95
4 Estio
- Episode 19
"Can't you open that door?"
"Now, if you put your hand on the door, flames come in. I'll have to give up going out the normal exit."
Mubin drew his sword to the ground and approached the wall. The glass wall was transparent, so you could see beyond it. Outside, when darkness fell, flames soared, bright as daytime. Although wizards were put in, chain explosions kept happening here and there, so it seemed that the work of evolution was not easy.
'A well-prepared trap.'
It was as if someone was properly caught in the spider's web that was aiming for the princess. Moobin hooked her bangs in annoyance.
"Sir, at what level did you set the magic circle security level in the flower garden?"
A reddish light flashed over the sword that Mubin was holding with a hum. It was the magic within the body, that is, swordsmanship, handled by the body type talents.
Marisa, who was ignorant of swords, could easily infer that he was thinking of breaking down the wall.
"I'm sorry, but it's top-notch."
"haha."
Reluctantly, a sense of embarrassment passed over his smiling face.
'That must be damn strong,' Mubin muttered only with the shape of his mouth and raised his sword. And she struck down her glass wall like lightning.
Fiercely!
A dazzling spark bounced off the wall, protected by a top-notch magic circle, following the trajectory of the sword. After recovering her sword, Mubin looked at the smooth glass wall that did not cause incontinence even in the attack that caused the sword, and gave a disappointed look.
Parker, who looked at the push-style smoke rising blankly, said with a look like he was about to cry.
"Uh, hey, hey, are we stuck here then?"
No one answered, but in this situation the silence was an affirmation.
Princess Marisa and Estio, including Parker, were originally non-combatants.
"Mas...! No, Kai-sama, is it difficult to use your hands too?"
"Unfortunately, all my dolls are from trees."
The puppeteer Kai's ability was undoubtedly vulnerable to fire. Maybe that's why she stood back as far as Kai could, with her face paler than her usual.
Mubin glanced at Parker in disappointment and scratched the back of his neck while grabbing his sword.
'It's annoying. But if you give more strength here, the building will collapse.'
He is the Duke of Heiga, one of the best swordsmen in the empire. In fact, if he decided to break it somehow and grabbed the sword with all his might, he was able to shatter the glass window with protection magic.
However, if you destroy the magic circle in that way rather than drilling a hole, an explosion will occur. Then it was obvious that the people in the glass garden would not be safe.
"First, let's put out the fire on the door as soon as possible. It's a place, so if it spreads, it's really hard to handle."
If the fire spreads to the flower garden, which is heaven and earth, it would be over. Then Parker, whose complexion became bluish, asked a question.
"How do you put out the fire? We don't even have wizards."
"Well, it's also because a place is a place."
The joins still didn't understand, but it wasn't the time when they were quietly answering questions, so Mubin immediately turned to the princess.
"Sir, don't plants need water to grow?"
"Ah! Waterway!"
Marisa's complexion brightened.
"There is a pond in the center of the flower garden that supplies water. You can bring water from there."
In the basement of the garden there was a small canal that was not large enough for a person to pass through, but provided water to the flowers. Therefore, an artificial pond could exist even in a closed glass garden. That alone was a welcome sound while listening, so the party immediately moved.
When several people rushed and poured water from the pond, the fire that was burning by the door was quickly put out.
"Ha ha... I lived."
Parker, who flew away from his wings, fell to the floor, hugging a butterfly-shaped water iris.
"I just bought some time."
"From now on, it must be a fight against acting."
"Acting?"
Instead of the lights go out, only thick smoke remained, obscuring the view. There was also a lot of smoke coming in from outside.
Kai raised a voice while stirring his eyes that became cloudy in an instant.
"I'd like to get away from the smoke entrance as much as possible. Come on this way."
"Collock, Collock."
Marisa followed the guild members, covering her nose and coughing. There was a lot of smoke already inhaled.
