Could this place possibly be some high-level secret realm? How could there be so many treasures here?

Perhaps this was simply a promotional tactic used by the art museum.

Moreover, absolute silence was required inside the exhibition halls.

Otherwise, offenders would be shown the door immediately.

Therefore, shouldn't the director lead by example?

"Everyone heading to the courtyard to sketch, please follow me!"

The director led a group of students away.

Sakura asked Tomoyo where she planned to set up her easel.

Tomoyo had already chosen her angle. She turned her head and said, "I want to draw that statue right over there."

That particular spot happened to have a set of steps to sit on, sparing them from having to sit directly on the cold floor.

"Why don't we team up? Tomoyo, Sakura~"

Ye Hui sidled over.

School sketching trips and outings always seemed to lead straight to Clow Cards.

Of course he had to stick close to Sakura and Tomoyo.

With the card-capturing heroine around, not only were supernatural events guaranteed to happen.

More importantly, there would be opportunities to unlock new maps!

For two consecutive weeks, they hadn't encountered a single Clow Card.

Coming here to sketch today made Ye Hui vaguely recall the storyline associated with a certain Clow Card.

As the gathered students dispersed in all directions,

Ye Hui began to survey his surroundings.

"Sakura is here, so where is the Clow Card? Also, what card was this again? I can't quite remember."

Ye Hui narrowed his eyes and gazed closely at his surroundings. "Could a Clow Card actually be hidden right inside this grand hall?"

Under the influence of his spiritual energy perception talent,

Clusters of glowing light began to materialize...

"Hiss! Are the paintings here actually treasures?"

Ye Hui drew a sharp breath.

"System, is this place some kind of high-level secret realm? Why are there so many treasures?"

The golden radiance was simply too exaggerated.

Moreover, the golden glow here felt even more conspicuous than the energy of Clow Cards.

However, some of the lights carried a metallic sheen, making them slightly different from the aura of Clow Cards.

[The host has not unlocked this map, unable to retrieve information.]

Squinting his eyes, Ye Hui pondered silently.

Regardless of the details, with so many glowing clusters around, this place might genuinely be a high-level secret realm!

Since the system also indicated that there was an ununlocked map here,

He wondered if coming here a few more times with Sakura would allow him to unlock this area...

"With a high-level map like this, even with Sakura's incredible fortune helping out, unlocking it quickly probably won't be easy."

Ye Hui took out his sketchbook, preparing to draw.

School assignments still needed to be completed, after all.

However, given his drawing speed, he would finish in no time at all.

"The basic skills I've honed over the past half-month—drawing talismans and sketching array patterns—haven't even been used on Clow Cards yet; instead, they're coming in handy for sketching..."

Ye Hui was certainly no art major.

In his past life, he was just an ordinary student at an ordinary school, studying ordinary programming, and eventually becoming an ordinary corporate cog...

As for drawing...

Not every child had the luxury of attending various cram schools to cultivate artistic hobbies!

"Eh? Has Ye-同学 studied art before?"

Sakura leaned over, the single strand of hair atop her head twitching as she moved.

Sakura wasn't particularly skilled at drawing.

She preferred music and sports, and her artistic proficiency was rather low.

When she was practicing her sketching in a rush last night, Kero had even complained that her drawing looked nothing like the subject...

"I've never formally studied it. But Sakura, have you forgotten that I know how to draw talismans?"

Drawing talismans?

Sakura was momentarily stunned.

What connection could drawing talismans possibly have with sketching?

Those symbols on the talismans looked much more like writing, didn't they?

Ye Hui frequently supplied Sakura and Tomoyo with newly crafted talismans.

Of course Sakura remembered the markings on those talismans.

It would be generous to describe them as wildly and calligraphically flamboyant.

Those patterns were comparable to a toddler's scribbles.

There was simply no way to trace any foundational art skills back to them...

