“What a surprise.”

Tak. Roberto Servillo said as he closed the recovery room’s door.

“She was okay with you touching her back. It seems she has changed a lot.”

“What do you mean…?”

“Ah, you didn’t know?”

When Seol Jihu asked, feeling confused, the bishop turned his head and replied.

“Lady Seo Yuhui avoids uncleanliness so much that it nears mysophobia. She detested even the slightest touch from foreign things.”

“Really?”

“Hmm, it looks like this is the first time you’ve heard of this… I guess it wouldn’t hurt for me to tell you. Do you remember how I told Lady Seo Yuhui that I disinfected my hands before coming here? In the past, whenever she had an unavoidable reason to be touched by someone, she made sure they didn’t have a speck of dust on their hands.”

The bishop raised his left hand and smiled.

“She even wiped her hands at the end of every battle. It’s certainly odd, but she took care of it meticulously so that it didn’t bring harm to others.”

It was hard to believe that Seo Yuhui was such a clean freak.

Suddenly wondering what Seo Yuhui was like in the past, Seol Jihu tilted his head.

“It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? I felt the same way when I opened the door. For someone who avoided making contact with others like a plague to be hugging a man…”

The bishop shook his head.

“Though there was a period of inactivity, I still cannot get used to it. She changed so much that she’s like a different person… Ah, let’s go.”

The bishop started walking in the middle of his speech.

Where was he going?

Seol Jihu was somewhat nervous, but he followed him without showing it outwardly.

The corridor was longer than he thought. There was no end in sight even after walking for several minutes without talking.

“Come to think of it, wasn’t there a huge welcoming party in Valhalla not too long ago?”

While they were walking for some time, the bishop suddenly asked.

“Ah, yes. How did you know?”

“Representative Seol returning to Paradise has been the talk of the town for a while. To tell you the truth, I was jumping from joy when I heard the news. Initially, when I heard that you were gone for eight months, I was worried that you retired from Paradise.”

The bishop then added with a hearty laugh, “What would we do if the only one capable of combating the Parasites disappeared?”

“To be honest, it wasn’t the time to be throwing a party.”

Seol Jihu smiled bitterly.

“I invested eight months of time and returned empty-handed… But I couldn’t really say no...