How a Hero Lives as a Writer - How a Hero Lives as a Writer chapter 119

119 – Judge, this thing was invented by my dwarves. (3)

I calmed down Angelica and sent her merchants to her parlor.

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And the staff were instructed to guide them to the reception room if a similar situation arises.

As I straightened out the cluttered atmosphere in the house and headed to the reception room, the merchants bowed like folder phones and apologized to me.

Because he made a sharp apology as if he had kissed it in advance, I sat down and told him to be careful next time.

The merchants were all looking at me and hesitating about what to say.

I looked around at them and opened my mouth.

“I just had a delusion as a writer, and it was only the power of the dwarf artisans that made that delusion a reality.”

The merchants, noticing that I went straight to the point, cautiously raised their heads.

“Among the countries merged into the Empire, there is a thing called a sky lantern in a place called Artu.”

I expected this to happen at any time.

So I prepared all these excuses.

As an excuse for a hot air balloon, a balloon is perfect.

Because the principle of a balloon is almost the same as that of a hot air balloon.

At first, I wanted to make a sky lantern first, but when I investigated with the power of the holy sword, I already had the concept of a sky lantern.

Thanks to that, I can use it as a good excuse.

“We put candles on a small back made of thin fabric and send them flying into the sky. When I found out about that, I suddenly had this thought.”

If you increase the size, wouldn’t it be possible to blow people away?

The merchants looked at me with a flehmen reaction like a cat at the scent of a paw.

The reaction seemed to be that there are all these kinds of people.

You don’t have to make such a surprised expression.

I didn’t think of hot air balloons after seeing the lanterns, but because I thought of the hot air balloons and thought of the balloons as an excuse.

I wasn’t the one who came up with the hot air balloon, and I wasn’t the one who invented the balloon!

“As expected, you can write such works because you had such imagination!”

Let’s just do that.

“A typewriter started with a simpler idea than I thought. Anyone know how books are published?”

The merchants each brought up a story and talked about the way books were published.

When the word ‘woodblock’ came out of their mouths, I raised my hand to stop the conversation and set the mood again.

“Since I’ve been working prolific these days, I keep thinking that I don’t have enough time.”

So, just like printing a large number of works with woodblocks, wouldn’t it be less painful and less time consuming if I printed out my work with woodblocks?

Through such thoughts, the idea of woodblocks kept coming to my mind.

“Then I went to visit the cathedral….”

Listening to the reverent sound of the pipe organ reverberating through the cathedral, a brilliant idea suddenly came to my mind.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to write letters like playing the piano keys?

What if instead of playing a song when you hit the keys, letters are engraved?

I confided my thoughts to the Dwarf, and the Dwarf instantly came up with an idea for a typewriter.

The faces of the merchants were stained with astonishment as they continued to tell such a made-up anecdote with serious expressions.

“Huh….”

Among the merchants who heard me, the youngest-looking one involuntarily let out a sigh of admiration.

That gaze was close to that of the paladins whenever I used the power of the holy sword.

It was a bit embarrassing, but you understood everything, right?

I just made it ‘bright’ like before.

It’s just that I came up with a slightly novel idea.

It was the dwarves who gave wings to that delusion.

My dwarf, the alpha and omega of the lands, did everything, so don’t bother visiting me.

That was the intention.

“As you all know, dwarves are rough craftsmen, so don’t bother visiting the workshop until things are finished.”

But if you go to the workshop and bother the dwarves, you will be disadvantaged in many ways.

I should give you a warning like that.

Since everyone is a merchant, they would have understood what I was saying in a state of reason.

The merchants have been asking me questions since then, but I have mostly remained ignorant.

Because if you pretend to know something even though you don’t know much about it, you’ll soon find out your bottom line.

The merchants must have decided that they couldn’t get anything in the end, apologized for their rudeness once again and left.

I let out a deep sigh as I saw them off.

Now, with this, the dwarf incident in our house has been resolved.

I want to finish the non-compensation quickly, so I hope there will be no more commotion.

I locked myself in my room thinking that.

***

A week has passed since then.

It has nothing to do with me because it was done by the dwarves in my house.

… Those excuses don’t seem to have worked very well.

Because there was an enormous request for an interview and an invitation in front of me.

But that was a very minor thing.

The most turbulent time in Aucklia was when heating appliances and cartoons spread.

But a far greater crowd than that time was paralyzing the capital of Aucklia.

Seeing that this commotion took place in just one week, it seems that this commotion will not be easily calmed down.

“Human beings are extreme, tsk tsk.”

Kryuger sighed as he watched the hot air balloon being newly made on the other side of the workshop.

