episode_0231
by adminFwoooosh─!
The sensation of the spirit being transported to another world. Once again, Soo-ah had fallen into a completely unfamiliar space.
Up until this point, it was no different from before.
However.
‘Huh?’
Soo-ah quickly looked around busily.
Because there were a few questionable aspects.
‘Why isn’t anything happening?’
Yes, the fact that nothing was happening was strange.
‘Soo-ah Association! Can you hear me?’
No response. Judging by the severed communication with the Soo-ah Association, it was certain that something had begun, but why wasn’t any experience or learning taking place?
As Soo-ah was pondering this.
Thump!
“Ugh!”
Something fell from the sky onto Soo-ah’s head.
Soo-ah frowned, but the displeasure didn’t last long. It didn’t hurt at all, as it was something light that had fallen, and at the same time, she knew it was a welcome object.
“Oh…?”
What had fallen from the sky was an Arctic fox plushie.
Whoosh─! Whoosh─! Whoosh─!
It didn’t even end with just the Arctic fox plushie. All sorts of toys began to pour down like rain.
“I-Is this heaven!”
This place must be heaven!
“Yes! This is heaven!”
Soo-ah shouted like a scientist who had discovered the law of gravity, hugging the plushies tightly and starting a pretend play session. Script reading? Experience? She forgot about such things in an instant.
In other words, Soo-ah-blink!
And that wasn’t all? Periodically, Arctic foxes would bring sweet treats from all directions. Soo-ah would play with the plushies to her heart’s content, and when she got hungry, she would eat them.
Pop pop. The sensation of fireworks exploding in her brain.
And if she got sleepy? Soo-ah-sleep! Soo-ah-zzzzz….
“Hehehe….”
In the midst of all that, the scenery changed once.
“Huh?”
Before she knew it, she was wearing a sailor uniform. She had toast in her mouth and soon bumped into someone.
“Eek!”
That was a very handsome male lead. She couldn’t see his face clearly, but for some reason, she had a feeling he would be handsome.
After that, Soo-ah spent happy days.
She would shyly introduce herself in class, then point and yell at the male lead, go to the beach with her classmates, run a maid-themed cafe, and perform at a festival….
Of course, she would occasionally furrow her brow.
‘Huh? This is weird? Why am I doing this?’
She was sure she was just trying to experience it for script reading. What does this have to do with anything?
As she lived like that.
[ Downloading…. ]
After a long time, a special perk notification popped up.
“Huh?”
Soo-ah asked, looking at the empty air.
“Download? What download?”
[The perk is learning ‘mentally challenged’ through you.]
The truth she suddenly realized.
“….”
This time, she was the perk’s teaching material.
“….”
Soo-ah glared.
“Hey, that’s really upsetting, okay? Don’t do that.”
Then the perk whispered into Soo-ah’s soul. It had only taught her things until now, so shouldn’t it have something to learn as well? In other words, mutual benefit.
‘No, I’m all for mutual benefit. But why specifically….’
[ Learning complete! ]
[ Better understanding of ‘low-intelligence character’. ]
[ Implementation level increased ]
[ …Starting the experience now… ]
“….”
Soo-ah pouted. Almost like a duck.
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After that, the full-fledged experience began.
After Kim So-hee (Lee Soo-ah) touched the piano at the amusement park, Kim Yoon-kyung (Yang Ha-rin) was shocked.
Until now, she had only seen her younger sister as a bothersome person with a disability. She had never even imagined that she would have this talent. Kim Yoon-kyung (Ha-rin) asks.
“You…. You knew how to play the piano?”
“Don’t you know? Don’t you know! I just, it’s fun to play the piano. So I just play it a lot.”
“….”
Kim Yoon-kyung (Ha-rin) felt belatedly sorry for treating So-hee (Soo-ah) so badly, and she couldn’t bear to let this talent go to waste, so she made a big decision. She took her younger sister and left.
Where to? To a place that would properly teach her the piano.
That was Hyunhwa Arts High School.
But of course, the intention wasn’t to enroll her.
