How a Hero Lives as a Writer

16 – Spring Breeze or Yellow Sand

“Hey!”

“Huh?”

When she opened the door to Reina’s room and went in, she saw a sullen Reina.

It was like Juliet’s reaction.

“Isn’t it too late for you? Joy!”

Jacky… Cute.

“I did it because I said I absolutely needed to rest, my lady.”

“Pooh-up.”

Because I reacted like Juliet, I reacted like Romeo, and laughter bloomed quickly.

It is refreshing and warms the heart.

“Does that mean you’re here now, volume 3?”

“Yes. I have to write now.”

“Wow!”

“For now, I will start with feedback on my novel.”

“Yes!”

“The biggest problem with my novel is.”

“What is the problem?”

“As expected, it is an idiom.”

What makes writing colorful is, of course, the existence of idioms.

Sentences that feel monotonous can become stylish just by using idioms.

However, since I only know characters through translation magic, it is difficult to use idiomatic expressions in this world.

For example, if you use the expression “I have a stomach ache”, Raina may bring up the words to go to her bathroom.

In Korea, it’s an idiomatic expression to express jealousy.

Of course, there will be similar expressions.

But if you use it poorly, it will cause side effects.

For example, in a Japanese proverb, there is an expression that catches sea bream with shrimp.

If you think about it carefully, you can infer that it means making a big profit with little effort.

However, it is a problem to infer like this.

Idioms are not expressions created to infer the meaning in the first place, so they only give the reader fatigue.

“Ah, so….”

“Did you feel it was monotonous?”

“I didn’t know that. Wow, that’s right.”

Reina looked at me with even brighter eyes than before.

“What are you doing?”

“Something great.”

“This is it?”

“Yes. It’s hard to look at yourself objectively. She is, moreover, if she wrote a novel….”

“Is that so?”

In Korea, the way to study wrong answer notes is Majeon.

Do you think anyone can do this?

“The castle is so noisy that even I, who only stays in my room, know. With the author’s novel.”

“It’s more noisy outside.”

“Yes. So it’s interesting. Because he calmly analyzes works that receive such good reviews.”

“Because it could go headlong.”

Why would web novel writers write ignorant cider novels?

It’s because you get a taste of the reality in the industry where the number of purchases cuts in half when you try something novel.

So, it is always necessary to look back on the work and analyze it calmly.

“Hmmm. So, how is the third volume going?”

“Is it okay to listen to the development?”

“If only a little.”

“Ummm, first Juliet and Romeo become conscious of each other.”

“I understand Juliet, but is it Romeo?”

“Yes. Romeo is a blade forged to defeat Juliet. It was an accident, so even if I killed him, there was nothing strange about it.”

“But then the family… Oh, can you?”

“Yes. Romeo loses his humanity through training that borders on torture. He also harbors hatred for his family. Then he told me to get engaged to Juliet, who was his target, and he was consumed with anger.”

So it was a situation where he could choose the ruinous choice of killing Juliet with hostility to the family.

“Then what about Juliet?”

“Yes. The year spent at the academy was unknowingly moistening Romeo’s heart.”

Through the competition with Juliet, whom he cannot hate for some reason, Romeo has recovered his lost humanity to some extent.

That’s why he made a complicated choice with his anger towards his family and his love and hatred for Juliet.

“Romeo must be confused as to why he made that choice.”

“Yes. And Juliet keeps caring about Romeo.”

“… Please write quickly.”

Reina forced me to write her, feeling like Helena-sama came to mind.

ㅡ Canned food!

It’s a relief that Helena’s voice didn’t reach Reina.

She must have screamed canned food every time Reina saw me if she touched me.

It was the momentum that made me feel that way.

***

The next day.

I was going about writing the 3rd volume while spending my daily routine as usual when someone came to see me from Seongha-dong.

Someone asked, and she said it was the woman who came to visit the other day, Emma.

“Oh My Lady is a revolution!”

“….”

I was told to adjust the publication time of the novel after the first volume, but it seems that I came to discuss the release of the second volume within a few days.

Before getting into the main topic, she began to speak eloquently about how great the box office success of ‘Oh My Lady’ was.

I’ve already heard this from the editor-in-chief, but hearing that my novel went well made me shrug my shoulders.

“Anyway, it’s a jackpot. But, warrior. The hero also said that Aucklia is famous for its literature,”

“Writer.”

“… You must have heard that Aucklia is famous for its literature.”

“I’ve heard of it.”

Because it was something Prince Albert often said.

“The truth is that there is nothing except literature. As for why this happened….”

The Terse Empire was once a kingdom, and it became an empire by absorbing countries that had been weakened through wars with different races.

This Principality of Oklia is a small country that has been separated from the Terse Empire and recognized as a country for about 100 years.

The reason is-

“Is it because of the festival honoring the brave?”

“Yes. Other than that, this is an area where production is low, so it’s hard to collect taxes, and if you belong to the Imperial Territory, you have to help out when it’s difficult.”

It was not suitable land for farming, so it must have been troublesome land that often opened its hands to the empire.

“That’s why monster hunting is the main source of income here.”

