The Artist Who Paints Dungeon-Chapter 103
It may be irrelevant, but ‘Jewel’s Vein’ was one of the dungeons that Yoo Seong-un had told Geo about.
“Did I pass on the information for nothing?”
It was already ‘Geo’s Portrait’ that could move freely anywhere.
Passing on information about several interesting and uninhabited dungeons connected to Earth to him might have been in the same context as telling a hungry tiger the location of a village.
“...It was only a matter of time, though.”
Yoo Seong-un did not regret his actions.
‘Bisabal agreed to it.’
Above all, he was human, but he was not on the side of complete humans.
There is a saying that the best gardeners are bystanders. They really shouldn’t just be bystanders, but their mission is to balance the Source and their world.
Yoo Seong-un, who was chosen as a gardener from a very young age, knew how to be indifferent to the events that brought life to its knees.
‘Besides, Geo knows Earth well.’
Yoo Seong-un only brought Geo’s activities forward, and the portrait’s actions that surprised people by appearing all over Earth were planned.
“We haven’t even finished investigating Gyeongbokgung Palace yet, and before we can finish anything, another incident has happened. This is....”
Yoo Seong-un scratched his chin while sitting on a bench covered in snow.
“...Is today Christmas?”
Originally, I was going to go see Geo and ask him if he had any plans to enjoy the end of the year.
“It must be hard right now.”
Yoo Seong-un, who had been confirmed to work overtime on a holiday like this, was a sad sight for a modern person. Yoo Seong-un slowly sighed, rubbing his sore neck.
According to the will of the garden he was serving, his breath did not come out.
“Okay.”
The first thing to check was the interview with the witness.
F-class hunter.
A slightly stronger Awakened than a healthy adult male civilian.
Those who received a Hunter’s ID card despite knowing that they would die with a high probability if they entered a dungeon often took on the position of ‘porter.’
“Oh, hello.”
“Nice to meet you, Hunter Lee Seon-hu.”
“I received a call saying that you would come today.”
The ‘witness’ that Yoo Seong-woon found was a porter with a kind face.
“That... I think you said you wanted to hear about the black cloak.”
“Yes, to be exact, I came here to hear a detailed story about the situation you witnessed that day.”
“I told you over the phone, but I also relayed the situation to the association staff.”
“Strictly speaking, what I’m curious about is the information about the frame that Hunter Lee Seon-hu saw.”
“...Okay, I understand.”
He let Yoo Seong-woon into the house, feeling embarrassed.
“It’s a bit shabby, isn’t it? I’m sorry.”
“No, why are you saying that? I’m the one who came to see you.”
Yoo Seong-woon understood the witness’s shallow aversion. Generally, third-class citizens tended to feel uncomfortable or burdened when they saw citizens of higher classes than them.
‘It’s also an era where class conflicts are big.’
Nevertheless, the witness treated Yoo Seong-woon with warm green tea.
‘That’s the kind of impression Geo would like.’
A portrait of a polite and kind person came to mind. There must have been a reason why he caused this incident because he liked the personality of Lee Seon-hoo.
“You’re so warm, thank you.”
“I’m sorry that I can’t give you anything else.”
“I’m more than happy to talk to you.”
Yoo Seong-woon continued the light conversation, relieving the witness’s tension.
Fortunately, the witness didn’t seem to be the type who harbored ill feelings toward first-class citizens, so he quickly let his guard down and continued the conversation.
The main topic came up when the green tea had almost cooled down.
“You were curious about the frame I saw back then?”
“It’s a new work by Black Cloak following ‘Breathing Sea’.”
“Oh, that surprised me too. I didn’t know he would draw a new work like that....”
“I became interested while researching various things while working as a curator.”
Yoo Seong-woon didn’t necessarily say that he was looking for the missing Park Eun-gyeom.
‘My goal is more to find out how Black Cloak showed his hostility than to save Park Eun-gyeom... But either way, it probably won’t sound good to the person in question.’
If Park Hunter was alive, it was one of Yoo Seong-woon’s duties to rescue him.
It was not good to tell the missing person about Yoo Seong-un’s duty to rescue him or collect his body, who had been abandoned and even abused.
‘... However, what’s interesting is that he seems quite friendly to Black Cloak.’
The witness smiled, saying, ‘I didn’t know he would draw a new work again.’ It was similar to the appearance of someone who heard that their favorite artist had opened a gallery.
“.......”
I didn’t know that I would realize that ‘Geo’s Portrait’ was a painter.
‘Geo, you have a fan.’
I knew that there was a group of people who idolized Black Cloak. I didn’t plan on meeting them or talking to them, but it felt strange to see them in person like this.
