The Road to Glory Chapter 149 - The Moon and The Sun Are Indeed One

“For now, there are no abnormalities in his eyesight or physical condition.”

Halo crossed his arms as if to demonstrate this.

However, his mother and father who came as his guardians, as well as the temporary secretary assigned by August Veil, wore serious expressions.

Clearly, from their perspective, and as everyone knew, the boy had definitely lost consciousness while standing on stage.

For now, although he said he was fine, it was natural to trust the words of an expert more.

“In fact, trauma can appear at any time, and also-“

As the boy who had even undergone an MRI despite not having a terminal illness sat there with a sullen face, the doctor cautiously began to speak.

“How about trying some counseling?”

Halo’s eyebrow twitched.

“I’m fine.”

“Even adults can often experience stress in rapidly changing situations. It wouldn’t be bad to consult with a specialist. Or I could recommend a counselor.”

That was really only applicable to teenagers, not to Halo.

“Even talking about simple worries can be helpful.”

He did have some simple worries, but he didn’t think a specialist or counselor could solve them.

That was because they were problems that they couldn’t solve.

For example-.

Halo tapped his fingers.

It was good that he had returned from the darkness again, but there was a question about why Roh Haeil hadn’t returned. Also, when he would return, if he did.

He hadn’t thought about it deeply before, but now he felt he should seriously consider it.

These super-scientific situations couldn’t be solved by science devotees. At best, they would conclude that he was going through the stormy adolescence of puberty.

“Plus, there was also that incident.”

Right, in the end, the reason he was here was because of that insignificant incident. Whether to call it an incident or just greed, he meant the helicopter that had shone light directly on his face.

At that time, it seemed he had stood still for a moment, and people were talking about shock, fainting, and whatnot.

‘Me, fainting? What nonsense.’

It made him cringe to think they saw him as some fragile sugar cookie. This wasn’t the situation he had wanted at all.

“There could be trauma.”

“Then I’ll just do the trauma test and go.”

Halo said nonchalantly.

The guardians were surprised by his sudden change of heart and looked at him.

“It’ll come out normal anyway.”

“Then… let’s move to the examination room.”

The doctor didn’t shine a flash in his eyes, but spoke calmly. Usually, in large hospitals, detailed examinations are scheduled and proceed slowly, but there was none of that in front of this VIP and big star of Korea.

Of course, the results came out normal, just as he had expected.

There were no signs of trauma such as fear, flinching, or pupil dilation, and he was composed even in the face of sudden light.

There was no way he would have been scared of this.

If he had been, he wouldn’t have been able to perform on stage at all.

How bright are stage lights, after all.

The doctor tilted his head, puzzled that there were no PTSD symptoms for someone who had been in shock for a few minutes. He felt he should answer the boy who was asking if he could go now that there were no problems, but something still bothered him.

The director had told him to take good care, and there were quite a few “important people” who had asked to be informed about the boy’s health. Although he had no intention of saying anything because the patient came first, he felt a heavy responsibility given how many eyes were on this.

Moreover, it was unthinkable that there would be no mental impact on a 16-year-old boy who had been hit directly by headlights right in front of him, especially on a stage watched by tens of thousands of people.

In the end, after deliberation, the doctor gave a textbook answer that although he seemed fine for now, more attention from guardians would be needed and regular check-ups would be good.

“Hey, see? Why did you insist all this time when you were going to do well anyway? Someone might think you’re an anti.”

“Don’t you have school?”

“I just finished and came here. The professor agreed to look over the studies I’ve missed so far-“

Jang Jinsoo didn’t mention Park Seungah’s request to keep a close eye on Haeil.

“Oh, by the way.”

“Yeah?”

“I have a favor to ask.”

“A favor?”

“Yeah, it’s nothing big.”

Halo tilted his head at Jang Jinsoo’s sudden words.

In the past, as he gained popularity, the reactions around him changed. Many people began making trivial requests, like begging for money or asking him to make songs.

But it didn’t seem like Jang Jinsoo would be like them.

“What is it.”

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While Halo regained his peaceful daily life after being released from the hospital, the internet was not so calm.

The stage had continued until dawn, and with many eyes watching, reviews were constantly being created for days. Especially those who had struggled to enter Coachella Week 2 left reviews before returning home, or after getting home.

