Three days have passed since then. Megujo filled my mind that I was always distracted even at work. Since the day I posted my first Megujo fan art, and seeing great support and praises from Zekovia's Art Server, it motivated me to create more.
I didn't understand what came to me. Was it really my sudden infatuation with Megujo, or was it the praise I got from the artists on that server?
I have to admit, it is my first time getting praise from someone. Only my parents poured praise on me when I was still living along with them. Not once did I get praise from a stranger.
Even when I got to this company, not once did our supervisor praise us. Even when we did spectacularly in our job, they would just throw more and expect us to finish it within our remaining shift. What we usually got were reproach and scolding whenever we made mistakes. It was only our wrongs that they noticed, not the things we did right.
I always felt it was normal. That was how it was to be an adult. If you can't take criticism, then you're not mature enough to live by yourself. You simply endure whatever they say and go on with your business because if you persevere, your struggle will surely be rewarded.
At least, that is what I always tell myself as I think of my parents living in Hokkaido. After saving up enough money, I will buy my own house and then send enough money to my parents in the province so they can live comfortably.
I genuinely feel happy when the people from that server praise me. I want to draw something and post it on the server. I want to post another chapter of my fan story and hear what they want to say.
This is the first time I feel like this, and it made me restless sitting and typing on my keyboard, filling up excel sheets with numbers and other relevant signatures.
Days like this makes it more unbearable to me as it feels like an eternity. I always find myself glancing at the time in my office computer, and always felt disappointed when I realized that only a few minutes had passed instead of what I expected which was an hour.
I want to go back home...
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When I returned home, I quickly moved to my computer and started opening apps related to my current hobbies. Art Tool SAI, Macrosoft Word, and Woogle Browser to open my accounts from 1gaka and Syosetsu.
Syosetsu is my newest account. It's a web novel publishing site where aspiring writers can upload their stories and let the world see. We can choose whether we're writing original stories or fanfiction.
People from Zekovia's Art Server told me about fanfiction, and I'm surprised there was even a term for that. Which in a sense I should have expected, because it's normal for people to make fan stories of their favorite franchise.
Anyway, there is art I haven't finished yesterday. I click my art tool first to finish that before continuing my fanfiction.
Before I do that, I open my Orderly server and type on my keyboard to greet the people around on the general channel.
Tsukiko-chan: Good evening!!
After that, I start finishing my art while hearing the pings of my Orderly app in the background. I don't have the knowledge to use an art tool, but my skill guides me instinctively on which tools I need to use to draw the details that I want. I am already done with the character outline, so next is just filling it up with color and other details.
Once again, it will take long but it is very easy for me because of my ability to vividly visualize my imagination. Imagining what I want to see is always clear in my mind that it gives an illusion of me actually looking at it in my eyes. I can layer my imagination to the canvas that I have been working on, and then trace that imagination with my talent of digital arts.
It's a cheat combination that makes drawing easier, though it takes time. I am contemplating going into the Shop and browsing any abilities out there that will make this process easier because tracing what I am imagining takes time, and constantly thinking about what I want to draw while gazing at my monitor hurts my head.
As for what I am drawing, of course it is the one that always distracts me these days. Hikari Kamujou, the pink haired protagonist of Magical Girl Kamujou. This cute ball of positivity and determination is someone who tugs at my heartstring because she is that inspiring to me.
I like how she always wants to help others, and sympathizes with her problems. People will say her personality is very simple and unrealistic, but that type of selflessness and heroism makes me admire her.
This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.
It might be because this is the first anime I watch that I have a bias with her and other Megujo characters. I am still not watching any anime because I am always reminded of this masterpiece. It really was the best thing I have ever watched in my life.
I learned one side-effect of my imagination talent when I first started drawing a Megujo fan art. I try to replicate the Megujo anime's style and imagine them in different poses and styles, and with my vivid imagination, I can do that easily.
I can immediately correct any mistakes I make and stick close to the style of the anime. I even copy the way they show the background and turn it into my own style. So most of my art is like a picture taken from an anime, only that the scene doesn't exist in the anime.
Once I am done with the details, colors, and any additional stuff within it, I start uploading it both in my 1gaka account and on the art server. Only a few have visited my 1gaka, and I really don't expect anything else from it so I put my attention on my Orderly.
Takemichi Ch: Nice art!
