The Artist Who Paints Dungeon-Chapter 87

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

“Is this what reincarnation is?”

How strange.

“It’s not that I’ve never seen such cases before, but they seem different. They don’t seem to have simply been deified by the sun god.”

How should I explain the Geo in front of me?

“The Earthlings say that when they see you, they call you ‘Black Cloak’?”

“That’s the name you received.”

“Is that your current identity?”

“It’s just one of my names.”

“Yes, Giovanni.”

The young mermaid moved her bare feet toward him.

“You were originally... a portrait?”

“I’m human.”

“.......”

After a long time, Aria answered.

“...That could be true.”

Even Aria, who was rich in knowledge, couldn’t properly define the Black Cloak in front of her. He looked like a painting, felt like a god, or seemed truly human.

“How did you come to this town?”

“I came to dig for clams.”

“Well, yes, you liked to eat so much, I understand.”

“I also remember that Aria liked my cooking.”

“Then will you invite me to your dinner?”

“If you help me dig for clams.”

“...Anyway, you’re a worthless human being...”

Aria dragged her white gown that was too big for her and walked around the mud. The gown, which had been magically treated, didn’t get dirty easily.

“I’ll help you.”

“Thank you.”

She had often spent time like this before.

“It reminds me of the old days.”

“What do you think?”

“Just, this and that... trivial things.”

Giovanni often brought mermaids who were curious about humans to places like this. Or even places like the beach where fishermen gathered, the market bustling with people trying to buy things, or the bank where you could deposit money.

As I dug through with my bare feet, the pure white mud, different from that of Earth, slowly turned over.

“What are you going to eat?”

“I’m going to try grilled clams and Edlan stew.”

“You’re making something delicious. Are you thinking of putting clams in the stew too?”

“That would be fine too. Since there’s meat, you can put that in too.”

“Hmm....”

Geo was a great cook.

“Now that you mention it, you must have been a noble, so why did you enjoy cooking so much?”

“When you were young, you didn’t even ask, so {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} what changed your mind?”

“I thought it was wise back then. Human lives are so short and complicated, I thought if I poked you without thinking, blood would come out.”

“Now?”

“I know now that you’re not the type of person who would bleed if you stabbed me.”

“Yes.”

Geo with his pitch-black eyes approached and folded Aria’s sleeve. The gown, which fit the body of an adult male, had to be folded several times to reveal her hand. It was the hand of a small, delicate child.

“The reason I enjoyed cooking even though I was a noble was simply because I wanted to eat delicious food.”

“That’s not a great reason. But I can eat delicious food whenever I have someone else do it for me.”

“I wanted to see for myself what ingredients were used and what kind of food was made.”

Geo lightly swung the honey on his shoulder, and it flew to just below the ceiling of his pupil, brightly illuminating the underground. The originally white mud was much clearer, almost dazzling.

“I wanted to develop myself further.”

“That’s a very natural answer for you.”

“Where is Isser?”

“He’s hiding in the temple.”

“Why aren’t you coming with me?”

“We need someone to guard the house.”

“Who would turn that ominous house into a house....”

“Like a black cloak.”

“.......”

Geo felt a little wronged. Geo raised one eyebrow and asked.

“Are you scared of me, Aria?”

“Wouldn’t you be scared?”

“Why?”

“The dark and gloomy atmosphere is even oppressive.”

“I’ve never been oppressive.”

“I guess I am now.”

“I feel wronged.”

“Well, on top of that....”

Aria said, looking up with her shrunken body.

“...I couldn’t easily go see you because I was worried about what kind of face I should make.”

“Well, we started fighting as soon as we met.”

She didn’t have time to feel the emotion of reunion or anything.

“From my perspective, it was similar to the feeling that my nephews, whom I raised like my own children, had committed mass murder in Korea while I was traveling abroad for several years, and even kidnapped a child.”

“If we’re going to be that specific, it was similar to my beloved teacher who I thought was dead being reincarnated into a black lump of a monster that wasn’t even human. He even had the divinity of the annoying sun god, so I wondered who was trying to make us mad.”

Gio nodded at those words.

“I guess I was more shocked.”

“I missed that shamelessness.”

The mermaid chuckled.

“Aren’t you angry?”

“Should I be angry?”

“At least what we’ve done so far, Giovanni, wasn’t something you liked.”

“I don’t think it’s necessary to be angry and take responsibility for the changes in the children I raised, who are already dead.”

“This is quite cruel....”

“At that banquet, I took out all my anger.”

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With his jet-black hair and numb eyes, Geo continued.

“Giovanni, who died a long time ago, has no duty or right to question the rest.”

“.......”

The mermaid then said.

“Then that’s fine.”

Aria was no longer curious.

“Because you said we had a lot of time.”

“That’s it.”

More than anything, Geo didn’t think too deeply. Geo wasn’t the type to be scared because his beloved mermaid disciples had grown into crazy mermaids.

“It’s not a good habit to think when there’s food right in front of you.”

“I guess that’s because you’re weird, Geo. Why do you like food so much?”

“Why don’t you like food so much?”

“You can’t live just by eating.”

“You can’t live without eating.”

“...Okay, if you’re happy, that’s fine.”

“You give up easier than I thought.”

It was unexpected.

“You used to try so hard to win.”

“Now that you’re an adult.”

“For that, I think you cried at dinner.”

“...Do you remember who made you cry?”

“Do you remember who made you angry?”

