“Welcome.” The man had shiny blond hair, a straight nose, and porcelain skin. With a bright smile, he opened his arms to greet Gi-Gyu and said, “Nice to meet you, Morningstar!”

Gi-Gyu's travel to Italy was a secret, so only the people responsible for escorting him welcomed him.

“Nice to meet you too,” Gi-Gyu replied in awkward Italian, making his escorts’ smile even brighter. He had practiced a few Italian greetings and sentences, and this must have pleased them.

“I’m the branch manager of the European Players Association’s Italy branch, Alberto.” The blond man offered his hairy hand for a handshake.

Gi-Gyu shook his hand and thought, ‘He’s just a regular player.’ 

He had checked out Alberto secretly to see if he had any sorcerous energy or a foreign aura about him. Sung-Hoon had previously told him that Alberto could be trusted, but Gi-Gyu wanted to be sure. Now, he was confident the Caravan Guild and Andras hadn’t experimented on Alberto’s body.

‘Well, I guess I don’t know for sure just yet,’ Gi-Gyu told himself. He knew that he shouldn’t deem the man innocent just because he couldn’t feel any sorcerous energy or foreign aura...