They moved to the small artificial pond where they had pumped water a while ago. Covering the nose with a cloth moistened with water was all that could be done now.
"There is no protection magic on the door. Wouldn't it be better to break the door and leave?"
"It's not that I didn't think of that either, but, Your Majesty, Princess, let's take a look outside."
Marisa unintentionally turned her head as Moobin pointed out, and took a deep breath.
A roaring flame could be seen through the glass wall. The fire was spreading faster than before.
"It's a total hell."
"If I go out now, I'm going to burn to death."
Marisa, who heard Neju and Parker's comments, shouted with pale faces.
"It's absurd. There are always advanced wizards in my palace! Why hasn't the fire been extinguished yet?"
The fire was also a fire, but the rescue was too slow. If such an accident occurred in the Imperial Palace, it was normal for the guards to solve it immediately. A strange scene was caught in the eyes of the princess who thought so.
Chaeeng!
The sword and the sword collided, and ferocious sword energy was scattered. A roaring military dog ran towards the enemy, and as the magic exploded, the dark night sky instantly brightened as bright as broad daylight.
The knights protecting the Imperial Palace were fighting fierce battles with unknown enemies in the scorching flames.
"Hey, what's that all about?"
"Well, it must have been the purpose of eliminating the enemy in the way from the beginning."
"Hey ball! What is that."
"Look carefully."
Someone's blood splashed on the glass wall. It was blood burning with a color darker than the bright red flames.
"This is the price you pay for blatantly trusting the Emperor's orders, His Majesty the First Princess."
Crown Prince Luce began to move in earnest. The first step was to hit the first princess, Marisa, who was the most annoying to her.
Unable to see the outside that had turned into a brutal battlefield, Marisa tightly closed her eyes.
Beyond the glass wall, which completely blocked out external sounds, it was just a transparent glimmer. Her princess buried her head between her knees and began to sob. Mubin turned her head, pretending not to know, and an uncomfortable silence drifted through the garden.
Neju, who was standing holding a cactus and a crystal flower pot in one arm, crouched down next to Estio. Then she paused for a moment and looked her in the eyes, then she asked cautiously.
"Are you okay?"
"Estio."
Oh my.
The dark blue eyes, who had only stared at the floor, responded to the call one beat later. Tsuki, who had been meowing as he wandered around, jumped up onto his shoulder.
"Why are you like this?"
Tsuki stroked Estio's hair with his front foot. Her dark hair, wet with sweat, was easily torn.
"I sweat a lot. Since when?"
"......"
Without a word, Estio wiped the sweat that was blocking his view with the back of his hand. He didn't even think of answering that it was okay, even with empty words.
'Why is it so hot?'
At first I thought it was because of the fire. However, thinking back, he was not affected by any heat thanks to the guild suit with the magic effect. The guild uniform boasted not only the heat but also a strong defense enough to not get burned even if it rolled in a fire pit for a while.
Even Princess Marisa, who was weak in physical strength, coughed a little because of the smoke and seemed to be able to tolerate it.
Estio thought as he touched his dizzy forehead.
'Is it because of alcohol?'
Nectar Tantalus. There was only one drink, but it was a drink called a drug that attracts dragons, so there was quite a bit of potential.
I got up from the empty seat, feeling something strange because of the cat constantly crying.
"Estio-sama?"
Seeing Mubin's back, who reacts sensitively to subtle signs, Marisa put on a bewildered expression on her face.
'It's kind of weird then. Why does the Duke of Heyga treat him with such respect?'
Marisa knew well that Estio had special abilities. It was also why she trusted him and entrusted him with a dangerous commission. It was natural for the Ignis guild members to follow the guild leader, so even so, Moobin R. Heiga's actions were completely unpredictable.
Whether Marisa had any doubts or not, Mubin knelt down in front of Estio and looked at her complexion.
"Are you okay?"
"I do not know."
Estio answered in a slightly subdued voice.
