Fifth Vital [EN]: Chapter 427

Fifth Vital-Episode 428 (427/502)

428. An Amazing Spectacle

Once again, the child skillfully sent a text message, the content of which surprised the three men once more.

-Dad, it’s Jisang. I was holding onto your clothes tightly, but I got pushed away by the crowd. I’m sorry, Dad. You must have been surprised, but don’t worry. I’m okay. I’m borrowing a phone from a friend of the man who picked up my wallet at the bus stop to send this message. I’ll be waiting near the drone show. Come that way, Dad. Sorry for startling you.

It was Jisang who got lost, but in this startling situation, the child calmly worried about his father, who must have been surprised.

“I sent it.”

“Jisang, just a moment.”

“Yes.”

“Hyung [older brother/male friend], Jaehyun-ah?”

As Taekyung rose from his seat to speak to Park Junsuk and Lee Jaehyun, they already knew what he was going to say.

“You’re going to say we should wait together, right?”

“Yes, Hyung.”

“Of course, we should wait. Jaehyun-ah? You still have time before your ship leaves, right?”

“Yeah. And frankly, if we miss the ship, we’ll just take the next one, or if it doesn’t work out, we can just hang out here. We can’t just leave a little kid alone.”

The three men were of one mind.

Everyone was looking forward to this vacation, having taken the time out of their busy lives, but the child who had lost his father was more important.

In particular, Taekyung felt a pang of sympathy, remembering Seungwoo, who had been separated from his mother and was in the hospital, and imagining how the child must feel being separated from his parents.

“Jisang, let’s wait for your dad with us near the drones.”

“Is it really okay? Aren’t you guys busy?”

“We’re not busy at all. It’s better and safer to be with us than to be alone.”

“Then, please stay with me.”

“Okay. Let’s go to where the drones are.”

“Hey, customers? Please take this with you.”

As the three men were about to leave with the child, the lottery vendor hurriedly called out.

“The child called number 33 earlier. It’s the first prize.”

“Wow! It’s huge.”

The lottery vendor was holding a giant king carp that was truly enormous.

“Hey, you, take this.”

“Mister, can I really take that?”

“Of course.”

“The golden carp brings good luck, so you’ll definitely find your dad. And take this too.”

“Thank you.”

The lottery vendor also packed the remaining two unpicked numbers with small dagger-shaped candies, and the child moved with Taekyung and his friends towards the drones.

Some time passed after the four arrived at the drone area.

“Jisang, are you okay?”

Jisang, who had been in a good mood holding the giant king carp candy he had won as the first prize just ten minutes ago, had suddenly become less talkative.

“…….”

“Jisang?”

“Mister? Why isn’t my dad coming?”

The child, who had been looking down, said with a very dejected expression.

No matter how brave, smart, and calm the child was, he was still a child.

Having lost his father, every minute and every second must have felt like an hour to Jisang.

“Maybe my dad got lost too?”

“No, your dad is looking for you and coming here. I promise you. You’ll definitely find your dad. So, let’s cheer up.”

“Yes…….”

“I don’t think this is going to work.”

Park Junsuk, who had been waiting with them, stood up from his chair and said to Taekyung and Lee Jaehyun.

“The kid is so down, we can’t just keep waiting like this. I saw an information booth earlier, so I’m going to go ask if they can help with lost children.”

“That’s a good idea. Hyung, I’ll go with you.”

“If there’s a lost child center or if they can make an announcement, I’ll call you right away, Taekyung. Jaehyun, let’s go.”

Park Junsuk and Lee Jaehyun got up and headed to the information booth.

Earlier, Taekyung had offered the child his phone to call his mother. But the child said he didn’t know his mother’s phone number, so there was no way to contact her.

“Jisang, you’ll definitely find your dad. Let’s hang in there a little longer.”

“Mister?”

“Yes.”

“That drone over there.”

The child kept looking at the drone floating in the air with a gloomy expression.

“I wish I could fly in the sky like a drone.”

“The sky? Why?”

