Hunter Seo Gio did not express any intention of returning separately.
“We don’t know how the Saintess’s condition will develop, so I think it would be best to remain nearby and observe her. If the Moon Church has no objection, I would like to stay with the order and care for her, if only until she has recovered to a minimal degree…”
“If you would do that, it would be an honor for the Moon Church. With Hunter Seo Gio here, I am certain the Saintess will quickly regain her stability. In fact, it is something we wished to ask of you first.”
The bishop, who had come to visit Gio at his sickbed, asked,
“More importantly… how are you feeling?”
“I’m all right.”
“I hear that phrase quite often.”
“I see. You hear it often.”
“The Moon Church is overflowing with fools.”
She skillfully suppressed a sigh.
“They stubbornly insist that they are fine even when they are anything but. Even when they do not behave quite so insolently, there are a great many brothers who slyly try to gloss over their condition.”
“I only said it because I truly am all right…”
“Even if you had joined the Moon Church, Hunter Seo Gio, you surely would have adapted very well.”
“That seems like excessive praise for a Tamer.”
“No. I meant it sincerely.”
He had…