Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 508

After Rembrary and Ardra left, the table was littered with empty dishes and spoons.

“Ugh… those otherworlders, really.”

Woo Yeon-woo gritted his teeth, gathering the trays Rembrary had left behind.

“I’m going to go teach them a lesson.”

Because Hwasa ran off under the guise of teaching them a lesson, Sajae had to clean up the trays Ardra left behind.

However, Rembrary and Ardra had no idea what they had done wrong, so they just walked quickly toward the main building.

However, they had to stop for a moment because Hwasa appeared in front of them, blocking their way.

“What is it?”

When Rembrary stopped, Hwasa raised his hand and said,

“I’m the fastest at finding people.”

That was true.

When Rembrary agreed, Hwasa lowered his hand, which he had been holding up like a shield, and continued,

“I’ll help. Because I’m the fastest. Just tell me what Warion looks like.”

Ardra didn’t know about Warion, so he naturally looked at Rembrary.

There was no need to hide anything, so Rembrary opened his mouth right away.

“……”

However, his mouth only opened. No sound came out.

“High Priest? Perhaps you can’t speak?”

Ardra asked in surprise when he saw that.

Hwasa was also surprised, wondering if Rembrary was under some kind of restriction.

However, that wasn’t the reason Rembrary stopped talking.

“I definitely saw him.”

“You don’t mean you forgot, do you?”

“Was he blonde or silver-haired? I can’t quite remember.”

Rembrary mumbled vaguely, and Warion, who was watching this scene with a tense expression through the crystal ball, was furious.

“Black hair! It’s black hair!”

Rembrary clearly didn’t remember Warion’s appearance.

Hwasa and Ardra also noticed this.

“Well, whether he’s blonde or silver-haired, it won’t be hard to tell.”

Rembrary said confidently, but neither of them believed him.

“What color are his eyes?”

“Were they sky blue? I think so.”

“I think so?”

“I don’t distinguish people by color.”

‘I guess not. You erase their faces from your memory altogether.’

Hwasa recalled Rembrary not remembering much about Lapsus and clicked his tongue.

He forgot his name back then, and now he’s forgetting his face.

On the other hand, Ardra, who had been nervous when Rembrary remembered Warion’s handwriting, was a little relieved.

‘Fortunately, he only remembers the handwriting. I don’t know why he remembers the handwriting, though.’

Anyway, Hwasa summarized the situation roughly.

“Whatever his hair color, he’s a demon, so he won’t look like a student. I’ll start by catching people who don’t look like students and checking them out.”

After speaking, Hwasa disappeared somewhere.

“What should we do, High Priest? Should we go back to the classroom?”

Ardra asked excitedly as soon as Hwasa disappeared.

“Or should we take a walk around the playground, High Priest?”

However, Rembrary shook his head firmly.

“No. We have to find Warion too.”

Ardra asked, a little disappointed.

“Do you have another place in mind?”

He was just asking, rather than actually thinking he would have one.

However, Rembrary unexpectedly spoke right away and started walking.

“Let’s go to the principal’s office.”

“Yes?”

“He’ll be hiding where others don’t go. Or he’ll stand out.”

* * *

Rembrary walked without hesitation. He had no reason to hesitate because he had set off with some confidence.

The dungeon was cunning and tricky, and even the person who created the dungeon wasn’t completely free from the rules.

Just like Warion repeatedly created fake pillars in the illusion zone but couldn’t create a fake temple.

Moreover, this dungeon wasn’t created by Warion. It was created by the Demon King.

When viewed from the illusion zone, Warion was watching Rembrary through the crystal ball.

But if he had the crystal ball inside the school, he would stand out.

Then the students would gossip about him, and naturally, Rembrary would find out his location.

Warion had no choice but to search for a secluded place, and in the school, the best place for that was the principal’s office.

Rembrary didn’t graduate from this school, but still, wouldn’t this be no different from Rembrary’s world?

