If You Raise Three Idols Well, They Will Confess Their Love - Chapter 208



208 – Caught

Episode 208

“… Run away?”

At this moment, at this unfamiliar word that I never expected to come out of her mouth, I couldn’t hide my emotional agitation of her and asked back.

Cheon Aram looked into my eyes and answered the question with a question.

“Do you feel responsible?”

“…”

However, it was also the answer.

“… Yes, too many times to describe.”

So heavy that it’s hard to hold on,

Or, it may have already collapsed, unable to bear the weight.

“I keep wishing I had done a little better, been more considerate of the children’s feelings, or shown a more adult-like attitude.”

I volunteered to be a place to lean on for children with their own pain.

Even though I may not be a perfect person, I promised myself that I would be a perfect adult for those children.

However, my thoughts changed little by little as I realized that the children expected me to be of the opposite s*x, not as an adult.

Ignoring that feeling may itself be deception.

So I tried to meet him face to face. I was trying to reveal my heart his. And the result was the current situation.

What if we had tried a little more to understand how precarious these children were?

Or, what if I hadn’t had the arrogant thought of enduring all the pain?

It turned into fragments that were no different from thoughtlessness and crumbled to the other side.

All that remains is a delusion of assumptions and irreversible choices.

“Is that really true?”

“Yes?”

“If Director Seon had done better, could this situation have been prevented?”

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It was natural. Because I was the one who could have prevented this situation.

“Yes, I think we can get better results than this.”

“Then what about me?”

“…”

“Couldn’t I have prevented this situation if I had done better?”

I shook my head.

“That’s not it. My point of view was different from mine, and there was a gap in information as a result, and I had much more opportunities to intervene with the children.”

“Information and opportunity…”

Cheon A-ram, who repeated the word with a confused face, shook his head, tapped his nose, and spoke.

“There was enough information.”

“…”

“I have been watching the changes in the children’s smells for nearly seven years. From the moment when those innocent and good children started to develop a little greed, right up to the current situation where they gave up their company, group, career, and personal relationships all at once just to date one guy.”

She looked at me with a strange laugh, as if she was either frustrated or that the situation itself was strange.

“I thought this was the limit, but the next day the smell got stronger. And the next day, I break that record and become stronger. Are you saying there aren’t any horror movies? At some point, I couldn’t even show my face in front of the kids.”

“…”

… For some reason, at some point, I never saw the kids and Cheon Aram face to face.

“But this isn’t just about me? This also applies to our colleagues.”

“… Yes?”

“Do you really think they didn’t know how the kids felt? At some point, the kids just openly say, ‘I’m crazy about a guy named Seon Tae-yang.’ … Suyeon, Yohan, Hyunwoo, James, Isabella, Hyerin, Miso, Narae, and Eunbyeol all must have had goosebumps at least once, even though they didn’t say anything, right?”

“…”

“Don’t you believe it? Would you like to hear something about Suyeon’s experience? On the corner of the manager’s desk where Gaeul once stood…”

“No, thanks! I don’t think I need to know!”

Cheon A-ram said with a small smile as she saw me urgently waving my hand

“You get the idea, right? “Everyone, including me, had a choice, but feelings of complacency or respect led us to this situation, so at least the original members of Two Bear are all responsible.”

“…”

“It’s all of our responsibility. “It is not Director Seon’s personal responsibility.”

I could fully guess why Cheon A-ram said such a thing.

But even if that were the case, it had nothing to do with what I should do.

“Nevertheless, I think someone has to take responsibility.”

“Is that Director Seon?”

“… Yes, that’s right.”

“… I see.”

After a moment of silence, Cheon A-ram narrowed her eyes and spoke.

“Then, are you going to take it all on your back and destroy yourself again? “Like always?”

There was a little anger in that voice.

Even though I was aware of it, I said what I was thinking.

“It’s not something you would call self-destruction. “I’m just doing my job.”

“… Haha, really? But it won’t work this time, right? No matter how much Director Seon tries to shoulder everything, the public won’t let go like that.”

