Volume 6 - CH 5

Isaac Baker

He was originally a wandering minstrel in the South.

Then, he happened to meet a genius painter who was still a boy.

And while helping the boy sell the paintings, Isaac became greedy and pretended to be the artist who painted them.

The boy painter had a distinct painting style that used warm colors and became famous after catching the eye of a certain lady.

The lady then presented the paintings to the queen, and the Empress, who was well versed in art, as well as the Empress Dowager, liked the painting.

‘They said it was well-known in the West.’

It happened at the second half of the original story.

Camilla, who was in the capital, belatedly desired Isaac’s painting. She was eventually disgraced after selling the Archduke’s name.

The Archduke, on the other hand, learned of Isaac’s existence and summoned him to the mansion to have him draw Selina’s portrait.

“Please assist my eyes in capturing as much as possible.”

It was audacious.

Even at that time, he said the same thing and made fun of Selina.

So, the Archduke, who was furious, asked Isaac to draw the portrait right on the spot, and Isaac was discovered to be a fraud.

This was due to Isaac’s painting abilities being poor to those of a five-year-old child.

The Archduke eventually searched the house and discovered a genuine painter, and the truth about the masterpiece was revealed to the entire world.

His surname Baker was also a fabrication.

A swindler with a painter’s masterpiece.

Isaac was decapitated for deceiving the Empress and the Empress Dowager.

‘Should I ask him to draw a portrait on the spot?’

If a real painter had arrived, I would have made an excuse so that my portrait would not be drawn.

I even planned to draw a dot on my forehead to make my face look as different as possible.

But, knowing who this swindler was, I couldn’t let him go like this.

Camilla had mentioned that she was planning a small banquet for my birthday.

‘Good.’

I was thinking about how I could surprise Camilla.

Thanks to this delicious bait that suddenly flew in, interesting plans began to emerge.

“I think the work this time will come out really special. Lady Selina, I’d like to remember this sensation with all five of my senses.”

He touched my hair without my permission.

Valhail walked in at that precise moment and twisted his wrist.

“Ugh!”

Valhail caught Isaac’s wrist and gripped it so tightly that he trembled.

“Hey! Hey! Please, just let go!”

I clutched Valhail’s arm, pretending to be shocked.

“Wha-what are you doing……!”

When I glanced shortly at Valhail as if telling him to not do that, Valhail then looked down at Isaac disapprovingly and eventually let go of Isaac’s hand, almost as if pushing him away.

Despite Valhail’s light gesture, Isaac collapsed and rolled on the floor.

“Aigoo, what a disaster this is…… This is why people with no knowledge of the arts are idiots.”

Tsk tsk- Isaac, who stood up with his tongue kicked, bowed politely to me.

“I should have asked your permission first, but I was indecisive.”

He knelt down on me and asked me politely.

“Lady Selina, I’d like to capture the distinct colors that only you have in the senses of smell, touch, and taste. Will it be fine?”

What a load of crap.

How do you use your senses of smell, touch, and taste to capture colors?

The only reason why I found him interesting was just that I knew that he was a swindler.

“It…… It is fine.”

“Ehm ahem, then since I have your permission……”

He took a look at Valhail’s face right next to him.

Then he lifted my hair carefully and sniffed and smelled it.

“Oh, this wonderful platinum blonde!”

His nostrils bulged and rose to the top of my head as he inhaled deeply.

‘He looks like a pervert and does everything.’

Huff huff- He exhaled and stared at me with his sparkling eyes.

“The sense of smell has now been completed. Though the sense of touch and taste still hasn’t been done.”

I sat there listening to him, wondering what crazy crap he was going to say.

“Ahem, if we put our lips together and kiss……”