Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 658

◈ 658. People I Want to Save

‘Huh?’

However, while that person diligently posted their own photos, the inside of the Demon Realm, and their recent activities, they didn’t say a word about Rembrary.

There were no replies, not even a hint that they had received a message from Rembrary.

‘Did the message not go through?’

Rembrary also checked the other accounts to which he had sent group messages.

The situation there was the same. They continued their various activities, but there was no reply.

‘Did the messages really not go through?’

For the third time, Rembrary went to the account of someone with the provocative nickname ‘Person Living with a Demon.’

Looking at that account, Rembrary could see that the message had indeed gone through.

It was because that person with the spirited nickname had posted the message Rembrary sent right at the top of their account, in large letters.

‘The first two people must have seen my message and are ignoring it.’

Still, it’s a relief that at least one person responded, Rembrary thought, scrolling down the screen.

“?”

But as he scrolled down, ‘Person Living with a Demon’ didn’t just make Rembrary’s message visible to everyone.

The person even wrote phrases mocking Rembrary below the message.

―LOLOLOL look at this LOLOL what is this LOL Rembrary sent me a message LOL

It seemed the other party didn’t believe Rembrary’s words at all.

They seemed to think Rembrary was talking nonsense and were busy ridiculing the message with their friends.

However, since this was the only person who had responded to the message Rembrary sent, Rembrary left a reply below.

―Should I take this as a response?

‘I’m so kind.’

Rembrary smiled contentedly and moved on to another account, starting to check again if others had contacted him.

But unexpectedly, before he could even finish checking, an alert popped up that the ‘Person Living with a Demon’ from earlier had replied.

Wondering what it was, he went back to that account, and there was indeed a reply from the account owner below Rembrary’s comment.

―Are you threatening me right now?

For some reason, in a somewhat angry tone.

Why are they angry? Rembrary was puzzled by the sudden anger of the other party and asked.

―Wasn’t that a response?

This time, a reply came immediately.

―WTF are you threatening me LOL

Suddenly angry, and now laughing? And a threat?

Rembrary didn’t understand the other party’s behavior, but he thought it would be good to respond, so he laughed along.

―LOL

Then, as he was about to look at another account, the account owner seemed to be quite bored and immediately replied again.

―Look at you just laughing because you have nothing to say LOL

Rembrary tilted his head. Again, he didn’t understand what the other party was saying.

There should be a context to words. There was no context in this person’s words. Angry, then laughing, then angry.

It’s natural to have nothing to say at a first meeting. And they laughed first, so why are they doing this?

All Rembrary could tell was that the other party was angry.

However, Rembrary, the clever high priest, realized the reason for the other party’s anger after pondering.

―Are you angry because you’re about to die?

As if it hit the mark, this time, instead of one reply, they started pouring down like rain.

―Look at what this bastard is saying

―I knew you’d be rude

―Why are you suddenly being polite?

―WTF you threatened me first

―Who’s dying? I’m living really well LOL funny LOL

―Hey, do you think you’re all that just because you’re a healer? The guy who ruined the Earth is laughing

―WTF look at you being scared and speechless LOLOL

Since they seemed genuinely angry, Rembrary was intrigued and watched the person venting their anger alone.

‘How many are they going to write?’

As he was doing that, Woo Yeon-woo came out of the room, approached, shook his phone, and asked.

“Hey, who is this bastard constantly terrorizing your SNS [Social Networking Service]?”

The screen of that phone showed a similar screen to what Rembrary was looking at.

Woo Yeon-woo was also watching ‘Person Living with a Demon’ venting their anger alone.

“How did you know?”

“You and I are friends. It keeps showing up on my feed because they keep replying to your comments.”

“Ah. This person. They seem to be in a panic because the Demon Realm is being sealed. I told them in a message yesterday.”

Woo Yeon-woo scoffed at Rembrary’s explanation.

“Panic? Even a talking dog barks less than this bastard. What panic.”

Rembrary shook his head and gently soothed him.

“Don’t be like that. Don’t you feel sorry for them? I’m going to get rid of them soon.”

“…You’re scarier when you say it like that.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah.”

“Is that why this person is angry too?”

“I don’t know.”

Rembrary stared at the profile screen of ‘Person Living with a Demon,’ who had already posted over 30 insults on his phone.

Then, Rembrary decided to show generosity.

“Then I should comfort them.”

Woo Yeon-woo hurriedly stopped him.

“No, you should just not say anything―”

But before he could finish, Rembrary had already posted a comment.

―What is your religion?

―Typical cultist LOL what are you trying to do knowing that

―May you achieve enlightenment, may you ascend, may you die well

Woo Yeon-woo checked Rembrary’s comment on his phone with a disturbed face and shouted in horror.

“What is this?”

“This person is definitely not of our religion. So I was considerate. I blessed their way to the afterlife in various ways.”

“What kind of logic is that! And ‘die well’ isn’t a blessing!”

“Ah, that’s the non-religious way.”

“What are you talking about! Even non-religious people don’t tell someone to die well!”

“Don’t non-religious people have blessings?”

“Blessings aren’t ‘die well’! No, words to a dying person aren’t blessings!”

Seeing the veins popping out on Woo Yeon-woo’s neck, Rembrary sighed and asked sullenly.

