43
Estio Volume 2
- Episode 18
"I've already forgotten everything. The situation is too serious to argue about that now."
'Yes, it was such a person.'
Estio laughed bitterly. Human nature does not change easily even when faced with such a desperate and crazy hardship.
The Viscount still looked down at Estio and was arrogant. I'm not ignoring it on purpose, I'm just acting according to my habit. They judge people only by their value of use and treat them appropriately according to their status.
In his view, Estio, no matter how much he had become a guild leader, was a lower level person and was an efficient tool with high usability.
This man, Viscount Fabien, truly did not know how to admit his mistake and apologize. She didn't even realize she had done anything wrong in the first place. He always felt right and acted in a way that he felt was right, and he lived a life that was not ashamed of looking up to heaven.
It was the same this time.
"I don't want it twice. Just once, just once, help me."
"I asked why."
Estio repeated the question in a dry voice. When the Viscount hesitated, who also had nothing to say, he spoke strongly.
"Let go."
Slowly, regardless of his will, the power was released from his hand. As long as their eyes met, no human could defy Estio's mind control.
Viscount Fabien opened her eyes and looked at Estio's back, which had escaped from her hand. Mubindo, who silently ridiculed the poor appearance, also turned his back and passed him by.
The fading hope and the fear of losing a precious existence scratched the Viscount's chest like pieces of broken glass. Neither the laugh of Duke Heyga nor the click of the tongues of those who were watching did not provoke him as much as now.
Viscount Fabien, who had been enthralled like a madman with a rough beard, thick cheeks and blood-stained eyes, suddenly thought.
'This is not possible.'
As soon as I had that thought, my feet moved first like instinct. He ran again hastily and stopped in front of Estio.
dump!
At that moment, something no one expected happened. Estio looked down in amazement at the Viscount Fabien, who had kneeled at his feet.
"Sera!"
"......"
"I want to meet you."
"......"
"Please. Please, help my daughter."
Everyone held their breath and focused their eyes on Estio and the Viscount, who knelt down in front of him. The scene where a nobleman knelt down to beg for a commoner was truly a sight to behold. At the same time, the left crowd was engulfed in an atmosphere of walking on thin ice.
Here, what if Estio refuses the Viscount's request? Everyone waited for an answer with sweat on their hands in a situation where it was impossible to predict even an inch ahead.
Before long, Estio's lips, which had been tightly closed, fell.
"We do not accept orders."
Dark despair fell over the Viscount's dry face. The distorted eyes, as if asking why, were the same color as Sera's green eyes. Estio spoke again in a calm tone, as he had always done.
"Listen carefully. I won't take anything you give."
Ahh.
A sigh, which was blocked in the throat and turned into the sound of a single breath, beat the Viscount's heart.
"What I want to do."
It was an extremely cold gaze. Sharp dark blue eyes fluttered dangerously like the calm night sea.
"I judge for myself. And now I know you..."
wow.
A group of thoughts that no one else could hear flowed into Viscount Fabien's head.
- I don't like it, very much.
This time, he didn't give any orders, but the Viscount couldn't move as if he was tied to a rope. She had nothing more to say, nor did she have the courage to do so.
He was deeply disappointed in his despair.
Nevertheless, Viscount Fabien,
He didn't apologize in the end.
* * *
There was no emotion in Estio's footsteps towards the dormitory. However, Mubin felt that this dark-haired guild leader had a lot of edge because of that.
'If it's really nothing, there's no reason to wrap it up like this.'
Mubin walked slowly with his clasps on the back of his head. I suddenly remembered that Estio, who was leading the way, was just at the age of coming-of-age ceremony.
'Hmm, what. You're still young.'
Even though Mubin was a young man who was only 26 years old, Estio was young even in his eyes.
At nineteen, I was at the age when I could hate and like someone as much as I wanted. However, the reality was just too immersive for Estio to do that. When Estio first felt his anger as a child, he was the first to learn to silence it in his heart.
