Geo saw the rmaid princess who had grown strong and beautiful.
“.......”
The strangely colored hair like the deep sea, the eyes that resembled pearls like the legend, and even the dress that resembled waves symbolized the sea... but the white gown of the doctor with a large chest over it stood out.
Back then, we often played pranks like that. It was nothing special.
“.......”
“...Yes, I am human too.”
That’s why Giovanni was sure.
“Let’s talk.”
In the end, a human had to win in this situation.
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She was sure of that.
Aria didn’t resent Giovanni.
He was the only human Aria could think of. He was the most genuine human among all the humans, and at the sa ti, he was kind and affectionate like soone out of a fairy tale. Rare things deserve to be loved.
“I respect you, Giovanni.”
But too much ti had passed.
“There was too much to cover up with the shallow word of respect.”
“For , when I ca to my senses, it was the young rmaids who caused trouble.”
“They’re not young anymore, unfortunately.”
Aria loved Giovanni, but she hated humans. She despised and despised them.
“I learned so much from you. Human emotions, human life, human judgnt...”
“The human anatomy was also sothing I taught you.”
“That helped a lot. Especially after you died.”
“Do you resent ?”
“It’s more like love and stubbornness. That’s a little different from resentnt.”
“rmaids are such creatures.”
“Aren’t they a foolish race that lives their whole lives with mories from the past?”
To such a rmaid, the existence of Giovanni was too cruel.
“Since your death, I have encountered countless humans. So were sacrificial, so were selfish, so even drove their children into the abyss, and so gave their lives for others whose faces they did not even know.”
“Such diversity is what shows the potential of humanity.”
“I agree. That is why I could not give up this life. I have analyzed, researched, and studied countless humans, believing that it would end soday.”
“It must have been a very long ti.”
“I have been hoping for this day to co for quite so ti. I have continued to vent my anger without aning, and have sunken the countless dinsions of the sun...”
“I understand.”
“And now, I think the ending has co to .”
That was the ending of the na Giovanni.
“The fairy tale of the Little rmaid on Earth ends with the rmaid turning into bubbles and disappearing. Is the ending you draw, Giovanni, like this?”
“It is up to every child to imagine. Even if the rmaid in the fairy tale turns to bubbles and is forgotten by everyone, there must be a child in his head who is enjoying a happy life with the prince.”
“I’m sorry, but there are no more children here. The only ones left here are the princess who has shed blood red to see the limits of humanity and her loyal subordinates.”
“Then what kind of ending does the rmaid princess want?”
“Human suffering. Human despair. Human annihilation. I didn’t know I would et you on Earth, where I ca to sink one more sun... but for now.”
“Did you eat humans, princess?”
“The seas of all dinsions have already eaten countless humans. Even at this mont, the seas are taking away the lives of greedy humans and are probably eating innocent humans as well.”
I could see Giovanni’s noble face. It was the face of a saint who was called the savior of humanity and the son of the one and only God.
“Isn’t the sea cruel to humans, as you said?”
“But it’s beautiful. Just like I, who can’t even swim, built a house by the sea and lived half my life there.”
“Do you still think the sea and rmaids are the sa?”
“Do you want to hear that I’m beautiful?”
“I can’t say no. I wanted to show you how I’ve grown, my teacher.”
But this isn’t what you wanted.
“How do you feel when you see the rmaid you raised with your own hands growing up like this?”
“.......”
Her blue eyes were filled with sorrow.
“...It’s sad.”
“Yes.”
“I’m glad to see you again, and I feel sorry for you.”
“Why is that?”
“Because you’re a rmaid.”
Who was that sorrow directed at?
“I’m a human.”
“...Giovanni, you always talk about the differences and limitations between humans and rmaids.”
With a smile that seed like he would sing only fairy tales his whole life, Giovanni always talked about the misery of reality.
“This is where the main story begins.”
Aria looked at the white-haired hunter sitting in his seat with a tense face, then looked at Giovanni, who was still smiling gently.
“I...”
