Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 12

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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 12

 

 

4. Title

 

 

“Welcome, Mr. Sherman.”

The quiet lobby of Rocky Management.

Edward Sherman enters holding Emily Sherman’s hand.

“Thank you for allowing us to tour.”

“Haha, not at all.”

BlackRock, which was busy at the request of the US Government to normalize the American economy that had collapsed due to the subprime mortgage crisis.

Although it was the LA branch far from New York, it was still surprising that Edward Sherman, one of the busiest people in America right now, had moved because of his daughter’s request, but tours were something anyone could request and be granted.

“Johann!”

Emily, who had let go of her father’s hand, ran over with sparkling eyes.

“Have you been well? Do you have any more photo shoots? Oh, were you surprised by the sudden increase in friend requests on Fatalbook?”

“Calm down, Emily.”

Edward Sherman was feeling left out.

“There’s no way I can calm down!”

Emily had been restless for the past few days, wanting to meet Johann. She had heard about everything through phone calls, but she still had many things she wanted to ask.

“You said you were going to tour the Directing Studio.”

Edward Sherman was a busy person.

He couldn’t spare much time.

“R-right!”

The reason Edward Sherman came today was none other than because of Emily.

Emily, who dreamed of being a fashion model but was still only managing her diet and exercising because she was too young.

In the meantime, Johann, who had recently become her friend, had not only been recognized by Giselle Buncheon but had also worked with H&M. And it all started from briefly learning about modeling at Rocky Management’s Directing Studio.

Naturally, Emily was turned upside down and had no choice but to lie down in Edward Sherman’s study.

“…You have my sympathy.”

“Any father with a daughter would be like this. Haha.”

Edward Sherman’s laughter was weak.

 

“This is our management’s Directing Studio.”

“You use an entire floor.”

“We had no choice since there are many training parts.”

Once they sign contracts with the models who will soon pour out from Star Model Agency, they plan to separate the model part’s studio entirely.

“Ah, I heard about that.”

The news of Beck Kurtz’s arrest had reached Edward Sherman as well – Beck Kurtz, who had been a diligent taxpayer in LA and boasted many connections through participating in numerous donations and charity events. Beck Kurtz was eventually arrested after various criminal charges were discovered.

“Haha. Let’s go in.”

“Is it okay?”

A lesson was in progress.

“There are always latecomers.”

Still, quietly.

They carefully opened the back door and entered.

Johann, who was following Emily inside, stopped. Not only Larry and Edward Sherman who had entered first, but dozens of students in the classroom were looking at him.

“J-Johann! Over there!”

“…Wow.”

What kind of emotion was this?

He was moving inside the white screen at the front of the classroom. Himself from a few days ago when he had walked Rodeo Drive with Giselle.

Johann’s face flushed as he looked at Larry.

Larry frantically waved his hands and looked at Johnny.

“…Johnny?”

“Now, now, focus!”

The instructor saved Johnny, who was avoiding eye contact.

“As you can see right now, this is an advanced version of model walk! But see how the arms and legs are moving dramatically while the pelvis moves a lot?”

“Yes!”

“From the 70s to 80s, when glamorous femininity became trendy, this kind of walk was popular!”

Amazing. He was pinpointing it exactly.

“So what about now?”

“Cat walk!”

“Cat walk is the trend!”

“There’s no specific name for it, but cat walk is also correct. The characteristic of cat walk is this.”

A black model walking clearly and confidently like a cat prancing. However, unlike Johann just before, only the right points were moderately highlighted.

“As models of more diverse races and body types appeared after the 80s, which was called the supermodel golden age, and diversity and inclusivity began to be emphasized, the walk became slimmer.”

All the excess was removed, leaving only the framework.

To beautifully express any body type.

“Now, let’s go back to the beginning. What did I say was most important for a model?”

“Basics!”

“Then who wants to try walking with those basics first?”

