Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 77

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Well, it wasn’t exactly ‘stuck’ to her, but…

‘A handprint?’

It looked like the kind of mark you’d get if you put black ash on your palm and pressed it against someone’s back.

If Maeng Wooshin had left that mark on her back, she would have happily ignored it, but Im Yoohan had already given her coffee several times, smelled like Sik, and had never been annoyed with him.

Rembrary, having finished his calculations, readily followed Im Yoohan to tell her.

“Sunbae. Didn’t you wash your clothes?”

Im Yoohan, looking for a place to throw away her disposable coffee cup, answered awkwardly.

“I don’t know. I’ve hardly ever done laundry.”

“There’s something on your back.”

Im Yoohan reached her hand behind her to pretend to dust it off, then asked her manager, who had come to find her.

“Unnie [older sister or close female friend], is there something on my back?”

“Something’s on you? Oh no, we need to use this outfit right away, don’t we?”

Im Yoohan’s manager widened her eyes, turned Im Yoohan around, and shook her head.

“Huh? No?”

Then, she patted Im Yoohan’s back and said again.

“Nothing’s there?”

Rembrary frowned. She knew for sure because Im Yoohan’s manager had dusted it off.

That black handprint on her back wasn’t ‘on’ her. Well, you could say it was ‘on’ her, but it wasn’t put there by a person.

She didn’t know what it was, but it didn’t feel good.

She had a feeling. That handprint felt ominous.

Rembrary decided to dust it off with divine power and asked Im Yoohan.

“Sunbae. Can I pat your back just once?”

“My back?”

Im Yoohan laughed, saying, “Yeonwoo-ssi is really weird,” but she allowed it.

Rembrary quickly gathered divine power in her hand.

“How hard are you going to pat me that you’re getting ready like that?”

However, before Rembrary could dust off the black handprint from her, Jongwoo, who had gone to get her warm water, jumped and ran to stop her.

It was unsettling, but afterwards, the director called Im Yoohan, and then their filming schedules didn’t overlap. They both hurriedly got into different cars due to schedule issues, so Rembrary never got the chance to dust off the ‘black handprint’ from her.

‘What was it?’

***

Rembrary’s schedule was too busy to dwell on the mark on Im Yoohan’s back.

The next day was hectic as well.

was planning a summer special featuring popular idols in short fairy tale plays, and Rembrary had received an offer to appear in it.

was the music show that had blocked Wild Animal’s appearances in anger after Rembrary caused an accident by disregarding the stage.

In other words, this summer special play offer was essentially a reconciliation proposal, promising not to block Wild Animal’s music show appearances.

Jongwoo naturally agreed, and Rembrary reluctantly had her schedule increased even more. Moreover, due to the short time left until the special broadcast, she was called to the broadcasting station that very evening after receiving the offer.

Rembrary and Jongwoo were both taken aback, but later, they heard from another manager who came there that this was the concept.

“It’s kind of like luck? You see it with things like that. If the timing isn’t right, the appearance is canceled. The casting scene will also be broadcast. Even though it’s a play, it’s not serious; it’s more like a sitcom.”

“During the Christmas special two years ago, all the popular idols went on overseas tours or year-end specials, so it was difficult to cast idols? So, one relatively less famous idol got in, and suddenly, they blew up.”

Later, when Jongwoo was alone with Rembrary, he blankly muttered.

“Ah. Now that I think about it, I think I’ve heard of that. That idol.”

“You’re an idol manager, and you didn’t know about the idol special concept?”

“Wild Animal couldn’t even get on the list of substitute candidates. It’s all new to me, so I looked up last year’s and the year before’s performances anyway.”

“How was it?”

“Like those managers said earlier, it’s just acting half for fun. It’s not as serious as , so you can do it comfortably.”

“Can I do well?”

“It would be good if you did well, because there will be people who think you won’t be a complete bad actor after .”

Rembrary nodded and confidently raised her chin.

Her confidence in acting had increased significantly while filming , so this seemed easy.

The handprint on Im Yoohan’s back had long disappeared from her mind.

It was annoying that Oh Jungshin was among the other idols cast, but he hadn’t been too obnoxious since the second day of the temple stay, so it was okay.

“Ah, is everyone here?”

As they were talking, the door opened, and a person with A4 paper tucked under their arm came into the room.

It was someone they had never seen before, but some managers and idols seemed to know the person’s face and immediately bowed 90 degrees to greet them.

From what people were saying, it seemed to be Director Oh Giyong.

“One, two, three, four, five… everyone’s here.”

Director Oh Giyong, checking the number of people one by one with his fingers, soon greeted them warmly, saying, “Please take care of me. Let’s do well this time too,” then added with a smirk.

“As I’ve said before, don’t monitor the live broadcast. Your fingers and toes will curl up [meaning it will be embarrassing to watch].”

Then, he handed out the A4 paper he had been carrying to the gathered idols.

It was about twelve pages of paper, roughly stapled together, and when Rembrary quickly flipped through it, it seemed to be the entire content of this play.

What was unusual was that there were hardly any lines in the script.

‘Why are there so few lines?’

Rembrary, feeling strange about the form that was clearly different from the script, showed the script to Jongwoo.

Jongwoo also looked surprised. Fortunately, the other idols and managers also looked surprised this time.

“We’re going to do a well-known story. . Everyone knows it, right?”

