episode_0023

It had been a month since Dragon Valkid became Seo Yisoo.

Neither Seo Yisoo nor Shin Jihu knew about it.

That day.

Shin Jihu was busy selecting a project suitable for Seo Yisoo to appear in.

He was working overtime.

Since appearing in “My Manager,” there had been no shortage of places looking for Seo Yisoo.

Most of them were for villain roles, which was a bit of a concern.

But still, it was something.

Shin Jihu was passionately searching for Seo Yisoo’s next project.

And then.

A call came from Seo Yisoo.

– Shin Jihu…

At the sound of her fragile and feeble voice calling his name, Shin Jihu immediately stood up.

“What’s wrong? Why does your voice sound like that?” he urgently asked.

As he asked, he threw on his jacket that was hanging loose on one shoulder.

He was determined to go to Seo Yisoo right away.

“Come to think of it… She’s been calling me at night more often lately.”

Seo Yisoo was always annoyingly contacting him at night, but recently, the frequency had increased.

“Maybe…”

The calls he had ignored as bothersome.

Perhaps they were like foreshadowing.

Normally just a strange girl, but wasn’t Seo Yisoo someone with an unstable mind due to her unhappy family background?

“And she lives alone in that one-room apartment.”

She must feel lonely at night.

Especially with her unstable mind.

Loneliness can worsen depression.

Shin Jihu suddenly felt a pang of fear that she might be having a mental breakdown.

– Shin Jihu. Something terrible has happened…

Just hearing her voice, it was clear that her condition was not good.

Shin Jihu hurried his steps.

“Are you at home now? I’ll come over.”

– Blood…, blood…

Seo Yisoo’s voice continued.

His mind was spinning.

Blood, blood.

Did she harm herself?

Shin Jihu quickened his pace even more.

– Blood keeps coming out from below…

“….What?”

It was then that he felt something was off.

“My stomach hurts and I feel dizzy. It’s really hard. Please come quickly.”

“….Oh.”

Shin Jihu paused for a moment.

Then turned back and bought painkillers and sanitary pads.

“Goodness.”

Shin Jihu was exasperated.

“At my age, running errands for a girl’s sanitary pads.”

Life is something.

Shin Jihu clicked his tongue.

But at that moment, he didn’t know.

That running errands for sanitary pads would be the least of his worries.

What awaited Shin Jihu at Seo Yisoo’s house was a hellhole beyond imagination.

“Menstruation. Right. Menstruation.”

Seo Yisoo was a strange woman. And she was severely lacking in common sense due to memory loss.

But luckily, she knew the word “menstruation.”

Just that word.

“Sanitary pad? Sticker? What are those?”

She was ignorant of everything else.

Even after searching the internet to explain how to use them, she couldn’t understand.

“No… Please. Listen carefully.”

Shin Jihu didn’t want to admit the impending disaster.

So, with all his knowledge and vocabulary, he explained to Seo Yisoo how to use a sanitary pad.

But…

“I have no idea what you’re talking about. But, Shin Jihu, I’m in so much pain right now. Please do something.”

It was all in vain.

After wasting a long time, Shin Jihu finally admitted the harsh reality he was facing.

And now.

“Damn it. Life is really something.”

Shin Jihu was attaching a sanitary pad to Seo Yisoo’s underwear.

Thoroughly researching on the internet.

“Sigh. Ah. Life. Really.”

Shin Jihu looked at the world with empty eyes.

He reflected on his life.

Born into a chaebol family, he had worked hard.

While other chaebol heirs were playing around, he studied and prepared for the future.

He got into a prestigious university and maintained high grades there.

Not only that, he also took on leadership roles in his social circle without neglecting his relationships.

Shin Ji-hoo really, really lived diligently.

At that time, Shin Ji-hoo really didn’t know.

Living so diligently, he never imagined that in his future at 28 years old, he would be sticking a sanitary pad on a 20-year-old girl’s panties.

“Shit.”

Shin Ji-hoo felt the randomness of life.

In his eyes, a vast and empty universe unfolded.

Life, damn it.

Watching from the side, Seo Ei-soo cautiously asked, “Um… Shin Ji-hoo. Why are you so angry…?”

But then, with a swift turn, Shin Ji-hoo’s eyes made Seo Ei-soo swallow her breath in surprise.

“D-Don’t stare at me like that. It’s scary.”

“Shut up. You better have amnesia for real. Or else, I’ll sue you for sexual harassment.”

“I-I really do. Amnesia… or not!”

Actually, it wasn’t amnesia.

But faced with Shin Ji-hoo’s threatening gaze and words, it seemed like she had to genuinely believe she had amnesia and live that way.

He couldn’t understand why he, a dragon, was acting this way towards a mere human man like Shin Ji-hoo.

But anyway, when Shin Ji-hoo got angry, there was no way she could be that scary.

Seo Ei-soo had to watch Shin Ji-hoo’s mood for a long time, sweating profusely.

“Phew.”

It took quite a long time for Shin Ji-hoo’s anger to subside.

Actually, it was more like resignation than anger being resolved.

“Yeah. This kid is not normal for a day or two.”

Seo Ei-soo was weird anyway.

