Chapter 149 – Balrog Hates Rattlesnakes! ( 2 )
Buaang—
A truck running at high speed.
Rumbling- Rumbling–
To be honest, I can’t say the ride comfort is good.
“Senior, I’m sorry, but… Could you go a little slower?”
“Huh? Ah. Are you sick with motion sickness?”
“Yes… A little.”
Hiro himself never gets motion sickness because of his sense of balance, but the children in his stomach could be different. Concerned about that, I reluctantly told the clairvoyant.
“Sorry, sorry. Because I was concentrating, I became faster without realizing it.”
Chunlia immediately caught her gears decelerating.
“Thank you. Senior.”
“It’s a precious junior, but it’s natural. Isn’t it uncomfortable by the way?”
“Yeah?”
“Rahee, who is next to me.”
At Chunlia’s words, Hiro slightly turned her head and looked at herself.
Gorong-.. Gorong-..
There was Blood Rahee, who was sleeping with her head leaning against her. Not knowing how deeply he fell asleep, he snored like a cat.
“Am I okay? And rather… I look cute.”
Perhaps because she was pregnant, she was Hiro, a small and dainty object that seemed more lovable recently.
“Rahee is cute? Fuhu!”
“Ah! I’m sorry. I’m a senior…”
Seeing Chunlia suddenly burst into laughter, Hiro immediately apologized, wondering if she had made a mistake.
“It’s not because of that. It’s just… It’s because it’s amazing that Rahee follows him well.”
“Follow me well..?”
“Yeah. Even now, you’re sleeping like you’re being hugged by your mother, right? Rahee is almost as friendly as you, Hiro, except for me.”
According to Cheon-Ria’s explanation with a smile, Hyeol Ra-hee seemed to have a very wary personality.
‘Rahee sunbaenim? I can’t believe it…’
It is blood Ra-hee who has approached me without hesitation since the first time I saw her.
“Maybe they felt close to each other because they had similar hair colors?”
‘..Hair color?’
Hiro, who saw Blood Ra-hee again with a single word of clairvoyance, was shocked to see the bloody revelation.
Within the academy, there were students possessing all sorts of magical powers, and there were not a few students who were exposed to the influence of the magical powers possessed.
‘Rahee-senpai’s hair color is similar to mine, isn’t it!?’
However, there was no student with a red hair color similar to Hiro’s, like the hair color of Rahee.
Of course, it cannot be said that they are completely identical.
In the case of Hiro, it is a pure red color with no other color harmony.
In the case of Blood Ra-hee, it was a near-bloody redemption.
However, at first glance, it was true that she had a similar tone of hair, so that it was difficult to tell them apart.
If Hiro had a red eye, others would have thought of Blood Ra-hee as Hiro’s sister.
“Maybe… I don’t know.”
Hiro answers and takes care of Rahee’s hat for a while.
To Hiro, the similarity in hair color didn’t feel like a mere singularity.
What was discriminated against by the Baek family and their father was the hair color of the blood family that the Baek family hated the most.
“..Blood!”
Hiro opens his eyes wide and looks back at Rahee.
‘The surname of the 10th family cannot be used by other families, right?’
Because of the very shabby club room and the easy-goingness of the two seniors, Hiro came up with something he hadn’t thought of before.
‘Then, is Cheonlia-senpai also… A person from a heavenly family?’
I realize that the background of the two people next to me is by no means easy.
“Ugh! The traffic is really blocked..”
As she puts her arm on the open window frame, she realizes belatedly that the car is not moving at a word spoken by Chollia.
“Wow… There are a lot of tile-roofed houses.”
Looking out the window, I could see the appearance of a residential complex where traditional hanoks in the old style were built in a landscape where only apartment buildings were visible.
You can see people coming and going along the long trail with the stone wall.
Baang- baang-
On the road you are currently standing on, the loud horns of the vehicles blocking you from behind resonate.
“Why do you think there are so many people in a village where there are only tile-roofed houses to see?”
At that time, Chollia quietly said a word.
‘The tile-roofed house is also strange…’
Hiro, who saw the tile-roofed house for the first time in his life because he rarely went out, nodded his head slightly at Chunlia’s bored expression, although he felt fine inside.