Which country is Snow White a princess from? Rembrary raised her eyebrows, but surprisingly, affirmations of “Yes, yes, yes, yes” burst out from all directions.

“I deliberately wrote only parts of the lines. I wanted to bring out each person’s individuality this time.”

Jongwoo, what does that mean? Rembrary asked in a whisper, and Jongwoo signaled to be quiet for now.

In the meantime, Director Oh Giyong continued to speak.

“The explanations are all there about what kind of lines should come. Look at the explanations and write the lines yourself. Like, how would you express it if you had to say these words in this situation? If you have a dialect concept, write it in dialect, if you have a quiet and resolute concept, minimize the number of words, and if you have a lively concept, write it actively.”

Jongwoo, who had told her to be quiet, exclaimed softly, “No!”

“Write the lines here, now. If you write them and submit them, I’ll smooth them out very slightly and send them to your agency’s office by fax. After seeing that, memorize it for a week, film it, and it will be broadcast that week.”

As they were bewildered, Director Oh Giyong smirked and asked the managers to leave.

It seemed like he was trying to prevent the managers from helping in a direction that wouldn’t get them criticized rather than bringing out their individuality.

Jongwoo didn’t want to leave and lingered for a long time, but there was no way to stay alone.

Instead, he went to Director Oh Giyong just before leaving and pleaded.

“Director, our Yeonwoo has never read , so she probably doesn’t know it. Please explain the story.”

“She doesn’t know Snow White?”

Director Oh Giyong looked dumbfounded, but soon smiled and replied.

“It’s okay. The plot is all in the script.”

But deep down, he didn’t believe Jongwoo’s words.

She’s not from another world, how could she not know ?

He guessed that Jongwoo was trying to get a story with the director’s interpretation by using his head. It was too far-fetched.

Thanks to that, Rembrary had to grasp the plot through , which had been adapted for idol fan service.

Rembrary carefully examined the script.

‘Hmm…’

The plot in the script was like this.

In a certain country, a princess with distinct red, black, and white features is born.

However, when the queen who gave birth to the princess dies, the king marries a very new queen.

But the new queen is only very calm and elegant on the outside, and in fact, she is a dance prodigy full of excitement.

‘Is it the new queen’s home country?’

She didn’t know which country it was, but according to the script, that was the case.

So, whenever this new queen was full of excitement, she would dance in front of the mirror and always check.

– Mirror, mirror, who is the coolest in the world?

The mirror always praised the queen.

– You are the best, Your Majesty!

However, as the princess’s limbs grew longer, a new absolute powerhouse of dance began to emerge.

The princess had a natural talent for dance.

And finally, the day of the problem came.

The princess, who witnessed the new queen dancing in front of the mirror, couldn’t hide her boiling desire and eventually sneaked into the queen’s room and did a breakdance.

That evening. The mirror betrayed the new queen.

– Mirror, mirror, who is the best dancer in the world?

– The princess is hip!

The new queen is shocked and orders the woodcutter to kill the princess.

She thought that if the princess died, she would remain the absolute powerhouse of dance.

However, the woodcutter, who took the princess to the forest to kill her, was moved by the princess’s singing and eventually let her go.

The princess was also good at singing.

When the woodcutter returned and falsely reported that he had killed the princess, the new queen took him as her lover, saying that he was handsome.

‘Huh?’

Anyway, the princess, who survived, was surprised that her stepmother tried to kill her and ran away, and found a small house.

The princess, who trespassed into the house, ate all the food that was prepared and lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

But that house was the home of seven dwarfs.

The seven dwarfs were angry at the trespassing princess. The princess fixed the roof that their height couldn’t reach, they were moved and allowed her to become a member of the family.

After that, the eight family members lived happily, but a problem arose.

The mirror told the new queen that the princess was alive.

The new queen was furious and broke up with the woodcutter, then went to deal with the princess.

Then, she applied for a one-on-one dance battle in front of the princess, and the dwarfs judged.

However, the dwarfs were on the princess’s side, so they were too biased.

Enraged by this, the new queen shouted at the princess to eat shit and returned to the palace.

But she was so upset that she couldn’t sleep, so she took a poisoned apple and went to the princess to propose a death match.

– The loser eats the poisoned apple and the winner becomes number one.

The princess worked hard, but this time, the new queen brought a lot of her aides, so the seven dwarfs were too few in number.

In the end, the princess lost the bet, ate the poisoned apple, and collapsed.

The new queen was happy and returned to the palace, and the dwarfs sobbed and put the princess in a glass coffin.

Just in time, a prince who was passing by saw the scene and came to the dwarfs and asked how many days the princess had been dead.

Then, seeing that the body had not been damaged even after four days of death, he said that she must be alive and treated the princess.

It turned out that the prince was a skilled doctor.

The awakened princess saw the prince and fell in love at first sight and sang a love song, and the prince heard the princess’s song and fell in love and proposed.

‘Already?’

Strangely enough, that was the end.

Rembrary clicked her tongue. To him, who had lived in a real class society, the fairy tales of this world seemed a bit strange.

‘People here really like dancing and singing.’

If you get a kiss, a dead person wakes up, and if you sing a song, world peace comes.

She felt like she knew why the people of this world had such superstitions.

It was because they were brainwashed from childhood with such fairy tales.

However, even while Rembrary was troubled, time was ticking away quickly.

Rembrary sighed and looked at the roles listed on the last page. Anyway, she had to do it if she was told to.

‘Which role am I?’

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