Can't you just leave me alone?

......

"" Oh oh oh~! ""

Shiina Mashiro and Sawamura Eriri looked at the movements of the master in front of them, and their eyes couldn't help but shine.

As one of the few parks in Tokyo, the supporting facilities of Arisugawa Palace Memorial Park can be said to be extremely comprehensive.

In this small building dedicated to making gyotaku, there are professionals on call at all times.

Here today is a wrinkled white-bearded grandfather.

Although he is not young anymore, he looks very energetic, and his movements are not slow at all——

Use specially prepared salt water to wash off the mucus on the surface of the fish, fix the fish body, adjust the paint, paint, rubbing... This set of actions is smooth and full of appreciation.

After a while, a colorful big fish appeared on the paper, lifelike.

The tradition of making gyotaku actually originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, literati and inkmen would use ink or paint to print the fish they caught on paper after fishing to record the actual size and keep it as a souvenir. Fish Fold] or 【Winning and Losing Map】.

This is the prototype of Gyotaku.

There are two ways to make Gyotaku.

One is the direct method, which is to apply the paint directly on the fish, and then use rice paper to reproduce the color, which is a bit like printing.

The second method is the indirect method. The difference between it and the direct method is that the paint in the indirect method is not applied on the fish, but is patted on the rice paper that is close to the fish with a rubbing bag, which is very similar to the process of stele rubbing. .

The main steps are to spray the rice paper with a sprayer and stick it on the fish, and then dip the rice paper in different shades of color with a rubbing bag and pat it on the rice paper.

However, whether it is the direct method or the indirect method, it is actually fresh enough for Shiina Mashiro and Sawamura Eriri.

What the two of them received was actually an extremely authentic Western-style painting education.

Sketching, sketching, watercolor, oil painting... In terms of these skills, both of them can actually be said to be quite solid.

But for ink painting, the understanding of the two can be said to be quite thin.

Although it was said to be to choose a gift for Rita who came from afar, but now, the two seem to have been fascinated by this novel way of painting.

The white-bearded grandfather who made Gyotaku had obviously seen this kind of situation a lot. After handing the finished Gyotaku to the guest in front of him, he smiled and looked at the two who seemed to be recalling his previous actions in his mind.

"Would you like to try it yourself?" He proposed with seductive words.

""is it okay? "" Both of them showed expressions of surprise and joy.

Both of them are people who love painting. This seemingly novel and fun way of "painting" is naturally very attractive to them.

"Of course." The old man stroked his beard lightly and smiled kindly. "This service is already provided here, but it's not free."

He pointed to the fish tanks placed aside.

Among them, there are more than a dozen common edible fish such as crucian carp, grass carp, and carp swimming in it carelessly, and it can be said that they don't know anything about the fate they will accept next.

On the side of the fish tank, LED lights are used to clearly mark the prices of various fish.

This is much more expensive than going to the fresh market.

Yuan Jing looked away from the price displayed on the LED light, and glanced at the old man, but didn't say anything.

In a way, people are also relying on "craftsmanship" to make a living. It is normal to have a slight premium, and there is nothing to criticize.

"" "Here."""Three different white jade hands handed the same [Fuzawa Yukichi] to this white-bearded grandfather.

The latter looked at the dark brown-haired girl who had suddenly joined in with a little surprise, and then happily handed over the money to the three of them and collected it.

"By the way, when making Yutaku, in order to prevent the fish from moving around, you have to knock the fish unconscious." As if he suddenly remembered something, he added, "Do you need me to do it for you?"

"No need." Si Tiao Zhen Fei seemed full of fighting spirit, she rolled up her two sleeves, revealing her gleaming wrist and a forearm like a lotus root.

She raised the wooden stick in front of her and swished it a few times in the air. After testing the feel, she nodded in satisfaction.

After signaling Sawamura Eriri and Shiina Mashiro to bring up the lively and struggling fish, she made a very standard kendo starting move, and after aiming at the position of the fish head——

"Snapped!"

......

"Snapped!"

At this very moment, a plane departing from England was flying steadily in the sky at an extremely fast speed.

This is a private jet that does not belong to any airline company. On its fuselage, the coat of arms belonging to the Spencer family is shining brightly.

In the first-class cabin, Rita Einsworth put the comb on the small table in front of her, making a crisp sound of 'snap'.

Looking at the masterpiece in front of her, she nodded with some satisfaction.

"Miss Rita," the blond girl looked at her hairstyle in the mirror, her emerald green eyes showed a bit of embarrassment.

She gently tugged at the long blond ponytails on both sides of her head, and said with some embarrassment——

"Is this hairstyle too girly? I always feel that it doesn't suit me."

"No way, you are a young girl at this age, isn't it normal to wear such a hairstyle?" Rita insisted, "Besides, this is the favorite hairstyle of Sawamura Spencer Eriri, In the next period of time, you must adapt."

"Oh, yes, and this." Rita seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and took out a small bottle from the cosmetic box in front of her.

After opening it, a pair of colored contact lenses quietly floated inside.

"Please put them on." Rita said respectfully after placing them in front of the girl with twintails.

Although there was a little resistance on her face, she seemed unwilling to put such a foreign object in her eyes, but after a slight sigh, she still did so.

Afterwards, her emerald green eyes turned into azure blue like the sky under the cover of the colored contact lenses.

Rita took a few steps back, and after looking up, down, left, and right a few times, she applauded lightly.

"Perfect cross-dressing, if you don't look carefully, you are exactly the same as that Miss Ying Lili."

But after hearing this, the girl in front of her didn't show a happy expression at all.

She closed her eyes with some discomfort, as if she still couldn't adapt to the situation with something on her eyes.

