- Episode 21
「? What, didn't you know? We, too, move arbitrarily if we live a frighteningly long life or if we have a frighteningly strong will. I'm still young though. His willpower is so high, he can control the level of his thorns! Ahur, the will is the best!"
It was Ahur, exulting alone with the joy of meeting the person he was talking to for the first time in his life.
"You can move arbitrarily. Is it like a spirit?"
"Hey, it's different from them. We are not the spirits of trees, we are the trees themselves. Do you feel like you are a freshman after staying for a long time?"
Ahur, of course, squeaked, saying he was a natural genius. Estio, who had difficulty understanding the complex world of plants, simply looked down at Ahur in his arms.
It was then.
"I should have warned you not to come again."
A shrill voice flew through the back of his head like poisonous blades.
"Is the memory bad. Or."
bum bum.
With blonde hair and green eyes like Sera, the expression she showed without hiding her displeasure was definitely the face Estio had seen before.
It was Jeremiah, Sarah's brother and Fabianga's eldest son.
"Are I funny, commoner?"
Jeremian drew closer and looked at him with eyes full of contempt. As Estio got up from his seat, the two of them became close to each other facing each other. In terms of age, Estio was two years older, but the difference in height was so great that he had to look up at Jeremy-On to match his eyes.
"The Viscount."
"You read minds, but did you teach animals to speak?"
I was going to tell him that he came at the request of the Viscount, but Jeremion cut his words and pointed to Neju.
"There's no such thing as a monster. To create a beast that can speak human language. Are you going to teach plants to speak now?"
Neju was a yeti born of a white-haired monkey and a human female, but Jeremion, unaware of this fact, thought it was because of Estio's influence. She watched from afar and couldn't bear to even see her talking to her cactus, and then she was reluctant to deal with her ghost, though long.
"I'm not interested in those ugly cactuses, but an docile white-haired monkey who has learned human language seems quite rare for a pet."
The white-haired monkey itself was rare, and the skin was so beautiful that it was sold at a high price. Although it is a beast with strong fighting power, it was quite attractive to see him quietly in front of humans and chained like a dog's leash.
At this point in time when it is fashionable to keep beautiful and rare pets among nobles, from Jeremion's point of view, Neju was definitely a desirable pet.
"How much?"
"......"
"It wouldn't be cool to make a living at that size. I'll take it."
Estio kept his mouth shut and stared at Viscount Fabien's spirit. Instead, Ahur muttered.
"What kind of novelty is this again?"
Jeremy, unable to hear the sound of plants, immediately took out a money bag from his pocket.
"How much do you want?"
"Neju is not something to sell."
"It's clever. You said you read your thoughts, so it's a bargain, just take it."
Jeremian, who regarded Estio's rejection as a feat to increase the value, took out 10 shiny gold coins and held them out.
"It's 10 gold."
It was an amount that a poor farmer's son could not even dream of for the rest of his life. Perhaps even his parents had never held 10 gold at once.
Since 1 silver was worth 3 grass breads and 1,000 silver was 1 gold, it was money that could be used as pocket money from the point of view of the aristocrat, and it was the first large amount of money that Estio had ever seen.
However, Estio boldly refused.
"Neju is not something to sell."
"Ha. When a frog is too greedy, his stomach will burst. How much do you want?"
"I don't sell it."
Jeremion was annoyed at the successive refusals and grabbed the gold coin again. Estio stood motionless as he heard the chime of money. Neju, standing next to him, looked at them alternately with her anxious eyes.
"Does the commoners despise the nobility?"
Finally, the scream came out. Yes, Jeremy was still a 17-year-old boy. Unlike his stature, who grew up after eating well and taking good care of him, his young and narrow mind was full of his egocentric thoughts.
"Even though you have been particularly patient with trying to drag me and beat me by just wandering around Sera in violation of the warning not to come back."
"I only came here at the request of the Viscount."
