episode_0029

After finishing the dishes and rolling around holding the Nintendo in my hand, I felt quite frustrated because I couldn’t remember something.

I need to do something, but I can’t quite remember what it was.

It was quite important…

However, I don’t think it was a very important task like housework or paying taxes…

Was it related to the work?

Work…

“Umm… I don’t remember.”

I guess I can’t remember.

They say you have to blink once in a while to refill the sugar.

I had no choice but to jump out of bed and head to the kitchen.

I knew this would happen so I bought some sweet chocolate.

When I opened the refrigerator door, the bag of ABC chocolates I had bought caught my eye.

I don’t know who did it, but it looked vaguely torn to pieces.

“Minji, this guy…”

Anyone can see that it’s Minji.

In the case of Yehwa, if there’s something she wants to eat, she’s the type to ask if she can eat it.

However, it is not Minji.

He’s the type to eat it first and then show cuteness later.

Sigh… I didn’t eat it all though.

I put my hand into the crack of the torn bag, took out a few pieces, and put them in my mouth.

“I’ll take revenge later.”

Two cans of beer to drink before going to bed.

I will drink this guy.

Whack, wow…

By the way, this chocolate isn’t bad either.

When I was young, I enjoyed eating it, but recently I stopped eating it at all, perhaps because I had a taste for expensive foods.

It’s pretty good considering it’s been a while since I bought it.

“Chocolate… Valentine’s Day has already passed in both reality and the novel world, so it’s difficult to write as an episode.”

After all, people need to replenish sugar by eating sweets.

As your blood sugar rises, won’t ideas that previously never occurred to you automatically appear in your head?

“Umm… Let’s just write it down.”

You don’t have to try to cram in every plot that comes to mind.

All you have to do is write it down and add additional ideas when you run out of ideas.

If you force it in, the setting may collapse.

In my first work, I did that for no reason and the probability collapsed.

Ugh…I’m embarrassed.

Even thinking about it now, I feel embarrassed.

Even though no one was there, I was covering my face out of shame, so the timing was good and the front door opened wide.

I quickly turned my head and turned back, and someone came in outside the door, making a loud sound of a bag.

“I went~”

Of course, it was Yehwa’s older sister who had gone shopping at Daiso earlier.

Minji still has a long way to go.

“Is your sister here? Oh, the editor came too?”

I looked back, hiding my red face, and saw the editor waving his hand and smiling brightly.

In his hand was what appeared to be his sister’s envelope.

Why is my sister who went to Daiso coming in with the editor?

It was also a bit surprising to see them laughing and talking to each other.

Yehwa’s sister is incredibly friendly.

Now that I think about it, the editor is also one of the most friendly people who boasts great friendliness…

“Sister, were you surprised when you came home? Da-hye said she was Si-woo’s editor?”

“Huh? How does your sister know the editor’s name?”

No, that wasn’t the intimacy of meeting outside and saying hello.

Anyone can see that it looks like someone they have talked to several times.

“You said your sister worked in Seoul for three months before moving up to Sejong City to work, right? Dahye lived in the room next to the officetel I lived in at the time.”

“I was also surprised. This was the first time I heard that Yehwa was the author’s older sister.”

“They said Korea is narrow. I never imagined it would be this narrow.”

no…

That’s not a narrow level.

It’s not like we live in some kind of Vatican City.

What are the odds that your close friend who lived next door in Seoul will move in next door to you?

“You said you work at a publishing company, right? Is that publisher Siwoo Management? Is that it?”

“Yes. I am now the editor in charge.”

“Wow… the person who lived next door to me was the editor of Yeonam Station Story.”

“Hehe. I’m sorry for not being able to tell you.”

“Sorry. Isn’t it normal not to tell that in the first place?”

There is no reason to tell you either.

Anyway, the two people sat in the living room laughing haha.

Since it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, I guess we’ll have a conversation about various things.

So, I put ice in a cup, poured some cold Americano into it, and offered it to the two people.

“Thank you.”

“I’ll drink it well.”

He grinned, took a refreshing sip, and placed the cup on the table.

