89
4 Estio
- Episode 13
"Girsch is obviously fourteen."
Unlike Marisa, who was shocked, Moobin thought she knew it. The power struggle of the imperial family is so dirty and fierce.
'Cowards.'
It is very rare to find a vessel that is not afraid of the surroundings and can embrace it as one's own. How much less is the difference between brothers and sisters in the yard that even cousins are wary of? As soon as he ascended to the throne, it was natural to want to strike him on the neck.
"You chose to fight to protect His Majesty Marisa."
Marisa remembered her sister's pathetic gaze, begging her to 'don't throw it away'.
"The House of Delphia obeys His Majesty. This will not change under any circumstances. If you can lend me your strength in the future of the Haona imperial family."
The Duke of Delphia, who paused for a moment, bowed so deeply that his forehead touched the floor.
"I want to give strength to a monarch who fights to defend. Punish disloyalty."
The conversation ended there.
It was because Marisa had lost the will to persuade. On the contrary, she herself was persuaded. Even in her muddy heart, the princess turned around pretending to be resolute.
"Majesty."
"...Go back, tomorrow."
Marisa left the seat alone without looking back at the sound of her calling.
It was only natural for them to use separate rooms since each of them became a princess. But she walked firmly and no one knew what expression she would make inside her locked door.
The Duke of Delphia failed to convince.
The Ignis guild members gathered in one room were in serious agony in their own way.
"It's silly, run all the way here and leave."
As if his heart was flying alone, only a light mover grumbled between them. Then Parker answered with an anxious look.
"I'm scared. Isn't this a really big deal?"
"Arthur, Arthur. Since the founding of the country, there has been one or two internal divisions in Lubarzan. I am most amazed that this empire is maintained."
"The one who protects the country at the forefront will say that again."
Either way, Mubin continued to stretch with a languid face. Outside the window, it was raining quite a bit.
"Friend, have you ever had a dog?"
"No. As for animals I've looked after myself, it's about taming wild flying squirrels when I was a kid."
Parker bluntly replied that the family was so busy that he couldn't afford to keep the animals. The joiners are very active, so they like to leave their homes and wander around from time to time. Parker was nothing else and that was the reason he got a job as a guild deliveryman.
"And the dogs too."
"Yes?"
"He likes the owner who feeds him."
The animals that the Heiga family has been taking care of recently are wolves, not dogs, technically. The black wolves from the cave used to dig a tunnel even after they got to live with people.
"For them, the owner is the one who takes care of them, finds them, and treats them well."
"That's right."
"Me too."
Moobin smiled as he thought of them.
"I didn't take up my sword to defend my country."
He raised his sword to survive. And now there is another owner to protect. No matter who became the owner, there was no interest in the rice bowl fight between the swings.
Moobin, who had firmly established that part, this time asked for the opinion of the real owner.
"What are you going to do now? If you leave the princess like this, things will get complicated."
"......"
Estio had a troubled face. She came along to beg for help, but the princess would fall for the Duke of Delphia's persuasion.
This means that all of the 'three people who need to read your mind' first proposed by Princess Marisa have been met.
"What do you think Moobin should do?"
"Hmm, well. I'm not interested in the fight, but I'm worried about sparks."
I hope you don't interfere. But the devastation that was about to happen was good enough to just leave it alone. So, even if Estio was not involved in this case, Moobin was going to keep an eye on the situation until the end.
After organizing his thoughts, Estio slowly opened his mouth.
"Now I don't know how to proceed with the quest."
It is impossible to proceed with work without knowing what direction the client wants.
All the quests he has taken on so far have a clear purpose. His clients are confused and unanswered requests came to him as a great confusion.
"Isn't it simple?"
Ahur, who had been silent all the time, intervened quietly.
"Huh? What are you talking about, Mr. Cactus? Is there any sharp way?"
"Can't we just control the duke or the prince?"
mind-control.
Touching people's hearts and controlling them regardless of their will.
Estio had a precedent for using this power to kill his own privates last time. Estio, who had inadvertently remembered the ability he had forgotten, reflexively stiffened.
"Let's go and order not to kill anyone. Then just solve it!"
"My power doesn't last very long, so it's difficult unless you stay in the Imperial Palace."
Unfortunately it was. Estio, who is still inexperienced in handling his own power, only explosively activated Mind Control once in a while. There were a lot of problems that I wasn't sure about, such as how long the commands given through mind control would last, or whether they would work for everyone I wanted.
Also.
'If possible, I do not want to write.'
Estio still had a reluctance to use his abilities.
Reading minds or peeking into dreams has somehow gotten used to. However, it still made my stomach ache as much as controlling someone to my own will.
When he first realized that he had that kind of power, he instantly wanted to run away to a place where no one was.
'Is this why the dragons have moved away from people?'
