The Artist Who Paints Dungeon - Chapter 107



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Episode 107

“One thing is certain.”

Yoo Seong-un made a decision.

“There was no ill will towards Geo.”

“Is that the narrow-minded remark of a guardian who protects my young child, Curator Yoo Seong-un?”

“Please don’t say that, it’s creepy.”

Yoo Seong-un’s teeth chattered at Bisabal’s insensitive nonsense.

“If you had Geo in front of you, you wouldn’t be saying such nonsense.”

It wasn’t easy to act friendly in front of that vast and vast landscape.

Since Yoo Seong-un was a gardener who was familiar with the source, he could treat him so calmly, but there were still many employees who couldn’t even say a word to Geo when they ran into him.

At the sight of Yoo Seong-un, Bisabal asked in a secretive tone.

“Would I really not do this in front of him?”

“… Damn it, just don’t think about Geo for the rest of your life. Do you understand?”

“Oh, that’s too bad. I bought ‘Portrait of Geo.’ I emptied my own wallet and bought it.”

“Then I think you should fix that personality.”

That was the best way for peace for mankind.

“Geo hates the guild leader.”

“What did I do…?”

“You have so much energy, really.”

“Is that a sin?”

“It doesn’t seem like a crime since you haven’t been taken away yet.”

I wish I could drag that snout out a little, but it would be a shame to pass such terrible responsibility on to Geo. Yu Seong-un, who had gathered his wits, returned to the main topic.

“I really didn’t have any ill intentions toward Geo. If that guy really had any hostility or ill will when he dragged Hunter Park Eun-gyeom away, he would have felt a little uncomfortable when I tried to take him away. It would have been like ignoring his feelings.”

But ‘Portrait of Geo’ showed no regrets.

“Rather, he showed an inclusive attitude, as if he was telling me to do whatever I wanted.”

“Isn’t it possible that he made up his appearance like that?”

“Why would I go to such lengths? Of all places, in Geo’s stomach… .”

I don’t know what the limits of Geo’s abilities are, but at least I know that the dungeon master can display miraculous powers in his dungeon.

“But the fact that he treated me so kindly shows that he really had no ill feelings.”

“Our Sergio Hunter has a kind heart.”

“It’s a warm smile, as if you’re talking to your grandson… but I hope you don’t do that in front of Geo.”

Even as he said that, Yoo Seong-un half gave up.

“I can’t say for sure since I’m the only one who checked it, but when I looked at it, the reason why ‘Portrait of Geo’ attacked humans was because he was evil and rude.”

and.

“Its ultimate goal was to maintain the quality of the human race.”

“In order to maintain the quality of the human race, ramen… .”

“I don’t know if this is a clear metaphor, but there is a way to do it. Sick chickens are culled before they can spread germs… Overly violent animals are kept in quarantine in zoos…”

“Oh, that sounds like a very accurate metaphor to me. It was a perfect metaphor for me to understand. Does it mean that we look like cattle or beasts to Geo?”

“… … .”

Yoo Seong-un smiled awkwardly.

“… I don’t know.”

When we were touring Seoul together, Geo was extremely human, kind, and respectful of others. However, I was confused because I couldn’t tell if that appearance was completely different from his appearance when he was in ‘Black Cloak’.

“It would be much easier for us to understand if the way we treat people changes according to the change in personality… but I didn’t see a clear distinction.”

Yoo Seong-un showed an embarrassed expression.

“If there is one thing that is certain, it is that it is friendly to the human race.”

“That’s something I knew all along, but it’s become a little clearer now.”

“Yes, it is clear.”

Through this incident, Yoo Seong-un was able to learn one of Geo’s habits.

“Geo treats evil and rude humans as if they were a different species from other humans.”

It is not known whether ‘Portrait of Geo’ regards all humans as livestock, but at least it can be seen that it regards the wicked and rude as livestock. It was such an indifferent and merciless attitude.

“He showed me by talking to a transparent man in a black suit and saying, ‘I don’t care about this person named Park Eun-gyeom.’ I don’t know if he really didn’t know or if he knew but he was acting like that….”

Yoo Seong-un recalled the black cloak he had seen in the ‘City of Emptiness’.

“It really seemed like he didn’t value anything.”

“So you’re saying there’s no malice? Literally, there’s no murderous intent or hostility.”

“It didn’t seem to matter to Geo whether the human he brought in would be trapped and die, or run away, or go crazy.”

“It’s literally isolation or disposal. And it’s an attitude close to indifference. Geo’s interest is only focused on good or ordinary people.”

“That doesn’t mean that he puts in all his effort to eliminate all the evildoers. It just seems like he deals with those who he sees as they don’t meet the standards of ‘humanity’.”

“That’s really scary.”

The visa holder smiled faintly.

“And that’s it.”

“… What the guild leader said is correct.”

Yoo Seong-un nodded.

“It is not an action that is greatly harmful to humanity.”

If he had been trying to eliminate all the evil on Earth, or if he had been openly influential and showed unconditional favoritism towards the good, it would have been a different story.

However, the actions of these ‘Portraits of Geo’ do not cause much confusion to humanity.

“I think they just perceived it as a pastime to kill time, like playing with peanuts.”

“It doesn’t seem like they get much enjoyment out of playing, but it doesn’t seem like they have any sense of responsibility or duty either.”