“Then what do non-religious people say?”

“Rest in peace? It has religious meaning, but that’s what they mostly use.”

Having become smarter after listening to Woo Yeon-woo, Rembrary immediately corrected his mistake.

―Rest in peace

“Aaaagh!”

Woo Yeon-woo snatched Rembrary’s phone away.

“Why are you wishing rest in peace to a living person! You’re provoking them! It’s obviously provoking!”

“That’s what non-religious people do.”

“You crazy bastard, this person isn’t dead yet!”

However, the account owner was already angrier than before, and the speed of posting comments had doubled.

Woo Yeon-woo tore at his hair.

“Ah, damn it. What should I do? I think your image is going to get worse!”

But Rembrary didn’t care and snatched his phone back, then checked the messages from other accounts.

“Let’s see. What are the other people saying.”

Woo Yeon-woo didn’t even have the courage to scold Rembrary anymore and muttered to himself, “What should I do? What should I do?”

Then, he resolutely picked up his phone.

“I’ll handle it. My image is better than yours.”

With the mindset of saving someone, Woo Yeon-woo quickly jumped into the comments of the account owner who was pouring out insults at Rembrary.

―Calm down, Mr. Devil Living Person^^;

But the other party immediately shouted more swear words.

―Why are you shortening my nickname without permission!

“This bastard swears at everything!”

At that contradictory insult, Rembrary, who was looking at other accounts, widened his eyes and looked at Woo Yeon-woo.

But Woo Yeon-woo, while cursing with his mouth, was trying to have a gentle conversation with his fingers.

―That’s not important, lol;

―It is important to me? Aren’t you Woo Yeon-woo?

Fortunately, the other party seemed to have recognized Woo Yeon-woo’s name belatedly and stopped the swearing comments, seemingly calmed down.

Thank goodness. Woo Yeon-woo was relieved and quickly spoke kindly.

―Um, Mr. Devil Living Person. Rembrary definitely didn’t mean it in a bad way earlier ㅠㅠ

―It looked like a bad way to anyone;;;

―No ㅠㅠ Rembrary didn’t know what religion Mr. Devil Living Person was. He said he would give you a customized blessing for the afterlife, lol?

―You double-crossing sons of bitches!!!!

But the other party started to rage again. This time, Woo Yeon-woo also got angry and didn’t reply anymore, growling.

“Ah, seriously, their mouth is a sewer.”

“Who’s talking.”

“This bastard is swearing even when I’m trying to comfort them!”

Woo Yeon-woo’s last words were cut off by Jong-woo’s call. When Woo Yeon-woo answered the phone, a scream was heard from the receiver.

[Take down the post right now!]

Rembrary watched Woo Yeon-woo and became pleased.

“That’s a nostalgic sound.”

Rembrary fondly reminisced about the memories, but he couldn’t be more nostalgic because Woo Yeon-woo pushed him away.

“Rembrary made a mistake and I’m trying to fix it, hyung [older brother/male friend].”

As Woo Yeon-woo held the phone and went a little further away, Rembrary shook his head and went back to work.

However, except for the Devil Living Person who had Rembrary’s message on the first screen, almost everyone else had the same reaction. Ignore. No response.

‘Looking at the Devil Living Person, it’s not that the messages aren’t arriving.’

After searching for a long time, Rembrary found that only two people had replied to him.

―Hello. I checked the message you sent. Would it be okay to hear more details about what you mean?

―Is the message you sent real? You’re not spam, are you?ㅠㅠ?

“Oh dear.”

Rembrary clicked his tongue after seeing the messages from the two people.

“How unfortunate.”

Unlike the Devil Living Person who was angry and only spewing out curses, the two people who replied seemed flustered.

‘Should I explain it better?’

Rembrary pondered for a while and then sent another group message to the two people, including the others.

―My explanation was lacking. When you close the Demon Realm, if you are inside, you will be sealed together. So you have to get out before that. Is there a way out?

As he was doing that, Woo Yeon-woo, who had finished the call and came to his side, leaned in and told him.

“Hey, you have a typo.”

“Isn’t it sealing?”

“You idiot.”

“You can’t even say a word in our world’s language. I’m doing well if I can do this much in another world’s language.”

“That’s true. It’s closure, not closing.”

“Ah, I see.”

―It’s closure, not closing. It’s a word I know, but I made a typo^^

Rembrary sent an additional message, then closed his phone and smiled contentedly.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to protect my clever image.”

Woo Yeon-woo looked at him, put his hand on his forehead, and sighed.

“You’re a real idiot.”

“Jong-woo?”

“You!”

* * *

Ardor made vongole pasta, gave it to Rembrary, and then sat across from him, ready to watch with sparkling eyes.

“…….”

However, Rembrary, who would normally brighten his eyes and say, ‘It’s delicious. This is really delicious, Ardor,’ was lost in thought today and only ate.

Thinking that it might not be to his taste, but seeing that he was eating very well, Ardor asked worriedly.

“Rembrary-nim [term of respect]. Do you perhaps have any worries? If you have any worries, this Ardor wants to help. I would never dare to think that I could solve Rembrary-nim’s worries, but if I could provide even a small amount of help, that alone would be a great honor.”

As if it wasn’t a big secret, Rembrary put down his spoon and confessed.