“There are so many people, so my dad can’t see me well. But if I could fly in the sky, I could find my dad quickly.”

Taekyung didn’t know what to say and just stroked the child’s back.

“I’ll find my dad, right?”

“Of course, you will. Your dad will be here soon……!”

As Taekyung comforted the dejected child, something suddenly flashed through his mind.

“Jisang, let’s go find your dad.”

“Yes? Can we find my dad?”

“Of course. I’ll help you find him.”

Taekyung, who had been watching the drones flying in the sky, took the child’s hand and headed to the event booth hosting the drone show nearby.

“Excuse me, I’d like to ask something.”

“Did you come for the drone experience? If you go to the blue booth over there for children’s experiences, they will help you.”

The female staff member, seeing the child holding Taekyung’s hand, naturally mistook them for father and son and answered as if it were obvious.

“No, it’s not that. I was wondering if I could get some help.”

“Help?”

“Yes.”

“What’s the matter?”

“The child lost his father nearby, and I was wondering if you could help.”

Earlier, after listening to the child and watching the drones, Taekyung had a good idea.

It was to attach a message to the flying drone to find the child’s father.

Because the ground was crowded with people who came to the market and festival, it would not be easy for the father to find the child or for the child to find his father. But he thought that using a drone could help find the father quickly.

“Really? Please wait here for a moment. I’ll go talk to the person in charge.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

After hearing the detailed explanation, the staff member ran somewhere and soon returned with a male staff member.

“You asked if you could find the father with a drone?”

“Yes, I’m sorry to bother you when you’re busy, but I was wondering if you could help with the drone, even for a little while.”

“If that’s the case, we should definitely help.”

“I’m sorry.”

“There’s no need to be sorry. We are just drone enthusiasts from the local area trying to promote drones and provide experiences at the local festival, not professionals. So don’t mention it. I’m also a father raising a child, so it doesn’t feel like someone else’s problem, and drones are meant to be used in situations like this, so it would be great if we could help.”

The president of the drone club readily offered to help without hesitation and actively stepped forward.

“Son, what’s your name?”

“Jisang. Lee Jisang.”

“You have a cool face and a cool name. Jisang, the uncles will help you find your dad quickly with the drone.”

“Can you find my dad with a drone?”

“Of course. Trust me. I’ll help you find your dad with the drone.”

Soon after, the president of the club called together the members who were controlling drones other than those used for children’s experiences.

“Everyone, quickly gather here with your drones.”

And he got large sheets of paper from other event booths nearby, wrote the child’s name and a message to find his father with a magic marker, and distributed them to the club members.

“Everyone, let’s attach these papers to the drones and fly them around. The child said he got separated from his father while coming this way, so it would be good to focus on this area and spread out.”

Under the president’s command, the members moved quickly.

“We’ll help you meet your dad soon.”

“Jisang, just wait a little longer.”

“The child is waiting for his dad, so everyone, please hurry.”

The members who attached the paper to the drones comforted the child and began to fly the drones.

Whirring- Whirring-

Several drones that rose into the sky one by one with a loud noise began to fly around the traditional market and festival grounds, centering on the drone event area.

“Mister, look over there? The drone is flying with a paper to find my dad.”

“The drone is flying over people, so your dad will definitely see it. So, Jisang, don’t be sad and cheer up.”

“Yes, my dad will definitely come after seeing the drone.”

The gloomy child looked at the drone, and a sense of wonder and expectation that he would find his father began to sprout again.

“Hey! Taekyung-ah? What’s going on?”

“I know. What are all those drones?”

Park Junsuk and Lee Jaehyun, who had gone to the information booth, returned and asked, looking at the flying drones.

“The drone event center helped us.”

“Taekyung asked the drone operator for help, and they agreed.”

“Really? That’s good.”

“As expected! Kim Taekyung. His mind works differently.”

“More importantly, how did things go where you went?”

“They said there was no separate lost child center, so I left my contact information.”

“We’ve even launched drones, so let’s wait and see.”

At that moment, people began to pay attention one by one because of the several drones flying over their heads.