[The sun behind the veil finally rises at Coachella]

That day, The Sun rose at Coachella.

Despite the small accident, as if it had been intended, the crowd chanted ‘You are HALO’, and the boy responded with ‘I am HALO’. All the lights on the stage came on, and with the light sticks and phone lights waved by the audience, the boy and his stage shone the brightest in the desert of Indio. It was the appearance of Halo, who had shaken the world for over a year.

However, the stage was not over with this.

Rather, it was truly becoming Halo’s time.

With blue lighting, the melody of Halo’s 13th album “Until dawn comes” was heard. It was also an unreleased song by Roh (hereafter HALO) that could be heard on the 13th album.

Bringing his signature folk guitar, Halo played it himself in front of people and sang the only ballad among HALO’s sound sources.

And as the music rose, the crescent moon embedded behind the stage also rose, soon becoming a full moon, and further becoming the sun that shone brightly by itself. At that moment, Coachella truly greeted the morning, and the confusion that had been fierce for two months came to an end.

Then, as if unable to bear seeing the audience in tears, Halo sang “Like a Heroin” from his 5th album and “Requiem for the dead peter” from his 7th album in succession, gripping and shaking the audience’s emotions. No one could resist, and thus there was no room to look elsewhere.

Personally, while there were many impressive stages, if I had to choose one… (omitted).

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From long articles to short reviews.

[It’s true that I am Halo was awesome, but the melody of Until dawn comes playing right after it ended was really chilling]

[That was really… I was at the show and I had my hands clenched tight from beginning to end amen]

[Didn’t they use the stage lighting really well too? Damn it would have been perfect if not for that fucking helicopter]

[Speaking of the helicopter, I thought that since it was an accident, if Haeil had stumbled even a little bit then, the atmosphere would have turned really nasty, but he immediately gave peace of mind with the 13th album, then heated up the atmosphere right away with the 5th album, it was crazy]

└ The person in front took off their clothes and threw them on stage, it was chaos, but Haeil smiled as if he knew it would happen, it was really Halo himself

└ He was grooving so naturally too, I thought he couldn’t dance and that’s why he didn’t

[Personally, I thought I am Halo and Catch me if you can were the most awesome]

└ Ah, I agree with that

There were many stages being talked about.

The 13th album “Until dawn comes” with its stage lighting and setup

The 5th album “Like a Heroin” with its decadent atmosphere and natural rhythm groove.

The 7th album “Requiem for the dead peter” with its breathtaking atmosphere. Each stage had a different atmosphere, so while tastes varied, there was no lack of discussion.

In particular, there was also considerable talk about the 11th album “Catch me if you can”, because while Halo had been focused on the stage until then, for the 11th album he walked to the front of the stage as if to say “try to catch me” like the album title or lyrics.

He extended his hand to the audience as if he might or might not hold their hands, making people anxious, and only when he finally received their pleas did the boy stretch out his hand.

[The Hellys in front of me definitely didn’t touch Haeil’s hand but someone else’s, but they were so happy saying they touched it, I’m not saying anything because that person might kill me if I do]

And here, there was also Roh Haeil’s fandom.

Those who had struggled to get Week 2 black market tickets left excited reviews, and the fandom became bustling again after a long time.

[Just when the stage was about to end they’d encore, and just when it was about to end again they’d encore again, really the push and pull…]

└ Even when he was about to hold hands, he’d make people crazy by almost holding but not holding

└ The cute old man in front of me, when he finally held his hand, he was so shy

└ That’s a Hellys, don’t be fooled

[I thought he’d sing “Spring Again” from the 2nd album as the last song, but it was “Cannot be cut” from the 10th album, so it felt strange. Whenever I hear that, my heart aches a bit]

[The multiple encores were real. He came to the front of the stage, knelt down and sang “O god”, then Haeil’s personal arrangement was really divine, the moon and the sun are indeed one]

Clearly, until recently they had been laughing while denying reality as if at a funeral, so someone raised a question.

[You all seem to be adapting pretty quickly despite saying Roh Haeil ≠ Halo absolutely]

└ LOL

└ LOL what fan wouldn’t like their singer becoming a superstar

└ So my singer is acknowledged as a genius by the whole world…

└ So there’ll be a world tour soon and he’ll appear on TV a lot now, right…?