“There it is.”

Finally arriving in front of the principal’s office, Rembrary confidently opened the door and entered.

“Warion. Come out.”

But when he went inside, Warion was nowhere to be seen.

The person sitting at the desk was a middle-aged man in a suit, who didn’t look like a student no matter how you looked at it.

“Who are you?”

When Rembrary asked in bewilderment, the man was even more bewildered and replied,

“I’m the principal.”

“The principal?”

Rembrary refuted that statement head-on.

“That can’t be.”

Warion was supposed to be in here. Not a principal illusion.

But the principal is sitting at the desk, and Warion is nowhere to be seen. Not even his crystal ball.

“Hey. Who are you, student? Who are you and why are you here?”

In the meantime, the principal illusion called out to Rembrary, seemingly displeased.

Just listening to him, he sounded like a principal who was really angry about a sudden student intrusion.

However, Rembrary didn’t believe him and approached the principal, grabbing the top of his head, which looked a little unnatural.

“Is this the lever?”

As he pulled on the top of his head, Warion didn’t come out, and only the principal’s hair stood up like radishes.

Rembrary thought that the principal’s hair might be a kind of switch in the dungeon, but this switch only touched the principal’s blood pressure.

“Y-you student!”

The enraged principal slapped Rembrary’s hand away and shouted.

“Who is this guy! Who is this guy causing a ruckus here!”

Only then did Rembrary realize that the principal wasn’t Warion, and he quickly let go of his hand and apologized.

“I’m sorry. I thought pulling it would make you transform.”

The principal didn’t accept Rembrary’s apology.

“Mr. Kim! Mr. Kim!”

“Yes, Principal!”

“Suspend that student!”

* * *

“Don’t come to school for the next three days. Reflect deeply on what you did today. Got it?”

“I really made a mistake.”

“Whether it was intentional or a mistake, it doesn’t change the fact that you pulled the principal’s hair. No, how could that even be a mistake?”

“I’ll reflect quickly, so can’t I go to school tomorrow?”

“I can’t see any reflection in that attitude.”

“That’s because you guys aren’t human.”

“……I feel like adding two more days to your suspension.”

The person the principal called ‘Mr. Kim’ guided Rembrary to a three-story building behind the main building.

A building that was completely hidden by the main building and couldn’t even be seen from the front.

“You can stay in the dorm during your suspension.”

In fact, Mr. Kim seemed to be more of a role in explaining the setting than teaching. Like a temporary class president.

Mr. Kim gave Rembrary a brief explanation, then turned around after giving him the key.

“Suspended for trying to catch Warion.”

Rembrary looked at the key Mr. Kim had given him. The room number was written on the key.

When he entered the dorm, there was a map on the first-floor bulletin board showing the location of each room on each floor.

A structure that allows you to find your assigned room by yourself.

‘Then Warion could be in the dorm?’

If he had known there was a dorm, he wouldn’t have rushed straight to the principal’s office.

Rembrary clicked his tongue and went to his assigned room.

It seemed to be a 5-person room, but still, as a group, Ardra and Hwasa, Woo Yeon-woo, and even Sajae, who was assigned as a teacher, were all in the same room.

‘Is it because it’s a dungeon that even Sajae, who is set as a teacher, is in the same room?’

Rembrary went into the room and sat on the cot closest to him.

‘Redrin-nim [term of respect]. Redrin-nim. Can Redrin-nim make me 3rd place?’

“You’re not answering. Okay. I’ll try my best first.’

* * *

The group returned to the dorm together with the other students an hour later.

Rembrary told them about being suspended for 3 days.

“Then I’ll stay with you for all three days, High Priest!”

Ardra quickly suggested, but as soon as he suggested it, Woo Yeon-woo bounced back.

“How are you going to get a good student evaluation if you’re absent without permission for three days straight?”

There was a hint of disregard for Ardra in his nervous and prickly voice, but he was right.

