The Healing Life of a Music Genius - Chapter 154



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154 As a pianist

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Singapore National Hospital.

Early moning.

“Are you really okay with that?”

Emma nods to Nurse Lynn’s question.

“yes. I thought that if I told Suyeon for no reason, I would only make her worry. And it’s not a big surgery. Yes?”

“······.”

Emma, ​​who suffered from a rare disease, had been to several hospitals since she was younger.

Then, it was six months ago that I came to the Singapore National Hospital.

This hospital, which has doctors who are specialists in the field, tried to treat Emma using as non-surgical a method as possible, but eventually reached its limits.

The medical staff are now worried about whether Emma, ​​who has already undergone two surgeries in the past, will be able to survive the third surgery.

Emma was talking about it as if it was no big deal.

A child who is already proud for his age.

Rin, who was truly proud of this but at the same time heartbroken, tried to smile.

“I know. It’s not even a big surgery. “Emma will get through her surgery just fine anyway, so she just needs to make plans to hang out later.”

“I was already going to do that. However, since Sooyeon lives in Korea and I am currently in Singapore, I think we usually have to talk via email. So I’m going to ask her mom to buy her a smart phone.”

Emma’s mother, who was listening to Lynn and Emma’s story right next to her, readily answered.

“okay. If you have a cell phone, you can make video calls, etc. After this surgery goes well, I will buy you a smartphone so you can contact Sooyeon. “Let’s go pick out a cell phone with Mom.”

“and! really?”

“Of course~ Really. Did Teacher Lin also hear our story? “If her mom doesn’t keep her promise, I might get scolded by her teacher.”

After hearing her words, Lin pretends to write something on the chart.

“Actually, I was recording the entire conversation just now. Mom will definitely keep her promise. And after Emma gets a cell phone, she has to contact me often too?”

“Sure. We will contact you three times a week. So, Teacher Lin, I’m okay.”

“huh? “What’s okay?”

Emma continued speaking while looking at Lynn’s face.

“It meant you didn’t have to look at me so worriedly. I’m OK. Because it will really get better. “Just as the last surgery was no problem, this time will be no problem either.”

“······.”

“So, first of all, I will enjoy today’s performance. Also with my friend. A performance by a great pianist is waiting for you. “There is no need to worry about the surgery you will have tomorrow.”

“······ okay. Emma is right. Today, if you watch just one performance well, you will be successful. Seojin played really wonderfully.”

“It will definitely be an amazing performance. And in fact… I’m really looking forward to seeing this performance for the first time in my life. “I can’t wait to hear the beautiful piano sound.”

“Emma’s performance may be more than she imagined. That’s how the teacher heard Seojin play. So she can look forward to Emma as much as she wants.”

“yes! “I’ll look forward to it with all my heart.”

‘For me, it’s like this… Even this time waiting for the performance is precious…’

Emma smiled brightly as she thought about that.

Emma’s mother was diligently combing Emma’s hair while listening to their conversation.

In response to Emma’s request that she want to see the performance today looking good, her mother was personally helping her dress up.

Emma leans closer to her mother.

Mother hugged Emma tightly.

Even while working, Lynn stopped by the hospital room to chat with Emma.

Room 907, Singapore National Hospital.

Time passed calmly there.

* * *

The alarm on my cell phone, which I had left somewhere, rings.

As I felt the sound getting closer, I put down the ballpoint pen I had been scribbling on the music paper.

The sheet music I was organizing last night’s inspiration was quite filled.

Since the idea was all set, I didn’t think it would take that long to complete this composition.

Soo-yeon, who has already come close to me, hands me the cell phone.

“ruler. “Brother’s cell phone.”

“I guess it’s already time to leave. “Thank you every time.”

“It’s nothing special. But is there anything else I can help you with? Don’t you need some candy? “I also taste grapes today.”

Su-yeon immediately rummages through the bear bag.

I put a grape candy in my mouth and got up.

“What about your mother and father?”

“They said you’re ready.”

