The Road to Glory Chapter 219 - [Side Story] Chapter 21. A Two-Eyed Person in a One-Eyed World

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A camera emerges in the darkness.

The nose and mouth are barely visible.

What’s faintly visible is a bob cut and a windbreaker jacket.

“Hello everyone.”

The woman whispered secretively into the camera.

[LOL why are you talking so scarily?]

[It’s Seoyeon-unnie! Unnie, you’re pretty!!!]

[It’s shaky, where is this?]

“Shh.”

As if reading the chaotic NuTube chat, Moon Seoyeon put her finger to her nose. In sync with that, the chat collectively went quiet.

“Boss is sleeping right now.”

The camera turns slightly.

Though it’s dark, one can deduce it’s inside a car.

A silhouette passed by the window.

But it’s too dark, and the ‘figure’ that Moon Seoyeon called boss is only faintly visible, not clearly seen.

“We’re currently on our way to a very nice place.”

[LMAO are you kidnapping someone right now]

[Saw them going to the mountains last week trembles]

[The noona who’s good at burying bodies… shivers]

“Boss still doesn’t know where we’re going, but-.”

Moon Seoyeon smiled gently while looking at the sleeping figure.

In the darkness, only her lips were magnified making it look scary, but she didn’t realize it was filmed that way at the time.

“Since it’s boss, I think he’ll adapt well.”

[Why are you talking so scarily LMAO]

[Halo’s getting scammed and becoming a salt farm slave;;;;]

Just then, the car seemed to hit a speed bump and shook.

With the van’s characteristic heavy sound, viewers trembled in fear, wondering if there really was a corpse.

“Let me give you a hint, that place is-.”

Cards appear on screen matching Moon Seoyeon’s words.

They were location cards reminiscent of the Spyfall game.

“Has beautiful skies-.”

First, all indoor cards like pub, restaurant, Blue House, etc., were removed.

“Is somewhat far from the city-.”

The noisy festival and amusement park cards were also eliminated.

“Ah, you can see flora and fauna-.”

Moon Seoyeon seemed to ponder for a moment before continuing.

“A place where we can try experiences we haven’t done before?”

Many cards were removed, and the remaining ones became blurry.

A question mark appears above them.

Everyone knew the answer but started playing along pretending not to know.

[Going to an abandoned house?]

[Salt pancake slave bound shivers]

[Seeing the flora and fauna part, must be a shrimp fishing boat]

[Wow what a nice place haha I don’t want to go]

[Haeil wake up!! This isn’t the time to sleep, no!]

At that moment, light suddenly flooded in, cutting through the playfulness.

Moon Seoyeon had removed the car’s curtain without notice.

“This has been VJ Moon Seoyeon! See you all later!”

[Episode 4. Welcome to my earth]

Until now, Welcome to my world’s subtitles had ambiguous meanings while containing the most appropriate keywords that matched the content.

Welcome to my world itself was both the title track of Roh Haeil’s regular album and carried the intention of showing his daily life.

Episode 1 My home highlighted Halo’s label and his house, and the people living in that house,

Episode 2 My project contained Halo’s works and the reason for filming this content, and his purpose to overcome his slump,

Episode 3 My class had meanings of different ‘class (rank)’ from others and lessons.

Then, what does Episode 4 My earth mean?

The office worker became curious about its meaning.

Sympathizing with Halo who was startled upon seeing the mountain, the office worker thought about the meaning of Earth.

Earth is often used when referring to the planet (planet) and ground (soil).

It could mean nature. It seems they used the word earth since they’re climbing a mountain.

The office worker suddenly recalled that earth isn’t just used to mean ground, but is also synonymous with world.

But that seems like too simple an interpretation.

To interpret it as ‘Halo’s world’, nature would be the same for everyone. Being a genius probably wouldn’t make much difference.

After all, geniuses don’t walk on their hands while hiking.

Interest grew after hearing from Professor Ma, a Korea National University of Arts professor, that today’s goal was sound collection.

[Sound collection?]

[That’s interesting]

[Halo’s sound collection? I can’t miss this]

While the chat expressed interest, the office worker wasn’t intrigued, knowing well what sound collection was. Sound collection is a very tedious and boring task. Everyone will get tired of hearing the same sound repeatedly.

