Raphael calmly stood and answered without his expression wavering, "Of course esteemed judges, I am taking this competition seriously."
"They explain to us why you have painted… an ugly woman on such a large canvas! What's more, it was all black!" The judges turned red in anger as they could not get their eyes to look at the painting again.
The painting was depicting a woman with facial features that were recognizable but it was so out of proportion that one would think that Raphael intentionally deformed her features.
They could not believe that this kind of painting even deserved to be displayed in the gallery.
"Ahahaha!" Gifford, who was listening to the farce, could not help but laugh as well as the rest of the participants close to Vanderford.
Anna looked at Raphael encouragingly.
