Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 203

“Yeonwoo, is this real?”

Someone sent me a link on social media.

‘What do you mean, is what real?’

The person who sent the link was a fan. A fan who often appeared on Rembrary’s social media and always left kind words.

Knowing they wouldn’t give me useless information, Rembrary followed the link.

Clicking the blue text opened a new screen.

‘I was shocked when I first saw this.’

The new screen contained a long post, and at a glance, the name ‘Woo Yeonwoo’ appeared frequently.

‘What is this? It looks like someone wrote about Woo Yeonwoo?’

Rembrary carefully read the post.

“······.”

After reading the entire post, Rembrary frowned. The content claimed to be from a classmate discussing Woo Yeonwoo’s school days.

However, Rembrary was certain it was a lie.

Whether divine power was the same as holy power or not, assuming it was a special power, Woo Sungwoo was shocked to learn that his brother had the ‘Eye’ [a spiritual or supernatural ability]. To the point where he suspected he wasn’t his real brother. If there had been any signs of it earlier, he wouldn’t have suspected it like that.

Most importantly······.

—The person who wrote that is wrong, so my believers don’t need to worry. >.< Rembrary replied to the believer who sent the link with a comment. Then, he went to the agency for the final performance practice. Tomorrow was finally the first awards ceremony stage. He still lacked confidence in his dancing, but he had to avoid tripping over the members. However, during the break, he checked social media again and found a fight in the comments section. It was because of that person. The person who claimed to be a classmate. That person came to Rembrary's social media and protested, saying, "Why are you making me out to be a liar?" With Rembrary's believers and haters mixed in, the situation was a complete mess. "Tsk tsk." "Why? Did some strange news come out?" "I must be quite popular." "······Ugh, you're so annoying." Whether Hyegyeol turned her head away or not, Rembrary rolled up his sleeves and began preparing to join the fray. "Hey, what are you doing!" Just then, Jongwoo, who was coming in from outside, noticed and rushed over. But Rembrary had already left a comment. —It's not a lie >ㅅ< —It's XX Middle School, right? Your brother is in the high school next door, and you two were famous for being so handsome. Jongwoo quickly checked the comment battlefield Rembrary had joined and breathed a sigh of relief. There was nothing particularly problematic in Rembrary's comments yet. Separately— "What's with this attention seeker?" Jongwoo was also angry at the suddenly appearing 'Woo Yeonwoo' classmate. "Am I attending the same school as the author?" "The school name is right. What divine power? You didn't have anything like that when you first came as a trainee. You were just a normal middle schooler." Rembrary pondered and then left another comment. "What, what are you going to say!" Jongwoo, surprised, checked the comment Rembrary wrote, read the content, and let it go, thinking it was okay. "Is it okay?" "Yeah. If you post this comment, the guy who's picking on you will look like complete trash, but it's okay. If he's going to stir up trouble with lies, he should be prepared for this kind of reaction." With Jongwoo's permission, Rembrary posted the comment he wrote as a reply to the attention seeker. —My brother and I are adopted, so there's no way we'd have some kind of inherited divine power. Just 30 seconds after posting the comment, all hell broke loose. Rembrary's fans were furious at the attention seeker, who may or may not have been a classmate, for bringing up the secret of his birth and poured out harsh criticism. The classmate who tried to get attention also didn't seem to know this fact and couldn't respond, looking flustered. Of course, they wouldn't have known. Rembrary and Woo Sungwoo had only found out about the adoption recently. Jongwoo and Rembrary watched the battle scene of the believers bravely tearing apart the attention seeker with satisfaction and then quietly high-fived. * * * When they arrived at the agency, Jongwoo instructed. "We have to wake up early tomorrow. Everyone, go to bed early. Don't stay up late playing. And don't order pizza at night, or you'll hear things like your face changed tomorrow, you gained weight." As he spoke, Jongwoo's gaze was fixed on Rembrary. "I understand." Rembrary said sullenly and went to wash up and go to his room. With good timing, Woo Sungwoo called Rembrary at that moment. As soon as Woo Sungwoo answered the phone, he asked. —Are you okay? Some strange person was picking on you during the day. "I'm fine." —Yeah, you seemed okay, but I was just asking in