It was the meeting with the Portrait that Bisabeol had anticipated so fervently, but unfortunately, it did not last very long.
“It seems the important discussion is over, so I shall take my friend with me.”
“I regret that you are leaving already.”
“I will await your next invitation.”
Before long, Gio’s Portrait took Juhyeon and vanished into the painting.
“……”
That surprised Yoo Seongwoon somewhat.
‘They have built a remarkably solid relationship of trust.’
At a single gesture from Gio, Juhyeon had obediently entered the Portrait’s embrace. He smiled in a pleasant, open manner, but did not seem the type to lower his guard easily. Whichever side one considered, it was quite astonishing.
‘Both that a human Gio treasures this much has appeared, and that this man named Juhyeon has accepted Gio.’
Bisabeol appeared to have noticed the same thing.
“As expected, Mr. Seo Gio seems to possess the power to put humans at ease.”
“He does not appear particularly sociable, yet I have often thought that he is strangely adept at winning people over… even in the past.”
“It is a venerable ability he has demonstrated ever since the Temple of the Deep Sea incident.”
Generally speaking, when the Portrait did not receive Gio’s assistance, it carried an atmosphere that was somewhat rigid and oppressively difficult to…