A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 92

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“Sia? Are you feeling unwell? We need to move to the next filming location.”
She had been so exhausted that she barely responded even when I tried to wake her, but finally her eyes fluttered open and she stared directly at me.
“….”
Yet something about Sia’s expression seemed odd. With her mouth slightly parted, she gazed vacantly around the surroundings as if half her soul had departed.
“Are you really not feeling well?”
“…Manager Hyunseok.”
“Huh?”
A slightly trembling voice escaped her lips.
“Are you okay?”
A nod.
A response that came a beat too slow.
Though worried, I was pressed for time, so I took Sia to the car and we departed.
“Lots of gifts arrived at the office today too. Your birthday’s coming up soon, after all.”
I had the bulky and miscellaneous items sent separately to Sia’s home, while the expensive gifts and those from longtime fans were loaded into the car.
Rustle.
When I heard the sound of her checking the gifts and letters a moment later, I glanced at Sia through the rearview mirror.
‘Hmm?’
What’s going on? She’s not the type to open things in the car—
“Uh….”
“…?”
“Hic….”
Screech!
I quickly pulled the car over.
“Sia! What’s wrong! What happened!”
My actress had burst into tears.
“Unnie? Are you okay?”
“What? Is it from an anti-fan? The office should have screened everything!”
Everyone was bewildered seeing Sia clutching the letter and streaming tears.
Even if she received a letter filled with insults, she would scoff at it—she was absolutely not the type to cry like this.
“…They say I’m good.”
“What?”
After crying for a long while, she finally opened her mouth.
“They say… they like me…”
“….”
“They say I make them… happy… hic….”
Every staff member in the car wore a dumbfounded expression.
Did she eat something bad today?
So right now… she’s crying over a fan letter? Of all people, the incomparable Sia? That Sia?
“They said thank you… for existing in this world….”
With those words, Sia burst into tears again.
In the end, that day’s shoot was cancelled. She couldn’t film with her eyes so swollen.
After that, she sent replies to her fans and even crafted small gifts by hand to send them.
* * *
System
Repay the fans’ affection!
Mission Clear! Reward points have been granted.
Name
: Sia (Camilla)
Agility
: B
Stamina
: B+
Appearance
: S+
Acting
: C (EX)
Singing
: C (A)
Charm
: B (A+)
Remaining Points
: 2
Trait
: Replication – Can perfectly mimic the acting ability Camilla possessed (Replication trait is recommended until you awaken your own acting ability.)
“Hmm.”
Getting rewards too—how nice.
A smile naturally bloomed across my lips. I had done it because I genuinely wanted to.
Writing replies to fans, sending gifts, completing the quest—it had been such an enjoyable experience.
When I first fully awakened in this world, I was quite flustered, but I was adapting far better than expected.
Most importantly, that system has been an enormous help.
Someone who didn’t know the first thing about acting could live as an actress without any issues—all thanks to the system.
System
A system is provided as compensation for the soul exchange.
Thanks to this ‘Replication’ trait, I could display the exact same acting ability that the previous Sia had shown.
“My acting is EX-rank?”
What I currently possessed was merely a C. When would I overcome that gap and no longer need to rely on the Replication trait?
Sia invested all her remaining points into acting. Though honestly, I doubted I’d feel much difference anyway.
“Oh my! Sia noona!”
As I walked down the Broadcasting Station corridor, someone quickly approached me. The woman, who appeared a year or two younger than me, greeted me with an excited expression.
“Noona, I heard you filmed a smartphone commercial this time?”
A face I remembered. Han Heejoo. A junior actress from the same drama who had appeared a few times and made quite an impression on the public.
“That was supposed to be my shoot originally.”
The woman’s face still brimmed with a smile, but her eyes gleamed sharply in an instant.
“Just like with that refrigerator commercial last time…. You certainly have talent. The way you steal every opportunity—what’s the reason behind it?”
Her lips curled upward slightly. Her tone was unmistakably confrontational.
“Is it the power of your Entertainment Agency? Or do you have some separate arrangement with the advertisers? I heard that last time with an advertiser at a hotel—”
“Why would that be?”
This didn’t require any special cloning ability.
I had watched this world for so long and seen Sia handle these situations countless times.
I stepped closer to Han Heejoo and flashed a sharp smile.
“We’re in different leagues.”
“Pardon?”
“Your acting, your popularity, even your looks—you fall short in all of it, so you lose every time.”
“Sister, what are you—!”
“Just like actors have tiers, so do commercials. Didn’t you know? You must have realized by now that there’s a limit to getting commercials by meeting with advertisers separately every time.”
“You—!”
Han Heejoo’s hand shot up.
“Can you handle it?”
But she couldn’t extend that hand all the way.
“You know my market value better than anyone. Can you really handle it?”
Han Heejoo, trembling with rage, had no choice but to lower her arm.
Crack!
In that instant, Han Heejoo’s head snapped to the side. My hand had struck her cheek directly.
“I can handle it.”
With a deep smile playing at my lips, I brought my face even closer.
“People see what they want to see. How dare you bring up hotels. Just because you do that doesn’t mean everyone else does too.”
“….”
“Junior, pick your fights with people who deserve them.”
“You!”
“By the way.”
I waved the phone in my hand.
“I have a habit of recording conversations automatically.”
“…!”
“You started this confrontation first. Remember? Public opinion warfare is always welcome.”
Leaving the indignant Han Heejoo behind, I walked away with unhurried grace.
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“Sia, you worked hard today.”
“Yeah.”
“I’ll pick you up at 8 tomorrow.”
A nod.
Sia stepped into the apartment lobby, escorted by her manager Hyunseok.
After taking the elevator to the 17th floor—her residential level—Sia froze momentarily.
System
Sudden Quest Triggered!
Eliminate the intruder!
Someone who has harbored a grudge against you for a long time has infiltrated your home. If you leave them unchecked, you will continue to face a threat to your life.
Engage in combat?

