Chapter 78

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Translated by Sylph

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Moondae, who was in the next seat, was already looking at her with a faint smile.

“Hello.”

“…!!”

A conversation! The first conversation with Moongdaengie at close range!

‘Huff.’

Because of the tension that suddenly surged, her mouth, which had been talking well until just now, opened half a beat late.

Years of fan signing experience were all useless…….

“Ah, hello. Moondae-ya.”

“Hmm, Noona?”

“…!”

‘Crazy!’

A complex feeling dominated her, wanting to hit herself for suddenly speaking informally while wanting to praise herself for hearing ‘Noona’.

“Right!”

“Nice to meet you. …Would you like to eat this?”

“……!?”

Moondae quickly took something out from under the desk and held it out.

…It was a lollipop.

And it wasn’t just a mass-produced product sold at convenience stores. It was cute and large with a pretty animal decoration, giving off a strong scent of a specialty store.

“Are you giving it to me…?”

“Yes. It was delicious.”

“…….”

Regardless of whether it suited the character or not, tears somehow welled up.

‘Why, why are you giving me something…….’

Considering Moondae’s situation, he didn’t even have money since he hadn’t received a settlement yet, so why had he prepared something like this?

‘It must have cost quite a bit of money to buy 100 of those…….’

She almost got lost in her emotions for a moment while holding the candy, but fortunately, Park Moondae didn’t give her a moment to rest and spoke again immediately.

“Is that mine?”

“Eh? Oh, oh… yeah!”

She realized that she had reflexively taken out a flower crown because it was Moondae’s turn.

‘I had planned a conversation asking him, saying I also wanted to see him use a flower crown instead of chicken feet in the self-introduction video…….’

There was no need for that. Park Moondae immediately grabbed the flower crown and placed it gallantly on his head.

“…!”

“…Noona, you’re taking photos, right? I’ll keep wearing it, so don’t worry.”

Park Moondae scribbled a signature for his stunned homma.

“What is your name?”

“Uh…. my name.”

In her daze from the unexpected situation, the homma realized only after the signature was finished that she had said her real name instead of her account name.

‘I was going to get it from Moondae with my account name…!’

But this thought also evaporated at Moondae’s next words.

“Thank you for coming. …I wish I had a more interesting personality, but my talking skills are not very good…… Is there anything you’re curious about?”

“No, um…….”

No, Moongdae! Your personality is interesting enough!

…She wanted to answer like that, but seeing the staff approaching to shout ‘Please move’, she reflexively asked quickly.

Because she had witnessed the staff being strict in front.

“W-What is your MBTI?”

“I don’t know because I’ve never done it, but I’ll try it and let you know.”

With that unproductive conversation as the end, she was forced to leave the desk at the staff’s gesture….

No, she should have been forced to leave…?

“Wait a minute.”

She was still sitting in front of the desk.

Because Park Moondae was intentionally holding onto her album firmly with one hand!

‘Uh, uh, uh…….’

Park Moondae asked again as if nothing had happened.

“Since I couldn’t answer the previous one, let’s count it as invalid. Do you have any other questions?”

In an instant, the homma’s brain worked. It was a part of the conversation log she had originally prepared.

‘Moondae-ya, do you remember when we met when you were wearing a Welsh Corgi mask and doing the advertisement verification?!’

But her mouth… moved faithfully to instinct and public interest.

“B-Besides chicken feet, if you were to pick just one favorite food, what is it? I know you eat everything well!”

Park Moondae gave a smirk.

“I like all chicken.”

“Ah, really?”

“Yes. I’ll buy it once next time. What do you like, Noona? Chicken feet?”

W-Did he just say he would buy something again? And the chicken feet story just now was a joke directed at me, right? Uh-uh-euk.

But since there was no time, the homma hurriedly came up with an answer.

“I also like chicken!”

“It seems our tastes are similar. Good.”

The homma’s next words, trying to say ‘And I like Moondae more’, were blown away by Park Moondae’s kind reply.

All the prepared exaggerated praise was blocked by the idol’s preemptive strike…….

“Move! Please move!”

“Hmm.”

At the staff’s retry, this time Park Moondae obediently sent the album to the fan.

She barely regained her senses and held out one hand, shouting with full self-interest.

“A handshake please!”

“Ah.”

Park Moondae immediately raised his hand and instead of a handshake, he interlocked fingers with her. And he shook it with a smile.

“…!”

“Go home safely.”

“……Uh, uh.”

My goodness.

My goodness…!

She returned to her seat swaying. And sitting down with a thud, she thought.

‘It’s crazy, seriously….’

Why was he so calm and treating her so well?

