Holy Idol

Chapter 13: Can You Pull This Off?

Rembrary got flustered so his original way of speaking came out.

“Even with the money, why is it saying that your lover is my lover?”

KC said sullenly, tapping his lips with his fingers to send a “watch your mouth” signal.

“I don’t know. It’s not the lyrics I wrote. I didn’t even sing that song.”

“···”

“There are songs that boast about themselves, the style is a bit like this.”

Rembrary asked with a serious expression.

“Please play the music one more time.”

When KC played the music on his cell phone again, Rembrary listened to the music more seriously than before.

He clearly heard the lyrics, but by just listening to the melody itself, he would not expect such lyrics.

Rembrary then said after giving it some thought.

“Even so, I want to do it like a choir.”

Jongwoo put his hand on his forehead but he did not stop him.

It’s ridiculous to sing an ambitious song full of slang in a choir style, but at least it will become a hot topic again.

***

The week was really busy because of the song arrangement and practice in preparation for the competition. Because of this, Jongwoo said that they will just constantly film, Eunseo and KC’s cameraman grabbed the camera and followed them inside their agency.

Rembrary followed Jongwoo and went straight to the practice room.

In the practice room, three other members were practicing group dance, but when they saw the two people with cameras, they got flustered and exchanged glances.

“They’re people from Sing Survival.”

As Jongwoo quickly introduced, the members bowed and greeted them

KC naturally explained to his camera.

“They are our group members.”

Although they are an idol, Wild Animal is unfortunately unfamiliar with cameras.

They are a lot more familiar with it than Jongwoo, but it’s still awkward compared to other idols who joke around. As a result, the atmosphere became awkward after the greeting exchange.

Eunseon, who can talk well but can’t lead a conversation, just stared at the clock. The members just looked at each other since they are not the main protagonist.

KC was busy looking at his phone and checking for something.

In the end, Eunseon stepped in and asked lightly to ease the atmosphere.

“By the way, why is the group’s name ‘Wild Animal’?”

KC immediately replied.

“Our CEO gave it to us. To run wild in the music industry.”

“Aah.”

As Euneon nodded her head, with his originally bright personality, Hyegyul, naturally intervened, he jokingly said.

“We also have animals that represent us.”

“Wow, is that so?”

“Yes.”

“What are the animals? Can you tell us?”

Eunseon’s question was also meant to shake off the awkward atmosphere, but it was also about giving the two performers a chance to promote their group.

The members immediately took this chance and explained the animals that represent them and the reason why.

Taein is a tiger, Jungseo is a deer, Hyegyul is a hamster, and KC is a puppy.

Eunseon eagerly replied as she listens to the explanations of the members, and finally, she saw Rembrary

Rembrary heard about this part from their leader, Jungseo, so he was able to reply calmly.

“I’m a unicorn.”

Eunseon laughed and asked

“Why are you the only one with a fantasy animal? You stand out too much though? What’s the reason? Why a unicorn?”

As soon as Rembrary heard that he was in charge of a unicorn, he studied what a unicorn is on the Internet, so he said without hesitation about the outstanding characteristics of a unicorn.

“I fall asleep when I lay my head down on a woman’s lap-”

“AaaAck”

As soon as Rembrary spoke the word ‘lap’, Jongwoo screamed to stop it from being heard, and covered his mouth and pulled him away.

Rembrary was dragged by Jongwoo to the hallway without knowing the reason.

When he was about to ask why, Jongwoo bend his ten fingers as if he’s scratching a black board and said,

“Are you crazy? What is an idol like you talking about? Don’t talk about your fetish, you punk!”

“Isn’t that why I’m represented by a unicorn?”

“No!”

“Then what?”

“It’s because you dyed your hair silver so we made it into a unicorn, you punk. It’s because your hair is white! And because you’re the visual center, we just choose something cool.”

“Ah……”

“The next time the story about animal symbols came up again….. Go with a sloth.”

Jongwoo said what he thought to be the most peaceful animal, and told Rembrary to go back first.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m trying to contact a music production we have a partnership with. Don’t we need to arrange it in a musical and in a choir style? But we don’t have anyone in our company that can arrange it.”

***

The composer said that he doesn’t have time today, so Eunseon and the other cameraman decided to come back tomorrow.

But before they left. Because of Jongwoo’s begging, the two people deleted Yeonwoo’s unicorn remark and had to cover it up with another interview.

The content is this.

“Woo Yeonwoo-ssi wants to sing it like a hymn. Is it because you’re a Catholic?”

“No.”

“Huh? No? But you want to sing it like a hymn?”

“It’s because I sang it the best.”

“… Even though you’re not a Catholic?”

“I sing it quite often.”

“?”

As they thought that the unicorn remark would get people’s attention, the two had sullen faces, but in the end, the two are weaker than Kim Moorok PD.

Jongwoo thought it was fortunate, and after saying thank you again and again to the two, he followed them outside the office and said goodbye.

And upon returning to the office, he started nagging at Rembrary.

However, Rembrary camly accepted Jongwoo’s nagging, and in the end, Jongwoo got tired and stopped nagging.

Rembrary, who was waiting for Jongwoo to take a break from talking, took advantage of it and quickly asked

“Since I have to sing in a choir style,  I want to go to a Catholic Church.”

