Chapter 7 – Volume 2 – I Heard That My Video Is Not a Crime, but a Masterpiece? (2)
“I never thought the day would come when I would go with a canvas and ask for a painting exhibition…”
Every time I see the illustration drawn on the canvas, I keep smiling at the corner of my mouth.
When I ruined all the canvases except this guy, I just thought the practice time would be longer after all.
I never imagined that this guy would turn out so well.
To be honest, this is a quality that he would have boasted in full disclosure, saying that he was well selected even when he was active as Siwoo.
“Yes, I’m running an errand for my teacher. He asked me to register my artist name as ‘Siwoo’.”
“This is the first name I’m registering… Can you show me a picture?”
The employee checked the brush strokes of the painting for a moment, then nodded and replied that it would work.
However, he explained that he could not exhibit for a long time because it is a place where he only grasps the minimum skills and exhibits all works.
Of course, there is a system in which viewers can make recommendations, so the more recommendations, the longer the exhibition period.
“In the case of an art auction, there is a minimum number of recommendations depending on the starting price. When the conditions are met and the exhibition time is exhausted, the auction date is set automatically.”
“He said he had no intention of an auction.”
“Okay. I’ll keep that in mind.”
I wrote down the name of the work as ‘Several Hundreds of Flowers’ and submitted it.
There is no special meaning, and the name of the character drawn here is hundreds of stories.
In this world, it would be called ‘Hundred Flowers de Sue’, but that’s a bit ugly.
You’ll probably have to redo the naming later.
‘Anyway, it’s really well made.’
No matter how mage’s hobby, it’s so easy to take a work that accepts anonymity.
They say that if you don’t get any recommendation, the work will be taken down within a day, but it was a bit strange that all the works were given the opportunity to be exhibited for free.
Well, since Sharon H Magius, the representative who runs this place, always said that she was sincere in her paintings, it must be natural.
It’s not to make money in the first place, but it’s possible because it’s only operated for the purpose of producing good pictures.
“Oh, and there are only a few guests, so you don’t have to worry about the work going down. There are certain things that have a minimum number of viewers, not just a minimum period.”
“I know. Uh…”
“Uh, are you okay?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I haven’t slept very well lately.”
Actually, I wish I had slept while I came.
I’m anxious because I’m hugging this picture, so I should be able to do that.
So, after registering this, I thought the first thing to do was to go back to the dorm and get a good night’s sleep.
“I don’t ask for much, so I hope it lasts for more than one day.”
It’s because the ending of being completely ignored is the saddest.
Of course, drawing a beautiful picture only for my standards that don’t fit the market or meta, and expecting it to go well seems like a thief.
That said, I hated drawing live-action pictures that I couldn’t even do properly, and now I don’t want to be a jackpot, I just want someone to affirm and sympathize with my picture.
‘No, thinking about it, I don’t even need a day.’
Only one.
If there is even one person who affirms my painting, it is a great driving force for me to start painting again.
『In a world where erotic comics are legal』
“Wow, that’s crazy. You slept almost all day?”
From the day I finished the painting, I overdid it with the thought that I wanted to display the painting as soon as possible.
In other words, there was a misfortune where they could not even see the picture on display and only slept.
Even if I ran right now, the picture would have gone down if the extension hadn’t been made.
Still, it’s a little bit longer, so it’s going to go up a day or so.
In that way, I came out of the dorm with my mind set as much as possible while winning a mental victory.
Considering that the number of recommendations needed to extend the exhibition period increases as time goes by, it would have succeeded in extending the first day.
I arrived with self-suggestion, but as expected, another new work was on the spot where my work was hanging.
“Ehh, then it is.”
I threw a shitty illustration at a place where there was no subculture base, including comics, and it’s strange that it gets eaten.
I laughed at myself for saying that I was expecting too much and looked for an employee hoping that at least one person would press the recommendation.
You don’t have to stay in the capital for long, if you get the painting today, buy more tools to practice and go back to the villa.
I believe that if I keep exhibiting my paintings, there will be people who like it at least a little bit.
“Ah, are you here? I thought you had just submitted the picture and passed away to the teacher.”
“Yes? Oh, we have to see the results.”
“Haven’t you checked yet? Oh, sure. I haven’t told you where you are.”
“Yeah?”
Didn’t say where it was, does that mean it’s still on display?
Of course, I thought he was doing that because he was going to guide me to return the painting, but it seems that wasn’t the case.
