Chapter 35 – #07_Ahyuni (3)
It feels good when soft skin touches the skin.
A person’s body temperature is comforted just by being touched for no reason.
But you can’t just enjoy the temperature all the time.
The time was already pointing to 4:00.
It was good to go back to the dorm and get some sleep if I had to go to work tomorrow.
After washing her body clean, putting on her clothes and going out, Ahyeoni said in a daze.
“Umm, where are you going?”
“I can’t stay out all night, so I’m going back to my dorm.”
“Hey, I wanted to sleep with you…”
“You have to go inside before the manager comes. It’s a bit different from being almost caught and staying out all night.”
“Aren’t you tired?”
“Aren’t you tired at all? Thanks to you, I am properly charged with energy. No need to come out sleep well You have to go to work soon too.”
He forced Ah Hyun to lie down on her bed and closed her eyes.
Newly- Newly-
I’m tired, but when I close my eyes, I fall asleep with a colorful sound in an instant.
She quietly left the house and checked her coins.
[Possessed coins: 27]
Certainly doppelganger dolls help me.
If there were no doppelganger dolls, the coins still held today would have been 18 coins.
‘Next time, I’ll write it for Joo-ah.’
While I was spending the night with Ahyeon, I looked like trash when I promised another woman, but since I had borrowed a coin from Pony, it was not the time to discuss whether it was good or bad.
‘This is why people shouldn’t live in debt.’
The thought of having to pay off the debt and even pay the interest heated up.
After leaving Ahyeon’s house, she immediately used her doppelganger doll.
Then, I was lying on the bed at the front door of Ahyeon’s house.
‘Oh my god.’
My vision shook as I felt my body being sucked into somewhere, but when I came to my senses, I found myself lying down staring at the ceiling of the dorm.
The clothes I was wearing outside were worn by a doppelganger doll that became a doll ring.
When I took off the clothes the doll was wearing, the clothes that had shrunk returned to their original size.
‘Wow, the dog is amazing.’
Woo-yeon was sleeping soundly, and when I checked the time, it didn’t seem to be different from the time I came to Ah-hyun’s house.
‘Isn’t this enough to teleport?’
Admiring the great performance of the doppelgänger doll, I set the alarm on her cell phone and lay down on the bed.
I was able to fall asleep as soon as I closed my eyes because I had released all the accumulated sexual desire.
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♪~♬♩~♪♪~
A refreshing melody flows.
His footwork quickens accordingly.
The lights hanging from the ceiling of the practice room hit us down.
The refreshing melody gradually speeds up, and the rhythm shakes the heart.
Breathing becomes more and more rough according to the accompaniment, and the dance gradually becomes more intense.
After a long practice, we are in perfect harmony with each other, so when we look at ourselves in the mirror, we get quite angry.
The choreography created by the choreography teacher went well with the song.
However, the level of difficulty of the choreography is bound to be high.
“Ouch! I’m dying~!”
“What if you get sick just because you’ve only performed on stage once and you die? But they are doing pretty well now.”
“Hey~ What’s the wind of teacher giving you compliments?”
“The jump height is pretty good now. Everyone has worked hard. Let’s just improve our stamina and make our live performances perfect.”
“Aagh!”
Now I don’t make mistakes in dancing, but that doesn’t mean everything is ready.
Most of the male idols were allowed to lip-sync, but for really talented groups, performing live on stage was their pride.
Honey Enter is a large agency.
It was absurd for a newly debuting boy group to lip-sync there.
Short break time.
The manager, who was newly in charge of our group, came to the practice room.
“Look at Haesol.”
“Me?”
I came out of the practice room at the manager’s call because I had a stabbing problem.
After hesitating for a while, the director led me somewhere and told me to follow him.
“Do you take the elevator?”
“Uh. The director called you.”
“If you are the director, what kind of director are you?”
“I mean, Director Joe.”
“…”
Joysa?
