137
Estio Volume 6
- Episode 10
smart.
The two, who were startled by the sudden knock, heard a voice coming from outside the door and relaxed.
"Fast, accurate, and Ignis delivery that keeps the customer's trust!"
"Yeah, yeah, let's go."
What was delivered was a letter. Moobin showed interest in Parker, who returned to receive the fluttering letter.
"What letter?"
"One is the Master's order from the leader. Well, the other one..."
Parker kept the letter with Estio's name on it, untouched, and put it in a cross bag. And looking at the rest of the envelopes, he widened his eyes.
"How are you?"
"Why, what is it?"
"This is mine. I think you sent it home."
Before joining the Leader Support Team, Parker had been in charge of delivery for a long time, but he rarely received letters. Overwhelmed by an unfamiliar feeling, Parker turned his envelopes back and forth to check the addressee.
[Sender: The second peak of Cheongnokgol in the Wind Mountains. In the village of Vernis, 'Bernie Rose'. ]
"Oh? I think it's your family. The sender was 'Bernie Rosé'."
"Originally, everyone in the village of Verni puts 'Berni' in front of their name. Well, the whole village feels like one family."
Parker grinned and opened the envelope.
"So who is Rosé?"
"It's my father's name."
"what. After all, it's family."
The listening cactus muttered, but Parker was already on the other side.
"But my father doesn't write letters well, so it's strange. Uh, what happened to the village?"
Parker, worried for nothing, hurriedly opened the letter in front of me. The handwriting was so neat that even at first glance, Moobin could admire it. The content continued to the point where the stationery was filled to the brim.
Moobin just leaned the bed against the window sill, watching Parker's face change from moment to moment. Although she was a mover who ate anything and slept on the floor like a commoner, she, as an aristocrat, did not spy on her letters no matter how curious she was.
"Ahh."
After reading the letter to the end, Parker buried his face in the paper with a bewildered expression.
"I think I'll have to take a vacation and go home when I return to headquarters this time."
"Why? What does your father say?"
"that."
Parker hesitated, recalling the contents of the letter he had just read. When he explained the story of the Join tradition to others, his mouth did not fall out.
"Actually, my father is the village chief."
"Yes."
"Ah, I have to explain something first. The Join people have almost one village for each peak of the same mountain range. As a result, a tradition was created to promote friendship between the peaks."
That was a pretty condensed explanation. But Parker had neither the will nor the will to elaborate. The white wings on his back drooped as if to prove his helplessness.
"They are sending the child born to the village chief to the village chief's child in marriage."
Unlike Parker, whose voice gradually diminishes, at this point, Moobin felt interest.
"Such a strange custom... Tradition... Anyway, when I was young, my father made a promise with the village chief of the neighboring village and made friends with each other."
"Uh, so?"
"That girl is having her coming-of-age ceremony next year. They said they'll send it to our village in advance for the autumn leaves festival this year."
"Hey."
Mubin rubbed his chin on the back of his hand and his eyes twinkled.
"In conclusion, that's why you have a fiancee?"
"Because we're talking about adults! I never agreed!"
"Now, you are an adult too. If you've had a coming-of-age ceremony, you're all grown up. Cancer."
"Isn't that what you mean?"
The join group with emerald-colored hair almost cried with tears in their eyes.
"Even I've never seen that girl before."
"It's like all arranged marriages. If you're going to spend it in advance in the fall, it's okay to become friends during the festival."
Mubin, accustomed to the aristocratic society, offered encouragement. Among the aristocrats, it was natural for her to be engaged with the advice of adults from an early age, and she often got married by arrangement to protect her family honor. Rather, it was a society that treated love marriage as a fantasy.
However, Parker, who had grown up as a commoner, reacted fiercely to rejection.
"Ugh, I don't like it. Getting married after not dating once! Besides, I like living in a guild now.
Parker, who left his hometown early and joined the Ignis Guild on his own, was very pleased with his current life. There is a lot of delicious food in the guild, many convenient facilities, and he was able to meet a variety of people. Besides, he's just perfect for getting around and helping others.
I can't tell you how happy I was to be given a special mission to support the guild leader recently. Bernie Parker had no intention of becoming the village chief of the Joining tribe and being buried in the mountains.
"If you don't like it, can you just ignore it?"
"that's right. I'm going to tear the letter apart. Will you borrow my thorns?"
Parker waved his hand in embarrassment to the cactus who was actively whispering to destroy the letter, and folded the letter and put it in the bag.
"It's my father's calling, so I should go. Actually, I'm going to invite you to the autumn leaves festival... Huh?"
Mubin, who had been leaning against the window in a bad posture, also stood up. In the blink of an eye, a thick black mist was rising in the room.
"Leader!"
Parker approached Estio, who appeared from the fog with a happy expression on his face. But there was one who ran one step faster than Parker.
