The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 273

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Concert?

For a moment I wondered what he meant, then remembered belatedly.

‘Wait, that wasn’t a fan meeting but a concert?’

We definitely have one more scheduled meeting with Lyla Bale and Cael Arden.

Using the connection formed from our collaboration filming as an opportunity, we had agreed to make a special appearance at their fan meeting.

But a concert instead of a fan meeting?

‘Did he misspeak?’

I was about to ask back, thinking he meant the fan meeting, right? But just as I was about to open my mouth, another photo shoot continued, and as soon as filming ended, Cael Arden disappeared with Lyla.

“….”

He probably just misspoke. I also dismissed his words as a mistake and left the studio with the members.

***

Several days passed after that.

Having finished our 【GISS】 activities, we rested thoroughly for several days.

While enjoying the first rest where I could truly relax both body and mind, I….

As time went on, I became gripped by a strange anxiety.

“What is it? What is it, really?”

Before my eyes, the main mission window I still haven’t resolved floats around.

No, it said to break through the invisible ceiling and soar with this album….

It said a big event that could be such an opportunity would come.

“Hey, our activities are over….”

I become flustered and restless, not knowing what to do.

As a result, there was absolutely no opportunity to break through the ceiling and soar until our activities ended.

‘What did I do wrong?’

No, I didn’t do anything wrong at all.

We definitely performed all our schedules perfectly and with our best effort.

Even if I went back in time to the first day of our comeback, I couldn’t do better than we did then.

But why the hell won’t this damn mission end?

What am I supposed to do?

I lay sprawled on my bed, glaring at the system window.

‘Isn’t this practically a failure?’

Since our activities are over.

The special appearance at Lyla Bale and Cael Arden’s fan meeting, where broadcasting and filming are prohibited, isn’t the kind of performance that would make us soar, is it?

There’s been no separate contact from Lyla or Cael since that day, and at the fan meeting it’ll be so hectic that there won’t be time for long conversations.

‘Am I thinking about something wrong?’

The big event doesn’t necessarily have to be a meeting with overseas artists.

‘But then what is it?’

If the mission isn’t showing as failed, then it hasn’t failed yet, right?

I don’t know about other things, but I really want to succeed at this mission.

I don’t want to miss the big opportunity for Flora to soar that the system is directly creating, and above all, I’d regret losing Seong Bul-do.

Honestly speaking, I’d regret Seong Bul-do the most.

The pace might be a bit slow, but I’m confident that if we continue activities like now, opportunities for Flora to rise higher will come even without missions.

But Seong Bul-do?

Isn’t that something I can’t obtain without a mission?

Since I was at a point where I wanted to know more about the Unfortunate Idol, I became even more impatient.

…Let me wait a little longer.

The mission hasn’t shown as failed yet.

***

And before I knew it, time passed and the day of Lyla Bale and Cael Arden’s fan meeting arrived.

“They’re doing it at a much bigger place than I thought. They said it would be small, so I….”

“Even if it’s small, it’s still Lyla Bale and Cael Arden. If they were going to do it small, there’d be no reason to invite guest singers.”

The members chatted and relaxed their nerves in the waiting room.

The two’s fan meeting was much larger in scale than we had thought.

Though not as big as the concerts they usually held, it was a hall that rookie idols might use for their first concert, so it felt like a pseudo-concert.

And the two sang as many songs as a concert, as if relieving the resentment of fans from a country they rarely visit.

Really, to the point where I wondered if Cael Arden’s mention of a ‘concert’ wasn’t referring to the fan meeting.

Therefore, the fan meeting flowed as hectically as a concert.

‘As expected….’

As I had anticipated, once the fan meeting started, there was no leisure to talk with Lyla or Cael.

For me, who had been concerned about the mission lately, it was inevitably a situation that made my heart anxious and impatient.

‘I thought they’d at least make time to come greet us since we’re guests.’

Literally just greetings. We passed by each other and met very happily for 1 second.

I’d thought this before, but their staff definitely considered us below their own artists.

Usually in times like this, staff should step up and create opportunities for proper greetings and conversations.

“Sigh….”

And shortly after, the waiting time that continued with strangely unpleasant and impatient feelings finally ended.

“Are Flora ready?”

While Lyla Bale and Cael Arden prepared for their next stage, it became our turn to take the stage, and we headed backstage following the staff’s guidance.

***

The backstage situation was incredibly hectic.

Cael thought. Unlike his home country, everything was inconvenient.

It wasn’t a visit to Korea for a concert, but just an event for fans of this small country while he was here for movie promotion, so there was no equipment or staff of Cael’s own.

The sudden event was utterly shoddy and the proceedings were a complete mess. Being a perfectionist, Cael was dissatisfied with everything.

His mood had been bad all day from morning until now.

Of course, from the outside there seemed to be no problems and the fans’ response was great. Soon-to-be-published articles would write that Cael Arden and Lyla Bale’s fan meeting was very successful.

But how many incidents and accidents had occurred behind the scenes, and how frequent the mistakes and problems were.

It was also a waste of time to scold each staff member he’d only meet once today, so when they made mistakes he had to let it slide, and when they did things wrong he had no choice but to accept it.

As a result, it naturally became an event where the staff who had worked with him for a long time and Cael Arden himself received the most stress.

Among them, those receiving the most stress would be his staff who were bearing Cael Arden’s irritation… but Cael Arden didn’t have the leisure to care about that delicately right now.

“It’s a complete mess. Next time we come to Korea, don’t work with that team. They’re incompetent.”

“I know. I’m already giving feedback to the Korean staff leader. Too many mistakes.”

“Mistakes aren’t the only problem right now. The equipment, lighting, sound conditions are all messed up. Why is communication so poor? What exactly is the problem?”

The company that agreed to handle the fan meeting in Korea had definitely boasted confidently during initial contact that they could proceed exactly in the direction Cael Arden wanted.

Trusting that confidence and his experience, they proceeded with the contract, but with things being such a mess, it felt like being scammed.

If he could, he desperately wanted to smoke a cigarette, but even that was impossible in the current situation.

It was when Cael Arden was sprawled on the waiting room sofa with both feet up on the coffee table, constantly grumbling and venting his complaints.

Suddenly a loud cheer was heard, stopping his conversation with the staff.

Looking toward the monitor connected to the venue, five unfamiliar women had come up on stage and were lightly waving their hands toward the audience.

‘What’s that about?’

After thinking briefly, Cael Arden soon realized they were the girl group Flora he had met recently.

‘Ah, the guest singers.’

Cael’s grumbling ended. He lowered his feet from the coffee table and leaned his upper body a bit more toward the monitor. Seeing this, his staff let out a light exclamation.

“Oh. Are you interested too?”

He didn’t answer the staff’s question, but his face looked quite interested.

It wasn’t the dramatic emotion of being captivated by their skills from the previous collaboration.

I was just a little curious, that’s all.

Because this girl group from the periphery, which I thought would be childish and worthless, sang surprisingly well and convincingly.

I just happened to want to see what this thing called K-pop was—the thing that Lyla Bale liked so much and excitedly explained, but which I couldn’t understand at all.

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