
In the studio, Sean immediately completed the painting ‘Seven Golden Fish’ which he will exchange with Levin Millian's painting ink.
[Spider Hand activated]
[Dragon Hand activated]
[Micro Spaces type 3 enabled]
[Broom Sweeper activated]
With his abilities already active, Sean immediately did his job. However, Kenzo Karrin seemed to notice Sean from a distance. The man's gaze locked onto Sean's hand which was busy sweeping the canvas with a brush.
After Sean almost finished the painting, Kenzo Karrin in his place seemed to be jolted with something, as if his memory had suddenly come and made him shocked.
‘Shop!’
Kenzo Karrin pulled Sean's wrist and stared at the brush he was wearing in such detail.
“A-what's up?” Feeling that something was amiss from the man, Sean asked in ignorance. However, Kenzo did not speak and continued to pay attention to the details of Sean's brush.
“This brush ...” Kenzo fell silent on his deeper thoughts. It was obvious that his hesitant face was filled with denial.
The man knew very well that the brush Sean was wearing was neither a factory-produced brush nor a brush sold on the market. However, he could not be rash before completely confirming it again.
Realizing that the one he was carrying was Broom Sweeper, Sean immediately pulled his hand and hid the brush behind his back. He tried to avoid the suspicion of the man in front of him.
“I once had that brush,” said Kenzo Karrin suddenly.
Duars! Like sleeping with an electric eel makes Sean's body jerked for a moment. How could the Broom Sweeper that was obtained from the system also belong to Kenzo Karrin?
Does Kenzo Karrin also own the system?
Sean became wary of Kenzo Karrin, he looked back at the man sharply. That was pretty much Kenzo realized, but he didn't have enough reason not to ignore it.
“How did you get it?” ask Kenzo Karrin.
At that time Sean had to rack his brain to immediately get a reasonable reason. It is not easy to fool Kenzo Karrin especially with classic reasons that are hard to believe.
“I got it from ...” Sean began to open his mouth, but fell silent again. The young man almost told the truth. There's no way Sean said the brush came from the system. It was certain that the crazy label would not escape him so Sean turned to answer Kenzo with dishonesty. “Yes, I got it from a collector.”
“Collector?” Kenzo Karrin squinted.
“Be-nar, I traded my painting for that brush.” Sean goes back to his feet, but he doesn't expect that Kenzo Karrin is showing his interest aggressively.
The man pulls Sean's arm and starts cramming the not-so-distant questions surrounding Broom Sweeper. Not wanting to let go, Sean attacks Kenzo with questions that also make him curious.
“Why are you so interested in that brush?” Sean's words made Kenzo Karrin aware, the man was silent and seemed to see his eyes were pseudo, as if he was remembering the thing before. “As someone who stops to paint, you should no longer be interested in a brush.”
Kenzo Karrin blinked and regretted what he had done to Sean. Weakly, Kenzo released his hand helplessly.
“I'm sorry, I was just carried away by the past,” Kenzo Karrin said with a bitter smile adorning his face.
Capturing past remarks made Sean reflexively ask. “Last time? What?”
The question from Sean only makes Kenzo bow, but Sean's gaze still pursues the man. “Didn't you want to tell me about your past?”
There is no answer from Kenzo Karrin. With a fretful expression, he ventured back to Sean's gaze. “There's something I can tell you and can't tell you.
The speech made Sean realize that he was too involved in the life of Kenzo Karrin. No matter how close Sean is to him, he must not go beyond the limits Kenzo has given him.
“I mean ... why did you know about that brush?” Sean changed the direction of the question.
There is no answer from Kenzo Karrin. The man only looked at Sean with a complicated expression. It is very clear that his mind is spinning cradling all the reasons that are in the head, it's just. Kenzo Karrin is not a man who easily covers things.
“I've also had it.”
One remark from Kenzo Karrin would unexpectedly make one attack that could knock Sean mentally. All the words that had been waiting in line in Sean's throat rolled away without having time to remove.
Feeling the release of speech, Kenzo Karrin's eyes widened instantly. There was nothing he could do to revise his words earlier. However, Kenzo did not run out of sense. He must avoid Sean!
