Title: I Was Isekai'd With My Wife and Now She's the Final Boss of the Fandom Author: H. Behevras Genre: Comedy, Isekai, Music, Married Protagonist, Parody Tags: #FinalBossWife #MetalheadMC #BoybandHell #TrashIsekaiButActuallyGenius
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Chapter 29: Rise of the Ghouls. Part 2
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Previously: Raiko's solo success left the rest of REQUIEM6 as mere backups.
Refusing to fade away, they embarked on a brutal metal vocal training regimen that broke soundproofing, shattered mirrors, and shattered their old identities.
From Hyun-bin's "Primal Elegance" to Jinwoo's "Strategic Seduction," each Ghoul has found his monstrous voice.
The shadows are ready to step into the light.
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The Mask-Off Moment
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"You guys can't stay anonymous forever," Raiko said during their fourth week of training.
"The masks were supposed to be temporary."
"Were they?" Hyun-bin asked, his voice carrying a new edge even in conversation.
"Maybe being nameless was just... practice."
"For becoming someone new."
"I like who I'm becoming," Minjun admitted quietly.
"It's still me, but... more honest about the darkness."
"The darkness was always there," Eun whispered.
"I just never had permission to let it out gently."
Taeyang laughed—a sound that was somehow both joyful and slightly unhinged.
"Permission is for cowards!"
"We're making our own rules now!"
Jinwoo, ever practical, pulled out his notebook.
"If we're developing individual personas, we need individual marketing strategies."
"Each of you needs a brand identity that works with the group dynamic but stands alone."
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Persona Shifts:
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**Hyun-bin: The "Arrogant Siren"**
Flashy, untouchable, and loud.
He wore cropped jackets with metal shoulder guards and glittered eyeliner like war paint.
"I spent years being the perfect visual," he announced, applying silver eyeliner with aggressive precision.
"Now I'm going to be the perfect nightmare. But make it fashion."
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**Minjun: The "Tragic Angel"**
Embraced the persona completely.
Flowing robes, blood-streaked gloves, soft smiles with dead eyes.
"Beauty and sorrow aren't opposites," he realized, practicing his new stage expressions.
"They're dance partners."
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**Taeyang: The "Clown of Wrath"**
Declared himself without consulting anyone.
Full face paint, ripped gloves, and chaos tattoos (temporary, but convincing).
"If I'm going to be insane," he announced, "I'm going to be memorably insane."
Fans adored him immediately.
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**Eun: The "Dread Bunny"**
Evolved naturally into the persona.
Black hoodie with tiny horns, bunny skull plushie at all times, growled while clutching it.
"It's still me," he insisted softly.
"Just... with more teeth."
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**Jinwoo: The "Dark Bishop"**
Refined his existing aesthetic.
Suits and sashes with ancient runes, glowing rings, and eyes like a cursed romance novel protagonist.
"I'm not changing," he said smoothly.
"I'm just... revealing what was always there."
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**Raiko: The "Screaming Prince"**
Remained the center, but now with official recognition.
M. Shadows vocal range.
Gothic messiah vibes.
Enough eyeliner to black out a small moon.
"I guess I'm the chaos catalyst," he said, watching his transformed friends.
"But you're all the chaos itself."
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Industry Reactions: The Ripple Effect
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Competitor Panic
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At STELLAR DREAMS Entertainment, an emergency meeting was in progress.
"Sir, our focus group data shows a 340% increase in fan interest in 'darker themes,'" a nervous analyst reported.
"Traditional idol concepts are testing poorly with the 16-24 demographic."
"What do you mean 'darker themes'?"
"They want their idols to have... emotional damage, sir."
"And eyeliner."
"Lots of eyeliner."
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The Vocal Coach Support Group
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Ms. Crystal Songweaver sat in a circle with five other traditional vocal instructors, all clutching trauma counseling crystals.
"It's not natural," she whispered.
"Beautiful voices shouldn't be able to summon thunder."
"I tried to teach one of them basic breath control," another coach added.
"He accidentally created a localized storm system in my studio."
"The crystals are still having nightmares."
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Fan Evolution Documentation
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**Social Media Transformation:**
*Week 1:* "What happened to LUMINO5?? Why are they wearing masks??"
*Week 2:* "OK but the masks are kind of mysterious and cool..."
*Week 3:* "NAMELESS GHOULS SUPREMACY. I don't need to see their faces when their souls are screaming."
*Week 4:* "Each ghoul has a different energy and I'm HERE for the individual chaos."
*Week 5:* "Wait, are they developing PERSONALITIES behind those masks? I think I'm in love with all of them differently now."
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Training Montage Shenanigans:
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The Vocal Booth Incidents
Hyun-bin tried growling in front of a mirror and scared himself.
