Chapter 73 – Do You Want to Take a Break?
The street poet, Bard Nicholas, prepared the best popular songs for the Empire’s biggest festival, National Day.
A song that became the most popular song on National Foundation Day because it was sung by a monster wearing a sheep mask three years ago.
It is not a hymn for the heroes and warriors of the empire, but a song that whispers about love.
It’s a song that strangely tickles people’s hearts.
The citizens surrounding him looked at him with warm eyes, as if they were moved by his song.
I liked this gaze.
A different look from when singing hymns. I liked the brighter, more stimulating eyes.
This is probably why minstrels also sing these kinds of songs.
Since that day, the fashion of bard songs has changed a lot. Love songs have become slightly more popular than heroic stories.
He was like a ghost.
The two masks that caused this love song boom have not appeared since.
As if his existence was a ghost.
There was also a story that it was the soul of a bard who died without being able to sing.
I just thought so.
“Huh?”
The sheep mask reappeared.
He held out his hand to himself without saying anything.
Nicholas held out his instrument to the two-masked man as if possessed.
This is the guitar, a musical instrument that has become popular with street poets since the appearance of Sheep Mask.
‘It has descended. The souls of the bards.’
***
In the end, he couldn’t resist Elena’s urging and stepped forward.
He wore a sheep mask for the first time in a long time.
I thought I should have brought my guitar back from home, but there was no need.
Because the stuff the bards are using now looks good.
Why not borrow some?
They gave it to me right away.
He’s kind too.
After all, there are no bad people among people who make music?
“Keuhumhum.”
People’s eyes are fixed on me.
I can hear voices whispering.
“Isn’t that person him?”
“He’s the bard who first sang that song a long time ago, right?”
“Really? “I don’t think I’ve seen you recently.”
“Are you only coming for National Foundation Day?”
“This will be a good sight to see, right?”
People gather.
I cleared my throat and didn’t even start singing.
And then I saw Elena standing at the front among the people.
A child whose eyes shine with anticipation.
A long time ago, I was the first child I met in this world.
Just three years ago, he was a spoiled child, but now he says he’s an adult and even takes the initiative.
‘He was a child who caused a lot of worry in many ways.’
I chose a song to sing.
She learned guitar in college with the hope of making a girlfriend.
Among them, she sang Jang
If you want to call Madeley, she can call you anytime.
After thinking for a while, she decided on a song.
The title is ‘I can’t sleep.’
Taran.
-You make me excited. My quiet heart keeps dancing.
She sang while facing Elena while wearing a mask.
It was a little awkward for her to sing a song she had been resting on for a long time, but it was done quickly.
-How much it makes me tremble. You always keep me awake at night.
She continued to strum the guitar as she always did.
The song that I had practiced countless times to attract girls from the same school came out of my mouth one by one.
-Thinking of you every night, listening to childish songs, and my heart dancing.
I liked the lyrics of this song, which felt like a quiet line to say to someone you like on a spring night when cherry blossoms are falling.
There was someone I truly loved, and there was someone who made my heart flutter just by thinking about it.
It also happened in this world where I live now.
Even if the world was different, human emotions were common.
Elena closed her eyes and began to listen to her song.
Her softened expression revealed that her song selection was not bad.
She strummed the guitar while singing the next verse.
The melody of the guitar was soft.
I could see how delicately the owner handled this instrument.
As the song continued, the smile on Elena’s face grew deeper.
We reached the highlight, and without hesitation I shouted high notes.
I sang the second verse as I saw the number of people gathering increasing.
‘Good night…’
Elena closed her eyes and listened to Dojin’s song.
When she was having a really hard time.
When I was abandoned by everyone and had no one to turn to, Dojin was the only one who extended a hand.
On a day when I doubted his kindness and thought he was going to take advantage of me, he took me to National Foundation Day to reassure my heart. Then he appeared wearing a sheep mask and sang a song.
I knew it instinctively.
The two masks are Dojin.
It was from that time.
Elena started to open her heart to people again.
It was so sweet to see her sing in front of so many people, wearing a mask that her blunt man didn’t like, saying he was comforting her.
Because Dojin’s voice and melody flowing through her ears were so sweet.
From then on, I was attracted to her.
She no longer looked at Dojin simply as her protector, but increasingly came to see him as a man.
She knew she shouldn’t do this to the person who took her from her, but she couldn’t keep her mind still.
Now I heard Dojin’s song again.
-Do you make me tremble?
-Why do you keep making my heart flutter?
Her face turned red because it felt like I was speaking for her.
‘Manager, that’s how I am now.’
Because of Dojin, her heart flutters every day, she stays up at night, hopes that she might be able to get closer tomorrow, and is disappointed when nothing happens…
‘Was the store manager like that too?’
