Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 566:

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: AgRoseCrystal

Chapter 566

A sudden snowstorm during the full shot filming.

Seo-jun, who turned his body with Hwang Do-yoon to avoid the snowstorm, noticed the power hidden in it at once. ‘That thing’ that was sitting on the lighting.

He wanted to scold it right away, but the full shot filming was too far away.

‘Let’s finish the filming first.’

There was some preparation time needed for the bust shot filming after the full shot filming. 

He could scold it then.

“Ah, the wind… Cut! NG! Let’s do it again!”

To warn it not to do such a thing again, Seo-jun deliberately released more aura and magic than usual. 

He inflated Mana’s size while being careful not to harm Hwang Do-yoon next to him. He did not forget to stare at ‘that thing’ either.

A firm warning.

It seemed that ‘that thing’ felt it too.

It flinched and came down from the lighting. It ran around and hid behind Hwang Ji-yoon, who looked like the leader of the team members.

‘…Well.

It seemed to have a survival instinct.

“Cut! Okay!”

“We’ll prepare for the bust shot filming!”

The team members got busy.

Unlike the full shot filming from afar, the bust shot filming required moving along with ‘Min-han’ and ‘the nameless painter’ who were walking.

“Ji-yoon noona. I’ll make a call and come back.”

“Okay.”

Seo-jun told Hwang Ji-yoon and caught the tail of ‘that thing’. ‘That thing’ that was dangling shrank its body and blinked its eyes.

Its mana was gone long ago, but it didn’t know why it was so scared.

A little away from the makeshift tent.

Seo-jun put his phone, which was turned off, to his ear and opened his mouth. His gaze was fixed on ‘that thing’ that was hesitating. 

The eyes that resembled Seo-jun were watery.

“Why did you do that?”

‘That thing’ expressed its thoughts as much as possible with its gestures.

There was desperation in every movement.

A small snowstorm, happy humans, good, ate, snowstorm, happy again, good.

Seo-jun, who had gone through the childhood of Subin and Eun-su, roughly figured out ‘that thing’s’ intention with his understanding.

‘Well, that’s normal…’

Inhuman

They were beings that did not fit in with humans, so they had no knowledge of humans. Let alone filming or cameras.

‘It didn’t know it would be a hindrance. Besides…’

It was hard to scold it because ‘that thing’ was young.

‘It was a mistake and no one was hurt.’

Thinking about it again, it seemed to have controlled its power to some extent.

Seo-jun, who was looking at ‘that thing’ that was sniffling, patted ‘that thing’s’ head. ‘That thing’ cautiously lifted its head.

“You shouldn’t do that from now on?”

‘Yes, yes!’

At Seo-jun’s gentle voice, ‘that thing’ nodded its head repeatedly.

“Do you like humans that much?”

‘Yes, yes, yes!’

‘That thing’ nodded its head again. Its eyes were round and bright. He remembered his previous lives who liked humans.

‘I like them quite a bit now too.’

Seo-jun smiled helplessly and opened his mouth.

“Then how about this?”

‘That thing’ listened to Seo-jun’s suggestion.

***

After that, the bust shot filming continued.

He was worried about the snowstorm, but fortunately, there was no wind at all.

“Ready, action!”

Min-han came out of the mansion for the first time with the young master who only walked around the yard.

Unlike Min-han, who was used to the cold here and wore a little thick clothes, the young master wore the thickest clothes he had and even wore a white winter cloak that was in the mansion. It was all because of the nagging of the old lady.

“It’s your first time coming out here since you recovered, right?”

“Yes. I should have come out sooner.”

Min-han looked at the young master who was walking calmly. He always wore western clothes, so he didn’t know, but he seemed to suit hanbok well. He reflexively imagined himself wearing western clothes.

Ugh. He quickly lowered his head and opened his mouth.

“If you go this way, there’s a village. And if you go that way, there’s a bigger village. They also have a market there in a few days.”

The snow on the road that was lightly piled up made a crunching sound every time the two stepped on it.

The nameless painter focused more on that sound. Unlike stepping on the snow in the yard that was already cleaned, stepping on the pure white snow that no one had stepped on was a bit fun. 

The white smoke that came out of his mouth in the cold wind scattered. 

