A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 208

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 208

 

 

 

 

 

Yoon Eden, who had roughly swept up his bangs, discovered his clean hands and burst into a bitter laugh.

 

“Ha, again? Fuck, I don’t miss this era at all.”

 

After spitting out those words like he was chewing them, he glanced back at the person lying on the bed across from him and frowned.

 

“And I don’t remember ever sharing a room with that bastard Kim Dobin in the first place, but now someone’s even manipulating memories like it’s some fucking dream.”

 

Judging it to be a dream, Yoon Eden pulled the blanket over his head again and squeezed his eyes shut.

 

After 5 minutes passed, Kim Dobin opened his eyes on his own due to a strange chill he felt, even though no one had woken him up.

 

Stretching, Kim Dobin noticed that instead of his usual neatly folded blanket, there was a blanket that bulged out as if something was inside, and he approached triumphantly.

 

“Hyung, I woke up before you!”

 

If the original Yoon Eden had seen this scene, he would have given applause of emotion, saying that after repeated learning, he had finally developed the ability to wake up on his own, but unfortunately, what awaited Kim Dobin wasn’t applause of emotion, but

 

“Hey, what are you?”

 

A collar grab.

 

Whether Kim Dobin was coughing and choking from being roughly grabbed by the collar or not, Yoon Eden glared at Kim Dobin with fiercely glinting eyes and growled.

 

“It’s not enough that you’re in the same room, why are you disgustingly acting friendly? If you want to recreate something, do it properly.”

 

“What, what am I recreating…?”

 

Yoon Eden let out a bitter laugh as he irritably threw away the collar of Kim Dobin, who was trembling from the sudden misfortune in the morning but still asked in a crawling voice.

 

“You only recreated those eyes that look exactly like a scared dog, how perfect.”

 

Even though Eden hyung had some shitty aspects, he wasn’t such a personality wreck who would spit out words like “disgusting” to someone’s face.

 

This situation where he had become a completely different person overnight.

 

But to judge this as possession like he had done before, the person in front of him somehow felt familiar.

 

The way of speaking that naturally brought to mind that era’s Yoon Eden, who had secretly earned nicknames like “Asshole Eden” and “Demon Eden.”

 

And even that habit of never using the curse “bastard” when referring to people as dogs, but consistently calling them “dog.”

 

‘His way of speaking and what he says is completely like pre-debut Eden hyung…?’

 

Searching through the big data he had accumulated from web novels, webtoons, and animations he had seen so far, Kim Dobin found a setting that was as similar as possible to the current situation.

 

‘Then could it be that Eden hyung from that era experienced this future and went back to become kind? Come to think of it, Eden hyung did suddenly become really dramatically kind right after debut. Is this the ouroboros of time leap?’

 

Getting way ahead of himself, Kim Dobin’s eyes lit up with a determined face.

 

A sense of mission rose within him that he had to plant good memories in this Yoon Eden to transform him into the kind Eden hyung.

 

It was still a drowsy morning, and since the current Yoon Eden still believed this situation to be a dream and was in a relatively mild mode, this was a possible delusion.

 

“Hyung, don’t be surprised and listen.”

 

Whether he believed it or not, since pre-debut Eden hyung had crossed over time to this place, it was do or die.

 

Kim Dobin grabbed Yoon Eden’s shoulders with a serious face, took a deep breath, and spoke heavily.

 

“Hyung, you’ve debuted now.”

 

He thought he would be surprised, if not shocked, but Yoon Eden’s expression didn’t change even slightly.

 

“What kind of bullshit are you trying to say with all that weight? Then fuck, did we debut or get elected?”

 

As Yoon Eden’s eyes became even more menacing, Kim Dobin trembled again and quickly buried his head toward the floor. He was so scared he felt like crying.

 

‘It’s not pre-debut Eden hyung? Is this really possession again…? But he does seem like Eden hyung?’

 

As the current situation leaned toward possession, he suddenly remembered the three steady-seller settings of web novels. Possession, reincarnation, and…

 

“Then hyung, excuse me, but how many years have you been active?”

