Chapter 84
Chapter 84
Translator: Penny
Chapter 84
The eight-part series My Idol Observation Camera - Reve Edition was nearing its final episode.
- I don't see any konjac.
- What did Dobin pick up...?
- Konjac noodles are still konjac, right?
- Konjac noodles instead of regular konjac?!
- Oh my god, Dobin, that's not it!
- He's saying something like "Even a fall is rock," as if it's some profound statement.
└ But konjac noodles are still konjac.
- It already feels like we've failed, Yehyeon... What do we do...?
- Pray for Hajun.
- Can I just slice it like this? Or do I need to peel it? Remove the skin?
- He's starting to slice it without peeling?!
- Yuje, the carrots... the carrots...
- I really want to barge in there right now and peel those carrot skins off for them.
- Thank goodness for the no-communication rule.
└Why is that a good thing...?
└If Hajun saw this mess, he'd clutch the back of his neck and collapse.
└Even seeing the finished product would probably make him do the same.
- Finally, it's my turn.
- Fourth batter up! ★
- Why is Yoon Eden making such a dramatic entrance like some hidden culinary master? ㅋㅋㅋ
- Ah ㅋㅋㅋ Dobin hasn't matured—that's just a cooking ingredient! ㅋㅋㅋ
- Eden, we're counting on you! It looks like they already messed up the earlier steps, but I believe you can salvage this.
└Have you forgotten the strawberry cake from hell?
- Note: Blanch the konjac noodles in vinegar-infused water for 3 minutes first, then rinse in cold water before adding...
Late-Discovered Caution
- It can't be helped. Since it's Konjac Noodles, it'll cook quickly even without blanching.
And his wishful thinking
- There's no saving this now.
- Of all people, the three hopeless brothers who can't cook had to take on such important roles...
- Hajun-a, it's a bit late, but let's start practicing Halli Galli from now on.
- Is this really it?
The finished tteokbokki... no, something that can't even be called tteokbokki.
- This is... tteokbokki...?
- Exactly what I wanted to say...
- For humanity's sake, you can't force anyone to eat this. Forcing them would be poisoning.
- ᄋᄂ Yoon Eden is already standing behind Gyeon Hajun, holding digestive medicine and waiting. ㅋㅋ
I'm stopping. I don't want to risk my health.
Hajun declares his surrender!
Don't you dare criticize him for not being professional!
Anyone who insults him should have that stuff poured down their throat!
Wow, Yoon Eden really only excels at making the Tornado Omelet.
└Well, it's just eggs, lol.
The relay cooking episode reached 500,000 views on YouTube.
We're finally moving!
Goodbye, basement apartment! I won't miss you!
A final farewell to our old dorm, which we've grown strangely attached to.
Yeah, right. As if you're really attached, OMG.
The kids look so damn happy, lololol.
- Welcome to Reve's sweet home!
- Wow, there are four rooms!
- Amazing! We each get our own bed!
- My babies are so pitiful, it breaks my heart.
- Anyone want a single room?
- Before the words were even out of his mouth, four hands shot up simultaneously!
- Aren't you guys making it too obvious that this is just business?;;
- I naturally assumed Eden would want to share a room with Hajun...
- After hearing their reasons, I kind of understand why they all want single rooms. ᅮ
- Whoa, Eden's an only child? I kind of figured he was either an only child or the spoiled youngest member.
- Denied! Denied!
- The battle for the single room rages on!
- What do we do in times like these?
- Rock, paper, scissors!
- It's always the person who doesn't really want the single room who ends up getting it.
Is Hajun getting the single room?
Dobin, let's switch rooms. I'll give you 100,000 won if you switch with me.
The leader tries to persuade him.
Wow, Dobin is tough. He didn't even budge for Eden's solo track!
But that puppy-like Hajun seems like the kind of guy who'd get bored in a single room quickly. LOL
Final Room Assignments
Yoon Eden & Seo Yehyeon
Gyeon Hajun & Ryu Jaehee
Kim Dobin
The eldest member and the leader are roommates again. LOL
I love the room assignments!
Exactly! Don't switch rooms, guys! ㅠㅠ
It would have been better if the Peer Group had been in the same room. What a shame...
A certain Ms. Kim, who had been following the live discussion thread for the dormitory moving and room assignment episode, logged back in to join the final episode's thread.
