Actually, Seo-yeon is quite generous.
Although she tends to remember the things she doesn't like for a long time, she doesn't usually complain about them at the moment.
Above all, if the other person's actions are directed at her, she generally lets most things slide.
The cases where Seo-yeon gets angry are mostly when harm comes to the people around her.
For example, that was the case when Cha Na-hee was bullied in 'Summer Girl'.
Most recently, she was a bit angry at the treatment Jo Seo-hee received from her father.
Of course, in Seo-hee's case, there was a reason that was somewhat understandable from her father's perspective.
Anyway.
"It's my first time in Korea, you know? But it feels different from Japan?"
"Did you go to Japan often?"
"Huh? No? It's my first time in Japan too! Honestly, Asia is outside my interest."
Even if the blonde girl shows such an attitude, she can generously let it slide.
Besides, she's pretty anyway, so it somewhat suits her.
'If she has no interest in Asia, why did she learn the languages?'
Looking at her, she doesn't only know Korean.
Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.
It seems she can speak three languages.
When asked about the reason, she only smiles vaguely and doesn't give a proper answer.
Golden bob hair.
Her height is just a little smaller than Seo-yeon's.
Age is one or two years older than Seo-yeon?
Stella's information is roughly like that.
Furthermore, while Stella was chattering, she searched Wikipedia and found that her career was also quite remarkable.
Won the Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival at the age of eight.
Honestly, it's a career that's hard to grasp as real.
Because even she, who was evaluated as a genius child actress at the time, had only filmed 'The Moon Embracing the Sun'.
'Of course, I was seven years old at the time.'
Still, it's not like acting for one more year would have won her the Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Well, Seo-yeon also won an award domestically at that time, so she didn't have any complaints.
"Ah~, this is really popular, right?"
She said that while pointing to a small tteokbokki stall set up by the side of the road as they passed by.
As Korean culture has spread around the world recently, Stella seemed to have heard of it somewhere.
"So?"
"Huh? I'm looking at you to buy it for me."
"Wouldn't it be fine if you bought it with your own money?"
"Ahaha, what. You're too cold. I was joking too."
Is it a joke this time?
Anyway, she must have brought some money, as she had no hesitation in buying things.
Well, it would be ridiculous for a world-class star to be strapped for cash.
Like that, Stella took a few bites of the tteokbokki in the paper cup and then.
"Hmm~. The texture isn't my taste."
Saying that, she tried to throw it away into a nearby trash can with a swish.
Since it was still full, Seo-yeon stopped Stella's action.
"Why?"
"It's a waste."
And, Seo-yeon saw the face of the middle-aged woman who had just given them the tteokbokki.
Because the auntie's expression had worsened when Stella tried to throw it away with a swish, Seo-yeon had to naturally stop her.
"That's amazing."
"Yes?"
"You wouldn't be someone who feels it's a waste to throw something like this away, would you? From the looks of it, you seem to be doing quite well in this country."
Stella, holding the cup of tteokbokki in her hand, looked around for a moment.
Then, an advertisement featuring Seo-yeon was playing at a nearby cosmetics store.
An advertisement for 'Éclat Étoile' cosmetics.
And nearby, there was a large signboard with a poster for
Seeing that, she felt a bit embarrassed.
No, there were quite a lot of advertisements with her picture on them, more than she thought.
"Anyway, if you're going to throw it away, give that to me."
"Yeah, I don't want to. I'll eat it."
"You said it wasn't your taste?"
"But I don't want to give it away either."
What is that.
A completely self-centered young lady.
Honestly, isn't that the mindset of a chaebol heiress that Jo Seo-hee might have?
'No, it might be a bit different from that.'
Her talking so cheerfully makes it honestly hard to know what she's thinking.
There's also a doubt whether she really intended to throw it away just now.
Did she perhaps want to see how Seo-yeon would react?
'More than that, what should I do about this?'
Right now, Seo-yeon and Stella had come as far as the streets of Hongdae.
Unable to get a clue about what to do with her, she contacted manager Park Eun-ha.
[Huh? Did I hear that wrong just now? You're with who?]
[Stella Baldwin. She said she came to Korea alone from Japan right now.]
[Stella Baldwin? Am I thinking of the right Stella Baldwin? That actress is with Seo-yeon right now? Really? Today isn't April Fools' Day, is it?]
[It's not a lie, it's real.]
[Wait a moment, I'll find out right away and contact you. Please keep her with you!!]
Park Eun-ha left that message and disappeared.
It seemed she was running around in all directions to resolve this situation.