The students shut their mouths and avoided eye contact as if they had planned it.

The instructor, who smiled as if he expected this, looked around at the people and made eye contact with Johann.

“How about the hottest boy these days over there?”

“Wow!”

‘No…’

Flustered Johann shut his mouth at the hot gaze he felt from beside him.

Emily’s eyes were red as if saying ‘Do it. Hurry up and do it. I want to see.’

‘Well, this is also an experience.’

Besides, Emily had come to join the Directing Studio because of him. He could easily do this much for her.

Johann stood at the end of the white tape crossing the center of the classroom floor and looked at the instructor.

“Male version? Or female version?”

“Ah, then female…”

“Male version!”

People turned their heads at the sudden interrupting shout. And froze.

“…G-Giselle Buncheon?!”

“Wowaaaah!”

Cheers erupted as if a flock of pterodactyls were crying all at once.

Johann covered his ears and looked at Emily, who was already sitting down. With a face that looked like she was about to go to heaven.

 

* * *

 

As Johann closed his eyes, people held their breath.

Giselle Buncheon’s eyes sparkled.

And…

“Huh?”

The moment his eyes opened again, Johann’s atmosphere changed.

His spine straightened and his shoulders broadened.

His feet, wrapped in confidence, stepped forward.

Without any technique. Boldly and unhesitatingly.

Hot passion filled his two eyes looking straight ahead.

‘I knew he’d be good at this too.’

Giselle twisted the corners of her mouth.

 

“As you just saw, that’s his baseline! Confident self-assurance! Even without any special techniques, didn’t he look taller?”

The instructor quickly shouts while watching Johann leave the classroom.

Johann scratches his cheek at the responses bursting out behind him.

“What brings you here… Oh, this is my friend Emily Sherman.”

“I know.”

“You know?”

“The lady knows me too, right?”

“Yes, yes! Of course! Naturally! We’re friends!”

A face so moved she looked ready to cry.

Johann is puzzled by words he can’t just brush off.

“Friends? How?”

“You don’t use Fatalbook… Well, I guess you wouldn’t know.”

Johann had been living in the Rocky Mountains until recently.

“…?”

Emily opens her mouth toward the confused Johann.

“Johann, haven’t you been getting a lot more follow requests these past few days?”

“That’s right.”

Starting the day after he became Fatalbook friends with Emily, the numbers began steadily increasing, and now he has 5,000 followers.

Most of them were people who came after seeing the news about his incident with Giselle.

“When people become friends with me, they also get connected to my other friends. It’s Fatalbook’s pride and joy system.”

Fatalbook’s system that can connect you to someone on the opposite side of the world through just a few degrees of separation.

“Ah, so that’s why…”

Johann thought it might have been because Emily bragged about him to her friends.

“Huh? Doesn’t it show up when you log into Fatalbook?”

“It doesn’t show up.”

When Johann holds out his mobile phone, Emily and Giselle frown.

“Don’t tell me you’ve been using Fatalbook through the phone app this whole time?”

“Except when uploading photos?”

“Good lord. To think you’ve been using such garbage.”

Laggy, slow, and frequently crashing.

The mobile app has limited functionality compared to the PC webpage version due to slow updates.

‘I thought they were all like that…’

So he didn’t even know it was inconvenient.

“Ah, but what brings you here?”

“I’m hurt. Were we the kind of relationship that only meets when something’s up?”

“Are you leaving today?”

“I didn’t know you’d be so perceptive… Not today, I’m leaving the day after tomorrow!”

That’s why she came to spend time with Johann.

“But…”

“I, I’m fine! Please take me along!”

“No. I can’t interfere with a sweet date between friends. I’m not that tactless of a woman.”

“But…”

Emily, who had tried to subtly join in, is quite disappointed.

“It’s fine. We can all hang out together.”

Looking at Larry and Edward, it seems their conversation has concluded.

