Chapter 149

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Translated by Sylph

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The week before the next episode where the semi-finals and finals of would unfold.

Thanks to the impressive hologram character that appeared after a long time, stories were lightly being exchanged on the internet.

– I guess all the usable character materials have run out these days seeing all those sports player brain-dead memes, but seeing something fresh after a long time is fun
– The profile and concept art are coming out this week, right? I’m looking forward to it. It’s been so long since my heart raced watching terrestrial TV. It’s embarrassing…
– I was surprised because the tone was so good, but the next stage completely tore it apart. Is it something to be excited about for a bouquet head
– From the first stage that seemed to symbolize a spring day bridegroom as it was, to the next stage where the beauty of tragedy was alive. All were good. (Link)
– He’s really good at singing, this is a certain victory hahaha

Since the quality was good in all directions without any regrettable parts, favorable reviews were naturally the mainstream.

And of course, most of Park Moondae’s fans guessed.

That ‘May Bridegroom’ would be Park Moondae.

– Honestly, it’s a dead giveaway
– If you’re a fan and don’t know, you don’t have eardrums
– No, his skill improved more. From that US program, it was clear that the quality of his voice had improved, but how on earth is this possible
└ The academic consensus is that he is a genius
– Honestly, the character is also obviously… that taste. I wondered as soon as I saw it, but hearing the voice, it was as expectedㅋㅋㅋ
└ This is real. Where would the skill of making a magical boy go, reallyㅋㅋㅋ

But it didn’t come to the surface.

Thanks to having experienced all sorts of fierce checks, a trend was established where they didn’t actively argue if it was different from public opinion.

Anyway, it was something that would end once the identity was revealed, so fans withheld their words among themselves as they looked forward to the reaction after that. It was to avoid crazy people who would try to capture and mock them.

And the long-awaited day of the broadcast of the latter half of .

These people who were looking forward to ‘May Bridegroom’ even waited for and watched the main broadcast of the corresponding variety program after a long time.

Among them were these siblings too.

“Look. It’s Park Moondae.”

“Yeah, your delusion is insane~”

It was exactly the college student who was a fan of Kim Raebin and her younger brother.

The younger brother was prepared for his older sister’s curses to fly as soon as he smirked, but such a thing did not happen.

“……Phew.”

The college student endured once, then just passed it off with a sneer.

It was the confidence of someone who knew the result.

“What’s with you?”

“Uh, whatever. Just watch the broadcast.”

The high school student, who was unnecessarily annoyed, huffed and turned his face to the TV.

Still, the moment the broadcast began, the siblings forgot the fight.

It was because ‘May Bridegroom’ came out from the first match of the semi-finals played by the 3 remaining participants and 1 previous winner.

[The buzzing audience]
[Hey~ I’m looking forward to it!]
[I don’t know what kind of stage he’ll show!]

It was a reaction filled with expectation from the audience and judges who had learned the situation from the last two stages.

While subtitles and comments intersected, ‘May Bridegroom’ finally appeared on stage.

“Heh.”

“He came out.”

It was captured in the college student’s eyes that the flying butterflies and the patterns of the veil and gloves had become more sophisticated and natural.

It seemed they had reinforced the hologram a bit.

‘Since there’s a reaction, I guess they spent some money?’

A main vocalist of a first-tier idol group came out, so isn’t it obvious, the college student snorted.

“Hey, he’s doing it, doing it!”

“Be quiet!”

On the dark stage, only the hologram shone alone.

And the accompaniment flowed.

Sweet and clear violin and oboe sounds filled the space.

The stage was filled with bright and radiant light. Flowers swayed, and the bridegroom raised his right hand and placed it softly on the microphone.

– My world is
A place without sadness
Only pure joy
I share with you

“Eh? That….”

“Shh!”

Behind one sweet line, one lower and more earnest line was attached.

– In my world
There is no darkness
The bright starlight
Will shine upon you

“Wow…….”

This time, forgetting to stop each other saying it’s a disturbance, the siblings opened their mouths and watched the screen.

‘May Bridegroom’ was singing a duet song sung by a man and a woman together, alone.

It was a song famous for its fairy-tale lyrics and lyrical melody, and was a very romantic song.

And if there was one more characteristic, it was that it was used a lot as a wedding congratulatory song.

