1188 Portrait of the Daoist at the End of the West

"Now! Now that you've finished eating all the sweets, let's unveil the portrait!"

Tikatras declared that there was no aftertaste after the meal.

When Porarth sends a signal, three small surnames enter through the side door. In each of those hands was a luxurious cloth hung on a canvas and something similar - and Ei = Fa narrowed her eyes at the figure.

"Tikatras, are they all paintings?"

"Hmm? Of course!" It's the crystal of your beauty and my passion! "

"So... you've done three paintings in three days?"

"That's right! I should have painted your beauty on one canvas!" Since I couldn't do such a thing, I had no choice but to divide it into three pieces! "

Then Eurifia, who was on the table next to her, raised her voice.

"But with such a large portrait, it would normally take a few days to finish one. I can paint three portraits in just three days, which is an extraordinary skill."

"That's because of the beauty of Ai-Fa!" I had no choice but to run the paintbrush three days and three nights to calm my swirling feelings in my chest! "

Apparently, Tikatras had a cheerful attitude toward everyone but her immediate opponent, Princess Dell Share.

As such, the size of the canvas is enormous, with a height of one meter and a width of about 80 centimeters. Completing three such fine portraits in three days was certainly not a problem.

Well then, let's unveil it! You guys, three at the same time! "

After bowing, the maidens removed the cloth at the same time as a signal of sighting.

At that moment - in the hall, there was a marvelous gesture.

Those canvases had more feelings than we ever imagined.

All were portraits of Ai = Fa in crimson banquet costumes.

At the center of it was the composition that I had expected. That is, the figure of Ai = Pharaoh sitting on a chair with no backrest.

Ei = Fa stretched her spine with determination and looked sharply at us. While wearing the banquet costume of the Lady, it was as sharp as a young martial artist ---this is what I would call an Ai = Fa-like figure. Such an eye = facade that I knew well was painted on the canvas with a very realistic oil painting-like touch.

If this portrait had been one of these, we wouldn't have been out that far either. All you have to do is admire Tikatras' brilliant skills.

However, the left and right canvases arranged alongside it depicted a completely different image of Ai = Fa.

On the right, Ei = Fa stood.

He was wearing the same crimson banquet costume as the center, with his back and side facing this way. His gaze was slightly downward, half hidden in a glorious golden brown color, and his sideways face was gently smiling as if he was pitying something.

In addition, the central portrait was very much like a room in a castle town, but the background was outdoors at night. It was like a garden with lots of flowers, but they were all wet with blue and white moonlight. Ai = Fa's figure was also somewhat hazy, which seemed to give a clear beauty to his soft smile.

And the last one--that's what's burning in your heart.

Ai Fa, wearing a banquet costume, was wiggling his long hair and crawling to the ground.

He leans down on the ground with his bent fingertips like a claw, lying down like a beast, and gazes at us as if he's scooping up from below. The posing, the burning eyes, the peeling white teeth, the gruesome shape, the twisting muscles in the arms -- everything was covered in beasts.

His golden brown hair swirls like flames, clinging to the limbs of Ai-Fa like a beast. The blue eyes were the flame itself, so much so that I thought my fingertips would burn if I touched the canvas. However, Ai = Fa wore a sumptuous banquet costume, which seemed to create extraordinary force.

"Ei = Fa... you've been sitting in a chair all this time, right?"

Unconsciously, when I snorted, Ei = Fa returned a low voice.

"Tikatras sometimes turned sideways and behind me, but I didn't move myself. I never stood up, I never laid on the floor.”

So -- Tikatras was just imagining, and he drew two pictures, one on the left and one on the right.

When I was dazed, Tikatras said, "How about that?” I asked.

"Among them, Asta, who knows best about Ei = Fa, still lives in the same house, right?" I'd love to hear Asta's thoughts! "

"Even if you say it's an impression... I just think it's brilliant..."

