Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 184

“A Prenatal Dream? You had one of those?”

“Yeah… Don’t you have them in America?”

“No. At least, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it. That’s fascinating.”

“So, that mirror is our daughter?”

“I guess that’s what it means? Maybe if you look it up, you can find prenatal dreams related to it. I can’t believe Americans don’t have prenatal dreams.”

Well, I couldn’t say that *all* Americans didn’t have them.

It was a country where people from countless nations lived.

‘If I had to guess, the Native Americans probably have prenatal dreams.’

They had continued their spiritual lives for a long time, so it was likely they had them.

“Let’s see. Here it is. Receiving a luxurious and expensive mirror as a gift in a dream can be interpreted as a prenatal dream. It says we’ll have a smart, wise, and sociable child. That’s wonderful!”

“Really? It says that?”

Jamie was overjoyed at the interpretation of the prenatal dream.

She asked me to read the interpretation again, and then she recorded it and listened to it over and over, memorizing it.

I watched her and chuckled for the first time in a while, carefully hoping in my heart.

‘I hope it’s a daughter if possible. One who looks like Jamie…’

A boy would be fine too, but if the child looked like me, I’d be a little scared.

In fact, it was fortunate that things worked out well; otherwise, a boy who lived doing whatever he wanted since he was a child would likely have made raising him a living hell.

‘But come to think of it, wouldn’t it be a problem if a girl looked like me too?’

It was no joke. Considering how wild my cousin Hee-jung was in my memories, I might really have to thoroughly educate her from a young age.

‘So, whether it’s a daughter or a son, they have to look like Jamie.’

It was a question of whether raising a child would be hell or heaven, so I silently thanked the source of this prenatal dream.

Of course, when this news was conveyed to acquaintances, the reaction was tremendous.

In particular, my mother made a fuss and was overjoyed.

“Oh my! Thank goodness. I was worried that you wouldn’t get married and would just grow old!”

I was startled by my mother, who was about to call her acquaintances right away. “This isn’t the time to do this,” I said, and hurriedly stopped her.

“You can’t spread rumors yet.”

Premarital pregnancy might not be much of a flaw these days, but there were still many conservatives in this society.

They would blindly criticize just for being pregnant before marriage.

Of course, this was the plight of a public figure, so it might not be surprising now.

However, if you looked at fame alone, Jamie and I were among the top in the world, so the repercussions were bound to be significant.

I usually didn’t care much, but I just hoped that there would only be blessings for Jamie and our child, whom I loved.

My mother nodded, though disappointed at my caution.

“Just wait a few days. I’ll start with a big marriage announcement.”

Of course, if sudden marriage stories circulated, the story of premarital pregnancy would naturally come out, but I couldn’t control speculative stories.

“I knew it! Always the men!”

My younger sibling blindly criticized me, but on the other hand, was overjoyed that Jamie would become their sister and that they would have a niece or nephew.

“Please! Please, they have to look like Jamie! They absolutely can’t look like that human!”

“…Well.”

I also felt the same way as them, so I sympathized, but I couldn’t help but feel a little bad when they said it like that.

When I told my uncles that I was having a child, they were surprisingly not surprised. Rather, they showed an attitude that what was coming had come.

“Honestly, I thought you’d have a baby a few months after you started dating. I didn’t expect it to be this late!”

“Right. It’s much later than I thought. Sigh. You don’t have any problems, do you?”

“Hehehe. Your good days are over. Now you’ll feel how hard parenting is!”

“No matter how hard it is, is it harder than me? I had twins! When one child cried, the other cried, like an endless hellish waterwheel… *sniff*.”

“Congratulations. You’ve finally joined the married men’s club.”

I was very grateful to Uncle Kim Il, who congratulated me properly, and soon handed him the wedding invitation I had prepared.

And the uncles who received the invitation all looked dumbfounded.

“Are you crazy? You’re going to have a wedding in less than a month?”

“Don’t you know how much there is to prepare for a wedding and how hard it is!”

“Crazy guy!”

I just shrugged at my uncles’ criticism.

“How could I not know? How much of my share was in preparing for my younger sibling’s wedding? I think it’s possible enough if I spend some money.”

At my words, my uncles looked at me with eyes that saw a really immature nephew.

And I soon realized what my uncles’ worries were.

“…Save me!”

The difference between preparing from a third-party perspective and preparing as the person involved was truly like heaven and earth.

While struggling to live like that, I finally officially released a statement about the wedding.

-Jamie YC couple finally getting married!-

└What are you talking about? It’s not April Fool’s Day today, is it?

└It’s real! Not only YC Entertainment but also Jamie and YC officially announced the news through their accounts.

└Wow! It’s real. There were many rumors that they had broken up because it had been so quiet.

-I heard the wedding will be held at the resort owned by YC where their younger sibling got married in the past?

