Chapter 75 I want to draw a picture for you
The reason Aiwass said "two people" was because there was also Lily.
His request was completely beyond the expectations of his classmates.
—Is Aiwass familiar enough with Her Royal Highness the Princess to invite her directly to join an unfamiliar club?
Little Aiden couldn't help but clap his hands. He felt clear-headed and refreshed, as if he had figured out a problem that had been bothering him for a long time.
——I knew they must be related!
But they obviously didn't realize that both Aiwass and Isabel actually knew about the "White Shoes Club".
The students were also very enthusiastic. They agreed without hesitation and even nearly got into a fight over who would be the inviter.
Although the inviter is also the guarantor and will be held responsible if anything happens to the invitee, on the other hand, if he can bring in some heavyweight, the inviter himself will also be very proud.
After all, she is the only Princess of Avalon!
Although we have never come across it before, we are already full of curiosity. It is just that we have not had the opportunity and dare not come into contact with it.
But now, everyone present knew that it was Aiwass who actually brought Princess Isabel to the club. In other words, Aiwass was responsible for this matter. He just borrowed a spot from them in advance.
Even if he couldn't talk to Her Royal Highness the Princess, at least he could get closer to Aiwass - and he could invite the autistic princess to the club... Even if he was only a nominal inviter, it would definitely be something to brag about.
You don't have to take any responsibility at all and you can still get benefits for free.
This is such a good thing that you can’t find it even if you search with a lantern!
Aiwass just sat in the wheelchair, smiling quietly and watching the scene happily.
He is very satisfied with what he has done, which is in line with his aesthetics and logic.
He had helped Lily apply for a student place from the princess before. This was a good thing for the princess because she finally started to use her power; at the same time, this was a good thing for him and Lily as well.
He just asked Professor Bud to be his mentor, and they made an appointment to explore the ruins together... This is a good thing for both parties.
Now, he has requested an invitation to a club for the princess, which has surprised both parties.
——It’s a win-win situation.
There aren't that many zero-sum games of life and death in this world. Many conflicts and contradictions are simply due to a lack of efficient communication or unnecessary greed.
Many things can actually benefit both parties if they are managed properly. Aiwass is the one who is good at making connections.
After agreeing on this, Aiwass left with Princess Isabel. Haena asked where Aiwass's dormitory was and left as well - she would take Aiwass to find a new classroom in the afternoon.
The sun is not scorching at noon in winter.
On the way, Aiwass could clearly see that Isabel was very happy. She walked beside Aiwass with her hands behind her back and even hummed a song.
Now, Aiwas finally saw some traces of girlishness in Isabel - the carefree and light-hearted feeling that belonged to her peers.
This was something she was supposed to have.
Now, just touching a little shadow makes me feel very satisfied.
Isabel suddenly remembered something and turned around. "Oh, that painting might take a while to deliver. It's so precious. If it's kept at home, it won't be preserved in the same pristine environment as a museum... So the teacher sent a letter to the Theocracy today. He plans to ask an old friend to come to Avalon and help preserve the painting with preservation techniques to prevent any accidental damage."
"If it's finished, it might be next month... Is that okay? If you don't want to wait, I can tell that old friend not to come. In that case, you'll need to send the painting to the Moriarty Museum and write 'Donated to Aiwas Moriarty'—this painting belongs to you alone, not the Moriarty family."
This was what the teacher had asked her to say—this was the real reason Isabel came here today. At least that's what she thought.
"Then I'll wait a little longer."
Aiwass responded with a smile.
At this time, it would not be good if he said something like "no need to bother" or "anything is fine".
"But since Master Janice's letter has already been sent, I can just wait patiently for that masterpiece to be delivered to my home."
Aiwass replied briskly.
Then they talked about campus life.
As they were chatting, Aiwass suddenly realized...the direction they were heading to was actually the cafeteria?
He thought Isabel wanted to invite him to a big hotel outside the school, or even go back to the Temple of Silver and Tin for dinner.
But it made sense, considering she had come here on a whim. It was normal for her to not have a reservation.
"Your Highness Isabel...do you usually go to the school cafeteria to eat?"
Aiwass asked with interest.
“I’ve been there before.”
After leaving those people, Isabel became noticeably more relaxed. Even her voice became smoother and lighter.
