A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 280

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Unable to contain his excitement, Kenel’s eyes gleamed as he gazed at the woman whose expression brimmed with wonder and awe.
How desperately he had longed to boast of his achievements!
Watching her react to every word he spoke thrilled him far more than witnessing the terror-stricken eyes of dying animals.
Did he not feel like a truly extraordinary person?
Kenel proudly recounted everything he had done—from how he disposed of the corpses to where he had hidden them.
“And so in the end….”
“Hey.”
“Yes?”
“I think that’s enough now.”
“…?”
So absorbed in his enthusiastic rambling, Kenel failed to notice the woman’s expression growing increasingly indifferent.
“My stomach’s a bit weaker than I thought. I don’t think I can listen to any more.”
“What do you…?”
“You’ve said enough. Shut up.”
Only after hearing the woman’s cold, cutting voice did Kenel sense that something was terribly wrong.
‘What is this?’
…That expression?
The awe and fascination that had filled her face moments ago vanished without a trace, replaced entirely by contempt.
“What are you saying….”
“I’ve seen enough to know you’re insane. Stop talking. I can’t listen to any more of this.”
The woman clicked her tongue dismissively and unfastened the bracelet wrapped around her wrist.
A brilliant flash of light.
In an instant, her appearance transformed completely.
Her black hair shifted to a rose bronze hue, her dark eyes now gleaming crimson. Even her facial features had changed.
“Y-you are…!”
Kenel’s mouth fell open in shock upon seeing the woman’s transformed face. He recognized her. Was there anyone in the Academy who did not know her?
‘The Sorpel heiress!’
It was Camilla, the Sorpel heiress herself.
“Who… who are you?”
Kenel’s pupils trembled uncontrollably as his fists clenched. He simply could not believe it.
Why was she here? Why had she approached him?
‘Could it be….’
Was everything she showed me a lie? Did I fall for it?
‘No, that was real!’
That expression when she first looked at me, that gaze! It was unmistakably the face of someone who had committed murder!
Kenel shook his head frantically. It couldn’t be false—it made no sense!
‘That’s not a lie, kid. That’s what you call premium-grade acting.’
Camilla anticipated exactly what was confusing Kenel and inwardly clicked her tongue in amusement.
‘I’ve pulled off psychopath acting before, after all.’
It was I who once shocked people with my portrayal of a sociopath.
It was a work in which she had appeared as a cameo at the request of a director she knew. It was a detective drama, and the role Sia took on was that of a nurse working at a children’s hospital.
A psychopath who worked at the hospital and drove children toward death.
She appeared in only two episodes, yet the buzz was at its peak. She had received such acclaim—or rather, praise masquerading as criticism—for being a “true psychopath” for quite some time.
The emotions and acting from back then proved helpful this time around.
“Hey, you psycho.”
“Psycho?”
“What? Don’t you like hearing it?”
Watching Kenel’s face contort in displeasure, Camilla let out a scoff. It was amusing how the psycho himself hated being called insane more than anything.
“Don’t you dare turn yourself in.”
“Pardon?”
“Don’t even think about confessing to get a reduced sentence.”
“Ha!”
Kenel burst into an incredulous laugh.
“What exactly would I need to confess to?”
With an innocent expression, as if he had no idea what she meant, Kenel tilted his head in confusion.
“The things I was just rambling about?”
He let out a small laugh, clicking his tongue regretfully as he spoke.
“I’m really good at crying in front of others, you know. If you cry and say I framed you, probably no one would believe you…!”
“Are you an idiot?”
“Pardon?”
“They said you were clever, but you’re just a complete fool.”
“What…?”
Camilla let out a soft laugh and removed the brooch pinned to her chest, holding it up for him to see.
“Do you think I went through the trouble of changing my appearance just to get close to you for nothing? Shouldn’t you have at least expected that I’d be carrying a recording crystal?”
“…A recording crystal?”
Surely not…! Kenel’s face drained of all color in an instant. Was that brooch really a recording crystal?
“Everything I said is recorded there….”
“Yes.”
“…Sister.”
Kenel’s voice and expression shifted in an instant. As if he were about to cry at any moment.
“What I just said was all lies. I was just playing along with what you said to entertain you….”
His voice was utterly pitiful. Honestly, seeing that expression, Camilla felt admiration stir within her.
You’ve got talent for acting. Of course, the problem is it doesn’t work on me.
“What are you going to do about that corpse you’ve hidden? Was that a lie too? I’m about to take people and go find that corpse right now.”
“….”
Kenel could say nothing more. That brooch Camilla was holding irritated him greatly. If only that could be eliminated….
‘No.’
If only that woman would disappear….
A murderous intent gradually spread across Kenel’s eyes. He quickly drew the small knife he always carried from his pocket and lunged toward Camilla.
“Ha.”
Upon witnessing this, Camilla let out a hollow laugh instead.
‘Is this his last desperate struggle?’
Or… did he just look down on me because I’m a woman? This bastard, he hasn’t heard the rumors about me?
‘I know how to wield a sword.’
Do you have any idea how many people around me are proficient with blades? Even without Zeno backing me up, I can handle you alone now.
‘And with this bracelet, I could string you up on that tree right this instant…’
Crash!
…Wait, what?
“Ugh…gasp!”
Camilla, who had braced herself against Kenel’s attack with her bracelet, froze. He flew backward at the same speed he’d charged forward, crashing into the corner.
“Hey, you lunatic. Who exactly are you attacking right now?”
“Ugh…gah!”
Stomp, stomp!
The figure stomping mercilessly on the fallen Kenel’s face spoke in an indifferent tone.
“Arsian?”
Camilla called out his name, her voice filled with astonishment.

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