Chapter 70
Chapter 70
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 70
Chapter Title: I Was Wrong
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[Title: I Was Wrong]
Author: Duke's Proxy
I prided myself on being an intellectual.
I thought everything I did was right because I knew everything.
But I was wrong.
Judak was right.
A strict principalist can't change the world.
So what should I do?
[Likes 15] [Dislikes 5]
- Hm, I'll give it 3 points.
- Just another one of those dawn emo posts?
- I want to say something harsh...
ㄴ lol holding back since it's Duke's Proxy
ㄴ At least not a hypocritical noble
"This is what...?"
A post had gone up in the dead of night.
The author was the Duke's Proxy, Marc.
In the best light, it was full of anguish and reflection. In the worst, it was a classic dawn emo shitpost.
Had he been drinking?
I turned my eyes to the hot threads.
The gallery's—hell, the world's—playground for all sorts of stimulating and gruesome mongrels.
- lol I collect 100 cans of each tuna variety.jpg [47]
- Jealous jealous, gallery doctor hourly wage calc [102]
- Taking lunch recommendations today [57]
- When the hell are you posting wholesome content!!!!! [422]
"Business as usual."
But that's why it's fun.
I'd been deep-diving the hot threads for five hours now.
- Bought fairy tale books and review...jpg [97]
- Fuck, what is life? [102]
- Starting to doubt if I've even lived right [53]
"What?"
The hot threads were starting to get weird.
*
I released fairy tale books in the market.
That's where it all began.
[Title: Bought new market item!!!]
(Fairy tale book proof pic, two copies)
Even got both copies lol
Fucking yes!
Read 'em and leaving a review.
- When the hell do I get to have some?
- (Screaming elf con)
- You bastard, so fucking jealous shit
- The market is an investment. Profitable no matter what you buy, even if you use it yourself.
ㄴ Jealous youth
New items hit the market.
Naturally, they sold out in minutes.
Maybe because the fairy tales were priced at around 10 million coins each.
Even common flatheads could splurge on one if they wanted.
Then, about two hours after sellout, the bizarre posts started dominating the hot threads.
[Title: I've been too rigid]
(Little Match Girl final scene pic)
This wasn't some regular novel. It was reality.
While the Little Match Girl somewhere in the world was dying thinking of her grandma,
I was a trash uncle type, hoarding tuna cans and stuffing my face alone.
I was trash.
- lol rigid youth
ㄴ Author) Fuck, match the mood
- What the hell is this shit
- Why are all the latest hot threads like this?
- Judak released the poison!
ㄴ No. Judak just showed me I was the poison. Maybe I'm no different from the Little Match Girl's cruel uncle.
ㄴ Ugh fuck stop the text diarrhea!
ㄴ Please no more periods!
ㄴ You fuckerrrr!!!
"No."
My head throbbed for a second.
How long had it been since a text-only tactical nuke like this?
I felt awe, admiration, and disgust at the fact that someone could shit pure text.
- Next part... next part...
- Judak really is a god
- Great Mage Lit Half-Elf Beauty Judak
- But skipping gallery and tearing up...
The gallery doesn't know literature.
They're too busy scrambling for today's lunch to survive.
Dropping a classic masterpiece into a place like that was like a literary nuke.
[Admin Chat]
SoonToDieVamp: Judak wake up. Awaken.
SoonToDieVamp: (Vampire con biting fist and sobbing)
SoonToDieVamp: Poor Anna... save Anna
FullElf: Yeah you're bad Judak
FullElf: Save Anna!!
Judak*: .
It wasn't a fairy tale I wrote?
And I had no intention of adapting it.
Who am I to mess with classic literature?
Instead, amid the barrage of gallery protests, I left a little thought of mine.
- Judak*) H-Honestly, I think the fairy tale is complete with its tragic ending...
The Little Match Girl ended tragically.
But that's why it etches deeper into people's hearts and sparks change, I thought.
Could it have become a classic with a "happily ever after" ending?
- Judak Judak what the fuck are you saying?
- What? This fucker...
- Classic Judak
- Anna's like my little sister
ㄴ Fuck save her!!!
Of course, how the gallery takes it is another matter.
I released two fairy tales in the market total.
One was The Little Match Girl.
The other was Dog of Flanders.
The common point: both undisputed classics still talked about today.
The other one...
- Save Patrasche
ㄴ Bro doesn't say it twice
- I'm genuinely curious
ㄴ Judak you good?
ㄴ My shit can handle it?
ㄴ Why handle shit?
