Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 120

But he said that Jang Taeri and Shin Joowoon hadn’t agreed yet, so he didn’t know what would happen.

Seeing this text, it seemed that Jang Taeri had agreed.

10 PM

I arrived at the dorm at 7:30, and after showering and eating chicken breast, it was 8:00.

The concept of the show is that guests like me live in different time periods, such as the past or the future, for a week. They also accept general applicants, so a minimum of 50 to a maximum of 100 people live in different time periods together.

The applicants are diverse in age and type, including families, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, mothers and sons, siblings, friends, lovers, etc. Anyway, they pick people of all ages and genders.

Sometimes, they don’t pick evenly when they do rare concepts like ‘a village where only old people live,’ ‘a village where only women live,’ or ‘a village where only men live,’ but usually they pick evenly.

The episodes I monitored were ‘The Future Where the Sun Only Rises for One Hour a Day’ and ‘The Sea Village Where the Dragon King is Ill,’ and as soon as I saw them, I thought this.

Wow. This is going to be tough.

They said that Jang Taeri, Shin Joowoon, and I are going to be in the palace episode. I don’t want to do it. It looks too cumbersome.

August 19th

Shin Joowoon called and asked, “What do you want to do if the concept is the palace?”

When I asked why he was asking, he said it was because he didn’t want to overlap with me.

So, I honestly told him that I was going to be the king, and that anchovy [slang for someone small and insignificant] said that he was going to be the king and told me to change.

Then why did he call in the first place?

Anyway, I told him firmly that I wouldn’t change and hung up.

And not long after, I got a call from Jang Taeri, but what’s going on? Jang Taeri also said that she was going to play the role of the king.

It looks like there will be three kings in a small village the size of a palm.

August 20th

August 21st

I went to the pre-interview… and I’m in the car now.

I just finished the interview, so I’m a bit tired.

When I entered the interview location, there was a long desk, and four people were sitting behind that desk.

The interview was more serious than I thought, and the first question I received was this again.

“What role do you want to play if you film with the palace concept?”

I answered honestly.

“The king.”

“Is there a reason why you have to be the king?”

“Because I’m not used to anything other than playing the king.”

“Hmm. Then, Woo Yeonwoo, if you were to learn something other than being the king, what would you want to do?”

You have to be careful when you get this kind of question when choosing someone.

If you give a different answer to this question, they might think that you don’t necessarily have to be the king, so you’re more likely to be pushed in that direction.

So, I said that I had no other thoughts besides being the king, and this time they asked this.

“I saw in an interview elsewhere that you’re a believer in premarital purity. Then, would you consider being a eunuch?”

Unfortunately, I didn’t know what a eunuch was at the time. Now I know that a eunuch is a castrato [a male singer castrated before puberty to preserve their soprano or alto voice]. But I didn’t know that a castrato was a eunuch.

Everyone has shortcomings, and my shortcoming was not understanding that eunuch and castrato were the same job.

But since I had to show a confident and bold image during the interview, I couldn’t easily ask what a eunuch was.

So, I subtly probed, “I don’t know what the connection is between premarital purity and being a eunuch,” and the PD [Production Director] kindly said this.

“It’s similar.”

So, I said that I could be a eunuch.

6 PM

The PD’s kindness was only in his smile.

His true intentions are very sinister and dark.

When I came home and asked Hyegyeol, she said that a eunuch is a king’s subordinate without a dick.

Aren’t premarital purity and not having a dick completely different areas?

9 PM

I resent the PD again.

I got a text from Jang Taeri that said [lololololol].

I didn’t know what she meant, but about 15 minutes later, Shin Joowoon sent me a text that said [eunuch^^].

When I asked why he was calling me a eunuch, the PD said, ‘Woo Yeonwoo gave up the role of king for the two of you. He decided to play the role of a eunuch.’

I never gave up. The PD is really bad.

11 PM

Shin Joowoon keeps texting me and teasing me by calling me a eunuch.

When I got angry and told him not to call me a eunuch, he started teasing me by calling me a castrated pig. When I got angry and told him not to call me a castrated pig, he started teasing me by calling me a neutered pig.

This is all the PD’s fault.

I will never play the role of a eunuch! Never!

