Superstar From Age 0

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: AgRoseCrystal

Chapter 356

After the award ceremony, the contestants who were sitting in the front rows of the audience seats headed towards their companions who were sitting in the audience seats.

The contestants who did not receive any awards left the hall with regretful faces, receiving consolation from their families.

The winners shared their joy with bright faces, receiving congratulations.

“Hyung! Eun-su!”

Subin, who was holding the elementary gold trophy, also ran to the audience seats.

His bright face and his red cheeks that were bouncing up and down showed how happy he was.

Kim Hee-sang, whose name was not called, drooped his shoulders and made the adults laugh.

“I came in first!”

Subin’s face sparkled.

Seo-jun smiled and handed Subin a bouquet of purple lilacs.

“Subin, congratulations. It was a great performance.”

“Subin oppa. Congratulations on first place!”

“Hehe. Thank you!”

Eun-su also gave Subin a bouquet of pink roses that she had.

Subin quickly handed over the trophy and bouquet he was holding to his dad and smiled broadly as he received the two bouquets.

He liked the trophy, but he liked the bouquets he received from Seo-jun and Eun-su more.

“Subin. Where’s mom?”

Our Subin! You did well, you did well!

Subin, who was smiling so much that his mouth reached his ears while being hugged by Seo-jun, Eun-su, and the adults, quickly answered Kim Hee-sang’s question.

“Mom said she’s coming after talking to the professor.”

“Professor?”

“Yeah. Professor Winter.”

It was a name that was unfamiliar but recognizable at once.

The foreign professor who was sitting in the judging seat.

Yulia Winter.

Seo-jun and the adults blinked their eyes at the unexpected name.

A moment later.

The conversation didn’t seem to be that long, as Choi Soohee came back soon.

Choi Soohee’s face looked a bit troubled, but Seo-jun and the adults decided to move their seats for now.

“Let’s eat dinner at our house.”

“Yeah. Let’s have a party to celebrate Subin.”

Kim Hee-sang and Choi Soohee’s words made Subin and Eun-su, who had been with Seo-jun all day long, the happiest.

“Really? Can I go to our house with Seo-jun hyung?”

“Then I want to ride with Seo-jun oppa!”

“Me too!”

The children who didn’t want to be separated from Seo-jun got into one car together and the other cars followed behind.

Subin’s car was full of bouquets and Eun-su had to sit in a car seat, so they naturally got into Eun-su’s car.

Seo Eun-chan took the wheel and Seo-jun sat in the passenger seat.

Seo Eun-hye received a message.

Seo-jun looked back after reading the message.

The two children were chatting excitedly.

“Subin. Eun-su. What do you want to eat for dinner?”

“I want pizza!”

“I want chicken!”

Seo Eun-chan and Seo-jun laughed at the quick menu choices.

***

Dinner was pizza and chicken as the kids wished, and a beef party for the adults.

They ate chicken, pizza, and meat. Everyone seemed to eat more than usual.

After finishing their meal, they had some fruit and chatted.

Of course, the first topic was Professor Yulia Winter.

“Study abroad?”

Seo Eun-chan and Kim Su-ryeon opened their eyes wide.

Seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun were no different.

Subin’s dad, Kim Hee-sang, had his mouth wide open.

Seeing her husband’s expression, Choi Soohee smiled and opened her mouth.

“Yes. She said that Subin has enough skills to do well abroad. I think so too. Subin has such talent that he can do well.”

Study abroad.

Choi Soohee, a pianist who had worked in Europe, had been thinking about it for a long time because of Subin’s growing skills.

‘Of course I don’t know much about violin, so I just thought about it…’

But today she heard from Yulia Winter, a professor who knew a lot about violin and taught students.

“She said it’s easier to adapt and learn languages when you’re young.

And the violin goes without saying. If you go, she said she would introduce you to a good teacher.”

Kim Hee-sang frowned at Choi Soohee’s words.

