Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
57. On stage (3)
After finishing the conversation with Dokgo Miro about the interview.
Yeom Junyeol and Yeo Raehun left behind Dokgo Miro, who said she would personally pick up the children, and headed to the next waiting room.
The owner of the waiting room was the Player who participated in the final round in the 3rd place, together with Dokgo Miro and Yeo Raehun.
Just before Yeom Junyeol arrived at the waiting room, the Yong, who acted as Yeom Junyeol’s manager and bodyguard, looked at the device and said.
“Junyeol-ah, it seems you will have to lend a hand with a bit of commenting, because of the additional interviews. I checked the script and a few lines overlap with the questions to be asked during the interviews.”
“Ah, is that so?”
“Yeah, it seems we will have to distribute the lines with Choe Jina-ssi again. Did writer-nim say he would give a new script?”
Yeom Junyeol and the Yong checked the script again, while walking, when Yong abruptly halted.
Her expression was subtle.
“Umm.”
“Noona, what’s the matter?”
“No, I don’t have a good premonition. Is it because Yong Jegeon is nearby?”
“Ah, isn’t rain perhaps coming? Today’s morning uncle Cheongryong said his superpower wave state wasn’t good, so…”
Dragon King God was a higher being deeply connected to the weather.
But as there were many other higher beings besides the Dragon King God, who had background in myths and legends related to weather, it was impossible for him alone to control the weather.
Also, in such a situation, the condition of beings, who served Dragon King God was deeply influenced by the weather.
In other words, the state of the Yong tribe members’ superpower waves could change regardless of the Dragon King God’s will.
When they were struck with the bad weather as result of simple weather phenomena, or because of other higher beings, the Yong tribe was greatly affected.
The reason why the Yong tribe’s base, the Dragon Palace, was hidden in the deep sea was also to cut it off from the danger of being influenced by weather.
“No, it doesn’t seem like it has a big relation to weather… And the state of Cheongryong-nim today, wasn’t it because you, Junyeol, were busy these days? Because of the Student Council work and filming, you can’t play with Cheongryong-nim these days.”
“I recently neglected People around me. My apologies. When filming finishes today, I’ll postpone the entertainment work for a while, and spend time with the People of Red Lion, Yong tribe family, and masters-nim.”
“Masters-nim? Ah, you mean Yeom Bangyeol and bastard with wanderlust? She still didn’t return to Korea. Well, it would be good to contact her sometime.”
“Hahaha…”
Yeom Junyeol laughed awkwardly, as he changed the topic.
Two people were known to the world as Yeom Junyeol’s masters.
One was Yeom Junyeol’s father, Ruler of Red Flames Yeom Bangyeol.
The other was the dragon with wanderlust.
But Yeom Junyeol had one more master.
‘Although I showed a disgraceful appearance by getting the 2nd place again in the last midterms, I luckily was safely elected as the Student Council president. I can go to see master-nim with my head high!’
With a soft face, Yeom Junyeol recalled the Hongryong his master called.
At that sight, the Yong, who was watching him, also smiled softly, and other staff members had similar expressions.
“Then as it seems that Junyeol-yi will be busy, I’ll go talk about that interview matter. I’ll go first.”
“Uh, is that okay?”
“Yeah, I wanted to talk with hyung before the broadcast starts, so it worked out well. See you later.”
“Thank You!”
While Yeom Junyeol stopped in the corridor while talking with the assistant writer and the manager about the script, Yeo Raehun headed to the waiting room alone.
The third participant was the oldest among the three, he was a worker on Player special employment at the otherworld related industry company, and a Player, who occasionally worked a second job in the otherworld conquest.
Though he was the oldest, the age gap between him and Yeo Raehun was just a few years, but perhaps because he was worn down by the office worker life, he looked much older than his age, and there were many people who sometimes rudely teased him with his old man face.
There was even a broadcasting clip of him and Yeo Raehun standing side by side, with the comments like ‘Father and son.jpg’.
Knock knock.
“Hyung, it’s Raehun. Can I come in?”
When he knocked on the door of the waiting room, he soon heard the answer to come in.
As he opened the door and entered, he saw a man with a tired face stretched out on the waiting room sofa.
Because no one put makeup on him yet, and he also wasn’t wearing his costume, rather than the candidate for the victory in the survival audition program, he looked like an ordinary office worker, who was secretly taking a break avoiding the eyes of the boss.
The man roughly waved his hand in a lying posture, and asked:
“Raehun-ah, aren’t you nervous?”
“I’m nervous. Did You hear about the setting of the interview schedule? We plan to first ask about hyung and hyung companions’ will and then progress with it.”
“Interview? Companions?”
“Yes, the fans, friends and family that came to cheer for hyung.”
“There are no people to interview then.”
The man smiled with a face filled with exhaustion.
Yeo Raehun thought about the gap between that face and the face on the stage, while smiling slightly.
Even though he always made that face that said ‘I messed up now, it’s ruined’, on the stage it burst with emotions and singing abilities.
So Yeo Raehun thought that even when he said there were no people to interview, it was simple idle talk.
“I looked around a moment ago, and it seems that all hyung office coworkers are coming”
“… They came from my company you mean?”
“It doesn’t seem like They came yet, but there are seats for Them.”
Yeo Raehun smiled towards the man, who made a confused face, while speaking.
Recalling the business card the man handed him before, Yeo Raehun said:
“I looked around the stage a moment ago. I also went to see the audience side a bit, and there were seat marked with the ‘Namkung Products Otherworld Company Team 1’ tags.”
At those words, the man’s face hardened strangely.
Yeo Raehun had a subtle sense of incongruity at that stiffened face.
