Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 260
92. Memories (1)
“I will win the Olympics.”
After brief remarks. Sanghyun came down from the podium.
After that, instead of being formal interviewers, reporters from several small local newspapers came on board.
-Student, is it possible for us to have an interview as well? Very handsome. I’ll put it big in a sports magazine.
-Do it with us. I do not have time? We’ll deliver it well!
-How did you meet Coach?
There were many reporters who seemed desperate or even rude. Sang-hyeon saved his words as much as possible.
I’ve already said everything I wanted to say. It was because I remembered the adage(?) that my coach always told me not to be cocky when I reached the top position.
I held back the urge to tell him to get out of the way right away and lowered my head.
“sorry.”
As we passed about five or six reporters, the coach greeted us.
“hmm. “It certainly looks like you’re going to go to the Olympics.”
The coach seemed to like Sanghyeon’s interview attitude and changed etiquette with a satisfied smile.
Sanghyun had a pouty expression.
It was because I didn’t like the compliment.
The coach laughed and patted his head.
“Good job. I’ve said it enough before. “You did a great job.”
“thank you.”
He always wants to be praised for his skills. He was not interested in compliments such as outstanding appearance or courtesy.
Isn’t that just something cowards who are afraid of people’s opinions do?
So the coach suggested that he swap faces with me, but Sanghyun hasn’t given an answer yet.
“Yoo Sang-hyeon!”
A girl with long hair waving from the back of the coach happily shouts out her name.
It is a girl wearing the same white uniform as Sanghyun and a bucket hat.
Due to the speed at which he was running, his hat came off and the sunlight fell on his face.
That sunshine-bright expression came closer and closer.
Hot!
I grabbed my hand and shook it.
“It’s really awesome! “It’s an unofficial record!”
The coach laughed at her fuss. I thought it was a child to run towards him with the intention of hugging him, but then stop at just holding his hand.
“It’s unofficial.”
The all-around championships were not recognized as official records. So in fact, there is already a record of shooting 10 points this year.
The unofficial record that Soyeon Han refers to is this year’s record of 10 points and a tie draw.
The only difference was that Sanghyeon was younger.
“still! “Just go to the official office next time and pay!”
Even Sanghyeon’s cold water pouring failed to kill Soyeon’s spirit.
The team members who came out later also offered their help one by one.
About Sanghyeon’s performance in this competition.
“Hey. Sanghyun-ah, you’re amazing. “I’m screwed~ I guess it’s just a difference in talent~”
Dong-su smiled as he walked with a leisurely pace like always.
Sang-hyeon suddenly thought that in terms of peace of mind, there would be no one who could surpass that guy.
“Dongsu oppa even shows up for competitions without even practicing in Sanghyun oppa’s class. “Aren’t you rather talented?”
Hyeonju, who followed behind, scolded. She is the only first grader to participate in this competition.
“hey. Why won’t I practice? Even if you can’t do it, you have to! When I was a freshman…”
“Now. “Shall we go get something to eat?”
The coach interrupted Dongsu and pointed to the car.
“How about Jjajangmyeon?”
Sang-hyeon, who was not very interested in food, asked where the black bean noodles were, but the opposition was strong.
“Yoo Sang-hyun won!?”
“yes?! “It’s ridiculous!”
“What kind of North Korea is this!? Coach!?”
The coach corrected himself with a playful expression.
“It’s a joke. “Today it’s beef.”
At that moment, a tremendous roar filled my ears.
Sanghyun also smiled brightly.
Without knowing what happens after this.
* * *
“It’s a brain problem… It’s a permanent problem.”
My grandmother almost screamed at the doctor’s words.
“yes? teacher! What does that mean?! Are you saying it can never be fixed?!”
“You may have heard of cerebral palsy. What patients usually know is cerebral palsy, which also includes intellectual development problems…”
“Cerebral palsy…”
“There are also many cases of cerebral palsy where only part of the body is affected. Student Sanghyun’s symptoms can be considered similar to acquired cerebral palsy.”
“Ha… higo….”
Grandma sits down on the floor.
You are crying.
But why do I remember that time during this time?
