God's Song Chapter 275-276

Volume 8 / Chapter 275

TL: LightNovelCafe

Editor: Isleidir

A girl who is like Jun Hyuk. The President found it hard to believe. Isn’t he someone who might or might not appear once every 100 years – no – someone who is called the greatest genius in the history of music?

But another person to appear in one generation? Are geniuses this common?

“Until now, I thought that the human voice is incomplete. Even the greatest singer sounded unstable to me and the sound wasn’t that impressive, and that thought hasn’t changed yet. But this little girl next to me is a perfect instrument with a perfect voice.”

The President could not give any response to Jun Hyuk who was speaking excitedly. This is because he could not understand the difference between an incomplete human voice and complete voice.

“I don’t know anything beyond her voice… but this girl will turn the world over with just her voice.”

It was hard to believe, but Maestro Jun is sure. He is not someone to talk nonsense.

“Mr. President. Thank you for doing me this strange favor. I don’t know how to repay you.”

“Then you’re saying that I listened to your strange favor and helped rescue a girl with the voice of a century, no, a perfect voice?”

Jun Hyuk thought he should have bit his tongue when he heard the President’s voice full of jest. This man is not one to miss out on a perfect opportunity. The President is a politician who takes advantage of opportunities well.

“Well. I’m not trying to brag, but what I asked you for a few times… What do you think about that? Oh, I’m not saying this expecting payment for my help. It’s a request I gave you whenever I had the chance to. Ha ha.”

Jun Hyuk laughed out loud at the President’s simple request.

“What? Oh, ha ha. I got it. Prepare a seat for me at the White House year-end dinner on Christmas Eve this year. I’ll be sure to attend. And of course I’ll play a piano duet with you.”

“Thank you, Maestro. Tell me if something like this comes up again. I can’t do anything with nuclear missiles, but I would be able to end the Delta force. Ha ha.”

When Jun Hyuk ended the call and looked at the little girl, she was still chewing on food and filling her stomach.

Jun Hyuk sat at a piano in the room.

When he started playing the piano without looking away from the young girl, a strange melody flowed out. Tara and the staff members are not used to it as Westerners, but the Indian maids looking after the young girl shouted out at the same time,

Saabun!

Jun Hyuk was playing a melody unique to India.

Western music, especially classical, uses a composition system of 12 majors and 12 minors. Each group centers around its own keynote, and a series of notes form a group called a scale.

One keynote uses a melody or harmony as a center and other notes have a dependent relationship on that note in a group of sounds, and forming those kinds of group sounds is what composition is.

No matter how grand and complicated classical music looks, in the end it cannot get away from the 12 majors and 12 minors, or the composition system of 24.

The composition of traditional Indian music however, exceeds 2,000 and there are hundreds of compositions that are used often. And most of these compositions are named after ancient Indian gods.

From the view of Indian music, Western classical music is just music that is too simple and boring.

The hotel maid shouted out Saabun because Jun Hyuk is playing the Saabun scale.

The little girl was eating cake when the movement of her mouth slowed down and she began to focus on the piano melody.

Jun Hyuk saw this and started to change the melody. He played various Indian compositions in alternation, and classical melodies flowed out as well.

The melody grew increasingly discordant and the piano song became more and more complex.

The little girl swallowed the cake in her mouth and was slowly led to Jun Hyuk by the piano sound, touching the table with both hands, and started focusing on his song. She moved her fingers and moved her hand, eventually moving both arms, waving lightly to the rhythm.

Jun Hyuk’s piano stopped after going for more than 30 minutes. When Jun Hyuk stopped suddenly, the excited girl spoke rapidly in Hindi.

“She is asking you to keep going. She said that she doesn’t need to eat something sweet – she must be talking about the cake – so she would like for you to keep playing.”

The hotelier looking after the girl also spoke excitedly. They are hearing the maestro’s piano for themselves, which is known to be an extremely rare occurrence. This kind of luck does not come everyday.

“Relay my message exactly. Tell her to sing just as I played the piano. Then she’ll be able to experience another kind of music.”

He is sure that she will have memorized the piano melody that he played for over 30 minutes.

