Afterword

＊ Afterword ＊

The serialization ended after half a year.

The first thing that comes to my mind after the ending is, ironically, my state when I started the serialization.

Last year, when many bad things happened and I was very confused.

I postponed all my feelings and cleaning up to after the exam, and after screwing up the exam, I had to face the terrible feelings that came rushing in like loan sharks trying to collect old debts.

No matter how much I had prepared myself, it was very difficult to endure the accumulated feelings, compounded by the shock of failing the exam, with my bare body.

In particular, the thing that tormented me the most was the incident that happened exactly one month before the exam.

My close friend went up to heaven.

No, to be exact, it was the fact that I ignored the call my friend tried to make to me the day before he died because I had to study.

I cried until tears wouldn’t come out, and my face was so flushed with blood that the blood vessels in my eyes burst, and thanks to that, the blood droplets that formed around my eyes that day at the funeral may have helped me describe Mela’s pain after losing Ed.

If I had passed, I could have at least reminisced about the memories of smoking cigarettes with that bastard and moved on with a bitter taste, but the fact that I couldn’t even pass made me feel very pathetic.

Of course, I knew very well that it wasn’t my fault that my friend died.

Even if I had answered the call and spent time with him, my friend’s problems wouldn’t have disappeared.

However, the swollen mass of guilt mixed with self-blame showed no signs of diminishing easily.

So, I decided to postpone my feelings again.

Just like with the exam, I tried to find something to immerse myself in again to get over the sadness.

However, since I had nothing to do right away, another friend told me about this site and web novels while I was looking for something to do.

That’s how I started writing without even reading a few web novels.

I, who had only managed the promotional blog of the company I used to work for and corrected the nonsensical sentences in my younger sister’s cover letter, presented my clumsy combination of letters to you all.

My typing, which was longer than I expected, has continued for as long as half a year.

During that half year, I experienced an unexpected and surprising change.

Unlike studying, the act of writing itself soothed my heart quite a bit.

Ed, who knew it wasn’t his fault but was helplessly devastated, making those around him suffer as he moved.

Mela, who suffered from irreversible consequences due to her mistakes and ignorance.

Lara, who chose to run away rather than confront and solve her mistakes, etc.

The act of writing stories by projecting the mistakes I made onto the characters seems to have been quite healing for me.

Of course, I am sincerely sorry to the readers who were caught up in the process and suffered.

I sincerely apologize.

Thanks to this work, I am now in a much better state.

The people who were most sensitive to my changes were my family.

Hearing my parents say that I have become brighter makes me feel like I have relieved one more burden from my heart.

It’s a sentence that all writers usually attach to their afterwords while showing off their humility,

But it was truly a lacking and regrettable piece of writing.

There were frequent elementary mistakes, and there were many parts that I didn’t consider.

The readers’ complaints about it are all 당연히 right.

Nevertheless, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who read my novel until the end.

If there hadn’t been this much response, I might have stopped writing quickly and gone back to studying with an unrecovered mind.

Thank you again from the bottom of my heart.

＊Title＊

The title, “An Undead’s Revenge is Never 20 Years Too Late,” originates from a conversation with my father a long time ago.

At the time, when I was a high school student who enjoyed reading “The Count of Monte Cristo,” I asked my father if he knew this work.

My father said he didn’t know.

I roughly recited the plot of “The Count of Monte Cristo,” and my father said

“Huh, isn’t that ‘A nobleman’s revenge is never 10 years too late’?”

He said.

I wondered why it was suddenly a martial arts novel title, but my father said that when he was a college student, the owner of a shabby video store in the neighborhood illegally copied the 1975 film “The Count of Monte Cristo” and attached that title.

The title was funny, but somehow it stayed in my memory for a long time, so I attached it to my novel title.

No one asked, but I really wanted to tell this story.

＊About the Side Story and Next Work＊

Most of the questions were about the next work.

Since I’m studying at the same time, it’s hard to answer.

Like Ed, who couldn’t choose between revenge and forgiveness and acted ambiguously, I was ruining both studying and serialization.

In fact, the serialization was much longer than I expected, so I fell behind in my studies a lot.

Even while studying, I could only think about ‘Oh, shit, what should I do for the next chapter?’, so I couldn’t concentrate.

First of all, I’m going to try to focus all my mind on studying for about a month.

Since the writer is originally a dumbass, if I still can’t find an answer after a month, then I’m just going to cleanly throw it away and try writing a side story or a next work.

If it goes well… I’ll probably be back after the exam.

First of all, I have a lot of concerns about the side story.

The brilliant ideas that many readers left were all very 멋지더군요 to my eyes.

However, like one reader’s comment, showing a happy 모습 with an “if” that is not canon is just wishful thinking or mental 승리에 불과하다는, so I’m hesitating.

Still, if I were to write even one chapter, I think the two most interesting topics for me would be drawing a happy future with Mela or Mela realizing the truth and punishing Robin.

It’s hard to say anything about the next work because I don’t have any stories yet.

I think the first thing I should do is read novels by other writers before writing.

The friend who recommended web novels to me said that I’m writing without knowing the readers’ needs at all.

It’s probably because I’m not familiar with the grammar of web novels.

I think I can only discuss the next work after learning a lot by watching various works.

There are genres I want to write, but also many that I don’t.

I might rewrite the 후피집 with a determination to get revenge, or I might write a sweet romance.

I personally want to try writing a hardcore apocalypse or a cheerful comedy, or even a cyberpunk genre.

I’m also a beginner who has just finished my first work, so I don’t really know what I’m good at.

If there is anyone who has an idea of a genre that might suit me while reading my writing, please recommend it.

However, I don’t want to touch the NTR genre again.

＊Closing＊

My first work, which had many ups and downs, has come to an end like this.

I really realize that I was able to tie up the loose ends, even if it was clumsy, thanks to all of you readers.

It’s not just because you read it or sponsored me, but because you pointed out the shortcomings or showed that you enjoyed reading it.

In particular, I’m always careful about typos, but there’s always at least one in each chapter.

(Especially “됬”, you fucking “됬”)

I’m really sorry and grateful to the many people who found typos with their eagle eyes.

Kishibe Rohan said that he draws manga to make people read it.

I also hope to meet you again with writing that you will want to read.

Thank you so much.

23.05.16

Inchieo, signing off.

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