Though it was hard to say whether it truly had any bearing on the matter, the Vein of Jewels was one of the dungeons Yoo Seongwoon had told Gio about.
“Did I end up handing over that information for nothing?”
Gio’s Portrait could already travel freely anywhere it pleased.
Giving someone like him information on several unfrequented and intriguing dungeons connected to Earth might have been akin to telling a hungry tiger where the village was.
“…Still, it would only have been a matter of time.”
Yoo Seongwoon did not regret what he had done.
‘Bisabeol agreed to it as well.’
More importantly, though he was human, he was not wholly on humanity’s side.
There was a saying that the best Gardener was an observer. They could not truly do nothing but stand by, of course, but their mission was to maintain the balance between the Source and their world.
Chosen as a Gardener from a very young age, Yoo Seongwoon knew how to remain unruffled by the blooming and withering of life.
‘Besides, Gio knows Earth well.’
All Yoo Seongwoon had done was hasten the time when Gio became active. It had always been inevitable that the Portrait would appear all over Earth and startle people.
“We haven’t even finished investigating Gyeongbokgung Palace, yet another incident happens before we can wrap anything up. Honestly….”
Yoo Seongwoon sat on a snow-covered bench and scratched his chin.
“…Was today Christmas?”
Under ordinary circumstances, he had planned to visit Gio and ask whether he wanted to enjoy the end of the year together.
“That’ll be difficult now.”
Having his overtime confirmed during a holiday like this was a truly sorrowful portrait of modern life. Rubbing his stiff neck, Yoo Seongwoon slowly let out a sigh.
In accordance with the will of the Garden he served,…