Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 94

#94.

Most of the members, overcome by fatigue, fell asleep before midnight.

And then, the next morning.

The members, waking early for breakfast, were rendered speechless by the scenery visible from their rooms.

“Wow…….”

Woochul, stepping onto the terrace, stared blankly at the clear swimming pool stretching out beyond the window.

“The swimming pool is huge! This is insane.”

“You can even see the sea,” Dojae said, standing beside him and gazing out the window.

Despite the typhoon warnings, the weather was perfectly clear. The dazzling sunlight made the swimming pool and the sea sparkle.

“Awesome. I can’t believe I’m in a place like this…….”

Woochul quickly snapped photos of the scenery with his phone.

“Want me to take one of you?”

“Ah, hyung, you know me too well! You’ve got the sense!”

At Dojae’s offer, Woochul immediately handed over his phone.

Click, click. After taking pictures of Woochul with the scenery as a backdrop, Woochul struck a new pose, suggesting a selfie together.

Having uploaded selfies to Tweety [a fictional social media platform] constantly, Dojae was now a selfie expert.

“Ah…. I should have brought a selfie stick.”

“Louie probably brought one.”

“Yeah, it would be weirder if it wasn’t in that huge luggage. Let’s take more pictures with the selfie stick later.”

“Let’s do that.”

“Ah, it’s a shame. I want to upload this to Tweety right away!”

Putting down his phone, Woochul muttered regretfully.

Sharing good things with fans was a natural part of his daily life.

Dojae also felt the urge and took pictures with his own phone to upload later.

“I want to eat breakfast quickly and go swimming right away! I’m so excited!”

Woochul, momentarily regretful, was soon humming a tune at the thought of swimming.

Seeing them like this, Louie and Woochul are truly simple and positive guys.

Grateful that the first younger brothers he befriended were such cheerful individuals, Dojae followed Woochul to the breakfast area.

***

While eating breakfast, the members discussed the stage performance of The Origin they had watched the previous night.

Not only Dojae and Woochul, but all the members had watched that had been broadcasted yesterday.

“The stage was totally awesome.”

“The set was crazy. I thought it was quite a feat to carry our piano around…. But they created a universe with LED lights.”

Hungmin added to Louie’s words.

“And a huge staircase…. A large flag…. The number of dancers was also enormous…….”

Gyusung also chimed in, sounding surprised.

Even when watching the music video, I anticipated a pretty large-scale stage, but it exceeded my expectations.

“They put a lot of effort into the performance to match the song.”

Kijun commented indifferently.

He refrained from mentioning that the members’ practice hadn’t been sufficient to keep up with the choreography’s difficulty. Perhaps his standards were too high, but yesterday’s stage was, in Kijun’s opinion, the highest quality stage of The Origin since their debut.

There was definitely something overwhelming about the scale.

“It seems like Infinite Boys [a fictional K-pop group] sunbaenims [senior artists] and others have been having a lot of large-scale stages recently.”

“Could it be evidence that the competition is getting fiercer?”

At Dojae’s words, Hungmin paused with scrambled eggs halfway to his mouth and said,

“It might just be a trend…….”

“It’s definitely important to stand out, though.”

The members nodded at Kijun’s words.

“Ah…. The lyrics are also large-scale.”

The members laughed softly at Gyusung’s words.

If MOST’s color is realistic lyrics with a touch of aesthetics, the lyrics of New’s HOH or The Origin’s new album are philosophical and pedantic in their expression.

A space where life blooms, the call of the earth, a Universe that can never be returned to, a traitor who destroyed my destiny’s belief…….

Were the lyrics.

The words were not commonly used, but they effectively added to the grandeur of the song.

There was also a thrill that came from being detached from reality.

“Even if it’s not popular…. There are good parts about it.”

Kijun muttered to himself thoughtfully.

It was a point worth considering from the perspective of someone who composes and writes lyrics.

Watching and analyzing other singers’ stages, discovering things to learn, and even considering the direction of MOST’s development.

It was a familiar routine for the members, who had engaged in these kinds of conversations often since their debut.

However, this was Southeast Asia, a resort.

It was a rather serious topic to be discussing while wearing colorful floral shirts and graphic t-shirts.

It was also a heavy topic to be having in front of all kinds of delicious food.

“You guys have to work again the day after tomorrow, but you’re talking about work in this nice place, even from the morning…….”

In the end, Jung Gilju, who had been listening intently to the members’ conversation, spoke up.

It was nice that they were always so hardworking that he felt fulfilled just by watching them, but he hoped they would rest when they were resting.

The members smiled slightly, understanding Jung Gilju’s words.

But for the members, having these kinds of conversations was as good as resting.

It had become work now, but it was enjoyable because it involved sharing interests.

“Ah. How’s your condition?”

To change the atmosphere, Dojae asked Gyusung.

Gyusung, who had suffered from seasickness, still hadn’t looked very good until last night.

“Oh. I’m completely fine now.”

But after a night’s rest, he had returned to his normal condition.

“That cake over there looks really delicious. Shall we get it?”

“Call! [slang for ‘Let’s do it!’]”

Woochul and Louie got up to get dessert.

“Don’t break any plates.”

“Wow! Do you see us as elementary schoolers!”

Hungmin cautioned them because their running seemed precarious, and Woochul bristled.

“An elementary schooler is upset.”

“Heol [Korean slang expressing disbelief or annoyance].”

At Kijun’s words, Woochul frowned and turned back with Louie towards the dessert corner.

***

After eating breakfast, the members changed into their swimming attire and gathered at the resort’s swimming pool.

