A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 343

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“What?”
…Blood?
“Staining it with blood? Surely that blood doesn’t mean…!”
Human blood?
Chairman Choi couldn’t finish his sentence. The moment he spoke those words, it felt as though they would become reality.
“That’s correct.”
“…!”
But at Cheon Bosal’s resolute answer, Chairman Choi’s eyes began to waver.
Human blood? Was she saying they should kill someone right now?
“To suppress the malevolent spirit, there is no other way. We offer a different sacrifice so it cannot devour the child’s soul and spirit.”
“A sacrifice….”
Chairman Choi repeated Cheon Bosal’s words in a daze.
Cheon Bosal stepped closer to him and continued speaking with unwavering resolve.
“This is the only way to save the child now.”
“….”
“I will choose who becomes the sacrifice. You need only help with one thing, Chairman. I will handle everything else.”
Chairman Choi could not bring himself to answer immediately.
“Aaaahhh… aah… aaaaahhh!”
Meanwhile, his daughter’s screams grew even louder.
* * *
“Ar- ar-”
“What?”
“Trash, trash.”
“….”
When Arsian brought over a plate with rice for Lia to eat, the child broke into a beaming smile and shouted loudly.
“Trash- trash-”
“Why does she keep calling you trash?”
Camilla tilted her head with curiosity at the sight.
There was no way Lia would know that Arsian was called Yesthra in the Other World. Had Sia told her?
“…It’s a long story.”
Arsian let out a short sigh and fed the child directly from his spoon. This isn’t trash. Your mother made this.
“That- that!”
“This?”
“Yes!”
Now Lia was pointing out exactly which side dish she wanted. Arsian picked it up and placed it on her spoon.
“You spilled it. Don’t spill and just eat.”
“Okay!”
Arsian carefully wiped away the food that had spilled onto the child’s clothes.
“….”
A faint smile played at the corners of Camilla’s lips as she watched the two of them.
“Jewela said something to me.”
“Jewela?”
“She asked if I was pregnant.”
Clatter.
Arsian dropped the plate he was holding onto the floor.
“Arsian, Arsian!”
“Don’t say such ridiculous things.”
“She asked if you were the baby’s father.”
“…You’re the most useful among your friends.”
….
Why did he suddenly jump from calling her ridiculous to useful? Camilla let out a small laugh.
Then, instead of Arsian, she brought out a fresh plate of food for Lia from the kitchen.
“Auntie— ah—”
As soon as she brought the food, little Lia’s mouth opened wide in anticipation.
Camilla scooped a spoonful and placed it into the baby’s mouth, then handed the plate back to Arsian.
“The way you’re doing that, you’d make a good parent.”
Clatter.
“…Could you stop dropping the plate?”
There’s barely any food left anyway.
Watching the plate fall to the floor yet again, Camilla clicked her tongue softly. Why did he keep dropping it?
Ding-ding—
“That must be Yeeun.”
At the sound of the doorbell, Camilla rose from her seat and headed toward the door.
“Sister!”
“Welcome. Though this isn’t my place.”
Today, both Sia and Yeeun had no drama filming scheduled.
But Sia had left at dawn for a commercial shoot, and Choi Sihyun had departed overseas yesterday for a film shoot.
‘Aunt is still at the hospital.’
She said she needed to stay by her injured daughter’s side for today at least, so Arsian was still taking care of Lia. Of course, King and I were helping him.
Camilla had told Yeeun to just come over and hang out since she had nothing particular to do today and was bored.
‘I’m worried too.’
Mari Choi still hadn’t recovered from her injuries?
‘It seems like I won’t be able to approach Yeeun for a while.’
But I couldn’t be completely at ease either.
‘There’s definitely someone behind that girl.’
Mari Choi didn’t have a particularly significant role in this drama, so there were no major issues with filming. They said they’d do her scenes all at once after she’s discharged later?
‘Well, is that even possible?’
Subduing a malevolent spirit injured by holy power wasn’t that simple. From Camilla’s perspective, Mari Choi was likely to drop out of this drama.
“Our little Lia has grown so much!”
Meanwhile, Yeeun let out a small exclamation upon seeing Lia eating. There was a noticeable difference from when she’d last seen her.
‘Who is that?’
Yeeun’s gaze naturally drifted toward Arsian, who was feeding the child.
