yes."
Estio, who covered his eyes with an eye patch, was calm alone. Hearing that monotonous voice, Parker was taken aback and held out the paper bag he was holding in one hand.
"...I brought a mustard-flavored baguette, would you like some?"
It seemed like he had brought snacks because he thought it would take a long time at the counter. It was an unusual invitation for Parker, who usually never distributes his snacks, but Estio refused with a single blow. Estio put her hand on the corner of her eyes, with the gloomy Join-Join standing next to her.
'When will it sink?'
Now that the quest is over, you must return to the headquarters. Before that, there was also the task of finding Rihanna's father and delivering the news to Range Village.
To do that, I couldn't keep my eyes closed like this.
'What if this condition persists?'
Estio remembered the first time his abilities were manifested.
At the age of five, the first moment when I read the hearts of my family and naively put them out of my mouth. That moment was still hell for him.
So, Estio was very well aware of how hard people hate to be found out about others.
"......"
Mubin glanced at the frozen Estio and was handed a map from Kai. Then he scratched his head and opened his mouth.
"Hmm, Estio-sama."
"Yes?"
"I'll go find that guy named Isaac."
Estio stopped speechless when he said he would go instead. Mubin, who accepted his silence as positive, put his map in his arms and bowed his head.
"Please rest here until you can control your abilities."
It was only after the conversation progressed to that point that Estio waved his hand.
"You don't have to. I've been asked to do it personally."
"I'm not a guild member, Estio-sama. I'm your guardian."
Mubin responded proudly. There is nothing that Mubin, an outsider, can do individually if it is a guild request. But if it was a private matter, she could take care of it instead.
"Oh, can I ask this cat for directions?"
The side Mubin pointed to was Tsuki. He already knew that a black-haired cat had known the exact location of the subject.
Mubin, who was crouching in front of Tsuki, held out his hand to express his friendliness, and made a loud noise, but the result was not very good.
Kyaah.
Tsuki, who had been staring at him, raised his tail and raised his lower jaw. Mubin found her claws that had been sharply cleaved out at any moment, and moved her hands away awkwardly.
"That's really dodgy."
darling darling.
Estio, who had been quietly listening to the cat's cries, let out a long sigh.
"...I'll go with you."
"Are you still okay?"
"Because you can't keep hiding forever."
I am no longer the helpless five-year-old child I used to be. Estio was terrified and chose to move and bump into each other instead of hiding in the attic.
"I'm going to miss this one."
Guildmaster Kai decided to leave the group for a while, saying that he might need a countermeasure for Shuhanan.
"Go carefully."
"Yes. Then, please guide me, Tsuki."
"okay."
The black cat, who gently lit Odd-Eye, sprinted forward.
* * *
Following Tsuki's guidance, Estio's party arrived at a garbage dump that disposes of all kinds of waste from the city. In the widest vacant lot, smelly garbage was piled up like a garden, and around it were drunken drunkards lying on the floor, vagrants who covered holes in rugs like duvets, and gamblers who were gamblers.
The faces of the party were grimaced at the unpredictable sight they could not expect to see in the imperial capital, which overflowed with wealth and brilliance. A black cat, leisurely passing through the lying vagrants, stopped in front of an old shack.
Meow.
A swarm of flies swarmed through the crooked boards.
"It's here."
"Are you really here?"
Mubin looked around the house with questionable eyes. The neighborhood was so ghastly that it wouldn't be strange if a corpse appeared in this house at first glance.
"They said they took it from the 5th prince's side. Wasn't it taken to be used?"
"I am using it well. He also trained well."
"Yeah? But how can you be neglected like this?"
"Isn't it because they put it in a place like this on purpose to avoid suspicion?"
Over time, it became natural for them to talk to cats. Mubin and Parker, who were giving and receiving one word at a time, knocked on the door at the same time.
smart.
"Are you there?"
When they heard a knock, they watched from all directions. Of course, even before that time, the eyes of the stranger had been following him. Only Mubin, who has the physical ability, sensitively sensed the life they were showing.
'It's a garbage dump that the imperial family tolerates.'
No city can exist without garbage dumps. It is the city's garbage dump where jokes about legal illegality come and go. In fact, it was not an acquiescence, but a realm that was nothing more than a public figure.
Moobin knocked on the door once more, ready to draw his sword at any time.
"Is anyone inside?"
Still, the house was quiet. As Mubin and Parker exchanged suspicious glances with each other, Estio opened his mouth.
"I came here at the request of Rihanna."
98
4 Estio
- Episode 22
"Did you hurt your eyes?"
"...It's similar."
"Both?"
"maybe."