At this point, Seo-yeon also found it a bit amusing.
"Hey, come stand here for a moment holding the tteokbokki."
"You're giving me orders really naturally. I don't want to."
"It's fine, I already took it."
"……What? You're lying, right? Really?"
The moment Stella turned around holding the tteokbokki, Seo-yeon took a picture with her in the background making a V-sign.
That action was literally an instant, shorter than a blink of an eye, so even Stella was flustered.
No, how did she do that just now?
Anyway, ignoring Stella's chattering asking how she did it, Seo-yeon uploaded the photo she just took to the
- Hanging out in Hongdae with Stella Baldwin ( ᎔˘꒳˘᎔)
(A photo of Stella holding tteokbokki and Seo-yeon making a V-sign)
After uploading the photo on Kakaotalk and waiting quietly.
- What is this, Joo Seo-yeon? Is it photoshopped?
- Seo-yeon, the person next to you, no. Is the actress really Stella Baldwin?
- Yeah
- Don't just answer short with 'Yeah'. If it's real, why is Stella in Korea? I heard she was in Japan?
- Wait. I'm going to Hongdae right now... no, I can't because of filming. Ah, so frustrating.
- ᕕ( ⁰ ▽ ⁰ )ᕗ
Leaving that emoji, Seo-yeon turned off Kakaotalk.
Feeling joy at the consecutive vibrating sounds and looking at Stella, suddenly this insolent fairy seemed a bit okay.
'So this is why people buy luxury goods.'
She wasn't very useful, but when showing her to others, she fully played her role; she was like a luxury bag bought on impulse.
"Excuse me."
While doing Kakaotalk, Seo-yeon raised her head at the voice calling someone.
For reference, they weren't calling her.
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Originally, Seo-yeon was in disguise right now, after all.
She saw two men approach Stella, who was eating tteokbokki with a displeased face, and talk to her.
"Huh? A foreigner?"
"What, should I speak in English? But wow, she's seriously insane."
It wasn't something they said while looking directly at Stella.
It was a conversation exchanged in small voices between the two.
It was probably a voice only someone like Seo-yeon could hear.
"The one next to her also has great style at a glance, right?"
"Why is her face covered? Anyway, I'll try talking to her again."
As Stella ignored them and walked away, the man approached her again.
"Excuse me? Hello?"
"If you two are bored, wanna hang out with us? What's the fun in two girls hanging out?"
Seo-yeon was surprised at the sight of the two pestering them like that.
Well.
'Is this a pick-up?'
Because it was Seo-yeon's first time experiencing it in her life.
And in broad daylight in Hongdae, no less.
No, still, it didn't seem like this would happen normally.
'Don't these kinds of creeps usually pop out at night?'
She thought so, but Seo-yeon felt very curious.
The reason being, when Seo-yeon comes to places like this, she usually comes with Ji-yeon or Seo-hee.
Needless to say, when the two of them are there, most men.
No, most people can't approach them.
Because all three of them give off a certain impression, people subtly avoid them just by them walking around.
A pick-up?
It's truly rare for someone to pierce through Ji-yeon or Seo-hee's glares and approach.
If they do, it's only possible if they are at least as shameless as Row, who talked to Seo-hee.
So, when the three of them walk around, there's no need to disguise themselves.
Because they can't approach anyway.
Therefore, Seo-yeon found the pick-up guys in front of her very fascinating.
'So, these kinds of people actually exist.'
'Is it because of Stella's impression?'
Anyway, Stella has a relatively innocent-looking impression.
Looking only at her face, she is nothing but an angel, so people naturally stop and look.
'The problem is that people who recognize her as Stella are extremely rare.'
The men didn't seem to know at all that the blonde woman eating tteokbokki was the world-famous movie actress, Stella.
They call her the fairy of the century, but it seems she's less famous in Korea than I thought.
'Well, no one would think that the fairy of the century would be eating tteokbokki on a Korean street.'
Seo-yeon nodded and looked at Stella with interested eyes.
She became inwardly curious about how she would respond.
Then.
"What? You guys speak Korean well too?"
Stella said to them with surprised eyes.
"Huh?"
"Because we're Korean?"
"Huh? Really? Oops, sorry. I made a mistake."
She smiled brightly and looked up at them intently.
At her overwhelming beauty, the men took a few steps back.
"Since they say Korean men are handsome, I definitely thought you were from another country."
At her words, the men froze for a moment.
Not a single curse word was said, but it felt like being showered with profanities.
"W-well, what."
"Ugh, fuck, meeting all kinds of crazy bitches from the morning."
