131
Estio Volume 6
- Episode 4
"Me and my brothers inherited all those memories from birth. The Acuminata were originally such a race. All are one, and one can become all."
"It's difficult."
"Hey, if you don't know, don't tell me more. It's too complicated for me to tell you."
After listening to the explanation, Ahur, who had become serious for a while, looked around at the still cryptic aspects, and his push-style fever cooled.
"Anyway, let's wrap it up."
"Yep."
"The only thing that can kill a dragon is a dragon."
Ahur ran his gun and hugged Neju again. As warm white fur wrapped around the flowerpot, Ahur bent the branch with satisfaction and pointed to the box Estio was holding.
"So, now that the dragons have crossed the sky and left for another star, there is only one person in the world who can destroy it."
The cactus's words pierced my chest like a stab. Estio took out the shining golden dragon scales from the box.
"It means that only you can do it, Estio."
The scales of the Hwangryong were truly beautiful as if they had been sprinkled with starlight. The color was so bright that it was a shame to destroy it.
Meanwhile, the bugs were whispering.
"help me."
Estio made a decision without thinking for a long time.
"I will destroy it."
Oh my.
At that moment, the black cat, who was following her quietly like a shadow and holding her breath, rubbed her head on his ankle.
"I am the opposite."
"...Tsuki?"
"It might be dangerous, that's it."
Green and yellow odd-eyes gleamed wildly among the black fur. Estio looked down at the cat twitching his butt as he wanted to strike off the scales in his hand at any moment.
"Do you know what kind of fish scales dragon scales are?"
'fish.......'
Estio's expression went blank as a word he hadn't thought of came out. Tsuki whirled around as if he was frustrated.
"Suspicious. Just thinking about it, it cannot break like a branch."
Estio also agreed with that idea. If Hwangryong Shuhanan had taken off his scales and put magic on them, I had a feeling that he would have made them strong so that they could not be easily destroyed.
Shuhanan was smart. From the beginning, he had invested time and effort without showing an anti-human attitude, and he was a being who had moved from the distant eastern continent deliberately. It turned out to be gay golden scales that he consistently created monsters and planted orders to attack humans.
Perhaps Shuhanan didn't even know that he was infiltrating and manipulating a much larger area than he had expected.
"You don't have to go out, Estio."
Tsuki spoke again.
"You came here to investigate the quest. Did you hear it then? Even the Turkes said it was something they had to deal with on their own."
"......"
"Now go back and tell me what the cause is, and let them solve it themselves."
I thought that it would be okay to follow Tsuki's suggestion. However, Estio looked into the eyes of the cat and answered.
"I will do it."
Kyaak, Tsuki raised his hair and exposed his teeth.
"you really!"
"Desert monsters don't just pick and harm humans. As Tsuki saw, Blue Sands devour and kill all living things at random."
Tsuki cried, but wrinkled his nose and listened to the calm voice that followed.
"And those bugs are also suffering from being forced to harm others."
"Are you willing to risk it for the bugs?"
"I'm not trying to help anyone, be it humans or bugs."
"Then why?"
"Because I saw this."
Its long tail, which had been wriggling with discomfort, drooped. Tsuki looked up at Estio with an absurd gaze. His mustache trembled sharply from the corner of his mouth.
"Because I'm here. So I'm doing this because I don't want to pass by pretending not to know."
I breathed in for a moment. He didn't like the feeling of the air in the dusty room rushing into his lungs. Estio decided to simply think about the current situation.
"It's just breaking a scale."
"I......."
Tsuki meowed under his feet.
"I don't want you to be in danger. I hate getting involved in things like this."
Even though he repeatedly said he didn't like it, Tsuki eventually moved out of front of Estio.
"Tsuki."
Estio bowed slightly towards the retreating Tsuki.
"thank you."
"......I really hate it."
Tsuki, who finally expressed his displeasure, smashed the floor with his tail. Now Estio knew that Tsuki's words and attitude were not because he hated him. It's not Estio that Tsuki hates.
The 'no' that the arrogant black cat said meant that Estio didn't want to be in danger. that soon.
'I'm worried about you.'
For a long time, Tsuki has always said the same thing. He suddenly came to the frozen attic, saw the cracks he had been beaten by his parents the day before, and he got angry and threw it away. He used to get sullen when he thought he meant he really hated it, but now he can see it all.
I love you so much that I might get mad. That you may not want to see it because you cherish it so much. Even that contradictory emotions can coexist in one mind.
There were people around who told me all this. So even when Estio was in a dangerous situation, he felt much more at ease than when he didn't know anything.
'But how do you break it?'