Kenzo Karrin stared at his watch. “Ah, I have to leave immediately. There's something I need to work on.”
After saying that, Kenzo immediately left without providing any clarity Sean could understand. However, Kenzo's departure also allows Sean to avoid him.
That statement was so disturbing to Sean. His heart did not calm down after knowing that the brush that was not sold anywhere was also owned by someone else and that person was Kenzo himself.
It is so difficult to remove the hypothesis that Kenzo Karrin is the owner of the system. However, Sean reassembled other possibilities. It could be that Broom Sweeper is sold for a small amount so as to make the brush a step.
“Broom Sweeper Identification.”
[Broom Sweepers]
[Broom Sweeper is a brush set with high artistic ability and can unite the imagination of the user with the work to be created]
[You can use Broom Sweeper without any usage limits]
[Note: Item step and there is only one in the world]
[All Broom Sweeper abilities will be lost if one of them is lost]
After the system window provided information about the brush, Sean's heart became even more unsettled. How Kenzo Karrin once owned a Broom Sweeper when there was only one brush in the world.
Kenzo Karrin is a user of the system is something that can not be separated from Sean's guess. But the opposite of that could have happened. Seeing Kenzo who has not used his ability to paint for a long time makes Sean think that the man just misidentified his Broom Sweeper.
***
Not willing to waste time, Sean returned to Levin Milline's house with his painting.
As Levin opened the door of the house, he looked at Sean suspiciously. But as his gaze turned to a painting wrapped in brown paper, the old man let down his guard.
“I've brought his painting,” greetings Sean who is directly at the core of his conversation.
Unlike when he first came to this place, Sean got a pretty good reception from the host. Levin lets him in and tells Sean to wait in the living room.
After being away for quite a while, Levin Milline returns to meet Sean and carries a stone box that seems to be quite heavy. He placed it on the table, but did not open it even though Sean's attention was fixed on the object.
“So you've brought ‘Five Golden Fish’? Show me the painting,” Levin's orders to Sean.
Despite being curious about the contents of the stone box, Sean was forced to turn to the painting he was carrying. He opened the painting and showed it to Levin Milline.
“This is a painting that brings good luck,” said Sean who did not make Levin's suspicion reduced by half.
In such detail, Levin Milline paid attention to every detail in the painting. Even a sense of discontent made Levin take the painting from Sean's hand and look at it at close range.
“This is not a painting made by a beginner,” his comments only Sean responded with a wry smile.
Sean's painting does look pretty good, but it won't be far from the word beginner. However, by affixing the capabilities of the system inside, making the painting seem to be made by a painter with high flying hours.
“I've never heard of painter initialed SH,” protest Levin back.
SH'S? Of course it is the abbreviated Sean Herdian name. However, Sean did not explain if the painting was his work.
Sean's expression seemed a little agitated with the suspicions of Levin Milline. An experienced collector like him would not be willing to give appreciation to a painter who did not have a name like Sean. Levin would not hesitate to reject the painting and his exchange with painting ink would certainly be canceled as well.
Levin took his eyes off the painting and seemed to be thinking hard. Not long his eyes brightened as if he had discovered something from his memory.
“True, I've seen SH paintings hanging in Imperial Restaurant.” Levin Milline's remarks turned to his memory while attending the opening of the second branch of the restaurant.
“Who SH? Is he a famous painter?” Levin Millne is back cramming questions for Sean.
In such a situation, Sean had no chance of evading unless he admitted that it was his painting. However, before that happens, Sean has another way out.
“SH? I don't know him myself. It's just ...” Sean's eyes went around watching the situation and when it was safe, he brought his face closer to Levin. “I heard he is the only student of Kenzo Karrin.”
Duars!
Hearing that was like a firework exploded in Levin Milline's head. His eyes widened and his suspicions instantly extinguished instantly.
“Really?” It was obvious that the man trusted Sean so much.
There was no lie in Sean's words. The painting 'Five Golden Fish' was indeed a painting of student Kenzo Karrin, who was none other than himself.
The man who admired Kenzo Karrin's painting couldn't hide his feelings. He immediately gave the ink he had stored inside the stone box and hung the ‘Five Golden Fish’ painting on the wall of Levin's house.