A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 168

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 168

 

 

 

 

 

“Oh yeah, vacation!”

 

After the activities ended, we received a week-long vacation.

 

Kim Dobin, as always, was the first to rush off to his family home, and Seo Yehyeon and Gyeon Hajun also headed to their respective homes.

 

Only Ryu Jaehee and I remained at the dormitory. Fortunately, thanks to my stubborn refusal, there was no chance of a second bone broth incident.

 

Instead, Gyeon Hajun made me practice kimchi fried rice several times, and only after I finally completed kimchi fried rice that was actually edible did he feel relieved and head to his family home.

 

“I know your cooking skills, so I can’t tell you to never order delivery food, but try not to order delivery too much. Got it?”

 

Seo Yehyeon kept earnestly reminding us until the very last moment before leaving through the front door.

 

“Yeah, yeah, I got it. Geez, you really don’t trust people.”

 

I replied half-heartedly, then as soon as the door closed, I whipped around to look at Ryu Jaehee and said,

 

“Youngest Member, let’s make a list of delivery food we want to eat for the next 5 days.”

 

“Whoa, is that really okay?”

 

“What, you want us to cook instead?”

 

“Ah, that’s a bit…”

 

Remembering our numerous past disasters, Ryu Jaehee made a disgusted face and shook his head vigorously.

 

After perfectly planning a 5-day meal schedule without any overlapping menus, I sprawled out on the sofa and muttered,

 

“I miss Podo…”

 

“Then just go to your family home. I can contact Doby Hyung anytime, so don’t worry about me and just go.”

 

Kim Dobin had tried to take Ryu Jaehee to his house, but Ryu Jaehee refused when he heard I was staying at the dormitory.

 

“I’d be dead if I went…”

 

I replied weakly. Since Mom found out about the graduation album, going to my family home wouldn’t bring any peaceful rest for a while.

 

And the moment I got caught secretly taking Dad’s golf club as a filming prop, I’d have to recite my own death sentence.

 

Because that would be tantamount to confessing that I was the one who broke that golf club.

 

I’d be lucky if I didn’t get beaten with a golf club just for going to see Podo.

 

“Let’s just order chicken today, Youngest Member.”

 

“Chicken sounds good.”

 

And so the first day of vacation passed peacefully with chicken.

 

 

 

And on the second day.

 

I had to repay my high school friends who had worked hard on foot to clear my false accusations of school violence.

 

I told Ryu Jaehee I’d be back before dinner and headed to the restaurant my friend had reserved.

 

“Hey, the guerrilla king is here!”

 

Kim Woochan, who had been discharged from the military, shouted as soon as he saw my face. Those bastard friends who had watched because I was on it understood perfectly and laughed while hitting the table, calling me a half-soldier.

 

I sat next to Kim Woochan and casually put my arm on his shoulder.

 

“I really survived thanks to you. I almost became the guy who ran away after just one guerrilla training because it was hard.”

 

“What did I tell you? I told you to just trust me, right?”

 

“But that’s one thing, and I need to settle the score for you picking on me so badly, you bastard. Was it fun?”

 

I put strength into my bent arm and executed a headlock, making Kim Woochan gasp and tap my forearm.

 

“Why, it was fun. Honestly, Woochan saved about 40% of your Lisa episode.”

 

At Kim Yuseon’s words, I decided to forgive him generously and released the headlock.

 

“Hey hey, his fans think his nickname is Dark Knight because he went around beating up bullies, right? Shouldn’t we reveal the truth again?”

 

“That’s what I’m saying. The origin of that nickname came from the bread-ception of taking bread from the kid who was extorting money.”

 

These crazy bastards are really determined to bury me. How long has it been since my bully rumors and school violence allegations died down?

 

“We barely put out the fire and now they want to pour a whole barrel of oil on it, these crazy guys.”

 

Kim Yuseon clicked his tongue. Thanks to that, we decided to bury the truth about Dark Knight as a secret only we would know.

 

“Wow, but you guys have good memories.”

 

When I admired my friends for remembering even such trivial things, criticism immediately flew my way.

 

“Isn’t it that your memory is at blockhead level for not remembering things from 4-5 years ago? What, did you live 10 extra years and come back?”

 

Going back 7 years and spending 3 years makes exactly 10 years. I gave the friend who hit the nail on the head while backing up like a cow the good luck wish to buy lottery tickets.

 

“But this guy really did beat up bullies.”

 

“Ah, right. I remember that. But that was because that bastard kept bothering me while making me rap. And let’s get the words right. I didn’t beat him up, I fought him.”

 

I grumbled and picked up a piece of tuna sashimi.

 

“But this guy really doesn’t swear after debuting, you know? Look, he’s not swearing even now. If it were before, when referring to people, all kinds of ‘fucking bastard’ and ‘what bastard’ would have come out.”

 

“Yeah, yeah. I’m in the middle of a proper language campaign. Happy now?”

 

It was true though. There was a system that would rush in and cut down my initial intention points whenever I used profanity.

 

After finishing the first round at the Japanese restaurant, the second round was at a BBQ restaurant.

 

“Everyone knows we’re going all night today, right? No one’s going home early or anything like that?”