Y

N
System
Sudden Quest Triggered!
If no selection is made within 20 seconds, combat will commence automatically.
20, 19, 18….
“Was it today?”
Sia could easily deduce who had invaded her apartment. She had witnessed this scenario countless times before.
That man—her father.
It was peculiar, though. How had he managed to breach an apartment with such rigorous security?
System
Sudden Quest Triggered!
5, 4….
“Yes.”
Sia pressed the Y button before the 20 seconds elapsed.
She had no intention of running.
Even if she fled this time, according to the system’s warning, she would inevitably continue to face threats to her life from that man.
Sia hadn’t been idle all this time either. She had been relentlessly searching for his whereabouts.
Sitting passively and waiting for him to come kill her would be foolish.
Yet despite her inquiries, she couldn’t locate him. She had even moved to an apartment with better security, but the outcome remained unchanged.
Beep beep beep!
As she entered her passcode and stepped inside, thick darkness greeted her. The entrance lights that normally illuminated when she arrived had gone out—the sensors must have been disabled.
Sia entered without hesitation.
As expected, the interior was in complete disarray. It appeared he had ransacked the place searching for anything of value.
“How nice. Living alone in such a fine home.”
Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice pierced her ears.
Sia slowly turned her head.
Someone stood by the window. A man in his early fifties exuded a palpable presence even within the darkness.
The blade in his hand gleamed with particular sharpness.
“Ha! Damn it! Not even startled.”
Witnessing Sia’s composed expression, a hollow laugh escaped the man’s lips.
But Sia found the whole situation absurd. Did he expect me to tremble in fear?
“Honestly, how unlucky. Ptui!”
Sia’s gaze wouldn’t leave the man. So this is my real father….
Strangely, I felt no emotional connection. I had wondered if there might be some pull of blood, but instead, my chest felt hollow.
Was it because I had witnessed the dying form of Sia—no, my own reflection—in his hands far too many times?
Rather than a father, he seemed like nothing more than a familiar murderer standing before me.
“Damn it!”
The man with the blade strode toward me.
System
Sudden Quest Triggered!
Please select an option.
1. Kill the enemy.
2. Subdue the enemy.
The system notification appeared once more at that moment.
‘Of course it does.’
This had happened before. When the stalker came looking for me, the system’s assistance made it easy to subdue him.
2. Subdue the enemy.
Without hesitation, I selected option 2, thinking that subduing came first.
“What, what is this!”
The man’s body froze mid-stride toward me. He remained motionless, blade still extended in his attacking stance.
“What, what is happening!”
The man shrieked in panic. Sia watched him for a moment, then picked up her phone.
“Hey, Sia?”
“I… I….”
“Sia?”
“S… save me….”
“Sia! What’s happening!”
“Police, police… ugh….”
“Sia! Sia!”
Click.
The manager would handle the rest. Setting the phone down, Sia slowly approached the man.
“You… you! What are you doing right now! How did you do this! What have you done to me!”
“What do you mean? You’re finished.”
“What! Insane! Release this right now!”
I wondered if even the slightest thing might stir within me, but all it did was make my mood even filthier.
Sia stepped toward the blade the man was holding out.
Squelch.
“You… you!”
Watching the man’s panicked face, Sia grinned wickedly. The deeper the wound, the heavier his crimes would become, wouldn’t they?
Wee-ooo-wee-ooo!
At that very moment, the sound she had been waiting for came from outside.
Sia collapsed to the floor. As I watched the man’s pupils trembling ceaselessly, a deeper smile played across my lips.
With the sight of the man’s complexion draining to a ghastly pallor—as though he had glimpsed a specter—I finally released the consciousness I had barely been clinging to.

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