Now, let's get some illustrations and notations down.

　When I returned to the mansion, I had retreated to my room with my battle pencils.

　I had completed the elements of the battle pencils that Rael and Luu had made for me, and I was going to add illustrations and other things to them.

'First of all, it's a break.

　It's the illustration part, the part where you can write in damage and techniques.

　Even though it's a battle pencil, this is a prototype that doesn't have the same function as a pencil, so I can use it to its fullest extent.

　With a pencil, you can't just shave the bottom of the pencil, because you can't just shave the bottom of the pencil.

　I'm going to use my old Battle Pencil as a base, and use the pen to delimit the lines.

　Once that's done, the next step is the illustration.

　However, it's quite difficult to draw these hexagons and pentagons.

　But it is very difficult to draw these hexagons and pentagons, because it takes a lot of time to draw them seriously.

It would be easy to draw a slime or something that could be easily drawn as a hexagon.

　If I dare to draw with slime, I can draw with a single stroke if I want to.

　I'll draw a motif of a monster or an animal in this world anyway.

　I draw an illustration of a slime, a goblin, or a mushroom on each pencil.

　It's difficult to draw an illustration on a pencil, but I can manage to draw them.

　After I finished drawing the illustrations, the next step is to draw the text.

Thirty damage to the attribute.

Ten damage to every man.

"Mushroom spores. Twenty damage to all.

　The name of the attack and the damage it causes are written on each side.

　It's a turn-based attack with an assumed strength of 100, so that's about right.

　Create three races, such as ●, ★, ▲ and so on, and apply them to each other.

　Slime is a ● attribute, so it won't accept damage to the ▲ and ★ except for damage to everyone else. Your attacks don't always hit, and your opponent's attacks don't always hit, either.

　The goal is to make the battle pencils more exciting to fight with by having this kind of nullifying luck factor as well. It's a little boring when you win just because you get a damaging surface.

　I'm not familiar with the original world of Battle Pencil, so there may be a lot of things to go into, but the game balance can be sought out as you play.

'Al, what are you doing?'

　While I was absorbed in creating my battle pencils, before I knew it, Brother Silvio was in my room.

''Wow, Brother Silvio, is it you? When did you come in?　

'Just now. I've been knocking a couple of times, but he hasn't answered.

　Brother Silvio laughs bitterly as he shrugs his shoulders.

　Apparently he was so engrossed in his work that he blocked out the sounds around him.

'I'm getting the urge to reread the book I lent Al, what are you doing now?

I'm making toys to play with in my room.

A toy?　What's it like?

　My brother Silvio has been thirsty for entertainment.

　I taught him a game called "Battle Pencil," a game that Silvio seems to be very interested in.

It's a fun game.　Would you mind if I painted that illustration for you?

'Brother Silvio?　I don't mind, but it's so detailed and hexagonal, it's hard to do, you know?

Yeah, but I still want to try it.

　Hmm, Brother Silvio is showing more motivation than I expected.

　Is it the curiosity of seeing my pretty illustrations and wanting to color them?

　I thought that I didn't need to paint the colors, but if I had them, I would be more attached to them.

　If it's Elinora's sister, or even Silvio-san, who seems to be rather dexterous, you might be able to leave it to her.

It's a good idea. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. Be sure not to stick out.

Yeah. Yeah. Thanks, Al!

　After handing over the battle pencils with illustrations of slime, goblins, and alkinoids, Brother Silvio happily left the room.

　Perhaps he intends to prepare a set of paints in his room and paint them.

　His original errand was to collect the books in my room, but he seems to have forgotten all about that.

　Well, even if I fail at worst, it doesn't mean I can't use it as a plaything, so let's wait without excessive expectations.



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Al!　I'm painted!

　Towards the end of the evening, Brother Silvio came to my room with a battle pencil in his hand.

　I wasn't expecting him to finish it and bring it to me in less than a day, so I was surprised.

''What? You're already painted?''

Yeah, this is what it looks like, what do you think?

　Brother Silvio showed me his battle pencils as a tantalizing reminder.

　There was a beautifully painted illustration on it. The colors of the slime, the goblin and the alkynoko are faithfully reproduced.

　The shadows and highlights were clearly applied without straying from my draft.

　If it was just a paper coloring book, I didn't know that they could paint a part of a hexagonal pencil with such precision.

Well, what do you think?

'Brother Silvio, that's amazing. I honestly didn't think you could paint it so beautifully.

That's what I thought, too, but I was surprised. I don't think I'm that good at this kind of detail work.

　At my clear words, Brother Silvio replied with a wry smile.

　Clearly, it's far better than I expected. It was as if the demons were given life through the addition of color.

　I didn't know the illustration could change so much by adding color to it.

'It's nice. When the color is applied, you become more attached to it.

'Yes. You should paint the other parts of the house, not just the illustrations. You'll definitely want to play with it that way.

　I totally agree with brother Silvio's opinion.

　At first I foolishly thought it would be too much trouble and that I didn't need any color, but after seeing this, I can't go back to the monochrome world.

''But I don't want too much paint on it, or the color shifting and peeling off when I roll it around.

'Then why don't we coat it with resin?　It's painted on a sign or something to prevent the color from fading.

I see, so the paint won't come off as easily if you roll it around or get water on it.

　I don't know what will actually happen, but it should be worth a try.

　That's how much color makes the Battle Pencil more valuable.

　Of course I want to play with a cool toy anyway.

　When I proceeded to discuss the overall hue with Brother Silvio, he stood up as soon as he could.

''Well then, let's try out that paint job I did earlier!

Yes, please.

　I really wanted to play with the unpainted battle pencils, but my brother Silvio is showing his willingness to play with them so far.

　It would be good to complete the project with a proper color or resin coating before playing with him.

　I'd like to let him play with it while it's still going strong, if that's what he's doing.