 

“No way. I have to go to the dormitory.”

 

Since I couldn’t drink more anyway due to system restrictions, rather than staying sober until the end at drinking sessions and becoming the cleanup crew, it was better to leave early using the dormitory as an excuse.

 

“Isn’t it vacation? Why aren’t you going home and staying at the dormitory? Did you finally get kicked out?”

 

“That’s not it, but if I go home, I’m dead because Mom found the graduation album.”

 

“Wow, you managed to keep that hidden until now. I got caught ages ago. When my mom heard you debuted, she worried about you. She asked if it was okay for a celebrity to have photos like that floating around.”

 

“Please tell your mother I’m grateful for her concern.”

 

Trivial conversations and drinks were flowing freely.

 

 

 

[Excessive drinking detected.]

 

[Initial Intention -1]

 

 

 

After two bottles of soju and one bottle of beer, the system finally sent a warning to stop drinking. It was exactly dinner time too.

 

When I tried to quietly get up from my seat, those bastard friends spotted me with eagle eyes and grabbed me.

 

“Hey, why are you leaving already?”

 

“I can’t just leave the youngest member alone at the dormitory. I need to take care of his dinner too.”

 

“How old is your youngest member?”

 

“Nineteen years old.”

 

“It’s not like he’s fifteen… Couldn’t you stay alone and make your own food when you were nineteen?”

 

“I could stay alone but couldn’t cook. Did we cook at home when we were nineteen? We ate school meals until dinner, right?”

 

“That’s true.”

 

The convinced friend nodded his head.

 

“Just call him here and feed him meat. What, is your youngest member shy?”

 

“Don’t you see these bottles? You want to get the kid involved in underage drinking rumors?”

 

When I pointed at the row of bottles and asked sarcastically, one friend snapped his fingers.

 

“Ah, that was the problem? Then there’s a very simple solution.”

 

The friend with a trustworthy smile lifted a soju bottle and shouted,

 

“Drink it all to get rid of it!”

 

I stared blankly in disbelief at the guy doing a one shot with the whole bottle, while applause and cheers erupted from all directions.

 

“Drink, drink!”

 

“Boss, please clear these empty bottles!”

 

Those crazy bastards… I looked at the table where a full-blown drinking session had begun, let out a hollow laugh, and stood up.

 

I’d already reached the drinking limit the system allowed anyway. And from my experience, once drinking sessions reach that state, there won’t be any proper conversation from now on.

 

When I stood up, Kim Woochan sitting next to me asked,

 

“Leaving already?”

 

“I told you. The youngest member is waiting.”

 

“Well I’ll be damned, even the great Yoon Eden is leaving drinking sessions first to take care of his younger brother. You’ve really grown up, Yoon Eden.”

 

Anyone listening would think you raised me, man. Without replying, I just chuckled and handed over my card.

 

“I don’t know how many rounds you’ll go, but just use this for everything.”

 

“Okay, I’ll return it right away tomorrow.”

 

Kim Woochan bowed deeply as he took my card and winked.

 

Leaving behind their loud praise about how I had bestowed grace upon them, I left the restaurant.

 

As soon as I returned to the dormitory after ending the drinking session with my high school friends, I rubbed my eyes, wondering if I had seen wrong.

 

“What the hell?”

 

I clearly remembered that everyone except Ryu Jaehee had gone to their family homes, so what was this scene before my eyes?

 

Looking at the dormitory scene that was no different from usual, I even began to suspect that I might be drunk.

 

“I don’t have friends in the neighborhood. Everyone scattered in all directions because of university admissions… Most of my high school friends are in Seoul…”

 

“If I leave just you two alone, you’ll either only eat delivery food or starve to death – one of the two, so I was really worried.”

 

“I fought with my younger sibling.”

 

Without even being asked, the three of them gave their reasons in turn. Seo Yehyeon still had a sulky expression, as if he hadn’t just had an ordinary fight with his sibling.

 

“This doesn’t really feel like a vacation, does it?”

 

When I squeezed between Kim Dobin and Gyeon Hajun and plopped down on the sofa with a grumble, Seo Yehyeon, who was sitting leaning against the bottom of the sofa, complained.

 

“Anyway, Yoon Eden, you were going to stay at the dormitory the whole time, so it doesn’t matter to you. It’s just that there are more people at the dormitory now. But I clearly told you not to eat a lot of delivery food, yet you’ve made quite a thorough schedule, haven’t you?”

 

I felt dizzy from the nagging that poured out as soon as I entered the dormitory. This wasn’t why I had declined the long-awaited drinking session with friends and left in the middle.

 

“Sorry, Eden Hyung. Somehow Yehyeon Hyung found out.”

 

Ryu Jaehee shamelessly apologized with a face that didn’t look sorry at all.

 

I looked around at the members who had ended up gathering in one place despite it being vacation and pondered.

 

There wouldn’t be any particular problem with just acting normally without schedules, but it felt a bit disappointing to let vacation pass by like that.

 

“Does anyone have anything they want to do during vacation?”

 

Kim Dobin’s eyes sparkled as he raised his hand high and spoke.

 

“Since we got vacation anyway, let’s go on a trip together! A real trip without cameras!”

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