* * *
Kim Yuri, who exchanged messages with Dokgo Miro through the device, spoke brightly.
“We may do the interview right away, so how about we decide who will go? It might be hectic if we all speak together. Ah, Miro will come out to pick us up in a bit!”
“Heuk, we’re meeting with Miro?”
“I didn’t mentally prepare yet!”
Our class children reacted with just ‘Dokgo Miro is coming, huh?’, but the 2nd year class 0’s senior bastards made a fuss.
Especially the GeunChan&WangChan duo seemed to shake at the word ‘interview’ beside ‘Miro’.
“Hey, then the person who’s going to do the interview…”
“Me!”
Geun Chansol and Wang Chansol raised their hands at the same time.
Even the speaking timing was perfect, so it felt like someone recorded the voices of the two people and played them at once.
As if those bastards were very camera hungry, although they didn’t belong to the 1st year class 0, they appealed they had to stand in front of the camera as the class 0 seniors.
Perhaps because they mastered making excuses after playing a prank until now, the two people spoke well.
Moreover, they seemed to have an uncommon affection for Dokgo Miro.
They recited Dokgo Miro’s words and songs that were broadcasted until now line after line.
“You know her well, huh? I should also listen to songs sung by Miro later. I guess Chansol-yi like Miro a lot, eh?”
Jegal Jaegeol said a word with a pleased face, as if he liked seeing his students care for a junior.
But GeunChan&WangChan’s following words shattered that enjoyment.
“Even then, we don’t like her as much as teach Jegal-nim!”
“I agree with WangChan’s word!”
“… Okay, thank you.”
“Hahaha, first of all, the interview request came for our class, so let’s hear the class children’s opinions…”
Kim Yuri laughed awkwardly, and turned to look at the class children.
There were not that many people, who showed eagerness to step out in front of the camera.
In Hwang Jiho’s case.
“This one recently revealed oneself to the public, but I plan to carefully select the press. It’s not that I can’t do it if you really want me to do the interview, but…”
“It seems better to ask other kids.”
“Jo Uisin, I didn’t finish my words yet.”
Maeng Hyodon, Han Yi and Kwon Lena were somewhat passive.
“I don’t have problems coming out.”
“If there are no people, I’ll do it… it would be good if they don’t ask about the elementary school days.”
“What to do, if a question about Miro comes out, I don’t have the confidence replying as properly as seniors-nim!”
And because Min Geurin frantically shook her head, we decided to respect her opinion.
“I want to do it!”
Among our class children, the only one who actively stepped out was Sawol Seeum.
But Jegal Jaegeol made a sorry face and resolutely spoke to Sawol Seeum.
After Jegal Jaegeol whispered something to Sawol Seeum, Sawol Seeum exclaimed ‘ah…’ and nodded, stepping back.
‘It would be a bit too much if the child of the Sawol family openly appeared on the entertainment program.’
After the Fantasy Auction, Sawol Seeum was given Jegal Jaegeol’s contact information and received help from him, and even now Jegal Jaegeol seemed to take care of Sawol Seeum.
As result, Kim Yuri and 2nd year class 0’s senior bastards decided to take on the interview.
Kim Yuri took the lead and headed to the broadcasting station’s back entrance.
A bodyguard stood in front of the transparent glass door, and after showing the audience ticket and Kim Yuri’s explanation, he let us through right away.
Behind the transparent glass door was a security detection checkpoint, and I saw some people, who seemed to be Players.
The Players had a mark of a somewhat famous team on the jacket they were wearing.
‘The broadcasting station security is thorough, huh?’
In the past there was an enormous incident when some crazy Jin and Enemy occupied a broadcasting station.
It was belatedly solved by the Player’s Association and Player teams that were nearby, but as it was broadcasted on air, it couldn’t be turned back.
They say that after that, all broadcasting station made remodeling or moved to a new building, and had full-proof security.
They naturally installed security detection checkpoints and hired Player teams, and after deliberately making inside structure complicated, they only revealed some facilities on the facility guide map.
Beep!
Maeng Hyodon was first to try to go through the security detection checkpoint and was caught.
The Player guard asked Maeng Hyodon:
“Do You have any weapons or weapon items?”
Maeng Hyodon hurriedly took out the item card out of his pocket.
“Uh, I have a card I received from school… But should I call it a weapon? It’s a protection gear…”
“I’m the person in charge of leading those children. How may I help You?”
When Maeng Hyodon, flustered by the sudden situation, couldn’t speak properly, Jegal Jaegeol stepped out and checked the weapon items the class children possessed.
The Player guard put a sticker on each card.
A pattern of the superpower wave seal was engraved on the sticker.
“Until you come through the security detection checkpoint again, if You remove this sticker or materialize the weapon, an alarm will ring. Please be careful.”
He meant that if we materialize a weapon, the broadcasting station security team and the pro Player team that the guard Player belonged to would be notified.
In my case, because I received 300 weapons from school, I put them all into a deck and put a sticker on them.
After the sticker was put on the deck, the alarm didn’t ring.
‘The items in the item window aren’t caught by the security detection checkpoint, huh?’
I was worried what kind of excuse I should make if the Nine Golden Teeth Rake was caught.
On the other side, Hwang Jiho watched me with sparkling eyes.
“How was he not caught? Did he leave it behind? No, considering Jo Uisin’s personality there is no way that he would leave it behind.”
As if the geezer picked up on something somewhere, he made a meaningful face.
Hwang Jiho drew a conclusion on his own.
“Is it perhaps one of those ‘benefits’?”
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Translator’s note: This is the chapter when the first cover was switched to the second cover with Hwang-ho!
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