The witness, who didn’t know Yoo Seong-un’s thoughts, asked.
“Will Black Cloak continue to draw works like that?”
“...As of now, I think it’s highly likely.”
“That’s amazing.”
The witness nodded and continued.
“The work I saw that day was a painting of a gray city. Judging from the fact that the colors were very transparent, I thought it was probably watercolor.”
He really seemed to be talking about a certain artist’s work.
“Actually, when I first looked at it, I judged it to be gray, but it wasn’t completely gray.”
“Then?”
“Rather, I think it was a completely colorless work. It was amazing, the shapes of the buildings in the city were colorful, and the glass windows and everything... It was a very vivid depiction.”
“It’s surprising that watercolors, which are easily blurred and have a blurry color, can be used to create such a vivid depiction.”
“There were completely black and white ones. There weren’t any strong colors like red or yellow, so I don’t know how they caught my eye so well.”
The witness seemed to have some knowledge of art. He’s definitely not an expert, but he was able to enjoy the artwork in his own way.
‘That’s why he might be more favorable to Black Cloak.’
As he sorted out his thoughts, Yoo Seong-woon asked.
“I envy you for seeing such a work. Have you ever seen it anywhere other than ‘Jewel’s Vein’?”
“Ah... that, unfortunately, I haven’t. I only encountered it once in the dungeon that day. And even that disappeared quickly.”
“I see.”
He didn’t feel like it was a lie.
“I wanted to see it with my own eyes, but it’s too bad.”
Yoo Seong-woon had to find the frame and see what Hunter Park Eun-gyeom had become.
“I guess I have no choice but to go around the dungeon myself....”
“T-that.”
The witness hesitated and then continued.
“Among my friends... there’s a guy who is an Awakened, but he’s an F-rank like me and hasn’t received a Hunter’s ID.”
“Oh, yes.”
“I heard that my friend saw the same frame as me.”
“...The same frame?”
“Actually, he saw that frame before me. At first, I was out of my mind, so I didn’t know, but when I was left alone in front of the frame... I realized that it was the frame that he had been talking about.”
“.......”
No matter how much of an Awakened you are, if you don’t receive a Hunter’s ID, you’re just a civilian.
‘Especially if you’re an F-class.’
Unlike Hunters who are required to write reports and can easily obtain information, if you’re a civilian, it would explain why the Association didn’t know about this fact.
However, there was something that was puzzling. I wondered why you didn’t report this to the Association, but more than anything... .
“Civilians can’t enter dungeons, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. You said you saw it near Gyeongbokgung Palace, not in a dungeon....”
“Gyeongbokgung Palace?”
“So I guess it doesn’t only appear in dungeons.”
“Oh....”
If that’s true, there’s no regularity to the appearance of the ‘Empty City’.
‘We’re screwed.’
Now it seemed like we really had no choice but to run.
“Huh?”
Geo was startled, completely out of place with his gloomy and calm face.
“Are you saying that my child has been running away from home without me knowing?”
“It’s a bit much to call it running away, mainly in the word choice.”
Aria continued, waving the sleeves of her oversized doctor’s gown.
“Since the teacher has such great affection for Earth, what can we do? We studied here and there. Last time, we just thought about making Earth chaotic and leaving, so we didn’t really know anything.”
“For that, you’ve done a pretty good job, Aria. I heard that the Seoul branch of the Temple of the Sun is still busy with the cleanup. I think that means that our mermaid students have caused quite a bit of chaos.”
“That’s a very honorable testimony, gentleman. As a child of the deep sea who hates the sun and its children, I couldn’t be happier. Anyway, I found out while studying the situation on Earth....”
Aria shrugged.
“Recently, it seems that the ‘City of the Void’ has been sighted very rarely in the Seoul area.”
“I’ve never heard that from the Void....”
“Void? Is that a nickname for your dungeon? You have such a peculiar taste, sir.”
“My child says I’ll call you by your name, so I don’t know what’s so peculiar about it.”
“You don’t have to know. After all, what I wanted to tell you was that your dungeon was active on the planet called Earth without you knowing.”
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“It’s such embarrassing news even when I hear it again.”
I felt guilty beyond my sense of responsibility as a parent.
“This must be because I didn’t pay attention to Gong-Heo all this time, and the child became twisted. Parents don’t even know that their child was born and are busy enjoying their own lives, so even if they only started paying attention a little recently, their lonely feelings wouldn’t have gone away.”
“.......”
