The picturesque rice cakes are delicious today

From that day on, my life with Laocles began.

Laocles eventually woke up after noon and came all the way to my house.

Too much sleep, he said, but I don't particularly care. 'Cause I've been asleep about 10 days, too, and I have. I can't believe I haven't slept in half a day at all.

Anyway, I have trouble getting Laocles to eat properly, so I can't just eat with fruit.

So I drew bread.

Then ham. Both with big chunks of flying off.

No, I draw one, because it's troublesome...

So our meal is bread, ham and fruit. And water. That's how I started.

... Started, I think, maybe, for the time being, it won't change. Yeah. Ham and fruit with bread for the moment. Maybe.

There are only a limited number of Laocles I can draw, so I practice magic control at other times.

While drawing something still, be careful not to materialize.

First of all, one thing you have to be aware of is making sure you can't magic every penny of it.

Faye said that I've been instilling magic all along while I was drawing. So, Demon Stone? And you don't have to use them to make it magical.

Well... I'm tempted. Yeah. I can't help it. 'Cause I'm painting, I'm in the mood.

But it seems that the problem is that magic is also getting in with temper, so... I decide to paint consciously so that I don't infuse the magic that is flowing in me.

This just doesn't work.

At first. I was drawing peaches. It is medium difficult to describe just peach skinned kanji or pencil and watercolor paint. But that's fun.

... draw carefully, cautiously, not to be magical. Then I mean it, without losing my hand, draw. That was very difficult. I care a lot about magic control. Faye said, 'Get used to it - you'll be able to do it without anything,' but I'm still far from that frontier.

"Heck."

... and the moment I sneezed, I was distracted and materialized.

Ahhh.

Peel and eat the peaches, next.

Leaves next.

One dead leaf and one blue leaf at a time. I knew it would be fun to describe the difference between the two textures, the dry and distorted kanji of dead leaves, and the mistletoe of blue leaves.

... though.

"..."

While I was drawing, I shrugged. This is what it feels like when you're suppressing magic. I'm used to this and it seems to fit in... but I'm not used to it yet.

I couldn't help myself, so I grabbed the candlestick that Faye was lending me.

When the candlestick glows hard, it gradually subsides inside me.

... In order not to materialize the painting, this is how you can release the magic that has accumulated, it seems.

Although.

"Ah."

Did I make it release the wrong way, or was the magic stuck while I was drawing it, after all? Firm on the paper, two leaves, was on.

Next. Next. Stone next.

It's just a stone's throw, but this is outrageous.

Natural stones come in many shapes, and the materials are not uniform. It's a lot of fun to draw in all kinds of minerals mixed together.

But don't enjoy it too much. Don't let the brush put magic into you.

That's right, I was drawing...

"Hey, husband"

"Huh."

Suddenly Laocles called me, and when I was surprised by that, the stone materialized.

...... yeah.

Laocles basically doesn't come into my room. I'm asking you not to come in, especially when you're painting.

But still, he came in, which means...

... let Laocles shut up and point his left wrist with his right index finger, hey. Yeah. Right. Time for an exchange.

"Thanks"

Raocles watches it silently while I change the sealing stone. And when I'm done exchanging, I leave my meal on a small table near the door and leave in silence.

... he doesn't talk much. I only call you 'master' and 'dude' about me, too.

So I don't really understand him.

But, well, if he doesn't particularly want to talk about it himself, I don't know, I guess. Talking to someone, it's not necessarily necessary.

Though it would be fun for me to talk to you one day. But well, I won't say I can't.

As of now, I have enough work for me. He owes it to me to remember to replace the sealing stones, and even though he says' I can't do chores', he makes sure to prepare a meal and feed me twice a day.

Of course, he's not a good cook, so nothing elaborate comes out. Well, that's exactly what I was hearing.

Now the meal he left me was just a chunk of bread I served and pinched the ham I drew and the cheese Faye left behind. But this is pretty good, so I like this. Most importantly, this is easy to eat.

Leaving aside the stones that have materialized, I eat quickly.

In other words, salty cheese and juicy ham go well with the fragrant bread with a strong texture. The drink is water. I think it's the one you've been drawing from the fountain. Yeah. Enough. Ten.

Eating rice makes me sleepy. I can't help this. My teacher said that eating it irritates my parasympathetic nerves and makes me sleepy because acetylcholine comes out. I was asleep telling you. I remember.

I can't help it, so I'll go to bed. I can't help but get sleepy if I eat it, I can't help it.

... but for once, I'm going to say hello to Laocles before I go to bed.

Laocles was outside. He's mostly out there, I feel.

"I'm going to bed."

"Oh."

Raocles just looked at me and started moving again.

"Good night."

"Good night."

I hear Laocles is still awake. What is he doing out there... cracking firewood, pumping water, and then having him do laundry and stuff, but for a lot longer than those... he's working out his body.

