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“Sister, are you really going to do this?”

“Yes, it really will be like this.”

Third Prince Edric was frustrated. He didn’t think he was asking too much; he just asked for an illustration.

I had no idea that my sister would reject me so coldly.

“I’m not asking you to give me the book, I’m just asking you to share some of the enclosed illustrations, right?”

“What do you not know? If that were the case, I would have bought the hardcover, but who would buy the limited edition?”

Edric was speechless at the princess’s scathing words.

Because I was so ignorant, I couldn’t refute it.

‘what? This limited edition comes with illustrations drawn by the author himself!

When Edric heard about the limited edition of , he knew he had to get it.

There was clearly no way Elsa would be missing from the special illustration drawn by the author exclusively for the limited edition, and it was a special illustration drawn with the author’s drawing skills.

‘Elsa, just wait a little longer. We’ll see you soon.’

For Edric, who had not been able to escape thoughts of Erza since reading the comic book, it was an opportunity he could not miss.

But wouldn’t 50 volumes be enough? What I thought was defeat.

On the day of the limited edition sale, I had a servant tell me to buy a book, but I was shocked to hear that the waiting list had already exceeded 200.

I couldn’t believe it was so late, even though I sent it like dawn.

But there is hope.

My older sister, Lee Olin, came here as soon as she heard that she had succeeded in purchasing the limited edition.

It seemed like he had absolutely no intention of giving up the illustrations.

She is someone who has never been wealthy, and she readily gives up what she owns to herself, the youngest, so I thought she would do the same this time.

It was a ridiculous misunderstanding.

“It is a limited edition of a single-digit number that I sent my direct servant to obtain two days ago.”

When I saw Iolin showing off the limited edition product she was holding in her arms like a medicine, even though she wouldn’t even give it to me, I felt disgusted and angry.

The number no. engraved on the limited edition book. 7

In the case of custom-made copies, you could have ordered them to be made separately for the imperial family, but for this limited edition, up to 50 copies are numbered and sold on-site.

As a member of the royal family, the only option was to purchase it directly.

“Damn, why does the author judge only 50 books? I wish I could just sell a few hundred copies.”

Princess Iolin Bell thought to herself after hearing Edric’s angry words.

‘If that were the case, you wouldn’t have wanted it as desperately as you do now.’

Ollin Lee had already been purchasing children’s books for a long time, so she knew how fierce the competition was.

In particular, this time, for the sake of fairness, I prepared as soon as I heard that it would be changed to a first-come-first-served basis, so I was able to purchase the limited edition.

Iolin did not even look at his younger brother who was walking away in a huff, but went back to watching the limited edition .

The children’s book was good, but this comic book suited my taste better.

As the picture progressed, it was refreshing to see it right away.

‘What kind of work do you want to make next?’

As I got excited about the next work, I immediately wanted to call Rupert and talk about this cartoon and its sequel.

‘No more! No more. Her Royal Highness!!!’

Visiting or summoning an unmarried young male nobleman was blocked by Chamberlain Ayton’s desperate opposition, telling him to refrain from doing so as it would only spread bad rumors.

So, while Iolin was trying to read the book again, holding back his regret, his younger brother, who was leaving, suddenly turned and spoke to him.

“Oh, now that I think about it, my eldest brother is going to the imperial palace in the morning. Do you know what’s going on?”

My brother? Iolin tried to think about what else had happened recently, but no incident related to the crown prince came to mind.

but

“You must be upset for a while because you went to the royal palace. Be careful for now.”

At Iolin’s words, Edric quietly nodded and left the shelter.

***

“Are you not ashamed? The project that your younger brother Iolin initiated to eliminate illiteracy among the people of the empire achieved great results.”

Isn’t this the right thing for you, the crown prince, to do?

Faced with the emperor’s pitiful gaze and frustrated tone, Crown Prince Alex could only lower his head and keep his mouth shut.

At first, I felt angry.

Iolin If he doesn’t take the right to succeed to the throne, he will remain silent. Why do you keep making things happen and making yourself into a bad person?

The father, the emperor, knows that he is not qualified to be an emperor, so why does he put him in the position of crown prince and tell him that he can do well every day?

Who wanted to be born as a crown prince? I felt like I was going crazy, wanting to get away from this place dozens of times a day.

Even today, she thought that the project being carried out by her younger sister, the princess, was clearly aimed at her, and she tried to criticize her father, the emperor, about the project to eradicate illiteracy, only to end up getting scolded.

So now all that remains is resignation.

The emotion of anger also arises when there is something to burn.

Prince Alex no longer felt anything when he was reprimanded.

I just bow my head and say sorry and repeat like a parrot.

“Ha… It seems like you’re putting too much pressure on yourself. To cool your head for a while, take a tour of the region and take a look at the status of post-war damage restoration.”

“… All right. I’ll just leave now.”

Alex bows politely to his father, who is pressing his temples as if he has a headache, and comes back out.

I thought I didn’t have any anger left to burn, but today, seeing my father’s sad expression again, I felt frustrated.

In my opinion, it must have been something the princess made to poison herself.

I was frustrated, wondering why people around me, even my father, didn’t realize how big of a deal this item had accomplished.

A name passes through the crown prince’s mind.

The author saved his face and responded to the letter sent as a warning.

‘Rupert Somerset.’

Let’s recall the letter that was answered in a formal manner, but in reality, the content contained a rude message telling the princess to criticize him if he was dissatisfied.

