The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 1771

< 177. The HALO Dispute >

[HALO, Surprise Guerrilla Performance at a Pub After London Concert]

[“Why is the Prince Here?” Prince Arthur of England Caught Doing a Guerrilla Performance with HALO]

[Should We See This as a Comeback Signal?]

The previous night was already buzzing with the name HALO, Prince Arthur, the British Royal Family, and interviews with London citizens.

As any country would, reporters tried to capture everything from the restaurant HALO visited to the clothes he wore, and even where he simply looked, to a dangerous extent.

Especially since England holds special meaning for HALO, the density of coverage was high. Thus, from the moment HALO arrived at Heathrow Airport for the London concert, British citizens could see HALO’s name every day.

In the midst of all this.

There was a surprise guerrilla performance.

This was welcome news for London citizens who were sad that HALO was visiting London for such a short time, especially since he had caught a cold from the rain in Korea.

Of course, only a limited number of people could enter the limited space, so not many could actually enjoy it – those who stood there for half a day hoping someone would come out shed tears of blood – but the media reacted explosively.

Especially when it was revealed that Prince Arthur participated as a drummer, not just in a HALO guerrilla performance. It felt like every reporter in the world had gathered. One might have thought a declaration of war had been made in some country.

Why is Prince Arthur playing drums on HALO’s stage?

Is this news that Prince Arthur is returning to the entertainment industry?

Also, is he returning as a member of HALO, or is this just a coincidence?

Various questions and speculations poured out.

Above all, the biggest question was how these two people, who seemed to have nothing in common, met.

The eyes of all federations, and further, the eyes of European citizens were focused.

Perhaps if HALO were a woman, or Prince Arthur were a princess of the same age, there would be more sensational articles.

The most 궁금한 [gunggeumhan – curious] thing was this.

How the royal family is taking this situation.

Just as tabloids were speculating whether Prince Arthur had used coercive measures to perform with HALO.

Prince Arthur appeared at Heathrow Airport and said.

[Prince Arthur of England, “England Always Wants You (HALO)”]

The incident took another turn.

Until now, the main points of contention were ‘Will the royal family allow Prince Arthur’s band debut?’ and ‘Why is Prince Arthur there?’ Now, all the points of contention have been reversed.

Whether Prince Arthur is returning to the entertainment industry was not an important issue.

The meaning of the comment from Prince Arthur’s mouth was important.

Whether it’s just about the concert.

Or if there is a bigger meaning.

[What’s there to say? The royal family has already met HALO. Why would they have met?]

[Was Prince Arthur standing as a royal spokesperson?]

[Nationality proposal for HALO? What do citizens think about this? Unanimous agreement]

[It was suspicious from the beginning. Comparing the response when HALO arrived at Heathrow Airport with the response to other stars]

The media used bland sentences to sensationalize the situation.

At one time, they thought of HALO as British, and were disappointed when it was revealed that he was Korean. The royal family took the lead and represented their opinions, which fueled the desires that had been dormant beneath the surface.

[Honestly, the soul of the sun is in England!]

[Come to the country where the sun never sets]

[I support Prince Arthur and the royal family! Please, come to England!]

Even though HALO is more active in his home country of Korea – at least that’s how it looked to them – and they were a little more affectionate – this is also speculation – there were enough people who dreamed of HALO becoming a naturalized British citizen.

[This might not just be about citizenship. There’s even talk of awarding a medal of honor, so Prince Arthur stepped in, right?]

[There’s been talk of a medal all along. I’m all for HALO becoming a British citizen and receiving a medal]

[Sir HALO··· Such a beautiful name]

HALO’s home country, Korea, was more than ready to be turned upside down as it watched this situation unfold.

Looking back on the World Tour, how much each country welcomed HALO, how many people waited to see him at the guerrilla performance, how the world-renowned metal band Scorpions treated HALO with great respect, and now with articles about the British prince even playing drums, it was a time when they had been calling for more for a month and lost their voices.

[Life is like HALO (Noh Hae-il)]

Noh Hae-il doing a guerrilla performance with Prince Arthur… (article excerpt)

This is a real superstar

└ What? Is he a real prince? Why is the prince playing drums?

└ Prince Arthur is right. Queen’s grandson ㅇㅇ [Oong-oong – abbreviation for yes]

└ Didn’t Prince Arthur used to be famous for making music? I thought he quit, but he’s playing again

[But how did they meet and do a guerrilla performance? Can you meet royalty on the street in England?]

