Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 336

336. Not That One

Rembrary scheduled a meeting, carefully noting the month, day, time, and location. After ending the call, he placed his phone on the bed.

Of course, just because he made the appointment didn’t guarantee Woo Yeon-woo would attend. He might deliberately break the promise just to provoke Rembrary. However, Rembrary held the card that Woo Yeon-woo feared most. Since Yeon-woo wasn’t particularly bold, the chances of him showing up were high.

‘Come to think of it, didn’t the Lion mention wanting to eat something earlier?’

Rembrary turned his head. He remembered the Lion opening the refrigerator, rummaging around, and asking, ‘Can I eat this?’

But there was no food in front of the refrigerator. The Lion was holding a camera, and Ardor was simply staring at Rembrary with a bewildered expression.

“What’s wrong?”

Rembrary asked because Ardor’s expression looked so strange. The Lion glanced at Ardor and muttered, pointing with his finger, “Uh. ‘The Scream’ by Munch [a famous expressionist painting].”

Rembrary, who didn’t know what Munch was, ignored the Lion’s words to save face and asked Ardor again.

“What is it?”

Instead of answering, Ardor asked back in a trembling voice.

“Who were you just on the phone with…?”

“Yeon-woo, you mean?”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Ardor’s eyes turned fierce, and the corners of his eyes sharply turned upwards. He looked like he was about to spew lava at any moment.

“Ardor? What’s wrong?”

Rembrary checked the gun at his waist. He had it properly secured. But looking at Ardor’s eyes, he wasn’t in his right mind. His reason had already half escaped. Rembrary didn’t know what had triggered him like that.

Ardor’s lips trembled.

“Daring to have a mere worm, tainted by the world, crawl up to the great and mighty one…”

“What are you saying?”

Rembrary clearly saw Ardor’s remaining sanity completely slip away.

“I will kill him.”

Along with that, a sound like a shark growling from the deep sea echoed.

“Who?”

By the time he said ‘who,’ Ardor was already running outside. Rembrary was dumbfounded and stared at the door, but Ardor was already gone.

This time, Rembrary frowned and looked at the Lion, intending to ask if he knew why Ardor was acting like that. Then he noticed the camera.

“Huh?”

Actually, he had seen it earlier, but Ardor’s expression had been too captivating to notice. It was only after Ardor ran out that he properly noticed the camera.

“Why did you take that out?”

“Camera? I opened it to get something to eat, and it was there.”

“Put it back.”

Rembrary took out an ice cream from the refrigerator and handed it to the Lion, then put the camera back in its place. The Lion peeled the ice cream wrapper and asked.

“Why did you put it there?”

“It doesn’t seem to turn off. The conversation I had with Anchovy before was also immediately spread.”

After speaking, Rembrary paused for a moment and asked.

“When did you take out the camera?”

“When you were talking to someone? Why?”

“Is the camera broken?”

“I don’t know. I haven’t checked. Why?”

So, the threat he made to Woo Yeon-woo must have been broadcast again. Rembrary clicked his tongue.

Woo Yeon-woo yelling at the top of his lungs, “It’s all your fault! It’s all because of you!”

Was already replaying in his eardrums.

* * *

-Shin Jo-woon, you son of a b*, took down the video again lololol

ㄴIsn’t it Nakru who took it down this time, not Shin Jo-woon? It was a call unrelated to LLL or SJO.

ㄴLLL doesn’t have the power, so I’m betting on Nakru lol

-But is it really true that Rembrary threatened Woo Yeon-woo about their relationship? We only heard Rembrary’s voice, not Woo Yeon-woo’s. Can you really know just by listening to one side of the conversation?

ㄴThey must have taken it down because there was something there lolololol

-I heard it clearly. He really said something about mixing bodies or something

ㄴ 2222

ㄴ 333333

– But I don’t really know;; It was mixed with other sounds, so I couldn’t hear it well. I think people are just overreacting.

ㄴ Are you President Shin Jo-woon?

ㄴ No ;;

ㄴ Are you the CEO of LLL?

ㄴ No ;;

-Then what does Shin Jo-woon become in the middle lololol He grew apart from Goo Pig and became close to Shin Pig, but Shin Pig is threatening Goo Pig

ㄴWhat does he become? He runs a livestock business

ㄴlololololololol

-I didn’t think Rembrary was like that. He’s so pathetic, threatening someone even though it seems like it’s over

ㄴThinking about it, Nun-Kkok also seemed emotional before……

* * *

At that moment, as the content of Rembrary’s call with Woo Yeon-woo spread like wildfire, Im Yu-seol arrived at the lakeside and looked around.

‘Is this it?’

The first lake that comes up is here, but there’s no sign saying ‘Lake where mermaids appear,’ so there’s no way to know if this is the lake or not. Anyway, it’s quite a large lake, and there’s even a small waterfall flowing, so it looks like there could be something inside.

Im Yu-seol put down her heavy bag and prepared her weapons. She felt the curious gazes around her prickling her skin, but she didn’t look at the onlookers, fearing unnecessary trouble.

“Sister!”

Instead, Im Yu-seol readied her weapons to be swung at any moment, put her hands to her mouth, and called out to Im Yu-han. But only the bushes rustled once. Neither Im Yu-han nor a mermaid appeared.

“Sister!”

When Im Yu-seol called out again, a splash of water rippled on the calm surface of the lake. Seeing that, Im Yu-seol lowered her hands, put one hand on her weapon, and cautiously approached the water’s edge.

‘Could it be my sister?’

