The Granddaughter of a Chaebol Family Is a Genius Child Actress - Chapter 10

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The Conglomerate Family’s Granddaughter Is a Child Acting Prodigy
Episode 10
Moments later, in the Waiting Room.
Whoosh—
[First objective achieved!]
[You can now use Enchantment!]
‘Got it.’
A blue notification window materialized before my eyes without warning.
—Well, that’s only natural given such a superb performance!
‘……Hehe.’
I laughed shyly at the fox’s effusive praise.
Not that she was wrong, of course.
I’d just delivered an incredible performance.
The Director had wasted no time launching into an earnest pitch to Jin-a about casting me the moment I finished.
At that, Jin-a stepped out to take a call.
She was probably asking Grandfather for permission.
And now, this Quest completion notice blazing before my eyes…….
‘Grandfather must have said yes!’
A grin spilled from my lips.
My spirits lifted so much that my affection for Jin-a seemed to climb in tandem.
For Grandfather to approve so readily, she must have really spoken up for me.
‘Maybe she’s actually a good unni after all.’
Sitting in my chair, I swung my dangling legs back and forth through the air.
‘So, Fox—I can use Enchantment now too?’
—That’s right! Now I can share my power with you!
‘So how do I use it?’
—It’s not difficult. First, concentrate power in your eyes…….
That’s when it happened.
“Hey.”
A sharp, scratchy voice cut through from the adjacent seat.
I jerked my swinging legs to an abrupt halt and spun my head around.
‘……Oh wow.’
He was truly beautiful.
The moment I took in the boy, a bit older than me, admiration caught in my throat.
Despite his youth, his features were sculpted with remarkable clarity.
He looked like a little prince straight out of a fairy tale.
And besides that……the uniform he wore was familiar.
A crisp dark navy blazer with gilt buttons.
‘That’s the uniform from that school.’
The Private Elementary School I was scheduled to enter next year.
Though that observation was fleeting.
“Stop moving your legs. It’s annoying.”
The boy gestured sharply at my feet with his chin, the words cutting.
His furrowed brow made his expression look rather fierce.
“……Oh, yeah. Sorry.”
I apologized readily and stilled my legs.
He had a prince’s face, but his tone was brusque…….
Still, with my past life included, I was far older than him, so I, being the real senior, had to swallow my pride and be kind.
I pouted slightly and let my gaze drift downward without thinking.
[Gwon Ijun]
That’s when I noticed the name tag pinned to his chest.
‘Huh?’
It was a name I’d heard before—somewhere.
‘Where have I seen it……?’
It was definitely a name burned starkly into my memory.
Gwon Ijun. Gwon Ijun.
As I turned the name over in my mind, a flash struck.
‘Oh!’
A memory flashed across my consciousness like lightning.
The world I’m living in now is the world from the drama script I acted in during my past life.
And there, the protagonist’s name was unmistakably…….
‘Gwon Ijun!’
Without thinking, I looked at the boy again.
This child was the protagonist of that drama.
‘Wow.’
Memories of the script I’d read in my past life flickered through my mind.
The character ‘Baek Yujin’ that I’d played in the drama was just a supporting role who appeared in about one episode of the entire series.
And the lead of that drama was Gwon Ijun.
Baek Yujin—which is to say, me—was nothing more than a childhood friend whom he met for the first time at a conglomerate family’s social gathering.
But had fate changed when I decided to pursue acting?
Meeting the childhood friend I was supposed to encounter at the party in this way of all ways.
‘So this is what the real Gwon Ijun looks like…….’
In my past life, the older actor who’d played Gwon Ijun’s younger version had been incredibly handsome, I’d thought.
But the real Gwon Ijun was far more handsome than he was!
Caught in this strange curiosity, I’d been staring intently at his face.
“……What are you looking at?”
Gwon Ijun’s sharp voice cut through the air again.
Hmm, I suppose I was staring rather intensely.
“Oh. Sorry.”
I apologized quickly.
If he was upset, apologizing was the right thing to do.
But Gwon Ijun didn’t seem satisfied with my apology.
His brow furrowed even more sharply than before.
“How old are you?”
Then came the abrupt question.
I tilted my head in confusion.
“Why do you ask?”
“I’m asking how old you are.”
……What’s with this?
I rolled my eyes before answering.
“I’m seven.”
“I’m older than you.”
“Huh?”
“I’m nine.”
…….
And so what?
Even as I tilted my head with that thought, Gwon Ijun continued to stare at me intently.
‘What is he looking for?’
After mulling it over for a while, I finally closed my eyes and offered a bright smile.
When you smiled like this without anything else to say, adults always found it cute and liked it.
But even at my smile, Gwon Ijun’s frown deepened further.
Then, without a word, he turned his head away sharply.
