A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 19

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 19

“No, hyung! How can you turn Reve’s first OA live into a silent broadcast!”

I welcomed Ryu Jaehee, who strode into the room without his usual knock-before-entering routine.

“Youngest Member!”

[This is practically a family reunion]

[Finally audio again just 3 minutes after the live started]

[So it wasn’t on mute after all, there was no sound for so long I thought Eden accidentally hit mute]

Ryu Jaehee plopped down next to me and immediately smiled brightly while waving at the phone screen.

“Hello, our Ilmongs! It’s Yuje! Have you been well?”

[Of course! Has our Yuje been well?]

“I haven’t been well. I missed our fans.”

My jaw dropped at the naturally flowing greeting and comments.

Not only that, but even flirting tailored to the fans’ needs.

That was just the realm of natural talent.

“Look at Eden hyung’s expression! Ugh, hyung, why are you looking at me like you’re witnessing new civilization?”

Ryu Jaehee read a chat comment and whipped around to look at me, bursting into laughter at my expression.

At his laughter, I quietly closed my gaping mouth.

“How did I come at the perfect timing? Actually, I was going to start a live first, but Eden hyung beat me to it. So I was watching the broadcast, and after hyung said ‘What should we do?’ there was just silence, so I rushed over.”

“Well, that’s because. This is my first time using the OA app…”

As I scratched my head sheepishly making excuses, the youngest member teased me from the side.

“Huh? This is my first time today too though?”

“Yes yes, our OA app genius Yuje. You completely turned the OA live upside down.”

Clap, clap—after giving a couple of halfhearted claps, the chat window was flooded with [ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ].

“Since we already started the live, how about we have a simple Q&A session? If you have anything you’re curious about regarding Reve, please leave your questions!”

At Ryu Jaehee’s suggestion, I finally had a realization.

Right. I just needed to take questions and do a Q&A. That’s the safest option when you have nothing to say, but I didn’t think of it.

[Eden starts it and Yuje hosts it – a chaotic OA live]

[Is this also youngest-on-top? Eden, did the youngest member perhaps order you to start the live?]

“No way.”

I chuckled and shook my head.

I checked the chat comments one by one as they came up at a reasonable pace that I could read them all.

Excluding questions about members who weren’t here, and also excluding questions asking when our next activities would be, I picked out questions I could answer safely.

[Are you two roommates?]

“Someone asked if we two are roommates – since the dormitory has two rooms, Hajun, Yehyeon hyung and I share one room, and Doby and Jaehee share the other.”

I politely declined requests to show the room.

Setting aside not having cleaned the room, it would be awkward to show the room’s condition with peeling wallpaper and some mold on live broadcast.

[Who cooks best in Reve?]

“Regardless of cuisine type, Hajun hyung is good at everything, and Yehyeon hyung is good at diet food and low-calorie cooking. Us? I can’t cook, and Eden hyung does ramen?”

“Add Tornado Omelette too. I’m really good at that.”

“Yes, so he says. Though I’ve never seen it myself.”

During my failed idol days when I had no schedule and plenty of time, I got hooked after seeing it on YouTube and practiced it, so of course this guy has never seen it.

Before regression, I made it several times for the youngest member who was studying for civil service exams.

Ah, I don’t miss those memories though.

“Ah, you want to see it? Now? I’ll show you later. If I turn on the gas in the kitchen at this hour, Yehyeon hyung will come chasing with fire in his eyes. He hates eating anything after 6 PM.”

While postponing the Tornado Omelette demonstration, I subtly tattled on Seo Yehyeon’s tyranny to the fans.

But the fans loved it, saying our Yehyeon is perfect at self-management too.

[What’s your favorite music genre, or one you’d like to try?]

“My favorite music genre… Hip hop, of course. The genre I’d like to try is rap rock, or maybe tropical house?”

“For me it’s rock and R&B! The genre I’d like to try… hmm, I’ll just trust and follow Eden hyung.”

Looking for another answerable question, I was scanning through the chat mixed with questions and non-questions when my gaze stopped.

[ED-Worth Living ◁Is this your mixtape by any chance?]

Seeing the stage name I used during my Under days and the song title, I reflexively covered my mouth.

“Wow, Worth Living… that’s a mixtape I released way back when I was at Under… I think I was seventeen or eighteen when I released it? I can’t believe someone knows this song… how did you find this?”

“For something you call ‘way back,’ it was only 2-3 years ago.”

To me who regressed at twenty-seven, it feels like 10 years ago.

At a chat saying they were originally interested in Under and knew me from my ED days, but were surprised when I suddenly disappeared and then debuted, I bowed my head gratefully.

“Ah, we can’t just skip over this! Don’t our Daydreams want to hear a verse too?”

At Ryu Jaehee encouraging me to sing a verse, I briefly recited a fragment of lyrics I remembered.

“Even if the world keeps getting shittier, it’s still worth living – that’s all I remember.”

“Hyung, you were quite cynical from a young age.”

[Ah his voice is so freaking good for real]

[You can feel the skill even from just singing one verse briefly]

[They’re sucking up to him over every little thing lol damn, I could do that much too lol]

[Then don’t start fights here and go debut yourself, you bastard above]

As I continued appropriately answering questions, ‘that question’ appeared before my eyes.