Hearing the ambiguous answer, Skyler put the papers he was holding on the table next to him for a moment and came closer.
"Let's see. Shall I call a therapist?"
"No, no treatment is needed."
"Leader, once the eye is damaged, it is difficult to recover. Don't neglect it too much, and if you need anything, please tell me."
It was a hard business tone, but it was a way of expressing her own concerns. But she wasn't really hurt, so she didn't need a therapist. Estio hesitated and asked for something else instead.
"If there is anything that can cover my eyes, please."
Skyler, who was looking at him with a strange gaze, looking for a blindfold, immediately came to get something from the counter.
"Hmm, is this really enough?"
It was a black eyepatch that did not let any light in. Estio wore this and nodded his head. Skyler, who had been waiting, brought up the subject again.
"I have something to report on the person search you requested last time."
"Say it."
"First of all, this is information about 'Isak'. To start with, we have confirmed that he lives in the capital, and the detailed location is still being tracked."
It was about Rihanna's father. Although Tsuki came first, he was quick as a guild called the best.
"You won't be able to check the documents right now, so I'll pass the details on to a member of the team."
"thank you."
Skyler took a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Kai.
"Come on, tell the leader well, kid."
The fact that Kai was the guild master was unaware even in the capital branch. In a funny situation where the guild members did not recognize the master and treated him as a child, Kai accepted her paper with a smile on his own. When I unfolded it, an ordinary map of the capital appeared. A red line indicates the latest movement path of the tracked object.
"The information request will end here."
Further investigation was meaningless in a situation where there was already a good tracker named Tsuki. However, Skyler, unaware of that fact, had a puzzled expression on his face.
"Oh, would you? Okay. And this is just additional information about 'Shuhanan'."
As soon as the name Shuhanan was brought out, the atmosphere became cold in an instant. Skyler swallowed dry saliva at the baptism of the group's unfamiliar eyes before continuing.
"There is news that Shuhanan will be moving to the Vatican soon."
"...Is this reliable information?"
"Unless there are any surprises in the future, yes! Also, at the same time this morning, the current Pope, Lot S. Ezekiel, has announced his resignation."
The Pope announces his resignation!
Estio and his party, who had not heard the news because they were staying at the Imperial Palace, could not hide their surprise. Skyler said the news of the Pope's resignation was only published this morning as an outsider, and the sudden, unannounced announcement has taken the capital by storm.
Kai, who was listening to the story next to Estio, rubbed his chin and muttered.
"I think the papal court is starting to move."
It was the tone I knew it would be. However, Kai was also quite perplexed on the inside.
'Too early.'
It was a predictable move. He knew right away that the Yellow Dragon Shuhanan would take over the priesthood and throw the world into chaos.
The problem was that Shuhanan had gone too far beyond Kai's expectations.
'It's strange. Of course, I thought you would destroy the guild first, didn't you?'
The most disturbing thing for Shuhanan, who hates humans, is Kai, who discovered Shuhanan's true identity. He's been sabotaging every single thing he wants to do, and he's even raised a guild in partnership with the Empire, which makes it even more annoying. So, after he got rid of the impediment, he thought he would seize the priesthood that could have the greatest influence on humans.
But as if ridiculing Kai like that, Shuhanan never moved as expected.
"That must have been the reason why it was cluttered outside."
Mubin patted the back of his head and muttered. I got the feeling that the capital was overly excited, but I'm sure the Pope would have resigned at will. The imperial situation was already unstable, but it was not a good declaration.
"This is the main report details. As soon as new information comes in, we will deliver it through the delivery service."
"Good job, Skyler."
"Then let me go. Rest in peace!"
Skyler, who nodded her waist to say hello, disappeared again with a busy pace, carrying a bundle of papers. Just in time, Parker, who had completed the request report at the counter, flew back and flew back.
Paddy!
"Wow! I've finished processing the quest. I'm glad I wrote a report in my spare time. Hehe."
Parker, who was bragging about himself as a veteran guild member who kept a report while sleeping, lowered his voice in the middle. Then he asked quietly.
"What's on everyone's faces? Like people who've seen ghosts."
"Ah, sorry, but sooner or later we'll see something worse than a ghost."
Mubin smiled softly as he washed his face. Then, Parker, who is good at her nursery rhymes, got her complexion white as Moobin intended.
"Isn't that worse?"
"He's a terrible guy, isn't he, Kai?"
"Huh, I'd rather be a ghost."
Parker's eyes trembled slightly as he turned to the blue-haired boy who sighed. Mubin pretended to shoot bread and arrows with his fingers towards the frightened joiners.
"Of course, my friend of the Joining clan, you will also go."
"Hey."
