Chapter 261 - 261

Chapter 261

There was a message waiting for us as we returned to the classroom after sweating profusely for the first time in a long time.

[Congratulations! On Your Graduation!]

"Huh?"

"What is this?"

The members all blinked their eyes at the graduation congratulations written in large letters on the blackboard.

Then, the manager who followed us in opened his arms wide and laughed loudly.

"We've finished all our schedules for today, so now it's time to graduate! Guys, you've all worked hard this semester!"

"Wow, wow?"

"Is this the right school?"

"Wow, a school where you graduate in just 4 periods. Why didn't there exist a place like this when I was in school? This is unfair."

It felt like we just ate and played hard, but it's already graduation.

Everyone's reactions were a little broken because the development was faster than a bullet train.

"Let's all gather at the playground to take graduation photos!"

"Are we even taking graduation photos?"

"Surprisingly, we really do everything."

"Oh, when we take photos like this, we have to coordinate something with each other!"

When taking graduation photos, friends usually coordinate their outfits to express a concept.

I barely managed to recall the memories that were buried deep in my memory and remembered the tacky Hawaiian T-shirts I was forced to wear in middle school.

The members were saying that since we were going to take graduation photos anyway, it would be nice if we had decided on a concept.

"I knew you'd say that, so I prepared in advance!"

"...What are you all really prepared for? You even thought about all this."

"You're all so serious!"

Surprisingly, the staff gathered at the playground had already prepared flowers for us to hold and take pictures with.

Since our comeback song, , is a song released in the spring, we thought it would have some kind of connection to flowers, so the production team brought colorful flowers.

'Honestly, I didn't expect this.'

I was a little impressed by the passion of the Sigma Entertainment staff as I received a bouquet of freesia flowers boasting a bright yellow color.

I felt it from the beginning, but Sigma is definitely working hard to support Seleste in every way.

The video was uploaded much before our comeback, but since we were secretly spoiling the next concept at that time, Seleves might find out later.

I think it's good foreshadowing.

"Then who's going to take the pictures? Did the photographer come too?"

"The photographer didn't come, so I'm going to take the pictures myself-."

"Emergency! Super emergency!"

When Manager Hyung said he would take the graduation photos himself, Kang Si-yoon screamed like a crow.

That was understandable.

"If the teacher took them, it wouldn't look like a graduation photo, but like a ghost photo!"

"I've improved a bit since I started out!"

"It's just because the start was so low! It's a fake listing, a fake listing!"

"I still can't forget it."

Song Hyung-bin made a hazy expression while interrupting Kang Si-yoon.

"The backlit group photo we took in Jeju Island......."

"Oh, that's right! That's the worst photo I've ever seen-."

"Guys, stop! I don't know who went all the way to Jeju Island to take such bad photos, but it wasn't me! I'm good at taking photos!"

Manager Hyung waved his arms at the clash of worldviews that occurred again and calmed the members down.

At the words that we should trust his photography skills, we went up to the stage one by one to take pictures.

"Can you see my expression well, teacher? This needs to be taken with good detail. It needs to come out well with the flowers!"

Yoo Min-ha, who had asked to capture his expression, looked at the bouquet of flowers with the most affectionate eyes he could muster.

Yoo Min-ha, who checked the results taken by Manager Hyung with such anticipation....

"What is this! No, it looks like the eyes are closed because it was taken from too high up!"

"R-really? These days, all the kids take pictures like this-"

"Who puts an aerial shot feel in their graduation pictures, teacher!"

After seeing Manager Hyung's incorrectly inputted current trend photography technique, he wiped his face.

The other members' pictures that followed also had minor flaws, such as the focus feeling strangely off somewhere or the composition being taken from too low.

"...Why did you come out so well alone again?"

"Teacher, try your best! Why are you only taking good pictures of Karis?"

"If we're going to fail, let's all fail together."

My visuals weren't ruined by our manager's miserable photography skills.

I deliberately made an arrogant expression and patted Kang Si-yoon and Heo Yu-bin on the shoulders, who were looking dumbfounded.

"Didn't I show it all day today? The difference between you and me, the difference in class, is something that's hard to overcome from the start. Don't be so depressed."

"Ah, I'm pissed!"

We finished all the content scheduled for today, including taking a group photo, and graduated from Seleste High School in one day amidst the cheers of the staff.

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We finished filming our own content,

, which will be uploaded in early March, and we started to really gear up for our comeback.

There were a few more things to do before March.

The first thing we did was the new styling.

"There were a lot of opinions that it would be good to continue the image transformation to match the spring song."

The previous and had slightly overlapping concepts.

Powerful dances that unfold along with melodic and fast-tempo beats, and lyrics that express confidence.

When performing the two songs, there was an opinion that it would be better to keep the hair black rather than light-colored hair.