“That’s why I should have treated him well when he was little.... Gong-Heo doesn’t have a stable and peaceful home, so he goes outside, right? But even so, It may be irrelevant, but ‘Jewel’s Vein’ was one of the dungeons that Yoo Seong-un had told Geo about.
“Did I pass on the information for nothing?”
It was already ‘Geo’s Portrait’ that could move freely anywhere.
Passing on information about several interesting and uninhabited dungeons connected to Earth to him might have been in the same context as telling a hungry tiger the location of a village.
“...It was only a matter of time, though.”
Yoo Seong-un did not regret his actions.
‘Bisabal agreed to it.’
Above all, he was human, but he was not on the side of complete humans.
There is a saying that the best gardeners are bystanders. They really shouldn’t just be bystanders, but their mission is to balance the Source and their world.
Yoo Seong-un, who was chosen as a gardener from a very young age, knew how to be indifferent to the events that brought life to its knees.
‘Besides, Geo knows Earth well.’
Yoo Seong-un only brought Geo’s activities forward, and the portrait’s actions that surprised people by appearing all over Earth were planned.
“We haven’t even finished investigating Gyeongbokgung Palace yet, and before we can finish anything, another incident has happened. This is....”
Yoo Seong-un scratched his chin while sitting on a bench covered in snow.
“...Is today Christmas?”
Originally, I was going to go see Geo and ask him if he had any plans to enjoy the end of the year.
“It must be hard right now.”
Yoo Seong-un, who had been confirmed to work overtime on a holiday like this, was a sad sight for a modern person. Yoo Seong-un slowly sighed, rubbing his sore neck.
According to the will of the garden he was serving, his breath did not come out.
“Okay.”
The first thing to check was the interview with the witness.
F-class hunter.
A slightly stronger Awakened than a healthy adult male civilian.
Those who received a Hunter’s ID card despite knowing that they would die with a high probability if they entered a dungeon often took on the position of ‘porter.’
“Oh, hello.”
“Nice to meet you, Hunter Lee Seon-hu.”
“I received a call saying that you would come today.”
The ‘witness’ that Yoo Seong-woon found was a porter with a kind face.
“That... I think you said you wanted to hear about the black cloak.”
“Yes, to be exact, I came here to hear a detailed story about the situation you witnessed that day.”
“I told you over the phone, but I also relayed the situation to the association staff.”
“Strictly speaking, what I’m curious about is the information about the frame that Hunter Lee Seon-hu saw.”
“...Okay, I understand.”
He let Yoo Seong-woon into the house, feeling embarrassed.
“It’s a bit shabby, isn’t it? I’m sorry.”
“No, why are you saying that? I’m the one who came to see you.”
Yoo Seong-woon understood the witness’s shallow aversion. Generally, third-class citizens tended to feel uncomfortable or burdened when they saw citizens of higher classes than them.
‘It’s also an era where class conflicts are big.’
Nevertheless, the witness treated Yoo Seong-woon with warm green tea.
‘That’s the kind of impression Geo would like.’
A portrait of a polite and kind person came to mind. There must have been a reason why he caused this incident because he liked the personality of Lee Seon-hoo.
“You’re so warm, thank you.”
“I’m sorry that I can’t give {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} you anything else.”
“I’m more than happy to talk to you.”
Yoo Seong-woon continued the light conversation, relieving the witness’s tension.
Fortunately, the witness didn’t seem to be the type who harbored ill feelings toward first-class citizens, so he quickly let his guard down and continued the conversation.
The main topic came up when the green tea had almost cooled down.
“You were curious about the frame I saw back then?”
“It’s a new work by Black Cloak following ‘Breathing Sea’.”
“Oh, that surprised me too. I didn’t know he would draw a new work like that....”
“I became interested while researching various things while working as a curator.”
Yoo Seong-woon didn’t necessarily say that he was looking for the missing Park Eun-gyeom.
‘My goal is more to find out how Black Cloak showed his hostility than to save Park Eun-gyeom... But either way, it probably won’t sound good to the person in question.’
If Park Hunter was alive, it was one of Yoo Seong-woon’s duties to rescue him.
It was not good to tell the missing person about Yoo Seong-un’s duty to rescue him or collect his body, who had been abandoned and even abused.
‘... However, what’s interesting is that he seems quite friendly to Black Cloak.’
The witness smiled, saying, ‘I didn’t know he would draw a new work again.’ It was similar to the appearance of someone who heard that their favorite artist had opened a gallery.
“.......”
I didn’t know that I would realize that ‘Geo’s Portrait’ was a painter.
‘Geo, you have a fan.’
I knew that there was a group of people who idolized Black Cloak. I didn’t plan on meeting them or talking to them, but it felt strange to see them in person like this.
