Chapter 93

93. Fairy Tale Land

Standing by the frozen lake of Silver Lake Village, Siu and Siyun stood side by side.

"Siyan, sit down. I'll push you!"

Siu placed his younger brother in the wooden sled made by their grandfather, checked the ice with his hands, and nodded.

'It's frozen solid. Still, just in case, I'll make it freeze a bit more.'

Siu cast a spell on the sled Siyun was sitting in.

It was a cold magic spell that froze the ground as the sled passed over it.

Using cold magic on the ice lake surrounded by winter scenery, Siu felt oddly like he was Elsa from the animated movie *Winter Kingdom*.

The only difference was that they were brothers.

'Is Siyun like Nana?'

Watching the small baby Siyun sitting on the sled, clapping his hands and smiling widely, Siu started pushing the sled slowly and shouted.

"Let's go! Olaf!"

It seemed to fit the image.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—

The sound of the sled blades gliding on the ice was pleasing to Siu's ears.

Siu pushed the sled enthusiastically, making sure Siyun didn't fall off.

Siyun, wearing a bear-eared fur hat, had his cheeks turn bright red from the wind and let out delighted squeals.

"Is it fun~?"

"Kyaah~!"

Whoosh—

The family watched Siu and Siyun playing happily, smiling from the side.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—

After a while, Siyun, who had been riding the sled, started to whine, indicating he wanted to get off.

Understanding Siyun's intention, Siu carefully slowed down the sled.

After getting off the sled, Siyun waddled over to Siu, grabbed his legs with his tiny hands, and pushed him forward.

"Why? Do you want me to ride?"

"Un~ Siu~ Siu~"

"Alright, I'll sit."

Pretending to give in, Siu sat on the sled, and the 14-month-old baby Siyun tried to push him.

"Un, un~"

Lacking strength, the sled didn't move.

"Hmm…."

Sniffle, sniffle—

Siyun looked at his parents, sniffling as if asking for help.

Hyunju, who was taking pictures of the two children with her phone, burst out laughing.

Dohjin approached the children with a smile.

"Siyan~ Are you pushing your brother? Good job. Keep it up. Dad will help you."

"Sniff—"

Siyun, with a red nose, sniffled and pushed Siu's back again.

Dohjin placed his hand on Siu's shoulder and helped, and the sled started moving forward.

"Siu! Wow!"

Siyun, excited, pushed Siu's back harder and ended up falling on the ice.

"Siyan~ Come here! Let's ride together!"

Siu, helping his fallen brother up, sat Siyun in front of him.

As Siu hugged Siyun tightly, Dohjin started pushing the sled.

"Alright! The sled is starting! It's speeding up! Hold on tight, Siu and Siyun!"

"Wow! Siyan, the sled is so fast!"

"Kyaah~!"

Siu and Siyun enjoyed the sled ride until the sun was high in the sky.

The next day—

It was already the third day since they arrived in the countryside.

It was time to finish their vacation and return to Seoul.

Because they had spent a long time eating and playing at the neighborhood party the previous evening, Siu's family slept in.

Waking up around noon, the family had lunch, took a light walk around the village to say goodbye to the elders, and packed the various foods and gifts from the party that Grandma had prepared.

There were many valuable items, such as delicious sweet potatoes, kimchi, and country sesame oil.

While their parents were packing their luggage, Siu went to the backyard to say goodbye to the three white puppies.

– Woof, woof, woof!

Five years ago, the three puppies that had climbed on baby Siu and sucked on him, looking like white snowballs, were now...

nowhere to be seen, and three large, white dogs were staring at Siu with bright eyes.

"Brother is leaving!"

As Siu raised his hand in farewell, the three white puppies started barking.

– Whine…

"I'll come back and play with you next time. And when you go around the neighborhood, stop by to talk to Grandpa Jongsoo's calf, Eun-dol. He was just born and doesn't have any friends. Got it?"

– Whine, whine, whine…

The three white puppies, trying to get Siu to stay and play in Seoul, whined.

"Duk-dol, Duk-man, Duk-ho! Listen to Grandpa and Grandma. Stay healthy. See you later."

Approaching the three white puppies tied up, Siu stroked their heads one by one. They had grown bigger but still acted like when they were young.

The white puppies gathered around and licked Siu's hands and clothes enthusiastically.

Siu, ticklish, laughed uncontrollably, just like when he was a baby.

* * *

Early February.

Waiting for Siu at Got Entertainment was a warm cup of cocoa, steam rising from it.

Siu, sitting with his mother, held the cup with both hands, blew on the cocoa, and took a sip.

The sweet taste and aroma spread in his mouth.

'French vanilla. It's good.'

If adults have the right to enjoy a cup of coffee, children have the right to enjoy a cup of cocoa.

Siu sipped the cocoa and looked at Youngmin across from him.

"Is it good?"

"Yes~"

"I bought a lot. Take some with you. Our Siu looks so cute drinking cocoa. Maybe we should consider a cocoa commercial?"

Youngmin said to Hyunju.

"Is Siyun sleeping?"

Hyunju, looking at Siyun's sleeping face in the baby carrier, replied.

"Yes, he falls asleep as soon as we get in the car."

"Kids usually like the vibration of the car, don't they? Haha. Let's let Siyun sleep for now. Let me see. It's been a while since I last met your mother, and I also wanted to talk about Siu's next project, so I invited you here."

"Is it *Hollywood*?"

