Anyone who knew Seo-yeon would have noticed immediately.
Seo-yeon's attitude was completely different from usual.
It was as if she had taken the exact appearance of Princess Yeon-hwa.
'She's acting.'
If Lee Ji-yeon were next to her, she would have said that.
Because Seo-yeon's attitude was quite overt to that extent.
Park Jung-woo also realized that fact belatedly.
That Seo-yeon was currently acting as 'Princess Yeon-hwa'.
Moreover, she wasn't acting normally.
Method acting.
She was acting, fully immersing herself into Princess Yeon-hwa with all her heart and soul.
'It's just a commercial, what's the big deal?'
He thought so, but maybe Seo-yeon considered this shoot to be that important.
He couldn't understand it at all, but there must be some reason.
Jung-woo tried hard to think so, but there was a part of him that found it difficult to easily talk to Seo-yeon right now.
Just recently, his dreams were like that.
In many ways, Princess Yeon-hwa was a figure who had given Jung-woo a great shock.
And to Seo-yeon as well, Princess Yeon-hwa was a very special figure.
Seo-yeon's posture as she stood gently waiting for the shoot was extremely straight.
Her demeanor brought to mind a noble young lady, and her occasional action of tucking her flowing hair behind her ear was extremely feminine.
Princess Yeon-hwa's method acting wasn't something Seo-yeon intended either.
Just.
It naturally happened this way.
'Why?'
Princess Yeon-hwa, whose mind was momentarily filled with Seo-yeon's thoughts, wondered.
Why could she immerse herself so naturally into Princess Yeon-hwa like this?
Thinking about it, the reason was very simple.
To Seo-yeon, Princess Yeon-hwa was a very special role.
Above all, it was the first work where Seo-yeon properly 'acted'.
The role that let her take a step from her small aquarium into the real ocean.
First acting.
Not the simple, fragmented acting she showed in commercials.
Method acting where she truly immersed herself in the role.
Because it was Princess Yeon-hwa, even without conscious awareness, Seo-yeon's body naturally made her act that way.
Like consciously flipping a switch.
So very naturally.
'I think it was like that back then, too.'
It was the same in
At that time, she didn't pay much attention because she was half joking, but including that, weren't all her thoughts and actions as Princess Yeon-hwa?
Seo-yeon had such a thought.
However, that was only for a moment.
Seeing Jung-woo's face looking at her in disbelief, a naturally mischievous smile softly crept onto Seo-yeon's lips.
If the usual Seo-yeon had made it, it would have been a bit scary.
Or it would have looked like a sneer.
But, on Seo-yeon's lips right now, there was a mischievous smile unique to Her Highness the Princess.
So much so that the surrounding staff inadvertently followed Seo-yeon and smiled.
'This is.'
Cho Sung-min looked at such Seo-yeon and felt a strange thrill.
'This is going to work!!'
Even with Park Jung-woo alone, it would have been a beautifully picturesque commercial.
But, what about now?
Currently, Seo-yeon was wearing a fusion hanbok.
It was completely different from the vintage-style clothes Princess Yeon-hwa wore.
However, no matter how Cho Sung-min looked at it, he felt like Princess Yeon-hwa was coming to mind.
The clothes that merely looked pretty when other models wore them, when Seo-yeon wore them, truly struck him with the perception of 'graceful beauty'.
As if a real princess had worn it.
"Now, now, Actor Park Jung-woo, don't stand there dazed. Come and stand here together."
"I'm not dazed."
"Haha, is that so. Yes, understood."
"……."
Jung-woo made a displeased face, but soon nodded.
He was just a little surprised.
Isn't that obvious?
To be fooled by such acting, Joo Seo-yeon had shown too much so far.
He heard she fell off a cliff without a single scratch.
They said if you sparred with Seo-yeon at the action school, you absolutely had to go to the hospital.
That you could experience aftereffects like being in a car accident.
