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So, there is a meme that has been circulating on the Internet recently.

There is a meme called ‘Monkey Hand’, and the characteristic of this monkey hand is that it grants people’s wishes, but rather than just granting them, it does so in a distorted way.

For example, when I prayed for my son to be saved, he was resurrected as a zombie.

‘Ah, I want to be born in a world where I can only draw comics.’

It reminds me of the wish I made while complaining while looking at all the swear words and malicious comments in the final episode of the webtoon I was drawing.

Usually, the last episode of a webtoon is mainly about congratulating the author for his hard work and appreciating the work that has reached completion.

However, my webtoon ‘The Youngest Son of the Hwang Family’ is full of swear words.

Of course, it is a worthy ending.

‘The main character gets hit by a dragon and dies. It seems crazy even if I drew this.’

This webtoon, based on the romantic fantasy web novel ‘The Youngest Son of the Hwang Family’, actually still had a lot more to be released.

but

-I’m sorry to the author, but the publishing company that signed the contract with the original novel went bankrupt, so the copyright was handed over to a lawsuit. So I can’t proceed with the work any further. Please complete it by next week.

Does this make any sense?

However, since the webtoon platform was the absolute best, Eulin cartoonists just had to follow.

And what came out was the Dragon Shipping ending.

-I Live As I Live is not a truck but a dragon ending.

-This is a work that will remain in Korean webtoon history in another sense. Of course, in that sense of the word, the writer is an asshole.

-People who don’t really have the confidence to write a story have artistic disease and arbitrarily ignore the original work and ruin it.

I wanted to directly tell the readers that I didn’t want it to end like this, but I didn’t even have the chance.

Apparently, the author wrote about 5,700 characters of the outline and circumstances of the incident, but the editor in charge lightly cut it out.

I urgently called the editor, but

‘Customer is unable to answer the phone. Please try again later… .’

Ah, the editor is trying to abandon me. What else can I call you?

I realized how Sunwook felt after receiving the empty box and threw it away.

I thought as I drank 4 cans of 12,000 won beer that I bought at a convenience store.

‘Where did it go wrong?’

I just liked cartoons since I was young, so I started drawing cartoons.

I heard that he was good at drawing and that the story and directing were good, so I thought he would definitely succeed.

-Hyuk, original web novels are popular these days. Let’s draw this.

The romantic fantasy web novel ‘The Youngest Son of the Hwang Family’ was recommended by the CEO of the publishing company I signed with.

To be honest, it was just an obvious romantic fantasy, but it was difficult to refuse the CEO’s recommendation, so I drew it and it lasted for four months.

I’ll probably never be able to draw a webtoon again with an ending like this.

[If I had monkey hands, I would send them to the author’s cub cartoon.]

I thought to myself as I emptied the last can of beer while reading the comments that were growing in real time.

‘Monkey hands? Whatever it is, it would be nice if I was given another chance.’

With that thought in mind, I laid down on my computer desk and fell asleep.

***

And when I came to my senses, I found myself in an unfamiliar space, unfolding like a web novel.

When I came to my senses in an unfamiliar place, next to me was a young girl who was crying while holding me, and a middle-aged man who sighed in relief when he saw me waking up.

[Rupert, are you in any pain?]

As soon as I heard the name Rupert, I knew it right away.

I didn’t know about Rupert’s family because they didn’t appear in the novel nor did I ever draw them.

Rupert, or more accurately ‘Rupert Somerset’, was a name I knew.

Since this was a character I drew myself in the first place, there was no way I could forget it.

Rupert is a character that appears in ‘The Royal Family’s Youngest Son’.

In the story, he was a typical supporting character who had a crush on the female protagonist and always tried to approach her, but was one step too late.

‘He was a tough guy who smiled even though he was being managed by the fishery.’

From the beginning, I didn’t like the female protagonist who didn’t have any affection for Rupert, but also didn’t turn away anything that came his way.

What was even more frustrating was that I hated this guy who, despite being treated like that, always stayed by the heroine’s side, and was not a slave and ran to me whenever help was needed.