Thanks to booking a resort that Koreans don’t often visit, all the people in the swimming pool were foreigners.

Mixed among foreigners with different appearances, it definitely felt like being in a foreign country.

“Wow, Body is so cool!”

Louie, who appeared with a giant dinosaur-shaped tube that he had brought from Korea, exclaimed with deep admiration.

Louie’s admiration was directed not at the blonde foreigner, but at Dojae, who was wearing a swimsuit.

“I’m not going to go next to Dojae hyung.”

“Yeah, me too.”

Woochul and Hungmin slowly moved away from Dojae.

The four were wearing swimsuits, while Kijun and Gyusung were wearing rash guards over loose-fitting shorts.

“I should have brought a rash guard too.”

Hungmin looked up and down at Dojae’s body and said with regret.

“Kijun hyung has a good body, so why did he cover it all up?”

“I don’t like getting tanned. It stings.”

Kijun’s skin was quite fair, so Hungmin nodded as if he understood and asked the members.

“But everyone knows how to swim, right?”

“Of course! Why not!”

Woochul laughed at Louie’s confident shout.

“Kim Louie. Does English just flow out of you when you come to the Philippines?”

“I’ve always been this good.”

“I guess.”

Louie and the other members all knew how to swim.

However, Woochul could barely float in the water, so Hungmin, who had been on a children’s swimming team, offered to teach him.

Dojae, who had lightly warmed up, quickly dove into the swimming pool.

Splash, cutting through the water, Dojae effortlessly crossed the wide swimming pool with a depth of 1.8m using a freestyle stroke.

It was like a scene from a painting.

“Wow…. I’m definitely not going next to that hyung.”

Woochul, who was trying to inflate Louie’s tube because he didn’t want to learn to swim from Hungmin, muttered again as he looked for the inflation point.

Gyusung and Kijun, who were sitting on the sunbeds and resting, also watched Dojae swimming with admiration.

“Dojae-ssi is good at swimming too.”

It wasn’t just the members who saw Dojae’s swimming scene.

Team 2’s Lee Jungyeon and intern Han Yoona stopped walking and looked at Dojae.

The staff who would be filming the pictorial and self-produced content were scheduled to arrive tomorrow night, but the two had come to the Philippines with the members to check the filming location in advance.

Like a scene in an animation where the water splashes under the sunlight, it felt like a sparkling effect was surrounding Dojae.

“We definitely have to include the swimming scene in the video, Deputy Manager!”

“There will be sea filming…. So we’ll be able to include it.”

“A scene of him swimming in the sea! It’ll be like a movie!”

Han Yoona said in an excited voice.

She hadn’t joined Kingdom Entertainment because she was a fan of MOST, but she became a complete fan of MOST after joining the company.

Thanks to that, she was working incredibly passionately.

People say you get disillusioned when you work with celebrities, but there was no reason for that with MOST.

Every day, she cheered them on more and liked them more.

It seemed like most of the Kingdom employees felt that way.

Lee Jungyeon, who smiled slightly at the excited Han Yoona, told her to quickly go to the filming location.

“Yes, yes! Let’s go quickly! We have to mark the place where the members will look good!”

***

The members were swimming, and at some point, they were lying on the sunbeds listening to music, or soaking in the water while admiring the sea, spending a leisurely time.

After quite some time, Gyusung became thirsty and rummaged through the menu by the swimming pool.

“I’m going to order something to drink…….”

Gyusung gestured to the members, asking if they wanted anything to drink.

Louie looked down at the menu with him and chose a drink.

Hungmin, who had been in the water for a while, also showed interest in drinks.

“But why isn’t Woochul here?”

Hungmin, who was looking at the menu, suddenly asked.

Kijun, who had been lying on the sunbed all along, saying he didn’t want to get tanned even though he had a good body and knew how to swim, finally got up.

“He said he was going to inflate the tube…….”

Kijun frowned.

Because his eyes were covered by sunglasses, he definitely looked less intimidating even when he frowned.

“This isn’t just inflating it; it’s like he’s building a tube.”

Hungmin tilted his head.

“The inflation point is just behind the main pool over there.”

Louie also muttered, saying it was strange.

Woochul happened to have left his phone behind.

“There’s no way he’d suddenly run off, and he’s not bad with directions…….”

“I’ll go look for him. I was going to go to the room to get my earphones anyway.”

Dojae, who had quenched his thirst with the provided bottled water, said.

“Okay. Don’t get lost, just look around and come back.”

“Yes.”

Dojae, answering, casually draped a towel over his upper body and headed towards the main swimming pool.

***

As he walked, there were many paths through the gaps.

There was also a path connected to the sea, and the sea path was so beautifully made that it looked perfect for couples to take a walk and date.

“Is he lost…….”

He thought that he might be lost because there were so many paths.

It was when Dojae was carefully turning his gaze.

He saw a lot of people gathered on the sea path.

Since there were people, Dojae approached them, thinking it might be Woochul.

The people gathered seemed to be a group of Japanese tourists.

The women, who looked to be in their 30s and 40s, were constantly speaking in Japanese.

A familiar Korean was heard among the Japanese.

“Ah! Sumi…. Sumimasen [Japanese for ‘excuse me’], sumimasen! I can’t speak Japanese. Ah…. What are they saying? I’m Korean!”

The owner of the troubled voice was Woochul.

“Woochul-ah?”

At Dojae’s call, Woochul shouted in an urgent voice.

“Hyung! Hyung! What are these people saying?!”

“What’s wrong?”