Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 135

< 135. Tae-in Was Wrong >

First of all, Woo Yeon-woo had definitely never met that demon named Lavrum. If he had, the demon would have recognized Woo Yeon-woo’s face immediately. But he didn’t seem to know him at all.

“Lavrum…”

However, when he searched for Lavrum, no information related to demons came up at all.

‘So, he didn’t find out about it through an internet search… Well, if he knew Lavrum well, there would be no reason to search the internet.’

The fact that he searched means he wanted to know something about Lavrum, and that means Woo Yeon-woo also heard the name ‘Lavrum’ from someone?

‘Should I ask Woo Sung-woo after all?’

But he didn’t want to call. Woo Sung-woo is Woo Yeon-woo’s brother, and he was the first to suspect his identity, so he instinctively felt reluctant.

In the end, Rembrary sent a text to Woo Sung-woo.

[It’s me.]

The reply arrived almost immediately.

[Who’s ‘me’?]

[Your brother.]

[ㅡㅡ]

[I have something to ask, so open your eyes.]

[…What is it?]

Rembrary was about to immediately tell him about the man who was going around with a demon, but he changed his mind. He felt he should first confirm whether Woo Sung-woo was answering him properly.

Having changed his mind, Rembrary first asked a commonplace question.

[You know I lost my memory, right?]

[Yeah.]

[What kind of person was I?]

[Mostly nice, but kind of an idiot.]

‘Were they not on good terms as brothers?’

Is this considered answering well?

Rembrary stared at his phone, feeling awkward.

He also had older siblings, but they would never answer like this. They were proud of their younger brother, who was a high priest, so they mostly said good things…

The real Woo Yeon-woo really has no luck with people. As he sighed, Woo Sung-woo texted again.

[But why? Do you want to find your memory?]

[Give me the contact information of that guy in the suit who was holding the leash you told me to meet before.]

[Hwan Shin?]

[I don’t know his name. Anyway, that person.]

Is he having trouble answering? The texts stopped for a moment. It wasn’t until 6 minutes later that a reply came.

[Why?]

[I have something to ask.]

[What do you have to ask that person for?]

There were many things to ask.

First, he wanted to probe whether Hwan Shin knew he was keeping a demon.

If he knew and was keeping him, there was a high probability that he was a contractor. The demon contractors Rembrary knew were generally dangerous.

It might not necessarily be to the extent that just contracting with a demon poses a threat to all of humanity.

However, demon contractors usually had something they strongly desired, and demons used all sorts of terrible means to achieve what the contractor wanted.

Then, Rembrary suddenly felt gloomy.

Even if that guy was a contractor with a demon, Rembrary wasn’t a high priest here, and he didn’t have the power of a high priest, so wouldn’t it be difficult to do anything?

Meanwhile, on the other end of the phone, Woo Sung-woo was nervous and anxiously licked his lips as his younger brother suddenly stopped answering and dragged on for 5 minutes.

‘Could it be that he’s attracted to Chunripoong [a fictional organization or group]? Is that why he’s asking?’ An uneasy thought came to mind.

Chunripoong and Nakru [another fictional organization or group] weren’t fighting right now. Rather, they were helping each other. However, in principle, they had ideologies that couldn’t mix. They were very bad when their relationship was bad, so you never knew when they would go wrong again.

It was clear that his current younger brother had become a bit suspicious, but he was still his brother. He didn’t want to send his brother to such a strange group.

In the end, Woo Sung-woo hurriedly suggested first via text.

[Ask me. I know everything about that person.]

[You wouldn’t know.]

[I told you I know everything?]

[No, it’s a story you don’t know.]

This time, the reply came right away, but Woo Sung-woo was nervous. ‘He seems to want to join Chunripoong too…….’

‘Does he mean that Nakru doesn’t know about Chunripoong’s work?’

[I know everything! Ask me!]

In the end, Woo Sung-woo made an empty promise for now.

And Rembrary, who saw that text, frowned in trouble.

