Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 411

411. The Photo Taken That Day

After taking care of the children’s snacks,

Rembrary called Moolu, Ardor, Ninning, and the Grand Priest, who were directly involved in the matter, and told them everything he had in mind.

The two paladins and two priests listened carefully to Rembrary’s explanation, and no one objected.

“There might be other ways, but I can’t think of any. For now, that seems to be the best option.”

The Grand Priest’s words echoed Ninning and Moolu’s feelings. Because time was of the essence in this fight, they couldn’t afford to keep worrying while only looking for a ‘perfect’ solution.

“But High Priest, we must be careful,” Moolu cautioned. “To find out when Woo Yeon-woo becomes free from the Demon King’s influence, we need to approach him. In the process, the Demon King might notice our plan.”

Ninning agreed, “The Demon King can easily see into people’s hearts. Even if we don’t make a mistake, it’s a problem if Woo Yeon-woo slips up.”

Rembrary stood with his hands behind his back by the window, looking down at the children playing with the Lion Lord.

The Lion Lord kept appearing and disappearing with the ball, and the children were protesting, saying it was cheating.

A peaceful sight. But in a world ruled by the Demon King, such a sight would be impossible. Just like in his original world.

In fact, if Rembrary and the people from his world hadn’t migrated here… Joo Kyung and Si Young would likely be safer and happier with their families.

“High Priest?”

As Rembrary continued staring out the window, Ninning approached him. Her expression softened as she looked down at the children.

“They are good children.”

Ardor protested from behind, “One of them is not good! He kicks me all the time!” but Ninning didn’t respond.

It was true that Joo Kyung often kicked him, but usually, it was in response to Ardor’s antics that would even exasperate adults.

Ninning, with the understanding of an impartial observer, simply said it was okay because he didn’t kick others recklessly, only Ardor.

When Rembrary saw Ardor and Ninning starting a staring contest, he took out his phone and waved it between them.

“Stop fighting. Think back to when Woo Yeon-woo came to visit.”

“Woo Yeon-woo came here?”

“Ah. Did I meet him alone?”

Ardor looked flustered at Rembrary’s muttering, wondering what had happened while he was unaware.

“Then I’m the only one who knows when Woo Yeon-woo came.”

Rembrary, trying to recall the memory, had no choice but to access his social media account and scroll through the photos he had posted.

Since he was the only one who knew when Woo Yeon-woo visited, he had to rely on his own memory. Except for the fact that the sunlight was strong, he couldn’t remember much.

“Was it about two days before the autograph session?”

Finally, Rembrary vaguely remembered the date Woo Yeon-woo had visited.

“Yes, I think so. I was embarrassed because they suddenly changed the date.”

But there was one more thing to remember: the time Woo Yeon-woo visited.

He didn’t know if Woo Yeon-woo found freedom at the same time every day. But if he had to contact Woo Yeon-woo secretly from the Demon King, it was best to approach him at that time first.

However, even for the intelligent Rembrary, it was difficult to remember the exact time when he barely remembered the date.

“Wouldn’t it be around 2:30 PM?”

At that moment, the Grand Priest cautiously spoke.

“I think it was midday. It’s summer, so the days are long, so I’m not sure. But where did that specific time come from?”

The Grand Priest held out his phone screen to Rembrary, who was still unsure.

It displayed a popular post on someone else’s social media account: a photo of Woo Yeon-woo grabbing Rembrary’s arm and walking somewhere in a hurry, with Rembrary giving a V sign to the camera.

―I just saw Woo Yeon-woo and Rembrary lol I don’t know if they have a good or bad relationship lololol

ㄴ First of all, Woo Yeon-woo definitely seems to be embarrassed by Rembrary ;;

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Rembrary waited until 2:30 PM and called Woo Yeon-woo. He expected to be ignored, but fortunately, Woo Yeon-woo answered the phone right away.

―What. Why are you calling me?

Rembrary hesitated for a moment. Should he ask, “Is it Woo Yeon-woo or the Demon King?” or should he try to probe him indirectly?

He also remembered Ninning’s words that the Demon King, who knows people’s hearts well, might detect their plan through Woo Yeon-woo, even if they didn’t make a mistake.

―Say something if you called, you bastard.

“That vulgar tone is definitely you.”

―What, you bastard?

“Aren’t you the Demon King? I was talking to the Demon King.”

In the end, Rembrary decided to test Woo Yeon-woo instead of directly getting to the point. No matter how well the Demon King imitated Woo Yeon-woo, there would be subtle differences.

Just like when he was in Woo Yeon-woo’s body, no matter how hard he tried to imitate Woo Yeon-woo, Woo Seong-woo kept doubting and questioning him.

―Who are you calling the Demon King? It’s me, you idiot!

“Weren’t you all eaten up?”

―You bastard… Do you want me to disappear?

“Of course not. I’m glad you’re alive.”

―Are you calling me or the Demon King? Are you two going to hold hands and do something? What’s your scheme?

“The Demon King attacked Redrin, so why would I hold hands with him? You’re so short-sighted that you even wear Gamjae’s lewd swimsuit and post pictures on social media.”

―You son of a bitch! That’s you!

“Others will know you.”

