Volume 6 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4 : The Restaurant of Hotel V
Fro as the ers and employees prepared to fit in VIP customer The wealthiest person in the Republic of Korea An acco with nothing; he was Chair who had made this dinner reservation There is always some dish that you will criticize, but the head chefs and the ers knew that this one was in fact special
It is said that Chair his 40th e anniversary co preparation for this
According to the interests of Chair on every wall, and new carpet must be spread on the floor A band famous in the country, and even ide, must hold a concert; then a coht of 1,000 candles
In regards to cooking, the preparation redient, in order to maintain a level of freshness, ion of a foreign nation They go out froht But thewas the event that coe
In order to mark the beautiful features of when Chairn sculptor that was famous world-wide created an ice sculpture especially for this
It was a beautiful woman in ice!
At the North Pole, this ice statue was eer than 20 days to h spot on the ice surface could be found Under the ornate chandeliers, the light reflected and refracted in sweet rolling waves
”So pretty”
”It was ru would prepare such an event for his beloved wife”
The hotel employees were quite enviable as they prepared for the event Chair was to have his meal on the table in front of the beautiful ice wo it near the table, the glass of thebroke and it fell on to the floor As it fell, it shattered
The er was in disbelief
”How did you let this happen!”
”I'ot to say?”
The incident of the ice statue breaking called for even the General Manager of the hotel The Manager of the hotel, who could be held responsible for the restaurant, appeared in front of the people in order to directly hear of this round as she saw the broken luround; it was hopeless
The neck of the statue was broken The dae to the nose, mouth and eyes was so severe that it was impossible to repair In addition, several parts of it were broken; it was barely possible to recognize the shape of the beautiful ice wo to afford the wrath of Chair is an express VIP He Wont be satisfied with our services Based on rumors alone, the hotel's revenue will decrease dramatically and it will be the end of us”
”Even now, no ood will this ice do? The event is canceled Have all the chefs prepare the best dishes they can Hopefully, we can satisfy Chairh our quality of service and try to be victorious over this setback”
The General Manager so she could to sort out the situation But the staff could do nothing but be nervous
”We are preparing this event for Chair We have decorated our hotel as he requested, be calm”
”How did we do that, even in the least?”
”Really, You have no right to cancel the event yourself Chairer”
”Ugh”
The General Manager breathed in a deep sigh The er provided courteous services to hoteliers and ione through es for the sake of the hotel, but this was a first ti, no less
To soa, if he knew that his 40th wedding anniversary event was ruined, he will not stand for it silently, er considered,
'There etyou can do is try'
”Get a sculptor! Fix the ice asarrives within the hour Anyway, these broken parts Polish and attach it back to the ice”
”But we only have 30 minutes left”
Lee Hyun and Lee Hye Yeon atching the turht it was a very pretty sculpture Then that sculpture cracked and the series of events that occurred due to it turned the restaurant into a frantic er, they jumped back and forth as all the pieces of ice on the floor were rolling around
The employee that caused the problem did not knohat to do; his face was pale Tears started dripping down
Then as she watched them and felt pity, she carelessly commented
”Ah brother, brother's profession is a sculptor Would you not help these people?”
The Legend of the Moonlight Sculptor
That was in Royal Road, and Lee Hyun had barely ets The employees at the front counter did not uest is a sculptor? Then please help us, even if only a little”
””
Lee Hyun did not say anything But, the staff heard the co up As she first saw Lee Hyun, she was suspicious as he was too young Yet, in a situation like this, you can afford to take liberties A sculptor is not a job that can be easily found in real life It was not possible to obtain one in 30 eneral ed
”Please help us Please”
”I ask that you repair the ice carving”
The employees
It was inevitably; Lee Hyun couldn't possibly deny this request from these men and women An accident that someone else caused, how could he beco At the very least, he did not want to be inhumane in front of his sister
Mr and Mrs Kang arrived exactly 30with their secretary and attendants You could feel that Chair was a stubborn, old man He and his wife ca The food was set out according to the reservation, and the ood time”
Over 100 candles were lit in the place
”I'rateful Hmm, are you set as per the order?”
”Yes They will arrive shortly”
Today of all days, Chairoodtheir 40 years of married life, there had been a lot of twists and turns This place today here they wished to coether
Chairive out as I planned We will take our meal noant to surprise my wife”
”Yes We will do so”
As they ate and drink, the h she eating The food itself, the staff was bright and cheerful, and the band was playing About the tiuous smile as he asked his wife
”Is this not fun?”
