Episode 39. Concentimo (4)
signal street.
“hey. What are you trying to do over there?”
“Are you installing sound equipment? Did you say there was an event today?”
The second request from Tak Kwang-jun was safely accepted.
‘I was just thinking of playing with just one violin in a place where a lot of people pass by… … .’
In fact, it wasn’t just accepted, he said he would lay the board properly. The result was as you can see now.
“yes yes! Please install the amp there!”
“Could you put the instrument microphone over here?”
It’s lunch time right now.
The venue is the cafeteria and department store in Signal. And near the back gate three-way intersection where you can head toward the food alley in the suburbs of Signal. Literally, the stage was being set up in a place where crowds were concentrated.
‘I didn’t mean to make it so grandiose… ?’
I just wanted to see people’s reaction lightly through my playing. At this point, it was almost concert level.
Your hands start to sweat. Your heart rate speeds up because of tension. I tried hard to suppress my desire to calm down with the Emotion Implant. I wanted to save my mental energy as much as possible.
‘Just because the stage was set up, a few people came to see it because it was amazing. It’s a situation that’s enough for just that amount of people watching.’
My wish like that was mercilessly trampled.
“hey. that kid over there Isn’t it a wild forest?”
“It’s real! Korea’s Joan of Arc!”
“what. Do you have snowflakes? Looking at the stage, did you really see something?”
“What are you doing with Signal at Chilsung?”
While preparing to stand on the side of the stage, Seolchaehwa and Pyoyurim, which attracted people by their very existence, were the problem.
‘I can’t tell you to go… … . I’m going crazy with this.’
right in front of the stage. Pyoyu-rim, standing in what could be called a first-class seat, looking at me. Looking at his eyes, it was very burdensome to see that even a laser beam was coming out.
‘I’m more scared because I think it’s really possible.’
As the onlookers gradually gathered, my hand holding the bow was visibly shaking. I even forgot to swallow, so I swallow hastily.
The breath he took in felt heavier than usual, and the murmurs he heard around him seemed to enter and echo through his heart.
‘I was just an ordinary coward without an emote implant.’
Even when I killed a person for the first time, I didn’t shudder like this. Even when I was in danger of dying, I was not as afraid as this.
I forgot for a second that I was breathing because of tension. Then, when I catch my breath late, I feel the illusion that something is weighing down my shoulders.
‘Should I go this far? Aren’t there too many people that you can’t even see the reaction properly?’
Clearly, the eyes are more open than ever. As time went on, the field of vision seemed to get narrower and narrower.
I looked up at the sky for a moment to relieve my stiff neck from tension, and then looked down again to realize that more and more people were looking at the stage.
It was definitely something I brought on myself, but it wasn’t easy because my heart trembled to go to a place where many people’s eyes were concentrated. My mouth keeps getting dry, but I was worried about it for no reason, so I felt like I was getting stressed out.
Isn’t Signal trying to feed me just because I asked for more benefits? That time when even such absurd doubts were about to spread in my head.
“That’s Okay. Setting is over~ Kim Do-yoon student? Please go up when you are ready.”
The moment I heard those words from the staff who were preparing for the stage, all my thoughts flew away in an instant. The trembling bow tip stood tall and stopped. The noise around me made me feel as if I had taken a step back.
“after.”
He took a deep breath and stepped onto the stage. I stood at my prepared seat and looked around for a moment.
“I see you play the violin.”
“What is Gapbun busking? Did the Signal teachers tell you beforehand that they do this?”
“I don’t know. But, doesn’t his face look familiar?”
“ah! isn’t he You know that hypnotic molester. look at the tie Seeing as a first-year student, I guess that’s right?”
The stories that I usually heard flowed into my ears today. As I whispered to the friend next to me, the glances glancing at me were strangely intrusive.
The camera lens of the smartphone pointed at to take a picture of me. They were just talking among themselves and giggling, but it seemed like they were laughing at me.
‘Since I’m really up here, I’m worried about everything.’
Maybe it was because I had a habit of observing and analyzing others. All the trivial information in my eyes is useless and overloads my brain… … .
“?”
At that time, Yurim Pyo, who was at the very front of the stage, suddenly showed me the way he put his palms together. Because it was such a sudden action, I must have looked at it blankly for a while.
Shalalala~
At that moment, she spread the claps of her hands that were facing each other. At the same time, a rainbow-colored aurora was created in her hand, as if knitting a thread.