“The manager is smart, isn’t he? “Isn’t Sooyeon so perfect?”

“Hmm. My brother showed such a great performance yesterday, so I have to do at least this much. And whose younger brother am I? is not it?”

“I know. “I guess he’s my little brother after all.”

“Hi-Hi. “You just need to know~”

I held Suyeon’s hand tightly and left the suite room.

Both mother and father were dressed in neat suits.

Neutral-colored clothes that don’t stand out too much.

And it was the same for Suyeon.

‘Because we are performing in a hospital and not anywhere else.’

Our family met and greeted the hospital staff in the hotel lobby, and then went straight to the Singapore National Hospital.

In line with today’s charity performance, the hospital’s chairman and the founder’s family came to welcome us.

After briefly saying hello to them at the hospital entrance, we headed to the waiting room.

A space normally used as a conference room was temporarily emptied and turned into a waiting room.

When we spent some time there, we were able to meet some nice people.

“Sister Emma!”

“Suyeon!”

Even though they only met for one day, the two welcome each other very much.

I wondered what would have happened if I hadn’t made an appointment today.

However, Su-yeon, who runs to Emma, ​​immediately opens her eyes.

Emma looked amazing in her navy blue dress.

“and! “Emma is dressed like a princess!”

“Nice to meet you too!”

“Sister, what did you do with the patient’s uniform? Are you going to be discharged from the hospital?”

“I’m really looking forward to the performance, right? “Actually, I was really nervous coming here!”

“The clothes look good on you!”

“How should I greet your brother?”

“······.”

The two girls, who communicated in Korean and English respectively, had no hesitation in saying what they wanted to say to each other.

Still, it seemed like smooth communication was necessary, so I acted as an interpreter between the two.

Emma, ​​who had been very nervous when she saw me only yesterday, glanced at me and explained the clothes to me.

“excuse me······. I wanted to follow the dress code. It’s my first time seeing a performance… “I asked my mom for a favor.”

“Thank you. “By the way, are you okay with the IV?”

When I asked about Emma’s arm where the injection line was connected, Emma’s father explained it for me.

“It’s okay because the nurse took care of me. “They said that the injection line might slightly touch your clothes when you move, but it’s not a big deal.”

“thank god.”

Emma also looks at me and nods.

“Pianist, I’m fine! So, I will watch the performance diligently!”

“really?”

“yes!”

“You’re brave. “Then do you want to make a promise to me?”

“······ Promise?”

As I often do with Suyeon, I held out my little finger to Emma.

“I decided to watch the performance diligently and receive treatment diligently. “After you receive good treatment, I will invite you to a proper performance later.”

“······.”

“Understand?”

“······.”

Emma thought for a moment, then carefully placed her little finger on mine.

“yes······. “I will do that…”

“That’s nice.”

“thank you······.”

Suyeon asked me to interpret, and after listening to the story, she proudly began explaining.

“Ahem. Sister Emma. My brother made a promise when I looked back on my past life. Is it a trustworthy promise that has never been broken? So you can trust me too. For your information, as for my older brother, when I was 4 years old, I remember asking him to read a book to me in my sleep, and that day…”

litany.

Thanks to this, the interpretation was a little difficult, but when I saw Sooyeon and Emma smiling, I quickly became happy without realizing it.

Emma’s parents thanked me again and again.

Then he handed me a gift, a small wooden box that looked a bit old.

“······ It’s okay if you don’t give me this.”

“It’s not a big deal. My husband and I are not musicians, so we originally planned to give it to our child when he decided to pursue music, but we thought this would be more meaningful. “Emma wanted that too.”

“that’s right! I hope the pianist accepts that too. It’s a very pretty-looking metronome. Open it!”

“······.”

“Quickly! “I’m sure you’ll love it!”

I couldn’t resist the urging of the three people and opened the box, and a small wooden metronome came out, just like Emma said.

Emma’s parents said that they received a metronome as a gift from someone when they were young, and it looked very luxurious, so they kept it well until now.

Seeing that the shape was not straight, I thought it might be a metronome carved out of wood by hand.

