Chapter 47: The Stenographer's Typing Speed
[Achievement, 'Second Discharge' reward granted: 10,000 LP.]
A notification appeared the moment Seo Juhwan left the military base.
It felt as if Lucy was congratulating him.
"Oh, I should send a message."
Seo Juhwan sent discharge news to his parents, younger sister, and Han Soo-ah, telling them he was coming home now. After sending messages to these four people, there was no one else to message.
"...Depressing social relationships, isn't it."
However, that thought disappeared cleanly a few hours later.
When he arrived home and opened the entrance door, loud fireworks sounded and congratulatory words poured out.
"Son, you worked so hard all this time. Thank you for finishing your service safely and healthily."
"You must be exhausted."
His mother, speaking as if truly relieved while tightly grasping both his hands, and his father, simply nodding heavily and throwing in a word.
"Oh, you've lost more weight? Anyway, congratulations, congratulations."
Behind his parents was his younger sister Seo Juhui, raising her hand slightly as if to say "you're here now," and
"Oppa, congratulations on your discharge! Now I can see you often!"
Han Soo-ah, greeting him with a brighter face than a blood sibling.
A sight he had never seen in his past life.
'This is good.'
A discharge different from before when he was trapped in self-hatred.
For some reason, it finally felt like he was properly discharged.
'What does it matter if my social circle is narrow.'
He could expand it from now on. For now, his parents and Han Soo-ah were enough.
"Come sit quickly. Let's eat!"
Oh, and his sister too.
"I'm home!"
Seo Juhwan saluted with a bright smile.
*
After a pleasant meal.
Seo Juhwan sat down at the computer to write.
Whoooosh—
The computer booted up with a loud noise.
This old, rusty machine.
It seemed like it was finally time to let it go.
"I need to check the response."
He was curious about the response to 'The Possessed Master is a Wulin Culprit,' which he had started serializing during his vacation.
At the time, he had failed to continue the serialization due to suddenly returning to the unit. He had posted a notice, so the readers' sentiment should be fine, but as a writer, he greatly regretted hiatus right before hitting momentum. He was worried that the reader retention rate might have collapsed miserably.
Seo Juhwan logged into the web novel serialization site 'Geuljoah.' Then, going into work management and checking the statistics, his eyes widened.
"S-8,000 favorites?!"
Wondering if he had misread it, he checked the numbers one by one again, but the result didn't change. He had truly achieved 8,000 favorites.
Even though there were only 15 chapters, he was puzzled at how such a figure could appear.
"What happened?"
He went into Today's Best and set the date to when he had uploaded chapter 15. The ranking from that day, when he had last uploaded along with the notice, came to mind.
1st Place. 'The Possessed Master is a Wulin Culprit' - Seo Hwan
"Really 1st place...!"
Without realizing it, he clenched his fists.
Although it was only a one-day flash, and now it had dropped to mid-tier, it was still a tremendous achievement. Rather, it was strange that it maintained mid-tier status even without new chapters. If the serialization had continued, 8,000 favorites would have been nothing compared to surpassing 10,000.
He then checked the comments on the work. Originally, he tried not to read comments to avoid stress, but now he couldn't help himself.
- (Martial Arts Joah): Oh, you're back, Seo Tae-sik! The last work was a bit disappointing, what about this one?
- (If NTR then drop): The author of Martial Realm Erotic Stories. Not writing adult content anymore? Your writing skills have gotten so much better, write some spicy scenes too.
- (If no consistent uploads, 3 generations go bald): It's fun. Please update consistently! When water comes, you have to row the boat! If you don't update, the author will go bald!
- (Sweet Novel Reader): Wow. I wondered why the amount was so small, but it was so fun I read it quickly. Your writing skills have improved so much from before!
Most of the comments were praise.
Of course, since they couldn't satisfy everyone, there weren't no negative comments.
But such comments were extremely rare.
Most were comments saying it was fun, and especially readers who had seen his previous work didn't spare praise, saying his skills had developed.
But that was brief.
When the next chapter didn't come up, chapter 15 was flooded with numerous question marks and comments that were rather scary.
- (Martial Arts Joah): When are you coming? You used to upload two chapters a day, and now it's been two days of silence, so I'm worried.
- (If NTR then drop): Hey man, where did you go? I'll tolerate NTL, so come back.
- (If no consistent uploads, 3 generations go bald): Do you want the author to go bald? If you don't come back soon, you'll start losing your hair in an M-shape. You know that? Alopecia is stress-induced, but M-shaped baldness is genetic, so treatment won't work.
- (Mental Thresher): Tsk tsk. The author got full. Just stop writing.
At first, it was milder. Rather than hate comments, it was grumbling from disappointment. But as one day turned into two, and two into three, the comment section instantly became chaotic.
- (Buntang): Just get out and die. You shouldn't have posted if you were going to do this. Come check out my work, everyone.
- (If NTR then drop): Won't watch even without NTR. Dropping. Author, just get on and off.
- (Cursing Grandma's Kalguksu): F***. If you're going to hiatus, at least post a notice, you son of a bitch author. Just cancel it. Never come back.
- (Give Next Chapter): Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter! Give next chapter!
- (Open Door Author): Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!
- (No Reading Makes You Crazy): You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! You'll go crazy! I'm going to go out for lunch!
- (Bundled Dumpling Seller): Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings? Do you like bundled dumplings?
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