Rembrary pulled Ardra, who was glaring at Woo Yeon-woo, and said to the group,

“Yeon-woo is right. You guys should focus on your own roles. It doesn’t seem like a mission that can be done in a day or two. Isn’t our immediate goal to get out of here?”

“Fake Saint, what about you? It’ll be hard for you too if you can’t attend classes.”

“I’ll look for Warion.”

* * *

The next day.

After eating breakfast in the dorm cafeteria, Rembrary waited for all the students to leave and checked the entire dorm.

However, Warion wasn’t in the dorm either. Warion’s crystal ball wasn’t there either.

‘He’s definitely in here…….’

‘Is it because of the last mistake? This time, he’s hiding the crystal ball in the air?’

Rembrary tapped the air in a certain area for no reason, checked the time, and went out of the dorm himself.

‘It wasn’t said that I had to be in the dorm, so I can wander around, right?’

Rembrary went to Sajae’s art room to check if the other members were doing well.

“Do you have a talent for art?”

“Yes. I’m starting a little late if I start now. So I don’t know. I don’t know if I should keep going this way, or if I should give up……. If I have talent, I should do more, and if not, I should give up quickly. So please tell me honestly, teacher.”

“Is this the painting you drew?”

“Yes!”

“……Amazing. A talent that comes along once in 100 years.”

“Yes?”

Sajae was counseling a student, and he was working hard to become a mentor.

“Teacher, don’t joke with me…….”

The student didn’t believe him because of the excessive praise.

Then Rembrary remembered that today was the class president election and went to his class.

The election seemed to be over, and Woo Yeon-woo’s resentful expression could be seen through the window.

‘He lost. I knew it.’

It was rather surprising to see Woo Yeon-woo getting angry at Hwasa and Ardra.

‘Why is he venting his anger on those two when he knew he was going to lose anyway?’

The answer could be found on the blackboard.

If you combine his vote with Hwasa and Ardra’s votes, Woo Yeon-woo should have a total of three votes.

Even then, only two votes were cast.

‘At this rate, we’ll all be studying here for the rest of our lives.’

Rembrary clicked his tongue and turned around to look at the other side this time.

However, he was caught by Hwasa and Ardra, who appeared from behind before he could take a few steps.

“High Priest!”

“Aren’t you suspended?”

“Where’s Yeon-woo?”

“He’s lying down, angry, High Priest. He’s a very petty person.”

“It’s because you didn’t vote properly.”

It seemed that Ardra was the culprit who didn’t vote properly.

“And Rembrary. I’ve been searching everywhere every break, but I couldn’t find anyone who looked like a demon.”

“You searched everywhere?”

“I even looked at the rooftop? But it’s locked, so you can’t usually go in.”

“I’m sure Warion is in here…….”

“Is he hiding as a student?”

“Is that so? But if he’s a student, he won’t be able to monitor us. Even if he’s a demon, he won’t be able to act out of place in here……?”

When Rembrary suddenly stopped speaking at an ambiguous point, Ardra and Hwasa focused at the same time.

“What’s wrong?”

Rembrary’s expression suddenly brightened, and he whispered something in Hwasa’s ear.

* * *

“What is it? Why are you whispering? I can’t hear you.”

Warion frowned as he watched the scene.

He thought he wouldn’t be able to find him this time, but he was anxious because he had been caught several times.

-I know the location of the demon.

Warion’s anxiety increased as Rembrary, who had finished whispering to Hwasa, said this and started running somewhere with Ardra.

‘Did he find out about this place? There’s no way?’

Warion continued to watch Rembrary, but he was relieved and scoffed when he saw him going to the gym. ‘He doesn’t know after all.’

At that moment.

A large hand grabbed his head, and a strange voice was heard.

“I can move your head somewhere else, demon.”

Warion widened his eyes as he discovered a strange lion mask beyond the desk mirror.

‘How? How did he know?’