Such ghost stories, whether jokes or real, occasionally reached Jung-woo's ears.
And, having actually experienced Seo-yeon, Jung-woo knew that it wasn't just a lie.
Besides, what about when they met in games?
There was no other kid who played games so energetically.
Thinking about that…….
"Suh-il?"
"Ah, don't do that, seriously."
"Hehe, why ever not?"
Following the director's instructions, Seo-yeon, who stood by Jung-woo's side, laughed while covering her mouth with her sleeve.
That action was truly elegant.
Like a heavenly young lady.
Where did her usual cold expression go? It was as warm as a spring breeze.
The red eyes that were so fearsome in
10 years ago.
The last scene Jung-woo filmed with Seo-yeon, right before she went into hiding.
The scene where Princess Yeon-hwa, standing with her back to the sunset, bid farewell to Suh-il.
Back then, Seo-yeon's eyes were exactly like this.
Eyes like a red sunset calling forth the night.
Calm eyes where starlight was beginning to reflect.
The young eyes of Princess Yeon-hwa, on the verge of adulthood.
With those eyes, Seo-yeon smiled softly.
As if she found Jung-woo's reaction amusing.
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Seeing that, Jung-woo's forehead bulged with veins.
'This is for real.'
If I flick her on the forehead right here, would she come back to normal?
But even if I did, only my hand would hurt,
so he couldn't easily do such a thing.
Because it felt like the person in front of him wasn't Joo Seo-yeon, but the real Princess Yeon-hwa.
"Actor Park Jung-woo! Why are you standing so far away? You need to stick close, close to her!"
"Ah, yes."
Jung-woo received a correction for the first time while filming today.
The director's instruction was extremely simple.
Because Seo-yeon's height was considerably smaller than Jung-woo's, he meant for them to stand closer together.
Because that way, the picture would be prettier.
However, Jung-woo couldn't easily get close to Seo-yeon.
"Actor Park Jung-woo is being shy too. Hahahaha!"
"I'm not, seriously."
"Come on, it's written all over your face."
"I said I'm not."
Jung-woo felt truly unjustly accused.
With such feelings in mind, he looked at Seo-yeon.
"Oh my, what's the matter?"
"Oh my?"
At the tone that Joo Seo-yeon would never use, Jung-woo momentarily felt dizzy.
Is this method acting? It's really scary.
Jung-woo sighed and adjusted his posture again.
Conscious of the camera, so that both of them would be in one cut.
So that the clothes they were wearing would be well displayed.
"You must look this way. Young Master?"
"Are you doing this on purpose?"
Seo-yeon didn't answer that.
She just covered her mouth with her sleeve and laughed.
Jung-woo looked at such Seo-yeon with a sullen face again.
Click.
The camera captured that picturesque, beautiful scenery.
It ended up taking a picture of their naturally unforced appearances.
"Director, this……."
"Yes, it's like a picture that calls back the nostalgia of the past... That kind of picture."
The Princess Yeon-hwa acting that Seo-yeon showed back then still had lingering effects to this day, and whenever child acting was mentioned, it was brought up as a byword.
And, perhaps those who watched the drama back then must have thought at least once.
If the actors who played the young Princess Yeon-hwa and the young Yoon Suh-il grew up and filmed the drama once again.
At least once.
Everyone must have had such a thought.
In this single photo, that vague imagination was contained.
The young Princess Yeon-hwa having grown up, and the young Yoon Suh-il having grown up.
On top of that, the attire was an extremely modern fusion hanbok.
As if. A sensation of seeing Princess Yeon-hwa and Yoon Suh-il reincarnated in the modern era.
A photo that evokes the nostalgia of the past.
"If it's like this, it seems like it won't just be a prop."
A staff member said while looking over the photos taken so far.
Photos of Seo-yeon and Park Jung-woo looking affectionate together.
Originally, the model for Viol was Park Jung-woo.
The female model taking the pictures together was strictly a role to make Park Jung-woo shine.
