「Half a day earlier,」
Onboard the Pharaoh, in Ptolemy's parlor.
A girl who looked to be thirteen was leaning over a table, softly humming a song. She was using a paintbrush to sketch the figure of a man on a sheet of paper. That man was none other than Shi Ming, standing on a ship with exploding cannon fire and the damaged Pharaoh behind him.
Stroke by stroke, the girl painted with intense focus.
The paintbrush in her hand perfectly captured Shi Ming's high-spirited and fearless posture, bringing it to life on the paper.
This was Pandoria from Moon Shadow. Codename: 2D Girl.
She possessed the S-rank skill, Man in the Painting.
Strictly speaking, when the skill had belonged to a sea beast, it was called Beast in the Painting. But the girl thought the name sounded unpleasant and had taken the liberty of renaming it "Man in the Painting."
The girl outlined the image stroke by stroke, and soon, the colored painting was complete.
