Chapter 189 – Leadership Camp (4)
Poet Jeong Ho-seung’s “To Narcissus” Was a poem that Joo Kyung-eun taught before returning. What she felt for him who was alone and far away, she came rather out of the blue and told me a poem.
To be honest, Seo Joo-hwan at that time hated ‘To Narcissus’. Rather, when she heard the poem recited by Kyung-eun Joo herself, she could n’t hide her uncomfortable expression of her.
The reason for the unhappiness that lasted for 23 years is, crucially, that it was only a few months after Han Soo-ah died. At the time, he did not accept comfort completely as comfort, so he accepted the poem as a scolding, saying, “Don’t be upset because you are not alone.”
However, the poem that remained in one side of his heart later came to him as comfort and encouragement. In particular, when he distanced himself from Yoo Ji-gyeong after graduating from college, he used to console himself by watching ‘Dear Narcissus’.
‘I am a person because I am lonely. There is no one who is not lonely. There are many lonely people in the world, so I am not particularly unhappy. I am human because I am lonely, so I can live tomorrow even if I am lonely.’
He repeated it over and over again like a spell.
Some might say it was just a loner’s masturbation. Maybe he thought he was running away from reality. However, a person who is tired of reality needs a place to run away for a while in order to live. For Seo Ju-hwan, who lived an unhappy life, a web novel and a poem were such a place and support.
So, I recited it with gratitude and sorry to Kyung-eun Joo, who taught me the poem…….
“Go, Instructor? Are you okay?”
Tears were falling from Joo Kyung-eun’s eyes because of the poem he had recited!
“Ah…”
Seo Joo-hwan approached with a confused look.
Joo Kyung-eun wiped his eyes as if he came to his senses her only when he saw him standing in front of him.
“Oops, I’m sorry. I looked ugly.”
“Oh, no. I didn’t get it. Although I was a little surprised…….”
“Ahaha. Thanks.”
Joo Kyung-eun bowed her head and apologized to the other students, then stood up. She speaks to Seo Joo-hwan, who is standing in an awkward posture.
“You recited my favorite poem. I was so moved that I even shed tears.”
“Haha…….”
“Still, the feedback should be clear, right? Student Joo-hwan, overall it was really good. It is a great talent to be able to sing with emotion without shivering in front of so many people. However, after the recitation, I was a bit disappointed. The embarrassment was too obvious.”
Seo Joo-hwan scratched the corners of his eyes her. It seems like I was listening to everything while crying. Joo Kyung-eun pointed a finger at Seo Joo-hwan.
“It.”
“Yes?”
“Scratching the corners of your eyes is a habit, right?”
“Ah yes….”
Seo Joo-hwan nodded his head with a slightly prickly face. When he was in trouble or embarrassed, he would unknowingly scratch the corners of his eyes her. He had never been very conscious in his life.
Joo Kyung-eun gave advice with a small smile.
“It’s not very noticeable, and it’s not a habit that should be a problem. However, it is good to be consciously careful when speaking in this way. You can see that I am confused.”
“Yep. Thank you.”
After the feedback, I nodded and said goodbye. As he was about to return to his seat, he heard a small whispering voice from behind.
“I liked it because I looked human.”
“Yes?”
When I looked back, Joo Kyung-eun, standing in front of the auditorium, was beckoning me to get into my seat quickly. And then he winked at one eye, anyway, a sly look.
*
The first day of leadership training has been completed.
The students had a party with meat and alcohol in an outdoor tent.
“Lee Seok-chan! Stop playing and get a drink quickly!”
“Yumma, there are a lot of them, so let’s slow down a bit.”
“It comes off soon. Can’t you see the kids drinking? You have to get it in advance Or do you grill the meat?”
“Write. You should cook the meat. Wait. Get a drink.”
Lee Seok-chan went to get a drink as if he had no choice. Seo Joo-hwan’s grilling of the same meat was obviously delicious, so he liked listening to him obediently. In fact, among many tables, the table where Seo Ju-hwan grilled meat had the most students.
Bae Jun-ho asked while eating a piece of meat.
“Juhwan-ah, how long have you been working part-time at a meat restaurant? Why doesn’t it taste the same when I bake it?”
“It’s not a part-time job, but it’s because I often bake and eat with my friends. I usually bake.”
At that time, Yubyeol, who was messing around with meat, said while patting Bae Junho.
“Junho oppa, do I have to watch and learn and bake myself later?”
“Star, you bake better. Just bake me.”
“Hey!”
“Ahh! Hey, are you sick? Why are you screaming?”
“This…”
Seo Joo-hwan saw it and shed a smile. Even at first glance, it seemed that Yubyeol liked Bae Junho, but Bae Junho was completely oblivious.
“Did you say he was your childhood friend?”
“Uh, right? I’ve known you since elementary school.”
“Junho, do you have a girlfriend?”
“Suddenly? Not once why? Are you going to introduce me?”
Bae Jun-ho asked with expectant eyes.
Seo Joo-hwan shook his head with an expression of no answer. Tsutsu. It’s because you don’t know a woman’s heart like this. He looked at Yubyeol with pity and held out her glass of wine.
“Star, you are suffering a lot.”
“… Why does everyone but the person know?”
“This guy wouldn’t know if he didn’t say it openly. If you get drunk later, try to cut yourself off.”
