The female customer cutely whined. “Instead of coffee, can't I take more pictures of you?”

Kang Jin-Ho resolutely replied, "...Out of the question."

“Don't be like that.”

“Miss, why do you need so many photos of me, anyway?” Kang Jin-Ho sighed and asked her.

“Because I'm a fan?”

“...I'm not a celebrity, miss.”

“And that's why I need lots of photos.”

“I don't follow?”

The female customer grinned brightly. She rummaged through her bag, pulled out her wallet, then fished out her business card. “Here. This is my job, you see?”

Kang Jin-Ho received the card and quietly read the words 'Lee Jae-In, an Illustrator' imprinted on its surface. He tilted his head a little. “Illustrator?”

“Yup. Specifically, it's my job to illustrate whatever pays the bills. And my current assignments have me illustrating webnovel cover arts.”

What an unusual and novel job that was, at least from Kang Jin-Ho's perspective. “I see. However, what does that have to do with taking my photos?”

“Would you like to have a look?” Lee Jae-In placed her notebook PC on the table, then opened her image file.

“...!” Kang Jin-Ho stared in stupefaction at the drawing on the screen. It depicted a man standing under the rainfall, his expression full of melancholy. However, no matter how he blinked, that man's face was an exact facsimile of Kang Jin-Ho's face! “P-portrait rights...!”

“W-wait! I buy lots of coffee from here, you know! Three cups a day! And that's fifteen thousand won per day, you know!...