Estio, who recalled the legend of the dragon tribe, who abandoned the world and went to the dragon realm long ago, sympathized with their feelings to some extent.
Although he could control people as he wanted, he did not do so and disappeared across the night sky into darkness.
Perhaps the dragon was a more delicate race than people imagined.
Whatever he was thinking, Estio refused to use his powers, so Ahur couldn't hold back any longer. Instead, he came up with some new ideas.
「Why are you going to start a fight right away? First-bread victory!"
"It can't be. Because Estio is in danger."
"Oh! that's right. It shouldn't be dangerous."
"......"
Estio had to keep his mouth shut because of Neju, who stepped out like a mother who overprotects her child.
"Then why shouldn't Moobin go out in support of the 5th Prince? If there are two dukes, the emperor seems to have no choice but to agree."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I can't do anything that goes against Your Majesty's will."
"Why?"
The cactus, once open to chatter, was very active.
"The Delphia family just did it."
"We're in a different situation than that. We're very persistent."
"My name is Ahur, a cactus that never gives up!"
With a smile, Moobin looked down at Ahur with eyes that were half unique and half sorry.
"The situation with our family is a bit complicated. It's not difficult to explain, but it's too long and I think it's boring..."
"Okay."
It was a clear refusal.
"...No, simply put, it is a problem at stake by the precious Youngji-min, who gave a helping hand in the crisis of the family's collapse. Please understand."
"Sheesh, I can't do that."
Today's Ahur is full of great enthusiasm to help Estio, except for the fact that it is an unreasonable number of throwers. The small head of a man who does not sleep for much and tries to help with anything, from Moobin's point of view, it was a dreadful thing.
"Hey."
"Well?"
"Your young people are nice. Let's all become military-free generals."
Mubin looked at Ahur, who pretended to be rude and spared no respect, with moved eyes. However, the palm he reached out to care for was always studded with sharp thorns.
"Ugh! Do you raise thorns even if you praise me!"
"Shut up! Don't you know that unapproved skinship is harassment? Put your hands away!"
Time flew by steadily, even while we were muttering. The conversation gradually changed from her original intention of finding a way to solve the situation and became erratic. If the princess had given up anyway, there was nothing they could do about it.
In the end, it was decided to wake up and watch the princess' decision.
the next morning.
tock tock.
At a time when it was not yet bright, a small noise was heard from the window. It wasn't the sound of raindrops crashing because it had stopped raining since dawn. Kai got up early and enjoyed his morning coffee, and the first thing he noticed was Kai, who quietly got up and opened the window.
Although it was still cloudy, the sun was shining brightly from the raining sky.
There was a small guest outside the window.
"Long time no see."
A black cat jumped past the boy who smiled kindly and landed on the floor.
Aeon.
It was a small cry, as if calling someone. Two bright yellow and green eyes scanned the room sharply. Fortunately, the person I was looking for appeared quickly.
"Tsuki?"
nah ah
The black cat whose name was called roared with satisfaction.
Estio, who had just woken up, stared blankly at Tsuki who was approaching with a gun. This arrogant black cat would appear at unexpected moments.
"I've been there."
"......Yes."
There were a lot of things I wanted to ask, but only one word came out of Estio's mouth. Instead of asking where he had gone and where he came from, he quietly held out his hand.
Then Tsuki came up to him and gently rubbed his head against his palm.
"The kid who asked to find his father in the Ranger Village, remember?"
The cat's fur was as soft as if it had been indoors the whole time. Estio, who had brushed Tsuki's hair, was a little relieved because it looked like it had been kept clean without getting hit by a drop of rain.
"I found her father."
"Ryan's father?"
"My name is Isaac. He was trying to keep them from chasing the traces, so he stole them here and there. It took me a while to find it."
Stopped, the hand that was stroking the black hair stopped.
The search for the lost father of a little boy named Lian was entrusted to a separate guild to search for. I was trying to find out as soon as this quest was over, but Tsuki hit the player.
Tsuki looked up at him in embarrassment and narrowed his Odd-Eye.
"I understand what you want to say, Estio. Because the guild you belong to is not a skill. If you want to find a person, it is faster to check it with your own eyes."
To others, all they heard was the sound of a cat meowing. Estio is the only one who can hear Tsuki's voice. Tsuki, who was well aware of that fact, immediately unraveled the information he had learned.
"Did you come to look for it yourself?"
"Yes."
"How far?"
"I found the traces that were taken from the 5th Imperial Palace. I'm in the capital now."
It was Tsuki who had even figured out the location. But the place was too cumbersome. As Estio hardened his expression, Kai, who was aware of the situation, cautiously intervened.
"I wonder if Heukho has found the father of the Rainville little boy."
"Yes, it seems that the 5th Prince took him."
"Huh, the Ranger who protects the forest east of the capital?"
Estio just nodded his head slightly.
