A personal project? What kind of project?
Wow! I thought he'd simply say no...
I need an artist to help me with my visual novel.
Wait. Did you say visual novel?
Yes. A visual novel is a...
Wait again. I know what a visual novel is. I even started creating one some time ago, but I didn't go very far. I couldn't think of a good story to tell.
Well, to write stories is what I like to do.
I just need a good artist to work with me.
And what makes you think I'm a good artist?
I saw you sketching some things in your notebook... a caricature of Professor Eileen...
... and a very beautiful drawing showing Shiru Kanase, from the Shitsumon series.
Were you able to recognize Shiru Kanase in those poorly done doodles?
Of course, I was. You know how to draw her very well.
So... did you…show more content… Oh my God! I can't believe you finally said yes.
I was so happy that I could hug Eric and roll with him on that grass...
But no, I was really afraid of touching him after that scary incident at school.
And I decided that it was better to keep Mad Sylvie away from us.
But I could not hide my happiness, and I walked dancing around him like a little child who had just been given the most desired gift of her life.
Err... not that way. This way, please. That's the house's main entrance. My mother lives there with her new man and I don't want to bother her by getting there unannounced.
Come, I live in separate dependencies in the back of the house.
Separate? Don't you live with your family? Excuse me, but...
How embarrassing... I thought I better tell him all the story.
My father left home when I was six. For years I lived in this house with my mother and my older sister.
When I was fourteen, and my sister was sixteen, my mother married again. She then sent me and my sister to a separate part of the house.
Of course, she told us that she was doing that as a way to preserve "our freedom", not
