Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 138

< Chapter 138. Excuses Don't Work >

“Oh, it’s not like that.”

“What do you mean it’s not! There’s only me here, you little punk! Who else would you be talking to?”

The blonde seemed to get angrier as he spoke, glaring menacingly.

Rembrary denied it, but from the other’s perspective, being the only two in the hallway, it was obvious he was talking to him.

The blonde blew his bangs and demanded, “Apologize.”

Rembrary looked bewildered, and the blonde demanded again.

“I said, apologize.”

“I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong, so I don’t know what I should apologize for.”

“Coming up to a senior and talking down to them isn’t wrong?”

“I’m telling you, I wasn’t talking to a senior.”

“Hey, regardless of seniority, do you even know how much older I am than you, you little brat?”

“Do you… know my age?”

“Why are you getting all emotional here, you punk?”

Fortunately, Jongwoo, who had come to find Rembrary, spotted the scene and rushed over to apologize on his behalf.

Rembrary frowned and stared at the blonde.

Jongwoo repeatedly apologized to the blonde, then turned to Rembrary with a scolding tone.

“Why are you randomly talking to strangers and causing this mess!”

“I just called out to him because there was a tiger ghost walking behind him.”

Rumors about Rembrary’s eerie experiences had been circulating, so both the blonde and Jongwoo froze.

The blonde, startled, glanced behind him, then got even angrier at being swayed by Rembrary’s words and stormed off, cursing even more.

Once the blonde was gone, Jongwoo sighed and pleaded.

“Please, just… Hey. Whether it’s a tiger ghost or a lion ghost, don’t pay attention to what’s attached to strangers. Okay?”

“How can I not?”

“Just try to be mindful in situations like this.”

“I will try to observe the situation.”

Rembrary answered obediently, and Jongwoo looked suspicious. ‘Why is he answering so readily?’ But he couldn’t question him just for answering obediently, so Jongwoo took Rembrary back to the waiting room.

In fact, Jongwoo didn’t need to be anxious at all. Rembrary was just answering absentmindedly because his attention was already focused on the tiger-headed monster.

‘Is Senior Yim running around as he pleases because he can’t see him?’

Rembrary looked around, but in the brief scuffle with the blonde, the tiger-headed monster had disappeared.

There was no other way to call the tiger-headed monster.

Rembrary worriedly opened the waiting room door and sat down in the innermost seat.

‘Judging from the earlier situation, the tiger head seems to be targeting humans as much as the cow head. Would it be okay to leave him next to Yim Yoohan?’

‘I did give a clear warning, and I thought he was a demon who could understand warnings…’

‘Come to think of it, I didn’t warn him not to touch other people.’

Rembrary thought for a moment and then took out his phone.

It was difficult to find the tiger head right away, so he had to ask Yim Yoohan if he was okay, as a matter of urgency.

[Senior. Have you experienced anything strange after receiving the gift I gave you?]

About five minutes passed before he received a reply.

[Yeah… the necklace sometimes floats on its own……]

“!”

[Why are you telling me that nowㅠㅠ]

[I just thought a handsome tiger-faced guy was wandering around, so I didn’t mind.]

‘This senior has amazing courage.’ Rembrary was dumbfounded but also impressed.

There were signs of it when he calmly sent a text message during the cow head incident, but he was truly a strong-hearted person.

[Where is that necklace now?]

[I think he went out for a while without the necklace. Ah. I think he’s back now.]

[It doesn’t seem dangerous or anything?]

[He occasionally brings a flower to the table. I think he likes flowers.]

‘At least he listened to the request not to touch Senior Yim.’

Rembrary was relieved for the time being.

* * *

After finishing the greetings with the PD [Production Director] and returning to the dorm, Jongwoo banged on the refrigerator and instructed.

“We’re moving next week, so everyone pack your bags.”

Hyegyeol grumbled, “What bags? I don’t have anything to pack,” and Jongwoo retorted, “Then go empty-handed,” before taking out his phone to check the schedule and continuing.

“There aren’t any special schedules for Chuseok [Korean Thanksgiving]… We can just take a group photo tomorrow and then go home. The group photo will be uploaded to the news for holiday greetings, and the content will be written by the company’s PR team.”

‘Home?’ Rembrary raised his eyebrows. Does Woo Yeonwoo have a home?

The first thing that came to mind was Woo Yeonwoo’s biological parents, but he heard they were both in a faraway country.

If he asked how to get there, he could probably go somehow, but it was too much of a hassle to go that way.

Woo Yeonwoo’s older brother, Woo Sungwoo, seemed to live not far away, but he didn’t want to go to Woo Sungwoo….

“Can I stay here?”

In the end, after thinking, he asked, and Jungseo passed by and said.

“Come to my house.”

Then Hyegyeol quickly raised his hand and shouted.

“Oh, come to my house, hyung [older brother/male friend]! My cousin is a huge fan of you! He always begs me to get your autograph, but if I take you in person, he’ll faint.”

Taein also smiled and warned.

“Don’t even think about saying you’ll come to my house.”

Rembrary raised his middle finger at Taein and then said to Jongwoo.

“Can I stay here alone?”

“Yeah, sure. There’s no reason why not. Just be careful with fire. That’s all you have to do. But are you going to be okay?”

“I will be fine.”

Rembrary answered readily.

There were many things he wanted to find out these days, so he didn’t mind staying alone for a few days.

“But Yeonwoo, won’t it be boring if you spend the holidays alone?”

“Nah, I can just play games.”

