'Where's he going now?' Inala paused his work for a mont upon seeing Inala follow after Luttrena. He didn't know Luttrena's real identity. All he judged based on her attire was that she hailed from an affluent family.
He didn't have any ans to gather info on people outside his settlent. 'Did Virala get access to information about people from Granny Oyo?'
Granny Oyo also sold dicine to other settlents. Therefore, she maintained an account book about her custors. If Virala sohow chanced upon it, he might use it to further his agenda.
'Indeed, all he's selling is so dicine. With the support he's getting, he wouldn't even need the Parute gained from selling here. His true objective should be to network with affluent students.' Inala concluded.
Does that an he too would network with the students? Yes. That was why he was making portraits of everyone. But would he target those focused upon by Virala? If the chance presents itself, then yes.
Grehha, Yennda, and Resha had already left the fair. That left only Virala and Inala here. After so ti passed, Inala was unable to notice the presence of Virala too, sa for Luttrena, 'Did the two of them go sowhere together?'
Virala was great at wooing won. Inala was aware of that fact. Therefore, he wondered if Virala intended to take a harem route, 'But the Mammoth Clan won aren't the type to share their beloved with another. He'll be stabbed in the back at this rate.'
'I can use it against him. But first, I need to gather evidence.' Thinking as such, Inala resud his work, making portraits of the students.
"Can you make one with us together?" Two elites that intended to return to their settlent had exited the middle ring and arrived at the outer ring. They then noticed the most crowded stall in the outer ring and approached it to witness what was up with it.
Inala was aware that the rest of the reincarnates would only be selling a product. Therefore, they'll finish up the selling process quickly and would return ho to collate their gains. That ant only Inala would be left behind until the evening.
The elites and even the masters would be leaving by the outer ring to return to their settlent. By then, most of the stalls in the outer ring would be empty, save for him. As most of the crowd would surround his stall, the elites and even the masters would be curious.
That was his goal all along. And once it was evening ti, his first elite custors arrived.
Inala observed the two elites that seed to be a couple and asked, "Do you want a couple's portrait?"
"Can you fit two people in that tiny portrait?" The female elite asked.
"Yes, but can you two hug each other?" Inala asked, smiling upon seeing them nod as he adjusted their hugging pose.
"This is embarrassing." The male elite blushed upon hugging his wife in public. Public display of affection wasn't a thing in the Mammoth Clan. Inala was aware of it, and hence, he hurried the production.
He finished the major sketch lines and prompted them to relax, "You can stop hugging. I have what I need to finish."
Since the pose was done, he only needed to fill in the details. That could be inferred individually. An hour later, he finished two portraits, giving one to each of the couple, "How is it?"
"A-Amazing!" The female elite blushed as she inspected the portrait. She felt the inscription of her and her husband in the portrait, observing their loving pose in a daze, "I'll treasure it!"
Death was everywhere in Sumatra. This portrait might not an much in terms of practical value. But it created a mory of each other that would last even if one of them might die in the future.
They could rember their beloved through their portrait, living vicariously in the mory of their past.
"Thank you." The male elite made a curt bow toward Inala. He had only graduated a few months ago. He was a newbie elite and hence didn't have the arrogance elites usually had. This also ant he was nervous.
For, elites died all the ti, in charge of most of the Empyrean Tusk's safety. If he died, he didn't wish his beloved to forget him. This portrait will serve as a reminder and keep her mory of him fresh. His wife too felt the sa.
Moreover, the portrait was only palm sized. Hence, it could be carried on their body. They could tie it to a thread and sling it around their neck or harness it to their hip. By carrying it on their being, they would rember their family and would fight with a stronger intent to survive and make it back ho alive.
"I can make portraits and even sculptures." Inala advertised himself upon seeing many elites eyeing his stall. "Whether it be the compact portraits you can carry with you or life-sized versions for your hos, I can make them in the shortest possible ti. If you pay a premium, I can even make the portraits using clay that is as hard as our bones."
The last part was just a boast, but it did garner him plenty of attention. Many elites began to commission him, and soon, he ran out of materials. There were still plenty of custors waiting.
Smiling wryly, Inala expressed his apology, "I'm sorry, but all the materials I prepared have run out. I can only resu making the portraits tomorrow. Please visit the 44th Settlent's Academy of Refinent and ask for my service. My na's Inala."
"Only instructors can enter the Academy, right?"
"It's not appropriate for us to barge into such a place."
"He's still a student. If he was an elite, he could visit our settlents to take up work."
"What's the 44th Settlent doing?"
"Just assign this student a ho to work on his craft."
"Don't they have plenty of vacant hos?"
The elites complained one after another. It wasn't easy to enter another settlent. A lot had to be coordinated beforehand to make two Empyrean Tusks move beside each other before the elites from one settlent could jump into the other.
Originally, Inala's work wasn't deed important for the settlent's future. So, none of the Instructors promoted his exhibit to the middle ring. Moreover, the exhibit praised by Instructor Mandu was Inala's Cody Troupe.
Therefore, when he didn't see it, Instructor Mandu was disappointed and hence didn't support Inala's actions. Inala advertised one but sold sothing else. It offended him. That was why he didn't support Inala's stall.
But now that dozens of elites pressured him, Instructor Mandu was forced to act and promote Inala's exhibit and permit him to form a business.
'I succeeded in the end.' Inala beca relieved upon seeing an irritated Instructor Mandu give him the green light.
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