ㄴ Why the fuck would Judak handle your shit
ㄴ Captain can't hold back his anger...
They both ended in death.
Everyone expected a happy ending from the fluffy art style and bright vibes.
But they got death endings instead.
The gallery couldn't handle the emotional damage.
Next came threats against me, even negotiation attempts.
- Judak oppa ㅠㅠ is this how you do?
- What do you want! Tell me ㅠㅠ Should I post pics?
- Wholesome) Right! Too much! ㅠ3ㅠ
ㄴ Busted
ㄴ When you posting!!!
ㄴ Judak*) You're the too much one
ㄴ Judak*) You're really hurting my feelings?
ㄴ Wholesome) ^u^;
The main negotiation party wasn't even at the table.
"This is working better than I thought?"
It wasn't all bad influence.
The positives stood out more.
First off, gallery users who read the fairy tales started doing good deeds.
[Hot Thread: Found a beggar kid on the street lol]
(Starving shivering girl pic)
(Taking her to restaurant and full-course scolding pic)
(Happy smiling little girl pic)
Ah lol how dare you starve in front of me
And looking just like Little Match Girl Anna lololol
Asked and she said no parents, no name
So I named her myself lol
From today her name is Anna
I'll make sure she never even thinks of starving or suffering till I die ㅇㅇ
[Likes 7531] [Dislikes 12]
- Speech like the world's biggest asshole but actions like a saint?
- You're going to heaven even after death you shit1 fuck1
ㄴ Author) Thanks shit1
ㄴ What kind of conversation is this?
ㄴ Heartwarming blessings from the gallery's tough guys
They started helping others right away.
Sure, the market had eased food shortages a lot, but limits remained.
No coins, no buy, no matter how cheap.
But the gallery, emotionally wrecked by the tragic endings, wanted to make happy endings in reality.
The result? Daily casualties dropped.
"No way, this many fewer deaths?"
Gallery stats used to have suicide notes and laments multiple times a day.
Now they were almost gone.
Monster deaths were unavoidable.
But human-related ones, starving to death in cities? Gone.
"This effect is insane."
Drop one more?
This time I had a novel in mind.
The previous were light, easy reads. This one was a full novel.
Les Misérables.
More familiar as Jean Valjean. Bought a ton to list on the market.
Just needed to upload now.
- Flatheads unite!
- End the noble society!
- Has Judak ever been wrong? There must be a reason for this ideology.
"What."
Even weirder gallery users appeared.
"New meme?"
Thought it was some trend I missed.
But no, they were serious.
- All are equal
- Rise up, you too!
The slogans were no joke.
Checking the market listings out of unease, there was something weird mixed in.
[Book Bundle 3-Pack] - 30M coins
1. Fairy tale 'Little Match Girl'
2. Fairy tale 'Dog of Flanders'
3. Bestseller 'Imperialism'
"Fuck what is this."
Said random fairy tale/bestseller 3-pack.
[Category – Fairy Tale/Bestseller]
[Random Books 3-Pack] - 30M
But confirming again, I realized.
Fairy tale and bestseller.
"Sysystem what the hell?"
Then something flashed in my mind.
The random 3-pack I mass-ordered spat out two fairy tales and Imperialism.
But this might've been lucky.
With a bad feeling, I checked the market's fairy tale/bestseller category.
And spotted that 'book' pretty high up.
[My Struggle] - 25M
First published July 18, 1925
Early 1900s bestseller
"Oh..."
Probability-wise, this could've shipped out?
Imperialism looked tame in comparison.
*
"Hmm... hmmm..."
Duke's Proxy Marc.
He sat in his office, brow furrowed in deep thought.
"Extremely progressive ideas. But definite problems too."
Adrian's failure.
The emperor's madness and Isaac Duke's complicity.
The devastation of Fron as a result.
When a few hold all the power, the nation tilts eventually.
Who could've guessed that great empire would crumble under two men's collaboration?
"But this would end up the same."
Everyone equal, united toward a common goal.
But who sets the goal?
Who decides the level, the method, and judges if the goal is right?
Marc was moved by this red book but couldn't act recklessly.
Then, suddenly, an answer dawned.
Who released this book in the market?
"Wait!"
-Bang!
Jumping up roughly, two questions hit Marc's mind.
What if Judak wasn't part of the power-holding elite?
What if, as the book said, Judak was the collective's representative, one of them?
"The market..."
Plus, Judak had this magical ability through the market to turn all goods and coins into anything else.
The answer to the problem was Judak.
And the words Marc thought of were one.
"End this regime!"
Fron began to turn red.