The Young Talisman Artist

As a debtor with an excellent reputation and a reputation for getting things done, You Li had always believed that she repaid her debts entirely out of gratitude. A seemingly ordinary client suddenly produces a contract requiring her to rescue the Crown Prince of the Dragon Clan? No big deal. What seems like a murder case in the human realm turns out, at the last minute, to be the work of a nest of terrifying monsters? No big deal. A trip through the human world brings her face-to-face with a melodramatic royal romance full of twists and turns? No big deal. She takes on a commission and discovers she must slip in and out of all kinds of dangerous factions, from Heaven to the underworld? Sure, sure, no big deal at all. Until one day, You Li looks at the strange creatures from all three realms that have somehow appeared in her shop and realizes her work really does seem to be going off the rails. You Li: Where did I get these dangerous jobs? Her immediate superior and great benefactor calmly turns a page in his book: Who knows? I hear you volunteered. You Li, clearly deceived by him countless times: ? Give me back my hard-earned money! [Amateur Talisman Painter x Underworld Paper Effigy Maker] [Reading Guide] ! Set in an entirely fictional world, with countless original details ! Told through a series of short, episodic stories; not horror ! This is a new attempt, so please bear with me if it's not perfect (bows) Theme: Fear nothing, and live even in the face of death.