└ Can you meet celebrities on the street in Korea? Didn’t the prince just say he wanted to meet him?

└ There’s talk in England that he’s abusing his power for that

[I don’t know about anything else, but it’s crazy… Has there ever been a star like this in our country?]

└ There never has been and never will be

└ The royal family is responding directly

└ HALO is a legend

[HALO’s music is special in England. From their perspective, he revived Britpop, which was all but dead, and promoted national prestige]

└ Why is Britpop dead? Are you ignoring other bands and singers?

└ HALO has put England on the map like the Beatles era

└ A K-pop singer who put British music back on track…?]

Then.

At first, Koreans were happy that the British prince even came to greet HALO, but soon they became serious.

[Isn’t he just asking for more concerts? He’s being so persistent with Hae-il. I can’t believe they’re called the country of pirates]

[England always wants Hae-il? Do they think our country doesn’t? I’m suddenly so angry]

[The habits of the imperialist era are starting to show. Are we going to have to fight over people after the territorial disputes?]

└ I’m so angry that China and Japan keep saying Hae-il is their bloodline

└ They even say HALO’s music was influenced by them lol What influence?

I’ve heard that HALO has been targeted overseas for a long time, but when there was such direct talk of ‘naturalization,’ the reaction in Korea was explosive.

[But isn’t naturalization ㅅㅇㄷ [saeng-gak-daero – as you think]? And now our country recognizes dual citizenship. Whether it’s naturalization or citizenship, if he becomes British, he’ll probably be granted a title, and the military problem will be solved]

└ Hey, aren’t you overinterpreting just the prince’s words? The royal spokesperson didn’t even interview him directly

└ ㄴㄴ [No-no – No No] It’s very likely that if the prince says it openly, the royal family’s position is the same ㅇㅇ [Oong-oong – abbreviation for yes]

└ Are you stupid? Who’s higher, the royal spokesperson or the prince?

[What medal? Do they think we don’t have medals in our country?]

└ And the medal is just an excuse. There are cases where foreigners receive honorary medals

└ What’s with the title award in the 21st century

└ ㄹㅇ [Real-eo – Real] In Korea, where 99% of the people are from noble families

And then, something else happened that added fuel to the fire.

Originally, it was something that would have been digested as one of the nationalistic news stories.

However, because of the situation, it was enough to be interpreted with impure intentions.

[Hé, mon garçon. How’s Paris?] (Note: The original text is in Korean, but the translated text is in French.)

Rather than directly tagging HALO, the Bluebird [Twitter] post from the French (former) actor and (current) member of parliament, who uses ‘boy’ as one of the nicknames for HALO after sun and glory, seemed to be addressed to HALO.

In particular, the timing was when HALO had just arrived at Charles Airport in France, and it was only a few hours before Prince Arthur made that comment, which had now become the official position of the royal family.

Of course, it could be a really pure intention, meaning how is it really, or maybe he wasn’t calling HALO.

Still, Korea, which was already on fire, arrived at only one meaning.

[Who is this guy again?]

[Okay, I’m going to file a petition to the National Assembly to enact a law banning HALO from naturalization]

└ lol [laugh out loud] It seems like the Constitutional Court will pass it unanimously

└ Are you enacting the Constitution in the Constitutional Court, you stupid bastard? But unanimous passage is ㅇㅈ [In-jeong – Acknowledge]

[But what does the person involved say about this situation?]

└ If you knew that, everyone would be horrified

└ Noh Hae-il has such an unpredictable personality that I really don’t know

└ Maybe he doesn’t even know about this situation itself?

Half of it was right, and half of it was wrong.

“Wow, I thought it was just a casual greeting, but they think of it this way too.”

“Well, it’s the prince who said it, not someone else.”

Because I monitored the Korean situation after returning to the 숙소 [sukso – accommodation].

“What do you think about this situation?”

When Seo-yeon Moon brought a new spoon to her mouth like a microphone, HALO hummed. He pretended to think seriously and replied as if he were giving an interview.

“It’s not even a matter to consider.”

It was a word that would turn Koreans upside down, but it actually did. It wasn’t wrong that his soul was British, but he had no intention of naturalizing in England now. He had adapted well to Korea, and he had no pride or patriotism as a British citizen in the past.

He was just always HALO, and only he mattered.