The hotelier relayed the message slowly and exactly with an expression of disbelief, and the girl opened her mouth as if she had been waiting.

The girl started to make a thin sound, and that sound was exactly the melody that came from the piano. The more interesting aspect is that she recreated the perfect harmony of the left hand’s accompaniment and the right hand’s main melody.

Tara was watching this when her legs went weak and she plopped down. She loves music more than anyone else does, and she has lived listening to incredible music from Jun Hyuk’s side. She must know the value of the sound coming out of the girl’s mouth.

She could only think of one thing:

Voice of an Angel

Tara realized that Jun Hyuk’s behavior until now had been because of this unbelievable voice. The ability to remember the music precisely on top of that. This has not been discovered in anyone other than Jun Hyuk.

Tara looked at Jun Hyuk. Jun Hyuk looked so blissful it seemed he could not feel more joy as he watched the girl and then put his hands on the piano again.

Their music continued for another hour and everyone in the room felt so much like they were dreaming as they listened to the sweet music that they did not even realize that time was passing by.

Someone was standing outside Jun Hyuk’s door with an ecstatic expression as well. It was Commander Akhtar who had helped Jun Hyuk.

The melody of India, the motherland he loves. The beautiful voice that is bringing out that melody.

The Commander realized that the voice’s owner is the blind girl. And he also understood why that famous maestro had made such a big deal.

When he could no longer hear the music, he came to his senses and knocked on the door.

“Oh Commander, come in. Thank you again for helping us.”

Jun Hyuk discovered Commander Akhtar, bolted up from the piano, and shook his hand.

“It’s nothing, Maestro. I’ll tell you what happened first. Those brutish men were all arrested. And we sent the poor children to facilities for now.”

But the Commander’s face was not bright. Another gang and different children will fill that emptied space. It is the endless repeat of this shady society.

“Did you hear this child’s story?”

“According to our investigation, this child’s name is Jina. We estimate that she’s around 10 years old. There was a landslide in the village she lived in 3 years ago, so half of the people died and the other half scattered… They said that Jina’s parents probably died since they say that they brought her when they found her wandering around by herself.

Jun Hyuk clenched his teeth to hold back his tears. Commander Akhtar saw Jun Hyuk suddenly flush red, and flinched. He should have spoken with more care…

He recalled an article that said he used to wander the streets 15 years ago though he is a great master of music now. To this great maestro, his past self and this blind girl will overlap.

Commander Akhtar was at a loss for words and looked elsewhere.

“Commander, I’d like to take this girl to America right away. Would that be possible? I’ll even adopt her if necessary.”

Everyone except Jina’s jaws dropped. Tara in particular, had no idea of how to handle this incredible statement.

“When this child becomes an adult – no – before that, she will become a singer who shakes up the world. An incredible soprano… No, she’ll become a singer who is limitless and can’t be classified.”

“Yes, it seems that there’s plenty potential for that. I heard this girl’s voice from the door as well.”

Commander Akhtar spoke quietly as he smiled. He does not know music well, but the girl has a tremendous voice that makes ears ring. A world-renowned genius maestro who says that he will adopt her.

It would be weird to say that she cannot become a limitless singer.

“Maestro. I’ll try to work on it so you can take legal action. Will you wait until I call you again?”

“Of course. I’ll wait for good results.”

“Don’t worry about it. The world’s ‘Jun’ is saying that he wants to adopt. I’m sure you’ll be able to skip over the minor procedural steps.”

Commander Akhtar left the hotel with thoughts of skipping those minor steps.

Volume 8 / Chapter 276

TL: LightNovelCafe

Editor: Isleidir

No one could speak. Jina became nervous because of the sudden silence and turned her head from side to side, hoping for someone to speak.

“Tara.”

“Yeah.”

“I live in the U.S., but I’m Korean. Will you tell the foundation legal team to act on this so I can adopt this child?”

“Sure. There won’t be any issues since this girl… Jina doesn’t have parents either. I’ll take care of it right away.”

“Thanks. Oh right, Tara. I’m sorry for yelling at you earlier. Truly.”

Tara winked and smiled with the phone to her ear.

