Chapter 10 – Volume 2 – I Heard That My Joke Is Not a Crime, but a Masterpiece? (5)
Rather, I was a little embarrassed.
If I had forced you to yell at you, I would have fought while shouting that you couldn’t do it.
It was rather difficult to refuse because he asked me to apologize.
No matter how deep the emotional trough was, in the end he was my father.
‘I can’t just give up painting and move on to swordsmanship.’
If it’s magic, you can learn it naturally while painting.
Swordsmanship was honestly a very different story, so it was difficult to grant his father’s wish here.
I’ll have to convince you somehow.
However, the mindset he had at first to run away and solve the problem was fading away.
Now I was thinking that I wanted to solve it by persuading my parents as much as possible.
Well, there was no way I was truly hating my parents in the first place.
Wasn’t it because I liked it so much that I practiced the sword with such greed?
“Father, to be honest, it’s hard for me to understand what you think. Anyway, my family’s honor is not that great because of my lack of skills…”
“That’s not it. In the end, I was just worried about you being compared to people from my family, but it’s okay if you lack skills.”
“…”
However, he said that it is difficult to accept that the sword of the family itself is cut off.
If the father’s age was on the younger side, the grandson might be able to take over.
They are in such a hurry because it is difficult to expect that in a country where the average age for marriage is in their 30s and children are born in their 40s.
It would take about 40 years from now to teach my grandchildren how to use swords, so he probably didn’t have the confidence to teach swordsmanship on active duty until he turned 100 years old.
‘If you think about it, nobles are of a late age for marriage.’
Although the gender ratio between sword and magic is different, it is a world where many women enter the academy and pursue their dreams.
There was a strong feeling that everyone was spending their time training swords and magic rather than focusing on dating.
Maybe that’s why I knew that the rate of marriage was high after completing all the things I naturally wanted to do and stabilizing.
Come to think of it, that was the reason why the cult of Mijia, the main religion of the empire, hated nobles.
Their doctrine is to promote childbirth, believing that conception and the birth of life are divine blessings.
It was because nobles married later, naturally giving birth to fewer children, creating an atmosphere in the opposite direction to the doctrine.
“Then can I show you my grandchildren early?”
“…What?”
“Keuheum, no. Please forget what I just said.”
Of course, if there are good people, this solution wouldn’t be bad, but it’s like leaving my job to the child.
It wasn’t the right way to evade a subject I now claim to hate in that way.
At least, if there was a way, I would give birth to a lot of children and pray for at least one child who likes swords to come out?
But I honestly think it’s impossible.
“You know what my father is worried about. I don’t want to hold the sword anymore.”
“Carly…”
“However, it’s okay if you put conditions on it.”
If I can achieve grades worthy of being evaluated as a sword master or higher just by drawing alone, please acknowledge this path.
If I don’t get those grades by the year I turn 24, when I normally graduate from the academy, I’ll take up the sword again.
It was the first thing I felt I wanted to do, having lived only looking at the sword, I begged.
Of course, since my drawing had already been approved by Elder Sharon, it was safe to say that I had already achieved that condition.
So I felt apologetic because I felt like I was deceiving my parents.
Still, as it is related to my future in painting, I wanted to push forward with the condition of winning.
“Evaluation higher than that of a sword master… It is more difficult for magic without a clear indicator like Aura Blade to receive such an evaluation.”
“It doesn’t matter. If you want to set a standard, I’ll make it condition that you draw a picture that Elder Sharon can approve.”
“…You seem to be confident.”
“It’s not like that, but I really want to try it even if it’s under these conditions.”
His father sighed heavily, and he nodded his head in half giving up.
It must have been a very difficult condition for my father to feel, so he said he wanted to do it like that, but he must have thought that he would lose this time.
“But don’t even dream of receiving family support.”
“Yeah?”
“It can’t be helped that I already bought it, but I will reduce my living expenses to a minimum from now on.”
Since he moved on to being mean, it ended in a very humane way for a father…
Damn material support suddenly cut off here?