Whirring-

“It’s so noisy. Why are the drones flying so low and causing such a commotion? I don’t like drones or whatever they are.”

“Me too. Our neighbor flies them every night as a hobby, and it’s so noisy that it’s driving me crazy.”

“It’s not that, but a child is looking for his father? Look at that.”

As people walking around the festival grounds complained, gesturing to cover their ears, the group next to them pointed to the drone.

-Lee Jisang is looking for his father! Jisang is waiting for his father at the drone event center.

Dad! Please come quickly. Jisang, please come quickly, Father.

“Oh my! It looks like a child lost his father.”

People who had been complaining about the noise of the drone immediately understood the situation after seeing the message attached to the drone.

“So that’s why the drone was flying so low.”

“Anyway, the child needs to find his father quickly.”

The number of people checking the drone in the midst of the murmuring was increasing.

“Honey, look over there!”

“Youngi’s mom, look at that.”

“A child is looking for his father.”

“Everyone, please look overhead!”

At that time, someone shouted loudly in the crowd, and more people looked at the message on the drone. And after a while, an amazing spectacle began to unfold.

“Jisang’s father!”

A merchant who had set up a stall and was selling goods in the market began to repeat the drone message with a megaphone he was holding to sell goods.

“His son is looking for him.”

“Everyone, let’s shout together so that the child can find his father.”

Soon after, the people who were listening to the megaphone also raised their voices one by one, and many people gathered at the market and festival began to repeat as if in a chorus.

“Jisang! Father.”

“A child is looking for his father.”

It was about five minutes after the collaboration between the voices of the people and the drones.

“Jisang-ah!!”

From afar, Lee Junhyuk, his face pale, was shouting the child’s name and running frantically towards his son.

“Lee Jisang!!”

“Oh! It’s Dad! Dad?”

The child, who found his father running, also raised his voice and hugged his father tightly.

“Ha! Thank you.”

Hugging his son tightly, Lee Junhyuk couldn’t help but express his gratitude.

He first looked for the drone event center and the owner of the general store, but they went different ways and couldn’t find each other.

When the child called using Taekyung’s cell phone, he was so distracted that he didn’t hear the ringtone, and he didn’t even check the message. He was just running around like a madman, thinking only of finding his son quickly.

Lee Junhyuk, who described his son’s appearance and the clothes he was wearing to people as he came across them, moved further and further away from the drone event center as some people said they had seen a child wearing such clothes.

Then, after seeing the people’s voices and the drone, he identified the place where his son was and ran over.

“Dad’s here.”

“That’s good.”

The people around were happy that the child had found his father, as if it were their own business.

“I’m glad. I’m so glad.”

The owner of the general store, who had been looking for the child with Lee Junhyuk, was also delighted.

“Jisang, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Yes. No. I’m okay.”

“Dad’s sorry.”

“I should have held on to Dad’s clothes more tightly……. Dad, were you surprised because of me? I’m sorry.”

“No. It’s not Jisang’s fault.”

Lee Junhyuk calmed his surprised heart and checked if his son was okay.

“Dad, the drone uncle here helped me find Dad.”

“Thank you. Thank you so much for helping me find our Jisang.”

Lee Junhyuk conveyed his greetings to the president of the club, whom his son was gesturing to, and the president pointed to Taekyung instead.

“The drone uncle is right. This person took Jisang’s hand and asked me to help find his father with the drone.”

“Yes?!”

“What the drone uncle said is true. He lent me his cell phone to send a text message to Dad, and those uncles waited with me and talked to the drone uncle.”

“Really? Thank you. Thank you so much. I was able to find my child thanks to you. Thank you.”

“No. Jisang is so brave and smart without even crying.”

“Jisang wanted to see his dad so much, so I’m really glad he found him.”

Lee Junhyuk bowed deeply to Taekyung and his friends and conveyed his sincere gratitude several times.

“Thank you all for helping.”

And after thanking the people around him for helping him find his child for a long time, he held his son’s hand tightly and went back.

“Goodbye, uncles.”

“Okay, Jisang. Goodbye.”