Estio Volume 7
- Episode 12
"Are you sad?"
Estio was still looking at the Holy Knights without lifting a finger. But for the knights, his frost-cold voice was more terrifying than the roaring monster.
"You will only get back what you did."
"......!"
"So even if it's embarrassing."
Estio raised a finger and pointed to Ruby from the front. Instinctively realizing that this was the final sentence, the Knights Commander tried to free himself from the control of the mind that had been ensnared, but to no avail.
"Just be patient."
"for a moment!"
stand tall.
The hand gesture to descend has stopped. Estio looked down at the existence that was intervening between him and the Holy Knights.
In a desperate moment, it was none other than a small plant that saved the Holy Knights from death. The cactus that popped up and blocked Estio's face looked up at him and said,
"I am against killing them."
"...Ahur?"
Estio had a bewildered look, but it was the Holy Knights, including Ruby, who were actually surprised.
'Plants talk?!'
'Plants walking around?!'
'Isn't that just an ordinary cactus!'
It was such a shocking scene that the fact that his life could have been taken away was instantly forgotten. The Holy Knights left their limbs still frozen, and their eyes widened.
Cactus in small pots. When the Holy Knights attacked the party, Neju protected them thoroughly, but because it was a plant, he ignored it because he thought it would pose a significant threat, so he was the only one who survived.
"Shouldn't we first listen to why they attacked us?"
Ahur had a lively tone as usual.
"Of course, I understand the feeling of not wanting to even hear your voice. If it were me, I have a thorn in the mouth of those who cannot understand that situation, and I am full of will to go to heaven. So was Tiger and so was Neju. But Estio, not you."
In an instant, the cactus, who treated the Holy Knights as idiots that even the emperor was afraid of, continued to speak.
"Are you confident that you won't regret it after killing them all?"
"I......."
Estio looked down at Tsuki in his arms once. The traces of pain were evident on Tsuki's face, with his eyes closed as if dead. Seeing that scene, I remembered Tsuki, who used to pull the hem of her clothes before going through her portal, telling her that he had a bad feeling, and made it even more suffocating.
"I already regret it."
The arm holding Tsuki trembled slightly.
"I couldn't convince myself that Hwangryong wasn't my enemy."
Estio was relieved without knowing it. Perhaps from the time he thought that the Yellow Dragon Shu Hanan might be his biological father, he had been calming down little by little. Even if he didn't welcome him, there was a strange expectation that he wouldn't show his sloppy teeth.
'Tsuki is right. I had a lot of sympathy for him.'
Sympathy is also right. On the Isle of Sky where the autumn leaves were falling, Tsuki said that and told him not to give affection to Shuhanan. Now was the result of giving affection to a real family I had never met. Estio, hugging the droopy black cat tightly, regretted it with a suppressed voice.
"I shouldn't have left alone. No, from the beginning."
I felt like crying right now, but strangely, no tears came out.
"I shouldn't have brought you here."
Since it was Estio herself and no one else who had decided to meet Shuhanan, she should have come alone without bringing in others. If it had been so, it would not have been such a mess for everyone to suffer.
In front of such Estio, the cactus sighed heavily.
"Hey, stop beating yourself up. I'm working hard right now for fear of you being like that, right?"
"...I have no other regrets. So, get out of the way, Ahur."
"no! There is another problem. Those people say they are guardians of Hwangryong? If you don't feel guilty when you kill them all and visit Hwangryong, I won't stop you."
While Estio was speechless here, Ahur gathered momentum and settled the situation more calmly.
"And even though those people were wrong! Actually, surprisingly, no one died because of them! So, let's calm down a little and see you."
Estio looked at Tsuki once, then turned his head again to check the status of the other party one by one. He was obviously all badly wounded and bleeding, but he was still alive. Neju, who has excellent regenerative power, as well as Tsuki, the guardian, were already in the process of getting hurt due to their self-healing ability. Kai had no serious injuries except for her shoulder, which was cut by her knife, and her Parker was barely recognizable, but she seemed to have simply lost consciousness.
not dead! Recognizing that fact, Estio blankly lowered his hand.
"right? No one died. If I make a flower and treat it, I'll be fine in no time. Alright then, Estio."
As Estio seemed a little genuine, Ahur asked him again.
"What do you want to do now?"
In the end, it was Estio's will that Ahur respected. White snow began to scatter under the gloomy dawn sky. Having been able to look at the situation more objectively thanks to the intervention of the cactus, the first choice Estio made was to heal his injured colleagues.
