The Artist Who Paints Dungeon-Chapter 84

Before the incident.

After experiencing a series of events that others would never experience, such as a terrorist incident or a kidnapping incident, the Cha family in a rural area finally regained peace.

“Flower pig.”

Cha Eun-hyeok saw his younger sister, Cha A-ra, entering the kitchen.

“What’s with the meat?”

“Oh, this.”

“Why is there so much?”

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There were various ingredients that we rarely saw on a regular basis, as if they were planning to cook. Thin meat that would never be caught by hunting, round, ripe pears in the middle of winter... .

“Crazy, there’s even kiwi.”

“We’re going to make bulgogi with this.”

“Where did the money come from?”

“I got the reward from a collector.”

“.......”

Cha Eun-hyeok looked at his younger sister with a subtle look at Cha A-ra’s words.

“...Was there something they had to compensate for...? Wasn’t it a situation where we should have given them the money?”

“Um....”

“I don’t think there’s anything more to it than saving my family from dying in the middle of monsters.”

“Uh....”

“So this is what they mean when they ask for a bundle after saving someone from drowning? They even extort money from big companies, so society has really taken a hit.”

“Oh, I didn’t extort it, they just gave it to me.”

Cha Ara stuttered as she listened to her brother’s reasonable question.

“No, well, I didn’t really understand it either... Anyway, the black cloak and the mermaid princess have a deep connection, and the black cloak is under the responsibility of the collector... So... I feel like there’s a connection....”

“......?”

Cha Eunhyuk’s face crumpled.

“What are you talking about?”

“Anyway, since you worked hard, they told me to eat something delicious and rest. They said they were sorry.”

“Is it a scam? Were you scammed? I knew you’d do this someday.”

“No, no. How great are you to be yelling at me?”

“I think it’s better than you.”

“Don’t talk nonsense, you sucker.”

“Do you think I’ll lose my sense of alertness just because I get cursed at like that? No, my younger sister who has no sense of safety.”

Cha Eun-hyeok grabbed Cha A-ra’s shoulders with both hands and spoke seriously.

“People in this world only think about preying on suckers like us.”

“But I gave you money. Money is innocent, and if you give it to me, you should use it.”

“No, you should give it back. What are you trying to do with this as an excuse? Why on earth did you give it to me?”

“Bounty...? No...?”

Cha Eun-hyeok smiled kindly at his younger sister’s innocent words.

“Piggy, piggy. You became a hunter and got hit in the back of the head like that, but you still fall for the word ‘bounty’?”

“Huh...?”

“I don’t know who decided to give us the reward, but all the employees there are probably 1st or 2nd class citizens, so why would they think that?”

“Oh my....”

“No city’s people show mercy to 3rd class citizens without a reason. Let’s sort out the situation step by step. Who exactly gave it to you?”

“Yoo, Yoo Seong-woon Hunter....”

“Yoo Seong-woon Hunter.”

Cha Eun-hyeok nodded.

“Then this isn’t a reward, it’s more like a condolence gift.”

“Are we going to die? Did you spend too much? Maybe you shouldn’t have bought the kiwi?”

“That’s not the issue.”

He seemed to know why Yoo Seong-woon gave him the money.

“We are one of the few people who know the true nature of the ‘Black Cloak’ that has been trending on the internet these days. And how many people in this world would want to use and study the ‘Black Cloak’? So how valuable is this ‘Black Cloak’ information?”

“Uh... uh....”

“That value wouldn’t be equal to the internal organs of a third-class citizen like us. The reason why Yoo Seong-woon gave us this money was more like condolences for learning the true nature of the terrifying ‘Black Cloak’.”

“So we’re going to die?”

“If we just keep our mouths shut, we might not die, or we might just die....”

Cha A-ra’s face turned sad.

“Then what should we do?”

“What should we do? We should enjoy the money we received and keep our mouths shut.”

“Will it work if we keep our mouths shut?”

“If we’re unlucky, information might leak out from Priest Kang Seo-dam or the collector.”

“Then die?”

“Life must be very tiring.”

In the worst case scenario, he could have been dragged somewhere and forced to reveal information about the ‘Black Cloak’. He could have died in the process, but Cha Eun-hyeok accepted the current situation rather calmly.

“Anyway, it doesn’t seem like Hunter Yoo Seong-woon gave you the money with bad intentions.”

“Really...? I’m starting to feel uneasy.”

“From what I’ve seen, it seems like he realized that our future with the ‘Black Cloak’ wouldn’t be smooth, and he really gave me the money to cheer me up, so I guess it’s okay for you to keep cooking like this.”

“Uh... no, but....”

“The fact that Chae Sol was kidnapped must have been included in the compensation. It’s true that you and the youngest suffered, so just use what you received.”