How would Halo be any different?

‘He’ wouldn’t be able to make water sounds more special. He’d just be better at it.

Of course, they were still somewhat curious about the sounds Halo would collect.

Musicians all have good ears, so they might be able to record sounds better.

The tedious process of hiking wasn’t boring as Halo and Moon Seoyeon’s conversation continued. Thanks to VJ Moon Seoyeon’s passionate captures, and just watching Halo, who always carried the modifier of genius, felt somewhat special.

Moreover, despite showing signs of disliking hiking, Halo climbed surprisingly well. He must take thorough care of his body. Not a single breath was scattered, and his voice that everyone praised tickled the ears.

Then at some point, the wind blew with a whoosh.

It was such a refreshing wind that even viewers could feel the forest’s energy.

“Boss?”

At that moment. The boy who had been chatting well with Moon Seoyeon stopped and looked at the world.

[Must be tired]

[Should’ve left the guitar]

While sympathetic messages rose in the chat, the office worker followed the boy’s gaze. The camera only showed the boy, so where he was looking wasn’t visible.

‘Somehow.’

“Professor, how about we take a break?”

“Let’s look around for a moment.”

The camera turned at the teaching assistant and professor’s conversation.

The office worker felt somewhat disappointed.

It felt like something was happening.

When the camera showed Halo again, the usual Halo was visible.

While others were busy setting up equipment, alone quietly.

People laughed saying he looked like a new intern, but the office worker was curious about what Halo was thinking.

Fortunately, there was one more person who shared the same thoughts.

“What are you doing? Not preparing to record?”

Amidst the bustling teaching assistants, the professor approached him. Though not certain, they said he was a famous professor at Korea National University of Arts.

“Did you hear why we came here?”

“I heard we came to record sounds.”

“More precisely, we came to capture sounds.”

“The sounds we’re missing while having both eyes open.”

He said something difficult, so most didn’t understand.

Fortunately, a kind teaching assistant interpreted.

“The purpose of this project is to create ‘audio textbooks’ for those friends. It might be easier to think of it as sounds ‘they’ can’t access rather than sounds ‘we’ can’t access.”

[Wow they’re doing good work]

[I want to hear it too]

[Can’t we hear the sounds Halo made]

Assistant Ahn, who was about to ask for an autograph, was pulled away by the professor, which seemed pitiful. From then on, a quiet world unfolded.

Office workers and viewers all anticipated.

What Halo would do.

But he didn’t move for a while.

Eyes closed, hands spread, feeling the wind.

He contrasted with the people working hard beside him, but no one said anything.

Quite some time must have passed.

Just as viewers were starting to get bored, Halo’s fingers twitched,

And at some point, the camera caught the boy smiling mischievously while looking at the air.

The playful smile rarely seen that drives fans crazy.

And soon drove them crazy for a different reason.

As the scenes from the preview unfolded.

The boy with the camera started darting around like crazy.

The chat that was initially laughing with “haha” soon started going wild.

[aaaaahhhhhhh]

[VJ! Where did the VJ go]

[Seoyeon-unnie please save us]

[**** motion sickness]

[Is sound collection usually like this?]

[Does Halo have ADHD? What kind of sound collection is this]

[Could he be doing this on purpose? Revenge for hiking…?]

[s…tay!]

And what caused even more chaos was what came next.

It was fine until the camera settled down as it was placed on the rocky ground

But Halo started moving towards the edge of the cliff

[No, no it’s dangerous where are you going!!!!]

[Sorry Haeil just listen to us ㅠㅠ ah please]

[It’s okay if you make us dizzy just don’t go there and listen to us!]

Not seeming scared at all, he went to the cliff’s edge and spread his hand holding the recorder, which really caused terror. Moreover, the soil where Halo walked crumbled down the cliff.

Even office workers who weren’t fans felt chills, let alone how scared the fans must have been.

[This is why men die early lol]

[Fuck, is this something to laugh about? Is there really no one to stop him?]

[Isn’t there even a safety rail there?????]

Fortunately, the boy didn’t fall, and instead said ‘not bad’ while listening to sounds, flipping viewers’ hearts. Then he walks away casually holding the camera. Though no one was angry since they had just hoped he wouldn’t fall off the cliff, even office workers lost their appetite.

