79 – Treat gems like steel (2)
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From Noble mtl dot com
When people belonging to the same organization fight each other when they can’t get along well, the easiest way to manage them is to roll them so that they don’t have the slightest desire to fight.
To fight means to be free or to have room.
So, if you make it so busy and difficult that you don’t have time to spare, your body will become incapable of fighting.
The distance between each other will also become closer due to the bond that comes from going through difficult times such as family and friends.
So the best way to end a fight and get along with each other is to die, but I couldn’t use that method.
Because I was not the one who rolled it, but the one who protected it.
Idols can roll managers, but managers can’t roll idols.
So we tried to somehow improve the relationship between the members by using strange methods such as voting to select a leader, but the effect was not so good.
So while I was thinking about what to do, the day of the lesson came and I was able to change my thinking like Columbus with eggshells on the table.
If I can’t roll without even thinking about fighting, then I can just ask someone who can!
As soon as I had that thought, I ran to Teacher Ji-yeon, who will teach my children.
“Please! Kids… No, I’ll just say it clearly! Because Ha An and Haru don’t get along very well! They haven’t even debuted yet, and the kids I met for the first time yesterday are growling and fighting like this, so I’m worried! Please roll so hard that I don’t even think about fighting!”
I lowered my head and asked with a sincere heart to make it as hard as possible for Teacher Jiyeon to refuse.
I don’t really like taking advantage of the other person’s favor in this way, and every time I spit out a word, my heart was stabbed, but my earnestness was sincere.
Because what I’m asking from teacher Jiyeon right now is something I can never do.
That’s why I can do such a despicable thing, bowing my head to teacher Ji-yeon, whom I met for the first time today, regardless of the pain of conscience that pierces my heart.
In this way, if Ji-yeon trains the children to the best of her ability and finds peace in the group like that. I’ll do everything I can
As I kept my head down until the answer came back with such determination, I started to hear a troubled voice from teacher Jiyeon in front of me.
“Ummm… Except for Ha An, it’s the first time I’m meeting you today too. Probably, like Ha An, they all have the best raw stones, so when they debuted, their success would be almost guaranteed. Asking the best gemstones, whose success has been confirmed, to do something that will make them hateful… This is very difficult.”
“·······.”
But Master Jiyeon’s answer is that it’s hard to hear what comes back.
I was obviously disappointed when she said that it was difficult, but it was absolutely impossible to show that emotion.
A request is something you should be sincerely grateful for when the other person does it, not something that you should get angry at when they don’t.
So instead of expressing my disappointment or getting angry, I apologized for causing trouble to teacher Jiyeon.
“Sorry.”
“No. I know how Jinhyuk feels. I would have gathered kids who would succeed no matter what, but it would be really terrible if rumors of discord broke out and ruined.”
Rules of discord.
A word so terrible and frightening that your body trembles, your eyes go dark, and your mouth dries up just by hearing it.
If rumors of discord erupt among our children, group activities are suspended, and we end up living our own lives… What if we end up in a relationship where we don’t even want to see each other’s faces…!
“Ugh, ugh.”
Because I imagined the worst future that should never happen, I let out an unsightly moaning sound and my body stiffened.
Unbeknownst to me, it made a strange noise. I had to look good to teacher Ji-yeon somehow, but I made a strange sound and planted a strange image.
A pathetic manager who stiffens in fear just by imagining a terrible future. Even to myself, I don’t like it.
In the end, I felt that borrowing teacher Jiyeon’s power was doomed, and I was about to turn my head to try to come up with another method.
“Are you serious enough to react like that?”
“Yes?”
Teacher Jiyeon looked at me with complex emotions and asked me questions.
It hasn’t been long since we met, but teacher Ji-yeon was very tense, good-natured, and always bright, suitable for her lively short haircut.
Maybe that’s why I was taken aback by the sudden serious atmosphere of teacher Jiyeon, and I answered her question straight away without going through the filter in my head.
“Yes, our members are my dream.”
A dream I wanted to achieve, to the extent that I was framed and even severely punished and rotted meekly for 7 years in prison.