He can live wherever he wants, doing what he wants, and he can go wherever he wants if he wants to, so it doesn’t matter what his nationality is.

Also, people focus more on nationality about Prince Arthur’s words, but HALO interpreted it as an intention to remind him of ‘title (medal)’.

I said I didn’t need it. Wasn’t it a word that said, I’ll give it to you whenever you want, so take it. He had a personality that was plain but subtly persistent.

“Ah, yesterday was fun.”

“Let’s do it again next time we go, boss!”

“But I play the drums better.”

In Korea, even Prince Arthur’s participation in the guerrilla performance is now interpreted as a bad seed, but the members remember last night fondly and are preparing for the upcoming Paris concert rehearsal.

The Accor Hotel Arena in the 12th arrondissement [district] of Paris, France, on the banks of the Seine, was one of the largest venues for HALO’s current world tour concerts. The capacity is 23,000 people. Until now, other venues were near 17,000, so in some ways, it could be seen as the most relaxed ticketing.

That is, if only French people came to the concert.

However, for the Paris, France performance, as many seats as there were, and as it was located in the center of Europe, most European citizens flocked there, and the size didn’t mean much.

And as the number of golden tickets was rumored to be 100 per performance due to golden ticket authentication and the words of 관계자 [gwan-gye-ja – insider], it was also the performance with the lowest probability of winning a golden ticket.

But, Scorpion Reel had acted so badly at the previous concert, and he was still wearing ‘that watch’ as if to tease him when he appeared in public, so people were very sensitive to similar watches, or acted as if they were awakening a second personality.

I explained this situation in detail because everyone knows about it.

“Um, is it really okay for us to receive this watch?”

Peter said, shaking his arm 덜덜덜 [deol-deol-deol – trembling sound].

His arm was shaking as if he had a tremor, not just a tremor.

“Give it to MJ?”

“Well, not in that sense-.”

HALO chuckled.

After finally seeing Spider-Man, he learned what MJ meant to Peter, and he thought it was a pretty funny joke.

“So, was the proposal successful?”

“Uh···.”

How could it be successful?

The person who was going to propose was in the bathroom at the time,

MJ watched someone else – in a video – instead of Peter singing, and the proposal was gone.

MJ didn’t even point out that Peter wasn’t there, let alone the proposal. Rather, she grabbed him by the collar and asked why only you guys saw HALO, and when Peter said he was in the bathroom, she clicked her tongue.

They were already living together, and the marriage was already decided, and I wanted to make a special day. It was MJ who made a special day instead.

“We’re getting married soon.”

HALO, who couldn’t hear the long story and roughly understood that the proposal was successful, nodded.

“But can we go to HALO’s 공연 [gong-yeon – concert]?”

“Wasn’t it fun then?”

Who can say that HALO was not fun?

The things that happened after that were not fun, but the 선상 [seon-sang – on the ship] performance with HALO remained their greatest achievement in life.

“It was fun, but-.”

Who are you to ride a boat with the sun?

Didn’t you really see the sun’s face?

Are you the guys who hit the sun on the back?

Many memories flashed through my mind like a lantern.

Peter and his party trembled.

“I think it’s better to just watch from afar….”

“Wouldn’t it be a hindrance?”

Even get a watch and be a stage guest?

I was really scared of what would happen if I did this.

Of course, they had no intention of showing off their watches like Scorpion Reel. In fact, how many people can act badly in front of so many people? They were also afraid of receiving HALO’s stage guest proposal.

However, HALO didn’t know much about their past.

All that remained of their past was that one day when they laughed happily, made him sing on the gondola fleet, gave him good memories, and said goodbye neatly.

It would have been different if they had directly said that they were scared and burdened, but they didn’t say that, so HALO accepted their reaction similarly to when Prince Arthur was there.

HALO looked at them and asked.

“You don’t want to do it with me?”

Now 17 years old.

A boy who doesn’t know anything (?) is looking at them.

Actually, I want to. With those eyes.

Although the Heligans are scary, the 태양단 [tae-yang-dan – sun squad] youths who are HALO’s fans can’t say no to their singer.

What kind of fan would upset or disappoint their beloved singer?

They didn’t know that HALO was the kind of person who could say, even if you say you don’t like it, I’ll laugh and say, I actually like it. They walked directly into the tiger’s mouth.

“No, it’s really good.”

“Sob… It’s an honor…”

“We’re just so happy to have met HALO.”

“Then let’s do it.”

The boy smiled brightly.