5. Mission Passed
Neoul looked at the rabbit in surprise.
You know Byeoljubujeon!
The rabbit that Byeoljubujeon brought 1,400 years ago must still be alive.
I thought that the rabbit that Royal Secretary Do had mentioned and the rabbit in front of him would be different rabbits.
'Rabbits have long lives like Abamama and the Sea Priestess.'
Neoul's eyes sparkled with joy.
He didn't think it would be an ordinary animal, but it was.
Since it was such a powerful animal, it must have a great liver that could cure the Dragon King's illness.
"If you give me the liver, I will definitely repay your kindness. I can even let you live a life of luxury in the Dragon Palace."
"Huh? No! I don't need... I don't need it... "
"!"
The rabbit opened its eyes wide and waved both hands in refusal. The rejected Neoul's face turned pale and then turned to despair.
You don't want wealth and honor. Then how can I persuade you? Should I cry and appeal to your pity? Will you give me your liver so easily? If I want your organs, do I have to give you one of my own?
Neoul was seriously contemplating whether he should give it the same amount of liver or give it the heart and bladder as extras.
Then, Rabbit started to babble.
"But can you just get up? The stone floor here must hurt your knees...."
Neoul staggered up like a newborn calf.
"Then, what can I do to get you to give me your liver?"
When he asked seriously, Rabbit blinked and fiddled with its ears.
Then it said, "Uh, um...." and smiled faintly.
"If we debut together successfully, I'll give it to you...!"
"...?"
Début...? First entry?
If we debut together successfully, you'll give me the liver?
Where are we going to debut?
Thanks to the [Rabbit] pill, the language was automatically translated directly, but it was difficult to understand everything it said.
"Your name is Neoul-ssi, right? My name is Baek Yu-ri."
The rabbit introduced itself and held out its hand.
"Let's do the mission together!"
Mission? Mission? What mission...?
Neoul guessed that the gesture of holding out the hand was a greeting from the rabbit. However, there was something he had to ask before receiving the greeting.
"Where should I debut? Where can I go to do it? How can I succeed?"
"...? Well, if you work hard on the mission here and survive the survival, you can do it...?"
Survival? Surviving in survival? What kind of nonsense is that, chewing on the shell of Royal Secretary Do?
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It was clear that the [rabbit] pill was old and slightly spoiled.
'It's embarrassing, but there's no way to check if the translation is correct.'
For now, Neoul followed the rabbit who reached out and put his hand in the air. Then Baek Yuri tried to grab the hand but fell in surprise.
"Ugh! It's cold!"
"...?"
"Why are your hands so cold? Are they frozen? Hypothermia?"
"My body temperature is normal."
Baek Yuri's eyes filled with distrust.
"Shouldn't you go to the hospital? Can you do the mission?"
"I can do it. I will do it!"
Neoul answered firmly and desperately, although he didn't know what mission he had to do. He said he would give him a liver only if he debuted and did the mission.
Baek Yuri looked hesitant, but nodded as if he understood and turned around to go do the mission. He had a sticker board on his side and a selfie camera in his hand.
Neoul tried to walk behind him with his bag on his shoulder.
But....
'How do I use my feet?'
I didn't know how to walk.
"...."
"Which do you like better, dancing or singing? I'm more confident in singing.... Neoul-ssi?"
Baek Yu-ri, who was walking ahead, looked back when there was no sign of him following.
Neoul frowned as if in trouble. Then, he wiggled his toes and managed to lift his feet with difficulty.
Both feet at the same time.
Walk walk walk. Plop.
"...?"
I jumped forward with my legs together and fell forward. I staggered back up and jumped again.
Walk walk walk
Plop
Oh no. I have no idea how to move one foot at a time. It was hard to keep my balance while moving forward.
Unlike the high pressure and buoyancy in the water, moving on land felt so strange. I felt a little seasick.
After swimming with one tail all my life, I suddenly tried to walk on two legs, and all I could do was jump around like a zombie.
