Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 133

After the Minotaur left the Tiger-Head monster in his care, Rembrary carefully examined the Tiger-Head monster.

With its piercing eyes and lively whiskers, it was indeed a handsome tiger.

The question was whether this Tiger-Head monster was docile…

“Tiger.”

[Roar.]

“Did the Minotaur tell you what you need to do?”

The Tiger-Head monster shook its head. Rembrary figured as much. Even the Minotaur didn’t know what Rembrary was going to use the Tiger-Head monster for, so he couldn’t have explained it.

In any case, the Tiger-Head monster seemed docile enough, at least for now. Coming here without knowing what was going on and being so obedient.

“I’m going to gift you away.”

[Gift? Me?]

“When the sun rises tomorrow, I’ll take you to the person you’ll be serving from now on.”

[Who is it?]

Rembrary searched for and showed Lim Yu-Han’s photo on his phone, and the Tiger-Head monster blinked its black eyes.

Rembrary put his phone back in his pocket and warned.

“Just in case, you must not kill, try to kill, or even think about killing the person in this photo. Do you understand?”

The Tiger-Head monster continued to blink its eyes obediently, so Rembrary nodded, patted its shoulder, and came down from the rooftop.

The Tiger-Head monster followed him, tilting its head. It couldn’t help it. The Tiger-Head monster had hardly any acquaintance with the Minotaur.

The reason the Tiger-Head monster was near here was because of the intense and dark energy it felt the previous night. It came here to find out what kind of energy it was, and it heard that other demonic beasts had also felt a similar sensation nearby.

After asking around, it found out that the human who emitted such energy was this strange human in front of him. The devils subtly informed him that this human was the culprit.

The Tiger-Head monster wanted to know more about this strange human. So, it lingered around this human, and the Minotaur appeared and made a suggestion.

[Are you docile?]

[Why do you ask?]

[My friend is looking for a ‘baby’ (a term of endearment) that looks just like you and is docile.]

[Looking for a tiger?]

[Looking for a head.]

[That’s me.]

[Are you docile?]

[As for this body, I’m docile enough to appear as a regular guest in fairy tales.]

[Then let’s go together.]

Thanks to softening his personality a bit, the Tiger-Head monster was able to meet the human who emitted strange energy.

The human he saw up close was, for someone who briefly emitted energy similar to a Great Demon… an unpleasantly sparkling human.

But there were also slightly friendly parts, which made it all the more peculiar.

But a gift? Am I being gifted now? The Tiger-Head monster kept rolling its eyes.

However, the Tiger-Head monster was calm by nature, so it remained silent and watched the situation.

Rembrary, unaware of these circumstances, was simply excited. He felt proud that he would be helpful to Lim Yu-Han for the first time.

That feeling continued as he entered the conference room.

“Shouldn’t we go with ‘Zombie Power’? It’s like an extension of the demon concept from the last album, so the image won’t be scattered.”

“That’s right. It’s also the most different song from Longdi’s style.”

“I agree. Longdi’s concept is that every album repeats farewells and encounters, which is different from the image our kids are pursuing now.”

“Hey. Zombies and demons are as different as penguins and polar bears, okay?”

“Then why don’t we pick one of Longdi’s songs and arrange it into a demon concept?”

“Ah, that’s better. Then shouldn’t we find lyrics and an atmosphere that can be infused with the demon concept?”

“We should exclude cheerful and cute atmospheres first, right?”

“What are you talking about? Making such contrasting atmospheres completely opposite is the beauty of arrangement.”

“…Do you have a problem with me? Why are you constantly picking a fight?”

While the staff was diligently discussing how to decorate the cover song for the Chuseok [Korean Thanksgiving] special program.

Rembrary, who didn’t know any of Long Distance’s songs, was blankly listening to the meeting and belatedly realized.

‘Ah. I haven’t gotten a leash yet.’

Rembrary glanced to the side. Next to him, the Tiger-Head monster stood blankly, watching the people in the discussion as if they were fascinating. As it twitched its hand, claws appeared and disappeared from outside its hand. It seemed like it wanted to knead.