It has been my long-held dream to create an idol that shines above all else with my own hands, and our members are the only beings who can make that dream come true.
But that’s just my circumstances, and it’s hard to see a manager who sincerely says it’s his dream looking at the trainees who haven’t debuted yet. I’m sure you’ll think I’m a weirdo…
“······They are said to be Jinhyeok’s dream······. I never thought there would still be someone who could say such a thing for granted.”
······· Huh? What? Why does the atmosphere become unusual?
Sensei Jiyeon stared into the air with wide eyes as if she was quite shocked by the word dream that came out of my mouth.
“It’s a dream… How many times have you heard that word? Well, you can’t even say that it’s difficult to say that…”
And if you listen to what he murmured, it seemed that he was shocked in a good sense, not in a bad sense.
I don’t know how things work, but I don’t think things are going badly. Maybe it’s good to expect a little bit of this?
However, I have already experienced several times in my 27 years of life that hasty expectations only bring greater despair, so I controlled my expectations as much as possible and repeated the thought that they would not listen to my request.
Yes, I am mumbling like that now, but when the time comes when I actually say that I will do my favor, my reason will come back and I will think about it.
“Mr. Jinhyeok. There is something I would like to ask you.”
“Yes, yes? What is it? You are welcome to ask anything.”
I cut off my thoughts at teacher Jiyeon’s words and kindly asked what I wanted to ask right away.
Then, teacher Jiyeon looked at me with a very serious face, removing the smile that had been on her like a passive until just now, and asked me a question in a serious voice as expected.
“How old are you?”
“Twenty-seven.”
“Huh? I am also twenty-seven years old. Are we the same age? Oh, this is really difficult. If you’re the same age and work at the same company, you’re just friends, but you can’t refuse a friend’s request.”
“・・・・・・Yes?”
“Besides, we are not just friends. Weird duo who said they were weird to each other from the very first meeting. It’s so strange that we became close as a duo, but even being the same age… This is almost like best friends.”
“・・・・・・That, is that so?”
Something strange is going on, but I don’t think it’s going badly again. I nodded and agreed with teacher Jiyeon’s words.
Then, teacher Ji-yeon is a sucker. He concluded his speech with a smile on his small face once again.
“Ah! I can’t help it! Since we are best friends of the same age, I have no choice but to do Jinhyeok’s favor! Leave the kids lessons to me! I’ll roll it until my head is really empty!”
Shiny! Teacher Ji-yeon, who said she would listen to my request, revealing white dry teeth as if a sound effect would sound, was so cool that my heart trembled at the moment.
Feeling like a girl fan of a male idol group, I bowed my head to express my gratitude.
“Yes, yes? Ah, thank you…!”
Tup.
However, the head, which should have gone down deeply, was blocked by the soft palm of my hand, and I couldn’t go down halfway, and then it was lifted up again, and I met teacher Jiyeon’s eyes again.
“Don’t bow your head between friends, Jinhyeok. And since I said it, you should too. We’re best friends, right?”
Sensei Jiyeon, who gently raised her palm on my forehead, made eye contact with me and once again exploded her coolness.
There is only one thing I can do in front of the waves of cool that come like a tidal wave.
“Ugh, yes. Delay.”
I was replying that I knew what Jiyeon said while beating my chest.
“Ah, if the kids ask me to change the teacher because I just rolled it and later say they don’t like me… then you have to cover it for sure? Should I protect you?”
“Of course not. It’s like life’s benefactor. I will protect you for the rest of my life.”
“Spread, forever? That, that’s a bit burdensome for me, but…”
“·······Sorry.”
“No, no! There’s nothing to be sorry about, it’s just the first time I’ve heard that! Ah, ah! Is it lesson time already?! Let’s hurry!”
“Yes, yes!”
I don’t know how he ended up accepting my request, but that’s how I got Jiyeon’s consent.
Now it’s Jiyeon’s job to keep the members from thinking about fights by pushing them hard, so all I have to do is concentrate on my part.
Okay, then let’s see how hard Jiyeon rolls the kids. Let’s go find her fifth member.
Remembering the face of the fifth member that popped into my head, I followed after Ji-yeon, who was running all of a sudden.