Superstar From Age 0

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: AgRoseCrystal

Chapter 564

He didn’t know when it started to snow, but the courtyard and the roof of the lodge were covered with white snow. 

More snowflakes slowly settled on top of them.

“Let’s go out.”

Seo-jun carefully washed up and came out without waking up the others. He put on a thick coat and went outside.

It was early in the morning, and the surroundings were quiet. 

There was no one else awake. 

The snow fell silently again.

Seo-jun sat on a chair in front of his room and looked at the snow-covered landscape. 

The sky was gradually brightening and the high mountains were covered with white snow. It was a magnificent sight.

“Wow.”

He exclaimed, and a white breath came out of his mouth like snow.

Seo-jun, who had been quietly watching the serene and snowy scenery, opened his mouth.

“I wonder how much snow will pile up?”

He stretched out his right foot and stepped on the snow.

With a crunch, his footprint was left on the clean and flawless snowfield.

“Hmm. It seems a bit shallow?”

He lifted his right foot and saw the footprint. 

The pressed snow showed a bit of the dirt floor of the courtyard. It didn’t seem like it had snowed a lot.

“It would be hard to draw a picture with this much snow…”

Seo-jun crouched down and touched the snow with his bare hands.

He had learned from the art team that there were different types of snow. He wondered if it was a bit moist. He touched it as if he was a snow expert.

Of course, the snow quickly melted in his body temperature and turned into water, but there was plenty of snow, so he picked up another handful and examined it.

“I wish I could spray some paint on it…”

Before he knew it, he was no longer admiring the snow, but worrying about whether he could film or not, and how to adjust the paint with this amount of moisture.

As he was fiddling with the snow, he heard a click and the sound of a door opening. He looked up and saw someone peeking out and looking around. It was Hwang Ji-yoon, who had been eagerly waiting for the snow.

“…Is this really snow…?”

Hwang Ji-yoon’s face slowly brightened. She must have thought it was a dream.

“Ji-yoon noona.”

“Huh? Seo-jun. What are you doing there?”

She found Seo-jun crouching down with snowflakes on his hands. He had a bright smile on his face, as if he was happy to see the snow.

“I was just checking out the snow. I was curious about how moist it was.”

“Haha. Really? Then should I go out too?”

“It’s cold, so make sure you dress warmly.”

“Okay.”

Hwang Ji-yoon quickly went back into her room.

Seo-jun got up from his seat and clapped his hands to shake off the snowflakes. His palms and fingers were red from touching the snow.

A moment later, Hwang Ji-yoon came out wrapped in a padded jacket like Seo-jun. She stepped on the snow with a bright expression. 

The sound of crunching was pleasant.

“It snowed less than I expected, but I think we can film today.”

“Right?”

The scene they were supposed to film today was the first snowfall in the world of [Fire], where the unknown painter looks out the window at the snow falling and Min-han shovels the snow in the yard.

“Do-yoon hyung has to shovel snow even when he’s filming.”

“He’ll have to keep shoveling if he gets an NG.”

Seo-jun and Hwang Ji-yoon chuckled.

“But how long have you been out? Your hands and face are completely red.”

“Not for long.”

“Still, it’s a big deal if the actor gets sick. Do you want to have a cup of hot tea in the cafeteria?”

“Yes. That sounds good.”

Seo-jun and Hwang Ji-yoon headed to the cafeteria. The front of the cafeteria was a sliding glass door, so they could see the snow falling in the yard very well.

They filled their cups with hot water and put in tea bags. They sat on the chairs and looked outside.

“It will keep snowing from now on, right?”

“I guess so. Filming should be fine, but… we have to be careful about safety.”

“We have spikes for our shoes and snow chains for our tires, so we should be fine.”

They drank the tea that was steaming and talked, when they saw the door that Hwang Ji-yoon had come out of open with a bang.

“Snow! It’s snow!!”

It was Kim Se-yeon, the assistant director, who had been waiting for the snow as much as Hwang Ji-yoon. 

Unlike Seo-jun and Hwang Ji-yoon, who came out quietly, she had a rather loud voice. It seemed like she woke up the others with her voice. 

Someone appeared behind Kim Se-yeon. 

This person, Yu Seo-young, had also been waiting for the snow as much as Hwang Ji-yoon.

“Snow!!”

Her eyes sparkled as if they were shining.

Yu Seo-young, the head of the art team, crouched down in front of her room without even putting on her coat, and started to fiddle with the snow with both hands.

“Seo-jun, you’re just like her.”

“Haha.”

He couldn’t argue when he saw Yu Seo-young, who was examining the snow as seriously as he did. He just smiled.

Meanwhile, Kim Se-yeon had dragged Yu Seo-young, whose hands had turned red, back into her room. 

He probably wanted her to come out dressed warmly.

Kim Se-yeon’s voice must have been heard everywhere. It was time to wake up anyway. One by one, they opened their doors or windows and looked outside.

“It’s really snowing, huh?”

“No wonder it was cold!”

“Wow! Who wants to have a snowball fight!”

“Wow!”

The people who had been complaining about the garbage falling from the sky last night, or how hard it would be to clean up, were nowhere to be seen. 

They all came out and ran around like dogs seeing snow for the first time.

The snow was dry, so it didn’t clump together well. It flew in the air and then crumbled and scattered in the wind. 

They all laughed.

“Wow! It’s cold!”

“Come back and put on some clothes!”

They went back to their rooms to put on more clothes and came out with their faces reddened by excitement and cold.

“They’re all lively.”

“Indeed.”

Kim Sung-sik and Jung Eun-mi came into the cafeteria with a smile, wearing thick coats. The cafeteria was warm with the heater on.

