Isekai Yururi Kikou ~Raising Children While Being an Adventurer

Chapter 31

Paper Goods

"N? This is... an art gallery?"

""So many pictures!""

As we continued to wander around, peeking into stores, we found a store with many paintings on the walls.

"Welcome."

As we were looking at the paintings, an elderly man approached us.

"Hello. Excuse me, is this a store that sells paintings?"

"We are a writing tools shop. We deal in paper, pens, ink, and so on. Those paintings are, more or less, also for sale."

"Writing tools? Erm, what do you mean by more or less?"

"These paintings were drawn by my grandchild. He's an unsuccessful painter so these rarely sell."

"Is that so? I thought they were pretty good~"

Some of them were landscapes, and some had depictions of animals, plants, or monsters. Well, the landscapes were all very similar, and the monsters were all low-ranked ones, though. It's possible that the painter only draw things they have seen before.

But the overall style was gentle and light-toned, and I like it a lot.

"People are not going to buy paintings unless they can afford it."

"... Ahh, I see."

In this world, it is the wealthy, mainly the nobles, who display paintings, but most of the paintings displayed in noble residences are canvases made of cloth stretched over solid wooden frames.

The pictures displayed here were all painted on A4 size paper, so they were easily available, but I guess they don't sell well because the common people rarely buy paintings.

"Does your grandchild not paint on bigger canvases?"

"Maybe it's because he has been used to paper since he was little, but he can't seem to paint as well as he'd like on canvas."

... I guess it's a consequence of his family selling writing tools.

"Would you like one? I was thinking of disposing of them soon, so I'll give you a discount."

"You are disposing of them? Isn't that a waste?"

"Yes, it is. However, my grandchild needs to see reality soon or he's the one who will be troubled in the future."

"That's harsh."

I felt like I really wanted to support them, but he seemed to be trying to be tough for the sake of his grandchild.

"Well, we will buy a few.——Allen, Elena, I'm going to buy some picture to decorate our house with, so choose the ones you like."

""The forest house~?""

"Yeah, that's right. You can choose as many as you like, and we can change them according to your mood."

""Got it~""

When I asked the children to look at the pictures and choose their favorites, they began to examine each picture with great enthusiasm.

""That's cute!""

"N, lemme see? Oh, Pastel Rabbits? That certainly is cute."

""Hey, hey, that for a congratulatory gift~?""

"Congratulatory gift? Oh, that might be a good idea."

The kids found a picture of five Pastel Rabbits in a huddled together and suggested it as a congratulatory gift. That's a good idea. Rabbits are supposed to bring good luck, you know. It's for prosperity and happiness. However, the size is indeed too small.