Perhaps fearing the girl's suspicion or for some other reason, Shiki specifically explained what she was going out to do that night, which looked exactly like love.
Love: Ah, right, right, right, everything is like me... Wait, it actually does seem like me!
"Oh, I see. Go ahead, go ahead."
Ayaka nodded, but why did she feel that this scenario was somewhat similar to the explanations her father gave her mother every time he attended various high-society gatherings?
Before long, a massive sheet of Xuan paper was delivered.
As the heir of a major Inazuma family, Ayaka had studied calligraphy and painting since childhood, and precisely because of this, there were many large sheets of drawing paper in the Kamisato Estate warehouse.
"Let's go to the studio. There are specialized tools for painting there," Ayaka said.
"Okay."
Shiki did not refuse. Her room did not have a table large enough to accommodate this paper.
As for drawing while lying on the floor... wouldn't that be tiring?
Upon arriving at the studio, Shiki immediately spread the Xuan paper flat on the table, and among a collection of expensive writing brushes, she chose... a fountain pen.
Don't ask; the answer is she doesn't know how to use them. She could count the total number of times she had used a writing brush on one hand. The fountain pen from Fontaine was much easier to use.
If possible, she would even want to use a pencil, but unfortunately, the ink-wash style studio hadn't prepared such an item, and even this fountain pen was one she carried herself.
After briefly stretching her fingers, Shiki quickly drew her body to scale on the Xuan paper. Due to the size of the paper, she could only draw the front side first.
But then, for some reason, Shiki put down the fountain pen and sat on a nearby chair.
Her consciousness sank into her body. Elemental power surged from her Dantian, began circulating through her meridians, and left light spots on the acupoints as marks.
At the same time, she used elemental power to change the magnetic field, controlling the fountain pen to draw these light spots onto the human outline on the Xuan paper.
Thus, Ayaka witnessed a miraculous scene: Shiki merely sat on the chair with her eyes tightly closed, and the fountain pen moved on its own, marking one light spot after another.
'No wonder she had to use a fountain pen. So this is how she intends to draw it?'
Looking at the scene before her, Ayaka couldn't help but sigh in admiration, though she didn't know that the reason Shiki wasn't using a brush was simply because she didn't know how.
Even if the pen barrel was metal, it wouldn't work.
Because she didn't know how much force to apply or how much ink to load.
Controlling the magnetic field was merely equivalent to having an extra hand; it couldn't instantly turn her into a calligraphy master.
Just like you can't instantly become a world-class musician just by watching someone else play an instrument.
At this moment, Ayaka took off her wooden clogs and quietly backed out of the studio. Fortunately, the floorboards in their house were well-maintained and did not make a creaking sound.
Although the sound of wooden clogs tapping on the ground was clear and pleasant, Ayaka still took them off so as not to disturb the girl.
After retreating outside the door, Ayaka quickly stopped the maid who was about to speak.
"Shh~"
Miss Maid didn't understand, but she quickly sealed her mouth, ensuring she didn't make a single sound.
"Just give it to me; you can leave. Also, notify everyone else not to come over."
Ayaka spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, then took the paper from Miss Maid's hand and carefully returned to the studio.
Seeing this, Miss Maid also left the studio corridor extremely cautiously, only letting out a sigh of relief once she was completely far away from the studio.
"Whew…"
"Chiharu, what are you doing?"
"Ah!"
Chiharu, the girl, was startled by the sudden voice, but quickly recovered and said, "Yui, you scared me to death!"
"You can be scared by that? Chiharu, are you doing something bad?"
"No way, don't talk nonsense!" Chiharu shook her head, "I just saw the Young Miss. She told me to inform you all not to go near the studio, and to try to keep your voices down when working."
"Is that so? Do you know what she's doing?"
"How would I know what she's doing? I only know that Ryougi-sama is also there. In any case, we just shouldn't go!"
Chiharu didn't want to cause trouble. She didn't want to lose this job. This kind of job, with free room and board and high pay, was probably the only one like it in all of Inazuma.
She had put in a lot of effort to pass the selection and join the Kamisato Clan, and she didn't want to be fired over a small matter.
But Yui didn't think that way. She always felt that the relationship between their Young Miss and that Sobayonin was unusual. This was a good opportunity to snoop… *cough*, investigate intelligence.
"I say, Chiharu, aren't you curious about what the two of them are doing in the studio?"
"Yui, what are you trying to do? I advise you to abandon that dangerous thought. We should quickly go and inform the others!"
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