A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 301

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Whoosh!
Crack!
As King lightly swung his front paw, the strange energy shattered and dissipated entirely.
“Boo- buh-”
[….]
The baby who saw King whimpered even more, as if asking to be taken out of the crib.
King stared at the fussing baby for a moment, then sprang into the crib and grabbed the baby’s clothes with his mouth before hopping back out.
“Kyaa-”
The baby squealed with delight. King gently set the baby down on the soft padded mat designed for infants, then settled into a spot nearby and lay down.
This room had wonderful sunlight too.
“Boo- bah-”
Lia, now out of the crib, giggled happily and crawled toward one side—toward the display shelf where baby items were arranged.
“Bua-”
The baby grabbed the shelf and slowly pulled herself up, fixating on something at a higher level and straining to reach it.
Whoosh!
Seeing this, King dashed over and quickly grabbed the baby again, carrying her far away from the shelf.
It looked like she might fall backward or get hurt by something falling.
“Baa- ba!”
The baby pouted, disappointed at not getting what she wanted.
King then sprang up and retrieved the doll the baby was pointing at, bringing it to her in his mouth.
“Krrr.”
Finally seeing the baby break into a bright smile, King let out a small sigh and settled back down, his gaze still fixed on her.
“Buh- baa-”
Shortly after, the baby crawled back toward King and began toying with his tail.
When he gently swished his tail to make her let go…
“Kyaa- kya-”
…she only enjoyed it more.
Watching the baby squirm about trying to catch his tail, King’s sigh grew deeper.
[….]
…Babies really are troublesome creatures.
* * *
“Aren’t you tired?”
“Not really.”
“How was the movie?”
“It was fascinating.”
At Arsian’s response, Camilla let out a soft laugh. I had been taking Arsian around to places that could only be enjoyed in this world.
‘When will we ever get to do something like this together again?’
I had initially considered skipping the Movie Theater since Arsian wouldn’t be able to understand the dialogue.
‘But it’s possible.’
‘How?’
‘I can just use language recognition magic.’
‘That exists too?’
The more I learned about magic, the more astounding it became.
Arsian purchased a simple black earring with no embellishments and immediately inscribed a formula into it using dark magic.
Now, wearing the earring meant he wouldn’t be hindered by any language—though the accuracy was somewhat lacking, he could understand sentences without much difficulty.
‘This is a pretty demoralizing tool for anyone studying foreign languages seriously.’
And so Camilla was able to enjoy a movie theater date with Arsian.
Of course, Arsian showed far more interest in the movie theater itself than in the film’s content.
“Wait here for a moment. I’m going to the restroom.”
“Okay.”
After watching the movie and sitting in the cafe enjoying coffee, Camilla stood up to head to the restroom.
She slipped away.
The moment she disappeared, Arsian rose from his seat as well. He was heading toward two men who had positioned themselves in a corner of the cafe.
“Uh… huh?”
The two men, who were just about to stand up, flinched at Arsian’s approach.
“Where are you going?”
“Y-yes?”
“What are you saying? That’s not English, is it?”
Arsian could understand their conversation through his language recognition tool, but the two men could only be bewildered by this unfamiliar tongue.
“You’ve been following us since the movie theater.”
Arsian had his reasons for confronting these two men. They had been glancing at Camilla ever since the movie theater and had followed her all the way here.
And now, the moment Camilla separated from him to go somewhere, weren’t they immediately standing up to follow her?
“Hey, you noticed we were following you?”
“Y-yeah, I guess.”
“Damn it. What did we do wrong? We just wanted to ask for her phone number.”
Arsian’s suspicions were correct. The two men had been waiting for an opportunity when Camilla was alone, and when she headed to the restroom by herself, they had tried to slip after her. Arsian had stepped in upon seeing this.
“Looks like he really is her boyfriend.”
“So what if he is? Just because someone has a boyfriend doesn’t mean they can’t date someone else.”
“Hey, he can hear us. Watch what you say.”
“He won’t understand anyway.”
Convinced that Arsian was a foreigner who didn’t understand Korean, the men’s tone grew progressively rougher.
“….”
