A normal person wouldn’t have done this.
In Yuna’s case, it should be considered unlucky.
Because she messed with me, Nameless, not anyone else.
She was the one who antagonized me first while I was staying still.
I wasn’t someone who would tolerate such a person.
And in my experience, people like her always bring annoying issues later on.
It’s better to deal with it in advance.
Don’t think I’ll let it slide after touching Nameless.
“Ah, no, writer! That’s not it…”
Yuna frantically waved her hands, her face pale.
I still looked like I was about to cry.
No one doubted my acting, not even the professional actor among them.
No one here could match my level of acting.
I could completely fool everyone with my performance.
I’m confident in drama shooting too. Especially, acting to deceive someone never shows a flaw.
“Yuna, don’t tell me you said that earlier on purpose because you lost your role?”
“Ah, no, writer! That’s really not it…!”
I had already overheard the conversation between Writer Kang Eungsook and Yuna before the reading.
Yuna’s conversation, trying to turn people against me.
As the youngest, I thought I should arrive early, so I came early.
Seeing Yuna talking with Kang Eungsook, I hid my presence and eavesdropped.
If I hadn’t overheard that conversation, I wouldn’t have gone this far.
But since she attacked first, making sure she can’t think of doing it again is common sense in my world.
Pouring water on me with the tumbler was also part of my clever technique.
“Hey, hey, turn off the camera quickly. Okay, okay, everyone did great, let’s wrap up!”
Realizing the situation was getting weird, the main director, Kang Shinyul, hurriedly sorted it out.
The camera director turned off the camera, and everyone started leaving the reading room.
They couldn’t let the atmosphere become awkward for the team before the shoot even began.
I also didn’t push it further because I understood that.
Yuna must’ve realized it well enough by now.
“Let’s go, Siyeon. I’ll give you a ride.”
“Thank you…”
I was led out by Park Siha.
Following her, the other actors and staff also began to leave.
Only Yuna stood there with a blank expression.
“Wr-writer, about that…”
“Do your best with the shoot, Yuna.”
Even Writer Kang Eungsook ignored her and left the reading room.
After this incident, Yuina would have lost quite a bit of favor.
She shouldn’t have messed with me.
“Siyeon, are you really okay?”
“I’m fine. It’s not far.”
“But…”
I set out alone from home.
The reason my mom was worried was because I was heading to the filming site.
Normally, the agency would take care of schedules.
Since I didn’t have an agency, my mom offered to accompany me.
But the filming site already had a basic makeup team and costumes prepared.
There wasn’t any need for someone to come along and take care of me.
I took the bus alone and arrived at the filming site.
“Hello.”
“Siyeo, you’re here?”
“Siyeon’s here.”
The other actors welcomed me more enthusiastically than usual.
Probably because of what happened at the final reading last time.
Yuna was quietly reading her script in the corner.
“You came alone? Oh, didn’t you say you don’t have an agency?”
“Yes.”
“Really? It must be tough… Should I introduce you to one? I’m sure many would want to recruit someone like you.”
Park Siha spoke with concern.
As a fellow woman, and thinking of her own childhood acting days, she seemed to want to take care of me.
“It’s okay. I’m planning to think about it a bit more before deciding. Thank you.”
“Haha, Siyeon, you’re so articulate. You won’t get scammed even if you sign with an agency.”
“Siha struggled at first because she chose the wrong agency. Her current one is fine, though.”
“If you need help, let me know, Siyeon? Ugh, there’s something about you that makes me want to take care of you.”
Siha hugged me and rubbed her cheek against mine.
It seemed my youngest-acting strategy worked well.
The atmosphere at the filming site was friendly and warm.
“I guess I do need an agency, after all.”
It’s fine for now since I’m only filming one project.
But once my first work airs and I officially debut, I’ll definitely need one.
Both Jihyun and Hyewon were insisting I join their respective companies.
Especially Chaeyoung, who, following her mother Hyewon, was with TM Entertainment.
She kept telling me to join the same agency.
Jihyun’s FAC was a large, actor-focused agency and looked promising.
Jiyoung, being an idol trainee, didn’t follow her mother’s agency and was signed elsewhere.
Jihyun and Hyewon are trustworthy people.
But joining their agencies was something I needed to think about carefully.
The bigger the group, the more rules there are to maintain it.
A life tied down by too many rules doesn’t suit me.
That’s why I asked Dongsoo to investigate various options for me.
Dongsoo had the ability to gather much more information than I expected.
Information from the visible world—what one could normally find through internet searches.
And information from the hidden world—what he referred to as the dark web.
Anyway, since I’d asked him to look into various things, I should be able to decide soon.
“Siyeon! Please come change into your costume!”
“Yes!”
Shortly after, I changed into my outfit, and filming began.
“Oh? Writer, what brings you here…”
“Can’t a writer check out the filming site?”
“Haha, of course.”
Writer Kang Eungsook visited the set of Heirs for the first time in a while.