After performing such sparkling magic, Pyo Yu-rim gave me a confident smile.
“Put.”
what was it
Laughter flowed out because I was dumbfounded at the stunt without context.
but.
‘thanks.’
I could see what the intention was.
That intention worked perfectly.
After I laughed once, I felt that the air that had been filling my chest was quickly released.
okay.
He put the violin on his shoulder. The moment I gently put my bow down on the string, all miscellaneous thoughts settled down under my consciousness as if it had never happened. It was a strange feeling.
[‘Delusion Practice’ is activated.]
[‘Mental Acceleration’ is activated.]
[Activates ‘Sense Control’.]
[Enhance hearing.]
[Enhance your vision.]
―――――――――――.
Soon after, the performance begins.
[Remaining Sanity: 97%]
[Remaining Sanity: 92%]
[Remaining Spirit: 85%]
[Remaining Spirit: 77%]
… … .
This was the reason why I didn’t use the Emotion Implant.
[You are casting too many Charisma at once. Mental power consumption increases.]
It didn’t matter. Enough quotes have already been paid.
‘It’s worth it.’
A body that moves outside of one’s will under the influence of Delusion Practice. The minute vibrations transmitted from the bow that gallops down the string without hesitation.
My eyes were not on the violin. Because my body is already moving automatically under the influence of nature. What I want is people’s reactions.
sharpened vision. a clear voice. I didn’t miss anything
‘see.’
The eyes of the female students who looked at her with contempt gradually grew younger.
‘I can hear it.’
The process of changing the voice of criticism toward me into an exclamation filled with wonder.
‘Can I do it?’
Delusion Practice.
This ability to turn your thoughts into reality has one additional advantage.
If you activate this ability once and get used to the behavior to some extent. The next time you try, your body will remember it and will be able to reproduce the movement on its own without any help from nature.
‘you can do it. Just the same song dozens of times every day for this moment. I’ve played it hundreds of times.’
[Disable ‘Dilusion Practice’.]
The reins of the horse that was galloping across the plain on its own are held in my hand. From here on, the direction is purely determined by my will.
will you run faster Will you run slowly turn to the left turn right Or take a break for a while. It all depends on my decision.
‘Let’s do it one by one.’
What the servant of the house said went through my mind.
“Each person will have a different reaction, and the teacher feels which reaction touches his heart more.”
Observe the reaction of the audience.
Every time the performance is repeated, it shows a variety of reactions.
Obviously, the feeling was different from observing the reaction of a large number of people than when observing the reaction one-on-one. What should I say? Depending on the way of playing, it was possible to know which one was more popular.
‘This way of playing doesn’t generate a great response overall, but… . Only a small number of people are showing a rather hot reaction.’
Surely there will be people like that. One’s own way rather than people’s reactions. People who focus only on the performance they want to hear.
I wasn’t that type.
It’s good to be able to respond to as many people as possible. I hoped that even one more person would be moved and happy by my performance.
To do that.
‘In a popular way.’
―――――! ―! ―!
If experts had seen it, they would have frowned at it, saying it was cheap. They focused on a splendid performance that seemed too excessive for them to see.
“Wow!”
“What is that? You play very well!”
“Crazy.”
what is it No matter what they say to me, the performance I want is to make even one person more enjoyable.
My heart is pounding. But it wasn’t caused by fear or tension.
‘This is it.’
It seemed like he knew what it was.
contemptuous gaze. A bittersweet gossip. To turn all those negative reactions into a positive form.
It was not very different from what I dreamed of becoming a counseling psychologist.
――!
The long-awaited finale is over.
“Wow!”
Clap clap clap clap clap.
Amidst cheers and applause, I looked around at the crowd, capturing the emotions welling up in my heart.
“… … .”
Seol Chae-hwa and her eyes met.
When I nodded lightly, she responded with a small smile.
‘All preparations are over.’
All that remains is practice.
***
Na Seol-ah’s house came again.
How would you let her play naturally? Regarding this, I had some meeting time with Seol Chae-hwa and the housekeeper.
“Should I ask myself the same way I did when I invited a professional violinist last time? It’s like telling Seol-ah to play the Nebula melody.”
“Ugh. I don’t think that’s a very good way. You’ll probably go crazy right away the moment you bring up that story. I don’t want to see my father’s song being humiliated, so I wouldn’t even want to listen to it.”