"No, *Hollywood* is already set for auditions, and we can plan the schedule to go to the U.S. this year. We agreed not to take on other projects until the audition results come out, right?"

"Yes."

"But, there's a project that Siu could try as an experience, and I think he would like it."

Hearing this, Siu's eyes sparkled with curiosity as he sipped his cocoa.

'He thinks I'll like it? What kind of project is it?'

Without hesitation, Youngmin spoke.

"Right~ It's~ animation~ dubbing! Wow!"

"..."

Hyunju and Siu were momentarily speechless at the unexpected answer.

Animation dubbing?

"Isn't dubbing usually done by voice actors?"

"Overseas, kids do it a lot. Many actors also do dubbing."

"What about in Korea?"

"Ah, in Korea... it's not very common..."

Youngmin's manager, Tae, added.

"In fact, it's not that it's not done, but the reactions are usually not good. Even Ryu Seung-hyun, who rarely gets bad reviews for his work, got some negative feedback for his animation dubbing in the past. Video acting and audio acting are distinctly different fields."

Youngmin nodded.

"Yes, that's true. However, Siu's pronunciation is excellent, his voice is clear, and his tone is very cute... and honestly, I think if I don't let him do this, he might blame me. Hahaha."

Youngmin's tone was quite confident.

Unable to hold back, Siu asked.

"Uncle, what kind of project is it?"

Youngmin stood up.

Standing in front of Siu and Hyunju, Youngmin clapped his hands and said, with great anticipation.

"Right~ *Pink Pororo: The Great Adventure in Fairy Tale Land*! Oops, I spoke a bit loudly, Siyun is sleeping. Shh~ Shh~ Hahaha. How about it, Siu? Isn't it like a dream? Are you so happy?"

"..."

Siu awkwardly laughed.

"Wow..."

Hyunju patted Siu's head.

"Our Siu, you love *Pink Pororo* the most. Wow, our son's voice will be in *Pink Pororo*?"

'...No, Mom. I'm just trying to keep up with the trends that kids my age like.'

Mid-February, Siu, Hyunju, and Tae visited the production company of *Pink Pororo: The Great Adventure in Fairy Tale Land*.

When they entered the office, the director was waiting.

It was a director meeting.

"Ah! Yun Siu, nice to meet you. I proposed this without much expectation, just hoping for a chance, and I'm really happy you accepted."

"Hello~ Director!"

Siu bowed politely.

The director, with a wide smile, invited Siu, Hyunju, and Tae to sit down and greeted Siyun as well.

"Hello? You look like your brother, so you must be handsome too~!"

"Bu-bu~ Poo~"

Siyun was enjoying looking at the *Pink Pororo* character posters stuck around the office, even though he was too young to watch *Pink Pororo* but seemed to like the colorful characters.

'Thinking about it, Siyun will probably get hooked on *Pink Pororo* too? Since I've only appeared in adult-oriented works so far, it might not be bad to do one for Siyun before going to the U.S.'

Like some actors who, after becoming parents, occasionally appear in family-friendly movies for their children, Siu decided to try dubbing for Siyun.

"Have you heard the explanation from the company?"

Hyunju, soothing Siyun, replied.

"Yes, I heard a brief explanation."

"Before we discuss the character, would you like to do a quick audio test?"

"Ah, yes."

The director also asked Siu.

"Siu, is it okay? Don't feel pressured. It's your first time, so let's just practice and get comfortable."

"Yes~ I'd like to!"

Siu eagerly agreed.

Leaving the office, Siu moved to the recording studio, looking curiously at the various recording equipment.

Although he had been to a recording studio before for narration, this one was much larger.

"Later, you'll record here. You've been to a recording studio before, right? I heard you did a great job with the narration for the commercial. The director thought your voice matched the new character he had in mind, so he really wanted to work with you."

"Thank you~"

Siu smiled in response to the director's praise.

The director gave Siu a script for the audio test and gave him some time to practice.

Siu, sitting on the sofa and practicing with Tae, raised his hand to the director.

"Yes, what is it? Do you need something?"

"I'm done~"

"Already?"

"Yes!"

"Alright, let's give it a try. Let's go inside."

Siu, putting down the script, ran over and opened the recording studio door.

"Wait, wait. Siu, what about the script?"

"The script?"

Siu went back to the sofa, picked up the script, and handed it to the director.

It seemed he thought the director wanted it.

"No, you need to read from the script."

"Why?"

"Well, if I ask why... I can only say, how can you act without looking at the script?"

"Oh~ right."

Siu, realizing his mistake, giggled and tapped his head with his small fist.

Acting and dubbing are different.

"I tried to memorize it like I do for acting~"

"You memorized it? All of it?"

"Yes."

'Wow, in such a short time?'

He had heard rumors about the child's excellent memory while gathering information for casting, but seeing it firsthand was truly amazing.

"I'll take the script with me~"

Siu, holding the script and smiling, entered the recording studio.

The test recording began shortly after.

"Siu, there's a big monitor in front of you. A video will play. Even if you make mistakes, just try to have fun, like the director taught you~"

"Yes~"

A moment later—

Familiar *Pink Pororo* characters appeared on the screen.

The brief plot of the animation was that the *Pink Pororo* friends accidentally get an old book and, while reading it, get sucked into the world of fairy tales.

In this world, they meet the original characters of the fairy tales, and the role Siu would play was—

As a cute raccoon appeared in the animation, Siu opened his mouth with a bright voice.

Oh