case. "Okay." —······. "Is that why you called? I need to go to bed early." —How heartless. "Hang up if you have nothing to say." As Rembrary was about to hang up, Woo Sungwoo, who had been quiet and slow the whole time, shouted. —Wait a minute! Rembrary reluctantly brought the phone back to his ear. "What." —You asked me in a text yesterday. "Asked what." —Try to remember what you asked. Are you a simpleton? "It is more efficient to run the brain by discarding useless information immediately." —You asked how to get the 'Eye.' "Was that yesterday? Why? Did you think of a way?" —But you already have the 'Eye,' so what are you trying to find out for? "Someone I know wants to have the 'Eye' too. What is the method?" —I don't know either. Like I said, I just cried and then I could see it. But not everyone who cries gets the 'Eye.' That was true. "Then why did you call if you're not going to be helpful?" —I have something to ask. I answered you, so you answer me too. "What." —Are you a saint? Rembrary was yawning but was surprised. This time, he was really surprised. Shin Joowoon asked that question yesterday. And now even Woo Sungwoo. Everyone couldn't think of him as a saint even after knowing about his abilities, so why are they suddenly asking these questions? It was because the fans had gathered all the circumstances of him treating people and posted them as 'Woo Yeonwoo Angel Evidence,' but Rembrary didn't know this, so he couldn't help but be puzzled. Rembrary's believers had the experience of diligently defending him as a kind crazy person when Rembrary was being called crazy. Using that experience, this time, when they heard that Rembrary was suspicious, strange, and scary, they were pretending that he was mysterious and fairy-like. Rembrary's fans were desperate in their own way. —Like I said yesterday, you were seriously hurt because of me. I owe you, so······ I won't catch you even if you're a saint. So I hope you'll tell me honestly. "You and I are brothers, does that matter?" —I need to prepare myself. "That's something you need to prepare yourself for?" —Someone has a bomb inside their body. They don't know they have a bomb in their body. The bomb is connected to their heart, so it will stop when they die. You find out who has the bomb in their body. No one knows when this bomb will explode. It might explode tomorrow or 100 years from now. What will you do then? Will you kill that person for the sake of the people, or will you save that person for their own sake? "What is the bomb?" —You idiot. Rembrary frowned, and the sound of someone blowing air came from the receiver. "Don't sigh into the phone. It's unpleasant to hear." —You idiot. "Don't swear either." —Okay, forget it. Next time my phone rings and I ask you the same question, answer that you are definitely not a saint. That's all. Rembrary hung up the phone and frowned. Does that mean Nakru will call Woo Sungwoo's phone? He stared intently at the phone, but no further answers came. * * * The next day. Finally, it was the day of the music awards ceremony. The members woke up early in the morning and went to the salon. Three other idol groups were already there. "Make them as handsome as possible, as cool as possible. Make them so that anyone who sees them will be in awe. Make it so that people can become fans just by looking at their photos." While the members were greeting the other idols, Jongwoo made unreasonable demands to the makeup artists. After that, the members spent several hours getting their makeup and hair done, and then put on the outfits they had prepared in advance, half sponsored and half paid for out of pocket. They were gray and purple suits, and the color ratio of the clothes was different for each of the five people, for the red carpet. They would wear this when they stepped on the red carpet and then change clothes before the stage later. After arriving at the venue where the stage was held, the parking lot area was already full of fans. "Oh, it must be cold. What if they catch a cold?" Keshie clicked his tongue while looking out the window. Rembrary thought that Keshie was very two-faced. Such a selfish guy takes the best care of the fans among the Wild Animal members. "Why are you looking at me like that, making me feel bad?" "He says things like that." "Hey, Woo Yeonwoo, why are you picking a fight from the morning? Jongwoo hyung [older brother/hyung is a Korean term used by males to address older male friends or siblings], he started it first today. You saw it, right?" While bickering, the members safely entered the waiting room. Perhaps because so many teams were coming out today, the hallway in front of the waiting room was bustling, even though it was a larger space than usual. At that time. The idol who