A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 346

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“Spit it out, spit it out! I told you not to just eat anything!”
Camilla struck King’s back repeatedly, urging him to vomit. But King dodged her hands and leaped back down onto the road.
[Kyuu! Kyu!]
Then, pointing his front paw at the car that had found the talisman, he tapped his own chest repeatedly.
“…You can find it?”
The one who wrote the talisman?
[Kyu!]
King finally bounded back into Camilla’s arms and nestled against her.
“…”
Camilla’s expression as she looked at King remained troubled. No matter what, he’d actually eaten that talisman.
“Eating things like that will give you an upset stomach. Are you really okay?”
[Kyu!]
King raised one paw high as if to say not to worry. Still unconvinced, Camilla continued stroking King’s belly.
“What do you think he is?”
“What do I think? King is just King.”
“Despite appearances, that creature is also Shinsu.”
Eating something like that wouldn’t cause him any harm.
“I know.”
“…”
…But she didn’t seem to know.
Even after being reminded that King was Shinsu, Camilla’s worried gaze persisted.
Arsian clicked his tongue lightly at Camilla, who continued stroking King’s belly.
‘Hasn’t that one grown up by now?’
Arsian glared coldly at the Shinsu creature, who was whimpering and acting cute at Camilla’s touch.
[Kyuuu~]
“…”
…Was he laughing? Did he just laugh?
At King’s laughter, which seemed to mock him, Arsian’s expression became one of disbelief.
‘These Shinsu creatures…’
They really are unlucky.
* * *
“Cheon Bosal!”
“…”
“What are we going to do about our child!”
Chairman Choi’s voice resonated throughout the entire house. For over a week now, his daughter had been complaining of pain.
Yet Cheon Bosal still hadn’t devised any concrete countermeasures.
She had said she would use another person as a sacrifice to appease the malevolent spirit attached to his daughter, and so they had even employed someone to help with the matter.
‘I never imagined that person would be Sia.’
At first, he had shaken his head at the mention that a famous entertainer was the target. If things went wrong, the situation could become far too serious.
‘To ease the young master’s suffering, it must be done.’
‘Why must it be that woman specifically? There are plenty of others. This will make the world noisy! Why touch a celebrity of all people?’
‘She is someone whose spiritual essence aligns exceptionally well with the young master’s. Had she been younger, I would have transferred the malevolent spirit to Yeeun instead—to Sia herself.’
‘But….’
‘To suppress a malevolent spirit that is raging uncontrollably, we must sacrifice someone with spiritual power of that magnitude.’
‘Ugh.’
‘Think only of the young master. She is suffering so greatly even now.’
‘…I understand.’
At the mention of his daughter, Chairman Choi found himself with no choice but to accept her opinion.
Yet his daughter continued to writhe in agony, showing no signs of improvement whatsoever.
“Cheon Bosal, can’t you offer some kind of explanation?”
“….”
The Cheon Bosal he had trusted remained silent. Chairman Choi’s insides burned with anxiety.
His daughter, who could barely eat properly, had wasted away until her bones were visible.
With her screaming in agony like that every single day, how could she possibly have any strength left?
“First, we must calm the malevolent spirit.”
Only after a long silence did Cheon Bosal’s tightly sealed lips slowly open.
“So how exactly are you going to calm it?”
-Aaaaaahhh… aaaaaahhh….
Even now, endless screams continued to pour from his daughter’s room.
Each time Chairman Choi heard that sound, his hair stood on end. His nerves had become so frayed that he could do nothing.
The servants working in the household had begun whispering more frequently. He had imposed strict silence, but how long would that hold?
But that wasn’t even the end of the problem!
“You must have heard. The man who carried out the job has been caught.”
He had thought it would somehow pass quietly as simple drowsy driving, but things hadn’t gone as planned.
The police had discovered it was an accident orchestrated by someone and had launched an investigation!
‘I’ve already sent them all abroad for now….’
Everyone who had been given orders by Park Sungsu had been sent out of Korea. This included Kang Donghee, the man who had given Park Sungsu his direct orders.
‘I can’t believe I used someone with such a loose tongue.’
Chairman Choi frowned as he thought of Park Sungsu, who had confessed everything to the police.
Of course, since it was all done by his subordinates, the damage wouldn’t reach him directly, but it still bothered him.
“I’m not in a position to move carelessly right now. The police are currently investigating this incident!”
Which meant he couldn’t touch Sia again.
“We could use a temporary measure.”
“A temporary measure?”
“We use an ordinary person—not someone whose essence matches the young master’s—as a sacrifice to calm the malevolent spirit, at least for a time.”
“What do you mean by ‘ordinary’?”
At Chairman Choi’s questioning gaze, Cheon Bosal smiled for the first time that day—a thick, lingering smile.
“There are people in this very place, are there not?”
“What do you…! You?”
Only then did Chairman Choi understand what Cheon Bosal was saying, and his eyes widened in shock.
Since Sia had failed in this task, Cheon Bosal was now suggesting they select one of the workers here as a sacrifice in her stead.
“Let us find someone the malevolent spirit attached to the young master would desire to consume.”
….
Chairman Choi found himself unable to speak. His face had hardened into an expression that was neither affirmation nor denial as he regarded Cheon Bosal with heavy eyes.
‘The death of one mere worker hardly matters.’
Disposing of a single employee presented no real obstacle. It would be simple enough to stage it as an accident.
‘But murder within my own home?’
What troubled him most was the prospect of blood being spilled within his own residence. That concern weighed on Chairman Choi more than anything else.
“If you leave the young master in this condition any longer, it will be dangerous.”
Ahhh… ahhhhhh….
Once again, his daughter’s screams echoed from somewhere distant, as though urging Chairman Choi to make his decision with haste.
“…Very well.”
In the end, Chairman Choi had no choice but to comply with Cheon Bosal’s words.

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