The Crown Prince in the Mang Game is Good at Idols - Chapter 208



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# 208

Second round, as the saying goes.

Unlike before, where everyone writes down the correct answer at the same time, the game proceeds in a way where the person who knows the correct answer raises their hand and takes the opportunity to speak.

The final two will be decided in a proverb round with a total of 10 questions prepared.

“After the proverb round, only the two contestants with the highest scores will advance to the final round. Good luck to the contestants, and let’s start the second round. The proverb round!”

If you don’t make it into the top 2 here, you lose.

The participants held their composure and looked calmly at the screen in front of them.

[ is   is : (metaphor) not being happy for the success of someone close to them, but rather being jealous and envious]

From the first problem, a proverb that is not normally used came out.

Na Ju-young, a second-year high school student brimming with enthusiasm, raised her hand but then stopped.

“Contestant Na Ju-young, will you take on the challenge?”

“Oh, no.”

When he gave up the challenge, Hong Hyun-joo, the owner of the cafe next to him, tried again.

“Does your stomach hurt when your little brother rides a horse?”

“Oh, it was very close to being correct, but it wasn’t!”

“Correct answer.”

As Hong Hyun-joo unfortunately missed the correct answer, Charis’ hand immediately went up.

Na Ju-young felt something strange. It was definitely a proverb she had heard somewhere, but she couldn’t remember it because she was trying to say it as quickly as possible.

Unlike him, whose hands were slightly shaking, Charis gave the correct answer with a very confident look in her eyes.

“When my cousin buys land, my stomach hurts.”

“Charis participant, that’s correct!”

Cheers erupted from the audience.

The older people were impressed by Charis’ skills, exclaiming things like, “That guy is amazing.”

And the Celeste members who came to the filming set of with Charis shouted while holding the placards they had ambitiously prepared.

“Honorary Korean Charis! Korean Master Charis!”

“Charis is amazing!”

“That kid is our kid! Our kid!”

The placards that the members had secretly made themselves over the past few days had perfectly written comments such as, “Wow! Charis speaks Korean better than me!”, and “Hey, hyung! Charis is an honorary Korean.”

Karis, who had not observed the members’ hands until now, blushed slightly as soon as she looked forward.

‘I prayed for that. I even asked you to come to the recording day in good health. My wishes never come true.’

Karis had this resolution before coming to the recording studio.

No matter what happens, today I will exert my full strength and achieve victory.

In order to change the team atmosphere, he said he would do his best to create screen time and use his unique character to create a topic of conversation.

It is natural that in this process, attention is focused on Charis. Charis also anticipated this point well.

However, I did not expect the members to act like they usually do on set.

“Our baby is so special! She’s really so special! Where did such a treasure come from! Oh my!”

Kang Si-yoon even cried while holding the hand of his mother, who was sitting in the back seat.

She was so touched that she was pounding her chest as if she had really given birth to Charis.

Mother smiled brightly as if she found this very amusing, but Karis’ face, who was watching this scene, showed a smile on its face in real time.

‘Stop it, Siyoon!’

Charis’ mentality was slightly shaken after seeing Kang Si-yoon’s remark.

However, on the outside, he didn’t seem very happy about solving the problem, and instead seemed to have a dissatisfied expression on his face.

‘You’re not happy at all?!’

Na Ju-young’s head was filled with thoughts about Charis as she watched all of Charis’ actions.

In contrast to him, who has been showing the worst performances in a row, Charis has been steadily accumulating points and solidifying her position as the number one player.

But still, you look like you’re not satisfied with something.

‘How many more questions does that person have to get right before he’s satisfied?’

Na Ju-young, who could only judge Charis by her appearance, began to feel even more anxious.

And other people were also gripped by this anxiety.

‘What, I have to show you something?’

Cafe owner Hong Hyun-joo was obsessed with the thought that if things continued this way, she would barely get any screen time.

‘I’ve definitely studied a lot of proverbs, but why can’t I just say them?’

Elite interpreter Park Sang-ho continued to take short, deep breaths to regain his confidence.

“Next question. Please concentrate!”

At the voice of announcer Eom Sang-yeon, the participants who were each thinking different things once again turned their gaze to the screen in front of them.