“Didn’t you say that one day it would be like this?”

“I didn’t say that one day was only a week!”

That’s right.

Basically, it took about two weeks for me to write the book and the aftermath to begin to emerge.

So I thought it would be quiet for two weeks.

“Anyway, I called you because there was a problem with the typewriter.”

“Which part?”

“Let’s see.”

Kruger built a decent typewriter in a week.

However, when Kruger started typing carelessly, the typewriter quickly malfunctioned.

“Now, can you see it?”

“If you quickly press letters placed in similar positions, the metal gets tangled together.”

“Yes. This is going to be harder than I thought.”

“But is this almost finished?”

“Since this iron is tangled, it must be considered a failure.”

“No, no. You forgot that.”

“Hmm?”

If you look at the vending machine of the computer keyboard, you can see that the alphabet is arranged as ‘QWERTY’ on the left end.

This is a format called ‘QWERTY’, which is a way from a typewriter to a keyboard.

Have you ever thought that it was strange?

For ease of memorization, the order of ‘ABCDEF’ from the top is the fastest.

The reason why it was made in qwerty format is the frequency of use.

The most frequently used alphabets were placed far away from each other so that the keys would not get tangled together.

I forgot this….

“So, instead of placing them in order, place the most used characters separately?”

“That’s right.”

“So doesn’t that take longer than writing?”

“It’s only the first time. After all, once you know the efficiency of this typewriter, you will learn it yourself.”

Compared to the eagle stroke, handwriting is much faster.

But if you completely memorize the layout of the typing, the writing comes out at a speed that cannot be compared to writing by hand.

In addition, the line spacing and the shape of the letters are constant, so it is easy to write even for people who have bad handwriting.

If there is a typo, it will be easy to correct because there is some margin on the paper.

If you use a typewriter, the writing will come out according to the standard, so it will be quite comfortable to make a book bound.

“Old Man Brinson said that the typewriter will be as noisy as it was when the paper came out.”

“Is Brinson a bit old?”

“The eldest here is Old Bertus, then Old Man Brinson.”

“Not Ariel?”

“Ariel is number three.”

Isn’t it wrong to judge people by their appearance?

Ariel appears to be around Angelica’s age, and Kruger seems to be about the same age as Brinson, the representative of the dwarves.

“When the paper first came out, they clicked their tongues saying there really wasn’t such a thing. Old Man Brinson used to cluck his tongue that he would never do such an invention again.”

Old man Brinson is making a hot air balloon in one corner of the studio right now.

That is also a very satisfied expression.

“I can only laugh because that inspiration is like that.”

Kryuger sighed and laughed with a very pleasant expression.

“So, how did you feel when paper first came out?”

“I heard that there were a lot of people just like now.”

Since it was parchment before wooden paper came out, it must have been a natural reaction.

“I heard that the contract was signed at that time, so we can focus only on metallurgy like this.”

“Ah~ A deal like the story of two generations?”

“Yeah, that’s it.”

Well, there was a trade, so even if the race war broke out, the dwarves were still trading with humans.

“Now, these are the ones with relatively high frequency.”

“Then let’s arrange them so that they don’t overlap each other.”

“I leave that up to you, the writer.”

“Uh, hmm….”

This is harder than I thought.

I think it will be a bit difficult for me alone.

“Can you wait a little longer?”

“Anyway, there are many other parts that need to be fixed. Let’s wait until tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

Because this typewriter will become the world standard, you should be more careful.

So I think it would be better to seek other people’s opinions than to draw conclusions by myself.

With that in mind, I called together several people from Aucklia.

The person most likely to use a typewriter, regardless of social status.

ㅡ Kings, nobles, priests, merchants, scribes, writers… A lot of people gathered.

Are you feeling a little overwhelmed?

ㅡ At first, it was a country where it wouldn’t be strange if it collapsed anytime.

Aucklia now has the capacity to gather such diverse people.

“The reason I asked for this meeting today is to hear your opinion because there was a problem with the part of arranging characters on the typewriter.”

Okay then, let’s work a little harder for the typewriter.

We gathered in the conference room, exchanging opinions and looking for an arrangement that would be a little more comfortable.

After going through such a long meeting, we managed to come to a conclusion, and we were able to deliver the result to Kruger.

Kruger arranged the letters as if he had been waiting for them, and two days later the first typewriter appeared in Marais.

ㅡ Ah, this is called a ‘typewriter’. It’s a valuable item that will help our hero with canned food!

… Wouldn’t Helena be the one who was most delighted with the appearance of the typewriter in Mare?

Have I made a big mistake?

That was the moment when I felt that way.