The Crown Prince in the Mang Game is Good at Idols - Chapter 230



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Episode 230

The rice cake soup made with the blood and sweat of slaves was quite delicious.

It’s a really long time ago memory, but it tasted similar to the New Year’s rice cake soup I used to eat when the atmosphere at home was good.

But now I am using the identity of a trainee from Estonia.

If you are familiar with tteokguk, something strange appears.

“What do you think, everyone? Does it suit your taste?”

“It’s delicious, Nari!”

“Now that I think about it, you don’t seem to be from this country, so I wonder how you like tteokguk.”

Song Hyeong-bin, who remembered that fact, threw in an appropriate ad-lib.

So I quickly picked an Estonian dish and countered with it.

“Where I lived, we didn’t eat rice cakes very often. We mostly just ate rye bread, but Korean garaetteok is very chewy and has a great texture.”

“From what I’ve heard, you must have come from a very far away place.”

“Yes, Nari.”

“Oh my, how did a young person end up like this?”

“haha…….”

Here too, I momentarily became troubled as to how to react.

Since I was at an age where I had already decided to let go of a lot of my image, I decided to move forward without hitting the brakes.

“My family was in dire straits and I was sold. It was a very long voyage.”

“It’s not your fault though. I’m a little jealous of that.”

Kang Si-yoon, who was eating tteokguk aggressively next to me, seized the opportunity and attacked me.

“I worked hard to save up money and lost it all gambling, hehe.”

“… … I really don’t understand how you can say something like that with a smile.”

“Why, the result is important, but the process of how it failed doesn’t matter. In the end, you and I are in the same situation, so what?”

I turned my back on Kang Si-yoon, who was smiling innocently, and spoke to Song Hyeong-bin.

“Nari, I’m not like those gambling addicts. Even though we’re in the same class, please don’t put us on the same level.”

“Well, well. Well, if you squandered your fortune on gambling, you must have really bad habits. I guess I’ll have to make Kang Nobi only do physical labor.”

“Hey, why do you keep doing this to me, Nari?”

Kang Si-yoon shook the spoon wildly, unable to hide his resentment.

If this scene were to be edited and uploaded to YouTube now, there would probably be public interest subtitles to prevent gambling.

After eating all the tteokguk, it was also the slaves’ job to clean the empty bowls and pots.

While the commoners were clearing the table, Kang Si-yoon and I quickly washed the dishes, dipping our hands in cold water.

Kang Si-yoon asked me one last question while wiping the dishes.

“You’re really not going to form an alliance? I know that.”

“Life is meant to be lived alone, Si-yoon.”

“Oh, that’s not an easy task. Okay, let’s just wait and see who wins.”

I just responded with a meaningful smile.

Sorry, I’ve already found an assistant.

Now that we’ve filled our bellies, the first real game involving coins has begun.

We watched as the production crew moved the long table, fumbling around.

“What are you doing now?”

“It looks like you’re carrying it with a really, um, difficult expression. Maybe we should help you.”

“Nari, should I order the slaves?”

Is this where slave exploitation begins again?

But fortunately, Song Hyung-bin, who has power, said that there was no need for that and that we should just wait and see what the production team sets up.

As a very long wooden table was set up in the yard, the games involving coins were announced.

“You know bottle cap flying? It’s a game where you hit the bottle cap with your finger and the one who makes it fly farthest wins.”

“Ah~ I know very well! You-, no, uh, what should I say?”

“I clearly remember it being a fun game!”

A new product that could have easily caused a collapse of the world view could have been created.

Actually, it might be okay to just say it, but the members tried hard to maintain the Joseon Dynasty concept.

“Each person can blow up to two caps. The person who blows the bottle cap the farthest is the winner. First place gets 20 coins, second place gets 10 coins, and third place gets 5 coins. Unfortunately, 4th through 7th place all get the same amount of one coin. By the way, the cost to spin the roulette is 20 coins.”

“Doesn’t that mean that you have to be in the top 3 to get a decent amount of coins?”

“The results for last place and fourth place are the same. This is really ambiguous.”

It is a difficult condition to receive even one coin for 4th place, and even the 1st place winner is given the opportunity to spin the roulette right away.

I think the competition is going to be very fierce.

“There is one hidden rule here. It is the Hunminjeongeum that I mentioned earlier.”

Hunminjeongeum Game. That is, you must use only Korean while the game is in progress.

This rule is like rat poison to the current generation of people who use a lot of foreign words.

Especially since we use English a lot with each other.

Immediately, the members frowned and looked at each other.

“I just started speaking English without realizing it.”

“No matter how much I concentrate, it keeps popping out unconsciously. I’m in big trouble.”

“… … Right words, beautiful words. Right words, beautiful words.”

Ji Yoon-cheol was already hypnotizing himself.

“When you use a word that is not your native language, all the lids of that person are automatically removed from the table. If you were in first place and you say a word in English? That would be a total failure.”

“If you don’t say anything on purpose, it won’t work out.”

“Yes. If there is more than 5 seconds of silence during the game, the coin rewards will disappear naturally. So you have to keep filling the audio somehow.”

The production team took measures to ensure that it was impossible to force people to refrain from speaking.

If this is the case, we will have to keep talking among ourselves.

It’s 100% certain that someone will appear to encourage you to speak English.

“Everyone, you’d better be careful. As far as I know, that slave named Kang Si-yoon is very skilled at this kind of disruption, so it’s better to stay away.”

“Oh, not at all! How could this lowly rascal do that?”

Yeah, just like Kang Si-yoon, whose eyes are already half-rolled.

Even though he denied it verbally, his eyes were already sparkling like a lion that had caught sight of its prey.

‘I will definitely not get caught up in that guy’s diversionary tactics.’

