Idol of the Heavenly One - Chapter 6.2
It must have been obvious that my expression suddenly went cold. Yoo Myeong-jin grabbed me in surprise, but unfortunately, my decision had already been made.
“I will contact you as soon as possible.”
It might come across as cold-hearted to nitpick too much, but when I thought about it rationally, it was better for both sides to part ways with as little loss as possible.
Perhaps he could clearly see the choice I was about to make, because Myeong-jin followed me all the way to the first-floor lobby, saying he wanted to at least give me a ride and persuade me somehow. After politely telling him I would go alone, I left the company building.
Honestly, even without ‘our Jae-heon,’ the offer of three hundred million won was tempting. But I could not gamble five years of my newly regained peaceful life on a challenge I was not certain about. Besides, I had never even considered becoming a singer before. I did not feel any regret.
“Jae-heon-ah!”
But when I heard the name being called from far away, my steps heading toward the station came to a halt.
Jae-heon? My head turned quickly.
“D-did they say they would announce the debut lineup next month?”
“Yeah.”
“T-that’s so enviable. Y-you’re a sure thing…”
“Yeah.”
Yeah? What do you mean yeah! Well, I guess that is true, but still…
And there he was, with a bored expression that was irritating yet impossible not to acknowledge, his face not yet fully refined since he had not debuted, but still shining far more brilliantly than when I had seen him through a small screen in my previous life…
“Our Jae-heon…”
—was right there.
“W-what? W-who are you…?!”
I did not even register the student next to him chattering away and asking who I was. My gaze was fixed entirely on ‘our Jae-heon.’
I thought you did not exist… but you were here all along.
But wait, I clearly heard them say the name had a number in it… That name does not have a number, does it? Is he going to be in the next debut lineup, not this one?
No. Judging from the conversation between the two of them just now, ‘our Jae-heon’ is definitely debuting with this group.
If that is the case… then there is a very high chance his family name is one of those with numbers. Lee Jae-heon, Oh Jae-heon, or maybe Yuk Jae-heon…
“Student, what is your family name?”
“A-aren’t you going to answer who you are first…?!”
“You stay quiet for a moment.”
“W-what?!”
“I asked what your family name is, student.”
‘Our Jae-heon,’ who had been staring at me curiously with an expectant look, opened his mouth more easily than I expected, despite the cold expression on his face.
“Baek.”
One hundred! It was Baek, not Lee, Oh, Yuk, or Gu.
This crazy company. Just how on earth did they gather kids like this? Well, with visuals like that, even if his name were completely different, they would have just given him a stage name to force it to match. But his family name is even Baek? The end of the age-based naming theme is Sang-su, which represents one hundred years old.
“Baek Jae-heon…”
“Yeah. But who are you?”
The corners of my lips were about to curl up. This was fate. Fate telling me to become an idol. There was no other explanation for why I would run into ‘our Jae-heon,’ no—Baek Jae-heon—at a moment like this.
Leaving behind our Jae-heon, whose previously bored face now showed a trace of curiosity, I turned around and headed back immediately.
“W-who are you?! Who even are you to call him ‘our Jae-heon’ and… Huh? Why are you g-going in there……?!”
I completely ignored the boy who was squawking, demanding to know who I was, and went back into the company building I had just exited.
“Huh? Myeong-hyeon?”
I quickly approached Yoo Myeong-jin, who was still standing in the lobby looking dejected.
“I will do it.”
“Huh?”
“I will sign the contract.”
“Really?!”
“Yes. But please do everything you can to make sure I debut.”
“Of course, of course! I will push you as much as I can!”
In my fifty years of life, I had never gambled, not even made a simple bet. But the moment I saw our Jae-heon—no, Baek Jae-heon—I thought this was worth the risk. No, I felt I absolutely had to do it.
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