An Unorthodox Guide to Conquering Another World

"Oh, right, Xiaoguang, come out and say hello to the teacher."

"it is good!"

The blue data stream swirled, and then Lucia was surprised to see that the data streams combined to form the figure of a girl, along with a dress. After the light went out, a petite and cute girl appeared in front of her.

"Hello, Ms. Lucia!" As soon as Xiaoguang appeared, he politely bowed to Lucia.

"This, this is..." Lucia's eyes widened in surprise.

“Her name is Xiao Guang. Well, I guess you could say she’s my creation,” Ya Feng said, stepping forward and patting Xiao Guang’s head.

"She, she is, a doll?" Lucia noticed the joint connection at Xiaoguang's wrist.

Moreover, how did they manage to create such anthropomorphic dolls?

She suddenly remembered that Ya Feng had also gone to the doll shop before. Could it be that he ordered this?

Why did Ya Feng make this doll?

But seeing the little doll's adorable appearance, Lucia seemed to understand something.

"Yes, a doll. Her name is Xiaoguang, and she possesses a certain level of intelligence," Ya Feng said.

"Then, teacher, what do you want me to do for her? And why do you call me teacher again?" Lucia asked.

"For some reason, she now needs to learn some painting techniques, and I think she can ask you for help."

"You want me to teach dolls to draw?" Lucia blinked.

"Yes."

Lucia paused, hesitant to speak, perhaps finding it somewhat absurd, but then she looked at Hikari's expectant face and sighed.

"Well, that's no problem... So, which aspect of drawing technique would you like to learn first?"

“Well, about this,” Ya Feng thought for a moment and said:

"Human body."

Chapter 100: The Human Figure Drawing Class requires you to use yourself as a model.

"We definitely need to learn about the human body first, right? I remember that's the foundation of drawing lessons?" Ya Feng said.

“The foundation of drawing is plaster geometry…” Lucia corrected him.

"By the way, Lucia, can you draw humans? I've only ever seen you draw dragons," Ya Feng suddenly asked.

“Of course, if you want to draw things you like, you definitely need a solid foundation first. Before you can learn to draw dragons, you definitely need to be able to draw geometric shapes and human figures well,” Lucia said.

"That's good. Then I'll have to trouble you with Xiao Guang."

“But we also need to consider her talent first. Not everyone is suited to learning to draw. Some people are born without a sense of shapes and images, and no matter how hard they try, they will not learn well,” Lucia said. But then she thought that Xiaoguang was a doll, so it seemed that she could not judge her by human standards.

"Don't worry, Xiao Guang has some basic skills, so you can teach him with confidence," Ya Feng said.

"Moreover, it's really important for me to learn this as soon as possible, so please, Ms. Lucia, help me!"

He placed his hand on Lucia's shoulder and spoke with a burning gaze.

“You, suddenly saying all this…” Lucia looked away, her small mouth trembling as she spoke:

"Okay, okay! You've taught me so much already, you can't refuse this little thing, right? Let's make it clear first, I'm not a very good painter, so I might not be able to teach you well. If you're not satisfied, you can't say anything to me."

"Don't worry, no problem." Ya Feng gave an OK sign.

Lucia glanced at him, then at Xiaoguang.

"Then, let's go to my art club's studio..."

...

They arrived at Lucia's art club studio.

The place is deserted because it's a club that Lucia created on her own. It used to be their class's meeting place, where they would often gather and play after school. But now, under Ya Feng's guidance, the kids can't wait to go home and rest after school, and they have no interest in playing here anymore.

Two cabinets were placed against the wall, filled with various paints and brushes, as well as a row of art books.

Lucia quickly set up her easel, placed a half-body plaster cast on the table in front of her, and said to Hikaru.

"Come on, try drawing one first, let me see your skill level."

"it is good!"

Xiao Guang sat down in front of the drawing board without hesitation, picked up a charcoal pencil, and started drawing the plaster cast in front of him.

Lucia and Yafeng stood to the side watching.