“Do these portraits break the impression of Eiffel burned in your heart?”

"... yes, it's Ai-Fa, as I remember it."

That was one of the most astonishing things about me.

I know all of these Eyes = Fa. The sideways face of Ai = Fa who smiled quietly, the shape of Ai = Fa who burned in anger, and the figure of Ai = Fa as I knew it.

Of course, Ei = Fa had never crawled to the ground in a banquet costume. However, that tremendous gaze and the force of not yielding to anything remained as it was when the Order of Evil Gods inspired Gibba and Mundt, or when they confronted the "Hurricane Party" led by Siluel.

(And that gentle smile...)

In the past two years and months, I have been able to see a lot of Eifa's gentle smiles. However, there should never be many people who have seen Ei = Fa smile like that, and there is still no way to expose such a look in front of Tikatras, who has no instinct. Despite that, Ai-Fa smiled gently at the beauty of the moonlit night as I knew it.

"If so, then I understood the beauty of Ai-Fa correctly!" It was worth taking the paintbrush with the feeling of cutting life! "

Having said that, Tikatras laughed relentlessly.

"Ai-Fa is a mix of beauty!" I couldn't possibly put it in a single portrait! If a painter could do such a thing, I'd like to offer a box full of silver coins to paint a portrait of Ai-Fa! ”

"No... that's a really great skill." Literally, the beauty of Ei-Fa seems to be coating the canvas. ”

Eventually, when Princess Dershare returned to me and praised her like that, the Porters followed suit in a hurry.

“No, no, really! There's no such thing as a painter looking all over the continent to paint such an amazing portrait!”

"Yeah. It felt like I was grabbing my heart somehow..."

"The portrait on the left is already a force that Ei = Fa is about to jump out of the canvas." Odifia was trembling. "

Yeah, but Mishinoye = Fa is so beautiful.

This is certainly the result of Ei = Fa being an unusual masterpiece.

In the words of Mulstein, Tikatras said, "That's right!” I whispered.

"It is the very existence of Ai = Fa that is so difficult to gain!" I am only benefiting from that blessing! I will give my heartfelt thanks to the four gods who created the existence of Ai-Fa in this world! "

I waited for the people around me as I put my hand under the chest where my palpitations hadn't subsided yet.

The people of the castle town are all impressed, and the group on the edge of the forest are half impressed and half gazed at with sharp measurements. Ziza = Luu was at the top of it, and his thin eyes seemed to look more sharply at Tikatras himself than at the portrait.

And then, Ai = Fa --- she looked so complicated that she frowned.

Ei = Fa noticed my gaze and her lips clasped against my ears with the same expression.

"That's how I look in your eyes." It doesn't really matter... but it feels very unpleasant, like being seen through by someone of unknown sexual origin like that. "

”Yeah, well, Ei = Fa laughs in public as much as she can.”

Ei = Fa kicked me in the back of the table.

So Tikatras says, "Okay!” he exclaims.

"Well then, that's the end of the portrait!" Eifa! I am truly grateful to you for listening to my wishes! As for the price, it's just too small... but I'd like you to sacrifice the banquet costume you're wearing right now as a memento! "

“No, I was the first to say that there was no need for any kind of price. In the first place, I don't need banquet costumes or anything--"

"Then, I'm sorry!" Besides, with you, I'm often invited to a castle feast, aren't I? There aren't many women who can dress up in such luxurious banquet costumes, so please continue to impress and delight people with their beauty! "

Ai = Fa still opened his mouth to complain, but bowed as he reconsidered it along the way. It must have been judged impossible to argue here. Portia sighs in relief.

"Oh, Ai = Fa! My breasts are still full of thoughtlessness, but I will not allow you to rope your free soul! As promised, the thoughtlessness of not welcoming you to your wife will be healed by these portraits! I want you to live proudly as a beautiful hunter in the forest! I pray for the moment when I will return my soul so that you can live happily ever after!"

