Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 333

God-Given Top Star 333. Panacea in Folktales (2) (333/401)

333. Panacea in Folktales (2)

2022.09.29.

‘Was that stat really that good?’

The stat Yeonwoo created himself while composing.

[Listen to my song!]

Just like its assertive name, the stat was quite outstanding.

It was an A-grade stat without any penalties, so the description alone made it believable as an S-grade stat.

Yeonwoo poured all the effects of the stats he had carefully collected into one stat.

[Embeds the composer’s intention into the music.]

He tried it out experimentally after seeing this one description.

Yeonwoo crammed the maximum influence he could mobilize and the effect of the stat into the word ‘intention.’

‘I mixed in a bit of spirit power because I didn’t know what would happen…….’

It was an adventure.

In fact, he had used some stats effectively when acting.

‘Acting and singing are different areas, so the applicable range must be a bit different.’

Acting had a lot to show.

Gestures are one example.

Many things change depending on how you move your body, turn your gaze, and make expressions when acting.

Even if you say the same line, if you express the tone, expression, and gestures completely differently, the line feels completely different.

Since there are many ways to show it, there are also many ways the stat’s effect can be conveyed.

-Are you coming now?

Just looking at the sentence, it seems like a phrase welcoming someone’s arrival.

However.

-Are you……. coming now?

Depending on where you pause and what expression you make, this phrase can become the words of someone suspicious.

Or.

-Are you coming now?!

Depending on how you handle the end of the sentence, it can become a passionate welcome.

-Are you coming now…….

If not, you can add some ad-libs depending on the situation and atmosphere.

Then it becomes a line with a completely different feel.

Like the last words of a dying person who smiles faintly as if breaking down, knowing that their lover has finally arrived.

‘I’ve done acting a few times, so I can get a sense of it. But singing…… I still can’t get a feel for it.’

He had experience completing a whole song.

He also had experience creating several practice pieces.

But what Yeonwoo needed this time wasn’t just any result.

‘Of course, I didn’t make the previous ones carelessly either. But…….’

There’s a lot at stake this time, so how should I say it?

It’s kind of making me stubborn.

‘What’s the best way to do it?’

It’s foolish to just sit still because you can’t get a feel for it.

Problems won’t solve themselves just by standing still.

‘Then what I need to think about is this. What and how. These two things.’

That’s how he came up with ‘Listen to my song!’

Singing has significantly less to show.

If it’s a concert-like format, the story is different.

But singing has a limited framework, in a way.

Like the lyrics in the song or the appeal of the voice singing those lyrics?

Adjusting your breathing like when delivering lines also helps.

However,

‘There are few means of applying the stats I have.’

Yeonwoo was disappointed.

It felt like there was significantly less that could be applied to the music since there was virtually nothing visual.

‘Wait a minute.’

Then suddenly.

Yeonwoo thought of something.

It’s true that there are almost no stats that can be applied.

Except for one thing.

‘Intention.’

[Listen to my song!][A] – A derivative skill created while composing.

– Embeds the composer’s intention into the music.

Those who listen to this music can taste the world drawn by the composer more deeply.

As such, the user may need to be careful about composing with intention?

The range of increase in the composer’s intention application increases according to the listener’s favorability.

In that respect, this stat was perfect for testing.

‘Maybe I was too stuck in stereotypes.’

Yeonwoo’s stats all work according to his intentions.

Yeonwoo didn’t yet know the limits of how that stat would be emitted and applied.

So Yeonwoo focused on one thing.

It was ‘intention.’

‘What if I put the intention of using all of this in here?’

So he crammed everything in.

‘Just in case, I’ll mix in a spoonful of spirit power…….’

Well.

Even if you mix in spirit power, no one knows how it will manifest.

It might just scatter and disappear into the air like smoke.

‘It’s a different situation than before.’

Just once.

Yeonwoo sang in front of people.

If he danced during the Limit Breakthrough, before that, there was a time when he held a surprise live show at an amusement park.

‘I sang the OST [Original Soundtrack] theme song.’

The first song he ever sang.

But the reaction was more intense than expected.

When he came down from the stage, the audience, moved by the song, flocked to him, and he almost got trapped there.

If it hadn’t been for the people Udo-gyeom had assigned, that really would have happened.

‘It seems to be working. But the situation is very different from then, so let’s just do our best for now.’

He heard that the drama OST also had a good response.

But the reaction Yeonwoo wanted this time wasn’t just ‘good’ level.

That’s why he just did his best…….

[Crazy, crazy! You even poured in spirit power? How much did you use?]

“I didn’t use much. Just, you know. Enough to rest for about half a year?”

[You’re crazy!]

Squish!

The little cat threw a meow-meow punch, but it was just soft instead of painful.

[What if the higher-ups say something!]

