episode_0155

Baek Jung-eon placed the recording phone on his chair so that Si-woo’s performance could be captured well, then quickly went out of the hall and answered the phone.

“What happened!”

The caller was Margaret Hebler.

As she is the only person who knows important news about Min Chae-won. There was a high probability that Siwoo’s fate would also be decided in this one call.

Baek Jung-eon felt the hand holding the phone tremble and held it up with his other hand.

— That’s a big deal… .

“Big deal?!”

– yes.

Margaret sighed briefly and smiled.

— They already look like they are going to be mom and dad.

“That… that. Chaewon’s mother… … .”

Baek Jung-eon, who had been arbitrarily replacing words in his brain, was about to fall into despair but suddenly came to his senses.

“Mom?”

Something went wrong.

I thought you were going to say that of course you looked like you were going to die.

“Mom?”

– yes. I completed my gynecological examination today. The reason I collapsed was because of anemia in early pregnancy.

“… … .”

Baek Jung-eon first composed himself.

Whatever the story, I felt like I needed to calm down and listen.

— I told you this before. It is certain, but there is a way to guarantee the probability.

“It was like that.”

— That method worked exactly. I didn’t even tell you.

“… what. Even if they were suddenly on the other side of the world, they were people you could walk to and meet. no. but. You say you can’t guarantee the odds? What happened to that part?”

Margaret on the other end of the phone laughed.

— Today’s detailed examination made it clear. The deformity in Chaewon’s heart was completely recovered.

Chaewon’s heart was congenitally malformed, a genetic disease that had been passed down from generation to generation from Margaret and her ancestors.

It is inherited by both men and women, but men have an extremely low chance of survival. Women often survived in special ways.

So, when they first got Chaewon, the couple was said to be happy. If it had been a boy, I would have had to watch him die helplessly and prematurely, but at least since it was a girl, she had overcome a difficult moment.

But the problem began when she was five years old and met a boy named Jeong Si-woo.

Min Chae-won became Jeong Si-woo Baragi.

The couple tried to get her attention by adopting Song Seong-hyuk, but failed.

Chae-won, who was infatuated with Si-woo, could not feel love for any other man, and the plan was scrapped, so Song Seong-hyuk had to become Chae-won’s only older brother.

Margaret had no choice but to make Jeong Si-woo belong to her foundation and watch his growth.

To bring him to Chaewon’s side someday and unite them.

But the problem wasn’t just Chaewon’s.

After breaking up with Chaewon, Siwoo became strangely absorbed in the piano. It’s as if your life depends on the piano.

Maybe that’s why, even though they had a romantic reunion at a cafe, their progress wasn’t as fast as expected.

I didn’t think their awkward relationship would end. In the end, Chaewon collapsed after less than a year due to her inability to adapt to Korean soil.

Unfortunately, Chae-won had to return home without saying goodbye to Si-woo, and had to continue her struggle for life alone in fear of not knowing when she would die.

When her mother suggested that she tell Si-woo the truth, she flatly rejected it.

He said he doesn’t want Si-woo to mourn Chae-won’s death for the rest of his life.

In April of the following year, Chaewon’s short life ended like cherry blossoms falling in the spring rain.

Song Seong-hyuk withdrew from the Queen Elizabeth Competition due to the shock.

… That was Min Chae-won’s ending in the world where Jeong Si-woo died in a car accident.

— It’s such an incomprehensible disease… . As the fetus grows and substances begin to exchange with the placenta, viruses also come and go and are treated naturally… . I don’t know if it’s because of the father’s genes mixed into the fetus. Even after living for over forty years, I still don’t understand.

“Really… . It’s a strange disease.”

— I mean. In a way, it can be seen that the fetus saves the mother. However, due to the extremely small number of patients studied, it has not yet been medically confirmed. That’s why I said it was probabilistic… .

“… I understand. It couldn’t have been easy to say.”

But something magical happens, just like Margaret and Min Chae-won did in the past.

The fruit of love. Their child opened up Min Chae-won’s future.

– anyway. Chaewon is going that way now.

“Here? Are you coming to the contest?”

– yes. He rushed to see Siwoo and said he wanted to see him.

“C. Can I run? I’m pregnant?”

— It’s still early days so it’s okay. ah. You need to be careful because anemia can occur.

“I will pick you up.”

— I’m going by car, so we can meet in the parking lot. I’ll tell the guards.

“How long does it take?”

— I’ll be there soon. 5 minutes?

