Chapter 145 - Fateful Competition — Part 7 (2/2)

She was looking at us as if our school was weird.

Just as we were getting bored with our commentary, Sana’s turn came about.

Did Sana even have a special skill?

As I was questioning it, Sana appeared on stage. She carried a huge notebook or something under her arm.

“Is that…?”

“… Saa-chan is serious about winning.”

“A sketch notebook?”

Kanata nodded.

Does that mean she’s going to show her illustrations here? Hmm? Kanata knows that Sana is drawing…?

“… Saa-chan, draws a lot. She’s really good, but she’s too embarrassed to mention it herself…”

The last time I went through high school, I didn’t even know about it, but now I do.

“To bring it up in front of such a large crowd, Sana-chan must really want to beat Haru-chan.”

“… Yeah.”

The moderator began asking Sana some questions. What is that? What are you going to do?

“I’ll get a topic from one of you, and draw a picture of it live.”

A gasp of admiration from the crowd.

For her to come out of the closet with a talent that she even hid from me, it probably took a lot of courage from her. I can only watch from here on out. Good luck, Sana.

“Ummm, is anything fine for the topic?”

“Yes. Anime or manga characters, portraits, anything.”

“Got it. If that’s the case—then, why don’t we have someone from the audience raise their hand and give us a topic.”

After a bit of buzz, a few people raised their hands. A girl who got called on said a cat.

Sana sat down on the spot and started to draw with the magic she brought with her. It should have been about 1 minute.

“It’s done.”

Sana showed off her notebook. What appeared was a slightly personified cat standing on two legs. It was wearing a vest, and a hat with its ears sticking out at the top.

Another gasp of admiration.

Sana made a smug face.

After that, topics came from well-known manga and anime characters, and even teachers from the school.

Every single one of them was drawn in about one to two minutes.

The last topic, said the moderator, as a female classmate was called on.

“Then, how about Sanasana’s Onii-chan.”

M-me!? W-wait, that’s embarrassing!

Sana also seemed troubled, but she quickly moved her pen.

“I-it’s done.”

Slightly hiding her sketchbook, Sana showed the portrait that she drew.

“Puu. Thief-kun, you’re drawn as such a handsome guy… Pupupu.”

“…So that’s how Saa-chan looks at you.”

“That’s not the Sanada I know…”

Seemingly coming out of shoujo manga, there was a thin handsome male that seemed to give off a sparkling effect.

“T-that’s it.”

Saying that Sana ran away.

Looking at the judging total, “God, god, 10, god, god”, she got 4 gods. That’s the highest total score from the judges so far.

By the way, the “…is god” statement seems to have been abolished.

“You really are loved, Thief-kun.”

“Don’t make fun of me.”

When I said that, Kanata seemed to want to say something, but then closed her mouth.

“Chan-Sana is amazing.”

“She’s someone who will become a popular character designer after all.”

I was also very proud of her.