The Granddaughter of a Chaebol Family Is a Genius Child Actress - Chapter 2

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The Wealthy Heiress Is a Child Prodigy Actress
Episode 2
Beep—beep—beep—
“……Gasp!”
I sucked in a sharp breath and snapped my eyes open.
Jolting upright, I gasped for air, and my entire body felt damp with cold sweat.
‘What, what is this?’
I blinked, glancing around uncertainly.
My room, decorated from wallpaper to bedframe in nothing but pink lace.
A room I’d lived in since I was very young, yet somehow it felt strangely unfamiliar.
I turned my head and looked down at my hands.
What I saw were small, delicate hands.
They were my hands, certainly, but something felt off about them.
How to describe it—they looked oddly, unusually small.
“…….”
Oh, right.
Now that I think about it, my forehead too…….
‘There was blood, just now.’
I worried my lips and unconsciously touched my forehead.
But the skin beneath my fingers was smooth and unblemished, without a single wound.
As if nothing had happened at all.
Actually, the truth was nothing had happened.
“That was…… a really strange dream…….”
I exhaled slowly, muttering in a hollow voice.
Was it because I’d fallen asleep late last night watching television?
The events I’d seen in the dream still felt vivid.
In the dream, I was a child named Seo Yu-jin.
My mom and dad who always looked exhausted from work, a narrow One-room Apartment that reeked of mold.
Then, encouraged by my mother, standing before the camera, auditioning with trembling hands.
That moment, receiving an award beneath brilliant lights, smiling with overwhelming joy…….
“……Hmm?”
I tilted my head in confusion.
Wait a minute.
Was this really a dream?
Something felt off.
A creeping chill ran down my skin, so I clutched the Teddy Bear beside me tight.
These memories…… what on earth were they?
Unnaturally vivid sensations and memories swirled chaotically in my mind.
As if all of it had truly been my life.
That was when it happened.
“Wow, this kid’s name is Yu-jin too?”
“Yeah, haha. Different last name, but our Yu-jin shares the same given name. Maybe it’s Destiny that Yu-jin was meant to play this Role?”
“Exactly! Don’t you think this role suits Yu-jin perfectly? She looks like a little princess!”
“Huh?”
A scene flashed vividly through my mind.
My eyes opened wide without thinking.
Yes—the Role that Seo Yu-jin had taken in the dream.
A wealthy heiress……Baek Yu-jin.
And that was……?
“My, my name……?”
-That’s correct!
“Eek!”
Oh, you startled me.
An unfamiliar woman’s voice coming from somewhere.
I swallowed hard and whipped my head around, scanning the room.
……But there’s nothing to see.
Absolutely nothing.
‘A, a, a ghost?’
My throat tightened as I clutched the Teddy Bear even closer.
Pop—
“……?”
A sound like a cartoon sound effect cut through the silence.
Then, with a soft plop, a white, fluffy ball of fur tumbled onto the blanket.
“…….”
What, what is that?
I stared at it through eyes that wouldn’t stop wavering.
A fur bundle white as fresh snow.
A creature no bigger than a soccer ball began to shuffle and settle onto my lap.
A, a puppy?
No, the tail is far too luxuriant for that…….
“Fox……?”
The moment those words left my lips.
The fur mass shook itself and finally settled, lifting its head to meet my gaze.
Silken silver fur and eyes that gleamed like jewels, a brilliant sapphire blue.
-How wonderful to meet you, Seo Yu-jin! Though I suppose you’re Baek Yu-jin now!
“Gasp.”
……And it talks, besides.
I huddled into myself, watching the fox through trembling eyes.
“…….”
It wasn’t difficult to understand.
This fox is no ordinary creature!
***
-Well then. Do you understand now, Contractor?
“…….”
The white fur ball’s story—who introduced herself as a fox spirit—was even more fantastical than a fairy tale.
After sleeping for an extraordinarily long time, the fox had awakened and happened to discover ‘Seo Yu-jin.’
Moved by pity at the sight of a dying child, the fox had given Seo Yu-jin a chance to live a new life.
……That new life was me, Baek Yu-jin.
In other words, every image I saw in that dream was my past life!
“W, wow.”
I couldn’t close my mouth.
The dream I’d had today wasn’t a dream at all—it was a life I’d actually lived!
And more: the world I’d acted in back then, within those dramas, was the same world I’m living in now.
Truly, one shock after another.
A situation like this…… I had a memory of reading about it in a book.
“S, so. Is this something like Possession……?”
-Hmm, Possession? That would be something quite different.