Even his vocalization was good, so the conversation went back and forth perfectly even without shouting.

‘I knew he would be sincere since it’s the first fan-sign! But to be that! good at it!’

Preparing for Moongdae to be a somewhat indifferent type was really a useless thing to do…!

She wanted to give up everything and roar, but she endured it with superhuman patience and instead held the camera.

‘The flower crown, I will definitely take the best cut.’

Her combat power ran wild. She silently operated the camera.

Through the viewfinder window, Park Moondae wearing the flower crown was seen.

But before she knew it, he was also wearing a pair of rabbit ears, a steady item at fan signing events. The perky white ears rose above the yellow flowers.

“Oh!”

It suits him!

Afterward, Park Moondae even received a plush doll that looked exactly like him. The homma reflexively guessed the size with a hawk’s eye.

‘Is it a 20cm production?’

Moondae seemed to hesitate for a bit while considering the position, but the doll soon went up on his shoulder.

Cute!

All three were items that suited him perfectly. From all directions, fans holding cameras were shouting ‘Moondae-ya!’ and ‘Moongdaeng!’ urging him to look at the camera.

“Moondae-ya!”

“Moongdaeng!”

“Park Moondae, over here!”

Using the gap while the next fan was bringing the album, Park Moondae found only his own camera like a ghost and made eye contact. Of course, it was experience from his previous job.

‘Whoa.’

But that time passed in an instant.

Thanks to being surprised by Park Moondae’s accuracy in finding his own camera, the homma realized the reason only after seeing several fans receiving signatures.

‘He’s using as much time as possible….’

He held out persistently so that the fan receiving a signature from him could use all the remaining time before the next person’s turn came.

It was an obvious choice considering he was at the end seat.

‘Our Moongdaeng was… born under the star of an idol……. No counter-argument accepted…….’

The homma was moved, saying it was a professional attitude to be an idol for a thousand, ten thousand years.

Park Moondae beyond the viewfinder was then receiving a money gun and shooting it. Looking at Park Moondae among the fluttering fake money, she really wanted to stick cash into each of his pockets.

‘Don’t ever retire and only walk on the path of money.’

She thought warmly while watching Keun Sejin and Park Moondae throwing fake money that fell on the desk to each other.

The problem occurred after that.

Because the fan who moved to get a signature from Moondae this time held out… a yellow Welsh Corgi hat.

‘I guess he’ll change it soon.’

It was a bit of a pity, but she had taken enough flower crown shots, so it was time to be satisfied. She smacked her lips and waited for Moondae to wear the Welsh Corgi hat.

As expected, Moondae took off the flower crown and rabbit ears and wore the hat.

But it didn’t end there.

When enough time had passed for a few cuts of him wearing the hat to be taken, Park Moondae put the flower crown and rabbit ears back on top of it.

“…!!”

In an instant, Moondae’s words echoed in the homma’s head.

-I’ll keep wearing it, so don’t worry.

…And truly, Park Moondae didn’t take off ‘a single one’ of the items until the fan-sign ended.

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“…….”

“……Heu.”

The car moving after the fan signing event was quiet. Because the guys who were tired from talking to 100 people in a row were all out.

Thanks to that, I thought I could check the internet quietly. I let out a small sigh.

‘…For now, I tried everything I could.’

Still, I couldn’t say out of conscience that I had done as much as 100,000 won worth per minute.

I briefly recalled a few people.

-Can I poke your cheek…?
-Moondae-ya, three types of aegyo! Quickly!
-Is it okay if I attach this for you!?
-Morning call! Can’t you say the morning call just once?

Hmm, most were requests I had expected through prior research. Thanks to that, I thought I had cleared them safely without being flustered.

‘It was a bit embarrassing… but it was worth doing.’

Sometimes people who didn’t seem to like Park Moondae much came out and tried to pick a fight, but that was also generally fine.

Well, it’s not like they tried to crush my face with a fist.

Conversely, I was more flustered because the people who came after paying money kept trying to impress Park Moondae.

‘Why would the side that pays money specifically……?’

I reflexively thought of the student who came wearing a Welsh Corgi mask and did an acrostic poem with ‘Park Moondae’, and then soon realized what I was originally going to do. Response monitoring.

“Hmm.”

I turned on the smartphone.

First… TeSTAR’s first fan-sign was in the real-time trends on SNS.

‘I expected this to some extent.’

Although it was private, because there were so many people interested, real-time posts were uploaded almost like a live broadcast.

