Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 132

< Episode 132. There's a Dangerous Element >

“I brought something on my shadow?”

Rembrary asked, puzzled.

It wasn’t that he didn’t know something was attached to his shadow. Sagamjae, Yeomra, and he himself knew something was attached to his shadow, but it was strange that he was asking out of the blue as if he didn’t know.

Sagamjae sighed and frowned.

“There’s an evil spirit and the real Woo Yeon-woo in my shadow. You know that, don’t you?”

Rembrary repeated himself, thinking Sagamjae didn’t understand, but Sagamjae shook his head.

“I know that too.”

“Then why?”

“I’m saying that the evil spirit might not be an evil spirit.”

“The evil spirit might not be an evil spirit?”

Rembrary waved his hands wildly.

“No, wait a minute.”

As he spoke, he realized that he had missed an even more important part before.

“Are you saying that while I have no memory, this time the evil spirit has taken over this body?”

“It was a fleeting energy that appeared and disappeared, so I didn’t see it in detail, but it wasn’t an energy that could simply be called an evil spirit and be done with. That energy did take over your body.”

“I was about to fight the Demon King in my original world before I came into this body. Could it be related to that?”

“Maybe so.”

Rembrary got up from the sofa and rubbed his eyes.

“It’s uncomfortable. I want to go back to my body soon.”

Borrowing someone else’s body wasn’t good. The real Woo Yeon-woo seemed frustrated in his own way, and whatever fragment of the Demon King that had followed him didn’t seem to want to stay quietly in the shadows.

And if they took over this body…….

Rembrary recalled the time when he had lost his memory.

Come to think of it, before, when the ‘real Woo Yeon-woo’ took control of the body, he only ruined the stage but knew the lyrics to the song.

“Sagamjae, did the evil spirit that appeared in my body recognize you?”

“I fainted right away, so I don’t know.”

Rembrary thought about himself during the time he had lost his memory. On the premise that the evil spirit, like the real Woo Yeon-woo, had memories when it took over the body, unlike them, Rembrary himself didn’t remember what happened when he lost control of the body.

Is it because they stay in the shadows and can continue to see the world, while he can’t see the world when he loses control?

“Did the evil spirit seem smart?”

Sagamjae recalled the demon Woo Yeon-woo, who had muttered short and intense complaints to the saint Woo Yeon-woo, and nodded.

“He seemed to be able to speak properly and convey emotions. Saying it like this makes it sound like a smart pet. It wasn’t at that level.”

“It’s complicated.”

“Be careful.”

“Are you worried about me?”

Rembrary smiled as if it were nothing.

“But don’t worry too much. They want me to succeed as a celebrity more than I do.”

Woo Yeon-woo originally wanted to become a celebrity.

The evil spirit who followed him probably had world domination as his future hope, but since he’s smart, he probably won’t just step out and ruin things.

Sagamjae closed the newspaper, sighed, got up, and turned off the TV that kept bothering him.

The news on TV had finished broadcasting about two college students, and an advertisement was playing in which an unknown actor was riding a motorcycle and shouting the name of a beverage product. Then, light swirled in the sky, and a giant beverage appeared through the clouds.

Rembrary’s mouth slowly opened as he watched the scene. It was obvious what he was thinking.

“What is that, Sagamjae?”

“Is the beverage the problem now?”

“Is it so delicious that you shout its name while riding a motorcycle? Is it a taste given by the heavens?”

“No. In reality, you’d just be called crazy and that’s it. And please focus.”

Sagamjae went to the kitchen and prepared various foods.

He placed them on the coffee table and set them up with a flourish, and Rembrary’s concentration increased again.

“Okay, what’s the problem, if not the beverage?”

“If you’re not careful, you could be treated as a special key figure in the afterlife.”

“I’m already a key figure, aren’t I? Isn’t that why you’re following me around? For protection and surveillance?”

“I mean you could be treated as a more dangerous key figure.”

“Because of the evil spirit?”

“I don’t know if it’s an evil spirit, a subordinate sent by the Demon King from Woo Yeon-woo’s world, or a part of your body. But the important thing isn’t what it is, but whether it’s dangerous or not. If it’s deemed dangerous, you might have to stay in the afterlife and be monitored.”

Rembrary’s eyes widened. Being monitored in the afterlife… in that place with terrible interior design. He didn’t want to.

Besides, it would be difficult to create followers if he went to the afterlife.

Going back to his original body was the best, but if he couldn’t, he wanted to eat delicious food here, easily gather followers, and follow Redrin’s message.

“I understand. But this isn’t a problem I need to worry about.”

* * *

When Rembrary returned to the dorm with Sagamjae, Jongwoo was already there.

Rembrary thought Jongwoo would get angry and scold him, but instead, Jongwoo asked with a worried look on his face.

“Are you okay? I heard you collapsed?”

Looking at Sagamjae, he shrugged as if to say, ‘Well, that’s true.’

Well, that was true. Rembrary had no memory from the time the evil spirit took control, but this body did collapse.

“I’m a little weak.”

As Rembrary answered weakly, Jongwoo just pursed his lips, feeling uneasy.

He was worried that the fact that the kid kept collapsing might be related to the memory loss.

The previous health checkup showed no problems, but he wondered if he should get another checkup at a different hospital, just in case.