Rembrary had advised to go to the heart hospital a few days ago passed by, saw Rembrary, smiled, and came over to greet him. "I went to the hospital as you said before, and it was effective. Thank you." Rembrary smiled gently but didn't say anything else and passed by. The idol was flustered and looked at his member and asked with his lips. Did I make a mistake? The member quietly asked back. "Aren't you angry because you talked about it carelessly on a variety show?" It wasn't that. Rembrary wasn't angry at the idol and ignored him, but was lost in thought. Woo Sungwoo, Shin Joowoon, the many believers who claim that Rembrary is an angel, The broadcast, the idol who received help for a while, Even the reporter and the detective who praised him greatly. It seemed that most people already knew about Rembrary's greatness. He had been hiding himself to avoid being noticed by Nakru, but he had already become a unique person that everyone who needed to know knew. Was there a need to hide his identity in this situation? Besides, Redrin told him to make many believers here. It is difficult to make believers while hiding his identity. These things bubbled up as questions and made his head complicated. However, unlike Rembrary's confused mind, the awards ceremony was in a festive mood. It was the first year-end awards ceremony of the year, so everyone was in high spirits. It was even more so because it was the Christmas season. That atmosphere became even more inflated and even more splendid when they went to the main stage after the rehearsal. The cheers of the people, the excited faces of the singers and dancers, the actors invited to present the awards, the many fans who came from afar to see the stage······. In the midst of all this, the Wild Animal members became quieter than usual. It was their first time being invited to a year-end awards ceremony, so they were more nervous than the other idols. When they were practicing, they all thought it was just hard. But when they came to this place, it only felt like they hadn't practiced enough. In particular, Keshie's mentality had already become extremely thin, and he couldn't say a word. Finally, when it was Rembrary and Yulri's turn to go on stage, Keshie finally gathered his mentality a little and warned. "Don't stick too close when you're dancing!" Jongwoo slapped Keshie on the back. "If he and Yulri don't hold on to each other, they'll both fall over!" Since it was true, Keshie couldn't say anything, and Rembrary finally met Yulri in the hallway and went to the stage. As they went out on stage, the cheers rang loudly in their ears. Yulri, as an idol who had already gained a lot of popularity, smiled leisurely. The anxious look in the hallway was nowhere to be found. Rembrary was also used to standing in front of people, so he didn't tremble. And finally, when the music started, Rembrary and Yulri held hands and began to dance the penguin concept dance that they had practiced diligently together. Watching the scene on the monitor, Jongwoo covered his face with both hands. "I knew this would happen, but······ I'm embarrassed." Finally, the music ended. Still, the climax of the two's performance was somewhat cool. Yulri, who had spun around on the stage, grabbed Yeonwoo's hand and stopped, which was a fairly difficult move. However, Rembrary, who was supposed to support Yulri's waist right away, supported her waist with a slight gap, and Yulri, after confirming that her safety was secured, leaned on his hand and held out her hand with a '짠! [Jjan! is a Korean onomatopoeia used when presenting something with a flourish, like 'ta-da!']' 'Why are they doing the movements so disjointedly!' Woo Sungwoo, who turned on the year-end awards ceremony on TV for the first time in a while to see his brother's performance, took a pose similar to Jongwoo's and groaned after seeing the last dance. Anyway, after the stage was over, Rembrary and Yulri stayed on stage for a while to greet the gathered fans, and in the meantime, a senior idol who was in charge of the proceedings came over and praised them. "Wow, you danced really uniquely!" And after saying a few words, it was finally time for the two to go back. The host suddenly asked a strange question. "But Woo Yeonwoo has been a hot topic recently for something very strange. How much of it is real? There's talk of seeing ghosts and things like that, do you really see things like that?" At the sudden question, some laughed, but some became quiet. Was it okay to ask such a question? The audience also looked at each other, whispering. In some ways, it was a question that could be laughed off, and in some ways, it was a tactless question. In this ambiguous atmosphere, Rembrary took the microphone and answered calmly. "Yes."