Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 159

#159.

“What? Who is that?”

“No way!”

“It’s Gijun *oppa* [term of endearment for an older brother or male friend]!”

“It’s Gijun!”

“He’s such a baby!”

“Hoo-eong·····.”

They were all photos that had never been released before.

Usually, even when releasing past photos, they’d show pictures from school or when they were very young.

A photo of him sitting in the company practice room, wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt, looking exhausted.

A photo taken when he first entered a recording studio.

A photo from when they performed at a neighborhood festival to gain stage experience….

These were images unlikely to be released and difficult to capture.

The fact that these photos remained in high definition and so clear was thanks to Team Leader Jeong Hee-yeong’s ‘big picture’.

“It really brings back old memories….”

Below the stage.

Team Leader Jeong Hee-yeong, watching MOST’s first concert with a look as proud as the members’ parents, muttered while looking at the photos.

MOST was the first group that Team Leader Jeong Hee-yeong had planned everything for, from the debut group members to the concept, after receiving full authority from the company.

Thinking that a day like today would come someday, Team Leader Jeong Hee-yeong tried to capture every moment of the trainees chosen for the debut group.

She often took photos of the members during their trainee days with the company’s internal camera, and she also received and saved selfies or photos taken together with the members.

The members seemed to have completely forgotten about this, and they were surprised when Team Leader Jeong Hee-yeong suggested releasing photos and videos from their trainee days at the concert.

And when she showed them the edited video, they were worried about whether it was okay to release it, but they also seemed quite nostalgic.

“Wow! Heungmin! You used to have long hair!”

Someone shouted while looking at Heungmin’s photo.

It was a photo from when he was growing out his hair to find a hairstyle that suited him.

At the time, he grew it out to cut it the way he wanted, but now that they saw it, long hair suited him in a subtle way.

‘He looks atmospheric. It would be okay to try that styling later,’ Team Leader Jeong Hee-yeong thought with a pleased expression.

The next photo was of Woochul watching TV in comfortable clothes at the dorm.

It was a photo that Heungmin had secretly taken.

“Woochul! Look at him with glasses!!!”

The venue stirred, and laughter erupted.

It was an image that had never been released before because it was before he had LASIK surgery on the company’s recommendation.

Before the surgery, Woochul, whose eyesight was so bad, didn’t wear glasses often and mostly wore lenses.

He looked a little funny wearing high-prescription glasses, but Woochul, who had boasted neat and strong features since he was young, was cute even then.

With the instrumental of 〈Yours〉 playing softly in the background, with each photo, Heungmin appeared in the practice room where only Gijun had been, and Woochul appeared, and so on. One by one, the members increased.

Soon, a photo of Gyuseong holding a microphone with chubby cheeks that hadn’t lost his baby fat came out.

Gijun, Heungmin, Woochul, Gyuseong. After the photo of the four of them together, photos of Louis and Dojae appeared.

It was a part where you could gauge the passage of time.

Photos of eighteen-year-old Louis cheerfully making a V sign and Dojae standing next to him with a subtle smile….

They were not much different from now, but it was clear that they had become a bit more mature.

Every time the photo changed, the fans made sounds.

In fact, many fans grabbed their chests and moaned.

The photo of the six of them together on the basketball court was incredibly refreshing.

The fans even felt a strange tingling in their noses at the group photo of them sweating and playfully laughing as if they had just played basketball.

It was strangely touching that they were not the members who had shown perfect *moseup* [image/appearance] on stage until just now, but boys of similar age.

The assumption that they would have spent more time with each other in the practice room than at school….

That contributed to the emotion.

However, nothing shook the fans’ hearts more than the practice video that came after that.

With crackling sound effects, the photo turned into a video.

-Can’t you do it right? Are you going to debut like that!

The members just before their debut, practicing the 〈I’m Different〉 choreography with Yangmal Trainer, were being scolded by Yangmal Trainer with their heads bowed.

MOST being scolded.

Could there be a more awkward sight than this?

In fact, they practiced so well on their own, and the company treated the members as artists, so there weren’t many times when they were scolded.

However, the members were tired that day and made frequent mistakes, and as it was not long before their debut, the trainer had no choice but to be on edge.

-Gijun. What are you doing? You’re the leader. You’re doing well. Because I said you were doing well….

-I’m sorry.

-I’ll come back and watch again later.

The faces without any makeup looked so gaunt that you could guess how hard the members had practiced.

“·····Ah.”

Weak-hearted fans watched the video, sobbing.

Even if they weren’t being scolded harshly, this was a concert hall.

It was actually a bit of a stimulating video to watch when the heat was at its peak.

However, the people who planned the concert knew that it was at such a moment that the MOST members would once again be firmly imprinted in the fans’ hearts, although it was cold-hearted.

The video was cut and edited, quickly capturing the members resuming practice, Woochul crying in the corner from exhaustion, and then eventually doing well.

And once again, the screen crackled and the background changed from the choreography practice room to a booth for vocal practice.

-Uh··· Hello?!

“Kyaaaaaa!”

“Park Woochul!!”

