The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 293

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I didn’t expect the reaction to come this quickly and intensely.

I mean, not in Korea, but in the United States.

Cael Arden’s song, which was already receiving good reactions, quickly began climbing up the chart rankings, and various SNS platforms started filling up with posts about Cael Arden and me.

And thankfully, as I seemed to be receiving attention, our Flora fans enthusiastically explained to people who were curious about me – who I was and what kind of songs and performances I did.

Like passionate guides introducing Flora and a person named Ryu Ji-ye, they beautifully packaged and promoted to people just how amazing we were, how amazing I was.

While in the United States, whenever I least expected it, songs containing our voices would play somewhere.

Of course, it was songs included in Cael Arden’s album that were being heard.

Whether turning on the radio or just passing by, our singing voices could be heard somewhere, and on YouTube, videos of people asking “What exactly is Flora? What is K-pop?” and discovering K-pop and Flora for the first time spread like a trend.

The live performance that Cael Arden and I sang together became such a famous live video that it was circulating everywhere.

When one show and live performance becomes famous, naturally many casting requests come in.

I, who had planned to just work together for a short location period and return to Korea to prepare for our comeback, suddenly found myself staying longer in the United States and having to handle unexpected schedules.

‘Though everything was exciting.’

And while I had expected it, honestly the reaction was bigger than expected, so I think I was half out of my mind while handling the countless rushing schedules.

Doing live performances outdoors, sometimes at night, sometimes doing interviews and live performances in the morning.

I even did solo interviews by myself, not together with Cael Arden.

I don’t remember all the questions, but they were generally about how it felt to suddenly receive so much attention, what kind of connection led to working with Cael Arden, and so on.

Occasionally, interviewers who had researched me well would ask about Flora and Flora’s songs.

Naturally, this progress of mine became a big issue in Korea as well.

Flora, who had been a popular idol group that had risen to top-tier status domestically, and member Ryu Ji-ye were now enjoying global popularity

I truly handled about a month of completely unexpected and sudden schedules.

Meanwhile, I had to adequately prepare for our Flora comeback as well, so for a while I was practically a zombie, in a state no different from being half-dead.

Fortunately… well, I’m not sure if I should call it fortunate or adding insult to injury, but thanks to the explosive increase in interest in Flora…

Flora was suddenly summoned back to the United States, so it became easier for us to prepare for our comeback together.

We could practice together…

We could have meetings together, and well…

“What in the world is this…”

Min Ha-young, who had suddenly flown to the United States to perform the b-side track “Smitten” that Flora and Cael Arden sang together, said with a dazed expression.

Unlike me, the other Flora members hadn’t even finished adjusting to the time difference yet, so they were even more out of it.

Really…

Even I can’t understand the current situation.

What on earth is happening?

We collaborated once, and just because one live performance became particularly newsworthy, suddenly an incredible hit explodes during our peaceful comeback preparations?

Perhaps the ‘big event’ the system mentioned wasn’t the collaboration with Cael Arden itself, but that day’s live performance.

I unconsciously let out a hollow laugh and quietly looked around at the members sitting there without any sense of reality.

Unexpectedly, a sudden hit had exploded.

I’m tired and my mind is scattered, but actually what I need to do is clear.

Give my best to the opportunities right in front of me.

And stake everything? No, stake my life on our new album.

I’m planning to turn on the dopamine addiction buff for the first time in a while once this collaboration with Cael Arden ends.

‘Absolutely, this time, I must rise up in one go.’

When so much attention is pouring in, and even Korea is highlighting this as Flora’s big career moment, we absolutely must comeback with a good song to show them.

This opportunity is absolutely not due to luck, and inside the well-wrapped packaging was the world’s largest jewel.

Then Han Da-min suddenly stood up and shouted.

“Stop spacing out and let’s go practice! This is the first time we’re showing the ‘Smitten’ live performance, so we need to show it flawlessly!”

At her words, the members who had been sitting dazedly began to get up one by one.

The hollow laugh naturally changed into a satisfied smile.

This level of great success and attention is a first, but I know now.

We will definitely seize this opportunity well and end with a successful schedule.

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About a month passed from then.

Now the activities with Cael Arden were over, and amazingly, our new album had also entered its final stages during that time.

“It was really an unforgettable journey. Wow…”

Min Ha-young, who had boarded the plane, muttered quietly while looking outside the window.

In the United States, we were really busy without a moment to breathe.

Apart from the tremendously increased interviews and schedules, preparing our album in the United States itself was too difficult and hard.

Some of the staff couldn’t sleep and worked until they eventually had to go to the emergency room.

It was difficult in many ways, but as Min Ha-young said, we had so many experiences and learned so much that it was truly unforgettable.

And… it was fun. All those difficult, sudden, and new experiences were enjoyable and interesting.

Of course, I never want to work with Cael Arden again. (His rudeness and self-centeredness didn’t change until the day we parted.)

Anyway, this ended successfully, and now when we return to Korea, let’s put all our energy into comeback preparations!

When we returned to Korea with that thought, we had to face numerous reporters.

“Haha…”

This was naturally expected.

While we spent quite a long time active in the United States, Korea had been highlighting every single one of our activities, and we had completely become a globally successful group.

‘Actually, it’s not quite to that extent.’

We didn’t rise to fame and perform with our own album.

Perhaps because we didn’t become famous with our own album, the system didn’t give us a mission success judgment either.

Anyway, the feeling had become like a triumphant return.

Since our recognition and awareness in Korea had greatly increased, we thought good things are good things, so we smiled brightly and hurriedly exited the airport.

‘Now I need to go succeed in my mission.’

“Phew…”

It was tough!

Breathing out lightly and cleanly shaking off the activities in the United States from my mind, I turned on the system for the first time in a while.

[Trait: Dopamine Addiction] has been activated.

Prepare for side effects.

For one week starting today, I plan to perfectly finish the album completion that I couldn’t do properly due to the US activities.

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And as time passed.

“…Are you awake? How’s your condition today?”

“Not bad.”

“That sounds like you’re saying it’s bad.”

Han Da-min chuckled while looking at my face.

After the album work ended and the dopamine addiction buff turned off, I very naturally suffered from side effects – extreme fatigue and lethargy.

This gives you all the fatigue accumulated over a week in one go, but this time the travel fatigue from returning from the United States to Korea and the fatigue from ignoring jet lag adjustment were piled on top, making it really unbearably difficult for several days.

Meanwhile, I had to practice without fail, so I became a regular customer at the hospital for a while.

Now I’ve become somewhat livable, so when morning comes I can open my eyes, get up, and come out to the living room.

“Let me see our princess.”

Han Da-min approached and grabbed my face with both hands, turned it around, then sighed and smiled with relief.

“You look tired, but fortunately your appearance came back to life a bit today. Princess.”

“Really? That’s really fortunate. I was about to cry if my condition was bad today too.”

Making crying sounds, I headed to the kitchen and brought the Greek yogurt that Han Da-min had set out.

Today was a day when I absolutely couldn’t show signs of being sick or tired.

It was the music video filming day for our new album’s title track.

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