Book 14 Chapter 20

A Round Table Talk with Bilieon and His Gang

Bilieon: Everyone! I have waited and waited. It's your cute and lovely, the best in the ages, world-conquering, supremely charming young beauty, Bilieon!

(Silence!)

Bilieon: Finally, the long-awaited volume 14 of Bilraedo is out!

(Chilly silence…)

Bilieon: Huh? Why is there so little reaction?

Hyoryong: Of course!

Bilieon: What's so obvious?

Janghong: How long do you think was the time gap between volume 13 and volume 14?

Bilieon: Come to think of it… it was 'a bit' long!

Hyoryong: It seems the usage of the word 'a bit' has been quite distorted lately! To use 'a bit' in a situation like this. Shame on you.

Bilieon: Huh? That sounds like my line!

Hyoryong: Ahem. Let's just overlook that. Can't I use such expressions occasionally? You didn't sublet your lines, did you!

Bilieon: Wh-what are you saying! Are you revealing that you're coveting the protagonist's position behind my back?

Hyoryong: (Caught off guard!) Ahahahaha! N-no way… Of course not!

Bilieon: (Sharp look!) Your words and actions are very suspicious. I sensed an ominous aura when you were going on about 'Hyoryong's Counterattack' in the volume 13 round table talk, you know.

Hyoryong: (Sweating nervously!) Hey! It's a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding! Your nerves are too sensitive, so just shake it off!

Bilieon: Then what's with the cold sweat?

Hyoryong: Ahahaha! Dark clouds gathered in the sky since morning, perhaps it was a sign of rain!

Bilieon: Hey, Ryong Ryong!

Hyoryong: Wh-what is it?

Bilieon: This is indoors!

Hyoryong: Ahahahaha!

Bilieon: Don't you know that protagonists don't sublet their unique lines? Recklessly uttering a protagonist's exclusive 'serifu' (dialogue) is a grave criminal act that infringes upon the protagonist's original character.

Janghong: You don't have to go on such a passionate rant, do you…

Bilieon: It seems more economical to return to the main topic.

Hyoryong & Janghong: Agreed.

Bilieon: Speaking of which, isn't the reaction too lukewarm? I wanted a more enthusiastic response for my appearance.

Hyoryong: As you said, the gap should have been 'a lot' longer! The readers must have all passed away waiting!

Bilieon: Tsk tsk tsk. If you can't even endure this one moment, how can you have the good fortune to meet a young beauty like me!

Hyoryong: It seems that 'one moment' has frozen to death.

Janghong: Besides, your self-pride seems dangerously high. If it goes up just a little more, I might actively consider sending you to the hospital.

Bilieon: Tsk tsk tsk! What pitiable friends you are! You only know half of it.

Hyoryong: What don't we know?

Bilieon: The mystery of time!

Janghong: The mystery of time?

Bilieon: Yes, the mystery of time! When viewed from the absolute time axis of eternity, even a hundred years, five months, or a single day are all just fleeting moments.

Janghong: While it's a profound truth, I don't think it should be applied in this case!

Bilieon: Tsk tsk tsk! It's called truth precisely because it remains the same regardless of time, place, or situation. What changes according to time, place, and situation cannot be called an immutable truth.

Janghong: Your sophistry seems to be becoming more unfathomable.

Hyoryong: To reduce such a wondrous truth to an excuse for a late manuscript… Sob!

Bilieon: What's with this. What is unchanging, transcending time, place, past, and present, is the real truth.

Janghong & Hyoryong: Alright, alright! Let's move on without further desecrating truth.

Bilieon: Tsk tsk, you still lack faith!

Hyoryong: Hyung Jang, this volume was really difficult, wasn't it?

Janghong: It really was. It was probably the most challenging volume. It felt like I was in a frenzy throughout the filming of volume 14…

Hyoryong: The author will probably say the actors went on a collective strike, so they couldn't write. They'll say they lacked inspiration… a cliché excuse.

Janghong: That's why he kept rolling on the floor, shouting 'Inspir-ation', 'Inspir-ation'! I wondered who he was calling out for so desperately, thinking it was some old man.

Hyoryong: Does inspiration really come like that?

Janghong: The author probably believes so! Though the effectiveness is not guaranteed.

Hyoryong: Since when did inspiration become so fickle? That it comes running as soon as it's called.

Janghong: Exactly.

Bilieon: Oh, believing is important, you know. If you don't believe, why do it? Shouldn't you at least believe in any action first to avoid wasting time?

Hyoryong: Is that your method of drawing lots?

Bilieon: We'll find out in the next volume.

Hyoryong: We will. Let's wait and see!

Bilieon & Hyoryong & Janghong

⇒ Author M of Transformation & Combination:

Volume 14 was truly a difficult task. I couldn't come up with the necessary ideas, and various events were happening around me as if waiting. I spent my time in a frenzy and finished the manuscript in a frenzy. However, I believe I have matured a little amidst that chaos.

I believe that one's self is the center of all standards for viewing the world. The world always coexists with good and bad aspects, like the two sides of a coin. If you only try to see the good, you will only see the good, and if you only try to see the bad, you will only see the bad. Please do not get caught in the trap of your mind and become depressed. Self-deprecation is a poison that kills yourself.

If you are dissatisfied with yourself, you must resolve to overcome it through effort. First, you must look at yourself and identify what is wrong. Once you know the mistake, you will also know how to fix it. The logic of 'I know what to do, but I can't' is self-sophistry, I think. Isn't that abandoning one's own dignity? It may be difficult, but it is not impossible. I believe it is a much more positive way of thinking than living sadly by demeaning oneself.

At the very least, you should not do anything that plunges yourself into despair. Even more so by getting others involved. I don't think that's a courtesy to life. If you give up on yourself, who can help you? I believe that the person who can help you the most is yourself.

I believe that life will be enjoyable if you always live with a positive attitude, able to see the bright side of the world at any time. To do so, you must always cultivate eyes that can see correctly.

The period of writing volume 14 was a time that made me think a lot. And many changes occurred around me. Although the manuscript was delayed and the deadline became difficult, I consider it a very meaningful period in my life.

I will recharge and see you in volume 15. I will try not to keep you waiting as long this time. Thank you.

Don't worry!

You only have to wait for a fleeting moment!