episode_0973

A ‘factory’ in Fenix City, USA.

correction.

workplace.

One author is writing.

“I don’t want to write.”

The author, who was sitting in a chair typing, left only the word ‘…’ in the blank space and was just breathing, looking up at the ceiling blankly.

“Really, I don’t want to write this.”

Who is that addressed to?

To the readers who would like to ask for their understanding if I take a break for a day because I don’t want to write today?

Or towards yourself, who no matter how much you struggle and think about it, you can’t come up with a proper explanation?

“Ugh, I have to work every day because of the contract…”

Not wanting to work is a common problem for all humans.

However, no matter how good the work environment is, and even if the pay and response to work are good, there are times when you don’t want to work.

“Then slowly-”

Ppaeaaeaeak–!!

A scream rang out from the next room.

Each workroom is thoroughly soundproofed so that no sound can be heard unless you shout loudly, but a sound so loud that it could be heard through the soundproofing all the way to the room next to yours.

“What…?”

This is not it.

Even if you are a writer who is not very sensitive to noise pollution, and even if noise occurs, you treat it as white noise and create an environment where you can concentrate as much as possible, this is not the case.

“Why is it so noisy…. Oh, is this a new guy who just joined?”

The artist opened the studio door.

Judging by the fact that no one came out into the hallway, and the sound of crying not coming out of the hallway, it sounded like it was shaking the walls of the studio.

“Ugh, of course. Look here.”

Ringing each other’s studio bells was a nuisance that could cause extreme hysteria among some artists.

“I can hear noises from the next room. Let’s be quiet. Yes?”

“…I’m sorry.”

When the door opened, a woman with a tired face lowered her head.

“Because the baby cried.”

“Ae, aa…?”

“Yes. I’m with my child. Because this is a matter that was given permission by the goblin…”

“Hmm, that’s okay, but what happened to make me feel so sad…?”

For a moment, the author wondered if something might happen.

The child sitting in the cradle in front of the computer in the room looked like he had grown up and was well past his first birthday, but I wonder if his crying was because he was annoyed by work activities, so he may have resorted to violence.

“Perhaps something like that…”

It may seem crazy, but right now, I couldn’t understand how such a quiet child could scream so loud that it echoed all the way to his own room.

“It’s just, um, my baby…is a gifted person, and he’s like a child who gives me advice about my writing…”

“But why?”

“This is something I don’t really want to write about, but my child has been begging me to write about it.”

The woman took out a note she had put in her hooded jumper pocket, and the writer tilted his head after checking the phrase written on the note.

“Do Ji-hwan, born in 1992…? What is this? Goblin was born in 00, not 92.”

“I don’t know. They just say that they have to write something with this title. Even though I am soothing, comforting, and scolding…”

“…I don’t know what it is, but I don’t think this is a good thing.”

The author touched his chin with his hand and tilted his head.

“I’m not sure if I’m trying to write a biography about a goblin, but I get the feeling that the title contains some kind of malicious intent towards goblins…”

“Malicious?”

“Yes. Of course, you arbitrarily put your age up, right? They made him a few years older than his original age and named him Do Ji-hwan. Hmm… Well, if we’re talking about Do Ji-hwan, who is not a person with special abilities, the person most similar to him would be Association President Jeong Ki-jo, right?”

“Over there.”

Despite the woman’s puzzled expression, the author was busy thinking of what he thought was an appropriate subject.

“A person who is not a person with a special ability, but has more knowledge about this ability than anyone else… Ah, great! I need to make a story based on this. A monster is invading from another world, and the main character is a person who has no powers but can support and command those with special abilities!”

The author entered the room like the wind.

“…….”

The woman holding the note quietly closed the door.

Boom, boom, boom.

With the sound of paper being torn, the child’s crying stopped.

* * *

[Ymir. What are some ways to get writers to write?]

“Uh, um….”

[Every story they think of is about a main character, a ‘hero.’ Think about how you can create stories about heroes.]

Watching CCTV showing the numerous studio environments, Ymir fell into agony as he looked at all kinds of artists.

“…First of all, are you interested?”

[that’s right. Interest is important. You probably heard what I said last time, but a writer is someone who dies if there is no interest.]

Even if the number of views is 1 by the end, the writer who writes for that one reader will starve to death due to lack of interest if the number of views is not 1.

[A writer is like a plant, and needs to be continuously watered with interest.]

“Don’t we need sunlight and nutrients?”

[okay. If water is the reader, the rest is the writer’s creative desire and money.]