Even after I entered the home, I hadn’t spared him a glance, yet my eyes kept wandering in his direction.
‘Is he an actor too?’
Despite my years in the Entertainment Industry and having seen countless male actors, I’d wager he ranks first in terms of appearance.
‘Sihyun is quite handsome too, though.’
Compared to him, he’s slightly… I’m sorry! Sihyun! I love you! Sihyun!
“Ah, is this Yeeun’s first time seeing Arsian?”
“Yes! Who is he?”
“His name is Arsian. He’s a foreigner, but he speaks our language very well.”
Honestly, I was surprised too. I hadn’t expected Arsian to pick up the language so quickly.
When he came here this time, he barely spoke with Sia or anyone else, so I thought he still didn’t know the language—but apparently that wasn’t the case.
‘When he scolded that Rude Customer at the Cafe before, he spoke it quite well.’
Of course, even after that, he still barely conversed with others.
“Ah…”
At my explanation, Yeeun let out a small sound of understanding.
With black eyes and black hair, yet an overall exotic aura, I wondered if he was mixed race.
‘So he wasn’t a Korean national after all.’
Yeeun kept stealing glances at Arsian’s face afterward. Arsian, however, didn’t spare her a single proper look.
Tring tring—tring tring—
“Hm?”
Just then, my phone rang. There was only one person who would call me, really.
“Sia?”
Sure enough, it was Sia calling. She should be in the middle of an advertisement shoot right now—was it already finished?
I checked the wall clock and answered the phone.
“Yeah, go ahead.”
-C-Camilla.
“…? Sia?”
Thinking she might be calling because she was worried about Lia, I answered casually—but my expression hardened instantly.
Something was clearly wrong with Sia’s voice.
“What’s wrong?”
Why are you crying?
-Sob… ugh…
“…Where are you?”
Sia couldn’t speak properly through her tears.
-U-ugh… C-Camilla… ugh… sob…
“Tell me where you are. I’m coming right now.”
-The… Hospital.
“The Hospital?”
At Sia’s barely-uttered words, my eyes turned cold and sharp.
Hyunseok was… he was hurt very badly.
* * *
“Sia.”
“…! Camilla….”
Sia, who had been sitting outside the operating room, jumped to her feet at Camilla’s call.
“What about Hyunseok?”
“He’s in surgery.”
“….”
Camilla exhaled a short sigh. She had come up after seeing that Sia’s Agency had already mobilized and was controlling the perimeter.
“Mama, mama!”
Lia, nestled in Arsian’s arms, spotted her mother Sia and reached out with a bright smile.
At the sight, Sia’s eyes reddened again and tears welled up instantly.
“Unnie… are you okay?”
Yeeun, who had come with them, couldn’t hide her worried expression. She knew all too well that the relationship between Sia and her manager Hyunseok was special.
“What happened?”
“It was….”
At Camilla’s question, Sia drew a deep breath. Her eyes trembled as she recalled that moment.
“A car accident.”
“A car accident?”
“We stopped at a shop and were heading to the Film Set when a truck….”
Suddenly, a truck that ran a red light came barreling toward us.
‘Sia!’
That was the last thing I heard from manager Hyunseok before a violent impact and everything went dark. And when I opened my eyes again….
‘Wh… Hyunseok?’
The car was overturned, its form barely recognizable. And there, Hyunseok lay bleeding.
But what about me?
“I wasn’t hurt at all.”
Remarkably, I didn’t have a single wound. Even though the car was destroyed like that.
The police and paramedics all looked at me with bewildered expressions. I had been at the same accident scene, yet only I was unscathed—it was bound to seem strange.
“….”
Camilla immediately understood the reason. There were two all-too-familiar items on Sia’s ears and neck.
The earrings and necklace she had gifted this time. Filled to the brim with Ravi’s protective magic and her own divine power—full options.
‘It would be strange if she got hurt at all.’
I should have made one for Hyunseok too.
‘Sigh.’
What is this sudden situation now.
A silent sigh escaped Camilla’s lips. Her gaze toward the operating room grew heavy and dark.
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“Ugh… cough!”
Blood spilled from Cheon Bosal’s mouth as she offered prayers at her Shrine. Her eyes, which had been letting out soft groans, slowly opened.
“…You stopped that?”
Cheon Bosal, with Chairman Choi’s assistance, had begun the work of making Sia a sacrifice.

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