A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 416

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 416

Please don’t let it be news that the schedule has been moved up…!

I desperately hoped it wouldn’t be that content, which I considered the number one type of contact I least wanted to receive right now, as I checked the message.

“Wow, I won’t be able to sleep.”

At my muttering mixed with a hollow laugh, Kim Dobin stretched his neck long and peered around to see my phone screen.

“What does it say? Did the schedule get moved up? Is the deadline tomorrow by any chance?”

“Don’t say such horrible things. Words have power, you know.”

I grumbled and pressed down firmly on Kim Dobin’s head.

Fortunately, it wasn’t news about moving up the schedule, but it was news of one more task being added during an already busy time.

“They’re collecting demo songs for Hajun’s drama OST, and the OST production company contacted us asking to send some demo songs?”

“They won’t accept a refusal?”

“Hey, why would we refuse this? Looking at it, it seems like Hajun wants to insert a solo song as a drama OST and put in a demo request to us.”

It’s Gyeon Hajun’s very first drama, and a drama that will be a huge hit at that – wouldn’t it be a shame to just pass it by because it’s a supporting role?

Most importantly, if the drama becomes popular, the OST will naturally become a hit too, so there was nothing bad about it.

It’s just that I’ll be ground down a bit more.

The deadline is one week. If it were two weeks, I could first put out the urgent fire of our regular album song work and then work leisurely, but with one week, there was no time to take it easy.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t have any memory of composing a drama OST that Gyeon Hajun appeared in before the regression.’

From my memory, there seemed to be a few OSTs that Gyeon Hajun sang, but I didn’t compose them.

Either the production company didn’t contact me like now, or I was too busy with other composition requests and producing to take on OSTs as a lower priority.

The former was probably more likely. Even then, my relationship with Gyeon Hajun wasn’t particularly bad, so I would have paid attention to him even if I was busy.

Of course, I don’t know if Gyeon Hajun back then had the same thoughts as me.

No answer will come from me wondering alone about questions I can never ask for the rest of my life. I lightly shook off the sentimental mood and sent a reply with acceptance.

I had seen the synopsis and script, and thanks to my pre-regression memories, I vaguely remembered the drama content, so composing an OST that fits the drama wouldn’t be difficult.

Since the production company will handle the production themselves, the workload I need to take on is much less than our album.

I was relieved and calmly organizing my thoughts, restructuring the schedule to include OST work, when my phone buzzed briefly once more.

Thinking a reply had come, I checked my phone without any particular thought, only to reflexively rub my eyes at the parade of horrible letters that came into view.

But unfortunately, the letters didn’t change. I hadn’t seen it wrong – I had seen it very correctly.

“No way… this can’t be happening…”

There’s no way the deadline for our regular album songs got moved up right after I accepted the drama OST demo work!

“Hey, your words came true! I told you not to say such horrible things carelessly!”

In the end, Kim Dobin’s nonsensical horrible words had become reality. As I reached out my arm to give him a headlock disguised as a neck massage with flashing eyes, Kim Dobin quickly jumped up and dodged my arm.

“It’s definitely not because of what I said that the deadline got moved up! If everything I said came true, Rev would have long since become not just a domestic first-tier group, but world stars easily hitting 10 billion YouTube views!”

“Shut up, you! Why did you have to say such unlucky things!”

“I’m going to go check the choreography draft now!”

Sensing that sparks would really fly, Kim Dobin hurriedly escaped from the studio.

I was muttering “Let’s just die, let’s just die” while dry-washing my face when I paused, remembering a news article I saw yesterday.

Of all times, this happens the day after I saw a health issue news story about how short sleep time is a shortcut to harming your health…!

Diabetes, weakened immunity, microvascular damage and cardiovascular disease, increased obesity risk, and even concussion and dementia – these were all the dangerous conditions that could occur from lack of sleep.

So working a few more hours means leaving a few decades earlier, doesn’t it?

But if I get proper sleep time and rest well, I can’t finish the work within the deadline.

This was quite a dilemma.

But what’s the good thing about the team system? The fact that you don’t need to be ground down alone because there are several people – isn’t that one of the few advantages of the team system?

Of course, if you can’t trust your team members, you’d have to handle everything completely alone, but now I could fully trust our members.

“Youngest, are you busy? If you’re not busy, come over thinking you’re saving your hyung. Is Yehyeon hyung also at the dorm? If he is, bring him along too.”

If we grind together side by side, something useful will come of it. Let’s throw them in first!

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On the evening when Gyeon Hajun came back after finishing his first shoot, a small celebration party was held at the dorm.

Since all the party food went through Seo Yehyeon’s hands, there wasn’t a single food item that exceeded 200kcal. Everyone was used to the parade of chicken breast and greens that appeared on the dining table after building up expectations for a party, so no one voiced any complaints.

This is because even if you express dissatisfaction with this diet and insist on what you want to eat, you’ll only receive Seo Yehyeon’s nagging about how little time is left until comeback and unlimited calorie attacks.

