Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 56

#56.

“I don’t want to… Oops!”

Thud.

Dodae’s phone fell as he collided with a child running towards him.

Thanks to that, the child stopped running.

The child looked to be in the lower grades of elementary school.

Kyuseong and Louis watched the child with surprised eyes at the sudden event.

“Oh, I’m sorry. You… you little rascal. What is this because of you… Huh? Sigh.”

“Uh…….”

The man chasing after the child sighed and scolded him.

He seemed to be the child’s father.

However, instead of apologizing, the child was just staring at Dodae.

After spotting Louis and Kyuseong standing next to him in turn, the child’s eyes grew wider and wider.

Leaving the child, who was just blankly gaping, Dodae calmly picked up his phone.

“Is it broken? I’m really sorry. Jung Hayul! Why are you standing there blankly? Apologize quickly.”

While the father spoke in a stern voice, Hayul was just dazed.

Dodae checked his phone and sent a message to Jung Gilju instead of calling, saying that Kyuseong had returned.

It didn’t seem to be broken since the message went through.

“Jung Hayul!”

The father’s voice grew louder as the child continued not to apologize.

It was okay for Dodae whether he received an apology or not, but manners were something that needed to be taught clearly from a young age.

Dodae waited quietly to give Hayul a chance to apologize.

“Sorry…. I’m sorry.”

Soon, Hayul bowed his head and apologized.

Dodae quietly smiled and replied.

“It’s okay.”

Perhaps encouraged by Dodae’s smile, Hayul shouted.

“MOST! You’re MOST, right?!”

“…What? MOST?”

At Hayul’s words, the father looked at the three with a dumbfounded expression.

Then, as if belatedly recognizing them, his eyes widened.

Dodae, Louis, and Kyuseong were momentarily taken aback.

Come to think of it, since their debut, they had been so busy with schedules that it was almost the first time they had come outside for everyday life.

They knew through the internet that they had become popular enough to win two Rookie of the Year awards.

They had seen with their own eyes that the number of fan cafe members was increasing every day, and that their posts were increasing on social media and online communities.

However, they never thought they would meet someone who recognized them like this.

Especially not such a young student and a middle-aged man…….

“You know us?! Do you know us?!”

It was a different feeling from meeting fans at the concert hall or near the company.

Louis asked Hayul and Hayul’s father one after another with an excited face.

He had worn a hat, just in case someone recognized them and caused a commotion, but the question made it all useless.

However, they were about to leave the hospital soon anyway, and there weren’t many people around, so it wouldn’t be a big problem.

In fact, Dodae was also amazed.

That a child of about ten years old knew them.

“Wow. This is for real.”

Hayul made a shocked expression after being confirmed by Louis that the three of them were MOST.

“How can you be here…. My son is a huge fan.”

“Fan? You’re our fan?”

“Kang Dodae! Louis! Kim Kyuseong! I know them all! I’ve memorized all the songs!”

Hayul, who quickly snapped out of his shock, shouted, pointing at each of the three with his finger.

It could be said to be rude, but smiles spread across the faces of the three as they watched Hayul shout as if boasting his immense knowledge.

“Hayul is a really big fan. So much so that even I know…. He’s completely hooked on the song . He watches the stage video all day at home and sings along…….”

“Even if I’m different from others, I’m special!”

Hayul sang as if to show off.

It was sudden, but quite cute.

“Oh! You like .”

Louis exclaimed, and Hayul shrugged his shoulders.

“…But are you guys sick somewhere?”

Hayul, who had been so proud, asked worriedly.

“No! We just came for a health checkup!”

Louis quickly replied.

Then, he suddenly thought of the opposite question and shut his mouth.

“I came because I’m sick. I thought I was all better, but…. It’s not true.”

“Ah…….”

Hayul’s face quickly darkened as he looked at the members with shining eyes.

It was a situation where no one could easily open their mouths.

Hayul’s father hurriedly tried to smooth over the atmosphere.

“That’s why you need to be hospitalized quickly and get treatment.”

“I don’t want treatment…. It hurts too much.”

“Oh dear. He had cancer treatment before, and the treatment was so difficult…….”

It seemed he was trying to run away because he didn’t want to be hospitalized.

The atmosphere became even darker, rather than being smoothed over, at the mention of cancer.

Moreover, it was a recurrence. The young friend was suffering.

Dodae raised his eyes and looked at the sign with directions.

There was a pediatric ward in the building connected to the checkup center.

“I don’t want to. I really don’t want to!”

“Does it work if you insist? You need to get treatment to get better! You said you wanted to be a singer like these hyungs [older brothers/male figures]!”

“I will!”

“To do that, you need to get healthy first!”

Hayul’s father shouted, frustrated that he was so anxious in many ways.

Hayul looked back at the members and said when he made eye contact with Dodae.

“Can I get your autographs, hyungs?”

It was another sudden change of topic.

It seemed like he wanted to escape from his father’s nagging, and it also seemed like he didn’t want to miss this opportunity.

“Why not? Of course, you can!”

Louis was the first to offer to sign.

However, he didn’t have a pen or paper.

“…What are you doing?”

Jung Gilju, who had returned, asked from behind.

At the simple explanation that they had met an elementary school fan, Jung Gilju made a knowing expression.

“The other guys are all done. Let’s go quickly.”

“My autograph…….”

Hayul looked like he was about to cry, not knowing what to do.

“There’s no place to sign…. Can we take a picture instead?”

Kyuseong, who was looking around, asked Dodae, Louis, and Jung Gilju in a small voice as if also asking for permission.

Dodae and Louis immediately nodded their heads.

Hayul’s eyes widened at the unexpected talk of a picture.

