Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 190

The atmosphere in the waiting room was heavy.

Kijun, Heungmin, Woocheol, and Kyuseong couldn’t hide their dark expressions.

“Heemin, that guy is really something…….”

Heungmin let out a hollow laugh and shook his head.

To come back after three years and ask for support to do well.

It felt brazen, to be honest.

Of course, they also wanted him to succeed.

However, openly supporting Heemin on the show wasn’t necessarily good for him, as they had said.

It could only provoke resentment from the fans of other contestants.

Even if he got a lot of votes with MOST’s support, it wouldn’t be Heemin’s achievement.

Debuting like that would be meaningless.

At least, that’s what the MOST members thought.

Having debuted through their own efforts, they were grateful for what they had achieved and always thought they were lucky.

If they had achieved something by relying on luck, they wouldn’t have cherished their fans or popularity as much.

They wanted Heemin to realize that too.

“If he puts in a little effort, Heemin could be good enough…….”

“Exactly.”

Woocheol and Heungmin sighed.

Kijun and Kyuseong didn’t say anything more.

Even this was something he had to realize on his own.

It would have been better if he had realized it and come back.

Seeing the members sigh, Louis also felt bad.

‘They must have cared a lot about Heemin…. The *hyung*s [older brothers/male friends] must be hurt too.’

He was happy to be a member thanks to him, but the members must have gone through a lot of emotional turmoil.

Louis could guess that much, but Heemin didn’t seem to know at all, which was a shame.

‘He should apologize first…….’

Moreover, the members had only wished for Heemin’s success, rather than resenting him.

Of course, that was only possible because MOST was already on a successful path…. They were really good *hyung*s.

Thinking that, Louis glanced at Dojae.

Dojae seemed to be thinking the same thing, with a pitiful look in his eyes.

Louis smiled awkwardly when he met Dojae’s eyes.

Dojae lightly patted Louis’s shoulder, as if to tell him not to worry too much about the members.

As Dojae said, the members soon seemed to have put Heemin out of their minds, tidying up their clothes and waiting for the performance to begin.

Heemin was far down the list of priorities for the members.

Now, it couldn’t be helped.

Just then, a staff member knocked and came in to announce that the performance was about to begin.

“The performance will start in 10 minutes! Please enter the VIP seats before the start!”

“Yes, I understand!”

Jung Gilju answered on behalf of the members.

“Let’s go in 5 minutes! Anyone who needs to go to the bathroom, go now!”

“Ah, I’ll go to the bathroom!”

“Me, too! Me too, *hyung*!”

Heungmin and Louis hurried to the bathroom to get back within 5 minutes.

***

“Oh, Louis!”

“Oh! Sungchan *hyung*!”

In front of the bathroom, Louis ran into an unexpected person.

It was Sungchan of Infinite Boys.

“What brings you here, *hyung*?!”

“What brings me here…. We have a contestant from our agency here. So I came to support him.”

“Ah! I see!”

Among the 31 contestants, there were two from Seonyul Entertainment.

It was common for senior members of the agency to come and support them during the performance mission.

The fans knew that they were only appearing because they were from the same agency, so the support of the senior members didn’t have a big impact on the voting.

Of course, they were already benefiting from being from a large agency.

“It’s even nicer to see you suddenly! I’m watching your activities well. You’re number one again? Congratulations!”

“Thanks a lot!”

“Wow, but what brings you here? Your agency doesn’t have any contestants, does it? Ah! That former member…….”

Sungchan said, watching his expression.

Sungchan didn’t know exactly the relationship between the MOST members and the former member, Heemin.

In many cases, those who left after being in the debut group left for bad reasons.

“Ah, that’s…. Dojae *hyung* participated in the composition.”

“Wow, that’s amazing. That team will win? If it’s a song composed by Dojae, it’ll definitely be good.”

“Well, winning depends on how well the team members do…. But the song is definitely good. Because our Dojae *hyung* composed it. Hehe.”

Louis smiled with a proud expression, as if he had composed it himself.

Seeing that, Sungchan pinched Louis’s cheek as if he were cute.

Louis’s soft cheeks always made him want to pinch them, and when he smiled, his cheeks filled out even more, making him want to touch them even more.

“Ah, I wish our youngest was as cute as you.”

“Youngjin *hyung* would be upset.”

“He can be a little upset.”

Even as he said that, Sungchan looked around to see if Youngjin, the youngest member of the team, was listening.

Louis burst out laughing again at the sight.

“Then let’s see each other later! Enjoy the show!”

“Yes, *hyung*!”

“If you get number one again, I’ll treat you to beef!”

“OK, Sir!”

After Sungchan left like that.

Louis hummed a song and waited for Heungmin.

Because it was right before the performance, the bathroom was crowded, so Heungmin wasn’t back yet.

Then, someone tapped Louis on the shoulder from behind.

Louis, who naturally thought it was Heungmin, turned around.

The one who tapped Louis on the shoulder was Heemin.

“Oh…. Hello.”

Not knowing what to say, Louis gave Heemin an awkward greeting.

