Surviving as a Writer in the British Empire

＜ Silver Hose (2) ＞

When I wrote in the 21st century, I lived in Seoul for a while.

Well, isn’t that usually the case? Korea is a country where more than half of the population lives in the metropolitan area.

From Isabella Bird Bishop’s travelogue, ‘All Koreans’ hearts are in Seoul. No matter what class you are, people living in Seoul do not want to live outside Seoul even for a few weeks.’

Personally, I never liked it.

It is simply that people have no choice but to flock to big cities, considering the concentration of work and cost-efficient infrastructure.

And the city will continue to absorb new people, grow, and stir up.

Anyway, why am I telling this story now?

Kkang kang kang kang-!!

thud-! thud-! thud-!

It was because I was feeling in London, England at the end of the 19th century what I had only felt in Seoul in the 21st century.

Kwagwagwagwagwang—!

The sound of exploding dynamite hit my ears and at the same time the ground collapsed.

Clouds of dust spreading in all directions. Some kind of blasting work with such recklessness… No, that’s not what’s important.

The real important thing, and the reason why I felt the 21st century Seoul.

“Such a large-scale construction…”

London is not without construction. Rather, there are quite a few cases where buried gas pipes burst, blocking streets and overturning roads.

But now, the scale was unusual.

It was a street located on a higher ground than the surroundings, so the process could be seen more clearly at a glance.

An entire district, called Whitechapel, is being pushed back completely.

Brick walls are knocked down, new materials are moved. And around it, countless day laborers were walking around, dusting their shirts.

That’s pretty much all the construction guilds in London, right?

“No, what kind of redevelopment is this?”

Yes, I couldn’t help but think of the redevelopment I felt in the metropolitan area.

Living in England for many years, I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded by the unfamiliar appearance I had never seen before.

what? is there something i don’t know

It was all the more shocking because I thought I was collecting information well.

Where is the newspaper, there is no newspaper?

Eventually, I caught a passing newspaper boy and bought a copy of The Times.

and.

＜Buckingham Palace Announces Extensive Whitechapel Redevelopment Plan!＞

＜Distributing preferential housing occupancy rights to existing residents······.＞

“Huh.”

It was just a surprise for me.

If you say Buckingham, you’re referring to Queen Victoria, but did Queen Victoria enforce such a massive relief plan for the poor?

Besides, being this fast means they didn’t get permission from the council, and not getting permission from the council would mean it was self-inflicted. To think that Queen Victoria, famous for her conservatism, would do this at her own expense. It’s really surprising no sleep.

They say people change drastically when they die, is that why? And if you look at it, the time has come for the Victorian era to come to an end.

‘No, but was there such a hot reorganization in the original history?’

Um… I don’t know.

I don’t remember, because I don’t know all the history. It may have been carried out through several policies.

It’s sudden, but if you say it’s not so bad… of course not.

“Well, yes. It was necessary.”

The complicated districts and the infrastructure that has not yet been properly established were poor for the name ‘London’.

By the way, what I was worried about was that there were businesses operated by the Alice and Peter Foundation nearby.

It didn’t completely overlap, but it was a strange fit because it was across the border.

I guess I took it as an extra because of financial reasons or other factors.

“Wow… you’re not going to say something about screwing up, right?”

No, I don’t have anything directly related to that side, so there won’t be anything to be caught, but… But still, do I need to prepare something?

When I get back, I’ll put Lionel on the phone.

***

In the Royal Navy, the navy representing the British Empire, where the sun never sets, ‘officially’ there are no invisible units.

The unit had dozens to hundreds of men, obviously manned, but no one in the Navy knew anything about it.

It’s just that he looks suspiciously like someone in the Foreign Office, or he looks suspiciously like an official from a certain legation, or he goes to Buckingham Palace suspiciously often…

There are rumors like that going around.

But even so, such a unit does not exist. anyway no Anyway, since it is not in the military register, it is the same as not being there.

