I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 94

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Episode 94

“Oh, Romeo, Romeo! Why must your name be Romeo? Forget your father and abandon that name.”

On the crude stage, Gyeoul felt the temperature of the lights pouring down on her head unusually hot.

“Only your name is my enemy. Even if you weren’t part of the Montague family, you would still be you. Oh, please take on a different name!”

Her solid voice projection, forged through years of acting, crossed the stage.

The play continued naturally. Romeo appeared, having overheard Juliet’s soliloquy, and Juliet turned away as if embarrassed and walked quickly.

“By whose guidance did you find this place?”

“By love’s guidance. Love first urged me to seek, love lent me wisdom. I merely borrowed my eyes.”

Gyeoul had always been trapped within frames. Don’t go beyond the lens. That had been an actor’s long-standing taboo.

But in that moment when she saw Han Yeoreum freely roaming the stage, she acted as Juliet with the gestures she had learned.

“It’s fortunate that my face is hidden by this midnight mask, otherwise these cheeks would be red with a shy maiden’s heart.”

For the first time, the stage felt free.

“I want to maintain my dignity, and I want to take back the words I’ve spoken. But farewell, dignity! Do you love me?”

She could act.

If she stole everything from Han Yeoreum, broke it apart and pieced it together, she could act indefinitely from now on. Gyeoul’s conviction on stage deepened.

“You would answer yes. I would believe those words.”

Gyeoul created a playful girl in love. She walked gracefully from one side of the stage to the other, as if telling Romeo to catch her.

Every time Gyeoul moved forward, her long red dress moved like waves. Romeo followed behind her, stumbling frantically.

The Juliet conceptually embedded in everyone’s minds was right before their eyes.

“Do you think you’ve won me too easily? If so, I’ll be petulant and reject you with a frown.”

Though this was Romeo and Juliet’s stage, Gyeoul was confident that only Do Gyeoul would be visible.

“Still, you must come begging for love again. Otherwise, I won’t either, absolutely not.”

She could feel the audience’s lips curling up at the sight of Romeo struggling with first love and the playful Juliet.

‘Perfect.’

For the first time, she felt

“Stay as you are, and I too will forget everything else.”

the sensation of being alive.

“I’ll think only of how truly happy I am to be by your side.”

It felt as if what was beneath Gyeoul’s feet wasn’t the stage floor, but Han Yeoreum.

At this moment, Do Gyeoul was the perfect Juliet. That was an undeniable fact.

“Farewell, farewell! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.”

As Juliet’s final farewell ended, the audience applauded without waiting even a moment. The applause was so loud it seemed the stage would shake.

Everyone must have sensed it intuitively. There was no chance for Team B to win.

Reading the situation exactly as it was, Gyeoul smiled brightly on stage.

It was a smile filled with sincerity.

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“The applause is really loud…”

“What should we do.”

A sense of despair briefly lingered in the waiting room. It was natural. Even though the Team A actors had left the stage, the applause still hadn’t stopped.

“Great job!”

“You did really well.”

Team A, whose adrenaline from the stage hadn’t cooled yet, entered the waiting room with shouts close to cheers.

I had my eyes closed, but I could feel it. Their gazes swept over me once as they passed.

“Yeoreum.”

A light, warm voice approached my ear. I continued not to open my eyes.

Then the owner of the voice placed a hand on my shoulder as if telling me to look at her.

“You’ll do well too.”

Only then did I slowly lift my eyelids. Because I was sitting, I had to raise my head to look at the owner of the voice.

“Thank you.”

As expected, it was Do Gyeoul. I answered while meeting the eyes looking down at me. If Do Gyeoul was an actor who knew the stage,

“I’ll do well.”

I was an actor who knew the audience.

* * *

During the intermission given before Team B’s performance began, everyone was mentioning Do Gyeoul’s name.

“Do Gyeoul really has been acting since she was a child actor, so her acting was wow-.”

