NOVEL NEXT chapter 2
2 – Act 0. A failed fairy tale writer (2)
Let’s think.
I know a fairy tale called Rumpelstiltschen.
If this existence is based on the German dwarf as a motif, is the face it shows me a somewhat lacking part, or else…….
“You’re thinking hard again.”
Without time to think, it flew at me and smiled, revealing its white fangs in the silhouette.
“Was there any reason to reject you in the first place?”
I thought about that for a while.
What this suggested to me was the correction of fairy tales.
The price is a return to reality.
I don’t know exactly what you mean by crystallization, but what will I be left with if I decline this offer?
Simple.
I just go back to death.
I can’t leave anything behind, I just take a point in my life without achieving anything.
“I know it’s hard to trust. You know it’s sudden, but at least I’m not lying to you.”
He made a joke about whether he would have stepped down just for the reason that his name was revealed at the nuclear power plant otherwise.
Fairy tale and reality.
There is very little basis for my judgment.
However, what is certain is that he approached me, who should have died, showed me various things, and promised to intervene.
“If you doubt me and worry, I’ll give you more reality.”
It wasn’t difficult, and at the same time it made the sound of clapping hands, I felt a sudden weight.
No, that’s a bit wrong.
This is not a feeling of weight, but a feeling I should have felt originally. It was a sense that the human body, which is the first thing humans had, was returned.
I was in a state similar to a soul, but now I have a body.
I can’t judge everything with just this, but at least it was a part where the credibility of the words brought out by the self-proclaimed Rumpelstiltschen was raised a little.
Then what is the wisest decision I can make here?
“…… So, what am I supposed to do?”
“No big deal. Take a tour of this twisted and distorted world. You come into contact with various things and modify them in your own way.”
“Is that all?”
“If you can find me later, I will pay you a fair price.”
Secondly, I have absolutely no reason to refuse.
Even if you refuse, the only thing that comes back is death.
I know I have to move on, but it’s hard to accept without understanding the clear definition of the word revision.
“What about crystals?”
“You intervene and twist. As we just saw, this world is a mixture of famous fairy tales that people have deeply recognized. I’m rewriting the already jumbled world based on the character you. Is it easy?”
In short, do you mean to be a character rather than a narrator?
If you do, that is not the role of the artist.
Which writer gets on stage and acts himself to change the flow of the story?
It’s only for perfectionists who don’t have confidence in the story they’ve written, or who don’t believe in the characters.
Feeling that kind of dissatisfaction, Rumpel Stieltschen shook her hand with a smirk.
“Don’t think too hard? Just think of your body as a brush and this world as a drawing paper. You just move as you please. The rest is secondary.”
“Wasn’t there a condition that it should please you?”
At this question, he turns around with a smile.
“You will definitely like it. Are you the seed I chose?”
Seeds.
Not a favorite word choice.
“…… So, are you saying to walk around this world naked?”
“It can’t be.”
This world is made up of the mysteries of the ages.
Rumpelstiltschen said so.
“This world is a land watched by those high up in the sky. A great land where the stars shine, the land burns and the vegetation freezes. The divinity has not faded, so this is literally the realm of mystery.”
“…… It’s a very vague expression.”
“In short, it is a world that cannot be fathomed by human cognition. If I throw in a mere human like you, I bet you won’t last for more than a few days.”
Mystery, in short, is the power to bring about miracles that cannot exist in this reality, he continued.
The power to make a fairy tale a fairy tale.
The fairy danced and the wolf said that the root of all the factors that could cause such a strange phenomenon was the mystery.
If such a mysterious power naturally exists in a world…….
“…… If you just throw me away, of course I will die.”
“So you have to have a means too.”
“Sudan?”
“The power to change the world. You will have the ability to change the concept and rewrite the logic of things.”
Smiles, saying, “Isn’t that really the power of an artist?”
The power of the artist.
At first, I wondered if I was capable enough to be a third-class fairy tale writer who had gone bankrupt.
If the source of this world of fairy tales is based on a famous fairy tale, that is not my story.
Can I edit that on my own?
