Superpower manga artist Kobayashi Narumi

I will protect Salem!

Luxurious life, aristocratic status.

None of that was really important to Salem.

What he valued was: the detached status of the court painter allowed him to be unimpeded in the core area of ​​the royal city.

Except for the private residence of the royal family, which requires permission to enter, the door is open to him everywhere else.

For a country where art is paramount, even if a court painter breaks into a confidential meeting, the members of the meeting will stop the agenda, let the painter paint freely, and feel honored to be able to participate in the painting.

With the blessing of such an identity, and with Lin Chengshi's God's perspective, Salem quickly found out the news about the person he was trying to get in touch with.

The first in line heir of the Merman Kingdom, deeply loved by the people with her intelligent mind and noble conduct, her highness is the princess whom everyone expects - the glorious Elena.

There are countless people who want to know Elena, trying to leave an impression in her heart.

But as the crown prince, she is the real real power.He is busy with political affairs all day long, so he can not be contacted by ordinary people.

Salem would not take the initiative to find her, as that would be too purposeful and would quickly trigger the self-defense of this strong woman.She must have seen many people who deliberately approached her.

Salem just carried the painting box and went to the palace to paint every day.

Metty is nominally his assistant.

But she knew nothing about painting.

Each of the court painters in the Yuren Kingdom can bring three assistants.There are actually unspoken rules in this.

Because there are too few places for court painters, countless equally excellent painters have failed in the exam.In order to get one step closer to their goals, they often apply for assistants to court painters.

This position can ask the secret of the exam from the successful seniors, and can also find out the taste of the court in the work.Many court painters were assistants.

In exchange for equal value, many court painters would enslave their assistants to paint for them.There is also a trend of court painters not thinking about making progress and relying on assistants to do it for them.

But Sellen only recruited Meddy as an assistant.

This assistant can't help with painting.As for things like carrying luggage and handing painting tools, the servants can do it for them instead of Maddy.

So Meddy is always in a state of doing nothing.

So Salem encouraged her: "Go around the palace and make friends."

He is very confident in the affinity of the heroine.

Although Meddy had just started a new life, there were a lot of jokes.But Salem found that all the servants in the house liked her very much.

A few days ago, he also saw Meddy asking the chef for instructions on how to make desserts.

Meddy flew out like a happy bird, and came back in the evening with all sorts of gossip.

She giggled and told Salem about it at dinner.

"Siren, do you still remember Her Highness Elena? We saw her portrait in Bella City before."

Well, the news he was waiting for was finally coming.

Salem said calmly, "What's wrong with that princess?"

"Today I met Her Highness Elena's maid. She was cleaning her armor and protective gear. It turns out that the princess likes martial arts, and she would go to the martial arts arena to practice whenever she has time. She often practiced until the sun went down before going back."

"That's really very different."

After all, the nobles of the Merman Kingdom prefer to practice their innate beautiful singing voice.The war is about to wipe out the blood of these sea overlords.

The whereabouts of the big men are often leaked from the little ones.

From the Martial Arts Field to Princess Elena's residence, there are not many roads to choose from.

After that, Salem went to the garden every evening to paint roses.Only paint the few minutes when the sun is at its peak, and leave immediately after the sun sets.

The paint on the easel was thrown beside the flowers, and no one was allowed to move it, so the servants always had to work hard to keep it intact from the wind and rain.

In just a few weeks, the reputation of court painter Seren's arrogance and self-indulgence had spread throughout the court.

His persistent behavior gradually became a court anecdote.

This reputation was deliberately cultivated by Salem.

People will be wary of strangers who come to their door, but they will actively become curious about the protagonist of the gossip.

After a whole week, he finally squatted down to the princess.

Elena finished today's training, and took a shortcut from the garden back to her palace.

She saw a painter working in the garden, and she stepped politely lightly.

Salem knew she saw him.

The princess's shadow was drawn very long by the setting sun, brushing against Seren's back.Brings a chilly chill.

Salem pretended to be an art-obsessed painter, with a beret covering his eyebrows, as if he had never noticed the existence of the princess.

Since then, the frequency of encountering the princess at this time has increased.

The princess gradually got used to it. Every day when the sun goes down, she can see a court painter in the garden who is immersed in painting.She would pass behind the painter and return to her residence.And began to look forward to tomorrow the painter will remain the same.

Listening to the rumors in the court, she gradually became curious about the painter's appearance.

So one day, after her shadow covered the painter's body, she stopped there.

Probably because the light was blocked by someone, the painter raised his head and pushed the brim of his hat with his thumb, revealing one eye.

This was the first time the two looked at each other, but there seemed to be a tacit understanding.

Salem spoke for the first time, and only one sentence caught her attention:

"Your Highness, your shadow is really gloomy."

Resplendent palaces, noble and majestic princesses, and beautiful and elegant court painters.

The court painter is painting roses.

He wanted to paint roses at dusk, so he only came to the garden to paint for a short time at dusk every day.

Even during the few minutes of painting, the painter has to have several people to accompany him.Seeing the princess coming, she didn't get up, instead she raised her beautiful eyes to look at her, she was such a pampered beauty.

