Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 61



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EP 3 – Demon Sword! Please control me!

I wasn’t interested in studying either before or now. Although I was interested in writing, I had no interest in school work.

Since I was in middle school, I have been traveling around the country on a daily schedule, and I was famous for sweeping up literary awards even though I did not graduate from an art school.

To be honest, at this level, I feel like I am steadily preparing for my future at the orphanage. Even though I gave up on studying.

Despite this, there were no major problems when I started school again. The 12 years of basic education were so amazing that I thought I had forgotten everything, but when I opened the book, the memories came flooding back.

therefore···

At least that was the case at the elementary school level.

‘what is this.’

“What is the recurring decimal number 0.555… expressed as an irreducible fraction?”

“In right triangle ABC, when AB=5, BC=4, AC=3, what is the value of tanB?”

‘Why does English appear in math?’

My trembling hands barely managed to produce the correct answer. It wasn’t chosen, it was ‘photographed’. Secondary school math, which I met again after a long time, was too harsh for a liberal arts major…

After 40 minutes without blood or tears, when I was completely devastated by math, there was a terrifying killer who came to take my last breath –

The assassin’s name was ‘Science’.

“At what stage of mitosis are chromosomes arranged side by side in the center of the cell?”

“What is the total amount of salt dissolved in 2 kg of seawater with a salinity of 35 psu?”

‘ah.’

That summer.

Moon In-seop collapsed due to his long-standing illness, math and science.

* * *

A window seat at a cafe near Saebitneulbom Orphanage.

Three people from the publishing management department sat side by side.

“are you okay! Things like that happen, too!”

“That’s right, author! “Don’t be too disappointed!”

“……”

Moon In-seop, sitting between Lim Yang-wook and Baek-seol, was looking blankly down at the coffee in his hand, his eyes as black as a dead fish.

Lim Yang-wook and Baek Seol patted the shoulders of the boy who was in despair and cheered him on.

“hey! Elementary school students may fail the middle school graduation qualification exam! “Why are you so shocked!”

“that’s right. It was so close, right? “He’s amazing for his age!”

There was no support at all. The feeling of self-destruction only deepens.

Rather, the comfort becomes like a dagger in my heart! Sigh! It felt like I was hooked.

‘I… I’m 23 years old…’

Inseop Moon. Physical age: 13 years old. Mental age: 23 years old.

Middle school graduation qualification examination.

Non-conformity.

“This level of humanity! Humanity! “I really thought this was the second time in his life?”

“If you have difficulty with math, I will tutor you, so don’t be too disappointed, author. “If you don’t know, just learn!”

“Hey. An Oxford graduate provides tutoring. Inseop! “There are not many opportunities like this!”

Moon In-seop protested to protect the minimum level of dignity as a human being. A string of excuses flowed from the boy’s mouth as he lowered his head.

“···If it hadn’t been a mistake, I could have passed. Even if I didn’t write down the answer sheet in Korean, and even if I got confused until the end in English and didn’t get all 3 questions wrong, I would have easily passed if the preliminary scoring results were correct. At most, middle school math and science were difficult, but only a few killer questions were difficult, but the rest was easy, right? “If only I hadn’t used the OMR card in Korean, I would have passed, right?”

Lim Yang-wook and Baek Seol looked at the boy with warm eyes. It was a look in his eyes that said, ‘I will believe everything you say.’

Realizing that no matter how many excuses he made, the two adults would only look at him cutely, Moon In-seop took a shot of the coffee he was holding like soju.

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”

It’s a day when I crave soju.

In the evening, at a street food stall, I wanted to enjoy the fragrant scent of odeng soup and wash away the saltiness left in my mouth by fried squid soaked in tteokbokki sauce with soju…

click. Lim Yang-wook naturally took a picture of the writer in distress and then brought out an alternative that he had prepared.

“Hey. “I heard Professor Koo persuaded me to come to the art school again the other day?”

“I think he comes to our daycare too often…”

“Who could it be because of? “Anyway, if the reason you don’t want to go to school is because you feel like it gets in the way of your writing, then I think it’s right for you to go to an arts middle school.”

Moon In-seop tilted his head.

“why?”

“I asked the staff at Baekhak Entertainment, and they said that all idol trainees and active idols are sent to arts middle schools or arts high schools. But that’s not because art is taught well in school!”

“Then what is it?”