She went closer, bent her knees, and peered into the water. She thought she saw something quickly passing under the dark surface. To see it more clearly, Im Yu-seol leaned forward and lightly touched the surface of the water with her fingertips. The moment she felt the cold water on about half of her finger.

Kiyaaaa!

A sound like an enraged bat screeching rang out, and something flew threateningly over her head. Im Yu-seol hurriedly rolled to the side. At that moment, her leg briefly touched the surface of the water, and something grabbed her ankle.

“!”

As it pulled Im Yu-seol into the water, she was startled and stabbed the ground with her dagger while kicking at ‘it’ that was pulling her. Rolling forward to quickly get away from the surface, she pulled out her dagger again, lowered her body, and warily looked at the lake while taking out her gun.

Meanwhile, something slowly emerged from the inside of the water. As she watched the face, shoulders, and upper body slowly reveal themselves, Im Yu-seol’s eyes widened.

“Sister. Is that you, sister?”

The face was clearly Im Yu-han. But behind her, something pure white sparkled. It passed quickly, but Im Yu-seol saw it clearly. That thing that shone especially brightly in the light was a mermaid’s tail.

“Sister, it’s me. Yu-seol. Don’t you recognize me?”

Im Yu-seol still tried to talk to her one more time. But the mermaid with Im Yu-han’s face didn’t recognize her at all. Her expressionless face looked like the emotionless character Im Yu-han had played in a movie before.

“Sister… I guess not.”

Tears fell from Im Yu-seol’s eyes. Among the monsters, there were many who took the form of the person they had eaten. That monster ate my sister. It ate my sister and is imitating her.

The moment the tears touched her feet, Im Yu-seol gritted her teeth and raised her gun.

* * *

Several gunshots pierced the forest. Startled birds soared high into the sky, and the Tiger Head, who was reciting poetry while collecting mushrooms, raised his head.

‘Gun!’

Startled, he put down his mushroom basket and hurriedly ran towards the lakeside.

Im Yu-han was very strong, so she wouldn’t be in danger even if a few hunters attacked her. But he couldn’t help but worry.

Besides, when Im Yu-han regained her reason, she still retained a lot of the heart she had when she was human, so she felt uneasy even after defending herself from a hunter who tried to attack her and ended up injuring them. So, if there was a need to deal with a hunter, it was better for him to step in.

However, as soon as he arrived at the lakeside, what he saw was an unbelievable sight. A hunter was lying there almost unconscious, and Im Yu-han, in human form, was about to stab the hunter’s heart with an ice spear.

[Young lady!]

The Tiger Head ran as fast as he could, pulled the hunter out from among the mermaids, and rolled her across the ground. Im Yu-han showed family photos often, so the Tiger Head knew the face of her younger sister, Im Yu-seol. The hunter that Im Yu-han was trying to kill was Im Yu-seol.

[Young lady, get a grip!]

The tiger monster urgently called out, but Im Yu-han still had a cold look in her eyes. The tiger monster saw that Im Yu-han’s shoulder and collarbone area were completely shattered. Even the gun was rolling on the ground. It was clear that Im Yu-han had recognized Im Yu-seol as an enemy and was trying to kill her after being attacked by the hunter.

[Move.]

A voice as cold as ice warned the Tiger Head, and the fallen Im Yu-seol, with her mind wavering, looked at the two of them and muttered.

“Tiger……?”

As Im Yu-han raised her hand into the air, another sharp ice spear was created above it.

The Tiger Head looked at Im Yu-han’s injured area. As expected of a monster, her healing power was excellent, and the wound had already almost completely healed. The Tiger Head made a firm decision, picked up Im Yu-seol, and quickly left the scene.

They don’t die when they leave the water, but mermaid monsters instinctively want to stay near the water. Im Yu-han, who had lost her reason, was in a state where her instincts were stronger than anyone else, so the tiger monster calculated that she would choose to stay by the water rather than kill a person. As expected, Im Yu-han did not chase after them.

“Tiger?”

[Our young lady is not in good condition right now. It’s a big problem if you attack when she’s not in good condition. She didn’t attack her sister on purpose, so don’t hate the young lady.]

“Sister…… right……? Thank goodness……”

Before she could finish speaking, Im Yu-seol fainted. The Tiger Head put Im Yu-seol down in front of the emergency room of the nearest large hospital and went straight to find someone who could calm this situation down.

* * *

“Rembrary, that bastard, that bastard……!”

Woo Yeon-woo, who had asked for a sandbag, cursed at Rembrary while hitting it with a pillow after Jong-woo hung the sandbag in one corner of the living room.

“Hit it with your fist, with your fist. How can you train like that?”

Tae-in, who saw that, was dumbfounded and tried to stop him, but when Woo Yeon-woo threw the pillow at him, he quickly shut up and ran to the kitchen.

At that moment. Woo Yeon-woo, who was panting and bending down to pick up the pillow again, saw the Tiger Head monster landing on the veranda beyond the large living room window.

Woo Yeon-woo remembered his face. He was the monster that Rembrary had introduced to the actress Im Yu-han when he was possessing his body. After regaining his body, Im Yu-han had disappeared, and that monster had never appeared, so he had forgotten about him.

He’s not an enemy, but…… what’s going on now? As Woo Yeon-woo stared intently, the Tiger Head came up to Woo Yeon-woo, his big eyes filled with tears, and wailed, “Kheuheong, kheuheong.”

He seemed to be crying, but he looked a bit scary, so Woo Yeon-woo hesitated and hid behind the sandbag.

“What, why.”

The Tiger Head cried like that for a long time, and when Woo Yeon-woo barely mustered the courage to ask, he pointed somewhere with his finger and pleaded.

[Please help this body! We must hurry!]