Chapter 26  

Chapter 26  : Cheer Louder

“Did you come to get a bottle of soju? I could have…”

“You’re an editor . ”

“…Yes?”

Jaegun, extending his hand, took away the bottle that Somii was holding . He was completely taken back inside, but he was saving his words because Somii might get embarrassed .

‘What year is this…’

Even though Somii was the junior, she was still an editor .

It wasn’t the 90s, he couldn’t understand that Somii was serving and he didn’t want to see it either .

Jaegun continued to take bottles away from Somii and put them close to his chest . Seeing that from far away, Assistant Manager Go was embarrassed and disconcerted and quickly ran over

“Oh, sir, sir . You can say this to one of the workers here . Don’t come and get it yourself . ”

Assistant Manager Go had no choice but to be this way in front of Jaegun .

It was a good idea not to anger or irritate a writer with good sales . It was one of the basic obligations and responsibilities .

Jaegun was just stolid . Looking calmly at the waist bent and talking Go’s face, he spoke .

“I can take Somii away, right? She’s my editor so I have things to discuss about writing . ”

“Yes, su, sure . Somii, go talk to Writer Ha . ”

Assistant Go nodded his head a couple of times and immediately backed up .

Hugging the bottles near his chest, he tapped Somii’s shoulder with his shoulder .

“Let’s go in . ”

“Yes, yes, sir . ”

Somii, still looking at the situation, reluctantly followed Jaegun . Looking at her taking off her shoes and climbing up, assistant Go wrinkled his forehead as if frustrated .

“Assistant Go . ”

“Ah, editor . ”

Assistant Go turned back with a surprised face . Tewon, who came in late because of his work, was right in front of his eyes .

“You’re here now? The traffic was bad, right?”

“I spoke about this last time, right?”

Tewon ignored Go’s question and replied .

Assistant Go blinked his two eyes as if he didn’t understand . Tewon, following his gaze to where Jaegun and Somii was sitting, continued his words .

“If you order even one more to Somii about something that isn’t work related, you should be prepared . ”

Go shuddered .

This face of the editor was unknown to a 2-year veteran like him . The person that always took care of all employees smoothly was looking down at him with cold eyes .

“Did you understand my words?”

Tewon fixed his glasses and asked for confirmation .

Assistant Go unknowingly swallowed once . He put down his burning face and answered .

“I, I understood . I’ll stop it in the future . ”

“Go do your work . ”

Assistant Go, feeling timid, turned around and went away . Jaegun responded with a calm smile and took the bottle . Now there was no reason for him to be mixed up with Myunghoon’s provocations .

“I’ve heard . So you’re doing well?”

“I got lucky . How are you?

“Don’t even ask . It isn’t easy making a work in to a drama . It was a completely different world from one to ten . ”

Jaegun caught that Myunghoon was already going to take control of the atmosphere by laying out self-praise . So he didn’t say anything and smiled and drank .

Myunghoon changed the topic and asked when Jaegun didn’t show much reaction .

“That’s that, but you, you wrote a lot in a short time? The 2 StarBooks fantasy books you made, I heard they are both 10 books?”

“Yeah, It’s the time where you write well . It must have been that time . ”

“Yeah I guess; fantasy is easy to write down quickly . There’s no reason to think in depth about fantasy as well . ”

Myunghoon nodded his head as if he knew everything .

The writers around him couldn’t hide their displeasure . Jaegun, acting as their representative, shook his hand and answered .

“You haven’t written a fantasy and you don’t know how to write one . ”

Myunhoon’s face hardened slightly . Unlike the Jaegun in the past who bitterly smiled, this Jaegun countered immediately .

“Haha, I haven’t written one, of course . But isn’t it fantasy that if you make up your mind, you can write quickly?”

“No, Myunghoon . How would you know if you haven’t even written one before? Isn’t that thought a bit complacent for a writer? You are a writer?”

Instantly, Myunghoon wrinkled his nose . Jaegun was following his way of speech that he used when he was being sarcastic with others .

Jaegun shamelessly laughed and lifted the bottle up .

“You want another drink?”

“No, I have to drive . I brought my car . ”

Myunghoon, waving his hand, answered .

On his face, he was smiling barely, but inside was already completely ripped .

One solid strike was hit . It could be told by the writers around who were very quietly grinning as if they were saying you deserved it .

Sighing burning, hot breath as quietly as he could, finally Myunghoon answered .

“Yes, I am a writer . Therefore, as a writer, I am recently writing a work that has quality to not shame the name of a writer . ”

“Ahah, you are?”

Jaegun replied absentmindedly as he was pouring the person next to him a drink . Myunghoon continued saying stuff that no one asked .

“Just, at this time there is a Digital Contest . I saw the other awards so I feel like I’m going to win it pretty simply . Probably have one more one on my career . ”

Myunghoon didn’t say that it was the Digital Literary Contest . It was going to be shameful if he didn’t win .

“Think about using the effort that it takes to writing 10 books of fantasy into one book . You know that feeling because Jaegun, you and I are all language students, right? Ah, you might not know because it’s been awhile since you wrote a novel like an actual novel . ”

Noticing the mind fight between the two people, the writer’s around them all were shutting their mouths . Jaegun matched Myunghoon’s glance in the quiet air . And he stuck out his cup as if nothing happened .

“I hope you do well . ”

Jaegun had no other thoughts of uselessly talking with Myunghoon anymore .

He declined saying childish things because of petty pride and atmosphere . He could respond with the result that he put hard work and effort in to .

“Thanks, man . You sell well, too . ”

The cups met in midair like they were going to break .

Swallowing the drinks, the two people didn’t break their glance away from each till the end .