└Well, it’s understandable. It’s the wedding of the century couple… How many reporters will there be?

└ㅋㅋㅋ. It must be really disappointing for the reporters. As far as I know, it’s quite far from the mainland, so it’s hard to fly a helicopter.

-By the way, if they’re getting married so suddenly, it must be a premarital pregnancy, right?

└It’s highly likely! It’s not a flaw these days anyway.

└Still, it’s different if it’s YC and Jamie. Considering that neither of them has caused any incidents, this might be the only incident.

-Everyone is full of speculation. But considering YC’s age, this is actually late.

└How old is YC?

└He’s 41 years old!

└Really? Oh my gosh! He’s the same age as my mom! I’ve heard that Easterners don’t age, but this is too much. If I hadn’t liked him since the old days, I would have believed he was in his 20s even with his appearance.

└It’s unfair. I’m only 20 years old, but my face looks older than YC’s.

As expected, stories about premarital pregnancy were coming out all over the community, but we didn’t make any statements.

This was because we knew very well that whether we affirmed or denied it, people would only believe what they wanted to believe.

Fortunately, perhaps because of my age, fans were generous with their congratulations on my marriage.

-Da-da-da-da~-

After such major events, today I was finally getting married.

It was an outdoor wedding on a rainy day, but fortunately, it wasn’t raining too much, so there was no problem proceeding with the ceremony.

‘I really want to make it extravagant if I could.’

I wanted to make it as flashy and extravagant as possible, but it was right to do it this way for Jamie, who was still in a period where she had to be careful [due to the pregnancy].

The wedding ceremony was held with a lively wedding march, and a week-long party followed.

Surprisingly, my mother didn’t cry on the wedding day. Instead, she couldn’t stop laughing as if her lungs were full of air, and I realized how much my mother had wanted my marriage.

It was Jamie’s mother who cried a lot.

She had overcome her trauma through counseling, so the emotions in her tears were not just sadness.

They were tears filled with feelings of pride and joy, and Jamie seemed to know her mother’s heart, and she cried along with her mother whenever she cried.

“Oh my. Why are you crying so much on a happy day!”

Fortunately, thanks to Jamie’s unusually cheerful aunt, the tears were reduced by half, which was a relief.

“Fortunately, the morning sickness isn’t severe.”

My mother really treated Jamie like a daughter and came to visit whenever she had time.

Even if she were Korean, it would be burdensome, but I thought Jamie, an American who valued individualism, would hate it, but that was my prejudice.

“No? I like it when Mom comes.”

“…Really?”

“Yeah. Mom loves me so much. I feel like a child when I’m with Mom.”

“That’s a relief then.”

I had heard that conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could be a big problem in married life, so I had heard so much from people around me that the husband and son had to do well.

However, perhaps because she hadn’t spent a proper teenage life, Jamie, who was starved for affection, was rather happy with her mother’s active affection.

My mother also seemed to like Jamie, who had a *soondungi*-like [gentle and docile] personality like her youngest daughter, unlike her appearance.

-Slap!-

“Why did you hit me all of a sudden!”

“I hate that the child is suffering because of you!”

“….”

She liked her so much that she even slapped me on the back because of Jamie’s recent severe morning sickness.

“Hehehe.”

Jamie couldn’t help but laugh, finding it funny even in the midst of her hardship.

And finally, that time came.

-Waaaaah!-

Finally, our child appeared in the world.

“It’s a daughter. Congratulations.”

“Hahahaha!”

At the word daughter, I laughed like crazy as if I had the whole world.

My mother looked dumbfounded at my appearance, then slapped me on the back and gave me a look, so I pulled myself together and hurriedly approached Jamie, who was holding our daughter.

Jamie’s face was full of smiles, as if she had forgotten how hard she had struggled to the point where her face was swollen.

I was strangely moved by Jamie’s appearance, and my throat was suddenly choked up, so I barely managed to say a word.

“…You worked hard.”

“Hehehe. Oppa [term of endearment used by a younger woman to an older man], it’s our daughter.”

I carefully took the daughter from Jamie, who was handing her to me. She was so small and light that I couldn’t help but be more careful with my touch.

“Yes. You’re Eun-kyung. Hello? I’m your dad.”

We had agreed to name our daughter Eun-kyung (銀鏡) [meaning silver mirror], as in the silver mirror seen in the prenatal dream, so Jamie simply smiled as I called our daughter Eun-kyung.

“…Thank goodness. She looks a lot like you.”

“Really? I wanted her to look like Oppa.”

“…No. That’s not it. She has to look like you.”

“Hehehe.”

Jamie laughed for a long time at what was funny about my sincere words.

And so that day.

I became the head of a family.

* * *

-Black Tiger has finally been nominated for the RRHOF (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) to be held in Seoul this time!-

└Oh my gosh! I can’t believe Black Tiger is finally on the RRHOF. Aren’t the RRHOF guys crazy?

