Chapter 339
“Gio, there’s something I need to say.”
“May I begin with an excuse?”
The Portrait shrank back as Yoo Seongwoon stormed into the Gallery.
“There is something I would like to tell you.”
“Fine. I don’t know what it is, but let’s hear it.”
“That wasn’t me.”
“George is also ‘Gio,’ isn’t he? How is that possible?”
“I didn’t know it was possible either.”
“Wow… No, wow… No, hah…”
Yoo Seongwoon scrubbed both hands down his face.
He was a veteran Gardener. In other words, there was no possibility that he had not been summoned over this “clown” incident. He was even a member of the Collectors, which said everything about the stinging looks he had received today.
“Everyone kept staring at me.”
“Goodness. Why?”
“They asked whether one of the Works managed by the Collectors had caused an incident.”
“But I understand that the Collectors do not make such mistakes.”
“There’s nothing we can do about our basic image. It’s also true that the Collectors manage numerous mysterious Works. We’re the only Guild whose collapse could bring Earth down with it.”
With a wistful smile, Yoo Seongwoon looked at the Portrait whose face was obscured by paint.
“But did you really have to overturn the world before even our Guild Master has done it…?”
“I was already developing plans to overturn it.”
“I didn’t think much of that because I assumed you would handle it yourself. No matter what anyone says, you ultimately place…