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Chapter 351

"WAAAAHHH!!"

Music and deafening cheers could be heard.

Cha YooJin looked outside and whistled.

"Wow, there are so many people here!"

"Oh~ you're right. It's really powerful."

It's not like we were going to see the same audience for a whole day or two, but it was spectacular to see peers of the same age dancing and singing in unison.

When I think that I'll be performing in front of them in 30 minutes, my head just goes up.

TL/N: MoonDae refers to it causing a sense of surprise and a bit of fear.

"Your turn is after three groups. Will you have enough time to warm up?"

"Yes!"

"I'm very glad that we arrived within the expected time."

"That's right. You did a good job, manager hyung-nim!"

The manager sighed in relief and started running to talk to the person in charge.

We sat in a space set up as a waiting room and waited while warming our necks and bodies.

'I didn't know there was a place like this.'

Maybe it's because I wasn't interested in festivals when I was studying, so I didn't even know such a space existed. No, even if I knew, I would never have entered a place like this.

'Anyway, I just have to do it right.'

The university festival is really just an event, but there are many people who are looking forward to it.

'Could it be because it can be used as a popularity meter?'

The fancams of this kind of event are quite popular.

In fact, I was impressed that the lineup of groups to perform at this festival was persistently private until this morning.

'They went out of their way to make sure they didn't know who would be performing so that there would be no resale of admission tickets.'

Of course, by the time we got here, I think they caught us looking at the van.

-TeSTAR??? Is it TeSTAR?

-Is it really TSTR's car?

└ㅇㅇ So say their fans.

-This year's lineup is crazy. They even called TeSTAR

-The ticket prices are rising in real time, waaah hahahahahahahahaha.

At the same time, a valid article was published asking for a tuition rate reduction if they have enough money to bring a group like this, but it doesn't matter because they aren't cursing us. I don't even have a diploma, so I'm glad to know.

Still, I should make it worth the money.

"MoonDae hyung, would you like to drink some water before stretching?"

"I'm fine, don't worry."

"Give it to me!"

"Cha YooJin, you're sitting closer to the water bottles than me!"

They haven't changed at all.

I kept stretching out next to the two boys who were warming up fighting.

By the way, next to me, Seon AhHyun is warming up his body in order from big muscles to small muscles.

It's something I've always seen.

'It's like he's breathing.'

He does it so naturally since he's been doing that since he was half his current height.

Hmm, maybe I should learn a little from him.

"AhHyun-ah."

"Yes?"

"Can you tell me the order in which you do it?"

"O-of course...!"

Seon AhHyun's face lit up in an instant.

'...To that extent?'

Somehow, it reminds me of the days when I learned choreography from him at Icorpo.

I followed the medium stretching tips unintentionally. This is because AhHyun taught me too much.

'This guy would have made a living even if he had become a teacher.''

"Lastly...Again, full body."

"Hmm."

I finished the last move perfectly.

This is really good. I will continue to do this in the future. I should have learned earlier.

"Thank you. This is nice."

"....."

However, AhHyun did not respond for a long time and suddenly opened his mouth.

"This...Mo-MoonDae-yah."

"Yes?"

".....N-nothing."

Seon AhHyun smiled slightly.

"I...I...wanted to say let's work hard together...today."

"Yes."

I didn't think he would say that.

I shut my mouth.

'...After all, he seems uncomfortable.'

It's possible that he has a lot of thoughts about the fact that I'm older than I look.

'...It's in vain.'

No, let's stop thinking.

I have to work, so I should just think about work for now. I stopped making useless guesses and stood up.

"Let's get ready!"

And after a while.

The outdoor stage we climbed onto was already hot.

"WAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"

At the foot of the stage were people cheering loudly with hoarse voices and behind them was a wave of people swaying.

It's a wild enough atmosphere.

'Do they feel like that?'

It's also a different feeling to have such a large community, which are not fans, screaming passionately.

No, there are fans too.

"Park MoonDae!!!"

I smiled at some brave people holding their lightsticks with joy.

As soon as we went up, we sang last year's Daesang song 'Promise,' and the atmosphere was very good. That's why events are easy to execute if there are popular songs.

'Besides, it's fun to sing.'

There were some who even took off one of the in-ears and did the performance listening to the audience as well.

And at the end of the last musical accompaniment of 'Promise,' we stood up hearing heart-rending screams.

We were handed a hand-held microphone.

"Take your star! Hello everyone, we are TeSTAR!"

"UWAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"

After responding to leader Ryu CheongWoo's greeting, who was catching his breath, the conversation went smoothly.

"I'm so happy to meet such wonderful students at YeonHee University today..."

But Ryu CheongWoo turned to look this way and suddenly smiled.

'What?'

And passed the microphone to me.

"...??"

