Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 196
66. A trivial story (3)
“What are you muttering like that?”
The face of a junior I met after 10 years.
Even after seeing her for the first time in a while, I knew right away that she was Cha Hyun-joo.
“Hyeonju… … what?”
“yes.”
“What are you doing here… … .”
Sanghyun, who had been sitting down, got up from his seat in embarrassment.
“I heard the story from Dong-su oppa. I came here because I thought of So-yeon unnie after a long time. It happened to be her birthday.”
“ah…….”
“And then I heard that someone came here on my birthday and saw someone who looked like Sang-Hyeon oppa. I don’t even remember who said it though.”
“I see.”
“By the way, I overheard a little bit by chance.”
“… … !”
Hyun-joo, seeing Sang-hyun’s reaction, smiled faintly as if trying to reassure him.
“Can you at least tell me?”
“… … .”
Sang-Hyeon was worried.
‘now?’
Although I decided that I had to tell Soyeon now. She suddenly had to reveal something she had hidden from her colleagues all this time.
No matter how strong Sanghyun was, it was difficult to decide something like that right away.
However, Sanghyun shook his head.
‘But you decided to tell me.’
I looked into Hyeonju’s eyes.
In the clear and beautiful eyes that resemble Soyeon, Sang-hyeon’s expression, as if he has made a promise, is reflected.
“Where should we go and talk?”
“There’s a cafe over there.”
“let’s go.”
On the way to the cafe, the two exchanged awkward greetings.
‘Saetgang Place’
I thought the atmosphere would be dark since it was a cafe inside the memorial park. Unexpectedly, it just feels like a cafe with nice scenery.
Hyunju brought the coffee.
“But your personality has changed a lot.”
Hyeonju put down the coffee and told her about the conversation on the way.
“okay? Well, it can’t be the same as high school.”
“I heard you used to go to a stronghold. Has much changed there? Or after the sister incident… … ?”
“Well… maybe both.”
“Did you hear what Dong-soo said?”
“what?”
Still, we sat down and talked.
Surprisingly, the conversation with Hyeonju, whom I met for the first time in 10 years, was smooth. As if we had seen each other often before.
“I found it, oppa.”
“however… … Do you still watch my broadcast these days?”
“yes.”
“… … “If possible, don’t look at it, right?”
“Why? It’s too much.”
“That’s right. Since someone I know is watching, it’s a little… … .”
“Do you think I’m the only one who sees this? I think there are other people who know. I think people in the archery field would know too.”
Sang-Hyeon let out a hollow laugh.
“What do people in the archery field…” … What kind of celebrity was I? … You won’t even remember. “Who am I?”
“People knew, right?”
“It was 10 years ago. Your face then and your face now don’t look the same.”
Hyeonju chuckled and changed the topic.
“Coming to see my sister. “How long has it been?”
“2 years? … .”
“You’ve been here so often… I think it’s been about 4 years.”
but.
There are very few people who come to see someone every year, especially someone who has been a friend for more than 10 years.
This is because modern people don’t often visit their parents’ graves.
“Okay. Are you going to tell me now?”
Hyeonju smiles and asks in a light tone.
Of course, my heart wasn’t like that.
No matter how 10 years have passed, the matter is still a mystery.
“What you told your sister earlier. Please tell me too.”
“……okay.”
Sanghyun nodded.
He looked at the huge front window next to him for a moment.
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The park was covered with pure white snow, falling heavily.
“First of all, the reason I quit.”
“yes…….”
“Soyeon was right. “I didn’t quit because I didn’t have fun.”
Hyeonju didn’t seem very surprised.
“I heard from my sister. How young you were when you did this. What it meant. And because of your grandmother… …you had to keep doing it.”
“okay. that’s right.”
“Why did you quit? It was a situation where you absolutely couldn’t quit. And seeing that you’re still shooting arrows… … Isn’t that something you still want to do?”
“because of this.”
Sang-Hyeon stretched out his right arm.
“… … Right arm?”
He explained the current situation.
From how far this arm can go to why it works in virtual reality games.
“… … !”
Hyeonju looks shocked.
It seems like the injury was unexpected.
Well, it looked fine on the outside.
“Oh, brother… … I, I didn’t even know that… … .”
Hyunju’s eyes trembled.
As an active player, she could best understand what Sang-Hyeon was going through.
It must have felt like something that I had devoted more than half my life to cultivating was being cut away.
It feels like half of my world is gone.
“… … “Why didn’t you tell me?!”
“The coach said it was having a negative impact on your practice… … pride… … .”