Jun Hyuk sat in front of Jin and spoke calmly and affectionately.

“I’m going to teach you. You have the voice of an angel, no, of heaven. I’ll create heavenly music for you, so you sing. People will think of the songs you sing as heavenly music. What do you think? Incredible, right?”

When the hotelier hesitated because she was not sure whether Jun Hyuk was talking to himself or not, Jun Hyuk kept talking.

“You hear the dry land barking that it’s thirsty, right?”

With a glance from Jun Hyuk, the hotelier quickly started speaking in Hindi.

“And the sound of flies flying around in the bathroom is beautiful? You want to express the passion coming from the hot sun? With your voice, I mean.”

Jina nodded her head vigorously. And she started to chat away again.

“She says that there are no songs. She wants to sing about the sound of the land crying, flies batting their wings, and the hot sun, but she says that there are no songs.”

“I’ll gift those songs to you. I’ll make whatever you want to express, so sing as much as you want. What do you think?”

Jina nodded her head again and smiled brightly.

“Then do you want to live with me? I’ll make songs for you like I just did, let you eats lots of delicious things, and make it so you can sleep in a cozy bed, so come with me.”

When Jina got the translation of what Jun Hyuk was saying, she got surprised and shook her head.

“She says that she can’t. She’s saying that she can’t leave without the permission of her owners, the men from before.”

Then, one of the maids held Jina and started speaking rapidly.

When the maid was done talking, Jina got on the floor with the maid’s help, bowed over to kiss his feet and would not get up.

“Excuse me. What on earth did you say to her?”

Jun Hyuk was surprised by Jina’s sudden actions. When he yelled toward the maid, she bowed to ask him for understanding and spoke,

“Sir. This girl doesn’t know complicated things like that. She only knows that she’s a slave and that she has an owner. I told her that her owner has changed. I understand your intention to protect her, so just say that you are her owner for now. That is how she’ll follow you. You can help her understand that she’s not a slave once you get to America.”

Jun Hyuk felt embarrassed that he had thought he and Jina overlapped even for a moment. He was an orphan, but this girl is a slave. The weight of their pain will have been completely different.

Jun Hyuk stood Jina up, kneeled in front of her, and slowly embraced her.

“You’ll come to realize on your own that you’re not a slave. I’ll make it so that happens soon.”

The Commander had left as though he would be able to handle everything quickly, and came back after only one day.

“That child Jina was someone that didn’t exist.”

“What? What does that mean?”

“First off, Jina’s parents didn’t have birth registration. Of course that was the same for Jina. That’s why it took some time.”

Commander Akhtar handed a manila folder over.

“But we quickly created documents. Her name is Jina, her age is 10. We made her birthday yesterday when she met you, Maestro. Will you be going back to America today?”

“We’ll have to. I’d like to take her back as soon as we can and see her ability.”

“Then I’ll bring over someone from the adoption agency. Jina will become that person’s companion. She will become your daughter completely once everything is settled in America.”

“Thank you, Commander. I won’t forget all you’ve done for us.”

“It’s nothing. What I’ve done for you? It’s overwhelming for me to even think of Jina becoming a world-renowned singer through you. And I’m happy with just the fact that I was able to help.”

Jun Hyuk handed a small envelope over to the Commander who looked pleased.

“What is this?”

“The kids you talked about yesterday. The ones you said were sent to a facility first…..”

“Yes.”

“Please use this for those children. And JS Foundation will continue to provide sponsorship.”

Commander Akhtar dropped the envelope when he saw that the check inside was written for $5 million, and sat blankly for a while.

He had heard rumors that Jun Hyuk would have made enough money to buy entire countries if he didn’t donate so much. The Commander thought that those rumors could be true.

Commander Akhtar put the envelope away and bowed his head.

“Thank you. I’ll do my best so those children can live like people.”

That was not the end however. Jun Hyuk’s continuing gift was more surprising than the amount that he was donating.

“We’ll invite you for the first day that Jina stands on stage. Come see for yourself how the girl you rescued yourself grows up.”

Yoon Kwang Hun looked at Jun Hyuk and the little Indian girl he brought, and just blinked.