Woochul was alone in the booth, and the video continued with a close-up of Woochul’s face.

-I’m MOST’s Park Woochul. Ah, should I use polite language?

The fans screamed at the sight of Woochul, who was still awkward in front of the camera.

It was a video message sent to the fans in advance before their debut.

At the time of filming the video, the members were very awkward but excited.

-Anyway, the fact that you’re watching this video means you’re my fan, right? To be honest, there were many times when I wanted to quit being a trainee and there were many difficult things… But the reason why I really want to debut is to meet a fan like you. If someone becomes my fan…. I think it would be really great. No, I like it so much! Keep liking me! Ah. I want to debut soon!

It was funny to hear the rambling words as he was sending a video message assuming the future, but it was a very lovely sight for the fans.

When Woochul made a finger heart with a shy expression at the end, screams like screams erupted again.

“Kyaaaaa!”

Gijun hesitated in front of the camera for a long time and then asked a question that was typical of Gijun, “Do you like our song?”, making the audience burst into laughter.

Louis cleverly acted cute as if the fans were right in front of him, making the fans’ hearts ache.

-Our team name is MOST, but what is the fans’ name?!

“BEST!”

“It’s BEST!”

The fans answered in rough voices to Heungmin’s question in the video.

Heungmin paused for a moment as if he had heard the answer and continued.

-Anyway, everyone! Thank you so much for liking us! We will probably be happy thanks to you.

Heungmin was smiling happily as if he was already happy just imagining it.
A deep smile spread across the faces of the fans at that face.

Next was Gyuseong.

-The reason why I sing…. I think it’s probably because of you fans. I can only sing if there’s someone who wants to listen…. I’ll work harder. Thank you for listening to my song.

Gyuseong’s sincere words that continued haltingly touched the hearts of the fans.

One by one, the atmosphere and temperature are different, but they want to debut soon, they want to be on stage….

And the passion and will to meet unknown fans seemed firm.

Finally, Dojae’s face was zoomed in.

“Kyaaaaa!”

“Kang Dojae! I love you!”

“Aaaagh!”

As he was the most popular member, the decibel level of the cheers in the concert hall soared endlessly.

Unlike the other members, Dojae, who seemed familiar with the camera from the beginning, stared straight ahead and opened his mouth.

-Nice to meet you. I’m MOST’s Kang Dojae. If you’re our fan, you probably like all of our songs, our stages, and us as people, right? I really want to meet you soon. I’m so curious to know what eyes and what hearts you’re watching our stage with. Will we also receive enthusiastic cheers on stage?

The video message ended abruptly with Dojae’s last words.

And immediately, the prelude to 〈Sunshine on me〉 flowed onto the darkened stage.

“Aaaaaaaaaa!”

“Kyaaaaa!”

“MOST! MOST!!!”

At the same time, the fans cheered more vigorously than ever before.

As if to answer the question that Dojae was curious about.

The stage became dazzlingly bright with white lights, and the six members appeared.

“Waaaaa!!”

“Aaaaaaaaaa!”

The fans welcomed the members on stage with one heart and one mind.

The members, who had been fresh and even youthful in the video until just now, were now standing on stage in suits, looking completely grown up.

Wearing silver epaulettes and white suits, they looked like the princes they had dreamed of.

The members, who had watched the video together from behind and came up on stage, couldn’t hide their overwhelmed feelings at the fans cheering for them in loud voices.

Luckily, the members had been on an unexpectedly smooth road since their debut.

However, that didn’t mean it wasn’t difficult.

Even when their debut was uncertain, and even after they debuted.

There were also times when they felt wronged in the middle.

They could never shake the feeling that they were walking on thin ice.

Even though they had become singers who could hold concerts, that feeling remained.

Perhaps that feeling would follow them for the rest of their lives, as they lived off the love of fans who they didn’t know how they would move.

But after watching the pre-debut video, they could realize how happy they were now.

They could realize once again how desperately they had wanted this moment.

As always, it would be difficult to be more grateful to the fans than at this moment.

“BEST, I love you!”

“Love you all!”

Heungmin and Louis shouted while holding the microphone.

-You don’t know, but it started then.

And soon, Woochul’s first part began.

“You don’t know, but it started then!!!”

As it was a drama OST [original soundtrack], the melody of 〈Sunshine on me〉 was a good song to heighten emotions and sing along to.

The fans, who would normally sing along from the chorus, joined in from Woochul’s first verse.

The emotions of the fans, who had followed the members’ pre-debut *moseup* [image/appearance] in chronological order through the video, were also at their peak.

-Because your eyes are more desperate to me than the sunlight.

Dojae continued to sing, looking at the fans in the audience.

Dojae’s eyes reflected on the screen were moist.

-All the darkness inside me disappears when I meet you.

Gyuseong’s voice, with his eyes reddened, echoed loudly.

Bubbles rose from the ceiling and under the stage, filling the entire venue.

The visual effect of the colorful shining bubbles made the fans’ hearts flutter even more.

The members walked around the stage and interacted with the fans.

At some point, the members, who were divided into three zones according to their movements, rose high on the lifts.