The princess is wearing armor, and she has just returned from the martial arts arena, but she is full of heroism.

The whole composition is like the beginning of a romantic love.

However, what the painter said sounded weird.

The guard standing next to the princess already had an expression of resentment on his face.But because Salem was the most favored court painter among the king, he dared to be angry but dare not speak out.

After hearing this, the princess was not unhappy at all, but thoughtful: "What do you mean by that?"

"It's just a literal meaning." Salem threw the paintbrush casually, and the attendant caught it as usual. "The sun has set, and I have to go back. After all, I hate the dark and dark night."

Within a few days, news came that the princess summoned the court painter Seren to paint her portrait.

The princess's study has luxurious tapestries, exquisite murals, comfortable soft chairs and sparkling crystal chandeliers.Salem was not satisfied at all, but let Elena sit in front of a mirror.

The mirror was framed with gold, which could just reflect the entire study.Only then did Salem settle on the background of the portrait with satisfaction.

This portrait of Salem was painted slowly, for a short time each day.

The princess was not upset either.

Sellen sometimes dropped the pen and said, "I have no inspiration today."

The princess smiled and said, "Shall we have afternoon tea together?"

Sitting face to face at the exquisite tea table, the princess's shadow casts over Siren's ankles, creating a hallucination of pain.

Salem pretended to mention casually: "Does the legendary "Tear of God" belong to the princess now? "

"Have you heard of that legend?" the princess smiled.

"Actually, it's not as mysterious as folk rumors say. It's just a treasure that can create clear water out of thin air. Would Seren want to see it?"

The princess didn't think it was something to keep secret.

"I want to paint it into a portrait of a princess."

So the princess really took the pearl and gave it to Siren to play with.She tossed the pearl into the teapot, and in an instant, the teapot was filled with clear, luscious water.

Elena took it to the window to water the flower field outside the window.

"It can't even revive withered vegetation like in the legend. It's just ordinary clear water."

The princess leaned on the window sill and looked down.

Those withered flowers are still hanging on their heads, and the rise and fall of life has its own laws, which cannot be easily reversed artificially.

"The folks have deified it. It's just a symbol of being the crown prince." Elena concluded.

This portrait of the princess has been drawn intermittently for more than a month.

Rumors abounded in the court that this was just a cover for a private meeting between the princess and the painter.

"His Royal Highness has been completely seduced by that painter." The princess' guard complained.

"He has a pair of 'hypnotic eyes'," the princess's maid said convincingly, "when I see his black eyes, my brain becomes dizzy and I obey him.The princess must have been bewildered by him, too. "

The suitors of the princess have a common imaginary enemy.

"Siren, I heard someone speak ill of you again!"

At dinner, Maddy said angrily, "I had a hard time with it."

She clenched her fists, if she wasn't afraid of causing trouble to Salem, she would have shot at that time.

Salem smiled: "You did a good job... Think about it carefully, the princess and I really need to avoid suspicion."

"Next time I go to paint for the princess, can Meddy follow? These rumors will disappear soon."

However, this move was too late.

It was a sunny afternoon, and Meddy and Seren went shopping together.

Meddy wore a blue and white polka-dot dress with white lambskin shoes.The formerly tousled curls had grown a little longer and were properly tied up with a headband.Her gestures are somewhat ladylike.

With her hands behind her back, she turned and walked backwards, joking with Salem.

The accident happened at this moment.

A black shadow came from nowhere and suddenly hit Salem's face.

The smile on Meddy's face froze into horror.

The situation was critical, and she couldn't make a better response, so she could only rush towards Salem.

Salem was thrown to the ground, narrowly dodging the attack.

But the black shadow was very flexible, seeing that it couldn't do a single blow, it bounced wildly through the surrounding walls like a three-dimensional pinball, dazzling people, and then attacked Salem unexpectedly.

"Beware!"

Meddy quickly got up to dodge, picked up Salem, and pushed it into the corner.

She had activated her magic power quickly, and her two bear ears stood up alertly.

"Here!" She blocked another attack.

But her skirt was so long that she nearly tripped over it.

"Thorn."

She tore the skirt neatly, all the way to her thigh.

"I won't let you pass!"

She concentrated her magic energy on her right foot and used "jin".With a roundabout kick, the black shadow was kicked out.

Salem put her head in her hands and crouched cowardly behind the hostess.

The old father Lin Chengshi in his heart yelled crazily: Mei Jiang!Plum sauce!Be careful not to be exposed.

He swears to God, this mysterious power will not allow the heroine to show her skirt in the comics.If it did, he would fight it to the death.

He, Kobayashi Chengshi, is not the kind of cartoonist who relies on selling meat!Don't tarnish his innocence out of thin air!

"What happened!!" Hearing the movement here, Wangcheng's guards rushed over with knives and guns.

After all, it is the capital of the kingdom, where there is any disturbance, it will be discovered immediately.

Feeling that the situation was over, the black shadow quickly slipped away.

Maddy exhaled.She lifted the bear transformation, turned her head and said to Salem with a smile:

"Don't be afraid, it's all right."

She grinned and pointed to herself with a thumb.

"Don't worry, I will protect Salem!"