She walked with Aiwass under the shade of the trees and whispered, "But I've only been there once. Because they all sit together, chatting and eating. There are ordinary friends and there are also boyfriends and girlfriends."
"I didn't even know where I was supposed to sit. I didn't want to sit next to anyone else, but I was also scared that someone I didn't know would sit next to me."
...Have you ever thought about taking a table for yourself?
Aiwass was stunned for a moment.
Although he had long known that Her Royal Highness the Princess did not have the arrogant and pampered habits of a "princess" in common sense...but wasn't this a bit too polite?
But Aiwass soon guessed something: "Could it be that someone came to chat with him? Or did His Highness hear someone gossip about something?"
"……Why?"
Isabel was stunned for a moment.
She paused and looked at Aiwass in disbelief.
Lily also parked her wheelchair under the shade of a tree and stood quietly behind Aiwass with her hands folded.
"I guessed."
Aiwass explained with a smile.
“…That’s exactly what happened.”
Isabel nodded in admiration and sighed softly. "Am I being a little hypocritical? I just told you yesterday that I wanted friends... but actually, someone approached me before. It's just that at that time, I felt a little uncomfortable... so I ran away."
"Just because you want friends doesn't mean you have to accept people you don't like as your friends."
Under the shade of the trees at noon, Aiwass's voice rang out clearly. "Even if you don't have any friends right now, it doesn't mean you have to lower your standards. Ultimately, it's better to have no friends than to have bad ones. If you have to forcibly distort your personality to get friends, they're not your true friends, and you won't find happiness in them."
"Master Aannis won't give you a definitive answer to this, but I can—you did the right thing, Your Highness. This is my answer.
"If you really don't want to go to a crowded place like the cafeteria, you don't have to. Let's go back to the villa you gave me... Lily's cooking skills are also quite good.
"Or we can go out and find a restaurant nearby, and I'll treat you. Just think of it as a way to repay you for treating me last night. Anyway, afternoon classes don't start until three o'clock, so if you don't take a nap, you'll have plenty of time."
“…Ah, that’s not necessary.”
Isabel was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled brightly. "Because now I have friends with whom I can eat and chat. So please don't call me 'Your Highness', Aiwass."
"Then I can just call you Isabel, okay?"
Without pretending to refuse, Aiwass asked directly.
"...Actually, you can also call me Isabel-senpai."
Isabel whispered.
When she heard Aiwass call Haina "senior," she felt as if something had been snatched away from her. She was also a second-year student, so to Aiwass, she was still considered a senior...
"That doesn't seem to be any different from 'Your Highness'."
Aiwass smiled and rejected Isabel's suggestion: "I'd better just call you Isabel."
"...Then, can I call you 'Mr. Aiwass'?"
She smiled mischievously, seeming to become a little more cheerful. "I just heard your classmates call you that. Is that your nickname?"
With that, Isabel continued walking towards the cafeteria, and Lily followed in sync.
"Probably. But they can't be called 'teachers'. They're just teasing me."
Aiwass explained helplessly, "Because I'm quite interested in history, I taught myself some. But I don't really know much, it's just a bit of an obscure subject. Professor Budd wanted to hire me as a teaching assistant, so they're making such a fuss."
He told half a lie very naturally, and the cause and effect of the latter sentence was slightly reversed, but this made it seem more natural and the halo around him was not so obvious.
"Teaching assistant? That's amazing!"
Isabel exclaimed sincerely, "Many third- and fourth-year seniors don't have the opportunity to be teaching assistants."
"It's just that Professor Bud is not good at teaching. He is a respectable scholar," said Aiwass.
"pity……"
The blonde girl sighed softly, a little regretful. "I was thinking that since you haven't been to school for a few months, you might not be able to keep up with the course progress. In that case, I can help you with some cross-community courses."
"You're so amazing. As expected of Aiwass..."
In Isabel's eyes, the Aiwass vaguely overlapped with "Mr. Fox", and the premonition that "these two people might be the same person" became stronger and stronger.
An idea suddenly popped into her mind.
Originally, Isabel rarely had such willful thoughts. But since she met Aiwass, such "unruly" thoughts have gradually become more frequent.
It's like a statue moving, a painting smiling. Something once thought unchanging suddenly breaks the mold. Like a mechanical clockwork, the gears of daily life suddenly shift, transforming everything along with it, creating a new and inspiring twist.
