Chapter 79

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Translated by Sylph

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As the SNS was noisy with TeSTAR’s fan signing event reviews, some of Park Moondae’s fans were having a recurrence of PTSD because of the malicious accounts that late-ly stuck on.

-Exactly why are they like this?
-They’re attacking as if they are truly insane.. sigh
-It seems like they came after plotting somewhere

Antis tried to incite public opinion about Park Moondae by laying out all sorts of cleverly distorted logic in various communities.

The main points were ‘He’s selfish to prepare a gift separately by himself’, ‘Miraculous cost-effectiveness showing off with just a lollipop’, and ‘Useless attention-seeking act with fan-sign items’.

Of course, there were almost no places where it properly worked, but the defense itself was a thing to consume mental strength.

Because if a fan came out emotionally, they would be caught.

-What’s with this on a good day
-I want to organize quickly and run for the fan-sign again……
-Truly tired every time

Just before the embarrassment turned into fatigue.

An alarm came to TeSTAR’s account.

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Hello everyone
I am Moondae (Dog emoticon)
This is today’s settlement (Photo)
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The attached were selfies of Park Moondae wearing the received fan-sign props one by one separately. Looking at the background, it seemed to be inside a car.

It didn’t end there.

Additional alarm popped up immediately.

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There’s more (Photo)
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Similar concept photos of other members were uploaded in a row.

They even changed the fan-sign items they received, taking care of the novelty as well. Every photo was so well-composed and taken with professionalism that it was flustering.

-??
-Moondae-ya?
-No, suddenly what is this precious..

Before the fandom could react to the sudden bait, another post was uploaded.

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The next runner is #JustMe! (Photo)
p.s. All 7 of us will do it~ please give lots of interest♡
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It was a post with a selfie of Keun Sejin with a V on his chin, with Park Moondae opening a package in the background.

Inside the package, one could clearly see the sub-packaged colorful lollipops.

-Whoa
-Crazy

That’s right. In the first place, Park Moondae didn’t plan this alone.

Because he was wary of doing an event alone in the TeSTAR fandom, where the individual fandoms are currently united.

And of course, the first one he recruited was Keun Sejin, who was full of confidence in the fan-sign.

Fans flared up in an instant.

-Is the selfie bomb real, please burst more
-It reminds me of when Cha-Rae-Moon-Keun did the mask event during Ajusaㅠㅠ our kids are truly filial… I love you!!
-Please look at the acrobatics of taking care of even the fans who couldn’t come to the fan-sign, this is exactly the idol who survived in Ajusa
-I should have bought 120 copies, it was a great hye-ja (generous), damnㅠㅠ

And Park Moondae’s fans became comfortable in their minds.

Because they had become able to beat up and chase away whatever nonsense comes out.

-I think it’s not good that Park Moondae is the only one doing that
└Yeah, tomorrow Keun Sejin does it~ they planned it all together as a relay! Isn’t it good to see our TeSTAR full of fan love?♡ (Photo)

-What is that;; if he does that in the fan-sign, the people who gave the items will lose energy, he’s just piling them on his head..
└ㅎㅎhe gave time to wear each one and take photos! and he uploaded the wearing shot of every single item separately? even other members togetherㅠㅠ want to see together? (Link)

Then, without needing to say more, one could meet them disappearing silently or ‘This is a comment that has already been deleted’.

-Ah the cider tastes good
-Moongdaengie, give me another bowl of cider here!! (Tang!
-Close the shutter, ah it’s joyfulㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Moongdaeng is a genius, no counter-argument accepted and so on
-Moongdaengie should report survival daily with a selfie and if he doesn’t upload, it violates some some law, anyway it’s like that

Fans were able to sleep sweetly after running excitedly to the fan signing event of the next day.

-Keun Sejin gave a soap bubble toyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The fan-sign site suddenly became the Magical Boy set material
-So cute, following Moondae’s candy, Keun-se also picked only something like himselfㅠㅠ (Photo)

And in that atmosphere which was no different from a festival, a tremendous conflict visited many people.

The agency announced the additional fan signing event schedule in a way of rowing when the tide was in.

