Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 10



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EP 1 – Cause of death

It reminds me of the old days.

It was natural for a student attending an arts middle school or arts high school to receive a literary award at the Baekiljang.

It was special for a general humanities student who did not attend an arts middle school or arts high school to win the contest.

I was a special middle school student.

I used to go to various contests held all over the country and collect youth literary awards as if I were breaking a seal.

But every time I received such ‘special’ treatment, I wondered what it meant to attend a royal school.

And no matter how I look at it, just because a bastard with less writing skills than me is going to Yejung and Art High School –

(I admit it, I was a little rough when I was in middle school.)

-Every time I saw someone beating me to win the grand prize, I was able to find out the answer to this strange question little by little.

The kids who went to art school weren’t more creative or had overwhelming talent than the average kid.

However, those children were children who already knew the writing style, format, and theme that the paragraph required (and liked).

Those who taught it were current literary professionals. The judges of the literary award are also current literary professionals.

From these few facts, this conclusion emerges.

– Still, if you have respect for author Kim, you can’t not give an award to his student. You probably know that I am a judge for this competition…

– Just by looking at the text, I can tell which school the kid goes to. There is a root in the writing. The expression is not confusing either. What is this guy again? Why did you come here to write a web novel?

– Awards should be given to children who will later be active in the literary world. Is there any reason to hand out prizes to children in the humanities who only spend time writing as a hobby?

Of course, no one said that out loud.

However, the meaningful looks exchanged between the examiner and the student, the atmosphere that became slightly more awkward every time it was revealed that I did not attend an elementary school, and the atmosphere of the exam room filled with uniforms from an elementary school and an arts high school were telling.

They are already grouped together into a group called the literary world.

So, I was a clear outsider who went to the 100-day journal with the intention of becoming a writer on humanities topics.

That was the reason I said I wanted to go to an art high school.

‘no.’

This is Teacher Bang Jeong-ah’s answer to that.

‘Of course, I’m sorry that I can’t support your dreams properly. However, it is impossible to pay millions of won in tuition per semester just for you. ‘It’s not fair to other kids.’

I said I would attend with a scholarship.

‘Then what about tuition?’

He said he would save up even if it meant working part-time.

‘Inseop… Working too much… Let’s not make it complicated. Everyone lives like this, right? It’s not just our orphanage that’s like this, kids from other ordinary families also don’t often go to art middle schools or art high schools. ‘It’s also about money.’

I said I still wanted to go to an art high school.

‘······Why are you so selfish? I didn’t see it that way, but you were really mean. Do you think other kids don’t want to get enough tuition? Why do you want to be treated specially? Although our orphanage didn’t provide you with a rich environment, I think we did everything we could. It’s an art high school and all, but that’s too greedy. I don’t want to talk about this anymore. Go back and reflect.’

money. money. money.

That damn money. money. money.

Is it my fault that I was born without money and without parents?

Unable to hold back the anger that was rising, he fired back.

They criticized me literary-wise, saying I wanted to be a novelist.

Teacher Bang Jeong-ah called out the children’s future dreams during each preschool class. So in our classroom, there were six doctors and so many celebrities that we couldn’t help but run over our feet. Of course, I was a writer from then on.

I shot back that I shouldn’t have done that.

He said that children should not have been given dreams.

Since you have no parents and no assets, you probably won’t be able to go to college. So, prepare in advance to leave school at age 18 and go to the factory – this is how you should have been educated.

That’s what I said.

And the woman who had carefully cared for me when I was very young, the woman who I once mistakenly thought was my mother, burst into tears.

She cried bitterly and apologized to me.

I can’t forget that look.

And now. That scene was being recreated before my eyes.

“I’m sorry, Inseop…”

As soon as Bang Jeong-ah came out of elementary school, she held my hand and burst into tears. And she kept apologizing to me in a slurred voice.

“I’m sorry teacher…”

“What?”

“Just… everything…”

It seems that the events that just happened at school have shattered the 25-year-old woman’s mentality.

In any case, good daycare teachers are harmed by parents who are polarized.

