Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 214

< 214. Encounter >

It was the day of filming for the third episode of .

“Is it really okay to resume filming already?”

“Even if they’re physically healthy, they could still have trauma.”

“They should rest a bit. The broadcast schedule can be postponed.”

“What if they push ahead and another problem arises?”

Many people were worried that the team was resuming filming so soon after the accident.

However, the production team had various circumstances that made it difficult to postpone.

The broadcast date was already set, and once that date was pushed back, there was no telling how far it would go. This would make investors anxious. The actors also had their own schedules, and it would be difficult if the schedule was postponed indefinitely and overlapped with other filming.

“Everyone is surprisingly healthy. The hospital thoroughly examined all the actors, staff, and people on set, and the results showed no major problems. This is all thanks to Sagamjae and Woo Yeonwoo bravely stepping forward.”

In the end, the director came forward to give a public interview, and it was decided to continue filming.

* * *

Inside the car heading to the outdoor filming location.

Rembrary was stuck to the window, gazing blankly at the green fields stretching out. It was the first time he had seen such green scenery in a long time since entering Woo Yeonwoo’s body.

While Sagamjae was driving, Jongwoo was busy texting the other members and nagging them. He belatedly noticed Rembrary’s reaction and asked,

“What’s so fascinating?”

“Look at that.”

“What about it?”

“Isn’t that a truly small hill?”

“……It’s a grave.”

“A grave that big? Is there perhaps a dungeon inside?”

Rembrary asked with sparkling eyes, and Jongwoo was taken aback.

“Dungeon? What dungeon?”

“Is there a dungeon guardian standing there, and if you receive the guardian’s recognition or defeat the guardian and go inside, there are treasures and such? Is it so?”

“…….”

“Does the owner of the grave sometimes appear too?”

“Is that something from the game you play with Hyegyeol?”

Only after seeing Jongwoo’s expression did Rembrary stop talking excitedly and trail off. Is there nothing like that here?

Rembrary reopened the script. Jongwoo watched him for a moment before advising,

“Yeonwoo, you can’t believe everything in the game Hyegyeol plays.”

* * *

The reason the team came to Gyeongju to film was to capture the scene of Hwarang [elite warrior group of Silla] candidates and Wanhwa [female leaders of the Hwarang] candidates taking their first test in a wide field.

As Rembrary walked around the set to greet the staff and actors who had arrived earlier, people playfully called him a hero and welcomed him.

Everyone had a favorable impression of him because of what Rembrary and Sagamjae had done to save people a few days ago.

After busily greeting people here and there.

Rembrary checked the filming content inside the van.

* * *

Haedam proposes to Gogyuin that they hold hands [form an alliance], but she is not sure whether Gogyuin will accept.

However, Gogyuin has no reason to refuse, so she immediately agrees.

Having received permission, Haedam proposes that they identify each other’s secret base locations and rush to help if either is in danger.

“Of course, also help when it seems like a badge is about to be taken.”

It is forbidden to take another alliance’s badge using force. It is only allowed in situations where they are protecting their badge and running away.

Baek Seolcho is happy to be working together because she has received help from Woo Baekyeon before. Finally, the test begins in earnest.

While a hundred soldiers wander around looking for Hwarang and Wanhwa, the Hwarang and Wanhwa hide and move, but they cannot leave the vicinity of their secret base in case it is attacked.

And in a place where you can see the plains where the test is taking place at a glance. The examiner assesses the candidates’ bases and martial arts skills and scores them.

In the meantime, Haedam is in danger of having her badge taken by soldiers. She deliberately pretends that Baek Seolcho has the badge to mislead the soldiers, and in the meantime, Haedam decides to find out the secret bases of other candidates, but the soldiers notice this and chase Haedam.

Just before the badge is taken. Haedam tells Gogyuin the location of her secret base, but as soon as she reveals the location of Gogyuin’s secret base, Haedam is eliminated for giving false information.

The test results in everyone failing. As soon as the test is over, Haedam protests to Gogyuin.

“How could you give me false information on purpose after we agreed to hold hands, Miss? Did you intend to use me from the beginning?”

“Since our secret base is far away, you wouldn’t have been able to come and help me even if I had told you properly. And I wouldn’t have been able to go and help you.”

“Still, how could you give me a fake secret base?”

“If you hadn’t snitched on my base, you wouldn’t have known anyway. Whether I told you fake or real.”

“!”

“The fact that you know I gave you a fake one means you already snitched on me, didn’t you?”

“I only snitched because it was an emergency, I didn’t use my head to lie like you did from the beginning, Miss.”

Baek Seolcho is troubled when her ally Haedam fights with the likable Gogyuin. On the other hand, Woo Baekyeon is smiling on the outside but thinks that she must have cried a lot behind her back when she sees Haedam, who always looked up to Gogyuin at home, confronting Gogyuin.

At the same time, Woo Baekyeon is not sympathizing with Haedam but wondering if she can use these feelings.

* * *

Rembrary’s back as he rode freely across the field on a large horse looked very comfortable.