Cha Ara frowned.

“I’m telling you to relax or not.”

“I’ll worry about it, so you just keep cooking without thinking.”

As long as Cha Eun-hyeok, who was not without wisdom in life, was alive, it was okay for his two younger siblings to be a little stupid. This money wasn’t malicious either, so there was no need to be overly anxious right away.

Judging from the personality of Yoo Seong-woon Hunter that we learned through conversation and the actions of the big business collectors, there must have been a separate escort team assigned to them.

Since he had been kidnapped once, it might have been for protection, but it might have been more accurate to say that they were surveillance personnel for information control.

Anyway, it didn’t matter.

“You like cooking, right?”

“Well... that’s true, but...”

“If you finally got some money, you can spend this much, right?”

Of course, you could save up this money to fix up the house or pay for the youngest’s dormitory. You could help Cha Eun-hyeok with his bungeoppang business, and you could buy equipment to keep Cha A-ra from dying.

But if you only spend money on things that are absolutely necessary, then that’s how people live.

“We already earned the money we needed. Plus, we were lucky enough to have some spare cash, so what’s the point of telling us to spend it on essential things?”

“Ugh....”

“If we don’t relieve stress like this, when will we ever relieve it again?”

People needed to have these big and small pleasures in life. Cha Eun-hyeok knew that if he simply lived to eat and live, he would eventually consume his physical health and mind and die.

“So how much compensation did you get?”

“Oh, right.”

“Oh, right? Are you living a crazy life, Piglet?”

“I, I was just coming back from Seoul, so I was out of my mind....”

Cha Ara spread her fingers.

“Thousand.”

“...Thousand? Thousand without any negotiation, that’s pretty high, isn’t it?”

“I just came back from Seoul to do some shopping, so.”

“Tonight’s going to be a bountiful evening.”

“Hehe, right?”

“Please show off your skills.”

Cha Eunhyuk looked at one side of the room where the cold wind was blowing in a little.

“I’ll go stay with the youngest.”

“Aren’t you going to join us?”

“Not only do you not like cooking, but what if the youngest gets kidnapped again?”

“...Ser, could that happen again?”

“From what I’ve seen, our youngest’s life is not ordinary.”

This was a gut feeling that Cha Eunhyuk could feel because he saw strange monsters differently from others.

“I think he’ll have a much harder life than us. I’m anxious. My heart is pounding.”

“What the hell, what are you cursing? He’s going to be a second-class citizen soon, so if he ends up living a harder life than us, third-class natives, isn’t that a problem?”

“No matter how much I think about it, he won’t have a normal life at least. That brat Chae Sol keeps getting involved in strange things... and his personality is like that.”

It seemed that the fact that he was so fearless also played a part. He was unnecessarily cheerful and sociable.

“If he’s a fool and fearless, what’s that? He’s twisting his own fate.”

“Oh, is that okay? Did we raise him wrong?”

“What can we do, he’s already that big. But if he enters the Taeyang Church, he’ll learn a lot and be protected. He’ll have the honor of the church, so he’ll be careful.”

“Sigh....”

Cha Ara waved her hand.

“I feel even less reassured after hearing that. I was going to feed him something delicious before he went to the dormitory, but you should go next to the youngest and talk to him about this and that.”

“What can you do?”

“Don’t live like a fool....”

“Will that work? We’re the ones who got screwed over.”

Even as he said that, Cha Eunhyuk went straight to the youngest, Chae Sol. The last time he was kidnapped, he was anxious about leaving the youngest alone.

“Youngest.”

“Hyeung, what is your older sister doing?”

“I heard she’s making bulgogi.”

“Wow, bulgogi! Isn’t that expensive?”

“It’s expensive. The ingredients are crazy. Just pray that your older sister doesn’t ruin dinner.”

“Should I pray to the sun god first?”

“No, we’re not even that close yet, so what...”

“Is that so?”

Cha Eunhyuk sat down next to the youngest, who was holding a pencil and looking happy. He had no idea what he was drawing. Cha Eunhyuk loved his younger brother, but he couldn’t love his drawing skills either.

“When you go into the dorm, you’ll eat more delicious food than this.”

“Should I bring it out?? Do you want to eat it together??”

“I heard that you can’t come out well until you become a priest.”

“I’ll come out secretly.”

“...After you finish your graduation, buy me a meal, I’ll wait.”

Cha Eun-hyuk postponed his promise to the future, thinking that if it was Chae Sol, he could really sneak out of the dorm and walk all the way to this remote countryside. Cha Eun-hyuk’s gaze, which was stroking his younger brother’s hair, turned downwards a little.

“Were you drawing?”

