A New Career Singer Who Can Read The Future [EN]: Chapter 192

After finishing the first day’s performance, Do-hyun bowed to the audience, swallowing the tears that welled up inside him.

The sound and lighting malfunctions had been unexpected.

Even though he had meticulously rehearsed since his days at the 88 Gymnasium [a large indoor arena in Seoul], facing such sound and lighting mishaps made him anxious about whether the audience was disappointed.

Returning to the waiting room, Do-hyun’s legs gave way, and he collapsed onto the spot.

Kang-ho, seeing this, rushed over in surprise and supported Do-hyun.

“Do-hyun, are you okay?”

“No… I’m not okay, hyung [older brother or close male friend].”

“It’s okay not to be okay today. You must have been very shaken during the performance, right?”

“I was so… anxious… you have no idea how surprised I was.”

“We were surprised too, watching from under the stage. I think there won’t be any major problems from tomorrow after what happened today. Fortunately, the reporters who came today mentioned in their articles how professional Do-hyun was. It’s a relief that dozens of such articles came out.”

“…Ah. That’s a relief. But what’s more important than the reporters’ articles is the fans’ feelings. I’m so worried that the fans might be disappointed. The ticket prices aren’t cheap either.”

Do-hyun was on edge.

It was his first Korean stage in a while, and it was starting off on the wrong foot from the very first day.

He thought he should check the tarot cards for tomorrow’s stage when he got home.

“Let’s go home early today. Don’t spend too much time at home either, just rest comfortably and come out tomorrow. Got it?”

“…I’ll try.”

* * *

Do-hyun returned home.

He was soothing his mood with a half-bath, filling the tub with water.

As the delicate fragrance permeated his body, his mood gradually improved.

At the same time, he was reflecting on whether there was anything lacking in his performance today.

“The more I perform on stage, the more difficult the stage seems to become. It would be nice if performing on stage became easier. It’s like, the more songs I make, the more I worry about whether I’m on the right path and how the listeners will receive it.”

He had felt this way even when writing essays.

Even though it was just a simple essay, it became increasingly difficult each time he wrote.

He had finished editing the manuscript early, but there were many embarrassing pieces when he read them again.

It was the same with making songs.

One of the reasons why he didn’t sing the songs he made in the early days as much now was because the current songs were better.

“I feel once again that there is no easy path in anything.”

Although he handled the aftermath of the accident well, his whole body was tense because he was so nervous.

Taking a half-bath made him feel like the tense muscles were loosening.

“Let’s wash up and get some sleep.”

* * *

The next day.

Do-hyun woke up and sensed a change in his condition.

His throat was slightly hoarse.

He thought he had slept comfortably… but his throat condition was different from yesterday.

Was it because he had overdone it yesterday?

In the meantime, the manager arrived, and Do-hyun moved to Jamsil Main Stadium [a large stadium in Seoul].

The manager, seeing him unusually quiet, spoke to him.

“Do-hyun, why do you look so serious?”

“I… I don’t think my condition is very good today… What should I do? Yesterday there was an accident, but today my throat is so hoarse….”

“…Oh, now that you mention it, your voice sounds lower than usual. Are you going to be okay?”

“I slept well, and everything… I’m just embarrassed that this happened.”

“You’ll be able to do well on stage. Let’s not worry too much.”

The manager offered words of comfort, but Do-hyun was afraid to make a sound.

Even after getting off at the main stadium, many fans were standing there to see Do-hyun on his way to work, but Do-hyun just bowed and went inside.

Kang-ho saw Do-hyun and greeted him.

“Hoya hyung.”

“Huh? What’s wrong with your voice?”

Kang-ho, who immediately noticed Do-hyun’s abnormal condition, brought him a propolis spray.

“Let’s spray this first. That way, your throat condition will get a little better before the performance. Today’s performance starts at 5 PM.”

“I should. Thank you, hyung.”

After spraying the propolis spray in his mouth, he felt like his throat was getting a little better.

Kang-ho brought a humidifier from another waiting room to maintain a constant humidity for Do-hyun’s throat condition.

Do-hyun was always moved by how meticulously he took care of him, perhaps because he was the one in charge of his managing.

Kang-ho was a really good person.

After about two hours, his throat condition had improved to eighty percent, though not a hundred percent.

‘It’s not perfect for performing on stage yet… but I’m glad it’s much better than before.’

Only then did Do-hyun practice loosening his throat and singing.

Kang-ho, who was listening to this, smiled with satisfaction, saying that he had improved a lot.

“Wow… now you sound like the Do-hyun I know. You’re really good. But, it’s okay to take it easy on stage. Yesterday’s stage had an accident, so I think you were tense, which put a strain on your throat. You know, a singer’s voice is their life. Let’s not forget that.”