"Estio!"
Even though it had only been a couple of hours, Neju, excited to see Estio returned, jumped and hugged him tightly with both arms. Estio, who was almost choked by the wind, looked up at Neju and smiled a little.
"I'm back."
"Come on. Come on. Hehehe."
The young white-haired monkey was so happy that he had returned safely. Since Estio returned earlier than expected, Mubin also sighed in relief and relieved all tension at that time.
"But what about Rang?"
wow.
The black cat jumped up onto the bed and cried, wagging its tail as if purple. When she heard the cat's cry, Yeon-yeon Lang, who had been asleep for several days, opened her eyes. Awakening from her dream, she did not get up immediately, but lay lying down, staring blankly at her ceiling.
Estio looked at her and said.
"I plan to return to headquarters from tomorrow."
To get on the portal connected to the guild headquarters, we had to cross the desert again. Even without blue sands or monsters, the desert trip was a hard enough journey. He decided to give Yeon-yeon-rang, who had just woken up, time to recuperate her body.
"Get a good rest today."
Flickering, the soft lip, which he had grabbed by pressing the blanket with his fingertips, softened his dry lips.
"......thanks."
"-?!"
I slept hard for a few days and couldn't sleep any more, but Yeon-yeon-rang turned around and pretended to sleep. The other party, who had no need to worry about her as Yeon-yeon Rang had woken up from her abnormal sleep, quietly left the room to pretend not to notice her blushing ears.
It was lunchtime when the sun was high. The party, leaving only Yeon-yeon-rang in the room, set up a tent outside and went to a restaurant selling simple food.
"Jo, you said thank you a while ago, right?"
Parker, who covered his mouth with a fork as a shield, trembled in a low voice. Then, Moobin countered, stirring her pre-dinner tangy fruit soup with a spoon.
"You're still a teenage girl. Maybe it's a slang word. Actually, a secret code with a meaning we don't know?"
"You sound like sweetfish. Do you really want to be stabbed with thorns in secret?"
Seeing the cactus cut off the absurd sound before further absurd sounds continued, Moobin giggled.
"I'm joking. The thanks are probably sincere."
It was hard to believe, but as long as Parker had listened clearly with both ears, there was nothing to refute. With this incident, Yeon-yeon-rang has changed somewhat. She predicted that her demeanor, from arrogance and disrespect, would change markedly.
"By the way, Leader, what happened in your dream?"
"I made a promise."
Estio kept quiet about Yeon Yeon-rang's miserable past. Mubin also showed interest when he said he had made an appointment.
"May I ask what the promise is?"
"that......."
Just as I was about to say I was in trouble, a calming voice interrupted me from behind.
"The leader said he would meet Baekho himself."
"Oh, that's a surprise. Rang-nim? When did you come out, no, no. No more rest."
The ivory-colored hair, which was always tied high, was untied, and Yeon Yeon-rang appeared with a straight face. Ignoring the startled reaction of her party, she pulled an empty chair from the table next to her and joined her naturally.
"Heh. I came out hungry, why?"
Fueling her slender wrists full of scars because she couldn't even wear her outerwear, she took a bottle of water and drank it gleefully. Then he put down the bottle with a loud noise and turned his head to Mubin, who was just sitting next to him.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"About three days? I must have starved for almost ten meals. Umm, I'm hungry."
As soon as the water entered on an empty stomach, a feeling of hunger came over me. Yeon-yeon Rang wiped the water that ran down her lips with the back of her hand and clicked her tongue.
"I'm hungry after all."
"I have leftover my soup, would you like to eat this first?"
"Uh, thank you."
Yeon-yeon-rang welcomed the bowl of juicy fruit soup that had cooled down. Mubin, who handed her her share of soup, was rather embarrassed and closed her eyes.
"...Girl, didn't you change too much in one day? If people change too much, it's time to die..."
Yeon-yeon-rang, who had been treated like a person who was dying for saying a word of thanks, frowned. However, she was self-employed because it was the reaction that her usual attitude of self had provoked. Her sullen expression was not released until the food she ordered filled her table.
"I won't die."
Yeonjunang, who put honey-coated skewers in his mouth with greediness, said with poisonous eyes.
"I will never die, until I see Baekho again."
"Hmm."
Moobin just shrugged his shoulders without touching the food.
"Let's talk about the white tiger. Is the white tiger that Estio-nim is going to meet with a person's name or is it a real white tiger?"
Estio, who was muttering the bread that came out for himself, looked at Yeon Yeon-rang. Yeon-yeon, who glanced at her dark blue eyes, who clearly meant that she would remain silent until she spoke directly, opened her mouth again.
"It's a divine beast. A goddamn god with the appearance of a white tiger."
"Ah! I've heard of it. In eastern countries, they say that they believe that animal spirits protect the country, not the only god like Lubarzan.