“Ah, brother! To say it so bluntly!”
Yubyeol was greatly taken aback by Seo Joo-hwan’s words and shouted. Bae Jun-ho, who took a piece of meat and ate it, coughed in surprise.
“No, why are you screaming again? Drinking and then hurting your throat. A kid who wants to be an actor… Wow!”
“You asshole!”
“Byul, but I’m an oppa and I’m an idiot… Ah okay. I don’t know what it is, but I’m sorry!”
“Annoying! Joo-hwan oppa, give me a drink quickly!”
Seo Joo-hwan shakes his head and pours a drink for Yoo-byeol.
‘Junho, this guy will regret it later.’
It’s not a guessing idea. It was a certainty because I knew the future.
‘Both of them were very famous.’
I didn’t notice it at first. It was because the appearance of the two was so different from the future.
The future Bae Jun-ho had a thick beard and had a bandit-like appearance, unlike his now stern face his, and Yoo-byeol had a very different, cute, child-like image, perhaps because he lost breast fat belatedly.
It was after checking the status window that Seo Joo-hwan remembered the two people in the future and was convinced that they were the same person.
〈 Junho Bae 〉
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Height: 178cm
Weight: 80kg
Likeability: C
Current sexual desire: D+
Fetish: –
Retained Talents: Film Director (D/A+), Drama Director (D/A), Observation (B/A)
〈 Type 〉
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Height: 162cm
Weight: 45kg
Likeability: D+
Current sexual desire: C
Fetish: –
Retained Talents: Actor (B/A+), Impulse (C/A), Reflection (C/A)
When I checked the talents of the two once again, I was in awe.
“Her her…”
“Yes? Joo Hwan-ah, what’s wrong?”
“No, nothing.”
Seo Joo-hwan shook his head and thought.
‘Because this kind of guy was holding onto acting to become an actor.’
Nine years from now, Bae Jun-ho will become a famous director in the film industry at the young age of 32. Had he been old enough, he would have been called a maestro (巨匠).
The same goes for Yubyeol. The 29-year-old rises to the ranks of top actors. Before she even graduated from college, she stepped into the drama world and soon entered the world of film, portraying her various roles. Later, she showed her great acting skills to the extent that she was called her thousand faces.
‘Seeing the talent, it makes sense.’
Both of them had a small number of top talents, but ‘professional talent’ that didn’t matter.
Job talent. It was a name given randomly while observing the status windows of various people. For example, it is the difference between a talent marked as ‘acting’ and a talent marked as ‘actor’, even if it is the same talent as an actor.
‘Acting’ talent is literally limited to the elements required for acting, but ‘actor’ includes a much wider range of talents required for the job. It meant that it was a talent specialized for that job.
‘We should get to know each other now.’
Isn’t it something you don’t know? Bae Jun-ho will direct and film a novel he wrote, and Yoo-byeol may take on one of the roles.
Seo Joo-hwan thinks a little snobbish, and she pours her a drink for Bae Jun-ho as well.
“Junho, do you believe in things like fortune tellers or fortune tellers?”
“Contemplation? Mmm. I’m interested, but I don’t see it on purpose. I hate that at home.”
“What? Why?”
Seo Joo-hwan was a little taken aback. I’m leaving
Yubyeol sips a drink and tells her why.
“Junho oppa’s house is Buddhist.”
“Uh? So you don’t see it? That’s kinda weird Wasn’t seeing good luck and fortune coming from Buddhism in the first place?”
“Okay? The Buddha said: Do not fortune-telling, do not fortune-telling, do not contemplate. He says he said so.”
At those words, Seo Joo-hwan smiled. For that reason, it didn’t matter.
“I know that. Will you be happy by predicting the future, is it because of these words?”
Bae Jun-ho nodded his head.
“Right. So I was curious but a bit reluctant.”
“Hey, I think you misunderstood that. You have to put a condition in front of what Byul said.”
“Condition?”
“Okay. The precondition of ‘for a living’. In a situation where money is coming and going, if you tell fortunes, you will be able to adjust them to suit the taste of the other person. That’s why I told you not to do it.”
“Oh, really? Joo-hwan, how do you know that? Are you a Buddhist too?”
“No, I just found out about it.”
I found out about it while researching materials for the novel. There were many references to folk beliefs, myths, legends, and religious culture when writing genre novels.
At that time, Yoobyeol tilted his head.
“But these days, there aren’t any places that give fortune-telling for free. So, isn’t it the same after all?”
“I know. Monks don’t like to see things like that.”
Seo Joo-hwan held out his drinking glass and bumped into the two. Then he pointed his finger at himself and said.
“I know how to see contemplation, how is it? Would you like to see it?”
“Really? Can you see the coronation?”
“It’s gonna be fun! Brother, look at me too!”
Seo Joo-hwan confidently nodded his head. To be honest, I didn’t know how to see at all, but I knew roughly the future of the two.
Bae Joon-ho went from being an unknown actor to becoming a director. The fact that Yubyeol was in her mid-twenties and dating rumors broke out. After all, the two eventually get married.
‘I’m going to get married anyway, wouldn’t it be better for you to take it for the first time too?’
Really, this should be taken seriously.
Seo Joo-hwan promised to pay off the debt even in the distant future.
