episode_0566
by fnovelpia
“Stalker? You saw the fight between the soldier and the fanatic just a moment ago. You don’t have to worry about a few civilians sticking up to you.”
He answered with a shrug, but Sarah arched her crescent-moon eyebrows in disapproval.
“It’s okay if you don’t worry about getting hurt! Not all stalkers are as outright threatening as I am. They can do creepy things without you knowing… ”
“That’s right, Sarah. I’m not an idol, I’m a singer-songwriter, so I haven’t had any problems with sasaeng fans or stalkers yet, but when I hear from people around me, even if it’s not a direct encounter, the stress is no joke.”
Moon Ji-yu listened to Sarah’s words. Everyone nodded their heads because it seemed credible since it was from a celebrity.
“It’s common for people to get jealous and write threatening letters or send strange items as gifts just because their idol is talking to the opposite sex. Minho, it’s not like you, but other people could approach you.”
“Well, that’s true. It’s okay if you do harm to me, but if you do something useless to you… ”
‘I’m going to look like Apophis.’
I swallowed my words and looked around at the group.
But surprisingly, not a single person showed any anxiety when I told them that they might be harmed because of me. They believed that I would do something about it since I had shown them something.
Even when she brought up the stalker story, she seemed only concerned about the psychological damage she would suffer and didn’t seem particularly concerned about her own safety.
‘Well, I’ve already protected Sarah… Anyway, it was good that she showed her strength.’
Wouldn’t it be a shame to have a boyfriend like this and still be anxious about a stalker?
In reality, the thing I should be most concerned about is not my own safety, but the safety of my women.
Janie is out of the question because she has supernatural powers and her personal strength is so strong that she has few rivals in reality. Moon Ji-yu is better off because she is managed by an entertainment company. Olivia’s parents also seem to be paying attention to her security after the kidnapping incident.
But Jung Soo-jin and Sera don’t have any safety measures in place right now.
Not to mention Jung Soo-jin, who is just an ordinary person, and Sera, who moved to an officetel with security guards and CCTVs because of the stalker incident, but even so, the security is so easy to breach if someone has serious malicious intent. Is it possible to do something like after the fact?
The octopus leg confession went better than expected, so someday the public will see me together, but I can’t let it go on like this.
To be honest, I tried not to pay attention to things like stalkers because it was too much of a hassle to deal with them like a secret society, but when I think about my current popularity, it might be more surprising that a stalker-like incident hasn’t happened yet.
Then, we have to figure out a way to keep the group safe in some way…
The easiest way would be for Maria to keep taking care of things and for me to rush over immediately if something happens. Whenever I step in, things always get worse, which is the problem.
‘I guess we should talk about this while drinking.’
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The group, except for Jeong Su-jin who went to spend time with her family, decided to just have a few drinks.
You could call it a company dinner or a party to celebrate the Apophis treatment, but the real reason we gathered here was because of my girlfriend, so it was a messy gathering.
Everyone felt that something was off, but they didn’t say anything because they still needed to have a drink and talk.
The location was decided to be our house.
If they used the key anywhere, they could immediately go to a resort on the other side of the world, but the rest of the group, except for Janie, were exhausted from the series of big events that had just occurred.
In fact, they didn’t really do anything, so you could say they were just sightseeing, but once your nerves are tense and then relaxed, extreme fatigue sets in.
I feel so relaxed that I don’t feel like going out and wandering around.
It was easy to tell by the way they were all sitting on the sofa and at the table, sprawled out, holding their glasses.
‘I guess I need to build up my stamina a lot. If I make sure to take low-level elixirs regularly, will things get better?’
I brought the glass to my lips with that thought in my mind.
“Ugh… What is this drink? It’s really delicious?”
“Hmm… It’s poisonous.”
Moon Ji-yu seemed to know something about alcohol, so he drank the drink I poured for him and his eyes widened.
Olivia frowned at the strong drink. Olivia’s parents may not know, but she had only ever had beer at parties and such, so it was natural that she was not used to the feeling of strong alcohol going down her throat.
Moon Ji-yu looked at Olivia as if she found her cute.
“It’s strong, but it doesn’t smell like alcohol at all.”