– Sometimes sad days
Will visit us but
Please stay in this world
– So that my love
Can warmly embrace
Your world
And protect it

Originally, the original song had two people exchanging melodies with each other, and the lyrics piled up and became solid.

But this congratulatory song sung alone by ‘May Bridegroom’ had been transformed into a nuance of complete courtship.

Unlike the proposal song of the preliminary stage that was neat, the configuration that crossed back and forth between male and female keys as brilliantly as the tail feathers of a courting peacock captivated the ears.

‘It’s really good to listen to.’

‘It’s a f*cking old-fashioned song, so why is it good?’

The siblings were completely immersed in the song and appreciated the remaining song as quiet as a dead mouse.

The subtitles were also in an uproar.

[The love delivered by May Bridegroom]
[Falling into the sweet voice…….]

The faces of judges who closed their eyes and judges who opened their eyes wide and stared intensely at the stage intersected.

“It’s the finals for sure, right?”

“Absolutely.”

Watching ‘May Bridegroom,’ who finished the song, bow once again and vanish smoothly, the siblings gave the same opinion after a long time.

And as they expected, ‘May Bridegroom’ advanced to the finals.

[The second finalist is… ‘May Bridegroom’!]

“Yesss!”

“Hey, if he didn’t go, it’s manipulation.”

Like watching some sports match, the siblings were excited and waved the remote control at the TV.

And the profiles of the semi-finalists were introduced a bit lengthily.

It was content for filling time, but well-made character profiles were sometimes quite fun just by themselves.

‘May Bridegroom’ was such a case.

– Crazy… they say he can only sing love songs until he meets his bride;; what’s with the concept
– Then was the Winter Night he sang during the finals the point in time when he met his bride and they were separated by death, so he could finally sing a parting song?
└ Gasp
└ I like this kind of interpretation so much
– All the flowers on the bouquet head are only flowers that bloom in May… because he’s May Bridegroom… if he marries in a different month, the flowers change
└ Please brain-dead your way to June Bridegroom at least, it just happens to be June now
└ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– They say if he marries, the flower head changes to the bride’s ideal type. It’s too much setting but it is delicious

As soon as the profile popped up, the college student felt proud while scanning the SNS.

‘Park Moondae is really good at this kind of thing!’

And she was convinced once again. This cannot not be Park Moondae!

“What are you going to do if it is Park Moondae?”

“Even if you get f*cking embarrassed by continuing like this, don’t come to me.”

“Hey, a 100,000 won bet on the loser, call?”

“Wow, thanks for the pocket money.”

The siblings ended up entering into a high-amount bet just before the final stage.

The two, who could not turn back, stared at the TV with serious faces.

“Even if he messes up quite a bit here, he’ll win, right?”

“From my point of view, yes.”

The two roughly let the first stage of the finals pass by. An old chicken with a silver foil ribbon neatly tied sang a nursery-rhyme samba, but there wasn’t much inspiration.

And finally… that turn came.

‘May Bridegroom’ appeared on the stage again.

[Waaaaaaa!!]

Red butterflies flew away, and the flower bouquet was seen beyond the white veil.

‘May Bridegroom’ grabbed his standing microphone with both hands wearing white gloves.

And the stage darkened.

Clank.

Several thin beams of light from all directions were shot down by the hologram.

It was a dark red light.

“……!”

The lights swayed as if distorted.

And, an ominous sound began to be heard.

Sheeeeee- sheeeeee-

The sound of a sogeum leaking like the wind mixed with the sound of a piri that moved busily between notes, creating a strange atmosphere.

The sound of slow drums echoed.

Thump…. Thump…. Thump….

It was chilly.

In that eerie energy, ‘May Bridegroom’ began to sing.

The white suit was stained with mottled red light.

– On the last day of April
Even the moon is not visible
My love does not come
And love rots away

As if slightly hoarse, a scratching sound echoed slowly across the stage.

Perhaps because the light was trembling, ‘May Bridegroom’ looked as if he was shaking the flowers.

As if they would wither soon.

– Yearning is this long
But life is not right
Suddenly opening the window
Only footprints remain on the road

The song ran forward without a chance to breathe over the unstable minor key. As if about to jump off any moment, steeply, the notes went up.

And, they fell.