"You talk so well. You know I don't know what's inside your dark heart!"
Heck, Jeremion's hand grabbed Estio's arm violently. His hand was so strong that he was half-halfed into the air.
"......!"
"Estio!"
Neju, who had been crouched, was startled and jumped to his feet. As Jeremion, who was flinched by the wind, relaxed his hand slightly, Estio slumped to the floor and spit out a spit.
"Are you okay?"
"...Collock. It's fine."
Since he was only strangled for a moment, Estio lightly waved his hand. Meanwhile, Jeremion was staring intently at what Neju was saying. There was a deep lust in his eyes.
"Does that monkey have any loyalty?"
"Don't bully Estio!"
Neju showed his hostility to Jeremion, who had already been caught talking and even grabbed him by the neck. However, the opponent was not at all intimidated by the vicious momentum.
"Give me 30 gold. I have to raise that guy."
"what."
"Send the money to the guild. Hey, take the white-haired monkey to the breeding room right now."
"Didn't you say you don't sell it!"
When Estio raised his voice for the first time, Jeremion frowned without realizing it. But when he saw the servants running at his orders, he stretched his shoulders again and said,
"I'm paying more than my price, so what's the complaint? How dare commoners shout in front of nobles, is it money?"
「……Oh woong. Humans here seem to be scoring who is more binggu. There is no way to differentiate between superiority and superiority."
Ahur, who was the only one keeping his pace, muttered to himself.
'I'd rather be like this.'
Estio thought for a moment.
Seeing Jeremion's overbearing attitude and the appearance of his servants approaching him, he felt a sense of crisis and humiliation. That stimulated something crouching inside of Estio, who did not want to interfere and influence people.
It felt like a door that had been locked with a lock clicked open.
"Come on, hand him over."
It was at the moment when the servants who approached reached out to take over the chain that had bound Neju from him.
spatula.
As if something flashed in front of them, a fountain of blood erupted. The servant who had reached out his hand first screamed belatedly.
"aah! My arm! My arm!"
The arm, which was blown cleanly from the elbow, rolled on the floor. Red blood splattered on the clean ivory carpet.
Neju, who had her fangs exposed with her eyes bright red than blood, raised her nails threateningly. The servants, who found a drop of blood hanging from the tip of her fingernail, took a deep breath.
"Kreuk."
It was only after hearing the eerie ringing of their throats that they realized that the docile-looking white furry monkey was actually a beast that even professional hunters had a hard time dealing with.
Jeremion's expression hardened when he saw the servant who collapsed and complained of pain and shock by grabbing the severed arm.
"What are you doing? Injuring Fabienga's servant."
Hearing the screams, the soldiers who stood guard ran to them.
"What's going on!"
"That commoner was trying to kill me. Catch me right now and put me in prison! The white-haired monkey is a beast that attacks people, so I'll just kill it."
Seeing the ferocity that cuts off a person's arm in front of his eyes, Jeremion lost interest in Neju. There are many rare animals in the world, not necessarily talking monkeys. He gave the order with an expressionless expression.
Estio was branded as a vicious criminal who tried to kill a nobleman in an instant.
The enraged privates surrounded Estio and Neju. The sound of blades being pulled out could be heard from all over the place.
"Hey! See how Ji gets greedy and blames others for it. Goosebumps."
Ahur groaned in a disgusted tone and trembled with thorns. Estio looked around while hugging the flowerpot of Ahur. All sides were surrounded by soldiers with spears and swords.
Even though he was in a beleaguered situation, Estio did not tremble in fear. The emotion he was feeling was rather close to anger.
'Calling me a monster.'
Why don't you guys hesitate to do more monstrous things than monsters?
His dark blue eyes sank colder than ever. The enlisted men, who were slowly narrowing the siege, first threw their nets at Neju, a menacing beast.
"?!"
It was a trapping net with a lot of sticky sticky like a spider's web. Surprised by the nets that were clinging to his fur and restricting movement, Neju struggled to tear his teeth, and soldiers with swords rushed at him.