“…”

“Let’s assume that Director Seon holds a press conference here and says that it was Director Seon who lured the innocent children, and that the kids were all deceived, and that he even cosplayed as the perpetrator. So, will people now think, ‘Aha, all the Girl Revolution members were victims and Director Seon was trash’ and move on after throwing stones at Director Seon? No! It is not so! Of course, the direction of the attack could go further towards Director Seon, but that does not mean that the image of the children will change into that of victims. Director Sun also knows, right? More than anything, they will doubt the purity of it, thinking that it was ordered by the company.”

“…”

I couldn’t answer.

Seeing me like that, Cheon A-ram sighed heavily, took the electronic cigarette I was holding, and smoked roughly.

She said as she watched the white vapor rising into the sky.

“Director Sun. Do you remember how I said earlier that among the smells I smell, there is also scent?”

“I’m doing it. And I also remember that I was divided into two halves, from the so-called smell of sweat to the scent and the stench. “I guess it’s all because of my change of mind.”

“That’s right, at that time I said something that Director Seon didn’t like to hear.”

“It didn’t feel that bad. Because it was all true.”

“…”

She rubbed her head in frustration and looked at me with sad eyes.

Then she spoke with concern and regret.

“Team Leader Seon, what I was concerned about at the time was not about the bad smell. Rather, it was a scent.”

“Scent? “Wasn’t that a positive thing?”

Cheon A-ram asked me as I looked puzzled.

“What kind of person do you think the scent comes from?”

“Well, is he a good person?”

“So, what is a good person?”

It was a difficult question for me.

Because I was a person who tried to become that kind of person and failed.

In fact, it was difficult for me to empathize with the fact that I could smell that scent.

“A person who follows morals and laws well? So, do newborn babies have the strongest scent? Or a person without desire? So, does a person in suspended animation have a strong scent?”

“… I don’t think so.”

“That’s right. No.”

Nodding her head, she said.

“The essence of a scent is different from that of a so-called good person.”

“Then, what kind of person does it come from?”

“A person who sacrifices.”

“…”

“If a bad smell comes from someone who pursues their own desires even at the expense of others, then the scent is the opposite. In other words, he is a person who serves the desires of others even at the expense of himself.”

After laughing helplessly, I shared my thoughts about the secret story.

“They are both dangerous types of people.”

She smiled slightly with sad eyes and spoke again while gazing into my eyes.

“And because they are such people, everyone I know who smells has become unhappy. … “Everything without exception.”

“… “Everything.”

“Yes, everything. After being used and abandoned, I lost the people I cherished more than anything. … So even though I mentioned the odor, I never mentioned the scent. I even felt like I was under a curse that if that scent started to come out, that person would meet an unhappy ending. The people I came to like. … “I don’t want to just watch that anymore.”

I felt it clearly.

Cheon Aram has changed.

“So, don’t ignore that burden and fear. It’s okay to run away. It stinks at the end. … No, even if it only stinks, I will remain Director Seon’s friend.”

Cheon A-ram reacted more sensitively to smells than anyone else, and chose and evaluated people based solely on that.

With more confidence than ever before. And with determination.

“I want Director Seon to be happy.”

She said that as if the smell didn’t matter at all.

***

A quest window appeared.

[Follow Jong-Hoon Cheon’s suggestion and become the general producer of SS.]

[Reward – Glasses of Ambiguity]

“…”

I just stared at it blankly.

Oh Yuri naturally appeared next to me, as if she had always been there.

It wasn’t surprising.

Because I already knew that you were secretly listening to the conversation.

However, since Cheon Aram seemed to know it, he just didn’t say it.

Oh Yuri said so casually, as if she knew how considerate I was.

“A quest popped up telling you to go to SS, right?”

“Yes, the compensation is appropriate.”

“What is it?”

“Glasses that make it difficult for others to recognize me properly.”

“It’s just right. “It’s the optimal reward to go and adapt.”

“Well, just by looking at it, it says to use it there…” ” .”

… Wait.

I stopped talking as a cold feeling went up and down my spine.

The conversation was flowing so naturally.

Even though throughout my entire life in this episode, I have never once mentioned anything about the status window to anyone.

Oh Yuri, who revealed my biggest secret, spoke so calmly.

“What are you doing? “Not accepting the quest?”