└ Well, we might miss the old days sometimes, but now concerts will be held in venues with tens of thousands of seats…

└ From now on, he’ll only walk on flower paths…? That’s good, good

└ Hey LOL are you crying?

[I’m an XYC fan and I got so pissed off looking at the internet because of the helicopter that the fandoms united then]

[Let’s think positively, they say pain becomes lighter when shared]

[But these days Hellys don’t seem scary at all, they used to be like hooligans but now they’re like comrades who will soon share our pain]

└ For real, they’re really like the clueless little brother next door

When others saw them putting ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (laughter) on every post, they might have looked like Hellys, and they said Hellys had become gentler.

[A Hellys was envying a Roh Haeil light stick, asked whose it was, I said it was Roh Haeil’s, and they got serious and started cursing, asking if we had hidden Halo]

Lol so I bragged that I don’t know if Haeil is hidden, but Haeil is hiding concerts and merchandise

└ What’s this self-strengthening LOL

[Right now, Haeil’s merchandise prices are going crazy]

Handwritten letters given at small theater concerts, music boxes given at fan meetings, and The Sun moon hologram cards are being put up for auction

└ The Welcome to my world music box, really

└ Now foreigners are going crazy seeing the quality of Haeil’s music box belatedly

[Speaking of music boxes, the bastard who sold me one for 900,000 won recently contacted me saying they’d buy it for 2 million, I said nope, not selling~~~ blocked them]

└ 2 million? Just that? Pfft, cute

└ How much would you all sell for?

└ Not selling?

└ Even if you add two more 0s, not selling

└ Why sell this? Are you reselling your own kid? Do you want to die?

It was when those who used to be gentle in the past were found to have only viciousness left, and those who tried to cause trouble stepped back in surprise.

[Why does the Roh Haeil fandom become more like Hellys as time goes on]

[That fandom that fandom;;]

[Roh Haeil is Halo after all]

While this was the situation domestically,

[But while the Roh Haeil fandom is understandable because it’s good news, The Sun group and Hellys adapted better than expected, I thought they’d cut immediately because he’s Asian]

└ If you say those words over there, you might get cut

└ It’s true that the Jaws are more civil than Hellys

└ The atmosphere among The Sun group and Hellys is really vicious now because of that helicopter yeah

└ The Roh Haeil fandom has been pissed off all day and just calmed down for a moment, they’ll probably start an all-out attack soon, they’re just momentarily calmed because they’re making a statement and lawyers are looking into international law

The situation abroad, which was broader and had a much larger population, was even more complicated.

In fact, around the end of February, even within The Sun group, opinions were divided on whether the sixteen-year-old Asian kid named Roh Haeil was really Halo.

While the voice and various circumstances seemed to match, after all, the Halo they had imagined was at least a middle-aged, bulky British man – or at least European.

Moreover, Roh Haeil wasn’t even an extremely famous K-pop group abroad at the time.

However, the long confusion that continued from March to April was, in a way, enough to calm them down.

While listening to HALO’s 12th album “Life is delight”,

They had the mindset that they could accept whatever result came out, and recalled the time of “I am HALO”.

Someone pleaded, saying that Halo might have hidden his identity for over a year because he was afraid they would reject him.

As circumstances built up one by one, they thought it seemed right, and gradually the promised day approached.

Their king hadn’t given a definitive answer until that day. Whether there was no title for the 13th album, or if Roh was really Halo, what on earth was the stage order at Coachella.

It was as if he was waiting for them to be certain first, and thus to find him.

And finally.

“Don’t you like me because I’m not white?”

Halo threw out the first question he had asked again,

And that fragile yet firm voice seemed to already know the answer.

How could they not like him.

During the six days of Coachella, they had seen quite a few stupid guys or troublemakers – at least not true fans – insisting that HALO was only white. If it had been seen often enough, Halo might have seen it too.

Did he think that was their intention?

They were indignant and furious, and broke the lower jaws of those stupid guys. So they would never spout nonsense again.

“You won’t be disappointed in me, will you?”

He must have seen it for sure.

They shouted ‘Never‘.

Whatever he looked like, they would love him.

