Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 52

After finishing the shooting at Central Park, it was time to shoot at the indoor set.

With Director Ryan’s permission, seo-jun and his dad stepped into the completed set. Jonathan was in charge of guiding them.

Seo-jun and Lee Min-jun, who saw the movie set for the first time, were amazed.

It was perfect, as if they had taken a corner of a real exhibition hall.

On the wall, there were photos and captions of people.

In the glass display case in the center, there were things that people had left behind.

“It looks like a real exhibition hall. Jonathan hyung.”

“The art team worked hard to make it. I helped a little bit too.”

Jonathan said with a shy smile.

Seo-jun, who was walking along the arrow marked on the floor, read the caption written in Korean among the various languages.

“…An abnormal wormhole occurred all over the world due to the alien invasion. The photo is of Ray Kasman, a high school student who went missing at that time. Do they write all this?”

“People these days take pictures of every cut and analyze the background. We entrusted all this to the translators. If we write something irrelevant, it would cause a fuss.”

“Wow.”

There were many stories behind the photos here.

Writers, you are amazing. Seo-jun and Lee Min-jun looked around the set slowly.

Jonathan followed the two quietly.

On the wall, there were photos of people who had disappeared into the strange wormhole, smiling brightly.

They were photos that they had received from their families, from old ones to recent ones, full of memories.

As they looked at each one, one photo caught their eyes.

“My photo!”

“It’s William!”

It was the photo that Director Ryan Will had asked Seo Eun-hye to send.

There was Seo-jun, four years old, smiling brightly.

Lee Min-jun’s eyes blurred as he saw the photo.

Seeing his son’s photo here, he felt uneasy. The memorial hall was so well made that it hurt his heart.

“You were so young!”

“Pfft. I’m still young.”

“Hehe.”

But soon, seo-jun’s words turned into laughter.

Seo-jun looked at the caption next to William’s photo.

Along with the ordinary caption, there was a letter from William’s parents to William.

Seo-jun and Lee Min-jun read the letter slowly.

It was a letter from the parents who wished for their child’s happiness.

“Originally, the scenario writer wrote a letter, but after seeing Melissa’s acting in Shadowman 1, he rewrote it. He said this was better than the previous letter, and the director liked it too.”

Jonathan explained.

Seo-jun and Lee Min-jun nodded.

They didn’t know what the previous letter was, but this letter was enough to make their hearts ache.

***

“Let’s start shooting!”

The assistant director shouted.

The extras who played the roles of the relatives of the victims who came to the memorial hall found their places.

Seo-jun, who was talking with Evan, also got up from his seat. His clothes and shoes were the same as at Central Park.

Evan Block and Seo-jun stood at the entrance of the memorial hall.

Director Ryan Will, who was looking at the monitor, yelled.

Several cameras pointed at the two.

The extras recited their lines and the staff held their breath.

-Ready,

Seo-jun tapped the floor lightly twice with his foot.

[(Line)The elegant footsteps of the cat baron are activated.]

-Action!

Mac and the child entered an exhibition hall inside Central Park.

Unlike the lively rest of Central Park, this place was very quiet and filled with silence.

Some people had grim faces, some looked like they would burst into tears any moment, as they looked at the photos on the wall.

Mac lowered his voice in solemnity.

“This is a memorial hall. It was built to commemorate the people who disappeared into the strange wormholes a year ago, the missing people, and the dead people.”

“Strange wormholes?”

“You’re too young to remember. A year ago, around this time, aliens invaded Earth.”

The child blinked his eyes.

“They said they came from Natra and attacked Earth to find the rebels.”

Mac bit his lip. Why did they do such a thing? They eventually won, but many scars remained.

The child muttered blankly. Why did that word come up here?

“…Natra.”

“Yeah. This person had a wedding that day. A strange wormhole appeared on the stage where the bride and groom were standing and swallowed the bride. This is the bouquet that the bride had that day.”

Mac pointed to a place where there was a photo of a woman and a man smiling happily.

Mac slowly explained the photos.

The stories of that day, the people left behind, and the belongings like relics.

The dried bouquet, the fallen petals, looked like the families left behind.

“I think that man was wrong too.”

A person who had been standing in front of a photo of a man holding a soccer ball and smiling said. His fierce voice echoed in the quiet memorial hall.

“That man, what did he say? Shadowman? Why didn’t he fight the aliens from the start? If he had killed them before they created the strange wormholes, this wouldn’t have happened!”

“Calm down. Tim.”

The friend who came with him comforted him. He had lost his best friend in front of his eyes.

A strange wormhole appeared at the place he suggested for the trip. His friend’s photo and belongings that disappeared into the strange wormhole were here in the memorial hall.

And today was his friend’s birthday. He shouted with anger and sorrow.

“Isn’t the rebel that the aliens were looking for actually Shadowman? He used strange abilities! If it wasn’t for him, this wouldn’t have happened! He calls himself a hero! Why! Why, couldn’t he save my friend!”

The friend dragged him out of the memorial hall, crying. Mac and the child looked at their backs.

Mac felt heavy in his heart.

He had been wondering since Natra invaded until now, for a year, but he couldn’t find the answer.