“Wow, Woo Yeonwoo rides a horse really well.”

Seeing that, the manager of So Soheon, the actor in charge of Baek Seolcho, admired from the side.

“On the other hand, my hyung [older brother/male friend]…….”

So Soheon’s manager shook his head as he looked at Baek Seolcho, who was stylishly hanging on the horse.

If you only look at the upper body, So Soheon looks like a brave general. If you look at the lower body, it doesn’t move at all. The horse is also just standing there blankly. The camera is just filming that scene from the side.

“Well, as long as it looks good on TV.”

Jongwoo was happy but quickly waved his hand.

“Instead, So Soheon is famous for his excellent acting skills. He’s famous for having both visuals and acting skills.”

“Well, Soheon hyung is a really nice and kind person.”

So Soheon’s manager agreed, but Jongwoo wasn’t interested in that and just looked at Rembrary with a happy face. Rembrary had jumped off the horse after arriving at his destination.

Even that looked like a painting.

‘I think I did a good job getting him to do historical dramas.’

I had a feeling since he spoke like a king. Jongwoo smiled happily, talking about a feeling he couldn’t even grasp.

* * *

There was some time before the next shoot, so Rembrary rushed to the food truck as soon as he got off the horse to eat. The food truck was from the actress playing Gogyuin, and the menu on it looked like a sandwich, but it was something other than a sandwich.

However, just as he arrived in front of the food truck,

“Woo Yeonwoo, can I have an interview for just 10 minutes, no, 15 minutes?”

Someone approached and asked.

A stranger. As Rembrary looked at him with a sandwich in his hand, Jongwoo quickly ran over and asked instead.

“Who are you?”

“Hello, I’m Gu Jian, a reporter for Monitor Newspaper.”

The reporter quickly took out a business card from his wallet and handed it over. Jongwoo immediately recalled the name Monitor Newspaper.

It was an online newspaper that mainly reported news about overseas celebrities. It covered more diverse and in-depth stories than ordinary overseas celebrity news, so it was a place that people who were interested in overseas dramas, foreign celebrities, and Hollywood really liked.

It also covered domestic celebrities, but the proportion was small, and even then, most of them were domestic celebrities who had advanced overseas.

However, this side was the first to come and request an interview with Rembrary, who had not even advanced overseas.

“It’s okay. It’s okay, right, Yeonwoo?”

Jongwoo winked, and Rembrary reluctantly replied that it was okay, hugging the sandwich.

Afterwards, they found a quiet place and conducted a few short interviews.

“The power lines were wriggling; I think it would be scary just thinking about it. How did you end up stepping forward?”

“Ganjae hyung grabbed the wriggling power lines.”

“Woo Yeonwoo also stepped forward and continued to move people to a safe place even though the situation was not resolved. It seems dangerous, even if it’s not as much as grabbing power lines…….”

“I had to save them anyway. I just did what I had to do, so I don’t think much about it.”

“Wow, you’re so humble.”

The reporter was sincerely impressed. Jongwoo was also surprised, thinking, ‘What’s with him all of a sudden?’

On the other hand, Rembrary was no different than usual. He thought he had done what he really had to do, so he was just answering honestly.

However, after the reporter left. Jongwoo showered Rembrary with praise like a storm.

“You’ve matured a lot, Yeonwoo. Just keep doing that. Even if they say you’re being artificial or whatever, the most important thing is not to get caught.”

“Are you finally realizing my gentleness?”

“No, that’s not it. I just think you’re definitely kind.”

* * *

At that moment, when Rembrary was receiving the most cheers and praise from people since his debut.

The head of the Honghwadae [a mysterious organization] was walking on the hard, cold marble floor. Two suspicious people followed behind him on either side.

The head stopped at a place where a man with a chain leash around his neck was standing.

“Welcome.”

The man smiled as he opened the door for the head.

And as the head entered the room, the man’s features, starting with the lips that had risen into a smile, disappeared one by one.

But the man didn’t see it because he had already entered the room. Instead, the man looked at the man in a suit sitting on the sofa.

“You’ve arrived.”

The man in the suit got up from the sofa and greeted the head.

“Yes, what brings you to see me?”

That man was Hwan Shin. A human who made a contract with the demon Labrum.

“May I sit down?”

When the head asked, Hwan Shin said of course and pointed to the sofa opposite him. As the head sat on the sofa, there was a click from the door after a while, and the demon who had opened the door earlier walked in. His features had returned to his face.

“Warm tea.”

Labrum, as if this were a cafe, placed teacups in front of the head and Hwan Shin, and then sat on the desk with a smirk, leaving the tray that had been holding the teacups next to it.

The head calmly took a sip of tea. Hwan Shin waited patiently for the head to speak first.

About a minute passed. Finally, the head opened his mouth.

“Soon, an anomaly will occur in this world.”

“I’ve already heard that there are strange signs.”

“The difference between a god and a demon is only one step.”

“?”

“Will you join hands with me?”

< 214. Encounter > End