The Idol Who Returned from Hell Chapter 116

“L-l-l-later!”

“Mm.”

I gazed intently at the high school girl whose fingers were trembling uncontrollably.

I’d done that to help her relax, but somehow she’d been caught in an 8.0 magnitude earthquake all the way to her pupils.

“When I grow up later, I’ll definitely confess my love to brother!”

“Couldn’t you do that now too?”

“I-I need to age a bit more from now to look more plausible, you know.”

“Mm, I suppose that’s true.”

While I was having this conversation, Cerberus poked my cheek with his transparent tail.

{Hurry, Master! Use that skill you learned last night!}

‘This isn’t even a game, do I really need to use skills?’

{Ah, why! You haven’t mentioned that even once until now! After learning it from that lucky bastard, you’re not going to use it?}

For reference, in Cerberus’s vocabulary, ‘lucky bastard’ refers to Seong-hwi.

Even though he’d judged there were no problems with his soul, Seong-hwi’s usual personality seemed to rub him the wrong way.

I thought about it for 0.05 seconds.

Well, that’s what he taught me to use at times like this anyway.

“Then how about this.”

“Y-yes?”

When I leaned my body forward smoothly, high schooler MILLENNIUM’s face turned bright red.

“What if I do it first from my side?”

“From brother’s side…?”

Instead of answering, I wrote a short P.S. in large letters below the autograph.

[I like you more]

“Hiik.”

“I’d be sad if you told someone else besides me that you liked them.”

“N-never! I’ll absolutely never do that! I love you, brother!”

The high school girl who had been so shy threw out a desperate love confession before moving on.

I waved my hand to the very end, seeing her off.

‘I don’t want to admit it, but… the performance is definitely effective.’

Last night, in preparation for the fan signing, Seong-hwi’s special lesson had been held.

He’d taught us lines that could shake fans’ hearts by appropriately mixing fan service anecdotes he’d picked up here and there during his trainee life with words stemming from his own smooth attitude.

If I’d done that two or three more times, MILLENNIUM would have collapsed from a heart attack.

{Master, it seems like your acting skills have improved during that time? You’re good at giving love confessions smoothly too.}

‘Not bad. It has its own fun, and since the fans are happy, it makes me want to do it more.’

{If you gave me even half of those affectionate expressions, I’d have no regrets—.}

‘Don’t you know I always give you special treatment?’

{Hehe! You should accept this much acting spoiled!}

I shook my head at Cerberus’s cute way of speaking.

The face chain still set on my face swayed gently before my eyes.

‘Ah, right.’

The high school girl who’d just received my autograph was the last person of this turn.

That meant there was a bit of time left before the next groups came.

Taking advantage of that gap, I pulled out the seating chart I’d memorized from my head.

‘You were definitely over here, right?’

I spotted the MILLENNIUM who’d given me the face chain and perfume as gifts.

Honestly, I wanted to remember where all the MILLENNIUM who came here were sitting, but memorizing all 100 people was impossible.

So the backup plan I chose was the gift + camera combination.

If someone gave me a specific gift, they’d remain more deeply in my memory, and if they ran a fan photo account, they’d also have a telephoto camera.

When I turned my head toward the left second row, a telephoto camera precisely aimed at me came right into view.

Thinking of the MILLENNIUM who would be photographing me from beyond the viewfinder, I flashed a smile.

I pointed at the face chain and gave a thumbs up.

{Master seems to really like this prop.}

‘Yeah, it goes really well with today’s outfit, so I’m very satisfied.’

{I don’t know if this wild light energy I’m feeling belongs to that human, but anyway! Since everyone seems happy seeing Master’s current appearance, I’ll help out too.}

‘Help out?’

‘Yeah! While Master was working hard on autographs, I was figuring out where the humans who were looking at Master really pitifully were sitting. Let’s try a touring performance!}

The following fan signing time was like a spy operation.

After chatting excitedly with the MILLENNIUM sitting in front of me, during those brief moments when people were moving seats, I searched for cameras pointed at me.

Trusting in the telephoto camera’s rapid-fire capability, I made playful expressions for a few seconds then focused on autographs again.

The camera detection ability I’d fully displayed since 〈Idol Stove League Season 2〉 was still useful.

Even without fans shouting “Si-hwan!” I gazed at lenses at the right timing.

It was like continuously earning precious time where they could capture shots.

After finishing sincere conversations with 100 MILLENNIUM like that, we had photo time while wearing the various props we’d received as gifts.

“Whoa, isn’t that doll too cute?”

“Me! I want to hold that!”

“Hey, that’s my gift, why is everyone trying to steal it?”

“I heard good things should be shared!”

Various items made their entrance onto the table.

The moment Seong-hwi pulled out a super-sized dog body pillow, Yu Ha-woon and Kang Seon-woo spread their arms wide and rushed at it.

The gift’s owner stuck in the middle wore an enlightened expression, but the audience’s satisfaction was at maximum.

The sound of shutters clicked as loud as cannons.

‘At least it’s fortunate I’m at the end seat.’

Now that Kang Seon-woo was distracted by the body pillow was my chance.

I opened the gifts I’d been carefully saving one by one.

The first item was fox ear headband.

{Master, the human who gave you that is over there on the left end holding a camera.}

‘Okay, thanks for the assist.’

{Leave it to me!}

Since I was called the desert fox within CENTIX, there were quite a few fox-related gifts.

Following the fox ear headband, a desert fox mochi cushion appeared.

“Wow, this texture is amazing.”

An exclamation came out of my mouth without my knowing.

I’d thought it was just an ordinary cushion.

The outside was soft like velvet and the inside had a mysterious texture where softness and chewiness coexisted.

Snap snap snap!