He didn’t want to send Subin away, but if that was the best way for Subin, he felt like he had to let him go.

Especially since there was Seo-jun in front of him who was happy even in America.

‘Subin is a bit different though…’

Unlike Seo-jun, who was active in both Korea and America, Subin would have to spend most of the year abroad.

‘And studying abroad won’t end in a year.’

He wondered if he would have few days to live in Korea if he went abroad for a few years or even continued his activities there.

‘But she said she would introduce a good teacher too…’

After some hesitation, Kim Hee-sang decided to go with it and was about to open his mouth when Seo-jun spoke first.

“What do you want to do, Subin? Do you want to study abroad?”

At Seo-jun’s question, Subin tilted his head and answered while munching on a peach.

“Hyung. What is studying abroad?”

“Um. It’s studying violin in a foreign country. There are many great teachers and excellent performers. And there will be many friends who are learning violin too.”

“Like Rebecca?”

One of the three musketeers of ‘Over the Rainbow’, Rebecca.

Rebecca was also a violin major.

Subin asked at Seo-jun’s nod.

“Will there be friends like Rebecca?”

“Um.”

Subin ate the peach and pondered.

The adults’ eyes turned to Subin.

They realized that they hadn’t asked Subin’s opinion at all, who would have to live abroad for several years if he went to study abroad.

“What about Seo-jun hyung?”

“Me?”

“Yeah!”

“Me…”

He had things to do in America, but would he have anything to do in Europe?

He scratched his chin and thought for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“I’ll stay in Korea.”

“Um. Then I don’t want to go.”

“You don’t? Why? You can learn more violin if you study abroad.”

Kim Hee-sang asked at Subin’s serious answer.

“I like playing with Seo-jun hyung. And I like playing violin with Seo-jun hyung too. And I have friends here and teachers here too.”

“Eun-su is here too!”

Eun-su raised her hand and said, and Subin smiled brightly.

“Right! Eun-su is here too. So I don’t want to study abroad!”

Subin’s words made Kim Hee-sang and Choi Soohee smirk. They couldn’t force him to go if he didn’t want to. Subin would do well even if they sent his abroad later, but…

“…The more he says no, the more I want to send him.”

“Me too.”

They all laughed at the words filled with regret.

***

Seo-jun returned home and opened a blank sheet of music on his desk.

He sometimes composed music as a hobby when inspiration struck, so he always had sheet music ready. But he never shared his compositions with anyone.

‘I don’t know about this one.’

It wasn’t a solo piece, after all.

He chuckled and took out his phone.

He had hastily written down some notes during the concours, so they were out of order and some were just words. But as he looked at the memo and recalled the concours, the melody he had thought of filled his head.

“Hmm.”

He hummed and drew round notes on the five lines.

Three shining abilities blended together to create a new melody.

Seo-jun faithfully transferred it to the sheet music.

His right hand holding the pencil moved smoothly over the sheet music as if conducting.

The protagonists of this piece were Seo-jun and Subin.

Seo-jun put everything he wanted to teach Subin into the score.

He thought of the shortcomings he had seen at the concours, the habits that came out during practice, and drew notes accordingly.

He stopped his pencil for a moment as he carefully drew each symbol and note.

[Should I watch the violin performance of the general division or go to the kids’ cafe?]

When faced with two choices, Subin chose the kids’ cafe.

Seo-jun smiled faintly as he remembered Subin, who was seriously contemplating as if his eyebrows were furrowed.

‘If it were me, I would have watched both the middle school and general divisions.’

If it was a concours related to ‘acting’, ‘second grade Seo-jun’ would have watched from beginning to end without a second thought.

That was the difference between him and Subin.

Seo-jun was able to continue on one path of ‘acting’ from a young age thanks to his many lives.

He could live for nothing but ‘acting’.

‘But Subin is different.’