“that-”

* * *

“Student Kim Byeol is appearing on a variety show? Please acknowledge attendance. “Children on active duty should be given convenience.”

The era of Dr. Dinosaur is over.

This is the era of celebrities.

The most desired future for children who grew up with smartphones in their hands was to become celebrities. And parents of talented children also want to make their children celebrities.

The era when talent was treated as something else is over. Now, those who hold cultural power gain wealth and fame. That was the trend of this era.

Accordingly, the competition rate among art schools, including art middle schools and art high schools, was increasing day by day, and it was not only the applicants who were caught up in the competition.

Schools were also caught up in the competition.

“what? “The boy who finished second in ‘Super Trot Star’ had his admission to our school canceled?”

“Yes… It’s a burden because it’s so far from home and I have to leave my friends.”

“Aren’t you just going to go to another court? Let’s find out. “We’ve already promoted it on the Internet, so if it’s taken over by another school, it’s a complete disaster!”

The performance of an art school depends on how famous artists it produces. If you think about it the other way around, how many famous artists are attending school can also be a measure of performance.

Therefore, art schools are always eager to recruit young artists as students.

– The school that famous celebrity XXX attends!

This is because the number of parents who are deceived by this phrase and the tuition they pay are enormous. Parents’ desire for their child to do well is proportional to the amount of money they spend.

Of course, Moon In-seop had been considered an S-level talent for a long time. That is the task that the principal of Baekhak Ye Middle School is most preoccupied with these days.

“Isn’t this writer Baek Hak-man? Then, of course, I should go to Baekhak Arts Middle School! “Why on earth haven’t they at Baekhak Entertainment yet given a definitive answer?”

The vice-principal responded to the principal’s complaints, holding back the remark that he was the ‘White Crane Kid’ rather than the ‘White Crane Man’.

“You know the personality of President Baek Seung-won. “How dare we ask that man to give up his child?”

“Then you can give some medicine to the man in charge of the literary writer.”

“I looked into that guy and found out that he was a famous rider in that area. I can’t speak…”

“It’s going to turn around, testimony…”

Of course, truly historic art schools do not need to go through this trouble. As with art, tradition creates something that money cannot buy.

The most talented people enroll on their own, children of wealthy families come to learn instruments, and the industry’s top musicians consider it an honor to accept the position of teacher…

Such schools also exist.

However, Baekhak Arts Middle School and Baekhak Arts High School were not at that level.

The two schools next to each other had a history of less than 10 years, and although history does not guarantee tradition, compared to other schools, their history was at the level of a newborn.

Nevertheless, the reason why Baekhak Arts Foundation’s two middle and high schools are ranked among the top ten prestigious schools is…

This was because it was a school launched by Baekhak, a conglomerate who prides itself on being the king of media.

Therefore, the principal of Baekhak Arts Middle School was not a scarecrow who acted as the chairman of the board like other private schools, but was like a salaryman who had to present his achievements to the chairman, who was a direct descendant of a conglomerate.

“···The chairman already said this.”

“Well, what is it?”

“What good is it if I always accept only random people as students? In the end, isn’t it like raising the kids who work at Baekhak Entertainment with our own money? “Is this the 2nd company of Baekhak Entertainment?”

“……”

“If you’re an art school, you should be nurturing artists. Why do you always accept only idols and actors? Get some kids who play classical music or kids who dance. At least bring a friend like Jeong or a famous novelist these days. “What kind of shame is it if a kid from Baekhak goes to another school?”

As the vice principal listened to the principal, the chairman’s grumbling voice seemed to automatically play in his head.

What that means is very simple.

The Baekhak Art Foundation was a garden born out of the chairman’s ambitious desire for fame, and the chairman who tended the garden was a person who risked his life to be seen by the chairman.

And the lives of the principal and vice principal depended on the chairman.

Work life is this difficult.

The principal and vice principal looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

“Ugh… Tsk.”

“ha···”

And, as is always the case with middle managers, there was not only pressure from above, but also prodding from below.

The door to the principal’s office burst open, and the old teacher in charge of the literacy department came in without hesitation and questioned me.

“Teachers! “When did the writer Goma come here?”

“Oh, stop pestering me! “Mr. Park!”

The old teacher’s unkempt gray hair made him look more like a mad scientist than a teacher. And the crazy one was right, except that it was a liberal arts department and not a science department.