Taking this opportunity, Lucia spoke softly, "Teacher... By the way, Hikaru is the doll you had at the doll shop the other day, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Ya Feng nodded in agreement.

“Then she…” Lucia hesitated as she looked at Hikari’s bright eyes and her human-like behavior.

"You mean the source of her soul fire, right?" Ya Feng said.

Lucia nodded silently. After all, she knew quite a bit about dolls. A soul fire of this level couldn't have been obtained normally, and the childlike personality made the source of the soul fire truly unsettling…

"Don't worry, I would never do something as despicable as extracting souls," Ya Feng said. "Xiao Guang's soul originates from my familiar."

"A familiar?" Lucia asked in surprise.

“Yeah, we just signed the contract a while ago, and it fits the doll perfectly. Pretty good, right?” Ya Feng said.

“...That’s really strange…” Lucia said softly.

"Teacher Lucia, Hikaru has finished drawing." Hikaru stopped drawing and turned to Lucia.

"So fast?"

Lucia went up to examine Xiaoguang's painting.

The image shows a plaster cast of a human body with soft lighting. Although it looks a bit distorted, it's still quite realistic and at first glance it looks quite like a human.

"How is it? Not bad, right?" Ya Feng asked Lucia.

“That won’t work at all,” Lucia sighed.

"What?"

"What this child draws is just a slavish imitation, a rigid copy. Moreover, his art fundamentals are very strange. The depiction in these places is completely illogical. Look here, there is clearly a large top light on the head, but Rembrandt lighting is drawn on the face? It's like he knows the knowledge of art, but his understanding is a mess!"

Lucia sighed: "I guess you used some method to make Hikaru remember some art knowledge, but it's just that he remembered it, he didn't understand it at all."

"Is that really true..." Ya Feng was surprised that she could tell just from this; she was truly amazing.

"There's no other way, I can only start by teaching you geometry, but luckily she has some basic drawing skills, so it probably won't be too difficult to teach her," Lucia said.

She pulled up a stool, sat down next to Xiaoguang, then took out an art book and began demonstrating drawing while explaining it to her.

Lucia taught in great detail, breaking down the human body structure into simple geometric shapes, then refining the structure, and then explaining each muscle and bone point to her. Ya Feng stood aside and listened for a while and understood some of it.

It has to be said that Lucia would be an excellent art teacher.

"This is the sternocleidomastoid muscle, which connects from the back of the head to the clavicle in the shoulder. This muscle changes noticeably when you turn your head. You can touch it to feel it," Lucia said.

"Oh..." Xiao Guang nodded, touched his neck, and then froze.

“It seems like Xiaoguang doesn’t have any.” She looked at Lucia.

Lucia then realized that Hikari was a doll, with her head and neck separated, and she couldn't touch them no matter how hard she tried.

"Then, come see me."

As Lucia spoke, she unbuttoned the collar of her school uniform, revealing her smooth neck and prominent, beautiful collarbone. She slightly raised her chin, pointing to the muscles on her neck as she demonstrated and explained to Hikaru.

"Oh, I see... I understand, Xiao Guang." Xiao Guang nodded and said.

"Now let's look at the shoulder. Here is the deltoid muscle, and this side connects to the pectoralis major muscle towards the chest. You can think of the shoulder as a triangle. Then there's the arm. This side is the biceps brachii, and this side is the triceps brachii, which are the two most important muscles. When drawing an arm, you basically need to pay attention to these two muscles."

To help Hikaru understand better, Lucia took off her coat, revealing the short-sleeved shirt underneath. She pulled up the sleeve and pointed to her arm as she explained.

"Oh, oh." Xiao Guang nodded, looking pleased.

"Another point is... a place where it's easy to make a mistake: how to draw the armpits. This is where the arm and shoulder muscle groups converge. The muscles will present different states when they are squeezed and stretched in different postures, so you need to pay special attention to it."

As Lucia spoke, she raised her arm, pulled up her short sleeve to reveal her smooth armpit, and carefully explained along the muscle lines with her fingers.

