Chapter 6 – Hero, Rice House Daughter Hyeon Ha-Yeon (1)

“Ugh! No!!”

After going through a story that wouldn’t even appear in a B-grade novel, I fell asleep wondering if I was too stressed these days…

[··· I still don’t have enough power to influence you, but if I exert a little more strength and reach my goal, my influence will increase.]

[If you fall into a deep sleep several times, you can see me in this space.]

“No!!! “No!!”

[How many times do I have to confirm before you accept it, Kim Cho-in?]

[If you avoid this fate, you have no choice but to repeat the past…]

A scene from the past where I and a woman cooked each other’s thighs and fed them to each other,

A scene where a woman ties herself and mine and jumps into the sea,

There wasn’t a single scene that wasn’t shocking, including the sight of the girl loving me as she looked at me, who had gone crazy and regressed into an infant due to the continuous torture.

Now, I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in my entire life.

*

When I woke up from my sixth dream, it was already dawned.

It seemed like the dream was long, but when I woke up, not much time passed.

When I thought about it, there was only one dream she showed me.

No, we have shown four candidates, but we have not yet shown the other candidates except the warrior.

They even show me snuff films and force me to make idols of girls I meet for the first time if I don’t want to end up like this.

Could it be that she wasn’t actually an evil spirit disguised as a goddess?

What kind of grudge did the damn evil spirit have that made her throw away herself and place an eternal curse on a mere human?

It is said that looking at cruel things damages her brain cells. The goddess must have already destroyed hundreds of her brain cells.

No matter how much I thought about it, I got so angry that I stamped my feet, but all I could do was shake my bed.

“Huh…”

She was exhausted and lay still and thought again.

···Aren’t you too stressed out by nonsense?

The Goddess told me that I should make them into idols, but is it easy for her to become those idols? Absolutely not.

What is the entertainment industry? It is a scary battlefield where you have to be extremely exceptional to show off your strength, and even if some people die and others are lucky enough to reach the top, everything you worked hard to build can collapse in an instant.

It’s a lucky job if you can go to the supermarket in front of your house without getting mentally ill.

But now I’ve barely decided whether to give myself the rank of team leader or not, and I’ve gathered members who don’t even know where they are and created the world’s most loved entertainer…

There is a level of absurdity.

···I haven’t seen the other candidates, but I remember the person who is presumed to be a warrior.

Daughter of the rice shop with a black image

For some reason, the color of her hair, which was deep black, darkened the image of her, who used to look bright.

The warrior I saw in my dream had a similar color, so her hair must not have been dyed

If you think about her appearance, she was definitely pretty.

No, her original version is definitely the best ever.

She was the daughter of a rice farmer, so she went to work delivering rice. She couldn’t dress up nicely and didn’t even wear makeup.

White skin without any blemishes that goes well with black hair, a cute puppy with a bright personality, and the physical ability to easily lift a 40-kilogram bag of rice…

Her appearance, which seemed as if no hand had been put on her, gave her great potential in the entertainment industry.

··· Before she knew it, she had evaluated her as a celebrity without even knowing her name.

In her dream, she killed hundreds of people at once and said that their blood was dirty.

She is definitely a strange person in some way.

I couldn’t understand how she, an ordinary citizen, could do something like that, but she was definitely a dangerous person who could get involved with me at any time.

But I have to go meet that potentially dangerous person in person and make her celebrity.

In fact, if you think about it, she first started worrying about what I would have to do someday for unexpected reasons.

It was just about time that I was given the title of team leader and handed out a business card.

If you listen to the goddess, she said that the closer I get to my goal, the more influence I have on reality, but the goddess did not show me my past with other candidates.

So, if we recruit the Rice House Hero, wouldn’t we be able to see other candidates as well?

When I think about it this way, it felt like a quest in a game.

‘Gather her colleagues and create the world’s best celebrity!’

I thought that the game was probably going to fail due to the hellish difficulty level.

*

Since I still have idols in charge, I thought it would be impossible to immediately step down from the front line and raise other celebrities.

That’s why I contacted the CEO of our company directly for the first time in a long time.

[Oh, what happened when Kim Cho-in called me directly?]”

“I’m calling you because I have something to tell you.”

[···Is this an important story?]

“···Yes.”

[···Is it related to Lee Ji-yeon?]

“No.”

[···Okay, okay, stop by in the afternoon before you get off work]

“Yes, I will only send the Shining Boys and stop by.”

[Okay, see you later]

After receiving permission to meet with the CEO, I somehow gained confidence.

I didn’t know if the CEO would listen or not, but first I had to gather information that would appeal to him.

After picking up the Shining Boys, we decided to gather information about the first candidate, the Rice House warrior.

*

After taking the Shining Boys to the shop, I assigned other people, sent them on their own schedules, and called home.

“Hello?”

[Uh, son~ What’s going on, making all the calls?]

“You know, the rice I received back then.”

[Yes, yes]

“Please tell me where you bought that rice.”

[Rice? If you need rice, I’ll send it to you~]

“It’s not me, it’s because the kids’ dormitory ran out of rice.”

