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The person who did the illustrations for Alice in Wonderland was Lucia Barton, who did the illustrations for ‘The Little Prince.’

Originally just a girl who liked drawing, she had now become a professional illustrator and was making quite a name for herself.

“If it’s a novel by Homer, you have to be in charge of it! No, please let me be in charge!”

Of course, as soon as he heard that it was a fairy tale I had written, he immediately rushed over and drew a nice illustration for me.

As a result, the plagiarized version of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ became virtually complete.

Perhaps even more than the novels I have plagiarized so far, Alice may have the highest level of perfection as a ‘plagiarized work’.

[Alice in Wonderland]

Thus, Alice in Wonderland was officially published.

Homer’s second fairy tale. Due to the element of co-writing with a student, there were suspicions that it would not be as good as existing works.

“Alice in Wonderland is a masterpiece!”

“The writer Homer… Is it really God?”

Those doubts soon disappeared.

Because Alice in Wonderland was the most fantastic fairy tale.

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Alice in Wonderland is a fairy tale about dreams.

No, it was a dream itself.

Like a dream that flows without hesitation, Alice falls, grows bigger and smaller, travels through space, and meets strange people. Everything is confusing, and all that exists is intuition. In the world of dreams, rationality does not apply, but everything flows in a more natural way than rationality.

Like a well-made pun.

If ‘The Little Prince’ was a fairy tale for adults, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was a fairy tale that adults could not understand.

This is because the world of dreams is ultimately pure and full of energy—the world of a child.

“Huh! This is it… A fairy tale from a great author… ?”

“It’s so fun… . It’s a fairy tale… ?”

And, because it was incomprehensible, it was also an interesting fairy tale.

Unexpected events that take your breath away, characters with unique and exaggerated characters, and word play that makes up sentences.

That was a hilarious joke in itself.

It’s the kind of joke that makes you tap your forehead with excitement every time you understand a context, and makes you laugh every time you read a sentence.

The funniest fairy tale. A delightful and witty story.

What impressed me the most while reading this fairy tale were those working in the field of ‘art.’ In particular, critics who like to argue about other people’s works were the first to raise their voices.

“‘Alice in Wonderland’ is pure art!”

“Homer, who opened a new horizon of fantasy with Don Quixote, completed the fantasy with ‘Alice in Wonderland.’”

Critics tended to prefer works that left room for interpretation.

Alice in Wonderland was a fairy tale with plenty of room for interpretation.

It was also effective to supplement the slightly lacking writing skills by borrowing the sense of a genius called ‘Rolls Camel’. As a result, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was evaluated by critics as the best work after Don Quixote.

“If I could express the inspiration I received from Alice in Wonderland through a song… !”

“It’s as if my dream was dissected and displayed in writing… .”

Those working in other fields of art, such as music, painting, and magic production, also fell in love with the strange fairy tale called ‘Alice in Wonderland.’

Alice in Wonderland was a dream itself.

Dreams were a source of inspiration.

Anyone working in the culture and arts world could not help but feel great inspiration from this fairy tale. Alice in Wonderland soon became a trend that dominated the art world.

Many artists depicted Alice and Wonderland through their art.

“Child, nanny. Wearing an apron dress like this at my age… Wouldn’t it seem a little immature?”

“Oh my? What are you saying? Is there anyone who looks better in a blue apron dress than Lady Riddle? Miss Riddle is still young, so when would she wear clothes like this if not now?”

In social circles, the blue apron dress symbolizing ‘Alice’ was also popular among young women.

Because they do not look out of place even with a slight difference in age, these apron dresses have become essential attire for girls making their debut in the social world for the first time.

“The author of Homer is, after all, a god! By the way, who is the author named Rolls Camel who is also listed as author?”

“They say he was a disciple of Homer. I heard that most of the sentences and lines that make up ‘Alice in Wonderland’ were written by a person named Rolls Camel?”

“He is also an outstanding disciple… .”

“You must be a great educator!”

and.

Rolls Camel made a perfect debut as a writer and a student of Homer.