‘Ask Woo Sung-woo about demons? The moment I ask, won’t he try to dig into how I knew about such things?’

‘But if he goes that far and I answer ‘something you don’t know,’ Woo Sung-woo might be able to guess based on that. He’s asking about demons, so that’s why he’s making excuses!’

In the end, after much deliberation, Rembrary gave an example of a question that wasn’t about demons, but Hwan Shin could answer and Woo Sung-woo couldn’t.

[Leash.]

[What?]

[I’m going to ask where he bought the leash.]

Woo Sung-woo’s eyes widened when he saw the text. That was something he really couldn’t know.

Hwan Shin’s leash was a very nasty taste, and many of his subordinates were embarrassed by it.

‘But why does my brother want that leash?’

[What are you going to use that for?]

[I picked up a big cat.]

[…It’s not some kind of cat monster, is it?]

[No.]

Since what he picked up was a tiger-headed monster, it wasn’t a lie at all.

Woo Sung-woo was flustered and sent a text saying, “Then come out.”

[I’ll call that person and have you talk to them in front of me.]

[You’re really making things difficult. I’m not a one or two-year-old child. What are you doing?]

[If we’re just talking about memory, aren’t you less than a year old?]

[I’m busy, so it’s hard to coordinate a time for the three of us. I have to rap, you know.]

[What?]

[Just give me the contact information.]

Fortunately for Rembrary, the team leader passed by Woo Sung-woo at that moment and nagged, “Why don’t you just give it to him?”

Woo Sung-woo hurriedly hid his phone, wondering if the team leader had seen his text, but the team leader was already walking away.

When Woo Sung-woo glared at him, the team leader said in a resigned tone.

“Your brother is always hanging out with his manager, and there are always people in his dorm. And Hwan Shin isn’t interested in people.”

“Still—”

“I’m telling you, it’s really okay. He’s not even interested in saints. He only shows interest if there’s even 1% of a demon mixed in. Of course, if there’s a 1% demon, he’ll go crazy.”

That was true. Besides, Hwan Shin had clearly told him that his brother was human.

Woo Sung-woo hesitated and eventually sent Hwan Shin’s contact information to his brother via text.

Besides, as the team leader said, his brother was a grown adult and already had many people around him.

They lived separately, and there were times when he couldn’t reach him at all due to overseas assignments, so it was strange to suddenly act like this now.

Of course, his memory was fine before he left, but not now…

[Thank you.]

‘Will it be okay?’

* * *

Rembrary quickly tried to call Hwan Shin’s contact number.

However, the other party was on the phone.

After waiting for about 5 minutes, he called again, but he was still on the phone.

While waiting for him to finish his call, Rembrary checked his SNS [Social Networking Service] on his phone to save time.

Then, Oh Jung-shin’s account happened to pop up as a recommended SNS account next to his.

This happened because Oh Jung-shin and Woo Yeon-woo’s fans often visited each other’s accounts, but Rembrary didn’t know the circumstances, so he just thought it was a strange recommendation and went into Oh Jung-shin’s account.

“Oh my.”

That rude bastard was acting completely out of character on his own account.

Rembrary clicked his tongue and scrolled down through the photos, clicking his tongue even louder when he saw Oh Jung-shin with a fist-sized flower pinned to his head.

“His sense of aesthetics is truly awful.”

But surprisingly, Oh Jung-shin’s fans were showering him with compliments for the flower photo, calling him cute and pretty. Some even said he was the most handsome man in the world.

Rembrary was shocked. I’m way more handsome!

‘Is this what they like in this world?’

It seemed that way. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be calling Oh Jung-shin the most handsome man in the world.

Rembrary hesitated, then decided to take a picture with a flower himself.

He needed to increase his followers in this world.

If he could use his divine power freely, he wouldn’t have to go to such lengths, but since he couldn’t, he had to captivate his followers’ eyes.

‘Where are the flowers…’

“Ah, Tae-in. Tae-in!”

“Busy.”

“Lend me some flowers.”

“Why are you asking me that?”

