Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1479

“Again.”

Lim Yeo-jin’s face paled slightly.

“Um, unnie, I think it’s good enough?”

“Again.”

Lim Yeo-jin looked at Choi Yeon-ha’s face reflected in the mirror, her expression turning sour.

‘What more do you want me to do here!’

The mirror reflected the image of a goddess.

Choi Yeon-ha is beautiful even without makeup. However, when exposed to the camera, she can’t avoid wearing makeup.

To look prettier?

It’s not about that, but because of the nature of filming. Actors in commercials or movies, and singers on stage, are inevitably exposed to lighting.

Facing intense lighting head-on can enhance colors and make one look more beautiful, but it also has the disadvantage of blurring the contours.

Makeup is what defines those contours.

Choi Yeon-ha usually didn’t pay much attention to makeup. No, in fact, she didn’t really need to. Once the contours were defined, her face did the rest.

But today, unlike usual, she seemed very dissatisfied with her face in the mirror.

“Do you see this?”

“Yes?”

“Here.”

Choi Yeon-ha pointed to the area below her right eye.

“Don’t you see the fine lines here?”

‘Unnie, I don’t think you know what ‘fine lines’ means… That’s where it should be smooth and flawless. Did you learn Korean in Africa?’

“It’s not smooth here! It shows my age, my age!”

“…Unnie, um… it looks fine to me.”

Even if it wasn’t fine, it was.

Wrinkles are not the makeup artist’s concern. That’s a problem for the excellent dermatologists and plastic surgeons of South Korea to solve.

To ask me to solve a procedure problem with makeup, what kind of tyranny is this?

“Unnie, you look young enough. Who would think you’re over thirty looking at you now?”

“What?”

Ah, a mistake.

“I mean, you’re youthful, youthful! Who else is as youthful as you?”

Lim Yeo-jin sweated as she rephrased her words. But Choi Yeon-ha’s reaction wasn’t good at all.

“Youthful, my foot. There are people who really don’t age.”

“Pardon?”

Choi Yeon-ha’s face slightly contorted.

‘Seriously, do those guys eat some kind of elixir of life?’

One thing she realized after the general meeting was that those people didn’t look their age at all.

Kang Jin-ho?

Kang Jin-ho is understandable. He’s actually young. No matter what’s in his head, his body is a vibrant mid-20s, so of course, he’d look young.

But Lee Hyun-soo is much older than Choi Yeon-ha, yet he looks like he’s the same age.

The others are the same.

She was so surprised when she heard Wiggins’s actual age, who was barely in his early 50s… no, honestly, if it weren’t for his beard and hairstyle, he could easily pass for his early 40s.

‘Do they put preservatives in their rice?’

Choi Yeon-ha is someone who is confident in her youthful appearance and receives such compliments. But in the end, Choi Yeon-ha is just a person who ages with time. It’s impossible for her to reverse time like they do.

‘I should ask them for their secret.’

Plastic surgery could buy some time, but Choi Yeon-ha doesn’t like it. She doesn’t want to make excuses like she rejects artificial beauty or that she’s confident in her current face.

If it can make her prettier, what’s the big deal?

The problem is that Choi Yeon-ha doesn’t have the courage to let a knife touch her face.

‘I’m too scared to even get a shot…’

And just holding onto her face while her body ages is not the same as slowing down the aging process itself. Choi Yeon-ha glared at the mirror, thinking she had to push Kang Jin-ho to find out the secret.

“So, it’s no use, is it?”

“Yes, unnie. I think it’s just your mood…”

Lim Yeo-jin glanced at Choi Yeon-ha, thinking that even if she shaved her under-eye area with a plane, it wouldn’t be any smoother.

Choi Yeon-ha had recently become nicer, but people don’t change that easily. Especially, she had never heard of someone’s nature changing.

In other words, the current Choi Yeon-ha could explode at any moment for any reason and turn this place upside down.

Lim Yeo-jin watched Choi Yeon-ha’s expression with a cold sweat. Then, Choi Yeon-ha’s mouth slightly opened.

“Well, then there’s nothing I can do.”

Lim Yeo-jin’s body went limp.

“Good work.”

Choi Yeon-ha got up from her seat and lightly patted Lim Yeo-jin’s shoulder.

“It’s nothing! Unnie, your makeup is so good today, I’m happy too.”

“Okay. Are you going home?”

“No. I have to stay for touch-ups during the shoot.”

“Ah, I see. Okay, got it.”

Choi Yeon-ha smiled at Lim Yeo-jin and headed to the set. As she stepped out of the container, bright sunlight poured down on Choi Yeon-ha.

“Hoo.”

A neatly decorated cafe came into her view. Inside the cafe, the filming crew was already bustling.

Since it was an advertisement for a newly opened cafe, they decided to film at the location.

Choi Yeon-ha felt her heart pounding and looked slightly flustered.

Of course, it’s natural to feel nervous every time she films. No matter how experienced she is, she shouldn’t be comfortable with filming. An actor who isn’t nervous in front of the camera isn’t qualified to act.

She always had to do her best with the heart of a rookie. That was Choi Yeon-ha’s philosophy when it came to filming.

But the nervousness she was feeling now was a little different from that kind of nervousness.

Choi Yeon-ha opened the cafe door and went inside.

“Oh! Choi Yeon-ha, you look amazing today!”

“You’re so beautiful.”

Choi Yeon-ha responded to the compliments with a soft smile.

“Thank you.”

She didn’t know if they were sincere or just saying it to make her feel good, but compliments always felt good.

Choi Yeon-ha took a light breath and turned to a table. Her eyes landed on a man sitting at that table.