137
Estio Volume 6
- Episode 10
smart.
The two, who were startled by the sudden knock, heard a voice coming from outside the door and relaxed.
"Fast, accurate, and Ignis delivery that keeps the customer's trust!"
"Yeah, yeah, let's go."
What was delivered was a letter. Moobin showed interest in Parker, who returned to receive the fluttering letter.
"What letter?"
"One is the Master's order from the leader. Well, the other one..."
Parker kept the letter with Estio's name on it, untouched, and put it in a cross bag. And looking at the rest of the envelopes, he widened his eyes.
"How are you?"
"Why, what is it?"
"This is mine. I think you sent it home."
Before joining the Leader Support Team, Parker had been in charge of delivery for a long time, but he rarely received letters. Overwhelmed by an unfamiliar feeling, Parker turned his envelopes back and forth to check the addressee.
[Sender: The second peak of Cheongnokgol in the Wind Mountains. In the village of Vernis, 'Bernie Rose'. ]
"Oh? I think it's your family. The sender was 'Bernie Rosé'."
"Originally, everyone in the village of Verni puts 'Berni' in front of their name. Well, the whole village feels like one family."
Parker grinned and opened the envelope.
"So who is Rosé?"
"It's my father's name."
"what. After all, it's family."
The listening cactus muttered, but Parker was already on the other side.
"But my father doesn't write letters well, so it's strange. Uh, what happened to the village?"
Parker, worried for nothing, hurriedly opened the letter in front of me. The handwriting was so neat that even at first glance, Moobin could admire it. The content continued to the point where the stationery was filled to the brim.
Moobin just leaned the bed against the window sill, watching Parker's face change from moment to moment. Although she was a mover who ate anything and slept on the floor like a commoner, she, as an aristocrat, did not spy on her letters no matter how curious she was.
"Ahh."
After reading the letter to the end, Parker buried his face in the paper with a bewildered expression.
"I think I'll have to take a vacation and go home when I return to headquarters this time."
"Why? What does your father say?"
"that."
Parker hesitated, recalling the contents of the letter he had just read. When he explained the story of the Join tradition to others, his mouth did not fall out.
"Actually, my father is the village chief."
"Yes."
"Ah, I have to explain something first. The Join people have almost one village for each peak of the same mountain range. As a result, a tradition was created to promote friendship between the peaks."
That was a pretty condensed explanation. But Parker had neither the will nor the will to elaborate. The white wings on his back drooped as if to prove his helplessness.
"They are sending the child born to the village chief to the village chief's child in marriage."
Unlike Parker, whose voice gradually diminishes, at this point, Moobin felt interest.
"Such a strange custom... Tradition... Anyway, when I was young, my father made a promise with the village chief of the neighboring village and made friends with each other."
"Uh, so?"
"That girl is having her coming-of-age ceremony next year. They said they'll send it to our village in advance for the autumn leaves festival this year."
"Hey."
Mubin rubbed his chin on the back of his hand and his eyes twinkled.
"In conclusion, that's why you have a fiancee?"
"Because we're talking about adults! I never agreed!"
"Now, you are an adult too. If you've had a coming-of-age ceremony, you're all grown up. Cancer."
"Isn't that what you mean?"
The join group with emerald-colored hair almost cried with tears in their eyes.
"Even I've never seen that girl before."
"It's like all arranged marriages. If you're going to spend it in advance in the fall, it's okay to become friends during the festival."
Mubin, accustomed to the aristocratic society, offered encouragement. Among the aristocrats, it was natural for her to be engaged with the advice of adults from an early age, and she often got married by arrangement to protect her family honor. Rather, it was a society that treated love marriage as a fantasy.
However, Parker, who had grown up as a commoner, reacted fiercely to rejection.
"Ugh, I don't like it. Getting married after not dating once! Besides, I like living in a guild now.
Parker, who left his hometown early and joined the Ignis Guild on his own, was very pleased with his current life. There is a lot of delicious food in the guild, many convenient facilities, and he was able to meet a variety of people. Besides, he's just perfect for getting around and helping others.
I can't tell you how happy I was to be given a special mission to support the guild leader recently. Bernie Parker had no intention of becoming the village chief of the Joining tribe and being buried in the mountains.
"If you don't like it, can you just ignore it?"
"that's right. I'm going to tear the letter apart. Will you borrow my thorns?"
Parker waved his hand in embarrassment to the cactus who was actively whispering to destroy the letter, and folded the letter and put it in the bag.
"It's my father's calling, so I should go. Actually, I'm going to invite you to the autumn leaves festival... Huh?"
Mubin, who had been leaning against the window in a bad posture, also stood up. In the blink of an eye, a thick black mist was rising in the room.
"Leader!"
Parker approached Estio, who appeared from the fog with a happy expression on his face. But there was one who ran one step faster than Parker.
