Chapter 119
Chapter 119
Translator: Penny
Chapter 119
As soon as we returned to the dorm, Ryu Jaehee collapsed onto the sofa, patting his full stomach, while Seo Yehyeon frantically searched for antacids.
I shoved Ryu Jaehee aside and claimed the sofa for myself. Despite his whining, Jaehee obediently settled at the very edge.
"Don't lie down right after eating! You'll gain weight!" Seo Yehyeon's nagging flew at me immediately. Ignoring him, I stretched out and unlocked my phone.
"Whoa, she really switched sides! Yoon Jeonga changed her KakaoTalk profile picture to Yehyeon Hyung's face."
I exclaimed in surprise as I stumbled upon Yoon Jeonga's profile picture while searching for her contact to send her some allowance.
Stealing fans from Altair? Seo Yehyeon definitely earned his keep today! Reve's 入덕 fairy is working overtime again.
Seo Yehyeon, who had trudged in after taking digestive medicine, slumped onto the floor and leaned back against the sofa. I said to him, who closed his eyes with a tired expression, "Why don't you go to your room and rest?"
"I'm going to work out later, once my stomach settles."
"Really? Let's go together."
I needed to complete the "Body Management" section of my Weekly Quest, so I had to work out today no matter what.
"But how did you manage to convert him just by showing your face once? Is it because we see your face every day that it doesn't feel real?" I muttered, staring intently at Seo Yehyeon's profile. He grumbled, "What are you staring at?" and covered his face with his hand.
"Look in the mirror and then look at Yehyeon Hyung's face. That should make it feel more real."
"Is this brat insulting my looks?" Ryu Jaehee retorted indifferently, and I immediately put him in a headlock.
"Ugh! This is just stating facts, not belittling!"
This wasn't bullying; it was a neck massage for my younger brother, who had to keep his head held high all day.
The System seemed to understand my intentions, as my Original Intent Score remained unchanged.
The next day, Seo Yehyeon left for his family home, and Kim Dobin returned to the dorm.
"Waaah, why isn't it vacation time yet?! If the agency's going to give us time off, why not during vacation?!"
"Does vacation even matter? Hyung's graduating this year anyway."
"Oh, right?"
Kim Dobin scratched his head with a blank expression, spouting nonsense as soon as he arrived.
"Wait, I'm taking the college entrance exam next week! That's why I brought my lunchbox!"
"Yeah, yeah. Good luck on the exam."
"But why are you taking the exam? Were you planning to go to university?"
"It'd be good to go. Plus, you can get student discounts with your exam ticket."
"No way. Who takes the college entrance exam just to get the ticket?"
The guy who went to the exam, marked a single line of answers, and slept through the rest quietly shut his mouth.
My father, fearing Grandfather might collapse, even lied about losing my exam results, refusing to show them to him.
Thanks to that, I learned a useful tip: if I ever wanted to make Grandfather collapse, all I had to do was recite my exam scores in front of him.
Of course, I never wanted to stoop to the level of a filial scoundrel, so I never played that card, even before the regression.
With Kim Dobin and Ryu Jaehee both gone to school, the dorm was completely empty. All our appointments were still clustered in the evening.
I didn't want to be alone in the empty dorm, so I headed to my studio.
When there's nothing else to do, working on music is always the best option.
[ OMG, is this you? ㅋㅋ ] - 3:21 AM
[ https://yxxtu.be/GKPSOEx87 ] - 3:22 AM
[ Wow, congrats on your coronation, Filial Scoundrel! ] - 8:36 AM
[ Eden, it's not too late to come back to the hip-hop scene. ] - 8:45 AM
Sitting at the table with half-open eyes, I checked my phone, which had been buzzing incessantly since dawn. Messages from acquaintances had piled up.
Each message contained the same question: "Is this you?" followed by a YouTube link or a link to a community post. Occasional exclamations of "You madman!" also appeared.
HIT! LJD, the Fiery Filial Grandchild Idol, Delivers Diss Rap at Grandfather's 80th Birthday Celebration.gif - Fucking hell, this is K-Hip Hop!