As Rembrary continued to say provocative things to test Woo Yeon-woo, Woo Yeon-woo got so agitated that his heavy breathing could be heard over the receiver.

―What the hell are you calling for? Are you calling to make fun of me? What are you trying to do from the beginning!

“You’re getting angry all the time, so it must be you.”

―Do you really want to talk to the Demon King? Huh? Is that what you want?

“Of course not. I wanted to talk to you. But it’s difficult for me to distinguish whether you are you or the Demon King, so I provoked you to see if you were you or not.”

At Rembrary’s words, Woo Yeon-woo suddenly became quiet, then offered a small protest.

―Still, why are you only talking about things that make me angry…

Anyway, when he said he provoked him to distinguish him from the Demon King, he seemed less angry than before.

―Okay. What do you want to talk about with me? I’ll hang up if it’s useless.

“About the last time you came.”

―…

“Did you come because you missed me?”

―Are you still provoking me? To make me angry?

“No, this is a real question.”

As soon as Rembrary finished speaking, curses poured out from the phone again. Rembrary took the phone away from his ear for a moment, and when the loud noise subsided, he put it back to his ear.

―You bastard! There’s no difference between provocation and not! I went because I had something to do! Would I want to see your face? Would I want to see it? My account is full of your pictures?

“Why are you taking my pictures?”

―Your fans are spreading them, you son of a bitch!

“Anyway, that’s it. I have something to ask of you, and it seems like you came because you had something to ask of me, so let’s trade with each other. This is my point.”

At Rembrary’s calm words, Woo Yeon-woo became quiet again. The sound of something being hit inside could also be heard.

Rembrary waited for Woo Yeon-woo to answer, put his hands behind his back, and looked out the window.

He wasn’t worried that Woo Yeon-woo and the Demon King might have switched in the meantime. If they were going to switch with the Demon King, they would have hung up on their own. At that time, Woo Yeon-woo didn’t seem to know exactly when to switch with the Demon King.

After a while, instead of hanging up, Woo Yeon-woo asked in a voice that had crushed his pride.

―Why do you think I went to ask you for something?

“Did you really come because you wanted to see me?”

―I said no!

“That’s why.”

―!

“You’re not going to see my face, so why would you come? If you came to curse, you would have cursed and left. If you came to get angry, you would have gotten angry and left. You must have had something to ask, so you were too proud to say it properly and just left.”

Woo Yeon-woo became quiet for the third time. Since he had such a thin mentality that he would have immediately refuted if it wasn’t true, Rembrary’s words must have been roughly correct.

Woo Yeon-woo was the type of person who would act like a stubborn person if he was urged, so Rembrary waited for him to sort out his feelings again.

A slightly shorter time passed than before. Woo Yeon-woo, who had sorted out his feelings relatively quickly, admitted it willingly.

―That’s right.

“What were you going to ask for?”

―You talk first. No, let’s meet and talk. Just in case.

Woo Yeon-woo’s voice was a little faster than before.

―Set a date and time. Quickly.

“When should I contact you so that the Demon King doesn’t answer? You have to tell me that.”

―I only have about 30 minutes, and that time is getting shorter and shorter. I’ll let you know later by text. I’m hanging up.

Woo Yeon-woo hung up first because the 30 minutes seemed to be running out. He seemed to be in a hurry because he had to hang up and delete the call history.

Although the call was suddenly cut off unilaterally, Rembrary just smiled contentedly while looking at the blinking call time button and put his phone down on the desk.

Rembrary’s purpose was to confirm when Woo Yeon-woo was free from the Demon King. In fact, this was all.

He hadn’t heard the exact time yet, but Woo Yeon-woo would send it to him around today or tomorrow.

“That’s it.”

Whether Woo Yeon-woo would help him find Lumena or not was irrelevant to his will. Redrin could do it as much as he wanted.

But even that could be cooperated with since he had made an appointment with Woo Yeon-woo.

Now all that’s left is…

‘I just need to get in touch with Redrin.’

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The Underworld.

Yomra, who had already given up on packing gifts a few days ago, was fanning his face quickly with a round fan and waiting for the Underworld messengers to bring good news.

Of course, he wasn’t just fanning. Yomra was sitting in one place, opening his senses in all directions, and looking for any cracks where the Demon King might flow in.

How long had he been doing that? His aide rushed to him and greeted him. But because his expression was not good, Yomra immediately realized that what the aide had to say was not good news.

“How is the situation going?”

The aide lowered his head powerlessly and dropped his shoulders.

“We have sent Underworld messengers to Lapsus several times, but we failed once because of Rembrary, and after that, we failed because of other demons. It seems that the Demon King from another world had been hiding his traces and luring these demons one by one before we noticed.”

“The effect of closing the cracks is not working.”

Yomra clicked his tongue. After Redrin suddenly disappeared, there was no one to interfere with blocking the cracks, so Yomra was closing the cracks as much as he could.

Naturally, the number of demons flowing in from another world also decreased sharply. But he didn’t know that these demons had sided with the Demon King.

“Where is he hiding and doing this?”

The Demon King slammed the large jade throne with his fan-wielding fist.

“Rembrary, why is he interfering when he also hates the Demon King?”

Even in this situation, his voice was still calm, but the jade throne that was hit by Yomra’s fist was already cracked.

“What should we do, Your Highness?”