By Zephyria 
Strangely enough, the other members all agreed, so even though I insisted I needed to rest more, it was rejected.
“You’re already sturdy now.”
“You showed an amazing recovery at the hospital last time.”
“You’re not going to lie and say it’s not this time, are you?”
“If you keep insisting it’s not, I might have to check by taking your shirt off, Hyung.”
Ra Ho-yeon, Shin Tae-beom, Seo Yun-chae, and Cha Si-yoon, those bastards all ganged up on me, so even I couldn’t ignore them.
“Why are you trying to take my clothes off when Espers aren’t even Guiding?!”
“It’s just a figure of speech.”
“The end is near, the end is near.”
To prevent my clothes from being ripped off, I reluctantly gave the okay to accompany them on the next schedule, but…
[What are you going to do?]
“Ah, I don’t know.”
Potato’s nagging continued.
[The first schedule you’re going on this time is a cable TV music program, right?]
The cable broadcast music program
This program, which is conducted under the theme of a global music show for K-pop artists, mainly features idols, showcasing not only title tracks but also B-sides and various solo songs. Sometimes they even sing duets with the MC.
In a nutshell, it was a broadcast that set the stage for K-pop artists.
“I know that too…”
As I grumbled discontentedly, Potato snorted and glared at me.
[You’re an idol, so you’ll have to sing along if you go out there.]
“Th-that’s something that’ll just get buried…”
[To prepare for times like this, the other members gave you all the lyrics and sheet music and made you memorize them through rote learning, right? You’ve already memorized them all, haven’t you?]
“Damn it. It’s a problem when your head is too good!”
[What if you get singled out?]
“I’ll be publicly humiliated as a matter of course.”
And the Secreety, which was barely recovering its reputation, would falter again, and the members would resent me again.
‘I don’t even know where Jae-ha is, so I have nowhere to go.’
Having to worry about dancing and singing, which were never in my destiny, made my future bleak.
“Ughhhhh.”
Potato patted my head as I despaired.
[Just like you fought with the determination to die in the front lines, do something about it somehow.]
“What can I do…”
[You’ll have to practice. If possible, designate a trustworthy teacher.]
“Don’t tell me… you’re telling me to ask that bastard?”
[What’s wrong with that? You even roasted and ate sewer rats to survive when you were hungry.]
Abandon your pride.
[Pride is something you can’t eat. You won’t die just because you throw it away a little.]
Potato left me with cold advice.
I refused and refused again, but in the end, I surrendered.
It was when there were only a few days left until the schedule.
“Hey… Seo Yun-chae.”
“What?”
“Um, teach me how to sing.”
“What?”
Seo Yun-chae. The main vocalist of Secreety.
He has a terrible personality, but his voice is like that of an angel sent by God, a serious and beautiful tone, a guy with a natural talent.
I asked this guy to be my singing teacher.
“No way. Why would I? Why should I spend my precious time on a guy like you…”
Yeah. You cheese tabby kitten with a terrible personality. I knew you’d come out like that.
Seo Yun-chae had a surprisingly simple tactic.
“You know that if you don’t listen, it’ll damage our group’s image, right?”
If I scream or make a mistake and it gets broadcast, who will be more heartbroken, me or you?
When I spoke almost threateningly, Seo Yun-chae’s face turned blue, then white, then back to normal.
Soon, Seo Yun-chae reached out to me.
“Let’s do it. No matter how hopeless your skills were when you woke up.”
“Shut up. I’m going to sew your mouth shut.”
“Kill that dirty temper of yours when you go on the program too. You better think of yourself as a kind businessman doll who’s good at smiling.”
“Damn it. I got it.”
And so, I entered the recording studio with Seo Yun-chae.
I hadn’t sung in my past life, so I wasn’t aware of whether I was good or bad at singing.
‘It wasn’t the environment for it either.’
Maybe during my school days. But in the battlefield of war with monsters where blood splatters and bones break, singing was a luxury.
Occasionally, guys who had completely given up on life would grab a bottle of alcohol and babble nonsense songs while drunk.
The moment I grabbed the microphone, the tension rose sharply.
‘This is crazy. Really. What am I doing singing…’
It would be nice if Yeon Yu-jin’s abilities remained with me.
