A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 264

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“Hmm… is this enough?”
Camilla carefully reviewed the numerous sticky notes densely plastered across the large refrigerator once more.
“I’ve written down Mother’s location at the Columbarium too.”
She had meticulously documented information about deposits and insurance policies that couldn’t be discovered without a separate inquiry.
‘She probably knows everything else as well as I do.’
After all, hadn’t Sia witnessed the repeating cycles of this life countless times during her stay here? She would certainly know all the essentials.
“….”
As Camilla slowly surveyed the home one last time, she let out a small laugh.
“It’s strange.”
The feeling was odd. This was clearly where she had lived for so long, and every single item here was something she had chosen and arranged herself…
“Why does it feel so unfamiliar?”
She had felt it from the moment she set foot in this home again.
There was an unsettling restlessness, a peculiar sensation of strangeness despite the familiarity—a feeling she couldn’t shake.
‘Is this no longer my home?’
Everything seemed to be telling her to leave this place. Camilla laughed briefly at that thought, then took one final look around the home.
Among the sticky notes on the refrigerator, one in particular caught her eye.
“Choi Sihyun…”
A conversation with a junior actress she had recently grown close to came to mind.
‘Oh my! Sihyun is looking at you again!’
‘Really? Glaring at me again?’
‘Huh? Glaring?’
‘That guy’s specialty is giving me that fierce look.’
Unlike the junior actress with her sparkling eyes, Camilla had felt nothing at all.
She had simply noticed that someone had picked up on the fact that Choi Sihyun always looked at her with a fierce gaze, and that realization showed plainly on her face. It was an expression of complete indifference.
It was a topic that could come up anytime. Before, she had avoided him, so no one would have known, but now there was no need to—
‘That doesn’t make sense!’
‘What?’
‘Why would Sihyun glare at you? He’s looking at you with such tender eyes right now!’
‘…What?’
But the junior actress shook her head vigorously in alarm.
What followed was absurd. That look… was that supposed to be tender?
‘Sihyun is famous for not even giving attention to people he dislikes. There are so many who get treated as if they don’t exist. You didn’t know that?’
How would I know that?
As Camilla’s expression turned sour, the junior actress covered her mouth in sympathy.
‘My goodness… I feel so sorry for Sihyun…’
Wait, why was she suddenly pitying Choi Sihyun?
What was amusing was that the other actors nearby had shown similar reactions.
“Hmm.”
Camilla couldn’t take her eyes off the sticky note on the refrigerator.
“Could it be…?”
Choi Sihyun, that man was going to… to…
“…It’s done.”
What good would it do to worry about that now?
“…”
Camilla reached out and tore a sticky note off the refrigerator.
Choi Sihyun ➜ Person of interest. Unpleasant fellow.
Camilla stared at what she’d written for a moment, then crumpled the note and tossed it into the trash.
“You decide for yourself.”
This didn’t seem like something I should meddle in. The one who would continue to stay here, no matter what anyone said, was Sia—her.
“Well then, shall we get going?”
Time was running out. Soon I would return to that place.
“Before that…”
Remembering the last thing I needed to do before leaving, Camilla set off immediately.
* * *
On a bed in one corner of the hospital room lay a small girl, sleeping deeply. Her face bore the pallor of illness, worn down by her prolonged stay in the hospital.
“…”
It was Camilla who cautiously approached the child’s side.
She surveyed the hospital room carefully. Since moving to a private room at my instruction, it seemed adequate enough.
‘I don’t see the caregiver.’
Whether they’d gone to eat or not, the room was empty.
I’d heard that Yeeun’s only guardian, her Grandmother, had been working day and night to earn hospital fees ever since the child fell ill.
“Tch.”
They say misfortune begets misfortune. I’d also heard that the house where Grandmother and Yeeun lived on monthly rent would soon be lost when the landlord changed. The harsh reality weighed heavily on my heart.