So as her manager, I didn’t think it was that strange to experience sticking sanitary pads on women’s underwear.

That’s how Shin Ji-hoo accepted his life.

Even if you live diligently.

Life doesn’t always go as planned.

Shin Ji-hoo realized that truth.

“But.”

Having gained enlightenment, Shin Ji-hoo glanced around Seo Ei-soo’s studio with a subtle look in his eyes.

“What’s with this mess in the house?”

“Huh? Is there a problem?”

“…A problem?”

A bitter laugh escaped.

“And you say that after seeing this mess?”

His eyes were met with a mess.

All sorts of plastic containers were piled up like bricks, forming a mountain.

“What on earth is all this?”

“Oh, this? Didn’t you tell me? You can order food with this.”

Seo Ei-soo picked up her mobile phone with her slender fingers.

The delivery app was running on the screen.

Seo Ei-soo smiled slyly.

“There are so many delicious things.”

That’s true.

The Earth had a much more developed food culture than her hometown.

And Seo Ei-soo still didn’t know much about Earth.

Seo Ei-soo explored, ordering new food every day and enjoying it deliciously.

Tteokbokki for lunch.

Gopchang for dinner.

Nakgopsae for late-night snacks.

It was days of happy gourmet eating.

“Hah.”

Shin Ji-hoo touched his forehead.

He realized that the situation was really serious.

“No. You said you wanted to act. You’re not going to be in the next project? If the actress doesn’t manage her weight, how can she eat like this?”

She was an actress.

You couldn’t show any weight gain on camera.

Male actors could build muscles, but it was hard for female actors.

It was a profession where you had to constantly pay attention to weight management.

But if she ate like this.

She must have gained a lot of weight.

“Huh?”

Seeing Seo Ei-soo’s innocent expression made him feel even more uncomfortable.

“Ugh. Come here.”

Shin Ji-hoo grabbed Seo Ei-soo’s arm and lifted her onto the scale.

It was to assess the situation.

‘First, check the weight… I should probably cut off the personal training.’

With that thought in mind, he checked the scale.

“Huh?”

Surprisingly, Seo Ei-soo’s weight hadn’t changed at all.

“Huh?”

Shin Ji-hoo looked at the piled up food containers and the numbers on the scale with a perplexed expression.

At first glance, she didn’t understand.

“Why am I not gaining weight?”

“Weight?”

“I mean, my weight.”

“Oh, that. No matter how much I eat, I don’t gain weight.”

“…What?”

It was because she was a dragon in her transformed state.

The dragon transformation magic was amazing and astonishing, with various effects.

One of them was the constancy of the physical body.

It wasn’t that she didn’t age. The transformed form naturally aged as well.

However, separate from that, she had an astonishing immunity to negative changes.

She didn’t get sick, and she didn’t gain weight.

“Wow.”

Shin Ji-hoo didn’t know the details.

But nevertheless, she could understand that Seo Yi-soo had a constitution that didn’t gain weight easily.

Despite the traces of delivery food scattered around, the unchanged number on the scale was hard to believe.

“Well, that’s fortunate. But still, be careful in the future. Once someone who doesn’t gain weight well starts gaining, there’s no turning back.”

“That won’t happen.”

“Hmph.”

“Ah, I see. I’ll be careful from now on.”

Anyway, it seemed like this matter would be resolved like this.

“Hmm. Since you came here like this, it’s also an opportunity. Let’s talk about work.”

Although she stumbled due to Seo Yi-soo’s menstrual cycle, Shin Ji-hoo decided to take it as a good thing.

After all, she was planning to discuss the next project with her soon.

“Regarding the next work, are you still not changing your mind?”

“Of course not. The roles you mentioned last time are all the same as Cha Yeon-soo’s, aren’t they? Living the same life again. I don’t like that.”

After “ ,” Seo Yi-soo had received offers for roles that she could continue with, although not overflowing.

But the problem was that most of them were so consistent that they could be called the second Cha Yeon-soo.

She didn’t want to take on the same role again.

Seo Yi-soo was stubborn about it.

For Shin Ji-hoo, it was a bit regrettable.

“After all, as a rookie, it’s not the time to worry about a fixed image.”

Seo Yi-soo was a rookie.

She was in a position where she didn’t have a fixed image in the eyes of the public.

So there was no need to worry that taking on the same role would fix her image.

On the contrary.

It was necessary to firmly establish any image, no matter what it was.

So even if she acted as the second or third Cha Yeon-soo, there would be no problem.

Rather, she should be happy that the offers kept coming.

When Seo Yi-soo insisted she didn’t want to do it, it felt like a waste.

“Well, okay. It’s my role to let the actors do what they want.”

Although it was regrettable.

Shin Ji-hoo didn’t want to force Seo Yi-soo to take on a role she didn’t like.

She wanted to let her take on the roles she wanted to do.

Shin Ji-hoo racked her brains and searched for Seo Yi-soo’s next project.

Recently, she had found a good role.

“Here, take a look.”

“Hmm.”

What Shin Ji-hoo handed over were several printed materials.

It was a synopsis of a work.

Seo Yi-soo read the title of the work on the first page as “Sea Diary.”

That was the title of the work.