Rembrary left Jongwoo to worry and went back to his room to change his clothes.

Seeing him so calm, unaware of his worries, Jongwoo felt a little relieved.

But he firmly asked Sagamjae.

“You just happened to be there, but he collapsed in front of you twice. He might trust you especially. Please take care of him if you meet him elsewhere.”

“Of course.”

After a while, Rembrary came out in a tracksuit. He was dressed comfortably because there were no scheduled events today. Even though it was comfortable clothes, the top and bottom matched well, so it didn’t feel like indoor wear.

However, contrary to Rembrary’s expectation that there would be no schedule, Jongwoo took the members to the broadcasting station instead of the agency office and explained.

“The Chuseok [Korean Thanksgiving] special program that I delivered through Jungseo has been confirmed. The participating teams will meet in advance to greet each other, get to know each other, and receive some precautions.”

“Couldn’t you have told me this in advance, Jongwoo?”

“Why?”

“Look at my clothes.”

“It’s pretty. It suits you well. It looks neat?”

“It’s not that the clothes are neat, it’s that the clothes hanger is neat.”

Kesh thought Rembrary was dressed perfectly well. Still, he liked his sulky appearance, so he kept teasing him.

However, when he actually arrived, he was not in a position to tease others.

“Oh? It’s Yuli noona [older sister/female friend, used by younger males].”

As Hyegyeol said while teasing Kesh, the group to which Yuli O belonged was there among the Chuseok special filming crew.

The PD [Production Director] who would be in charge of the special program arrived later and briefly explained the purpose and expression methods of the program to those gathered.

Yuli O seemed surprised to see Kesh, but she didn’t bother to acknowledge him.

After that, by drawing lots, they chose which boy group and girl group would sing each other’s songs in their own way, and which currently active idols and idols who had stopped their idol activities would sing which group’s songs.

After the PD explained the precautions and procedures a few more times, the members took Jongwoo’s car and arrived straight at the office.

The members’ expressions were dark throughout the return trip.

The leader, Jungseo, represented them in the paper drawing, and the girl group they had to sing happened to be Long Distance, to which Yuli O belonged.

Long Distance’s dances had many difficult group dances, but they were more concerned about the fact that it was Yuli’s group.

The members kept checking Kesh’s face. Kesh’s face was pale, and he was just biting his nails.

It was understandable.

Kesh’s fans and Yuli’s fans didn’t want the two of them to be involved in any way, whether in newspaper articles or at broadcasting stations.

They hadn’t officially acknowledged their dating rumors, but most people already thought the two were dating and always brought up the story in the comments.

If Wild Animal sang a song by Yuli’s group in this situation, they stiffened just thinking about how the fans on both sides would react.

* * *

The discussion of which Long Distance song Wild Animal would cover was slightly pushed back upon arrival at the agency.

More than the dating rumors, there were many things to decide, such as which Long Distance song would not damage the image that Wild Animal was currently making, how to arrange it, and who to hire as arrangers and choreographers, so they had to gather the people who would be in the meeting.

While waiting, the members started doing their own things. Jungseo seemed a little anxious while waiting for the audition results, and Kesh was just venting his anger, saying it was all Hyegyeol’s fault for blabbing. Taein hummed and tried to arrange Long Distance’s song in his own way first.

Meanwhile, Rembrary met Someri on the rooftop.

It was thanks to Someri finding Rembrary first, which was a good thing for Rembrary.

He still had something he had to say to Someri yesterday. The question was cut off in the middle because people presumed to be Nakru intervened.

[Strong strong stronger than I thought. Could it be that the Great Demon Lord sent him for us? I was pounding pounding pounding.]

Looking strangely at Someri, who was more welcoming than usual, Rembrary said firmly.

“It isn’t.”

[But strong. Very strong. Eummae claps, claps.]

“Rather than that, the words I was going to say yesterday. Can I ask again?”

[The Great Demon Lord can say anything!]

“Didn’t I say I’m not the Great Demon Lord?”

[But…….]

“Rather than that, Eummae. The size is about your size. It’s in the form of a large human male, and any monster is fine as long as it has a face. Can you get such a monster?”

[Monster?]

Someri pointed to himself with his finger.

“Not you, another monster. But it must be of a gentle nature. Is there one?”

[Gentle? Gentle? As gentle as Eummae? How about Eummae?]

“What’s so gentle about you?”

He pulls out his sheep horns and wields them like weapons when he gets angry. Rembrary clicked his tongue and instructed again.

“With a tendency not to harm people. Can you bring one?”

[Until when?]

“By today.”

* * *

Rembrary’s request to find a large but gentle monster in one day was an unreasonable request in this world, where there were originally few monsters.

But fortunately, or perhaps not, there were more demons than usual today.

Because of what happened last night, monsters and demons who wanted to look good to Rembrary were wandering not far away.

They were circling around without daring to approach, so Someri picked out a monster among them that fit the conditions Rembrary had said and brought it.

[Will this do?]

Rembrary nodded with satisfaction.

The monster Someri brought had broad shoulders, the body of a large human male, and a perfectly normal tiger’s head attached.

It perfectly matched Im Yu-han’s request, so it would be perfect to give as a gift tomorrow.

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