Seeing his body shivering from the cold, he chuckled and then turned around and headed toward the kitchen.

“That’s right! Author! Have you decided on what concept to use for the cover? The cover writer asked me to respond quickly.”

“Ah. That’s right… ”

What I couldn’t remember from earlier was something about the cover.

I heard that the cover that was used from the upload of episode 1 was expensive, so why not just leave it as is?

It’s a bit of a waste.

The unit price of the cover I am using now would be over 2 million won.

“Still, readers want new covers and illustrations.”

“That’s right! There must be one illustration per episode!”

“The closest reader also says this.”

Anyway, isn’t one illustration per episode too much?

I think I have more expenses than income.

“If you can’t think of a composition, shall we decide together?”

“Is that so? I’ve been thinking about it for a while.”

“Me…me too. Is it okay if I wear it too?”

“Of course.”

Since it is a female-oriented work, it would be better to get help from women.

No matter how much I think about it, I think it will only be a cover that is nothing more or less than a harem cover.

***

An idea we finally came up with after thinking about it together.

The male lead and female lead are facing each other and looking at the sky.

The male lead is looking at the sky of the world where he lived his whole life, and the female lead is looking at the world where he originally lived.

Even though they are looking at the sky next to each other with their backs to each other, they are looking at different worlds, which is a sign that expresses a faint and longing feeling.

“What does the artist say?”

“They say it’s really good. The artist said he was a reader and would know that feeling well.”

“Haha… These days, there are readers everywhere I go…”

“It’s natural for a popular writer like you.”

She smiled and sent a chat through messenger again.

I had a headache because I had to think about the cover for quite a long time, but I’m glad it was finished quickly.

Depending on the cover, the content of what I will write in the future will change slightly.

So, I’m thinking of writing down a little bit about the cover scene in the stockpile I’ve been using up a lot.

The cover makes it look like they have each other’s backs, but of course the two people are not actually having their backs to each other.

Each person is looking at the sky from the veranda of their room.

And although the world they lived in is spread out beyond the sky, what they are actually thinking about is the other person they are worried about for some reason.

The female protagonist is thinking of the male protagonist, and the male protagonist is thinking of the female protagonist.

Great…it’s okay as expected.

When this part is uploaded, I will use the cover as an illustration.

“But everything is fine…”

“Why…why? Is there anything strange?”

“Among the comments I gave you earlier, there were earrings, right? Earrings that shine in the sunset.”

“Yes. Why is that?”

“The artist says he doesn’t think the drawing is very good. Rather, how about a necklace?”

“Ah? Now that I think about it, the heroine wears a locket necklace.”

As a memento of her parents, she always wears a locket necklace with a family photo on it.

I could capture a sadder scene than an unexpected earring.

“Then ask me to exchange it for a locket necklace.”

“Okay. As expected, readers understand the details better than the author.”

“Kuhm…”

That’s because readers always read while looking for the meaning inside.

Naturally, the level of understanding is bound to be higher because they think more deeply than the writers who create and add the settings.

“You know that’s something you shouldn’t say as a writer, right?”

“Hehehe…”

That said, I also never imagined a locket necklace.

“I asked you to correct it first.”

“Thank you.”

Then the editor came up next to me and pressed my cheek with his finger.

Since skinship has now become a daily routine, I also smiled slightly.

The way you smile is really cute.

I think the younger you are, the cuter you become.

“They say it will be completed within five years. I guess money is the best thing.”

“Why?”

“It only takes 5 days to produce a high-quality cover, right? Usually, you have to wait for over a month.”

“Aha…”

Our management got us a cover very quickly, but I think that’s because we wasted a lot of money.

It usually takes more than a month.

But I had to wait for over a month for the cover.

Usually, the reason you need a cover is because you need it right away, right?

“How much is the cover this time?”

“Did you say it was 5 million won? Do you know the Shinkai Makoto theater movie?”

“Yes. I know.”

“He worked as the main illustrator for the Japanese production company that subcontracted the movie.”

“…….Wow…….”

Then it’s worth 5 million won.

Rather, I think it is possible to complete it in about five or three years.