“To visit and play in front of Seol-ah’s door… … . Are you trying to be too explicit?”
“That is also difficult. It’s a method I’ve actually used once. Now, when you hear the sound of a violin, you are in awe. It must be because I only listened to the performances she didn’t like.”
“Have you ever been like that? That’s the first time I’ve heard of it. Mmm. If you don’t even want to listen, you have more to think about.”
Maybe it’s because I went through a lot of trial and error before I came here. The way they treated Na Seol-ah was prudent in many ways.
‘It’s not a bad thing to be prudent.’
As Seol Chae-hwa had mentioned to me on several occasions, this was a matter at stake.
If you are sure about treatment, you need to take some risks. I talked to Seol Chae-hwa and the servant about that part.
“Then what are you going to do?”
Seol Chae-hwa asked.
“What do you do? First of all, I have to make them listen to my performance. In that sense, Seol Chae-hwa, you stay by Seol-ah’s side and stop me from covering my ears when I start playing.”
“You want to play in front of me? As soon as I saw your face, I would have a seizure. If you want to calm down with the power of nature… . Mmm. I agree with you that you need to take risks… … .”
“I will not go out forcefully from the start. At first, you have to let them off guard to some extent and make them listen to the performance.”
story result. The place I’m going to play is a place where I can hear well from Na Seol-ah’s room, but not too blatantly close to her room. In other words, it was decided to go out and go to the backyard of the house.
‘I usually go out and my father practiced playing the violin in this backyard.’
There was also some story about location selection.
A way to stimulate the memories of others. It’s really all-or-nothing to use this method for a person in danger. If there are multiple cases, it is the next best option that is put in the back priority as much as possible.
‘but… … . This amount of shock therapy is necessary to open the mind of an opponent whose eyes and ears have been completely closed.’
Look up at the sky. The sky was rather overcast.
Should I say that this is also down to luck? Na Seol-ah’s father’s last performance was just like this. The place is also said to be right here.
‘Is this really going to happen?’
Place the violin on your shoulder. Although no one is watching There was more tension than when playing at Signal. The tip of the bow he was holding trembled.
I gently closed both my eyes.
It was the same when he faced Pyo Yu-rim, who was running out of control, and when he offered to rehabilitate Kang A-ram’s younger brother, Kang Hyuk-woo.
I was always certain, but that certainty was never certain. There was always the possibility of failure. That’s what life is like
My actions change someone’s life.
When it is changed in a positive sense, I feel extremely rewarding, but when it is reversed, I feel so frustrated that I really want to die.
There can’t always be only good things. When there are good things, bad things can happen. If you do nothing for fear of bad things, nothing good will happen.
A person moves forward even if he endures the suffering that will happen due to bad things. Believing that a better thing, a better happiness than that, will be waiting in front of you. try to keep going
‘Don’t be afraid of things that haven’t happened yet.’
Breathe in slowly, breathe out slowly.
The trembling bow tip finally realizes the path it has to take. own stage. where you should be Stand on the stage where you can dance.
I am.
I intended to use only two celestials in this place.
Nebula Melody.
A song that boasts of extreme difficulty that Na Seol-ah’s father composed himself. A song that can never be digested without Delusion practice due to problems with the structure of the fingers even after playing it hundreds of times.
Because of that, when I played the violin at Signal, it was also a song that I excluded from the playlist because it put a strain on my body outside of practice time.
‘I have no choice but to use Delusion Practice.’
and next.
＜Demagogue＞
:: Maximizes the emotions others will feel due to the caster’s specific actions.
it’s a first try
This ability, which I had always used as a support for the Emotion Implant, was intended to be used as the main one this time.
‘If Na Seol-ah hears my performance and only feels negative emotions.’
The worst is going to happen.
But are there better options than this? does not exist. If you don’t have it, just think of doing your best in this moment.
If you can afford to think about the problems when things didn’t go well, let’s worry about how we can work harder to make things go well.
“… … .”
The moment I was about to put strength into my hand holding the bow, I suddenly looked toward the room where Seol-ah was.
The wind blew.
[‘Delusion Practice’ is activated.]
and.
An arrow shot and flying towards a target.
[‘Demagog’ is activated.]
He left the demonstration without a moment’s hesitation.
The violin was still calmly facing the wind.