It was then.

“Woo Yeon-Woo.”

CEO Lim called Rembrary.

“Yes?”

As he asked nonchalantly, CEO Lim frowned and asked.

“Give your opinion too. Everyone else is giving theirs, why are you the only one quiet?”

It seemed like he noticed that Rembrary wasn’t concentrating on the meeting.

The staff’s attention turned to Rembrary.

CEO Lim called him because he was dissatisfied that Rembrary wasn’t concentrating, but Rembrary had previously achieved good results for several weeks in a song competition program with a unique concept. Remembering that, the staff became genuinely curious about Rembrary’s idea.

Rembrary, who didn’t know Long Distance’s songs, recalled what the staff had said when they were talking and offered his opinion.

“Then why don’t we base it on a breakup song and insert our concept, the demon’s monologue, in between? When you’re sad about a breakup, the demon interferes and whispers, ‘If you make a contract with me, I’ll return that person to you,’ or ‘I’ll avenge you,’ something like that?”

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

Because it suddenly became quiet, Rembrary blankly looked around the conference room.

“What?”

The staff frowned. The idea was good. So good that it was a bit annoying. He didn’t even concentrate on the meeting and immediately came up with a good idea, even an idea that encompassed what they had said.

After the meeting concluded that they would follow Rembrary’s opinion.

Rembrary left the conference room first and followed CEO Lim, who was going up to the CEO’s office, and asked.

“CEO. CEO. I have something to ask.”

CEO Lim looked back, slightly nervous.

“Something to ask?”

“I want to get a leash.”

Rembrary confessed honestly.

“Leash?”

CEO Lim raised his eyebrows.

“You mean a necklace?”

“No, you know, the leash that animals wear. The leash used to control animals.”

“Are you going to raise an animal?”

When Rembrary smiled silently, CEO Lim turned pale and asked.

“You’re not going to use it on a person, are you?”

“Absolutely not. What do you take me for?”

‘What do I take you for? A psycho.’ CEO Lim swallowed the words that rose to the tip of his chin and asked again.

“You have to tell me what you’re going to use the leash for first. If you’re going to raise an animal, it’s not allowed in the dorm.”

“I’m not going to raise it. I’m going to give it as a gift. I’m going to put the leash around the animal’s neck and give it the leash.”

“Ah, a gift. But you have to be careful when giving animals as gifts. If you give it to someone who doesn’t want it and they abandon it, that’s not good.”

“Of course, I’ve already told the other person in advance.”

“Then it’s okay, but…”

Why does it feel so uneasy? CEO Lim wasn’t fooled by Rembrary’s peaceful face. No matter what kind of accident he caused, Woo Yeon-Woo was always so calm.

“Are you really not going to tell me what kind of animal it is?”

“It’s a tiger.”

“…A cat?”

“A tiger.”

The color quickly drained from CEO Lim’s face.

“A tiger? Where did you pick up a tiger, no, where did you pick up a tiger? Where’s the tiger now?!”

* * *

Because CEO Lim made such a fuss, he couldn’t get a leash through him after all.

In the end, as soon as his schedule was over, Rembrary decided to go out and buy a leash himself.

On the way back after buying the leash, he was a bit shocked to hear Keshi talking to Yulli O about this Chuseok special program, but he still managed to buy the leash successfully.

“Hey, Woo Yeon-Woo. Don’t tell Jongwoo hyung [older brother/male friend] about what I was talking about on the phone.”

“I couldn’t understand a word you were saying anyway. It sounded like 1/3 of your tongue was shriveled up.”

“Hey!”

Leaving Keshi, who was screaming at the top of his lungs, Rembrary went into the bedroom and returned the card he had borrowed from Jungseo to buy the leash.

* * *

The next day.

Rembrary sent a text message to Lim Yu-Han.

Today was a day off from filming , so he was worried about how to meet her, but fortunately, Lim Yu-Han came to Rembrary’s agency by car.

Perhaps worried about causing misunderstandings, she deliberately brought a few juniors [younger colleagues] from the same agency.