Edward’s lips moving to say ‘please.’ It looks like he’ll be meeting Emily every day from now on.

“Are you sure that’s okay? Is it okay with you, Emily?”

“For me, it’s an honor! Good lord! Me going on a date with Giselle! My friends won’t believe me even if I tell them!”

“Hahaha.”

“So where are you thinking of going?”

There are many places in LA he hasn’t seen yet.

Just naming the representative ones: Beverly Hills, Malibu, Melrose Avenue, Mulholland Overlook, and even the beach.

‘It would be nice to go to the beach.’

The ocean, the beach that he’s never seen directly even once.

It would probably be a great experience.

“Hmm. Shopping?”

“Shopping?! I love it!”

“…Oh, did I mention this? Tomorrow there’s going to be a barbecue party at Larry’s house. Do you want to come, Giselle? Emily, do you want to come too?”

“Are you really inviting me? I want to go!”

“Of course I have to attend too. Emily, so where should we go first? The cosmetics store would be best to start with, right?”

“We even have the same taste!”

‘Damn it.’

Johann hated this kind of experience.

 

* * *

 

Despite being tormented all day yesterday, Johann wakes up at dawn and heads to the backyard.

The scent of short grass permeating the slowly blowing dawn air.

“Oh, you’re up?”

“What are you doing?”

Larry is struggling next to the swimming pool.

“The guests will need to use the swimming pool later.”

Water activities, the highlight of a barbecue party.

So he’s cleaning. Since it hasn’t been used since last October, he needs to scrub the pool bottom and walls.

It’s a bit cold since it’s winter, but it’ll be fine once they fill it with hot water.

“…Want to try?”

“How do I do it?”

“Come here.”

Warmth spreads through Larry’s chest as he hands Johann a cleaning brush.

“First you need to scrub the walls and bottom hard to remove the slippery stuff. Water cleaning comes after that.”

“I should scrub the lower walls, right?”

“Smart, aren’t you? Alright, let’s start!”

Gentle scrubbing sounds began to echo.

 

“Larry! Johann!”

“Ah, welcome! Welcome!”

As noon approaches, guests arrive one by one, and Larry and Johann, who were grilling meat in front of the barbecue grill, greet them.

Most of the guests are Rocky Management staff members and their families.

Larry’s house, which had been quiet, quickly fills with the laughter of children and adults.

‘I guess they normally have barbecue parties on weekends.’

Johann looks around curiously as he receives meat, sausages, and alcohol brought by guests and puts them in the ice box next to the grill.

White smoke rising and laughter echoing from the surrounding houses.

The neighborhood that had been quiet to the point of silence just yesterday becomes bustling.

“Johann!”

“Emily! Giselle!”

Johann quickly wipes his hands and greets his guests.

“Haha. I hope you’ll excuse the intrusion.”

“Not at all. Oh, bourbon!”

“Oh? You like bourbon?”

“Is there any American man who doesn’t like bourbon?”

“Well, well….”

What is this. The wall that had clearly existed between Larry and Edward until yesterday suddenly becomes thinner.

‘Is it because of alcohol?’

From ‘survival expert Johann Jaeger’ to ‘The One Who Became a Star,’ everyone said that men can become friends over a drink.

Johann couldn’t quite understand that.

“Johann! Did you hear? I can go to your Company Studio starting next week!”

“Really?”

He already knew but pretended not to.

“Then we’ll be able to meet often from now on?”

“Yes! I’m registering for the basic class, but I’ll move up to advanced soon!”

The Directing Studio operates with hobby classes and basic & advanced classes.

“Emily, you’ll do well.”

“Thank you!”

Giselle Buncheon watches the two having their innocent conversation with a pleased and scheming smile.

“This is where you live, Johann?”

“Ah, let me show you around the House.”

He also needed to guide them to the Changing Room where they could change into swimsuits.

“Emily will look around too, right?”

“Of course!”

They headed inside the House.