If it wasn’t for me…Would this not have happened if it wasn’t for me? Am I really the rebel they were looking for?

The child woke up Mac, who had closed his eyes tightly.

“That is…”

“Ah. That’s the child who disappeared into the strange wormhole that day.”

The child looked at the photo on the wall. A baby with black eyes and black hair was smiling brightly. And next to it was a photo of a child holding a teddy bear.

But somehow, it was a familiar face. Mac turned his head, feeling a chill. The child was staring blankly at the photo.

Mac looked at the photo and the child.

They looked alike, didn’t they?

The child in the photo looked like he would grow up to be like this child in five or six years.

The child couldn’t take his eyes off the photo for a moment.

“…What does it say?”

“Hmm.”

Mac slowly read the caption.

It was the family of the victim he had seen himself a year ago. The woman who cried as if she was dying was still vivid. His chest hurt.

“To William… I never expected you to disappear in an instant. Why didn’t I run faster? Why wasn’t I with you? I regret it every day. Please stay alive. Please live happily wherever you are. Even if I can’t spend time with you, as long as you’re alive, we can have hope. We can be happy. Mom and Dad will wait for you forever. We’ll wait for you at home, no matter when you come back. Please come back anytime. We love you. Mom and Dad.”

“William.”

At that word, the child’s eyes widened. The child clenched the pendant around his neck. It was the one word that had stayed in his head since he could remember.

William.

The child’s mind spun. And then, all the pieces fell into place.

He realized it.

This is my hometown.

That’s me.

I had a family.

Something surged up in him.

He saw his family’s faces, clear as day, in his mind.

They had spent happy days together.

Everyone in Central Park had that expression.

Me too,

I too, here,

I too could have lived like that here.

Something writhed in his heart.

I could have been happy!

The child’s eyes turned cold as he looked at the photo on the wall.

Seo-jun stopped [Elf’s Basic Breathing].

And he started [Mine’s Basic Breathing].

He used his abilities at the same time.

[(Evil) The Lonely Flower’s Gloomy Scent is activated.]

[(Evil) The Lonely Flower’s Gloomy Scent-Lowest Grade]

Only this flower blooms within a radius of 10m.

It looks like a weed, and no one knows that it’s a flower.

You feel depressed when you smell the flower’s scent.

A cold energy burst out of Seo-jun’s body.

Seo-jun had done many experiments after opening the door of the evil library.

He also learned that he could use both good and evil skills at the same time when he had enough mana in his body.

He also learned that he could decide which ability he wanted to show more with the ‘breathing method’.

[(Good) The Cat Baron’s Elegant Steps] and [(Evil) The Lonely Flower’s Gloomy Scent] were activated together.

With the synergy of [Mine’s Basic Breathing], a cold magic flowed out of Seo-jun’s body.

The child who had looked like an angel changed in an instant. It was different from when he had changed normally in Central Park. A chill that made his whole body shiver. Coldness.

At that momentary change, Mac, no, Evan Block’s expression changed weirdly without him knowing.

The script clearly stated that he ‘didn’t notice the child’s condition’, so,

-Cut! NG!

The filming stopped, of course.

At the same time, the staff and the extras who had been watching quietly without blinking exclaimed.

They also noticed the change in Seo-jun’s atmosphere.

“Wow. That’s…”

“I heard he was a genius, but he’s beyond imagination.”

They whispered to each other, but the crowd of more than ten soon turned into noise.

The camera director and the assistant director were too busy admiring it to do anything, so in the end, ryan Will, the director, shouted.

“Everyone, quiet! We’ll start filming again. And Evan Block!”

“Ah, I’m sorry!”

Evan Block, who couldn’t take his eyes off Seo-jun, who had returned to normal, came to his senses at the director’s call.

The more he knew, the more he realized that his talent was endless.

He was a child, no, an actor who showed more skills than he expected.

He looked forward to the future of this actor.

‘Maybe it won’t end in one book.’

None of the great actors had ever gone beyond one book. Evan Block smiled and prepared for the shooting.

‘It’s my first NG.’

Seo-jun felt curious.

It wasn’t a shooting for a bust shot or a close-up shot.

It wasn’t his mistake either, but it was his first NG.

‘Maybe, it’s because of the magic?’

Even when they returned to their seats, they couldn’t take their eyes off Seo-jun and kept admiring him.

Somehow,

‘It feels good!’

Their expressions clearly showed the effect of the magic he had obtained with difficulty.

‘Will the people who watch the movie make the same expressions?’

He imagined the faces of the people who would be stunned by his changed appearance and smiled.

Good. Let’s try harder! Seo-jun put his spirit into the shooting.

“NG! Jun! You put too much power into it! Then Mack will notice it! You have to show it a little bit!”

“I’m sorry!”

The staff and the actors were surprised again by Seo-jun’s colder atmosphere than before, but Ryan, the director, evaluated it coldly.

His first NG in his life was due to excessive enthusiasm.

Seo-jun pouted his lips and went for a re-shooting.

He couldn’t touch his set hair, so Evan Block tapped Seo-jun’s shoulder and cheered him up.

Fortunately, he got an OK and went for a close-up shot.