The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 260

Part 2 Chapter.5 Lulin and Song

“Aha, you said so.”

When L answered, the man nodded and lifted the envelope. Perhaps, like El, the dog brought food.

“Yes, actually, this is my last day off from work. I submitted my resignation. I plan to receive my severance pay and move down to the countryside. There is no reason to live in Seoul anymore… . Meanwhile, this guy keeps catching my eye.”

The man walked up to the dog and started stroking its head.

“Hey guy, do you want to come and live with me? You’ve been waiting for a few days already, right? “It seems that your master has no intention of coming back.”

To L, the eyes were very sincere. I wonder if they show sincerity that they really want to spend the rest of their lives with him, rather than just taking him away because he feels sorry for them.

That’s why El stood up feeling relieved.

“you?”

Then Lulin followed suit and stood up.

“Do you want to take me with you?”

That’s a good thing. Especially if someone with eyes like that takes you there. Or, it could have been the fate of having to be taken to a shelter and eventually die.

So when L asked for confirmation, the man nodded without hesitation.

“yes. However, it doesn’t seem easy to change this guy’s mind and he doesn’t seem to have any intention of following along on the first day. Still, I kept feeding him and stamping his eyes… . “If you knew I wouldn’t come back, wouldn’t you follow me?”

The man continued gesturing for the dog to come with him. Lulin saw that and looked into the dog’s eyes and opened her mouth.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but that guy says he wants to stay with you. It seems like the guy you’re waiting for won’t come. Rather than starving to death like this, I should find a way to survive. Do you understand?”

This part just sounded like a babbling noise to L and the man.

“Oh, she’s my wife, and she’s someone who communicates well with animals, hahaha.”

“Yes. “It’s my wife!”

“Oh, you’re married?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

L scratched his head as he explained about Lurin, who seemed to others to be eccentric. The man smiled, saying he understood, and then started gesturing to the dog again.

Then, surprisingly, the dog started walking along. Isn’t this a scene that proves that the man showed great care to his dog over the past few days?

Otherwise, no matter how much I understood Lurin’s words, I wouldn’t follow him.

However, the dog seemed to have no strength, fell down while walking, and started walking again. Since I was eating poorly, it would have been natural.

L couldn’t bear to look at that and spoke to the man.

“If there is nothing urgent, my house is just around the corner. Would you like to stop by? “I would like to feed him something softer than kibble, but even so, I am confident in my ability to cook.”

***

“I’m sorry, Dong.”

This man is petting a dog and crying with a sad look on his face.

The man’s name is Jinseong Lee. Jinseong sent his wife first when his daughter was young. And then, without even thinking about remarriage, she raised her daughter alone.

So, it is no exaggeration to say that she lived her life solely for her daughter. Jinseong was satisfied with that kind of life. He said that since he had raised his only daughter so kindly and beautifully, what more could he wish for?

Therefore, the moment a problem arose with his daughter, Jinseong’s daily life completely collapsed.

Originally, Jinseong planned to accept the collapse and live a normal life. With this guy who happened to come into his house and become family.

With a new family that calls him Dung, just like the name written on the leash.

However, he faced the shocking fact that the truth he knew and the hidden truth were different.

Jinseong couldn’t stay still.

Jinseong’s daughter was an aspiring actress. He has appeared in minor roles in several dramas, so he is definitely not an aspiring actor. It would be more accurate to say that he is a new actor.

But that was it. There were more and more days without work. Of course, this does not mean that Jinseong’s daughter is withdrawn or depressed. He appeared on many small theater stages and was always busy with his life.

In particular, he lived without showing any signs of hardship, fearing that his father, who raised him without a mother, would be worried.

The relationship between father and daughter was very good. Would it be said that the intimacy of a normal mother-daughter relationship appears in the father-daughter relationship, as is the case with daughters raised by their fathers?

Should I say that we have lived and planned to survive by relying on each other?

Knowing that he had gone through a lot of hardship on his own, the man’s daughter was full of thoughts of becoming even more successful and helping her father improve.

However, the end of the path of an actor who failed to rise became increasingly bleak. Then, an opportunity came to my daughter. The agency provided a good opportunity.

That’s why the daughter boasted to Jinseong that this time it would be different.

“Really?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“So this time, is it okay for my dad to brag to his co-workers and friends to watch my daughter in a drama?”

“huh! that’s right.”

“Hehe guy.”

However, what came back was not the drama in which my daughter appeared. What came back was my daughter, a cold corpse.

The police explained that it was suicide.

Jinseong’s life ended that way, based on his suicide note saying he would commit suicide because things were not going well.

I couldn’t understand why he committed suicide because he couldn’t work.

Because it was clear to everyone that he had committed suicide.

but.

He was the kid who said that if things didn’t work out, we should go to the countryside together and farm.

Why did you choose suicide?

Was it that hard?

-Is it okay to brag about seeing my daughter in a drama?

Jinseong suddenly remembered saying those words. And then the world collapsed.

Aren’t those thoughtless words driving a nail into my daughter’s heart?

In the end, I didn’t get the chance this time and chose to commit suicide because of the pressure?

