"What if I am a fox spirit who happens to be a holy mage as well? Will you be scared of me?"
"Un… I… I don't mind if I fall into the abyss of desire for you, Sir."
Cha Junshik was pleasantly surprised by Alpheus' answer. It was within his range of expectation, but he knew well that wasn't love.
Alpheus just admired him, or in some instances, because they spent days together, Alpheus started developing this dependent feeling with Cha Junshik.
That was why Junshik wasn't that surprised by that answer, nor he was that surprised when Alpheus said that Junshik and they were SUPER MEGA BEST FRIENDS.
Because at some point, Alpheus would realize that love wasn't something that should be manipulatively created because of dependency, that wasn't love.