"Does this have to be done?" She seemed to be asking Rita, and also seemed to be asking someone who was not here.

"...I'm just an ignorant person, but according to Mr. Spencer, it's the only way to save your life."

Rita said so, and couldn't help but shift her gaze to the ankle of the girl in front of her.

There, there is a silver metal thread connecting the girl's two feet together.

Those are special handcuffs.

"For your safety, please be patient." She bowed her head deeply to him, as if she was repenting, or worshiping——

"Miss Artoria."

Chapter 37 Those who have been hooked and those who have not...

"I clearly saw that the float was moving, why is there nothing when I lift it up?" Looking at the empty hook, the words of the four real concubines were full of disappointment.

Unlike Shiina Mashiro and Sawamura Eri, Concubine Shijo is actually not that enthusiastic about painting.

The reason why she added a little bit to making Gyotaku is actually more because she thinks this way of drawing is quite novel and interesting.

However, the reason why the old man was able to do it so smoothly and pleasing to the eye was entirely because he had been immersed in it for decades.

After all, this is a guy that people depend on for a living, how could he not take it seriously?

But after Sijo Zhenfei got started, she found that it was actually not as interesting as she imagined.

It's not that it's difficult.

Although Yutuo is more difficult than it looks and imagined, it is definitely not the old man's previous touch and touch, but it does not make Shijo Zhenfei too difficult.

Like Hui Ye, a child of a big family like her has basic skills in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Although she is not an expert in ink painting, she is no stranger to things like rice paper and ink.

Although at the first time, because the fish body was too wet, when it was printed on the rice paper, the layers of the fish scales could not be seen at all, and it turned into a big ink stain. Several attempts have been fairly successful.

Even so, Sijo Zhenfei didn't spend too long on it.

In addition to being a bit tired, [the smell is not very good] also accounts for a considerable proportion of it.

Because fresh fish is used, although it has been processed, it still has a fishy smell.

After this taste is mixed with the smell of ink and paint, it is really hard to compliment.

Shiina Mashiro and Sawamura Eriri who are used to staying in the studio may not care, but Shijo Makoto really can't bear it.

So after a little taste, she waved goodbye to the two girls.

After renting a fishing rod, a small horse, a bucket, and a bag of bait from the staff of the fishing ground, the four real concubines carried these guys back to the fishing area, and then sat unceremoniously It was a location not far from Yuanjing where she came back one step earlier.

Yuan Jing raised his eyes and glanced at the four real concubines, but didn't say anything. Instead, he continued to lower his eyes, and changed into an ancient well without waves.

This time, he did not use the tricky method to [fish] as before, but adopted a rather traditional fishing method.

In fact, if the big fish hadn't been extremely arrogant to steal his bait several times, he would not have used that extremely unusual method of 'fishing'.

Seeing Yuanjing didn't have much reaction, Concubine Shijo said 'yes' in her heart.

It was not easy to meet by chance outside the school, and she would not let this opportunity go——

She still has the mission of probing the relationship between Yuanjing, Shimizu Kaguya and Yukinoshita Yukino!

And then...

This is the situation at the beginning of this chapter.

Unlike Yutaku, the progress of Shijo Zhenfei's fishing is not smooth at all.

She clearly saw the movement of the float several times, but when she lifted up the fishing rod enthusiastically, she found that the hook was empty.

After doing this several times, the true concubine Sijo was inevitably disappointed, and she couldn't help complaining.

"That's [bait brushing]." Just when Concubine Si Tiao was a little anxious, such calm words poured into her ears like a spring of clear water.

After being slightly taken aback, Sijo Zhenfei looked in the direction of the voice, and Yuanjing's figure came into her eyes.

Yuan Jing was sitting in the same small Maza as she was, and it looked like it was rented out like her.

Such a Maza is just right for her who is a bit petite.

But for the slender Yuanjing, it naturally seemed a bit short.

Even so, the boy sitting on it still didn't show any rickets.

His back was as straight as a green pine, as if nothing could crush it.

"Timidity and vigilance are the only rules for the weak in nature to survive," said Yuan Jing without looking at the four real concubines, still staring at his two floats.

"Although the fish in the fishing grounds are all artificially bred and grown, this habit has been engraved in the DNA, and it is actually very difficult to be erased."

"In addition, because people cast bait every day, the fish in the fishing ground are actually very familiar with the bait."

"Take the bait quickly and then spit it out quickly, or simply turn around and don't eat the bait... These are very common phenomena."

"At this time, the moment the fish hits the hook or suddenly spits out the bait, the float will act like a fish biting the hook, but when you lift it up, you will find that there is nothing."

"This is the so-called [brush bait]."

The boy said so.

"Then there is no way?" Shijo Zhenfei couldn't help asking.Although Yuan Jing explained the reason to her, but the most critical solution was not explained to her.

"If you are a veteran, you should be able to judge based on the degree of fluctuation of the float, the feel of the fishing rod and other things, but..."

Yuan Jing didn't continue, but Shijo Zhenfei understood what he meant——

For a novice like her, it's better not to have such expectations.

"However, I don't think it's necessary."

"Every float is a birth of hope. Before you lift it up, you don't know whether there is a fish biting the bait, and you don't know what it will be caught."

"This kind of feeling like a lottery is also a taste of fishing and a manifestation of its charm...Of course, this is just my point of view, and you don't need to accept it."

'Is this consolation? '

Concubine Sijo blinked her eyes, she looked at the boy's side face, and found that he still had the expression of no waves.

'Really, can't you show a little more? '

Keen observation is a quality that Shijo Zhenfei is very proud of. In her opinion, if people are compared to a book, then observation is the eyes that read these books.