Then flirted with his own reflection for ten minutes.
"If I'm going to be terrifying," he announced, "I need to be terrifyingly attractive."
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Minjun rehearsed metal ballads with his fairy vocal coach, who fainted dramatically after every high note.
The fairy eventually requested combat pay.
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Taeyang brought an actual goat to practice because he thought "summon the beast" was literal.
Raiko approved.
The goat became an unofficial seventh member.
"Her name is Swagatha," Taeyang announced.
"She has better stage presence than most idols."
Swagatha bleated in what sounded suspiciously like rhythm.
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Eun got startled by his own voice while practicing gutturals, hid under a table, and apologized to it.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Table!"
"I didn't mean to scare you!"
The table, being furniture, did not respond.
But Eun sat with it for twenty minutes anyway.
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Jinwoo calmly read a book titled "Marketing with Mayhem: The Art of Selling Chaos" while sipping enchanted cold brew and taking notes.
"You're all having creative breakthroughs," he observed.
"I'm having profitable realizations."
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The Dorm Life Revolution
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Midnight Conversations
In their shared dorm, the masks came off and the real conversations began.
"Are we still who we used to be?" Minjun asked one night, staring at the ceiling.
"I think we're more who we used to be," Hyun-bin replied thoughtfully.
"Like... we were playing characters before."
"Perfect idol characters."
"Now we're playing characters that are closer to our actual chaos."
"I like being scary-cute," Eun whispered.
"Is that weird?"
"Everything about this is weird," Taeyang laughed.
"Weird is our brand now."
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The Fridge Note Evolution
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**Week 1:** "Please don't eat Eun's yogurt - Management"
**Week 2:** "Please stop practicing death growls before 6 AM - The Neighbors"
**Week 3:** "If anyone else traumatizes the cleaning staff, you're buying your own groceries - Jin"
**Week 4:** "Taeyang, the goat cannot live in the bathroom - Everyone"
**Week 5:** "We're not a boy band anymore. We're a family of beautiful disasters. - Raiko"
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Mini Interview Clip (Enchanted Mirror Segment):
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**Interviewer:** "If you could summon a demon for a duet, who would it be?"
**Hyun-bin:** "Myself. Obviously. But the version of me that's even more dramatic."
**Minjun:** "A spirit of eternal heartbreak... or maybe a siren who understands the beauty of melancholy."
**Taeyang:** "Swagatha! She's already following me everywhere. Plus she has a great rhythm."
**Jinwoo:** "Does corporate ambition count as a demon? Because I've already got that one handled."
**Eun (whispers):** "...Can I summon Raiko hyung instead? He's scary but safe-scary."
**Raiko:** "I think I've already summoned all of you. This whole situation feels like a successful demon summoning."
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Fan Reactions Montage:
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The Cultural Shift
Young noble ladies customized corsets with spikes and practiced smudging their eyeliner artistically.
Tavern bards tried to mimic Raiko's style—resulting in broken lutes, bruised egos, and at least three noise complaints to the local authorities.
A priest warned his congregation about "the seductive growls of false idols" before discreetly buying merch from a street vendor.
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The Academic Response
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The Royal Academy of Musical Arts held an emergency symposium titled: "The Psychological Effects of Aggressive Vocal Harmonies on Traditional Social Structures."
Three professors had nervous breakdowns during the presentation.
Two requested extended sabbaticals to "study this phenomenon from a safe distance."
One converted to the fandom and was last seen wearing black eyeliner and practicing primal screams in his office.
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The Final Transformation
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Their next performance was electric.
Raiko still stood at the center, but now the others flanked him like an army of glam-metal warlocks.
They didn't just perform—they transformed.
For the first time since becoming REQUIEM6, each member removed their mask during their individual moments, revealing their new personas to the world.
The crowd's reaction was immediate and overwhelming.
Crowds roared.
The management swallowed their pride and started taking notes.
The CEO posted six different videos of the show within an hour, each focusing on a different member's transformation.
And the Ghouls? They were no longer just backup.
They were stars, each with their own deadly shine.
Metal and idol had finally fused.
And chaos… was the new choreography.
But more importantly, they had found themselves again.
Not as the polished perfection they used to be, not as anonymous shadows, but as something new entirely.
They were REQUIEM6.
And they were finally, beautifully, chaotically themselves.
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**TO BE CONTINUED**
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**Author Notes:**
This chapter is dedicated to every boyband backup dancer who whispered, "But I can growl too..." and decided to become a glam-rock demon bunny instead.
Also, yes. The goat is canon. Swagatha lives, and she has better stage presence than 90% of the industry.
The vocal coach support group meets every Thursday. Trauma crystals provided.
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© 2025 H. Behevras | First published on Royal Road
Do not repost without permission.
—RR ooii