Estio Book 5
- Episode 12
Mubin narrowed his eyes as he passed by the girl and took a deep breath.
"Hmm."
These emerald-colored haired members of the Joining tribe were quite soft-hearted. He had a tendency to sympathize and empathize with others easily.
That's why it was the longest remaining member of the leader support team. Because I first felt the emotion of 'I'm sorry' rather than being afraid when I saw Estio, who has the only ability in the world.
"The author, Kai, picks one character well."
Moobin admitted that he remembered the boy with blue curly hair who broke up at the guild headquarters.
Guild Master Kai. On the surface, she looked small and fragile, not much different from that girl, but she was a strategist with a hundred wild snakes in her heart. It was clear that he had a purpose in getting Yeon-yeon-rang to join the team now. Moving up to that point, she had a pitiful expression on her face.
At that moment, a small voice followed from behind.
"Why doesn't my brother have a star...?"
It was a slender child's voice without a special accent, but one of the many people passing by definitely caught the attention of one another. It was Estio who stopped in front of the little girl in dirty clothes.
"Everyone is born with their own stars. Stars tell us fate and show us the way. Our upper-class family members and other mercenary uncles all have stars, so why......"
Many pass by like starlight. Like a new star rising every day, the place where new people appeared and disappeared when the sun rose again was the entrance to the Turke Desert. However, from what Estio heard, the star the girl was talking about didn't seem to have such a metaphorical meaning.
The purple-haired girl continued, hugging the dirty doll tightly.
"Isn't my brother the only star?"
His voice was mixed with fear, as if he had seen something that could not exist in this world.
As Estio's feet were tied, the party who had stopped following him naturally came closer to him. Mubin, squatting in front of her purple-haired girl, muttered to herself.
"Huh, is it a scam using a child?"
It sounded like a self-talk, but it was meant to be heard openly. However, the girl who turned her head towards that side burst into laughter.
"...You have a very ugly star. Seeing that he is very crooked, he is a star who will suffer a lot in life."
"What?"
Mobin's expression hardened in an instant.
"Ugly? Me? Take a look again. Really ugly?"
"Ahaha. Calm down, Moobin-nim. It's not Moobin-nim, it's Moobin-nim's star."
"That's it! It's ridiculous. My star must be huge and beautiful!"
"Because you're calm."
It wasn't until Parker hard-drying that Moobin calmed his excitement. Then her purple-haired girl calmly nodded her head.
"Yeah, uncle, the star is very big and very bright. Although it's ugly."
"Aww! It's the first time I've ever heard you say you're ugly!"
Mubin covered his face and was frustrated. It looked like a great shock to Dan, but no one took pity on him.
This time, the girl pointed her finger at Parker, who was patting Mubin's shoulder, and said.
"And this angelic star is small but has a very soft light. Are you a guardian angel protecting people?"
"Huh?"
Parker, who pointed at himself at the same time, denied it with a red face in embarrassment.
"No, I'm not an angel, I'm a member of the join clan. I'm often misunderstood because of its wings..."
"Join people?"
"It's easy to think of me as just a person with wings. Hehe, except for the fact that he has wings, he's just a normal human being."
At first glance, pink eyes could be seen through the girl's messy bangs. She was a mysterious color.
The next moment, the girl laughed bashfully.
"But it's like an angel. Seeing that the starlight is soft, you seem to help people well. It's wonderful."
"Ah... ha ha..."
Parker smiled awkwardly and then went blank. She may be a hoax, but her child's smile was too bright for her to suspect. Her pink eyes, as if she was looking from somewhere far away, continued to catch her attention.
"He and 'Star Contractor' Lau."
Then a middle-aged man interrupted their conversation. Although his clothes were shabby and shabby, he wasn't dirty because he didn't wash like a girl. Rather, he had a neat face with a neatly shaved beard, and his body type was rather fleshy.
It was Sang-ju Sang who had been watching the situation from the moment S.T.O met the girl. The upper master reached out her hand and called out her child's name.
"Algeniv."
The girl, Alzeniv, grabbed the doll and ran towards him.
Up until now, she had only talked about it in front of Estio and the others, but the girl hid behind Sang-joo's back as if she was feeling ashamed.
Instead, Sang Joo smiled softly and asked for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you. Russell, the representative of the top of Porima."
"This is Ignis guild leader Estio."
Surprise crossed Russell's face when he saw Estio holding hands.
"......leader?"
"Yes."
Estio responded by asking if there was something wrong. It was, of course, from Russell's point of view.
'It's not a problem, it's a big event! To meet the protagonist of a hot rumor here.'
A new executive of the Ignis Guild!