『In a world where erotic comics are legal』
“Huh, finally I can draw some pictures.”
I was completely distracted by the unexpected visit of my parents, but I feel a bit more alert now that I am left alone.
Anyway, if I use all the canvas and materials I bought this time, I have no money. What should I do?
Should I just leave the auction as normal this time?
In addition to the sudden cut off of material support, my mother also decided not to help, saying that if I provoked my father’s anger, the story itself could end.
The only person I can ask for help is Rosaria, but even Rosaria won’t come until summer vacation starts.
If I had known this would happen, I would have bought several months’ worth in advance like last time…
“But how can I put up with these tools?”
It was an ambiguous situation to buy an unlimited number of items due to the weight of buying all the tools by type.
I bought only as much as I could normally afford, intending to try out wizard tools ASAP.
The problem was that I thought it was okay to buy it again then, since I had to adapt to some extent anyway, so the second work would come out sooner than the last one.
Well, who would have predicted there that support would suddenly cut off.
“Make money… Come to think of it, the other day I said that the printing side was well developed.”
So, I heard that there are cases where the artist owns the original and sells a copy at a reasonable price.
It’s definitely a good way to print and sell it like that.
Thinking that far, a single thought flashed in my head.
Come to think of it, the fact that it is possible to print and sell a picture means that it is also possible to compile it into a book and sell it.
In fact, even though it was black and white, mass circulation of magic books often had illustrations in the form of magic circles.
If the printing system is completed to that extent, isn’t it possible to distribute comics as well as copies of paintings?
‘Of course, it seems that the concept of cartoon itself has not been firmly established here.’
Of course, there are cartoons in the early form without text, but they were only in the early form.
Of course, there is a high probability that it will be difficult to be eaten in this world due to the lack of detail compared to illustrations that contain the heart of a cartoonist on a single page, and the nature of relying on text as well as pictures for content expression.
But right now, the artist ‘Siwoo’ is in the process of demonstrating a great status, right?
If such a painter draws a manga as a follow-up and pioneers a new genre, wouldn’t it be unexpectedly recognized?
“Yeah, I thought hundreds of episodes would be ruined as I expected. But since it went beyond success and hit the jackpot, there’s no reason not to try it as a manga.”
It’s not like I’m losing money anyway if I fail here.
If you’re really worried, you can display the cartoon first, see people’s reactions, and publish it as a book.
Do you think this is a really good idea?
“Wow, in the meantime, you can see it’s a new world for the pen.”
This is why the fucking fountain pen was not developed.
The performance of the black-only pen that uses magical power was truly amazing beyond what I had imagined.
I can’t afford to spend time and money developing a fountain pen with such a fraudulent guy.
First of all, I really like the fact that it is basically drawn with a very good touch, and that the pressure of the writing instrument is smoothly transmitted to the work.
There was also a function that could set the basic thickness from very thin to moderately thick.
Even the ink never smudged, probably because it was made with magical energy the moment it was drawn.
“Oh… So many really good ones.”
In particular, in the case of brushes, the ability to finely adjust the size or shape is of course.
There were things like a function that cleans the currently applied paint in one second.
Even after actually testing the brush that can draw on oil paint that has not yet dried, I couldn’t help but admire its mystery.
“That’s why supplements that dry in one day weren’t that popular.”
In the first place, drying time itself was not an important problem in oil painting in this world.
That doesn’t mean that he doesn’t use it, but that supplements are often used as tools for the expression of works.
Why did I go through all that trouble?
“And I bought it without much thought, but now that I think about it, the copier was a godsend.”
It’s a solid black color, but a book is basically for expressing text.
In order to stably supply books, this inexpensive type of monochrome printer is advantageous, so it is the most popular.
Of course, there are multi-color copiers for pictures and magic circles, but I couldn’t even afford to buy them because they had separate ink and the price of the product or the amount spent per copy was abnormal.
“Originally, I bought it to recycle the stripped wire, but if you’re going to draw a cartoon, this is very useful.”
I let out a sigh of relief as I sincerely praised the past me for purchasing this.