If it’s Joyce…
“Are you personally acquainted with Mr. Joy?”
I shook my head at the manager’s cautious question.
“No. I remember meeting him once during the end-of-month evaluation.”
“Okay? So you’re saying you don’t have a personal relationship?”
“Yes.”
The manager’s face softens at my answer.
It would be difficult to deal with idols who need to be managed if they have a close relationship with the person at the top of the company.
‘Hmm, is it because of work that day?’
Whatever the chief is thinking, it doesn’t matter now.
He would be dating a woman named Joysa right away, and he had to weigh whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
‘Shouldn’t I have found out more about Zoisa?’
I thought it would be over once we met.
When he slept with her, he was so distracted that he wouldn’t even remember her face if he hadn’t seen her at the end of the month evaluation.
There was no mention at the end of the month evaluation, so why are they calling me all of a sudden?
“Sir, I brought you.”
“Come inside. Director Yoo may leave.”
“Yes.”
Manager Yoo lightly patted me on the back as if telling me not to make a mistake and left.
Joyce took off her glasses and rose from her chair.
Then he gestures towards the sofa and says.
“Sit down please.”
“Yes.”
“What would you like to drink?”
“It’s okay.”
“Looks like you came from practice. Did I interrupt you?”
“It’s break time.”
“Oops, I was wrong. I’ve raised idols before, so I know how sweet a break can be.”
“It’s really fine, you don’t have to worry about it. Rather, I would like you to tell me why you called me.”
It’s funny to go out while you’ve already slept.
She and I both knew what to say at this moment.
“I’ve been thinking a lot since that day. I don’t know if I believe it, but even though I’ve been asked many times, I’ve never accepted it. Even thinking about it now, I don’t understand why I accepted that offer.”
“… You did.”
“Anyway, I did what I did, so I thought I should take responsibility. And I apologize to Haesol. Sorry. As an adult, I should have rejected it and comforted myself, but I was swayed by the temptation.”
Director Joe bowed his head and apologized to me.
It was a bit absurd from my point of view.
“You put me in the debut team, but I don’t know why you’re apologizing.”
“Because I fell for the temptation and took Haesol’s body carelessly. To be honest, I was going to call and apologize during the month-end evaluation, but somehow it got a little twisted and I ended up doing it now. I don’t know if it will make you feel better, but I’m sorry.”
“…”
Originally, she thought she would be a woman who would accept such a request, but Director Jo was not the person I expected.
Her conscience pricked her conscience, wanting to know what Pony had done to such an innocent woman.
“It’s okay. I don’t regret what happened that day. Because of that day, I was able to join her debut group.”
Director Joe’s eyes fluttered at my words.
Her mind seems to be complicated.
Director Jo, who was deep in her thoughts, opened her mouth cautiously.
“Have you done anything similar to the proposal that day to anyone other than me?”
“… No.”
“Thank god. I hope she will continue to do so in the future. You are no longer just a trainee, but a member of Honey Enter’s next boy group. As our company’s idol, keep your dignity.”
“I guess he was worried that I would lobby another woman.”
“The first time is hard, the second time is easy.”
I think I know why this woman called me.
They’re trying to control me.
I’m afraid to count outside the gourd that counts inside.
“Will you believe me if I say no?”
“There is too much money to be invested in Haesol to believe in words. From my point of view, I have no choice but to create a safety device to some extent.”
“A safety device?”
No one knows that I lobbied the state director.
The only person who knows is yourself.
If I were to do such a thing again, that too would only be known to the target person.
“It is not compulsory. It’s just a couple of consultations.”
“I can’t believe that the safety device is counseling. What kind of advice are you talking about?”
Am I an abnormal person who thinks of erotic things at the word counseling here?
“To put it simply, it’s like a consultation to tell you how great our company is. Depending on Haesol’s attitude, the content of the counseling could be intimidating or persuasive.”
Intimidation or persuasion?
