Several days later, Hunter Seo Gio visited the Sun Church.
“Thank you for coming.”
Kang Seodam came out personally to greet him.
“Was your journey here uncomfortable?”
“The thought of encountering once more the Sun I saw that day filled me with nothing but anticipation.”
“Then the fact that the Sun’s light reached you must also be fate.”
With his characteristically blunt expression, he guided Gio.
“Please follow me.”
“I place myself in your care.”
Gio followed Kang Seodam and admired the Sun Church temple’s true appearance.
‘It is indeed different from the religious order to which I belonged.’
Compared to Gio’s Sun Church, which had remained exceedingly splendid despite suffering severe corruption through the merfolk’s plotting, Earth’s Sun Church was far more frugal and filled with a gentle air. It felt as though sunlight filled every corner.
‘They primarily used clean white rather than gold.’
As someone who painted frequently, Gio could not help assessing aesthetic value before historical value. A far warmer, more buoyant atmosphere flowed through this place than he had imagined.
“It is lively.”
“Does it displease you?”
“No. I asked because the sound is pleasant.”
“Hearing that gladdens this priest’s heart.”
Kang Seodam continued in his characteristically impassive tone.
“One of the Sun Church’s greatest strengths is its abundance of vitality.”
“I visited the Church of Death previously. This…