We each received two bottle caps with our names written on them and stood in a line.

First of all, it was important who would go out first, and as expected, it was the slaves who were at a disadvantage.

As Kang Si-yoon bent down in front of the long table to prepare, the members deliberately tried to distract him.

“If you hit me with this, I won’t be able to speak English at all? You won’t even be able to say “okay” like you like so much?”

“Do you think it’ll be a disaster from the start? My hands are already shaking.”

“Wow~ Be happy, be happy!”

Despite all the noise coming from all directions, Kang Si-yoon was completely unfazed and carefully blew the first bottle cap off.

The bottle cap, which had been flying at a moderate speed, landed in the center of the table.

“Huh? You just sent it there?”

“Why aren’t you feeling motivated?”

“Aha, it’s just a warm-up. Warm-up! Come on, let’s do it!”

The next batter is me.

I tried to apply the right amount of force to my fingers. If I failed to control the force, I would have fallen off the cliff in a spectacular way.

And most importantly, since Yuminha has agreed to help me, I have to somehow push all the bottle caps into the table. I don’t know what variables might arise.

“I’m going.”

I pushed the bottle cap with moderate force.

The bottle cap that had slipped from my fingertips rushed towards Kang Si-yoon’s bottle cap at a fast speed.

“Oh, oh, oh!”

And with Kang Si-yoon’s excited voice, he moved forward a little further while precisely pushing his bottle cap to the side.

Currently I am in first place, and Kang Si-yoon is in second place.

“Hey, teacher! Mine. I thought it was going to fall. Oh… … I was so surprised!”

“Aha, is that so? But why do you speak so unnaturally?”

“That, that’s it! Uh, I don’t know either!”

Perhaps overly conscious of having to speak only in Korean, Kang Si-yoon spoke intermittently, as if he were a robot.

I went around the circle in that order.

For some reason, all the members somehow managed to get through the first round speaking only Korean.

Everyone spoke strangely, like a broken tape, but still, the bottle caps never disappeared from the table.

“What kind of absurd thing is this, that only my lid is missing!”

“It’s okay, Nari. I don’t have any either.”

“These guys, they don’t even know how to respect their elders!”

Coincidentally, only Chae Eun-gyu and Song Hyeong-bin failed on their first attempt.

No, there’s no need to talk about respecting the elderly, since they shot bottle caps into space.

“Phew… … .”

Now it’s the final round to decide.

Luckily, my bottle cap was still sitting on the far side of the table.

Kang Si-yoon continued to look at the path while bending down.

“Siyoon, I think it would be better if you spoke up.”

“Please don’t talk to me right now, I’m thinking about the angle in my head!”

“hmm…….”

I started the engine slowly.

Kang Shi-yoon is very nervous right now. If things continue like this, I, who am also a slave, will take first place and spin the roulette one step ahead of him, so he will be in check.

If you exploit that kind of tension, it’s obvious that you’ll ruin yourself.

“But that doesn’t mean I can’t talk to you. I have to keep filling the voice.”

“Aren’t there other people standing besides me?!”

“But I want to talk to you.”

“Ugh! Please, please! I need to concentrate!”

Yes, it’s almost here. Kang Si-yoon is on the verge of breaking under the pressure.

But just then, a variable appeared in my perfect operation.

Heo Yu-bin, who was watching from the side, gave advice to Kang Si-yoon in a very excited tone.

“No! If you stay quiet, won’t the audio go blank?”

Audio. Audio. Audio… … .

For a moment, no one noticed the comment as it was so natural.

After a few seconds, Heo Yu-bin’s eyes began to grow wide.

“Ah, wait! Wait, no! Aaaah!”

“Hey, you wrote in English! English!”

“Hey, Mr. Heo! This is the Joseon Dynasty, who would use such language? Hey!”

It was truly a grand festival.

Manager Hyung mercilessly removed Heo Yu-bin’s bottle cap, and Heo Yu-bin fell to the floor in a daze.

“Ahhhh, why did I do that! Sobbing!”

“… … It’s okay, Yubin. There’s still a chance.”

I felt sorry for no reason.

I was trying to get Kang Si-yoon to speak English on purpose, but I didn’t expect Heo Yu-bin to get involved like this.

Instead, Kang Si-yoon laughed proudly and shouted.

“Okay, one competitor eliminated! Let’s keep going!”

The bottle cap he blew went forward much more forcefully than before.

However, the bottle caps thrown by Yoo Min-ha and Ji Yoon-cheol in the previous turn were completely blocking the central passage.

Kang Si-yoon’s bottle cap succeeded in digging sharply into the gap.

‘Surely you’re not going to take mine?’

Fortunately, that was as far as it went.

Still, Kang Si-yoon placed the two bottle caps in good places.

A point where if the person behind you hits his bottle cap forward, he can instantly aim for first place.

Kang Si-yoon stood up with a satisfied expression.

One second later, without realizing the mistake he had made.

“Okay, I’m satisfied with this. Ah.”

Silence fell again.

Kang Si-yoon covered his mouth slightly while looking around.

The members stared at him, wondering if they had misheard him.

Soon, Manager Hyung confirmed the killing and trampled Kang Si-yoon’s dream of clearing his identity.

“Kang Si-yoon said ‘okay’! I will remove both lids.”

“Oh, wait a minute. Seriously, wait a minute, teacher. Teacher, I really did something wrong. No, I mean, this just came out of my mouth without me knowing? I was really trying not to speak English, and then this just came out without me knowing, oh really! Just this once! Please just let me see this once!”

Kang Si-yoon cried and waved his hands, but the decision was not overturned.

He shouted so loudly about eliminating competitors, but he ended up being the first to leave work.