“‘Father, didn’t I always say that the human voice is an incomplete instrument? But this child is the only exception.”

“So… so you’re saying that this child has a perfect voice?”

“Yes. It’s beyond perfect. It’s better than any instrument created by humanity. She can create various tones and changes emotions within moments. The range she can cover is beyond imagination.”

A child who is just 10 years old? It was unbelievable, but Jun Hyuk is speaking with confidence. He cannot not believe this.

“And her ability to remember notes is the same as mine. She memorized a piano song that I played for around 30 minutes perfectly.”

Yoon Kwang Hun remembered his first meeting with Jun Hyuk when he said that he memorized Marlowe’s symphony in its entirety. If Jun Hyuk felt even a little of what he felt back then, it is inevitable that he would be so excited.

“When will I be able to hear this child’s voice?”

“Listen for yourself once Jina gets a bit more stable. You’re really going to be surprised.”

“So you’re saying you’ll adopt this child?”

“Yes.”

“Alright, then do that.”

Yoon Kwang Hun did not say much else. Jun Hyuk did not bring it up to get permission either. It would be laughable for him to say something about a decision that an adult over 30 made.

“What can I do?”

“First, get us a teacher who can teach Jina English. And make a school for her too.”

“What? A school?”

“Yes, a school for Jina to attend. A school for children who can’t see like Jina. Young kids need to grow up among their peers in order to avoid becoming wicked like me. We need to make it so she has a normal childhood.”

Yoon Kwang Hun frowned.

“I’m against it.”

“What?”

“You said it needs to be normal. Is it normal to make a school for Jina? Wouldn’t it be normal to just enroll her in a special school in New York? It’s already abnormal for you to think about making a school for her and bringing friends to her. Shouldn’t you become a normal parent too?”

Jun Hyuk imagined himself dropping Jina off at school every morning and attending parent teacher conferences. Like a normal parent. It wasn’t a bad picture.

“Alright. Then look into a school.”

“Fine. Until now is an issue of our family… What’s going to happen to Maestro Jun?”

He is reading the situation clearly. There was an aftertaste left in Jun Hyuk’s words and he laughed when Yoon Kwang Hun noticed this.

“Well it’s as you already guessed. I’m only going to focus on teaching Jina for at least 5 years from now on.”

“Alright. Do as you want.”

He is declaring that he will halt all activities for 5 years. Yoon Kwang Hun did not say much about this decision either. Since it is something that he has already decided, he needs to settle the matters after.

“First, we’ll have to look around for a conductor to take over JS Orchestra. Is there someone you have in mind?”

“Yes. I was thinking of Berlin’s Serill Petrenko. If he doesn’t want to do it, the Board of Directors can decide.”

“Petrenko?”

“Yes. He’s the first conductor to put Inferno on stage. Whether he used a shortcut or not, it’s true that he’s the person who delved deepest into my music.”

“Okay. I’ll be sure to bring him.”

“And…..”

“What? Is there something else?”

Jun Hyuk scratched his head and spoke up cautiously.

“I haven’t been able to tell Amelia about this yet. She’s coming back next month… Be there when I tell her.”

“Ke ke. Are you scared?”

“Yes. If I say I want to adopt when we haven’t even gotten married, she might kick me out.”

Yoon Kwang Hun could not stop laughing for a while. Jun Hyuk watched this and frowned.

“Are you having fun?”

“Oh, it’s not because of that. It’ because of her name.”

“What? Name?”

“Yeah. When you adopt her, her name is ‘Jina Jang’. That’s okay, but it’s ‘Jang Jina’ in Korean. Isn’t the nuance a little strange? He he.”

Yoon Kwang Hun did not stop laughing, ignoring Jun Hyuk’s burning up.

There was another reason why he could not stop laughing. He and Jun Hyuk do not have a drop of the same blood, but he is walking in the same path.

The fate of taking in a child off the street with no relation to himself. Will Jina take the same path when she grows up?

However, he stopped laughing when he remembered something he had been forgetting.

“Oh. I’m becoming a grandfather all of a sudden.”

Yoon Kwang Hun had become a complete old man.

Chapter end