The Artist Who Paints Dungeon-Chapter 64

“Sister.”

“Yes, my foolish younger sister.”

“Yes, my foolish younger sister is here. Is your research going well?”

“Not bad.”

My sister raised her head as she wrote something fluently with a quill made of carved emerald, then put it down.

Her black, swaying hair, resembling the deep sea, flowed like waves. She smiled like the fierce deep sea.

“Of all the dimensions I know, the human race is the most diverse. The technology that utilizes the brain varies greatly from individual to individual, and the range is wide, from appearance to emotions.”

“You really like humans, Sister.”

“What are the limits of humans? I thought it would be the end, but in another dimension, a crazy individual that surpasses those limits appears... I can’t stop my research.”

“Then, isn’t there no limit to the human race?”

“There are humans who have become gods in some dimension. But that doesn’t mean that gods are the final point of humans, so isn’t it important to collect samples in one way or another?”

“That’s definitely true.”

Isser’s sister wanted to know everything about humans. She even personally created creatures of the sun with the cold hands of a mermaid.

Of course, that was more often than not when they went beyond human form. She hated humans too, which made it difficult to create a complete form.

“But it’s strange.”

“.......”

“There’s only one person who can’t be recreated....”

Isser knew.

His sister was a genius who could make the impossible possible, but only one person. Giovanni, she couldn’t revive him or create a clone.

Isser thought that she herself was rejecting him.

“.......”

The created Giovanni could no longer be called their benefactor.

“...The name of this dimension seems to be called Earth. To be exact, it seems to be the name of a planet.”

Isser smiled calmly as always.

It was a benevolent smile, very similar to the human named Giovanni, who sometimes aroused both longing and discomfort in the two siblings.

“Will there be a role for me this time?”

“If things go well, there probably won’t be. I’ll make a separate role for the Earth seed to open the door, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

“I wasn’t worried.”

He smiled slightly.

“If I had, I would have worried about you.”

“I am too.”

His sister, wearing a strange doctor’s gown over her dark blue dress, glared at him.

“Where do you think humanity ends?”

“How could I know something that even you don’t know?”

“Sometimes I get out of breath. It’s because I’ve been running too hard.”

“Even if you say that, you will never rest.”

“I can’t help but be curious, but still....”

Her red lips twitched.

“Someday, I will be able to stop.”

She had wanted to see the limits of humanity since she was very young.

Now, it seemed like there was a purpose to it.

“.......”

“Isn’t that so?”

If you know the limits of humanity.

Inside, there will definitely be Giovanni, who was the most noble of all humans... .

“...Yes.”

We were silently missing him.

“I think so too.”

We asked the world to see our deceased mentor, but when we finally saw him again, he would not be called Giovanni.

That was why the siblings never brought up his name. They knew that making him their goal was a terrible contradiction.

“.......”

“.......”

Even so, they were greedy.

“.......”

“Good morning.”

Just like when the sun was trapped in the deep sea, like that.

* * *

“.......”

“Hey, wait....”

“Don’t come any closer.”

“Sorry, Geo is part of my party.”

“I told you not to come.”

“We can’t communicate.”

Yoo Seong-woon smiled awkwardly. He didn’t know how to react to this difficult situation.

‘She’s not like a mother bird protecting her young.’

Eun-ha, who was about the size of an elementary school student, was hugging Geo, who had fallen, tightly for some reason.

‘No matter how hard she tried with that small body, there was no way she could cover everything.’

She looked really desperate.

“.......”

Yoo Seong-woon also quickly finished assessing the situation.

‘... Judging by that guy’s overreaction, it’s probably related to one of Geo’s personalities.’

As a side story to the central ‘Portrait of Geo’, it was already expected that his personalities would exist in numerous dimensions.

Considering that, this guy who was revealing his teeth while wrapping Geo around him seemed to be a humanoid monster from another dimension.

‘Judging by the shape of his teeth, he’s definitely not human. So that means that some personality of Geo and this monster in front of me are acquainted...’

I don’t know if I should call this lucky or unlucky.

‘He looks like the owner of this dungeon, but he’s not attacking at all, so maybe that’s lucky.’

Yoo Seong-un looked at Eun-ha, who was hugging Geo who had fallen, with a trembling gaze.

“You don’t seem to have any intention of explaining this situation. What’s your name?”

“I’m sorry, but it’s unpleasant. Please don’t talk to me, a lowly human.”

“Yes, this is the right reaction for a monster. Thanks to this, I feel like I’m coming back to reality.”

Monsters are basically monsters that hate humans, so Geo, who always responded to humans in a gentlemanly manner, found it rather strange.