Parker, engulfed in fear that he might be dragged into a haunted den, his wings trembled. He flew to the side of Burinake Estio and landed.
"Lee, Li, Leader."
"Yes."
Estio, who covered his eyes with an eye patch, was calm alone. Hearing that monotonous voice, Parker was taken aback and held out the paper bag he was holding in one hand.
"...I brought a mustard-flavored baguette, would you like some?"
It seemed like he had brought snacks because he thought it would take a long time at the counter. It was an unusual invitation for Parker, who usually never distributes his snacks, but Estio refused with a single blow. Estio put her hand on the corner of her eyes, with the gloomy Join-Join standing next to her.
'When will it sink?'
Now that the quest is over, you must return to the headquarters. Before that, there was also the task of finding Rihanna's father and delivering the news to Range Village.
To do that, I couldn't keep my eyes closed like this.
'What if this condition persists?'
Estio remembered the first time his abilities were manifested.
At the age of five, the first moment when I read the hearts of my family and naively put them out of my mouth. That moment was still hell for him.
So, Estio was very well aware of how hard people hate to be found out about others.
"......"
Mubin glanced at the frozen Estio and was handed a map from Kai. Then he scratched his head and opened his mouth.
"Hmm, Estio-sama."
"Yes?"
"I'll go find that guy named Isaac."
Estio stopped speechless when he said he would go instead. Mubin, who accepted his silence as positive, put his map in his arms and bowed his head.
"Please rest here until you can control your abilities."
It was only after the conversation progressed to that point that Estio waved his hand.
"You don't have to. I've been asked to do it personally."
"I'm not a guild member, Estio-sama. I'm your guardian."
Mubin responded proudly. There is nothing that Mubin, an outsider, can do individually if it is a guild request. But if it was a private matter, she could take care of it instead.
"Oh, can I ask this cat for directions?"
The side Mubin pointed to was Tsuki. He already knew that a black-haired cat had known the exact location of the subject.
Mubin, who was crouching in front of Tsuki, held out his hand to express his friendliness, and made a loud noise, but the result was not very good.
Kyaah.
Tsuki, who had been staring at him, raised his tail and raised his lower jaw. Mubin found her claws that had been sharply cleaved out at any moment, and moved her hands away awkwardly.
"That's really dodgy."
darling darling.
Estio, who had been quietly listening to the cat's cries, let out a long sigh.
"...I'll go with you."
"Are you still okay?"
"Because you can't keep hiding forever."
I am no longer the helpless five-year-old child I used to be. Estio was terrified and chose to move and bump into each other instead of hiding in the attic.
"I'm going to miss this one."
Guildmaster Kai decided to leave the group for a while, saying that he might need a countermeasure for Shuhanan.
"Go carefully."
"Yes. Then, please guide me, Tsuki."
"okay."
The black cat, who gently lit Odd-Eye, sprinted forward.
* * *
Following Tsuki's guidance, Estio's party arrived at a garbage dump that disposes of all kinds of waste from the city. In the widest vacant lot, smelly garbage was piled up like a garden, and around it were drunken drunkards lying on the floor, vagrants who covered holes in rugs like duvets, and gamblers who were gamblers.
The faces of the party were grimaced at the unpredictable sight they could not expect to see in the imperial capital, which overflowed with wealth and brilliance. A black cat, leisurely passing through the lying vagrants, stopped in front of an old shack.
Meow.
A swarm of flies swarmed through the crooked boards.
"It's here."
"Are you really here?"
Mubin looked around the house with questionable eyes. The neighborhood was so ghastly that it wouldn't be strange if a corpse appeared in this house at first glance.
"They said they took it from the 5th prince's side. Wasn't it taken to be used?"
"I am using it well. He also trained well."
"Yeah? But how can you be neglected like this?"
"Isn't it because they put it in a place like this on purpose to avoid suspicion?"
Over time, it became natural for them to talk to cats. Mubin and Parker, who were giving and receiving one word at a time, knocked on the door at the same time.
smart.
"Are you there?"
When they heard a knock, they watched from all directions. Of course, even before that time, the eyes of the stranger had been following him. Only Mubin, who has the physical ability, sensitively sensed the life they were showing.
'It's a garbage dump that the imperial family tolerates.'
No city can exist without garbage dumps. It is the city's garbage dump where jokes about legal illegality come and go. In fact, it was not an acquiescence, but a realm that was nothing more than a public figure.
Moobin knocked on the door once more, ready to draw his sword at any time.
"Is anyone inside?"
Still, the house was quiet. As Mubin and Parker exchanged suspicious glances with each other, Estio opened his mouth.
"I came here at the request of Rihanna."