I don’t think the beef I ate back then was that delicious.
Sanghyun asked himself as he looked down at his trembling right arm.
The sleeve was already so wet that it could no longer hold moisture.
Tap… tap…
Still, the tears fell endlessly.
“If you focus on rehabilitation, your daily life will be fine. Now, the symptoms are more severe due to problems with the right nerve itself. Nerve problems can be rehabilitated.”
The grandmother was no longer willing to have a conversation.
He was putting all his strength into holding back from crying.
That’s why I had to ask Sanghyeon instead.
His tear-filled eyes turned to the doctor.
“…You can’t do archery?”
The doctor adjusted his rimless glasses for a moment. Without saying a word, he approached Sanghyun and placed his hand on his shoulder.
“No one knows that.”
The doctor may have said this with a hopeful message. This is what Sanghyun heard.
‘No one knows how to cure it.’
Actually, it wasn’t wrong.
There is hope because no one knows… It is a level of hope similar to a difficult math problem.
The doctor left the hospital room without being able to look Sanghyun in the eyes.
After that, a nurse came and roughly explained what was going to happen.
“First of all, the hospital expenses were covered by the taxi company’s insurance.”
The grandmother finally came to her senses and wrote down her words.
Sanghyun just stared blankly out the window.
Even the texture of the rocks can be felt on the mountains beyond the clear sky.
This is because his eyesight is quite good.
In modern archery, vision is not necessarily important, but it is advantageous if it is good.
“So, you can stay in the hospital as long as you want?”
“yes. Of course. Elderly. Everything is covered by insurance. “The entire treatment process.”
It wasn’t important whether I could be hospitalized as much as I wanted.
What was important to him was archery.
It was important to be able to shoot the bow as much as you wanted.
“It will definitely come to a point where you can live your daily life.”
The grandmother breathes a sigh of relief.
‘Still, I’m glad I’m alive… I’m alive…’. You say you are lucky that you survived.
‘Is that really true?’
It was difficult for Sanghyun to be sure.
Although he never expressed it in words, and he never realized it that way…
archery was everything to him.
It was difficult to find any hope in the life of living with my grandmother in a small village and going to school in Korea without studying.
Archery was his escape.
Coincidentally, I was pretty good at this. Only at this time did Sanghyun feel that the world was fair in its own way.
By giving me even this weak talent, you are helping my grandmother and I make a living.
Still, there is no way to die.
“But… the rehabilitation treatment for athlete career you asked about… is not covered by insurance.”
The more the nurse gets to the point.
Sanghyeon wondered if this should continue any longer.
Maybe disappearing altogether would be the way for everyone to feel more comfortable.
How much trouble did my grandmother have to go up and down the stairs that even a young man in his 20s would get tired of.
Even though his knees were already worn out and the bones were grinding, he showed no signs of expression.
“It is stipulated in the contract that it is health level for daily life. For something like this, the player must have separate insurance. But the student is still….”
Sanghyeon was not yet an officially registered player.
In fact, in order to become a player worthy of the association providing such insurance, one had to participate in the Olympics.
“It is a player. “I’m registered.”
“…yes?”
At that time, the man who opened the door intervened.
It’s coach.
“It is a player. So please give me all the rehabilitation treatment.”
The nurse looks embarrassed.
“is it so? When I checked….”
“He won the gold medal in the all-around championships a week ago. “Can’t a kid like that be registered as a player?”
“Ah…”
Even if the nurse heard it, she probably wouldn’t know what it meant.
“I’ll check it out.”
The nurse immediately left the room. After saying hello to the grandmother, the coach approached Sanghyeon and sat down.
“….”
The coach looks away and looks at the distant mountains, as if he can’t bear to see him.
“You’re saying I’ll get insurance money because I’m registered as a player?”
Sanghyeon asked back with a suspicious look in his eyes.
As expected, the coach shakes his head.
“no. That might be a little difficult.”
Well then.
Sanghyun knew this situation better.
“I’ve only just registered as a player and I haven’t even gotten insurance yet. It’s a given that I’m supposed to hear it. “The insurance company is not a wealthy person… There is no way they would pay for something that happened when they haven’t even deposited the money yet.”