As soon as the sullen faces of the Reve members appeared on TV, comments flooded the thread.
-They promised us a healing trip! I was expecting a cruise or at least a trip to Europe!
-What the production team promised: Healing trip (O) Ultra-luxury trip (X)
-Dobin looks so wronged, lol.
-But seriously, since when is glamping considered a healing trip?
-Healing is healing, and glamping sites are decent places to relax.
A certain Ms. Kim was deeply displeased with the broadcasting company's audacity. After putting the kids through hell with that snowstorm isolation at the Haunted Mountain Lodge, they were trying to get away with just a glamping trip near Seoul?
At the very least, they should have sent them to Jeju Island!
-Let's just be grateful we don't have to pitch the tents ourselves, guys.
-Hajun Hyung is the type who'd say, "If there's half a cup of water left, that means there's still half a cup left!"
-Honestly, just knowing there's a barbecue planned for dinner is enough for me to consider this a healing trip.
"Hey, youngest member, isn't your idea of 'healing' a bit too simple? A barbecue for healing? Not even a tuna cutting show?"
"Tuna cutting show? LOL! Yoon Leader wants a super luxurious healing course too, you know? LOL!"
"Did Eden put Dobin up to this? LOL!"
The Reve members, who had been chatting on chairs lined up in front of their glamping cabin, opened the tent-like door and stepped inside.
The cabin featured a bunk bed and a queen-sized bed, with each bunk spacious enough to sleep two people comfortably.
The bathroom was as clean as the rest of the cabin.
"Wow, it's bigger than I expected!"
"Oh, it's cleaner and nicer than I thought!"
"There's even a kitchen and a shower!"
"Hmm... I'll give this healing trip a half-pass for now."
We did our best!~
- Still, it's not some cheap glamping site. It's actually pretty decent.
- Why is Dobin acting so aloof? ㅋㅋㅋ
Reve, who had returned outside and settled into a chair, began reminiscing about the past as if lost in thought, chattering away.
- Already the last day of filming? Time really flies.
- Right? It feels like just yesterday we were stopping Eden Hyung from pushing for mandatory health checkups as content.
- Our Yuje has such a good memory.
- I haven't forgotten either.
- But seriously, you should all get health checkups. Viewers, don't forget to get yours regularly!
- That health-obsessed maniac, seriously ㅋㅋ
- Thanks to you, Eden, I finally booked my health checkup appointment.
- Both of Reve's content ideas were huge hits! ㅋㅋㅋ
└ The Sea... it wasn't because of the sea, but because of the Haunted Mountain Lodge...
After hearing her favorite idol's words, which had sent a chill down her spine due to the rumors of him coughing up blood in the emergency room, Ms. Kim resolved to schedule a health checkup as soon as possible.
Reve, who had been playing foot volleyball in the glamping site's courtyard, joined the others for a barbecue dinner. Afterward, they gathered again in front of their cabins.
-Isn't this the kind of question they usually ask in the final episode? "What is Reve to Eden?"
-Ugh, that's so cheesy.
-No, seriously, Hyung, answer the question. What is Reve to you?
-My team.
-Not even "our team," but "my team"? According to the psychological test results, you're extremely narcissistic!
-What are you talking about, youngest member? Why are you suddenly bringing up a psychological test?
-Yuje's uncanny intuition strikes again!
The camera, which had been focused on Reve, swiveled toward the production crew, zooming in on the question written on the cue card they hadn't yet handed over: "What is Reve to OO?"
- Our youngest is quick on the uptake.
- But since Yoon Leader said we're not a team but my team, she seems to be carrying an immense sense of responsibility.
- Reve to Yehyeon Hyung?
- A second family?
- Positions! What are everyone's positions?!
- Well, Jaehee and Dobin are the young ones we need to take care of. Hajun... I can't decide if he's more like a mom or just a quiet, dependable older brother who looks after the younger ones.
- If Hajun Hyung's the mom, then Eden Hyung must be the dad.
- I've never had a dad like that!
- Wow, I'm hurt. Hurt by my own son who doesn't understand the weight of being the head of the household.
- Yehyeon Hyung's already become Eden Hyung's son.
- No, no, that's settled. Hajun's the mature eldest brother, and Eden's the slightly immature second brother.