- I've seen plenty of Korean hip-hop artists whining about their poor mothers, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone diss their grandfather ㄷㄷ
- First off, giving him 0 points for filial impiety since there wasn't a single curse word.
└ But isn't dissing your grandfather's 80th birthday party rap already 100 points for filial impiety?
- But honestly, after listening and watching, everything he said was true. Just because you have bad grades doesn't make you a failure in life, like he said.
- Just the fact that he called his idol grandson a "showman" tells you everything you need to know about the family atmosphere... - His punchlines and diction are insane ㅋㅋㅋ Is he really an idol and not a rapper?
└ Damn, if he were a rapper, his grandpa would've clutched his neck and collapsed ㅋㅋ
└ Seriously, with his rap skills and that crazy hip-hop spirit, the hip-hop scene lost a real talent to the idol world.
└If you want to give your grandfather a real headache, quit being an idol right now and become a rapper.
-The idiot who uploaded this is insaneㅋㅋㅋ If they're a relative, they're airing their family's dirty laundry for the whole world to see. And if they were just a guest, they're a lunatic for filming and posting someone else's diss rap.ㅋㅋㅋ
-This is a tear-jerking masterpieceㅠㅠ A song that offers solace in our fiercely competitive society.
-I'm blasting this at full volume during Lunar New Year if my relatives start nagging me.
-We've got our holiday-exclusive background music now!ㅋㅋ
-Grandmother's 70th birthday is in a week. I'm practicing this relentlessly starting today.
└You idiot! This looks like a performance because they've got the looks and skills. If you tried it, it would just be blatant filial impiety.
I clutched my stomach laughing as I watched the Filial Scoundrel Diss Track video, which had inevitably surfaced online.
If my diss track could prompt Grandfather to reflect on his actions and life's legacy, wouldn't that be a form of filial piety? After all, honest advice is always bitter.
Moreover, the video had already surpassed a million views.
"Hey, the reaction to the diss track is pretty good, huh? Should we release an official version?" I said, chuckling, to Ryu Jaehee, who was setting the breakfast table. Jaehee slammed a spoon and chopsticks down in front of me and shook his head vigorously.
"Please don't take it that far, Hyung. It's a miracle there were no curse words in that diss track about Grandfather. If there had been, you'd be branded a parricide for life."
Jaehee sighed dramatically, slapping Kim Dobin's hand as Dobin tried to take a bite of rice before I'd even picked up my utensils.
Kim Dobin, rubbing the back of his hand, quietly set down his spoon and asked, "Whoa, Eden Hyung, did you really drop a diss track on your grandfather?"
I nodded, and Kim Dobin's eyes widened even more.
"I saw it live, Hyung..."
"Wow, I'm so jealous! Jaehee was already bragging about going to your grandfather's 80th birthday party and getting to eat at that ₩100,000-per-person buffet. You should have invited me too, Hyung! I could have busted out some Breaking moves on the side."
"Here he goes again, all talk and no action. You'd freeze up if you were actually there, Dobin. Hyung, you should have seen the atmosphere." Ryu Jaehee chided Kim Dobin. For someone who talked so much, he'd barely touched his food at the buffet, unlike Seo Yehyeon, who ate well despite being picky. Yoon Jeonga, being the same age, had quickly become friends with her too.
Since I was already looking at my phone, I decided to complete the Search Quest. Gyeon Hajun wasn't around to nag me about using my phone at the dinner table.
Niv @dskfal25
Why does a diss track about someone's family drama need to be this easy listening?
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Niv @dskfal25
The lyrics are ㅈㄴ fascinating too.
+ It even comforts me about bombing my exam.
Nakwon @Edenyoon
Woke up to find my oppa being called "Filial Scoundrel"
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Only Brown-Haired Hotties @Rititici
"If you have a complaint, say it in a rap" - IRL version
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Want To Be Jobless @sipnotship
Those who are cursing me for being disrespectful must have had wonderful grandparents. I'm so jealous, haha.
I have a paternal grandmother I wouldn't even want to attend her funeral, so I completely understand why someone would drop a diss track in this situation.