I could feel the heat around my eyes, but it wasn't to the point where I couldn't stand it. It's dizzy, but not to the point of collapse, and my heart is beating fast, but not to the point of suffocating. So, if I was sick, it wasn't.
Estio left his worried gaze and lifted his head.
"Princess Marisa."
"Ah?"
Marisa, who had been secretly observing their sheep, squinted and rolled her eyes.
"Your flower has something to say."
"Yes? Flowers? Now?"
"Yes, now."
It was a sudden request for a conversation.
Now, trapped in a flower garden and feeling threatened with life. It was an unexpected timing, so Marisa and everyone else were taken aback.
At that moment, white petals flew like a delicate butterfly and brushed Marisa's cheeks.
"......Hi......."
This time she heard it too.
"Our precious person."
A friendly whisper that always came towards her.
But there was not one whisper.
The entire flower garden surrounded by glass was humming towards Marisa as if in a chorus.
"We know 'Marisa'."
"I was asleep all the time."
"I heard you, 'Marisa's greeting.'"
They all sounded the same, but if you listen closely, the speakers are slightly different.
Marisa, who was listening, was so startled that even her lips were trembling.
"This, this, this is what it is."
There was also a mix of shrill laughter mixed in. Marisa couldn't believe it, so she glanced at Estio.
"Can you hear me, these voices?"
"I hear you."
It was natural. Because it was Estio who gave her the voice of her plants.
Not only that, but Mubin, Kai, Parker, and Neju, Tsuki, and Ahur were all listening as well. The people who followed Estio also had strange expressions on their faces as it was the first time they had ever heard the plants speak in a group like this.
"Explain me properly, Estio! Who and where are you talking now?"
"Perhaps all the plants that grew up in the flower garden under the care of the princess."
"Oh my God, the whole garden? Wasn't it just crystal flowers?"
Standing in front of the startled Marisa, Estio sighed inwardly.
'...I was going to do that.'
In fact, he was astonished.
95
4 Estio
- Episode 19
"Can't you open that door?"
"Now, if you put your hand on the door, flames come in. I'll have to give up going out the normal exit."
Mubin drew his sword to the ground and approached the wall. The glass wall was transparent, so you could see beyond it. Outside, when darkness fell, flames soared, bright as daytime. Although wizards were put in, chain explosions kept happening here and there, so it seemed that the work of evolution was not easy.
'A well-prepared trap.'
It was as if someone was properly caught in the spider's web that was aiming for the princess. Moobin hooked her bangs in annoyance.
"Sir, at what level did you set the magic circle security level in the flower garden?"
A reddish light flashed over the sword that Mubin was holding with a hum. It was the magic within the body, that is, swordsmanship, handled by the body type talents.
Marisa, who was ignorant of swords, could easily infer that he was thinking of breaking down the wall.
"I'm sorry, but it's top-notch."
"haha."
Reluctantly, a sense of embarrassment passed over his smiling face.
'That must be damn strong,' Mubin muttered only with the shape of his mouth and raised his sword. And she struck down her glass wall like lightning.
Fiercely!
A dazzling spark bounced off the wall, protected by a top-notch magic circle, following the trajectory of the sword. After recovering her sword, Mubin looked at the smooth glass wall that did not cause incontinence even in the attack that caused the sword, and gave a disappointed look.
Parker, who looked at the push-style smoke rising blankly, said with a look like he was about to cry.
"Uh, hey, hey, are we stuck here then?"
No one answered, but in this situation the silence was an affirmation.
Princess Marisa and Estio, including Parker, were originally non-combatants.
"Mas...! No, Kai-sama, is it difficult to use your hands too?"
"Unfortunately, all my dolls are from trees."
The puppeteer Kai's ability was undoubtedly vulnerable to fire. Maybe that's why she stood back as far as Kai could, with her face paler than her usual.
Mubin glanced at Parker in disappointment and scratched the back of his neck while grabbing his sword.
