"Compared to that, Konoe-kun, are you less nervous?"

Higashinoji's profile.

His profile is pretty good-looking, at least that's what Konoe Ryoka thinks.

But as soon as she heard his teasing tone, Konoe Ryoka realized that she might have been deceived by Higashinoji who was bullying her in front of her.

Just now it sounded like a touching love story, why did it suddenly become a made-up story?

She was dumbfounded, her face flushed, her head lowered, and she distanced herself from Higashinoji just a moment ago when she was closer to listen to the story.

Since Konoe Ryoka didn't speak, Higashinoji didn't continue teasing her and just turned his head.

He just thought it was fun to tease this little girl, so he talked so much.

Since Konoe Ryoka didn't speak, Tonoji didn't continue to say anything, but turned his head to look at the girls who were gathered together just now.

They were talking together just now, but now when Touyoshi looked at them, they had all disappeared.

I don’t know what these little girls were doing.

"Fukushima-senpai will go out to buy drinks at this time, and then other seniors will also come together..."

A timid voice came from behind.

There is no doubt that it is Konoe Ryoka.

"Fukushima-senpai? Are you talking about the one surrounded by many girls just now?"

Higashikata turned his head. He just glanced at it casually and didn't really see it.

"Yes." Konoe Ryoka avoided Higashinoji's gaze and lowered her head.

She kept her head down, giving people a particularly unconfident feeling.

"Fukushima-senpai is the best painter in our art club."

Konoe Ryoka hummed and explained.

"The best drawing...?"

After hearing this, Higashinoji stretched his head over, took a look at what the 'Fukushima-senpai' had drawn, and then said with a refreshing smile:

"It's just average, at the level of an ordinary high school student."

He smiled, there was no arrogance in his voice, but the meaning in his words was there.

No matter who heard it, they would probably think that he was talking nonsense.

Then Konoe Ryoka lowered her tone, wanting to refute Higashinoji: "Fuck, Fukushima-senpai is the best among us, why do you say that about her?"

"Because I draw better than her."

"ah?"

Higashinoji's overly confident rebuttal made Konoe Ryoka's next words choke in her throat.

She was surprised and looked at Touyesi blankly, wondering where his confidence came from.

After a while, Konoe Ryoka lowered her head, stared at her toes, and softly defended herself:

"Fukushima-senpai had already won the silver medal in the student category of the Tokyo Youth Competition when she was in first grade..."

"I can win the gold reward."

Higashinoji is still like that, there is no arrogance in his words, and his tone is still calm, but just hearing these words will make people think that he is talking big words.

Konoe Ryoka showed an incredulous expression and stopped talking. Maybe she thought why Higashinoji could brag without writing any drafts.

She turned to look at her painting and sighed.

She was not good at drawing, and she was not as good at flattering people as other girls, so she could only sit here and draw.

Seeing Konoe Ryoka sighing, Higashinoji walked over curiously and glanced at the things on her drawing board.

She uses gouache paint, which is generally used for enlightenment and learning. The colors she paints are light and inspiring, which is different from the two common paints of oil painting and watercolor.

But in fact, people who pursue the path of professional painters will choose oil painting.

There are also watercolors and gouache paints, but they are very few.

Konoe Ryoka's paintings are trees and jungles filled with light in the morning.

Blue and white background, white and black tree trunks.

Below is the road extending forward and the brown and yellow trees on both sides...

only--

"You're so dark...the tone is too dark, isn't it?"

Higashinoji couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and pointed at Konoe Ryoka's forest of trees.

The background color is blue and white, the environment is slightly light blue and sky blue, and the overall atmosphere is cold.

But this lightness was ruined by the shit-like black color created by Konoe Ryoka.

The background color cannot suppress this black thing, so naturally the overall picture will not look good.

"Ugh..." Konoe Ryoka didn't dare to speak.

In fact, she had already discovered that the color was a little difficult to hold down, but until now...she didn't know what to do.

and...

Konoe Ryoka turned her head, blinked innocently, and stared at Higashinoji.

Why did he notice it as soon as he arrived?

She just asked Fukushima-senpai to look at this painting. She took one look at it and said it was okay, and then left.

That's why she took the courage to draw it.

"How many hours have you been painting?"

Higashikata asked.

"Two...two hours."

Konoe Ryoka muttered softly.

Higashino said ‘Huh?’, sighed, and then stretched out his hand.

"You, what are you going to do?"

Konoe Ryoka was stunned and her neck shrank.

She was afraid that Toyoshi would beat her.

"Help you remedy this."

never mind.

Higashikata was too lazy to reach out.

He directly snatched the brush and the square painting tray with paint from Konoe Ryoka, then rolled the flat brush and confidently rolled out a little blue on the tip of the brush, and then dipped grass green and black into it.

A little bit.

He tried the colors next to the checkered drawing board, took a quick look at it and then confidently raised his hand to draw on it.

Naturally, what Higashinoji painted was still 'black', but this black is different from the normal, extremely rigid black. This is the black he mixed, and it looks very spiritual.

The bright parts of the tree trunk are blue and black, and the dark parts are black and blue. With just a few strokes, the relationship between light and dark is revealed.

This relaxed and free-spirited look without any sloppiness made Konoe Ryoka open her mouth wide.

It's completely different from when she was painting. When she was painting, she had to adjust a color several times, and she was very careful when she started painting. After she finished painting, she regretted it, as if she was holding a dozen plates in her hand, how could she be like Higashinoji?

Start painting as soon as you get started, adjust colors at your fingertips, and move naturally.

But...don’t tell me, it’s really beautiful!

The lifeless scene gradually changed.

"When you paint gouache, you have to paint it in one go. This stuff has poor penetration and buildability, and it dries very quickly."

As Higashino said, he saw unopened high-grade oil paints at his feet.

Is this Konoe Ryoka still a rich woman?

Higashinoji glanced at Konoe Ryoka and saw that one of her big eyes exposed by her slanted bangs was staring at him seriously.

It's really serious.

Even when she saw Higashino stop writing, she whispered "ah" and seemed very immersed in it.

"Konoe-kun?"

Higashinoji waved his hand in front of Konoe Ryoka.

"Why?"

Konoe Ryoka finally came back to her senses.

She looked at Higashinoji in front of her. After several minutes, she carefully looked around, fearing that others would know:
Chapter completed!