The red flowers that Ahur drank Estio's blood were used for treatment. The red flowers of Ahur were very effective in healing, so any wounds suffered by colleagues disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the sound of breathing that was complaining of pain became more comfortable. There, she healed the remaining wounds with the medicine and bandages she found in Parker's belongings, and only then was able to overcome the crisis and breathe. Estio laid out his clothes or blankets and laid them comfortably on them so that his colleagues, who had not yet regained consciousness, could rest.
By the time I finished the process, it was already morning. The snow, which had been falling since dawn, is now soft and has piled up quite a bit. All the while, the Holy Knights were knelt down in a line, making eye contact and trembling. He was still not freed from the domination of mind control and could not stand up at will.
'The baptism of the Holy Spirit begins on the morning of the first day of the new year, in the purest sunlight.'
It was around the time the ritual began. Estio looked up at the faint sunlight coming down through the clouds and moved slowly. The place he headed was where the Holy Knights knelt.
"Ruberry F. St."
The knight leader, who had lost the power battle in vain, raised his head with gloomy eyes. As the dark blue eyes and eyes met, the tension came up to the point where my throat sting again. Estio only withheld retaliation, but he did not forgive them.
"What orders did you guys receive from Shuhanan?"
"...to clean up around you, ok!"
Ruby, who was the only one who was allowed to speak, fell down without answering.
Now he had to lie on the floor with his nose stuck on the floor. It was shameful for him to kneel, but it was a humiliating posture for a knight who would not bow his head to anyone but his master.
"Speak straight. Does that mean I've been ordered to kill allies who aren't me?"
Ruby tilted her head slightly and let out a sigh. He forced his nose to the floor, and his power was out of control, causing his nosebleeds to burst, leaving his face in a mess.
"It wasn't exactly to kill, no. Cool! It was an order to keep things organized so that they couldn't follow you any more."
"organize......?"
"Of course, it would have been okay if I killed him, but in that case, the guild leader who lost all his companions might run away. That's not what our master wants."
After taking a rough breath, Ruby answered, revealing her gums soaked in blood. It was a sad laugh.
"Kuh, now that I see it, it seems like it was a useless worry. It's completely."
Estio let him laugh or not, and pondered what he had just heard in his head.
'Shuhanan told me to clean up my surroundings?'
It was a strange command. Of course, I thought they were attacking me to kill me, but it wasn't. The Holy Knights had no intention of killing Estio's companions from the beginning.
'Why did he target the people around me, not me?'
Something strange was going on. Hearing Ruby's words, I felt fortunate that I didn't immediately kill the Holy Knights as Ahur advised. Estio released the power holding them back without asking Ruby any further.
"leader!"
"Captain, are you okay?"
As soon as they were released from captivity, the knights took them from the head. Lou Berry, who had been lying on his face, staggered to his feet, supported by his men.
"Aww. When I woke up, I saw a more terrifying expression on my face. Would you forgive me with that face?"
"Don't get me wrong."
Estio denied Ruby's expectations with a cool voice.
"Forgiveness should be sought for those whom you have offended."
Since the wounds suffered by the Holy Knights were quite deep, Estio's colleagues still couldn't open their eyes.
"And the illusion that I'm going to follow suit just because Shuhanan calls."
"Huh? Didn't you also want to meet our master?"
"I meant to do that, but I will at least stay by my side until my colleagues recover."
The faces of the holy knights who knew Estio would go to Shuhanan right away were dyed with embarrassment. It was more difficult for the guardians to fail to fulfill Hwangryong's orders than to lose their lives.
Estio sent a vigilant glance towards those holy knights.
"Because you never know when the blind tip of the sword will target them again."
"No, I'm not aiming twice."
"How do you believe?"
I had nothing to say. It was only natural that Estio did not believe in the Holy Knights who had already attacked him once and had harmed his comrades. The knights, who had lost their trust, were gloomy as a group, but Estio turned around and looked at the condition of his comrades.
"Kai, are the wounds okay?"
"Um, thanks for clearing it up."
Kai, who had suffered a shoulder injury, came to his senses quickly, unlike the rest of the team. Her bare skin was tangled like a skein of thread under her shoulder, which was completely healed without a single scar with the flowers bloomed by Ahur. As she had taken off her robe for her treatment, she could clearly see the uncovered tattoos running across her body like scars. Kai touched her shoulder for a moment and smiled like a child in her room.
"I didn't know your favorite cactus had so much healing power."
"Ahem. You can just call me Ahur-sama."
"Heh heh, I really don't have any other names. Actually, I was prepared to throw away an arm here."
Estio kept her mouth shut as she looked at Kai making a scary noise. She said it like a joke, but no one knew the truth of what Kai said. Estio brushed Tsuki's hair, which was lying down as if dead. I could feel the movement of her exhaling up and down a little, realizing that Tsuki was alive.