Want To Be Jobless @sipnotship
And honestly, it's not like I flipped the birthday table or cursed her out. For a diss track, the lyrics were pretty mild, right? I've wanted to flip tables and curse people out to their faces more than once.
The reaction wasn't bad. Only a small minority seriously condemned me for filial impiety over the eightieth birthday diss track.
"Puhahaha! Easy Listening, they call it! I was worried about the freestyle, but at least the lyrics got across properly!"
As pride swelled within him, he burst into hearty laughter. Ryu Jaehee muttered, "This Hyung's sense of what to be happy about is so weird..."
So, you'd be happy if they called me Filial Scoundrel, huh, you demon?
☺ 150,000 Fans Reached!
Reward: Original Intent Score +10, Item Selection Ticket
The System's notification window for reaching 150,000 fans appeared at the most perfectly timed moment.
It seemed the System now notified in increments of 50,000 fans. Given the strong performance of his latest Full Album, it was about time his fanbase grew...
But for the notification to pop up now? It made it look like the increase in fans was all thanks to the Filial Scoundrel Diss Track at the 80th birthday party.
"More bear bone soup...?"
"What's wrong, Dobin? You said you liked it. You should eat plenty."
Kim Dobin stared blankly at the bowl of bear bone soup before him, then timidly countered my words.
"But... you don't have to give me bear bone soup even on the morning of the college entrance exam..."
At first, Kim Dobin had happily eaten two meals of bear bone soup without complaint, even declaring how much he liked it. But by the fifth day, he'd surrendered.
It was understandable. We'd been giving him our portions too, leaving him to eat three times as much.
Thanks to this, we were temporarily freed from bear bone soup. We felt guilty about secretly throwing it away, so this worked out well.
"Eat quietly before I switch to seaweed soup. Someone's busy packing your lunch right now, so no complaining about the food."
As I roughly stirred the spicy pork stir-fry with a spatula, Dobin obediently mixed rice into his bear bone soup and resumed eating.
Ryu Jaehee and I were packing Kim Dobin's lunch for the university entrance exam.
It was a tragedy for Dobin that we three were the only ones left in the dorm when he needed his lunch. Gyeon Hajun was away.
Fortunately, Dobin had brought a stainless steel insulated lunchbox from his family home, sparing him the disaster of having to eat cold rice from a Lock & Lock container.
"Hyung, the egg roll's a bit burnt. What should I do? We're out of eggs, so I can't make a new one."
"Just cut off the burnt part and pack it."
"But Hyung, shouldn't we lower the heat? It smells like it's burning."
"Hey, we don't have time for that! We need to stir-fry it quickly on high heat. Hey, Dobin, want a Tornado Omelet too?"
"No, it's okay..."
Dobin replied weakly, his face clouded with worry as he watched the lunchbox being packed.
"Hyung, what if I can't open my lunchbox at the SATs?"
"Then you'll just have to go hungry."
Kim Dobin's face brightened as he accepted the lunchbox.
After the SATs, Kim Dobin returned with his lunchbox untouched, saying cheerfully, "I couldn't open the lid, so I didn't get to eat it."
I silently took the lunchbox and effortlessly opened the lid.
"Wow, it opens so easily, Dobin!"
"That's so unfair, Hyung! Are you just ignoring all the effort Jaehee and I put into making your lunch since this morning?"
"Fine, then you guys try it!"
"Hey, 'try it' is too casual!"
"...Try it, please!"
As if I wouldn't try it if you asked me to.
I popped a piece of pork stir-fry into my mouth, chewed it, and then casually walked to the bathroom to spit it out into a tissue.
Even though I made it, this is... something else. Good thing I didn't taste it while cooking.
📝 Translator’s Note:
You may notice that certain lines or phrases in this novel appear both in their original Korean (or Hanja) form and in English translation.
This is intentional — these phrases are classical idioms, divine titles, or poetic expressions that carry layered meanings.
To preserve their original tone and authenticity, the raw text has been kept for reference, while the English interpretation is provided right before or after it. This helps convey both the literal and cultural nuance of the original work.
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