《A fortune-telling princess》 Chapter 1 ¡°Sia, your skin is perfectly moist today.¡± Jihyun, who is in charge of makeup, exclaimed continuously. She became more cautious as she touched the face with the skin that seemed to drip with water just by tapping it. ¡°You¡¯re probably the only one who stays up all night for more than a week and maintains this kind of skin.¡± ¡°I paid a lot of money for my skincare. If I can¡¯t maintain this much, I should sue the skincare shop¡± ¡°That¡¯s true!¡± Jihyun smiled lightly. She insisted not to go to the skin shop every time saying it was too expensive, and then expressed his dissatisfaction again. She was the top celebrity in Korea but did not enjoy spending money. ¡°By the way, Jihyun.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°You said you were raised by your grandmother when you were young.¡± ¡°¡­? That¡¯s right.¡± Jihyun tilted her head at Sia¡¯s sudden question. Why are we bringing up the stories we talked about at the old drinking party? ¡°When I was young, my parents were busy, so I stayed with my grandmother until I entered middle school.¡± ¡°When was the last time you contacted your grandmother?¡± ¡°Well¡­ I think it¡¯s been about two months?¡± ¡°Two months?¡± ¡°Yes, you have been very busy with the recent filming. Come to think of it, I haven¡¯t been able to contact her for so long.¡° Jihyun¡¯s face was still full of doubt as she spoke out the answer. It was extremely rare for the Sia to show interest in other people¡¯s family affairs. No matter how long they¡¯ve known each other, she never crossed a certain line. To be honest, it was a little surprising that she remembered that she was raised by her grandmother. ¡°Cell phone?¡± ¡°Cell phone? Behind you¡­ .¡± ¡°Yours, not mine.¡± ¡°Mine? Ah¡­ ¡­ .¡± Jihyun, who looked around quickly, let out a small sigh. ¡°I must have left it in the car.¡± ¡°Bring it.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Bring your cell phone.¡± ¡°Now?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°We have to start filming soon¡­ ¡­ .¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not necessary right now, I can find my phone later.¡± ¡°Go now.¡± ¡°I have yet to finish my makeup¡­ ¡­ .¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take care of it.¡± ¡°But¡­ ¡­ .¡± ¡°Hurry.¡± It¡¯s really weird. Jihyun, who was a little surprised at Sia¡¯s determination as usual, ran towards the parking lot. ¡°Hyunsuk oppa.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Sia quietly called the manager who was standing, looking at her with eyes full of curiosity as much as Jihyun. ¡°Jihyun, find someone to fill her place for a few days.¡± ¡°Do you want Jihyun to leave?¡± Manager Hyunsuk¡¯s eyes widened at her sudden words. ¡°Temporarily.¡± ¡°Temporarily?¡± ¡°I think Jihyun won¡¯t be able to work for a few days.¡± ¡°What do you mean all of a sudden?¡± Instead of answering, Sia threw her gaze at Jihyun, who had already gone away. To be more precise, I looked at an old woman who was quietly following Jihyun. The old woman who had been standing behind Jihyun from a while ago was looking at her with pitiful eyes. I could immediately realize the grandmother¡¯s identity by stroking Jihyun ¡®s head and smiling happily together when she laughed. ¡®Will a week be enough?¡¯ Should I give her some more time to calm down? ¡°Prepare a wreath, too.¡± ¡°Wreath? What wreath?¡± ¡°A wreath for the funeral.¡± ¡°What?¡± Ignoring the manager who was surprised at the word funeral, Sia finished her makeup with skillfully. * * * ¡°Grandma, did you see that I sent an expensive wreath?¡± There is a saying in the entertainment industry. ¡°I also made the reliefs great.¡± Celebrities and shamans have the same fate, and the two are very similar. After returning home after a full week of local filming, Sia let out a small sigh. The moment I took out a can of beer from the refrigerator to relieve fatigue and drink alone, I found the old woman standing behind the refrigerator door. ¡°You had a good funeral and you were buried in a sunny place.¡± Ah¡­ is it? Isn¡¯t it a bit too much to say the ossuary* is a sunny place? Anyway, why did the old women who had a funeral and cremation done all of a sudden came to see me? Sia sighed inwardly and took the opened beer can to her mouth. ¡°If you don¡¯t have anything, will you leave? I am tired now.¡± I usually just ignore it, but since she¡¯s the grandmother of a colleague I¡¯ve been working with for over 4 years, I couldn¡¯t be rude. ¡®Really very slightly.¡¯ I think it would have been better to pretend not to know. It¡¯s mentally exhausting to deal with such a being when you¡¯re tired. [Our Jihyun¡­ ¡­ .] Then the grandmother, who was standing quietly looking at Sia, opened her mouth. As if to tell you that your life was not so smooth, her hands and face were full of wrinkles, and her gaze kept following her . [Please take good care of Jihyun in the future.] ¡°¡­ ¡­ .