There were many wealthy people lining up to support the new writer Rolls Camel.

Some sponsors attempted to contact other students at the Academy of Arts in advance. That’s how much ‘Alice in Wonderland’ had an impact on all walks of life.

“Congratulations in advance on becoming a great writer. Rolls Camel student.”

“Jeez, is it okay for me to receive this kind of undeserved evaluation? ? Actually, the story itself was created by Homer… .”

“Instead, the person who completed the story with great sentences was a Rolls Camel student. You can be confident.”

“Hehehehe… .”

I was thinking of starting this trend.

Alice in Wonderland─, because this was not the end of the Alice series.

“Rather, let’s talk about writing.”

“Yes, yes?!”

“Because I have to write Alice’s next story.”

“Okay, next story… ?”

Just like last time, I took out a bundle of manuscripts from my bag.

The title was written in fancy cursive on the very first page of the manuscript.

[Alice Through the Looking Glass]

“Let’s write about Alice’s new dream.”

“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!”

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Alice Through the Looking Glass.

The sequel to the Alice series was a fairy tale as full of paradoxes and puzzles as ‘Alice in Wonderland’.

The difference is that, unlike ‘Alice in Wonderland’ [where it doesn’t matter where you go], ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ has a direction that moves forward.

“Promotion… Ha, it’s Haren Kingdom style chess… ?”

“Oh, isn’t there a board game like this in the Empire?”

“Well, there is chess in the empire too… There are no promotions in Imperial Chess… .”

‘Alice in Wonderland’ was a world with ‘Trump’ as its motif, and ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ was a world with ‘chess’ as its motif.

Alice, who entered the world beyond the mirror, reaches the end of the chessboard and becomes queen.

It is a chess promotion.

However, the rules of chess in this world were slightly different. There was no promotion and the serve rules were a bit more varied.

“Ahh, well, there are still a lot of people who enjoy Haren Kingdom style chess… Since the rules of the board game themselves are difficult to follow perfectly, I think it will be okay!”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, yes! That, and the story itself about a girl becoming queen is really good! lol… .”

“This is also possible like the last time, right?”

“Mu, of course! I think it will take a little more time, but… . Actually, I can do better because I tried it once!”

Rolls Camel said this and began to concentrate on writing again.

I thought I would need quite a bit of paper and pen this time too.

“Ah, please pay special attention to ‘Jabberwocky’.”

“No, of course!”

Jabberwocky.

This nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll was a masterpiece, even considered the best poem in English literature. It is impossible to understand because it is made up of perfect puns and new words, but it is also a story that stimulates poetic imagination in itself.

Of course, the Jabberwocky I translated into this world’s language was not such a great poem.

I just hope that Rolls Camel will turn the ridiculous poems I wrote into cool poems.

‘You don’t need to worry too much. Even as a fairy tale itself, the Alice series is a great masterpiece. Even if it is a little lacking, literature will advance with just that.’

Alice series.

‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ are symbols in themselves.

It is a fundamental symbol of fantasy, dream, and strangeness.

If psychologist Carl Jung organized the symbols of dreams, Lewis Carroll created them. All art that pursues dreamy and fantastic inspiration owes a debt to Lewis Carroll.

Thus, the Alice series has been re-created countless times.

In the most famous film version, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ were mixed together as one work. In fact, in secondary creations, the two works were often recreated without distinction.

For example, ‘Red Queen’, ‘Jabberwocky’, and ‘Humpty Dumpty’ all appear in ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’.

However, in her previous life, many people thought she simply appeared in ‘Alice in Wonderland’.

“In this world, it would be considered even more so. It was published continuously without even a time gap… .”

like that.

Not long after ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was published.

‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ was published.

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“The writer Homer must have come from the Kingdom of Haren!”

“People who have witnessed Homer say that he has an exotic appearance. It looks like he was of mixed blood from the Haren Kingdom.”

“It is said that in the Kingdom of Haren, royal family members who were pushed out of succession to the throne often abandon their names and change their identities. Could it be… ?”

“Wow.”

Strange rumors began to circulate throughout the empire.