Subin, who was in hin first life, found everything new and amazing. It was hard for him to live by looking at only one violin like Seo-jun.

‘And that’s not good either.’

He might be different when he grows up, but he was still young.

There were so many fun and amazing things in the world that it wasn’t good to be obsessed with one thing.

‘And besides, people will find out more about Subin soon.’

The article came out today and a few people showed interest.

If he attracts attention again at the next concours, someday his shining talent will be known to the public like a tooth in a pocket.

How long could a young genius survive in the midst of people’s attention and expectations?

Other people thought that actor Lee Seo-jun was an acting genius who walked without a single failure, but Seo-jun had many experiences and failures that people didn’t know about in his first life and his subsequent lives after.

The books of life piled up in the library of life constantly reminded him of that.

Subin, who was in his first life, needed such a presence too.

‘It’s okay to fail and it’s okay to be slow.’

‘It was enough to just love the violin without giving up.’

When everyone expected him to be a genius, someone had to treat him normally.

Seo-jun thought that if it was him, Subin would grow more comfortably.

‘I should introduce him to Jason and Professor Benjamin.’

Especially Jason, who had a similar talent. They might have something in common.

‘Maybe they’ll contact me first.’

Seo-jun smiled as he looked down at the sheet music filled with notes.

He drew the last line on the score.

“***

“Subin, do you want to play this with me?”

“Yes!”

Subin’s eyes sparkled at Seo-jun’s words.

He didn’t even ask what score it was and answered.

Seo-jun laughed at his appearance.

“Aren’t you curious what score it is?”

“I’m curious! But I want to play anything with Seo-jun hyung!”

At Subin’s words, Seo-jun smiled as if he couldn’t stop him and handed him the score.

There was no title on the score, and Subin tilted his head.

“This is a piece I composed because I wanted to play with you.”

“Really?”

He was about to read the first page of the score when he was surprised and opened his eyes wide.

He thought composing was something only amazing people did, but Seo-jun hyung composed it… He was amazing as expected!

Subin’s eyes glittered.

“So I wanted you to play with me.”

“Okay! Let’s do it now, hyung!”

He was so excited that his honorifics changed.

He ran to his room and came back with his violin. Seo-jun also took out his violin from the case he brought.

“Shall we look at the score first?”

“Yes!”

Kim Hee-sang took a picture of Seo-jun and Subin, who were reading the score with their heads together, and sent it to the adults.

Choi Soohee: I’m curious what kind of piece it is! I have to see the score later!

Lee Min-jun: I was wondering what he was doing, but he composed it.

Seo Eun-hye: I know. I wonder if he’ll play it for us later.

Kim Su-ryeon: …??

Seo Eun-chan: Hyung. Can you tell Seo-jun something for me?

Unlike the other adults who were happy to see the cute two kids, Seo Eun-chan and PR team leader Kim Su-ryeon smiled bitterly as if they sensed the future and asked him to relay a message to Seo-jun.

When Subin was nodding his head as he looked at the score, Kim Hee-sang asked Seo-jun.

“Seo-jun.”

“Hmm?”

“Eun-chan asked if you’re going to release it.”

At Kim Hee-sang’s words, Seo-jun smiled and asked Subin.

He composed it himself, but he was going to play it with Subin, so Subin’s opinion was important. Besides, this piece was for Subin.

“What do you want to do, Subin?”

“Hmm. I want other people to hear it too!”

At Subin’s words, Seo-jun nodded his head with a smile.

“Then let’s practice hard and let many people hear it.”

“Yes!”

Kim Hee-sang tapped his phone as he looked at Seo-jun and Subin with a warm smile.

Kim Hee-sang: He said he’ll release it.

At Kim Hee-sang’s reply, Cocoa Entertainment buzzed.

***

The fun summer vacation ended and the second semester began.

Around the time when they got used to the new semester, a new video was uploaded on the YouTube channel [JUN].

[Concerto for Two Violins]