It was a smile she had tried to create all her life but could not. It was a smile that her younger brother had imitated but had stopped at just an imitation. It was a smile that she had tried to have once again but could not even try to create... .
So it was a smile that she had eventually given up on.
“...For thousands of years, I have studied humans endlessly and tried to figure out their limitations. However, I confess my lack of ability, I could not define it as a clear goal. I just wandered around not knowing what to do.”
Giovanni said.
“And it is your role to show which way to go.”
“Giovanni, I am at a crossroads. You must help .”
What will you choose?
“This foolish stubborn rmaid can spend the rest of her immortal life simply hating, despising, and loathing humans, or... yes, she can disappear like a fairy tale here on Earth, becoming a bubble.”
The death of a human or the death of a rmaid.
“Well, sir.”
“.......”
“What should I do?”
Aria respected the human nad Giovanni. She loved his na.
She felt a sense of mystery in the fact that he was human, and she worshipped his endless wisdom and gushing affection. If there was a human who could bring sunlight to the sea, it was Giovanni.
“You wanted the land and the sea to beco one, didn’t you, sir?”
Aria placed the sea in the sky and devoured the sun.
“Even if our choices were the sa, the results would have been different, right?”
Giovanni would have created a warm fairy tale that slled of sunshine, not a cold and bloody reality like this.
However, Giovanni was betrayed by humans and eaten by a rmaid. Aria saw that kind face full of warmth.
“.......”
“Now give the end.”
You beca the sun for that.
Yoo Seong-un tried to hold his breath as he watched the situation unfold.
‘... It’s going a little strangely.’
When Chae So-ri was first kidnapped and this number of people ca to the ‘Deep Sea Country,’ he thought there would be a big battle. Of course, it was natural for a battle to break out when a hunter entered a dungeon.
However, this rmaid nad Aria really seed to want to talk. This place was created solely for the sake of a war of words.
‘That too... ‘He’s forcing Geo to choose between being a human and a rmaid.’
He felt sincerity.
‘What is Geo planning to do if he chooses a human...? Is he going to tornt humans because he finds them annoying? Or is he really going to die?’
Depending on what ‘path’ Geo would show her from now on, Aria would either tornt humans for the rest of her life or die here.
‘That’s how all monsters are...’
Aria’s hatred for humans also seed incredibly strong.
‘It seems like she’s going to end her previous life of studying and researching humans. Of course, it’s been thousands of years, so it’s ti to make a decision, but does it make sense to hand that choice over to Geo? It’s not sothing else, it’s deciding the fate of humans and rmaids.’
What a selfish symbol.
“.......”
Yoo Seong-woon looked back at Geo.
“.......”
“.......”
He was still smiling, looking at the rmaid nad Aria.
‘... I wonder what choice he will make.’
First of all, it is true that the existence called ‘Portrait of Geo’ is extrely friendly to humans.
However, just as I had worried when I first ca to the ‘Temple of the Deep Sea,’ Giovanni, who had a deep connection with these rmaids, could have chosen them.
‘Even now, he can’t be called human. Even if he chooses a rmaid who has beco a monster instead of a human, since monsters can be defined as being on the sa side... I don’t know what Geo will choose.’
Besides, that was more reasonable. Objectively, it was much less damaging.
‘If he chooses a human, Aria, the rmaid he was close with, will die imdiately, but if he chooses a rmaid, he can’t suddenly kill all the humans in all dinsions. If Geo chooses rmaids right away, it would be objectively more beneficial to spend ti with them, defending humans a little.’
Aria clearly said, ‘You are human after all,’ and acted as if she would eat Geo if she got offended... but Geo had his own class, so he wouldn’t be easily defeated.
If we were to be that picky, the few humans in this dungeon would die, but wouldn’t the many humans and the rmaids he loved live? Knowing that Giovanni was not always kind and had a shaless side, he was more worried.
“.......”
Yoo Seong-woon kept his mouth shut because it wasn’t a place he could step forward.
‘... In [N O V E L I G H T] the end, it’s Geo’s choice.’
It was after waiting for so ti.
“Whew....”
Geo laughed.