Unable to keep refusing, she eventually decided to accept the gift, and only then did Emma smile brightly again.

When there was about an hour left until the performance started, the people in the waiting room went out to the hospital lobby, saying they would see each other later.

I stayed alone in the waiting room, looked at the sheet music, and then looked at the metronome I had received as a gift.

It was something that caught my eye for some reason.

This was my first time seeing a wind-up metronome, so I tried it out.

The needle of the metronome began to move left and right at a constant speed.

I stared at the movement, then turned my attention back to the score.

After a while, a hospital official entered the waiting room.

“Pianist. “There are 5 minutes left until the show.”

“yes. All right.”

I organized the complicated sheet music on the table and put the metronome in my bag.

Then, I followed the hospital staff to the hospital lobby.

I walked along the sparkling marble floor for a while.

A place with a huge fountain.

A lot of people had already gathered there.

The people who spotted me started clapping as one.

It seemed like more than half of the people, regardless of age or gender, were wearing patient uniforms.

‘A lot of people came to see it.’

I walked right in front of the piano while being escorted by hospital staff.

I feel eyes focused on me.

I could feel their sincere applause.

Thanks to my heightened senses before the performance, I was able to easily see that fact.

I started by saying hello to them.

The lobby began to gradually become quiet.

Refined atmosphere.

I sat down on the piano bench.

I tried to pull the slightly crooked chair.

Unlike in a lucid dream, the chair moved easily.

I turned my head.

Unlike in a lucid dream, many people are only looking at me.

Only the sound of water flowing from the fountain fills this space.

I looked straight ahead.

There was a space that was obscured by the huge lid of the grand piano.

A memory that remains vivid in my mind.

Before I started playing, I stood up after a moment of contemplation.

And I looked there.

The seat on the bench that I thought would definitely be empty.

But there…

Emma Wood was sitting.

A child who is only two years older than Suyeon is smiling at me.

Looking around, there were no empty seats.

There was Emma and her parents.

Suyeon and my parents were sitting in the diagonal seats.

I sat back down on the piano chair and smiled.

A lot of thoughts came to mind.

Uncle Miller was a man who knew love.

He was a person with love for humanity.

He was a person who cared about people who were hurting, wanted to comfort those who were suffering, and played healing music for them.

He is like that.

When I first met him on a deserted island, he gave me affection, supported me, and generously passed on his knowledge.

When I was sick, she nursed me.

You made me laugh when I was sad.

While he was a teacher, he also became a friend.

A country that I knew nothing about was willing to put their heart on the line for ‘one human being.’

sincerely.

Without any lies.

That’s how you treated me.

Uncle Miller’s actions…

As a word often used in art, it was sublime.

and.

Now I can do a little bit of that too.

How I interpreted this situation was all up to me.

Uncle Miller may have had a lucid dream to hear me play here.

I may have had a lucid dream so that Emma Wood could hear me play.

I am······.

I am now…

Hoping to become a person similar to Uncle Miller, I decided to take the latter idea.

I decided to understand it that way.

I hope that one day I can become a performer like Uncle Miller, and today I try to follow in his footsteps a little bit.

I put my hands on the keyboard.

We prepared to play a long theme melody.

Breathtakingly slow.

While maintaining peace and harmony.

Covers all keys of the piano in an instant.

* * *

A young girl holds both hands tightly.

The performance went on for over an hour.

The child eventually closed his eyes tightly as the piano melody played beautifully.

As for Emma.

Emma Wood, who I thought might be her last performance…

In the warmth of the melody.

The warmth of the melody.

In the peace I felt for the first time in a long time.

I shed tears that came from deep within me.

Tears flow hotly down my cheeks and fall one by one on the cold marble floor.

When her mother, who was sitting next to her, asked in surprise if she was okay, it was only then that Emma opened her eyes.

“I’m OK.”

“really? “Isn’t it suddenly painful somewhere?”

“mom.”

“uh. uh. why?”

