## Chapter 165 – (5)
“Hoo…”
After a shower, I eat chicken while enjoying the cool air conditioning.
A sigh of satisfaction escaped my lips in this luxurious situation.
Some might even call this sex.
At least for the summer, it might feel as good as sex.
I had only gone outside for a short while, but my energy had completely drained.
“…Come to think of it, I didn’t really eat much food back then.”
I tore off a piece of chicken and thought about the world I had been in before.
A cyberpunk world set in the future.
I regretted not eating much food there.
Even in the future, I went to convenience stores and ate ramen or instant meals.
Sometimes, I was so busy that I skipped meals altogether.
Looking back, I felt a little regret.
I should have gone to a restaurant.
“…No. Come to think of it, there were those things…”
I shook my head for a moment.
A forgotten sight came to mind.
One of the most surprising things about the future convenience store was that there was zero-calorie rice and snacks made of actual insects.
I don’t know what they made the rice out of.
And it was shocking that insects confidently occupied a place in future food.
Would future children eat mealworm snacks like shrimp crackers?
I remembered why I had settled for quick meals back then.
Seeing such a sight naturally suppressed my appetite.
I tried to erase the memory from my mind again, tore off another piece of chicken, and stared at the unnecessarily large TV.
The price of that TV easily exceeded twice the price of my computer.
Of course, the picture quality was just as good.
It was a luxurious item for me to buy, as I didn’t usually watch TV much.
Strangely, I was frugal with money in strange places like delivery fees, coffee, and transportation.
But I recklessly spent money on things like this.
Maybe it’s because I couldn’t feel the amount of money.
The TV was already showing some entertainment and music programs that usually aired in the evening.
“It’s already evening…”
Quite some time had passed, but the quest completion window hadn’t appeared yet.
She said she had a schedule today, so maybe she’s too busy to check her site.
“…Huh?”
Just then, Mei was smiling and hosting a music show on TV.
Even when she appeared as a group, the camera focused on Mei.
It seemed difficult for the camera director not to film Mei, who was genuinely enjoying the stage and smiling brightly.
She even received solo shots even when it wasn’t her part.
“Looking at her like this, she’s a natural idol.”
A person born to be an idol.
This was one of the words fans used to describe her, and I agreed.
She should be tired from her busy schedule, but she genuinely enjoyed every stage and filming.
Well… because filming is her fortress.
Even when I saw Mei working as an idol, that video kept flashing in my mind.
Every time she smiled brightly, I was the only one who knew that her smile wasn’t just a pure smile.
“Hoo… when will I see it?”
I grumbled, looking at the quest that wouldn’t complete.
Maybe she doesn’t even check the comments.
“If she had seen it, the quest would have been completed…”
The conditions for the quest weren’t particularly difficult.
She just needed to realize the danger of the secret account.
Just in case, I went to the site again.
And I saw that there was a reply to my comment.
“I’ll upload the video right now…?”
This was not the reaction I expected.
I just wanted Mei to feel anxious about the situation and take down the special subscription video.
I ended up extorting a video from Mei by accident.
Saying that I was looking forward to the next video was just a formal thank you as a subscriber.
I didn’t expect the meaning to be distorted like this.
“…She really uploaded it?”
She even filmed and uploaded a video.
In familiar clothes.
Wait, familiar clothes?
I stared intently at my phone.
“This…”
I looked up and looked at the TV again.
And I paid attention to her stage costume.
It wasn’t a very comfortable outfit to dance in.
Her abdomen and shoulders were exposed, but her arms were covered like arm warmers.
It was an unusual outfit in every way.
Idols’ stage costumes are sometimes custom-made, so it might be the only one in the world.
I picked up my phone and compared it to the TV, alternating between the two.
“…It’s that outfit.”
As if she had taken it right before going on stage, Mei in the video was wearing her stage costume.
She was going wild because I guessed her identity.
This was not the direction I had expected at all.
Moreover, the content of the video was beyond my expectations.
[Hanseong oppa… are you watching…?]
Hanseong.