The witness, who didn’t know Yoo Seong-un’s thoughts, asked.
“Will Black Cloak continue to draw works like that?”
“...As of now, I think it’s highly likely.”
“That’s amazing.”
The witness nodded and continued.
“The work I saw that day was a painting of a gray city. Judging from the fact that the colors were very transparent, I thought it was probably watercolor.”
He really seemed to be talking about a certain artist’s work.
“Actually, when I first looked at it, I judged it to be gray, but it wasn’t completely gray.”
“Then?”
“Rather, I think it was a completely colorless work. It was amazing, the shapes of the buildings in the city were colorful, and the glass windows and everything... It was a very vivid depiction.”
“It’s surprising that watercolors, which are easily blurred and have a blurry color, can be used to create such a vivid depiction.”
“There were completely black and white ones. There weren’t any strong colors like red or yellow, so I don’t know how they caught my eye so well.”
The witness seemed to have some knowledge of art. He’s definitely not an expert, but he was able to enjoy the artwork in his own way.
‘That’s why he might be more favorable to Black Cloak.’
As he sorted out his thoughts, Yoo Seong-woon asked.
“I envy you for seeing such a work. Have you ever seen it anywhere other than ‘Jewel’s Vein’?”
“Ah... that, unfortunately, I haven’t. I only encountered it once in the dungeon that day. And even that disappeared quickly.”
“I see.”
He didn’t feel like it was a lie.
“I wanted to see it with my own eyes, but it’s too bad.”
Yoo Seong-woon had to find the frame and see what Hunter Park Eun-gyeom had become.
“I guess I have no choice but to go around the dungeon myself....”
“T-that.”
The witness hesitated and then continued.
“Among my friends... there’s a guy who is an Awakened, but he’s an F-rank like me and hasn’t received a Hunter’s ID.”
“Oh, yes.”
“I heard that my friend saw the same frame as me.”
“...The same frame?”
“Actually, he saw that frame before me. At first, I was out of my mind, so I didn’t know, but when I was left alone in front of the frame... I realized that it was the frame that he had been talking about.”
“.......”
No matter how much of an Awakened you are, if you don’t receive a Hunter’s ID, you’re just a civilian.
‘Especially if you’re an F-class.’
Unlike Hunters who are required to write reports and can easily obtain information, if you’re a civilian, it would explain why the Association didn’t know about this fact.
However, there was something that was puzzling. I wondered why you didn’t report this to the Association, but more than anything... .
“Civilians can’t enter dungeons, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. You said you saw it near Gyeongbokgung Palace, not in a dungeon....”
“Gyeongbokgung Palace?”
“So I guess it doesn’t only appear in dungeons.”
“Oh....”
If that’s true, there’s no regularity to the appearance of the ‘Empty City’.
‘We’re screwed.’
Now it seemed like we really had no choice but to run.
“Huh?”
Geo was startled, completely out of place with his gloomy and calm face.
“Are you saying that my child has been running away from home without me knowing?”
“It’s a bit much to call it running away, mainly in the word choice.”
Aria continued, waving the sleeves of her oversized doctor’s gown.
“Since the teacher has such great affection for Earth, what can we do? We studied here and there. Last time, we just thought about making Earth chaotic and leaving, so we didn’t really know anything.”
“For that, you’ve done a pretty good job, Aria. I heard that the Seoul branch of the Temple of the Sun is still busy with the cleanup. I think that means that our mermaid students have caused quite a bit of chaos.”
“That’s a very honorable testimony, gentleman. As a child of the deep sea who hates the sun and its children, I couldn’t be happier. Anyway, I found out while studying the situation on Earth....”
Aria shrugged.
“Recently, it seems that the ‘City of the Void’ has been sighted very rarely in the Seoul area.”
“I’ve never heard that from the Void....”
“Void? Is that a nickname for your dungeon? You have such a peculiar taste, sir.”
“My child says I’ll call you by your name, so I don’t know what’s so peculiar about it.”
“You don’t have to know. After all, what I wanted to tell you was that your dungeon was active on the planet called Earth without you knowing.”
“It’s such embarrassing news even when I hear it again.”
I felt guilty beyond my sense of responsibility as a parent.
“This must be because I didn’t pay attention to Gong-Heo all this time, and the child became twisted. Parents don’t even know that their child was born and are busy enjoying their own lives, so even if they only started paying attention a little recently, their lonely feelings wouldn’t have gone away.”
“.......”
“That’s why I should have treated him well when he was little.... Gong-Heo doesn’t have a stable and peaceful home, so he goes outside, right? But even so,