“It feels like something is fitting together properly, but it also feels like something is right.”

[okay. Look at this.]

In the center of the CCTV, I pointed to an elderly artist who kept pacing around his studio and biting his fingers.

[That old man has been writing novels for about 30 years now. Among those who signed a contract with the organization, he is actually close to an elder.]

“You look like you have a lot of worries?”

[How to write. What kind of content will you write? There may be many different concerns, but what that old man needs is one ‘inspiration’.]

As he has already read all kinds of novels, he needs something new.

[This will do.]

I sent a piece of supercyclic metal to the old man’s room.

Click.

An object that looked like a fist-sized gourd entered the old man’s room, and the old man tilted his head and twisted the gourd open in a familiar posture to make it look like a ball divided in two.

“Oh…!”

The old man’s eyes sparkle and he is happy.

He sat down in front of his desk, grabbed a fountain pen, and started scribbling something down.

“What did you just do?”

[You gave me a subject from my memory. Well, it is related to the novel that the old man often writes, and related to the latest version.]

I opened an e-book site managed by the association through Taegeuk Watch.

[In the past, when I was on Sejong Island, I was busy reading books on Sejong Island, but now I’m also reading newly created novels. Original, completely new creations of this world.]

“Is that so.”

[You’re responding like a girlfriend responding to something you’re not interested in at all. It might be a little sad.]

“Oh, no!”

Ymir immediately waved his hand, but I sensed her true intentions from her reaction.

[Ymir.]

but.

[That old man is a man who can be called a ‘master’ in writing about sexual topics in America.]

“……!!”

Even if it’s a hobby you’re not interested in, if you combine it with the field you’re most interested in, you’ll develop an interest you didn’t have before.

[Recently, I wrote an article called ‘The 69 Shadows of Goblins.’]

“Oh….”

[It’s hard to say that the story’s development has any major characteristics, but it’s said that there is no other fantasy novel that women read that is as good as this.]

“What is it about?”

[…A story about a goblin who becomes a male slave against S-class superpowers from each country for a mission, uses the bat to deal with female villains and heroes, and gets something from them in the end. A kind of slave-type homme fatale storage.]

“Can I use something like that?”

[They said that goblin is not the goblin that refers to me, but just one of many goblins. According to the settings.]

“…Is that okay?”

[But you already look interesting?]

“Well, hmm.”

Ymir wiggled his fingers and smiled slightly.

“If you say that he is a great master who writes patriotic novels, then we should support you hard. Haha.”

[The Korean translation comes automatically, so you don’t have to read it in English.]

“No! I will watch it in English. Because the original language has its own taste. And….”

[If you’re going to write it to me, be prepared for it to end like this.]

“I haven’t read it yet, but I feel like I’m being spoiled.”

Ymir scratched his head in shame and pointed to the CCTV screen.

“But hey, is that person writing that?”

[…Hmm.]

A workroom.

There is a writer who does not write what he is told to write, but lies on the sofa and plays a game while looking at a 65-inch monitor while holding a wireless console controller.

[calm down. Playing games doesn’t mean the writer isn’t working on his work. Writers are people too.]

“Have you never thought of something like an infinite tangerine tree that produces words when you hit it?”

[I am a reader. Even if it’s not a work I see, I can understand if the author plays a game to get inspiration.]

“Hmm….”

Ymir tapped his Taegeuk Watch to access the organization’s network, and then accessed the author’s personal Internet page, which was still focused on the monitor.

“…The last time you posted was a month ago?”

[……Calm down. The editor in charge must have asked the author to serialize it. It could be that I couldn’t write because I was sick, or it could be that I was in a slump.]

I understand the writer.

[You could finish it and take a break.]

“Readers’ public sentiment regarding the comments on the latest version is quite negative.”

[…What does it say?]

“They say you are a writer. Recommendation fee: 99%…?”

[…….]

Goblins.

[Punishment and punishment.]

Blessings on those who work hard and work hard.

[I will make a judgment after reading the entire work.]

Punishment for those who are lazy, indolent and hope for luck.

[If they don’t use it, make them use it.]

In this world.

[Ah, this is a goblin.]

In my world, it’s possible.

[If there is a writer who doesn’t write even if you donate money, you should be prepared to be hit.]

This place.

[Try to lightly put in 100,000 won, but if you still don’t want to spend it, then you get frustrated.]

It is a snow paradise with suspiciously rich money.

The goblin said.

[Please have an update.]