These were all original drafts, so there shouldn't have been any duplicates.
Holding the thick stack of papers, Rita did not immediately open them. Instead, she lay down on the nearby sofa, placed them on her lap, and only then began looking through them slowly.
The first thing that entered Rita's view was a neatly organized illustration collection. Rita opened it curiously... and found that it was mostly illustrations from the three manga series she had assigned Shiina Mashiro to handle.
There were Enma Ai, Kottou-onna, Sora-imouto, Sekigoryu, Jibansuke Kirino... and so on. Most of them were illustrations of girls!
Shiro must have drawn these in her spare time. They all felt exceptionally good... far more polished than most illustrations on the market.
However... Rita did not pay much attention to them. She set the illustration collection aside and continued looking down...
"Hmm?"
Beneath the illustration collection was a sketchbook... When she opened it curiously, the first thing she saw was herself?
Looking at the Rita in the drawing, elegantly sipping coffee, Rita narrowed her wine-red eyes slightly, seemingly lost in thought... then continued flipping through the sketchbook.
They were basically all... drawings of her daily life!
Unlike manga, these were realistic artistic paintings, preserving Rita's beautiful moments on paper through exquisite imagery!
"Shiro... are you planning to sell drawings of me at a convention?" Rita closed the sketchbook and stared sternly at Shiina Mashiro, giving off immense pressure.
"Mm~"
Yet Shiina Mashiro was completely unaffected by Rita and answered without the slightest ripple.
"What's the difference between this and making me one of those girls who sell photo books? You can't do this!" Seeing Shiina Mashiro nod as though it were only natural, Rita was speechless... and directly took the sketchbook away.
Although the pictures in the sketchbook were