Recognizing that my surprised face was rare, people relentlessly fired their rapid shots.

Since I was already being photographed a lot, I decided to get photographed properly and brought the mochi cushion right next to my cheek.

Then the MILLENNIUM watching me from the very front clutched her chest and let out a moan.

‘…I hope she doesn’t collapse from getting too immersed.’

I wore all the headbands alternately, waved around all the props once each, and proudly displayed the dolls and cushions in front of me.

With Cerberus’s help, I felt like I’d finished solo shot photography very quickly.

‘Something feels lacking though.’

This was CENTIX’s fan signing.

A festival of capital itself where fan signing cuts exceeded 100.

Whether it stemmed from such simple thoughts.

Or whether Seong-hwi’s semi-forced selfie lessons had invaded my ego, I don’t know.

But I wanted to take additional concept shots for the MILLENNIUM who were still fervently operating their telephoto cameras.

While looking around the members’ gifts wondering if there was something suitable, one item caught my eye.

I grabbed the microphone and called Ma Si-hyeok on the opposite side.

“Si-hyeok, come over here with what you’re holding.”

“Yes, Brother.”

I liked the prop, and the combination was the fundamental combination from 〈ISL 2〉.

Ma Si-hyeok came over to my side showing off his bright, clear eyes.

In his hands was a large bow.

“That shoots soap bubbles, right?”

“How did you know?”

“I just saw you shooting it. Let me use that too.”

“Ah, use it however you like, brother. Then I’ll go back to my seat—”

“Where are you going, man.”

I barely caught Ma Si-hyeok’s broad shoulder and pulled the soap bubble bow.

When I released the bowstring with a snap, an enormous amount of soap bubbles soared into the air, dancing brilliantly.

“Wow, way more come out than I thought!”

“Wh-when I did it, it wasn’t this much?”

“Did I pull too hard?”

Well, more was much better than less, so it didn’t matter.

Like that, I accumulated a two-shot with Ma Si-hyeok while smiling brightly in the soap bubbles.

‘I wonder if they liked this?’

I glanced at the homma who’d given me the face chain.

Then she gently raised her right hand and gave me a thumbs up.

SNS was going to be hot in various ways today.

* * *

CENTIX’s fan signing ended around 8:40 PM.

The fans had poured out energy in various directions and were exhausted, but they still resolved to leave reviews while their memory hadn’t decreased.

Thanks to such diligence, MILLENNIUM who couldn’t go to the fan signing could immediately receive the vivid reviews they’d been desperately waiting for.

[CENTIX Face-to-Face Fan Signing Ryu Si-hwan Preview]

Ha, I finally saw my baby fox… After coming home and organizing the data, it turned out to be over 5000 photos lol when am I going to organize all this hah. For now, I quickly picked the best photo and brought it

(Preview photo)

See that fox ear headband on top of Ryu Leader?? That’s what I gave him, you know?? Amazing right?? Jealous?? He wore that headband for almost 5 minutes, amazing right??

He even put it on and somehow knew my position and made incredible eye contact with me wow… I have terrible lottery luck so I won an end seat, you know? So I was nervously watching whether I’d have to shout loudly to call Si-hwan, but he looked at my camera on his own and my heart almost stopped

He really speaks so gently and sweetly, that kindness I felt in private messages was copy-pasted exactly, ha his speaking voice was so sweet my ears felt like they were melting but I still pulled myself together and asked all my questions and shouted I love you!! too lol at the end I almost screeched like a pterodactyl while moving but Si-hwan laughing was so cute, I can’t

And the kids even gave reverse gift cookies they baked themselves, jealous??

(Photo) (Photo) (Photo)

During the talk before going out after the 〈Chronic〉 stage, Seon-woo told us the s’mores cookies were ones he made lol that was the most delicious one but I was shocked hearing Seon-woo has talent for cooking… Sorry Kang Seon-woo, I thought you were just a comedian

Ah and reading other MILLENNIUM reviews, the kids apparently held hands and stuff too aaaahhhhh I naturally kept my body super stiff thinking holding hands would get me forcibly kicked out!! So regretful aaahhh!!! Next fan signing I’ll definitely politely ask hah…… Um…… could I possibly hold your hand? (meaningful stare)

Anyway the kids were amazing, their real-life visuals go without saying and fan service was excellent too…… they had almost 10-year veteran idol vibes, my album money wasn’t wasted at all!

—Desert fox Ryu Si-hwan is totally cute, this is INSANELY adorable

—Writer knows what’s up, huh I like Ryu Leader’s chic charm too but I like this kind of cute reversal charm the most

—Wow I’m so jealous of people who held hands, seriously I wouldn’t wash my hands ever

└Yikes that’s a bit…

—Wait Writer, you ate those cookies right away?? You really ate them??

└Yeah they gave them to eat so of course I ate them!

└Th-that’s right so I can’t argue,,,

└Lol but I definitely seemed to be the only one who ate them right away, everyone else carefully put them in their bags as soon as they got them

└Yeah that’s definitely right

—But really, did he remember who gave what gifts and find the cameras? Not just simply turning his head here and there?

└Have you been living a lie, sir? It’s real I tell you, I thought my heart would explode

└LOL if this is real, Ryu Si-hwan is amazing, he would have been completely distracted signing and talking but meanwhile he was matching gifts with faces

Stories of the members’ heartwarming fan service and reverse gift presents filled the review posts with truly rich content.

MILLENNIUM was spending a happy night looking at the realistic previews and short videos.

But one homma concentrated everyone’s attention at once by posting a certain link.

[A Common Korean Peninsula Idol’s Camera Tracking Skills]

It was a video of Ryu Si-hwan gazing precisely at telephoto cameras that entered the fan signing venue with sniper-level skills.