In fact, it had been a while since official filming began.
Usually, Writer Kang Eungsook didn’t visit the set often.
Yet, she came today because it was Siyeon’s first filming day.
“Normally, you don’t come often. Anyway, feel free to say anything.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t interfere with your directing. I’m sure you’ll do well. I’m just here to see that girl.”
“Oh, you mean Siyeon.”
Main director Kang Shinyul relaxed, finally understanding.
Since the role of Uriel was being played by a middle schooler, it was only natural for her to be concerned.
Moreover, at the final reading, Siyeon didn’t deliver an impressive performance.
“She’ll do fine. She probably wasn’t in good condition during the final reading.”
“We’ll see.”
Kang Eungsook watched Siyeon closely as she was getting her makeup done.
Siyeon’s face, with just a simple base applied, was flawless enough to not need any makeup.
Her cold aura and indifferent facial muscles matched the role of Uriel perfectly.
‘Has she been preparing a lot? Is she already trying to immerse herself in the role?’
At a glance, it might seem like Siyeon was delving into the elegant villainess role for a flawless portrayal of Uriel.
But somehow, it didn’t feel that way.
Just ever so slightly, like a speck of dust, there was a faint sense of incongruity.
‘The atmosphere feels slightly different.’
The image of her crying during the final reading was still vivid.
No one, not even Kang Eungsook, thought it was acting at the time.
But now, as she watched Siyeon receiving her makeup, she noticed a subtle difference.
A difference so minuscule that even a master actor wouldn’t catch it—a speck of dust’s worth of change.
Not that Kang Eungsook consciously recognized it.
It was just that the girl sitting upright no longer seemed like the delicate, adolescent middle schooler she had seen before.
And even that feeling lasted only for a moment.
Siyeon finished her makeup and stood up.
She immediately appeared once again as the lovable youngest member of the set.
“Okay, moving on to Scene #7!”
Siyeon’s debut scene began filming.
Fully transformed into Uriel, Siyeon waited for the cameras to start rolling.
‘You have to watch the acting properly.’
Even if her condition wasn’t great back then, it was impossible not to check Siyeon’s acting.
And Kang Eungsook still couldn’t shake off Yuna’s words completely.
No matter how upset she was about losing the role, for her to badmouth the writer directly meant there had to be something.
Kang Eungsook decided to keep a close eye on Siyeon today, just in case.
“Alright, cue!”
As soon as the filming began,
Kang Eungsook understood why Yuna had tried to turn others against Siyeon.
Clack, clack.
Imperial High School, an elite private school for nobles.
Uriel, a student at Imperial High, is the only daughter of a family running a fashion company.
Her mother, after divorcing her unfaithful husband, raised her daughter strongly on her own.
Growing up in such an environment, Uriel developed a confident and proud personality.
Being from a fashion company family, her school fashion stood out.
She came to school wearing high-heeled luxury shoes and carried a small luxury bag that couldn’t even fit books.
The coat she wore over her uniform was one of only two in Korea, and she adorned herself with accessories worth hundreds of millions.
Even within the exclusive world of Imperial High, Uriel was someone who stood out.
The most glamorous girl at Imperial High.
It would take extraordinary skill to perfectly portray the confident daughter of a third-generation chaebol.
Honestly, even though Kang Eungsook had written it, she thought it might have been a bit over the top.
A student draped in luxury from head to toe, even wearing high heels to school.
Yet, inside, she carried feelings for the soft-hearted protagonist, expressing them in the wrong ways.
Uriel was a difficult role that required capturing such duality perfectly.
That’s why Kang Eungsook overturned the casting and grew attached to the role of Uriel.
If miscast, the role could feel awkward, like wearing ill-fitting clothes.
No, Kang Eungsook thought most actors wouldn’t be able to handle the role.
But then,
“…Hmph.”
Clack.
The sound of high heels stopped.
A woman adorned with glamorous accessories, holding a luxury bag, placed a hand on her waist.
Standing in the middle of the hallway, she drew the attention of every student.
Uriel, unfazed by the stares, glared down at the girl in front of her with a look of pure disgust.
‘…Perfect!’
She was the perfect Uriel.
Even the excessive luxury and accessories looked natural, as if they were part of her.
The position of her hand, the angle of her waist, the precise point where her foot stopped—everything was flawless.
She captured details that even seasoned veteran actors might miss.
A “character” is created from a collection of countless small habits.
To act as someone else means erasing one’s own habits and replicating every movement of the character.
Going further, it means aligning every action with the character as if it were your own.
At this moment, that wasn’t Kim Siyeon.
It was Uriel, without a single flaw.
The other actors and staff watching Siyeon’s performance were frozen.
Her acting was different. Even an untrained eye could tell.
Siyeon’s performance was perfect.
‘…So that’s it. That’s why Yuna was jealous.’
And Kang Eungsook understood.
The feelings of Yuna, who must have felt despair and jealousy in the face of the raw talent of a mere 14-year-old middle schooler.