Book 4 Chapter 12

Bilyeon and His Crew's Roundtable Discussion

Bilyeon: Hello. This is Bilyeon and his crew. It feels like a dream to reunite with you, our readers, in Volume 4, miraculously. Volume 4 was completed during a period of the coldest weather in 20 years, followed by a 32-year record-breaking heavy snowfall that paralyzed traffic. And we won't ask if perhaps you sent us chocolates to commemorate February 14th, 2001, Valentine's Day…

Hyoryong: You're upset because you didn't get any chocolate this time, aren't you? You shouldn't be so obvious about it.

Bilyeon: Hmph, in foreign countries, they send chocolate to everyone, even us.

Hyoryong: Give up, give up! There's a proverb that says not to stare at a tree you can't climb.

Bilyeon: If you can't climb a tree, you should still climb it with a ladder.

Hyoryong: Anyway, whether Bilyeon got chocolate or not, Volume 4 is finally out. For us, who had not even a speck of expectation for the author's diligence, this is like a miracle, and we're still bewildered.

Bilyeon: Indeed, many things happened in Volume 4.

Janghong: Many things? What many things? This is the first I'm hearing of it.

Bilyeon: If so, just accept it. Why tell the truth and embarrass me?

Hyoryong: Nothing is more baffling than the truth.

Bilyeon: That's true. You can see that from the stepmother in Snow White.

Hyoryong: (Hissing) Hey! Isn't that a bit off-topic?

Bilyeon: Anyway, cutting to the chase, even readers who had no expectations of the author must have been surprised. Oh! And a dedicated cafe for us, Biryedo, has opened on www.daum.net. We thank the administrator and everyone else who created the first cafe. My humble, simple wish is for our cafe to grow well.

Janghong: Come to think of it, don't you think you, Ryun, made a reckless attempt at the end of the volume?

Bilyeon: What? I never did. Isn't that something you should say to the author?

Janghong: Ah! Of course, it's an unreasonable, even ignorant act for the author to claim this book is a romantic martial arts novel. It's as unreasonable as claiming this book is a New Age New Type Oriental Sword Fantasy.

Hyoryong: Still, wouldn't such harsh criticism pierce the author's heart like a nail? They're already easily discouraged… Shouldn't we accept it as an intention to write something that new generation and female readers can enjoy comfortably?

Bilyeon: S-surely, you don't mean that a passionate, erotic, sexual, homoerotic story between me and Hyoryong will unfold from now on?

(Thwack!)

Bilyeon: Ouch, why did you hit me? You hit my expensive hair!

Hyoryong: Snap out of it, you imbecile! Does that even make sense?

Bilyeon: Then what is reckless?

Hyoryong: Are you really asking because you don't know? Ryun, are you really confident?

Bilyeon: What?

Hyoryong: Bringing out the "Brain-Melting Bell" against the Samsung Clan. Your skills are only at the level of a mere performer, aren't they? Do you suddenly want to be a master of internal energy?

Bilyeon: Performer, you say. Please refrain from making discriminatory remarks about social status. Of course. Why use a butcher's knife to catch a chicken? I've practiced a lot too!

Janghong: Seeing your confident rhetoric, I have nothing more to say. Do your best. But there's a more important issue. Your content and actions are becoming increasingly bizarre. You know what bizarre means, don't you?

Hyoryong: Sneaking into women's dormitories late at night, trying to steal kisses twice without permission! And then peeping into people's bathrooms like a voyeur (Ugh… how enviable).

Bilyeon: That should be seen as a problem with the author's consciousness. I don't think we can be blamed. We can be considered so-called innocent victims.

Janghong: Ryun, how can you say such a shameless thing? I truly concede to your "Iron-faced Divine Skill" (神功). I really can't compete with you.

Hyoryong: Jang-hyung is right about that. How could anyone break through Ryun's super-powerful "Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Steel Transformation Divine Skill" (皮膚皮下組織鋼鐵變換神功)?

Bilyeon: Hmm, do you know you're persecuting the protagonist too much right now? Stories become popular when the protagonist is supported.

Hyoryong: What are you talking about! A work becomes popular when the supporting characters shine. I seriously doubt your reading comprehension.

Bilyeon & Hyoryong & Janghong: Then, dear readers. We will meet you in the next Volume 5. We saw you in Volume 4, so why wouldn't we see you in Volume 5? Please wait with that unwavering faith. Thank you. Oh, and! As a reference that is entirely unnecessary to remember and has no value, the author's email address is [email protected]. How boring, right? Well then, goodbye.