40
Estio Volume 2
- Episode 15
Parker had an absurd expression on his face, but the contents of the request depended on the mind of the client, so there was nothing else to say. As the join group shut their mouths, Mubin gestured towards Estio.
"Dear, I heard you grew up in the countryside."
"......Yes."
"Where exactly in the countryside?"
Estio's expression hardened because of Duke Hei, who suddenly asked about his hometown.
"Selvia... a village."
A place I didn't really want to think about. After I left, I didn't even say my name, and I tried not to think of it on purpose. I was on the verge of annoyance at Mubin, who asked about the place where he thought he had cut the kite altogether.
Unsurprisingly, Mubin did not stop smiling even when he saw the expression on the outside of his discomfort. She even made a declaration that made her even more uncomfortable.
"I'm going there."
"Yeah?"
"What?"
Parker and Neju's eyes widened like twins.
"Ugh, those eyes."
"What's with the eyes?"
"It means you don't care. What is the purpose of doing that, knowing that Estio doesn't like it? Are you changing?"
"Hahaha."
After drinking Estio's blood last time, others could hear his voice, so Ahur's poignant expression caught everyone's ears. Parker, who at first was terrified and fussed, was now nodding his head with a calm expression on his face.
Seeing Mubin burst out laughing even after hearing insults to him, Ahur muttered to Estio.
「! It's also a change of spring. Mom, he's got dirt..."
"Why do you want to go to my hometown?"
When Estio did not join the re-started role-play, Ahur drooped down.
"At first I was just trying to keep an eye on you, but I guess you don't know too much about yourself."
That is undeniable. Estio didn't even know that his abilities were similar to those of the Black Dragon. Mubin, who couldn't resist and looked at him as he clenched his fists tightly, opened his mouth again.
"If you meet the family who raised you, you will know something more clearly."
Boom, my heart was beating hard. sick enough. Estio couldn't face him any longer and lowered his gaze to the ground.
Moobin never used the expression 'begotten'. That was to say, he doubted his birth.
Of course, to Estio, it had nothing to do with whether his family was real or not. but.
'I don't want to see you again.'
It was extremely terrifying for him to return to his hometown from which he had barely escaped and to see the faces of his family again.
Estio, who hid her clenched fists between the guild cloaks, answered after a long silence.
"......All right."
As soon as the schedule was set, they left Heiga's estate and went back to the portal at the entrance to the Lennox Underground Cave. The first destination was the metropolis of Galatia.
Of course, we couldn't put all the wolves on the portal, so we decided to stay away while we were in Selvia. In the meantime, the wolves returned to their original caves so as not to be seen by humans.
The Hawk, who had been waiting in advance, smiled and waved his hand to them, who had traveled through the portal from the Ignis Guild headquarters to the Galasia branch over the course of three days.
"Come on! Oh, it's not like this anymore."
General Hawk spoke with a smile of welcome, then straightened his neck and politely greeted him again.
"Welcome. How have you been, guild leader?"
"Chief Hawk."
Judging from his position in the guild now, Estio, who belongs to the executive level, was higher than Hawk. Estio laughed like a sigh as he looked at Hawk's politeness. And he shook his head to discourage it.
"Please treat me the way you are. I feel comfortable with that."
"Um, but because of my rank, I'm now a subordinate."
"please."
"Uh-huh! If the leader asks for that..."
Hawk, who pretended not to win, coughing and fiddling with his mustache, smiled.
"How are you, Estio?"
It had only been a few days since he left the Galatia branch after receiving the summons order from the headquarters. It had been less than a month now. However, Estio, who had a warm feeling as if he had met his old friend who was far away, answered with a smile on his face.
"Yes."
"Hey, it's like you're a different person with different clothes."
It was an honest opinion. And looking straight up and down, I didn't feel bad at all. Rather, she was shy, like a child boasting good grades to her parents. When Estio was silent, Hawk, who was accustomed to his blunt reaction, continued to speak by himself.
"You will become the guild leader."
The word "leader" meant a reader, meaning a person with the ability to read minds, but also meant a leader, meaning a guild executive.
So, externally, the leader of the Ignis Guild was taken as the latter, that is, an executive. Hawke was genuinely proud and patted the back of the guild executive he had pulled out with his own hands.
"Khahaha! As expected, I thought you would succeed. I'm really good at picking one talented person? Eyes aren't usually discerning. Actually, I need to get a little more salary. I wonder if I should be paid for the full set of wave-flavored candy..."
After that, Hawke's Saddam continued one by one. While standing in front of the portal, Estio quietly listened to the praises of wave-flavored candy that he had heard in a long time. Parker and Moobin, who had been appreciating Hawke's candy tribute, looked at them in turn with bewildered expressions.