“I actually… In the meantime…”

Everyone was sad together after meeting Emma.

Facing them was difficult for Emma as well.

“My heart ached even more.”

“······.”

“But Sooyeon showed no such sign. Because she just came across brightly. She was so she was good. “She could be a friend.”

“······.”

“And Mom. Me······.”

Emma hugs the piano melody as a blanket.

I spoke honestly.

“I want to live.”

In that one word…

Tears are flowing down from my mother’s eyes.

“So, I’m sure the surgery will go well. I will also learn piano later. “I’m going to go see a lot of performances.”

“······ okay. okay.”

“So mom, please support me too. That’s fine. “That’s all.”

“············ okay.”

Debussy’s melody resonates in the lobby of the Singapore National Hospital.

A very romantic yet beautiful song.

Debussy – Suite bergamasque, L.75: III. ⌜Clair de lune⌟

Debussy’s ⌜Moonlight⌟ encompasses the space.

In the breathtaking silence, a ray of light falls.

The descending chromatic melody expresses calm sadness.

I can’t laugh out loud, but I can smile.

Like this moment when you can’t cry out loud, but you can show sadness on your face.

Debussy’s ⌜Moonlight⌟ expresses ambiguity.

But every note in the melody had sparkle.

peu à peu crese. et animation.

Little by little, lively.

Ever since Debussy gave the instructions to ⌜Moonlight⌟.

The faint warmth of moonlight drives the mood of the song.

Emma Wood looked at the pianist.

‘I don’t know anything about the piano…’

The pianist brought out all these emotions.

He showed beauty through his performance.

And it gave me courage.

‘Pianist. I wanted to learn to play the piano. Sooyeon taught me an interesting song. So I want to learn more in the future.’

‘I want to become a performer like the pianist in the future.’

‘therefore······.’

Emma spoke honestly to pianist Seojin Han.

‘I want to live…’

Wiping away the flowing tears with my palm.

To never forget this moment.

Emma recorded the melody of ⌜Moonlight⌟ deep in her heart.

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Singapore National Hospital Central Operating Room.

Two people are sitting on a bench in an empty hallway.

They just remained silent without saying anything.

On the contrary, the operating room was busy.

Many people move from place to place and do what they have to do.

A doctor looks at a child lying down and quietly cries out.

“Emma. “Would you like to count backwards from 10?”

Emma blinked once and did as the doctor told her.

“10.”

Now that I think about it, this felt like a countdown to the new year.

I welcomed the New Year with my mom and dad in hospital room 907.

It was exactly like that.

“9.”

My eyes closed.

I didn’t mean to do that.

I’ve already experienced it three times, but it wasn’t something I got used to.

“8······.”

“7············.”

Emma could see that the surroundings had suddenly become quiet.

I felt more peaceful than ever.

I felt at ease.

however.

I listened carefully, and strangely enough, I could hear the same melody I heard yesterday.

The melody was so impressive…

I even asked the pianist after the performance…

The pianist was very kind and even told me how this song was made.

A composer named Debussy…

He said it was a song called ⌜Moonlight⌟, which he composed after reading a certain poem and receiving inspiration.

Pianist Seojin Han is…

After the performance was over, in the hospital lobby.

He told me the poem.

⌜

Your soul is a chosen landscape

Votre est un paysage choisi

The masks and Bergamask on top look attractive.

Que vont charmant masques and bergamasques

Playing the lute and dancing

Jouant du luth et dansant et quas

As if sad under fantastic makeup

Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.

A life filled with triumphant love and time

Tout in chantant sur le mode mineur

While singing in a minor key

L’amour vainqueur et la vie opportune

They don’t seem to believe in their happiness

Isn’t it?

The song mixes with the moonlight.

It’s like a clair de lune

⌟

The poetry of ⌜Moonlight⌟ and the melody of ⌜Moonlight⌟ embrace your whole body.

Emma felt like she was going on a journey for a moment.

No one is looking for it.

On a very beautiful island.

Enjoy a moment of peace.

With the beautiful melody of a pianist.