Estio Volume 7
- Episode 12
"Are you sad?"
Estio was still looking at the Holy Knights without lifting a finger. But for the knights, his frost-cold voice was more terrifying than the roaring monster.
"You will only get back what you did."
"......!"
"So even if it's embarrassing."
Estio raised a finger and pointed to Ruby from the front. Instinctively realizing that this was the final sentence, the Knights Commander tried to free himself from the control of the mind that had been ensnared, but to no avail.
"Just be patient."
"for a moment!"
stand tall.
The hand gesture to descend has stopped. Estio looked down at the existence that was intervening between him and the Holy Knights.
In a desperate moment, it was none other than a small plant that saved the Holy Knights from death. The cactus that popped up and blocked Estio's face looked up at him and said,
"I am against killing them."
"...Ahur?"
Estio had a bewildered look, but it was the Holy Knights, including Ruby, who were actually surprised.
'Plants talk?!'
'Plants walking around?!'
'Isn't that just an ordinary cactus!'
It was such a shocking scene that the fact that his life could have been taken away was instantly forgotten. The Holy Knights left their limbs still frozen, and their eyes widened.
Cactus in small pots. When the Holy Knights attacked the party, Neju protected them thoroughly, but because it was a plant, he ignored it because he thought it would pose a significant threat, so he was the only one who survived.
"Shouldn't we first listen to why they attacked us?"
Ahur had a lively tone as usual.
"Of course, I understand the feeling of not wanting to even hear your voice. If it were me, I have a thorn in the mouth of those who cannot understand that situation, and I am full of will to go to heaven. So was Tiger and so was Neju. But Estio, not you."
In an instant, the cactus, who treated the Holy Knights as idiots that even the emperor was afraid of, continued to speak.
"Are you confident that you won't regret it after killing them all?"
"I......."
Estio looked down at Tsuki in his arms once. The traces of pain were evident on Tsuki's face, with his eyes closed as if dead. Seeing that scene, I remembered Tsuki, who used to pull the hem of her clothes before going through her portal, telling her that he had a bad feeling, and made it even more suffocating.
"I already regret it."
The arm holding Tsuki trembled slightly.
"I couldn't convince myself that Hwangryong wasn't my enemy."
Estio was relieved without knowing it. Perhaps from the time he thought that the Yellow Dragon Shu Hanan might be his biological father, he had been calming down little by little. Even if he didn't welcome him, there was a strange expectation that he wouldn't show his sloppy teeth.
'Tsuki is right. I had a lot of sympathy for him.'
Sympathy is also right. On the Isle of Sky where the autumn leaves were falling, Tsuki said that and told him not to give affection to Shuhanan. Now was the result of giving affection to a real family I had never met. Estio, hugging the droopy black cat tightly, regretted it with a suppressed voice.
"I shouldn't have left alone. No, from the beginning."
I felt like crying right now, but strangely, no tears came out.
"I shouldn't have brought you here."
Since it was Estio herself and no one else who had decided to meet Shuhanan, she should have come alone without bringing in others. If it had been so, it would not have been such a mess for everyone to suffer.
In front of such Estio, the cactus sighed heavily.
"Hey, stop beating yourself up. I'm working hard right now for fear of you being like that, right?"
"...I have no other regrets. So, get out of the way, Ahur."
"no! There is another problem. Those people say they are guardians of Hwangryong? If you don't feel guilty when you kill them all and visit Hwangryong, I won't stop you."
While Estio was speechless here, Ahur gathered momentum and settled the situation more calmly.
"And even though those people were wrong! Actually, surprisingly, no one died because of them! So, let's calm down a little and see you."
Estio looked at Tsuki once, then turned his head again to check the status of the other party one by one. He was obviously all badly wounded and bleeding, but he was still alive. Neju, who has excellent regenerative power, as well as Tsuki, the guardian, were already in the process of getting hurt due to their self-healing ability. Kai had no serious injuries except for her shoulder, which was cut by her knife, and her Parker was barely recognizable, but she seemed to have simply lost consciousness.
not dead! Recognizing that fact, Estio blankly lowered his hand.
"right? No one died. If I make a flower and treat it, I'll be fine in no time. Alright then, Estio."
As Estio seemed a little genuine, Ahur asked him again.
"What do you want to do now?"
In the end, it was Estio's will that Ahur respected. White snow began to scatter under the gloomy dawn sky. Having been able to look at the situation more objectively thanks to the intervention of the cactus, the first choice Estio made was to heal his injured colleagues.