"How do you feel?"

Iyaa...Even this bastard makes fun of people.

Suddenly I had to talk about my impressions of my alma mater, so I held back a sigh and opened my mouth.

"It's exciting and I like it a lot. As expected, blue is definitely a better color than red."

And I gave a thumbs up.

'It's a national rule.'

It is by law to say that it is better than rival universities by mentioning the university's representative color.

Everyone knows it's like that anyway, when we go to the next city, we'll change our attitude and say we like red.

"UWAAAAAH! AAAAAAH!"

They gave a great answer.

CheongWoo smiles, takes the microphone and says.

"That's why we prepared a song where blue beats red."

"Please concentrate on the movements of us and the dancers and enjoy it~ Let's move on to the next song!"

When Keun SeJin waved his hand for it to be performed, the title prelude began.

I walked in without missing the intro.

I hear the desperate call

I drew more attention than usual. There are dozens of cameras focusing on me right now.

The phones have their lights on.

The first one to show up, lead!

"AAAAH!"

I like the reaction of the audience when I sing high notes.

I ran around the stage making big moves.

The momentum didn't let up in the song that followed or the next.

Both in us and in the audience.

"Waah."

"Thank you so much!"

We had been booked to perform 3 songs. But there was still time left, so we did an encore. It's good to have more songs without feeling pressure.

"One more?"

"Let's do it! We have to do it!"

The next encore song is <Black Hole>, which was the OST of the movie.

It was easy to distribute the physical force because I could sing while walking, and the response was good because it was a well-known song.

'It's a hit.'

I felt it intuitively.

I feel that our performances at the university festival will also get a proper score.

Maybe it's because things have been going well these days, but somehow I don't have a very negative feeling.

Even if it's not me doing it, I know that the excited guys next to me, who have a filming to do early tomorrow morning, will shout for yet another encore.

"Huuk, shall we do one more song? Is there something they want to hear?"

"Picnic! Picnic!!"

"Magical Boy!"

Requests for popular songs are pouring in. We laugh and listen.

'We have all the songs already prepared.'

I was going to make a decision according to the amount of shouting after the audience made a little effort in cheering.

But suddenly, Kim RaeBin's eyes sparkled.

"I...Would it be okay for me to say something?"

"Oh? Of course!"

"Since we are at a university where the audience is preparing to go out into society, why don't we sing our debut song?"

"Uwaaaaah!!"

"....."

Was this guy that good at talking?

"...I agree!"

Was Bae Sejin so active?

Everyone seems to be excited today. Anyway, given the atmosphere, the answer is only one.

"So, do you agree?"

"YES!!!"

"Great! Please play the song 'Magical Boy.'"

At Ryu CheongWoo's loud call, the staff under the stage exchanged signals.

And the song 'Magical Boy' came out like this...

Oooooh~ Ooohhhhhh~

".....!"

"Oh."

At that moment, the loud chorus of a male and female voice came out from the speaker.

An exaggerated band sound of slightly low quality, which had a melody of famous classical music.

Definitely not the sound of the 'Magical Boy' music box.

I knew right away.

'They got it wrong.'

They played the source of the cheering sound that was to play at the end of the event before we finished.

".....Hmmm."

In short, it's an accident.

'This is possible.'

It's a common accident that can happen at an event.

The problem is that it's been about seven seconds and the sound still won't shut off.

'There must be a lot of problems down there.'

By the time we were supposed to create the atmosphere for the encore, we were frozen with embarrassment.

Phones are recording all over the place, but it's not working.

'At least we have to wave our hands.'

Let's pretend we're enjoying it.

I watched the guys around me laughing and shaking them to the beat, so I put my hands up to do something similar.

And suddenly, it hit me.

'If I'm going to do this, I'd rather...'

Can't I do this?

I took a step forward and picked up the handheld microphone I had put down.

"...?"

And I sang the chorus.

Get up! Keep going! Ooooo~our voices!

"...!"

An old-fashioned cheer song flows naturally.

"OOOOH!"

'I didn't forget this.'

Every time I went to the library during this season, they played it on the street.

'And the lyrics were taken from a poem.'

In fact, I could have gotten the lyrics wrong. If only I could provoke a response.

Voices! Voices! Voices!

I spent the time singing along with the other members in unison.

And when the chorus of the first part of the song ended, the music finally died down.

"WAAAAH!!!"

"Thank you so much."

That's a relief. I don't know the second part of the song.

Then there was laughter and applause. The funny thing is that the members were like this too.

"Thanks for cheerfully supporting the encore!"

"It was great!"

...Well, it looks like we got a good response.

* * *

"It was awesome!"

"It was a great improvisation, hyung!"

When we got home, as soon as we entered the apartment late at night, the guys added more words. In fact, my conscience stings a little because my knowledge of the past came in handy.

