Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 332

332. Panacea in Myths (1)

2022.09.28.

Similar things were happening simultaneously in various places, known and unknown.

“I didn’t sleep well last night, but strangely, I’m less tired…?”

“Why was I even worrying about a guy like that? I guess that’s why they say a monk can’t shave his own head [meaning you can’t help yourself]. Sigh. I should break up cleanly.”

“Oh, Mom. No, I’m sorry. I don’t know why I was so annoyed yesterday, but it was my fault. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry.”

Something about their physical condition improved, and the thoughts that had been clouding their minds became calmly organized.

The difference wasn’t huge enough to be noticeable.

However, something subtle but different from usual was definitely present.

Changes that were similar to usual, but slightly better than usual, began to occur little by little.

This was the change that occurred roughly a week after Yeonwoo and Trevi’s 25-second video was released.

And.

Several more days passed.

[This might just be my imagination……]

Finally, a post was uploaded to a community forum.

*

[Hey, did you do something to the song?]

It was said that a baby changes noticeably every day.

The same was true for the kitten possessed by the child spirit.

When it was first picked up from the trash can, it was a skinny, emaciated kitten, but now it looked like a proper cat.

Perhaps because Trevi fed it so well and took such good care of it, the sparse fur grew fluffy and shiny.

The dry face and belly, where only the eyes had popped out roundly, were now plump and always full.

“Aren’t you getting too fat?”

Instead of answering, Yeonwoo said something out of the blue, and the little cat’s fur stood on end.

[No! You don’t know anything! You have to eat well when you’re a baby!]

“But I think you’re getting too chubby……”

At this rate, it might become the fat cat he’d only heard about.

When Yeonwoo dangled the child spirit by the scruff of its neck and examined it, the child spirit hissed and got angry.

[You insensitive fool! Put me down this instant! You rascal!]

“You can’t even crawl onto Trevi’s lap these days.”

[Th, that’s……!]

The child spirit’s green eyes trembled.

[That’s because I don’t have strength in my paws yet……!]

“I thought you climbed up just fine when you first came……”

[N, no, I didn’t?!]

He didn’t know what it wasn’t, but he decided to go along with it for now.

‘Well, it’s not like I’ve ever raised a cat before.’

There’s a saying that adults who don’t like cats often make.

That cats are mystical beings.

‘I don’t know if they’re really mystical or not…… But it was clear that they hated me.’

Cats.

What a cute and lovely existence.

But unfortunately, Yeonwoo had no connection with this lovely being at all.

He wanted to raise one when he was young, but……

Whenever he tried to approach,

-Hiss!

They would arch their backs, puff up their tails, and threaten him.

How could he approach them?

It seemed like they could see something, because every cat showed a similar reaction whenever Yeonwoo tried to approach.

‘But to think I’d get to raise a cat like this now.’

Strictly speaking, he wasn’t raising a cat, but, well.

That’s how he felt, that’s how he felt.

It felt like the scratch left in his young heart was gradually fading away.

“But what was that sound just now?”

[I’m not getting fa…… Huh?]

“You just asked me if I did something to the song. What was that all of a sudden?”

The child spirit was kind and good, but sometimes it would suddenly say things that were too out of the blue.

Perhaps because it was free from physical limitations and spatial constraints, its thought process was sometimes a little different from the norm.

In short, it meant that it had been alive for too long.

[Ah. Ah, right. I was talking about that, right! I got confused because you were saying strange nonsense about me being fat or whatever!]

“Being fat isn’t nonsense, it’s a fact……”

[Hmph!]

The little kitten, unable to lie down properly because its belly was so plump, got angry.

[Anyway! What on earth did you do to the song?]

“What do you mean, ‘do’? I didn’t do anything.”

[There’s no way you didn’t do anything. There’s no way these rumors would be spreading otherwise!]

“What kind of rumors are going around?”

Was the rumor that the song wasn’t good?

‘The sound source hasn’t even been properly released yet, is that really going to happen already?’

The child spirit had definitely said it was fifty-fifty a while ago.

There was no way that the likes and dislikes, which were exactly divided in half, would all turn into dislikes in just ten days.

However, the news that the child spirit brought was more embarrassing than expected.

[I heard that listening to your song cures diseases?]

“What?”

[What was it called…… Ah. They say it’s like ‘Muan miracle water’ [a local legend about water with healing properties] on domestic sites.]

“……?”

*

So, this is how it all happened.

It started on an anonymous overseas forum.

A user who identified himself as a current doctor in charge of seriously ill patients said that he had noticed that his patients’ conditions had improved remarkably these days.

“That’s good.”

[No. If it was something that could be celebrated and passed over like that, I wouldn’t have brought it up! Keep listening!]

“……”

The doctor said that he initially thought it was just his imagination.

It is certainly a happy thing for a patient to get better.

