The Artist Who Paints Dungeon-Chapter 86

It’s not that they have good vitality, but they seem to have good survival skills. Today, Geo was deeply terrified by the terrifying scene in his home country.

‘These days, it seems that modern people have a virtue of not being scared even when they are kidnapped.’

Even if there was no direct damage, it was clearly a kidnapping case.

‘What on earth do hunters see and how do they live that they don’t get scared when their beloved younger siblings are kidnapped, and how do they live in modern times that the victimized child calls them friends, and the guardian of the two just says that it’s okay and moves on?’

31 years ago, there wouldn’t have been such a fuss. I don’t know, but Geo would have been easily grabbed by the collar, and it would have been featured on the news.

But Geo's collar was stiff, not to mention intact, and Yoo Seong-woon said that the news hadn't even come up.

'This is a really scary world.'

I felt like I wanted to feed them five or six meals a day to live bravely in this world, but anyway, the Cha family is all safe.

To be honest, I really wanted bulgogi, but I thought it would be rude to barge into a cozy family meal without prior notice, so I returned to the portrait in good conscience. Geo praised his own uniqueness.

"......."

Taran.

"Is something omitted?"

"Muuung."

"Da-na is cute, so that's fine."

The cute Da-na gave him the possibility of an omission.

"Tsuh-eup."

"Mang."

Geo sucked Da-na's belly. At first, Dana expressed her pure doubts, saying, “Is this crazy?” but she soon got used to Geo’s antics and seemed to understand, “Dad is crazy.”

Not long after, Dana was released from Geo and headed straight to the teddy bear.

“You two are still on good terms.”

“Kuu....”

“You feel like granddaughters.”

“Ku.”

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“Yes, father, that’s true.”

A grandfather, a father, and two sons and daughters made up the family tree.

“Hmm....”

If two mermaid friends were added to this, they would perfectly fill the role of neighbors.

“.......”

Even though she had told them how to get there, the mermaids still had no intention of visiting Geo’s cabin.

“We’re next door, kids.”

When did they get excited when they saw the teacher? No, why didn’t they come when they were so close?

“If they’re neighbors, shouldn’t they come over and visit us on the first day of moving in?”

The warehouse where Geo’s “Breathing Sea” was stored was quiet today as well. Geo looked at the wooden stairs where no one came down and looked back at the teddy bear.

“Do Aria and Isser still need time to think?”

“Kuk-kuk-kuk.”

“It seems like quite some time has passed, but they don’t seem to be thinking about coming over to our house. Since “Breathing Sea” and “Deep Sea Country” are connected, it should definitely be easy to visit....”

The system told me that the tutorial or something was over. Geo’s “Breathing Sea” and the mermaid dungeon “Deep Sea Country” were connected, and when I checked, Geo’s drawing was hanging in the temple.

Even then, I couldn’t see the mermaids.

“Seeing that makes me suspect that they’re not coming because they’re afraid of getting scolded.”

Geo's perception of the mermaid siblings was that of a child who didn't want to get scolded and didn't come home.

"You've been acting all sullen since I last saw you."

"Kuruk?"

Honey briefly wondered, 'Was that really just sullen?', but soon stopped thinking about it because mealtime was approaching.

Honey poked Geo's forehead gently to appeal to her hunger.

"Kung kung kung...."

"Are you hungry?"

"Kuk."

"Then you should eat."

Sergio, who inherited his grandmother's Gangwon-do mountain village spirit, had never seen his baby starve.

"Hmm."

Geo looked back at the teddy bear after thinking for a moment.

"Father, do you like clams?"

"Ku...?"

"Well, I guess you've never had them."

"Ku."

What kind of a big-hearted priest would offer clams as a sacrifice? At that time, clams were not such a precious food ingredient.

‘... There were clams that were sold as famous local specialties, but were they really valuable and rare enough to be offered on the altar?’