-Next fan-sign schedule popped up (Link)
└Is it real to grab it after all the initial sales are over, the agency really doesn’t know… it’s a thing to go crazy

-Ah the additional fan-sign is on the weekend, I really want to goㅠㅠ
-Shouldn’t I go to a fan-sign at least once?
-The cut will rise more in the next album, shouldn’t I break the savings now?

A little while later, no one knew yet that everyone, fans and singers alike, would be astonished by the additional fan-sign cut which rose to 180 copies.

* * *

Rumble-clatter.

I woke up from sleep as my body moved. I heard a locked voice in front.

“……Hmm, have we arrived?”

“There’s still a bit left.”

“Yes….”

The conversation between Ryu Chungwoo and the manager brushed past my head which was soaked in drowsiness.

‘…Right.’

I was then moving.

Thinking that if I stopped thinking for even a moment, I would fall back asleep, I moved my body.

First, I turned on the smartphone, the friend of modern people.

[Fri AM 4:35]

‘Is it the second and a half hour… since departure.’

Truly a great schedule. I rubbed my aching head.

‘I was relieved that there is no pre-recording this week, but to think they film the variety show at dawn.’

I had never imagined I would have to go all the way to Gyeongsang-do. Thanks to that, I couldn’t even touch the fan signing event settlement of yesterday.

‘Should I upload whatever I have.’

I accessed the TeSTAR account with the smartphone, agonized a bit, and then uploaded a few group photos taken in the dorm appropriately.

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I am Moondae (Dog emoticon)
TeSTAR matched the pajamas. (Photo)
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‘…Hmm. Is it a bit excessive.’

After uploading, I wondered what kind of correlation someone else’s pajamas had.

There were many people asking to tell them TMI of idols, but as there were also many cases of being disappointed when it was actually released, the information had to be chosen well.

‘I should adjust the range after seeing this response.’

As soon as I finished the upload, there was a sign of presence beside me.

“Euuuuum…….”

Seon Ahyun was opening his eyes while half-asleep, and then was startled when he made eye contact with me who was completely awake.

“…! A-Arrival?”

“No.”

“Oh….”

“Sleep more.”

After saying that, I also closed my eyes again.

Since there were still two hours left until arrival, I intended to sleep even a little more. Because it was clear that with that guy’s personality, he wouldn’t be able to sleep if the person next to him was awake.

“…….”

But when I opened my eyes after closing them, we had already arrived at the destination. Fatigue ate the time.

Moreover, an extraordinary request was waiting.

“A blindfold?”

“Yes. Because the reaction when you know what kind of job you will experience for 1 day is important.”

“Hmm, I understand~”

Thanks to the manager stepping forward and organizing it, I ended up wearing a blindfold without a choice. They even blocked it thoroughly so that the outside was not visible.

It didn’t matter much, but since they had put blindfolds on the guys who were already sleepy, several looked like they were not in their right minds.

Cha Yujin, who was almost nodding off, only regained his senses after his side was poked.

“Euheee……. Ah!”

“Now, let’s go!”

We moved swaying according to the production staff’s guidance.

“Now please take off the blindfolds~”

“Yes!”

And the sight seen after lowering the blindfold was…….

Some kind of lake and a field.

“…??”

‘What is this.’

It wasn’t only me who was flustered.

“…Am I awake?”

“Where is this?”

Before we could say anything more, a movable banner appeared in front of TeSTAR by the staff.

[Congratulation! Visit of the National Stock ★TeSTAR★!]
[Korean birds welcome you!]
[in Junam Reservoir]

A colorful rainbow-colored bird painting fluttered.

“…?!”

The underlined Malgun Gothic font flickered.

“…??”

When I turned my head, even Lee Sejin was looking at the banner with his mouth open. He looked like he couldn’t accept the situation.

And before anyone could say anything, a middle-aged man with a benevolent impression appeared with a laugh.

“Hello, everyone~ I am the bird researcher Kim Jeongwon!”

“Ah, hello!”

“Hello!”

Whether the survival filming experience hadn’t gone anywhere, everyone regained their senses in an instant and bowed their heads hard.

‘…Everyone is wide awake.’

But they still had faces that didn’t understand the situation.

The bird researcher laughed and offered a handshake.