“…Then what is it?”
Then what on earth was that bluff just now?
“We have received subsidies from the association.”
“?”
The coach looked at Sanghyun with a serious expression and said.
“You must decide carefully. This is literally a subsidy. “Consolation money.”
The consolation money was paid out of pure generosity as he was no longer able to play and let a promising player go.
“The insurance money can only be used for treatment. This is cash paid to you. It can be used for other purposes other than treatment. For your information, your treatment… there is less than a 0.2% chance of being treated to a level where you can continue your career as an athlete, based on the dispassionate assessment I heard from the doctor.”
“I know.”
“Even this doesn’t return you to your original condition.”
“…yes.”
“What are you going to do?”
Sanghyun thought for a moment.
But the grandmother couldn’t stand it any longer and hit Sang-hyeon on the head.
“what! Are you worried!? This! Of course you should get treatment! If you act like I think and do something strange, it will be the end! Coach! Are you going to pay for that right now?!”
In this way, Sanghyeon received all of his treatment with the subsidy he received from the association and the insurance money he received from the taxi company.
Sang-hyeon pledged to devote himself to rehabilitation, even if he was prepared to die.
So I skipped school and devoted that time to rehabilitation.
Patients could continue to use the physical therapy room at no additional cost if they wanted.
His arms began to tremble very slightly and gradually to a level that did not interfere with his normal level of functioning.
“Sanghyun. You were overdoing it. “Just rest a little…”
He put everything into this rehabilitation, to the point where even the physical therapist was worried.
“Your muscles have lost all strength. huh?”
It wasn’t muscles that held him up.
“I didn’t reach my goal today.”
It’s mental strength.
The mental strength of a man who has lost everything and is left with only one goal.
For that alone, Sanghyun was ready to risk everything.
That’s what I thought.
“…Sanghyun. Did you get a call? “I came here because they kept saying no.”
Until one day I received a call from the physical therapy office.
“who… die?”
* * *
This was not the first time this had happened to Sanghyeon.
This means going to a mourning house rather than the commonly called ‘hosang’.
I had a memory that none other than Sanghyun himself had to act as the resident of the portrait collection.
It was when his parents died.
I was so young at the time that I don’t remember much, but what was clearly imprinted on me even at a young age was the atmosphere of that place.
First of all, there were a lot of people crying.
-Huhhh….
-Oh my… Soyeon… Soyeon…!
-How good is it? How….
Another heavy, unspeakable air flows.
In most cases, no one was able to speak easily and just quietly meditated.
When eating, many people were careful even about the sound of their chopsticks.
And there were many adults who looked at me with pity.
He said he would come to Sanghyun, talk to him, and then leave.
They were never seen again after that. When I was young, I hated them and hated them.
Now Sanghyeon himself has come to visit this place from the perspective of those adults.
Now I realize I can’t blame them.
Sang-hyeon did not have the ability to save those who were so sad over So-yeon’s death.
That’s why it wasn’t easy to talk to him.
I didn’t think I could bear it if I had to provide comfort that I couldn’t take responsibility for.
Were they carrying this burden and talking to me?
Sanghyun chewed his lips and moved forward.
“How did you get here?”
“Soyeon….”
“Are you a friend from school?”
friend? It was like that.
We ended up still being friends.
Sanghyun nodded.
“You can go over there and pick me up. Thanks for coming. “I have such a handsome friend.”
Is she Soyeon’s aunt? A person who at first glance resembled Soyeon’s mother guided him. The crying grew louder.
A familiar face turns to look at Sanghyeon.
Her mother looks a lot like Soyeon.
“So you’re Sa Sang-hyeon?”
“Grandma is out at work right now. “I was the only one who came first.”
“Thank you.”
Thank you.
I was not the type of person to be thanked.
Rather, he is the cause of this incident.
I don’t know if it was because he had to bow at that moment, but Sang-hyeon sat down as if his legs were weak at those words.
“…Huh.”
As I bowed down, it was harder to hold back my tears.
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I couldn’t stand up again and see Soyeon’s pretty smiling face in the photo.
