LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 13
Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: NicoleTempest
Chapter 13 Mountain over Mountain
When I lifted the blanket, there were a lot of snacks that Seon-woo had secretly hidden underneath.
“Are you a fox with eggs? Instead of eggs, you have snacks in your arms and hide under the blanket?”
I snatched the snacks with a hook-like motion and Seon-woo cried.
“What’s that, why are you talking like our dad? I haven’t opened any of them yet!”
I ignored him with one ear and confiscated all the snacks and went out to the living room over the door frame.
“Just lose some weight first, start with that.”
‘To be honest, I’m not in a position to talk either.’
I haven’t tested my body properly yet, so I don’t know how much it is.
Cheon Ise’s body could no longer perform intense movements like before.
Moreover, the thing that was inside was a 40-year-old man who couldn’t dance anything but a tourist bus dance.
I had to work hard not only for Seon-woo.
‘So I have to make that guy look good first.’
In the meantime, the most visual member couldn’t go on stage because of his weight management failure.
It was a hopeless situation. It was really a situation where disbandment was not someone else’s business.
sob… sob…
Seon-woo sobbed behind me as if trying to arouse sympathy.
I covered my eyes and went into the room where Kyunghwa and Yi-jun were using.
Knock knock.
When I lightly tapped the closed door with the back of my hand, Yi-jun answered cheerfully.
“Hey, come in~.”
When I entered, Yi-jun and Kyunghwa, who had freshened up and looked comfortable, were lying down in their respective beds.
“What’s with the snacks?”
Kyunghwa asked, looking at the pile of snacks in my arms.
“I just confiscated them from Seon-woo. You guys also take them away from Seon-woo as you see them. Either eat them or hide them somewhere.”
Yi-jun whistled lightly and exclaimed, picking out a few snacks of his taste. Kyunghwa didn’t even touch them.
“And from tomorrow, I’m going to bring my stuff and live here together. I’m going to share a room with Seon-woo, so if you have anything on the bed next to him, clean it up.”
As soon as I poured out all the snacks on Yi-jun’s bed, Kyunghwa asked me with wide eyes.
“You’re going to live here?”
His expression was like he was shocked that I was going to shave my head.
“Yeah. There’s only half a year left.”
The other members lived in the dorm even if they didn’t have a schedule. Cheon Ise lived alone as if it was natural.
I don’t know how much he whined that he didn’t want to live together.
“Wow… I really didn’t want to say this because I thought it would hurt your feelings, but…”
As Yi-jun was amazed, I hit him first.
“Did you get struck by lightning? I didn’t, I just wanted to do it for sure because it’s the last time.”
I should have lied that I lost all my memories due to the aftereffects of the accident and became a new person.
A light regret passed through my frontal lobe.
“Anyway, clean up the bed. I’m going now.”
How to stick with these guys for 24 hours in the future, the same worry was secondary.
I wanted to get out of these noisy guys for a while as soon as I finished the quest.
“Yeah, see you tomorrow.”
Kyunghwa still looked nervous as he saw me off.
As soon as I came out of the living room, the sound of sobbing came out of Seon-woo’s room again.
Why are you so childish that you can see it?
He’s actually young, but.
‘What an elementary school student…’
I sighed and stood in front of the room where Seong-won was alone.
‘I don’t even want to say hello to this guy.’
I didn’t particularly dislike this guy…
Right.
I couldn’t tolerate my shaken composure as I talked to this guy.
But anyway, this guy was also a fellow who rode the same boat, whether he liked it or not.
I’ll give him one more rice cake if I hate him. I have to say hello.
I knocked on the door.
“Why.”
Instead of telling me to come in, Seong-won asked why.
I reflexively opened the door and tried to answer, but stopped.
He didn’t even say it was okay to open it, and I didn’t want to think about how annoying he would be if I opened it.
Even if I had a teenage son, he would have been more cooperative than this guy.
“I’m going now. From tomorrow, I’m going to come in here and live together.”
Then Seong-won jumped out and opened the door.
“What?”
“I’m going to live here too. From now on.”
Seong-won looked at me with a more shocked expression than Kyunghwa.
As if he was looking at a patient who had lost his mind after hitting his head hard.
“Why?”
I retorted as if nothing was wrong.
“It’s better to live together than separately. It helps with unity. And we can match the schedule right away.”
Then Seong-won sneered and asked.
“Why couldn’t you think of that for the last five years and suddenly do it now?”
I raised my voice a little, thinking that I would only corner myself if I said more.
This guy was right, it was the right thing to do to go out with the reckless behavior that Cheon Ise would have done.
“If it didn’t work out for the last five years, something should have changed to change the result!”
This time, Seong-won also had nothing to say, so he closed his lips and twitched his eyebrows.
“Anyway, you never understand at once. I’m going.”
This was the right answer.
As I walked through the living room and out the front door, I felt Seong-won’s gaze staring at the back of my head.
I didn’t care at all and closed the door and left.
‘Phew… It’s a bit cold.’
It was chilly because it was late at night, even though it was early summer.
I should bring some summer clothes and bring something light to wear outside.
I went out to the main street to catch a taxi, but there was no one who recognized Cheon Ise.
How can there be no one who recognizes me among these many people when I’ve been active for five years.
Even when I was really living as Lim Hyun-seong, there were a few people who recognized me from time to time.
