Chapter 189
Chapter 189
Translator: Penny
Chapter 189
"Hey, aren't you going to let go?"
"If you abandon me, you won't make it ten steps before you fall ill."
After taking a few steps with Kim Dobin clinging to his leg, he sighed deeply and effortlessly hoisted Dobin onto his shoulder.
"Satisfied now?"
Dobin, now slung over his back like a sack of rice, grumbled, his face pressed against his back.
"Hyung, I distinctly remember carrying you comfortably in a princess carry."
"What was that, Dobin? Are you asking me to just leave you behind?"
Dobin quickly adjusted his grip so the younger man could lift his head and asked, "No, no! It's perfectly comfortable like this!"
True to its concept as a former tuberculosis ward once notorious for human experimentation and organ trafficking, the floor was littered with shattered mannequins and fake organs.
The squishy sensation under his shoe made Kim Dobin glad he was carrying him.
He knew Dobin would have screamed and jumped around if he'd stepped on it himself.
"This fake stuff is so obvious... Ugh, damn it, you scared me."
He flinched as a mannequin head suddenly rolled to a stop right in front of his feet. Anyone would be startled if the head's hinged skull swung open, revealing the brain inside.
"What is it? What scared you, Hyung? Was it really scary?"
"Just a mannequin head."
"Pfft, even Eden Hyung is human after all. Getting scared by a rolling mannequin head—Aaaaaah! What's that?! What's that?! Hyung, are you even human? How can you react so calmly to something like that?"
Kim Dobin, finally noticing the mannequin head that had rolled over, began to thrash and scream.
"Stop struggling, or I'll leave you here."
The warning calmed him down immediately. I readjusted my grip on him and entered the final corridor.
Rusty iron doors lined both sides of the narrow hallway—single rooms for isolation.
Red lights flickered ominously from the ceiling.
As we moved down the corridor, a door slammed open behind us with a loud bang!
"Hyung, Hyung! Ghost!..."
The frantic sound of Dobin's voice mixed with the rapid patter of approaching footsteps.
"Hyung, Hyung! The ghost is right behind you, practically breathing down your neck!"
"Uh-huh, yeah."
Dobin gripped the back of my shirt, shaking me violently as he shouted urgently, "I'm making eye contact with the ghost right now!"
"Yeah, I can't see it."
If you don't want to make eye contact with ghosts, just lower your head.
I replied nonchalantly, continuing to walk at the same steady pace. Kim Dobin now began pounding on my back with his fist, as if hammering on a door.
"Aaaah! Hurry! Hurry, Hyung! Guhhh... Save me...!"
"Oh, our Dobin's giving Hyung a massage."
Afraid Kim Dobin might suffocate, I quickened my pace slightly. The footsteps behind me immediately sped up as well.
Bang! Bang! The sound of doors opening echoed twice more.
I sighed deeply and broke into a light jog. Kim Dobin was now practically prostrating himself in apology.
"I'm sorry! Sumimasen! I'm sorry for coming in! I'm just sorry for everything!"
"We paid to get in here. Why should we be sorry?"
"Aaaah! Hyung! What if the ghosts get angry when they hear that?!"
"Relax, we're in Japan. They won't understand Korean."
Finally, the exit came into view. The ghosts that had been chasing them had vanished without a trace.
As they stepped outside, Kim Dobin finally gasped for breath.
"I'll put you down now. Walk on your own two feet."
"I feel like I'm about to start crawling on all fours... Could you carry me just a little further? I can't feel any strength in my arms and legs..."
"Sigh."
As they approached the other members with Kim Dobin slung over his shoulder, Ryu Jaehee covered his mouth and chuckled at the sight of the utterly exhausted Dobin.
"I knew Dobin Hyung would end up like this."
"Hey, Dobin actually carried me in a princess carry and ran! I was so impressed that I carried him like this all the way here."
"Dobin Hyung carried you and ran? Come on, that's ridiculous. He'd probably drop you the moment he lifted you and get a mouthful of curses."
"Watch the broadcast and see for yourself if it's true."
Kim Dobin, who had been slumped over, suddenly perked up as Seo Yehyeon approached, shouting, "He's gone mad! Completely mad!"
"Exactly! I told you he was crazy!" Seo Yehyeon nodded enthusiastically in agreement, but his words were immediately contradicted.
"No, not the Labyrinth of Hell—Eden Hyung has gone mad! The Labyrinth of Hell is crazy too, but Eden Hyung is even crazier! This Hyung has truly been castrated!"
"Yoon Eden... what... what happened to him?"
"This Hyung has truly been castrated of fear!"
"You bastard! You should have been clear about the subject from the start! Why are you making me a eunuch out of nowhere?!"
Furious, I was about to throw him to the ground when Kim Dobin hurriedly explained, "My brain froze up! I couldn't get the words out properly!"
After setting Kim Dobin down and stretching my stiff shoulders, Ryu Jaehee asked, "By the way, Hyungs, how many missions did you complete?"
"Two."
When I showed them the photos as proof, the two cowards who had gone in before us gasped in amazement.