Of course, I intend to do anything to revive myself, but it was a matter of pride as a creator to get soaked in such sentiments.
No, this is not the time to think about such things.
In order to deal with the immediate problem, it is most important to first collect and understand information.
“Then what should I do specifically?”
“Didn’t I tell you?”
“…… I want to hear the exact direction or destination you want to proceed.”
“There is no such thing.”
Wrinkles seem to form between the eyebrows.
“…… Can you tell me how many fairy tales in total need to be revised?”
“I’ll leave that up to you.”
Are you typically an employer who doesn’t set specific goals?
Not really good.
It is said that everything is entrusted, but not even specifying the quota and the direction of the goal is nothing more than a room.
“If it comes out like that, then I can say that I have completed all the tasks for you after taking one step.”
“It’s okay, but is that the ending I really like?”
…… Doesn’t it make sense to ask for words?
In the first place, as long as the other side held the only means of saving my life, the so-called relationship between A and B was clearly decided.
Then let’s start by learning about this world.
The contractor/employer who held onto my life and potential seemed to have very high expectations for me to act autonomously.
“…… At least it will tell you something about this world, right?”
“Anything? But I won’t tell you everything. You learn the rest by yourself, on your own, by walking on those two feet.”
“What a great employer.”
“That’s right, it’s too big to be caught with a mortgage. As for me, I brought you here, but I think it’s not a bad ending for you to die because you couldn’t fulfill your will?”
I don’t like it, but I have to agree here.
After he kept his mouth shut for a while, Rumpelstiltschen continued his story about this fairy tale world.
This world is heading towards destruction.
His first words were quite stimulating and intense.
“Is this a joke?”
“…… I hope you are joking.”
“Unfortunately not.”
The following story pointed out the problems of this world in a rather poignant way.
The world of fairy tales is running towards destruction because of the characters in the same fairy tale.
It was ironic.
As Rumpelstiltschen first showed, this world was steadily going downhill due to the sudden actions of famous characters in fairy tales from all over the world.
A fairy tale is not just a fairy tale.
They have realistic desires and pursue various things, disturbing this world.
All of that is a disaster in the world of fairy tales.
A disaster rooted in twisted fairy tales in another world. Rumpelstiltschen laughed, saying that even that was only the largest ones.
“This world also has a much deeper history and is more complicated than I thought. There are many things to pay attention to.”
“…… It’s ridiculous.”
Are you the first to call me into that world?
I understand that there is no other option, but isn’t it quite a hardship as a condition of getting a chance to start over?
First of all, the situation was grasped.
His words of a twisted and distorted fairy tale world were accurate, and to put it more clearly, it seemed that the expression of a crazy fairy tale would be appropriate.
This cannot be called a fairy tale.
A fairy tale is a story of dreams and romance.
Fairy Tail.
The story of a fairy, if translated literally in the meaning used in Korea. I saw the significance of fairy tales as beautifully telling the story of an existence that literally cannot exist in reality.
Then, what is the world like now?
A story mixed with obvious impurities.
The value of a story that conveys romance cannot be found. There is no hope in it, and the light that should have been beautiful and warm was hidden in the dark.
“…… I wouldn’t call this a fairy tale.”
“I can’t help it. Did you say It’s a world where evil is rooted. It has long since lost its original function.”
Are you telling me to travel to such a place?
There is no place to retreat anyway, so that doesn’t matter either, but when it comes to a world where disasters roam and wriggle, I felt unpleasant first before anxiety.
The fairy tales I know are not like that.
The fairy tale I dreamed of since childhood was not like this. The beautiful fairy tale that my mother had drawn for me was not this gloomy.
“Then, is this the end of the question?”
At Rumpelstiltschen’s last words, I raised my head.
“Just one last thing.”
“What is it?”
“You obviously asked me to rewrite those fairy tales in the world of fairy tales. Then, do you yourself want this world to move in the right direction?”
He didn’t answer that.
I’m just maintaining the playfulness I’ve shown so far, saying I’ll leave that up to my own discretion.
In the end, I couldn’t fathom its true meaning until the very end.