89
4 Estio
- Episode 13
"Girsch is obviously fourteen."
Unlike Marisa, who was shocked, Moobin thought she knew it. The power struggle of the imperial family is so dirty and fierce.
'Cowards.'
It is very rare to find a vessel that is not afraid of the surroundings and can embrace it as one's own. How much less is the difference between brothers and sisters in the yard that even cousins are wary of? As soon as he ascended to the throne, it was natural to want to strike him on the neck.
"You chose to fight to protect His Majesty Marisa."
Marisa remembered her sister's pathetic gaze, begging her to 'don't throw it away'.
"The House of Delphia obeys His Majesty. This will not change under any circumstances. If you can lend me your strength in the future of the Haona imperial family."
The Duke of Delphia, who paused for a moment, bowed so deeply that his forehead touched the floor.
"I want to give strength to a monarch who fights to defend. Punish disloyalty."
The conversation ended there.
It was because Marisa had lost the will to persuade. On the contrary, she herself was persuaded. Even in her muddy heart, the princess turned around pretending to be resolute.
"Majesty."
"...Go back, tomorrow."
Marisa left the seat alone without looking back at the sound of her calling.
It was only natural for them to use separate rooms since each of them became a princess. But she walked firmly and no one knew what expression she would make inside her locked door.
The Duke of Delphia failed to convince.
The Ignis guild members gathered in one room were in serious agony in their own way.
"It's silly, run all the way here and leave."
As if his heart was flying alone, only a light mover grumbled between them. Then Parker answered with an anxious look.
"I'm scared. Isn't this a really big deal?"
"Arthur, Arthur. Since the founding of the country, there has been one or two internal divisions in Lubarzan. I am most amazed that this empire is maintained."
"The one who protects the country at the forefront will say that again."
Either way, Mubin continued to stretch with a languid face. Outside the window, it was raining quite a bit.
"Friend, have you ever had a dog?"
"No. As for animals I've looked after myself, it's about taming wild flying squirrels when I was a kid."
Parker bluntly replied that the family was so busy that he couldn't afford to keep the animals. The joiners are very active, so they like to leave their homes and wander around from time to time. Parker was nothing else and that was the reason he got a job as a guild deliveryman.
"And the dogs too."
"Yes?"
"He likes the owner who feeds him."
The animals that the Heiga family has been taking care of recently are wolves, not dogs, technically. The black wolves from the cave used to dig a tunnel even after they got to live with people.
"For them, the owner is the one who takes care of them, finds them, and treats them well."
"That's right."
"Me too."
Moobin smiled as he thought of them.
"I didn't take up my sword to defend my country."
He raised his sword to survive. And now there is another owner to protect. No matter who became the owner, there was no interest in the rice bowl fight between the swings.
Moobin, who had firmly established that part, this time asked for the opinion of the real owner.
"What are you going to do now? If you leave the princess like this, things will get complicated."
"......"
Estio had a troubled face. She came along to beg for help, but the princess would fall for the Duke of Delphia's persuasion.
This means that all of the 'three people who need to read your mind' first proposed by Princess Marisa have been met.
"What do you think Moobin should do?"
"Hmm, well. I'm not interested in the fight, but I'm worried about sparks."
I hope you don't interfere. But the devastation that was about to happen was good enough to just leave it alone. So, even if Estio was not involved in this case, Moobin was going to keep an eye on the situation until the end.
After organizing his thoughts, Estio slowly opened his mouth.
"Now I don't know how to proceed with the quest."
It is impossible to proceed with work without knowing what direction the client wants.
All the quests he has taken on so far have a clear purpose. His clients are confused and unanswered requests came to him as a great confusion.
"Isn't it simple?"
Ahur, who had been silent all the time, intervened quietly.
"Huh? What are you talking about, Mr. Cactus? Is there any sharp way?"
"Can't we just control the duke or the prince?"
mind-control.
Touching people's hearts and controlling them regardless of their will.
Estio had a precedent for using this power to kill his own privates last time. Estio, who had inadvertently remembered the ability he had forgotten, reflexively stiffened.
"Let's go and order not to kill anyone. Then just solve it!"
"My power doesn't last very long, so it's difficult unless you stay in the Imperial Palace."
Unfortunately it was. Estio, who is still inexperienced in handling his own power, only explosively activated Mind Control once in a while. There were a lot of problems that I wasn't sure about, such as how long the commands given through mind control would last, or whether they would work for everyone I wanted.
Also.
'If possible, I do not want to write.'
Estio still had a reluctance to use his abilities.
Reading minds or peeking into dreams has somehow gotten used to. However, it still made my stomach ache as much as controlling someone to my own will.
When he first realized that he had that kind of power, he instantly wanted to run away to a place where no one was.
'Is this why the dragons have moved away from people?'