“Ah…”

Choi Yeon-ha involuntarily gasped.

Black slacks and a white shirt.

It was the most basic of basics.

But that was enough for the man in front of her.

His made-up face, neatly styled hair, and toned body showed why the basics are the basics.

‘It feels like a 170km fastball [~105 mph].’

No need for curveballs, pace control, or even control.

A left-handed fireballer from hell is throwing a fastball right down the middle. But the fastball is so fast that you can’t even touch it.

That’s how Kang Jin-ho felt right now.

Choi Yeon-ha unconsciously frowned slightly.

‘Should I have asked for a thicker layer of foundation?’

Her face probably turned a little red. Well, no matter how much foundation she put on, she couldn’t hide her red ears.

“Um, is there any cold water here?”

“I’ll bring it right away.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

She needed to cool down, cool down.

“Ahem! Ahem!”

Choi Yeon-ha cleared her throat loudly and sat down opposite Kang Jin-ho.

Then, Kang Jin-ho looked at Choi Yeon-ha and smiled awkwardly.

“You’re here?”

“O-of course, should I go?”

“Pardon?”

“Ah… no, it’s nothing.”

‘What am I even saying!’

Choi Yeon-ha fanned herself in embarrassment.

‘I’m crazy, I’m crazy. I should be over him by now…’

Clothes make the man.

No, is it the makeup… no, is it the hairstyle?

Anyway!

It wasn’t the Kang Jin-ho who usually wore sloppy tracksuits and had messy hair. She had seen him like this a few times before, so she thought she had gotten used to it, but it seemed she hadn’t developed immunity to this look yet.

Choi Yeon-ha glanced outside to hide her flushed face.

“Are you not feeling well?”

“Huh? Why?”

“Your face is red.”

When is this guy going to get some sense?

How can someone be so consistently clueless from the first time they met until now?

Choi Yeon-ha couldn’t help but sigh… but even then, he was handsome. Crazy.

“Oh, you look kind of cool today.”

“Really? I feel awkward.”

Kang Jin-ho raised his hand and unbuttoned one of the buttons on his collar.

‘Wow~ what is this guy?’

Is he seducing me?

No, there’s no way that’s it.

Kang Jin-ho doesn’t know the impact of his actions, so he can do that.

Look.

‘Their eyes are about to turn into hearts.’

The female staff on set have been unable to take their eyes off Kang Jin-ho since a while ago.

I understand, I understand.

Choi Yeon-ha and the staff here are people who see handsome men all the time.

Especially in commercials, it’s all about visuals, not acting skills.

Of course, their standards are high.

But Kang Jin-ho had even the staff with such high standards half-mesmerized.

‘It’s strange.’

In terms of looks alone, there are others who can match Kang Jin-ho. Objectively speaking, there are a few actors that Choi Yeon-ha knows who are on a similar level as Kang Jin-ho.

But strangely, she can’t take her eyes off Kang Jin-ho.

‘Is this what they call wild charm?’

The expression doesn’t quite fit…

Anyway, there’s something unrefined about Kang Jin-ho. If the handsome men she meets in the industry are like hothouse flowers that have grown up with all sorts of nutrients, Kang Jin-ho is like a wildflower that grew on the side of the road.

That strange charm draws people in…

‘Bullshit! He’s just handsome.’

Don’t you dare look at him, you bitches. He’s mine.

Choi Yeon-ha glanced around with a slightly fierce look, and those who understood the meaning of her gaze quietly lowered their eyes.

Who doesn’t know that Choi Yeon-ha has openly declared her relationship? And everyone here knows that the target of that public relationship is Kang Jin-ho.

So, they have no choice but to keep quiet even if she throws a tantrum.

“Can you do well?”

“…I don’t know.”

Kang Jin-ho habitually tried to scratch his head.

“Hands! Hands!”

“Ah…”

Kang Jin-ho remembered that his hair was styled in a pompadour and smacked his lips as he lowered his hand.

“The clothes are uncomfortable, and the hair is uncomfortable too.”

“Everyone lives like that.”

“It feels like I’m doing something that doesn’t suit me at all.”

“Kang Jin-ho.”

“Yes?”

“Others try so hard to create a good image. You’ve lived comfortably with the good looks your parents gave you, so don’t complain. Other men would curse you if they heard that.”

“…Yes.”

Kang Jin-ho looked dejected.

‘It wasn’t my parents who gave it to me.’

Kang Jin-ho wasn’t originally that handsome. However, as one’s martial arts skills improve, the balance of the body tends to adjust, and Kang Jin-ho reached the realm of transcendence at such a young age that even his face became excessively balanced.

Well, there’s no way to explain all that.

“Wow, you two are such a good-looking couple.”

The director approached, joking.

“If you’re ready, shall we do a quick directing and start? What do you think?”

“Yes. I’m fine.”

“Ah, me too.”

“Ah… are you ready! Then, may I briefly explain the acting?”

The director was constantly bowing and taking the lowest possible posture. It was a common sight at Choi Yeon-ha’s filming set, but the problem was that the bowing was directed at Kang Jin-ho, not Choi Yeon-ha.

The staff began to whisper.

“Why is the director acting like that? He usually treats new male actors like dirt, is it because he’s Choi Yeon-ha’s boyfriend?”

“Hey, have you ever seen the director care about that?”

“No, I haven’t. That’s why it’s strange.”

“There’s nothing strange about it. That person is the advertiser.”

“Huh? Who?”

“That person.”

The eyes of those gathered turned to Kang Jin-ho.

What?

Really?