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As a result, he became very idle, almost as leisurely as he used to be.

"Although I really want to invite you to go somewhere fun, everyone is busy, and I feel really bad about it."

"The company is currently wrapping up the work here. Everyone is extremely busy, whether it's production or original artwork."

"The promotional work for the five members of K-On!" is also being expedited, in addition to their busy schedules for the school festival.

"School festival?" Shiina Mashiro muttered to herself.

Upon seeing this, Masamune suddenly realized that she had been living in England and probably hadn't participated in the school festival here.

When is the Tokyo University of the Arts' school festival?

"The week before last."

"Huh...!? It's already been held? I've never heard you mention it before."

"At the time, I was drawing illustrations for Oregairu, and the manga had just started, so I didn't participate. I asked Ema to go in my place."

"I'm sorry, you should have told me sooner."

"why?"

"For students, the school festival is a very interesting experience that will create many fun memories."

"Ema went in my place."

"Some things can't be done in someone else's place. By the way, how did she go in your place?"

“I had Ema take my artwork with me.”

"What work?"

"The oil painting on the last page of the second episode."

The scene where Artoria appears?

"What are the reviews like?"

"The top student in the class."

"What about the whole school?"

"I don't know, there's no school-wide competition."

Masamune fell into deep thought. If he had known earlier that Tokyo University of the Arts was holding a school festival the week before last, he would have gone with her even if it meant postponing the release date of the light novel Hachiman was writing.

After all, this is an annual celebration, a rare opportunity.

"I'm sorry, I've already noted down the dates for the Tokyo University of the Arts' school festival. I'll definitely go with you next year."

"Not only the school festival, but also the fireworks display that I missed this year, I will definitely not forget next year."

"Why are you apologizing?" Mashiro asked softly, looking at Masamune quietly.

Even though I didn't understand what he meant, for some reason, I had a strange feeling in my heart, like the taste of pineapple buns, a little sour and a little sweet.

“The school festival at Sakuragaoka Girls’ High School is about to start, let’s go have some fun together,” Masamune said with a smile. “Even though it’s a girls’ high school, the restrictions on entry and exit are lifted on the day of the school festival, so there’s no need to go to the principal for permission to enter or leave.”

"Um, what time?"

“I asked Ritsu Tainaka before, and it will be three days starting this Friday.”

"can."

"To avoid my mom getting bored at home alone, I'll invite her along when we go, and the three of us will go together."

"Ah."

……

At dinner time, at the Hayase family's dining table.

"Masamune, this is for you."

Looking at the bunch of keys handed to him by the young girl's mother, Masamune asked in surprise:

"what is this?"

"The key to the house next door. Mashiro is a very good painter; her paintings are very beautiful. I've asked around among the ladies in the neighborhood, and each of her paintings can sell for a lot of money."

As Hayase Kyūe got up to serve Mashiro some food, she said happily:

"Even if it's not for selling, it's a huge waste to just pile up so many beautiful paintings in a cabinet."

"So, I discussed it with my dad and we bought the house next door."

“I hired a cleaning company during the day, and they cleaned it from the inside out, and all the useless furniture was removed.”

"Take Mashiro over there later. We can turn that place into an art studio. Mashiro's future paintings can be framed and hung there."

"Hehe... Once I have more paintings, I can invite the ladies and children in the neighborhood to hold an art exhibition and broaden everyone's horizons."

At that moment, Masamune felt a surge of remorse once again.

Speaking of which, Mashiro is a world-class painter, and her paintings can fetch a lot of money.

During this time, in addition to drawing comics and illustrations, she has accumulated quite a few paintings. I only focus on the quality of her paintings and how much her skills have improved, but I have never paid attention to where those paintings went.

"I'm sorry, Mashiro, I didn't realize you needed a studio to store your paintings."

"Let's go take a look together after dinner. After that, I'll have someone frame any of your paintings that you think are good and hang them next door."

Mashiro stared blankly at Masamune, as if she had a thousand words to say, but she didn't know what to say or what she could say at this moment.

After much deliberation, he finally said only one sentence:

Do you like my painting?

"like."

"What does 'like' mean? Although I often hear people use this word, and I occasionally say it myself, even if I repeat it hundreds of times, I still don't understand it. What exactly is 'like'?"

Explaining this would be too embarrassing, wouldn't it?

Masamune unconsciously turned his head and cast a pleading look at his young daughter's mother across the table, but was met with a smug, almost amused smile.

"Liking... is probably a feeling that belongs only to oneself."

"When you are very concerned about a certain object or person, it will unconsciously appear in your mind during your free time. When you get close to it, you will be involuntarily attracted to it, as if it were a magnet, and your eyes and heart will be drawn to it."

"When you're actually together, you feel very safe and secure. Even if you don't do anything, just sitting together makes you feel warm inside."

"After a sudden separation for a period of time, I feel very reluctant to part with it, and its image is everywhere in my mind..."

...

...

"I think... this feeling is probably what liking someone is?"

"That's it."

Mashiro gazed at Masamune quietly for a long time, then whispered:

"I think I like drawing."

“In the past, people would often say to me, ‘You really like drawing.’”

"At that time, I didn't understand what they meant by 'like'?"

"But now, I can finally tell people that I love painting."

At that moment, Masamune seemed to see the seed he had planted with his own hands finally breaking through the ground and sprouting a tiny green shoot.

This feeling of "having a daughter growing up" in the family inexplicably moved him.

Chapter Fifty-Four: The Third Round of Assessments – Some Rejoice, Some Sorrow

In late September, around noon, many employees of Musashino gathered at a hotel.

The hall was filled with more than twenty banquet tables, almost all of which were occupied. On the screen of the stage on one side, the anime "Masamune-kun's Revenge" was being broadcast live online.

Many comments kept scrolling across the screen. Although opinions varied, most of them were positive.

As the animation ended, Masamune walked onto the stage, took the microphone from Yuka Okitsu, and said with a smile:

"The first anime we made together after I joined Musashino has now come to an end."

"Although the ratings in the sky haven't started yet, judging from BD sales and online reviews, this is an excellent anime."

...

...

"Today is not only to celebrate the completion of the first anime, 'Masamune-kun,' but also to celebrate the completion of the production of K-On! and Oregairu."

"The timely completion of these two animations is inseparable from the hard work of everyone here, so I would like to raise a glass to everyone!"

The moment everyone raised their glasses in the hall, a bright light appeared outside the window, and at the same time, the system's assessment voice reached everyone's ears.

[Black Nightmare, 1 stars rating, a punishment for all the main creators—headaches lasting three days.]

[The Crystallized Holy Knight, rated 1 star, punishes all main creators with color blindness for ten days.]

[Masamune-kun's Revenge, rating 3 stars, reward for heroine Adagaki Aki (skill) Health lv.1: can recover faster from illness.]

Reward the heroine, Yoshino Koiwai – (Skill) Pathfinding Lv.1: Allows you to find your target faster.

Reward the heroine Fujinomiya Neko – (Skill) Luck lv.1: Slightly improves luck.

Reward Producer Hayase Masamune – (Skill) Volleyball lv.1: Gain one year of volleyball experience and knowledge.

Reward Supervisor Seiichi Kinoshita - (Skill) Track and Field lv.1: Gain one year of running experience and knowledge.

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...

Reward for crafting Miyamori Aoi – (Item) Tea Utensils: One set of Hayase family's spare tea utensils.

"ah...!!"

Seeing a box suddenly appear at her feet, Miyamori Aoi exclaimed in surprise, hurriedly picked it up, and opened it to take a look.

Inside the cardboard box was a beautifully packaged complete tea set.