The problem was, Arsian understood every word of their conversation.
Arsian stared at the two men intently, then simply turned around without saying anything.
Had anyone who knew Arsian seen this, they would have doubted their own eyes.
Him? Restraining himself? Letting these bastards live?
But Arsian had no choice.
‘I absolutely cannot cause trouble here. I can’t hurt Sia.’
…Because Camilla had asked him to.
“What?”
“He got scared, he totally got scared.”
As Arsian simply turned away without doing anything, a bloodthirsty smile played across both men’s lips.
Honestly, they’d been terrified when Arsian approached them. His appearance was striking and his height was imposing—he looked like someone who could handle himself in a fight.
But watching him back down so easily brought relief, followed by an involuntary sneer.
The two men were about to head straight for the Restroom. They wanted to approach the woman and try to strike up a conversation, maybe even get her phone number.
From what they’d seen at the Movie Theater earlier, the woman seemed to speak Korean well.
Crack.
“Ugh….”
“Gah….”
But the two men couldn’t reach where Camilla was.
The moment they took a step forward, they collapsed to the ground. A tingling sensation coursed through them, their entire bodies stiffened, and they lost consciousness.
“Kyaaah!”
“Over here!”
“Someone’s collapsed!”
Cafe staff and nearby patrons rushed toward the fallen men. People quickly called emergency services, and chaos erupted.
“What? What happened?”
Camilla, just returning from the Restroom, looked at the scene with a puzzled expression.
“Looks like someone collapsed.”
“Is that so?”
Camilla tried to examine them more closely.
I’m not a saint, but it feels wrong to pretend I don’t see people I could save with holy power right in front of me.
“They just seem to have fainted. Don’t worry about it.”
As Arsian said, the two men seemed to regain consciousness shortly after.
The paramedics arrived just in time, and the two bewildered men, unsure why they’d collapsed, were loaded into an ambulance and taken to the Hospital.
“It’s getting chaotic. Should we leave?”
“Yeah.”
Once the collapsed men had disappeared and the unsettled atmosphere lingered, Camilla and Arsian quietly left the Cafe.
* * *
“Hello, Sihyun.”
“….”
Sihyun said nothing for a moment in response to Camilla’s greeting. He simply stared at her before giving a light nod.
‘Still the same.’
Truly impossible to read. Camilla shook her head slightly as she observed Sihyun.
“Welcome.”
But moments later, Sihyun’s brief words made Camilla’s eyes widen slightly.
It was only a short phrase, but perhaps that’s what made it feel so genuine. Camilla let out a soft laugh.
After shopping and going on a date with Arsian, I returned Home to find that Sihyun had already arrived.
He seemed to have already heard everything from Sia, so he wasn’t particularly surprised to see them.
‘Sihyun being Sihyun, I suppose.’
To Camilla, Sihyun remained an inscrutable and awkward presence.
‘But our King….’
Why was he acting like that?
My gaze fixed on one spot. I could see King sleeping with an exhausted expression, and Lia curled up beside him, clutching his tail tightly as she slept.
Sia was busily photographing the two of them with her phone.
“Lia really doesn’t want to let go of King.”
Only after taking her fill of photos did Sia approach me.
“Did you enjoy the date?”
“Yeah.”
I scratched my cheek slightly at Sia’s question.
“The alerts must have been going off like crazy, right?”
Every time I used the card linked to the account, notifications probably kept flooding Sia’s phone since she was the account holder.
“It’s fine. I had it on silent anyway.”
Sia let out a small laugh.
“I was just curious. I wondered what you were buying so much of.”
“Just this and that. I’ve been in the Other World for a while and couldn’t enjoy things, so I picked up some stuff I’d missed. And some gifts too. There’ll probably be more alerts for a few more days.”
I still had more things to buy.
“Want my card too?”
“Huh?”
“Just ask if you need it.”
Sihyun’s unexpected interjection caught me slightly off guard. He was offering his card too?
“No, that’s okay. What Sia gave me is more than enough.”
“Ask anytime you need something.”
Watching the kindness beneath his seemingly indifferent tone, I found myself staring at him anew.
Was this man also part of Ludvil’s faction?

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