Looking at me tilting my head, director Joe smiles.
“Let’s start with threats. There are many things that large agencies can do. Networking is really important in the entertainment industry. Starting with the broadcasting PD, I am connected with writers, staff, and other agencies as well.”
“… It means that a life in the entertainment industry will be impossible if you are taken by the company.”
There’s no way she’s not going to notice the meaning of what she’s saying.
“That’s right. It’s really hard to survive in the entertainment industry if you’re filmed by a powerful agency. And I have the power to make that happen.”
“If I secretly do such a thing, I will retaliate.”
“The company protects Haesol. However, if Haesol is doing something that will harm the company, a small number must be sacrificed for the cause.”
It was a threat that worked pretty well for me, a former office worker.
I was used to being humiliated by pressure from above.
“… Threatening, it worked.”
“Then I’ll hand out the carrots. In the future, Haesol and other members will target not only Korea but also East Asia. You’re probably crazy. There are many places that are already on the verge of signing a CF contract. It’s not because Haesol and the members are so great that idols who haven’t even debuted are already getting CF contracts. It’s only thanks to the reputation of Honey Enter. Stepping on that reputation, Haesol’s group will become stars.”
Idols who haven’t even debuted yet get CFs?
“Haesol means that if you do what we tell you, you will become a star. Didn’t you understand?”
“I fully understand.”
“Is it so. I wanted to let people know that Haesol doesn’t have to sell himself to become a star.”
Director Jo Yeon-joo, wearing a woman’s suit embroidered with red and black roses, crossed her snuggly feet.
Black stockings come into her eyes.
It was from then.
She couldn’t take her eyes off her legs.
Unaware of this, she continued her speech.
“I am satisfied that I was given the opportunity to make her debut. I don’t want to be greedy anymore.”
“Well? Will it be so? Haesol knows that too. She said that she herself is very weak compared to the other members.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“It will be fine now. However, as time goes by, dissatisfaction will build up whenever you are discriminated against based on your skills. Especially if there is a member who is better than me?”
There was once an issue of bullying among idol groups on Earth.
It became a controversy because a member who performed well was bullied out of jealousy and envy of a member who did not.
Joyce seemed to think that I could cause a discord with the members out of jealousy.
‘That’s when I can’t spend coins.’
I have a ‘cheat key’ that allows me to improve my skills as much as I want.
So rather than being jealous of the other members, I will pay more attention to improving my abilities.
However, director Joe, who did not know this fact, was well worth worrying about.
“You thought you could do bad things because you wanted to outperform the members.”
“This world is really cruel. All sorts of things happen. It is this floor that is more dead than the last drama. I don’t think there is anything wrong with being prepared in advance.”
“I think I have been persuaded enough. I have no intention of doing that.”
“Counseling does not end today. You will be constantly managed while you are active. Originally, I was supposed to go back to the overseas branch, but the representative asked me to help only until the debuting group debuted and successfully completed their 1st album promotion. It means that you will see me often, at least until the activities for the first album are over.”
It sounded pretty awful from my point of view.
If I hadn’t bought a doppelganger doll, collecting coins would have been really difficult.
Moreover, as a trainee who has not yet debuted, I couldn’t argue against Joysa.
I had to lower myself down now.
‘If I failed to debut as an idol, I could lose the initiative I had at best to Pony again.’
Pony is looking for an opportunity to retrieve the status window.
It didn’t matter if I couldn’t become an idol, but it was difficult to lose the initiative to Pony because of this.
‘I’ll take the idol’s dropout as an excuse, so there’s a 99% chance they’ll tell you to spit out the status window. Let’s lie down for now.’
But I have no idea how far they will keep an eye on me.
Joyce’s eyes were somehow unusual.
These are the eyes of a hunter who is digging a trap and waiting for his prey to be caught.
It felt like an arrow would pierce my body any second.
It is the eyes of a predator.
