(MC POV)
It's been a few days after the festival and things have settled back down. The gods have all returned to their own planets and our ho here got quiet again.
"Ara? What is Master doing?" Iris asked, while looking over my shoulder.
I looked down at the canvas in front of , "Well… I thought that if I were to pick up a new hobby, I could avoid feeling bored without relying on things like the festivals from before."
"Ara, ara~ So Master has picked up painting I see~ Ufufufu~ So what is Master painting?"
"Mmm… Just the cookie stall over there. I've not really drawn much aside from inscriptions in this life after all, so I'm still learning."
"Ufufu~ It's beautiful, Master."
I looked at the drawing I did, already spotting a few imperfections in the drawing where I had missed out a few details.
I shrugged, "I still have a long way to go, plus it's rely just a simple drawing done using basic watercolours on canvas, nothing too fancy."
"But it's still beautiful, nevertheless~"
"Oh you're just saying that. It's still not that good."
"Ufufu~ If Master says so~ But what does Master intend to do with the completed drawing?" Iris asked with a slight tilt of her head.
"Hmmm… Nothing? Maybe I'll just keep it sowhere."
"Ara, ara? In that case, would Master mind giving it to instead?"
"Err… Sure I guess? What are you planning to do with it? If you want I can always just give you one drawn specifically for you."
"Ufufu~ There's no need to Master, this is good enough for ~"
I shrugged and gave that painting to her.
She received it with both hands before it disappeared into thin air, presumably being teleported to wherever she was storing it.
I then got up from the ground I was sitting on while carrying my canvas, deciding to try and find another spot for my next painting.
Just as I did so, Elaria descended from the sky to land in front of , "Onii-sama! Onii-sama! You won't believe what I-- Oh? What's Onii-sama doing?"
"Hmm? I've just picked up drawing recently. Did sothing happen?"
"Yes! That fake little sister… Eh?! Wait!! Did Onii-sama say that you're drawing?!"
"I just recently picked it up, as I said. What about it?"
"Then that's perfect! I need your help, Onii-sama! Please!!"
I raised an eyebrow, "Errr… Sure? What do you need help with?"
She grabbed my hand, "Follow , Onii-sama!!"
I was then pulled along with her as she flew up into the air, Iris seeing us off with a casual wave as though she had predicted sothing like this would happen.
We flew to the back of my courtyard where a building I did not rember seeing had been built. As I got closer to it, a few other buildings also seem to materialise out of thin air, revealing it to be a compound of sorts.
"What's this place?" I asked, looking down at the buildings below us.
"Oh! This is where we co to do our things, Onii-sama! I'd show you around but I don't think the others would appreciate doing it for them so Onii-sama will just need to be satisfied with mine for now! It's over here!"
Hold on… I definitely sense so kind of illusion being set around this place… My eyesight isn't that bad so that ant this place was hidden from sight unless you were already close by… Why were my disciples hiding this place?I think you should take a look at
I set my questions aside for now and let Elaria guide towards one part of the compound.
She brought to a building that looked like so kind nineteenth century gothic mansion where the doors automatically opened when we got close to it.
Despite its exterior look, the interior looked like a modern studio apartnt which made pause to look at its exterior again to make sure I did not hallucinate when I first saw the building.
"Over here, Onii-sama!" Elaria beckoned, prompting to enter the gothic mansion/studio apartnt and letting the doors close behind .
I realised that Tsuki was also there and she looked quite upset while seated in front of what looked like a drawing tablet hooked up to a computer.
Tsuki scowled at Elaria upon seeing , "Really? Just because I won't do it, you got Aniue to co and convince ?!"
Elaria waved her hand at her, "Oh please, I'll do you one better! I'm asking Onii-sama to do it for us instead!"
My other little sister imdiately rose to her feet, "Ohhh!! Now this is sothing I can get behind! Aniue! Over here! Over here!!"
Err… Ok?
Still feeling rather confused about what was going on, I was guided to the seat that Tsuki had just vacated.
I looked down at the tablet in front of , wondering if it would shine so light on what exactly was going on.
What I saw only made even more confused as I quickly realised they were drawing so kind of manga where what appears to be a stylized version of was talking to stylized versions of my little sisters.
"What's this?" I asked.
"We're drawing a manga!" Elaria explained with a proud smile.
"I can see that… But why am I here then?"
"Because we're drawing a manga about Onii-sama and us!"
"No, no… I don't an why am I inside the manga… I ant why am I here sitting in front of this tablet?"
Tsuki crossed her arms, "In this scene, Aniue is supposed to embrace us in a hug but this fake little sister wants her to be hugged first before I get the hug. That is completely unacceptable! Of course Aniue would hug first before hugging her!"
"Hey! You're using my tools so I get to say who gets hugged first!"
"Well, you're depending on my composition and styling so I get to decide it!"
Err… Ok… I guess I wasn't the only one around who thought about getting a hobby… Elaria and Tsuki must have taken up drawing manga for themselves to occupy their ti.
My other disciples must have also taken up hobbies for themselves as well, which would explain all the buildings around this compound.
But looking at the manga in front of right now… What I was supposed to do?
First of all, I'm not even good at drawing people. Do you know how different it is to draw people as compared to just drawing a food stall? I don't even have experience in drawing in the manga style either and I was practising watercolour painting…
Even if you ask to help, what the heck was I supposed to do?
I raised my hand, "I'm not really sure I can help with anything though… I don't even know the story and my art isn't in this style either…"
Tsuki then picked up a stack of books before dropping them on the table, "Don't need to worry Aniue! These are all the volus we've drawn so far! Once you read through them, you'll be fine!"
Wait, you want to learn on the job? There's at least twelve books there and you want to read through them all right now?
I know I am bored but still…
Maybe I shouldn't have let them know that I had taken up painting as a hobby after all…
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