Baek Yuri's pupils shook back and forth as she looked at the snail. It seemed as if she was shouting with her expression, 'What is that doing? Why is it like that? It's scary.'
Baek Yuri approached Neoul who kept falling and getting up, unable to hide his anxiety.
"Are you hurt?"
"No."
"Do you need help?"
"No...."
Neoul refused and tried to walk on his own once more. However, he changed his attitude, fearing that sir rabbit would abandon him and run away without giving his liver.
"Yes... Please help me....."
In the end, Neoul crossed the crowded beach while being supported.
"First of all, there's an empty mic spot over there. Since we don't have much time, can I start first? If you know the song, sing along with me!"
Baek Yuri took Neoul to the speakers and devices with many black wires connected to them, put the selfie camera on the floor, adjusted the angle, and placed the sticker board in the sand.
Then he picked up the two microphones that were prepared, turned them on, held one out to Neoul, and brought the other to his mouth.
'Are you eating it?'
Neoul was about to put the microphone in his mouth, but stopped when he heard a song coming from the side.
[Should I turn back the clock?
I can't forget you
I can't sleep for even a moment]
The song
It was characterized by sad and sorrowful lyrics contrasting with the cheerful and bright sound.
Baek Yuri's solid voice resonated through the speakers.
Unlike the other participants who chose songs for the busking mission and used MR, Baek Yuri sang without accompaniment.
He was confident in his singing skills, and he didn't have time to find MR on the installed laptop.
It took him a long time to find a partner.
There were already two teams of participants who completed the mission and ran to the PD.
The candidates for the Signal Song Center were the first ten people to arrive.
Since they made teams by pairing up, it meant that only five out of 40 teams would be accepted.
[I didn't know that closing my eyes
Would make me fearful]
Baek Yuri's plain yet clear voice captivated people's ears. He sang softly, but his vocalization was good, so the three-dimensionality was prominent.
[The memories I've cherished
Like a puzzle with missing pieces
What if they disappear? Hmm-]
The lyrics were about not being able to sleep and continuing to chew on the memories because I'm afraid that I'll gradually forget the precious memories of my loved one when I fall asleep.
The unadorned voice that eliminated as much artifice as possible touched the listener's emotions even more.
Some of the people who were watching the busking of other participants dancing nearby turned their gazes little by little toward Baek Yuri and Neoul and moved their seats.
"Wow, what's that? His voice is so good."
"Oh. I'm from over there, but it's the best singing I've ever heard."
"Shh. Be quiet."
The stickers began to fill up one by one. Neoul also listened intently to Baek Yuri's song.
I've heard the songs of whales and the incomprehensible sounds of ghosts many times, but this was my first time hearing a human song.
The melody full of emotions from the unfamiliar world of land was new and beautiful. The song itself was pretty, but Baek Yuri's voice went perfectly with the song.
'If the sea priestess heard it, she would have lit up her eyes and coveted it.'
I felt a chill down my spine as I thought of her with her eyes slit horizontally and luring Sir Rabbit.
In the meantime, the third team had already completed their mission and boarded the bus under the PD's guidance.
[Scared
Staying up all night
I want to Remember
Remember you - Hoo -]
A dozen audience members gathered in front of Baek Yuri, and ten stickers were stuck in an instant.
However, it wasn't easy to gather the audience who were focused on the busking of other trainees from a distance.
The beach was very long, and the other participants were also trying their best to attract people's attention.
In addition, the sound of the waves prevented Baek Yuri's voice from spreading far away.
"You're cute! You're handsome!"
"Ah! What should I do? I've used up all the stickers! I should've saved them!"
Baek Yuri smiled as if he was grateful to those who cheered him on and finished singing.
He collected 13 stickers while singing one song. It wasn't enough.
In the meantime, the fourth team held up the sticker board indicating that they completed the mission.
His heart was pounding and hid mouth was dry from nervousness.
However, since it was a mission with a partner, he couldn't continue singing alone, so Baek Yuri asked Neoul if there was a song he wanted to sing.