And if you ask if you don’t think it’s unfair to be treated like that, Captain Wraith of the unit will be able to say it proudly.

Someone has to do it, and I get paid a lot for it, so I have no complaints.

Of course, because of that.

“Your Majesty the Queen. I’m sorry, but I’m telling you that this is not the job of the intelligence department.”

“Do you dare decide that?”

Captain Race thought as he presented the book he brought into the palace after going through a long journey that, to put it in words, took several days to its owner.

I don’t think I did this for this…

Honestly, this is a book you can go out and buy in a few minutes.

However, it occurred to me that it would be a waste of manpower and tax money to acquire such things while enduring enormous smuggling, espionage warfare, and sacrifices (mainly related to shame), but I did not want to tell my owner who respected them one by one. couldn’t

Because she was the owner of everything in this world in the first place.

In the end, all Captain Race could do was bow his head quietly.

And Queen Victoria, who ordered a simple yet not simple book errand, shamelessly asked.

As if you are looking at an important task.

“Any other information Jim needs to know?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. It’s just that the infighting in the Liberal Party has reached a critical point.”

“Hoo.”

Victoria twitched her lips.

Originally, the Liberal Party represented the left wing of the British Empire.

It was also a place where, like the legendary Prime Minister from the common people, William Ewart Gladstone, he insisted on ‘small England’ and tackled every step of Victoria’s own move.

But to think that those guys know how to tear it apart.

This is a boon for Victoria herself.

“Can Archibald Philip Primrose seal the infighting?”

“It’s crowded.”

“I guess so. It’s absolutely impossible for him.”

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The lips of the queen, who boasted absolute power, formed a vicious smile.

Even that Gladstone resigned because he had no answer, much less will that kid have the talent to endure.

“Then let’s see, who was there in the Conservative Party? Is it the Marquis of Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil)?”

“Anyway, he is powerful.”

“Hmm.”

Victoria frowned.

Marquess of Salisbury, Robert Gascoigne Cecil.

As the political successor of Benjamin Disraeli, a Conservative tycoon with whom Gladstone had a twin, it was clear that he was as famous as his mentor.

He has already served as prime minister a couple of times, and has proven his ability. A talent that cannot be compared to Primrose, who is in a similar position.

However, there was a somewhat passive and passive aspect, so it did not fit with the expansionist Victoria.

‘In that respect, Primrose was more active than the code.’

How come there are no people’s clothes?

Victoria sighed and nodded. If nothing else happens, the Marquis of Salisbury should be appointed Prime Minister, but…

─······Do you love the public?

─I think it is natural for human beings to love the land where they were born and raised.

Suddenly, though unpleasant, the words I had engraved come to mind. Victoria frowned and murmured.

“To serve the public and to make the public grow and prosper is, in the end, the way to serve oneself.”

“Your Majesty, have you given your name?”

“Salisbury… will not work.”

Captain Race blinked for a moment.

What are you hesitating about? However, he soon closed his eyes and lowered his head.

“It is.”

He is a Wraith.

Victoria, the queen to whom he owed his allegiance, established the principle of ruling but not ruling over an empire where the sun never set.

And the role of the ghost is only to be the invisible eyes and ears, so that the queen’s reign can reach an indirect rule.

As such, it is not his role to weigh Her Majesty’s thoughts.

“I need to make an appointment with Gladstone.”

“I understand.”

Captain Race lowered his head and withdrew. Now that the Queen’s will had been decided, there was nothing more for him to do.

And in the room left alone like that, Victoria secretly looked down at the book Reis had saved.

“Peter Perry and the Brilliant Light”.

This is already the 7th book. Queen Victoria smiled bitterly and stroked the cover of the book.

‘Heh, he continues to do well.’

To be honest, that’s the bottom line.

As she chanted so quietly, she remembered the young man of the yellow race she had met at that time.

Did that cheeky stranger even know what she was doing for me?