Saying that, they slowly backed away and disappeared.
It seemed they couldn't say anything more because there were a lot of eyes watching from around.
'I was curious what she would do if they attacked.'
Of course, it didn't look like Stella would fight well at a glance, so Seo-yeon would have had to stop them.
Still, as an actress, wouldn't she carry a self-defense tool or two?
"Where did you hear that there are a lot of handsome men in Korea?"
"Huh? I heard it from another actor around me, but honestly, I don't really get it."
"About what?"
"Because Asians all look similar, right?"
It was racism that came out as naturally as breathing.
"From our perspective, Westerners all look similar too."
"Hmm, really? Maybe that's true? But I'm different?"
Her shrugging while saying that made her think she had quite an amazing level of self-esteem.
"And you're definitely different too. The vibe you give off in many ways."
But the words that followed from her were also quite meaningful.
"Actually, it's not just Asians. Honestly, I can't distinguish people's faces well. Because they all look similar."
Saying that, Stella pointed at Seo-yeon with the toothpick she had used to eat the tteokbokki until just now.
"But, you are definitely different. I can understand why Dad is interested in you."
Those words were probably the most sincere among everything she had said so far.
Her smiling face made it difficult to read what that sincerity was.
To the point that even Seo-yeon, who was good at grasping other people's emotions, couldn't know.
Perhaps, most of her actions might be 'acting'.
With that as their last conversation, while Seo-yeon was spending time with Stella in Hongdae, she received a belated call from manager Park Eun-ha.
[Could you keep Stella with you until she goes to Japan?]
Roughly that kind of contact.
Leaving her alone at the hotel was worrying, and when they tried to take her somewhere else, it seemed Stella had refused.
She didn't mind just being with Seo-yeon.
Since an answer came back from Stella's side with that kind of nuance.
"Ah, did you get the contact just now?"
Seo-yeon had to feel the urge to punch Stella, who said that to her after she finished the call.
***
Stella coming to Korea was truly an impulsive action.
Leaving a message at the desk of the hotel she was staying at with her father, Asher Baldwin, that she was going to Korea, she boarded a plane and left for Korea right away.
The reason she came to Korea wasn't really because of some great reason.
It was simply because the actor Asher Baldwin was so interested in was the second one.
The first was herself.
And the second was Joo Seo-yeon.
Stella saw Seo-yeon's cameo acting that Asher was interested in.
'Hmm, she's definitely different.'
She felt a strangely unpleasant feeling.
Separately, Seo-yeon's acting was definitely worth watching.
Was it because it was tailored to Japanese sensibilities?
The acting required by each culture is different.
Japanese movies and dramas have a slightly different sentiment.
Acting focused more on fiction rather than reality.
There's a lot of acting that feels like a live-action adaptation of an anime.
However, that is closer to having evolved into that form because Japanese audiences want it that way.
Probably, it's a form of culture.
Understanding that, Stella honestly doesn't like the acting peculiar to Japan.
It was partly because it felt emotionally childish, but also because she had never seen an actor who could strangely make it feel convincing.
"But, this definitely resonates a bit."
Such a feeling.
And the Seo-yeon she actually met was, as expected, exactly what she had anticipated.
It's not a lie that she can't distinguish the faces of others well.
Stella can't see ordinary people properly.
Just achromatic humans.
Among them, it was only natural that Seo-yeon, harboring an intense red glow, caught her eye.
So, Stella planned a small event for Seo-yeon.
She came to Korea on an impulse, and while it was all to see Seo-yeon, that wasn't her only purpose.
She came because she had things to do in Korea, in her own way.
Well, that too is ultimately related to Seo-yeon.
"But aren't you treating me too roughly?"
Stella grumbled as she looked at Seo-yeon sleeping on the bed.
Making her sleep on the floor while she sleeps on the bed.
Don't you normally let the guest sleep on the bed?
And not letting me come in wearing shoes either.
As she stared at the sleeping Seo-yeon with such thoughts.
"……."
Somehow sensing a presence, she felt Seo-yeon looking towards her.
The narrowly opened red eyes were staring intently at her.
'Uh, when did she wake up?'
At the chilling gaze, which made even Stella flinch for a moment, Stella quietly lay down on the bedding she had laid out on the floor.
Deciding to treat what just happened as if she didn't see it.
And the next day.
Ahead of her departure, Stella, who met Ji-yeon and Seo-hee.
"What, Asians really do all look the same. If this were Puyo Puyo, you guys would have popped."
She said that while looking alternately at the three, including Joo Seo-yeon.