'And it's unstable.'
He was like a precarious child challenging himself to stand alone without an adult to help.
What I couldn't understand more from Mubin's point of view was that he was a 'guild leader' who was recently treated better than anyone else in the guild. Even when he went outside for a quest, a dexterous teammate named Bernie Parker followed him around and took care of his meals.
Moobin couldn't even guess that a person with that kind of ability would have been treated unfairly in his hometown, but only narrowed his eyebrows.
"...It's strange."
A small murmur leaked out. There were a lot of things that were difficult to say simply because the growth was slow. Estio, noticing his observant gaze, glanced behind him. The stairs going up to the dorm suddenly caught my eye.
After taking a light deep breath, Estio stopped walking up the stairs.
"Moobin."
"Yes?"
For nothing, Moobin pretended not to be looking at him and turned his gaze to the ceiling and smoked. However, the reason Estio called him was not because of his observing gaze.
"Please go in first."
After saying that without explanation, Estio started going down the road stairs.
Meow.
The black cat let out a single cry and glanced at the movie. Then he quickly followed Estio and sprinted down the stairs.
"I'm really selfish, I'm still a child."
Mubin untied his pods and scratched his head.
"How do you get in by yourself in this situation?"
Mubin, who muttered like that, started walking down the stairs with a sigh.
* * *
The evening sun on a well ripe spring day is quite long. Even though the red sunset was drenched in the sky like debris from snow now melted and soggy, it did not lose the sun and softly enveloped the world.
There was a girl standing by the window endlessly, looking at the cozy evening sky, which was dyed from red to orange and from orange to purple.
Serarin, the youngest daughter of Viscount Fabien, was ill and was a well-known young girl in town.
The blonde hair, which had originally been rolled up cutely and tied in rounds on both sides, was scattered randomly over her shoulders and fluttering in the wind. Ser Arin rested her hands on her window sill and gazed at the red sky with her empty eyes. The sunset dyed her green eyes, creating a bizarre color.
"Kyeing. Kyeing."
Sarah was not alone. At the end of her white nightgown dress, a small puppy was crying sadly. The tomboy girl, who would normally have made all sorts of fuss, holding the puppy Hiru in her arms and dancing together, pretended not to hear the cry.
"Kuk-eung. Wah! Wah!"
Tired of crying, Hiru tried to bark, but to no avail. Except for her sleeping hours, she used to stand by the window like this and stare at the sky. The ten-year-old girl, who neither eats nor speaks, quickly dried up. Her lively eyes had faded like a dry lake bed, and her lips had long swelled.
Families concerned about the child's health sometimes forced food into their mouths, but they vomited like a person who swallowed something disgusting and spit it out, only to have the opposite effect. The needle stuck in her skinny arm was the only source of nutrition that saved Sera. The holy water, which had been obtained from the Holy See at a great cost, flowed into her body along the needle, and the girl was able to survive without exhaustion with that power.
Sera was locked in the room like a well-made doll and did not move. The only thing she reacted to was the time to dye the sky red, and the clear evening sky where the sunset could be seen clearly.
At that moment, Sera, who was looking at the sky with the window wide open, heard a sound other than the barking of the dog Hiru.
Nyaan.
Sarah blankly lowered her gaze. Black hairs were visible.
The black cat, whipping its long tail once, jumped over the window sill with graceful steps and ran into the room. Sarah wasn't surprised by the sudden intrusion of an unfamiliar animal, just staring at her.
'Black color.......'
Its black fur seems to absorb even the light of the sunset, which is a rare black color. But it was also a familiar color to Sarah. She knew Sarah had a friend of hers who had the same color as her.
The girl squatted in front of the cat as if possessed. Hiru, who occupied a seat next to Sera like hers, was wary of her cat by revealing her tiny teeth.
"Arrrr!"
"......"
The black cat slowly began to lick its front paws, regardless of the dog's threat. The way he licked his hair neatly looked very arrogant.