But there was no sign of that at all, so I was going crazy.
‘What if Seo Yun-chae says I’m terribly tone-deaf and spews out harsh words?’
Unfortunately, the money I got as a life allowance is only a pittance because of the terrible inflation.
In a state where the tension felt like it was rising up as heartburn, Seo Yun-chae instructed me.
“Let’s start with the B-side from our first single,
After setting the microphone to a comfortable position, Seo Yun-chae said from beyond the glass.
“Okay, sing.”
My heart was pounding like it was about to burst out.
‘Is it okay for me to sing this?’
All I can do is shoot monsters with a gun or give appropriate instructions to Espers and pour out Guiding.
Sing?
Is that possible?
For a few seconds, countless thoughts intertwined and pounded my heart.
Wouldn’t everything fall apart the moment I, not the real Yeon Yu-jin, opened my mouth?
Even if Yeon Yu-jin’s behavior was bad before he died, it seemed like he sincerely liked singing.
Wouldn’t I be ruining the song that Yeon Yu-jin loved if I sang it poorly?
Is it really possible for me, who only knows how to fight?
In a half-dizzy state, I grabbed the microphone.
“I’m starting the song.”
Seo Yun-chae’s arrogant voice was heard through the headphones I was wearing.
“You’re not nervous because you’re thinking of doing well from the start, even though you’ve lost your memories, are you?”
Crack.
It was true that I was nervous, but when Seo Yun-chae made such a rude remark, I didn’t want to admit it.
“Not at all.”
“Then it’s okay to do it. Make yourself comfortable. Comfortable.”
“……”
“After all, I’m the main vocalist of this team. If necessary, I can take on all the singing roles.”
‘This guy’s acting weird too.’
Saying things that don’t suit him.
But thanks to that, my agitated heart calmed down.
The intro began to play.
Secreety’s first single B-side, .
‘I definitely memorized the lyrics.’
I slowly opened my mouth and sang into the microphone.
I’ve been waiting for you all along
The only person I have to protect, It’s You I knew the moment we met
That our meeting was fate
The moment I opened the door, I can’t stop anymore Me running to you
The two hands that can’t help but reach out to you Hold me, with your warmth
Save My Life
Then I’ll dedicate myself to you too
I Will Save You
Give me the honor of protecting you
I will gladly dedicate myself for you
Even if this end is destruction
I’ll dedicate myself to protect you
My universe-like person
My wave-like love
I Will Always Be With You
.
.
.
Even if I lose myself at the end
I Will Always Love You
I’ll dedicate myself to protect you
Throughout the song, I had that thought.
The lyrics, it felt like they were talking about the relationship between Espers and Guides.
It reminded me of partners swearing eternity.
‘They probably aimed for that. It’s a group made up of Espers and Guides, after all.’
It was an obvious ploy, but still… when I thought of Jae-ha, the lyrics sounded more mournful, so I sang with all my might.
Whether I sang well or not became unimportant.
From the moment I projected my emotions into the song, I couldn’t hear anything, and only the moment I was singing remained.
It was refreshing and invigorating.
I didn’t know if it was the emotions remaining in Yeon Yu-jin’s body, or the relief of releasing the emotions that had built up inside me through song.
I just wanted to enjoy this time now.
“…I’ll dedicate myself to protect you.”
The moment I finished the last verse, I finally saw the scenery of the recording studio I was in.
“Uh……”
‘It’s over…?’
I guess it’s over since I can’t hear the song anymore.
I was embarrassed when I saw Seo Yun-chae’s wide eyes and the surprised expressions of the other members who had gathered in a bustling crowd.
“…Hey. Even if I sang badly, don’t you think about the person who’s going to be embarrassed if you stare at me like that and curse with your eyes?”
Even when I took off the headphones and came out, the members were frozen like stone statues and couldn’t say anything.
“You… you…”
Only Seo Yun-chae was trembling and seemed to want to say something with a complicated expression.
The more that happened, the more I wondered if I was that tone-deaf, if I sang that badly, so I asked sullenly.
“If you’re going to say something, say it clearly. Did I sing badly? If I sang terribly, tell me it was the worst.”
“It’s the opposite, so we can’t talk about it comfortably!”
“…What?”
Why is this guy suddenly getting angry again?