So, except for me, who has natural blonde hair, and Kang Si-yoon, who has natural brown hair, everyone went on stage with black hair without dying their hair.

For , some members' styles are expected to change completely.

"I've never bleached my hair in my life."

"Really?"

"Honestly, don't you think Eun-gyu hyung would look good with bleached hair?"

"Haha, thank you for saying that."

In particular, Chae Eun-gyu's styling has changed the most noticeably.

He will be dyeing his hair ash purple, breaking away from the black hair he's maintained since he was a trainee.

When Chae Eun-gyu, who is bleaching his hair for the first time, spoke in a slightly unsure tone, Yoo Min-ha clenched his fist and encouraged his eldest brother.

"Hyung, your skin tone is white, so anything will suit you well!"

"Even with the parting, I thought it would be weird if your style changed a lot."

"Hey, parting is the trend these days, hyung!"

Yoo Min-ha will also dye his hair a color that stands out a lot, like Chae Eun-gyu.

A deep red that represents his passionate personality well.

Yoo Min-ha, who already has a brave puppy-like face, feels like that image will become even stronger with red hair.

"My hair color won't match yours, right?"

"There are many types of brown, so of course they won't overlap. No, and what if they do?"

"I don't want to look like twins."

"Wow, shouldn't I feel worse about this, hyung? Hey, Karis. Do I look like Hyungbin hyung?"

"Karis, who do you think is more of a waste of the two? Not me, honestly?"

I sighed briefly as I watched Song Hyungbin and Kang Siyoon asking the same question.

Kang Siyoon, who keeps his natural brown hair, and Song Hyungbin, who is planning to dye his black hair to chocolate brown.

The hair color itself may look similar, but...

"They both look different, so don't worry."

"Hey, don't say that and answer honestly!"

"I won't raise my hand for either of you. I choose to remain neutral."

I also maintain my current platinum blonde hair.

My agency seems to think that my hair color is very precious, saying that it cannot be artificially created through dye.

It's like a sense of identity that only I can have.

Heo Yu-bin is also going in the direction of maintaining his existing hair color like me.

However, he is planning to make a slight change to his hair style.

"Will, will it suit me? I've never had this hair before......."

"You don't have to worry either! I think you'll look cute."

"Then that's fortunate...."

Unlike Heo Yu-bin, Ji Yoon-chul is planning to maintain his current hair style but dye his black hair even darker.

It's a styling that makes Ji Yoon-chul's face, a typical cool-looking guy, stand out even more.

After everyone transformed into a styling that fits , they completed the main filming schedule.

While filming concept photos and promotional videos, we sweated bullets for the stage we'll be on again soon.

"Run here! Go forward and do one, two, three hands!"

Choreography practice was always perfect, just like the actual game.

If you look at the simple difficulty, I don't think there will be a song that can beat for a while, but had a lot of small hand movements that were continuous, so it was hard to memorize.

Still, thanks to the dance stat that was much higher than before, I was able to catch up with it after investing some time and effort.

'But just in case, I can invest more skill points in performance.'

After the survival game where every second counted, I stopped investing too many skill points in the system.

So I was able to operate by investing points appropriately in the right places and leaving some room for emergencies.

Name: Karis von Walden (Han Ji-hyeok)

Age: 21 (28)

Singing: B+ (28/30)

Dance: A- (5/60)

Stamina: A+ (3/60)

Appearance: SSS (cannot be changed)

Talent: B+ (27/30)

Trait: Crown Prince of the Kingdom, One Who Subdued the Demon King

Status Abnormality: Being from Another World (Possessed)

Since our last comeback, I invested a lot in dance and talent by manipulating the status window that I hadn't touched.

It was a moment where I felt a sense of accomplishment that I had grown steadily from the miserable level of C-.

In addition to choreography practice, we also completed the final recording.

The schedule was a little delayed due to the belated confirmation of Heo Yu-bin's self-composed song , but our 3rd mini album boasted a high level of perfection that made up for the slow speed.

"Woo woo woo woo woo, the colors that first bloomed between you and me."

"...Okay. Karis, everything is good now. But let's liven up the feeling a little more here, right? Let's mix in some more falsetto here and try again. Can you do it?"

"I'll try."

, which has the concept of easy listening.

The song is short, and the chorus is divided into two parts, so it required more delicate emotional expression.

In particular, I had to record with a great sense of responsibility because I had to finish the last verse and decorate the ending.

Everyone in the recording studio, including me, the engineer, and the composer, focused for a much longer time than usual.

"You worked hard!"

"You worked hard! You did a great job, really."

With me as the last turn, the recording of was all over.

I bowed to the staff's camera, who was filming the behind-the-scenes video of the recording that would be uploaded later, and left the recording studio.

'I'm going back on stage.'

A new song, a new season.

And the time to reach that place where new relationships awaited me was slowly approaching.

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