“Definitely… It’s different from something like vodka.”
“It would be rude to compare it to vodka. Rather than smelling like alcohol, it smells like a fragrant scent. Minho, where is this liquor made? Judging from the porcelain bottle, it looks like it’s Chinese liquor or traditional liquor. Did they change the bottle?”
As she spoke, she looked around at the bottles of liquor on the table. Since the porcelain bottles had no labels, she might have assumed that I had bottled them myself.
Sarah also looked at my mouth with shining eyes, as if she was not disinterested. A fragrance rose from the glass that was spinning in her hand.
“I’m not selling it, I just got it for myself.”
What I gave to my group was Bongraeju (蓬萊酒) taken from the Toseonhyeophaengnok.
Penglai Mountain is a mountain that appears in Chinese legends. It is a truly legendary mountain where immortals live and where the elixir of life exists. It is said that it is called the Three Gods Mountain because there are three similar mountains, and it is said that the place where Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Bu to find the elixir of life is this Three Gods Mountain.
I know that there is a mountain in Korea with the same name named after this place.
Anyway, Bongraeju was a liquor brewed using herbs that grew on the legendary mountain. There is a story that if you drink it, ordinary people will achieve immortality, and martial artists will become the best masters in the world.
Of course, even though it was a world in a martial arts novel, the Samshin Mountain did not actually exist, so it did not have that effect.
“This is the item that was brought from the work with that superpower.”
“What? Then it’s just regular alcohol.”
Olivia, who had been listening to the story with interest, looked at her glass with a disappointed expression.
Whenever I frowned at the strong alcohol content, I heard talk of it being a mysterious oriental liquor, so I guess I was secretly expecting something.
“When did I say I was an ordinary drinker?”
“Huh? That’s not what I meant, is it?”
Sarah tilted her head.
“Still, it’s liquor brewed directly by Namgung Sega, one of the most successful families in Jungwon. Of course, it’s much better than other ordinary liquors.”
“Oh, Namgung Se-ga!”
Moon Ji-yu was acting like he knew something about martial arts.
“It’s a liquor made from elixirs and herbs collected from Huangshan in Anhui Province, so it may not grant immortality, but it is good for your health. If I wake up today, my condition will be much better than usual tomorrow. My skin might even get better… ”
If you had learned martial arts, even if it did not increase your internal energy, it would have had the effect of your internal energy flowing more smoothly through your blood and energy while you were doing the Yun-gi breakfast for a while.
When I explain it like this, it feels like engine oil?
When they heard that their skin was getting better, everyone in the group looked at the glasses they were holding. Then they took a refreshing shot.
“Give me another drink!”
“Me too!”
“Me too! Me too!”
“You know it’s not good to take too much medicine, right? And this is alcohol. It has a high alcohol content, so if you drink too much, you’ll get sick.”
I shook my head at them as they competitively drank their glasses.
I can’t even filter out the alcohol poison with my internal energy, so even if I eat as much as I want, I’ll just get a hangover.
“Heeeek… ”
“I’ll pack it for you when you go home, so just have a drink every now and then. Don’t brag about it.”
“Okay!”
Moon Ji-yu nodded vigorously with a noticeably brighter complexion. As the oldest of the celebrities and the one who cares most about her appearance, she was the happiest when she heard that she would be given a gift.
“Come to think of it, you said that Janey was also a person who lived in the work?”
Olivia put her glass down on the table and looked at Janie and asked.
“Sister Janey?”
I thought they had just decided on a title among themselves, but it seemed like they had already finished talking with Janie.
Although my Korean skills have improved significantly, it was always surprising to see an American like Olivia use the word “sister.”
“Why? Is it weird?”
“No.”
It’s good for me if you show that you’re getting along well. In times like this, it’s better to just let it go quietly than to mention it and get glares from others.
Fortunately, perhaps because of the alcohol, she didn’t nitpick and quickly turned her attention back to Janie.
“That’s right. I met Minho and came out to reality. If Minho hadn’t been there, I would have lived an ordinary life as I was told and died one day without any meaning.”
She answers calmly.
But the heavy meaning contained within it made the mood in the group become solemn for a moment.
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