“But I’m Rupert… It’s amazing.”

I didn’t know why I was possessed by Rupert.

The only thing I heard was that Rupert, the original owner of this body, lost consciousness and collapsed after falling from a horse while riding.

‘But was there something like this in the original work?’

In the first place, Rupert was not an important character, he was just a supporting character to boost the heroine, so there was no detailed setting such as family, past, etc.

The only description of his appearance was that he had curly blonde hair and wore glasses, so when I checked his face in the mirror, I was surprised that it was completely different from what I expected.

As described, the slightly curly blonde hair was just as I imagined, but since she was wearing glasses, I thought she would have a soft look, but it turned out to be quite sharp.

“If this guy had seen my webtoon, he might have sued me?”

Don’t blame me, it’s the original author’s fault for the rough description.

Fortunately, it wasn’t difficult to adapt to this body.

Perhaps it was a privilege from another world, but I was free to talk and listen, and most of all, Rupert, the owner of this body, was the second son of a count.

On Earth, or in my past life, I was almost like a slave drawing, receiving instructions from the webtoon editor to edit this and that.

Isn’t there a maid here who appears as soon as you pull the string attached to the canopy of the bed I’m lying on?

There was also a family butler who quickly got me a pen and paper when I asked for a pen and paper to sort out the situation.

‘water’.

An unbelievable incident in which a maid waiting outside immediately brought a cup of water for me, even though I was thirsty and just said the word “water.”

Have I turned into a dragon? Is this dragon magic?

With just one letter, you can achieve this level of water skills in a place without water.

‘Thank you, readers. Thanks to your malicious comments, I became so powerful. All this grace goes to me.’

I guess people should live good lives after all.

***

The shock of falling from the horse wasn’t that bad, and after a day of rest, my body quickly recovered.

Certainly, unlike my body, which was rotten from staying up all night drawing webtoons, Rupert’s body was fresh.

‘If my condition is this good, I could survive staying up all night six days a week.’

The thought of acquiring a young and strong body at best is such an odd thought.

I still blamed myself for not being able to give up my life as a slave cartoonist.

After recovering, I made the excuse that my memory was confused due to the shock of falling from a horse, and went around asking people around me about the situation.

I read the original novel of ‘The Youngest Son of the Hwang Family’ once to draw the webtoon, and I read certain parts over and over again, so I know the general worldview.

Romance fantasy itself did not have a detailed world view or setting, so there were many parts that had to be learned directly.

First of all, the ‘Goldful Valley’ region, where the Earl of Somerset is located, is said to be famous for producing gold dust.

However, as time has passed, the golden days of gold panning have passed, and it is now said to be an ordinary land with no special features.

Still, I thought that since I was a noble, I wouldn’t have to worry about making a living.

“The important thing is that from now on, you must never get involved with the royal family or the Duke of Bluewell.”

There is nothing good about being involved with the male protagonist, the Third Prince, or the female protagonist, the duke’s daughter.

Perhaps because of the author’s convenient development, or because of unknown assassination groups or evil groups trying to destroy the empire,

Among other male characters, a sub-male character sacrifices his life for the female protagonist, forgetting the true purpose of romantic fantasy and making it too easy for people to die.

In the process, the love between the third prince and the duke’s daughter blossoms.

“I have no desire to be sacrificed as the foundation for that kind of love.”

Rupert isn’t an important character anyway, so it wouldn’t be a problem if he slipped out of the story.

All he does is act like a clown when the female protagonist is hurt or having a hard time because of the male protagonist.

“No matter how pretty the female protagonist is, she’s someone else’s story anyway, and there’s no chance of her becoming involved with me, so I shouldn’t get involved with her at all.”

The main characters will take care of the villains that appear in the play.

Basically, with great power comes great responsibility, and the main characters have a big role to play.

Just as a supporting actor like me has a supporting role.

What role is it?

All you have to do is pretend to be a nobleman and live leisurely, doing whatever you want.

So, can I just eat and play in this world? The illusion was temporary.

As expected, that couldn’t have been possible. Then it’s not a fucking hand.