It was thanks to the cooking programs and commercials that I had appeared in.
‘This guy must have been on the air several times if he was active for five years.’
A celebrity who no one recognizes without a common sunglasses, mask.
I returned to the officetel with a bitter taste in my mouth.
In the officetel where I was alone, a handsome 24-year-old young man looked at me through the mirror.
There was so much to do.
[ Congratulations on the successful clear of the member face-to-face! Achievement commemorative points +20]
A new pop-up message in the same format appeared in the air.
As if it was very natural, Pposil also barked excitedly, congratulating me.
[Congratulations on successfully clearing Tutorial 1! Achievement bonus points +100]
I looked at my possession points, which had become quite solid, and asked.
“By the way, besides the skills that I can use through collecting fate, is there a system that can increase my abilities permanently?”
I wish I could see my status in some concrete indicators.
I wanted to check if there was something like a stat window, since it was a game-like system.
[Tutorial 2. Use the growth and enhancement system > Distribute growth points]
[Do you want to start?]
[Yes/No]
“Tell me sooner if you have something like this.”
Without any hesitation, I pressed yes with a gesture in the air.
A large screen unfolded in front of me, just like when I opened the TIP shop for the first time.
I gently stroked Pposil’s head, who was sitting upright.
The more I looked at him, the more I felt a bit of affection. I don’t know what he is, though.
[Profile]
[Name: Cheon Ise (Lim Hyun-seong) – 24 years old]
[Attributes]
Visual: S
Vocal: D
Dance: E
Performance: E
Charm: A
Speech: A
What?
I was dazzled by the two E’s more than the visual S.
“Cheon Ise is the main dancer? Wasn’t he in charge of dance? Why are dance and performance E?”
Then the pop-up window answered right away.
[ The current status grade of Cheon Ise is adjusted according to your own skills.]
[The previous Cheon Ise’s status is different from yours.]
I asked the status window with a nervous expression.
“So, except for the visuals, the rest are all like a 40-year-old man who has never learned anything?”
When I asked, hoping it wasn’t me, the status window answered very brightly.
[You understood it exactly right!]
“…”
I felt a moment of dizziness in front of me. Even if I was calm, this was a shock that was hard to recover from.
“Wouldn’t I fail if I come back like this? Do you think I can catch up with the others if I learn for half a year now?”
[Our Human Happiness Foundation System supports the growth distribution system for your smooth adaptation.]
The status window stretched out again, and a small note appeared under the stats.
[Distributable growth crystals: 2 (current cumulative acquisition points 200)]
[Every time you acquire 100 points, you will automatically receive one crystal that you can use to grow your stats.]
[You can grow your abilities by one grade each time you use a crystal. (However, it takes 2 crystals to grow from A to S, and 3 crystals to grow from S to SS)]
[The grades are in ascending order: E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, a total of 7 grades, and you can also grow by your own efforts without using crystals.]
‘This feels like playing a game.’
I’ve only seen other fellow entrepreneurs play games. I’ve never actively tried it myself.
I guess I have to invest the two crystals in dance right away.
I thought of various scenarios and racked my brain.
First, when I clicked on the attributes, a sub-layer-like description of each attribute came up.
[Visual] A measure of how close your appearance is to beauty. The higher the grade, the closer you are to universal beauty.
[Vocal] A measure of your ability to control your voice and convey emotions according to the pitch.
[Dance] A measure of your ability to control your body movements and adjust the rhythm and intensity.
[Performance] A measure of your ability to dominate and enrich the stage. Natural ad-libs, large volume, stage manners, accident handling skills, etc. are affected by this attribute.
[Charm] A measure of your ability to attract people’s liking.
[Speech] A measure of your ability to clearly communicate and express your opinions and lead the atmosphere with appropriate language activities.
It seemed like they classified the talents needed not only for idols but also for entertainers into game-like stats.
‘As expected, dance looks the most serious.’
Cheon Ise was originally the best at dance.
No matter how bad his physical condition was… If he danced at the E level, he would look weird.
“Can you show me the stats of the other guys?”
I already knew the positions they were in charge of in the group through searching. But it wouldn’t hurt to have a reference for the detailed numbers.
Four windows lit up side by side in front of me.
[Profile]
[Name: Ryu Kyunghwa – Age 24]
[Skills]
[Buff: – Reduces fear and tension effects in various emergency situations]
Usage points 15pt
[Attributes]
Visual: A
Vocal: A
Dance: B
Performance: A
Charm: A
Speech: S
The buff seemed to be determined by the attributes, and the speech S stood out.
Other than that, it seemed to be relatively stable overall. I was an extreme case, though…
He was probably the most exemplary style among the five. I nodded my head and moved on to the next profile.
[Name: Oh Yi-jun – Age 22]
[Skills]
[Buff: – Increases confidence and efficiency in various activities such as ad-libs, response induction, etc. on stage]
Usage points 10pt
[Attributes]
Visual: A
Vocal: D
Dance: A
Performance: S
Charm: A
Speech: C
I snorted, laughing reflexively, at the performance S contrasted with the vocal D and speech C.
How could he not deviate from his image at all?
If he was asked to say something on stage, he would say “I can’t think of anything.” without hesitation. His attributes matched Yi-jun’s image perfectly.
‘Next is… Son Seong-won.’
I clicked on Seong-won’s attribute window with a bad feeling.