The red flowers that Ahur drank Estio's blood were used for treatment. The red flowers of Ahur were very effective in healing, so any wounds suffered by colleagues disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the sound of breathing that was complaining of pain became more comfortable. There, she healed the remaining wounds with the medicine and bandages she found in Parker's belongings, and only then was able to overcome the crisis and breathe. Estio laid out his clothes or blankets and laid them comfortably on them so that his colleagues, who had not yet regained consciousness, could rest.
By the time I finished the process, it was already morning. The snow, which had been falling since dawn, is now soft and has piled up quite a bit. All the while, the Holy Knights were knelt down in a line, making eye contact and trembling. He was still not freed from the domination of mind control and could not stand up at will.
'The baptism of the Holy Spirit begins on the morning of the first day of the new year, in the purest sunlight.'
It was around the time the ritual began. Estio looked up at the faint sunlight coming down through the clouds and moved slowly. The place he headed was where the Holy Knights knelt.
"Ruberry F. St."
The knight leader, who had lost the power battle in vain, raised his head with gloomy eyes. As the dark blue eyes and eyes met, the tension came up to the point where my throat sting again. Estio only withheld retaliation, but he did not forgive them.
"What orders did you guys receive from Shuhanan?"
"...to clean up around you, ok!"
Ruby, who was the only one who was allowed to speak, fell down without answering.
Now he had to lie on the floor with his nose stuck on the floor. It was shameful for him to kneel, but it was a humiliating posture for a knight who would not bow his head to anyone but his master.
"Speak straight. Does that mean I've been ordered to kill allies who aren't me?"
Ruby tilted her head slightly and let out a sigh. He forced his nose to the floor, and his power was out of control, causing his nosebleeds to burst, leaving his face in a mess.
"It wasn't exactly to kill, no. Cool! It was an order to keep things organized so that they couldn't follow you any more."
"organize......?"
"Of course, it would have been okay if I killed him, but in that case, the guild leader who lost all his companions might run away. That's not what our master wants."
After taking a rough breath, Ruby answered, revealing her gums soaked in blood. It was a sad laugh.
"Kuh, now that I see it, it seems like it was a useless worry. It's completely."
Estio let him laugh or not, and pondered what he had just heard in his head.
'Shuhanan told me to clean up my surroundings?'
It was a strange command. Of course, I thought they were attacking me to kill me, but it wasn't. The Holy Knights had no intention of killing Estio's companions from the beginning.
'Why did he target the people around me, not me?'
Something strange was going on. Hearing Ruby's words, I felt fortunate that I didn't immediately kill the Holy Knights as Ahur advised. Estio released the power holding them back without asking Ruby any further.
"leader!"
"Captain, are you okay?"
As soon as they were released from captivity, the knights took them from the head. Lou Berry, who had been lying on his face, staggered to his feet, supported by his men.
"Aww. When I woke up, I saw a more terrifying expression on my face. Would you forgive me with that face?"
"Don't get me wrong."
Estio denied Ruby's expectations with a cool voice.
"Forgiveness should be sought for those whom you have offended."
Since the wounds suffered by the Holy Knights were quite deep, Estio's colleagues still couldn't open their eyes.
"And the illusion that I'm going to follow suit just because Shuhanan calls."
"Huh? Didn't you also want to meet our master?"
"I meant to do that, but I will at least stay by my side until my colleagues recover."
The faces of the holy knights who knew Estio would go to Shuhanan right away were dyed with embarrassment. It was more difficult for the guardians to fail to fulfill Hwangryong's orders than to lose their lives.
Estio sent a vigilant glance towards those holy knights.
"Because you never know when the blind tip of the sword will target them again."
"No, I'm not aiming twice."
"How do you believe?"
I had nothing to say. It was only natural that Estio did not believe in the Holy Knights who had already attacked him once and had harmed his comrades. The knights, who had lost their trust, were gloomy as a group, but Estio turned around and looked at the condition of his comrades.
"Kai, are the wounds okay?"
"Um, thanks for clearing it up."
Kai, who had suffered a shoulder injury, came to his senses quickly, unlike the rest of the team. Her bare skin was tangled like a skein of thread under her shoulder, which was completely healed without a single scar with the flowers bloomed by Ahur. As she had taken off her robe for her treatment, she could clearly see the uncovered tattoos running across her body like scars. Kai touched her shoulder for a moment and smiled like a child in her room.
"I didn't know your favorite cactus had so much healing power."
"Ahem. You can just call me Ahur-sama."
"Heh heh, I really don't have any other names. Actually, I was prepared to throw away an arm here."
Estio kept her mouth shut as she looked at Kai making a scary noise. She said it like a joke, but no one knew the truth of what Kai said. Estio brushed Tsuki's hair, which was lying down as if dead. I could feel the movement of her exhaling up and down a little, realizing that Tsuki was alive.