“yes… … ?!”
Hyeonju was silent for a moment.
Maybe he was a little angry, but Sang-Hyeon had to tell the whole story.
I started it anyway.
From the time Dongsu discovered himself. This was unavoidable.
“… … Pride?”
Hyunju’s voice was completely different from the first time.
Well, if you just say pride, of course you get that kind of reaction.
“Soyeon always said I was the best.”
“… … So?”
“Not only Soyeon, but also coaches, friends, and juniors… … Everyone thought I was a promising prospect. “I couldn’t tell the people who praised me that I became a half-asshole overnight.”
There was a moment of silence.
Sang-Hyeon added a little to that.
“……sorry.”
thud.
On the table, Hyun-joo’s arms were trembling.
“But I’ll just tell you…” … .”
How nice it would have been if it had been like this. Why was it like that? Such a hypothesis.
Since Sang-Hyeon had done it dozens or hundreds of times, Hyun-Ju just let it out.
“Just be a little cowardly, disobey the coach, throw away your pride and tell me! You were close with your sister, right?!”
Hyunjoo’s eye makeup was running down.
“You could have told me at least to your sister!”
Wrong. Even if Sang-Hyeon had told everyone in the world, he wouldn’t have told So-Yeon.
In front of her at least… I didn’t want to show her the true face of the dire situation.
To her, I wanted to remain as Yoo Sang-hyun, who was always the strongest.
But now that I have lost both Paldo and Soyeon.
“sorry.”
This was all Sang-Hyeon had to say.
Hyunju lowered her head and sobbed.
“why… … Why are you living alone like that? yes? How long were you going to stop talking? Why didn’t you tell me even after my sister died!! We don’t even know that… … !”
Hyun-joo didn’t even know that, and she had resented Sang-hyun at the funeral ten years ago.
He even said that he wanted to kick him out.
I wasn’t in my right mind at that time.
Later, those words come back to me and pierce my heart.
“Actually, I was going to tell you.”
“So when!?”
“me… … When Soyeon last called. She was in rehabilitation. Until then she thought she would be rehabilitated. If only I could be rehabilitated, if I could somehow be rehabilitated… … .”
Sang-Hyeon couldn’t continue speaking properly here.
I struggled to catch my breath again.
“I thought it would all be nothing. But that day, Soyeon died in the same accident as me. I later found out that rehabilitation was only half possible.”
“Same accident… … ?”
“huh… … There were a lot of accidents with autonomous driving back then.”
From Sang-hyeon’s speaking tone, Hyeon-ju could vaguely read his thoughts.
‘Are you feeling guilty?’
Why he couldn’t tell his colleagues anymore.
“Is it possible that you feel guilty because it was the same self-driving accident? That’s why you couldn’t tell me even after your sister died?!”
Sanghyun just lowered his head in silence.
“Why are you so stupid? Who would think that?”
Hyeonju speaks as if urging.
“We were high school students at that time. high school student! “No one holds high school students accountable.”
Sang-Hyeon also knows.
That it wasn’t really your fault.
“… … From my perspective, it’s no different from killing Soyeon. Even now, I still think that way… … I can’t help it. “You don’t know this unless you are the person involved.”
In other people’s eyes, it’s not that big of a deal.
But this sentence always lingers in my head.
‘But the only thing that could be saved was you.’
There is no way to do this.
“ha. brother. “So you’re going to kill all the surgeons?”
“… … .”
“of course… … The fact that I didn’t say something right then… … It’s a shame. I too… … It’s a shame. If her sister was alive… … That sounds really good, right? “But it was very difficult for me to properly judge your situation as a high school student.”
Hyeonju held Sanghyeon’s hand.
Hyunju could feel the heavy texture that was unnecessarily heavy compared to its size.
What kind of burden has this hand been carrying for the past ten years?
“are you okay.”
She spoke to Sang-Hyeon with all her heart.
“It’s been ten years. Everything is okay now.”
Something wet fell on the back of Hyun-ju’s hand.
Sanghyun finally burst out crying.
* * *
After the meeting.
Hyunju got into her car.
Hyeonju greets you in a more calm manner.
“See you next time at Dongsu’s cafe.”
“okay.”
“ah… … The thing about the right arm. I’ll just keep it to myself. Speaking directly later… … “It’s better, right?”
“uh. thanks.”
I waved as she watched her car drive away with the cool sound of its engine.
‘thanks.’
He felt truly grateful to Hyunju.
Even if the comfort from earlier was a lie.