Jung Gilju stood to the side as if he couldn’t help it.

It seemed like it would be fine as long as people didn’t crowd around.

“To go this far…. Thank you!”

Hayul’s father thanked them in an impressed tone and quickly took out his phone.

Hayul stood between the three, excited.

“You have to get treatment, though.”

Dodae said to Hayul in a kind but firm tone.

Hayul made eye contact with the three in turn and quickly nodded his head.

“Yes!”

“Then I’ll take the picture. One, two, three!”

Click, click. The shutter sound rang several times from the phone camera.

Hayul excitedly checked the pictures taken on his father’s phone.

“Awesome, awesome……!”

“Hayul-ah. You listened to the hyungs, right? Now let’s go get treatment.”

“Huh? Uh…. Ah…. But.”

However, when it was time to go, Hayul hesitated and mumbled.

Hayul’s father’s eyebrows immediately rose.

“You. Are you not going to keep your promise with the hyungs? How can you become like the hyungs like that?”

“No…. I’m going.”

“What’s wrong, Hayul-ah? Was the picture taken strangely? Should we take it again?”

Louis quickly asked.

Hayul looked at Kyuseong and said specifically.

“Kyuseong hyung! Can you hold my hand just once?”

“…Hand?”

Kyuseong asked, a little embarrassed.

Then, he was about to nod his head, thinking that it wouldn’t be difficult to shake hands since they had taken a picture, but that’s when it happened.

“So I can sing like hyung! Share your singing skills with me!”

Hayul also knew that singing skills don’t come from holding hands.

So Hayul was saying in his own way that he wanted to share energy.

Kyuseong immediately grabbed Hayul’s small, delicate hand tightly.

“You want to…. sing like me?”

“Yeah. Hyung sings so well.”

“Thank you.”

Kyuseong muttered softly.

And he said to Hayul.

“You will definitely be able to do it.”

Hayul nodded his head with a determined expression.

Louis quickly put his hand on top of it.

“Me too! Definitely get healthy!”

Dodae also smiled slightly and raised his hand.

“Let’s meet as singers.”

“…Yes!!!”

Hayul smiled brightly and answered in a loud voice at the warmth he felt.

Hayul’s father frowned, his nose twitching as he felt a lump in his throat at the sight of his son smiling brightly for the first time in a while.

Likewise, Jung Gilju, who was somehow immersed in a sentimental mood, snapped back to his senses at the ringing of his cell phone.

“Let’s go quickly. I think the team leader is waiting a lot.”

The three exchanged glances with Hayul as Jung Gilju talked on the phone.

Hayul waved his hand excitedly.

***

“Yes. Team leader. I’m going now. I’ll go quickly. Yes? Don’t come that way? I’m already in front of…….”

The steps of the three people walking behind Jung Gilju stopped for a moment.

“…it.”

Jung Gilju also stopped walking belatedly and looked straight ahead.

“Wow…….”

“MOST? It’s MOST!”

“Who is MOST?!”

“That friend is really handsome.”

“Wow…. His hair color is so flashy. It’s blue?”

“Idol. They say they’re idols.”

“Idol? They’re just okay. Why are you making such a fuss?”

“Kya! What should I do! To meet them here.”

“Woochul oppa [term used by younger women to address older male friends or idols]! Oppa!”

“Please take a picture with me just once!”

“Autograph, let’s get an autograph!”

“Hul [expression of surprise or disbelief]. Why is MOST here? Did they have a schedule?”

“Jackpot. Seeing MOST here is a total win.”

Unlike the quiet checkup center side, the front of the elevator was crowded with people.

People who knew MOST made a circle, and behind them were even more people who had come out of curiosity.

“Haa…….”

Kim Seokcheol, the team leader, sighed softly as he lowered his phone.

The problem was that the elevator was full every time it arrived, so he had sent it down two or three times.

Another problem was that Woochul and Heungmin had overlooked their popularity and had done things that would attract attention.

The biggest problem, however, was that the first people who recognized MOST screamed and approached them.

The place was a hospital.

Kim Seokcheol, as their manager, was used to this, but he was a little tired of watching the members, who were now realizing and enjoying their popularity, so he was only wary of those who were getting too close as he waited for the elevator.

“W, we should go the other way.”

Jung Gilju said as he looked at Kim Seokcheol and the members surrounded by a large circle.

It was when Dodae and the two were nodding their heads.

“Are there no other members?”

“That’s right. I like Kang Dodae the best…. Kya! It’s Kang Dodae!”

“Hul! Louis!”

“What, Kyuseong is here too! What a lottery?!”

The three had already been discovered.

There were some extremely enthusiastic people mixed in the crowd.

They looked like they would grab the sleeves of the newly appeared members right away.

Dodae and Louis quickly stepped back.

Kyuseong, who was relatively slow, was almost caught, but Jung Gilju blocked him with his hand.

“You can’t do this.”

At Jung Gilju’s words, some people stepped back as if they were disappointed.

Ding!

Fortunately, the elevator arrived soon.

Kim Seokcheol and the members quickly got on the elevator.

“I’m sorry.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

Jung Gilju also broke through the crowd and got on the elevator.

***

The members, who had barely boarded the car, breathed a sigh of relief.

The members, who had realized their popularity in an unexpected place, were surprised and exhausted, but they couldn’t hide their amazement.

“Wow…. Everyone really recognizes us.”

The members all nodded their heads at Woochul’s words.

Even Dodae, whom no one in the Great Han Empire had failed to recognize, was amazed.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve been in Korea. This feeling.’

On the way back to the dorm, they talked about being recognized and the checkup.

Kyuseong, who had been silent all along, opened his mouth.

“We have another vacation until the 15th, right?”