“You’re all there?!”

Baek Jung-eon sprinted to the parking lot with all his might.

Even if Min Chae-won showed up at the performance hall, she showed signs of being a little tired or having a hard time. It was obvious that this would have an impact on Jeong Si-woo’s performance.

Something like that shouldn’t happen.

Chaewon must shine in front of Siwoo.

I’m fine. It’s healthy. You have to clearly show that nothing is wrong.

The contest continues.

Jeong Si-woo went through two Nocturnes and finished performing Dreams of Love No. 1 and No. 3… .

Before he knew it, he had reached the song he loved the most.

‘… ‘They haven’t arrived yet.’

Siwoo’s gaze went to the middle of the audience, to the empty seat that still felt like a hole in his chest.

People around me were clenching their fists and cheering, but there was no way they could be seen.

The missing space is so large that there is no sign of it ever being filled.

‘The remaining time… 14 minutes… .’

The interval between songs was lengthened and extended so that the concert could be completed in about 45 minutes without having to play Dream of Love No. 2.

If Chaewon doesn’t come, I’ll pass on Dream of Love #2.

Even if he gets points deducted, Siwoo will not regret this choice.

Instead, he planned to neatly complete his favorite song, which could be the last song.

‘So much so that I couldn’t even tell that there were songs missing. perfectly… .’

Six years old. This is a song that I have played every day since I first started playing the piano.

The phrasing that suits you best and the pedaling that you feel is most perfect. Arpeggios, octaves, trills, scales. I knew the whole song. I just couldn’t capture the color.

‘Are you by my side? ‘Chaewon.’

Today, tiny Min Chae-won was with Jeong Si-woo.

Therefore, it is possible to express colors that were not possible before.

The performance of the angels who descended to earth holding handbells is about to begin.

Siwoo will offer his final prayers to those angels.

Please, save this poor sentient being named Min Chae-won.

Beautiful, lovely, bright, and pure. I understand the desire to take that soul to heaven and preserve it for a long time, but—.

‘It’s not time yet.’

What if heaven’s decision does not change despite such strong appeals? Si-woo planned to protect Min Chae-won by choosing war rather than prayer.

The angels who came down from heaven will turn from sacred performers to thugs who came to kidnap Min Chae-won.

Why are humans great?

This is because, despite being verbally terrorized by God while raising the Tower of Babel, they are the ones who are challenging God’s power again in modern times.

Siwoo takes a deep breath and moves his fingers to the keyboard.

Both hands took turns making notes three times to the same beat, like a bell leaving a reverberation.

Professor Cha Kook-hyun swallowed his saliva at the highlight of the program that had just begun.

‘Is it finally coming out…? !’

Among the songs scheduled for today, he was only waiting for this song.

When I had drinks with Professor Baek Jung-eon in the past. This is because the song that Jeong Si-woo showed in the video he showed to his counselor and professor Cha Kook-hyeon was La Campanella.

Even though Jeong Si-woo’s La Campanella was perfect at the time, it left an emptiness. I can’t feel any color at all. I wonder if it gave an awkward feeling, as if a machine had hit it.

But today, Jeong Si-woo is different.

Every song contained a special emotion. The plot was excellent, starting with the very first winter breeze and gradually easing into romance.

La Campanella is the climax right before the epilogue. In fact, the highlight of today’s program.

Depending on how he describes it, the ecstasy felt by the audience could literally be a banquet with angels in heaven. It could have simply been a secular banquet held on earth.

In a tense moment, Jeong Si-woo’s fingers turned to the keyboard.

After a while, the delicate ringing and reverberation of the bell softly filled the hall.

It was clearly a staccato section, but it felt incredibly rich. It was a delicate sound that was portrayed purely by the keystrokes, without any emphasis on the pedal.

As soon as the performance started, Jeong Si-woo was shouting loudly as if to forget his past self.

“… Oh.”

The exclamation I was trying to suppress inside came out of my mouth.

Then, when the theme melody started. Cha Gook-hyeon could barely stop himself from clapping his hands.

‘It’s really delicate.’

The use of pedals varies greatly depending on the player. If it were possible to perfectly describe the sound of a bell ringing simply with the keyboard and the reverberation effect of the performance hall without using a pedal… .

At the peak moment, when the pedal is used, the song provides the audience with an extremely ecstatic experience.

Cha Kook-hyun was convinced after looking at the chairman’s satisfied expression.

Who will be the winner of this contest today?