They were the same age, but Louis used honorifics because they hadn’t really talked much.

Heemin’s eyes, who nodded in response, were stubborn.

After visiting MOST’s waiting room a little while ago, he couldn’t shake off the inexplicable resentment.

“Are you happy?”

Louis’s expression hardened for a moment at the words that were blurted out without any other words.

Heemin was even more displeased by Louis, who was humming a song.

The tension before the stage may have been pouring out in a strange direction.

“…About what?”

“Are you in a good mood?”

Louis was dumbfounded by Heemin’s provocation, but he held back once.

‘He’s the *dongsaeng* [younger brother/friend] that the *hyung*s cherished…….’

Louis nodded.

“There’s no reason to be bad…….”

“It was originally my place.”

In an instant, Louis’s beautiful brow furrowed.

Louis had been thinking that he became a MOST member thanks to Heemin leaving MOST.

That was also true.

But he didn’t feel good when he heard it directly from him.

No, he felt bad.

Moreover, he felt even worse because Heemin’s intention was obvious.

“You should be grateful. Because I was supposed to be the one who enjoyed popularity as MOST, and I was supposed to be the *maknae* [youngest member] that the *hyung*s cherished. No, it was originally me.”

Louis looked at Heemin with an absurd look.

It was an insult to himself, but it was an insult to the members.

“Of course. I’m grateful to you. But why don’t you know?”

“What?!”

“Why don’t you know how grateful you should be to the *hyung*s?”

Louis was also human.

Seeing Heemin in , he had thought, ‘If Heemin was in MOST instead of me…….’

He even wondered if the members wanted Heemin to stay instead of him, and if that would have been better for MOST.

But that thought was only for a moment.

MOST was a successful group because it was the six of them now.

He couldn’t imagine MOST without any of them.

Would it have been better if Heemin was there instead of Louis?

Of course, there is.

But, it’s just an assumption.

Heemin left for America on his own, and the MOST that came out into the world will be MOST with Louis from beginning to end.

And the members (no matter what it was like at first) cherished Louis himself, not just because he was the *maknae* of the team.

Louis knew that best.

Just like puppies and children know exactly who loves them, Louis knew that kind of thing amazingly well.

That’s also why Louis can show great sociability to other people.

And above all, Louis knew that he was a person worthy of being loved.

He worked hard to make that happen.

Louis’s ego was strong enough to not be swayed by Heemin’s three-inch tongue, and his relationship with the members was strong.

“You should have known how grateful you were and stayed on the team. Now!”

“Who are you to say that!”

“Exactly. Who are you to say that! If you’re going to come back and act shamelessly, telling the *hyung*s what to do, don’t even bother! Go away!”

Louis’s voice wasn’t very loud.

But he shot back at Heemin firmly and surely.

“What? Shit! You! You were pretending to be nice! Bastard!”

Heemin glared at Louis, panting.

Louis looked at Heemin without blinking an eye.

Louis may look gentle, but he had the guts to kick out the New Enter trainees if he didn’t think it was right.

Besides, this was a fight that Heemin couldn’t win.

He had already lost when he left the members who cherished him.

It would be fortunate if he apologized now and didn’t lose his relationship…….

As expected, it was a foolish choice.

However, if there was one thing Louis regretted, it was that Heemin had studied abroad in the United States.

‘I shouldn’t have used English…….’

While Louis was having such a leisurely thought.

“What’s going on?”

Just then, Heungmin came out and looked at the bad atmosphere between the two.

“Heungmin *hyung*! This bastard!”

Heemin, who saw Heungmin, immediately pointed at Louis and tried to say something.

But before that, Heungmin hardened his expression and said to Heemin.

“This bastard? Are you already friends? If not, isn’t that a bit harsh?”

“*Hyung*?! Do you know what this bastard said!”

“Louis? If it’s Louis…. He must have said the right thing. Isn’t your performance time up? We need to go in quickly too. Let’s go, Louis.”

At Heungmin’s words, Louis smiled and nodded.

Seeing Heemin with a resentful expression, he felt like he had become the villain for some reason…. But it didn’t matter.

Heemin stared blankly at Heungmin and Louis, who left without even looking at him.

Heemin, who had been struggling not to regret it, was overwhelmed by some regret.

It was a very late regret.

***

Right before the performance started.

The members went and sat in their assigned seats.

There were a lot of singers and trainees from each agency in front and behind them.

Just as they were exchanging greetings with familiar singers.

The venue gradually darkened, and the fans who filled the venue let out a huge roar.

It was a roar full of anticipation as the contestants’ performances were about to begin.

“Wow, I’m looking forward to it.”

Woocheol and the members also looked at the stage with expectant eyes.

The first team was a song by composer Min Jungseok, who composed HOH’s hit song, which has been the grand prize singer for 3 years.

Dojae was invited as a composer who stood shoulder to shoulder with such a composer.

The camera briefly showed composer Min Jungseok and then the stage.

Five contestants wearing black clothes stood in a row on the stage.

‘What kind of song will it be.’

Dojae swallowed hard and looked at the stage.

HOH.