•Hello. I’m Pale.
•Yes. Hello.
Yurin politely greeted him. She always acted politely towards people she didn’t know.
•You’re Weed-nim’s sister, right? I’m a friend of Weed-nim who hunted with him ever since we were beginners.
•Ah, the one who is skilled at shooting arrows!
•Hahaha! Seems like Weed-nim already told you about me. Skilled at shooting arrows, that’s an overstatement. Did he say anything else?
•Yes, he told me never to tease you. That you’re very timid.
•Ah, is that so. I’m a bit timid. Other than that...?
•I heard you sometimes play alone digging in the ground.
•Kuuk!
Yurin had fun talking with Weed’s friends. The polite, gentle way he talked gave her the feeling that he was a nice person.
‘Still, to hunt with Oppa, even I didn’t get to do that yet.’
Out of jealousy, she played a prank that had no ill intention.
But she was smiling, enjoying it.
•Anyway where are you?
•Rhodium.
•You’re at the city of artists. We’re at Yuroki Mountains.
It’ll take about a week to get there.
•You’re coming here?
•Of course. If there’s anything we can help with, we will.
•You don’t have to. I’ll go over there.
•Sorry?
•Could you explain the surrounding?
Yurin took out charcoal and paper and readied herself to draw.
Pale became speechless at Yurin’s absurd idea.
Just how long did it take to come from Rhodium to the Yuroki Mountains?
Plus, because monsters came in groups, it wasn’t somewhere a beginner could go.
Still, Pale answered Yurin’s questions.
•Behind us, there are two tall trees. There’s a boulder in front of us. It’s a normal boulder, light grey in colour.
•What’s the ground around you like?
•There are a lot of weeds around. There are also plenty of wildflowers, there’s more on the right side. A mountain we can see far away that isn’t very steep, and it has lots of trees. There’s the Dark Elves’ Castle after going over about two mountains.
•Weather?
•Clear. There are some clouds though.
Pale was confused even when he was explaining the surrounding.
“Pale, what’re you doing?” Romuna asked
“I don’t know. Yurin-nim is asking me to describe the surrounding, so I’m describing it for her.”
“Is she that curious of this place?”
Romuna tilted her head, unable to comprehend.
Judging solely by the scenery, the place was quite extraordinary. When the sun came up in the morning and went down at night, there was nothing more beautiful.
The mood when it fogs over or rains was great. Looking at the rain forest, one can fall into one’s own thought.
To those who are sensible, it was best place to spend their time.
Zephyr approached Pale.
“But what is her voice like?”
“Huh?”
“Is her voice gentle?”
Zephyr, who didn’t have a girlfriend yet, was naturally curious about Yurin.
‘If she’s Weed-nim’s younger sister, she would have strong ability to maintain livelihood. She wouldn’t starve me in any situation.’
So far, he had met various women.
Beautiful, confident women!
Still, they were busy giving their numbers when they learned of Zephyr’s background. Zephyr didn’t want to meet women like that again. A woman he can meet heart to heart without a care for money or status.
Like the naive heart of a man who just started dating, he wanted to make a girlfriend.
Pale looked at Zephyr as if he pitied him.
There were things that cannot be done even with a handsome face, sharp eyes, and elaborated speech.
“I’m sorry. Zephyr-nim”
“Hm?”
“To prepare for such a situation, Geomsamchi-nim told me.”
Zephyr’s heart became heavy.
He remembered Geomsamchi’s angular face and muscles.
He was a man scarier in real life than in Royal Road. If there was an Orc in real life, the one who would be able to catch it with ease, would be Geomsamchi.
“What did he say?”
“I will relay the message as it is. If anyone dares to touch Yurin, he’ll kill him.”
"........"
“Geomshachi said more than that. He said that if a man makes Yurin cry, he’ll break his spine.”
"........"
“Geomwuchi and Geomwubakchi also said something along those lines...”
Zephyr wanted to block his ears.
“I-I can’t dare hear them.”
Pale looked at him as if he pitied him.
“It’s hard for me to say them as well. I don’t want to remember them either. So when I heard something I just added them up in numbers.”
“Numbers?”
“Death 309 times, vegetable state 68 times, at least a month stay in hospital 93 times, lower-body paralysis 30 times, deaths that I cannot describe twice. Something that’s not alive neither dead… If you still want to, I can tell you what Yurin-yang’s voice was like though.”
“Kuhuk!”
Zephyr would give up on Yurin completely.
His confidence to approach Yurin, who is like a sister to Geomchis, vaporized.
Additionally, if he thought carefully, Yurin was Weed’s sister by blood.
If he considered the continual revenge coming from Weed unlike simple, short revenges from Geomchis, she was someone he absolutely could not approach.
Based on Pale’s description, Yurin painted. Her drawing skill wasn’t very good. Rather than art or music, she was someone who only focused on studying academics. Although she didn’t have exceptional talent or sense; she tried to be as descriptive as possible.
She considered overall positions as well as the details of them.
A feminine sensibility and soft curve were drawn with warm colours.
And, she finished drawing just like how Pale described.
Yurin stretched out her arms over her painting.
“Picture teleportation!”
The special skill of an Aqualight Painter.
The scenery on paper started to wave.
Skill: You have used Picture Teleportation.
Maximum mana is halved for four days.
A fantastic skill that allows one to teleport to anywhere on the continent as long as one can knows the exact geography.
On the painting, Yurin drew herself.
When she drew herself, her physical body was mystically disappearing from the plains of Rhodium. Legs, body, and finally head.
If Yurin closed her eyes for a bit and opened them again, she would meet Pale, Irene, Romuna, and Hwaryeong.
They were surprised to see Yurin, who appeared suddenly.
To Zephyr or Seechwi, she seemed to pop out from the earth.
It was special skill that only Aqualight Painters could use.