Jongwoo flatly refused.

“Listen to it on the internet. There’s a lot of the music there.”

“But still, will it not be different from actually hearing it?”

“It’s different. It’s because you can listen to the best hymns all over the world through the internet, so it’s better.”

However, Rembrary consistently persuaded Jongwoo.

Although him wanting to sing it like a hymn is because it’s the best song that he sings, in fact, the reason he was going to the Catholic Church is not because he wanted to listen to the choir. The reason why Rembrary wants to go to a Catholic church is because he wants to meet a priest of this world.

‘I am sorry for troubling you, but I have no choice but to keep on trying.’

When Rembrary continued to ask, Jongwoo finally gave permission while complaining.

“Okay. But! You have to go with me this time.”

“It’s fine. It doesn’t matter.”

***

Once the composer arrives tomorrow, they’ll have to start filming again, so Jongwoo brought Rembrary to the Catholic church straight away.

Rembrary, slightly out of composure, anxiously clasped his hands.

Since it will depend on whether he could or could not find a way back to his original world, no matter how bold he was, he will still get nervous.

Fortunately, he was able to meet the priest this time.

The priest here is called Father, the Father who is watering the flower outside.

Then when he saw Rembrary, he let out “Ah!” and recognized his face.

“That Wild Animal…”

Rembrary managed to get rid of Jongwoo and succeeded in having a conversation with the priest.

But that’s all that went well.

“Father, I have a favor to ask of you.”

“Yes, what is it?”

“I would like to have a conversation with God, can you pass the message?”

“Yes?”

“It is okay to talk face to face, he can also call for me.”

“……Yes?”

Father did not understand Rembrary’s words.

‘I knew from the Internet that there are no people using divine power in this world, but I was still looking forward to seeing the holy object that responded to divine power.’

Rembrary sighed in disappointment.

The priest’s expression wasn’t much different from that of Jongwoo or the members.

An expression that says, ‘What is this kid talking about?’

In the end, Rembrary proposed a complicated but suboptimal solution.

“Then, I would like to meet the pope.”

However, the Father was even more bewildered by Rembrary’s words and asked.

“If you don’t mind telling me, why do you want to meet him…?”

“There is something I want to ask him about.”

“Yes?”

That’s how the conversation continued, but the conversation of the two kept on spinning.

In the end, nothing was gained from the conversation and Rembrary meekly left the church.

Jongwoo, who had been waiting for the Rembrary in the parking lot, approached with a surprised look when the Rembrary, who ran away with excitement, walked up without strength.

“What’s wrong? What went wrong? Are they not going to allow us to see the choir?”

“We cannot see them easily, even if you do see them, you can only see them from a distance.”

“The choir members?”

“……”

The sullen Rembrary, obediently went into the car.

Jongwoo, who doesn’t go to church, glanced at him because he could not understand what Rembrary’s talking about, but Rembrary did not confide in him anymore.

That evening.

Rembrary, who expected that meeting the priest here would at least be a little of help, lost his energy and blankly looked out the window .

Who on earth was it that sent himself to this place?

Was it a black wizard or a devil? Or maybe a devil’s follower?

What kind of power did they use to create this spell?

This place differed not only in the civilization and values ​​of the people, but also in the way they treat god. The gods where Rembrary lived were very close to people, but not here.

There’s definitely a god here, since there’s a holy object that reacted to his divine power.

Rembrary was so frustrated that he couldn’t actually see the god.

Besides, there is no magic here…

‘There are stories about demons or something like that.’

Rembrary tried to search how to summon demons on the internet.

According to the information from the internet, there is no  method of summoning god, but oddly enough, there are a lot of stories regarding the methods of summoning the devil.

There was one method of summoning god. At first, he was surprised and wanted to try, but Hyegyul ridiculed him and said that it was just a story from a game, so he was really disappointed.

Anyway, most of the methods are for summoning a demon. However, as a High priest, he couldn’t try to go and summon a demon. And if a real demon really is summoned, then it’ll be a big problem.

‘… Let’s think about the competition first.’

After contemplating for a long time, Rembrary played the song for the competition over and over again and memorized the lyrics to clear his head.

***

The next day, at 10 am, two people with cameras came, and at 11 am, a composer came.

Not showing interest in the camera, the composer called for Rembrary and KC without giving it a glance.

“You want to do it like a musical. And you want to do it in a choir style.”

Maybe he had already heard it from Jongwoo, the composer said and asked

“The vibe of both musical and choir style is different. Do you have any idea how to go about these styles?”

Before KC could say anything, Rembrary asked first

“Can I change the lyrics?”

The answer came from Eunseon who was holding a camera.

“No. it’s only allowed when it’s originally a male song and the contestant is a female, to change the lyrics to fit the gender.”

The composer asked Rembrary sharply.

“Why? If you can’t change the lyrics, are you going to go with a different style?”

“No.”

Rembrary replied like he was reading a book, and handed out a piece of paper that he wrote down all night.

“What’s this?”

The composer quickly accepted the paper that Rembrary gave out.

“I want to sing it like this.”

He looked through the contents and looked at Rembrary in amazement.

“Can you pull this off?”

***