Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 101

< 101. You Don't Want to Ruin the Filming, Do You? >

He swore, using a rather common curse word.

But from the moment he mentioned seeing a monster, it was clear he wasn’t an ordinary person.

He seemed surprised that I could see the monster, but for now, Rembrary remained silent.

Yeomra had said that there was a group in this world that hunted Saints, and they hunted not only Saints but also monsters and evil spirits.

The man with the spear might be a Saint Hunter.

“Huh? Why aren’t you answering?”

As Rembrary stood silently, staring at him, the spear-wielding man tilted his head and then, as if struck by realization, hurriedly hid the broken spear behind his back.

Then, grinning, he continued, “But you’re quite fearless. You just chased after something like that? Doesn’t it look dangerous at first glance?”

Still, when Rembrary remained silent, the spear-wielding man stammered in embarrassment.

“Maybe you can’t see it? No, that can’t be. You chased after it so openly.”

As Rembrary continued to keep silent, the spear-wielding man scratched his cheek awkwardly.

“Are you worried about being treated as weird if you say you can see ‘that kind of thing’? It’s okay. I can see it too. Well, usually, you’re easily seen as an attention seeker if you say you can see things like that.”

Just then, a voice called out from afar, “Yeonwoo!”

It was Jongwoo’s voice.

As if the voice was some kind of exorcism talisman, the spear-wielding man flinched.

Then, he quickly turned around and ran away.

As if he didn’t want anyone to see him.

Rembrary stared at his retreating figure for a moment, then turned back in the direction Jongwoo was calling.

“Where have you been? It’s almost your turn. They said to stand by.”

“There was a strange person wandering around, so I went to see.”

“The strangest person I’ve ever seen is you, but it’s scary to hear you say you saw a strange person.”

“He was carrying a broken spear.”

“Shouldn’t we report it?”

“Yes. Report it.”

While Jongwoo was flustered and bewildered.

Rembrary subtly informed Sajae.

“The cow-headed monster that tried to attack Senior Lim Yoohan earlier reappeared.”

“Did you chase after that monster?”

“Yes. But another person was attacking the monster. He had a spear.”

“A spear?”

“I wondered if it was Nakru, the group you mentioned before.”

“I’ll check it out.”

Nodding, Sajae took out an old cell phone, not the one he used for managing, and moved to a secluded place.

***

July 28th

After going to the filming today… I have a lot to think about in many ways.

It’s not about the filming,

Um. Should I talk about this? I don’t think I should.

Anyway, my mind is a bit complicated.

Ah, should I talk about romance?

Actually, the PD [Production Director] called me today and said.

He wanted me to include more of my inner thoughts about romance and daily life, so there would be more footage to show in between scenes.

But haven’t I always talked a lot about Jang Taeri and Shin Joowoon?

I don’t know what more he wants me to talk about.

Inner thoughts. Inner thoughts, huh? I think I’ve talked about my inner thoughts a lot.

Like how Shin Joowoon is a whale-anchovy or an anchovy-whale.

July 29th

The PD called again and said that when he told me to talk about my inner thoughts, he meant to stop talking about food so much.

Have I been talking about food a lot?

July 30th

The dorm might change.

Jongwoo *hyung* [older brother or male friend] mentioned it once before. But now, it’s really right around the corner.

It hasn’t changed yet, and they’re looking for a suitable place, but all the houses they’ve considered are too cramped for five people to live together.

Even now, this house is cramped for five people. There are five people, but only one bedroom and one bathroom.

In my original world, this kind of house wasn’t even a house. It was a room.

“Where is your original world?”

That was Taein’s question as he opened the bathroom door and came in.

That’s how he is. He opens the door and comes in whenever someone is in the bathroom.

At this point, it should be considered intentional. Such a pervert…

Continuing,

Taein tried to delete the video, but there’s no function to delete videos here.

Taein huffed and went out, and now I’m recording the video again.

Ah, and when I said ‘my original world’ earlier, I meant my past life, everyone.

Anyway, back to the room story.

We’re already living together in a small house with five people, but when we move, it’s so difficult that we have to split into two groups.

I don’t know where they’re trying to move us. A doghouse?

Anyway, if we split the members, I said I would share a house with Jungseo.

Jungseo naturally agreed, and

Hyegyeol quickly joined our side, saying she would share a house with me and Jungseo.

So, I thought it would end like this. But unexpectedly, Taein and Keshi said they didn’t want to live in the same house together.

When Jongwoo *hyung* asked who they wanted to live with, Taein said he wanted to live with Jungseo, and Keshi said she wanted to live with me.

Their opinions didn’t match, so they couldn’t make a decision in the end. It’s a big problem.

July 31st

I consulted Shin Joowoon about this, and he said he had a spare room in his house and told me to come live there.

He even said he could provide pizza with different toppings every meal.

When I asked why he was offering a room with such good conditions, he said that his pig, who looked like me, had died of old age and gone to heaven.

He said that seeing me reminded him of that pig and asked me to live with him… It sounds like an insult, but it’s a bit tempting.