[  in : When something unexpected happens]

“Correct answer!”

“Ah, contestant Park Sang-ho was quick!”

As soon as the question arose, interpreter Park Sang-ho raised his hand.

A confident smile that suggests that a familiar question has finally been answered.

“A red bean sprout in the middle of the night.”

“That’s correct!”

Beats everyone in reaction speed.

By accumulating points here, Park Sang-ho was able to make up for the slight fall behind in the first round.

And Na Ju-young, who was watching this, clenched her fist and bit her lip.

Because now there is nowhere to retreat.

As the thought of somehow making it into the final two took over his brain, his memory, which had been deteriorating, gradually came back to life.

“Pull out the bull’s horn in one go!”

“Go to the well and look for a needle!”

“Even the moon wanes when it’s full!”

In the continuous attack and defense battle, Na Ju-young raised the pace by answering three questions correctly.

However, in the meantime, Charis, who was running in first place, maintained the gap by steadily solving both problems correctly.

With three questions left in the proverb round, Charis was in first place with a total of 800 points. Park Sang-ho was in second place with 500 points, and Na Ju-young and Hong Hyun-joo were tied for third place with 450 points.

Announcer Sangyeon Eom glanced at the cue card and spoke in a meaningful voice.

“In this situation where the scores are very close together, there is still a possibility of a sudden reversal. This problem is especially worth 200 points.”

A 200 point question. If Park Sang-ho, who is in second place, gets it right, he can catch up with Charis in one breath, and if Na Ju-young and Hong Hyun-joo, who are in third and fourth place, get it right, he can jump up to second place.

As announcer Eom Sang-yeon said, it is truly a complete reversal.

The moment everyone’s concentration reached its peak, the problem arose.

[If you say  ,    is  : If the other person is grateful for your words, they will be much more generous than you expected.]

The longest problem among those presented today.

The moment they saw the numerous blank spaces, the participants frowned and trembled with the hands they were about to raise.

‘I have to get it right no matter what!’

This cry was echoing in everyone’s heart.

Meanwhile, Caris von Walden unconsciously came up with the answer.

Thanks to the ‘Foreign Language Magician’ skill, my knowledge and command of Korean have improved significantly compared to others.

He could have shouted out the correct answer right here and gotten 200 points, but he decides to hold out for a bit.

Because I thought I should give other contestants a chance too.

‘It’ll be more fun if someone else guesses besides me.’

Yes, the idea of ​​extracting interesting portions was strongly embedded in Charis von Walden’s mind.

It’s good that he answers all the questions with an overwhelming appearance, but if the show only progresses in this direction, it will be less tense.

I don’t know if it’s the finals, but it’s only the second round, so it’s a bit difficult to utilize your abilities.

With this mindset, Charis slowly lowered her hand.

Then, he turned his gaze to the other contestants and started guessing who would guess correctly.

This is a gaze born of pure curiosity and interest.

However, for Na Ju-young, who had been paying attention to Charis’ gaze all day and thinking only about her own ruined performance, it felt completely different.

‘Why! Why are you suddenly looking at me like that?’

Na Ju-young glanced to the side and immediately met Karis’ charismatic gaze.

I felt embarrassed because I was caught glancing at her for no reason, but my face burned even more because it seemed like she was looking at me with pity.

‘Why, why are you looking at me like that! Is it because my, my, my score seems so insignificant? Are you ashamed that I seem to know more proverbs than you? Or, is it because of that Yongyong I wrote about earlier?’

Na Ju-young’s head was filled with all kinds of delusions.

But then his reason spoke in a very small voice.

It’s possible that Charis wasn’t looking at him with a sad look, but rather, looking at him in a way that encouraged him to guess correctly.

If that’s really the case… … !

‘I have no choice but to guess.’

You only get one chance.

In order to advance to the finals, you absolutely must get these 200 points.

Na Ju-young lowered her posture and had no choice but to give up her pride.

From now on, I’ll give up on trying to guess things myself.

You have to intercept the correct answer by eating the bean curds that fall from the other two contestants.

Since everyone had a hard time taking on the challenge, announcer Eom Sang-yeon gave a hint.

“I’ll give you a hint. It’s about buying foods that have some kind of correlation.”

“I, that’s correct.”