Kim Yoon-kyung (Ha-rin) sought out her ex-boyfriend.
A former pianist who was famous overseas, but now worked as a teacher at the arts high school after being involved in a DUI accident. Kim Sung-chul (David Park).
“What?”
Of course, Kim Sung-chul (David Park) frowned.
His gaze towards So-hee, who had savant syndrome, wasn’t kind. He didn’t hide his contempt. A gaze that looked down on humans.
“Do you take me for a babysitter? What can you do with a kid like that?”
“Please teach our So-hee the piano just once.”
“You have to teach even normal people from a very young age. But what…. You bring a disabled person and ask me this, do you even have a conscience? What’s the reason for doing this?”
“The one without a conscience is you.”
“What?”
“Because of you…. I had to get an abortion. So I’m asking you to help me just this once. Teach her the piano.”
Kim Yoon-kyung (Yang Ha-rin) rubbed her lower abdomen.
When Kim Sung-chul was at his peak, Kim Yoon-kyung was just a girlfriend he briefly enjoyed and moved on from. She even got pregnant, but she had no choice but to get an abortion due to threats and coercion.
“….”
Kim Sung-chul looked at Kim Yoon-kyung uncomfortably.
“That was a long time ago. Get lost.”
He coldly pushed away the Kim So-hee and Kim Yoon-kyung sisters.
It seemed hopeless, but….
. . . . .
Unfamiliar.
That was the first sensation that Soo-ah felt.
‘Hyunhwa Arts High School? School?’
Soo-ah’s body and mind were already filled with everything that was ‘Kim So-hee.’ Therefore, there was no time to appreciate the scenery of Hyunhwa Arts High School. She hated unfamiliar places. She was scared.
All the world appeared in black and white.
“Ooooo…. ”
She could only read people’s expressions.
She didn’t know why she was here, and she had only been dragged along by her sister (Yang Ha-rin). As soon as she went outside her usual range of activity, severe anxiety swept over her.
Moreover.
“That was a long time ago. Get lost.”
“How…. How can you do this…!”
Kim Yoon-kyung (Yang Ha-rin) started fighting with a stranger.
Scary. Scary. Scary….
She didn’t know why they were fighting, and she couldn’t understand what they were saying. But Soo-ah, who had become So-hee, knew that people made that kind of expression when they were angry.
So it was scary…. She hated everything that was scary….
So-hee’s voice surged within Soo-ah’s heart.
‘I want to go home…. But my sister is fighting with a stranger. I can’t interfere. I’m scared….’
Soo-ah chewed on her thumbnail. But the anxious feeling didn’t subside easily.
Meanwhile, the two people’s fight continued.
“When you told me to get an abortion, did I ever complain? Or did I ever ask for anything? I didn’t take revenge or bother you. And now me! Now me, I’m just asking you to do this one thing! You can’t do that?”
“Stop talking bullshit. You got the abortion because it was better for you too, right? Why are you talking like I threatened you?”
At that moment.
“Huh?”
Suddenly, Soo-ah found an escape from this situation.
“Ah…!”
Hyunhwa Arts High School would soon be holding a festival. Therefore, something was placed on one side of the auditorium stage. It was covered in a white cloth, but Soo-ah knew better than anyone what it was.
Inside was a piano. It was definitely a piano.
Sarrrrk─
Soo-ah approached it as if she was possessed and took off the cloth.
“Ooooaaaah….”
Her eyes quickly sparkled. It was dazzling. In this unfamiliar space that appeared entirely in black and white, only the piano had a rainbow of colors and welcomed Soo-ah.
Soo-ah immediately sat down and touched it.
“Piano…. Piano…. Piano….”
The sound of people fighting was just scary and unpleasant.
So what should she do?
It was simple. Make piano sounds to cover up all the other sounds. If she could play the piano and hear the keyboard notes, she would just be happy.
But what should she play? What song should she play?
“….”
Unfamiliar environment. Unfamiliar piano. No songs came to mind. Soo-ah hesitated for a moment, wondering what she had to play in order to be happy.