Here, Moobin did not have to reveal his identity. Since most of his clients follow the principle of personal protection, Hawk went on without asking or questioning him.
Only Tsuki, Neju, and Ahur, who had already been accustomed to living with Estio in the Galasia branch, watched the guild members passing by peacefully.
"Estio-kun! Welcome."
Rosalie, a guild member who appeared after properly ending Hawk's chatter at the right time, waved her hand with a happy face. She quietly pokes her elbow in the side of her branch manager, who is doing her job, shuts her mouth, then asks a question appropriate to the current situation.
"By the way, what's going on here again? I thought I wouldn't be able to see your face for a while. Maybe this is the request site?"
"Yeah. I'm going to the River region......"
When he first joined the guild, Estio recalled the memory of being scolded for explaining his hometown as the River region, and then asked him to explain it clearly to Hawk.
"...and the final destination is the village of Selvia in the middle of River Mountain."
"Selvia? Ugh, I think I've heard of it."
Rosalie murmured, fiddling with her braided hair up high. But she couldn't do it until she thought that Selvia would be Estio's hometown, and she opened her mouth again with a brooding expression on her face.
"Eh, well... If it's River Mountain, it's quite far from here. You'll probably have to cross a few passes. It's a tough mountain, so it's going to be a lot of trouble and it will take a few days to walk."
Hearing her words, Estio remembered that he had been riding in a wagon from his hometown of Selvia to Galatia, mixed with a procession of merchants.
"Let's see. There must be a few horses left in the guild warehouse."
"Look for a carriage, one that's comfortable to ride."
"Yes."
At Hawke's orders, the secretary, Rosalie, quickly unfolded a notebook containing the finances of the Galatia branch. After all, Estio was able to receive as much support as needed wherever he went because his work was commissioned by the guild.
Having received guild support without hesitation, he realized that his position had changed a lot. He was nowhere to be seen, shivering from the cold, crouching in the corner of the wagon, wearing a dirty robe. Estio, who wore a high-class costume with magic enchantment, wore a guild cloak and leader badge, now had countless allies called Ignis.
Guild leader, that name once again made my heart pound heavily.
"Estio-kun. Hey, Estio-kun?"
"......Yes?"
Rosalie was silently calling out his name, lost in thought. An answer came out a beat late, but Rosalie didn't mind and asked kindly.
"Mom, can you do it?"
Since the village of Selvia in the River region was a small and poor countryside that was not even marked on the map, the portal was not connected. So, the party had to use foot after arriving in Galatia.
Estio knew that it was much faster and more comfortable to use a horse or carriage than to just walk. But he firmly shook his head.
"No, I never learned it."
He could not have learned to ride a horse in a poor rural village where it was difficult to get a meal a day. A horse was an expensive animal that was more expensive than any other house from the point of view of a commoner, and he couldn't even see it in Selvia, where he lived. It was lucky to see a procession of wagons riding on the ridge in the distance.
Among the villagers of Selvia, at best, they heard that raising chickens, pigs, or dogs would make them rich.
When he replied that he had never learned to ride a horse, Rosalie's and Hawk's faces turned into embarrassment at the same time.
"Ah......."
"The carriage is already in use for other quests. There are enough horses left to ride."
It was very dangerous to give up a horse to someone who had never ridden a horse in his or her life.
In the end, the Galacia branch could not prepare a means of transportation for Estio and the others. Hawk nodded his head with a very sorry expression.
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine. You can just walk."
It will take some time, but the deadline for Mubin's request was a month. Neither Estio nor Moobin, who requested a quest from him, had any urgent business, so they didn't mind the slow movement.
They decided to stay at the guild dormitory for the time being in order to recover the stamina and mental strength consumed by riding the portal. Behind Estio's back, who was familiar with packing his luggage and heading to the dormitory, Hawk shouted in a panic.
"Instead, I'll give you plenty of escorts!"
Hawk, who felt really sorry, was supposed to draw and attach combat troops from the guild.
But looking back, a clean rejection flowed out of Estio's mouth.
"You don't have to."
"No, why? It's something to celebrate that you became a guild leader, but that... Peacock next to you. Anyway, isn't the delivery guy a combat member?"
"It's not Peacock, it's Bernie Parker!"
Parker, who was quietly listening to the conversation, quickly corrected the mistake.
"Of course, I don't have combat skills, but the client calls himself a strong swordsman, so I'm going to trust him and move on."
'Self-name?'
Mubin's black eyes turned to Estio's back unsatisfied. But Estio didn't even look at him and ended the conversation.
"And Parker is not a delivery man."
"Hmm?"
"It's my team."
