A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 87

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Regression Manual for an Idol Who Lost Their Original Intentions Chapter 87

Among us, the first to get a solo schedule, then and now, was Rev’s visual member, Seo Yehyeon.

It was actually a cosmetics lip tint advertisement.

The line Seo Yehyeon delivered in that ad, ‘If you want to add loveliness to your daily life, OO Tint,’ became a meme within Rev.

“If you want to add fullness to your daily life, Neoguri ramen!”

“If you want to add quietness to your daily life, Kim Dobin shut your mouth.”

“If you want to add freshness and vitamin C to your daily life, eat cheonhyehyang, hyungs.”

“If you want to add cheonhyehyang to your daily life, whoever brought it up should bring it and peel it.”

“Sigh… maybe I shouldn’t have filmed that ad…”

“If you want to add more regret to your daily life, OO Tint ad!”

Just like that.

Seo Yehyeon, who used to go crazy the first few times, seemed to have reached enlightenment and was now using that meme himself.

No, seeing how he covered his mouth after saying it, it might have unconsciously stuck to his tongue from hearing it so much.

And finally, I also got a solo variety show offer.

It would have been nice if it was music-related, but unfortunately, the place I was going to was as a panel member on the dating advice program .

My role was to watch videos of reenactment actors performing submitted stories and provide solutions or advice.

“Why me specifically? Do I look like someone who’s that savvy about dating?”

If that’s how I looked, unfortunately I went the boys’ middle school-boys’ high school route in my teens, spent 3 years before regression stressed from failed idol life, and 4 years too busy working two jobs as an idol and producer to have the leisure or time for dating.

And now? There’s a system with fire in its eyes ready to regress me back to debut day the moment I start dating.

Probably, my original intentions would drop by at least 90 points. When even dating rumors trigger regression penalties.

As I seriously pondered, Ryu Jaehee, who was looking up videos on YouTube next to me, replied.

“Originally, for those kinds of shows, watching a forever-alone person’s reaction is more fun than a dating expert.”

When I lightly gave him a neck massage like a headlock, Ryu Jaehee let out a refreshed exclamation.

“Ack! Why! Hyung said you’re dating music!”

“Why do you think? Because you said something right.”

A deserved beating.

On the day of filming, when I arrived at the studio and was bowing in greeting, I spotted a familiar face. It was Altair’s Cha Yeonho, the other special guest besides me.

As soon as he saw me, Cha Yeonho strode over with an eye smile and said.

“The pink hair suits you well, Eden. The color is really bright.”

“Ah, yes…”

[Insincere response detected.]

[Original Intentions –1]

Then what was I supposed to answer?

Oh my, I’m honored that you, senior like heaven, praised this humble junior’s hair color—was I supposed to answer like that to be sincere? Huh?

[At least five syllables, please.]

Thank you. Hmm, exactly five syllables.

“I listened to your song well. This new song is also good.”

“Ah, thank you.”

When I responded with more than five syllables following the system’s advice, Cha Yeonho, still smiling with his eyes, casually said.

“I’ve never heard that song before.”

“? It’s a new song, not a remake, so of course you’d be hearing it for the first time, right?”

When I shot back with a question mark on my face, Cha Yeonho let out a hollow laugh and asked with subtle thorns in his words.

“Eden, are you doing this on purpose from before?”

“Pardon?”

Is he picking a fight because I talked back?

Your personality is still the same, Cha Yeonho.

That’s why even before regression, even after falling to rock bottom, you couldn’t come to your senses and just maintained your petty pride.

No matter how much I liked his vocal tone, there was a limit to how much I’d tolerate.

Anyway, in front of such a condescending bastard, the best way to deal with it is to act like you don’t understand the picking and just stand there blankly.

It was a life truth I learned while dealing with those two prison idols who tormented us terribly.

Altair hadn’t fallen yet and was a senior with more years than Rev, so I couldn’t charge at him like before.

As expected, feeling that a picture was being created where he was unilaterally the bad guy, Cha Yeonho stopped dealing with me and backed off. There was some confusion in his eyes.

Suddenly picking a fight over someone else’s song, what a fuss. Does he think I live like that Altair composition member just because that guy lives that way?

Grumbling internally, I received the script from staff and skimmed through it. My lines weren’t specifically set. It meant I should just react appropriately.

This was my first time as a guest on such a dating advice program, both before and after regression, and since I didn’t usually watch them, I made time before the schedule to watch a few episodes.

The panel’s role was to empathize with the stories while providing solutions for relationship improvement.

The role of guests like us was just to add freshness and viewership ratings.

Soon, filming began.

I barely managed my expression while watching reenactments of trashy stories that couldn’t even be used as song lyrics material.

A boyfriend lied that his female friend was his sister and stubbornly kept meeting her, saying he lied about her being his sister because he was worried his girlfriend would be bothered by him meeting female friends—do you really believe that story?

You reported it here because you’re suspicious too, right? Why did you have to add “She’s probably just a real female friend, right…? ㅠㅠ” and make people’s blood boil?

So… they want me to provide solutions and advice for such stories?

“I think breaking up would be the best. Trust is already broken, so why try to keep dating?”