"Estio!"
Even though it had only been a couple of hours, Neju, excited to see Estio returned, jumped and hugged him tightly with both arms. Estio, who was almost choked by the wind, looked up at Neju and smiled a little.
"I'm back."
"Come on. Come on. Hehehe."
The young white-haired monkey was so happy that he had returned safely. Since Estio returned earlier than expected, Mubin also sighed in relief and relieved all tension at that time.
"But what about Rang?"
wow.
The black cat jumped up onto the bed and cried, wagging its tail as if purple. When she heard the cat's cry, Yeon-yeon Lang, who had been asleep for several days, opened her eyes. Awakening from her dream, she did not get up immediately, but lay lying down, staring blankly at her ceiling.
Estio looked at her and said.
"I plan to return to headquarters from tomorrow."
To get on the portal connected to the guild headquarters, we had to cross the desert again. Even without blue sands or monsters, the desert trip was a hard enough journey. He decided to give Yeon-yeon-rang, who had just woken up, time to recuperate her body.
"Get a good rest today."
Flickering, the soft lip, which he had grabbed by pressing the blanket with his fingertips, softened his dry lips.
"......thanks."
"-?!"
I slept hard for a few days and couldn't sleep any more, but Yeon-yeon-rang turned around and pretended to sleep. The other party, who had no need to worry about her as Yeon-yeon Rang had woken up from her abnormal sleep, quietly left the room to pretend not to notice her blushing ears.
It was lunchtime when the sun was high. The party, leaving only Yeon-yeon-rang in the room, set up a tent outside and went to a restaurant selling simple food.
"Jo, you said thank you a while ago, right?"
Parker, who covered his mouth with a fork as a shield, trembled in a low voice. Then, Moobin countered, stirring her pre-dinner tangy fruit soup with a spoon.
"You're still a teenage girl. Maybe it's a slang word. Actually, a secret code with a meaning we don't know?"
"You sound like sweetfish. Do you really want to be stabbed with thorns in secret?"
Seeing the cactus cut off the absurd sound before further absurd sounds continued, Moobin giggled.
"I'm joking. The thanks are probably sincere."
It was hard to believe, but as long as Parker had listened clearly with both ears, there was nothing to refute. With this incident, Yeon-yeon-rang has changed somewhat. She predicted that her demeanor, from arrogance and disrespect, would change markedly.
"By the way, Leader, what happened in your dream?"
"I made a promise."
Estio kept quiet about Yeon Yeon-rang's miserable past. Mubin also showed interest when he said he had made an appointment.
"May I ask what the promise is?"
"that......."
Just as I was about to say I was in trouble, a calming voice interrupted me from behind.
"The leader said he would meet Baekho himself."
"Oh, that's a surprise. Rang-nim? When did you come out, no, no. No more rest."
The ivory-colored hair, which was always tied high, was untied, and Yeon Yeon-rang appeared with a straight face. Ignoring the startled reaction of her party, she pulled an empty chair from the table next to her and joined her naturally.
"Heh. I came out hungry, why?"
Fueling her slender wrists full of scars because she couldn't even wear her outerwear, she took a bottle of water and drank it gleefully. Then he put down the bottle with a loud noise and turned his head to Mubin, who was just sitting next to him.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"About three days? I must have starved for almost ten meals. Umm, I'm hungry."
As soon as the water entered on an empty stomach, a feeling of hunger came over me. Yeon-yeon Rang wiped the water that ran down her lips with the back of her hand and clicked her tongue.
"I'm hungry after all."
"I have leftover my soup, would you like to eat this first?"
"Uh, thank you."
Yeon-yeon-rang welcomed the bowl of juicy fruit soup that had cooled down. Mubin, who handed her her share of soup, was rather embarrassed and closed her eyes.
"...Girl, didn't you change too much in one day? If people change too much, it's time to die..."
Yeon-yeon-rang, who had been treated like a person who was dying for saying a word of thanks, frowned. However, she was self-employed because it was the reaction that her usual attitude of self had provoked. Her sullen expression was not released until the food she ordered filled her table.
"I won't die."
Yeonjunang, who put honey-coated skewers in his mouth with greediness, said with poisonous eyes.
"I will never die, until I see Baekho again."
"Hmm."
Moobin just shrugged his shoulders without touching the food.
"Let's talk about the white tiger. Is the white tiger that Estio-nim is going to meet with a person's name or is it a real white tiger?"
Estio, who was muttering the bread that came out for himself, looked at Yeon Yeon-rang. Yeon-yeon, who glanced at her dark blue eyes, who clearly meant that she would remain silent until she spoke directly, opened her mouth again.
"It's a divine beast. A goddamn god with the appearance of a white tiger."
"Ah! I've heard of it. In eastern countries, they say that they believe that animal spirits protect the country, not the only god like Lubarzan.