[Eden oppa why is your From greeting always ‘I hope you stay healthy and everything goes well’?]

Finally it came. The expected question I’d been watching for most.

If I honestly answered ‘to increase the character count’ like I told Ryu Jaehee before, there are two predictable reactions.

-I can smell the scent of someone who used to pad their personal statements with flowery language from that long greeting

-Ugh lol people’s lives are all the same

-When you have nothing to say, stretching the greeting as much as possible is the rule

▲Reactions that just laugh it off lightly.

-How ridiculous, bragging about that kind of mindset so proudly on a fan live

-I was stupid for thinking it was cute without knowing those dark intentions, sigh

-Trying so hard to add just a few more lines ㅋ Chuden, this is enough

-Ah, so those fromm posts where you communicate with fans were just homework to you, huh? Like a report with a minimum word count requirement lol Ugh, I was the only one being sincere again

-Eden, hurry up and get your computer skills certification~ Use your experience from padding out prom posts to pad out your personal statement well too hehe

▲Reactions where I get beaten up.

With my big data collected from weeks of searching and monitoring plus 7 years of idol experience, it was obvious the latter would be much more common than the former.

Ryu Jaehee, who knew the real reason, desperately glanced at me and subtly shook his head without being noticed.

I gave him a reassuring smile and recited the answer I’d prepared in advance.

“‘I hope you stay healthy and everything goes well’ is the most respectful and dignified greeting. I use it to show that our Daydream members are the most precious to me.”

[A truly filial idol]

[Ahh lol Yuje is being so cringey lol]

No. That’s not cringing, that’s being dumbfounded.

Hey, no matter how recklessly I lived, I have 8 years of experience – did you think I’d repeat exactly what I told you in the live?

After taking a few more questions, it was already close to 11 PM.

“It’s about time to wrap up now.”

[Huh already? Though I guess time did fly by]

[Don’t go ㅜㅜㅜㅜ]

[Please call Yehyeon oppa]

It’s not good to show all our cards from the first live. I need to save content for next time.

“This isn’t our last live either, we can meet again next time. I’ll come back to see you as soon as possible.”

[Don’t do a silent broadcast next time Eden]

[Show us the Tornado Omelette, I’m really curious]

[Next time, please come out with your roommates!]

[Yehyeoni, are you really not coming out until the very end?]

I gave farewell greeting comments to announce the end of the live stream to the fans who were letting us go peacefully.

“Well then, this has been Reve’s Yuje!”

“And Eden.”

“Our Ilmongs, let’s meet again next time! Dream of me! Ah, hyung! We have to do the final greeting chant together! Again, again!”

“Ah, geez. How troublesome.”

I let myself be pulled along by Ryu Jaehee’s hand as he grabbed me to do the greeting again, and shouted the chant on cue.

“Dream of me.”

“Dream of me! Sweet dreams, Daydream!”

We waved at the cell phone screen and ended the live stream.

And so my first OA live stream ended safely.

As soon as the cell phone screen turned off, I collapsed onto the mattress and let out a groan.

Before my regression, Ryu Jaehee was always turning on OA live streams and chattering away, so I thought it would be easy, but this wasn’t simple at all.

“Wow, I’m dying.”

“Hyung, please think about what you’re going to do before turning on the live stream. Don’t ask the fans!”

“I will. I really will. I learned that lesson painfully today.”

The youngest member was starting to resemble Gyeon Hajun with his nagging, so I covered my ears and rolled around on the mattress until the youngest let out a sigh and left the room.

[Would you like to use a Random Ticket? Yes/No]

I was momentarily startled by the status window that suddenly popped up out of nowhere, but calmly selected No.

However, this damn system didn’t disappear and kept shoving the choice in front of my eyes.

It was practically forced selling.

“Ugh. I’m choosing because it’s dirty and petty, I’m choosing!”

Just let something weird and useless come out. I grumbled and repeatedly hit Yes.

[You got the video ‘Popular Solo OA Live Stream Collection’!]

…Wow, fucking useless.

Don’t tell me this means I should study how to do solo live streams by watching this video collection?

[Correct!]

At the cheerful affirmation, I lost the energy to retort and started playing it while being sarcastic.

Is this really random? It seems like you’ve been giving me exactly what I need at just the right times?

[If you wish, I’ll give you garbage next time.]

No, keep giving me only what I need like now. I love you, System.

I played the video that appeared in front of my eyes like a movie screen, and even though I wasn’t wearing earphones, I could hear the sound, but I blinked at the familiar faces, setting that aside.

I quickly skipped through to check the people appearing in the video and belatedly realized what this video was.

This was solo OA live streams from future first and second-tier idols from when the OA app became widespread. Specifically, ones with particularly high heart counts and view numbers.

‘It would definitely be useful as reference material.’

I thought indifferently as I lay on the mattress watching the video for 30 minutes.

Late at night, while Gyeon Hajun and Seo Yehyeon were sleeping with gentle breathing between them, I alone was awake and absorbed in watching the video.

…This is actually kind of interesting?

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