The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 22

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 22

Of all things, what I ended up drawing was.

‘Last Bloom’

“….”

“What is it? Show me the keyword Ji-ye drew.”

“…Ah.”

I hurriedly handed the card over to Han Da-min as if passing off a burden.

“This seems like a card meant for you, unnie.”

Why would they give the keyword “last” to trainees who are just starting out?

Thinking about the members’ backgrounds, it seemed like a word the production staff probably added for Han Da-min.

At least it wasn’t a keyword meant for Ryu Ji-ye, who had zero trainee experience.

But why does my heart feel….

“What does it say?”

Han Da-min checked the card’s contents. Then she fell silent.

“Why? What is it?”

Seo Ra-eun, who was beside her, sneakily took the card to look, then immediately pursed her lips with a complicated expression.

“What is it?”

Choi Song-i glanced at it briefly, then turned her attention to other cards as if she didn’t understand why they were reacting that way, muttering.

“Last bloom? Does that mean it’ll wither soon?”

“….”

Excuse me, hey.

Who interprets it like that….

Unfortunately, only I heard Choi Song-i’s muttering.

Wow, she completely destroyed the mood. Thanks to that, I snapped back to reality.

I let out a hollow laugh and looked around at the members, only to find that even Min Ha-young had become fixated on ‘Last Bloom’ and was staring intently at the card.

Looking at their reactions, it seemed our team name would likely be created using those two keywords.

Knock knock.

“How’s it going? Are you doing well with choosing the team name?”

Just then, the door opened and main writer Son Yeo-jin came inside.

…Why are you coming in?

“Uh, um….”

The members stood up in confusion and greeted her.

“Oh, oh, no. Sit down, sit down. I just came to see how things are progressing.”

Son Yeo-jin smiled warmly while casually pulling over an empty chair to sit down.

Writer Son Yeo-jin pretended not to notice our reactions and extended her hand toward Han Da-min.

“Was there any keyword we gave you that you liked? Those cards?”

“Yes? Oh….”

Han Da-min handed the cards over to Son Yeo-jin.

“We haven’t decided yet, but I like this one. I haven’t asked the other members for their opinions yet.”

“What about the other members?”

“I also….”

“I like it the most too.”

When the members spoke in awkward voices, Son Yeo-jin finally waved her hand dismissively with a playful gesture.

“I didn’t come here to make you uncomfortable. It seemed like choosing a group name among yourselves would be too difficult. So I came to help.”

“Ah, I see~”

Only then did relief wash over the members’ faces.

Actually, while we had been joking around and playing with the keyword cards, everyone was probably breaking out in cold sweat thinking about the team name.

Since it was a group name, it would have been difficult to just throw out opinions carelessly.

In such a situation, having the main writer herself offer to help was incredibly grateful.

I thought she had come to scold us for fooling around too much as a group.

“Thank you!”

Right, right, it would definitely be difficult for us to decide on a group name by ourselves.

We wouldn’t be able to come up with proper ideas due to the pressure, and would only come up with team names you’d see at school trip recreation activities.

Among the stylish debut group names chosen by entertainment agencies, something like ‘Make Us 1st Place Team’ might come up.

When we brightened up and thanked her, Son Yeo-jin flashed a cool smile.

“Let me see. Last and bloom? This is a keyword I put in. So you liked this one.”

Then she held the two cards and pondered for a moment before scribbling something in her notebook and showing it to us.

[Last Florescenece]

“How about going with this?”

“Oh….”

Isn’t that a bit… long? It’s literally a direct English translation of ‘last bloom,’ but this seems a bit difficult as a group name.

“I think it’s good.”

Since it’s a name chosen by the main writer, we couldn’t really show that we didn’t like it.

“As expected of you, writer-nim.”

We were just exchanging ambiguous exclamations and reading each other’s expressions when Son Yeo-jin laughed and waved her hands.

“You don’t think I’m telling you to use it as is, do you, kids? I’m saying let’s try shortening this.”

Son Yeo-jin scribbled something else in her notebook and showed it to us.

