Book 29 Chapter 14
Bilyeon and his gang's forum
Jang Hong: It… it was long…
Namgoong Sang: It really was… long.
Moyong Hwi: It was truly long.
Bilyeon: Ah, it’s been a while, everyone! Have you all been well?
Jang Hong: So so.
Moyong Hwi: Not really…
Namgoong Sang: My active role was too little this time. All I did was laugh…
Jang Hong: Hahahahahahaha! This volume can be called my volume! After how many volumes has it been that I've finally been active! Lately, I've been called the source of dad jokes and received cold stares, but finally, I've been able to play a proper role! My cool and flashy techniques, hidden for so long, have finally been revealed. Even though my job is to hide and conceal things, it was truly a long period of endurance.
Bilyeon: Ah, you mean that 'Made in Japan' martial art? Something like 'Kamikakushi no Jutsu'? How about adding something like 'Nin! Nin!' at the end of your sentences?
Jang Hong: What! Are you looking down on it as foreign-made now? Although I am an overseas graduate and learned ninjutsu there for a long time, my divine arts are a sufficiently localized martial art, nin! nin! Ah, this isn't it! The important thing is the spirit of creation, where you learn the opponent's skills and combine them with your own knowledge to create new techniques.
Bilyeon: Then change the name first, to a localized name.
Jang Hong: It's meant to respect the original technology. Do you think I'm the type of person who uses foreign words in real life anytime?
Bilyeon: (Without any hesitation) Yes. You're an old man, aren't you?
Jang Hong: Wrong! If you go by that logic, then Indian yoga martial arts are also foreign martial arts!
Bilyeon: (Whispering in Namgoong Sang's ear) Didn't you call a rubber basin 'gomudara' last time? Speaking of which, you were looking for a nail clipper and what did you call it, 'shimekiri'?
Namgoong Sang: (Nodding) That's right. I think I heard that too.
Jang Hong: Impossible! At least I would have called a nail clipper 'tsumekiri'! 'Shimekiri' means deadline. Ah, this isn't it!
Author M: (From the corner with a dark face, startled) Dea—dline! Dea—dline! Dea—dline!
Bilyeon: …What's wrong with him?
Jang Hong: (Shaking his head) Leave him be. It's a kind of deadline neurosis that occurs when you delay deadlines for a long time. Seeing his eyes turned into panda eyes, he looks like he hasn't slept properly for a long time.
Moyong Hwi: That's quite severe. Will the next volume be released safely?
Bilyeon: Well, he says he has one volume worth of content already carried over, so I don't know. It takes so much time to fix things, right?
Jang Hong: Is it taxes, being carried over?
Bilyeon: It's more like loan interest. But I don't see Hyoryong anywhere. Where has he been all this time?
Moyong Hwi: That friend has been holed up in his room.
Bilyeon: What's going on? He wasn't visible in this volume at all, is he going to disappear forever from the next volume?
Jang Hong: That would be problematic…
Bilyeon: Then shall we interrogate Author M first?
Jang Hong: Be gentle, be gentle.
Bilyeon: Wow, are you defending him because you finally got to play an active role in this volume, Uncle Jang?
Jang Hong: No, it's not that. He seems like a decent person when you get to know him. No, it's absolutely not because I want to be featured a lot in the next volume. You know what I mean, right?
Bilyeon: I don't want to know, so I'll pass. Let's just listen to the author.
Author M: Hello, this is Author M. I'm finally able to present the 29th volume of Biraedo to you all. Of course, I wanted to show it to you sooner, but I couldn't show something that wasn't complete. The world is moving at a rapid pace. As such, the story within Biraedo is at a great turning point. To write that story going forward, I felt I had to change myself first. Because any writing comes from within me. Although it took a long time, I would be grateful if you could think of it as a struggle to move something bigger.
Bilyeon: Was that it?
Author M: (Nodding) The movement of change may sometimes seem to happen instantaneously, but that is because there was an invisible force at play. For example, like the coefficient of friction. The larger and heavier something is, the greater its coefficient of friction. So, when even trying to move with all your might doesn't work well, it means something bigger is preparing to move behind it, and you should move forward without giving up.
Bilyeon: You can say anything with words! The problem is whether you can actually practice it.
Author M: That's right. As that annoying guy says, practicing it is truly difficult. Because you have no idea what the coefficient of friction is, or how much force you need to apply and for how long. It's only after moving that you realize you've moved, and only after changing that you realize you've changed, which is a blind spot. There is nothing as unsettling as an uncertain future.
Bilyeon: Hmph, I'm not worried about such a future at all.
Author M: I am worried about your future.
Jang Hong: My opinion is the same as yours.
Namgoong Sang: Is it only Uncle Jang who feels that way?
Moyong Hwi: Me too…
Author M: Indeed, the most difficult thing in this world seems to be changing oneself. If you change yourself, the world will change too. Because your perspective on the world changes.
I feel like I'm standing at a new starting point again.
This volume was a very important turning point for the volumes that will move forward. That's why I couldn't help but pay more attention.
And it seems that not only Biraedo is at a turning point. The world and the market are changing rapidly. With the expansion of the smartphone market, represented by the iPhone, and the emergence of e-book readers, e-books are becoming activated. Therefore, we, the Noblecore authors, are collaborating with Kyobo Bookstore to launch a genre novel e-book brand. The works will be serviced in a complete e-publishing format, released as e-books rather than print books.
Soon, my work 'Mermaid Saga', which was interrupted due to unforeseen publication circumstances in the past, will be re-adapted and published. It can be called 'Mermaid SaGa R'.
Additionally, other members of Noblecore, such as Bang Jina's 'The Angel is Dead', Gaonbi Bang Jiyun's 'N.D (Night Delivery)', Baek Seo Hyun's 'Day Breaker', Jaya's 'Wicked Wife', Park Ji Hoon's 'Goddess Founding Academy Elsrad', Nihil's 'Tegra', Park Woo Jin's 'I.B.M', and Choi Jae Hyung's 'Slayers Star', etc., will also be released under the name Noblecore. You will be able to find the latter parts that couldn't be seen in books, and depending on the work, even newly changed first parts, on Kyobo E-book.
Since everyone has been preparing secretly since the end of last year, we expect to see you before the summer vacation. It would be great to meet in June.
Also, Juder, who is in charge of the artwork for 'Cavalier of the Abyss', currently being serialized in Young Champ, has drawn a wonderful Biraedo 4-panel comic.
Thank you for the stylish 4-panel comic.
Thanks to that, Biraedo's 'Supplement' has become even richer. Hehehe.
Everything is going according to plan!
We plan to include Juder's 4-panel comic in the next volume as well, so please look forward to it.
Then, we will see you again with a thicker and more substantial content next time.
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And in the end, Hyoryong did not appear.
Hyoryong: Wait, just a moment… am I really not in the seat?
Hyoryong: Hey, hello.
Hyoryong: Everyone~
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