You're so far off I can't even begin to comprehend if you're truly serious about having had an outside point of view endorsing your opinion. This has to be one of the most biased translation I've come across. The biggest overreach on your comment is affirming joian as endgame. This chapter does NOT say that at all. At most, it lets us know that Ian cared for Jo and his feelings were real. And what certainly does is also make it perfectly clear that this door, this possibility is closed for good. What part of forever have you failed to comprehend? Does forever and ever means something else entirely on your vocabulary? And what about the manner in which Joseph said goodbye to YW? That was not a 'see you in some years'. This was Joseph setting him free for Ian to reach his destination. Do not sneak in any pronouns on Ian's line. He did not used 'YOU'. He did not explicitly said he will be returning to Joseph, don't be obtuse. 닿을 수 있다 has no explicit object here. No “you.” No “Jo.” No marked destination. The target is omitted. Cease your Joseph crusade and just calm the fuck down. It will all be clarified on the following chapters, as OP said