“… Are you saying that if it is my novel, it can become a center of literature in a true sense?”

“As expected, the author!”

Ms. Emma clapped her hands and nodded her head.

“Culture becomes money!”

This is what I told Prince Albert a while ago.

“Did you decide that the effect is greater than adjusting the timing a little?”

“Yes.”

I feel like I can see sparks in Emma’s eyes.

“Transcribing takes a long time. Furthermore, it is said that at least 10 people are coming, not just one or two, but up to 2 books are coming out?”

“I should stay in the manor for a longer time.”

“You mean that?”

“The Golden Ear Company will make something that can pick up mulberries.”

“Exactly!”

She held out 2 pieces of paper with the words that she was speaking well.

“This?”

“This is a contract to make a product for ‘Oh My Lady’ through an agreement with the artist.”

It seems that Prince Albert gave the instructions in advance.

Thank you for taking care of me in many ways.

“This way?”

“It is a ‘newspaper’ where you can get information from all over the world.”

“Was there a newspaper?”

Is this the first time?

“Because Aucklia is small, I don’t need a newspaper.”

“Ah.”

Then this must be a newspaper published in another country.

I asked her for her understanding and checked the contents of her newspaper.

[A new wind has blown into love novels that have already been bitten by boredom.

The owner of the new wind is ‘Oh My Lady’ by Bright.

I can say with confidence that she read romance novels to the point of getting tired of them, as she encountered many works while working in publishing.

Current romance novels focus on how to beautifully express the emotional exchanges of the main characters.

The problem was that when I think about it after reading it, there is not that much difference from other works.

As for the author, after a month of reading it, there were many cases where she even forgot the characters.

But Oh My Lady was different.

The novelty of competing with each other.

You can feel the satisfaction of just arguing.

The pleasure of looking forward to the next volume even though only the introduction was covered.

This work is literally a new wind in the stagnant literature market.

Some might say that this novel is too light and childish.

Obviously, the style was so light that I had the feeling that it might blow away in the wind.

But considering that the protagonist of the story is a teenager, doesn’t even that feel lively?

My son, who was reluctant to read the book because it was difficult, mysteriously read this book in one day.

Can it be called a book if it is not read even though it is beautifully decorated and complex and sophisticated?

This novel can be said to be a work that throws such a question into a stagnant pond.

It’s only the intro because it’s still the first volume, but that’s about it.

I believe that this new writer, Bright, will show something in the second volume.

I’m sure those who gave negative reviews will disagree.]

– Critic Martin.G –

“That’s a great compliment.”

“… I brought it with rave reviews.”

“Yes?”

“Critics gave reviews that were close to criticism, saying that the writing was childish, the content was light, and the lead actor was too young.”

That hurts a bit….

“The rice bowl is dangerous, so I have no choice but to criticize it.”

“Oh, is that so?”

That means there are writers among the people who write this review….

Criticizing other people’s work with the title of an artist, this is an amazing world in many ways.

“Release it.”

“As expected, going to the Oklea branch was the best choice!”

“Ah, does Emma belong to that group too?”

“… Yes. There are a total of three people, including me, the editor-in-chief, and the kid in the royal library.”

That’s right.

Anyway, with this, the scribes should stay in this manor for a little longer.

Since it is an errand for nobles, beings with quite a bit of money will stay and spend a lot of money.

When money flows in Aucklia, it means that vitality is created.

If Aucklea is alive, soldiers who have been discharged from the army may find work.

There will be jobs for the children in the monastery as a bonus.

If a job is created, food, clothing, and shelter will be solved to some extent, and the happiness index will rise.

This can be said to be the task of a hero.

It’s a win-win.

I put the newspaper aside and looked at the paperwork on the production of goods for my novel.

“Oh, please add this too.”

“More?”

“Yes. It says that I will allow secondary creations based on the world view of my novel and will not claim any rights.”

“Yes? Why the hell is that….”

“If I insisted that the background of the novel was taken from my work, even a commoner would be able to write a novel about aristocrats, right?”

In this world, commoners cannot write novels about nobles.

However, if it is based on the worldview of my novel, the story is a bit different.

Because a shield called a secondary creation of my novel is born.

If this is the case, the quality of the work will increase as there are more materials that even writers from commoners can handle.

“There may be problems.”

“That requires Intrus to work hard.”

“Ha ha.”

Even though I sighed, it wasn’t a bad atmosphere.

“When I saw the book you wrote, I thought it would be like this someday.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Rather, I don’t know if it’s fortunate that the warrior is the writer. Because someone had to do it.”

The human will or desire to enjoy a better life than now changes the world.

Sooner or later, this world will develop to an incomparable level.

At such a moment, cultural censorship and information control are virtually impossible.

In the end, someone had to put an end to this situation.

If that’s a hero called God’s agent, that’s the icing on the cake.

“I’ve said it several times, but I don’t use it specifically to provoke a dispute.”

I amended the contract and finished signing it.

“I would like the 3rd volume as soon as possible!”

“That’s a bit.”

This person is unexpectedly an idiot.

I spent her time seeing her off and writing her third volume.

When Volume 3 was about half completed, the news that the scribes had arrived spread to the royal castle.