Usually Seo Yehyeon wasn’t scary at all – rather, he was easy to handle – but Seo Yehyeon with his eyes flashing asking you to try mentioning calories, then unable to wait for our answers and rattling them off himself first, was somewhat terrifying.

“I came here sacrificing 16 days’ worth of health to celebrate your first drama shoot.”

As I made a big show of it while poking a piece of chicken breast with my fork that had no seasoning or even salt, Gyeon Hajun blinked and asked.

“What are you talking about? No, before that… you’re sacrificing your health?”

“Sigh, if things had gone according to the original schedule, I wouldn’t have needed to sacrifice my health that much, but one more job got added so it turned out that way.”

As I let out a deep sigh to emphasize the seriousness, Gyeon Hajun’s eyes grew even wider.

Next to me, Kim Dobin raised an unnecessarily serious conspiracy theory in an unnecessarily serious voice.

“I know well that Eden hyung has changed a lot since debut, so I decided not to carelessly mention possession anymore, but this really isn’t something that would come out of Eden hyung’s mouth…? Could it be…?”

When I spotted his finger slyly making the sign of the cross and glared at him, Kim Dobin visibly flinched and slipped behind Gyeon Hajun.

Seo Yehyeon also added a word with a pale face.

“No, one day I could understand. But 16 days’ worth? That really doesn’t seem like Yoon Eden.”

“But why 16 days’ worth? Is there some standard?”

“Good question, youngest.”

As the price for participating in this party, I reduced my sleep time by four hours below the proper sleep time for four days, so if I calculate the health-sacrificing sleep time as one hour per day, I sacrificed 16 days’ worth of health.

When I brought a pen and notebook to explain my calculation method in detail, the suspicious looks directed at me were withdrawn.

“According to your calculations, Yoon Eden, with all your all-night work and dawn work sessions, you’ve probably lost a few years of your lifespan already, so 16 days or so is nothing…”

“He’s just ordinary Eden hyung who takes care of his health.”

Seo Yehyeon and Kim Dobin had openly relieved faces.

“Instead of trying to do everything alone, hyung, use people. There are plenty of people here to be used.”

Ryu Jaehee even kindly pointed out with his finger the list of people to be used, including himself.

As expected, the only person who thinks of me is our youngest. My nose tingled and I gave Ryu Jaehee a few pieces of my chicken breast.

“I tried to show off once and ended up getting suspected of possession again, ugh. When will you stop with those possession suspicions?”

“No, but hyung, you have a record. A record of being possessed by a ghost. That’s why. Hyung might have a possession-prone constitution.”

“What are you talking about? When was I ever possessed by a ghost? You’re talking nonsense again.”

“Then did hyung speak gently while completely sober, cry while watching 【Animal Farm】 completely sober, and then play dumb claiming ghost possession…?”

Ah, right.

“Ah, that time? I had completely forgotten about it. Hey! I don’t remember, so naturally that ghost or whatever possessed me might have been forgetful too!”

When I snapped at him, Kim Dobin nodded frantically to show he understood. As expected, raising your voice is the best way to shut someone up.

Gyeon Hajun, with a relieved face, lightly scolded me.

“Eden, why do you show off in such a way?”

“He’s showing off like that because it’s related to Hajun hyung.”

“Me? Ah… could it be the OST?”

Gyeon Hajun quickly found the right answer with Kim Dobin’s hint.

“The casting seems likely. The OST production company already contacted us in advance. But I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do the OST backing track selection.”

At Gyeon Hajun’s expression that even showed some concern, I smiled confidently.

“I’m confident about that. Making it so you can recognize it as your song the moment you hear it. I’ll definitely get my song selected for you.”

“Right. Even though it’s a drama OST, it’s technically my first solo song, so I’d prefer it to be a song you composed.”

As soon as Gyeon Hajun finished speaking, a status window appeared in front of me.

[You have achieved the condition!]

[‘Memory Fragment (28)’ is unlocked.]

I had no idea what condition I had achieved.

Anyway, thanks to that, a memory – whether it was the twenty-eighth one or from when I was twenty-eight years old – was unlocked.

After the dinner that was either a party or group diet ended, we gathered to talk about the regular album schedule, listened to behind-the-scenes stories from Hajun’s shoot, and only went to our respective rooms when it was time to sleep.

As soon as I flopped onto my bed, I brought up the status window in front of me.

I grabbed the fragment without hesitation to recover the memory that the system had erased. Suddenly, I thought it was fortunate that my room was a private room.

Whatever memory this was, I could avoid letting the other guys notice my agitation, my reaction after seeing this memory. The system wouldn’t have erased this memory for no reason.

Like my appearance in that erased time I had glimpsed through an error before, living in complete disarray.

[‘Memory Fragment (28)’ is being accessed.]

Along with a strange churning sensation inside, my vision shook and flickered before the scenery in front of me slowly changed.

The erased memory played out before my eyes.

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