As he said, about the hand that the public is reaching out to check out the future of a fruitful and prosperous empire.

In a way, the direction of her policy was changed by the stranger, and this was something to keep in mind, but…

In the meantime, she also found out about this and that. Because of this, I could now roughly guess his country of origin, characteristics, and tendencies.

There, Isabella Bird Bishop’s report comparing the countries and geography of the Mongolian peoples was a great help.

‘Compared to Chinky and Jabbs, he’s taller and more handsome… Certainly, he’s in line with her report.’

In addition, although it is an approximate content, it is said that the country of Joseon is still more of a medieval country that is still underdeveloped compared to Japan, so the possibility of Sejak, which was originally concerned, is virtually non-existent.

Originally, I didn’t doubt it too much, but that’s how a human being who is originally a ruler.

The origin must have been confirmed, now all you have to do is enjoy it with peace of mind.

“Anyway, how long will I have to suffer like this in my later years?”

If the council gives birth to a son, and they take care of themselves even if they are not told to, where is it going to be?

With a light whimper, Victoria slowly opened the book.

Still, maybe it was because I talked about it once before, but the recent content was something I could enjoy with peace of mind.

It took a while to read the typeface with such slight expectations.

The betrayal of Rhys, a fairy who faithfully supported the main character.

Destruction of Excalibur.

And a joint battle with the enemy Albis.

Seeing Peter Perry in the book sprinting past in a lethally noxious roller coaster development, Queen Victoria grabbed her heart.

Seriously contemplating whether to arrest this goddamned Chinky on charges of attempting to assassinate the queen…

***

Savoy Theater.

“Hmm, so how many people will be in the second audition for the role of ‘Peter Perry’?”

“Yes, I’ve figured out this much as much as possible.”

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Richard Doyle Carte nodded helplessly. Most of the main and supporting roles have been placed, but the most important main character is the problem.

In fact, why doesn’t he know that a teenager should be in charge of a teenage boy?

However, due to the nature of operetta, teenage roles inevitably required a lot of stamina. Even in the process, there are many cases of deafening (得音), especially for tenors with high voices.

So, if necessary, sometimes even dressing up as a man to send a woman in her 20s is the role of a teenage boy. I mean it’s that difficult.

That’s why Carte considered this audition really important.

However, there are still no good talents to be found. It wasn’t that there was no harvest though.

For example, I was thinking of offering a contract even if I failed the audition for this boy named Sydney.

Although there are still many deficiencies, I had an intuition that if I polished it well, I could raise it as a leading star of the theater company.

Anyway, it was a problem to decide the leading role like that, but there was a bigger problem.

“Ha, so, Captain. What about Reese?”

“Hmm… I was going to ask anyway. Okay, what is the result?”

“fail.”

“Oh, damn it.”

Richard Doyle Carte frowned at his son’s sharp words.

Sylph Rhys of the library, who appears from the first volume of Peter Perry and appears as one of the main supporting characters that can never be left out.

Although there are few scenes, the impact is certain. It is a role that can be of great help to your career if you act well, so I was thinking of mobilizing child actors that I had my eye on…

The problem was that as his role as a villain was revealed in recent developments, his popularity among child actors plummeted.

“The writer also… should have told us this in advance.”

“What? At this rate, I think it will be almost a tight audition.”

“I can’t help it. I have no choice but to select only the children who came.”

“There is only one.”

“sh*t.”

I can’t help it.

If it doesn’t work out, you have no choice but to entrust it to a child who has fallen out of the role of Winky, or cut Reese while adapting it and combine it with Winky.

Not knowing that it would be an absurd remark that would give off a breath if Hanslo Jin heard it, Richard Doyle Carte sighed deeply and looked at the audition application for the role of Reese, who had just entered.

“Charlie, my mom used to be a bar singer.”

I will sing well

He said that, and threw the pile of papers roughly without much expectation.