The person on whom the crown prince will vent his anger has been decided.

“Oh, you will know how great a comic book is when you meet the person who created it in person.”

You could say that the guy who got caught by someone who didn’t already get a bad evaluation was unlucky, but since he brought it on himself in the first place, there would be no use blaming anyone.

“Look, I have a place to visit soon.”

“Your Majesty the Crown Prince.”

“At the direction of His Majesty the Emperor, he plans to make a circuit visit to each province. First, let’s stop by the southern region.”

“I will prepare as instructed.”

The crown prince seemed to feel a little relieved when he imagined the arrogant man’s face distorting.

***

“Damn, I’m so unlucky that I run into a tunnel snake!”

Dwarf Kroon felt unfair.

I came across a tunnel snake, which is as rare as a dragon in the western mountainous region, while mining.

All of the dwarf colleagues who were mining together have already left the mine and run away.

Kroon also came to the ground as he was frantically running away from the tunnel snake. Afterwards, he continued to run around frantically to avoid the tunnel snake’s vibrations.

“Where on earth is this?”

Although dwarves can find directions underground with their eyes closed, it was especially difficult to maintain a sense of direction above ground.

Since the western region is all mountainous, they did not know exactly which mountain the mine they were mining was located in, so they wandered around for a while and ran out of stamina.

‘My legs hurt and I’m thirsty, so I wouldn’t want to just drink a glass of dark beer.’

Another problem was that my thigh was grazed by a tunnel snake. Blood was flowing from the wound even when I was still, but since I was running around so frantically, the wound opened up and the amount of blood flowing was quite large.

When these three things – the wound on my thigh, thirst, and hunger – came together, it was difficult for even the strongest dwarf to maintain his sanity.

‘ah… ‘No, if you fall here.’

The underground is the territory of dwarves, but the above ground is the territory of other races.

If you meet a monster, you will become a meal, and are the unlucky ears dead? These are people who will be confirmed and killed if they are not dead.

‘human being? ‘They are the most dangerous.’

Humans, who boasted the largest number of races on earth, were even more terrible.

In the past, humans were the race that kidnapped dwarves and used them as slaves.

It is better to die, but being taken as a slave and making weapons is terrible.

Fortunately, after the Great Race War, there was a law banning slaves of different races, so things are not going well these days, but distrust and resentment toward humans still remain deep-rooted.

“Damn, is this the end?”

My eyes began to spin. My entire body is losing strength and it is now difficult to even stand.

“Uh! Seven dwarves!!!”

The last voice I heard before I lost consciousness.

It sounded like a child’s voice, so I turned around and saw a human girl smiling brightly at me.

“Not… No, humans… .”

But Kroon’s consciousness ended there.

***

Amelia recently developed a hobby of sitting on the terrace and reading books whenever she has free time.

Of course, the books she read were all by one author.

This is the book she is reading most recently. This amazing book, called a comic book, consisted of her favorite drawings of Rupert.

But Amelia’s mind became confused when she read this book.

‘Why do all the stories seem to point to me?’

Amelia thought she could feel Rupert’s heart in this book.

Elsa, the older sister of the main characters, leaves the throne of the kingdom to her younger brother and steps down.

She looked exactly like herself and her younger brother, the sisters of the Bluewell family.

It seemed like he was telling me to throw off the heavy shackles of being a duke and join him, but I stopped delusional because I thought it was an illusion.

Amelia was jealous of Erza leaving happily while reading a comic book.

Because he couldn’t do it like Erza.

His younger sister, Evelyn, is only 5 years old, and he cannot place the heavy burden of becoming a duke on such a younger sister.

Suddenly, I remember the time we met at the last banquet.

The sight of Rupert welcoming him with a bright smile.

I thought he was cold, but his bright smiling face looked kinder than expected.

Maybe it’s a smile you only show to yourself? Is this idea going too far?

‘Academy… ‘If only at the academy.’

I know it’s an endless feeling, but life at the academy is still the last free time given to me.

Would I be able to share these feelings with him just then?

When she remembered the answer that Rupert would also be entering the academy, her heart fluttered again.

It was winter.

***

“Etchwi!”

It was winter and it was cold, so I didn’t go outside and stayed in the studio. Did I catch a cold?

Suddenly, a sneeze comes out.

“Ah, I can see that you drew it really well.”

Don’t worry about catching a cold for a moment. I felt satisfied as I looked at the completed pattern.

At the moment I was wondering how to improve the existing alchemy Yeonseongjin because it was not cool.

The runes found in Ada’s book on the basics of magic were of great help.

By mixing a few runes into the plain Yeonsungjin, a pattern that looked good to anyone was created.

Of course, since I’m a beginner who knows nothing, I roughly drew it to look cool, so it won’t have any real effect, but it’s important to be cool.

In addition, since both Yeonseongjin and runes were appropriately mixed, both would probably look plausible on the outside even to a knowledgeable person.

“Now, if I just draw a character and decide on a few settings, I can start working right away, right?”

I was excited to create a new work with an alchemy motif, but I was also scared.

Wouldn’t it be great if I drew the same cartoon that served as the motif for the new work I’m making?

Will a new work recreated for another world based on my poor memory really be popular?

Moreover, if all the works I have made so far have been completed in one volume, this work can never be completed in one volume.

It will be the first series work.

I had no choice but to suppress my worry and anxiety and continue working.