Chapter 76
“The announcement is coming . ”
Segyung said to Jaegun .
There wasn’t music from the speaker .
Jaegun nervously nodded .
And then
The speaker broadcasted:
Announcement . In 5 minutes, on the right side of the front entrance, there will be a signing from Ha Jaegun, the winner of the 31st Modern Teen Literary Contest, for the book Storm and Gale . One more time . In 5 minutes… .
“Hm? What . A signing?”
A few people in front of Jaegun stopped and was listening .
And they realized that they were in front of the signing place and looked towards him .
“Who is that? Storm and Gale?”
“I don’t know . ”
“Ah, let’s go . I’m hungry,”
“Ok, what?”
The people moved away, losing interest .
Jaegun didn’t really care too much, but Segyung smiled bitterly and said to him .
“Don’t worry . ”
“Ah, yes . I’m fine . ”
It felt weirder like this .
Jaegun sat down and looked down . It was better than to meet the glances of the people .
The time was moving .
About 10 minutes passed, he thought, and he looked up at the watch .
But it was only about 3 minutes .
‘I didn’t think this would happen…’
He didn’t care about how many people came . It would fine if it ended with that one person . He felt like that before this started .
But the problem was that time moved so slowly .
If this continued for a few hours with no one coming?
Seeing the glances of the people?
It was horror .
“Sign please . ”
Jaegun looked up . He smiled happily .
“What’s up? I thought you had work?”
“I wanted to surprise you . ”
It was Suhee . By her clothes, he could tell the coldness of the outside .
“Sign it . ”
“Ah, ok . ”
Jaegun signed carefully . He did it more carefully because it was Suhee . But the result was a mess .
“I’m sorry, I practiced…”
Suhee laughed as she check it .
“No, it’s cute . But you look nervous . ”
“I’m a human . Ah, did you see Jongjin . ”
“Oh, Jongjin . Hey . ”
Suhee moved towards Jongjin . Her shoes made a sound on the ground .
Jaegun looked ahead of him . The presence of Suhee was giving him confidence .
“Hello . We want a sign please . ”
Two girls came and pulled out Storm and Gale .
About 20 years old . It was a young face .
Jaegun asked .
“Thank you . What’s your name”
“Se Gisu . ”
“I’m Jung Yehin . Oh and I’m your college junior . ”
“Yes?”
“I’m a student in the literary department for Myunggyung University . ”
The two girls laughed, looking at each other .
Jaegun stopped his signing and looked up surprised .
“Welcome . Wow, I will see you at orientation then . ”
“Oh, really? Writer, you’re coming? To give a lecture?”
Jaegun answered with a shy smile and finished the sign . And added .
“I’ll see you then . ”
“Yes… and oh! Can you take a picture with us?”
Jaegun turned around to Segyung . She smiled comfortably and said yes .
And then the two girls went next to Jaegun and took a picture .
“Thank you . You really write well . I brag about you alot . ”
“No, he’s busy . We’ll leave . Good luck . ”
“Yes, thank you . ”
The two girls bowed to him and turned around .
Jaegun looked at them with proudness in his heart . It was the good feeling that he was a good senior for them .
“Hello . ”
“Aha, yes, thank you . ”
A few readers also came and got a sign . It was about 3-4 minutes per person, so it wasn’t huge .
‘Maybe there wasn’t enough advertising…?’
Segyung felt a bit worried .
It was already 30 minutes .
And there were only 11 people who came to get the book signed .
Jongin and Suhee was worrying as well . There were way too little people coming .
Just then .
‘Hm…?’
Suhee looked .
The girl that came out Jaegun felt familiar . She remembered that it was Jaegun’s previous editor . She saw her at Jaegun’s room .
“It’s nice to see you here . ”
Jaegun was taking the book from her . He didn’t know that Somii would come as well,
“Of course . I’m a reader of yours . ”
Somii smiled cutely and shook her body from side to side . She had a bun with her hair .
“Is it doing well?”
“Of course . My wrist already hurts . I forgot how much I signed from the 10th book . ”
Somii laughed at that .
Next to her, a few teens came to him .
“Um…Writer Pyung Cheon Yu, could you sign this?”
“Me too . ”
It was the Modern Rankings and the Pegelon’s Swordsman .
Jaegun signed . The teens couldn’t hide their joy .
“Somii, did you eat?”
Three more people came at that . They all pulled out the Ranking series .
“Could you sign this?”
“Of course . What’s your name?”
Jaegun told Somii to wait a bit with his glance .
But before that, more readers came .
“Ah thank you . Here . What’s your name?”
“Kim Jung Tek . ”
More readers came behind those readers . And after that, more readers stood behind those .
There were already 10 people in the line .
‘Ah? What . ’
Jaegun was surprised at the sudden increase, but he started to sign .
There was no Storm and Gale . They were all previous books he wrote with the name Pyung Cheon Yu
“Writer, here . Won’t you write more Pegelon?”
“When is the Ranking webtoon coming out? And could you sign all 10 books?”
“Writer, can you take a picture with me?”
Jaegun had no time to stop talking or writing .
He could feel the sweat dripping from his forehead and the stress from his hands and shoulders .