‘……Oh?’
I was caught off guard by the sudden chill.
In the drama, ‘Gwon Ijun’ had been an incredibly kind older brother.
All the scenes we’d filmed together were full of laughter and play.
So why was the real Gwon Ijun acting so cold now?
For reasons I couldn’t quite grasp, disappointment had settled over me.
-Hmm, tsk tsk. A walking bundle of misfortune, if I’ve ever seen one.
At the fox’s casual remark, I froze momentarily.
‘A bundle of misfortune?’
-Now you should be able to see your contract partner too. Focus your eyes and look at that child.
Focus my eyes……?
I was bewildered, but I went ahead and tried as instructed.
‘Gasp.’
Then I saw it—a faint, dark smoke hovering around Gwon Ijun.
At first glance, it looked terribly ominous.
‘What, what is this?’
-Exactly what it looks like. Misfortune.
The fox answered matter-of-factly.
—There are people in this world blessed with great fortune, and there are those cursed with misfortune. But I haven’t seen a child quite as saturated with bad luck as this one in a very long time.
‘Wow…….’
The exclamation escaped before I could stop it.
It was extraordinary—to actually be able to see something like this.
It felt all the more remarkable because I already knew that voice was telling the truth.
—Still, judging by the color, it’s not time yet. The misfortune won’t arrive for a few more years.
‘That’s right. A few more years.’
I knew firsthand that several years down the line, Gwon Ijun’s life would be extraordinarily tragic and difficult.
Even though I didn’t appear in the final episodes, I watched the drama all the way through to its conclusion.
Young Gwon Ijun in the drama was an extremely happy child.
Wealthy, popular, and close with his family.
But then one day his mother died, and a cruel stepmother appeared—and he suffered relentless abuse at her hands.
After that, he abandoned everything he truly loved and lived his life consumed by revenge, eventually becoming the chairman of a conglomerate.
The villains were punished in the end, but in the final episode, as Gwon Ijun sat alone in that enormous chair, there wasn’t a trace of happiness on his face.
“Sigh.”
All that hardship waiting for him.
Perhaps because my own future wasn’t going to be smooth either, I felt a strange kinship.
I let out a sigh and gently patted Gwon Ijun’s shoulder.
“……W-what?”
Startled by my touch, Gwon Ijun looked up at me with wide eyes.
“Hang in there. Everything will be okay.”
“What nonsense are you—”
“Let’s both stay strong, okay?”
At my words, Gwon Ijun’s expression grew even more bewildered.
I paid no mind and patted his shoulder a couple more times, gently and warmly.
That was when it happened.
“Then, as Yujin’s guardian, I’ll review this contract carefully and send you my feedback.”
Jin-a’s voice carried over from across the room.
I snapped my head around toward it.
“I’ll send you further schedule details by email. And as I mentioned earlier, I’d appreciate it if you’d be careful regarding her name.”
“Ah, yes. Oh, understood. We’ll be very thorough about that. You really do look after your cousin sister well, don’t you? Ha ha…….”
The Director’s awkward smile couldn’t hide his confusion.
At the sight, I let out another sigh and shook my head quietly.
‘Jin-a, your acting is really terrible……!’
She’d told me to refer to her as my cousin in front of others, but she didn’t sound remotely like a real cousin.
Unless the Director was an idiot, he’d find something suspicious about it.
‘If this gets exposed, what am I going to do!’
To salvage the situation, I sprang from my chair and hurried over to the two of them.
“Sister.”
The moment I appeared, both of their eyes turned toward me.
I flashed my prettiest smile and tugged gently at the edge of Jin-a’s jacket.
“I’m hungry. Let’s go home now.”
I made my voice as childlike and sisterly as possible.
“…….”
But in that instant, Jin-a went utterly still.
Confused by her reaction, I blinked hard and sent desperate signals with my eyes.
As I signaled urgently, Jin-a suddenly took a breath and collected herself.
Then she barely managed a nod.
“……Yes, food. Let’s go eat.”
……She really can’t act at all.
At her awkward response, I quietly shook my head.
I had to get us out of there before she made things even stranger.
“Well then, goodbye, Director.”
“Oh? Ha ha, sure thing.”
I bowed respectfully to the Director.
The Director, who’d been sweating awkwardly just moments before, finally began to smile comfortably at my greeting.
“Be careful on your way, and let’s definitely meet again soon.”
“Yes.”
After saying goodbye to the Director, I turned back one last time to look at Gwon Ijun, who was still sitting in his chair.
Then I raised one hand and gave him a small wave.
“Then, goodbye.”
“……”
But Gwon Ijun didn’t return my farewell.
He simply sat there in a daze, watching me.
‘He really is a strange one.’
With that thought, I turned back around and left the Studio with Jin-a.

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