└Anyway, look at how stubborn the RRHOF guys are. How many times have they held the event in Korea, but they don’t even think about changing the rules.

└Who was the crazy bastard who made the crazy rule that ’25 years must have passed since the first record was released?’

└These days, I feel like the American kids are more conservative.

-If it were me, I wouldn’t even receive it because it’s so dirty. As expected, the personality of the Black Tiger hyungs [older brothers/respected figures]!-

└ㅋㅋㅋ That’s right. In fact, the award from YC Academy is more authoritative.

└Wow~ When I see things like this, I really feel like the world has changed a lot. When I was young, RRHOF was a really authoritative award.

└Those tiger-smoking-pipe days~ [old times]

From some point on, the authority of the RRHOF was declining with each passing year.

Perhaps it was because the center of the music market had become Korea, but the biggest reason was that Black Tiger, who should have received the RRHOF every year, was not nominated.

Now, the best band of all time, not a legend but a legend.

They couldn’t tolerate the idea that taste was subjective, so they kept choosing the wrong people for the RRHOF [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame] every year, which inevitably led to its declining authority.

However, the RRHOF also had its reasons.

Changing the rule that ’25 years must have passed since the first record was released’ was a matter of considerable pride for them.

This was especially true since the venue had already moved from the United States to Korea, which was a major event for them.

Therefore, it was only after a full 25 years that Black Tiger could become the protagonist of the RRHOF.

“…It’s not as great as I thought.”

“Wipe away your tears before you talk.”

“Wh-what tears are you talking about…? No, you’re crying too.”

“F
X! How can I not cry when we won the RRHOF?”

“Hehehe. You guys are so consistent.”

“Wow~ I really didn’t think we could last 25 years.”

“It’s a victory for medicine. Well~”

They showed off their vigor at an age when others would retire, but they really didn’t expect to be actively performing until they were an average of 77 years old.

Perhaps it wouldn’t have been possible in the past.

That’s because they were still as active as they were 20 years ago.

However, as Park Si-young said, this was possible thanks to the advancement of medicine.

Around 2025, there was talk of conquering aging, and by 2030, it had really become commercialized.

At the time, the focus was on preventing cells from aging further rather than making them younger, and the procedure was incredibly expensive.

However, Young-chan, who had nothing but money, had the procedure done for his uncles, himself, and all his acquaintances.

Then, after another 5 years, a procedure that made cells younger finally came out.

Of course, the limitations were stricter than expected, but the Black Tiger uncles were satisfied with that alone.

With this, they believed that they could continue performing until they could win the RRHOF, as they had talked about in the past.

Young-chan was especially pleased with this.

“I really didn’t think I would be the protagonist of the RRHOF with my uncles!”

At the sight of his nephew, they scratched their cheeks awkwardly and said,

“What? Is that all it takes? We still have a legend or two to write.”

“That’s right. You’re not thinking of quitting after winning the RRHOF, are you?”

“Right. We’ve finally reached this point after being tormented by you, so we have to do it until we die.”

“Yeah. We have to suffer until we die.”

“Come to think of it, you seem busy with acting these days. Focus on your main job.”

“Hehehe.”

Young-chan could only laugh at his uncles’ unchanging 모습 [appearance/demeanor].

At the same time, he was also moved.

Unlike the Young-chan in his memory, he started the band when he was 30 years old, and his uncles were over 50 years old at the time.

In that situation, they had been active for 25 years and finally became the protagonists of the RRHOF.

He couldn’t help but be moved that they had finally accomplished something he thought was impossible.

After laughing for a while, Young-chan took out the sheet music as if it was a good thing. The faces of the uncle line subtly distorted at Young-chan, who still took out classical paper sheet music.

“Uh-huh~ Put it away. Why are you taking out such an ugly thing on this good day.”

“This 새끼 [bastard/jerk]. You’re still as clueless as ever.”

“What kind of crazy thing are you going to show us again!”

“No! That’s not it! Put it away for today!”

“…Young-chan, this isn’t it.”

“…Okay.”

Young-chan was depressed, but the uncle line didn’t bat an eye.

Well, it wasn’t like they couldn’t understand why they were doing that.

As their skills finally reached the level of the past Marvin, Young-chan began to take out incredibly difficult songs that were so hard to believe he had endured all this time.

Even they, who had reached the highest level of mastery, had to roll and roll to barely bring out the true value of the music.

If the song itself was just difficult, they would have something to say, but the problem was that they also had a high eye for it, so they knew that if they digested this song properly, it would show the quality of crazy music.

So, when Young-chan took out the music to do, they had no choice but to say ‘F
XF
X’ and do it.

No matter how difficult and agonizing the process is, they can’t surpass their desire as musicians.

However, it was only once or twice, and they were holding such events once or twice every year, so they had no choice but to be so afraid.