Wow!
The sword could not penetrate the leather harder than steel and bounced off with a loud noise. Neju, who was even more excited by the wind, put on a net and began to riot with her.
"Woo much!"
Neju, who roared loudly, swung his nails with great force to make a popping sound. Two soldiers who were hit by a direct hit pierced their stomachs and died instantly.
A chaos ensued. Contrary to what people thought of as a simple white-haired monkey, Neju was born as a hybrid with a human and was a very powerful monster. He was still young, but he was not at a level that ordinary soldiers who were not of this ability could deal with.
Things took a strange turn, and Jeremion's face turned white. The voice of the Viscount, who was holding back his anger, could be heard softly over the back of his head, who began to step backwards little by little.
"This... what the hell is this, Jeremy?"
"father!"
Jeremy looked back with the look he had met the Savior. And she was surprised. It was because the face of her viscount, who had always been her calm, was as white as her own.
"You fool!"
"Oh, father?"
The Viscount grabbed the surprised son's shoulders and shouted. But he glanced at the chaotic hall and pushed his son away.
"You really ruined something that would have come naturally to me if I had left it alone."
"What does that mean..."
"Shut up! Stupid thing."
The Viscount closed Jeremion's mouth as if he was chewing on it. And he called the knights to follow him and ordered them.
"Clean up the situation. Capture a person and bring it before me, and keep that beast alive if at all possible. But if it's unavoidable, you can kill it."
"Yes!"
The Knights Templar was a special force made up of people with supernatural powers. Starting with the heavy armor that was worn on the body, the feeling was different from that of the general enlisted soldier.
The knight who used magic first attacked Neju in the center of the sea of blood.
Whoops!
Neju, who was hit in the leg by the explosion magic, staggered and turned to the wizard. As Neju, who was weak due to the hot temperature, hesitated, other knights joined in and started attacking Neju's arms and legs.
- Episode 21
「? What, didn't you know? We, too, move arbitrarily if we live a frighteningly long life or if we have a frighteningly strong will. I'm still young though. His willpower is so high, he can control the level of his thorns! Ahur, the will is the best!"
It was Ahur, exulting alone with the joy of meeting the person he was talking to for the first time in his life.
"You can move arbitrarily. Is it like a spirit?"
"Hey, it's different from them. We are not the spirits of trees, we are the trees themselves. Do you feel like you are a freshman after staying for a long time?"
Ahur, of course, squeaked, saying he was a natural genius. Estio, who had difficulty understanding the complex world of plants, simply looked down at Ahur in his arms.
It was then.
"I should have warned you not to come again."
A shrill voice flew through the back of his head like poisonous blades.
"Is the memory bad. Or."
bum bum.
With blonde hair and green eyes like Sera, the expression she showed without hiding her displeasure was definitely the face Estio had seen before.
It was Jeremiah, Sarah's brother and Fabianga's eldest son.
"Are I funny, commoner?"
Jeremian drew closer and looked at him with eyes full of contempt. As Estio got up from his seat, the two of them became close to each other facing each other. In terms of age, Estio was two years older, but the difference in height was so great that he had to look up at Jeremy-On to match his eyes.
"The Viscount."
"You read minds, but did you teach animals to speak?"
I was going to tell him that he came at the request of the Viscount, but Jeremion cut his words and pointed to Neju.
"There's no such thing as a monster. To create a beast that can speak human language. Are you going to teach plants to speak now?"
Neju was a yeti born of a white-haired monkey and a human female, but Jeremion, unaware of this fact, thought it was because of Estio's influence. She watched from afar and couldn't bear to even see her talking to her cactus, and then she was reluctant to deal with her ghost, though long.
"I'm not interested in those ugly cactuses, but an docile white-haired monkey who has learned human language seems quite rare for a pet."