There were several reasons for that.
No matter how many other female models they filled in, there was no female model who could match Park Jung-woo so far.
And also, there wasn't really a model that the headquarters liked.
However.
"This is just perfect."
Perfect.
Yes, it was a photo that suited that word so well.
Cho Sung-min had filmed Viol's commercial photos with Park Jung-woo several times so far.
But there was no other photo that felt as perfect as this.
This photo possessed a potential that the female models, previously used merely as props, could never have shown.
Honestly, what kind of fusion hanbok is this?
It's clothes for a concept anyway, so they might not even plan to sell it.
He had such thoughts, but looking at this photo, his mind changed.
It's quite cool, isn't it?
It's an elegant and beautiful outfit.
It really is a fusion hanbok that captures the feel of Korea well.
To the point where such a thought unconsciously crossed his mind.
"Then, thank you for your hard work on today's shoot. Everyone, great job!"
Like that, a little more shooting progressed.
The shoot was successfully wrapped up.
Since there was a need to separately send the taken photos to the headquarters, Cho Sung-min was inwardly looking forward to it.
This time's commercial photos.
And he was very curious about what they would say about the female model who suddenly participated.
"Well, we have the nostalgia of the past, so the French employees might not relate to it?"
"Come to think of it, that could be the case."
"But on the contrary..., I'm very curious about the reaction in Korea."
When this photo is hung in the department store.
And, when this video airs as a commercial.
Just what kind of reaction will come out?
Cho Sung-min's heart was already pounding.
Like when he first became a commercial director.
With such a fresh, youthful heart.
***
"You worked hard."
"……Are you still doing that?"
"Hehe, embarrassingly, it turned out that way."
Seo-yeon placed her left palm on her cheek and slightly tilted her head.
"I immersed myself so much, should I say I can't easily pull myself out?"
"Is method acting usually like that?"
"It's my first time experiencing this too, so..."
At the sight of Seo-yeon smiling as if embarrassed, Jung-woo squeezed his eyes shut.
He thought he was finally liberated after the shoot ended, but Princess Yeon-hwa's clutches weren't over yet.
Vrr, vrrr!
"……Hey, you got a call."
"Oh my, so I did."
Every time he heard the words 'Oh my', Jung-woo could feel himself flinching.
Thinking of the usual Joo Seo-yeon, it was an expression that didn't suit her at all, but for the current Joo Seo-yeon, it couldn't suit her more perfectly.
Having left the set and coming out to a nearby street.
Even though she wore sunglasses and even a mask, perhaps because of her straight gait and attitude, she could feel people's gazes naturally turning toward her.
It was different from usual.
If the usual Seo-yeon walked around like this, she was just a female high school student.
The glances from people around her also often just passed over with a 'Oh, what a lively young lady~'.
But now?
Just looking at her behavior or her walk, one's eyes naturally went to her.
Anew, Jung-woo could realize how much of a cheat Joo Seo-yeon's proportions were.
Her height was significantly smaller compared to typical models.
Compared to models whose height was around 180cm, Seo-yeon was mid-160cm? Or below that?
It was only to that extent.
But, perhaps because of those proportions, she looked much taller.
Her legs were long, and her body was slender, so.
When she walked like that, people's gazes naturally flocked to her.
'I don't think she was like that normally.'
Princess Yeon-hwa Joo Seo-yeon was intense.
The very atmosphere was different.
"Ah, it's a video call."
"……Is it?"
"Yes. Ah, this way."
Seo-yeon gently pulled on Jung-woo's collar and headed toward a nearby alley with few people.
There, after taking off her mask and sunglasses, Seo-yeon pressed the video call button.
[Hey, Joo Seo-yeon. What are you doing right now?]
On the smartphone screen, the appearances of Ji-yeon and Cho Seo-hee, who were in Japan, were showing.
Perhaps they called during a shoot, their clothes were the ones worn for filming.