"Wow, I didn't think it was even possible to succeed!"
"Look at Dobin Hyung's expression, Hyung. If he hadn't gone with Eden Hyung, he never would have made it."
The expression on Kim Dobin's face in the photo was familiar—it was the same look he wore a second before entering the recording studio.
"Fuck. Does that mean the recording studio is basically a haunted house now?"
After seeing Gyeon Hajun off to his solo challenge at the entrance, Kim Dobin and I went in for our interview with Human Theater.
"Out of all the songs you could have chosen, why did you pick a military march?"
"Well, maybe it's the aftereffects of One Chance... It just came out naturally."
Kim Dobin chuckled beside me, calling it a "yang energy supply song." The jerk who kept shouting "Pikachu!" sure has a lot to say. So, does that make his song an "electricity supply song" beyond just yang energy?
"Why did you run while carrying Mr. Eden?"
"I can't go anywhere alone without Eden Hyung, but he said he'd abandon me if I clung to him... So I thought, 'What if I carried him instead?'"
"Can you usually lift Mr. Eden like that?"
"No way! It's completely impossible. They say people gain superhuman strength in emergencies, right?"
Kim Dobin dangled his arm limply, feigning tears as he claimed his arm felt completely drained.
I occasionally interjected with corrections as the three of them exaggerated their tales from the Labyrinth of Hell, chugging down bottled water between interruptions.
Thirty minutes later, Gyeon Hajun returned with the same pallor he'd had when he entered.
Perched proudly on Gyeon Hajun's head was the rabbit hat I hadn't been able to find. Which meant...
"Mission complete—all three."
Gyeon Hajun showed us two selfies, proving he'd cleared all the missions.
"It seems like Hajun Hyung's fear has been completely suppressed."
"Why? Going to drop the subject again?"
"Hajun Hyung is the craziest. He went in there alone and completed all three missions!"
"Wow, look at how calm he looks in his selfies. Hajun-a, were you really not scared at all?"
"Of course I was scared. But not enough to abandon the missions and run away?"
As the awards ceremony continued, they clapped and expressed their disappointment.
"Ah, if only it weren't for Dobin!"
"Alright, let's give Eden Hyung a round of applause for completing two missions while stuck with Dobin Hyung!"
But the prize—"the right to plan a reality travel trip"—was completely unappealing, so they quickly let go of any lingering regrets.
Good luck, Jun-a!
Chuseok, one of Korea's major national holidays, was fast approaching.
Like other idol groups, Reve's official YouTube channel featured a Chuseok greeting video of the members dressed in traditional hanbok.
But for Daydream, Reve's fandom, there was an extra gift: a special Chuseok episode of their reality show.
Yoon Jeonga anxiously checked the time on her phone, glancing at the living room TV. The news was still on.
Only her grandfather had the authority to change channels with the remote.
If she dared to snatch the remote to watch an idol variety show special, she knew a furious roar would erupt immediately. She'd be dragged to her room and scolded by her mother as well.
In this family, Yoon Eden was the only one who could freely say and do whatever he wanted in front of their notoriously strict grandfather.
The living room TV had long been commandeered by her cousins to watch Chuseok holiday specials.
"Ugh, it's about to start... I need to see Yehyeon Oppa's face up close... This is so annoying! I told Mom and Dad I wanted to stay home, but they dragged me here anyway..."
Yoon Jeonga muttered her resentful complaints under her breath, glancing at her grandfather, who was sitting firmly on the sofa, every ten seconds.
"That damn Yoon Eden... He's a grandson who never shows his face during the holidays. Tsk."
Yoon Jeonga nodded vigorously, her expression mirroring her grandfather's obvious displeasure as he grumbled under his breath.
If only Yoon Eden were here, I could have snatched the remote from my cousins in the living room and watched whatever I wanted! Without her reliable, gangster-like older cousin to take her side, the holiday felt truly miserable.
"Eden went to Japan for a schedule, Father. I'll make sure to bring him next Lunar New Year."
"What kind of agency schedules work even during the holidays? Tell him to quit!"
Even her second eldest uncle's words failed to ease her grandfather's irritation.
A thought flashed through Yoon Jeonga's mind. This is my chance.
"Grandfather, do you miss Eden Oppa?"
"Miss him? What's there to miss about a jerk who doesn't even respect his elders?"
"No, Grandfather, you must miss Eden Oppa. That's why you were looking for him."
When her grandfather refused to cooperate, Yoon Jeonga resorted to forceful persuasion.
"If you give me the remote, I can show him to you right now."
Finally wresting the remote from her grandfather's hand, Yoon Jeonga immediately switched to the channel broadcasting Reve Time.
It's a win-win situation, she thought. I get to see my ultimate bias, Seo Yehyeon, and Grandfather gets to see his grandson he's been missing. It was incredibly fortunate that her cousin was in the same group as her bias.
"Whoa, it's starting!"
A series of photos flashed across the screen, each featuring the five members striking different poses, followed by the Reve Time logo. Then, the screen filled with the image of an elegant traditional Korean house.
Reve Time Chuseok Special: Family Glory
📝 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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