Just the fact that he listened to the story I told him for the first time made me a benefactor.
Hyun-joo’s car drove completely away. Sang-hyun walked back into the park.
He stood in front of Soyeon again for the last time.
Touch the phrase engraved on the stone.
“I’ll come again.”
I stand in front of Soyeon with a much lighter heart than before.
“At that time, probably… … .”
At that time, maybe there will be a little more people in the world who know you.
Sang-Hyeon put down the white flowers he bought at the cafe and looked forward to next year.
“happy birthday.”
* * *
On the way back home.
Sang-hyeon’s heart seemed to be either relaxed or floating.
It feels like something great has been resolved.
In fact, nothing has been resolved.
It’s just that the biggest thread tangled in a corner of his mind is slowly unraveling.
‘thank god.’
That alone makes me feel like something has been resolved.
He was now able to go back to his job with a slightly lighter heart.
On the way back to the taxi, looking at the community reaction is also part of it.
[The reason why almonds are finally ‘King’s’ today]
[Ah, today I finally get to compete with the Almond Challenger!]
[From today, the cello will be called Golo.]
[Caution! Stationery stores nationwide are in emergency mode! You must change cardboard to challenge cardboard… …]
There is talk about the opponent for today’s practice match.
‘Today’s opponent is a challenger… … ‘Did you say ‘black tea’?’
Challenger ADC.
It was an opponent you had to be nervous about.
As I was watching the various reactions related to it, I suddenly felt like I was home.
The time was still around 2 PM.
“How was the wedding?”
Joohyuk, who was pulling out weeds in the yard, straightened his back and asked.
“ah…….”
Sang-hyeon had lied to Joo-hyuk that he was going to the wedding.
‘Should I tell you?’
He recalled the memory of meeting Hyun-joo today, and felt that he should probably tell Joo-hyuk now too.
“I have something to talk about for a moment.”
“……Eh?”
Joo Hyuk sat down at the table, surprised by his sudden serious appearance.
Sanghyun told him what had happened so far. Since Han So-yeon passed away in an accident in the past. Why do I feel guilty about that and who did I meet today?
What do you want to do now?
“… … .”
Joo-hyuk, who heard the whole story, just stared blankly at Sang-hyeon and said nothing.
He took off his glasses for a moment and rubbed his eyes.
“It’s just something in my eye.”
Joo-hyuk sniffed, wondering if Sang-hyeon might misunderstand his strong masculinity.
“… … So that’s why you’ve been reluctant all this time?”
“huh. Of course, it wasn’t great to be known to the public, but… … “Actually, my biggest fear was what my colleagues would think of me.”
“Because I feel like I died because of you?”
“… … huh.”
Joo Hyuk sighed softly and looked at the window.
‘but. If that had happened… … Me too… … .’
Now it all makes sense.
I had a rough guess. That there was something more that Joo-hyuk didn’t know about.
“… … “Now I understand.”
Joohyuk remained silent for a moment, seemingly unsure of what to say.
“How do you feel?”
“Hmm… … It’s much better. It seems like Hyun-ju forgave me.”
“Good kid.”
“okay. He’s a good kid. “It’s been like that since I was young.”
Joo-hyuk said, tapping Sang-hyun on the shoulder.
“Anyway, congratulations. “It feels like a step forward.”
“… … thanks.”
Sang-Hyeon smiled faintly.
“I guess time is the cure. 10 years… … scared.”
“It’s time for all emotions to disappear.”
Joohyuk also nods.
He also knows to some extent how easily humans are weathered by time.
“Still, it’s good to see you keeping in touch with old colleagues. “I thought you were an outcast even in high school.”
“What. I was popular. In the archery club… … .”
Sanghyeon timidly added the condition that he be part of the archery club and headed to the computer.
“I have a lot to prepare today. Let’s talk more later.”
3pm.
It’s still early. However, since today’s practice game was against the opponent, I was planning to prepare in my own way.
[Takoyaki: Play video, habits, and major incarnations of original dealer Black Tea, which will be shown in today’s practice.zip]
When I opened the file that Tako sent, there were all kinds of video files and text with additional explanations.
Almonds opened them one by one and started watching.
After assuming that he was inferior to the Challenger, he planned to somehow exploit her weaknesses.
No matter how much of a challenger she is, there is no perfect player in the world. He even recorded the directions she habitually avoided and memorized the way she moved.
It is about putting all your effort and concentration into winning over your opponent.
I was in good condition today.
It feels like something that has been weighing him down has disappeared.
fantasy,