”Yes I'ood atmosphere”
The Chairman unsee his business got, he was still no different to his wife since the ti in his happyforce and concentration on his business The pale face of Chair A smile surfaced on his face full of wrinkles
”However, it is a bit aard coe”
”You're still young Let's go out
'But that event I prepared, ill it start? I wanted that to surprise naled to the secretary with a quick glance He had already instructed them to leave the statue in front of the table before mealti the?'
Gradually, time had passed The hors d'oeuveres included a simple soup and authentic food
Only at that ti fat lule the sculpture on its side to get it past the door The staff carried the ice and positioned it directly in front of the table Chair at
'What is this!!'
Chair was displeased as a frown covered his face He had ordered the work of a world-renowned sculptor So
'Such a mistake would not happen now'
His eye then noticed the carpet below the table What was quickly cleaned, the carpet et
'It's not possible the ice broke?'
In his anger, Chairet up
Then there ca a hammer and a chisel, he at first tried to repair the ice sculpture Yet, the shock hout its entirety The statue was not able to stand upright With the dae to the neck and face froinal appearance through repairs Eventually, the restaurant spent their effort in preparing more ice within the 30 minutes, and it worked
This is not a sculpture, but a co the carving tools in front of the ice A cold chill puffed out from the lump of ice For a sculptor to make a more than precious work, what is fundamental is the love-less hand It was said it would be cold A proud and unbroken rough chunk of it!
'It's not that much different'
It was not that different from the natural ice he used from the Morata province
'Then I can do it'
It was his first ti a statue in real life
It was a tense moment He initiated work that he had never done, but at least he will try his best
Caen! Caen! Caen!
Lee Hyun carefully defined it as he carved the block of ice He could not kno beautiful Chair's as in the past He had no photo of that tio by, nor was he able to reinal statue
According to the height, the eyes and the shape of the nose, the ied; it had now the face of a woh memory, he started to delicately carve the features of Chair's wife, as she appeared currently A sculptor et Would Chair's wife be embarrassed about her wrinkled face? Tie; so, being beautiful, everyone wants it to be eternal, but that cannot be and the result is sadness She lived with her husband, who loved her so for 40 years She was far past fitting such a description of crying about such a thing as lost youth
She would not be ashah the flow of tiether with her husband, in faith and affection Things were not always good Having suffered hardshi+ps Raising children and preparing theh life
Though she had her troubles, it was also rewarding These last 40 years were the happiest of her life, not the days before it Their entle srandmother, so he carved it safely, little by little to perfection
Lee Hyun's delicate touch at carving the ice sculpture attracted the attention of many people The hotel and restaurant staff watched nervously In their ed and entrusted the sculptor However, they were still not relieved Around the table he could see that Lee Hye Yeon and her friends atching
Initially, Chairet up from his seat To criticize the inadequate preparation an to cut away at the statue, he endured instead Though his anger was not reduced, his atching curiously Already his 40th wedding anniversary was ruined; along hat he wanted his wife to see He just wanted to leave
'Well, let's see how you do However, you better be prepared when it turns out horrible'
Chairradually beingrelieved
The statue was of his wife, as she's currently
It showed the happiness of her heart
Ad such as unavoidable
”Sweetheart”
Chaire, these old hands were familiar, ones he has always held
'If it was not for these hands I hold,shook his head I would not be as happy as I ahter colored in age, and it all paled in co ti at her, it shows; but, thatnow
Rather, he felt that she was more lovely now than ever before
Kang and his wife persistently waited for the completion of the statue
Even after their own dinner, so of the statue
”Here is soht you some fruit, hope you are couests In their spare tiazes on the statue
”Oh, that is some sculpture”
”It just seems so beautifully carved, and can't believe it is just some decoration”
They could see from the sculpture that he was no amateur Sweat soaked Lee Hyun's forehead as he sculpted The cold ice he carved was also perspiring He eating even though they lowered the te The fascination ofsuch a sculpture When he carried a sword, he was entirely immersed In order to create a piece of art, he had to be entirely devoted to his work
According to the mood he felt, he moved his hands across the sculpture The time to utilize the techniques and conceptions in his head had already passed He shaved the statue as the flow of e”
”I think I entrusted this job to a better sculptor”
The hotel staff noted that the broken statue froher level than the one Lee Hyun wasLee Hyun was certainly insufficient in the delicate hand sculpting techniques However, the differences in level were only a few steps away It could not compare with the previous sculpture In fact, the sculpture was a little rougher and did not feel as coan to eives out its own feeling This rehtly just as he made his best work Of course, he did his best to live up to it Creating a statue that embodied her charm However, the statue he s He did not kno to properly create a sculpture of a person; it was still too far away, his skill was lacking
On the other hand, with their long ti looked into the grand He had taken these e their hearts to the sculpture
The artistic profession of a sculptor Even if this was not a top-level piece of art from the best sculptor
And finally, theout within the restaurant The aders were clapping in unison
For the stubborn Chair, tears flowed freely from his eyes The woether for 40 years, atching him
In front of this sculpture of ice, she was currently at her happiest
Lee Hyun was soaking wet fro suddenly caught Lee Hyun's hand
”Thank you, this is really wonderful, the most beautiful sculpture I've seen in my life And rand sculpture”
Chair widely He was truly sincere in what he said However Lee Hyun shook his head
”Isn't the person at your side far more beautiful than the sculpture I made?”