“There’s not much. Really not much….”

“In my Room? Really?”

“Emily, for a guy’s Room, this is excellent. No, it’s the best of the best.”

“Really?”

“It’s clean. And it smells nice too.”

“Come to think of it, when I see my brother’s Room, it’s no different from a livestock pen. I thought only Billy’s Room was like that….”

“Behind those neat boys you see at School, there’s a mother’s effort.”

“Sigh. I don’t know why men are like that.”

Somehow it became a scolding atmosphere.

Johann rolled his eyes and quickly guided them to the Changing Room, and the party began in earnest.

 

* * *

 

Johann’s eyes tremble.

‘This is meat?’

A taste different from Hamburger Patty.

A taste that resonated more with Johann, who had hunted and grilled beasts to eat.

The taste of fat touching his tongue and the tenderly chewing meat gave him a shock of a different caliber from hamburgers.

“Johann! Aren’t you going to play?”

Emily, wrapped in a large Towel, shows slight disappointment.

“Let me fill my stomach first.”

The moment he enters that Swimming Pool, he’ll play until his stamina is completely drained. Looking at Giselle’s sparkling eyes beside him, it definitely seems like that will happen.

“Here, you eat too.”

“Mmph?!”

Surprised Emily puffs up her cheeks.

“I told you I’m on a diet!”

“Ada said that eating happily is zero calories.”

“R-really?”

Emily’s eyes search for Ada.

Ada, who despite being close to forty years old, doesn’t have an ounce of excess fat.

Emily rolls her eyes and chews the meat that entered her mouth.

At that moment, happiness spreads across her face.

Johann feeds her another piece of meat.

“Oh, right. Johann, I saw lots of Books in your Room earlier. Did you study a lot? Can we go to School together starting next semester?”

Johann had already said he would go to the School Emily attends.

So instead of his original plan to go to Middle School, he ended up going to Elementary School.

Larry and Ada judged that going to School with his friend Emily would be better for Johann’s emotional well-being.

“Probably?”

“Really?! But there’s only two weeks left of vacation?”

The spring semester that starts in early February.

“Larry and Ada teach me well.”

Tomorrow he’ll enter the 3rd grade curriculum.

“Wow! When you come to our School, I’ll introduce you to all my friends!”

Emily was already excited about the thought of going to School with Johann, and Larry and Edward watched them fondly.

“Since she’s his first friend, Johann seems to really like Emily.”

“Is that so?”

“He’s sharing his food with her.”

It’s the first time. Seeing him give his food to someone else.

He’s probably adapted a lot to City life and people.

Edward Sherman is surprised by those words.

“You have good observation skills.”

“Since I brought him here, I should at least do this much. Haha.”

“…Isn’t it burdensome?”

He’s not even his own child, but a complete stranger’s child.

Moreover, Larry is currently unmarried. There must be difficulties.

“Not so far. Well, even if time passes, I doubt this feeling will change.”

If there’s one regrettable thing, it’s that there are many mountains to cross to adopt Johann.

“If I could become his legal guardian, there would be so much more I could do for him….”

Like the recent Birth Mother incident.

If he had really been the legal guardian, she wouldn’t have dared try such a thing. She got her comeuppance in the end, but the bitter feeling is unavoidable.

And knowing such situations, whenever Johann asks if he can do something rather than saying he wants to do it, it breaks his heart.

‘They met each other well.’

Both Larry and Johann.

‘Is this what they call fate….’

It’s really nice to see how the two care for each other.

‘Emily seems to follow him well too.’

It seems like there’s something he can do to help.

Edward stepped away after asking for understanding and picked up his Mobile Phone.

“Yes. This is Edward Sherman. I’m calling about Larry Jefferson and Johann’s matter.”

‘This should completely repay the debt from that time.’

The debt from the Wallet that was almost lost during the Department Store date with Emily.

Edward smiled warmly.

 

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