“So, about that.”
Leaning against the gallery wall, Yoo Seongwoon asked Gio a question.
“Is turning people into paint another thing you can do because you’re a painter?”
“…….”
“You don’t have to answer if it’s an awkward question.”
As the former head of an Association research team, Yoo Seongwoon had deep ties to the Hunter Association. That gave him access to a great deal of information, including the recent rumors about Gio’s appearances in the Kingdom of the Deep Sea.
“You’ve never called yourself a painter, so I was just a little curious.”
Witnesses had said that “Black Cloak” was both a Portrait and a painter.
“And turning living creatures into paint is fascinating too.”
“It was not as extraordinary an act as you seem to think.”
As always, Gio answered in a voice as subdued as a machine.
“To answer your earlier question, I am an ordinary person who paints as a hobby. I am not accomplished enough to be called a painter.”
“But like you said, a painter is ultimately someone who paints, isn’t it? Well, strictly speaking, I suppose it means someone who does it for a living… but isn’t it more or less the same idea?”
“If so, you may think of me that way.”
Unlike when he came out of “Gio’s Portrait” and imitated a human, the Gio within the Portrait spoke with an alien degree of formality. He continued in a dry, inorganic…