“...Oh....”

“I won again this time.”

“...You’re so shameless....”

“That’s my charm.”

Geo looked at the mermaid who had shrunk so much that he had to bend down for a long time to meet her gaze.

“Can you dig clams with that body?”

“I used to come digging often when I was this small, so what are you talking about now?”

“I was asking if you didn’t feel awkward about your body getting smaller.”

“That level of imitation is easy now.”

“Hmm.”

After a while, he asked.

“Those clothes are mine, right?”

“.......”

The mermaid answered immediately.

“This doctor’s gown?”

“Yes.”

“Yes, it’s mine now.”

“I was planning on giving it to you, so it’s okay.”

“.......”

After quite a while, the mermaid asked calmly.

“Did you?”

“Did you think I stole it?”

“.......”

“I guess you did, since there’s no answer.”

That was true. Aria couldn’t deny Geo’s words.

“I didn’t know you were going to give it to me.”

“I was going to give the doctor’s gown to you, Aria, and my priest’s robe to Isser.”

“Unfortunately, your priest’s robe was torn. By the authors of the Sun Church.”

“I thought so. Fortunately, the doctor’s robe went to my master.”

“It’s really unexpected.”

Aria continued to laugh.

“Because we, the mermaids, ruined your life as a human.”

“All the tragedies back then were more like the humans ruining themselves.”

Giovanni could have easily refused to help the mermaids. The humans could have had a huge emotional fight with the mermaids, with no right answer. There was a time when humans and mermaids could have lived together in this world.

“Aria, you never took anything from me.”

“Do you really think so?”

“That’s all I gave you.”

“You’re still so affectionate.”

“Did you wish it hadn’t been like that?”

“Maybe so.”

“But unfortunately....”

Geo was Geo after all.

“I don’t change easily.”

It could have been because I’m the type of person who doesn’t think deeply.

“In that sense, should I go dig for clams again?”

“You’re good at breaking emotions.”

“I have to prepare dinner before it gets too late....”

“Huh.”

The mermaid grumbled as she fixed her gown, which kept falling down even though Geo had folded up her sleeves.

“I thought you came to talk to me, but you’re just a glutton.”

“It’s good to do both.”

“You really just go with the flow, Giovanni.”

“I guess you still don’t know that life is the most enjoyable when you live it roughly.”

“.......”

After a while, the mermaid asked.

“...Are you happy now?”

The answer wasn’t difficult.

“I’ve always been like that.”

“...Why?”

“Because I always did my best.”

“.......”

“So now, clam....”

“Oh, please.”

Although she was annoyed, Aria faithfully participated in the clam expedition.

“We’re here.”

“Kuu....”

The teddy bear saw the four creatures carrying a basketful of clams.

“Ku?”

“Yes, Aria and Isser caught them too....”

“Ku.”

“I brought them.”

After not hearing from them for a while because they were digging clams, Isser also came to Edlan Village to find out what was going on.

And he found his sister, crouching down and digging for clams, wearing a dress. Geo realized for the first time that her already pale face could turn so pale. That’s how Isser was forced to join the clam digging team.

Isser looked at the sun god wearing a teddy bear mask with a subtle expression.

“.......”

“Kuuu.”

“...You’ve gotten much cuter since I last saw you....”

“Kuku.”

“Are you laughing?”

Seriously?

‘What am I looking at?’

Isser, who was holding a bowl of clams in his arms, was already confused.

The sight of Aria, of all people, digging for clams with her hands covered in mud was confusing, and Isser’s own situation, where he was naturally dragged along and ended up digging clams together and dragged to the hut, was also confusing.

“Why is the sun god here...? I felt that the sun’s presence had disappeared, but this is.”

“But he’s your grandfather, so don’t be like that. It’s not good to show discomfort to an elderly person who is just sitting there quietly.”

“No, no, ah.”

Isser was speechless, but the situation wasn’t much different for his sister Aria.

“Teddy bear?”

“Ku.”

“Are you serious?”

“Kukukuku....”

“Are you laughing?”

In the midst of the calm chaos, Honey walked along the floor and approached the teddy bear. Then she spat out all kinds of shells, big and small.

“Kuk.”

“Kuu.”

“Kururur!”

“Kukuku....”

The teddy bear laughed and clapped its hands like an old man watching his grandson’s tricks. When Honey proudly stuck out her chest, Dana, who was watching, stood next to her and took the same pose. The sun god was very happy.

“Stunning things.”

Geo also liked it.

“.......”

“.......”

Geo called the mermaids who were speechless.

“Let’s go clean the clams, kids.”

“...Are you a father?”

“I’m already a father of two. It’s a bit too much.”

“Then, uncle.”

“So, should I give my nephew some pocket money?”

“Is it fun?”

“It’s fun.”

“Oh....”

With that exclamation like water, Aria became a stone of oblivion, and Isser, who had almost dropped the clam basket without realizing it, fixed it and turned his gaze to Geo.

“Teacher.”

“Yes, please tell me.”

“Do you have any plans to destroy the Earth...?”

“Why are you suddenly asking such a terrible question?”

“I guess it’s the members.”

“......?”

Geo looked around.

“.......”

He couldn’t understand.

“There’s only one teddy bear, one bird, and one cat. What’s wrong with this cute and harmless composition?”

“Oh, so that’s how you treat it... I understand.”

“It seems like you couldn’t do it.”

The family was quite noisy even before they cleaned the clams.

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