¡± Are all grandmothers like that? Seeing the old woman bowing her head very politely to a woman much younger than her with an incredibly kind smile, Sia took another sip of beer. I suddenly remembered the words I heard from my manager, Hyunsuk, a few days ago. ¡®The only person crying at the funeral was Jihyun.¡¯ It was said that it was a spectacle to see Jihyun¡¯s parents and other brothers fighting over the property left by her grandmother. Even the guests who came to the funeral had to run away as they were fighting over who should get more money from the sale of the house and the small bank account balance. ¡®Oh, it¡¯s a waste of money.¡¯ If I had known that people like that would take it, I wouldn¡¯t have even helped. [And can you do me a small favor?] Sia, who was grumbling inwardly, looked up again at the words of the grandmother. Sia, A top 25-year-old actor who is known not only in Korea but also throughout Asia. She first started acting at the age of 14, and has established a solid position by hitting a jackpot in every work she chooses, regardless of genre. ¡®Because I have a pretty face and I¡¯m very good at acting.¡¯ I want to say it frankly. ¡®I can¡¯t say I didn¡¯t owe anything to them.¡¯ The information they bring is very useful. Sia,a special feature of her, the top actress representing Korea. ¡®Yeah, I ¡­ .¡¯ Can see ghosts. * * * ¡°Jihyun.¡± ©¤ Yes, sister. I made a video call to Jihyun. As if she had suffered a lot because of her grandmother¡¯s death, Sia kicked her tongue inwardly at the sight of Jihyun¡¯s face, which had lost weight within a few days. ¡°Have I told you before? I¡¯m very interested in things like fortune-telling.¡± ©¤ Yes! You were the first to know that my grandmother passed away this time. At that time, my sister kept telling me to bring my cell phone, so I was very embarrassed. But this is¡­ . ¡°Just¡­ Your fortune on that day is not good.¡± Of course, it¡¯s a lie. I know nothing about fortune-telling. However, I was just pretending to be interested in that kind of thing because I was trying to tell people what I learned through ghosts so that they could easily accept it. ¡°Sia, didn¡¯t you say you go to church?¡± Manager Hyunsuk, who was next to him, interrupted their conversation. ¡°Yeah, I do.¡± No, I went. ¡°I am a baptized woman.¡± At one time, I went to church very diligently to try to put this ghost-seeing eye to rest. I even got baptized. ¡®The day I was baptized¡­ .¡¯ The ghosts quietly stopped walking around me as they stood around me and applauded me, saying congratulations. After that, I went to a church and a temple, but there was nothing special about it. ¡°What does it have to do with looking at fortune-telling and church?¡± ¡°But it¡¯s not that¡­ ¡­ .¡± ¡°Never mind.¡± Sia cut Hyunsuk¡¯s words quickly, as if not to dig deep, and then looked at the phone again. ¡°Are you still at your Grandma¡¯s house?¡± Jihyun stayed alone at her grandmother¡¯s house to organize her deceased grandmother¡¯s luggage. The other family members said they were busy and left immediately. It was to sell the house and land as quickly as possible. You could have someone organize it, but Jihyun couldn¡¯t do that. She didn¡¯t want to throw away the precious things that her grandmother had used for a long time like garbage. She asked Sia and her company for a few more days, and she was cleaning up her grandmother¡¯s house alone. ©¤ I¡¯m sorry. I need to come back soon ¡­ . ¡°Right. Come back fast. I don¡¯t let other people touch my face.¡± ©¤ Yes! Chapter 2 ¡°Father!¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­ .¡± ¡°Please save me!¡± Tears flowed nonstop from the eyes of the woman who appeared to be in her late teens. It was very pathetic to see her beg for her life, but there was no emotion in the man¡¯s face when he saw it. No, I could only find one emotion. Contempt. A cold look of contempt for her ¡°Take her away.¡± ¡°Ah, Father!¡± As soon as the man¡¯s words fell, several knights who were nearby came and grabbed her. Although dragged by the hands of the knights, she continued to cry for help. But no one listened to her. Not only the knights, but the eyes of those around her who looked at her were the same. pity and ridicule. After a while, a new person approached her. He is a young man who appears to be in his early 20s. ¡°Brother!¡± The man also had a cold look in his eyes towards her. ¡°My, I was wrong!¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­ .