Suitable flattery!
Lee Hyun's instinct started back up
The moment he completed the statue, his ht now?'
He suffered for a few hours bycold ice At least in Royal Road, the work you ht become a masterpiece
Stats and fa a sculpture in real life and heskill points
'No, this is not yet the end'
It was then that Lee Hyun took notice
If you take a look, Chair was in every aspect, a business tycoon He is accompanied by his secretary and if you take notice, it is evident that the ht I be on Chairood side due to his mood from the sculpture? There is absolutely no chance Lee Hyun would ever let chance escape!
Chair's comments to Lee Hyun, and even his wife's ood-humored couple, they would indeed be it A touch of flattery in thisa sculpture, everything sounded good
Chairood mood To compliment his wife more than his own compliment made hi's hand
”Thank you verydeal for rateful for what Lee Hyun did In ti with humility
”No, I would have to deny that I'm just a sculptor who sculpted for such an estee special Rather, for the hotel giving me an opportunity such as this, and for you Mister Chairive you hest virtue that can be expressed Not being modest would even stir up probleed, he led the counterpart into a suitably amicable ater of the hotel cainally planned and he had no relation to this incident The truth is that this er, what do youanniversary”
”Well the thing is, there was a little accident as ere preparing the sculpture”
The General Manager frankly gave the story of how the ice sculpture shattered on the floor during the preparation of the event
”I' was speechless
The wedding anniversary that was almost ruined left him with very i was exquisite
”If you have finished your mean, could you take the sculpture, sir?”
”What do you mean?”
”It may be just a statue for you, but for me it is a powerful work of art that I finished This is also a piece that I am very satisfied in If the hidden intention is to throw the artwork away into the garbage, then it would be less I could not possibly endure the fact that it will disappear, I would like you to take it”
”That's”
It is highly unkno people ascertain the aesthetic value of a sculpture and their way of thinking Their decision is not necessarily clear However, after this priceless re couple that this also became a treasure that could not be discarded
Chair's wife sharply jabbed him in the side Usually she had a quiet nature; but it was not the case this ti was unfathomable
'If I asked this improperly, I will incur a very harsh punish it ho shook his head
”It would be a mistake This sculpture is now very valuable to us, and it would be so for a long time, I would like to keep it It seems, I'll buy this carved ice sculpture”
The president took out his wallet and pulled out a bill
Certainly, Lee Hyun declined
”I did not do this for thethat it caused you two to be so happy Just to see you look so affectionately towards each other To be honest, I am enviable of you, honored elders For it to decorate elder's home, it is truly a dreaht from the mouth
All the way till the end, such marvelous ability of flattery!
The etting what you want (literal trans was scanity in front of his as highly i pulled out another bill
”At very least, take this as ift of sincerity”
”I aift, but I'm happy for these last two minutes I've had with you both To consider such a piece as valuable in your time of celebration”
A second refusal
This is beyond being civilized to save face
”I can not be so shae for money, make sure you are well paid If this is not acceptable, hoill this oldcleared”
Chair repeatedly handed out the bills to Lee Hyun, in such a way that he could not help but take it from the man He instantly deter the a money at the same time
Two cheques worth 5,000,000 Won each
'As usual, the sentle on e sums of cash, asleft with his wife It seemed that the couple probably had a wonderful ti finished his work, Lee Hyun headed to his sister, who had been waiting for a long ti?”
