123 – Spoilers are murder.
Mystery.
It’s a genre that started with a writer named Edgar Allan Poe.
It’s one of the most loved genres in the world, but it’s also a bit difficult in Marais.
1. The perpetrator’s chance of escape
2. An ineffective trick
3. Possibility of Copy Crime
If these three problems cannot be solved, there is a possibility that it will be difficult even to publish, let alone become a box office hit.
Then how should I look at my hands?
First of all, step 1 is easy.
I just need to limit the world view and stage background.
Let’s say it’s set in an aristocratic mansion.
A party was held at a nobleman’s mansion by inviting guests.
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The mansion is closely guarded by bodyguards, so it is impossible for assassins to attack from outside, and it is difficult for criminals to commit crimes and escape.
If you narrow down the background of the stage in this way, number 1 is easily solved.
#2 Is also a problem that can be solved surprisingly easily.
Just like number 1, you just need to give it a situation that has no choice but to do so.
For example, the closed-room trick, a typical cliché of detective stories, is an example.
The body was found.
By the way, the place where the victim died was in a closed room.
Then this is suicide!
If you decorate the situation in this way, the culprit will naturally get out of the line of suspicion.
The perpetrator and the victim have a serious grudge relationship, so when an incident occurs, they are the most likely to be accused of being the perpetrator.
Then using tricks like this to get out of the suspect line isn’t inefficient, it’s a very clever way to change things.
ㅡ If that’s for sure… !
“It will work, right?”
ㅡ If everyone accepts that it’s a world view without magic.
“I thought of that too.”
Wouldn’t it be nice to use Mare as a background that says the moonlight stones are depleted with a slightly arranged world view?
When moonlight is depleted, magic becomes extremely ineffective, so magic will decline in the distant future.
If you catch it with that kind of background, there is a high possibility that you will easily accept it as the familiar name of Mare comes out.
ㅡ Then it’s number 3 now.
Honestly, this is the biggest problem.
If publication is rejected, the first thing to be discussed is copycat crime.
How should I do this….
“Mmm.”
If the ethical part is a problem, should we lower the rate of murder cases?
If you think about it, even Sherlock Holmes dealt with theft and fraud more often than murder.
Still, it’s a pity to give up the genius of solving a murder case….
Shouldn’t it be possible to reconstruct what happened in reality in order to have less backlash?
It’s an aristocratic society where conspiracies run rampant.
There are probably too many unsolved cases, and those cases are quiet, but everyone knows them, so if they are dealt with as a story, they will find it interesting.
There must be an incident journal that organizes these incidents and accidents.
Let’s take a look at that.
I decided to go to the library with Angelica for the first time in a while.
“Are you talking about an incident?”
“Uh, a crime book.”
When she brought up the story of going to find her case log in her carriage to the capital, Angelica looked a bit perplexed.
“Then why are you looking for such a book?”
“Because I needed it for writing.”
This is a preliminary investigation to write a detective story.
I gave Angelica a brief explanation of her mystery story.
Then Angelica looked at me with a slightly worried expression.
“It’s okay. I will try to do it as long as there are no problems.”
“Can I be honest with you?”
Are we Nami?
“Honestly, I don’t know where to find the fun.”
“… Why?”
“Sorry. I think it’s because it’s such an unfamiliar story.”
hehehehe.
Still, I won’t give up.
Where else do you write mystery novels?
Write a mystery novel on Earth?
There is no publisher that accepts mystery novels by unknown authors.
Moreover, since it is a genre in which so many novels have been published, it is not a market to attack with mediocre skills.
I don’t want to give up because it’s a genre that can only be tried here… !
“And I hope you get some rest. You seem to be overdoing it these days.”
“Thank you.”
As expected, the only one who worries about me is Angelica….
ㅡ Me?
You have no conscience for a canner to spoon here.
***
At the suggestion of the hero, the hiatus period came after Chapter 2 of Seven’s Tale ended.
The readers of Seven’s Tale felt their stomachs bubbling as the popular second chapter came to an end too quickly.
But since the person in charge of the story of Seven’s Tale was a hero, people thought this was a build-up and waited for the hiatus to end.
So time passed and Chapter 3 of Seven’s Tales began.
Most of the readers of Seven’s Tale wanted to see the afterword in Chapter 2.
However, the beginning of Chapter 3 started with a story that had nothing to do with Chapter 2.
Readers turned the book over, complaining that Bright’s writer’s senses had run out.
And when he saw the old Aiden Miller who appeared at the last moment, he started to make a fuss.
The editor-in-chief let out a sigh of relief when he confirmed the market reaction survey of the editorial staff.