Hong Hyun-joo immediately took up the challenge.

“If you are grateful, you go buy honey rice cakes and come back with hotteok… …?”

“no!”

“Correct! If you are grateful, go buy onions and come back with cabbage!”

“No! Both of you have perfect letter arrangement, but the food is different!”

Okay. I picked up everything except the food.

Na Ju-young wrote the answers on her board and thought about what two foods would fit in the blank spaces.

Unable to stand by and watch, Sangyeon Eom leaked the final, crucial hint.

“We grind the beans to make this.”

“Ah, ahhh! Correct answer!”

And Na Ju-young, who had been waiting for this moment, finally got the answer right by stamping her feet.

“If you are grateful, go buy some beans and come back with some tofu!”

“Participant Na Ju-young, you answered correctly! You successfully earned 200 points!”

A truly dramatic victory.

Na Ju-young spread her arms and looked up at the studio ceiling.

At this moment, I felt like I had the whole world.

In this way, Na Ju-young jumped up to second place with 650 points.

As for the remaining questions, Karis got one right and Na Ju-young got one right, so the final two were decided without any surprises.

“Contestants Charis and Najuyoung will advance straight to the final round, the final word game round!”

Na Ju-young, who had successfully regained her confidence, looked at Charis with her shoulders straight.

Now that there were only two people left, we sat right next to each other.

‘I’m confident in the word chain game. Yes, in the end, I guessed the difficult proverb right. I have a chance of winning. There’s no way I could lose to a foreigner.’

With his mentality back, he became confident that he could defeat Charis at any time, just like before.

However, as if trying to gently step on Na Ju-young’s nose, Charis was preparing a truly cruel card.

“The rules of the word chain round are simple. Two participants take turns playing the word chain game, and the one who fails to say a word within 15 seconds loses. The final winner will receive a prize of 5 million won and a chance to advance to the King of Kings competition!”

Charis Naju-young, both sides showed their will to win.

But soon after the game began, Na Ju-young felt that she had fallen into a serious trap.

“The best option.”

“deceit!”

“brief history.”

“History!”

“Death experience.”

“Station? Uh, um… … Station.”

“energy.”

Yes!

Charis’ trump card, keep pushing with the same words.

It may seem like a lethal method, but it is the best card that can appeal to your wide range of vocabulary while also making the other person look flustered.

Charis’ strategic choice to show off knowledge and even entertain, which is not easily found in educational programs.

Na Ju-young, who was quite embarrassed, started sweating profusely, but soon found a way to use Charis’ method against her.

“Dynamism!”

Saying a word that ends in reverse.

In this case, Charis will fall into the shackles of ‘power’, and Na Ju-young will be able to take the right to attack.

But the moment Na Ju-young shouted ‘dynamism’, the corners of Charis’ mouth slightly went up.

As if he had been waiting for this moment.

“History.”

“―!”

A play that predicted that one would be counterattacked.

Na Ju-yeong, whose means of conversion had been turned into nothing, opened her mouth and was unable to react for a while.

“Ah, uh… . It’s… windy.”

“wind force.”

“… … ·Station officer.”

“dynamic.”

“… … Huh. It’s the opposite.”

“intellect.”

Na Ju-young tried hard not to give Karis any words that did not end with ‘power’.

However, there were almost no words that started with ‘역’ and ended with a syllable that did not end with ‘력’.

Even if Na Ju-young occasionally escapes the shackles of the station, after about two turns, Charis will once again show off her overwhelming vocabulary and insert a word that ends in the station.

“Highly educated.”

“Action power.”

“nuclear power.”

“water power.”

“driving force.”

Na Ju-young’s spirit was slowly being eaten away from all sides.

Then, unable to overcome the pressure that was gradually squeezing him, he ended up making a mistake that should never be made against the experts of word chain games.

“… … appearance.”

“… … At dawn.”

“… … .”

Evening.

The final weapon used to put an end to a word game.

Since there is no word starting with nyek in the Korean dictionary, charis naturally took first place.

“The final winner is the Charis participant!”

Na Ju-young, 18 years old.

A top student at one of the best foreign language high schools in Korea and a perfect scorer on the mock Korean language exam.

A Korean quiz defeat for an idol member from Estonia.