Thanks to flattery, a sculpture was commissioned.
Weed bowed at the waist at once.
"It would be my honor to carve the likeness of Your Majesty. I hope my work will be able to satisfy." (TN: not sure about the second sentence)
-Quest Accepted.
In the royal palace, top grade carving stone, snow white in color, was prepared!.
Weed took out Zahab's Sculpting Knife. It would make his work a lot easier.
"The sculpture shouldn't really portray the likeness of the king in his youth."
Looking at the portraits of when he was younger, the King of Ritten Kingdom definitely looked like a baby Orc.
"It is better if I make it handsome instead."
He increased the height slightly, and raised his nose.
To hide the defects he transformed the morbidly obese figure into a sturdy figure.
To harmonize the sculpture he had it wear only a piece of armour and carry a sword.
It had similar characteristics to the King of Ritten, but in truth it was a completely different person!
The difference in the sculpture was even more pronounced than pictures of celebrities. (I think its talking about touched up photos)
Although only 3-4 hours were invested into the sculpture, the result was very good.
Weed increased his sculpting skill and also his nature sculpting skill.
The gathered Nature energy clothed the sculpture. The shiny statue splendidly spun around as it was showered with the energy.
And to top it off, there was the flattery.
"My skill is insufficient, Your Majesty's glory and generous spirit I failed to fully capture. I deserve death!"
Finding defect where there was none, it captivated the heart of the King of Ritten.
"It's fine. In my mind, there is no need for self-reproach. It takes a lot of effort to make something so precious."
The sculpture was made in such haste that it was a waste of materials. In fact, the original form (of the king probably) wasn't good, so even with Weed's skills and extra time, it would have been difficult to have gotten a better result.
“Even Zahab or Daycram would have a hard time with this one.”
The artistic level of the result was not always proportional to the success of the quest.
"The road of an artist is really difficult."
So the quest was completed, but he did not come here simply for the commission.
He came to see the royal art collection on display in the castle.
Long story short, it was a house visit!
Looking at artwork was a fast way to recover Art stats.
Weed and Yurin toured around the castle shamelessly taking advantage of the art.
"Oh, what a wonderful sculpture! To think you have so many great works of art, Your Majesty. This truly symbolizes your power, strength and dignity. By the way, are there any leftovers?"
You have seen the work The Wolves at Dusk by Royal Sculptor Martino.
Art Stat increased by 2.
Sculpting skill increased by 0.1% from appreciating an excellent work of art.
You have seen the painting The Palace In Springtime, by the Royal Painter Perril.
Art stat increased by 3.
Appreciation of the exceptional painting has increased mastery of Painting skill by 3.1%.
While looking at the works he also had a meal and chatted with the knights and the aristocracy.
Users who can meet nobles or the King were few and far between.
It was thus impossible to find information about the king of a kingdom on the Royal Road Information Bulletin or the Dark Gamers' site.
They could learn a lot here about art trends(TN: maybe art styles).
The huge collection of artworks definitely displays the greatness and absolute power of a King.
Weed's reaction when seeing the vast collection of gorgeous and sensual works of art was jaw-dropping amazement.
“You have such a luxury with all this money.”
Intimacy had increased with the king.
The Kingdom had many dynamic and unpretentious Art that were all lined in a row.
“Wrong. It’s Poor!”
He travelled around many kingdoms while sponging off them and viewing their artworks. His art stat was restored to 2089.
If you visited the manors, palaces and religious churches in all the kingdoms on Versailles continent, then you would be able to raise the art stat massively.
However if your familiarity was low then the kings or lords would not let you see the more prominent pieces of artwork in their collection, even if your fame was high.
You might be able to glance at the artwork hanging on the corridors or placed in spacious gardens.
If those lords and nobles do not hold sculpting in high regard then even high fame is useless.
Weed’s fame was raised primarily through sculpting and adventuring, if the nobles did not care for either, they refused his request for a meeting.
"I'm afraid I have never heard your name in fashionable society."
"You've made a lot of sculptures? I prefer the sword. If you are not a master swordsman then a meeting is impossible.”
"This free city was able to grow greatly thanks to trade. Your prowess as a merchant is sorely lacking."
Unless one was well-known among aristocracy, was a good trader, an expert in the sword, had magical prowess or possessed ability in various other fields, they would not meet the requirements to visit many kings and nobles.
Players were increasing their favors to the feudal lords who were natives to the Haven Kingdom. Of course, this did not matter if you had the same Fame as Weed.
The Castle dominated the Art supplies. Even if you went to visit a warehouse it would all be in vain because the would be sold out.
Only the Kings of Ritten Kingdom, Aidern Kingdom, Rosenheim Kingdom, and Britten Kingdom enjoyed Weed and took out their private art pieces without reserve.
Visiting the Orders of the Continent was even harder, only the Order of Freya, the Order of Lu and 3 other Orders that respected Weed's fight with the Embinyu Church allowed him to visit.
He traveled around the Versailles Continent and experienced scorn towards sculpting from the nobilities.
“Can you make a massive army of monsters retreat with sculpting? Sculpting is only for those who are carefree and bored.”