FLOLA

FLONA

FRINA

“Like this.”

“Oh, wow!”

That’s not bad? An exclamation popped out of my mouth.

As expected, someone who’s been in the broadcasting industry for a long time is different.

To come up with decent, reasonable group names in less than a minute!

When the members’ reactions became much more positive, Son Yeo-jin shook her head as if embarrassed and said firmly.

“These are just examples, just examples. I’m saying it would be good to combine them like this. Think about it slowly and tell me if you have any better ideas.”

I quickly said.

“I don’t think there could be anything better than these….”

No, really. The examples she showed are much better than the names I was forcing myself to think of.

“That’s right….”

The other members seemed to feel the same way, sending Son Yeo-jin looks filled with the meaning of ‘please let us choose from those names.’

“I think FLORA would be good, writer-nim. I was thinking of something like ‘Last Flower.'”

When Han Da-min spoke in a serious voice, Son Yeo-jin seemed momentarily flustered but soon burst into laughter.

“Haha! Really? This will work? I don’t mind. If you want to do it, go ahead!”

“Yes! That’s great!”

“Then from now on, we’re ‘FLORA’!”

And so our group name changed from F Team to ‘FLORA.’

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As soon as the sun began to set, the production staff came rushing into the practice room.

“Girls, let’s stop practicing for today and go back to the dormitory.”

“Ah, yes!”

“I’ll collect the microphones!”

The atmosphere suggested filming was coming to an end. The members began tidying up their spots, though reluctantly.

Normally, even after the microphones were collected, we could use the practice room freely.

But today, practice was forbidden.

The reason was that we had rehearsal early tomorrow morning.

Thanks to that, we were returning to the dormitory before 10 PM for the first time since moving into the dorms.

‘Right. This actually worked out well.’

We hadn’t slept properly for a week. Even the members who kept practicing were visibly getting more exhausted day by day.

Rather than overexerting ourselves and being in poor condition on the actual competition day, it would be better to go back early and rest.

“…Let’s rest.”

Han Da-min said this while looking longingly at the practice room with a face full of dark circles, and I headed straight to the dormitory.

‘Did I even sleep two hours a day?’

This was the first time I’d pushed my body this hard since right before my debut.

Even though it was early, it was still 10 PM. I trudged up to the second floor with eyes already half-closed and went straight to the shower room.

I planned to wash up, roughly dry my hair, and quickly fall asleep.

That was the plan… but.

“Huh…”

Why is the room so bustling?

I stared blankly at the noisy room.

All the members were huddled together in this cramped room, each holding a pillow.

Girls, seriously, what are you doing…?

“Oh, Ji-ye’s out? Then I’ll go wash up!”

“Why is everyone here?”

“Song-i said since it’s the last night of the dorms, we should all sleep together~ Your room is the most spacious, so we came here. Is that okay?”

The other members’ rooms have clothes scattered around. Han Da-min said cheerfully.

“…It’s fine.”

Everyone was saying they’re tired! That once the competition ends and they go home, they’ll just roll around sleeping for three straight days!

We’ve been practicing while sleeping only two or three hours a day, and today we finally have time to sleep properly, so why are we all sleeping together…?

Sleeping together is fine, but usually teams with this kind of harmonious atmosphere stay up all night talking and end up sleeping even less than usual.

…But I couldn’t bring myself to say that. I couldn’t be a killjoy in front of the members who were laughing and enjoying themselves.

I forced myself to keep quiet and lifted the corners of my mouth.

“Since it’s the last night, sleeping together will make good memories.”

I said weakly and quickly lay down on the bed.

Sorry. Have fun, you guys. This unnie is going to sleep first. I don’t think I can hold out.

Just as I was about to gradually fall asleep using the members’ chatter as white noise.

“I actually almost cried earlier?”

At Han Da-min’s bitter voice, I slowly opened my eyes and looked at the ceiling.

“When I saw the group name keyword earlier. The last blooming. It really hit me. I thought I need to work even harder.”

“…”

“This is really my last chance.”

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