episode_0116

After the mid-term inspection, the day of the main contest arrived quickly.

My and Yu Seol’s stage order is the third.

And now the second stage is coming to an end.

“I will enter one minute after the previous team leaves.”

“… Yes.”

“I will be back for a while for a sound test. Please wait a moment.”

The production crew in charge of us left for a while… , in the busy backstage, Yu Seol and I had time to talk for a while, avoiding the eyes of others.

“Are you nervous?”

“… … .”

In response to Yu Seol’s question, I nodded for a moment and asked.

“… of course. Aren’t you nervous?”

Even though I asked that question, I thought it was a pointless question.

Haven’t you checked Yoo Seol’s skills thoroughly over the past week?

There was no way for someone like that to be nervous before the stage.

I thought so… .

“… Of course I’m nervous.”

“… … .”

“I’ve never been nervous every time I go on stage.”

… If you think about it, Yu Seol was also a trainee who had not debuted yet. A trainee like me.

Han Si-woo, who debuted more than 10 years ago, said he gets nervous every time he goes on stage, but no matter how long he practiced, there was no way Yoo Seol, who was a trainee, wouldn’t be nervous.

As Yoo Seol calmly expressed his feelings, I asked in a low voice.

“… Why are you saying that?”

“… … .”

I could tell.

Now that Yoo Seol is honest about his inner feelings… , She was blunt, but on the other hand, she said it was to relieve my tension.

In response to my question, Yoo Seol seemed to look into space for a moment and then spoke.

“… Could it be said to be an apology for being cold to you all this time?”

“… … .”

“I didn’t hate you as a person. but… , I was jealous of you for being able to do what I couldn’t even after 9 years of practice.”

Yu Seol’s face as she said that was expressionless, but it contained deep regret.

“Jealousy… That must be the feeling.”

“… … .”

“When I first saw you, my emotion was interest… , I was ugly jealous because you were doing well.”

I was able to realize why Yu Seol said this to me.

Ahead of an important stage with me… , I guess he wanted to shake off all his feelings for me.

So I leaned my head against the wall and spoke calmly.

“I might have hated my sister.”

“… What?”

Yoo Seol opened her eyes wide and made a surprised expression at my sudden words.

Looking at that rumor, I continued speaking in a quiet voice.

“From the moment I saw my sister’s grading performance… , Strangely, whenever I saw my sister, I started to seethe. I really want to beat that person someday, I want to push him, I want to trample him.”

“… … .”

“My sister said that to me. It’s called good kid cosplay. Maybe so. Since long ago… .”

At that time, a now blurry memory of the past appeared in my mind.

‘Mom, I finished cleaning the room!’

Was it when he was 3 or 4 years old?

It was a time not long after my reincarnation.

I used to comb and mop with my small, unripe hands that were hungry for greater parental love.

The reason I reached out to Seo Yu-jin and Lee Hye-jeong was probably the same.

If I give them love, they will give me love too.

“… … Yes, I have been like that since long ago.”

“… … .”

“But it’s not good for me to pretend to be nice to my sister. I think that’s probably why I treated my sister more harshly and behaved like a child.”

For the past week, I have been verbally abusive to Yu Seol and throwing a tantrum… , behaved like a child.

Even when I was young, I pretended to be an adult and just cosplayed as a good kid, like a spoiled brat.

“Is this because you hate your sister?”

“… Well, the way you look at me now doesn’t seem to hate me that much.”

“Then what is it? Is it a desire to win, or is it jealousy like my sister felt towards me? Either that or… .”

I looked at Yoo Seol who paused for a moment and said with a smile.

“Love/hate? Is it love? Did you actually fall in love with her at first sight?”

“… … .”

“I’m just kidding.”

Yoo Seol blinked in confusion after hearing me say it was a joke.

It was then.

“Alright, you two are leaving now!”

The production crew who had gone to test the sound came back and told us to enter the stage.

“Let’s go.”

“… … .”

“Today… , Forget all the emotions you’ve been feeling and just focus on the stage.”

Yoo Seol, who had been unconscious for a moment, finally returned to her normal expression and nodded.

“Okay… , at least for this moment… , let’s forget everything.”

Tuk.

With those words, we lightly bumped our fists and headed onto the stage.

“Ha Ye-rin-!!!!”

“Yu theory-!!!”

Fans who were excited that we would be on stage together were chanting our names loudly.

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“Ha Ye-rin-!!!!”

“Yu Seol-!!!!!”