The white-haired monkey itself was rare, and the skin was so beautiful that it was sold at a high price. Although it is a beast with strong fighting power, it was quite attractive to see him quietly in front of humans and chained like a dog's leash.
At this point in time when it is fashionable to keep beautiful and rare pets among nobles, from Jeremion's point of view, Neju was definitely a desirable pet.
"How much?"
"......"
"It wouldn't be cool to make a living at that size. I'll take it."
Estio kept his mouth shut and stared at Viscount Fabien's spirit. Instead, Ahur muttered.
"What kind of novelty is this again?"
Jeremy, unable to hear the sound of plants, immediately took out a money bag from his pocket.
"How much do you want?"
"Neju is not something to sell."
"It's clever. You said you read your thoughts, so it's a bargain, just take it."
Jeremian, who regarded Estio's rejection as a feat to increase the value, took out 10 shiny gold coins and held them out.
"It's 10 gold."
It was an amount that a poor farmer's son could not even dream of for the rest of his life. Perhaps even his parents had never held 10 gold at once.
Since 1 silver was worth 3 grass breads and 1,000 silver was 1 gold, it was money that could be used as pocket money from the point of view of the aristocrat, and it was the first large amount of money that Estio had ever seen.
However, Estio boldly refused.
"Neju is not something to sell."
"Ha. When a frog is too greedy, his stomach will burst. How much do you want?"
"I don't sell it."
Jeremion was annoyed at the successive refusals and grabbed the gold coin again. Estio stood motionless as he heard the chime of money. Neju, standing next to him, looked at them alternately with her anxious eyes.
"Does the commoners despise the nobility?"
Finally, the scream came out. Yes, Jeremy was still a 17-year-old boy. Unlike his stature, who grew up after eating well and taking good care of him, his young and narrow mind was full of his egocentric thoughts.
"Even though you have been particularly patient with trying to drag me and beat me by just wandering around Sera in violation of the warning not to come back."
"I only came here at the request of the Viscount."
"You talk so well. You know I don't know what's inside your dark heart!"
Heck, Jeremion's hand grabbed Estio's arm violently. His hand was so strong that he was half-halfed into the air.
"......!"
"Estio!"
Neju, who had been crouched, was startled and jumped to his feet. As Jeremion, who was flinched by the wind, relaxed his hand slightly, Estio slumped to the floor and spit out a spit.
"Are you okay?"
"...Collock. It's fine."
Since he was only strangled for a moment, Estio lightly waved his hand. Meanwhile, Jeremion was staring intently at what Neju was saying. There was a deep lust in his eyes.
"Does that monkey have any loyalty?"
"Don't bully Estio!"
Neju showed his hostility to Jeremion, who had already been caught talking and even grabbed him by the neck. However, the opponent was not at all intimidated by the vicious momentum.
"Give me 30 gold. I have to raise that guy."
"what."
"Send the money to the guild. Hey, take the white-haired monkey to the breeding room right now."
"Didn't you say you don't sell it!"
When Estio raised his voice for the first time, Jeremion frowned without realizing it. But when he saw the servants running at his orders, he stretched his shoulders again and said,
"I'm paying more than my price, so what's the complaint? How dare commoners shout in front of nobles, is it money?"
「……Oh woong. Humans here seem to be scoring who is more binggu. There is no way to differentiate between superiority and superiority."
Ahur, who was the only one keeping his pace, muttered to himself.
'I'd rather be like this.'
Estio thought for a moment.
Seeing Jeremion's overbearing attitude and the appearance of his servants approaching him, he felt a sense of crisis and humiliation. That stimulated something crouching inside of Estio, who did not want to interfere and influence people.
It felt like a door that had been locked with a lock clicked open.
"Come on, hand him over."
It was at the moment when the servants who approached reached out to take over the chain that had bound Neju from him.
spatula.
As if something flashed in front of them, a fountain of blood erupted. The servant who had reached out his hand first screamed belatedly.