"Look, this part is the deltoid muscle. It forms a wrap around the arm, so when you raise your arm, the muscles here will fold up. There's a very obvious muscle line where it connects to the pectoralis major, extending all the way to the chest, like this..."

Her fingers traced along her arm toward her chest, and she pulled open her sleeve with one hand, wanting to show Xiaoguang the structure of the area. But when she saw her exposed bra, she suddenly realized that there was someone else present.

She turned her head and saw Ya Feng standing to the side, chin in hand, listening intently to her lecture with the same serious expression.

Of course, everything I just did was definitely seen.

Lucia's face turned red at a visible speed.

"Teacher Lucia, what's wrong?" Hikaru asked, puzzled.

"Teacher Lucia, what's wrong?" Ya Feng asked, puzzled.

"You, you, you, why are you watching too?!" Lucia quickly lowered her arms, hugged her chest, and shouted at him in embarrassment and anger.

"Hmm? I'll listen too, so that if Xiaoguang doesn't understand something when she gets back, I can teach her again." Ya Feng said, spreading his hands.

"And what you just said was so good, I was completely engrossed. Also, teacher, I have a question. You said that the muscles in the arms and chest are connected, so what kind of deformation happens to the chest when you raise your arms? Can you explain that?" He asked very seriously.

"I'm not telling you! You were just using the excuse of learning to draw to look at my chest!"

"Aren't you thinking too badly of me? Isn't this art learning?"

“Besides, you didn’t even look at it much,” he added.

"You!" Lucia's face turned red to the roots of her ears, and she seemed to have the same expression as Zehita, as if she wanted to bite him to death.

Damn it, I shouldn't have bothered with the demonstration myself... Thinking about her actions just now, she wished she could dig a hole and bury herself in it.

I'll bring a model doll next time...

Lucia rambled on angrily, but finally told Ya Feng to sit down first before she continued explaining to Xiao Guang.

Not long after, Ya Feng's phone rang. He picked it up and answered it.

"Hello? Yes, it's on the third floor. Come straight up to room 304. I'll be waiting for you here."

Hearing this, Lucia looked at him in confusion: "Is anyone coming?"

"Okay, it's fine. We'll go next door in a bit, it won't bother you," Ya Feng said.

Lucia hesitated, but didn't press the matter further.

A moment later, there was a knock on the door. Ya Feng went to open it, and there stood Hikaria.

Today, Monday, is her and Ya Feng's study day, but she received a message today asking her to come to the clubroom.

“Teacher,” Hikaria greeted him upon seeing him.

“Oh, you’re here. Let’s go next door, Lucia. We’ll go over first. You can teach here for now. Come and let me know when you’re done,” Ya Feng said to her.

"Oh...okay." Lucia nodded.

She watched Hikaria and Afeng's departing figures and pursed her lips.

So... he actually taught me more than just this one student in private?

...

In the evening, after the two groups finished their studies for the day, Ya Feng invited them to a dessert shop for sundaes.

Hikaria sat quietly to the side, eating in small bites. Lucia had thought that since Hikaria was also a student of Yafeng, she should talk to her, but seeing her so quiet and silent, she didn't interact with her much.

“Little Guang learns very quickly; he should be able to teach me everything I can in about a week or two,” Lucia said, scooping up a spoonful of ice cream.

“Then I’ll have to trouble you with this, Ms. Lucia,” Ya Feng said to her.

"Okay, I'll be with you all this time anyway..." Lucia said softly.

"By the way, after your special training ends this week, you'll be moving on to the next phase. Hmm... I'll give you a surprise then," Ya Feng said.

"A surprise?" Lucia tilted her head.

"What surprise?"

"Just wait and see, it will make you stronger." Ya Feng said, popping a cookie into his mouth.

"Could it be some kind of bad stuff... alchemical potions...?" Lucia thought of the muscle-building drugs and performance-enhancing drugs sold in the fitness world.