However, the department he was in charge of had a risk of getting worse at any moment, even after getting better, so continuous and careful follow-up observation was necessary.

But at some point, the doctor realized one thing.

[So, the condition of some patients improved noticeably compared to other patient groups!]

Even though no medical measures were taken separately, the number or dosage of painkillers they needed was significantly reduced.

Coincidentally, the only thing that was different about those patients was one thing.

That was that they repeatedly listened to a specific song.

That was none other than the song Yeonwoo made.

“Does that make sense?”

[That’s what I’m saying!]

“It’s not like some panacea [a cure-all] from a myth……?”

[That’s why people are more curious, isn’t it?]

The user who identified himself as a doctor explained the reason in detail.

There was a child he was in charge of who was a huge fan of Trevi.

-One day, that child told me. He said that his friend was finally making a new song. Then, he listened to that song repeatedly all day long. It’s a very short song, but strangely, it felt like it flowed continuously even when repeated.

There are often cases where people divert their attention to other things to forget the pain.

Even in the ancient Samguk Yusa [a collection of Korean folktales and history], there is a story of Guan Yu enduring surgery to scrape the bones of his shoulder while playing Go [a strategy board game] without anesthesia.

‘But is it real? How can I trust these old geezers?’

Memories of the old men who always recited Confucius and Mencius [core texts of Confucianism] to young Yeonwoo.

He remembers them telling the story of the Three Kingdoms as a fun story in their own way.

Anyway, it’s a method that has been verified to some extent even in those old stories.

-He said he wanted to let his friends listen to it, so I allowed him to. Then, he kept playing the song to only his close friends while playing. At first, I thought nothing of it. But……

At some point, the difference that he thought was just his imagination appeared right in front of him with meaningful results.

[He said he couldn’t upload patient charts because they were personal information, but he apparently certified that he was really a doctor with his hospital ID card.]

“No…… Is it okay for a doctor to believe in such superstition?”

[It’s not superstition, it’s because there’s a real difference between the group that listened and the group that didn’t. That’s why I asked you! What on earth did you do to the song!]

“I didn’t do anything?”

What could he do to the song, and how?

[Really? You didn’t do anything? Then how is this kind of story going around like this?]

The child spirit moved its little paws and clicked the mouse.

There, another story was written like some kind of testimony.

-Um…… This new song that Trevi released this time. There’s a rumor that it has some kind of mysterious effect. To be honest, I wasn’t really interested in him? Because he’s the bad guy who kidnapped our Yeonwoo……? But this time, my dog had to have surgery for patellar luxation [dislocation of the kneecap], so he was anesthetized and came out of surgery, and it was so heartbreaking to see that little guy unable to control his body ㅠㅠ So, just in case, I just played that song once? They said it’s more effective if you repeat it endlessly, so I did that…… Mint chocolates. It’s really amazing. It really worked. I don’t know if you’ll believe it or not, but my dog didn’t hurt at all even after the anesthesia wore off, and he recovered well, really ㄹㅇ [Korean slang for ‘real’; meaning ‘for real’];;

Even this time, it was a post uploaded by a fan in Korea, not overseas.

[It’s not just this person, you know?]

After a doctor in the United States gave some kind of certification.

People who had similar experiences seemed to be cautiously sharing their experiences one by one.

Looking at it, most of them started with a similar story.

-To be honest, I thought it was a misunderstanding……

-I thought it was an absurd idea……

-It’s an unbelievable thing, but……

The way the story progressed after that was also roughly similar.

The story begins with the premise of an ‘impossible story.’

Then, it ends with the phrase ‘Nevertheless, that impossible story happened.’

Such similar things were happening not only in the United States but also in Korea.

[When I used a translator, I saw that there were some stories coming out in other countries too?]

“No. I don’t think I need to see that far.”

[You knew I wasn’t just saying things, right? So tell me quickly. What on earth did you do to the song that the reaction is like this?]

“I really didn’t do anything……”

What could he even do?

Yeonwoo, who was about to answer that, stopped.

‘No. Wait a minute.’

He did do something.

He did do something, but……

‘It shouldn’t be that effective, should it?’

[I can tell from your expression that you did something! Tell me quickly what you did. I’m dying of curiosity.]

“I just didn’t do anything special. Just poured all my stats into it with the determination to never fail……?”

[If the mission fails, the grade of all stats will decrease, and 50 percent of the total lifespan will be reduced.]

If he failed the mission, the grade of all his stats would decrease.

‘Then I should at least use them as much as I can before they decrease so I don’t feel wronged!’

With that thought, Yeonwoo mobilized all possible stats.

S-grade stat, Worship for the Forgotten God.

And the combination stat, A-grade’s Addictive Voice that is Hard to Escape Once Heard.

On top of that, he added the A+ grade stat, Moving Composition, which he received from the master.

He poured it all into one thing.

‘I didn’t know if this would work or not. I guess it worked……?’