Isabel suddenly gained a vague understanding of the [Magic Painting].
That was a feeling Janice had taught her many times, but she could never grasp it—a fierce confidence in "breaking tradition," a wild desire to "rewrite the world with one's own will"...
A kind of "ordinary paper cannot restrain me" and "static pictures cannot trap my imagination". I want to project the "flowing beauty" engraved in a certain moment in my mind onto paper in its entirety.
If it weren't for Aiwass, Isabel didn't know when she would have such inspiration again...
At this moment she had a clear premonition.
——If she could see the scene of Aiwass giving a lecture, perhaps she could draw her first magic painting.
Thinking of this, she followed her instinct and intuition and asked tentatively, "Evans, when is your next lecture?"
"This time next week, what's the matter?"
"I want to sit in on the class, is that okay?"
Isabel requested.
...Is Isabel's desire to attack so strong when she is with people she knows?
Aiwass took a rare breath and quickly tapped the wheelchair armrest with his right index, middle, and ring fingers to calm his slightly confused mind. "That's... no problem. But Modern History... you guys shouldn't have to study it, right?"
"It's actually the final exam for life drawing class."
Isabel answered affirmatively, because it wasn't a lie, and she wasn't good at lying: "The teacher wants us to draw a portrait. Can I ask you to be my model? I'll pay you."
"You don't have to pay for it," Aiwass said gently. "If possible, after the teacher finishes grading it, can you give me the painting? After all, no one has ever painted a portrait of me before, and this is my first."
"No?"
Isabel exclaimed.
In her mind, portraiture is a very normal thing. Before the teacher came, she would leave several paintings every year. After the teacher came, she almost painted one every month.
From the age of seven to nineteen, she collected her own busts, full-length portraits, and even group portraits of her and her family in four rooms in the Hall of Silver and Tin.
But even if they're not a royal family... the Moriarty family should be very rich, right?
"Didn't Professor Moriarty ever ask an artist to paint a picture for you?" Isabel was a little confused.
"Indeed not."
Aiwass answered affirmatively, "It's not just me. Julia, my brother Edward, and even my father himself never had their portraits painted. I haven't even seen any paintings of my ancestors at home. I think this may be some kind of tradition in the Moriarty family."
"I see..."
But soon, Isabel suddenly noticed the word "first picture".
She suddenly became serious, and there was a fleeting emerald light in her pupils.
This was the first time Aiwass saw Isabel look serious.
He was a little uncomfortable for a while.
"The first portrait..."
Isabel nodded, and the emerald light in her eyes once again leaped like a heartbeat.
"I understand. I will prepare well, Aiwass."
This time, Aiwas saw it clearly - Isabel herself didn't realize that she had just had a momentary resonance with the path of beauty.
...Your Highness, with her pure "obsession with beauty" in her heart, will she start to upgrade rapidly now?
If she could really draw a magic painting with just a second-level "all-rounder", she would probably be able to advance by the middle of next month at the latest!
Although Aiwass advanced in both paths at the same time, in his impression... he could advance faster than them with just the "Path of Dedication", so he still had to wait for the two of them.
...Now, is it possible that I can't keep up with her?
Aiwass also became a little more serious.
Then I have to start leveling up. Mr. Fox can't be looked down upon.
He had only made a tiny change to the story he was familiar with, with almost no impact on the world, the era, or the political situation... but this tiny change, when projected onto Isabel, almost completely altered her life.
Realizing this, Aiwass was silent for a moment.
He also vaguely had some new understanding of the path of "dedication" in his heart, and a golden-red light flashed in his pupils.
Likewise, Aiwass himself did not notice this, but Isabel noticed a familiar glint in his eyes.
It was only for a moment, and she couldn't see clearly. So she was just slightly stunned, but didn't say anything.
...Anyway, let's wait a week.
When she was ready to paint for Aiwass and opened her magic eye, she would be able to see clearly.
Would his "color" be that reddish-golden radiance? Closer to fire than light, yet not scorching or painful. Like the setting sun, yet also like the rising sun.
If Aiwass is really Mr. Fox...
She felt a little complicated, with all kinds of emotions rising and falling in an instant. But soon those mixed thoughts became pure again.
——That would be great.
She thought to herself.
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