Side Story Chapter 13: Idol Echidna (1)
"What’s… this?" Oh Kang-Woo muttered as he watched the cheerful girl on the TV screen.
Echidna, who was wearing an outfit full of frills and drooping decorations, a design as outrageous as Balrog’s aloha shirt, was walking to the front of the stage. She was cutely jumping up and down with a mic in her hand.
"Hohoho. Were you surprised?" asked Han Seol-Ah as she giggled.
Kang-Woo nodded dumbfoundedly. "I never thought her job would be something like this."
He remembered Echidna being obsessed with a certain anime about idols, but he never expected her to become one herself. He stared at Seol-Ah as if asking what happened.
Seol-Ah placed her index finger on her chin and rummaged through her memories. "Mm… After you disappeared, everyone was… not doing so well. Haha, I guess I’m not one to talk."
She laughed awkwardly and swept her hair back. Kang-Woo had already heard about this from Si-Hun.
"Echidna was… especially bad."
Kang-Woo nodded in silence with a heavy expression.