-The kids’ fan-sign response is crazy, the kids talk more than me;; I had my whole family registry dug up by Cha Yujin
-I didn’t know the day would come when I would say ‘Ah, really’ instead of the idol…
-Ah, TeSTAR everyone was so nervousㅋㅋㅋㅠㅠ so cute! (Short greeting video)
-Hey, who gave the monocle to Ahyun?
Just thanks, your three generations will be blessed (Photo)
-Look at Chungwoo wearing a durumagi, he should star as the Crown Prince in a historical drama right nowㅠㅠ (Photo)

Most were joyful about the first fan-sign with a good atmosphere, and the fans who couldn’t go were sorry but excited about the real-time bait.

‘It seems like a good choice to have suggested banning post-its.’

Because there were many viewers, the attention toward the group was basically high.

It was right not to give any room for anyone to manipulate and upload at will.

‘Thanks to that, there are no useless rumors on the surface.’

Instead, whether what I did became quite a topic, I put one on the trends alone.

[#6 Moongdaengie Acrobatics Parade]

……I examined one post with the most likes.

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: Aaaaah everyone, please look at Moongdaengie’s acrobatics parade, he built a tower on his head with the things fans gave himㅋㅋㅠㅠ
Isn’t he totally a puppy material with attachment formed to his own thingsㅠㅠ (Photo)
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The photo, which was edited by attaching consecutive cuts of Park Moondae continuously piling up all sorts of props on his head and body as the fan signing event progressed, caught my eye.

‘…In the end, it seems I wore about five of them overlapping.’

I wondered how it hadn’t collapsed.

I slightly regretted if I had even used useless reckless courage because I was too conscious of the 1.32 million won, but I was glad it at least gave a laugh.

Hmm, I looked at more related popular reviews.

-Park Moondae is really a crazy guy, whoa, he didn’t let go and kept interlocking fingers with me until the end even when the staff told me to move, whoa, I almost proposed
-Moondae even picked my dinner togetherㅋㅋ did I tell you? I really thought he was my puppy
-Fan-sign review (7) Lastly, Moondae!
I suggested playing rock-paper-scissors and the winner’s wish would be granted, but I lost. But Moondae glanced at me and changed his hand to loseㅠㅠ I thought my heart would drop
-To give… Moongdaeng plush doll to Moondae… was the best moment of this year… Moondae said it was squishy and found it mysterious, he took it with his own hands euaaaaak (Photo)

“…….”

That… doll called a plushie, since it had a good texture, I was squeezing it like a stress ball and ended up bringing it to the car. It’s currently in my bag.

I somehow felt a mysterious feeling.

‘Shouldn’t the person who received it be moved…?’

I mean, why was the side that gave a gift made through their own production moved?

Anyway, since it was a thankful thing, I thanked them and moved to the next post. It was the most shared post.

-Ah Moondae prepared candies according to the number of people because it’s the first fan-signㅠㅠ No, when did our puppy grow up all the way to do thisㅠㅠ Noona will cherish it as a family heirloom! (Photo)

‘…I brought them thinking that you guys might be bored just sitting there after the signature was over, so you could have something to snack on.’

For some reason, not a single person ate them.

Anyway, it was a good thing since they were joyful, but the problem was the post just now added below.

└Ah.. I wondered what he gave because it was such a fuss, it was candy? I thought he gave something great…
└? Do you know me?
└No, but I’m adding it because it’s pitifulㅎ you must have spent a huge amount of money while buying stocks, and being moved by a cost-effective idol who gave just one candy…ㅠ please take care of your self-esteem!
└All sorts of strange people are popping up; blocking you~

‘Hmm.’

I operated the tabs to look around here and there on the internet.

Upon checking, similar anonymous accounts were starting to add nonsense to every popular post in the community. Looking at the timing, it was an action that felt even organized.

-Am I the only one who feels it’s a bit selfish? It’s the first fan-sign, but to think he was the only one among the members to prepare like that;
-I feel uncomfortable because it seems like he’s taking care of the cost-effectiveness with just a lollipop, wondering if he’s making fun of the fans
-He only gave it to those who came to the fan-sign, right?ㅋㅋ The idol himself steps up to stratify fans in the order of money spent… sigh
-What meaning is there in piling up fan-sign items like that? It’s not even pretty… it’s just that he debuted in 1st place but his actual popularity in the team isn’t that much, so he feels like he’s very conscious of it

I knew it would be like this.

‘How can these bastards’ patterns be so consistent.’

However, whether they had confirmed that crude words didn’t work well since the hellish had ended, they seemed to be scratching the surface while reading the room at least.

In fact, now that even the audition was over, those guys could just be ignored.

But the problem was that they were spoiling the fun for the people who were having fun.

‘Let’s resolve it quickly.’

I clicked my tongue and turned on TeSTAR’s SNS.