Chapter 56

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If there were subtitles, they would probably say, "Why is my sister here...?"

Yoo Ji-a delivered the line she was obviously given by the production team with a nonchalant expression, then ran her hand through her hair and walked over confidently. Her acting was truly outstanding.

"Hey, that's...!"

"It's the top idol, Yoo Ji-a!"

"Long time no see, everyone."

I didn't know what to say and didn't want to speak, so I closed my mouth. Joo Seong rolled his eyes and asked Yoo Ji-a,

"Senior, what are you doing here?"

At that moment, the ceiling suddenly opened, and a tray fell on Joo Seong.

Bang!!

"Aah!"

"What, what is this?"

Joo Seong groaned and looked up.

This isn't even a tray music show... At the same time, a screen descended in front of the blackboard, and a large subtitle appeared.

[Production Team: Joo Seong, over-acting failed!]

"Over-acting?"

"Why did I get hit...?"

As Joo Seong muttered in confusion, Yoo Ji-a chuckled and patted his head.

"There are rules to be followed in this 'world.'"

Why is she like that?

Why is she emphasizing certain keywords?

"If you fail to interpret your character or over-act, you'll get a 'punishment.'"

Why...?

"Hehe."

Yoo Ji-a laughed. Even though it's a variety show, it's impressive that she can over-act to this extent. That's why Yoo Ji-a has been successful.

[Production Team: Over-acting increases your score!]

Ding!

[She must be crazy...]

Even the system window was surprised.

I've never seen anything like this before. I was dazed and quickly read the order that appeared on the screen, along with the brief character setting that popped up.

"Seo Ho-yun. One of the Four Great Kings. Cold and serves as the brain among the Four Great Kings... Has a painful past."

"Yeah. By the way, I'm the cool type."

Yoo Ji-a said it again. Joo Seong, who had forgotten to over-act, was already hit by a tray for the second time because he was too embarrassed to be the 'brain.'

"...You're really amazing."

"I don't want to be bound by your standards."

"..."

Don't get involved. I don't want to be hit by a tray falling from the ceiling like Joo Seong.

Joo Seong was deeply perplexed by the playboy character with a light but painful past. He must have been hit where it hurt.

"Ho-yun! Is it true that you instigated a rebellion last time?"

A classmate who had gotten up and sat back down was making a fuss.

Rebellion...?

"Who, who did I instigate?"

It's hard to grasp because there are too many. Yoo Ji-a was genuinely impressed by his sincerity.

"Seo Ho-yun, you're really shameless. How can you accept that?"

"I'm really confused."

Yoo Ji-a and Joo Seong were whispering on the side and got hit by a tray.

[Production Team: Yoo Ji-a, Joo Seong, both over-acting failed!]

"...So, Ho-yun! Even if life is tough, you're still going to be the top in this exam, right?"

"Exam?"

My classmate seemed slightly dazed by my shamelessness but performed his assigned role professionally.

What is this?

At that moment, the homeroom teacher came in as if waiting for it.

"Kids, we have an exam! Put away your books."

"Exam?"

While Joo Seong asked in confusion, I quickly thought. Another order appeared on the screen.

[Seo Ho-yun, if you get first place, I'll give you extra over-acting points! ^_^ If you fail, there will be a punishment!]

"Quickly, pass out the exam papers!"

Punishment?

I took the exam paper with a confused feeling.

I picked up a pencil and scanned the exam paper, feeling a bit dizzy. It was a college entrance exam subject.

'You just want me to fail.'

"Hmph."

While I was thinking about what to do, Yoo Ji-a abruptly stood up and opened the classroom door.

The surprised teacher shouted with wide eyes,

"Yoo Ji-a! Where are you going?"

"Such a thing, if there's wind and sky, I can go anywhere."

"Yoo Ji-a! Hey!"

[Production Team: Yoo Ji-a, 'free spirit' over-acting successful!]

'Wow.'

She really knows how to get away.

