A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 298

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“Who are those people?”
“Is there a cosplay event nearby?”
“They look like actors?”
Murmurs reached Camilla’s ears as she was lost in thought. The gazes of passersby were converging on her group.
It made sense—Camilla and Arsian’s attire was extraordinarily peculiar to the people here.
“Look at that cat! It’s so adorable.”
“It doesn’t even have a leash, but it’s not running away? Must be the owner.”
…King had played his part too.
Watching the crowd grow larger, Camilla exhaled a short sigh. It was getting late, and I couldn’t keep doing this forever.
‘The problem is….’
I didn’t have a single coin to spend here.
Should I sell the earrings I’m wearing? No, if I went to sell jewelry dressed like this, they’d find it suspicious and report me immediately.
‘I don’t even have an ID.’
That would only complicate things further. A police station was absolutely out of the question.
“Hmm.”
So there was only one option left.
“Excuse me.”
Camilla approached the young woman in her early twenties standing closest to her, wearing the kindest smile she could muster.
“I had my phone and wallet stolen, so could I possibly make one call?”
“Pardon? Your phone?”
“I know, I know. You shouldn’t lend your phone to just anyone. But I’m really in a bind. I only have one friend I know in Korea, and my phone was stolen too…. I thought coming to Korea would be full of good things….”
“Oh… p-please, go ahead.”
The woman, moved by Camilla’s pitiful performance, immediately handed over her phone.
“Thank you so much.”
“But you speak Korean so well.”
“I studied hard to come to Korea.”
Taking the unlocked phone, Camilla smiled softly and tapped in a very familiar number.
* * *
“What? Filming stopped?”
“Yeah. The cat ran away.”
“What?”
Sia, who had been in the middle of filming a drama, set down the script she was holding at the sound of Hyunseok’s voice calling her.
“I thought it was a trained cat.”
“Right? The cat hid somewhere, so everyone’s searching for it now.”
“Filming will be delayed then.”
“The director’s already furious.”
This scene required coordination with the cat, but it seemed the filming atmosphere didn’t sit right with it, so the cat had bolted.
“By the way, Sia.”
“Yeah?”
“Do you happen to have any foreign friends?”
“A foreigner?”
Sia regarded her manager Hyunseok with a bewildered expression. How could she have a friend abroad when she didn’t even have one in Korea?
“What are you suddenly talking about?”
“A call came through on your phone just now. It was an unregistered number, so I was going to ignore it, but they called three times, so I picked up.”
“And?”
“They said they were your friend.”
“Hmm.”
There were only a handful of people who knew her personal phone number. Sia assumed it was a prank call and was about to return to reading her script.
“What was their name again? Oh! Camilla.”
She froze.
“…Who?”
But at the single name that fell from Hyunseok’s lips, Sia’s eyes began to widen gradually.
Had she heard that correctly?
“Camilla—a foreigner by name, but her Korean is incredibly fluent…!”
She bolted upright.
“Sia?”
“…My phone.”
“Huh?”
“Where’s my phone!”
“Oh, y-yes, here.”
Seeing Sia search frantically for her phone, Hyunseok quickly retrieved it from his pocket and handed it to her.
“But she said that’s not her number, and if you don’t call her back right away, she’ll call you again in thirty minutes…”
Hyunseok was about to say there was no need to rush like this, but he couldn’t finish his sentence. Not when he saw her immediately finding the call history and pressing the dial button.
‘Are they really close friends?’
Watching Sia, Hyunseok tilted his head repeatedly in confusion. Camilla—who on earth was she that Sia would act like this?
Brrrr… brrrr… brr.
-Hello?
“Um, sorry, but is the person who just borrowed the phone still there with you?”
-Oh! Just a moment.
They’re still there, it seemed. Sia could almost hear the thundering of her own heartbeat.
Could it really be Camilla? Not just someone with the same name?
-Sia?
“…”
A moment later, a voice so achingly familiar came through the phone. At that brief voice calling her name, Sia found herself momentarily unable to speak.
“Ca…Camilla?”
-Hey. Long time no see.
“…”
At her understated greeting tinged with laughter, Sia drew a long breath.
“Yeah… hey.”
And slowly, a smile blossomed across her lips as well.
