"That's a lot? Impressive... my Mashiro!"
Looking at what Mashiro Shiina had handed her, Rita had assumed it was just a few little things, but she had never imagined there would be so much...
These were all original drafts, after all. There shouldn't have been any duplicates.
Holding the thick stack, Rita did not rush to open it. Instead, she lay down on the sofa beside her, placed the things on her lap, and only then slowly began looking through them.
The first thing that caught Rita's eye was a neatly organized illustration collection. She curiously opened it and took a look... only to find that it was mostly illustrations from the three manga series she had assigned Mashiro Shiina to draw.
There were Enma Ai, Bone Woman, Sora Kasugano, Shi Geng Liuli, Kirino Kousaka... and so on. Most of them were illustrations of girls!
Mashiro must have drawn these in her spare time. They all felt exceptionally good... far more perfect than most illustrations on the market.
Still... Rita did not pay them much attention. She set the illustration collection aside and continued looking down...
"Hm?"
Underneath the illustration collection was a sketchbook... She curiously opened it, and the first thing she saw was herself?
Looking at the drawing of herself elegantly drinking coffee, Rita half-narrowed her wine-red eyes, seemingly lost in thought... before continuing to flip through the sketchbook.
They were basically... drawings of her daily life!
Unlike manga, these were realistic artistic paintings, preserving Rita's beautiful moments on paper in exquisitely beautiful scenes!
"Mashiro... are you planning to sell drawings of me at the convention?" Rita closed the sketchbook and stared sternly at Mashiro Shiina, giving off an immense pressure.
"Mhm~"
But Mashiro Shiina was completely unaffected by Rita, answering without the slightest ripple.
"What's the difference