"...Estio?"
The black cat stopped licking its front paws at the sound of the girl's small whisper. The odd-eyed eyes looking up at her as if to understand her words were mysteriously gleaming. Sarah's chapped lips moved slowly again.
"It's similar. Right, Hiru?"
"Aww!"
The dog frowned and barked violently, but the girl smiled a little. Even the sound of laughter was as weak as a withered blade of grass.
"I thought he was really stupid at first."
nah ah
The cat's eyes narrowed. Sera saw her tail waving uncomfortably to planting, and coughed a little as she tried to laugh out loud. Her skinny shoulders trembled uncontrollably. In the end, Sarah sat down in her seat as she was.
"Haha. It's messy and quiet. It's quiet. It doesn't sound like you're very happy because you can read your mind. I think it'd be really fun if you're like me. You can talk to Hiru every day."
The sincerity that he confessed to the cat came out without fear. Of course, the story without a context had nothing to do with the cat sitting quietly in front of Sera, who was sitting down and listening to the story.
"He has a hard expression on his face, so life doesn't look like much fun. Chi, he's also with cute Neju."
Sera remembered even the white-haired monkey, who roared around with her large size and made a simple cry. Her maids were furious, saying they were scary, but when Sera saw Neju, she was very cute, and her kind eyes seemed warm. I was so envious of Estio that Neju completely trusted and followed her, and I even got jealous of her.
"But when I look at what I'm trying to say, I have pretty eyes."
Black hair and dark blue eyes like obsidian came to mind. Everything was vivid from the moment when he and Hiru first exchanged her feelings with the power he had.
"I think I can understand why Neju liked him. Looking into those eyes makes me feel at ease."
She didn't even know why she was talking so often.
'Because the cat is black? The indifferent atmosphere is similar?'
Or maybe it's the same gaze that is staring at you as if you're going to listen to everyone. Sarah groaned softly and hugged her knees.
43
Estio Volume 2
- Episode 18
"I've already forgotten everything. The situation is too serious to argue about that now."
'Yes, it was such a person.'
Estio laughed bitterly. Human nature does not change easily even when faced with such a desperate and crazy hardship.
The Viscount still looked down at Estio and was arrogant. I'm not ignoring it on purpose, I'm just acting according to my habit. They judge people only by their value of use and treat them appropriately according to their status.
In his view, Estio, no matter how much he had become a guild leader, was a lower level person and was an efficient tool with high usability.
This man, Viscount Fabien, truly did not know how to admit his mistake and apologize. She didn't even realize she had done anything wrong in the first place. He always felt right and acted in a way that he felt was right, and he lived a life that was not ashamed of looking up to heaven.
It was the same this time.
"I don't want it twice. Just once, just once, help me."
"I asked why."
Estio repeated the question in a dry voice. When the Viscount hesitated, who also had nothing to say, he spoke strongly.
"Let go."
Slowly, regardless of his will, the power was released from his hand. As long as their eyes met, no human could defy Estio's mind control.
Viscount Fabien opened her eyes and looked at Estio's back, which had escaped from her hand. Mubindo, who silently ridiculed the poor appearance, also turned his back and passed him by.
The fading hope and the fear of losing a precious existence scratched the Viscount's chest like pieces of broken glass. Neither the laugh of Duke Heyga nor the click of the tongues of those who were watching did not provoke him as much as now.
Viscount Fabien, who had been enthralled like a madman with a rough beard, thick cheeks and blood-stained eyes, suddenly thought.
'This is not possible.'
As soon as I had that thought, my feet moved first like instinct. He ran again hastily and stopped in front of Estio.
dump!
At that moment, something no one expected happened. Estio looked down in amazement at the Viscount Fabien, who had kneeled at his feet.
"Sera!"
"......"
"I want to meet you."
"......"
"Please. Please, help my daughter."
