Maru recognized the woman that approached him, asking him if he remembered her. She was the woman who was standing with Yoojin during the get-together for Twilight Struggles. She was probably Yoojin’s mother. He nodded when she told him that he should come around often in the future. From the way she looked at him as though she was evaluating his worth for a brief moment, this woman didn’t seem as good as she did on the surface.

“You and Miss Joohyun know each other?” asked the lady who was doing his hair.

Maru explained to her that they shot a few scenes together before.

“You must be quite famous then.”

“It’s not like that at all. I only appeared for brief moments as minor characters.”

“But doesn’t it mean something when someone as famous as her recognizes you first? Try your best. Who knows? You might actually become famous one day.”

I want to become like that too - Maru smiled instead of replying and looked into the mirror. This was the first time he got a haircut in a place like this. He had been to many places like this as a manager in his previous life, but he had never actually sat in one of these chairs himself. As he thought that going to the neighborhood barber was the best...