Chapter 298 - 298

Chapter 298

After the sweet vacation, all the members gathered back at the dorm.

Fortunately, Heo Yu-bin successfully overcame his cold, so there was no problem with group life.

After confirming that the members' stamina had recovered, Sigma Entertainment prepared a somewhat lighter schedule for the first schedule after the vacation.

"The morning radio show is something new."

"I've wanted to go out for a long time."

"Really?"

On the way to the radio studio, Chae Eun-gyu said with an expectant look.

"I really liked the atmosphere of reading the viewers' stories and having a friendly conversation. It was fun to watch, but I always wondered how much more fun it would be if I did it myself."

"Huh, the story of someone." [Sad and complex stories]

"Why does Kang Si-yoon speak like that?"

Kang Si-yoon furrowed his eyebrows, giving off the impression that he was planning something else.

I got used to this development, so I slapped Kang Si-yoon's thigh.

"Ouch! Hey, why are you hitting me all of a sudden!"

"Stop thinking strange thoughts and tell me what your plan is."

"Wow, are you going to suppress me with force from the beginning? This is vicious. This is vicious."

Kang Si-yoon clicked his tongue at me, but still didn't say what he was thinking.

"Oh, why don't you open your mouth?"

"I'll never tell you. What fun would it be if I told you in advance?"

"I'll see how long you can hold out."

I slightly increased the intensity and slapped Kang Si-yoon's thigh hard.

Kang Si-yoon, who would normally have made a fuss and surrendered to me at this point, really held out until the end, shaking his head back and forth.

"I won't tell. I won't tell!"

"Has Siyoon ever been that desperate?"

"I feel uneasy for some reason."

Yoo Min-ha, sitting in the back seat, leaned forward and cast a suspicious look at Kang Siyoon.

"Hyung, you're not going to do anything weird on the radio show later, are you?"

"Oh, I would never do anything weird like you think."

"How do you know what I'm thinking?"

"Anyway, it's not like that, so don't worry."

"Hyung, if you're going to embarrass yourself, you should do it alone. You shouldn't drag us into it."

"We've been together for a long time, so why are you cutting ties so coldly?"

Until we arrived at the radio studio, we continued to have a lively atmosphere because of Kang Si-yoon's unusual attitude.

Up until this point, I didn't think much of it.

No matter how unusual Kang Si-yoon is, he wouldn't do something so strange on the radio with so many people watching.

"Talk Station with Sung Joo-yeon, who opens the morning of Korea. Hello, this is Sung Joo-yeon. Today, we have a very special guest. It's been a long time since our studio was this full."

hosted by Sung Joo-yeon, a middle-aged female ballader, is a long-running radio show that has already been going on for 7 years.

We responded with a slight smile to the gentle voice of our senior.

"They swept the top spot since their debut and set an incredible record this year. We've invited the seven members of Seleste. Welcome!"

"Two, three. Hello, this is Seleste!"

"Hello!"

When we greeted her cheerfully, Sung Joo-yeon immediately smiled and prepared something.

"You recently showed off your great influence by winning the Triple Crown with , right?"

"Yes! It was such a great honor to receive such overwhelming love thanks to our fans."

"We have prepared a congratulatory fanfare for Seleste who has shown such great performance!"

"Wow!"

A grand fanfare burst out through the headphones we were wearing.

It seemed like an energetic atmosphere was sweeping in from the beginning.

"And there's something else to celebrate. I heard you've safely completed your first overseas tour."

"Oh, we've safely completed our Japan tour and returned!"

"How was Japan? Did you like the food?"

"Hmm....."

Song Hyung-bin thought for a moment after being asked by Sung Joo-yeon and answered.

"Actually, none of our members are picky about food, so I think we ate really well."

"Oh, when 'I think' comes out, there's some kind of backstory, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's right. But the culprit is definitely decided."

"The culprit? The culprit?"

I somehow knew where Song Hyung-bin's story would go.

"Ah, ahh!"

"That's right, we didn't eat anything wrong, but it was just that time."

"...I'm glad I didn't eat it."

The other members also seemed to understand and chimed in.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Heo Yu-bin, who was shivering on one side of the round table.

Sung Joo-yeon caught those eyes and smiled at Heo Yu-bin.

"It seems like all the members are looking at Mr. Yu-bin?"

"Ah, ahahaha.........."

"What happened?"

"Actually, I was like, let's buy any candy at the convenience store! But the candy I picked there was really licorice.... It didn't taste good at all. So later on, it was used as a bit of a punishment."

"Licorice flavor? I can't even tell what it tastes like."

"Well. Let me explain it to you in simple terms."

Kang Si-yoon said with a determined expression.

"It tastes like shampoo and melted plastic."

"Shampoo and......... plastic? What on earth does that taste like?"

"Viewers, if you ever get to go to Japan, make sure to try licorice-flavored candy with your friends! I highly recommend it."

After sharing a few anecdotes from Japan, moved on to its main content.

"Today, many people sent us questions and stories. As announced on the homepage, today is the 'healing' special. Since it's the day we invite our world-famous Seleste, we'll listen to some fun and peaceful stories."

"It looks fun!"