Yeah. I'm working on my body.

Excellent. Excellent. Such a serious model, there wouldn't be anyone else.

... No, it's nothing, it's not for me that he's working out his body, or to maintain his physical beauty, apparently.

However, when I asked... I was restless, I said. Yeah. He can't calm down unless he's working out his body.

Well, I know how it feels when I'm not painting, too. Maybe.

Even through the window in my room, I can see Laocles.

In the light of the moon, the movement of his muscles, the tension of his skin, a well adjusted body, is well visible.... Looks like a moving but really well done sculpture.

Now, Raocles apparently, is pretending to be bareback. I have a bottle of longer firewood and I'm shaking it.

... Speaking of which, he said, 'You can only fight'. No, although I've had my meal prepared, my laundry done, and the announcement to replace the sealing stone for it.

But by "you can only fight" I mean... Originally, before I became a slave, I thought I was fighting, right?

I wonder how he was fighting. After all, sword? Yeah, it looks good on you. Swords and shields, then Laocles wearing armor to fight. I'm sure it'll be like a piece of myth. Um, I'd like to draw that one day.

... well, since you can control magic there, huh? Yeah. Let's do our best.

So I desperately practiced controlling magic.

Even when drawing raocles, I practiced to be able to control my magic. I also practiced when I was drawing other than Laocles. Because I was practicing when I was eating and taking a bath.

... Oh, by the way, I haven't made a bath yet. I want to make it fast, but that's also, after practice.

That's about 10 days, I've been practicing.

Then it was a strange thing, and even if I put up with being able to magic, I stopped mumbling so much.

And... I was finally able to paint "A Picture of a Cake That Won't Be a Cake".

"Done."

I show Faye the paintings I can make.

It's an assortment of fruits. Something colored with watercolor on a pencil dessert.... painted with all my might.

"Ooh! You finally did it! Congratulations!"

Faye was delighted to see my painting and, most importantly, my face. Yeah. I must look, like, really happy right now.

"Right! So for now, you, with the seal on, you don't have to materialize the painting!

"Yeah."

Yes. Now I can finally paint.

I can draw, but...

"Then let's get the next demon stone! Look, the guy with some more weak sealing power!

... Ah.

Really? That's it, isn't it...?

...... yeah.

Practice is still going on.

I go to Faye's house with a little sogginess. So again, to see a doctor.

By the way, Laocles was supposed to come with me. Laocles has a slave collar on him, so he can't stay away from me more than a certain amount. So we're together when we go away like this.

... and this outing is a little different than usual.

"Um, can someone give me a ride to Faye's house?

I ask the horses in front of me.

It's time to learn how to travel without Faye's subpoena reliance.

... That's why I called out to see if anyone had a horse to carry me...

"It was more than I expected"

I am surrounded by horses.

It's being pushed.

... Yeah, hey, this was more than I expected.

In the end, it was hard to pick one horse. All the horses are good ones, so everyone just stops by and says, 'Ride yourself.' Yeah, so it was tough.

Still, I decided to ask Heavenly Horse, who was nearest me, to put me on his back.

"Hey, Togo. You don't use saddles or anything?

"Huh?"

"Or is that how you ride it?

"Yeah."

I cling to the horse with a low posture and my tummy on the back of the horse. I think this ride will probably be the most stable.

"... have you ever ridden a horse?

"Hardly"

I think I've been on a pony at the ranch before, but that's about it.

"In the meantime, shall we practice? I've never really seen a guy ride like this in Pegasus before..."

"Yeah......"

... I'd rather practice magic control than horseback riding, and more like painting, but I can't help it. Horses need to be ridiculed, so let's practice horseback riding too. Yeah.

That's how we got to Faye's house. It's been a while. Because I've been caged in the woods for awhile and practicing magic control all the time.

"Doctor, he said he's coming tomorrow. I'm getting the next demon stone ready. So you're staying today? My father and brother would love that."

Hmmm...... although I don't know if I'm just taking care of you much.

"Well, I'll take care of you"

But it's also troublesome to go back again, so let's have both Laocles stay here today. Heavenly Horse didn't seem to like the stables of the Redgard family and was to be in the courtyard. I guess I've never seen it in the woods before. I'm obsessed with all kinds of flowers, waving my tail and wings. Well, he seems to be behaving well, and he'll be fine.

"So what do we do today? You want to go to town after this?

Look at the fay look of the wolf, think.

The town sure is, it's fun. Maybe you should look at different things, not just painting.

Or buy something you need in town......

Ah.

"Food, I want to buy"

"Hmm? Whoa, that's good. Then let's go."

"Before that, I want to go to a pawnshop or something"

"... hmm?

... It's time to stop relying on the Redgard family for all their money.

Although there is talk of a painter, apart from that story, I think you should be able to do your own thing.

"Gems, if you draw them out, you can sell them, right?

I want to make some money.