Rumors spread that he was the only one with the ability to read minds. Even the requests received by nobles were so difficult that they were rejected every time. In Forima, a small trader who sells goods while crossing the desert, it was a miracle to even exchange a handshake like now, let alone a request to the Ignis guild leader.
It would normally be described as lucky for this, but Russell admired it in a different way.
"After all, your fortune-telling was correct. That's great, Alzeniv!"
Alzeniv laughed at the hand stroking his hair. Seeing Sang Sang-joo Russell erratically praising the child, Estio's party did not understand English, so they only exchanged curious glances with each other.
Russell, noticing their doubts, hurriedly came to his senses and continued the introduction.
"This child is Alzeniv, my niece. Hmm, 'Star Contractor', one of the most capable in the desert......"
"Hey, I'm sorry for the word, Lord of Porima."
Parker, with an apologetic expression on his face, sneaked in and asked a question.
"What is a 'Star Contractor'?"
"No, is it the first time you hear that since you came to Turke Desert?"
"Maybe that's what astrologers are called here."
Mubin made a plausible reasoning, but Russell waved his hand.
"Uhh, it's similar, but it's wrong. 'The Contractor of the Stars' isn't an ordinary astrologer."
"Aren't you an ordinary astrologer?"
"Yes. It is a name for those who directly hear the whispers of the stars among astrologers."
While speaking, Sangju Sang-ju combed Alzeniv's tangled bangs with a finger comb and gave it back. Her bright pink eyes were very pretty. Parker thought the child's eyes were like shards of stars.
"The name 'Star Contractor' was given because it was like a magician who made a contract with a star spirit. Anyway, they are very precious magicians."
Estio just listened to the story silently. His ability to read minds was blocked by blindfolding his eyes with an eye patch, so there was no way to tell if it was an act of deceit or the truth.
However, beyond the blindfolded vision, the little child felt a special energy that was different from other people.
'The stellar contractor.'
Estio reads people's energy while blindfolded. If ordinary people have the energy that vibrates like smoke or waves, this Alzenibra girl had a strange, twinkling feeling.
At least it seemed true that Algeniv was a special astrologer.
"Somehow, they said that if Alzeniv came to a job site, he was destined to meet special stars today! I never dreamed that he would be the leader."
Sang-joo Sang-joo was very proud to meet Estio and the others. Estio asked Russell, who was smiling.
"Then, didn't Russell come here to rescue mercenaries?"
"It's a mercenary."
Russell sighed, and coughed again.
"With the funds possessed by the top of Porima, the manpower that can be obtained is limited."
There was no way there was enough money to hire the Ignis guild leader as a mercenary. So, Russell did not even ask them for a commission, and was satisfied with just seeing his face.
"Actually, I have already paid the advance payment for the combat mercenaries......"
"Huh? What!"
Before the words could be finished, a group of men appeared in the top tent of Porima. The moment Estio thought that their voices were somehow familiar to her ears, the other party pretended to know them first.
"Ignis Guild dark-haired kid!"
'greenhorn?'
Everyone present had doubts. Speaking of dark hair, there were only two of them, Estio and Mubin, but Mubin was not a member of the guild and did not wear a uniform. However, it was an inappropriate title for a guild leader to be called a kid.
"This is a nice face."
"I'm seeing you everywhere!"
"How have you been?"
Parker, who noticed the five men approaching him, shaking like a bully, put on a mysterious expression that was neither happy nor sad.
"Balista Guild?"
They were none other than former Ballista Guild members.
"Oh, our guild is ruined."
"Neah?!"
"Totally bankrupt."
When I looked again, the outfit was different from the last time. The five men, not wearing ballista guild uniforms, but ordinary desert travel clothes, giggled.
"The guild master ran away at night."
"Hey, night escape..."
"So, what, we're just walking around as free mercenaries with people who were on the same team back then."
"That's right."
"Anyway, thank you for reminding me, Jo In-joo-hyung."
Parker didn't know what to say and just rolled his eyes awkwardly. In fact, they didn't know much about Parker.
The five, who came from the Ballista Guild, had a history of meeting Estio for the first time in Rangerville, and then meeting again at the Elly branch of the Guild. Both times were not good memories, but after seeing each other three times like this, Estio was even a little happy.
"I didn't know we would meet again."
"That's right! Seeing we see each other so often, it seems like there's something stellar between us and the kid. Isn't it?"
"It's a stellar relationship."
Alzeniv, who was hiding behind Russell's back, corrected in a small voice. With that or not, the five mercenaries from the former ballista were busy joking around with each other.
"Did you hurt your eyes?"
The mercenaries immediately paid attention to the eye patch that Estio was wearing.
"...It's similar."