* * *
“You seem quite close with our Sia.”
“Yes.”
“Haha, I’ve never heard Sia mention having foreign friends before.”
Hyunseok kept stealing glances at the two people sitting in the back seat. It was hard not to—they were simply fascinating.
‘When did they meet?’
He’d traveled abroad frequently for film work, but he’d never known Sia to have personal time to make such connections.
When Sia received their call earlier, she’d immediately tried to leave the Film Set, insisting she had to bring her friend right away.
‘This is unusual, isn’t it?’
Seeing Sia so flustered and urgent was rare. He’d barely managed to convince her to let him pick them up instead.
‘Are they models?’
Their striking appearance certainly drew his attention. In his years in entertainment, he’d seen countless people, yet their looks were distinctly uncommon.
When he first spotted them in their unusual attire, he’d noticed their masks were particularly distinctive.
But now, dressed properly in regular clothes, their beauty shone even more brilliantly.
Sia had sent him here with her card, instructing him to give them whatever they wanted—money was no object.
The woman named Camilla’s first request upon meeting him was shopping. She needed clothes and shoes.
Seeing their unfamiliar style of dress, Hyunseok immediately understood and drove them both to a nearby Department Store.
“By the way, the gentleman doesn’t speak Korean at all, does he?”
“No.”
“And Camilla…”
“Camilla.”
“Sorry?”
“Just call me Camilla.”
“Ah, yes. Your Korean is remarkably fluent.”
“I’ve lived in Korea for a long time.”
“I see.”
Hyunseok nodded and resumed his frequent glances at the pair. He noticed them conversing quietly in low voices.
‘What language is that?’
It wasn’t English or French. He’d never heard it before.
“Focus on driving.”
“Huh?”
“If you die now, you’ll become a vengeful spirit.”
“Oh, yes! I’m sor—”
…Wait?
‘What is this sense of déjà vu?’
‘Focus on driving. Is a short life your dream? Please keep such dreams to yourself when you’re alone.’
‘A short life! To someone who’ll live long enough to see grandchildren and great-grandchildren!’
‘Why do you want to live so long? People like this always become ghosts when they die.’
‘Ghosts, my foot.’
He’d had similar conversations with Sia before, hadn’t he? Hyunseok felt an inexplicably strange sensation wash over him.
‘Now that I think about it, there was something oddly familiar about her the first time I saw her.’
Though she was undoubtedly someone I’d never met before, the more we talked, the more strangely intimate it felt.
‘That expression… those eyes….’
Why did everything about her feel so familiar?
[Meow!]
“Ah! I-I’m sorry!”
At the white cat’s indignant cry—as if scolding him for losing focus again—Hyunseok refocused on driving.
After driving for quite some time, they arrived.
“Huh?”
Hyunseok’s eyes widened as he parked at the Temporary Parking Lot of the Film Set, spotting something.
There was a very familiar figure rushing toward his car.
“Why are you out here?”
It was Sia.
“….”
She didn’t answer Hyunseok’s question, only stared intently at the car door as it slowly opened.
And when she saw the person stepping out—Camilla—a smile gradually spread across her face.
“Camilla….”
“Hi.”
A faint smile played at Camilla’s lips as well.
Was this the first time they were meeting formally? They’d brushed past each other briefly before, but they’d never exchanged a single word.
“Really… it’s you, Camilla.”
“Yeah. I came to visit….”
Whoosh!
Camilla couldn’t finish her sentence. Sia had suddenly wrapped her arms around her neck.
“…Welcome.”
“…Mm.”
Watching the two of them, Hyunseok couldn’t hide his astonishment. She wasn’t the type to treat someone with such warmth.
Swish!
Meanwhile, Arsian, who had just stepped out of the car, immediately separated Camilla from Sia.
“Why are you so thrilled? Aren’t you two supposed to be uncomfortable around each other?”
“Wh… what?!”
At Arsian’s sudden appearance, Sia’s eyes went wide as saucers. What was he doing here?
[Meow!]
“Gasp!”
And then came that familiar cry! Sia’s mouth opened even wider. King, the Shinsu, was getting out of the car too!
“Somehow, we all ended up coming together.”
Camilla scratched her cheek awkwardly, her smile strained, as she found the situation rather embarrassing.

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