“Yeah.”

“What were you drawing?”

Something black, stained on the back of the paper, caught his attention.

“Black cloak!”

“.......”

Cha Eun-hyuk fell silent.

“...What?”

“Huh? Black cloak!”

“You... What... Do you know what that is?”

“Isn’t it a good ghost that gives gifts to good people?”

“What is that, um, uh.”

“I was embarrassed to pray to the sun god, so I drew a black cloak first!”

“What the hell does that have to do with anything, anyway. After all, a black cloak is a monster....”

“Isn’t that it?”

“No.”

Cha Eun-hyeok broke down.

“Who told you about Black Cloak?”

“Inseo.”

“Inseo... the village chief’s daughter?”

“Everyone in our neighborhood knows Black Cloak.”

“Why on earth...?”

“It’s cool.”

“....”

Cha Eun-hyeok, who knew the true identity of the black cloak, took a deep breath for a moment.

“... I don’t know much about it, but is the black cloak really famous these days?”

“Huh? Yeah, that’s right.”

“What exactly is the black cloak? Do you know?”

“Actually, I don’t know either... .”

Chae-sol continued, drawing a black lump with a blunt pencil.

“Isn’t it like Santa?”

“... The grandfather who gives presents to children who don’t cry?”

“He said he likes good people and really likes it when you talk to him. He said that if you’re polite, the black cloak will give you presents.”

“Oh... .”

Cha Eun-hyeok was wondering what to say to this.

“... ... .”

“... Huh?”

The two Chas’ gazes fell on the ‘black cloak’ in the paper.

“... Didn’t it move just now?”

The black mass drawn with the child’s clumsy skills was wriggling.

“... ... .”

Cha Eunhyuk broke out in a cold sweat.

A secret portrait that even the huge guild called the Collector’s Guild had not yet figured out.

And sometimes, such unrealistic and dreamy beings, including the gods called fate with will, had their own summoning rituals.

‘... This really....’

Didn’t Chae Sol, who had awakened as a priest, draw a black cloak instead of the sun god? Chae Sol smiled brightly, not knowing how fast his brother was burning with fear.

“Wow, I think the black cloak is here!”

“Wait, wait, Isola. Please wait... This isn’t right.”

“Be my friend!”

“Please!”

Cha Eunhyuk grabbed his younger brother and ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) begged, but it was already too late.

“Wow!”

In the picture.

The clumsy picture moved, and it took shape.

“Black cloak...!”

“.......”

“...Black... cloak...?”

He was wearing a pitch-black cloak.

The deep shadows that were hidden by the hood pulled down deeply and made it impossible to see his face at all were so dark that it was incongruous.

The black shirt and suit visible inside the cloak did not have any light, but his long, well-proportioned body was recognizable.

“...Brother Geo?”

That was the ‘Sergio’ that Chaisol knew.

“Brother Geo?”

“Yes, I am Sergio.”

“Oh, it really is Brother Geo.”

The blunt tone and strangely heavy air, as if it had been translated. It was no different from Sergio Hunter, the God of the Sun who had eaten with Chaisol.

“Why are you here?”

“Didn’t you ask me to be your friend?”

“That wasn’t something I did to you.”

“It’s sad. Don’t you want to be friends with me?”

“You’re my brother, right...?”

Cha Eun-hyuk, who was watching the situation, touched his forehead.

“.......”

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Cha Eun-hyuk.”

“...Yes, it’s really nice to meet you. It’s nice to meet you, but....”

Cha Eun-hyuk hesitated and asked.

“Is this how you usually get called out?”

“Student Cha I-sol called me.”

“.......”

Cha Eun-hyuk suddenly remembered the compensation money Cha Ara had received.

‘... Was this something he had prepared for?’

Cha Eun-hyuk, who had learned the summoning method of the Black Cloak without even intending to, naturally took out his phone.

This information was too dangerous to keep to themselves. His fingers naturally searched for Hunter Yoo Seong-woon’s direct number.

‘Please save me.’

Perhaps Yoo Seong-woon had given him the money for this.

“Excuse me, but I’ll go outside for a bit.”

“You can do whatever you want.”

“... In the meantime... my younger sister Cha Ara will take care of you. It’ll only take a moment.”

“I apologize for the sudden visit. Please make yourself at home.”

“Yes, thank you.”

That’s how Cha Eun-hyuk came to ask Yoo Seong-woon for help.

Not long after, Yoo Seong-woon arrived at the Cha family’s house.

“Where is Geo?”

“He’s talking to the youngest.”

“Who didn’t die?”

“Why on earth... are you... asking that question...?”

“Oh, just in case.”

“...Yeah, yeah....”

It was a fucking tiring day.

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