SELECT 
  vi_images.*, 
  vi_images_links.*, 
  vi_common_descriptions.description AS alt, 
  vi_images.image_id AS images_image_id 
FROM 
  vi_images_links 
  LEFT JOIN vi_images ON vi_images_links.image_id = vi_images.image_id 
  LEFT JOIN vi_common_descriptions ON vi_common_descriptions.object_id = vi_images.image_id 
  AND vi_common_descriptions.object_holder = 'images' 
  AND vi_common_descriptions.lang_code = 'es' 
WHERE 
  vi_images_links.object_type = 'ab__fn_menu_icon' 
  AND vi_images_links.type = 'M' 
  AND vi_images_links.object_id IN (253, 254, 255, 256, 257) 
ORDER BY 
  vi_images_links.position, 
  vi_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00029

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "read_sorted_file": {
          "filesort": {
            "sort_key": "vi_images_links.position, vi_images_links.pair_id",
            "table": {
              "table_name": "vi_images_links",
              "access_type": "range",
              "possible_keys": ["object_id"],
              "key": "object_id",
              "key_length": "81",
              "used_key_parts": ["object_id", "object_type", "type"],
              "rows": 5,
              "filtered": 100,
              "index_condition": "vi_images_links.object_type = 'ab__fn_menu_icon' and vi_images_links.`type` = 'M' and vi_images_links.object_id in (253,254,255,256,257)"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "vi_images",
          "access_type": "eq_ref",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "key_length": "4",
          "used_key_parts": ["image_id"],
          "ref": ["devvipiriscom.vi_images_links.image_id"],
          "rows": 1,
          "filtered": 100
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "vi_common_descriptions",
          "access_type": "eq_ref",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "key_length": "108",
          "used_key_parts": ["object_id", "lang_code", "object_holder"],
          "ref": ["devvipiriscom.vi_images.image_id", "const", "const"],
          "rows": 1,
          "filtered": 100,
          "attached_condition": "trigcond(vi_common_descriptions.object_holder = 'images' and vi_common_descriptions.lang_code = 'es' and trigcond(vi_images.image_id is not null))"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Result

image_id image_path image_x image_y is_high_res transparent pair_id object_id object_type detailed_id type position alt images_image_id
9051 ab-fn-543.png 100 100 N N 3730 253 ab__fn_menu_icon 0 M 0 9051
9052 ab-fn-544.png 100 100 N N 3731 254 ab__fn_menu_icon 0 M 0 9052
9053 ab-fn-545.png 100 100 N N 3732 255 ab__fn_menu_icon 0 M 0 9053
9054 ab-fn-546.png 100 100 N N 3733 256 ab__fn_menu_icon 0 M 0 9054
9055 ab-fn-547.png 100 100 N N 3734 257 ab__fn_menu_icon 0 M 0 9055