“No, not even Gu Hak-jun, there is no one who can give a straight answer. “Is it true that you are coming to our school?”

The principal could not bear to treat Professor Koo Hak-jun, a veteran novelist who even called him ‘Koo Hak-jun,’ as just a contract adjunct teacher.

The principal sighed but explained politely.

“Mr. Park. We are doing our best, so please wait patiently. “Please stop coming to the principal’s office every day…”

“Anyway, if I can’t bring a writer, I’ll just resign and go to England. “After Yubin graduates, she has no fun being a school teacher.”

“Oh, so-”

After saying all he had to say, Mr. Park just left.

“ah……”

The principal looked at the just closed door of the principal’s office with a blank face.

The vice principal patted his shoulder with a sad expression.

In this situation, there was no particular reason why they accepted Moon In-seop as soon as the application came in.

* * *

Child actor Kim Byeol. 16 years old.

I am a third year student at Baekhak Arts Middle School.

Her school life is rather dull.

Why is school life so dull when you should be enjoying your youth? Of course, it’s because I have no friends.

Strange looks and whispers gathered around Kim Byeol, who sat down in her school uniform for the first time in a long time.

“Why did he come to school…”

“I don’t have a schedule.”

“It’s pretty…”

“Have you tried confessing?”

“Damn.”

The school life of active celebrities is difficult.

The reasons are varied.

It can be embarrassing because the broadcast image extends to one’s personal life, and it is difficult to have a horizontal relationship with friends if you are a celebrity among friends who dream of becoming celebrities.

Envy and jealousy come as a bonus. Neither of these feelings are good for creating a friendship. Because longing was the emotion furthest from understanding…

To give an easy example, if you show off as an MC on a music show, your classmates will all see it. And when they go to school, they imitate it in front of them.

When you cry while acting in a program, your school friends imitate your crying and make fun of you. If you tolerate the teasing, you become a brat, and if you don’t tolerate it, you become a cheap person.

Of course, minors who have a social life are at an advantage compared to other children. If you are determined, spend money, and manage your network, you can become the queen of the school.

But then what is the good? Who will take care of her career if she wastes time focusing on her work and focusing on her school life? Do your ancestors take care of you?

So, even though Kim Byeol could make friends at any time, she did not put any effort into her school life and instead focused on her acting activities through selection and concentration.

more.

It was Kim Byeol’s self-justification as to why she had no friends.

“oh! “Star came to school?”

Even today, the teacher who came into class mentioned Kim Byeol and acted friendly. Even though Kim Byeol cursed inwardly, she was greeted with a friendly smile.

“I really enjoyed last week’s drama. I heard you filmed a movie as the main character this time? Should we all give Byeol a round of applause?”

Please do not do that.

“Ego! Park Soo Woo!”

There was applause that I didn’t want to receive. Some friends who knew that Kim Byul was suffering from this situation even made fun of her by cheering her on.

The teacher said he wanted to become friends with Kim Byeol.

Teachers at private schools are not public officials, and adjunct teachers in the acting department are active actors. And although Kim Byeol is out of fashion, she is more popular than the teacher.

This context created a situation in which both the position of a ‘private school teacher’ whose contract was extended only by producing outstanding students, and the position of a ‘senior in the industry’ who saved face by having outstanding juniors, were met.

Therefore, acting department teachers have no choice but to favor Kim Byeol.

Naturally, that favoritism alienates Kim Byeol from her peers.

‘I want to beat up school’.

For this reason, Kim Byul wanted to quit acting and school.

The mind of a middle school student is so complex.

Break time.

Someone tapped Kim Byeol’s shoulder as she was quietly letting off steam.

Kim Byeol hated sudden physical contact with anyone after being tormented by the stalker, so she opened her eyes and glared at the ruthless man who touched her shoulder.

“what?”

The ruthless man answered.

“Let’s take a moment, Senior Kim.”

A boy wearing a blanket stands with a sullen face.

He is a literary writer.

Kim Byeol was astonished.

Because of the occupational disease, his expression changed dramatically.

“Why are you here?!”

“I wanted to ask my senior something.”

“···Why am I your senior?”

“Can’t you see that I’m wearing a school uniform? Anyway, tomorrow’s sand entertainment is scheduled. They said they were promoting autographs. “I want to ask you something, so come to the canteen.”

“Uh… huh? Uh oh. uh···”

“hurry.”