Chapter 23 (1/2)

Volume 1 / Chapter 23

TL: LightNovelCafe

The waiting room was full of tension and anxiety pumping from the hundreds of applicants. As Jang Jun Hyuk walked in, all eyes turned to him. The female candidates’ wonder and male candidates’ jealousy could all be felt at once.

The attention paid to Jun Hyuk only lasted a moment, and everyone went back to practicing for the audition.

Jun Hyuk plopped down on an empty chair and started tuning his acoustic guitar. Once he was finished tuning the guitar, he had nothing left to do. Naturally, the sounds nearby came into his ears.

“What’s with that bastard?”

“You can’t tell by looking at him? Some entertainment agency sent him. He must be a member of some idol group preparing to debut. They just sent out the best looking kid to gain attention.”

Jun Hyuk heard the two teenagers complaining because of the song they had just been singing.

It seemed like a self-written song. Jun Hyuk heard the rap for the first time and because the beat was alive, his ears had tuned to it.

Jun Hyuk put a finger on his guitar, and started playing the rap he just heard very quietly. No one paid him any attention because it was a simple rhythm, but the two boys reacted differently.

They were astonished that this annoying kid was playing their original song on his guitar.

The simple melody and rhythm went on for about 2 minutes and when they could no longer hear it, the two boys’ expressions changed from surprise to embarrassment. It had clearly sounded like their song, but the second half of the song was completely different.

“By chance, is the song you just played on the guitar our song?”

The two approached Jun Hyuk to check and he nodded nonchalantly.

“It seemed a little different… was it not?”

“Isn’t this better? I changed it a little because it sounded a bit flat.”

“No, no. You’re right. It sounded way better…..”

Jun Hyuk chuckled at the two boys stuttering in surprise.

“Can we ask you to play that again?”

The two rappers asked cautiously and Jun Hyuk held his guitar again.

“The beat is too fast. I lowered the BPM to 130, so try to match that.”

Jun Hyuk played the guitar with a percussion rhythm and the two rappers matched it, murmuring.

Jun Hyuk stopped playing all of a sudden and spoke,

“There isn’t much time, so just do it as if this were the real evaluation.”

As the music started again, the two boys rapped freely. After repeating it two, then three times, they fully memorized the beat and could not stop smiling at Jun Hyuk, forgetting that they had been complaining about him.

“Excuse me… Would we be able to…”

After the two rappers learned the beat Jun Hyuk altered for them, they had trouble speaking and hesitated. Jun Hyuk saw this and smiled as he spoke.

“It’s okay. If you like this, you can use it.”

They bowed to Jun Hyuk and hurried off.