10 Minutes Past Midnight

Since Shin Joowoon was teasing me too much earlier, I sent a text to the PD with my determination not to become a eunuch.

[Hello PD, this is Woo Yeonwoo. Shin Joowoon said that it’s been confirmed that I’m playing the role of a eunuch, is that true? PD, I don’t want to be a eunuch. Not using something and not having it at all are different. I want to be the king >ㅅ<] And about 30 minutes later. I got a reply from the PD. [Is this really Woo Yeonwoo?] I replied that it was, and about 25 minutes later, I got this reply. [Then how about a eunuch's ambition... a eunuch who wants to be king...?] * * * At the time when the high priest, who was about to become a eunuch, was desperately texting. Woo Sungwoo was sitting face to face with Hwan Shin in a dimly lit club lounge, talking. The lighting in the entire lounge was originally dark, and the music playing was low and gloomy, so the atmosphere between the two seemed quite eerie, but if someone listened to their conversation, they would say that the atmosphere wasn't bad. They would just think it was a cult-like conversation. "How about answering now? It's been a few days. Is Yeonwoo... human?" To Woo Sungwoo's question, Hwan Shin smiled and lied without batting an eye. "He's human." Woo Sungwoo glanced at the faceless monster sitting next to Hwan Shin, eating peanuts. The monster seemed busy eating, only revealing its mouth. "Your partner said he wasn't human." When Woo Sungwoo asked, Hwan Shin smiled and put his arm around the monster's shoulder. "I only saw him briefly, so I could have made a mistake." The monster casually knocked Hwan Shin's hand off his shoulder, but Hwan Shin didn't care at all and still had a smiling face. "I heard you usually don't make mistakes." "I don't *not* make them at all." "..." Woo Sungwoo didn't answer with a blank expression to Hwan Shin's answer, but he was a little relieved inside. He didn't know how anxious he was because Hwan Shin, who said that his younger brother might not be human, had been avoiding answering for several days. But now that he finally gave him a definite answer that his younger brother was human, he couldn't help but feel relieved. Hwan Shin looked at Woo Sungwoo with an amused expression and asked with a subtle smile. "I'm curious too." "What is it?" "Everyone knows that Nakru is ruthless. Woo Yeonwoo doesn't seem to belong to Nakru either." "?" "But why are you so worried? Originally, Nakru tries to deal with even the slightest thing that bothers them, right?" Woo Sungwoo answered coldly. "He's my brother." He didn't intend to answer if Hwan Shin didn't ask, but it wasn't a secret story to the point where he would avoid answering when asked. Hwan Shin's expression became strange at Woo Sungwoo's answer. Woo Sungwoo knew that Hwan Shin was making a strange expression, but he wasn't in a position to ask him 'why are you making that kind of expression,' so he got up from the sofa with the same expression as before. "If he's an ordinary person, then that's fine. I was just worried in case." As Woo Sungwoo greeted and left, Hwan Shin watched his receding figure and smiled even more strangely. [Why lie? Why did you lie? Why are you lying?] Then the devil asked, eating the last remaining peanut. He had told himself that he was a human mixed strangely in an 8:1:1 ratio. He didn't understand why he was expressing him as an ordinary human to the guy who was Nakru and Woo Yeonwoo's brother. Hwan Shin leaned back on the backrest and smiled slyly. "Those guys don't have any flexibility. I don't know what he is, but he seems like a pretty interesting being. What if they come out and say let's kill him safely just in case?" [You nosy. That nosy. Are you nosy?] Hwan Shin shrugged his shoulders and muttered with expectant eyes. "Anyway, I want to observe him in detail once... If I observe him openly, will Woo Sungwoo realize that I lied?" [Don't know. Who cares. Don't care.] The devil turned his attention back to the peanuts. The crunching sound of chewing peanuts sounded similar to the sound of bones that he liked. As he listened to the sound of them breaking, Hwan Shin came up with a good idea. "Ah. That's right. If the other person is a celebrity, I can use that." [How? How do you do it? What are you going to do?] "I..." [?] "What if I become Woo Yeonwoo's *homma* [a dedicated fan who actively supports a celebrity]?" < 120. To Follow Without Suspicion > End