Bae Sejin murmured softly.

"You knew that trot song very well?"

"....."

TL/N: Trot is the oldest form of Korean pop music.

Even if you understand it that way...No, don't you find it strange that I sang without making any mistakes?

And the guy who knew the situation dipped his finger to my side only when the others scattered around the rooms.

"MoonDae MoonDae!"

Stop.

"Didn't you also actively participate in that event and so you learned it? Did you learn a cheering song?"

No way.

"I used to listen to it after having orientation sessions when I was a freshman."

"Really??"

"Yes."

Keun SeJin burst out laughing.

"Hey."

"I-I'm sorry! No, I imagined that...Oh, hmm."

And even CheongWoo, who was standing next to him, made a sound.

"Kujum!"

"....."

That bastard is pretending not to have been the one who almost laughed.

'Do whatever you want.'

Anyway, they posted what I did while I was trying to fix the situation, so it went well.

"Oh~ Thanks to MoonDae, we'll have a new popular video uploaded~."

And Keun SeJin even caught Seon AhHyun, who was escaping from a corner.

"AhHyun-ah, did you hear that? MoonDae said he learned it on his own."

"....."

However, AhHyun didn't look back.

"...Hmm. AhHyun-ah?"

"...Yes, I-I heard it....."

AhHyun answered this time, though he did not turn to look at me.

But his voice sounded muffled. And as if he was breathing hard, his shoulders moving up and down.

'Right now is he...?'

It felt strange.

And the moment I tried to talk to him...?

Seon AhHyun trembled.

".....!"

"AhHyun-ah."

".....Ugh."

It's the sound of holding your breath. It's either that, or it's a gasp.

'...Is he hyperventilating?'

And Seon AhHyun, in an instant, staggered and ran away.

"...!!"

KWANG!

He ran to the front door bathroom.

"Seon AhHyun!"

I reflexively reached for the door handle.

Kung!

...It's locked.

Why is it locked?

I can hear the man who ran with me shouting.

"AhHyun-ah? Seon AhHyun! Are you okay?"

Only the sickening sounds of retching could be heard.

"MoonDae-yah, come out. Let's break it."

"Watch out."

Cha YooJin, who ran out of nowhere, slammed his body against the door violently.

KWANG! KWANG!

Ting...

And the door opened with the sound of the latch releasing.

When I opened the door, I saw Seon AhHyun's back with his face sunk into the sink.

What he had done in that brief moment was to wet his head.

"Seon AhHyun, are you sick?"

"I'll...I'll call an ambulance!"

"Wait, the child's condition at the moment..."

I went into the bathroom and tried to tap the shoulder of the guy standing in front of the sink.

His shoulders shrugged.

"...!"

And I heard a low voice.

"Sorry...MoonDae-yah. I-I'm so sorry....."

"...!!"

Why.....?

"....."

"Guys, wait..."

I could hear Ryu CheongWoo behind me pulling the others out.

And I was standing like I was hit by lightning.

"...What?"

I just said that, but the words came out as if a dam had burst.

"I-I-should have! I should have...s-said it right away, b-but I couldn't. I felt...r-relieved to be with you....."

"....."

"Th-thinking of you, really for your sake, I should have said it, Mo-MoonDae-yah."

Seon AhHyun turned his head away.

His face was completely pale.

"Y-you need to get treatment. G-go to counseling and...now, y-you're not in the right time to do activities...I-It's getting worse...No, if I put it that way, y-you don't.....I-I have to say it properly..."

"....."

"S-sorry...I-I don't believe you...I-I can't help you..."

Seon AhHyun's face turned blue and he started panting again.

And I've seen that face before.

"Go-good afternoon..."

In my reverie.

It's the state Seon AhHyun was in when he was brought to LeTi and we first met there.

'Oh..'

Almost by reflex, I called up his status window.

After going through the large statistics where 'A' and 'S' appeared, underneath that...

A single item appeared.

Attribute: Tenacity (Disabled)

Status Abnormality: Lack of self-esteem.

Has a status abnormality.

[Lack of self-esteem]

I despise myself.

→ Reduces all statistics by two levels.

And I realized.

I...I've fucked something up pretty good.

TL/N: I think I translated it as 'Courage' before. In itself, '근성' means 'tenacity,' 'grit,' 'have guts,' or 'iron will.' The official definition of 'Tenacity' in Spanish is the quality of putting up much resistance to breaking or deforming, quality of steadfastness and pertinence to a purpose. In the English wiki of this novel they translated it as 'resilience,' which in Spanish is the ability of a living being to adapt to an adverse state or situation. It goes that way, but I prefer to be guided by the more convenient meaning of the word according to Naver's Korean-English dictionary.

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