And with that said, she led me to the same place I had admired with Rosaria when I first came here.
“Here…”
A place where the latest and most popular works are exhibited.
This is the place where not only the works that I thought were really good, but also the work called ‘The World Inside the Door’, which I thought was a masterpiece, were exhibited.
Oh, and it’s still on display in the same place.
“I moved here. Actually, I moved several times, but I was surprised at how quickly the number of recommendations increased.”
“Yes Yes?”
Among those outstanding and beautiful works, a disparate, chewy painting was shining and scattering its own presence.
I was so flustered that my head couldn’t keep up with the situation.
So the fuck is my painting being exhibited here?
Why?
“No, uh… Is it possible for the number of recommendations to be uploaded here? I don’t think so…?”
“Oh, you don’t know. There are some cases where the number of recommendations goes up as a number, but there is also a system where the number of recommendations per day goes up.”
“No, so you really came here because you were satisfied with the number of recommendations?”
“Yes, Siwoo is a great artist? You have a good teacher. I also thought it was a mysterious and good work, but I was careful because there were so many times when my eyes were wrong… This time I was right.”
I don’t know if it’s because I slept too much or because I was too embarrassed.
So, my head hurts so much.
So now, hundreds of my works have gone up to the place where the most popular works are exhibited?
No other than the number of recommendations from viewers?
“…Master would be surprised.”
“Really? If you had such good skills, I think you would have entered with confidence.”
“You were confident about your work, but it’s very different from the style of previous paintings.”
Since the majestic Chewduk character is lying naked in the center, there is too much cognitive dissonance?
Am I just dreaming because I’m looking forward to the results so much?
What does this mean…
“Heh heh, you must have been wrong this time? The name Baekhwa means a white flower that blooms on the water.”
“No. This is Master’s mistake. Look at the way the hair is flying. It clearly expresses the concept of burning. In other words, it means pure white fire burning on the water.”
Even an old man and a beautiful elf were arguing over my picture.
No, not both, Baekhwa is just the name of the character?
And why are you fighting over such nonsense?
“Hey, a little bit of voice… Oh, sorry. It’s the elder and Professor Rondo.”
“Sorry for raising my voice. We’re not the only ones here. It’s because I’m excited to see a good picture after a long time.”
“No. Excuse me.”
“Sorry. I’m a little embarrassed.”
If you are a person with the title of elder and an elf professor named Rondo serving as your teacher… Sharon h Magia!?
A mage representing the empire, and a grandfather of Rosaria.
He is also the party that creates and runs this art museum.
When I asked what my grandfather was doing, he was a huge mogul…?
“That one…?”
“Oh, how are you?”
“Oh, you’re a painter too.”
“Yes?”
“I can feel the thick oil smell from my body. Huh, it would have taken more than a month to touch the oil paint to get this dirty.”
I wondered how to tell them apart just by smelling them.
The problem was that it was not polite to run away in such a state of being caught.
Even if you’ve never met him, it’s a reality that you can’t easily ignore because he’s Rosaria’s grandfather, and he’s a big man who’s treated as an elder by the Magic Society.
There is no answer to this other than just answering with a straight line and moving on.
“Yes, I am practicing oil painting.”
“Interesting.”
“Yeah?”
“It’s definitely strong magic, but it’s clean magic that hasn’t been stained with personality this far… If you’ve practiced that much to the point where you can smell oil painting, are you aspiring to be a wizard?”
“That’s right?”
“Ah, it’s not a big deal. My granddaughter is exactly the same age. But it’s this much of a difference…”
“What the hell are you talking about…?”
Sharon H Magia, who had been muttering incomprehensible things to herself, smiled and held out a pen to me.
No, why are you doing this to me?
To be honest, I was so uncomfortable in my seat right now, so I wanted to go back to my villa as soon as possible and start painting.
“He probably has a teacher, but he must be a bit of an eccentric. Even though his pupil has grown so much, he hasn’t taught me that he can use magic.”
The moment the pen touched my hand, I felt a strange tickle in her palm.
At his prompting to hold the pen properly, I instinctively grabbed it as if I were drawing.
At the same time, I began to see a faint light rising from the nib.
Wow!
No, rather than light, it would be a better expression to say that it is a color drawn in the air.
Following the trajectory of the trembling hand, the lines of magical power that embroidered the sky here and there were so beautiful.
I was mesmerized by the enchanting sight.