40
Estio Volume 2
- Episode 15
Parker had an absurd expression on his face, but the contents of the request depended on the mind of the client, so there was nothing else to say. As the join group shut their mouths, Mubin gestured towards Estio.
"Dear, I heard you grew up in the countryside."
"......Yes."
"Where exactly in the countryside?"
Estio's expression hardened because of Duke Hei, who suddenly asked about his hometown.
"Selvia... a village."
A place I didn't really want to think about. After I left, I didn't even say my name, and I tried not to think of it on purpose. I was on the verge of annoyance at Mubin, who asked about the place where he thought he had cut the kite altogether.
Unsurprisingly, Mubin did not stop smiling even when he saw the expression on the outside of his discomfort. She even made a declaration that made her even more uncomfortable.
"I'm going there."
"Yeah?"
"What?"
Parker and Neju's eyes widened like twins.
"Ugh, those eyes."
"What's with the eyes?"
"It means you don't care. What is the purpose of doing that, knowing that Estio doesn't like it? Are you changing?"
"Hahaha."
After drinking Estio's blood last time, others could hear his voice, so Ahur's poignant expression caught everyone's ears. Parker, who at first was terrified and fussed, was now nodding his head with a calm expression on his face.
Seeing Mubin burst out laughing even after hearing insults to him, Ahur muttered to Estio.
「! It's also a change of spring. Mom, he's got dirt..."
"Why do you want to go to my hometown?"
When Estio did not join the re-started role-play, Ahur drooped down.
"At first I was just trying to keep an eye on you, but I guess you don't know too much about yourself."
That is undeniable. Estio didn't even know that his abilities were similar to those of the Black Dragon. Mubin, who couldn't resist and looked at him as he clenched his fists tightly, opened his mouth again.
"If you meet the family who raised you, you will know something more clearly."
Boom, my heart was beating hard. sick enough. Estio couldn't face him any longer and lowered his gaze to the ground.
Moobin never used the expression 'begotten'. That was to say, he doubted his birth.
Of course, to Estio, it had nothing to do with whether his family was real or not. but.
'I don't want to see you again.'
It was extremely terrifying for him to return to his hometown from which he had barely escaped and to see the faces of his family again.
Estio, who hid her clenched fists between the guild cloaks, answered after a long silence.
"......All right."
As soon as the schedule was set, they left Heiga's estate and went back to the portal at the entrance to the Lennox Underground Cave. The first destination was the metropolis of Galatia.
Of course, we couldn't put all the wolves on the portal, so we decided to stay away while we were in Selvia. In the meantime, the wolves returned to their original caves so as not to be seen by humans.
The Hawk, who had been waiting in advance, smiled and waved his hand to them, who had traveled through the portal from the Ignis Guild headquarters to the Galasia branch over the course of three days.
"Come on! Oh, it's not like this anymore."
General Hawk spoke with a smile of welcome, then straightened his neck and politely greeted him again.
"Welcome. How have you been, guild leader?"
"Chief Hawk."
Judging from his position in the guild now, Estio, who belongs to the executive level, was higher than Hawk. Estio laughed like a sigh as he looked at Hawk's politeness. And he shook his head to discourage it.
"Please treat me the way you are. I feel comfortable with that."
"Um, but because of my rank, I'm now a subordinate."
"please."
"Uh-huh! If the leader asks for that..."
Hawk, who pretended not to win, coughing and fiddling with his mustache, smiled.
"How are you, Estio?"
It had only been a few days since he left the Galatia branch after receiving the summons order from the headquarters. It had been less than a month now. However, Estio, who had a warm feeling as if he had met his old friend who was far away, answered with a smile on his face.
"Yes."
"Hey, it's like you're a different person with different clothes."
It was an honest opinion. And looking straight up and down, I didn't feel bad at all. Rather, she was shy, like a child boasting good grades to her parents. When Estio was silent, Hawk, who was accustomed to his blunt reaction, continued to speak by himself.
"You will become the guild leader."
The word "leader" meant a reader, meaning a person with the ability to read minds, but also meant a leader, meaning a guild executive.
So, externally, the leader of the Ignis Guild was taken as the latter, that is, an executive. Hawke was genuinely proud and patted the back of the guild executive he had pulled out with his own hands.
"Khahaha! As expected, I thought you would succeed. I'm really good at picking one talented person? Eyes aren't usually discerning. Actually, I need to get a little more salary. I wonder if I should be paid for the full set of wave-flavored candy..."
After that, Hawke's Saddam continued one by one. While standing in front of the portal, Estio quietly listened to the praises of wave-flavored candy that he had heard in a long time. Parker and Moobin, who had been appreciating Hawke's candy tribute, looked at them in turn with bewildered expressions.