“I heard you guys are going to have a bird researcher experience here today~”

“Pardon? Yes. We were told we would have a 1-day job experience…….”

“Yes, yes. That’s right~ Let’s do the basic work of a bird researcher together with me today~”

“Bird research…?!”

As an unimaginable job popped out, everyone was flustered. But the bird researcher didn’t even care.

“Ah, they are truly charming friends. We will have a time to observe those friends more closely today~”

“Uh…….”

“We’re going to film migratory birds!”

“Whoa.”

Cameras were distributed in an instant. TeSTAR only regained their senses after receiving the items distributed in an orderly manner by the staff who pulled the banner.

“Ah, ah-ah!”

“Birds are good!”

“We’ll work hard!”

The bird researcher laughed with satisfaction.

“Haha! You’re young friends so you have good energy~”

“Hahaha!”

Finally, a harmonious laugh burst out. Seon Ahyun, as if relieved, spoke to me subtly with a face that looked a bit expectant.

“I-It seems like it’ll be fun, r-right…?”

“Maybe. Moondae, you take photos well too!”

“…….”

Those guys… naturally they didn’t know well.

But I barely changed my answer after checking the camera.

“…It’ll be worthwhile.”

“Haha, right!”

Yeah. It really would be worthwhile only…….

I recalled the tearful story I had heard from a club senior whose name I didn’t even remember.

-X발 (Damn), if you want to film migratory birds, it’s definitely winter.
-In summer… there are not many migratory bird arrival sites.
-Because it’s so hot you’d die of heat…….

“…….”

I was already worried whether those guys would be able to appear on the afternoon music show in their right minds.

“Hahaha! Then let’s move!”

“Yes!”

The bird researcher’s laughter slowly started to sound like a professor capturing a master’s student. The TeSTAR guys, who were like clueless undergraduate students, followed the researcher.

“Wow, the weather is good!”

“Now the sun rises early so it’s brilliant.”

Listening to the conversation of the guys who would be desperately wishing for shade after a while, I moved my feet silently.

And I kept moving.

……Continuously.

“……?”

Between the guys flustered by the never-ending march, Ryu Chungwoo took the lead.

“Teacher?”

“Yes?”

“Um, how much more should we move?”

The bird researcher laughed brightly.

“Haha! We should walk until we see the migratory birds!”

“…!”

“Ah~ exactly when will we see them?”

Keun Sejin cut in quickly. The bird researcher waved his hand with a laugh.

“Eu-heo~ if you know that, you’re a god~”

“…!!”

Just before the guys, who slowly caught the atmosphere, could freeze, Keun Sejin hurriedly opened his mouth again.

“As expected, right~? Still, I hope we see them soon by being lucky because God protects us~ Haha! Right?”

It was a signal to not ruin the atmosphere in the variety show and just laugh.

“Ahahaha!”

“You are right.”

The atmosphere became forcibly harmonious again. And the march continued again.

Trudge, trudge.

Endless reservoir and green continued. If we kept walking like this, it seemed it would become an experience documentary rather than a variety show.

Fortunately, Keun Sejin was pulling out screen time by continuously talking to the bird researcher. Because he was polite, the conversation went well as it suited the elder’s taste perfectly.

“So the parrotbills are s-o-o slim in summer.”

“Ah~ then the photos we mainly see on the internet wouldn’t be from summer!”

Thanks to that, we were able to move while only doing reactions.

‘He’s properly worth his salt…….’

But since every word he said returned to the parrotbill story, I didn’t know what kind of screen time would come out.

And at some point.

The bird researcher raised his arm.

“Do you see that willow tree o-v-e-r there? There’s a bird!”

“Ooh!”

“Whoa!”

Their faces brightened in an instant at the thought that the march was over. Cha Yujin tried to run toward it openly.

“Uh, uh, you shouldn’t go too close! The birds will run away!”

“Oh, yes…….”

To Cha Yujin who was trying to walk carefully again, the bird researcher grabbed his shoulder with a smile.

“Now, let’s move while sitting down~”

“…….”

A little later.

Everyone started moving toward the waterside with a duck walk.

‘What is this, a training center experience.’

I thought I knew why Episode 1 of that variety show had failed.