‘Eunha’s current appearance, which is responding to my words in a certain way, is quite moderate.’

In this embarrassing situation where he was caught in a virtual dungeon, there seemed to be a way out.

Yoo Seong-woon felt hopeful.

“Anyway, Eunha’s name must be an alias. What should I call him?”

“It’s not an alias.”

“Then it’s your real name?”

“It’s borrowed from the form of Earth and created it based on the meaning of my name...”

“That’s an alias.”

The contradictory reaction of Geo, who answered faithfully every time despite revealing this, was very interesting.

‘It doesn’t seem to be because he has a low level of hatred toward humans. Then, is it because of Geo that you’re answering?’

Yoo Seong-woon, who was once the research team leader of the association, scanned the other person without any discomfort. Feeling this kind of interest in situations where the lives of others, including his own, were at risk was a chronic habit of Yoo Seong-woon, a gardener.

‘I don’t know what kind of relationship Geo and this monster had...’

Since this guy also had eyes, he knew that Yoo Seong-woon and Geo had acted together on Earth.

‘They were close enough that even an unsuspecting passerby wouldn’t find it strange.’

It seemed like he was being patient with that in mind.

‘In that case, it means that this monster is trying to figure out Geo’s feelings.’

In a word, it meant that Geo was higher in rank than this monster.

“...Ah, I’m tired.”

I really wanted to get off work.

‘Time has passed and people are gradually calming down, but the atmosphere is still uneasy, as if they know that they were dragged into the dungeon. Many of the people I saw at the event are not visible... .’

Yoo Seong-woon looked around and asked.

“Did you drag everyone from the event here?”

There was no way he would pretend not to know now.

“For a human, he also made some monster-like noises.”

Eun-ha was clearly showing off that he was the owner of this place, perhaps because he was planning to reveal his identity right after the incident.

“The others seem to be confused by the sudden dragging and don’t even think about checking this side.”

At least, he couldn’t fool Yoo Seong-woon, who was an A-class hunter.

The owner of this virtual dungeon and the main culprit who had dragged everyone from the event here was the blue-haired kid in front of him.

“The condition was everyone inside the Temple of the Sun?”

“.......”

“...Ugh....”

Are monsters really monsters?

‘It’s so damn tough.’

It was a murderous intent that made me wonder how he could have acted like such a sweet kid on Earth.

The bloodshot eyes, as white as pearls, were red, and just meeting his gaze made Yoo Seong-un’s mind tired.

He felt awkward.

‘I don’t want to provoke the temper of a guy who’s the owner of such a scary dungeon...’

Unfortunately, the only hunters in this room were Yoo Seong-un, who was an A-class, a man, a C-class, and a woman who was slightly below C. If Yoo Seong-un, an all-rounder, were to somehow cover for him, there was nothing he couldn’t do...

‘No, I can’t.’

This was all going to kill him.

‘I could probably run away by myself, but I can’t do that to Geo.’

It was natural to worry about Geo’s safety. Yoo Seong-un wasn’t the type of person to worry about the safety of this unconscious portrait.

He just didn’t want to see the screams of Bisabul who lost one of his works, didn’t want to lose Geo, the special material related to the source, and lastly, he was worried that ‘Geo’s Portrait’, which was left unattended by Yoo Seong-un, would cause some kind of absurd disaster.

‘I can’t just leave the existence of an unmeasurable and extraordinary source in this crazy dungeon and run away. It’s like setting up a bomb.’

The only fortunate thing was that the monster’s murderous intent had noticeably eased after seeing Geo’s face.

‘The pressure unique to dungeons seems to have eased a little...’

He had to find a way out of this dungeon, but he couldn’t upset the owner who had finally found stability.

“.......”

It was difficult to expect the monster’s cooperation, so Yoo Seong-un used Geo as a weapon and spoke a little more indirectly.

“...You seem to know Geo, do you know? Geo hates evil and rude beings.”

“.......”

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“I don’t know how you and Geo know each other, but Geo is like that now. If Geo had that kind of personality in the past, then maybe you weren’t that... evil or rude back then.”

“But you are evil and rude now.”

The monster continued with a blank expression that made anyone who saw it feel creepy.

“I don’t think he would approve of me now. I’m not arrogant like you guys.”

“Oh, right. Geo was like that back then too. I see, but since it has come to this, don't you think you should try to be a little kinder to humans?"

"... ... ."

The monster that answered silently raised its head and faced Yoo Seong-un.

He saw the [N O V E L I G H T] monster’s eyes that resembled pearls somewhere. The eyes had vertically slit pupils, as if to indicate that it was a predator, and they were also distorted like diamonds hit by sunlight.