Here, Moobin did not have to reveal his identity. Since most of his clients follow the principle of personal protection, Hawk went on without asking or questioning him.
Only Tsuki, Neju, and Ahur, who had already been accustomed to living with Estio in the Galasia branch, watched the guild members passing by peacefully.
"Estio-kun! Welcome."
Rosalie, a guild member who appeared after properly ending Hawk's chatter at the right time, waved her hand with a happy face. She quietly pokes her elbow in the side of her branch manager, who is doing her job, shuts her mouth, then asks a question appropriate to the current situation.
"By the way, what's going on here again? I thought I wouldn't be able to see your face for a while. Maybe this is the request site?"
"Yeah. I'm going to the River region......"
When he first joined the guild, Estio recalled the memory of being scolded for explaining his hometown as the River region, and then asked him to explain it clearly to Hawk.
"...and the final destination is the village of Selvia in the middle of River Mountain."
"Selvia? Ugh, I think I've heard of it."
Rosalie murmured, fiddling with her braided hair up high. But she couldn't do it until she thought that Selvia would be Estio's hometown, and she opened her mouth again with a brooding expression on her face.
"Eh, well... If it's River Mountain, it's quite far from here. You'll probably have to cross a few passes. It's a tough mountain, so it's going to be a lot of trouble and it will take a few days to walk."
Hearing her words, Estio remembered that he had been riding in a wagon from his hometown of Selvia to Galatia, mixed with a procession of merchants.
"Let's see. There must be a few horses left in the guild warehouse."
"Look for a carriage, one that's comfortable to ride."
"Yes."
At Hawke's orders, the secretary, Rosalie, quickly unfolded a notebook containing the finances of the Galatia branch. After all, Estio was able to receive as much support as needed wherever he went because his work was commissioned by the guild.
Having received guild support without hesitation, he realized that his position had changed a lot. He was nowhere to be seen, shivering from the cold, crouching in the corner of the wagon, wearing a dirty robe. Estio, who wore a high-class costume with magic enchantment, wore a guild cloak and leader badge, now had countless allies called Ignis.
Guild leader, that name once again made my heart pound heavily.
"Estio-kun. Hey, Estio-kun?"
"......Yes?"
Rosalie was silently calling out his name, lost in thought. An answer came out a beat late, but Rosalie didn't mind and asked kindly.
"Mom, can you do it?"
Since the village of Selvia in the River region was a small and poor countryside that was not even marked on the map, the portal was not connected. So, the party had to use foot after arriving in Galatia.
Estio knew that it was much faster and more comfortable to use a horse or carriage than to just walk. But he firmly shook his head.
"No, I never learned it."
He could not have learned to ride a horse in a poor rural village where it was difficult to get a meal a day. A horse was an expensive animal that was more expensive than any other house from the point of view of a commoner, and he couldn't even see it in Selvia, where he lived. It was lucky to see a procession of wagons riding on the ridge in the distance.
Among the villagers of Selvia, at best, they heard that raising chickens, pigs, or dogs would make them rich.
When he replied that he had never learned to ride a horse, Rosalie's and Hawk's faces turned into embarrassment at the same time.
"Ah......."
"The carriage is already in use for other quests. There are enough horses left to ride."
It was very dangerous to give up a horse to someone who had never ridden a horse in his or her life.
In the end, the Galacia branch could not prepare a means of transportation for Estio and the others. Hawk nodded his head with a very sorry expression.
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine. You can just walk."
It will take some time, but the deadline for Mubin's request was a month. Neither Estio nor Moobin, who requested a quest from him, had any urgent business, so they didn't mind the slow movement.
They decided to stay at the guild dormitory for the time being in order to recover the stamina and mental strength consumed by riding the portal. Behind Estio's back, who was familiar with packing his luggage and heading to the dormitory, Hawk shouted in a panic.
"Instead, I'll give you plenty of escorts!"
Hawk, who felt really sorry, was supposed to draw and attach combat troops from the guild.
But looking back, a clean rejection flowed out of Estio's mouth.
"You don't have to."
"No, why? It's something to celebrate that you became a guild leader, but that... Peacock next to you. Anyway, isn't the delivery guy a combat member?"
"It's not Peacock, it's Bernie Parker!"
Parker, who was quietly listening to the conversation, quickly corrected the mistake.
"Of course, I don't have combat skills, but the client calls himself a strong swordsman, so I'm going to trust him and move on."
'Self-name?'
Mubin's black eyes turned to Estio's back unsatisfied. But Estio didn't even look at him and ended the conversation.
"And Parker is not a delivery man."
"Hmm?"
"It's my team."