"aah! My arm! My arm!"
The arm, which was blown cleanly from the elbow, rolled on the floor. Red blood splattered on the clean ivory carpet.
Neju, who had her fangs exposed with her eyes bright red than blood, raised her nails threateningly. The servants, who found a drop of blood hanging from the tip of her fingernail, took a deep breath.
"Kreuk."
It was only after hearing the eerie ringing of their throats that they realized that the docile-looking white furry monkey was actually a beast that even professional hunters had a hard time dealing with.
Jeremion's expression hardened when he saw the servant who collapsed and complained of pain and shock by grabbing the severed arm.
"What are you doing? Injuring Fabienga's servant."
Hearing the screams, the soldiers who stood guard ran to them.
"What's going on!"
"That commoner was trying to kill me. Catch me right now and put me in prison! The white-haired monkey is a beast that attacks people, so I'll just kill it."
Seeing the ferocity that cuts off a person's arm in front of his eyes, Jeremion lost interest in Neju. There are many rare animals in the world, not necessarily talking monkeys. He gave the order with an expressionless expression.
Estio was branded as a vicious criminal who tried to kill a nobleman in an instant.
The enraged privates surrounded Estio and Neju. The sound of blades being pulled out could be heard from all over the place.
"Hey! See how Ji gets greedy and blames others for it. Goosebumps."
Ahur groaned in a disgusted tone and trembled with thorns. Estio looked around while hugging the flowerpot of Ahur. All sides were surrounded by soldiers with spears and swords.
Even though he was in a beleaguered situation, Estio did not tremble in fear. The emotion he was feeling was rather close to anger.
'Calling me a monster.'
Why don't you guys hesitate to do more monstrous things than monsters?
His dark blue eyes sank colder than ever. The enlisted men, who were slowly narrowing the siege, first threw their nets at Neju, a menacing beast.
"?!"
It was a trapping net with a lot of sticky sticky like a spider's web. Surprised by the nets that were clinging to his fur and restricting movement, Neju struggled to tear his teeth, and soldiers with swords rushed at him.
Wow!
The sword could not penetrate the leather harder than steel and bounced off with a loud noise. Neju, who was even more excited by the wind, put on a net and began to riot with her.
"Woo much!"
Neju, who roared loudly, swung his nails with great force to make a popping sound. Two soldiers who were hit by a direct hit pierced their stomachs and died instantly.
A chaos ensued. Contrary to what people thought of as a simple white-haired monkey, Neju was born as a hybrid with a human and was a very powerful monster. He was still young, but he was not at a level that ordinary soldiers who were not of this ability could deal with.
Things took a strange turn, and Jeremion's face turned white. The voice of the Viscount, who was holding back his anger, could be heard softly over the back of his head, who began to step backwards little by little.
"This... what the hell is this, Jeremy?"
"father!"
Jeremy looked back with the look he had met the Savior. And she was surprised. It was because the face of her viscount, who had always been her calm, was as white as her own.
"You fool!"
"Oh, father?"
The Viscount grabbed the surprised son's shoulders and shouted. But he glanced at the chaotic hall and pushed his son away.
"You really ruined something that would have come naturally to me if I had left it alone."
"What does that mean..."
"Shut up! Stupid thing."
The Viscount closed Jeremion's mouth as if he was chewing on it. And he called the knights to follow him and ordered them.
"Clean up the situation. Capture a person and bring it before me, and keep that beast alive if at all possible. But if it's unavoidable, you can kill it."
"Yes!"
The Knights Templar was a special force made up of people with supernatural powers. Starting with the heavy armor that was worn on the body, the feeling was different from that of the general enlisted soldier.
The knight who used magic first attacked Neju in the center of the sea of blood.
Whoops!
Neju, who was hit in the leg by the explosion magic, staggered and turned to the wizard. As Neju, who was weak due to the hot temperature, hesitated, other knights joined in and started attacking Neju's arms and legs.