‘Oh, this.’

I guess it was a hunter’s intuition.

Yoo Seong-un instinctively knew what that meant.

‘He’s thinking about whether to kill them.’

He was clearly thinking about killing everyone before Geo wakes up, so...he was thinking about how to deal with the situation after the accident.

‘That’s unusual.’

It was like that a while ago, but now its pearl-colored eyes were shining even more vividly. They were similar to the eyes of a beast that sparkle in the evening.

Perhaps when monsters get angry or harbor murderous intent, their eyes have a habit of shining like water scales.

‘...If that happens, this one too.’

I can’t just die quietly.

‘No matter how many times I die, I’ll just take care of Geo here. That’s it.’

It was when Yoo Seong-woon gathered cold air in his hands, foreseeing how many people would die here in the future.

“...Ugh....”

“! Geo.”

“! Teacher!”

Teacher?

“Ah, that....”

Eun-ha was flustered as if she was flustered even after I spoke. Her expression showed that she belatedly realized that she was not in a position to call Geo ‘Teacher’ in any way.

‘What is this sloppiness?’

Yoo Seong-woon felt like his trust, which had never been there before, was hitting rock bottom at the sight of his face, which was completely different from the venomous face just now, but looked sincere.

“G, Geo-ssi.”

“.......”

“Are you okay? You just lost consciousness....”

This monster is being coy?

‘... Humanoid monsters are basically coy toward humans, but that’s part of a strategy to catch and kill their prey by making them let their guard down... .’

Looking at the face of the child who seemed like a devout priest, Yoo Seong-un felt his already absent energy drain away. Suddenly, his murderous intent was relieved and he felt a surge of excitement.

Geo staggered as if he had a headache and looked around.

“.......”

“.......”

“......?”

Although it was hard to see because of the hood, Geo’s current status was definitely ‘Sergio’ judging by the black hair that was peeking out. He seemed to be wondering where he was and why he had fallen.

Eun-ha must have noticed it too, because he asked Geo with the child’s face.

“Mr. Geo, this is a dungeon. Do you remember what happened before you fell?”

“...Before I fell....”

Surprisingly, Geo nodded.

“I spoke to student Eunha.”

“Ah....”

Eunha seemed a little disappointed, but also relieved.

Yoo Seong-woon also roughly figured out the situation.

‘... I think he’s confused about his personality.’

Geo remembered the fact that he spoke to Eunha, but he called her ‘student.’

This was Sergio’s way, so he probably remembered, but his personality wasn’t the ‘Geo’ that Eunha knew.

“.......”

Geo sat there for a long time, holding his head in his hands. Yoo Seong-woon asked with concern, in an extremely exceptional situation for a being whose essence was a portrait.

“... Do you have a headache?”

“... Yes.”

Geo answered in a rare, murky tone.

“My body and mind are both dizzy.”

At those words, Yoo Seong-woon recalled the situation when he had just been dragged into the dungeon.

‘... At that moment, Geo had the high status that he had seen in the portrait.’

Did the restricted status get released during the process of moving from dimension to dimension?

‘It’s restricted again now?’

Since he hadn’t even figured out his true identity yet, it was natural that it would be difficult to accurately interpret Geo’s condition, but Yoo Seong-woon was certain of one thing.

“.......”

“.......”

Yoo Seong-un and Eun-ha’s gazes crossed.

‘... This brat, or the dungeon environment seems to be affecting Geo’s personality... .’

To be honest, it wasn’t a very pleasant story for Yoo Seong-un.

‘I don’t know what kind of relationship Geo and Eun-ha had in the past.’

With this vicious dungeon full of humanoid monsters, how could he welcome the change in Geo’s personality, which was already a disaster in itself?

‘If he’s not careful, people might break Geo’s rules that have become sensitive and get attacked, or even if that’s not the case, Geo, who favors his old relationship, might side with Eun-ha, who is a monster. Either way, it would be a very disadvantageous situation for the humans.’

Eun-ha must have had similar thoughts.

“.......”

“What the hell?”

Galaxy used her small body to burrow into Geo’s arms. It was clear that she knew Geo was weak to young creatures and was trying to take advantage of that.

“Galaxy, aren’t you going to fall? I thought you were a decent guy so I didn’t see you that way, but this is really no joke.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“I’ve never had to pull the back of my neck like this while fighting guys like you.”

“You’re so immature.”

“I’m going crazy.”

Anyway, one thing was certain.

‘The longer I stay here, the closer I keep this brat... Geo’s personality will change.’

I had a goal.

I had to escape with Geo’s time bomb as soon as possible.