Everyone held their breath and focused their eyes on Estio and the Viscount, who knelt down in front of him. The scene where a nobleman knelt down to beg for a commoner was truly a sight to behold. At the same time, the left crowd was engulfed in an atmosphere of walking on thin ice.
Here, what if Estio refuses the Viscount's request? Everyone waited for an answer with sweat on their hands in a situation where it was impossible to predict even an inch ahead.
Before long, Estio's lips, which had been tightly closed, fell.
"We do not accept orders."
Dark despair fell over the Viscount's dry face. The distorted eyes, as if asking why, were the same color as Sera's green eyes. Estio spoke again in a calm tone, as he had always done.
"Listen carefully. I won't take anything you give."
Ahh.
A sigh, which was blocked in the throat and turned into the sound of a single breath, beat the Viscount's heart.
"What I want to do."
It was an extremely cold gaze. Sharp dark blue eyes fluttered dangerously like the calm night sea.
"I judge for myself. And now I know you..."
wow.
A group of thoughts that no one else could hear flowed into Viscount Fabien's head.
- I don't like it, very much.
This time, he didn't give any orders, but the Viscount couldn't move as if he was tied to a rope. She had nothing more to say, nor did she have the courage to do so.
He was deeply disappointed in his despair.
Nevertheless, Viscount Fabien,
He didn't apologize in the end.
* * *
There was no emotion in Estio's footsteps towards the dormitory. However, Mubin felt that this dark-haired guild leader had a lot of edge because of that.
'If it's really nothing, there's no reason to wrap it up like this.'
Mubin walked slowly with his clasps on the back of his head. I suddenly remembered that Estio, who was leading the way, was just at the age of coming-of-age ceremony.
'Hmm, what. You're still young.'
Even though Mubin was a young man who was only 26 years old, Estio was young even in his eyes.
At nineteen, I was at the age when I could hate and like someone as much as I wanted. However, the reality was just too immersive for Estio to do that. When Estio first felt his anger as a child, he was the first to learn to silence it in his heart.
'And it's unstable.'
He was like a precarious child challenging himself to stand alone without an adult to help.
What I couldn't understand more from Mubin's point of view was that he was a 'guild leader' who was recently treated better than anyone else in the guild. Even when he went outside for a quest, a dexterous teammate named Bernie Parker followed him around and took care of his meals.
Moobin couldn't even guess that a person with that kind of ability would have been treated unfairly in his hometown, but only narrowed his eyebrows.
"...It's strange."
A small murmur leaked out. There were a lot of things that were difficult to say simply because the growth was slow. Estio, noticing his observant gaze, glanced behind him. The stairs going up to the dorm suddenly caught my eye.
After taking a light deep breath, Estio stopped walking up the stairs.
"Moobin."
"Yes?"
For nothing, Moobin pretended not to be looking at him and turned his gaze to the ceiling and smoked. However, the reason Estio called him was not because of his observing gaze.
"Please go in first."
After saying that without explanation, Estio started going down the road stairs.
Meow.
The black cat let out a single cry and glanced at the movie. Then he quickly followed Estio and sprinted down the stairs.
"I'm really selfish, I'm still a child."
Mubin untied his pods and scratched his head.
"How do you get in by yourself in this situation?"
Mubin, who muttered like that, started walking down the stairs with a sigh.
* * *
The evening sun on a well ripe spring day is quite long. Even though the red sunset was drenched in the sky like debris from snow now melted and soggy, it did not lose the sun and softly enveloped the world.
There was a girl standing by the window endlessly, looking at the cozy evening sky, which was dyed from red to orange and from orange to purple.
Serarin, the youngest daughter of Viscount Fabien, was ill and was a well-known young girl in town.
The blonde hair, which had originally been rolled up cutely and tied in rounds on both sides, was scattered randomly over her shoulders and fluttering in the wind. Ser Arin rested her hands on her window sill and gazed at the red sky with her empty eyes. The sunset dyed her green eyes, creating a bizarre color.
