A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 344

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Chapter 21. The Accident
“Ugh… mmm…”
“Hyunseok, Hyunseok.”
“…Sia?”
Manager Hyunseok, who lay in the hospital’s private room, slowly opened his eyes.
“Are you… are you okay?”
Hyunseok’s voice, which had been calling out to Sia in a daze, suddenly turned urgent. Only then did the memory return to him—the situation before he lost consciousness! A truck had come barreling toward them, hadn’t it?
“…”
Camilla’s eyes reddened once more. The moment Hyunseok regained consciousness and asked about her wellbeing first, Sia bit her lip hard.
More than three days had passed since the surgery before Hyunseok finally regained consciousness.
Three days… a traffic accident victim with brain injuries had awakened in just three days.
But Camilla thought even three days was too long. She had considered using her holy power immediately, but that would have looked suspicious to others, so she had carefully administered it bit by bit instead.
Yet even with that recovery speed, the hospital had been thrown into chaos.
‘Could he be a superhuman?’
‘Pardon?’
‘No, it’s just that this recovery speed is remarkable. This really doesn’t make sense… Should we report this to the medical community?’
‘No.’
The patient had suffered severe organ rupture and spinal damage, along with cerebral hemorrhage—the fact that he had awakened unharmed was nothing short of a miracle.
‘Should I really build a temple or something?’
Camilla scratched her cheek, feeling as though she’d been using the holy power Arena had given her far too frequently lately. How had things come to this?
She felt embarrassed recalling how she had complained to Arena when she first received the holy power, grumbling about why she had wasted it on such trivial matters.
“What happened to us?”
“Drowsy driving.”
“…Drowsy driving?”
“The perpetrator is claiming drowsy driving.”
“What?”
Hyunseok recalled the memory of the accident more clearly.
A massive truck barreling toward them without hesitation! And that was supposedly drowsy driving?
“You really have no injuries?”
“None.”
“Thank goodness.”
“Thank goodness? Do you have any idea how worried Hyeeun was!”
Hyeeun, Hyunseok’s wife, had maintained a composed facade throughout, but when the doctor mentioned that Hyunseok would likely wake up soon, she had finally collapsed to the floor and wept uncontrollably.
‘I… ugh… I knew it. That guy, he’d definitely… sob. He’d wake up.’
As she cried openly, finally at ease, no one dared to speak to her.
“Where’s Hyeeun?”
“She went home for a bit. I told her to go. She hadn’t been able to shower or change clothes properly in days.”
“Thank you.”
Thinking of how much his wife must have suffered because of him, a long sigh escaped Hyunseok’s lips.
Even now, the thought of the accident made him dizzy, but he was truly fortunate to have awakened like this. Had he escaped with fewer injuries than expected?
‘That can’t be right….’
It’s really strange. Why am I perfectly fine?
The moment the truck came barreling toward him, Hyunseok instinctively knew. Ah, I’m dead. This is my end…or so he thought.
When the car struck him, the impact was no joke. It felt like his entire body was shattering!
‘How is this possible?’
But how could he not have a single wound? Even if his bones broke, dozens should have shattered normally, right? His bones weren’t dragon bone or anything.
‘And Sia too.’
Judging by the way she was standing next to him right now, didn’t that mean she’d already been discharged? Sia didn’t seem to have any injuries either?
“You should be grateful to Camilla for the rest of your life.”
Sia, who had figured out what Hyunseok was puzzled about, let out a soft laugh.
“Camilla?”
At Sia’s sudden remark, Hyunseok’s eyes widened. Why would her name come up here?
“That’s how it is.”
Sia knew full well that Hyunseok had been able to wake up safely thanks to Camilla’s divine power.
“So, have you met the perpetrator?”
Hyunseok was curious about how the situation was unfolding.
Of course, the company would handle it properly on their own, but as the victim, shouldn’t he also have some grasp of the situation?
“I’m actually going to meet the perpetrator today.”
Camilla, who had been standing behind them, answered in response to Hyunseok’s question.
“Today? Who… Oh, could it be the director?”
Sia was the director’s most cherished actress. Given his personality, he’d probably move personally, wouldn’t he?
“It’s me.”
“…What?”
But Camilla’s answer completely shattered Hyunseok’s expectations.
“I’m the one who will meet them.”
* * *
“They… didn’t die?”
“That’s correct.”
“….”
Park Sungsu, the truck driver who had rammed into Sia’s car, felt his eyes flicker slightly at the police’s words.
He hit them that hard, and they didn’t die?
‘Why? Why on earth!’
Then they’d ask him to return the money he received, wouldn’t they?
‘That can’t happen!’
He had to pay off his gambling debts…! Damn it! Why didn’t they die!
“We just received word that the person who had lost consciousness has also just woken up.”
“They… they really didn’t die?”
“That’s correct.”
“But how…!”
“Pardon?”
“Ah, no. It’s just… such a serious accident occurred, yet both of them are unharmed. That’s what surprised me.”
“…?”
The officer’s expression grew puzzled at Park Sungsu’s response. Usually, when victims are unharmed, people express relief—thanking heavens they survived. But this man seemed more unsettled.
‘But….’
What was wrong with him? Why did he seem more distressed? Was he unhappy that his target survived?
‘Why?’
The officer studied Park Sungsu intently.
“Yes, they survived. Is that disappointing for you?”
“…!”
An unfamiliar voice cut through the moment!
Park Sungsu flinched and spun around. Standing before him was a woman he’d never seen before, her gaze piercing straight through him.
Despite her strikingly beautiful features and wide, luminous eyes, her expression was coldly aloof—devoid of even a hint of warmth. This was Camilla.
“Pardon me.”
Beside her stood a lawyer assigned by Sia Entertainment.
While the lawyer conversed with the officer, Camilla never once took her eyes off Park Sungsu, the perpetrator.
[You bastard! No matter how much money they offered, you’d actually try to kill someone for it! You’ll face divine retribution, you wretched fool!]
More precisely, she was watching the middle-aged ghost clinging to Park Sungsu’s side.
[Thank goodness the person didn’t die. If they had, what would’ve happened! How could you bear such a sin! I told you countless times—chasing quick riches leads to ruin!]
“….”
…What was he saying?
Camilla’s expression froze as she quietly listened to the ghost’s ranting.
So it wasn’t just a simple accident?
Camilla regarded Park Sungsu with fresh understanding.
Who are you? Why did you try to kill Sia?
“You know Sia, right?”
“Pardon?”
“Of course you do. Anyone in South Korea who doesn’t know Sia is a spy. That was a stupid question, I admit. So let me ask differently.”
Camilla stepped closer to the man, her voice dropping low.
“Do you have a grudge against Sia?”
“W-what are you talking about? A grudge?”
“Then why did you try to kill her?”
Camilla tilted her head, genuinely curious.
Sia wasn’t the type to inspire such hatred that someone would commit murder over it.
‘So you must be connected to me somehow.’
But I have no memory of you. Who are you?
“Why did you try to kill her?”
“…Pardon?”
Park Sungsu’s expression shifted drastically at Camilla’s blunt words.
But Camilla was no longer looking at him.
[…?]
The Middle-aged Ghost stared at her with wide, startled eyes, and Camilla met his gaze directly.
[Ho, could it be… can you actually see me?]

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