“…Ugh, F
X!”

“Damn it!”

However, they, who had told him to put away the sheet music, soon reached out to Young-chan, spewing out swear words.

Because they knew the sweetness of the fruit so well that they couldn’t refuse Young-chan’s proposal from the beginning, even though they knew the gates of hell were opening.

And the album released that year became known as the best of Black Tiger’s many masterpieces among fans.

However, next year, fans will say something different.

This year’s Black Tiger album is the best of all time.

All of this was a strange reality created by the music born from YC’s inspiration, which was constantly evolving without knowing its limits, and the musicality of Black Tiger’s band, which made it a reality.

However, even in such a long time, there was one song that always opened the first door of their concerts.

-Old soldiers never die.-

It was the main song of the first album that announced Black Tiger, and perhaps the song that best suited their current identity, and that’s why fans loved this song the most.

A being who became a music 괴수 [monster/prodigy] overnight changed the world in such a way, and from some point on, people began to call him the god of music.

* * *

-Epilogue-

My daughter died.

…My son died.

My wife, who had been suffering from illness, also passed away.

I didn’t drink anymore.

No, I couldn’t drink.

Because I knew too well that alcohol could not save me from the endless despair.

“Oh God…”

I looked for a god I had never looked for in my life, and after that, I had to suffer all sorts of things.

Because I had a huge inheritance left by my son, all kinds of cults who were after my wealth approached me.

Thanks to that, I realized.

“There is no god in the world!”

That there is no great being to save me.

When I knew that, I wanted to erase this damn world.

And I had the power to do it a little bit.

As I was burning in anger, someone spoke to me.

“Oh, no, that’s not right.”

“???”

I was surprised and looked up at someone who suddenly appeared without any context.

He was a boy with a fancy tuxedo and a playful look on his face.

I was momentarily stunned by the sight of the boy, who was so handsome that anyone would call him a 미소년 [pretty boy].

It’s really strange, but I could see the 모습 [appearance/image] of my son, who had become blurred, in the 모습 [appearance/image] of that boy.

And thanks to that, I was able to regain my composure.

“…Who are you?”

“Oh? I thought you were crazy… You’re pretty good?”

“…”

That strange 여유 [composure/leeway]. A way of speaking that doesn’t match his appearance.

And the surrounding environment that has changed so much that I can’t understand.

No way, it can’t be.

I’ve suffered so many terrible things that I couldn’t help but hide my expectations while thinking it wasn’t possible.

So, I trembled and knelt in front of the boy and asked again carefully.

“…Are you a god?”

“Hehe. Well, I’m a similar being.”

-gulp-

I swallowed hard.

It’s a god. It’s the god I’ve been looking for. God has come down to me.

Finally, I…

“Wait! If what you want is salvation, I can’t grant it.”

“…!!”

As the god who pushed me back into despair, I was about to scream silently, but the god hurriedly continued.

“But I can make a deal.”

“A deal?”

“Yes… A deal.”

The god said that salvation is difficult, but he can do something similar instead.

“If you give up just one thing, you can save your daughter, son, and wife.”

“…What do I have to give up?”

“Your life.”

“I will. I’ll give it up as much as you want.”

“I’m fine with it… Aren’t you deciding too quickly?”

Too fast? Don’t you know what it means to live because you can’t die?

It’s hell.

I’m finally getting out of this hell, so how can it be too fast? Please. Take my life quickly…

“Haa~ You’re crazy after all. Okay. I understand. Actually, this is a big benefit for me too.”

The god muttered to himself, ‘Finally, a guy who will reduce one of my jobs is born,’ and then handed me a bunch of papers.

“A contract?”

“Yeah. If you’re going to make a deal, you have to do it right. As you can see, it’s actually a pretty unconventional condition.”

“Oh? Thank you.”

“Yeah, you should be thankful. Ahem.”

And that word of gratitude had no choice but to become sincere after reading the contract. It was because I didn’t know that I would give my son various benefits, not just saving my son and daughter.

I signed the contract without hesitation, and the god was satisfied with this and gave me a small mirror from his arms.

It was a silver mirror.

“This is a service. Originally, this guy can’t have children because of the 업 [karma] he’s going to build up in the future, but this will allow him to have them. Meet him in person later and tell him.”

“Oh… Thank you?”

“Yeah, you should be thankful. Ahem.”

The god consistently showed a playful 모습 [appearance/demeanor] until the end, and then said with a pleasant face.

“With this, the contract is concluded.”

-Paaaaat!-

With that said, a huge light swallowed me.

-Bbaaaang!-

That’s how my fate was reversed.

I, who had luckily survived the car accident, met my death.

However, I couldn’t help but rejoice when I learned that my family had survived instead, facing death.

Oh~ God!

Thank you.

Music 괴수 [monster/prodigy] overnight! Complete