“It’s not like we’re filming a 1980s melodrama.”
Weren’t they just piling problems far too great for a child to bear?
Camilla cursed silently at a god she didn’t even believe in.
‘I did leave a note for Sia…”
I could have solved the housing issue myself, but I didn’t.
The one who would continue a relationship with Yeeun going forward was Sia.
If I gave such a large sum of money—not just a pittance—I would inevitably become entangled in her relationship with Yeeun.
So that choice had to be Sia’s alone, entirely and completely.
“You’ll definitely be happy. I’ll always be cheering for you.”
It didn’t matter if Sia chose not to provide material help.
The Yeeun I’d watched was a resilient child with depth of thought. That’s why my eyes were drawn to her, why I cared.
Camilla moved closer to the sleeping Yeeun. There was one thing I could do for the child right now.
Camilla placed both hands above the child’s head. Then she closed her eyes and prayed earnestly.
For all the pain this child carried to disappear.
“Help me, Arena.”
Camilla was attempting to heal the child here using divine power.
Arena, who had accepted her as a believer, was not a god of this world, and so she couldn’t guarantee that the divine power she’d received from her could be used here.
But Reaper Habel said all dimensions are connected, didn’t he?
If they’re truly watching over Issia’s situation and helping her, then surely….
Whoooosh!
Camilla, gently stroking the child’s head with a somewhat anxious heart, suddenly widened her eyes at the brilliant light pouring forth.
Light flowing from her fingertips!
That sacred radiance instantly enveloped the child’s body, then slowly faded away.
“Done.”
It wasn’t just my imagination.
Watching the child, whose complexion had noticeably improved compared to moments before, Camilla exhaled a long sigh of relief.
‘Those plump cheeks were so lovely.’
Camilla gently caressed the child’s gaunt cheeks, now mere skin and bone.
“Uh… um.”
The child responded to her touch.
Slowly opening her eyes, the child looked at Camilla standing before her and blinked.
Her eyes grew wider and wider, like lanterns, before her mouth fell open in astonishment.
“Sia… sister?”
At that call, Camilla offered a faint smile and caressed the child’s cheek again. Her mouth opened even wider at the touch.
“How did you… get here?”
“Visiting the sick.”
At the brief answer, a soft smile bloomed on the child’s lips. The child couldn’t tear her eyes away from Camilla, as if delighted to see a face she hadn’t seen in so long.
Thump.
“Ah….”
After exchanging a tender gaze with the child for a moment, Camilla suddenly faltered at the strong, heavy beating of her heart.
“What’s wrong, sister?”
Thump-thump-
“Oh no….”
Has the time already come?
“Sister?”
Yeeun tilted her head slightly, watching Camilla’s bittersweet smile. Camilla offered a reassuring grin in return.
Thump, thump-thump-
“Yeeun.”
“Yes?”
“Don’t be too startled.”
“What?”
Thump-thump, thump-
“It’s nothing serious. Your sister is just very tired.”
“Sister?”
“So don’t be too alarmed….”
Boom!
Collapse.
A heartbeat so powerful it made her head ring, and Camilla’s vision went black.
“Oh, Sister!”
With Yeeun’s startled cry as the last thing she heard, Camilla lost consciousness.
* * *
‘Where am I now?’
Camilla, who had collapsed in the hospital room, opened her eyes in a mysterious space.
She could see nothing. It wasn’t that the surroundings were dark—literally nothing existed here.
It was a strange space where she couldn’t even distinguish whether she was standing up or down.
‘Is it over there?’
In a space without even a path, a faint light began to seep through from far away. Perhaps that’s where I need to go?
And so Camilla walked endlessly down a path with no visible end.
‘…Huh?’
A moment later, she stopped in her tracks without realizing it.
She had spotted someone approaching from where the light was emanating toward where she stood.
The other person seemed to have noticed her too, slowly coming to a halt.
“….”
“….”
Sia.
The person before her was Sia.

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