Estio's concerns were in a slightly different area.
It was because he had made up his mind to destroy the scales of the Hwangryong, but when he tried to use his hand, the Myosu did not come to mind.
The horse was a scale, and the thing he was holding was apparently a solid lump of gold. I couldn't really dare to smash this with my bare hands. Of course, he also had a small dagger in his arms. It was a dagger that Mubin once told me to carry for self-defense. However, despite the name of the dragon's scale, it didn't look like it would be cut by a dagger.
After thinking for a while, Estio tried to break it with force.
"......"
"Leader?"
The first attempt was unsuccessful. Estio had nothing more to say when his eyes met Parker, who was looking at him with doubts, worries, and a little bit of anticipation. It seems like it would be too much with his bare hands, but even if he took out the dagger and sliced it like a baguette, it didn't look like he would be cut.
Then Tsuki, who couldn't see him, cried again at his feet.
"You have to use your strength."
"......that."
Estio hesitated and finally told the truth.
"It doesn't seem like something that can be done by force."
Upon hearing that answer, Tsuki made a face like, "What are you talking about?"
"Not your physical strength, Estio, your abilities."
'My ability?'
I hadn't thought of it at all.
In the guild, he is classified as a person with psychic abilities. His main ability is to read minds, and he can also change or manipulate emotions. As such, he naturally concluded that he had no physical destructive power and was useless in front of inanimate objects without emotions.
But is it really? Estio asked himself for the first time.
At that moment, I felt the energy that had been quietly crouched responding to me. It was like pulsating veins, and it felt like a foreign body when you swallow water through your throat. Or it could be said that it felt similar to when you took off the eyepatch that was covering your eyes.
The party who was watching also sensed the difference and expressed surprise.
"The color...?"
The dragon's scales, which were shining with golden light, were dyed black in an instant. It wasn't just a color change. Now, in the box Estio was holding, instead of gold, black waves began to rise.
'Scales of the Yellow Dragon' were completely changed to 'Scales of the Black Dragon'.
"Wow."
Seeing the scales turned black, Parker widened his eyes in admiration.
"Awesome, leader! I really thought you would smashed the spear! I never imagined that you could get rid of the 'Hwangryong's Scales' in this way."
If it weren't for Tsuki's advice, Estio, who was going to shatter it, just chose to remain silent. Instead, Mubin glanced outside her door, rubbing her chin.
"Hmm, then the magic that controlled the bugs must have been solved by now?"
As soon as the words were finished, the effect took place immediately.
Paah!
As the magic that Hwangryong had placed on it was dispelled, the whole place vibrated. In the underground space shaking like an earthquake, the sound of insects flying away like crazy was heard. When he felt an unusual air current, Parker was startled and expressed his displeasure.
"Oh, wait, wait. I'm feeling something ominous."
"Haha! This is a coincidence. I was just feeling the same way."
Moobin, who smiled brightly, quickly turned to look at Estio.
"Estio-sama, is this possible?"
Black eyes and dark blue eyes met in the shaky air.
"Are you out of control?"
"sorry."
Estio meekly admitted his mistake. It was such a neat apology, so even Yeon Yeon-rang, who was quietly watching him, opened his mouth to respect his choice.
"What? Leader! What do you mean out of control? So what happens?!"
In fact, after entering the temple, Estio was able to control his abilities. He took off his eyepatch and walked around, but had no effect on others. Even Estio was the only one who heard the thoughts of the bugs all over the place.
The reason that the ability that had entered the stable zone ran out again was because of this yellow dragon's scales. Estio succeeded in destroying the energy of the Yellow Dragon in the scales using his own power, but failed to subside again.
However, there was one difference from before. The point was that he could clearly sense the energy that was running wild inside him. Estio hesitated and briefly explained the situation to the party.
"Perhaps, you will have a dream.... Please wait in the dream for a moment. I think I will soon be able to control it."
"Dream?"
Cowardly Parker was the first to respond. Then he drooped his wings.
"I can't do it, well. If you sleep a little, it will be resolved, right?"
"Hehe, I'll wait!"
Neither Parker nor the white-haired monkey were very afraid of this situation. Yeon-yeon-rang didn't like her, but because she had no other way, she kept her mouth shut and only frowned. Mubin, who was standing next to her, sat down with her hair on her buttocks.
"Then please, please finish it quickly."
Although it was playful, it was a voice full of trust. The last of Mubin's words were swallowed by the black air current.
tuk.
An empty box fell to the floor and rolled around. Hwangryong's scales disappeared and even the glittering swarm of insects disappeared, and the room was covered in complete darkness.
It was as if nothing had happened to begin with.