'It's annoying. But if you give more strength here, the building will collapse.'
He is the Duke of Heiga, one of the best swordsmen in the empire. In fact, if he decided to break it somehow and grabbed the sword with all his might, he was able to shatter the glass window with protection magic.
However, if you destroy the magic circle in that way rather than drilling a hole, an explosion will occur. Then it was obvious that the people in the glass garden would not be safe.
"First, let's put out the fire on the door as soon as possible. It's a place, so if it spreads, it's really hard to handle."
If the fire spreads to the flower garden, which is heaven and earth, it would be over. Then Parker, whose complexion became bluish, asked a question.
"How do you put out the fire? We don't even have wizards."
"Well, it's also because a place is a place."
The joins still didn't understand, but it wasn't the time when they were quietly answering questions, so Mubin immediately turned to the princess.
"Sir, don't plants need water to grow?"
"Ah! Waterway!"
Marisa's complexion brightened.
"There is a pond in the center of the flower garden that supplies water. You can bring water from there."
In the basement of the garden there was a small canal that was not large enough for a person to pass through, but provided water to the flowers. Therefore, an artificial pond could exist even in a closed glass garden. That alone was a welcome sound while listening, so the party immediately moved.
When several people rushed and poured water from the pond, the fire that was burning by the door was quickly put out.
"Ha ha... I lived."
Parker, who flew away from his wings, fell to the floor, hugging a butterfly-shaped water iris.
"I just bought some time."
"From now on, it must be a fight against acting."
"Acting?"
Instead of the lights go out, only thick smoke remained, obscuring the view. There was also a lot of smoke coming in from outside.
Kai raised a voice while stirring his eyes that became cloudy in an instant.
"I'd like to get away from the smoke entrance as much as possible. Come on this way."
"Collock, Collock."
Marisa followed the guild members, covering her nose and coughing. There was a lot of smoke already inhaled.
They moved to the small artificial pond where they had pumped water a while ago. Covering the nose with a cloth moistened with water was all that could be done now.
"There is no protection magic on the door. Wouldn't it be better to break the door and leave?"
"It's not that I didn't think of that either, but, Your Majesty, Princess, let's take a look outside."
Marisa unintentionally turned her head as Moobin pointed out, and took a deep breath.
A roaring flame could be seen through the glass wall. The fire was spreading faster than before.
"It's a total hell."
"If I go out now, I'm going to burn to death."
Marisa, who heard Neju and Parker's comments, shouted with pale faces.
"It's absurd. There are always advanced wizards in my palace! Why hasn't the fire been extinguished yet?"
The fire was also a fire, but the rescue was too slow. If such an accident occurred in the Imperial Palace, it was normal for the guards to solve it immediately. A strange scene was caught in the eyes of the princess who thought so.
Chaeeng!
The sword and the sword collided, and ferocious sword energy was scattered. A roaring military dog ran towards the enemy, and as the magic exploded, the dark night sky instantly brightened as bright as broad daylight.
The knights protecting the Imperial Palace were fighting fierce battles with unknown enemies in the scorching flames.
"Hey, what's that all about?"
"Well, it must have been the purpose of eliminating the enemy in the way from the beginning."
"Hey ball! What is that."
"Look carefully."
Someone's blood splashed on the glass wall. It was blood burning with a color darker than the bright red flames.
"This is the price you pay for blatantly trusting the Emperor's orders, His Majesty the First Princess."
Crown Prince Luce began to move in earnest. The first step was to hit the first princess, Marisa, who was the most annoying to her.
Unable to see the outside that had turned into a brutal battlefield, Marisa tightly closed her eyes.
Beyond the glass wall, which completely blocked out external sounds, it was just a transparent glimmer. Her princess buried her head between her knees and began to sob. Mubin turned her head, pretending not to know, and an uncomfortable silence drifted through the garden.
