A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 259

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“Ha… haha.”
Camilla let out a hollow laugh. Seeing Sia’s face reflected in the mirror felt profoundly strange.
‘So unfamiliar….’
To feel this way upon seeing a face that had been hers for so long.
Despite it having been undeniably her own for years, the sensation that it no longer belonged to her was unmistakable.
It didn’t feel like reclaiming what was mine—it felt like I was inhabiting someone else’s body entirely.
“…Still, it’s good to see it.”
Yet seeing this face again after so long stirred an unexpected swell of emotion within me. In short, my feelings were thoroughly turbulent.
“…Ouch! Sia!”
A familiar voice from outside the room in that instant!
A smile bloomed unbidden at the corners of Camilla’s lips.
Stepping out from the bathroom, she found Manager Hyunseok staring at the empty bed, his eyes betraying undisguised alarm.
“I’m here.”
“Sia!”
He rushed over and examined her body with exaggerated concern.
“Are you alright? Does anything hurt?”
“….”
“Sia? What’s wrong? Is something still bothering you?”
Watching Hyunseok grow increasingly flustered by her silence, Camilla couldn’t help but smile wryly.
‘He hasn’t changed.’
Whether souls had switched or not, he remained eternally consistent.
She’d heard that some people, even when encountering those whose souls had been exchanged, felt no particular revulsion toward them. Perhaps Hyunseok was one of those rare individuals.
“Hyunseok.”
“Yeah, what’s wrong? Should I call the doctor again?”
“I’ve missed you.”
“What?”
“More than I expected.”
“I-I’ll get the doctor!”
Convinced she must have hit her head, Hyunseok panicked and tried to rush from the hospital room. Camilla quickly grabbed him.
“I can’t explain it properly. I was just speaking my mind.”
“You nearly gave me a heart attack!”
“I know, I know.”
Having attempted to express her joy, Camilla clicked her tongue briefly and glanced around the surroundings.
“But why am I here? I woke up and was startled to find myself in a hospital.”
She understood the magic circle had activated properly, but why a hospital of all places?
Recalling the last thing she’d experienced in that world made her uneasy. She kept glancing at the LED light that had replaced the chandelier.
“What’s wrong with me?”
“Don’t you remember? You suddenly collapsed during filming.”
“Ah….”
‘How troublesome.’
When my body suddenly switched, I lost consciousness for a moment, and it seems they brought me to the Hospital right away.
The Film Set must be in chaos. An actress collapsed, so everyone’s probably in emergency mode.
“How long was I unconscious?”
“Half a day.”
“What?”
I was out longer than I thought? I assumed I’d only dozed off for a moment.
“The doctor said there’s nothing particularly wrong with me. Just severe accumulated fatigue…”
Hyunseok’s eyes were filled with worry.
“Do you want to rest for a few days? I’ll talk to the Office and rearrange your schedule.”
“No. It’s fine.”
I can’t impose such an inconvenience on Sia.
“You must have had a rough time bringing me here, oppa.”
He was probably startled by my sudden collapse, and he must have been incredibly busy managing the scene.
“Choi Sihyun had it much worse than me, though.”
“…Who?”
“Choi Sihyun. It wasn’t me who brought you to the Hospital—it was Choi Sihyun.”
“Choi…Sihyun?”
Wait, why is that name coming up here?
Camilla was so bewildered she needed a moment to collect her thoughts. What kind of situation is this?
“Choi Sihyun? The Choi Sihyun I know? That man was at my Film Set?”
“What are you talking about? You’re filming with Choi Sihyun right now.”
“…Who’s filming with whom?”
“S-Sia, we should run more tests! I think you might have suffered a serious head injury. Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
“Why are you acting like this, oppa?”
The idea that I’m filming with that man doesn’t make any sense…!
Knock, knock.
At the sound of the knock, both Camilla’s and Hyunseok’s gazes turned toward the door simultaneously.
The door opened quietly, and a man stepped inside with long strides.
“…”
A man with a tall, imposing frame and sharp, distinct features stood there—the kind of person who would wear formal attire better than anyone else.
“…Choi Sihyun.”
A groan-like sigh escaped Camilla’s lips as she recognized him.
‘Sia!’
