At last, Pete closed her mouth and glanced up at Gilbert, who sat across from her.
The young, handsome male Mage wore a faintly purple robe with a somewhat grayish cast to it... Pete could not quite tell which shade of purple he had used.
This grayish purple was not in the color chart she had developed.
Pete had recently made a preliminary acquaintance with the Advanced Magi of Black Mystery Tower, so she was certain that Gilbert was the only one who used this color.
He had probably developed the shade himself.
Was this the sensitivity possessed by someone gifted in artistic creation?
Having seen Gilbert's two students painting enthusiastically at the easels by the floor-to-ceiling windows more than once, Pete could not help feeling a little sentimental.
Pete had helped hire their art teacher, so she knew very well that both children were quite talented and had solid foundations.
Especially Russell, who was practically ready to graduate... all he needed was the traditional painting technique that teacher had learned at Sia Tower.
And Pete knew even more clearly that Gilbert's own painting skills were the best.
It was simply that he was burdened by too many trivial matters and truly had no time to teach his students the basics... clearly, Carpenter was the one who needed a teacher's meticulous guidance.
That girl's foundation was actually fairly decent. It was just that she might not have taken these things seriously in the past, leaving some gaps in her painting techniques.
She needed a teacher to gradually fill in those gaps, then a great deal of practice to build her proficiency.
Still, she was easy to teach. The teacher basically did not need to repeat instructions over and over.
Pete naturally understood what that meant: Russell had talent, while Carpenter