[Ah, you kids~ Okay. I’ll send you my phone number]

“Yes mom, thank you”

[Yes~ Good job, son~]

Lying to my parents stung a little, but I couldn’t help it because I didn’t know if something else would sting me one day.

‘Kkaktok’

My mother took a picture of her business card and sent it to me.

[Usong rice restaurant xx-xx street number xx-myeon, xx-gun, Gyeonggi-do 031-xxx-xxx]

It was not far from my parents’ house.

*

After confirming that there was nothing else to do, I went straight to the rice restaurant.

The sky, which was obscured by tall buildings in Seoul, was wide open wherever you looked.

After parking my car in a public parking lot, I decided to walk.

It was a common location that you would only see in a country house.

I asked local residents for directions.

Among the sparsely visible ancient stores, I saw a sign that looked relatively old.

[Rice house used]

The rice house was a small one-story building, but it seemed to be a long building inside.

I knocked on her door, wishing I could have her.

‘Knock’

“Are you there?”

“Yes…”

A younger voice than the warrior I remembered came from beyond the door.

The door opened and what came out was a girl with light brown hair.

“I came here to buy rice. Is the owner there?”

“Wait a minute… Mom! “A guest has arrived!”

The child came out from inside the store, where she called her mother.
She seemed to be the mother of a warrior.

“Oh my… Did you come to buy rice?”

“Yes, hello”

I glanced at her as she greeted me, but no matter how I looked at her, she did not resemble a warrior.

Since they are my celebrity’s parents, I think it would be best to behave as politely as possible.

“My mother recommended this place’s rice, so I came to buy it myself.”

“Ah, it’s that Seoul woman’s son. I just called.”

Since she is a regular at the restaurant, I think the story will turn out better than if her mom had contacted her in advance.

“I think the rice my mother always sends was from this house. I always enjoy it.”

“Hey, anyway, how much do you need?”

“Can you please give me two 40 kg bags?”

“Wow, it must be heavy. Did you bring a car?”

“Yes, I parked it in the public parking lot.”

“Public parking lot? It’s quite far… Just wait a moment.”

“Yes”

While the lady was going inside the store, I looked into every nook and cranny of the store.

There must have been a separate rice mill, but only bags of rice were piled up here.

“Hayeon, come out”

“···”

The lady called someone as if there was a room in the store.

I called her Hayeon. Is that a girl’s name?

The door opened and the girl from earlier came out.

“Mom, sister went to the bathroom”

“Tell them to come out quickly”

“Yes!”

The girl went back in to call her older sister.

Do I need someone called an older sister to buy rice?

“Can you wait a moment? “My daughter is strong, so I will move her car with her.”

When she was told that she was ‘strong,’ she was convinced that her daughter was a warrior.

She was a monster who could carry a 40 kg sack in one hand.

However, she thought that waiting here could create a bad image, so she told the lady.

“Oh, it’s okay. I’ll take this with me.”

“Oh my, it’s still heavy.”

“It’s okay. I’ll pay first and then take the rice. How much is it?”

“Okay then, we don’t have any cash so send it here~”

She looked at the back of the business card she had received and saw that it had her account number stamped on it.

She sent the money for her rice on her cell phone and showed it to her aunt.

“It’s fast too… Let’s see… That’s right, take two of those over there”

“Yes.”

In the direction the lady pointed, there were bags of rice piled up like the ones she received last time.

As she was packing rice, she thought of casually asking about her daughter.

‘Drurrruk’

“Mom, is there a guest here? ···Oh!”

With perfect timing, the door opened, and a warrior came out and recognized me.

She smiled slightly and said hello, thinking she had to make a good impression.

“Hello?”

“Izzy… No, manager!”

“That’s right.”

“Wow, did you come to buy rice!?”

“Yes, you didn’t throw away that sign then, right?”

“Of course!”

My first impression of her was not good, but perhaps thanks to Jiyeon Lee, she greeted me warmly.

“Do you two know each other?”

When she saw me and her daughter greeting us warmly, she looked surprised.

“The other day! “The day I got Jiyeon’s autograph… Wow!”

She must have remembered that she promised Jiyeon Lee not to say anything, so she quickly covered her mouth and looked at me.

“Haha, it’s okay to tell my family.”

“Oh! Thank you!”

She smiled awkwardly, probably because she was embarrassed.

The lady who was watching us spoke to Hayeon at the right time.

“Hayeon, I’ll bring those two bags of rice to the parking lot.”

“Okay! This is right!”

She came hurriedly and lifted two bags of rice as if they were not that heavy.

Because she lifted it so lightly, I thought she might have been carrying another empty sack, but when I looked at the rice sack hanging limply on her shoulder, I realized it was a 40-kilo bag.

“Uh… Give me one too, I’ll take it too.”

“It’s okay, I’m really strong!”

“Okay, it’s okay. Anyway, enjoy the rice.”

“···Okay then, I’ll see you later.”

“Goodbye~”

Because she and her aunt stopped me, I left the rice shop empty-handed.