Neju, who was standing holding a cactus and a crystal flower pot in one arm, crouched down next to Estio. Then she paused for a moment and looked her in the eyes, then she asked cautiously.
"Are you okay?"
"Estio."
Oh my.
The dark blue eyes, who had only stared at the floor, responded to the call one beat later. Tsuki, who had been meowing as he wandered around, jumped up onto his shoulder.
"Why are you like this?"
Tsuki stroked Estio's hair with his front foot. Her dark hair, wet with sweat, was easily torn.
"I sweat a lot. Since when?"
"......"
Without a word, Estio wiped the sweat that was blocking his view with the back of his hand. He didn't even think of answering that it was okay, even with empty words.
'Why is it so hot?'
At first I thought it was because of the fire. However, thinking back, he was not affected by any heat thanks to the guild suit with the magic effect. The guild uniform boasted not only the heat but also a strong defense enough to not get burned even if it rolled in a fire pit for a while.
Even Princess Marisa, who was weak in physical strength, coughed a little because of the smoke and seemed to be able to tolerate it.
Estio thought as he touched his dizzy forehead.
'Is it because of alcohol?'
Nectar Tantalus. There was only one drink, but it was a drink called a drug that attracts dragons, so there was quite a bit of potential.
I got up from the empty seat, feeling something strange because of the cat constantly crying.
"Estio-sama?"
Seeing Mubin's back, who reacts sensitively to subtle signs, Marisa put on a bewildered expression on her face.
'It's kind of weird then. Why does the Duke of Heyga treat him with such respect?'
Marisa knew well that Estio had special abilities. It was also why she trusted him and entrusted him with a dangerous commission. It was natural for the Ignis guild members to follow the guild leader, so even so, Moobin R. Heiga's actions were completely unpredictable.
Whether Marisa had any doubts or not, Mubin knelt down in front of Estio and looked at her complexion.
"Are you okay?"
"I do not know."
Estio answered in a slightly subdued voice.
I could feel the heat around my eyes, but it wasn't to the point where I couldn't stand it. It's dizzy, but not to the point of collapse, and my heart is beating fast, but not to the point of suffocating. So, if I was sick, it wasn't.
Estio left his worried gaze and lifted his head.
"Princess Marisa."
"Ah?"
Marisa, who had been secretly observing their sheep, squinted and rolled her eyes.
"Your flower has something to say."
"Yes? Flowers? Now?"
"Yes, now."
It was a sudden request for a conversation.
Now, trapped in a flower garden and feeling threatened with life. It was an unexpected timing, so Marisa and everyone else were taken aback.
At that moment, white petals flew like a delicate butterfly and brushed Marisa's cheeks.
"......Hi......."
This time she heard it too.
"Our precious person."
A friendly whisper that always came towards her.
But there was not one whisper.
The entire flower garden surrounded by glass was humming towards Marisa as if in a chorus.
"We know 'Marisa'."
"I was asleep all the time."
"I heard you, 'Marisa's greeting.'"
They all sounded the same, but if you listen closely, the speakers are slightly different.
Marisa, who was listening, was so startled that even her lips were trembling.
"This, this, this is what it is."
There was also a mix of shrill laughter mixed in. Marisa couldn't believe it, so she glanced at Estio.
"Can you hear me, these voices?"
"I hear you."
It was natural. Because it was Estio who gave her the voice of her plants.
Not only that, but Mubin, Kai, Parker, and Neju, Tsuki, and Ahur were all listening as well. The people who followed Estio also had strange expressions on their faces as it was the first time they had ever heard the plants speak in a group like this.
"Explain me properly, Estio! Who and where are you talking now?"
"Perhaps all the plants that grew up in the flower garden under the care of the princess."
"Oh my God, the whole garden? Wasn't it just crystal flowers?"
Standing in front of the startled Marisa, Estio sighed inwardly.
'...I was going to do that.'
In fact, he was astonished.