¡± The man looked at her silently for a moment as she was banging her head on the ground, begging for forgiveness, then pulled out the sword he was wearing around his waist. ¡°fath¡­ ¡­ !¡± Swish! ¡®Ha¡­ what!¡¯ Sia opened her eyes and immediately placed her hand on her chest. A sigh of relief flowed out of my heart, which was still beating. ¡®Still, today is not the guillotine.¡¯ Should I be happy about this? Sia sighed briefly. I suddenly remembered the first time I experienced this phenomenon. ¡®Was I five then?¡¯ The day the incident occurred I saw a ghost for the first time that day. ¡®Mom¡­ ¡­ .¡¯ My mother who died next to me. From the day I saw my mother disappear after looking at me with a slightly sad but relieved look, I was able to see other ghosts as well. ¡®Yes.¡¯ Seeing ghosts is like that. ¡®But what is this really?¡¯ It was also around that time that Sia experienced this phenomenon. I experienced this for the first time shortly after my mother died. ¡®It¡¯s not a dream.¡¯ It wasn¡¯t a dream, it just happened occasionally when I closed my eyes. As if being sucked into another world, a new world unfolded before my eyes. ¡®The first scene I saw was ¡­ .¡¯ Swish! It was just being stabbed by a sword. Just like that ¡®My heart ¡­ .¡¯ No, that woman¡¯s heart. She had been unable to say anything for a while after waking up to the eerie sensation that felt as if she had been possessed by her. That was the beginning. After that, often when I closed my eyes, I was sucked into a strange world. Then she lived the same life over and over again. There, Sia is always the same woman. A woman who looks like a noblewoman of the Middle Ages! That woman, in a word. ¡®It¡¯s dark.¡¯ It¡¯s depressing! She doesn¡¯t speak much, and her expression is gloomy. Still, her pride as a nobleman was extremely high and she could hardly stand being ignored or neglected. At first, I was very annoyed at the sight of a woman who screams and acts violently when angry. Because the end of such a woman was always the same. Death. In the hands of those who appear to be her brothers. In the hands of the man who appears to be her father. Or, she was taken to the guillotine and decapitated in front of thousands of people watching. ¡®That feeling is ¡­ .¡¯ It is horrible. It started when she was five years old and has been watching it for over 20 years, but she is still not used to the moment of death. Please stop dying, live a little differently. At the moment of death, seeing a woman who goes back to the past and repeats the same life, Sia went beyond irritation and now felt compassion. Maybe it¡¯s because she goes into that woman¡¯s body every time and keeps watching her life? Gradually, a desire for women¡¯s happiness began to arise. However. Swish! The woman also died today. ¡°Sis¡­ .¡± After closing her eyes during the waiting time for a short filming, she was dragged into a strange world, she spit out abusive language inwardly. Damn¡­ really annoying ¡°Sister, are you okay? Did you have another nightmare?¡± It¡¯s Jihyun who recently cleaned up her grandmother¡¯s house and returned to work. She said that she had found close to 30 million won under the persimmon tree, and said she was grateful, bringing tears to her eyes. It is said that she cried for a few more days at the thought of her grandmother who saved up without even spending any of the money . Anyway, Jihyun, who came back after calming her heart, hurriedly approached me with a surprised look and asked. It was because Sia, who had not moved as if sleeping, was suddenly sweating. ¡°¡­ It¡¯s a nightmare.¡± ¡°Look at the sweat. I¡¯ll put makeup on again.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Sia sighed and closed her eyes again, feeling Jihyun¡¯s familiar touch. ¡°¡­ ¡­ !¡± But Sia had to quickly open her eyes again. ¡°Sister?¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­ .¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Jihyun asked with a bewildered expression at the sight of Sia, whose complexion suddenly became paler. But Sia had no energy to answer her question. ¡®What, what?¡¯ This is because the moment I closed my eyes, the same scene from a while ago was immediately followed. I¡¯ve never experienced anything like this before ¡­ . After experiencing this once, it was quiet for a few days. But this time I closed my eyes and saw it again. Is it because the woman is dead? First time. To see the world without being possessed by a woman¡¯s body. The women and Sia¡¯s eyes, who were bleeding and dying, met. ¡°¡­ ¡­ .¡± Seeing her eyes full of resentment and sadness, Sia couldn¡¯t release her frozen expression for a while. * * * ¡°There¡­ Sia.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Go to sleep.¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± I¡¯m not okay Manager Hyunsuk, who looked at Sia, gave an awkward smile. The figure of Sia sitting with her red, bloodshot eyes wide open was terrifying. As soon as I entered the waiting room, I was told to close my eyes, but for some reason,I gave more strength to my eyes. It¡¯s still a bit creepy when you sit with your big eyes wide open. ¡°There is more than an hour left to finish the last scene.¡± ¡°I know.¡± ¡°Get some sleep.¡± ¡°That¡¯s enough.¡± Finally, the manager Hyunsuk gently shook his head. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s wrong with her today. ¡®I want to close my eyes too.¡¯ I want to sleep! Sia was also well aware of how important it was to sleep at such a short and brief time in a situation where filming continued all night. ¡®But¡­¡¯ For some reason, I didn¡¯t think I should do that today. Sia sighed quietly, recalling the scene she saw during the day today, the last dead woman¡¯s eyes. ¡®It¡¯s better to play with the ghosts with broken heads.¡¯ I didn¡¯t want to see it again. Until now, I have seen many terrible things through various ghosts. However, I¡¯ve never felt afraid when I saw such ghosts. As long as you are not afraid, it is very rare for ghosts to physically harm humans. By the way¡­ ¡­ . ¡®Why?¡¯ The moment I saw the resentful eyes of the dead woman, I was strangely horrified. Not once or twice I¡¯ve seen her die. ¡®Today was a little different.¡¯ Those eyes seemed to be looking at me. Sia didn¡¯t want to see that figure again, that looked in her eyes. My heart was pounding for some reason, and it felt like something sharp was stabbing my whole body. ¡®Sympathy?¡¯ That¡¯s not it. Although the life of a woman is frustrating and sad, it was not heartbreaking to that extent. Because I have already seen her death countless times for over 20 years¡­ No, we went through it together. Just the last look I saw her today. Those eyes stayed in my mind and I couldn¡¯t forget them. ¡°Three members of a family were found dead in an apartment in Daegu. Suffering from the hardships of life, Mr. A committed suicide after killing his wife and six-year-old son¡­ .¡» ¡°That¡­ ¡­ .¡± Then the news came out on the TV that was turned on in the waiting room. People¡¯s eyes naturally turned to the TV where the sad story was flowing. Manager Hyunsuk, who was standing next to Sia, also had a sad expression on his face. ¡°¡­ ¡­ .¡± Sia also glanced at the TV. A single basement room in which the family had died was appearing on the screen. It was a scene that clearly showed that he died because he could not overcome the hardships of life. ¡°How hard it must have been¡­ tsk.¡± ¡°Is it okay if it¡¯s hard?¡± ¡°Uh?¡± Hyunsuk, who had been speaking to himself unknowingly, was startled by the soft voice he heard for a moment. ¡°Then die alone.¡± The expression and tone of Sia, who had her eyes fixed on the TV, were very dull. However, when he remembered one thing, he couldn¡¯t hide his embarrassment. ¡°Hey there, Sia.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong with that kid?¡± ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s right.¡± Hyunsuk wanted to turn off the TV, but he couldn¡¯t find the damn remote control. ¡°Still, that person called father even died with them.¡± Looking at the smirking Sia, Hyunsuk finally unplugged the TV cable altogether. Then he looks back at her with an awkward expression. But Sia still couldn¡¯t take her eyes off the TV that was turned off. ¡°Sia, it¡¯s okay¡­ ¡­ .¡± ¡°Sia, please prepare.¡± Just as Hyunsuk was about to talk to him again, the filming staff came to the waiting room. ¡®Whoa.¡¯ After taking a short sigh inwardly, Sia took her eyes off the TV and slowly got up from her seat. ¡®I don¡¯t like it¡­¡¯ Struggling to hold back the sigh that leaked out of her mouth, Sia headed to the filming set. Work is so bad today. Maybe it¡¯s because I¡¯ve been with the ghosts for a long time? There were times when I really felt like this. Feeling like something is going to go wrong? On such a day, no matter how big or small, something always happened. On days like this, it¡¯s good to just go home and rest. ¡°Are you both ready?¡± A romantic comedy drama about the romance between a handsome and talented young boss and his secretary. It wasn¡¯t particularly difficult either. It was a scene where she attended a party as the male protagonist¡¯s partner and took care of him as a secretary. Squeak- ¡®Squeak?¡¯ While filming the scene where the male lead, who has a picky taste, as a secretary, checks the food that he cannot eat, she lifted her head at the unfamiliar noise. ¡°Oh my god!¡± ¡°Sia!¡± The moment you raise your head, you hear the screams of people. ¡°¡­ ¡­ !¡± Sia sees the luxurious chandelier falling over her head¡­. No, when I saw a ghost hanging over it, I blacked out.