131
Estio Volume 6
- Episode 4
"Me and my brothers inherited all those memories from birth. The Acuminata were originally such a race. All are one, and one can become all."
"It's difficult."
"Hey, if you don't know, don't tell me more. It's too complicated for me to tell you."
After listening to the explanation, Ahur, who had become serious for a while, looked around at the still cryptic aspects, and his push-style fever cooled.
"Anyway, let's wrap it up."
"Yep."
"The only thing that can kill a dragon is a dragon."
Ahur ran his gun and hugged Neju again. As warm white fur wrapped around the flowerpot, Ahur bent the branch with satisfaction and pointed to the box Estio was holding.
"So, now that the dragons have crossed the sky and left for another star, there is only one person in the world who can destroy it."
The cactus's words pierced my chest like a stab. Estio took out the shining golden dragon scales from the box.
"It means that only you can do it, Estio."
The scales of the Hwangryong were truly beautiful as if they had been sprinkled with starlight. The color was so bright that it was a shame to destroy it.
Meanwhile, the bugs were whispering.
"help me."
Estio made a decision without thinking for a long time.
"I will destroy it."
Oh my.
At that moment, the black cat, who was following her quietly like a shadow and holding her breath, rubbed her head on his ankle.
"I am the opposite."
"...Tsuki?"
"It might be dangerous, that's it."
Green and yellow odd-eyes gleamed wildly among the black fur. Estio looked down at the cat twitching his butt as he wanted to strike off the scales in his hand at any moment.
"Do you know what kind of fish scales dragon scales are?"
'fish.......'
Estio's expression went blank as a word he hadn't thought of came out. Tsuki whirled around as if he was frustrated.
"Suspicious. Just thinking about it, it cannot break like a branch."
Estio also agreed with that idea. If Hwangryong Shuhanan had taken off his scales and put magic on them, I had a feeling that he would have made them strong so that they could not be easily destroyed.
Shuhanan was smart. From the beginning, he had invested time and effort without showing an anti-human attitude, and he was a being who had moved from the distant eastern continent deliberately. It turned out to be gay golden scales that he consistently created monsters and planted orders to attack humans.
Perhaps Shuhanan didn't even know that he was infiltrating and manipulating a much larger area than he had expected.
"You don't have to go out, Estio."
Tsuki spoke again.
"You came here to investigate the quest. Did you hear it then? Even the Turkes said it was something they had to deal with on their own."
"......"
"Now go back and tell me what the cause is, and let them solve it themselves."
I thought that it would be okay to follow Tsuki's suggestion. However, Estio looked into the eyes of the cat and answered.
"I will do it."
Kyaak, Tsuki raised his hair and exposed his teeth.
"you really!"
"Desert monsters don't just pick and harm humans. As Tsuki saw, Blue Sands devour and kill all living things at random."
Tsuki cried, but wrinkled his nose and listened to the calm voice that followed.
"And those bugs are also suffering from being forced to harm others."
"Are you willing to risk it for the bugs?"
"I'm not trying to help anyone, be it humans or bugs."
"Then why?"
"Because I saw this."
Its long tail, which had been wriggling with discomfort, drooped. Tsuki looked up at Estio with an absurd gaze. His mustache trembled sharply from the corner of his mouth.
"Because I'm here. So I'm doing this because I don't want to pass by pretending not to know."
I breathed in for a moment. He didn't like the feeling of the air in the dusty room rushing into his lungs. Estio decided to simply think about the current situation.
"It's just breaking a scale."
"I......."
Tsuki meowed under his feet.
"I don't want you to be in danger. I hate getting involved in things like this."
Even though he repeatedly said he didn't like it, Tsuki eventually moved out of front of Estio.
"Tsuki."
Estio bowed slightly towards the retreating Tsuki.
"thank you."
"......I really hate it."
Tsuki, who finally expressed his displeasure, smashed the floor with his tail. Now Estio knew that Tsuki's words and attitude were not because he hated him. It's not Estio that Tsuki hates.
The 'no' that the arrogant black cat said meant that Estio didn't want to be in danger. that soon.
'I'm worried about you.'
For a long time, Tsuki has always said the same thing. He suddenly came to the frozen attic, saw the cracks he had been beaten by his parents the day before, and he got angry and threw it away. He used to get sullen when he thought he meant he really hated it, but now he can see it all.
I love you so much that I might get mad. That you may not want to see it because you cherish it so much. Even that contradictory emotions can coexist in one mind.
There were people around who told me all this. So even when Estio was in a dangerous situation, he felt much more at ease than when he didn't know anything.
'But how do you break it?'