Estio Book 5
- Episode 12
Mubin narrowed his eyes as he passed by the girl and took a deep breath.
"Hmm."
These emerald-colored haired members of the Joining tribe were quite soft-hearted. He had a tendency to sympathize and empathize with others easily.
That's why it was the longest remaining member of the leader support team. Because I first felt the emotion of 'I'm sorry' rather than being afraid when I saw Estio, who has the only ability in the world.
"The author, Kai, picks one character well."
Moobin admitted that he remembered the boy with blue curly hair who broke up at the guild headquarters.
Guild Master Kai. On the surface, she looked small and fragile, not much different from that girl, but she was a strategist with a hundred wild snakes in her heart. It was clear that he had a purpose in getting Yeon-yeon-rang to join the team now. Moving up to that point, she had a pitiful expression on her face.
At that moment, a small voice followed from behind.
"Why doesn't my brother have a star...?"
It was a slender child's voice without a special accent, but one of the many people passing by definitely caught the attention of one another. It was Estio who stopped in front of the little girl in dirty clothes.
"Everyone is born with their own stars. Stars tell us fate and show us the way. Our upper-class family members and other mercenary uncles all have stars, so why......"
Many pass by like starlight. Like a new star rising every day, the place where new people appeared and disappeared when the sun rose again was the entrance to the Turke Desert. However, from what Estio heard, the star the girl was talking about didn't seem to have such a metaphorical meaning.
The purple-haired girl continued, hugging the dirty doll tightly.
"Isn't my brother the only star?"
His voice was mixed with fear, as if he had seen something that could not exist in this world.
As Estio's feet were tied, the party who had stopped following him naturally came closer to him. Mubin, squatting in front of her purple-haired girl, muttered to herself.
"Huh, is it a scam using a child?"
It sounded like a self-talk, but it was meant to be heard openly. However, the girl who turned her head towards that side burst into laughter.
"...You have a very ugly star. Seeing that he is very crooked, he is a star who will suffer a lot in life."
"What?"
Mobin's expression hardened in an instant.
"Ugly? Me? Take a look again. Really ugly?"
"Ahaha. Calm down, Moobin-nim. It's not Moobin-nim, it's Moobin-nim's star."
"That's it! It's ridiculous. My star must be huge and beautiful!"
"Because you're calm."
It wasn't until Parker hard-drying that Moobin calmed his excitement. Then her purple-haired girl calmly nodded her head.
"Yeah, uncle, the star is very big and very bright. Although it's ugly."
"Aww! It's the first time I've ever heard you say you're ugly!"
Mubin covered his face and was frustrated. It looked like a great shock to Dan, but no one took pity on him.
This time, the girl pointed her finger at Parker, who was patting Mubin's shoulder, and said.
"And this angelic star is small but has a very soft light. Are you a guardian angel protecting people?"
"Huh?"
Parker, who pointed at himself at the same time, denied it with a red face in embarrassment.
"No, I'm not an angel, I'm a member of the join clan. I'm often misunderstood because of its wings..."
"Join people?"
"It's easy to think of me as just a person with wings. Hehe, except for the fact that he has wings, he's just a normal human being."
At first glance, pink eyes could be seen through the girl's messy bangs. She was a mysterious color.
The next moment, the girl laughed bashfully.
"But it's like an angel. Seeing that the starlight is soft, you seem to help people well. It's wonderful."
"Ah... ha ha..."
Parker smiled awkwardly and then went blank. She may be a hoax, but her child's smile was too bright for her to suspect. Her pink eyes, as if she was looking from somewhere far away, continued to catch her attention.
"He and 'Star Contractor' Lau."
Then a middle-aged man interrupted their conversation. Although his clothes were shabby and shabby, he wasn't dirty because he didn't wash like a girl. Rather, he had a neat face with a neatly shaved beard, and his body type was rather fleshy.
It was Sang-ju Sang who had been watching the situation from the moment S.T.O met the girl. The upper master reached out her hand and called out her child's name.
"Algeniv."
The girl, Alzeniv, grabbed the doll and ran towards him.
Up until now, she had only talked about it in front of Estio and the others, but the girl hid behind Sang-joo's back as if she was feeling ashamed.
Instead, Sang Joo smiled softly and asked for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you. Russell, the representative of the top of Porima."
"This is Ignis guild leader Estio."
Surprise crossed Russell's face when he saw Estio holding hands.
"......leader?"
"Yes."
Estio responded by asking if there was something wrong. It was, of course, from Russell's point of view.
'It's not a problem, it's a big event! To meet the protagonist of a hot rumor here.'
A new executive of the Ignis Guild!