Seeing her look at him with a bewildered and innocent expression,

Ye Hui sniffed, gave a light cough, and whispered, "To draw talismans, your hand must be steady!"

"As long as your hand is steady, your drawing naturally won't be too bad! Of course, I only really excel at meticulous line work; when it comes to lighting, shadows, and shading in sketches, I'm a bit weaker..."

"Eh? Is that really how it works?"

Sakura remained half-convinced.

She looked back down at the statue before her.

The shape of this particular statue seemed rather difficult to capture.

The students in the class had been divided into two groups, scattering to different areas to draw different sculptures.

As for the statue in front of her, Sakura figured it must belong to the impressionist style the teacher had previously mentioned.

It was piled together from objects of various shapes and colors.

Sculptures of this nature truly put an artist's foundational skills to the test.

Naturally, elementary school assignments didn't demand absolute perfection.

Participation was what mattered most!

Even if the drawing turned out horribly distorted, it wouldn't be the end of the world.

Seeing that both Ye Hui and Tomoyo had already begun putting pencil to paper,

Sakura opened her own sketchbook as well.

"Ah!"

Sakura let out a sudden shriek, immediately drawing the attention of the teacher.

The teacher hurried over and anxiously checked on Sakura's condition.

Seeing that she was completely unharmed and merely staring in a daze at her sketchbook, having encountered no actual danger,

He furrowed his brows slightly and made a gesture calling for absolute silence.

Sakura offered a meek, timid apology.

Tomoyo, sitting nearby, covered her ears, and seeing the teacher walk away, turned her gaze back to Sakura.

Ye Hui, on the other hand, hadn't been startled at all.

Taking advantage of the moment, he whipped out his camera and snapped a photo of Tomoyo's cute expression as she covered her ears.

This caused Tomoyo's eyes to widen once more: "Ye Hui!"

Ye Hui hastily put away his camera and asked Sakura, "What's wrong?"

"It's Kero, how annoying!" Sakura muttered under her breath as she spread open the sketchbook in her hands.

Ye Hui and Tomoyo leaned in to take a look.

It turned out that Sakura had originally sketched a picture of Kero on the page.

However, it had mysteriously been scribbled over with a red pen...

Ye Hui smiled knowingly.

Naturally, everyone considered themselves the most handsome.

When Kero had defaced the drawing with his red pen, he hadn't forgotten to add a caption.

——"This is the real me"!

One had to admit, the red-inked Kero in the drawing actually looked quite handsome.

It completely lived up to the idiom "swallow-like brows and starry eyes."

It looked nothing like the simple bean-eyes of Kero that Ye Hui was usually familiar with.

"Tch, manual beauty filters? Come to think of it, once the smartphone era arrives, should I invest in starting a software company and add beauty camera features to mobile phones..."

Ye Hui thought subconsciously.

By then, if Kero wanted to have such wide, watery eyes, a single digital filter would handle it all...

"I think it looks quite nice, actually." Tomoyo covered her mouth, giggling softly.

Sakura pouted and let out a soft huff.

"This guy, when I get back I'm definitely going to give him a piece of my mind, and I won't let him have any snacks!"

Upon hearing this, Tomoyo exchanged a glance with Ye Hui, and both of them smiled amusedly.

Soon enough, Ye Hui, possessing the fastest hand speed among them, finished his meticulous line drawing.

He began preparing his paints for coloring.

Sakura leaned over to take a peek.

"Whoa, that is so neat! Ye Hui-kun, how can your lines possibly be drawn so precisely..."

Sakura exclaimed in surprise, but quickly clamped a hand over her mouth, looked left and right to make sure no one had noticed, and only then breathed a sigh of relief, praising Ye Hui's artwork in a hushed tone.

[Tomoyo Daidouji's emotional value +3] (Note: System prompt translated naturally)

She shrank back into her own space and looked down at her own drawing.

No matter how she looked at it, it differed vastly from the actual sculpture before her.

Well, it seemed there was still room for rescue...