"Kyeing. Kyeing."
Sarah was not alone. At the end of her white nightgown dress, a small puppy was crying sadly. The tomboy girl, who would normally have made all sorts of fuss, holding the puppy Hiru in her arms and dancing together, pretended not to hear the cry.
"Kuk-eung. Wah! Wah!"
Tired of crying, Hiru tried to bark, but to no avail. Except for her sleeping hours, she used to stand by the window like this and stare at the sky. The ten-year-old girl, who neither eats nor speaks, quickly dried up. Her lively eyes had faded like a dry lake bed, and her lips had long swelled.
Families concerned about the child's health sometimes forced food into their mouths, but they vomited like a person who swallowed something disgusting and spit it out, only to have the opposite effect. The needle stuck in her skinny arm was the only source of nutrition that saved Sera. The holy water, which had been obtained from the Holy See at a great cost, flowed into her body along the needle, and the girl was able to survive without exhaustion with that power.
Sera was locked in the room like a well-made doll and did not move. The only thing she reacted to was the time to dye the sky red, and the clear evening sky where the sunset could be seen clearly.
At that moment, Sera, who was looking at the sky with the window wide open, heard a sound other than the barking of the dog Hiru.
Nyaan.
Sarah blankly lowered her gaze. Black hairs were visible.
The black cat, whipping its long tail once, jumped over the window sill with graceful steps and ran into the room. Sarah wasn't surprised by the sudden intrusion of an unfamiliar animal, just staring at her.
'Black color.......'
Its black fur seems to absorb even the light of the sunset, which is a rare black color. But it was also a familiar color to Sarah. She knew Sarah had a friend of hers who had the same color as her.
The girl squatted in front of the cat as if possessed. Hiru, who occupied a seat next to Sera like hers, was wary of her cat by revealing her tiny teeth.
"Arrrr!"
"......"
The black cat slowly began to lick its front paws, regardless of the dog's threat. The way he licked his hair neatly looked very arrogant.
"...Estio?"
The black cat stopped licking its front paws at the sound of the girl's small whisper. The odd-eyed eyes looking up at her as if to understand her words were mysteriously gleaming. Sarah's chapped lips moved slowly again.
"It's similar. Right, Hiru?"
"Aww!"
The dog frowned and barked violently, but the girl smiled a little. Even the sound of laughter was as weak as a withered blade of grass.
"I thought he was really stupid at first."
nah ah
The cat's eyes narrowed. Sera saw her tail waving uncomfortably to planting, and coughed a little as she tried to laugh out loud. Her skinny shoulders trembled uncontrollably. In the end, Sarah sat down in her seat as she was.
"Haha. It's messy and quiet. It's quiet. It doesn't sound like you're very happy because you can read your mind. I think it'd be really fun if you're like me. You can talk to Hiru every day."
The sincerity that he confessed to the cat came out without fear. Of course, the story without a context had nothing to do with the cat sitting quietly in front of Sera, who was sitting down and listening to the story.
"He has a hard expression on his face, so life doesn't look like much fun. Chi, he's also with cute Neju."
Sera remembered even the white-haired monkey, who roared around with her large size and made a simple cry. Her maids were furious, saying they were scary, but when Sera saw Neju, she was very cute, and her kind eyes seemed warm. I was so envious of Estio that Neju completely trusted and followed her, and I even got jealous of her.
"But when I look at what I'm trying to say, I have pretty eyes."
Black hair and dark blue eyes like obsidian came to mind. Everything was vivid from the moment when he and Hiru first exchanged her feelings with the power he had.
"I think I can understand why Neju liked him. Looking into those eyes makes me feel at ease."
She didn't even know why she was talking so often.
'Because the cat is black? The indifferent atmosphere is similar?'
Or maybe it's the same gaze that is staring at you as if you're going to listen to everyone. Sarah groaned softly and hugged her knees.