"Wow, are these all the ones that came in this time?"

Yoo Min-ha was surprised to see the thick sheets of paper in front of us.

Questions and stories that the listeners of had written and sent in in advance were neatly organized.

At first glance, it seemed to be almost 10 pages.

"If I choose a question or a story, the member whose name was drawn from this lottery will read it and answer it. Okay, shall we start right away?"

"Yes!"

"Ready!"

The first question was very interesting.

Ji Yoon-chul, whose name was drawn from the lottery, slowly read one question.

"Hello, I'm Seleve who really likes Seleste. I always want to feel like I'm with Seleste, so I subscribed to StarUs's private messages. I wonder if the members subscribe to each other's private messages."

"That's a good question to start with."

"Okay, what does our Yoon-chul think? Have you subscribed to other members or not?"

Ji Yoon-chul looked around at us and hesitated for a moment.

Then he opened his mouth and spoke slowly again.

"...I'm doing all of them."

"Really? To the six of them?"

"..... Yes."

Ji Yoon-chul nodded.

At Sung Joo-yeon's gaze that seemed to ask why, he added a very clear explanation.

"If I subscribed to only certain members, the other members might get upset, so I subscribed to all of them from the beginning."

"As expected, the youngest is the youngest. The youngest is the only one who takes care of the older members."

"...Then is it okay if I ask one question in return?"

"Oh, our Yoon-chul is asking the older ones a question in return?"

Seleste's youngest looked at the older ones with a proud expression.

"It's not like you're not subscribing to each other, right?"

"Ah, ahem! Ahem!"

"......... Eun-gyu hyung, aren't you being too obviously surprised?"

Chae Eun-gyu, who had been intentionally coughing, laughed awkwardly at Ji Yoon-chul's words.

"No, Eun-gyu-ssi. I thought you'd subscribe to all of them since you're the eldest. Didn't you?"

"Haha, that's........... I really didn't think I should subscribe to the members' messages at all. I thought it would be rude to look at them since they were literally private messages."

"...I'm disappointed, hyung. How can you be so uninterested in us?"

"Oh, the youngest is starting to get upset! Eldest hyung, how are you going to resolve this?"

Chae Eun-gyu, who was suddenly cornered, looked at Sung Joo-yeon with a puzzled look.

"Uh, how should I apologize?"

"Shouldn't we ask Yoon-chul-ssi about that?"

"...If Eun-gyu-hyung acts cute, I'll let it slide."

At Ji Yoon-chul's words, the rest of the members, including me, cheered in unison.

"Yoon-chul is good!"

"You can't do it once, at least twice! You have to do it twice!"

"I didn't expect aegyo to come out here."

In the end, Chae Eun-gyu was forced to sing the aegyo song that has been trending on SNS recently and paid for his sins.

The response from fans who were listening to the radio must have been huge, so Sung Joo-yeon kept applauding Chae Eun-gyu.

While reading the stories and questions that had been coming in like that, Kang Si-yoon's secret was finally revealed to the world.

"Hmm? Wait a minute. There's an interesting question here. The sender's name is Kang*Yoon, is this really it?"

"Kang*Yoon? Si-yoon, did you send it?"

"Did Si-yoon really send it?"

"Oh, that's what you meant when you said you were preparing something?"

"Hehe. You guys didn't expect this."

Kang Si-yoon snapped his fingers and made an air of confidence.

I quickly flipped through the question sheet to find the question where Sung Joo-yeon had seen.

"It says that you heard an interesting story at the dorm recently, so should I read the question myself?"

"Yes! My question is.......... It's for our Karis!"

"Me?"

I raised my eyebrows as I looked at Kang Si-yoon, who had pointed at me out of nowhere.

This was a completely unexpected situation.

Kang Si-yoon, who you never know what's he up to, is asking me a question? And on a radio broadcast?

Sung Joo-yeon watched the two of us with a very excited expression.

"I heard that Si-yoon ssi and Karis ssi are really close. Is there anything you're curious about even between best friends?"

"Oh, just like you said, I know everything about Karis. I heard something that piqued my curiosity recently, so I wanted to ask you what it is."

You heard something that piqued your curiosity? And recently?

I quickly racked my brain, and then a feeling suddenly came to me.

No way, he heard that.

"A while ago, Karis was talking about the Demon King alone at the dorm. What on earth was that? I wondered what kind of comics or anime he was watching that made him use the word Demon King so profoundly. Tell me what the Demon King is, Karis!"

As soon as I heard Kang Si-yoon's question, all sorts of thoughts started to swim through my head.

The day he came into the dorm on the same day as me.

How much of my conversation with Owen had he heard?

How should I cover it up?

No, what should I do if I had been caught in the first place?

I was so flustered for a moment that I couldn't make a proper judgment.

But soon, thanks to the skill that maintained my mental power, I regained my composure.

Let's think calmly.

Even if he overheard part of Owen's conversation, there's not much that can be intuitively inferred about my situation.

Also, no matter how clever Kang Si-yoon is, saying something like this in a public place like this is just a joke.

That means, as usual, I can just use the image of Karis von Walden that I created to break through this situation.

I took a deep breath and said it with a smile.

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