Neoul blankly stared at Baek Yuri. He looked at the people gathered around and the black camera pointed at them.
'I don't know exactly what the situation is, but....'
The sound of his breathing flowed quietly through the microphone pressed against his lips.
'So I just have to sing here like Sir Rabbit did?'
Ah-
When he let out a little sound, the people gathered around applauded and cheered.
Neoul rolled his eyes and watched closely, then closed his mouth.
When Baek Yuri saw Neoul not answering and blankly closed his mouth, he felt frustrated and tried to ask again.
But.
Hmm— hmmm— um—
Humming.
A sweet and dreamy voice flowed out with a melody he had never heard before.
The noisy beach became quiet in an instant.
Only Neoul's humming echoed far away, accompanied by the sound of the waves.
People stopped moving as if they were possessed by a water spirit and listened to the humming with the waves.
Even the other trainees who were dancing, singing, or performing their individual skills turned off their music, stopped what they were doing, and looked at him with their mouths open.
Without a single word of lyrics, Neoul captivated the eyes and ears of everyone on the beach with just his humming.
Standing barefoot on the sand, Neoul was the tallest and largest of the people on the beach. Because of that, he could see all the eyes focused on him at a glance.
Hmmm—hmm—um—hm—
Neoul awkwardly held the microphone to his lips for the first time in his life and blinked his eyes as he sang the melody he often sang in the Dragon Palace.
The sound rose and fell cleanly and sweetly.
'The sea priestess was so greedy, so I guess my singing skills aren't all that bad on land.'
He finished humming for a little over a minute, thinking it was amazing.
The beach was engulfed in silence.
For a moment, the sight of time seemingly stopping continued. The noisy waves and the cries of seagulls pulled people back to reality.
Wow!
A cheer erupted.
"Wow! This is crazy! This is awesome!"
"Wow! This is the first time I've seen someone hum this well!"
"Awesome, awesome. What was that just now? What did I hear?"
"Huh... I thought I was possessed by some siren...."
"Crazy. Your face is also really handsome."
The people who gathered noisily were trying to stick stickers.
Baek Yuri blankly stared at the sticker board, which easily surpassed 30 stickers and was now on its 45th sticker.
'What is that person's identity...?...?...?'
It was a little scary how he could capture all the attention on the beach in such a short time. Before we knew it, several cameras were pointed in this direction.
'Oh, this is not the time.'
The mission was to submit the sticker board to the PD.
"Wait a minute! You can stop sticking them on now! Thank you!"
Baek Yuri quickly retrieved the selfie camera and the sticker board and ran toward PD Seok Oh-young, who was near the main camera.
Walk walk walk. Plop.
When the rabbit suddenly ran away, Neoul hurriedly followed and fell again.
"Why, why, why do you keep running like that?!"
Baek Yuri hurriedly returned, wrapped up in his arms, and ran.
"I'm sorry. Please excuse me! I'm really in a hurry!"
He said that as a bonus.
"Pidiniiiiim!!"
The white rabbit ear headband Baek Yuri was wearing rolled down to the floor.
"Sir Rabbit! Your ear fell off! Your ear fell off!"
Neoul, who was hanging on to the floor with his feet dragging, shouted in surprise. However, Baek Yuri did not even look back and was busy running.
"It's okay! I'll pick it up later!"
Rabbits can even run with their ears removed!
Neoul gained a new insight about the mysterious land animals.
The sticker board in Baek Yuri's hand fell into PD Seok Oh-young's hand.
"Baek Yuri! It's Neoul! There are over 30 stickers...! Ugh! Huh! It's heavy!"
Baek Yuri gasped and put Neoul down.
'Oh my, what's with the weight... It seems like doing 3x500 at the gym would have been less tiring.'
PD Seok Oh-young held up the sticker board so that it could be seen clearly by the camera. The camera director also zoomed in on Baek Yuri and Neoul's faces and captured them on the lens.
"What's your name?"
"Baek! Yu! Ri! Neo! Ul!...sir!"
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