Responses
THIS is such a wonderful take. Lowk almost convinced me but I just can't shake off the part where an elf told chef that only elves can see spirits and sometimes elves can't even fully see these spirits but chef does. With the photo at the end, it made me think that it's actually his grandma and he actually has elf blood in him — the reason why he could see spirit and he naturally has high affinity to be able to fully see them ╮(￣▽￣)╭
The picture at the end actually made me feel that his grandfather definitely had been to the other realm and had in fact brought an elf back to Korea. Yes, there's a certain intimacy between them with the pose, arm around shoulder, but I didn't actually get a lover vibe. The pose felt like how I hung on my friends of the opposite gender so there's affection and love but without the messy romance angle. The physical distance just felt too wide for it to be lovers for me I guess. Though thinking more about the Grandfather's behavior maybe they both liked each other but couldn't be together so they settled on friendship. On Grandfather's side he never left because he wanted to protect her forever and be close to her since he couldn't be with her. On her side the clothes gave me a nobleman vibe maybe she realized that a human lifetime isn't compatible with an elf's life. So there's probably another treasure somewhere with her and she will see our chef and picture his Grandfather. I could even see her giving him a blessing as a child heck I'm betting Emilia and our little sister have the classic run in. Or better yet they get to travel to the other realm as well. Definitely a weird way to spinoff from a picture but that's just how it felt to me in that moment looking at the picture.