Estio, who recalled the legend of the dragon tribe, who abandoned the world and went to the dragon realm long ago, sympathized with their feelings to some extent.
Although he could control people as he wanted, he did not do so and disappeared across the night sky into darkness.
Perhaps the dragon was a more delicate race than people imagined.
Whatever he was thinking, Estio refused to use his powers, so Ahur couldn't hold back any longer. Instead, he came up with some new ideas.
「Why are you going to start a fight right away? First-bread victory!"
"It can't be. Because Estio is in danger."
"Oh! that's right. It shouldn't be dangerous."
"......"
Estio had to keep his mouth shut because of Neju, who stepped out like a mother who overprotects her child.
"Then why shouldn't Moobin go out in support of the 5th Prince? If there are two dukes, the emperor seems to have no choice but to agree."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I can't do anything that goes against Your Majesty's will."
"Why?"
The cactus, once open to chatter, was very active.
"The Delphia family just did it."
"We're in a different situation than that. We're very persistent."
"My name is Ahur, a cactus that never gives up!"
With a smile, Moobin looked down at Ahur with eyes that were half unique and half sorry.
"The situation with our family is a bit complicated. It's not difficult to explain, but it's too long and I think it's boring..."
"Okay."
It was a clear refusal.
"...No, simply put, it is a problem at stake by the precious Youngji-min, who gave a helping hand in the crisis of the family's collapse. Please understand."
"Sheesh, I can't do that."
Today's Ahur is full of great enthusiasm to help Estio, except for the fact that it is an unreasonable number of throwers. The small head of a man who does not sleep for much and tries to help with anything, from Moobin's point of view, it was a dreadful thing.
"Hey."
"Well?"
"Your young people are nice. Let's all become military-free generals."
Mubin looked at Ahur, who pretended to be rude and spared no respect, with moved eyes. However, the palm he reached out to care for was always studded with sharp thorns.
"Ugh! Do you raise thorns even if you praise me!"
"Shut up! Don't you know that unapproved skinship is harassment? Put your hands away!"
Time flew by steadily, even while we were muttering. The conversation gradually changed from her original intention of finding a way to solve the situation and became erratic. If the princess had given up anyway, there was nothing they could do about it.
In the end, it was decided to wake up and watch the princess' decision.
the next morning.
tock tock.
At a time when it was not yet bright, a small noise was heard from the window. It wasn't the sound of raindrops crashing because it had stopped raining since dawn. Kai got up early and enjoyed his morning coffee, and the first thing he noticed was Kai, who quietly got up and opened the window.
Although it was still cloudy, the sun was shining brightly from the raining sky.
There was a small guest outside the window.
"Long time no see."
A black cat jumped past the boy who smiled kindly and landed on the floor.
Aeon.
It was a small cry, as if calling someone. Two bright yellow and green eyes scanned the room sharply. Fortunately, the person I was looking for appeared quickly.
"Tsuki?"
nah ah
The black cat whose name was called roared with satisfaction.
Estio, who had just woken up, stared blankly at Tsuki who was approaching with a gun. This arrogant black cat would appear at unexpected moments.
"I've been there."
"......Yes."
There were a lot of things I wanted to ask, but only one word came out of Estio's mouth. Instead of asking where he had gone and where he came from, he quietly held out his hand.
Then Tsuki came up to him and gently rubbed his head against his palm.
"The kid who asked to find his father in the Ranger Village, remember?"
The cat's fur was as soft as if it had been indoors the whole time. Estio, who had brushed Tsuki's hair, was a little relieved because it looked like it had been kept clean without getting hit by a drop of rain.
"I found her father."
"Ryan's father?"
"My name is Isaac. He was trying to keep them from chasing the traces, so he stole them here and there. It took me a while to find it."
Stopped, the hand that was stroking the black hair stopped.
The search for the lost father of a little boy named Lian was entrusted to a separate guild to search for. I was trying to find out as soon as this quest was over, but Tsuki hit the player.
Tsuki looked up at him in embarrassment and narrowed his Odd-Eye.
"I understand what you want to say, Estio. Because the guild you belong to is not a skill. If you want to find a person, it is faster to check it with your own eyes."
To others, all they heard was the sound of a cat meowing. Estio is the only one who can hear Tsuki's voice. Tsuki, who was well aware of that fact, immediately unraveled the information he had learned.
"Did you come to look for it yourself?"
"Yes."
"How far?"
"I found the traces that were taken from the 5th Imperial Palace. I'm in the capital now."
It was Tsuki who had even figured out the location. But the place was too cumbersome. As Estio hardened his expression, Kai, who was aware of the situation, cautiously intervened.
"I wonder if Heukho has found the father of the Rainville little boy."
"Yes, it seems that the 5th Prince took him."
"Huh, the Ranger who protects the forest east of the capital?"
Estio just nodded his head slightly.