Regardless of the viewers, the boy seemed to enjoy collecting sounds in his own way. He discovered fish in a pond and showed them to the camera, and at some point forgot about sound collection and sat anywhere, strumming his guitar and humming.

Sunlight falls on the boy’s head.

The white guitar and the boy blend in as if they had always been in the forest.

The wind blew as if welcoming the boy.

Viewers held their breath and turned up their phone volume to hear the boy’s voice.

It seems good somehow.

What kind of music is this.

Just as everyone was focusing only on the boy’s lips.

“Boss!”

Moon Seoyeon’s voice was heard.

Followed by people’s voices.

It seemed it was time to leave.

Halo slowly packed his guitar.

As he turned to look at the camera-.

“Do you have anything left to record?”

“No.”

“Can I listen to it?”

“Sure.”

“Then let’s listen in the car later!”

Their cute conversation was heard.

‘Ah, is it time for it to end?’

Thought it was cute content.

However, it seemed a bit weak for Episode 4’s ending.

It felt like something was done, but without results.

Then, as the screen brightened again, a scene that was edited earlier came up.

Halo was standing in the middle of the forest.

Halo, who seemed to be looking somewhere, raised one corner of his mouth while holding the recorder and said.

“It’s coming.”

At those words, people held their breath.

Still silence. However, since the volume was turned up to the maximum, very faint wind sounds could be heard.

‘Did he collect sounds?’

As expected of a musician, the audio was very clean.

The office worker checked the remaining play time while waiting for the following sounds.

15 seconds.

Just as they thought it was enough time to show sound collection

Droplets fell with a pitter-patter. It was a clean and clear sound like a xylophone.

Then the wind spreads.

Following the wind, droplets tilted, and bushes raised their heads.

Water’s ripples. Wind caressing the stream and sunlight falling upon it.

At that moment, the sound rose as one.

‘You are invited to [The sound of world]’

-Exhibition venue: Cheonang (### Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul)

-Exhibition period: 34.03.15 ~ 34.03.31

-Exhibition hours: 11:00~ 18:30

-Admission: Free

:

‘The Earth’ -Roh Haeil (HALO), Special Exhibition

-The sounds we’re missing while having both eyes open.

“!”

[?]

[???]

[What is this]

[What???]

[WTF]

[Wo…]

Question marks fill the chat window.

Only reactions asking what this was came up.

[Someone clip that 15 seconds]

[No way this is insane]

[Roh Haeil what exactly did you collect]

[This wasn’t the sound collection I had in mind]

[Are audio textbooks usually like this?]

[So, we can hear everything if we go to that exhibition, right??]

[Who wanna go with me?]

[Why Only in Korea?]

[This is a slump…?]

It was a calm and slightly scary but healing-filled 40 minutes.

However, the last 15 seconds were so intense they overshadowed all previous content.

To the point where ‘The Sound of World Exhibition’ ranked first in searches on various sites.

And-.

“Director, did you see?”

Before opening the exhibition, the director discovered people lining up.

Although people lined up for tickets after opening since exhibition visitors were limited, this was the first time they lined up two hours before opening, and just the number the staff told exceeded the usual exhibition visitor count.

It’s not a movie or drama, just one sound collection work.

They’ve held exhibitions for famous celebrities before, but people never rushed in with such burning eyes.

Until a few days ago, they received quite a lot of calls asking what kind of work it was, but many seemed to lose interest when told it was just collected natural sounds, not music.

“Why is everyone making such a fuss. You finished preparations well, right?”

“Yes, everything has been checked.”

“You know having more people than usual isn’t an excuse, right?”

“Yes!”

Staff move busily.

Watching them, the director nodded resolutely.

Although they didn’t expect it to do this well from day one, they thought it would certainly spread by word of mouth.

The director recalled.

The day Professor Ma asked if it was possible to extend the exhibition.

Originally planning to renovate the gallery, they were going to refuse, but changed their mind after listening to the file Professor Ma asked them to hear.

‘The sounds we’re missing while having both eyes open’

Just as people see the same things differently,

This music proves that

We can hear the same things differently.

The earth.

This must be what a two-eyed person’s world is like in a one-eyed person’s world.