This was my nickname.
I simply made a nickname by reversing my real name, Seonghan.
It was supposed to be a video for special subscribers, but she knew that I was the only special subscriber.
Mei was filming her body in the bathroom while chanting my nickname.
Her appearance on TV and her appearance in the video overlapped.
[Eung… how is this outfit…?]
She was showing off her glamorous stage costume as if she wanted me to see it now.
It was appealing to the point where she wanted me to notice.
Was Mei waiting for this moment?
That’s what I thought.
“What should I do with this pervert?”
Mei put her hand inside her stage costume and started masturbating her nipples again.
The sight certainly aroused me, but it was an action that was moving further away from completing the quest.
It was difficult for her to take a stance that she wanted to be caught.
“I have to tell her the danger…”
Seeing her act like that was proof that she didn’t understand the seriousness of the situation, or that she was a pervert who enjoyed this thrill.
I might have to use a more drastic method.
“Should I scare her a little…”
I remembered the time when Mei had a bitter expression for the first time.
The tumbler I had poured cola into to drink in front of me now.
There was a face drawn on the tumbler.
Mei frowned a little as she talked about why this tumbler couldn’t become merchandise.
The terrorist attack of personal messages from an enthusiastic fan.
That incomprehensible incident of masturbating with a face photo.
Wouldn’t Mei realize the danger if I recreated that?
At least it would have some effect.
The problem is—
“…Aish…”
Of course, even I couldn’t easily do this.
A sense of self-disgust naturally crept up.
I wondered if there was another way.
I hesitated because I thought this method would work, but I eventually tried it.
I hope it works this time.
I filmed a video and sent it to Noah, that is, Mei’s secret account.
I sent it late at night, so she probably won’t see it until tomorrow.
***
“Mei, you look happy. What’s wrong?”
“Huh? Me?”
“Yeah, you’ve looked happy since yesterday’s stage?”
Eunhye, from the same group, asked that in the broadcasting waiting room.
I look happy?
“…That’s right, something good happened to me.”
I could only admit it after hearing those words.
I had mixed feelings, but I felt happy anyway.
Eunhye looked down at me with a smile and said as if she knew everything.
“Is it because of that?”
“What, what…?”
Did Eunhye notice?
My heart fluttered for a moment.
Then Eunhye narrowed her eyes and said.
“Is Hanna unnie’s boyfriend that handsome?”
“What? Haa…”
I lost out because I was nervous.
Eunhye was embarrassed by my reaction this time.
“What, wasn’t it because of that?”
“It’s not.”
I smiled and answered.
And as she said, I brought back the memory of meeting Hanna’s boyfriend.
I had forgotten about it because of the shocking comment from the subscriber yesterday.
I had met Hanna’s boyfriend.
“So, how was it? Huh?”
In fact, Hanna’s boyfriend was quite an issue among female idols.
Hanna, the hottest influencer on SNS recently.
She was originally popular only with men, but since she became more expressive, she has been receiving strong support from teenage women.
As a result, the curiosity about her boyfriend reached its peak for the idol group consisting of teenagers and early 20s.
“What should I say… like a wrestler or judo player…?”
I even mistook him for an athlete at first.
His body was more noticeable than his face.
“And, he’s very rich.”
The next thing that impressed me was the big house and expensive furniture.
Even I, who knew nothing about furniture, could see that the expensive furniture was spread throughout the house.
“What’s his personality like?”
“His personality is… I think he’s kind, and he’s good at talking to women.”
This expression was more accurate than other expressions.
He seemed to know women’s hearts very well, even though it didn’t seem like much.
He skillfully brought up or twisted conversation topics.
I might be mistaken, but I felt like he was good at handling women.
“…Really? Isn’t Hanna unnie being threatened by that man?”
“…I guess so.”
It was a little suspicious when I listed these characteristics.
Just then, an alarm arrived.
I wanted to open it right away, but I was conscious of Eunhye’s eyes next to me, so I put aside the precious alarm for a while and continued talking about Hanna’s boyfriend.