When you see a 5th grader pouring hot coffee on an adult, do you really think that it is your fault for not being able to protect this child that he has become so toxic? Oh, no way.

This is all because of the parents. Moon In-seop, a 5th grade elementary school student, did nothing wrong.

“I’m sorry that I couldn’t protect you, teacher…! Ugh!”

You wouldn’t know it if a child was holding an adult woman’s hand and crying. When an adult woman was holding a child’s hand and crying, everyone passing by looked at her.

I opened my mouth to appease Teacher Bang Jeong-ah.

“Teacher, stop. “Suddenly.”

“Kuhung…!”

“That’s right. “That’s right.”

She cried for a while longer and stopped crying only after wiping her nose with the tissue I gave her.

Daycare teacher Bang Jeong-ah. 25 years old.

They are old enough to be embarrassed about holding on to an elementary school student and crying.

Her face was bright red with embarrassment, and she asked me to save her social face.

“···Inseop. “Why don’t you keep the fact that you cried just a secret from the other teachers at the orphanage and your friends?”

“If you could buy me a manuscript.”

“ah! okay! okay!”

Since it was near an elementary school, a stationery store was just a stone’s throw away. Bang Jeong-ah rushed over, bought the manuscript, and handed it out.

“ruler! here!”

“thank you sir.”

Teacher Bang Jeong-ah, whose eyes were still swollen, smiled shyly.

“Now that I think about it, I forgot to buy you manuscript paper this week. “I guess the teacher was too busy preparing for the Christmas party.”

I said, taking care of the manuscript I received from her.

“Now you don’t have to buy me manuscript paper every week. “I’ll write on reverse paper next time.”

“uh? no! no! Is it really because of money? are you okay! This won’t last long. “I can keep buying it for you in the future…”

“No. “Thanks to enough practice with the manuscript paper my teacher bought me, I can now get a general feel for the number of characters just by writing.”

Teacher Bang Jeong-ah tried to cry again.

I added hastily.

“instead! If there is a contest that only accepts manuscripts, can I charge a delivery fee for the manuscript and mail? “I’ll do the rest via email.”

“ah···”

She smiled brightly and stroked my head.

“of course!”

That smile was as pure as a child.

also. 25 years old is too young to be considered an adult.

* * *

There’s something I thought about after going through some minor troubles that have happened recently.

This world is too rough and scary for Moon In-seop, a fifth grader, to survive alone.

Whether it was taking the qualification exam or earning money, I had to quickly improve my environment.

In terms of housing, it is difficult to stay in a room for 4 people with 2 bunk beds.

Aren’t three roommates huddled together in front of the TV talking noisily even now?

– ruler! Now, what will be the fate of politicians surrounded by hordes of zombies?! If the country is going to fail on the first day of term, why did you let him get elected? After watching this movie, I somehow want to vote! On the first day of term, zombies appeared!

“Oh fuck Kyungsik! “Show me a little more!”

“Kyungsik hyung! Jebaaal! What if I hang up here!”

I shouted at my three roommates who were lying in front of the TV and going crazy.

“Hey you bastards! If you really want to see a movie, go to the movie theater! “Turn on a movie review channel and don’t freak out!”

“Where do we get the money to buy tickets?”

“Hey, Glasses Jab. “Did you just insult Kyung-sik?”

“I can tolerate insulting my parents… But I won’t forgive you for insulting Kyungsik!”

“uh? “Is there something strange?”

“what?”

“Ugh···”

While the guys played with their pads, I covered myself with a blanket and gathered my thoughts.

Let’s see. His terrible money problems haunt him both in his past life and now.

Since a 5th grader cannot work part-time, he or she will eventually have to make money through novels.

If you want to make money through writing, the only answer is publishing…

Web novel? If you want to make money through writing, that’s the fastest way. However, since I am a proud pure scholar of political faction, I cannot take such a path of Sima Mao-deviantism.

It’s definitely not because I had the trauma of running out of money in my past life, putting aside everything, pride, and publishing nearly 100 episodes, but not getting a single comment…

anyway.

There are two ways to turn a novel scribbled on manuscript paper into a book in a bookstore.