A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 265

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Chapter. Numbers Seen Through the System
“Camilla?”
“Y-yes… yes, yes?”
I had been moving my fork about in a daze when I heard my name called, and I flinched at my own reflexive response.
Lifting my head, everyone seated at the table was gazing at me with concern.
“Are you still not feeling well?”
“I told you to rest in bed a bit longer.”
“Should we call the Healer again—”
“Oh, no. I’m fine.”
I shook my head hurriedly. Days had passed, yet I still didn’t know how to react to this unfamiliar reality.
‘Good heavens….’
A family that worried about me. I had never even imagined such a thing.
‘Camilla!’
‘Are you alright? Are you conscious?’
‘Hey, say something! Are you okay?!’
The world I had returned to. The moment I awoke there, I was confronted by the three men I had feared even in my nightmares.
Duke Sorpel, my Older Brother Ludvil, and… my Older Brother Ravi.
The three people who had always treated me with cold indifference were now gazing at me with expressions I had never seen before.
‘Are they… worried about me?’
Rather than scolding me for the trouble I’d caused, they spoke to me with genuine concern, and I wondered if I was dreaming.
“Eat a bit more.”
“Come on, eat up. If you only eat that much, you’ll collapse every time.”
“You like this, don’t you? Should I get you more?”
Days had passed, and I had accepted that this was reality, yet being with them still felt strange and unfamiliar.
‘And what is this incredible intimacy level?’
System
Name: Clayer Sorpel
Intimacy: 89/100
‘An intimacy level of 89 with Father? That’s impossible….’
The system had been upgraded not long ago.
A new function had been added that quantified and displayed the other person’s intimacy level, and it had been incredibly helpful in my entertainment career. I could roughly gauge how someone felt about me.
Watching my intimacy level rise rapidly depending on my actions gave me a peculiar sense of satisfaction.
‘I thought there would be nothing surprising after Choi Sihyun.’
With his cold impression and few opportunities to have a proper conversation, I had been terrified of getting close to him.
According to my manager Hyunseok, our relationship had never been particularly good from the start. I had been hesitant about doing a drama together, but when I happened to glance at the system window, I was startled.
System
Name: Choi Sihyun
Intimacy: 2/100
Affection: 92/100
I could only doubt my own eyes. With an intimacy of 2 but an affection of 92, my jaw dropped involuntarily.
I never could have imagined that those cold, piercing eyes weren’t looking at me with disdain—they were gazing at me with affection!
Though deeply confused, I found myself unable to help but steal glances at Choi Sihyun afterward.
In any case, the system window that allowed me to glimpse people’s hearts, however imperfectly, continued to function even after returning to this world.
And the intimacy levels of my former family members I encountered now left Sia astonished.
System
Name: Ludvil Sorpel
Intimacy: 91/100
Affection: 50/100
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Affection being deleted ٩( ᐛ )و
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My father, Duke Sorpel, was somewhat understandable. After all, he had always made an effort to treat me as fairly as possible.
Yet despite those efforts, my own deplorable behavior and my frustrating silence—unable to even offer proper excuses—eventually caused him to close his heart to me.
‘But what about this man?’
An intimacy level of 91? How was that even possible?
Ludvil, who had always been subtly cold since childhood, was someone I found just as intimidating as my father.
Of course, he never expressed anger toward me, nor did he regard me with that look of disgust the others gave—but that wasn’t the point.
‘But that made it all the more frightening.’
His silent gaze unsettled me, made my heart flutter with unease. Somehow, I always felt diminished in his presence.
So how was I supposed to explain such a high intimacy level?
‘Camilla… she’s incredible.’
What kind of magic had she worked in such a short time? Normally, an intimacy level exceeding 30 would earn someone the title of best friend—but this?
‘And there was an affection score?’
That was truly unexpected. Affection differed from intimacy in nature. It quantified romantic attraction.
The affection score that had climbed to 50 was now, peculiarly, being deleted.
‘I have no idea what’s happening.’
I shook my head lightly, trying to clear the confusion.
“What? Does your head hurt again?”
“…No.”
My gaze shifted to Ravi, who sat before me with his brow furrowed.
The person who had shocked me most upon returning here was neither Duke Sorpel nor Ludvil—it was this man.
‘I didn’t even want to check his intimacy level.’
It was obvious without looking.
My intimacy with him couldn’t possibly be high. He was Ravi, my older brother, who had always looked at me as though I were vermin.
Yet like the other two, he kept showing signs of genuine concern for me, which left me bewildered.
And with a sense of dread, I opened the system window.
System
Name: Ravi Sorpel
Intimacy: 94/100
‘…Am I losing my mind?’
At first, I thought it was negative ninety-four.
But each time I checked the system window again, the number that appeared left my mouth hanging open in shock.
‘It’s Ravi’s intimacy level—not anyone else’s…? Does that even make sense?’
Ravi, who had expressed displeasure at everything I did.
‘Hey! Can’t you do anything right?’
‘You idiot… because of you, I get dragged down too!’
‘Please, save your pathetic acts for when you’re alone!’
‘Sigh, please! Can’t you think before you act?’
Those words still echoed vividly in my mind….
I desperately wanted to grow closer to my only blood relative, to earn his recognition.
But the more I tried, the colder his gaze became, and my mistakes only multiplied.
Before long, I found myself following his every command. It was the only way I could maintain the fragile thread that barely held us together.
‘In the end, I even helped him try to kill Ludvil.’
In that final moment of death, I became aware of myself in the Other World, and I retained all my memories from there.
I remembered exactly how I had met my end.
‘Take her away.’
Father’s final words, still vivid in my mind. That voice, cold as ice.
Ludvil, swinging his sword with an indifferent gaze toward my throat as I begged for my life.
And….
“Why? Can’t you eat anymore? Should I make something else?”
“…No.”
“Tsk. Hey, don’t go anywhere today—stay right by my side. It’s cold out there, so don’t wander outside.”
“….”
…Ravi, who bore significant responsibility for that death.
A meal shared with those three people.
The feeling was strange.
‘It’s curious.’
Watching them constantly care for me, I felt no anger, strangely enough.
I could have demanded why they hadn’t treated me this way when I was here, why they had been so cold to only me.
‘Isn’t it odd?’
It was a moment where I could have felt resentment, yet instead, I felt only relief.

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