“That’s you, Hyegyeol. Yeonwoo doesn’t watch TV much, doesn’t play on the computer, and doesn’t play games like you, so how will he spend his time?”

* * *

Although the members and Jongwoo were worried, Rembrary still decided to stay in the dorm.

And while preparing a self-cam to record today’s events, he wondered when the next filming would be, when he received a text message from Shin Joowoon.

[If you’re not going far away for Chuseok, do you want to come to my house and hang out? Taeri is coming too]

‘Why is everyone inviting him like this?’ Rembrary was a little tempted. First of all, the two people’s houses would be close, and they would definitely eat delicious food.

However, he felt a little sorry for rejecting Jungseo and Hyegyeol and then going to hang out with Shin Joowoon and Jang Taeri right away.

In the end, Rembrary hesitated and rejected them this time as well.

[I have a lot of work to do, so I can’t.]

Shin Joowoon didn’t ask twice.

He didn’t even send a reply, but Rembrary felt uneasy for some reason, so he sent a text message first.

[Don’t eat anything delicious without me]

[The moment you don’t come, there won’t even be any soup left]

[What are you going to eat?]

[I’ll send you a picture laterㅋㅋㅋ]

[Don’t send it]

Rembrary huffed and started searching the internet for Chuseok food.

He had heard that Chuseok was a holiday, but he didn’t know the details, so he was curious about what kind of food would be served.

Rembrary admired the picture of songpyeon [small rice cakes] and swallowed hard at the picture of tangsuyuk [sweet and sour pork], then swallowed hard again at the picture of a table full of food.

‘Should he go to Shin Joowoon and Jang Taeri’s house to get some songpyeon and tangsuyuk after all?’

But as he was hesitating whether to change his mind, he saw the name ‘Woo Yeonwoo’ trending in the real-time search rankings next to him. Moreover, the names of Yulli and Keshi were also nearby.

‘What is this?’

As he was feeling bewildered, Shin Joowoon sent a text message before long.

[Are you cheating on Taeriㅋㅋㅋ]

Following that, Jang Taeri sent a text message saying [Five-way relationship ㄱㄱ?].

Rembrary got angry and replied to both of them that it wasn’t true, but he was really taken aback.

He thought Yulli was a good person, but she wasn’t a close friend of his. But an affair?

Fortunately, most people didn’t believe it, but….

* * *

Title: Woo Yeonwoo is having an affair with Yulli!

Did you see? Is it real?

A person who said they were a staff part-timer uploaded it.

―Bullshit. Total bullshit.

―Yeonwoo isn’t interested in people….

ㄴ22222

ㄴ333 It would be more believable if he declared he was going to become a chef or baker

ㄴ444 I’d believe it if he was dating pizza and cheating with chicken

―But if you had to choose between Keshi and Woo Yeonwoo, wouldn’t you choose Woo Yeonwoo?

―Still, it’s not right to cheat among members ;;

―Isn’t Woo Yeonwoo celibate?

ㄴYou can still be celibate even if you’re cheatingㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴDo you believe the words of celebrities pretending to be innocentㅋㅋ

―The staff part-timer is just going to get sued.

* * *

However, whether people believed it or not, Rembrary became unpleasant.

Who was the staff member who started the rumor?

However, there were too many staff members in the broadcasting station, so it was difficult to understand with just this information. Moreover, there was a high possibility that the person who spoke was lying about being a staff member to increase credibility.

First, Rembrary sent the content that people were talking about to Jongwoo as it was in a text message.

Not long after, Jongwoo replied immediately.

[It’s okay. We immediately released an article refuting it.]

Looking again, there was a rebuttal article that had just been uploaded.

Looking at the comments, people’s reactions were diverse.

―I knew it. The distributors are just going to get sued now^^ Popcorn time

―Woo Yeonwoo released an article because he felt guilty.

―Who asked if Woo Yeonwoo was cheating?

―No one said anything, but they’re releasing articles like this ;;? Isn’t this noise marketing?

―I didn’t even know these rumors were going around before the article came out. They’re spreading the rumors themselves.

After roughly looking at the reactions, he turned off the internet, and Jongwoo sent another text message.

[If the atmosphere doesn’t improve by tomorrow, I’ll sue for spreading malicious rumors. Don’t worry too much.]

‘Still, Jongwoo is better as a manager than Sagamjae.’

Sagamjae only has a face that stands out, but I don’t know what he does.

According to him, the number of saints has decreased due to Nakru, so the number of grim reapers has not been filled, so there is a severe labor shortage, but Rembrary doesn’t know the structure of the underworld here, so it was difficult to understand.

At that time, this time, a text message came from Woo Sungwoo.

He wondered if he was also going to talk about Chuseok or rumors, so he checked, but it was a completely different story.

[Did you hear any strange people or noises near your house on the night of the 8th?]

[What are you talking about?]

[I saw something like a demon, not a person.]

‘What’s wrong with him?’

[Why are you asking?]

[Two of my colleagues were attacked.]

Rembrary thought, ‘Why are you asking me that,’ but stopped at the story of two people.

He quietly recalled what happened a few days ago.

Night of the 8th… Come to think of it, that was the day he met the cow-headed monster.

It was also the day when the evil spirit or the fragment of the demon king hidden in the shadow completely took over his body for the first time, even for a short time.

Besides, the fact that two people were attacked, and the fact that he was asking about that, was clear.

Rembrary was startled and lied.

[I fell asleep early that night.]

[I saw you passing by on CCTV?]

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