The cold that made his face and even his insides feel frozen seemed different from Hanyang.

“Next door, they raise a dog…”

Min-han seemed excited as he chattered.

The nameless painter took a deep breath. It felt like his lungs were freezing, but it was somehow refreshing.

He felt completely different from the first day he came here. His shoulders felt lighter as if he had let go of his worries and his mind was calm. 

He didn’t know if it was because of his mood, but the trembling of his hands that had been hopeless seemed to subside gradually.

It was all thanks to Min-han and the two people in the mansion, and he felt nothing but gratitude.

“They said it might come when the snow melts.”

The end of the chatter was still about the painting tools that had not arrived yet.

He didn’t know if something had happened in Hanyang or Sangdan, but people were still coming and going, but the painting tools didn’t seem to arrive.

“Haha. It’s okay if they come slowly.”

At the young master’s words, Min-han scratched his head.

“I want to see your painting too.”

Before the young master finished his recovery and went back.

He seemed to be able to do enough rehabilitation treatment even if he went to Hanyang in his current state. And that time seemed to be shorter than expected, so Min-han was a little anxious.

‘No, it’s good news for the young master…’

There was no one his age in the village, and the ones he used to play with when he was young had all left the village and gone out. 

The village elders were all nice people, but they felt a little different from his peers.

He was very respectful, so he called him young master, but he felt like a brother and a friend.

“I can’t draw as well as you expect.”

The young master clenched and unclenched his hands. They were still wrapped in bandages to the tips of his fingers.

“Whatever you draw, it will look cool to me. Uh… I mean, even if you just put a dot on a can, a bus.”

The young master smiled faintly at Min-han’s sincere words using the words he had learned from him.

As they walked and talked, they reached a small hill-like place.

“Shall we go back from here?”

It wasn’t too far from the mansion, but there was no need to push himself on the first day. It was hard enough to walk, let alone on a snowy road. His strength would have dropped by half.

There was no answer from the young master to Min-han’s words. 

The young master was staring blankly at one place.

In the middle of the hill where the trees were standing, a place that was empty and only snow piled up.

‘Ah.’

Min-han, who was a bit of a blockhead, opened his mouth.

“Was it 10 years ago or 9 years ago when there was a wildfire? Luckily, only that place burned down.”

“…9 years ago?”

The unknown painter looked at the empty spot where not a single tree could be seen. It looked like a dead space, contrasting with the trees next to it.

“But why… are there no trees?”

If 9 years had passed, there should have been some grown trees. But there was nothing there. Only fallen dead tree trunks occupied the space.

“That’s the strange thing. No matter how many trees we planted, or flowers we transplanted, or seeds we scattered, they all died. We even offered sacrifices to the mountain god, thinking it was his wrath, but it didn’t work. Since then, we just left it alone. The other places are fine.”

Min-han shrugged his shoulders as if it was nothing.

“It used to be a place where many flowers bloomed,”

The unknown painter’s eyes didn’t leave that place.

“I guess there won’t be any flowers there again.”

***

“Cut, okay!”

Today’s shooting was all over.

At first, I was a little worried when the wind suddenly blew, but it was calm afterwards and I was able to finish the shooting safely.

“Then we’ll go first.”

“Okay!”

Since the only means of transportation was a 9-seater van, the dinner duty was the first to leave.

“I never thought the wind would be a problem.”

Hwang Do-yoon’s words made the shoulders of ‘that thing’ sitting on Seo-jun’s lap and swinging his feet droop. He didn’t mean to do that.

Seo-jun smiled and lightly patted the sulky shoulder of ‘that thing’.

Time passed, and everyone had their own time after dinner.

Students who came out with a snow owl clip and produced snow owls like a factory, laughing, Hwang Ji-yoon and Kim Se-yeon and the art team who talked about the shooting schedule, Kim Sung-sik and Jung Eun-mi who listened to the shooting stories from the students.

Seo-jun got up from his seat carefully.

“I’m going to take a walk for a while.”

“The sun is already down?”

The second-year acting student opened his eyes wide. As he said, it was pitch black outside.

“There are street lights, so it’s okay. I’ll just go around the front for a while.”

“Okay. I got it. Don’t forget to take your phone.”

“Okay.”

The junior who went out after saying that,

“Woof woof!