“I saw a fan giving them to you on your way back from the broadcasting station.”

“When the hell did you see that?”

“Just lend them to me. I’m going to take a picture. I’ll credit you.”

Tae-in knew that having the group members’ names mentioned together on SNS [Social Networking Service] was good for the group’s image, so he reluctantly went into his room, took a paper-wrapped bouquet from his bag, and held it out.

“Here.”

“Why do you keep flowers in your bag?”

“They’re soap flowers. And if I leave them out, that idiot Hye-gyeol will tear them apart and wash his face with them.”

“What are soap flowers?”

Rembrary was puzzled and took the soap flowers, admiring them.

The flowers smelled like soap, a very pleasant scent.

“So that’s why they’re called soap flowers!”

“What?”

“Then the soap name, is it taken from soap flowers? Because it smells like soap?”

“What are you talking about… Uh. Uh-huh. Right. Yeah. People like the smell of soap, so they made a cleanser with the same scent as soap flowers and called it soap.”

Listening to Tae-in’s explanation, Rembrary hugged the flowers contentedly and held out his phone to Tae-in.

“Take a picture.”

As Rembrary struck a pose smelling the flowers, Tae-in cursed under his breath and took three quick pictures before leaving.

Rembrary placed the soap flowers on the bed and checked the photos he had just taken.

Even though Tae-in had snapped them quickly and without much care, they came out surprisingly well.

Rembrary was pleased with the results.

While he knew he didn’t quite resemble his original body, he thought this was good enough for now. He quickly opened his social media account and prepared to post the photo.

Just as he was about to upload it, he felt something was missing. He decided to show off his newly acquired knowledge and wit.

[Tae-in gave me soap flowers from a fan! I need to get a pot and plant them before they wilt! >ㅅ<] *Soap flowers are artificial flowers made from soap, often used for decoration or as a novelty gift.* "This way, it won't look like I'm just bragging about my looks, and I'll seem intelligent," Rembrary thought, pleased with his cleverness. He quickly uploaded the photo and text. Within seconds, a comment appeared. It was a private message. [Yeon-woo, please, just leave the photo of your face and delete the text ㅠ] It wasn't exactly the praise and admiration he had been expecting. As Rembrary was puzzling over the comment, more comments poured in within seconds. Most of them echoed the sentiment of the first, asking him to delete the text. But in the meantime, a fan of Oh Jeong-shin, a frequent hater who often left insults, commented and ran away, [LOLOLOL I've already screenshotted everything, you moron]. Rembrary's loyal followers immediately rushed to Oh Jeong-shin's social media account to defend him and wage war, leaving Rembrary even more bewildered by the situation. While that was happening, Seonwoo Sil also left a private comment. [Why are you deliberately sabotaging your handsome face with your own words?] Rembrary first deleted the text from his post and then asked Seonwoo Sil, [Why? What did I do wrong?] Seonwoo Sil didn't offer a direct explanation but instead gave him cryptic advice. [Before you go to bed tonight, bow deeply to your fans four times, facing east, west, south, and north. Say, 'Thank you for loving this dumbass,' LOL] [Do you do that too, *sunbae* [senior/mentor]?] [Why would I ever do that?] [Your fans love your real self just as much as your photoshopped pictures, don't they?] [This little bastard, you only know how to talk nicely when you want something?] Even while exchanging messages with Seonwoo Sil, Rembrary couldn't shake the gloomy feeling that people weren't reacting the way he had hoped. "What did I do this time that everyone is calling me stupid and a moron again?" Besides, this is what his followers were saying in an attempt to defend Rembrary: [Our Yeon-woo's charm is that he's so adorably clueless!] "I'm not clueless... I'm actually quite meticulous..." Rembrary muttered to himself, feeling misunderstood. Then, he noticed 'Hometlman' pop up as another recommended account. That wasn't necessarily the problem in itself. What really caught his eye was the description below the person's name: 'Woo Yeon-woo *Homma* [ardent fan].' "*Homma*?" < 135. It's Tae-in's Fault > End