Chapter 321
After that day, Jeong Haewoon’s daily life changed slightly.
“Hmm. You worked late yesterday, so I expected you to sleep in. Why don’t you get a little more rest even now?”
“…What the fuck is this now…?”
“Your language is harsh enough to make my heart tremble. Don’t you remember…? Gardener Jeong Haewoon borrowed me from Guild Master Bisabeol. That made me a Portrait in Student Jeong Haewoon’s home. Pretending you’ve forgotten like this hurts my feelings….”
“…I remember.”
He did, but the presence before him was shocking enough to wipe the memory from his mind for a moment. Whether judged by stature or appearance, it was not something one ought to see immediately upon waking.
He had not experienced this in all his years, but his heart was pounding. It was not pounding in a particularly pleasant way. Jeong Haewoon’s face turned slightly pale. Even considering that he had just awakened, his reaction showed how thoroughly unnerved he was.
“I feel as though I’ve just watched a horror film. Waking beneath a Garden’s gaze—how terrifying.”
“I treat you kindly, and you turn around and accuse me? Have you ever seen such a kind and tender horror film? I certainly haven’t.”
“Could you… perhaps… go back to being black?”
The interior of Jeong Haewoon’s home was not especially stark. He had decorated it in an inoffensive manner so that no guest would feel uncomfortable. Even there, however, the being who introduced himself as “George” was flamboyant. He stood out far too much.
Jeong Haewoon’s eyes stung despite the fact that the man’s face could not possibly be emitting light. It was truly absurd.
‘I generally felt something like this immediately before going blind.’
Jeong Haewoon had actually gone blind on several occasions. Yet he had neither looked at something bright, been poisoned, nor had his eyes cooked by heat, so why did he feel this way?
Even on further…