He came back with a dog.

‘…?’

The students who were outside and the students who came out of the room because of the barking sound looked at Seo-jun and the white Jindo dog who was excitedly running around in front of the gate.

“…Seo-jun. What’s that dog?”

“I was walking and I met an old man in the village… He said he was raising a Jindo dog at his house. He followed me well, so he asked me to play with him for a while. He said he would go home by himself. So to just send him off later.”

The students’ eyes turned to the Jindo dog.

The Jindo dog seemed to be more excited by the attention. He was wearing thick clothes, maybe because it was winter, and there was a paper on his clothes that said ‘I will go home by myself.’

“Oh! I’ve seen this kind of dog on TV.”

“Me too.”

A country dog that runs around outside and goes home by himself.

He looked very smart in person.

Hwang Do-yoon, who liked dogs, smiled and stroked the Jindo dog. ‘That thing’ wagged his tail vigorously, as if he had thrown away his dignity as a non-human being.

“What’s your name?”

“Baekgu.”

“Totally a country dog.”

He was a country dog from his straightforward name.

Hwang Do-yoon laughed and played with Baekgu. Baekgu, who was not barking or aggressive to his touch, made other people come closer.

“He must be a very nice person who dressed him up. Usually they don’t.”

“He seemed to be walking around too.”

They naturally imagined an old man walking with a cane and a dog running around. It would have been a smiling scene if the background was not a snowfield.

“He must have a hard time because it’s snowing everywhere.”

“That’s right.”

Seo-jun looked at his teammates.

If there was a teammate who hated dogs, he would have felt sorry for Baekgu, who liked him so much, but today’s meeting would have been the end.

“Next time, let’s buy some dog snacks too.”

“And toys! I’ll pay for them!”

Fortunately, there was no one who hated dogs.

Seo-jun smiled as he watched his noisy teammates and Baekgu, who was getting a lot of cuteness in the middle.

‘He’ll fall asleep again by the time we go back, because the mana is running out fast because of the materialization.’

He felt okay when he saw Baekgu, no, ‘that thing’ wagging his long white tail like a propeller and being happy.

After that day, ‘that thing’ that materialized and disguised as ‘Baekgu’ became the cutie of the [Fire] team.

***

“Ready, action!”

The young master’s room.

The young master sat on the bed and stretched out his right arm. Mr. Lee carefully grabbed the young master’s outstretched hand.

The young master’s two hands were wrapped in bandages from the middle of his arms to the tips of his five fingers. From the first day he met Min-han until now.

Today, he finally unwrapped the bandages that looked suffocating.

Mr. Lee slowly unwrapped the bandages. There was no more blood on the white bandages.

“The wounds have healed a lot.”

Because he didn’t hurt himself anymore.

The young master smiled bitterly at the words that Mr. Lee didn’t utter, and soon smiled.

“Yes. Thanks to the three of you.”

He was grateful to Min-han, Mr. Lee, and Madam Go.

“Of course, it’s our duty.”

Mr. Lee said with a slightly trembling voice as he continued to unwrap the bandages.

Finally, the bandages on both arms were completely unwrapped. The young master quietly looked at his bare arms. The bandages were white because they were hidden, but

“They look much better.”

“Yes, they do.”

Mr. Lee also nodded his head in agreement.

Unlike the happy young master and Mr. Lee, there was someone whose heart sank. It was Min-han.

‘…Is this…much better?’

Min-han couldn’t take his eyes off the young master’s arms.

Mr. Lee’s job was to wrap the bandages, so Min-han had never seen the wounds under the bandages. He only thought that he was badly hurt when he saw the blood on the first day.

…He never thought it would be such a severe wound.

The young master’s arms exposed to the outside were miserable.

There was not a single empty spot, from the arms to the fingertips, they were full of wounds. He wondered how a carriage accident could leave such wounds, and whether he needed more treatment.

No, if the exposed arms were like this…what about the body and legs that were hidden by clothes…,

The young master felt the worried gaze and looked up at Min-han. The regret and worry on Min-han’s face. The young master smiled faintly and hugged his arms full of wounds.

“It’s okay now. Hyung. It doesn’t hurt.”

But his arms were still shaking.

Min-han felt that he had underestimated the young master’s accident a little.