“I know, hyung. But I’m glad my voice has recovered a lot. I was wondering what to do if it stayed bad like this until the last day….”

Do-hyun’s voice was slightly tearful.

To be honest, Do-hyun felt like he was about to cry.

“Rest your voice a little. Let’s just do well like this. Do-hyun. Got it?”

“Yes, hyung. I’ll try.”

“Okay. Don’t worry too much. You know that the more you worry, the more nervous you get and the worse your condition gets, right?”

Do-hyun felt like crying at Kang-ho’s warm words, but he held it in.

* * *

30 minutes before the performance started.

I looked at the tarot cards for the first time in a while.

My throat condition had only recovered to about ninety percent, so I was worried about whether I would be able to complete today’s stage well.

Shuffling?

Sliding?

Shuffling the cards and spreading them out.

Among them, I took out one card that caught my eye.

[Judgment]

The Judgment card came out!

Seeing this, I could predict my positive future.

Just in case, I drew one more card.

[Wheel of Fortune]

The Wheel of Fortune card came out!

I couldn’t help but be happy.

Everything will return to normal… it seemed to be telling me not to worry.

“Hoo.”

“Looks like the cards came out well?”

I nodded at Kang-ho’s words.

“They came out really well. I was worried that I would ruin today’s performance or make a mistake, so I drew them… I’m relieved that I’ll be able to finish safely.”

“That’s a relief. You must have been nervous. Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

I was puzzled when Kang-ho was suddenly surprised. Then I looked at Kang-ho hyung.

“Your throat condition seems to have improved a lot? It’s the same as your normal voice now.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Can’t you feel it?”

“Hmm… Aaaaah!”

I felt that my throat condition had returned to normal.

It was now a hundred percent condition. It would have been better if it was more than that, but I was grateful that it had returned to its original state.

“That’s a real relief!”

My voice was full of joy.

Second day of the performance.

Now all I have to do is finish it successfully!

* * *

The audience began to enter, and the seats began to fill up quickly.

The audience filled up to the third floor of Jamsil Main Stadium.

Fans prepare small events every time a concert is held like this.

That is, to distribute packaged jellies, chocolate bars, etc. to the people sitting near their seats.

Some people don’t like it, but they don’t openly show their aversion to being given something for free.

“Excuse me…! This is a printout of the cheering guide to shout when Do-hyun sings ‘Wide Sea’ during today’s performance, please take it!”

Among the songs on the performance, ‘Wide Sea’ has never been recently removed from the set list.

It has been three years since this song was released.

Even though this song has been out for quite some time, it is still strong on the music charts.

The fans asked the agency because there was no cheering guide even though it was a popular song, but Hu Entertainment did not release an official cheering guide.

Usually, they only release cheering guides for title songs, follow-up songs, or coupling songs.

That’s why, at this Seoul encore concert, fans are creating cheering guides, printing them, and promoting them from SNS to paper flyers.

It was a surprise gift from the fans to Do-hyun.

Among those handing out flyers was reporter Yoo Hana.

This was the first time in her *deokjil* [intense dedication to a fandom] history that reporter Yoo Hana had done this.

‘…Ugh. I’m afraid of being recognized, so I’m wearing a hood and handing them out, and everyone is accepting them well… but I’m still worried about something.’

Yoo Hana as a fan and Yoo Hana as a reporter were completely separate.

That’s why reporter Yoo Hana was worried that she might be recognized.

‘Still, if it can make Do-hyun happy. I have to see Na Do-hyun crying from being touched…!’

One of the moments that fans like the most is when Na Do-hyun cries from being touched.

Do-hyun cried more than expected, and it was fun to make Do-hyun cry.

How heartbreaking and sexy his red-stained eyes were.

It made me feel strange.

“Wow… did you make the flyers yourself?”

“Ah, yes….”

Reporter Yoo, who was thinking about Do-hyun’s crying moment, was momentarily embarrassed by the unexpected question.

“Thank you so much! I was going to memorize it after seeing it on SNS, but I couldn’t memorize it, so I was thinking about printing it out, but I forgot! Thanks to you, I can memorize it like this!”

“You have to do it!”

“But… if you don’t mind me asking, how old are you? Can we be friends?”

Reporter Yoo was embarrassed when a cheerful *honey* [term of endearment, often used by older women] who looked more than twelve years older than her spoke to her.

This person. He knew how to embarrass Yoo Hana, who was trained for most things.

“Ah, it’s okay. I don’t use SNS very often….”

“Oh, really? That’s too bad. It’s a connection that we’re sitting next to each other like this… right?”

‘What connection are you talking about! Please don’t embarrass me anymore….’

Reporter Yoo replied vaguely and pulled up her mask even more.

Now only her eyes were visible.

‘Performance, please start soon! Please!’

She could only shout desperately in her heart.