Without being moved by Tikatras' eloquent words, Ai = Fa silently returned the greeting.

Tikatras nodded in satisfaction, looking back at Mulstein on the table next to him.

"I am truly grateful to the Lord Genos for preparing such a palace for me!" And Lord Melfried and Lord Porarth! I'm sure you've had a lot of trouble in the last eight days! Thank you so much for accepting such a casual guest! I will never forget your generosity! "

“If you were satisfied with Lord Tikatras, it would be an honor.”

When Mulstein responded with a relaxed smile, Tikatras said, "Yeah, yeah!” he nodded.

"It won't be long until tomorrow morning!" Tomorrow morning I will leave Genos Castle! I just want to ask you one thing.... "

“Yeah, what kind of a story is that?”

I wonder if you could often keep those portraits at Genos Castle?

Mulstein kept the same smile and said, "Huh?” He tilted his head.

"The portrait over there, at Genos Castle?" But was it painted to take home to the Derm? ”

"Yes! That's why I want you to keep it safe until the day I return to the Derm!"

No, but you're leaving Genos tomorrow morning, aren't you?

"No, no, no! I'm just leaving Genos Castle tomorrow morning, and I'm going to spend the rest of my time at my leisure!" You can't go back to the Derm until you've had all the fun of Genos! ”

Paul-Earth properly dropped the wine glass on the plate.

But then, where do you plan to open the night after tomorrow?

"That's it, just like the wind is blowing and you're turning your mind!" It looks like there are lots of lodgings in both the castle town and the station town, so you won't have any trouble! ”

“No, no, no! We're hosting the Duke of Derm's immediate family, Lord Tikatras, in an inn in town… if you're staying in Genos, we'll get you a place to stay!”

"No, no, don't worry about it!" There's nothing boring about going back to the same place every day on your trip! If you can just keep the portrait, that's enough! "

"But..." said Por-Earth, in a voice that pushed her emotions to death.

“That's how Lord Tikatras behaved in all places. I don't think this genus alone will change deeds."

"Exactly!... oh, I see! I was in the wrong order! Degion!"

Degion nodded silently and took out a small cylinder from his white pocket. Furthermore, it was a single document that was taken out of it.

"No matter what happens to me here, I will not hold the people in Genos accountable! That's what I wrote. A pledge! Dégion, give the Pledge to Lord Genos!"

Degion remained silent and delivered the document to Malstein.

Mulstein looks back toward the Aug while maintaining a gentle expression of great mental strength. Augg nodded one by one with a strict face near the top of the Buddha.

"Your pledge is officially typed as an official document of the Kingdom. In addition, His Majesty the King has acknowledged that Lord Tikatras will handle such a pledge, so I would like you to think of it that way."

"... so Tikatras-sama is really spending time in Ichii's inn?"

Yeah! I'll never bother you, alright!

Having said that, Tikatras turned towards Dalí-Sauti.

"That's why I want you to taste the feast from the forest!" Besides, I am greatly inspired by the life of the forest-side village! In the future, I would like to negotiate without bothering the hands of the Genocide Marquis, but could you give me your consent? "

"Since our sovereign is the Marquis of Genos, we will need your approval first." For the rest of the details, we will discuss it with the three chiefs. "

"I see, I see!" Well then, as for that, it's time for more! No, it's going to be a pleasant stay! ”

Tikatras seems to be enjoying himself. However, the situation of Degion and Vichezzo remained the same, so it must have been agreed to from the beginning.

Dari = Souti's gentle but powerful gaze, and Ziza = Lou's irresistible gaze, each quietly looking at Tikatra's figure. The female crowd's expression was roughly puzzled, and Georg-Zaza seemed to be amused by the situation-and Ai-Fa seemed to be holding her breath.

(Well, it's not that easy to clear up after all.)

For me, it was like that.

As a result, Tikatras' stay in Genos was about to open its doors.