“There couldn’t have been much time to practice together. She must be naturally gifted.”

Reporter Wi from Drama Duck B was also writing an article on his laptop, unable to help but admire Gyeoul’s improved acting ability. It was the first time he’d seen Do Gyeoul like that.

‘I guess the hiatus really helped a lot…’

Do Gyeoul’s presence on stage still seemed to linger before his eyes. Juliet’s character, blunt yet playful, was lovable.

Just like the cute tsundere female protagonist Yu Seol from .

“But is there really a need to watch the same play twice?”

“You think so too, right? Let’s start heading out. If we stay to watch Team B too, it’ll be too late.”

Perhaps because of the quality of the play they’d just seen, people began leaving their seats one after another.

They judged there was no need to watch the same play twice, especially one that everyone present already knew. The audience walked past Reporter Wi with quick steps.

“…What about our Yeoreum. Should I use Shadow Clone Technique to fill up the surroundings?”

Aetami, sitting in the next seat, muttered gloomily. Aetami probably felt the same emotion as him.

That it wouldn’t be easy for Yeoreum to overcome this atmosphere.

“Those who don’t know Yeoreum’s beauty are pitiful…”

“Exactly. They’ll regret it later, one hundred percent.”

Reporter Wi responded to Aetami while typing. Though he spoke jokingly, he couldn’t help the heaviness in one corner of his heart.

‘There’ll be a significant difference starting from the applause.’

Whether Aetami was thinking the same thing, there were no more words. The reporters on site had already finished uploading articles about Do Gyeoul.

[Perfection Itself: Do Gyeoul’s KNUA Final Play ]

[ Do Gyeoul, There’s a Reason for the Ratings~ “Diligent in School Life Too”]

The photos of Do Gyeoul taken during the curtain call easily caught the public’s interest. She was the most beloved actress from the currently most successful drama.

Do Gyeoul’s name quickly began sweeping through online communities.

[HOT/Do Gyeoul’s Juliet Makeup That’s Going Viral Right Now.jpg]

Even with her insane schedule, she worked hard at school life lol

(article photo.jpg)

Today’s KNUA final play Juliet

-Even though I didn’t give birth to her, I feel proud. Love you, goddess Gyeoul♥

-???She didn’t take a leave of absence? How did she manage that? When does she even sleep..

I’m so tired I could die ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I really lived like that all winter too ㅋㅋㅋ

-It feels like the Juliet in my head was just thrust before my eyes lol Wow, even shot from below, not a single double chin. Just absolutely beautiful

After finishing monitoring, Reporter Wi raised his head and looked around.

Sparse empty seats were visible, and the remaining audience was either looking at their phones or talking about how well Do Gyeoul had just acted.

Reporters trying to create another news story with Pi Chaewon from , industry people who basically had to check all plays, other students enrolled at KNUA, and musical theater fans who succeeded in the fierce ticketing battle.

‘…The expectations for Yeoreum are way too low.’

It was because Team A’s had just properly implemented their vision. The in their minds had already swept through them once.

-In a moment, the play by first year students of Korea National University of Arts will begin. Distinguished guests, please…

Reporter Wi’s anxious feelings continued until the curtain rose. When the dark curtain lifted upward and bright lights illuminated the right side of the stage.

“Listen to me. Don’t think about that woman.”

Romeo appeared wearing hanbok.

“Ah, what should I do…”

Romeo, dressed in an elegant blue durumagi with subtle hues, was half-covering his face with a fan decorated with plum blossoms.

Romeo, who spoke slowly with sighs mixed in, felt more restrained and mature than the previous Romeo.

“Can I not think about her?”

Romeo slowly lowered his fan as he continued his dialogue. The jeweled beads strung on his gat string jingled softly. A sly smile lingered on his face.

“…This is insane.”

Reporter Wi unconsciously covered her mouth. If Team A’s Romeo was a fresh-faced boy, Team B’s Romeo was a scholar with an edge.

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