- Then what's your position, since you've already given up the eldest brother role to Hajun Hyung?
Let's shift everyone down one spot. Hajun is the mature second brother, Eden is the immature third brother, and I'm the reliable first brother.
Objection! You're anything but reliable. Honestly, I think I'm the most reliable member of Reve, as the leader.
The Maknae Line will refrain from commenting.
Reve members, as close as family, engage in a family-like conversation.
What's with the subtitles? Why the random spacing?
So it's just five brothers living under one roof? No mom or dad? I've never seen a group like this before.
Eden seems like the dad of Reve, carrying the burden of providing for his family like a patriarchal father.
I can totally imagine him pretending to be asleep, then catching Yuje and Dobin secretly changing the channel with the remote. He'd be like, "Hyung's not sleeping!"
After Yehyeon finished sharing his narrative about five brothers raised without parents—a departure from the typical nuclear family structure—the questions rotated to the other members.
Hajun gave a straightforward answer: "Our team." Dobin blatantly copied Yehyeon's answer, earning him jeers from the others.
Yuje declared, "A team that my future self will proudly call the peak of my career," drawing applause.
As they laughed over fabricated stories about the Ion Curse and their isolation at Haunted Mountain Lodge, Yuje suddenly asked, "Hyungs! I've always wondered... What were you all thinking when we first got our debut song?"
"Come to think of it, we've never actually talked about that," one of the members remarked.
"We've all been consciously avoiding it," another added.
The music video for "Come to My Universe" appeared on the screen as archival footage.
Yuje finally brought out the Taboo Song.
Youngest member, you couldn't possibly not know this was Taboo...? Did you want to see the fans suffer...?
Ugh! Get the salt! Get the salt! They actually showed that music video as archival footage!
Wow, it still sounds awful even after all this time.
What's that? There was a song like that?
Now I understand why everyone was desperate to create Taboo Songs.
A certain Ms. Kim unconsciously covered her eyes.
She had become a fan through "Come to My Universe," but perhaps because Reve's three consecutive hits had raised her standards too high, she couldn't bear to watch the video with her eyes open.
It felt like a past life when she remembered searching for moments to make GIFs from that music video.
"Honestly, when we first got that song, I never imagined we'd become this successful."
"Led by the Eldest Member, who calmly shared his inner thoughts..."
"I didn't want to darken the mood, but it felt so bleak back then. Ha ha."
"I actually shed a few tears. The future seemed so hopeless, like there was no answer. The only hope I had was Yehyeon Hyung's face somehow making that terrible song a hit."
"When I got the stage outfit, I thought I was dreaming and slapped myself!"
Reve, gradually revealing the innermost feelings they had hidden for fear of burdening each other.
- Ah, I'm really tearing up ㅠㅠㅠ Thank goodness "One Chance" became a hit. I can't imagine how anxious they must have been back then...
- Eden deserves a free pass just for composing "One Chance" and announcing its existence on the Fan Cafe.
Ah, I'll forgive you this once for your artist complex, Eden.
- Kim Nodap, just die already.
A certain Ms. Kim, who had shared that dark period with him, wiped away her tears.
- I knew My Universe was doomed from the start. Finding One Chance felt like discovering a hidden stash of emergency funds. As expected, my song. As expected, me.
- Even in this situation, his inner thoughts remain uniquely his own.
- Give me back my feels.
- Yoon Eden is truly something else. He wasn't even anxious about it.
Seeing her favorite member smirk confidently, the tears instantly dried up.
Despite the members' jeers, Eden proudly declared that thanks to him, they had been able to promote One Chance as a follow-up track.
Before they knew it, it was time to wrap up the broadcast.
- There was so much more I wanted to show you, but it was too short. I hope there will be another chance to share more with you all.
-Then we'll say our goodbyes here.
-My Idol Observation Camera, goodbye!
The members took turns delivering their closing remarks. The use of "goodbye" instead of "see you again" truly signaled the end of the show.
-Show us even their sleeping faces!
-Time to binge-watch another reality show!
As if responding to the fans' demands, brief clips flashed by like a post-credits scene: the Reve members soundly asleep, followed by scenes of them yawning and waking up in the morning.
The screen froze on Eden, waving sleepily at the camera with half-closed eyes.
Thank you for watching My Idol Observation Camera - Reve Edition!
📝 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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