Chapter 721

Chapter 721

Bear-san Paints a Picture

Primme and Ronne kept coming to my place, but the Queen warned them not to.

Also, I didn’t know Sherry was a stuffed animal mender.

When the orphanage was poor, she used to mend clothes, so maybe she ended up becoming good at mending during that time.

I would prefer it if they played with Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear plushies until they were damaged, instead of letting them sit on the shelf gathering dust.

I had thought that if the stuffed animals fell apart, I could just buy new ones for them, but for those children, their stuffed animal was unique and there was no replacement for it.

But Sherry could have told me that she was going to the market to help fix children’s stuffed animals.

If she did, I would have been able to do something for her.

Just as I was about to relax again today, a rare visitor came to my house.

“Yuna-chan, is this a good time?” (Mylene)

“I’m going to sleep now.” (Yuna)

“That means you’re free, right?” (Mylene)

“I said I was going to bed.” (Yuna)

“And that means that you have time, right?” (Mylene)

She didn’t understand a word I was saying.

Sleeping was also an important job.

If you don’t sleep properly, you could even die.

But the person in front of me was not going to leave.

I gave up and asked her to come inside the house.

“Swaying Bear, Hugging Bear, it’s been a long time.” (Mylene)

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear were relaxing in their room when Mylene greeted them and patted their heads.

“So, what can I do for you?” (Yuna)

“I’m going to ask Yuna-chan to do a painting for me.” (Mylene)

“What?” (Yuna)

“Yes, a painting.” (Mylene)

I was so surprised that “What?” was my immediate reaction.

“By painting, do you mean drawing on paper?” (Yuna)

“Yes, yes. What else could it be?” (Mylene)

“I’m not a painter.” (Yuna)

“But you drew picture books for the orphanage. I’ve seen them.” (Mylene)

Did she find out about those picture books?

Mylene said in a regretful voice, “I would have loved to sell those picture books, but the royal family is involved.”

“You know about that?” (Yuna)

“There is a small royal emblem on the back of those books. Even I can’t interfere if the Royal Family is involved.” (Mylene)

It seemed that even the great Mylene couldn’t compete with the King.

“But I’m sure asking you to paint will be fine.” (Mylene)

“But is painting something you can request from an adventurer?” (Yuna)

“Of course not, it’s not a request for Yuna-chan as an adventurer. It’s a personal request.” (Mylene)

“Then I can decline, right?” (Yuna)

“Do you really not want to paint?” (Mylene)

“Well, yeah, there’s no reason for me to paint in the first place.” (Yuna)

“Even if it is for your friend?” (Mylene)

I was not so cold-hearted as to deny her implying that “we are friends,” and it was true that I was indebted to Mylene.

She helped me when I was building the store, and she even did me a favor when I asked her not to sell eggs to Cliff, even though there was no benefit to her in doing so.

Considering the future, I could not treat her badly.

“All right. You just want me to draw a painting, right?” (Yuna)

I took a piece of paper out of the bear box to draw a picture.

“What should I draw? Do you want me to draw Mylene?” (Yuna)

“I’d love it if you could draw me, but that paper is too small to begin with.” (Mylene)

“Small?” (Yuna)

I always use this size of paper when I draw.

The same size was also used when I was making the picture book, and when I drew Fina in a kimono in the Country of Wa.

“I’ve already arranged a large enough paper but since it’s too narrow here, we will have to move somewhere else. ” (Mylene)

“Too narrow?” (Yuna)

Was she going to let me draw on a bigger than usual paper?

...

Mylene took me to the haunted house where I met Primme for the first time.

It had nothing to do with my store or anything else.

I didn’t know what Mylene meant, but now that I had accepted the job, I had to paint a picture.

Come to think of it, I forgot to ask her what kind of picture I should paint.

I wonder if it could be anything.

Well, it was not my store, so bears would be excluded.

Then, I could only think of one thing.

I picked up a pencil and started to draw a rough sketch.

I’m sure it was something like this.

This was how it should look like here.

A smile would be nice.

Raise the mouth.

...

A few days later, the painting was completed.

Mylene was busy, or maybe she simply didn’t have the opportunity to see me.

Instead, a guild employee came to see the painting.

“Yuna-san, you are superb.” (Liana)

Liana-san looked at my finished painting and praised me.

I thought I did a good job, too.

On the canvas was Mylene.

She sat elegantly in her chair with a smile.

“I’m sure the Guild Master will be pleased.” (Liana)

“Then I’m happy for her.” (Yuna)

“I told her that you would be done today, so I’m sure she’ll be here later.” (Liana)

As we were talking, the door opened.

“Yuna-chan, I heard your painting was done.” (Mylene)

“Yes, it’s done.” (Yuna)

“...!” (Mylene)

Mylene-san looked at the painting and froze.

“I think I did a good job myself, what do you think?” (Yuna)

“Why me?” (Mylene)

“Because Mylene asked me to paint a portrait but didn’t mention who it would be. Naturally, the portrait can’t be of that man in the previous painting.” (Yuna)

“Then why did it end up as a picture of me?” (Mylene)

“Didn’t you want your portrait painted to show people who own this building?” (Yuna)

“No, I didn’t. I told you to make something like the picture book. I wanted you to draw a bear.” (Mylene)

“First of all, you never asked me to draw a bear. Second, I wouldn’t draw a bear since I am not the owner of this Inn.” (Yuna)

“Well, anyway, I am quite amazed. What’s this? I didn’t know that Yuna-chan could draw such a detailed picture.” (Mylene)

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it was an accurate photo of her, but I think it was close enough.

Recently, I painted a picture for Fina and her friends when we went to the country of Wa.

“But I thought that you wanted me to draw a picture of yourself, so people would know who the innkeeper was...” (Yuna)

“I have no hobby of asserting myself.” (Mylene)

Liana-san helped me out and said, “I think it’s a shame if you throw this away since Yuna-san painted it for you.”

“Yes, but Yuna-chan, could you draw a lovely Bear instead?” (Mylene)

Mylene-san held her hands together and asked.

“Then what about this Mylene-san’s picture?” (Yuna)

“That’s...” (Mylene)

I worked hard on painting it, you know?

I didn’t want it to be disposed of or to gather dust in a warehouse.

“What about hanging it in the Merchant’s Guild?” (Liana)

“No!” (Mylene)

Liana-san suggested an idea, but Mylene quickly dismissed it.

And then, after much discussion.

In exchange for replacing the picture with a bear painting, they would hang Mylene’s picture in the reference room of the Merchant’s Guild.

There was a suggestion to put it in the Guild Master’s room, but she didn’t like the idea of having her painting in her own room, and she didn’t want visitors who came to see the Guild Master to see it.

So, Liana-san came up with a compromise, and they ended up deciding for it to be placed in the reference room. Mylene also added that she could put up with the display if only the staff could see it.

And so I painted a picture of a cute bear and its mother in the style of a picture book.

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