Just then.
─♩♪♬
Suddenly, Kim Sung-chul’s (David Park) cell phone rang, and the fight subsided. He swore and turned off his cell phone.
“A phone call of all things is ringing…. Hey, it’s an urgent call. I have to go now. And don’t call me for anything unnecessary.”
“Wait, wait a moment….”
“Wait what, you crazy bitch…!”
The moment Kim Sung-chul raised one of his hands.
─♩♪♬
He froze and twitched his eyebrows.
Because of the melody that suddenly rang out. It was his cell phone ringtone. Strange. He had just turned off his cell phone.
“….”
And he realized the next moment.
What he was hearing now wasn’t the electronic sound of the cell phone, but the unique sound of the piano. And the one creating that melody was none other than Soo-ah.
─♩♪♬
The melody gradually became different from Kim Sung-chul’s ringtone.
It was only natural. Soo-ah was hearing the ringtone for the first time. She didn’t know what the second half was like, so she started composing and playing wildly with her own imagination.
But.
The problem was.
“….”
“….”
It sounded too good.
Kim Sung-chul swallowed hard and approached Soo-ah. He sat next to Soo-ah and stared intently, scrutinizing her. The contemptuous gaze from the beginning was nowhere to be found.
─♩♪♬
“Oooo…. Oooo….”
Soo-ah didn’t seem to notice that David Park was sitting next to her. She was just concentrating on playing with such passion that sweat was dripping down her chin.
And so, when the performance finally ended.
“Kim Yoon-kyung.”
Kim Sung-chul moved his lips with a trembling voice.
“…Who exactly did you bring here?”
His gaze was only fixed on Soo-ah.
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The script reading site at Hyunhwa Arts High School.
Desks surrounded a giant grand piano in a ㅁ shape. The scale of that was something, but the people present were even more impressive. They were all top-tier.
While big-name officials watched, the top-tier actors earnestly participated in the reading. But at some point, their gazes were all focused on just one person.
Of course, Kim So-hee. That is, towards Soo-ah.
“Scary…. Scary….”
Everyone’s eyes widened as they watched Soo-ah’s ‘Kim So-hee’ acting. Some people’s mouths were agape.
─♩♪♬
And when the piano performance finally continued.
“….”
The scene was just quiet.
Everyone’s faces and expressions were different, but the direction of their gaze was the same. They were all looking at Soo-ah. In particular, shock was evident on the faces of the officials who had visited for the first time today.
It was only natural. After Ham Ah-yoon and Soo-ah competed for the lead role, the people who were cast and participated later didn’t know anything about Soo-ah’s piano skills at all.
‘That’s already Kim So-hee.’
Starting with Director Go Tae-min’s admiration.
‘…Her piano skills have improved in the meantime.’
Ham Ah-yoon’s fingers started to itch.
‘That’s…. The acting I have to overcome….’
Even Yang Ha-rin felt like she was facing another wall.
Amidst the chaos of each person’s admiration, the person who was currently most shocked was someone else.
It was David Park.
“….”
For a moment, he didn’t have any thoughts and couldn’t say anything. He was just blank. Because the image he had of Soo-ah had been shattered at once.
What the hell? How?
The moment some questions popped up in David Park’s head, his manager carefully tapped him on the shoulder.
‘….’
David Park frowned and pushed his manager away. Meaning he was going to concentrate on his thoughts. But the manager didn’t give up and was persistent. He kept tapping him on the shoulder.
Eventually, David Park turned around irritably.
“Are you crazy? What’s the problem?”
He said angrily in a whisper. English that came out without him realizing it.
“….”
But the manager quietly held out the phone screen, and David Park had no choice but to lose his words again.
[ Mystic finally expresses its position…. Lee Soo-ah, suffered from ‘alexithymia’ for a long time. ]
[ The reason Lee Soo-ah chose to become an actor? ‘I wanted to get close to people….’ A story filled with tears. ]
Because crazy information started being pounded into his brain.
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