In the first place, the sun god had no appetite before meeting Geo. Even if he ruled over a world where the sun and the sea were close, the probability of him ever tasting clams was zero.

“Not even giving me a taste of those delicious clams? Isn’t that blasphemy and heresy?”

“...Kkuu....”

“This son cannot tolerate such immorality. I should have offered him the delicacies of the sea a long time ago, but I regret it so much. If you just wait a little, I will treat you to grilled clams and tomato stew, the pride of the Edelland region.”

“Kku.”

“Calm down, I wasn’t excited in the first place.”

Geo packed his bags and headed to the ‘Breathing Sea’.

“I still vividly remember where Edlan Village was. And even if I don’t go to that area, the clams I’m looking for are definitely here and there. Just wait a little bit and I’ll dig them up for you.”

Honey followed Geo. Honey, the creature he created, always wanted to be by his parents’ side and remain in a form that suited his taste.

“Kururururuk.”

“Will you help me?”

“Kur.”

And Geo liked kindness and manners. Honey could help her creator in any way she wanted. Anything that didn’t ruin his cute and lovely appearance.

And so the clam-hunting expedition was formed.

A good pig knows how to eat anything delicious, but at the same time, he had to know how to enjoy gourmet food.

“In that sense, I can be called a true pig.”

“Kuruk.”

“Yeah, you too. A pig without stubbornness isn’t a true pig.”

Geo managed to find the Edlan village where he had lived in this ruined world. It was thanks to Honey, who had grown large, carrying Geo and flying.

“Is this the heart of a hunter who conquers a dungeon?”

It was a little different, but it was fun anyway, so I liked it. I was very proud.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been here.”

“Kuk?”

“Oh, no. Can’t I just say it’s been a while?”

“Kuruk....”

“Well, it doesn’t matter since we’re both me.”

Geo’s hair had already turned platinum blonde.

“I told you it’s a really sentimental countryside.”

There was no sign of people.

The beach was shallow and long, and if you go a little further, there was green grass growing. The small houses visible inside revealed white bricks and orange roofs, in keeping with the old tradition of Edelland Village.

“.......”

Seaweed was growing and fluttering on the corroded windows of the houses that were now submerged in water and no one lived there.

“...It’s amazing that the village still exists despite the deep sea. If this had happened on Earth, the houses and everything would have been destroyed and ruined.”

“Gurrrrrrr?”

“It feels strange that the space that was real to me has become like a fairy tale. Now, instead of people living in this village, fish and jellyfish are living there.”

It was an eerie and beautiful sight.

“The light is also dim.”

The teddy bear in Geo’s cabin was, strictly speaking, like the soul of the sun god. The light of its empty body, or perhaps its remains, became even weaker, dimly illuminating the sea.

“It’s darker than before, isn’t it?”

“Kururuk.”

“It feels like night has come.”

“Kurur.”

“The stars are out there.”

When he looked up, he saw something twinkling and swaying in the sky, but in the deep sea.

“It’s like the Milky Way.”

It was a school of jellyfish that emit their own light.

They had small, round bodies and moved very slowly, forming long lines like rivers.

Thanks to the halo of light that seemed like it would pour down, which was only found in the middle of a desert where there was no light, he could see ahead even in this dark deep sea.

The ecstatic emptiness was truly beautiful.

“I couldn’t see them when the sea was bright because my father was there, but there were jellyfish like that. Now that it’s dark, I can see things like this....”

“Kururuk.”

“Hmm.”

Giovanni thought.

“It would sell well if it was turned into a tourist industry.”

Yes, this priest has not been emotional for a long time. Even after seeing his destroyed hometown, all he can say is business items.

“Mr. Yoo Seong-woon said that he bought all the tickets to the ‘Deep Sea Country’ from the collectors. If only the monster problem could be solved, wouldn’t it be quite popular as a tourist attraction? Isn’t the fact that it’s inside the sea where you can breathe amazing?”

