Chapter 25 – Volume 5 – The World Where the Head Is a Field of Flowers (5)
‘Half Orcs…? That’s also of the elves?’
It’s strange that a big elf girl suddenly comes running and gives you something that looks like a love letter.
Is that a half-orc, just like the daughter ‘Half’ in ‘An elf who dreams of having an affair with an orc is frustrated today’?
In such an unnatural situation, I remembered that the ban on half-orcs and orcs was disappearing recently.
Could it be that there was something like a fan letter saying thank you for that?
Surely that would explain the whole situation.
“Eh, what is this?”
“That, that’s… No! Only Siwoo should know! That’s why you should never open the letter beforehand!”
“Ah, okay. Can I just tell Master as it is?”
“Yeah!”
Then, running around with a very bright face, I went out of the exhibition hall.
If he jumped like that, his heart would jump and he would stand out too much, but he doesn’t seem to care about that.
Anyway, what the hell is this…
“I’m sorry. You must have already realized that I was involved to some extent, and it happened that you caused a commotion…”
“We can’t help what has already happened. Please be careful next time.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
I can’t remember what I came here for because of the sudden situation, so I’m sighing.
It was only after the staff handed me the price for this work that I woke up.
I was thinking of asking if my idea was feasible on how to sell or display my next work?
“I confirmed the payment. However, there are some things that Master asked me to ask because of the sale of the sequel.”
“You’re drawing a new work very quickly. I’m sure many people will be delighted.”
“Oh, a sequel doesn’t just mean a new one.”
“Yeah?”
“He’s drawing the next manga following Hwasin Advent. I made it longer, similar to ‘An elf who dreams of having an affair with an orc is frustrated today’.”
“Really!?”
I nodded and replied that this was an unusual sale and I had something to ask.
Because this time, I wanted to try a form called ‘pre-order’ or ‘pre-order’.
But it’s not something I want to do alone, but it’s something that needs to be agreed upon with the exhibition hall, the seller, isn’t it?
That’s why I’m asking if it’s okay since I came here before the manuscript was completed.
“So, people who want to buy new works in advance pay to reserve comics? Just like you reserve a visit time at a famous restaurant?”
“That’s right. That’s why, at the point of revealing the finished work, we give the quantity to all those who have made reservations.”
Of course, other quantities will be sold separately, but those who have already made a reservation will be able to have the work on the first day unconditionally.
In fact, even if it is exhibited, due to the nature of cartoons, it takes a long time to wait for your turn, and even if you buy it, wouldn’t it be in short supply every time?
It was a very good sales method in that it ensured that loyal readers who would find me from the first day could see the comics.
“Then it’s easier to predict how much of the first printing will be needed, isn’t it?”
“There will probably be fewer people who get angry because of the lack of stock. However, the time when the work will be released will be delayed, is that okay?”
“They said that this way of selling itself is part of the work. Until those problems are resolved, the work is still not complete…”
“That’s nice. Oh, but I guess I’ll have to exhibit it to get a reservation…”
It wasn’t that it wasn’t at all, it was that in order to get a reservation, there had to be an exhibit related to that reservation.
If that’s the case, I’m at a level where I can respond perfectly with the preparation I’ve made.
I took out a picture of her that I had prepared beforehand and showed it to her.
“Would you like to check this?”
“This…?”
“This is a picture that Master drew this time. ‘Nigredo’, a character who appeared in Advent of Hwasin, is painted with oil paint.”
It is a dreamy picture of Albedo, the main character of Advent of Incarnation, and Nigredo, the incarnation that I first met.
It is characterized by the expression of her psyche by her burning black hair.
Appearing as a major character in Advent of Hwashin, he is also a major figure who plays a large role in Passion for Hwashin, so it was judged that there would be no exhibition for reservation like this one.
“Is this a picture that will be used as the cover of a new work? I’m sorry. The rules have been adjusted a bit the other day, so it’s not possible to display something that was once exhibited as a comic cover and display it again…”
“No. This is just a single drawing. I plan to draw the cover of Hwashin Passion separately.”
“Yes!? Really?”
“Instead, I’m giving this as a gift to those who made a reservation in advance, so that they can make a small copy and use it as a bookmark. How about it?”
Pre-Order Limited Promo Card!
As there is a strategy in this world to make and sell only a limited number of copies, she must be well aware of what this means.
Of course, that will increase the printing cost, but reducing the size to a card form to keep the production cost down as much as possible would be a viable method.