“Of course they should break up. Isn’t this deception? Why go to a club when your girlfriend is sick?”

“Break up. What do you mean cooking for him is natural? What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

“Once a cheater, twice, three times a cheater. The first time is the hardest. So break up.”

Like that, I became a break-up parrot throughout the filming. This was the only advice I could give.

No matter if they’re strangers, how could I tell them to keep dating such guys?

And the only solution for such dating histories is separation. Damn, we’re not talking about fixing trash to reuse it.

Unlike the last story where there was no cheating, Cha Yeonho, who had been providing solutions only toward relationship improvement like other panels, smiled and said to me.

“Eden keeps telling people to break up.”

“The other panelists’ options don’t include breaking up. Shouldn’t there be various options for the story submitter to choose from?”

With my 8-year idol experience, I smoothly deflected without showing any sign of being flustered.

Sigh, this will make Altair fans attack me for being insincere and having a bad attitude again.

Knowing this would happen, I added long explanations for why they should break up. Thanks to that, they can’t say I approached the broadcast insincerely.

As for bad attitude… wouldn’t giving advice to break up be better than keeping my mouth shut?

By the way, if you don’t want to hit rock bottom earlier, you should moderate yourself, Cha Yeonho.

Why do you keep persistently getting on people’s nerves? So annoying.

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HIT! [Male idol possessed by viewer’s soul on today’s Love Manual.jpg] [412]

Anonymous 85 Finally Love Manual, which only fed viewers sweet potatoes, got a cider transfusion

Anonymous 86 First time I didn’t feel frustrated watching this program. I was so pissed that panels always gave backstories to trash and told people to understand and compromise, but Eden poured cider

Anonymous 87’s reaction is seriously exactly the same as mine when watching romance guides, it’s hilarious lol

Anonymous commenter 88 said that unlike other panelists who avoid telling people to break up and try to offer solutions, this one was really firm about telling them to break up lol. I was struck when they said why should the letter writer have to invest time and effort when it was the boyfriend who did wrong.

Anonymous 89 “Do you regress back to the beginning of your dating life when you break up? Is that why you’re trying to fix it?” ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Please make them a regular panel member

Anonymous 90 That frustrated expression and confused face is so real ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Anonymous 91: I was watching and looked over to the side, and my younger sibling was making the exact same expression as the person on screen, so I laughed for a while ㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋ

Anonymous 92 That was so fucking satisfying lol why did Cha Yeonho get pissed at him in the middle? ㅋㅋ

Anonymous 93 ☞Anonymous 92 He kept acting like a break-up parrot, can’t he even say to show restraint?

Anonymous 94 ☞Anonymous 92 It might be refreshing, but it looked like he was approaching the broadcast without sincerity, which made me feel worse watching it~ As a senior, he could have said something

Anonymous 95 ☞Anonymous 92 Does that look like being condescending to you? Just how crookedly do you usually view the world?

Anonymous 96 The Aquilas came swarming in tsk tsk Anyone could see they were picking on the guy who was answering sincerely

Anonymous 97 Are the Aquilas already starting to check Rising? lol

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“Another new boy group is making their appearance.”

I clicked my tongue while looking at an entertainment news article about a mid-tier agency launching a new boy group.

Looking at the photos, they weren’t familiar faces. That meant they couldn’t even be rivals on the path to first-tier status.

How did these guys end up failing even after debuting from a mid-tier agency?

That’s how this industry is, you know. If luck follows you, you can rise even without talent; if you’re unlucky, you get buried even with talent; and even if you have both luck and talent, if you accumulate bad karma, you’ll eventually fall.

Speaking of which, did I also fall because I accumulated bad karma?

I let out a bitter laugh thinking of my vanished Cheongdam-dong new house, savings account, Ferrari, and studio.

A few days later, while doing a Search Quest, I happened to see the new boy group’s name again in a school violence exposé post.

‘This is why people shouldn’t live accumulating bad karma, tsk tsk.’

It seemed one of the members had severely bullied people along with his gang.

Reading through the post, that kid who was only nineteen was truly vicious, absolutely vicious.

I was amazed by the mentality and confidence to force a debut after living like this.

Did he think this past would be buried? What on earth did he trust to debut?

The parts about cleverly copying choreography to frame the victim as a plagiarist, or kicking someone’s ankle hard the night before practical exams to make them limp, made me shake my head automatically. But the high school name seemed familiar…

‘Same school as Kim Dobin? Same age too, Practical Dance Department.’

Surely Kim Dobin wasn’t involved in this. His major was urban dance, while the whistleblower and the school violence perpetrator’s major was breaking.

Their majors were different, and since he wasn’t mentioned as a perpetrator in this exposé post, I felt relieved.

“No matter what, Kim Dobin isn’t the type to bully anyone.”

I firmly believed in our Doby.

First of all, anyone could see he was more likely to be bullied than to bully others. His shy personality was like that too.

Even before regression, there were no Rev members who got into trouble for school violence. That might have been why I felt even more at ease.

The next day, a post uploaded with a single photo was the prelude that completely shattered my peace and comfort.

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