“Kung....”

“Let’s try adjusting the brightness. If we change the themes for day and night like that, there will be more to see, and since I inherited my qualification as the sun god from my father, I think I can adjust it to that extent... Isn’t it a really good business item?”

Geo’s hair had turned black again.

“Let’s think about all this when we’re full.”

“Gurrrrrrrrrrrrr.”

Honey agreed enthusiastically.

“Gurrrrrrrrrrrrr.”

“Gurrrrrrrrr?”

“Where are the clams here?”

Geo looked around.

It was.

“It’s definitely all submerged now, so I wonder if it’ll still be there, but judging from the fact that the beach and the village are still in good shape, it seems like it’s okay there.”

“Kk?”

“There’s another place where you can dig clams. It’s an underground cave on the eastern side of the village, and I don’t know exactly how it works, but... there’s mud.”

There were a lot of clams there.

“Clams can live in a variety of places. Some are hidden in the sand, some are hidden in the mud, and some even live in fresh water, not the ocean. The types vary considerably depending on where they live....”

Geo walked toward the underground cave he remembered.

“By the way, there are no clams on the beach in Edlen Village. It might be because it’s not that wide. So the Edlen people usually caught fish in the sea and sold clams in the cave.”

The cave wasn’t that far away.

“This is the entrance.”

After lightly brushing away the seaweed that had grown like a bush, a rough rock staircase that seemed to have been carved out of solid rock appeared. It was a dark entrance, but thanks to Honey glowing with warm light, there was no need for a separate light.

“Let’s go down.”

“Gulp.”

“But....”

Jio looked at Honey.

“If you want to go down, you should shrink your body size.”

“Kk?”

“You’ve grown too big.”

Because she brought Jio here and had taken in all the seawater, Honey had swollen bigger than Jio.

“He’s cute even in this state, but it’ll be hard to dig clams together. As you can see, the entrance to the pupil isn’t that wide, so it’d be better to adjust it, son.”

“Gulp....”

Honey shrank back in understanding. Geo, who couldn’t swim, almost floated away because of the water pressure from the receding seawater. Honey’s father was relatively light even in the water.

The path leading down to the underground was neither very wide nor very narrow. The path was long enough for an adult male to pass through with some room to spare.

“See the holes in the wall here? They used to put lights in there to light the way. Oh, I see it. I didn’t know the remains of the lights were still there.”

“Crunch, crunch.”

“...Is a piece of mossy glass a prop that suits your taste? Well, the sharp edges have become blunt over time, so a round piece of glass like this shouldn’t be dangerous.”

Geo, who was watching Honey stealthily pick up a piece of glass, had already arrived at the underground cavern.

“.......”

The endlessly high ceiling, and the seawater that rose to the very tip.

“...That’s not it.”

He stuck his tongue out.

“Hmm, it’s not salty.”

“Kung-kung?”

“Freshwater.”

Geo nodded.

“This is close to a spring where freshwater flows out.”

People along the coast always had difficulty obtaining water, but this was not the case in Edelland Village. This was because they could use the endless freshwater that gushed out from this wide cavity.

“Perhaps the seawater was purified by some process and filled the cavity as drinkable water. It was the pride of this village because it was clean water without limestone.”

Geo stepped on the bottom of the cavity.

“This is mud.”

The freshwater in this cavity, which had high and low tides, came and went like seawater, creating this pure white mud. The clams hidden in between were delicious and high quality, and became a specialty of Edlan Village.

“And I often brought mermaids here too....”

“.......”

“...We enjoyed a lively clam hunt together.”

Gio, who still had black hair, took in the child in the center of his pupil.

“Aria.”

“It’s been a while.”

“I see.”

It was still Sergio’s form, but soon Giovanni’s smile faintly appeared on his face and disappeared.

“It’s been a while.”

A mermaid in the form of a child.

It was a long time ago, a time Giovanni remembered.

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