“It’s amazing!? I can’t get such a pretty picture unless it’s this opportunity… I think it’s going to be a mess.”
“They also said that it would be nice if we could make reservations at all exhibition halls across the country.”
“Of course it should. Since it’s a limited copy, it’s going to be noisy if things don’t go well in that area.”
Oh, and I forgot the most important thing.
I was thinking of putting a small condition on the advance reservation.
“Oh, and Master asks us to make sure that we have ‘Hwasin Advent with a torn packaging’ before making a reservation. If so, we will put a stamp confirming that we made a reservation using it, so we can’t use it twice.”
“But then, if Hwashin Advent is out of stock, won’t there be a situation where you can’t make a reservation?”
“If there is no quantity, I think we can make a reservation together with Hwasin Advent by paying the amount. It allows us to receive two together on the same day.”
“Ah, I see. But why…?”
“I don’t even know that much. I just said what I heard.”
It was to prevent retailers from reselling promo cards because they had piled up pre-orders.
If you want to get promo cards, you have to buy the same number of additional incarnations, so it puts a lot of cost pressure on you and makes you give up.
It would be difficult to prevent it at all, but I thought it was necessary to protect it.
“Okay. I guess that won’t be a problem.”
“Oh, and this has nothing to do with Master’s new work. Is it possible to exhibit works without a cover with the current system?”
“Uh, I guess. Instead, wouldn’t it be less noticeable if the cover was a solid color?”
‘Certainly that might be the case.’
If there were a lot of comics like that, they would have been far behind in terms of color.
But right now, most of the comics are progressing by making color covers, right?
If so, a painting that is a monochromatic cover by itself will stand out rather.
“How much would the unit price be if we made a book that was all in one color like that, and made it completely cheap by saving a little on the cost of paper?”
“Um, maybe…”
Definitely insanely cheap.
With that much, you can sell it for the same price as a cheap book that usually comes out?
And even if it is a cheap paper, there will be a feeling that it is not very noticeable due to the nature of SD, so there seems to be little actual deterioration in quality.
Are you okay?
“Ah, this is just what I asked personally. It applies even if it’s not Master, right?”
“Yes, if we get more than a certain number of recommendations, we will be able to produce in that way.”
This wasn’t something I would use in the first place, but I was curious to see if Rosaria could use it, so I checked it out.
Anyway, that’s all I needed to hear today.
It feels like the story went well without any conflicts.
“Okay, so what is this letter about?”
As soon as I returned to the villa, I checked the letter that the elf girl, presumed to be a half-orc, had given me earlier.
Looking at what you asked the artist Siwoo to deliver, it seems like a fan letter about this work.
Even if it’s a situation that has resulted in something I didn’t intend, it feels strange to receive something like this.
“…Yes?”
What I expected was that a lot of misunderstandings were resolved thanks to the work, or that I was really grateful, or something like that.
However, no matter how much I read it, there was almost no such content, only a few embarrassing sentences written in unstable handwriting.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t feel like a fan letter…?
“I will be your sword. I will protect you. I will dedicate my life to you…?”
I was so flustered that I searched through the letters diligently to see if there were any hidden words.
No matter how you look at it, it felt like there was nothing important about it other than that.
No, I think this is more like a love letter than a fan letter…?
No matter how much I was used to the modern sensibility rather than this world, no matter how much I thought about it, this was not an ordinary fan letter.
Would you dedicate your life beyond expressing gratitude or respect?
It was only then that the design of the stationery was very pretty, and it was more noticeable that it was close to a love letter.
“You mean you confessed to me after watching a cartoon?
There was not even a name written on it, let alone an address where he could receive a letter, as if he had no intention of even receiving that answer.
I’m not sure what this is going to do now.
Because I love you, I will become a sword to protect you by sacrificing myself?
But are you saying that your opinion itself doesn’t matter?
“Hey, this is a bit scary.”
To be honest, if she hadn’t seen her beautiful half-elf, she would have been scared and would have gone into hiding as soon as she saw her letter.
It’s more like that because I’ve had a history of being victimized by a crazy bastard who’s obsessed with me.
No, to be honest, even a pretty girl is a little shy about being a stalker…?
“Oh, I don’t know. It’s getting more and more scary because I keep looking at it.”
Trembling with fear, I sealed the letter in the corner of the drawer.
Get out of my sight, you demon!