Sia, Sia! Siaaaa!
‘What were you thinking, agreeing to do a drama with that man?’
Knowing who Choi Sihyun is!
‘…Right, how would you know?’
No matter how long I’ve watched over this place, I couldn’t possibly know every detail of human relationships.
But isn’t there such a thing as intuition? Can’t you tell just by looking?
Choi Sihyun.
Regardless of what anyone said, Sia was among the most elite stars in South Korea. If Sia was the top among actresses, then he was the best among male actors.
‘What good is being the best? His personality is absolutely insufferable.’
If he’d openly provoked her, they could have had it out properly, but with Choi Sihyun, that was impossible.
‘Look at that. There he goes again.’
“….”
His piercing gaze, mouth clamped shut, felt intensely prickling against my skin.
Camilla clenched her fists, barely restraining the urge to storm over and smack that perfectly straight forehead.
‘What on earth is his problem?’
He’d always been like this. Whenever I sensed a gaze, I’d turn around only to find our eyes locking with his.
With that sharp, scrutinizing look that never wavered—as if searching for some flaw to exploit—I’d grown so unsettled that I’d even flubbed takes uncharacteristically.
‘Do you have something to say to me?’
‘No.’
‘…Are you absolutely sure?’
‘Should I?’
‘….’
Once, I’d even confronted him directly about it. But I never got a proper answer.
Instead, he’d turned the question back on me with that bitter smile, and for a moment, my temper flared so dangerously I nearly lost my composure right there on set.
‘Why does he always stare at me with those infuriating eyes!’
…I wanted to snap back, but I couldn’t—not when he hadn’t actually provoked me, and not when he was two years my senior in the industry.
And after that, the same situation kept repeating.
‘Fine, fine. Do whatever you want.’
This is harassment, isn’t it? And honestly, there were plenty of people I disliked.
She decided to simply shut him out completely from her mind.
In return, she avoided any project he appeared in. No matter how hard she tried to ignore it, that surveillance-like gaze was unbearable.
‘But now we’re supposed to act together?’
Sia, seriously! You’re supposed to check your co-star before accepting a role!
Camilla shot a pointed glare at her manager Hyunseok, who stood off to the side.
What was her brother doing when Sia made this choice? Huh? Sleeping on the job?
The one person who knew better than anyone how much she despised Choi Sihyun had simply watched as Sia selected a script with him in it?
Prickling sensation.
She felt a gaze on her profile as she turned her head. She didn’t need to look back to know exactly who it belonged to.
Another long sigh escaped Camilla’s lips.
‘Time has passed, yet that man hasn’t changed one bit.’
Her displeased gaze turned toward Choi Sihyun.
If he’d come to visit the hospital room, shouldn’t there be some greeting, some inquiry about her condition? Not a single word since he’d arrived.
‘Why did you even come? To rub salt in my wounds?’
Or did you come to receive thanks?
“I heard you brought me to the hospital. Thank you.”
There it was—the gratitude.
“….”
“….”
Should I really just punch him? Watching him show no particular reaction even to my gratitude, frustration began to boil up inside me.
“I-I’ll go get you something to drink.”
Manager Hyunseok, finding the atmosphere in the Hospital room unbearable, fled hastily through the doorway.
Click.
As the Hospital door closed, a quiet silence settled between the two of us.
‘Ugh, whatever.’
I gave up on conversation with Choi Sihyun and tried to lie back down on the bed. He’ll leave on his own once I fall asleep.
“Don’t hurt yourself.”
…What?
A moment later, at the soft sound of his voice, I quickly sat up.
When I turned to look, Choi Sihyun was standing there with that same penetrating gaze, as if nothing had happened.
“What… did you just say?”
I could have sworn I heard something very strange.
“….”
Why the silence again!
“Rest.”
Excuse me? Hello?
Choi Sihyun turned around and left the Hospital without even acknowledging my bewildered expression.
“…Hey.”
Is he really leaving? Just like that?
“Seriously?”
What is this situation? It was strange enough that he brought me to the Hospital himself, but what he just said was even stranger!
“Ugh, I don’t know….”
I lay back down on the bed. To ease the headache that had been building since earlier, I closed my eyes for a moment.

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