– Still, I will wait

In accordance with that low note, the accompaniment exploded.

“……!!”

In the midst of the runaway traditional Korean instruments of minor key, ‘May Bridegroom’ buried the flowers in the stand microphone with his head bowed.

– Until the heart completely rots
And the skeletal yearning melts
Buried under the ground
Until the memories completely crumble
Still, I will wait

The gloomy melody started at an extremely low tone and rose following the notes insanely.

In the repeated lyrics, the ends of countless metaphors all ended with one word.

‘Waiting’.

On the screen, the reaction of the audience was not even shown. It only illuminated ‘May Bridegroom’ on the red, sticky stage.

It felt as if the gaze beyond the veil and bouquet, which couldn’t possibly be seen, was visible.

A desperation that felt like it would overwhelm even beyond the screen was felt.

And the end arrived.

A high note that sounded like a cry raised the last refrain lyrics.

– Until the day you finally come
Until the day you say I am truly pretty

The last note continued as if he wasn’t breathing.

Chasing that, the gloomy accompaniment ran busily… and stopped abruptly.

– I will wait

“…….”

A single slender sogeum sound finished the song.

In the place where fear and madness left, a stinging and sorrowful lingering imagery remained.

‘May Bridegroom,’ who had come to a stop, did not move while keeping the bouquet to the standing microphone.

And the moment the accompaniment was completely cut off.

He disappeared from the stage as if turning off.

[Heu-uh-uh-uh!]
[Wow……!]

Only then was the audience seating filled with applause and admiration.

Cameras capturing the exaggerated appearance of judges or audience members covering their mouths finally appeared on the front.

[The overwhelmed audience seating]
[People who cannot take their hands off their mouths]

And the siblings who were frozen in front of the TV also regained their senses.

“……Truly crazy.”

“F*ck, it gives me goosebumps.”

“Moondae wins.”

“You’re crossing the line again.”

The stage of ‘May Bridegroom,’ who seemed to have gone crazy while waiting for the bride who doesn’t return, left a tremendous lingering imagery.

It was because he led a stage that could have been thought of as excessive if one wasn’t careful, with vocalization that was eerily exactly right.

‘I’m definitely watching the main broadcast next week too.’

The high school student, who was convinced of ‘May Bridegroom’s’ victory, inwardly decided.

This was something that had to be seen.

He even felt like buying and listening to the album once the identity was revealed.

‘Seeing the angle until this time, he’s a band vocalist. He’ll probably use f*cking minor songs.’

So when ‘May Bridegroom’ revealed his identity right after, he completely froze in that shock.

[‘May Bridegroom,’ the identity of the person who made this hologram character…… is revealed now!]

Just before announcing the winner, the identity of the participant was pre-revealed for the picture of the participant waiting for the announcement together with the hologram on stage.

The hologram of ‘May Bridegroom,’ whose motion link was released, was standing quietly on the stage. It was a modesty that made it unthinkable that he had sung such a horrific song just before.

A thunderous MC’s voice was heard.

[Now, please appear!]

At that moment, the bottom of the stage opened and a person began to be revealed.

And people began to let out strange exclamations.

“……!?”

Because what was coming up… was ‘May Bridegroom.’

“What?”

The real-life ‘May Bridegroom’ who had come up all the way tilted his bouquet.

It gave goosebumps because it was exactly the same as the hologram.

“Uheok.”

There had been times when animals or food were playfully reproduced as doll clothes until now, but this was the first time it was exactly the same.

Usually, you make a character out of something you can’t do!

‘What kind of bastard is he anyway?’

Among the audience and judges filled with buzzing, only the MC shouted cheerfully.

[This person is… exactly!]

The newly appeared ‘May Bridegroom’ tore off the bouquet on his head with his right hand.

“……!”

A thick mesh mask covered with flowers slid down to his neck, revealing a face and hair soaked in sweat.

[The trending idol, it’s Park Moondae of Teastar!]
[!!!!]

The appearance of the audience screaming and the judges pretending to be even more surprised were captured and replayed continuously on the screen.

And the high school student also lost his soul.

“…….”

“Hey, hey.”

The college student tapped her younger brother with her foot.

“Hand over the 100,000 won.”

“…….”

For reference, a similar situation was happening in real time on the internet as well.