Spoiler(since I understand Korean, I will explain what happened clearly!
I'm going around saying this chapter because I loved it so much!)
So, after 204, Garam stopped talking to HJ (silent treatment), they met with that woman (HJ's teacher). Garam talked with her, and she kind of guessed that hj did something and that they had a fight- yet she said, "I don't see hatred on your face but sadness and disappointment. You still believe in him, dont you?" and that hj changed a lot, Garam confessed to her that even though HJ changed a lot, he still wanted more than that. it went on, and they went for a walk where the teacher asked HJ if he knew about Orpheus and why he lost Eurydice once again. Hj said "yeah, because he didnt listen and looked back" to which she said "why do you think he did that, when he loved so much so to step on hell for her- just bcz he broke that one promise, he lost here- why do you think so- it wasnt hard to not look back to save her, rather- it was easy to give in to the urge of looking back. It means it's much harder to go against oneself than to love someone- so, HJ- if your feelings are truly sincere, you must try harder. Even if you are a blade, to change yourself -just stopping/dulling it isnt enough," to which Heejae said, "I'll have to break the blade". it went on concert day- Han was still giving him the silent treatment; finally, during his performance, HJ (ofc) gave his best performance. His monologues were: -"What did I do that was so wrong? To make you defy me? I've lived like this my entire life.
You know what kind of person I am, don't you? So was what I did really something worth getting this angry over? Words can be dressed up however you like. Whether they're lies or sincere.
But music isn't like that. Because it contains the soul. And you're a musician—you can feel it, can't you?! You can read my soul in my music. You can understand me without me explaining anything! That's why you stayed by my side. That was enough for you.
So why, all of a sudden, do you want me to become human?"
Right after the performance ended, hj didn't stop- he played Chopin Ballad 4, while his knife was finally stripping away- the same one which cut Garam. He was going against himself bcz, he doesn't want to lose his Eurydice.
THANK YOU!!!!
You’re a lifesaver, thank you so much!
Finally, I am always curious on what is the title's correlation to the story and finally I'm glad it got brought up to the narrative, oh my god this story is so fascinating and enticing, for me this is truly BDK's magnum opus!
No, but I did not expect silent treatment to be what pushed Heejae to strip the knife and try to be ‘human.’ There was that talk with his teacher, sure, but the fact that the silent treatment shook him to his core is kind of hilarious
Tysm for taking your time to explain it to us this was so so beautiful. I'm feeling both bittersweet but also relieved that Eurydice is and always has been Garam for this story and Heejae and not the manager
Garam refused to be on the same bed as him lol Serves him right
Can someone give me a summary of Chapter 205? Mine got stuck when she started talking about Orpheus, on that bird panel. I was suddenly reminded of why I can’t stand Le/z/hin my connection is just too slow nobody got time for that lmao
Also, I love how she knows that whatever issue they had, Heejae must be the one at fault, shes aware that maestro is a walking problem exactlyy