Yoo Ji-a said what she had to say and disappeared. Seeing that even the teacher didn't stop her, it seems this is Yoo Ji-a's 'over-acting.'

Joo Seong, who had been lost in thought for a moment, folded the exam paper and made a paper airplane, which he threw at the teacher.

"Joo Seong! Is the exam a joke to you?"

"Teacher."

Joo Seong got up from his chair.

He approached the teacher with his long legs and made eye contact. Even as the teacher stepped back in confusion, Joo Seong leaned in and put one hand on the blackboard.

"Why, why are you like this?"

"Teacher, why do you always wear the same shirt?"

"Huh? No, I don't?"

As the teacher was confused and said, "I just started wearing this today..." Joo Seong covered the teacher's mouth with his index finger and smiled with one eye.

"Cute~."

"..."

No, these people...

By the way, the teacher was an ordinary middle-aged man you might meet next door. After Joo Seong made a fuss and chuckled, the teacher regained his composure and scolded him.

"Hey, hey! Stop joking and hurry up..."

"It's not a joke."

Joo Seong, who had cut off his words, slowly looked down and slightly raised the corners of his mouth, as if he knew when he looked charming.

"When will you finish today?"

"..."

[Production Team: Joo Seong, 'playboy' over-acting successful!]

'Really crazy... tough kid...'

Being a top idol isn't easy...

"Alright! Ho-yun, I'm going first."

While the teacher was speechless with his mouth open, Joo Seong, who had checked the screen, waved and hummed a tune as he left the classroom.

The remaining actors all looked at Joo Seong's departure with frightened faces.

I was the only one left.

"Seo Ho-yun! What are you doing! Hurry up and solve the problems!"

"I don't do such trivial things."

"Stop fooling around and solve them quickly."

"..."

It's better to take the first hit, so I should challenge it first. With Yoo Ji-a and Joo Seong leading the way, the impact naturally decreased.

"Ugh..."

I sighed and picked up a pencil. I had to solve this exam problem to fit the concept of a genius.

I quickly scanned the front and back of the questions.

It's the college entrance exam English. Fortunately, I remembered how to solve it to some extent. But...

I'm a bit hesitant.

'Should I try hard to solve it? Or not?'

If I become an intellectual here, how much attention will I get in the future? Or will it backfire in the worst-case scenario?

Getting attention is good, but how much will it be?

'...To not lose to those tough people, I have no choice.'

After weighing various conditions, I nodded.

I twirled the pencil, wrote my name, and started solving the first problem.

***

"Wow, this is really difficult."

PD Choi looked at the exam paper submitted by Yoo Ji-a, who had come out first. Seo Ho-yun was talking to Joo Seong after submitting his exam paper.

PD Choi chuckled.

"Right? It's from the college entrance exam two years ago."

"How could you bring this to solve?"

"Hehe, I didn't bring it for you to solve. I brought it for you to get a punishment."

"But it seems too targeted at Seo Ho-yun."

"Seo Ho-yun is a new idol. He needs to go through the initiation. The punishment could be to wear a mustache and write his name with his butt."

"For an idol...?"

"It would be cute, right!"

'Is he losing his touch?'

PD Choi winked. Yoo Ji-a, who was sipping coffee, glanced at Seo Ho-yun.

When I saw him at the last Shining Star, I thought he was a unique junior. He was unusually calm, and PD Kim Hee-young treated him kindly as if he were a sore spot.

'He has a good mentality, is shameless, and has good eyes. He seems to be a decent actor.'

Yoo Ji-a sipped coffee and subtly observed Seo Ho-yun. She was curious if the thick-skinned Seo Ho-yun would consider acting in the future.

'Just out of curiosity. Should I ask him someday?'

"PD! PD Choi!"

"Uh, the results are out?"

The staff who went to grade the submitted exam papers came running, panting. PD Choi, who was excited about tormenting the new idol, chatted.