If you sing this song with emotion and sorrow.
‘I guess the store manager had a sad love too, right?’
Elena seemed to feel closer to Dojin.
***
Clap clap.
Applause was heard from all directions.
He seemed satisfied with my performance. Cheers were heard everywhere, and voices calling for an encore were heard.
There are already 3 songs.
I sang as many as three songs by Jang There is nothing more to sing now.
“Well written.”
I handed out my guitar to the bard and expressed my gratitude.
“Hey, over there!”
“Huh?”
“That… “Can I have an autograph?”
“What?”
“No, the sheep mask singer… What should I call it…”
“Call me Jin.”
“Ah, Mr. Jin! My name is Nicholas. I was so impressed by the song that I bought a new instrument, a guitar. Anyway, I listened to the song so well that I wanted to get an autograph.”
Um.
I haven’t decided on anything…
It was annoying, and I thought I would just ignore it and move on.
The moment I saw our convenience store’s name fan in Nicholas’ hand, my mind changed.
He was our customer.
He is a benefactor who also lent me a guitar, so what is this?
“Okay. I got it.”
I scrawled Jin on my guitar.
“Please also write to Nicholas.”
“Okay.”
After I finished signing, Nicholas asked.
“Can I sing the song I heard today on the street?”
“Well, it doesn’t matter.”
“Thank you!”
It wasn’t intentional, but Beomjun X’s song will resonate on Oscar Street again.
I coolly walked away and took off both masks in the corner of the alley.
“Manager!”
“Did you hear well?”
“Yes, you sing really well, right?”
“Well, it’s just average.”
“If that were normal, all the bards in the empire would die.”
I was so grateful for her words that lifted me up.
“Thanks to you, it was fun.”
“I also enjoyed hearing it. It would be nice to stop by at convenience stores sometimes…”
“I’ll think about it later.”
“Yes! Good!”
Holding Elena’s hand, we walked down Imperial Street where the National Foundation Day event was taking place.
***
Sheler, a bastard from Boera Castle, visited Oscar for the Crown Princess Contest on the Empire’s National Foundation Day.
No, Serin, a 22-year-old majoring in Korean language and literature, hurriedly ran down Oscar Street at the sound of her singing that should not be heard here.
‘Jang Beom X?’
Among the people, a man wearing a sheep mask skillfully played the guitar and sang a song by a popular singer in her world.
He was very skilled, and his voice was outstanding.
That man may not be Jang X-Jun, but it was clear that he was at least an excellent singer.
“How on earth… ?”
The song ended, and the man who was handed the guitar to Yang Mask held out a pen.
A name pen in this modern European era!
That doesn’t make sense!
It was a sight that could never be seen when in a country estate.
I had heard that there was a world of paradise in the imperial capital, but I never imagined something of this kind.
“Uh… ?”
As soon as the autograph is finished, the mask disappears into the alley.
Seler, or rather Serin, could not be missed.
Definitely from the same hometown.
Wouldn’t that man know a way to return to the original world?
Doesn’t he know more than he did when he was stuck in the countryside?
But what if he is a bad person?
Those worries disappeared in an instant.
Returning home was more important.
I wanted to go back and taste the modern taste of the 21st century again.
“Huh?”
And the alley that followed him.
The face of the man taking off both masks in the alley was very familiar.
“Dojin, senior… ?”
Why is that person here?
What? Why that person?
Did you sing that well?
No, that’s not important. Why does it have to be that guy?
The moment Dojin took off his mask, a beautiful woman approached him.
A woman wearing a modern dress that exposes her breasts.
A woman who wore clean, modern design clothes and makeup, rather than an unsophisticated medieval dress, approached Dojin.
Really, girlfriend?
“Manager! “You sing really well, right?”
Store manager?
Surely, a convenience store in the empire?
Serin, or rather Scheler, was shocked and blankly watched Dojin’s back as he walked away.
***
The National Day festival spent with Elena passed in an instant.
The sun has already set and darkness has fallen.
It was still bright on the ground, but the moon was in the sky.
Fireworks begin to explode.
Citizens with their families were playing and setting off small fireworks.
“Hey, store manager.”
“Yes.”
“Today was fun. Really. “I wonder if I’ve ever had this much fun.”
“I had fun too.”
He gently brushed Elena’s hair.
She looked up at me with a grin.
“So, what do you mean? Manager…”
Elena gathered her breasts, wearing a dress that fully exposed her breasts.
Her large breasts gathered together to create a deep valley.
“Would you like to take a break? I’m a little tired…”
At that time I saw.
A small box of condoms can be seen between the deep valleys.
“I need to rest, right?”
Because I walked a lot today.
