Chapter 31 (1/2)

Chapter 31

She wasn’t alone, but she was laughing and talking with a pretty good-lookingof aardness, it felt like they had just met on the eve

“What should I do?”

There were so many people that it was not easy to pull out, so it was hard to go back

‘Let’s not avoid her If I can’t fool Anne, I’ll always be caught’

Elena, who chose to go head-to-head, walked confidently toward Anne

“Ho-ho, you’re having so hing, collided head-on with Elena, alking ahead

“…”

In less than a second, Anne turned her head aside She was busy talking in front of a stranger, but she seemed to not be interested in Elena

Quickly

Elena, who passed Anne like that, breathed a short sigh of relief She was unknowingly nervous, but when Anne didn’t recognize her, she gained confidence

“Let’s hurry”

Elena hurried to the western square Outside the main street of food and play, the western square ca them, there was a place where students from the art department sell their talents to earn money

In the Faculty of Arts, most of them were the second son of a nobleman or the students ere admitted as scholarshi+p students with sponsorshi+p, so there were many who needed such extra income The main clients were enrolled students from aristocrats or wealthy middle class who could afford them

Portraits of famous artists were so expensive that it was difficult for even a nobleman to own more than one

As a result, students in the arts department ere talented but had yet to build a reputation often asked for portraits at low prices

Elena looked from place to place to find thethrough the drawing papers on the easel to find the faces of the students in the Faculty of Arts As a result, Elena was able to find thehi in the distance and looking at the e hair, the old-fashi+oned single eyeglasses, and the suspiciously stiff expression that he was not angry at all… He was still young, but he was exactly what Elena reer to paint their clients’ portraits, his front seat was e impression

But Elena knows How kind of a person he is

h a little That’s why I’m told loneliness suits you, Dr Raphael”</e her time as a queen, he was appointed as a court painter and beca painter, as only 21 years old at the tinized by the ih to resonate However, no one could refute Raphael’s appointment as a court painter

Elena recalled his assessed the vein of painting for centuries, a pioneer in the Renaissance In addition, there were countlessto Raphael

Raphael was a historical figure as the starting point of the cultural movement in the Empire, where the imperial poeakened and the tyranny of the nobles intensified

‘I was so fascinated by the emperor… I didn’t knohat a wonderfulback, Elena craved Sian’s affection to the point where she was al to learn to paint was also part of efforts to get closer to Sian, as artistic When she put down her useless obsession and took a step back, she realized that this ain

“Am I your first customer?”

“Maybe Look at me and sit comfortably”

Elena smiled as if she kneould happen and sat doith her hips attached to her chair She did not forget to sit diagonally so that she could see Raphael

“How long will it take?”

“Two hours at h”

If another artist had heard of it, they would have cursed him as a swindler The theory was that portraits can be co after more than four hours of hard work

But Elena didn’t say those words She was fa skills, and that he drew quickly, so she never spoke

containsefforts”</elad it’s fast What’s the price?”

“There is no fixed a at the picture”

Raphael held a pencil in his hand for the sketch Every tiaze went back and forth between easel and Elena, countless lines were drawn on the pure white canvas

Elena looked at Raphael without any uy’

The real reason for visiting the eve It was to make Raphael her person They are only current students who have nothing to see However, three years froel> is released, and the imperial art world is shaken

Naturally, Raphael’s paintings were traded for astrononized as fa they were outdated

Elena planned to prepare for the changing future in advance To do so, she wanted to sign a contract with Raphael and have the right to publish and sell his work exclusively

“It’s done”

Two hours later, Raphael put down his paintbrush

“Would you like to take a look?”