Chapter 311 (1/2)
The Author Who Succumbed to Disease
Most of Su Li’s fans and meme-loving netizens pounced on the post, without even reading that particular doujin novel
“I wanna know what kind of cancer does this beautiful, young military lady has, and when is she due to die…”
“This illustration is great. It might be my imagination, but I feel like there’s a great deal of sadness lurking about this character, is this the rumored “scent of death”?
“I wonder how this author would react to the curse of Su Li; she might just lose her marbles and kill this main protagonist off.”
“With artwork like that, I would usually go ahead and look into more of this character’s novel of origin, but I’m afraid of getting hurt. Let’s wait for the others to read it first; their screams will tell us if she’s going to die.”
“Isn’t this character was based on Shirotsumekusa? I never expected Master Su Li to play ‘Dreamside Maroon’?”
“Master Su Li was once a leading force in the field of doujinshi. She once carried another pen-name who we shall not speak of. It’s now a widely-known secret within the doujin circle. I’ve seen many fanmade derivations of Shirotsumekusa, and this probably tops it all. She looks amazing! I’m looking forward to reading this doujin novel.”
“Master Su Li, would you be kind enough to reveal the other name of yours… Hehehe.”
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Besides the minority of the fans who truly praised the beauty of this illustration, most of the netizens were ridiculing the female character “Altair.” What sort of unfortunate fate awaited her, and how much longer would she live?
Undeniably, Su Li really did a good job of drawing this illustration amazingly, it had piqued the interest of many others, even though “Dreamside Maroon” was relatively unknown.
Many were aware of Qidian’s fanwork section, which mostly consisted of doujin animations, novels, and other creations. Some doujins were so well written, that one would not even need to visit the source material to enjoy them in their entirety.
When everyone realized that this doujin was in the official game’s forum which required a working ID to access, many were too lazy to go through the process and gave up on it.
The platform which one picks to post his or her content played a huge role. In Qidian’s case, whenever a new literary work gets posted, every major pirated website would follow up without a moment’s delay, to the point that people could easily be duped into thinking that these pirated websites were created by Qidian officials.
If “Setsuna’s” doujin novel was posted on Qidian, it would be impossible for it to have zero popularity and subscription.
After Su Li read through the comments and criticisms, she smirked. She boldly replied, “You guys have no idea what you’re talking about! Saying that misfortune would befall upon ‘Altair’ without even reading the novel, is just unheard of! This female protagonist is insanely powerful; even she isn’t aware of the boundaries of her own powers, how could such a mysterious, broken character succumb to misfortune?”
Even though Su Li did not understand the novel, “White Clover,” but in the process of putting ink to paper, she learned more and more about “Altair.” She has done nothing more than cross over dimensions while surveying in silence, but deep within her, something lay in wait. Something terrifying!
This military uniform princess, Altair, was nothing unlike a boss. And final bosses don’t just drop dead. She was the sole character of this doujin novel, if she ever dies, how else would this novel continue?
So Su Li was quite confident that history would never repeat itself here, it could not! Everything that happened in the past was all just a coincidence! Lightning does not strike the same place twice, or in her case, four times – Xu Jing, Yu Shengfan, and Chu Luoxun all died after she introduced them to ink that was because they were mere mortals. But not Altair, she may carry the guise of a mortal, but she was mystery incarnate. She also seemed to be happy as she was at that moment, taking her own life would be inconceivable!
After Su Li thought about it at length, she could not see any way that this could go wrong. All this while, the fault was not hers. Lady Zhao was the one who had the tendency of falling in love with ill-fated females. Su Li only drew those characters because Lady Zhao was into them.
This time, nobody could possibly accuse her of anything!
The next person who calls her “Pan of this generation” again would only be subjecting themselves to her wrath!
Su Li lay back, and let herself go. To her, the deed had already been done. This illustration had already cleared her name. Many saw her reply, but not as many believed her, especially those of the meme-loving variety. Of course, some firmly believed that Su Li would not mess things up, this time, or else nobody would ever dare commission her to illustrate a single thing, again. She had the power to draw everything to death, how terrifying was that!