“The organizers of the hanok village had a brainstorm. We have to live on tourism income, but tourists won’t come just by walking around wearing hanbok and promoting traditional hanok… We decided to hold a unique festival.”
“..Festival?”
“Yes. It’s a festival that selects the most beautiful woman in town.”
Jinju Traditional Hanok Village holds an annual festival to select the best beauties.
At first, the festival was held to attract tourists by inserting the element of ‘beauty’ into a part that did not appeal to the Hanok Village alone.
However, somehow, the contents of the festival became famous through word of mouth, and now it has become a famous festival that is synonymous not only in the village but also in a region.
“The festival to select a beauty is combined with the village’s custom of dedicating the best beauty to the mountain god in the cave to pray for a blessing and a good harvest for the year. They say offering something, but that’s just what they say. I briefly entered the cave altar in the mountain behind the village. Are you telling me to come out?”
“I see.. Huh? Could it be that the reason why you asked me to come dressed beautifully is…!”
“Of course you want to participate, right?”
Chunlia winked at Hiro and immediately looked up and down.
“Okay! Passed. With this level of form, I can win the championship!”
“Ooh..Winning?! Me?”
It was Hiro who asked back while being extremely flustered.
‘At the festival to choose a beauty…! How do I claim the winner?!’
Usually, boys passing by give her intense stares and often hear that she is pretty, but Hiro never thought of herself as a pretty woman, although she was a bit on the good side.
Even more so, if it was a festival where a beauty was selected among beauties, she thought that it was not applicable to her at all.
“It’s… Unreasonable! How many pretty people are there in the world? It’s more likely that Lia or Rahee will participate!”
“Of course, Rahee and I will also participate. But from my point of view, it’s definitely Hiro’s victory. And if you win… Hehe! We’re going to reveal the identity of the guardian deity of the altar inside the cave and post it in our club activities! What do you think? Is this the perfect plan?”
“…”
For a while, Hiro pondered whether to return home with the cock ring’s emergency escape function.
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Inside the bright waiting room.
“Are you crazy!? Are you asking me to enter a beauty contest in a rural area like this?”
A pink-haired woman shouts wildly, slamming her star-shaped hairpin in her hair against her desk.
“No… LaLaya village? The Jinju Beauty Festival is a fairly famous festival? All three broadcasting companies’ cameras are here, and they pretend here! If you win, you’ll build recognition, how good is it?”
A man in a suit wearing black sunglasses is embarrassed by a girl who looks one head shorter than himself.
“If it’s that good… Why didn’t the other members come, and only me, the maknae, came?”
“You’re the least recognized.. It’s not! It’s because you’re the most beautiful. Haha..”
When life flashed in the girl’s eyes, she was a man, a manager, who quickly changed her words.
“It’s okay. I’m canceling this schedule, so you know it’s like that.”
“Ha.. Canceling when there is no next schedule?”
“If you don’t have a schedule! Get some! Here at this time!”
Hearing the girl’s high-pitched voice, the manager turned around behind her and put his hand on his forehead in anguish.
‘I really can’t manage this temperamental bitch… Whose fault is it that I got a schedule in a rural village like this? Isn’t it because Ji started dating rumors with other idols? Oh, what should I do… If I just go back, I’ll be beaten like a dog by the boss… No, the boss.’
The girl’s agency president is often referred to as a gangster in the entertainment industry. She can’t live with the female celebrities under her umbrella, but her subordinates literally catch them like dogs.
“Ah! I heard that the president of JIP’s large agency is also coming as a judge?”
Let’s talk about an idea that suddenly popped up with a bright face.
“…JIP?”
For a moment, the girl, Lara, stops and stunned.
– Hello! It’s Lara!
– Hoo~ You seem quite talented. Would you like to try working at our agency? Miss Lara.
– Really?! That’s an honor!
A common star-hunting cliché that passes through your head.
‘I’m not the kind of person who will rot at a small and medium-sized idol agency, am I?’
“Well… It wouldn’t hurt to go out once in a while.”
“That’s right! Good idea!”
The manager replied with a smile, guessing what Lara was thinking and cursing.
——
Wow-!
Numerous tourists under the stage cheered for the attractiveness shown by the participants on the podium.
