Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 7

God-Given Top Star 007. A Strange Man (7/401)

007. A Strange Man

2021.11.07.

Since he seemed determined not to call me unless I formally told him my name, Yeonwoo sighed. “Kang Yeonwoo.”
[So, you are Yeonwoo.]
“No. Drop the ‘-ssi’ and just call me Yeonwoo.”
[How could I dare to address an angel like that…]
“Name. You said you’d call me by my name.”
[Ah, right.]
“Just call me comfortably.” Please. Being addressed with such honorifics as ‘-nim’ by a top actor who causes a national sensation every time he shows his face… If I keep hearing ‘Yeonwoo-nim’ from Kwon Seonghyun even after waking up, people might throw stones at me. Why do I feel uneasy?
[Okay. Then I’ll call you Yeonwoo-ssi.]
“Good choice.”
[I have a question. How do I get into my body?]
[Just grab the string and lie down on top of Actor Kwon’s body! Actually, if you get close, you’ll automatically attach like magnets attracting each other.]
[Will I not be able to come out like this again? That’s a bit disappointing…]
“A living person’s soul leaving their body is not a good thing.”
[Hmm. I guess so.] Kwon Seonghyun nodded again. [If I go back into my body, will I not be able to see Yeonwoo-ssi or Dongja-ssi?]
[Well… Yeonwoo is a living person, so you’ll probably see him, but you might not see me. You said you’ve never seen a ghost before, right? Then your spiritual eye isn’t open, so you probably won’t see me…]
[That’s a bit disappointing too.]
[Our Actor Kwon… Are you sad that you can’t see me? That won’t do! Okay. Then I’ll have to figure out a way. Or, if worst comes to worst, I’ll badger Yeonwoo…]
No. Why would he be sad about not seeing that talkative little ghost? Yeonwoo felt a headache coming on as he listened to their conversation. It’s throbbing more and more, which is ominous. ‘I need to put him in quickly and escape. I think my mind is going to become strange too.’
As if to compensate for Yeonwoo’s suffering, a large hospital was now in sight.
“Oh, you’ve come? What happened? Did you find our Seonghyun?”
“Yes.” At the simple answer, Chairman Woo and his wife, and Han Suhan’s faces brightened.
“Please be quiet. What’s important starts now. Kwon Seonghyun-ssi. Just get close to your body.”
[So, this is how I was… I was really alive.] Kwon Seonghyun muttered as if his appearance lying on the bed was unfamiliar.
[Do I really just have to get close?]
“Lie down with the feeling of embracing your body. Don’t forget to hold the string in one hand.”
[It’s amazing. It’s like magic.] Having said that, Kwon Seonghyun suddenly turned to Yeonwoo. [Thank you. Yeonwoo-ssi, you are the savior of my life.]
“No, it’s not that much…”
[Thank you.] Kwon Seonghyun’s fingertips gently touched his body. That was the beginning. Starting from his fingertips, then his wrist, and up his forearm to his upper body, Kwon Seonghyun slowly seeped into his lying body as if being absorbed. The long, stretched string sparkled and slowly disappeared. The moment all parts of his body were absorbed into his body.
-Beep beep!
The device attached to Kwon Seonghyun’s body sensed the change in his body and made a loud noise. Twitch!
The tip of his long, straight finger trembled slightly, which was visible to everyone.
“Did you, did you see that? Our Seonghyun’s finger moved, right? Right?!”
“Call the doctor first. Let’s check it quickly!”
“I already pressed the nurse call. They’ll be here soon.” Even Kwon Heera, who had been calm, had a flushed face at the change.
After a while. Doctors in white coats rushed in and began checking his condition.
“Check the EKG here!”
“What are the vital signs? Is there a record?”
“All values are normal!” Although it was a spacious VVIP hospital room, it was like a chaotic marketplace with dozens of people rushing in at once. However, such a situation did not enter Yeonwoo’s mind at all. The reason was simple.
-Ting!
[Hidden Mission Success!]
[You have perfectly completed the hidden mission ‘Release the Penalty!’]
[The incorrect path will be corrected!]
[You have successfully achieved the hidden mission, and the first penalty is released.]
-Ting!
[As the first penalty is released, some of the reduced lifespan is recovered.]
[Remaining grace period: 47 days]
Suddenly, an unexpected notification popped up. It was a notification containing the clue to solving the very problem that had been making Yeonwoo’s heart pound until now.
***
‘Penalty release?’ Yeonwoo’s face was stunned as if he had been hit. Penalty release. It was something he had been hoping for. Moreover…….
‘What’s a hidden mission? The correction of the wrong path has been completed?’ Unexplained notifications popped up one after another as if teasing him.
‘Why is the penalty being released here?’ The lifespan, which had been 23 days, had recovered to 47 days. A lifespan of 24 days had been recovered.
‘The last thing I did was return Kwon Seonghyun to his body, but?’ He even successfully completed a hidden mission. At the very moment when Kwon Seonghyun’s soul was reunited with his body. And even a notification that the correction of the wrong path was completed.
“……” Yeonwoo’s gaze turned to Kwon Seonghyun. It was very clear even if no one told him. This system wants Kwon Seonghyun. He didn’t know in what direction, though.
‘……Running away seems wrong?’ He needed to check why helping Kwon Seonghyun led to the penalty release. Somehow, his head already felt like it was throbbing. Yeonwoo began to soothe himself. ‘Well, it’ll be okay. Just don’t remember what happened when he was a soul. Just forget the memories.’
However, unfortunately, Yeonwoo’s wish was not fulfilled.
“Seonghyun-ah! Are you awake?!” Chairman Woo shouted, forgetting his dignity.
“Hmm……” A beautiful, albeit hoarse, voice echoed softly in the hospital room. At that moment, the movements of everyone in the hospital room stopped. Everyone was busy watching Kwon Seonghyun’s eyes, which had begun to move slightly.

