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"Oh, so this is the complete anatomical chart of the human body. ...... hmmm. Systematically classified and clearly annotated. Moreover, the drawings are very detailed. This is very good work.

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"...... Thank you, Mr. Barca."

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"Hmm?　What's the matter, Mr. Painter?　Your voice is kind of dark. Since you've just completed a human anatomy drawing, you should be more pleased with it.

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"Yes, yes. It is a great honor for me to work with you, Mr. Barca. I will take this back home and be proud of it.

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"...... hometown?　What, are you going back to the countryside?　I thought you were working hard to make it as a painter, Mr. Painter?"

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"...... because it can't be helped, can it? Don't tell me you don't know about the paintings that are all over the place now, Mr. Barca. What is that? I can't believe that an amateur, who has no basic knowledge of painting, appreciates a woman's nudity that was merely copied on paper by a telecopy artist. You may not understand my feelings, Mr. Barca, but before you go back to the countryside, let me tell you something. That thing is evil. I would not even call them pictures. If such things spread, art will not be understood anymore. In other words... ......"

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"Wait a minute. Easy, painter. The point is... You're saying that because of the spread of pictures easily depicted by "telecopying", your paintings are not appreciated?

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No, no, no. I am not talking about my personal paintings. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the aesthetic sense people have.

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"No, it's not different. You're just saying that you're going back to the countryside because your paintings aren't appreciated.

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"......Uh, no,...... maybe so."

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"Well, I don't know how you feel, but you've worked so hard to get this far. Now that you've completed the anatomy chart, I'll continue to give you some assistance, so why don't you try a little harder?　I told you before that some people will appreciate it if you draw pictures that [telecopying] can't depict."

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"You say that so easily, but I can't abandon the way I have been painting. All I have is a precise depiction. It's too frustrating to be compared to a picture created with a single shot of magic like that.

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"Well, I'm not so sure. I don't know much about painting. But let me tell you about a painter I heard about a long time ago. If you use it as a reference, you might be able to create a different kind of painting.

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　I was working in the city of Fontana when I received a call.

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　It was to inform me that one of my previous jobs in Vulcania had been completed.

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　A book of human anatomy drawings had been completed.

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　Meme, a doctor, is in charge of the autopsies, and Mosh, an artist, is in charge of the drawings.

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　Both had the surname Reed, given to them by Kyle, but Mihm wanted the drawings to be done by the artist Kun.

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　He said that a human hand was better than an exact [photocopy] to properly depict the autopsy and to write the medical findings on it.

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　I had thought that the painter would gain confidence in his skills through this work, but it seems that I was wrong.

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　Perhaps it was more than the adult illustrations, but his paintings were exposed to low evaluation.

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　He became very depressed and said he was going back to the countryside.

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　To be frank, it is up to him whether he goes back to the country or not.

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　But since he has worked so hard, I decided to give him a piece of advice.

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　I can't draw pictures myself.

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　Therefore, I hesitated to give him technical advice.

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　But I suddenly remembered a story I had heard about a painter in my previous life.

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　I decided to tell him the story.

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　I have decided to tell the story to Mr. Painter.

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　I think that painters who leave their mark in history are generally talented.

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　Masters with something of genius.

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　Among such geniuses, there was a painter who made a name for himself in a certain way.

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　He came to the conclusion that the most important thing for a painter is not the skill of painting, but inspiration.

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　In other words, ideas and inspiration.

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　He would think of something that ordinary people would not think of, and then paint it.

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　That is what is important.

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　However, even if you think so, you cannot intentionally draw out a momentary inspiration.

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　Normally, anyone would make such a judgment.

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　But he was different.

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　He developed a method to intentionally create a momentary flash of inspiration.

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　The answer was in slumber.

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　He realized that just before going to sleep, in the moment when the mind is between wakefulness and dormancy, people get inspired.

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　In other words, when you are in a trance, you think, "Oh, I just got a good idea.

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　That is what many people experienced, and that was the key to becoming a genius.

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　However, many people have the same experience of inspiration, but they cannot become geniuses.

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　Why is that?

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　Because most of the ideas that come to them in a dreamy state of mind are absurd, and they are quickly forgotten.

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　It's the kind of thing where you think of something good, but then forget it.

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So, here is something for you, Mr. Painter.

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"Is this a metal spoon?"

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Yes. From now on, when you go to bed, sleep with this spoon. When you fall asleep, you will wake up because you will lose your grip and the spoon will fall and make a noise. If you feel an inspiration in your dream, write it down immediately.

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"......I understand the importance of inspiration in painting. But can you really get inspiration that way?　Isn't it just a weird idea that comes into your sleep-deprived head that has no reality?"

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"Maybe so, maybe not. As I recall, the person who thought of this method painted a picture of things half melted into mush, didn't he?　But I am sure that he painted many unusual pictures that ordinary people would not have thought of. It's a good way for a painter who can only draw with precision to come out of his shell, isn't it?"

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"I see. I have never heard of such a painter, but I understand. I'll give it a try."

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"Oh. Well, take it a little easier on yourself."

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　He seems to have been able to motivate Mr. Painter successfully with his hazy memories and stories of painters in his past life.

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　However, I had forgotten that I had even heard of such an episode in a previous life until I talked to him.

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　I also wondered if there were any other stories about painting that I knew.

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　When I thought about it, something caught my eyes.

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　It was something about the land of this Fontana territory.

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　It was a map drawn around the city of Fontana.

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　It was a map that looked like a child's doodle.

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　Looking at it, I think that in my previous life there were more rules for maps.

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　The direction was marked, the scale was marked, the contour lines were drawn, and buildings were drawn in a certain shape, so that we could recognize any place on the map.

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　I was in a position to rule not only the territory of the knights of Barca, but also the whole territory of Fontana.

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　It might be a good idea to unify the rules of map notation along with the standards of length such as meters.

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　Thus, while talking with Mr. Painter, I came up with the idea to unify the metric measurements such as meters and grams, as well as the map drawing in the whole Fontana.

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