‘It’s fortunate.’
The editor-in-chief stretched out and took out a weekly magazine from the bookshelf.
This time, it was the Merchant Who Sees the Future and the Seven’s Tale.
[The Merchant Who Sees the Future will complete Volume 5.]
‘Information leaked somewhere.’
Information about uncompensated trades, which had been pre-selected only to merchants of large merchants and some nobles, leaked out.
The fact that information leaked out even though they were heavy-mouthed people in their own way means that even they couldn’t stand their itchy mouth.
I want to talk about Bright’s book with someone.
It must be an happening brought about by such a desire.
‘But now everyone is getting used to it.’
The hero said that he was a writer who mainly dealt with the subject matter of return, possession, and reincarnation in the world of Earth.
And these materials have already begun to be studied by numerous artists.
Sooner or later, a work that is more interesting than the work he wrote may come out.
What is he going to do in such a situation?
While the editor-in-chief was thinking about this month’s publication plan, he heard a knock on the door.
ㅡ Chief Editor. May I come in?
It was Emma.
“Come in.”
After the editor-in-chief’s permission was granted, Emma entered her office carrying an envelope.
“That?”
“Writer Bright asked me to deliver it instead.”
“Good job.”
The warrior tended to come and talk to me directly if there was nothing special.
The editor-in-chief thought of it as a surprise and took the document envelope Emma had brought.
“Since you said you would come back tomorrow, I think you should clear your schedule.”
Is it a consideration to spend enough time during the day to think about it?
The editor-in-chief took out a bundle of papers from the paper envelope.
On the first page of the bundle of papers, the word ‘mystery’ was written.
“Mystery?”
What kind of genre is this?
The editor-in-chief decided to read the plan written by the hero.
‘A world where no magic can be used….’
Unfamiliar worldview burdens the reader.
So you tend to restrain yourself as much as possible, but this time, are you thinking of taking on a different challenge?
‘Except for magic, it’s a world view that is not too different from previous creations.’
In the first place, most commoners don’t have much ties to magic, so reading it shouldn’t feel too awkward.
A fictional object called a steam locomotive appears, but I think this can be solved with illustrations.
“Hmm.”
The editor-in-chief frowned as he slowly read the hero’s plan.
In the warrior’s plan, the unfamiliar concept of ‘detective’ was written.
This detective is the president of an investigative agency, and it seems that he is a person who digs into the truth of the case.
Sometimes in novels, when a character loses an item, there is a scene where the main character uses his extraordinary brain to find the item.
The content was drawn as a process of inferring a place where an object might be by analyzing the life pattern of a person who has lost an object.
Anyway, the reasoning that the warrior wrote seemed to deal with this kind of story in a little more detail.
I thought it was a good idea, but I couldn’t get rid of the feeling that it was a little uneasy.
‘Copyright crime….’
Theft or fraud can be covered somehow.
However, dealing with the murder case was a very sensitive issue.
As the editor-in-chief laid down the plan with a tired expression, Emma carefully glanced at it.
“I think he wants to write a story related to crime as his next work.”
“A crime?”
“Theft, fraud, kidnapping, murder… He is the main character who catches the criminal who committed this crime.”
“Is that okay?”
If it were another writer, he would have rejected it unconditionally.
Since the Hero has already been published several times, he must be well aware that this is a very dangerous subject.
Even so, if you prepared the plan like this, it meant that you would prepare it in a way that would not cross the line.
“He must know that this is difficult.”
“Honestly, I’m looking forward to it. It’s a unique material, isn’t it?”
“Hmm.”
The editor-in-chief was also looking forward to it, but she didn’t want to appear like that in front of her subordinates.
It’s not even a matter that has yet to be published.
Wouldn’t it be okay to wait a bit with a relaxed mind?
……
…
The next day.
The hero came to the editor as promised.
With a whopping one-volume manuscript.
“… When did you start writing?”
“I think it took about 10 days.”
‘The beings called warriors are all monsters.’
The merchant who sees the future said that it was easy to write because it was a genre he used to write every time.
But you said it wouldn’t be the case with other genres, so you’re saying it only took 10 days even though it was a completely unfamiliar genre?
The editor-in-chief smiled bitterly and took the manuscript handed over by the hero.
“Once you brought the manuscript, I will read it all and then reply.”
I think it will be difficult today because there was quite a lot.
After conveying that meaning, the warrior stood up and said to read slowly.
“Oh, and can I get some records of the investigation that took place in Marais? The royal castle’s library lacks some data.”
“We will prepare without any problems.”
“Thank you. Then I will go.”
After the warrior thanked him and left, the editor carefully took out the warrior’s manuscript.