“Hmm… Where is this…?”
“It’s the hospital, Seonghyun-ah. Are you okay? How do you feel?”
“My head is a little dizzy.” Kwon Seonghyun, who had struggled to open his eyes, fluttered his long eyelashes a few times. His dazed eyes floated around here and there for a moment. Kwon Seonghyun’s eyes, which had been slowly scanning the hospital room, stopped at Yeonwoo. His red lips, still smooth and well-maintained despite his sickly appearance, slowly opened. He slowly said to Yeonwoo. “Angel…?”
It was the moment when Yeonwoo’s small and humble wish was completely shattered.
***
Kwon Seonghyun. One of the leading top actors in Korea. He debuted more than 10 years ago, starting as a child actor and possessing very solid acting skills. He has already starred in more than seven movies with ten million viewers. There aren’t many representative works, because he renews his best performance every time he makes a movie. Solid acting skills that no one can criticize. And even a sculpted appearance like a god’s creation. The modifier ‘having everything’ is probably a word prepared for Kwon Seonghyun. Moreover, Kwon Seonghyun was reputed to have an upright character. All sorts of dirty scandals or controversies over his personality, such as abuse of power, were very far from Kwon Seonghyun. If there hasn’t been a problematic article for more than 10 years, isn’t that all that needs to be said?
However.
-Ting!
[You have successfully harvested lifespan.]
[Lifespan harvested: 2 days]
-Ting!
[You have successfully harvested lifespan.]
[Lifespan harvested: 1 day]
-Ting!
[You have successfully harvested lifespan.]
[Lifespan harvested: 3 days]
-Ting!
-Ting!
-Ting!
…….
“……” Yeonwoo thought. Kwon Seonghyun is not normal.
***
-Yeonwoo-ssi, if you’re okay with it, could you help our Seonghyun?
It started with Kwon Heera’s request.
-You may have heard it from Seonghyun, but our Seonghyun has had some different aspects from others since he was young.
Kwon Heera, who started like that, calmly told the story of Kwon Seonghyun when he was young.
-He wasn’t an ordinary child. I’m not talking about talent or appearance. The child in his childhood… would have been a little like Yeonwoo-ssi now.
Kwon Seonghyun wasn’t just lucky. To be precise, Kwon Seonghyun was strong against ‘bad luck’. He knew where he shouldn’t go. He knew that there was something dangerous over there. He saw someone getting hurt in a dream. He didn’t see the dead, but he would have been different from ordinary people.
-After the child grew up and entered the entertainment industry, those kinds of things decreased… But this incident reminded Kwon Heera of the past that she had buried.
-Yeonwoo-ssi. You said Seonghyun has power, right? I’m so worried. I’m worried about what that power will do to our Seonghyun. So, if you’re okay with it… Could you please take care of our Seonghyun?
Although he knew it himself, Yeonwoo was very weak to women of his mother’s age. Especially if they were mothers who thought about and worried about their children. So, he accepted it without realizing it. ‘Anyway, I needed to keep an eye on Kwon Seonghyun.’
The released first penalty. As soon as he combined Kwon Seonghyun with his body, the release notification appeared as if waiting.
Saving Kwon Seonghyun was also the ‘right direction.’
‘If there’s a first, there’s also a second.’ He had to check the second penalty release conditions. So, it was natural to look at Kwon Seonghyun, who was the core of the first penalty release.