“Do you want some tea?”

“Sure.”

“Thank you.”

The students who hated the cold also started to gather in the cafeteria one by one.

“I don’t like the cold, but… I’m glad it snowed.”

“Right. But aren’t they going to catch a cold playing like that?”

At Park Woo-jin’s words, Hwang Ji-yoon jumped up and opened the cafeteria door and shouted.

“Come in when you’ve had enough! Don’t catch a cold for nothing!”

“Got it!”

“Okay!”

They all answered cheerfully and started playing again. Hwang Do-yoon was among them.

“I don’t know if they really heard me.”

“Hahaha.”

Seo-jun and the team members laughed at the sight of Hwang Ji-yoon holding her forehead.

***

After playing in the snow and having breakfast, the [Fire] team split into two groups.

One was the filming team that would shoot at the mansion, and the other was the team that would head to the climax filming site, which included the art team and the props team.

“We have to check the filming location now that it snowed.”

Yu Seo-young, the head of the art team, said.

“We have to see if the ground is completely covered with snow and the blank space is properly made, if there is an empty part to draw flowers, and if there is anything to fix, we have to fix it.”

There was a lot to do because of the snow.

“It would be hard to clean up if it snows more, so it would be nice if the props team could come with us now.”

“Okay.”

The art team and the props team left, and the filming team also moved to the mansion.

They arrived at the mansion, crunching the snow under their feet.

Park Woo-jin didn’t go inside right away, but asked Hwang Ji-yoon.

“Do we have to go through the back door?”

“Yes.”

If this many people crossed the yard of the mansion, there would be footprints. It was strange to have such traces in a mansion where only four people lived. So, for most of the filming, they all had to use the back door.

The filming team entered the mansion through the back door and took off their thick clothes and prepared for the filming. Before long, ‘it’ also joined them and helped or watched.

As he was changing his clothes, Seo-jun thought.

‘It’s not like a land spirit that can’t leave the mansion…’

He felt like it liked humans, so he thought it would follow him to the lodge, but it didn’t. It seemed like it was still afraid of the outside of the mansion.

If ‘it’ knew what Seo-jun was thinking, it would have shouted that it was because of the terrible human, that it would have gone out already if it wasn’t for him.

‘It’ was among the excited humans, smiling hehe, not knowing what was going on.

“Kid 100 is amazing!”

It was the first time for the filming team and the film students to shoot real snow with the Kid 100 camera. They couldn’t hide their excitement. Hwang Ji-yoon and Kim Se-yeon were the same.

“It’s really good…”

“Right.”

They involuntarily admired the clear and white snow and scenery that were filmed. They didn’t know what it would look like on the actual screen, but the image on the monitor they had now was very satisfying.

“Oh. The wind is blowing!”

“Shoot! Shoot!”

A strong wind blew, mixed with the falling snowflakes.

If it was a normal camera, the scenery would have been blurry, but the Kid 100 camera captured it as clearly as if they were seeing it right in front of them.

“Wow!”

They admired the picture-like scene once again.

Only ‘it’, who was among the students, tilted its head and then smiled, thinking that it must be good since the humans liked it.

A little later.

The filming preparations were all done, and Seo-jun and Hwang Do-yoon went up to the second floor.

“Ready, action!”

Knock knock knock knock-

A more urgent sound than usual was heard. The unknown painter, who was slowly waking up from his sleep, startled and got up.

“…Who, who is it…”

“Sir. It’s me. Min-han. Can I come in?”

The unknown painter realized the excitement in his voice and told him to come in.

“I’m sorry for coming so early. But I wanted to tell you as soon as possible.”

The door opened and Min-han’s footsteps were light as he came in. The unknown painter breathed lightly and held his trembling hands.

“Can I pull the curtain?”

“…The curtain?”

He tilted his head and nodded. Min-han smiled brightly.

“Look at this. It snowed for the first time.”

Swish, the curtain was pushed to both sides.

The curtain that could now be opened wide. Beyond that, there was a white snowfield with light.

The unknown painter unconsciously got out of bed and walked toward the window.

The mountains that were full of trees until yesterday were covered with a white snow blanket. 

He could see the snowflakes shining in the light. 

He felt like he would stop breathing at the sight that was more overwhelming than he had imagined.

He was in a daze and touched the window glass with his trembling hand. 

The trembling seemed to subside a bit because of the pressure.

Min-han smiled contentedly. He knew he would like it.

“Should I open the window too?”

He nodded absentmindedly and Min-han opened the window wide.

The cold wind and the falling snowflakes landed on his face one by one, but he was still captivated by the sight he had never seen before.

“Cut! Okay!”

***

The snow stopped.

Min-han and Mr. Lee, who came out to the yard, started to sweep from the gate to the entrance of the mansion.

“We have to sweep from the gate to the road too, after we finish here.”

“…Can’t we just clean up a bit? There’s only you and me who come here anyway. The lady said she wouldn’t come out because it’s cold.”

“You never know.”

Mr. Lee, who was sweeping with Min-han, looked up at the second floor. He saw a slightly open window, which would have been scolded by the old lady for catching a cold. He also saw a young man sitting in front of it.

“The sir might go for a walk.”

Min-han also looked up as he continued to sweep.

“Mr. Lee. When will the painting tools arrive? They said they would come when it snowed.”

“I don’t know. They have a lot of work to do at the top, so it might be delayed…”

“He’s looking forward to it so much…”

He saw the sir pointing at the air with his trembling hand, as if he was drawing something.

“They are coming, right?”

“They said they are. Just wait.”