So, wasn’t he ultimately the one who killed him?

Jinseong had to cry endlessly in front of his daughter’s suicide, which he could not accept at all.

Until then, Jinseong thought he was most responsible for his daughter’s death. The more I thought about how every single word that boosted my daughter’s confidence must have been such a burden to her.

Therefore, he decided to accept his daughter’s death and quietly go to the countryside to pray for her soul to rest in peace.

But the truth was different.

The hidden truth was completely different from what Jinseong knew.

Jinseong’s daughter was afraid of knowing the truth hidden by Jinseong. That’s why I thought I had disposed of all the diaries.

However, thanks to the diary in which important parts were left, Jinseong found out everything.

The opportunity that Jinseong’s daughter was talking about was actually a backroom deal at the agency. Political sexual entertainment that allows new actors who are either out of fashion or have no chance of becoming popular to be entertained behind the scenes, allowing other actors to appear or gain power for the agency in various areas of commercial film.

Jin-seong’s daughter, whose turn had come, was worried countless times when she was told that she could appear in a significant supporting role in the next quarter’s drama if she worked hard just once.

If only I had known that the opportunity was like this.

I would never have bragged about it to my dad.

To my dad, who always pushed me to achieve my dreams without once opposing them.

For my dad, who poured everything into himself without ever enjoying the happiness in life he wanted or needed to have. So, I wanted to show my dad at least once.

Seeing my dad happy that I appeared in a drama.

Those few lines written in a diary that was not meant for anyone to see were enough to break Jinseong’s courage.

Jinseong’s daughter, of course, did not consider suicide in this situation.

If your dreams come true even just once.

I thought that I would no longer want to live in this world and go down to the countryside to live with Jinseong.

The wish to show Jinseong as an actor at least once.

Because of that wind.

However, the agency did not keep its promise. All I did was try to make it up by giving him money. He then repeated the words, “Next time, once this entertainment is over.”

Jinseong’s daughter was frustrated.

A sense of shame about what he had done.

Yes, if it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have chosen suicide. However, the final choice for Jinseong’s daughter, who could not complain anywhere, was death.

When Jinseong found out.

When I found out that the agency gave my precious daughter an excuse to commit suicide.

When I realized that he had provided an excuse that was almost on the same level as myself, my eyes rolled over.

However, the diary could not be accepted as evidence. No matter where I complained, no one would accept me, and even when I questioned my agency, they just remained ignorant.

Their only answer was one word: her delusion.

All they say is that it is a delusion created by the depression that the child suffered to the point of committing suicide.

However, Jinseong knew very well that his daughter was not the type of person to write nonsense in a diary.

Even though I know that revealing this to the world means killing my daughter twice.

I wanted revenge on those who made my daughter like that.

It was revenge that included death for the person who had cornered his daughter.

So, I can no longer handle the new family I was trying to welcome.

After completing all preparations, Jinseong moved towards the house of the kind couple he met early in the morning when he brought Doongi to the house.

He cut off all his connections because of his daughter’s death, and they were the only people he could ask for.

I knew the location of the house well, thanks to what happened early that morning when I cooked a soft meal for Dong, who was not feeling well.

***

Lurin was watching a dancing idol on her smartphone. It was my favorite song recently.

“You don’t like ballads or rock?”

“Hmm, it’s good to be active. “Dancing like this!”

“Please?”

Even though L suggested another song, Lurin seemed to prefer this one. And that’s only songs by female idols.

The reason is that he judged both dancing and singing based on whether he could do it or not.

That’s why Lurin often hummed alone in bed at home.

“Maybe we should go to a karaoke bar?”

So L came up with a karaoke room in her head. I thought it was the furthest date spot from Lurin, but that hasn’t been the case recently.

“What is karaoke again?”

Rurin, who was listening to the song, looked up as if she was interested.

“It’s a place to sing.”

“What. Is there a place in this world where people sing? “That’s really annoying.”

“No, it’s a song. It doesn’t matter if you sing it anywhere, as long as it doesn’t cause inconvenience to others… It’s hard to explain. Anyway, you will find out when you go.”

“Hoo?”

Lulin shook his head with an expression that he still did not understand. Then he sat down on the bed and pouted his mouth.

“More than that, you.”

“huh?”

“I’ve been looking at you since a while ago. What is that girl? “What are you looking at!”

“It’s just an ordinary magazine?”

“I saw it all from earlier. I kept stopping on that page… !”

How did he know that he was only looking at one page of a magazine while listening to the song? Anyway, it has a few eyes.

L thought so and said.

“What you were seeing is correct. Wouldn’t this hair style suit you? “I imagined it and that’s how it happened.”

The model in the magazine that L was looking at had a hair style that could be called a bob, as long as her hair went down to just below her neck.

“That style?”

Then Rurin frowned and took the magazine away.

“Are you such a smart person? My hair is this long… ?”

Then he started crying and looking at L.

“No, I was just imagining what it would be like. Am I always like that? Imagine walking around and seeing everything that catches your eye. “What would my wife like if she wore it? Would she like it if I cooked it for her? It’s just because I’m a husband who imagines everything in the world centered around you.”