Lim Yu-Han was excited about what Woo Yeon-Woo had prepared, and she forcibly suppressed the smile that kept trying to twist.

It was her first time having a junior introduce her to a man who suited her taste as a gift, so she was curious about what he had prepared.

Lim Yu-Han’s agency juniors went to a cafe in the middle, and Lim Yu-Han and Woo Yeon-Woo were left alone in the car.

“What did you want to give me that you told me to come?”

Lim Yu-Han asked, her eyes shining.

Since he said he would introduce her to a man, she thought he would bring him out from the beginning. Since Woo Yeon-Woo came alone, she was even more puzzled.

“This.”

Rembrary smiled proudly and handed Lim Yu-Han a handle.

Lim Yu-Han accepted it in a daze and was puzzled. Where did this handle suddenly come from?

It seemed to Lim Yu-Han that the handle that wasn’t there suddenly appeared.

And what was hanging at the end of the handle was a leash that seemed to be used for large dogs. But there was only the leash and the handle.

The man of her taste that Woo Yeon-Woo confidently said was nowhere to be found, even if she washed her eyes and looked for him. There wasn’t even a man who wasn’t of her taste.

“Isn’t there anything else?”

In the end, the embarrassed she asked outright, and Woo Yeon-Woo smiled contentedly and said.

“There is. Look closely.”

Lim Yu-Han was even more embarrassed and pondered what that meant and asked.

“Perhaps… does it mean that you’ll give me a fishing rod, so I can catch the fish myself?”

“Pardon?”

“You’re not giving me the fish, but you’re giving me the tool to catch the fish, is that what you mean?”

“Pardon?”

Lim Yu-Han blinked her eyes blankly.

But it wasn’t just Lim Yu-Han who was embarrassed.

Rembrary was also no less embarrassed, and his gaze quickly went back and forth between Lim Yu-Han, who had wide eyes, the handle she was holding, the leash connected to the handle, and the Tiger-Head monster, who was obediently placing the leash on his lap.

Rembrary thought that Lim Yu-Han was definitely talking as if she couldn’t see the Tiger-Head monster.

But surely before…….

After thinking about it, Rembrary asked outright.

“Sunbae [senior colleague/older acquaintance].”

“Yeah.”

“Who do you see next to me?”

“Air?”

Does she really not see the Tiger-Head monster? Rembrary widened his eyes.

Lim Yu-Han also realized Rembrary’s intention almost at the same time. She recalled that Rembrary had saved her from the hands of ‘something invisible’ before and slowly asked.

“Perhaps… next to you now, something that I can’t see, what should I say. Is there something like that?”

When Rembrary nodded, Lim Yu-Han asked again.

“Then that invisible person, is that the person with the body of the man I said?”

“Yes. The head is a tiger.”

Is it a man with a tiger face? Lim Yu-Han didn’t really think that the head was a tiger, so she nodded blankly for now.

“Ah, I see.”

But soon she thanked him.

Since she couldn’t see it, she didn’t know exactly what was going on, but she had been attacked by a goblin with a cow’s head, which was faintly reflected on the TV screen, and she remembered the incident clearly.

At least the goblin that Rembrary gave her wouldn’t do such a thing, and above all, since he was an ally, wouldn’t he be able to block such a cow-headed goblin if it appeared?

However, unlike Lim Yu-Han, who was somehow understanding, Rembrary’s expression became more and more serious.

When he met the goblin with the leash before.

Lim Yu-Han clearly seemed to recognize the existence next to him, not the president in a suit.

So Rembrary had mistakenly thought that Lim Yu-Han also had ‘eyes.’

But Lim Yu-Han didn’t have ‘eyes.’

That meant that the goblin wearing the leash was showing Rembrary and Lim Yu-Han different appearances at the same time.

Rembrary frowned and rolled his phone in his hand.

Should he contact Woo Sung-Woo, or should he contact Sajae?

The goblin he saw at that time was not a goblin. It was a specialty of demons to make people recognize their appearance in different forms at the same time.

And demons were incomparably more dangerous than demonic beasts, evil spirits, and ghosts.

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