But. ‘What the heck is this guy?’ Before he could find the penalty release conditions, a very bizarre situation occurred.
-Yeonwoo-ssi, can you tell me your number?
-Yes?
-Number. Can you tell me your number?
-Why do you need my number?
When he answered sullenly, Kwon Seonghyun smiled softly.
-Of course, I want to know more about Yeonwoo-ssi, who is the savior of my life?
-……. It wasn’t as cheesy as calling me an angel, but why did I feel goosebumps?
When Yeonwoo didn’t answer easily, a terrible thing happened.
-Ting! A cheerful notification sound rang. And.
[Harvestable lifespan: +2 days]
-……?
No, weren’t only desperate and resentful wishes appearing in the form of requests? Was asking for contact information such a desperate wish and important enough to put a part of his life on the line?
-……. Still, it’s free lifespan. Two days. 48 hours. It could be a time when you can do a lot of things.
-My number is…….
Yeonwoo decided to quietly accept the lifespan. And. Similar things have been happening ever since.
“Yeonwoo-ssi. What kind of fruit do you want to eat? Strawberries? Oranges? Apples?” Kwon Seonghyun asked with a bright smile.
“I’m fine.”
“Really? Vitamin intake is important for the body.”
“I’m fine, so please put that down. You can’t even peel it well anyway, can you?”
“Won’t I improve if I keep doing it? I’m sorry that Yeonwoo-ssi can’t go outside because of me… I mean, you can’t get sunlight, so I thought you could at least replenish your vitamins……”
At the same time, a cheerful notification sound rings.
-Ting!
[Harvestable lifespan: +2 days]
A notification window was created above Kwon Seonghyun’s head. Again.
‘I’m going crazy.’ The way to acquire that lifespan is simple.
“Really, you won’t eat it? I told them to buy something delicious on purpose… I told them I brought it after carefully selecting the sugar content……”
He just had to grant Kwon Seonghyun’s absurd ‘request,’ who seemed anxious not to feed Yeonwoo anything.
‘Well, it’s good for me…….’
There’s no reason to refuse when he’s giving away lifespan for free. Besides, the content of the wish is very trivial.
‘I never thought I’d feel like raising a large dog at this age. And from Korea’s top actor…….’
The clear eyes looking at him are reminiscent of the mongrel dog he saw in the countryside when he was young. No. Kwon Seonghyun is not a mongrel dog like a mongrel, but a breed dog like a golden retriever suits him better. Anyway, the important thing is this.
‘You never know a real person until you know them directly.’
No one will believe it. In particular, no one will ever believe that Kwon Seonghyun is such a human being. Who would think that Korea’s top actor is such a dog-like human being? Again, this is not an insult.
‘But it doesn’t seem like he’s just a pushover.’
Whether it’s surprising or not, Kwon Seonghyun was also quick-witted. He wouldn’t know the lifespan floating above his head, but he was keenly aware that Yeonwoo couldn’t refuse his request for some reason and was making full use of it.
He doesn’t know the existence of the system, but Kwon Seonghyun was using the system better than anyone else. Of course, he doesn’t know how Kwon Seonghyun creates wishes that put his life on the line. Why does it feel like the system is kind to that human being? Is it just my imagination?