Estio's concerns were in a slightly different area.
It was because he had made up his mind to destroy the scales of the Hwangryong, but when he tried to use his hand, the Myosu did not come to mind.
The horse was a scale, and the thing he was holding was apparently a solid lump of gold. I couldn't really dare to smash this with my bare hands. Of course, he also had a small dagger in his arms. It was a dagger that Mubin once told me to carry for self-defense. However, despite the name of the dragon's scale, it didn't look like it would be cut by a dagger.
After thinking for a while, Estio tried to break it with force.
"......"
"Leader?"
The first attempt was unsuccessful. Estio had nothing more to say when his eyes met Parker, who was looking at him with doubts, worries, and a little bit of anticipation. It seems like it would be too much with his bare hands, but even if he took out the dagger and sliced it like a baguette, it didn't look like he would be cut.
Then Tsuki, who couldn't see him, cried again at his feet.
"You have to use your strength."
"......that."
Estio hesitated and finally told the truth.
"It doesn't seem like something that can be done by force."
Upon hearing that answer, Tsuki made a face like, "What are you talking about?"
"Not your physical strength, Estio, your abilities."
'My ability?'
I hadn't thought of it at all.
In the guild, he is classified as a person with psychic abilities. His main ability is to read minds, and he can also change or manipulate emotions. As such, he naturally concluded that he had no physical destructive power and was useless in front of inanimate objects without emotions.
But is it really? Estio asked himself for the first time.
At that moment, I felt the energy that had been quietly crouched responding to me. It was like pulsating veins, and it felt like a foreign body when you swallow water through your throat. Or it could be said that it felt similar to when you took off the eyepatch that was covering your eyes.
The party who was watching also sensed the difference and expressed surprise.
"The color...?"
The dragon's scales, which were shining with golden light, were dyed black in an instant. It wasn't just a color change. Now, in the box Estio was holding, instead of gold, black waves began to rise.
'Scales of the Yellow Dragon' were completely changed to 'Scales of the Black Dragon'.
"Wow."
Seeing the scales turned black, Parker widened his eyes in admiration.
"Awesome, leader! I really thought you would smashed the spear! I never imagined that you could get rid of the 'Hwangryong's Scales' in this way."
If it weren't for Tsuki's advice, Estio, who was going to shatter it, just chose to remain silent. Instead, Mubin glanced outside her door, rubbing her chin.
"Hmm, then the magic that controlled the bugs must have been solved by now?"
As soon as the words were finished, the effect took place immediately.
Paah!
As the magic that Hwangryong had placed on it was dispelled, the whole place vibrated. In the underground space shaking like an earthquake, the sound of insects flying away like crazy was heard. When he felt an unusual air current, Parker was startled and expressed his displeasure.
"Oh, wait, wait. I'm feeling something ominous."
"Haha! This is a coincidence. I was just feeling the same way."
Moobin, who smiled brightly, quickly turned to look at Estio.
"Estio-sama, is this possible?"
Black eyes and dark blue eyes met in the shaky air.
"Are you out of control?"
"sorry."
Estio meekly admitted his mistake. It was such a neat apology, so even Yeon Yeon-rang, who was quietly watching him, opened his mouth to respect his choice.
"What? Leader! What do you mean out of control? So what happens?!"
In fact, after entering the temple, Estio was able to control his abilities. He took off his eyepatch and walked around, but had no effect on others. Even Estio was the only one who heard the thoughts of the bugs all over the place.
The reason that the ability that had entered the stable zone ran out again was because of this yellow dragon's scales. Estio succeeded in destroying the energy of the Yellow Dragon in the scales using his own power, but failed to subside again.
However, there was one difference from before. The point was that he could clearly sense the energy that was running wild inside him. Estio hesitated and briefly explained the situation to the party.
"Perhaps, you will have a dream.... Please wait in the dream for a moment. I think I will soon be able to control it."
"Dream?"
Cowardly Parker was the first to respond. Then he drooped his wings.
"I can't do it, well. If you sleep a little, it will be resolved, right?"
"Hehe, I'll wait!"
Neither Parker nor the white-haired monkey were very afraid of this situation. Yeon-yeon-rang didn't like her, but because she had no other way, she kept her mouth shut and only frowned. Mubin, who was standing next to her, sat down with her hair on her buttocks.
"Then please, please finish it quickly."
Although it was playful, it was a voice full of trust. The last of Mubin's words were swallowed by the black air current.
tuk.
An empty box fell to the floor and rolled around. Hwangryong's scales disappeared and even the glittering swarm of insects disappeared, and the room was covered in complete darkness.
It was as if nothing had happened to begin with.