Because they loved the music he had given them, and the world realized through that music.

He smiled gently as if he had known they would.

Their hearts fluttered, feeling their intentions had reached him.

“Then let’s start with this, Struggle.”

Struggle, heard from the darkness, was the first music through which they had come to know him.

Oh, The Sun.

The catalyst that had made them search for him for over a year, and the beginning of everything.

His stage was beginning.

The one they had been waiting and waiting for for so long.

So that stage had to be perfect.

The stage they had hoped and waited for had to grip and shake them only according to his intention.

The helicopter’s light rushed at him like an attack.

At their beloved king.

At the fragile boy who looked like he might break if touched.

Perhaps that’s why August Veil had tried so hard to hide him, when The Sun was attacked, their thoughts were also cut off with a snap.

That’s how a common enemy was determined.

In fact, if he hadn’t regained his senses then, it would have been a situation ripe for someone to actually die. If they hadn’t forgotten their momentary anger while being swept up in his gestures, they would have only been satisfied after dragging out the necks of those bastards on the helicopter.

A video of burning the helicopter was uploaded to The Sun group community.

The Sun group, who usually opposed the actions of Hellys, defended only this video.

It was undeniable that at that moment, The Sun group, who had been called moderates, became Hellys.

But it was inevitable.

[Wow did you see the interview with those guys? They say they just wanted to shine a light from above to confirm who it was]

└ From above slightly? What I saw was them shining a light straight on

└ Those damn bastards, he could have gone blind if they weren’t careful

└ Let’s grab those guys right now and shine a light in their faces

[Where else would they shine it, no, who do they think they are to ruin the stage?]

[Everyone calm down and think rationally, how about throwing a real flashbang into XYC?]

[Breaking news) Scorpion Rill declares boycott of all XYC broadcasts]

└ This bastard couldn’t have spoken so moderately

[Veil company declares lawsuit against XYC broadcasting station]

└ Veil company is the first

└ Of course, August Veil has been caring for and hiding The Sun despite all the criticism, and this is just the beginning.

[I heard XYC sued the Hellys]

└ Those guys in the news department still don’t know the Hellys

└ So if they were kids scared of lawsuits, would they have been going around making liar lists and destroying property? I’m not defending their actions, but lawsuits won’t work on them at all

Of course, they didn’t just focus on the helicopter for Halo’s first appearance. The community side separated tabs for XYC and Coachella, and while the XYC tab was burning like this, the Coachella tab was burning in a different sense.

[From today, my motherland is Korea]

[I heard Argentina is on the opposite side of the world from Korea, no wonder it’s cold]

[At first it was ambiguous because he’s 16, but thinking about it now, it seems good, it means he’ll release songs for the next hundred years]

[No wonder Veil hid him like that because he’s 16. I thought they had just locked him up somewhere to make songs, but they were keeping him away from the world’s attention, and no wonder, since he’s 16]

[Seeing things like XYC, the choice to protect him was right]

[What should I do. I wanted to bump fists with The Sun when I met him, but it seems like he’d break]

[I think I can wait 4 years, I’ve been waiting my whole life as a solo, 4 years is nothing]

└ The FBI will come for you soon

[When on earth will the world tour be? I’m just waiting for that now]

└ I’m definitely going to all the concerts

└ But have you guys ever heard of Roh’s legendary concert?

└ Are you talking about the 830? Wasn’t that because Korea has a small population?

└ …Korea isn’t a country with a population of 100,000 though.

[What should I do? A music box just came up on Amazon auction]

└ Music box? Are you talking about The Sun’s music box?

└ Yeah, my loan amount is not enough, is there anyone who can lend me money?

└ What, why is no one answering?

└ Friend, how can you say that here

[Why won’t they sell even when offered money? Please, please sell just one to me]

[Music box? Is this perhaps limited edition?]

└ I heard they were just given as gifts at fan meetings

└ So there are only a thousand in the world

└ His gift, of which there are only a thousand in the world? Are you joking?

[I want the postcard more than that, did you all see that thing where the moon becomes The Sun? It’s the stage setup from Coachella]

└ Why didn’t they sell souvenirs at Coachella?

└ Add two zeros or three zeros as you like! Just please, sell it to me!