Seeing that their faces also looked quite tired, it was clear the shoot hadn't been easy.
Seo-yeon found their appearance amusing, and inadvertently covered her mouth with her sleeve and laughed.
"Hehe."
[……He, hehe?]
"Ah, I'm sorry. Looking at the two of you, it was a bit amusing."
At Seo-yeon's words spoken gently with a soft tone, Ji-yeon's mind went blank for a moment.
No, what in the world is going on?
What, she's talking completely like a girl.
No, is the phrase 'like a girl' something that doesn't fit the current social climate?
But she's really talking like a girl.
While Ji-yeon was frozen by that single short word from Seo-yeon, Cho Seo-hee showed her face to the camera.
[Seo-yeon, did something happen? Who's next to you?]
"Ah, do you mean the person next to me?"
[Ah, yeah. B-but.]
As Cho Seo-hee stuttered at Seo-yeon's still unadapted way of speaking.
Seo-yeon moved the camera so that both she and Park Jung-woo were reflected on the camera.
"I was with Jung-woo sunbae for a while because of a commercial shoot."
[Huh, yeah? Hmm? W-with Jung-woo sunbae?]
Cho Seo-hee's pupils shook.
No, being together wasn't particularly strange.
It was just that using such a tone of voice while being with Jung-woo was what made Seo-yeon strange.
Suspicious.
Seeing Cho Seo-hee's eyes starting to narrow, Jung-woo.
"It's a misunderstanding."
[……Hmm.]
"Hey, it's a misunderstanding. She's been weird since after the shoot."
Jung-woo confessed sincerely.
At Jung-woo's words, Seo-yeon's face became slightly pouty.
"Oh my, what do you mean I became weird."
Then, with a light tap, she poked Jung-woo's side with her elbow.
Being hit by the usual Seo-yeon's elbow jab had a moment where a gasp would escape and one's breath would be completely cut off.
But right now, it just brushed past gently like a spring breeze.
Covering his side that didn't even hurt, when Jung-woo looked at such Seo-yeon.
"Even if it's a joke, you shouldn't say that. Right?"
"Ah, yeah."
Jung-woo answered blankly to Seo-yeon's words, which sounded like a reprimand.
And, seeing the two of them like that, Ji-yeon and Seo-hee.
[Hey, Joo Seo-yeon.]
[Seo-yeon, wait. Something is weird? I'm telling you it's weird!]
They said so urgently, but at that moment, Director Baek Min was caught on camera behind them.
"Ah, the director is calling from behind. Please contact me again later. I'll be waiting."
[No, wait, Director. This is important right now! Our actor Joo Seo-yeon has gone weird right now!]
[I'm not lying, wait. No, wait!]
Seeing the call ended by Director Baek Min like that, Seo-yeon smiled brightly.
"Everyone is working hard."
"……Um, well."
Jung-woo was troubled.
How should he excuse this later?
Given Cho Seo-hee's personality, she would definitely interrogate him intensely over this.
The unfair part was that Jung-woo truly hadn't done anything here.
"Then I'll be going home. Thank you for your hard work on today's shoot."
"Huh? A-are you going home just like that?"
"Yes? Then how should I go back?"
At Seo-yeon's words as she stared at him blankly, Jung-woo lost his words.
Well, she just has to go back, what else could she do.
'Even if they are Joo Seo-yeon's parents, wouldn't they think it's strange if they saw Seo-yeon like that?'
Perhaps, would he be interrogated again later because of this incident?
Jung-woo somehow felt afraid.
"B-be sure to snap out of that method acting before you go back."
"Yes. You worked hard today too, Sunbae."
"Uum, y-yeah. You worked hard too."
Seo-yeon parted ways with Jung-woo, who greeted her awkwardly like that.
And.
"……W-who are you?"
Young-bin couldn't help but ask that as he looked at his daughter who had returned home.
Thinking that he seemed to be saying this frequently lately.