”No, brother What I saas really good”
Both of Lee Hye Yeon's friends had sparkling eyes bea at him It was a mixture of admiration and amazement, eyes of respect
Lee Hyun turned to take his sister back to the house The athered at the entrance Just as Lee Hyun was about to take out his er waved his hand
”That won't be needed Why would we take reat, and sincerely it was a very big deal for us Although, if you would like to come back and look in at any tie Also it is complimentary for the person who accompanies you as well”
”But”
”This is froul, Chair, he did not miss out on even the s had gone out of the hotel angrily, all the people in his business would no longer visit the hotel The fact is that the dae to the hotel would not have been tolerable
”One, two”
”The sword is weak in force Conduct 100 lower body workouts!”
Chung II Hoon was at work, teaching swordsmanshi+p in the dojo
'This outcome of Royal Road, not bad'
In ht with a sword is rare Particularly, it is even more difficult for practitioners in a dojo Certainly, ordinary people would not even brandish a wooden sword in any kind of incident
Such an unfair position, where inferior occupations are more proper
Just to have the power to endure is very difficult
For trainees of the sword that was stuck in the ht in such a way are the ones that join such an organization as theirs
'Royal Road is our very own outlet'
Fighting er, this as enjoyable most of all to a simple practitioner Satisfaction on a daily bases, but not only that is evident, there is a noticeable change that shows in their swords against people and battling various hly becoood in the basics, I would never have expected that such a break for us would have ever existed
For a long tiht between people did not occur do the risk involved Yet in Royal Road, a group of practitioners could fight to their heart's content and in the best conditions without worry
RING!
Then the phone rang
Chung II Hoon quietly picked up the receiver, and spoke in a low voice
”This is instructor Chung II Hoon”
Chung II Hoon's dreaood woht was to deth and dependability in front of a lot of girls
The voice he heard that came from the other end of the speaker was the one he kneell
”Brother, this is Lee Hyun”
”Oh hey! How are things?”
”I was thinking of going out for food”
Chung II Hoon was surprised
The ine such a thought
”You're asking about us at the dojo? Getting so would be nice, even if only one I would be grateful”
”No, we're going out to eat”
”Really? Where shall it be”
”Do you know the location of Hotel V?”
”H--hotel?”
Chung II Hoon was stuttering
”I know the location, but why do want to go there?”
”Come to Hotel V, I'll take you out to eat”
”Y, Yes I understand!”
Before Lee Hyun could possibly change his o in haste
Nevertheless, he had trust in Lee Hyun's words
”Also take the whole dojo family For this is truly a rare opportunity Huhuhu”
Chung II Hoon called all of the practitioners and instructors and ordered them to head for the hotel As he silently played Baduk, Director An Hyun-do decided to join theoing out to eat, An Hyun-do decided to cut in like a ghost and join theo to a hotel”
”I Wonder, will it be delicious? If it is a place very frequented, it ood”
”Oh, Master is also here with us”
””
An Hyun-do, the instructors and the practitioners walked to the grand hotel Of course, this was not a leisurely walking pace that was graceful and relaxing
It was quick and lively!
The practitioners practically ran the entire way
They reached the hotel without a single straggler
”This, this is”
The guards tried to restrain the, they arrived in front of the elevator But the elevator was filled with people
The eyes of the practitioners were severe An Hyun-do spoke effortlessly
”Guys, on a day like this, there is still the stairs, moreover let's use them”
”Such a reasonable point”
An Hyun-do led his disciples on foot and arrived at the restaurant, which was on the 20th floor
Lee Hyun aiting for thery Where is the food?”
”Go, it is served within”
”We can eat freely?”
”Yes, it is all free”
”You truly are er of the restaurant already told the staff that he readily consented to Lee Hyun and a large group of acquaintances Commit the best service for them, the chef should be ready to cook the best they can, and the e
However, once the door was open and they helped An Hyun-do, the instructors and saw the practitioners corey
There were ladly occupied all of the tables and andy, Vintage '99”