“To begin with, I don’t feel any enthusiasm to the extent that it could be called play or punishment.”

“There is no disaster that threatens humanity as much as the enthusiasm shown by the source.”

“In that sense, Geo’s habits cannot be said to be a great disaster to Earth.”

This was more of an event that just popped up every once in a while.

“At least if you watch your behavior in front of the picture frame, no one will be dragged away. So, at least this much…”

“They can coexist quite well.”

Visabal continued speaking in a definitive tone.

“This is truly fortunate news at a time when humanity has no other choice but to coexist. It will not be a problem for Geo, but for humans as well, so the Association will be able to reduce its burden.”

Even though he did not deny the words of such a traitor, Yoo Seong-un did not let his guard down at all.

“It’s too early to say anything definitively. It hasn’t been that long since we started analyzing ‘Portrait of Geo’.”

“Curator Yoo Seong-un is right. There is nothing more foolish than thinking you have ‘all figured out’ the existence of the source. Especially when it comes to someone like Geo whose identity is still unknown.”

“… That’s the part that bothers me the most. If I could just find out the exact information, I would feel a little better, but it’s because things I don’t know keep popping up like this… .”

It was possible to believe that Geo’s current behavior would not cause much harm to humanity, but beyond that, it was unknown. It was possible that ‘Portrait of Geo’ would show another aggressive behavior at some point.

“… … .”

Yoo Seong-un cleared his throat.

“…it’s been dragging on for too long.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to approach it cautiously and cautiously?”

“That’s if you know the identity.”

He is a curator in name, and he is also a gardener in name.

“I still don’t know what Geo is.”

Even at this point when the year is changing.

“The newly introduced frame, that gray city, was an abnormal dungeon. It felt even more out of place because the basic foundation was similar to that of a normal dungeon. It felt like it was imitating a dungeon.”

and.

“It’s closer to the garden.”

“I think you know what that means.”

“Yes, I know. The garden is also the pulse of the source.”

The ‘garden’ that gardeners literally put their life into and cultivated to be beautiful and healthy was, in a word, the ‘organ of the root’. It was the gardener’s duty to take care of the blood vessels, heart, lungs, muscles, bones, and such of the root.

“I have never heard of a non-human being tending a garden….”

“We don’t know enough about the source to be that picky.”

“That’s the problem. Every gardener I know is human, but it’s only been 31 years since I learned that.”

“It is only natural that there are things we do not know about the source, where we cannot know the limits.”

“But it is also unreasonable for us to judge Geo as a gardener rather than a human.”

Even if there were monsters that managed the garden, even if there were such a sincere god, it would be impossible for them to create a garden themselves. It was an impossible task that could not be expected of anyone.

“…a gardener can’t do that.”

Yeah, the ‘gardener’ couldn’t do that.

then….

“… … .”

“I’ve thought about this.”

Instead of Yoo Seong-un, who kept his mouth shut, Bisabal continued speaking.

“What if the source is a person?”

Yoo Seong-un did not reprimand him, saying that it was nonsense.

* * *

“My babies.”

After Yoo Seong-un left, Geo was left alone, enjoying the life of a portrait while holding the black suits in his arms.

“I can’t tell you how happy I am that you’ve grown up so well even though your father didn’t take care of you.”

“Yes, thank you for liking it, Father.”

“How could he have grown up to be such a wonderful gentleman? I’m blessed with children, of course.”

The combination of the black cloaks and the faceless black suits was creepy to anyone who saw it, but there was no one here to point that out.

Geo kept mumbling, “My wonderful baby,” as he held his new offspring in his arms.

“How can you be this cute?”

My father, or to be exact, he was a monster inside the ‘City of Void’, so he was more like a grandfather, but anyway, I loved the children who recognized their family and came to me obediently. There was no other sweet and sour vitamin in this harsh world.

“I didn’t really mean to, but you look a lot like me.”

“Yes, we wanted to be like our father.”

“Is this what it means to say, ‘When I grow up, I’ll be an adult like my dad?’ It resonates well.”

“Yes, thank you for creating me in the image that pleases my father.”

“I don’t know how these kids can be so honest and smart.”

Even Geo, who said that, knew that these ‘black-suited’ people had an objectively quite scary appearance.

Perhaps because they were clumsily imitating Geo, who was originally blunt, their actions were natural like humans, but they also gave off a sense of awkwardness.

Park Eun-gyeom felt a suffocating fear just by looking at them, and even Yoo Seong-un, an experienced gardener, felt an unbearable creepiness. Geo was not completely unaware that others would feel the same way.

‘But that’s none of my business.’

I can’t help but feel personal, but my kids tried their best to look like their dad, so there shouldn’t be anyone who says anything about that.

“This sensitive father is moved to tears by the wonders of his children.”

“Please pat me, Father.”

“Father, I love you.”

“father.”

“My precious babies.”

Geo’s eyes were already covered with thick, sturdy bean pods.

“I hope you don’t mind what people say about you being scared.”

“Yes, if our Father loves us, nothing will be a problem.”

“Even though it doesn’t look very human-friendly, it’s cute to my eyes.”

“Thank you, Father. Hug me.”

“I’m so lucky to have children at this age….”

Like these darlings.

It was a truly warm family where everyone cared for each other.