 

At the overly polite question, Yoon Eden paused for a moment before bluntly saying,

 

“…For now, I’m at 8 years.”

 

As expected, it was regression!

 

Not noticing the strangeness in Yoon Eden’s answer and happy that he had gotten the right answer, Kim Dobin explained the current situation to Yoon Eden.

 

“Right now Rev is in their 4th year. Since it’s January now, exactly 3 years and 5 months.”

 

“This is a dream from that era, so why are you acting so fucking friendly with me? You never acted this affectionately toward me back then either, did you?”

 

Irritably messing up his hair, Yoon Eden looked Kim Dobin up and down.

 

This was being affectionate? Kim Dobin was momentarily flustered, wondering how that person’s memory of himself had behaved for him to call this affectionate.

 

“This isn’t a dream. At least not for me, and not for the other members in the other rooms – it’s reality.”

 

Kim Dobin said firmly to correct Yoon Eden’s misconception.

 

“And maybe it’s reality for you too, hyung.”

 

At the added words, Yoon Eden’s lips twisted. Reaching out to firmly grab Kim Dobin’s collar, Yoon Eden pulled him close and sneered.

 

“Hey, if you know so well, tell me. How do I go back-”

 

Yoon Eden stopped mid-sentence.

 

In the eyes facing him closely, Kim Dobin read confusion and trembling. Could that mixture be called lingering attachment?

 

“Right, I have to go back… Fuck, why should I be here.”

 

Muttering like he was talking to himself in a suppressed voice, Yoon Eden let go of the collar and tilted his chin as if telling him to speak.

 

Usually in regression cases, they rarely go back to the final timeline. The cliché is to just settle down and change the past.

 

And if something had happened to Rev in their 8th year, if that’s why Yoon Eden regressed, it could mean that future might change. So for now, it was welcome.

 

It seemed better to handle Yoon Eden in that state than for something to happen to the group.

 

Thinking thoughts that would horrify the system that was working hard to fix errors to send the regressed Yoon Eden back, Kim Dobin opened his mouth again to tell Yoon Eden the most important thing.

 

“But hyung, there’s a problem. I can easily accept this situation with my years of built-up webtoon, web novel, and anime experience, but the other members can’t. If they notice you’re acting strange, you could be dragged to a shaman house right away.”

 

Yoon Eden, who had been nodding, stopped and asked with narrowed brows.

 

“Shaman house?”

 

“Yes, you were possessed by a ghost once recently.”

 

Yoon Eden looked at Kim Dobin with eyes that seemed to ask if this bastard was joking right now, but Kim Dobin was steadfast. Because he firmly believed it was reality that had actually happened.

 

“What nonsense. Did everyone’s heads go completely crazy? And you believe that? Why don’t you all hold ancestral rites for angry ancestor spirits while you’re at it?”

 

Yoon Eden sneered, borrowing the 18th typical line of a pseudo-religious believer.

 

“No, it’s real though…”

 

Kim Dobin timidly protested. If he raised his voice even a little, that Eden hyung seemed like he would grab his collar right away, let alone give scalp massages or neck massages.

 

8 years was only 4 years later, but Kim Dobin was curious about what had happened in those 4 years for that hyung to make a comeback as Demon Eden.

 

They had to stay together as the group Rev for 10, 20 more years, but it would be troublesome if the leader was in that state.

 

“Anyway, so until you adapt, definitely avoid Jaehee. The youngest member is quick-witted, so he’ll notice your strange condition right away.”

 

“I know well that Ryu Jaehee is quick-witted.”

 

Yoon Eden’s eyes and tone when mentioning Ryu Jaehee weren’t soft, but they weren’t hostile either.

 

“And Hajun hyung is so close with you, hyung, so he’ll immediately notice that you’re different from usual.”

 

This time there was no response.

 

The sunken eyes and expression as soon as he heard Gyeon Hajun’s name were enough to guess that something had happened between the two.