2 PM.

It was 11 AM earlier.

Jongwoo *hyung* called Shin Joowoon and scolded him for trying to tempt us with food.

Then, Shin Joowoon apparently said something like, “Then can I tempt them with a contract?”

Jongwoo *hyung* was flustered and hung up, then reminded us that we still had a lot of contract time left.

Thinking about it after hearing that, Shin Joowoon is the president of another agency.

I forgot because his whale image is so strong.

5 PM.

I was called to the CEO’s office.

When he asked if I was going to Shin Joowoon’s agency, I demanded two bathrooms, a personal bedroom, and pizza with different toppings every meal if he wanted to keep me, and I got scolded.

10 PM.

I asked Keshi honestly.

“We’re not even close, why do you want to share a room with me?”

Then Keshi… wait. There’s something down there.

***

Rembrary turned off the self-cam and looked down below the veranda.

A man who looked familiar was standing and waving towards this side.

But it wasn’t a face that immediately came to mind, so as he stared intently, the man rummaged around and took something out.

It was a spear. An unbroken spear.

Rembrary realized where he had seen the man.

It was the man who was chasing after the cow-headed monster during the filming of [Drama Name].

As if the man realized that Rembrary recognized him, he gestured for him to come down.

Rembrary stared down at the man, then went inside the house, went to the bedroom, and slept.

***

Rembrary reunited with the man again the next day at the Madeleine Cosmetics event.

He had gone to briefly show his face to promote the cosmetics he was in charge of, and the man was there.

The man had a forced smile on his angry face, and when an opportunity came for them to talk alone, he suppressed his angry voice and asked.

“What kind of manners are it in your country to close the door and leave when someone asks you to come down for a moment?”

“You’re a stranger. You could be a stalker.”

“You know I’m not, right?”

“Someone I saw fleetingly came to my window in the middle of the night, anyone would see that as a stalker.”

At Rembrary’s calm words, the man thought, ‘Is that so?’ and then, feeling a bit uneasy, he nodded in agreement.

“Well. I guess it could look like that.”

Rembrary internally scolded Sajae.

He had asked him to find out if this man was Nakru or not, but what on earth was he doing that this side was approaching him first.

He was like a lecherous grim reaper who only collected swimsuits.

Anyway, Rembrary blankly stared down at the man.

Whether this man was Nakru or not, he wouldn’t know that he was a High Priest, and even if he did, he wouldn’t be able to do anything harmful in such a crowded place.

That was the correct answer. The man had no idea that Rembrary was a High Priest at all.

He was just curious about an idol famous for being crazy, who had seen a monster that ordinary people couldn’t see and even chased after it.

Besides…

“You chased after the cow-headed monster before, right?”

At the man’s words, Rembrary’s mouth, which had been chattering so well until now, shut closed.

The man sighed and pressed his temple.

“I’m asking after seeing you chase after it.”

“Anyone would chase after someone with a cow’s head running around.”

“No, usually they run away.”

“…”

“Anyway, you didn’t seem scared at all. Right?”

“Yes, I was scared.”

“No, you chased after it without being scared at all. But that guy looks so fierce that even people with ‘eyes’ would be surprised. But you didn’t care. That means you’ve seen that cow-head before. Right?”

Rembrary sighed and said in an annoyed tone.

“I heard what people call people like you.”

Instantly, the man flinched.

Then, with a tense face, he stared at Rembrary.

“You know my identity?”

“Yes.”

People call people like that ‘answer-beggars’ [someone who fishes for answers or confirmation].

Thanks to studying hard on the internet, Rembrary knew such words.

Was that so surprising?

The man took half a step back in tension.

Then, he looked Rembrary up and down and asked.

“What’s your identity?”

“I’m an idol.”

“But, an idol knows my identity?”

“Anyone can tell after having three conversations with you.”

“Am I… that obvious?”

The man blinked a few times and muttered that he was in trouble.

Then, he mumbled something to himself again in an almost inaudible voice, ruffled his hair wildly, and said to Rembrary.

“Okay. Then I’ll say it without beating around the bush. You seem to know a bit about this side too. Help me.”

“No.”

“How do you know what I’m going to ask you to help with?”

“What are you going to ask me to help with?”

“I’m trying to catch the cow-headed monster, but he’s hiding and doesn’t show up well.”

“Still no.”

At Rembrary’s firm refusal, the man became angry and frowned.

“You won’t help me even though you know who I am?”

When Rembrary stared blankly, the man spat out a curse in annoyance and said.

“Even if you don’t want to help me, you wouldn’t want to interfere with your filming, would you? Then help.”

“Interfere with the filming?”

“That cow-headed monster, it seems like he’s appeared on that filming set a few times since you recognized him. Isn’t that right?”

“?”

Rembrary raised one eyebrow crookedly.

To be exact, he appeared twice…

Does that have something to do with the filming set?

“It seems like the target that guy is aiming for is among the characters in the drama you’re filming this time. So help me, you wouldn’t want to stop filming due to the death of a character because of that guy, would you?”

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