“To be honest, I thought it was a little funny.”
“...What?”
“They say families resemble each other, so I guess that’s how we are.”
Unlike the blunt, dark-haired Geo, Giovanni with his bright colors naturally matched even his light smile that felt a bit playful.
The rmaid nad Aria had a cold expressionless face, but her eyes seed to be captivated by that smile.
“.......”
As if she couldn’t help but think of a ti she really missed... .
Geo curled his lips as if he was embarrassed, as if he was troubled, and yet as if he found it funny.
“I was worried too. There was a way to get to the ‘Deep Sea Country’ without taking a submarine, but no matter how much I wandered around and waited, I couldn’t find even a single strand of Iserna’s hair. There was no.”
This portrait must have visited the ‘Deep Sea Country’ to et the rmaids.
“Maybe he was avoiding ?”
“I can’t say no, I was so scared that I would be punished by the new sun god.”
“The sun god... .”
“You wouldn’t have intended to hide it, would you? With such a passionate divinity.”
“I embraced it by accident, but honestly, I don’t know what I should do.”
“Isn’t it to kill ? It’s amazing that there are things you don’t know.”
“I’m human, too.”
“... ... .”
“We always reach our limits.”
Geo smiled his signature straight smile.
“So just like you kidnapped Brother Chaisol and called in, I also tried to find a way to call our dear rmaid friends together. I wanted them to talk to without running away.”
“So what thod did you co up with?”
“Compared to what you’ve prepared, it’s a very simple plan. Should I say it’s rough? I’m embarrassed that I can’t show you sothing great, Master....”
―Kwajijijijijijik...!!!
“Now.”
With a ferocious roar that didn’t match the brilliant light that hurt your eyes, a spear of light appeared.
He spread both hands.
“.......”
“Look.”
There were more than ten of them in total.
The blades of the spears, embracing the heat of the sun, were pointed at Geo.
“This is how humans communicate.”
“.......”
Before long, the seawater in the temple had dried up, and only the terrible heat filled the desert.
“...Human communication, what do you an?”
“The good cannot always be rewarded.”
“...I know that.”
“Then I should have known better.”
Geo continued to speak as if he was teaching.
“There is no guarantee that kindness will be returned in return for doing it, and notorious villains cannot always be punished and lt the wounded hearts of their victims. The world is not a fairy tale, and reality is created by overlapping monts.”
“.......”
“Because humans are always changing. They can grow and deteriorate. It is foolish to expect all the endings of these capricious creatures who cannot stay still for even a mont to always be the sa. If you are smart, you must know this well.”
The banquet hall was engulfed in a suffocating heat.
“But that is why humans created countless rules. They learn how to face each other and how to talk.”
“.......”
“And they decided that a terrifying murderer who has killed an incalculable number of people can be punished.”
“...You are going to punish now? You are not even human, but you are talking about human rules....”
“Aria.”
Her face, like the sunlight, is warm.
“Humans are diverse. They have no limits, and so are you. They say that humans are those who can never stay still and change.”
“.......”
“You weren’t like that? You haven’t changed at all? We’ve grown and degenerated, so we’ve only deluded ourselves into thinking that we were the sa as thousands of years ago....”
“...I.”
“We can talk.”
The voice was firm.
“If you receive the punishnt you deserve.”
Like a teacher teaching a young student.
“...What kind of punishnt is this? I don’t understand.”
“We use pretty deadly thods to get what we want. This ti, I’ll ask.”
“I don’t know. I don’t understand.”
“As if I have no reason to stop your hatred toward humans, Aria.”
The teacher who was leading the students asked.
“Is there a reason why I shouldn’t take ‘Giovanni’ away from you?”
“.......”
Geo chose humans.
And if what he said is true, humans and rmaids are no different, so he didn’t give up anything and chose nothing.
The rmaid’s face crumbled at the greedy adult’s fatal declaration.
“Will you choose humans, including and you?”
“...Ah....”
“Whether you choose the rmaid’s anger is up to you.”
Then what was revealed was not the sea, but the less mature student.
The painter who draws dungeons
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