 

Yoon Eden, who had cast his gaze into the air with coldly settled eyes, let out a short sneer.

 

Since someone who used to discriminate against non-Gyeon Hajun like eating meals was showing such a reaction, it was scary to even ask if something had happened.

 

“Oh, Yehyeon hyung should be fine. Since you usually have a bit of a snippy side toward Yehyeon hyung anyway, he won’t think it’s suspicious even in your current state.”

 

“What to do, I don’t want to get close to him. Just thinking about seeing his face already annoys me.”

 

As if he had never been so sunken, Yoon Eden replied with a crooked smile again.

 

“Did you fight with Yehyeon hyung?”

 

“Fight? Me with that guy?”

 

At Kim Dobin’s careful question, Yoon Eden snorted.

 

“Is he worth it?”

 

At the eyes and tone that seemed to mention something truly worthless, even Kim Dobin’s heart sank, though he wasn’t the person involved.

 

“Ah, hyung. It’s almost meal time, what will you do about breakfast?”

 

“I usually skip breakfast.”

 

But you usually eat it well. However, Kim Dobin didn’t have the courage to say this in front of that Yoon Eden, so he swallowed the words again.

 

“I barely slept at dawn yesterday but woke up fucking early. If the other guys try to come into this room, you handle it, Kim Dobin.”

 

At those warning-laden words, Kim Dobin nodded frantically and opened the door, finally escaping from the room where heavy air had been pressing down on him from all sides.

 

“Where’s Eden?”

 

“He said he has no appetite so he’ll skip breakfast today.”

 

At Gyeon Hajun’s question about the empty seat at the dining table, Kim Dobin quickly blurted out the excuse he had come up with.

 

“He didn’t come to morning exercise either, did he say what’s wrong?”

 

At Seo Yehyeon’s words, Gyeon Hajun immediately became worried and got up from his chair.

 

“He’s not sick, is he?”

 

“No! No, no, no! He’s not sick, Eden hyung said he needs some alone time. Something’s probably not going well for him, haha…”

 

Kim Dobin urgently grabbed and stopped Gyeon Hajun from doing so.

 

After barely blocking Gyeon Hajun’s approach, Kim Dobin cautiously approached Yoon Eden, who was still lying on the bed even after the meal ended, and carefully said.

 

“Hyung, we need to go to concert practice now.”

 

“Concert? Did we have a concert around this time?”

 

Even while raising his eyebrows, Yoon Eden obediently got up.

 

“You remember all the choreography, right?”

 

“Roughly.”

 

Yoon Eden nodded his head.

 

 

 

“Eden, is something wrong?”

 

“Hajun Hyung! Today Eden Hyung said he just doesn’t want to talk to the species called humans!”

 

“Eden said something like that, just like you would…?”

 

As soon as they came out of the room, Kim Dobin desperately blocked Gyeon Hajun from approaching Yoon Eden, feeling relieved that there seemed to be no problem with concert preparations.

 

 

 

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“Eden Hyung, what are you doing?”

 

Ryu Jaehee asked in a puzzled voice toward Yoon Eden, who was standing still in place.

 

Yoon Eden looked back at Kim Dobin with a clearly flustered expression.

 

“E-Eden Hyung must really be in bad condition today!”

 

With that, Yoon Eden was excluded, and choreography practice resumed in earnest. As soon as practice ended and they returned to their own room in the dormitory, Yoon Eden spoke up.

 

“The set list. Send that to my phone.”

 

At Yoon Eden’s words, Kim Dobin immediately sent the concert set list. Yoon Eden, who had been slowly examining each song one by one, looked up.

 

“Hey, what are these songs.”

 

Yoon Eden asked in a chilling voice, shoving the screen displaying the set list toward Kim Dobin’s face.

 

His serious expression was the scariest face Kim Dobin had ever seen from Yoon Eden.

 

“Setting aside the songs I’ve never seen before. Why isn’t here, and why is on this list!”

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