Save a Failed Idol’s Life

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: NicoleTempest

Chapter 265 Even if it’s a short moment (1)

[Your system access rights as ‘Cheon Ise (Lim Hyun-seong)’ and as ‘Lim Hyun-seong’ will both be revoked.]

It’s basically the same thing as what they said before. As I scratched my cheek with my fingertip and held back a complaint for a moment, the scroll went down.

[The attribute values of ‘Cheon Ise (Lim Hyun-seong)’ are fixed as they are in the current state, and they may change depending on your personal learning, but system-level verification and increase are not possible.]

That was also a natural thing to say. If I work hard, I can improve my dance or vocal skills here, but since I can’t check it with the system, it’s the same as other ordinary people.

I wanted to ask ‘what else?’ right away, but I scrolled down instead.

[The current attribute value status of ‘Cheon Ise (Lim Hyun-seong)’]

[Attribute values]

Visual: S

Vocal: B

Dance: S

Performance: A

Charm: S

Eloquence: S

What, when did my charm and eloquence go up like that? I was startled for a moment, but I thought it wouldn’t be strange if the stats went up not only by crystal distribution or quests, but also by personal development.

It was only natural that the charm stat would go up as I influenced the people around me by re-launching with Drink Me and establishing a composition, and persuading them.

Other than that, what caught my eye was…

My vocal was still lower than the average stat, but it wasn’t enough to hold back my activities.

In fact, if I only looked at the stats, it was a level that was a little disappointing from the perfect score, so the rest of it depended on what I did.

‘Sorry to ask before it’s all over. So what’s the conclusion? I keep using this body?’

The most important thing right now was not whether my vocal was B or A, but what would happen to me in the future.

It was a good thing that Cheon Ise was safely transferred to the recovery center. But anyway, this body was not mine in the end, and then it was a time bomb that could explode at any time, right?

That was what bothered me the most right now.

[The remaining life of the current repository is about 58 years, and this is based on the current state of the data, which may vary due to health deterioration due to lifestyle habits, natural disasters, accidents, etc. in the future.]

‘No, I don’t care about the remaining life. What about me?’

As I couldn’t stand it and asked the most important thing first, the message window popped up brightly and was updated.

[As long as there is no special abnormality until the remaining life of the repository, the priority use right belongs to the current occupant, ‘Cheon Ise (Lim Hyun-seong)’.]

So… if I understood correctly…

[You can use it freely from the moment the system access rights are revoked.]

“…!”

[Before blocking the system access, we sincerely apologize for having to stop the quest due to a system error. Therefore, we, the Human Happiness Foundation System, would like to grant you one more wish within the limit by settling the quest progress you have made so far.]

At that moment, a barking sound came from somewhere, and Pposili appeared at the bottom of the system.

“…!”

I reached out without knowing it at the sight of the fluffy movement that I hadn’t seen in a long time. But what I touched was not the warm body temperature and soft fur of Pposili, but the cold touch of the system window.

‘Then maybe…’

As I was about to say a simple wish that came to my mind, the system immediately popped up a message that broke the mood.

[The system guide dog is an element dependent on the system interface, and it cannot be realized in reality without the system access rights.]

It was a no-go. I thought so, but. Sigh. I scratched my neck with regret.

It was annoying to take care of it as it followed me around like a dog. But maybe it was because it was cute to see it running around with its short and flat legs, and when I was having a hard time, it would comfort me with a whimper.

I said I wouldn’t give it any affection and hated it, but I ended up giving it all my heart.

‘Then what else can I do?’

If I couldn’t keep Pposili in reality, I had no other wish to come up with.

Please make my business successful, please make my album a hit, I thought they would say they couldn’t do that because it was up to me.

‘If not that…’

I suddenly thought of two things.

[Please suggest first and we will answer the possibility.]

‘Um…’

I hesitated for a moment and chose one. It wasn’t hard to choose which one to say out of the two. I was the one who knew best what Cheon Ise thought, what he went through, and what he would have been like if he had been in a different environment, living as Cheon Ise.

‘I want to give Cheon Ise another chance.’

As I answered without any hesitation, the system asked me to confirm.

[The wish you have decided cannot be reversed or canceled. Please decide carefully.]

No, I’m careful enough. I clenched my lips and opened my eyes slightly.

‘What else do you want me to be careful about here?’

As if to pick a fight, I asked him sharply. The system asked me if that was really my wish.

[Do you want to give up ‘permanent recovery from the current body’s waist injury’ and choose ‘give a new opportunity to Cheon Ise’?]

Ugh. I felt like I had been caught red-handed by what I had been thinking until a moment ago. I licked my lips and scratched my cheek.