Shoganai: I love it
Shun (MOD): Great art once again, Tsukiko-chan!
How can you do that? It honestly looks like a scene taken from an anime!
Expert_Wingman: <3
Kurokenshin: love it
My heart feels soft and tingly as I read their comment. I quickly made my response to Shun, one of the moderators of this server.
Tsukiko-chan: Megujo's anime art is so cute, so I'm trying to replicate it! I'm glad it looks the same!
Shun (MOD): It is honestly amazing the way you manage to change your art style that fast. I compare it to your former art and the difference is too much.
Are you an art prodigy!? ;shock; ;shock;
Compare it? Does he know about my 1gaka?
... Well, obviously he was. I did put my 1gaka link on the advertisement channel.
Tsukiko-chan: That's a lot of praise! Thank you! ;triple_hearts; ;triple_hearts;
After that, I chatted a bit to the others before returning my attention back to my project. Writing in a word document is easy. This is one of the things I do in my work. Unlike that, this one is fun because I am writing a fanfiction about my favorite anime.
My writing speed is incredibly fast because of my new talent. Whenever I think of a word, my fingers were already blazing through the letters as if they were possessed. Typos become impossible for me after getting the talent of writing proper grammar. Talents for writing poetry and proper types of prose makes it easier for me to make an immersive story that doesn't clutter a chapter with the same words.
There is also my vivid imagination, once again helping me out with my hobby. Through my vivid imagination, I can explain whatever I am thinking about into words without forgetting the scene I am writing. I don't need drafts like how I usually do when writing reports for our team.
Translating my imagination into words has never been easier. There are also scenes I actually want to see in the anime like interaction between some characters and more wonderful fight scenes and new witches.
It drains me a lot of energy when doing this. When I look at the time, I see it is already getting late and I have to wrap this up. So even when I want to write more of it, I have to cut off the chapter and publish this one. I simply skim through, trusting my ability to check if there are any errors from what I write, and after confirming that there are no errors in it, I publish it on Syosetsu.
That is the third chapter. I made a promise to myself to only post one chapter a day even if I have these talents. That is also the case for my art. Doing both daily saps my mental strength, and if not for my supernatural power of recovering my energy after a good night sleep, I might become a zombie.
Even still, as I look at the review section of my story and see people liking it, I feel like I did something productive and I want to continue doing so.
After taking a rest for a moment, and then chatting for a bit on Zekovia's server, I say my farewell to my friend and turn off my computer before I resign for the day. I still need to wake up early for my work.
... If I can just instantly quit my job, I can stay in my room and not think about waking up early. I like to sleep longer even if I have the power to wake up feeling well-rested.
What a shame, if only the Shop can do it... wait!
An idea comes to my mind that I quickly enter the mysterious space only available to me.
If what I am thinking can be done then... I don't even have to wait for my resignation lawyer to help me out!
So as I open my eyes and see Teller standing still behind the counter, I quickly ask her about it.
"Teller, is it possible for me to buy my resignation on my job?"
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The next morning, I woke up refreshed and unperturbed about the time as I rolled around my bed for a bit, hugging my pillow as I gazed at the time.
It's 8:34 AM which means I am more than an hour late from work, but it doesn't matter to me because of one thing.
I don't have to go to work anymore!
After my visit to the Shop, a call suddenly came to my phone and it was from my resignation lawyer. He said that the company suddenly accepted my resignation request, and willingly forgoes the apology letters that I was supposed to write if they ever accepted my request. My last pay would be wired to my account next week, and that was it.
It is so sudden, and I think my resignation lawyer is feeling confused, but it doesn't matter. Now I am free from my work!
And I don't have to worry about money because I am still earning with my investments, even if it is becoming unstable due to the sudden market crash. I can still earn enough to sustain myself and save up enough money for both my own use and for my parents in the province.
As for the cost of buying my freedom from that company, surprisingly it only costs me 20,000 Yen. I don't know why the Shop thinks it's an appropriate price, but it doesn't matter because it helps me leave the company.
I'm already awake so I sit up, and leave my bed. I became used to this light feeling after awhile. My body was light, and nothing ached. Having the power to always wake up well-rested really helped me in my daily life. Now I can't imagine not having this convenience anymore.
With a lot of free time in my hands, I start planning what I will be doing as I walk to my bathroom to wash myself.