I reached for a word from the memories of my past, but the fox shook her small head firmly.
-This life you’re living now is a new life for you. A world entirely different from what you knew before.
“A, a different world?”
-Think about it. The people around you, the faces you remember—are they not different from those in your memories?
That’s…….
I paused, then nodded awkwardly.
“……Yes. They’re different.”
And it was true.
The faces of the actors who’d played my mother and father in the drama I remembered were clearly different from the faces of my parents as I knew them.
The greatest difference was in their demeanor.
Whenever the director called cut, they would smile warmly at me, but my current mother and father…….
“…….”
They never smiled at me.
The cool, distant faces of my parents haunted me every day.
Those faces began to overlap with the faces of my parents from my past life.
‘They’re the same.’
In that moment, my chest twisted in pain.
I had spent my entire life longing for the love of such a mother and father, only to die without ever receiving it.
“Then……why did you give me a second life?”
After a long silence, I finally opened my mouth.
My voice had begun to tremble.
But as if to mock my wavering emotion, the fox cried out with even greater force.
-Because your Destiny as a Contractor is to be blessed with the love of countless souls, shining brilliantly!
“……What?”
I froze at her words.
……Me? Destined to receive so much love?
-That’s right! In your previous life, unfortunately your Contractor’s destiny became tangled with family connections, and that tragic incident occurred.
The fox shook her head, clicking her tongue as she continued.
I said nothing, just stared at her blankly.
-But your true destiny was never meant to be that! That’s precisely why the Great Fox Spirit chose you as her Contractor!
The fox cried out with fierce conviction, raising her snowy tail high.
The tail, still small and delicate-looking, shimmered in the air.
-Though the Fox Spirit has lost her strength and now possesses only one tail, if you become an actress and receive the love of many people, the Fox Spirit will grow strong again!
“…….”
Actress.
My heart began to race at that word from the fox’s mouth.
In that instant, a memory flashed through me—from my past life, lying on the floor drenched in blood.
Those final moments, as my breath faded, had been so cold and so lonely.
But far greater than that was the sorrow and regret.
The fact that I would never act again—it broke me.
That was the only time I’d ever felt loved, ever felt happy. And it was slipping away forever.
‘Could it really be……again?’
But the fox was telling me I could become an actress again.
Not as Seo Yu-jin, but as Baek Yu-jin.
‘……Wait?’
Hold on, hold on.
The moment I repeated the name Baek Yu-jin, a memory brushed past my mind.
I blinked several times before calling out to the fox hesitantly.
“Um, um, hey. But wait. Fox?”
-What is it?
“……Am I not a short-lived character?”
It was my first role in my previous life, so I remembered it clearly.
In the drama, the child named Baek Yu-jin……died in an accident at a young age. That was the character.
I looked at the fox with a sinking feeling.
-……Well.
But as if to betray my hopes, the fox quietly looked away.
-To grant you a full life would require far too much of my power…….
“…….”
At that non-denial, my jaw dropped open.
Now that it was just after New Year’s, I was seven years old.
And the Baek Yu-jin I remembered……dies at ten!
“What—what do you mean? You said I’d become a hugely famous actress!”
Before I could help myself, emotion choked my voice and I shouted.
I’d already died once—did that mean I’d just die again so soon?
At my outburst, the fox scrambled to her feet.
-D-don’t worry, Contractor! If we gain enough power, we can change that destiny!
“You—you really mean it?”
-I do! But, well. It will require considerable effort. Changing one’s fate is not an easy matter…….
The fox trailed off, speaking in a creeping whisper as she gauged my reaction.
My heart sank once more.
So the future wasn’t guaranteed to change after all.
‘I’m going to die again?’
My hands, clenching the blanket, trembled with sudden force.
The memory of dying in my previous life rose up again.
That moment—lonely, cold, nothing but regret and longing left behind.
‘……I hate it.’
I hated it.
I didn’t want to go through that again.
I didn’t want to die so emptily, so miserably, the way I had before.
I sniffled and steadied my breath, then lifted my head to look at the fox once more.
“……This time, I don’t want to die like that!”
-Y-yes! The Fox Spirit has no intention of letting you die that way either!
In response to my resolve, the fox began hopping up and down in place.
—so, I’ve prepared something special for my Contractor!
With that, a fox’s tail swayed and undulated gently.
[A New Beginning!]
Objective: Pass the audition opening today and secure your first role!
Reward: The power of Enchantment
“……Wow, w-wow.”
A blue window materialized before my eyes with a soft pop.

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