We are deaf to the voices of fans calling out to us.

This is why no matter how much experience you have, you still get nervous when you go on stage.

Smiling… , Hundreds of pairs of eyes looking at me while cheering.

Will I really be able to meet their expectations?

It was because the burden weighed down my heart and stopped my head from spinning.

but… .

♬♬-! ♩♩♩♩-!!

Faaat.

“Kyaaa-!!”

The moment the intro catches your ear, hundreds, if not hundreds… , my body, which I practiced thousands of times, moves automatically.

-I’m not young anymore

-We must move forward too.

It’s already a song with a low vocal range, so even if it’s raised to a female key, it won’t be a burden to perform live, but it will add a lot of pressure to the dance, which is several times more than usual.

A power dance with continuous breaking.

Vigorous movements should continue, but should not be too extreme.

The core of this song is ‘harmony.’

-There are two different paths: rational and emotional.

-What should we choose?

Yoo Seol combines his stable rap skills with dancing skills.

Sreuk-, Sreuk.

It feels like we’re fighting, swinging around here and there… , It seems as if they are hugging each other, slowly becoming one.

The theory is white.

I’m black.

The conflicting images of me and Yoo Seol are wearing clothes of contrasting colors.

They dance the same choreography while looking different from each other.

Like a mirror, I lock eyes with Yu Seol as we dance in perfect synchrony without a single hand gesture or breathing mistake.

two… , root.

The strong heartbeat gradually stops and the tension begins to ease as the body adjusts.

And pleasure slowly begins to fill the relaxed body.

Sigh.

From this moment on, it was just a matter of going with the flow.

The moment you surrender to the flow… , the body moves on its own.

The same goes for speculation.

Sreuk-, chollarang.

We are like one body. Also like a mirror.

When I extend my right hand, she extends her left hand.

When I lean down, she immediately sweeps my back.

What Han Si-woo wanted to show in this song.

A clash of two different emotions.

The unity that arises within it.

And grow.

We showed this to the audience without any modification or subtraction.

So our excitement gradually increases… , a moment full of joy that consumed my body.

I used

‘Heavenly Demon Illusion.’

The 1st skill of the Heavenly Demon Magic, Heavenly Demon Illusion.

In fact, if I used the newly acquired second skill, Heavenly Demon Moon Spiritual Treasure, I would have been able to stand out more from the audience and win votes.

But I didn’t use it.

The most important thing in this song is the harmony with Yu Seol.

I have never used the Heavenly Demon Moon Spiritual Treasure in front of such a large audience.

If the Heavenly Demon Moonlight Treasure had a greater effect than I expected, I could shine, but it could be detrimental to the quality of the entire stage.

Therefore, I only used the first skill, Heavenly Demon Fantasy.

of course… .

‘This is enough.’

Even with this, I was confident that I could surpass the speculation.

Because Heavenly Demon Illusion is a skill that is activated through my emotions.

Now that my mood was at its peak, I couldn’t easily predict how effective the Heavenly Demon Illusion I was using would be.

[I cast the 1st skill of Heavenly Demon God’s skill, Heavenly Demon Illusion!]

In this way, the Heavenly Demon Illusion was successfully cast… .

Paaat-!

I was able to successfully feel the heavenly demon illusion taking hold in my body.

I can’t explain it with exact numbers, but if you compare them… .

‘This is the end.’

It almost felt like I could show the audience a dream-like fantasy.

‘It’s my victory.’

Sigh-!

But that was then.

“… … .”

‘… … huh?’

As a result of what I have checked so far, the person affected by the Heavenly Demon Illusion has eyes that are a little more dreamy than usual.

And now Yu Seol had hazy eyes.

… As if caught in a heavenly illusion.

‘Why did you… ?’

Yeah well… , Since Yu Seol-do is also within range, you can fall into the Heavenly Demon Illusion.

So what kind of scene is Yu Seol seeing now through the heavenly demon illusion?

I don’t know exactly what it is… .

Sigh.

… A smile suddenly appeared on Yu Seol’s lips.

So far, it has never been seen in Yu Seol… , such a happy smile.

and… .

Tiring.

For some reason, I looked at the status window that appeared above Yu Seol’s head with an ominous sound effect… .

[Yoo Seol (main character) met the conditions.]

[The hidden effect of the main character’s characteristic, ‘Awakening,’ is activated.]

The characteristics of the main character written in the status window spoke to me.

The winner of this contest will not be me, the Cheonma, but the main character, Yu Seol.