[ Beauty No. 14! The cute aegyo and dance were excellent! Hey judges! What’s your score? ]
Let the voice of host MC Bernard Shaw, who came to work without fail this time, resonate.
[68 points from the mayor of Jinju City! Hanok Village chief score 71 points! And the score of the president of JIP, a large agency… Uh no! 22 points! May I ask the reason for the score? ]
Chi-Ik-I immediately turn the connection of the microphone to the president of an entertainment agency who resembles the judge Seok Moai.
[Hmm.. It was cute! It was definitely cute. When it comes to beauty, half cute and half sexy are important, right? But the cuteness is you! It was so strong! ]
It was a good contestant, but the president of a large entertainment company was given a score close to being eliminated as if there was something he didn’t like.
[I’ve heard the words of the JIP president so far! Next participant! This is participant number 15! ]
With Bernard Shaw’s cry, a girl with red pigtails climbs onto the podium.
“…”
Although they are expressionless, they stand in front of the stage with light steps as if they are excited about something.
[ This is a pretty cute contestant! By the way, the outfit… Mmm! Unusual! ]
So far, in the case of the participants, there were people who came out wearing dresses that were decorated as much as possible or, in the worst case, dresses.
“Heung-heung!”
But now, Blood Rahee was dressed as an explorer, as if she had participated in a survival game rather than a beauty contest.
[ Wonderful! What a special contestant! ]
The JIP president clapped and liked it.
“It’s cute, but…”
“It’s not a fun party, is it? Aren’t they not suitable for beauty contests?”
Blood Ra-hee’s appearance is quite cute, so most people felt regret and curiosity at the same time for her slightly clunky outfit.
[Then please introduce yourself! Participant No. 15! ]
“I’m Rahee.”
[ Yeah? ]
“This is Rahee!”
Hyol Ra-hee’s self-introduction started with the embarrassing voice of the host. She kept saying that her name was Rahee, probably to avoid being discovered.
[Well…Then let’s have time to show off our charms! ]
Bernard Shaw, who decided that he couldn’t get enough of it through dialogue, passed it on to the next corner, the Talent Show.
“I’ll show you the martial arts I practiced..”
Charreuk..
Blood Ra-hee wore a chained gauntlet she had pulled out from somewhere.
Grasp–!! Quaang–!!
“Hot!”
Press your feet down toward the floor and extend your fists.
Hwareuk–..!
Correspondingly, blood-colored flames rose around Blood Ra-hee’s body!
[Wow, it can’t be a really great kwonbeop.. Huh? Is that breaking the stage?! ]
Wow…!
Just like Bernard Shaw’s astonishment, the stage floor split apart every time Heol Ra-hee stamped her foot on the floor or stretched out her fist.
“What are you doing!? Stop that!”
The head of the security team waiting nearby shouted and the competent bodyguards rushed to stop Blood Ra-hee.
“Haaa…”
Whoo–!
Due to the martial nature of the blood family, once you focus on martial arts, there is a part where you cannot see the surroundings due to life.
“Crazy..!”
“What kind of magic field is like this!?”
The bodyguards couldn’t even get close to Blood Rahee.
“Rahee.”
In the midst of the commotion, Cheollia arrives right in front of Blood Ra-hee.
“Are you all in trouble?”
He looked directly at Blood Rahee and said.
Sreuk..
In an instant, one side of Chunlia’s yellow eyes was dyed black.
Startle-
“Ah..”
“Let’s go down?”
“Yes.”
After coming to her senses, Rahee Heol comes down from the stage in the hands of Cheonlia.
[There was a bit of a fuss.. It’s going to be held again right after the stage is cleaned up, so the fun things I’ve been through until then! Bernard Show Show Show! I’ll let you hear the jokes! ]
It was Bernard Shaw who, like a professional MC, calmed down the situation with his wit and calmed the situation again.
At that time, in the waiting room behind the stage.
“Huh! There’s nothing special about it. You can’t compare your appearance or charm to me, a current idol.”
Lala, the youngest member of the idol group SHINee One, laughed at the contestants on stage with her arms crossed.
And behind the corner.
“Uh.. What should I do..? I’m the only one left.”
There was Hiro, who was trembling as he watched Chun-Ria and Blood Ra-Hee being isolated while wearing a long straw hat.