Rumors spread that he was the only one with the ability to read minds. Even the requests received by nobles were so difficult that they were rejected every time. In Forima, a small trader who sells goods while crossing the desert, it was a miracle to even exchange a handshake like now, let alone a request to the Ignis guild leader.
It would normally be described as lucky for this, but Russell admired it in a different way.
"After all, your fortune-telling was correct. That's great, Alzeniv!"
Alzeniv laughed at the hand stroking his hair. Seeing Sang Sang-joo Russell erratically praising the child, Estio's party did not understand English, so they only exchanged curious glances with each other.
Russell, noticing their doubts, hurriedly came to his senses and continued the introduction.
"This child is Alzeniv, my niece. Hmm, 'Star Contractor', one of the most capable in the desert......"
"Hey, I'm sorry for the word, Lord of Porima."
Parker, with an apologetic expression on his face, sneaked in and asked a question.
"What is a 'Star Contractor'?"
"No, is it the first time you hear that since you came to Turke Desert?"
"Maybe that's what astrologers are called here."
Mubin made a plausible reasoning, but Russell waved his hand.
"Uhh, it's similar, but it's wrong. 'The Contractor of the Stars' isn't an ordinary astrologer."
"Aren't you an ordinary astrologer?"
"Yes. It is a name for those who directly hear the whispers of the stars among astrologers."
While speaking, Sangju Sang-ju combed Alzeniv's tangled bangs with a finger comb and gave it back. Her bright pink eyes were very pretty. Parker thought the child's eyes were like shards of stars.
"The name 'Star Contractor' was given because it was like a magician who made a contract with a star spirit. Anyway, they are very precious magicians."
Estio just listened to the story silently. His ability to read minds was blocked by blindfolding his eyes with an eye patch, so there was no way to tell if it was an act of deceit or the truth.
However, beyond the blindfolded vision, the little child felt a special energy that was different from other people.
'The stellar contractor.'
Estio reads people's energy while blindfolded. If ordinary people have the energy that vibrates like smoke or waves, this Alzenibra girl had a strange, twinkling feeling.
At least it seemed true that Algeniv was a special astrologer.
"Somehow, they said that if Alzeniv came to a job site, he was destined to meet special stars today! I never dreamed that he would be the leader."
Sang-joo Sang-joo was very proud to meet Estio and the others. Estio asked Russell, who was smiling.
"Then, didn't Russell come here to rescue mercenaries?"
"It's a mercenary."
Russell sighed, and coughed again.
"With the funds possessed by the top of Porima, the manpower that can be obtained is limited."
There was no way there was enough money to hire the Ignis guild leader as a mercenary. So, Russell did not even ask them for a commission, and was satisfied with just seeing his face.
"Actually, I have already paid the advance payment for the combat mercenaries......"
"Huh? What!"
Before the words could be finished, a group of men appeared in the top tent of Porima. The moment Estio thought that their voices were somehow familiar to her ears, the other party pretended to know them first.
"Ignis Guild dark-haired kid!"
'greenhorn?'
Everyone present had doubts. Speaking of dark hair, there were only two of them, Estio and Mubin, but Mubin was not a member of the guild and did not wear a uniform. However, it was an inappropriate title for a guild leader to be called a kid.
"This is a nice face."
"I'm seeing you everywhere!"
"How have you been?"
Parker, who noticed the five men approaching him, shaking like a bully, put on a mysterious expression that was neither happy nor sad.
"Balista Guild?"
They were none other than former Ballista Guild members.
"Oh, our guild is ruined."
"Neah?!"
"Totally bankrupt."
When I looked again, the outfit was different from the last time. The five men, not wearing ballista guild uniforms, but ordinary desert travel clothes, giggled.
"The guild master ran away at night."
"Hey, night escape..."
"So, what, we're just walking around as free mercenaries with people who were on the same team back then."
"That's right."
"Anyway, thank you for reminding me, Jo In-joo-hyung."
Parker didn't know what to say and just rolled his eyes awkwardly. In fact, they didn't know much about Parker.
The five, who came from the Ballista Guild, had a history of meeting Estio for the first time in Rangerville, and then meeting again at the Elly branch of the Guild. Both times were not good memories, but after seeing each other three times like this, Estio was even a little happy.
"I didn't know we would meet again."
"That's right! Seeing we see each other so often, it seems like there's something stellar between us and the kid. Isn't it?"
"It's a stellar relationship."
Alzeniv, who was hiding behind Russell's back, corrected in a small voice. With that or not, the five mercenaries from the former ballista were busy joking around with each other.
"Did you hurt your eyes?"
The mercenaries immediately paid attention to the eye patch that Estio was wearing.
"...It's similar."