It was just a thought, just a thought. There was no big problem in doing activities right now, but I didn’t know what would happen in the future.

Besides, I was still young, so I might be able to endure it with my physical strength, but when I got older, this would all start to fall apart one by one.

It would have been better to fix it if I could, for the sake of my future health.

‘But…’

Still, that was not more important than giving Cheon Ise a new opportunity. I didn’t know how it would happen, but if Cheon Ise could get another chance in a more positive direction under a better guardian, regardless of whether I continued to use this body or not.

I could easily give up my waist health.

[The data of ‘Cheon Ise’ you mentioned is currently in a state where the remaining life span is exhausted and the immediate regeneration of the data is impossible.]

Well. That was the conclusion, even though that was my intention.

There was nothing I could do about it. He had already died by his own will. As I shrugged my shoulders, the system scrolled down.

[However, it is possible to reuse the data based on the restored data after removing the defective and corrupted data.]

“…!”

I felt my ears perk up at the enticing sound. My eyes widened for a moment and the system added.

[However, the reused data is in a restored state after passing through the recovery center, so it may be difficult to see the restored data as the same person as the original data, depending on the perspective.]

‘So, for example… is it like the concept of reincarnation that people often think of?’

It would be nice if Cheon Ise could get another chance to start over, either way. It would be better than being scattered into one of the countless dust in the universe and disappearing with countless data.

I nodded my head and made up my mind. The message window lit up brightly and showed a concise confirmation message.

[We have confirmed the will of ‘Cheon Ise (Lim Hyun-seong)’.]

[Do you want to confirm your wish?]

[Yes/No]

There was no reason to hesitate. I pressed ‘Yes’ without delay, and the message window disappeared and reappeared.

[We thank you for your hard work and the system access authority will be blocked shortly.]

[Connection blocking countdown begins]

[10…]

[9…]

As I watched the slowly decreasing numbers of the second hand,

Woof-!

I heard the sound of Pposili barking. Then a faint message window popped up over the countdown message and disappeared in an instant.

[Pposili says goodbye to the user.]

This was really the end.

[6…]

[5…]

[4…]

‘Thank you for everything.’

As I muttered briefly, he seemed to understand and barked again.

[2…]

[1!]

[Disconnecting.]

And I don’t know if it was a backlash, but my eyes closed involuntarily and my body fell naturally on the bed.

When I opened my eyes again, it was not long after. I lifted my eyelids and rubbed my eyes.

“…?”

I didn’t expect to see a yellow head resting on the foot of the bed and sitting asleep.

“What is it?”

As I made a sound of disbelief, Yu-geon woke up from his sleep and frowned.

“Why are you here?”

As I lightly scolded him for playing hooky at work, Yu-geon looked up at me with wide eyes.

“…!”

He looked at me as if he was asking me if I was the person he knew.

“Go to work. You have to earn money to do anything else.”

I said something I didn’t mean to, because it was awkward to say anything else.

No, actually, it wasn’t something I didn’t mean to.

Although Offbeat’s activities were quite successful and the revenue was coming in, the company’s size had grown so much that it was still far from enough to save some money.

And in fact, the main income came from concerts, regular album sales, and events, so it was still a bit awkward to say that I had earned a lot.

“Don’t nag me as soon as you wake up…”

Yu-geon clicked his tongue and glared at me with a dissatisfied expression.

“Enjoy it while you can. Once I get out of here, I’ll make you work so hard that you won’t have time to sleep.”

Yu-geon shrugged his shoulders at my sincere joke.

“What the hell happened? You said you were disappearing or something.”

I was happy to see him again, but I didn’t know how this happened, or when I would disappear again. Maybe that’s why I felt anxious. Yu-geon asked me with a confused expression.

“Ah…”

Where should I start explaining? I couldn’t make him understand the details, so I vaguely told him that I had possessed the body of Cheon Ise, who was on the verge of death after a suicide attempt due to a grudge that prevented him from reincarnating, and that I had met him in a parallel world and in My Idol with the help of the system.

Where should I start the story? I had only a little time left after he found out my real identity because I had told him my real name, which made the Jo Young Food murder case a hot topic.

“Um… You know who I am, right?”

I didn’t know where to start the story, so I closed my eyes and pressed my forehead. Yu-geon answered right away.

“Yes.”

He sounded quite curt, which meant he was bothered by the age difference. Well… I had been mixing informal and formal speech anyway.

I might have cared if I had just possessed this body. But now I was used to being treated as a twenty-five year old, even though I was only twenty-four. It didn’t matter to me.

“I thought I would disappear too…”

And then, coincidentally, the sliding door opened and someone came into the ward.