"How many points did Seo Ho-yun get? If he guessed, he should get at least 30 points, right?"

"No, that's..."

"Why? Is it worse? If it's too bad, I'll just edit the score. It's the worst when entertainers are called ignorant."

'Then why make us solve the college entrance exam English?'

The staff muttered in complaint but that wasn't the important part.

Yoo Ji-a, who was drinking coffee without much thought, spat it out when she heard the next staff's words.

"Seo Ho-yun, 97 points! He only got one 3-point question wrong!"

"..."

"First place! Even among the extras!"

PD Choi, who had been frozen like a computer with a buffer, snatched the paper. At the same time, he confirmed the name neatly written in the top right corner.

[Seo Ho-yun]

"..."

While PD Choi was looking at the exam paper with a face that said it couldn't be, Seo Ho-yun and Joo Seong, who were talking in a corner, had already quietly approached, curious about the score.

"Can I see it too?"

"Seo, Seo Ho-yun."

Even seeing the 97 points written, he remained calm, and after glancing at the back of the paper, he smiled awkwardly.

"This one was wrong. What a pity."

"..."

"It was difficult."

At that moment, the common thought that came to everyone's mind in the filming site was this.

'What is this kid...?'

***

"Seo Ho-yun, shouldn't you go to college now? What about studying instead of being an idol?"

Joo Seong, who was being annoyingly serious, raised one eyebrow and met my gaze.

"I'm fine."

I've already been there.

"Why! It's a waste of your talent."

"I just did well."

"Wow, even humble... It's annoyingly cool..."

Do you know how hard it is to pass the PD exam? I studied until my nose bled. It's been over ten years, so I might have forgotten, but as I solved it, I remembered.

It's funny to set a genius concept just because you did well on one college entrance exam subject, but if an unexpected person does it, it becomes a topic.

"Seo Ho-yun, did you prepare for the college entrance exam?"

"Why are you doing this, Senior?"

Seeing Yoo Ji-a, who was usually serious, ask with a serious face, it seemed to have worked too well. Joo Seong kept making fun of him on the side.

"What rank did you get in school?"

"Stop asking, it's a holiday now."

"You should go to a competition to make people speechless."

I only glanced at the PD, ignoring the fuss from Yoo Ji-a and Joo Seong.

It seems the footage is definitely secured.

*** [Title: New Variety Show 'Over-Acting King' Clip 'If there's wind and sky, I can go anywhere? ( ˘ ³˘)'

Yoo Ji-a: I don't want to be bound by your standards...

Seo Ho-yun: (False laugh)

Joo Seong: (Shocked) (Hit by another tray)

Who can over-act the most!

└Anti-magic resistance is low, so I split it into three parts (Likes 2195)

└└Proxy shame is really rising, taking a deep breath and watching it └└Hahaha, really funny └└PD Choi must have sharpened his knife after the last failure, this variety show is really new and fun lol └└Just Joo Seong is so cute, he carried it...

└Yoo Ji-a lol, with the wind and sky, she escaped the exam like a ghost lol, I didn't see her like this before, but now she's a familiar sister image (Likes 313) └Joo Seong's over-acting is really bad, I thought his shame threshold was low, but he screamed when they edited his lines (Likes 1283) └└Let's start with a lawsuit slowly]

[Title: 'Over-Acting King' Clip 'Seo Ho-yun, I didn't see you like this, you're a scary person...'

(Seo Ho-yun, the brain of the Four Great Kings, solved the college entrance exam English)

PD Choi: What punishment should we give Ho-yun? Haha (A moment later...)

PD Choi: 97 points...?

Seo Ho-yun: (Glance) What a pity.

PD Choi: ???

Seo Ho-yun: It was difficult. Haha Staff: ?????

(※Attached photo of the exam paper solved by Seo Ho-yun)

(※Swear there was no cheating, no script, no prior mention, or I'll quit)

└Seo Ho-yun... I didn't see you like this, you're a scary person └Top video that can't be