“What can they do? And what can they do when those old geezers above made me like this?”

Yeonwoo’s attitude became twisted.

He wouldn’t stand still if they tried to take it away, talking about causality after giving it to him.

‘And wasn’t that why they gave me such a strong penalty on purpose?’

At first, he wondered why the penalty was so crazy strong.

After hearing the news that the child spirit brought, a hypothesis came to mind.

‘They wouldn’t have thrown such an unreasonable move because of such a crazy idea, would they?’

But you never know.

The crazy old men might do crazy things again at any time.

Wasn’t this system itself a crazy thing in the first place?

Who on earth would do such crazy things with lifespan!

……It seems like the word ‘crazy’ came up a lot, but it’s probably just my imagination.

[Ugh……. Ugh……. Well……]

“And I think they’ll just brush it off as a feeling? How would they think that a song could have such effects, logically speaking?”

Such effects, exist.

“Look here.”

Click!

This time, Yeonwoo moved the mouse.

Below the videos collecting reactions to Trevi’s new song, there was a title that caught his eye.

It was a negative reaction against it, shown by some kind of algorithm.

[Let’s test whether Trevi Hazel’s new song really has healing effects?]

The child spirit read the title that appeared on the monitor.

Then, as if something was bothering him, he slammed something that could be called a tail on the floor.

[What’s with this unlucky-looking thumbnail and title?]

After the video finished playing, the unpleasant feeling deepened, and his ears lay flat on either side.

“See? People don’t believe this kind of thing, right? This video also says it’s just a feeling. It is speculated that people who listened to the song because of the strange rumors experienced a placebo effect [a beneficial effect produced by a fake treatment] because of the concepts they already had in their heads……. See? It’s okay because it can’t be scientifically proven anyway.”

[……Then is it okay?]

“Why wouldn’t it be okay?”

Yeonwoo shrugged.

‘He’s falling for this again.’

That’s the charm of the child spirit, though…….

[Wow. This has over a million views?]

“Then it’s even better because a lot of people have seen it. Then they’ll dismiss it as a feeling even more, right? Isn’t that right?”

[That’s true…….]

“You know that spirit power isn’t a panacea [a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases] in the first place. Who knows that as well as you do?”

[That’s true…….]

Spirit power can act as an amplifier.

That’s because it’s a power that directly affects the human soul.

But that doesn’t mean that spirit power really has the power of a panacea that the child spirit is worried about. That’s definitely not the case.

‘If that were the case, it would have been called a human elixir everywhere.’

What is a shaman [a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits]?

If the elixir was really like a panacea, they would probably be treated as human elixirs instead of shamans.

[Ugh……. Yeonwoo, why are you so good……. Huh? Ugh. Now I’m worried even because you’re good. It’s my fate.]

“……?”

Did I just hear something really doting?

Anyway, Yeonwoo set up a hypothesis while watching the YouTube experiment.

‘The effect of the stats contained in the song is clearly only applied to human subjects?’

The YouTuber’s experiment was conducted with polluted water, not humans.

They played Trevi’s song in polluted water and measured the pollution level again after a certain period of time.

The time was also measured in various ways.

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, 5 hours.

It was a very elaborate experiment in its own way.

‘They refuted the claim that what people were saying was false very meticulously. Well, fortunately for me.’

Because of the effect of ‘intention’ that exceeded expectations, he almost got into trouble in a strange direction.

Well. That’s it…….

[Are you going to re-record?]

“No?”

He had no intention of starting over with a song that was already finished.

‘Modern science is good at times like this.’

Sometimes, even things that are obvious are dismissed as false because they are not scientifically proven.

It was a familiar thing for Yeonwoo.

It’s not just once or twice…….

-Where are ghosts in the world?

-They’re trying to rip people off, they’re crazy. What? A ghost is attached? There’s a limit to lying.

-That’s all superstition!

He doesn’t particularly hate or resent those people.

Isn’t it natural?

People tend to believe only what they can see.

‘Honestly, even if someone told me there was a lifespan system, I would have said they were crazy.’

Well, that’s it.

Something that is too natural for him may not be for others.

That’s different, not wrong.

There’s also the saying, respect for taste.

I don’t know if it’s a word used in this kind of place, but.

“Since the rumor that it’s not true has spread so widely, everyone will just say it’s a feeling. Why re-record? Now that it’s like this, shouldn’t we make good use of it?”

[Wow……. Are you really just going to release it?]

“It’s not bad, and I think it’s just a placebo, so what’s wrong with it?”

[That’s true. Come to think of it, is that right? If there really were such effects, I would listen to the song twice, even if it’s just out of curiosity, right?]

“That’s right. It seems like it’s being promoted more than I thought, and it’s okay?”

[Did you think that far ahead?]

“Who knows?”

[Ah, why! Tell me! I’m curious!]