In This Life, I Will Die As An Actress, Not As A Villainess [EN]: Chapter 84

콰쾅-!

Another giant rock appeared out of nowhere and crashed onto the asphalt.

I quickly leaped towards it.

For half a day, I had been dodging rocks, awakening all my latent abilities.

“How can you do script possession like this?!!!”

I shouted into the air as I ran and flew for my life.

But below where the new rock was flying, I saw a woman pushing a stroller.

“No!”

I squeezed my eyes shut and threw myself towards her again.

Then, a sword appeared from somewhere and was placed in my hand.

“?!”

Before I could even think, my arm instinctively drew the sword from its sheath and slashed through the air towards the rock.

Immediately, a shockwave from the sword shattered the rock.

The shattered pieces of rock fell to the ground.

I stood there, watching the unbelievable sight.

“Did I just do that…?”

I looked down at my hand, feeling dazed.

[Mission Complete.]

* * *

I began to fall endlessly without anything to touch beneath my feet.

I screamed and curled up as much as possible.

“Uwaaaah-!!”

I opened my eyes slightly as I fell.

I could see the ground far below.

I gathered my arms and legs as I had just learned, preparing for a landing.

I need to focus, Han Sena.

Or you’ll die.

As my body began to touch the ground, I tumbled forward several times, trying to minimize the impact on my body.

It was a technique I had learned in the world of the script.

Rolling, rolling…….

How many times did I roll?

“Ugh…?”

I heard someone’s voice.

The voice, sounding very surprised, was somehow familiar.

Without time to care, I quickly spun around and stood up.

“Huff, I’m alive!!”

I touched my whole body, rotating my arms and legs to check for injuries.

I escaped.

No, this script world was truly outrageous.

I felt anger rising.

What are you even doing?

I barely survived several near-death experiences.

I was seething with anger, trying to calm myself down…

…when someone stared at me with a dumbfounded look.

“…?”

I finally turned my head to see Lee Nara standing there.

I rubbed my eyes.

Am I still in the script?

Why is she here?

But for some reason, I could see the audition hall behind Lee Nara.

“Why is that there?”

I was definitely at the action school just a moment ago.

“Could it be.”

I started frantically searching for my phone.

There was no way it would be there.

I asked Lee Nara, who was standing in front of me.

“Don’t tell me today is the audition…?”

Lee Nara frowned.

“Are you seriously here for the Warner’s second audition?”

“…!!!”

My ominous premonition had come true.

I felt like collapsing on the spot.

While I was in the script, real-world time had jumped forward a week.

It had been stopped all that time, why the sudden change?

Are you telling me to go into that audition like this?

My control doesn’t exist in this damn system.

When I didn’t answer, Lee Nara lowered the sunglasses she was wearing.

“Are you ignoring your senior?”

“Ah, yes. Hello.”

I bowed roughly and tried to pass by, but as expected, Lee Nara wouldn’t let it go.

“Where did you learn English to even audition for something like this? You have big dreams.”

Ha, I almost died just now, and she’s already picking a fight.

I tried my best to hold back and started to speak.

“How did you get here?”

Lee Nara sneered.

“I came by plane. Did you think I used superpowers?”

“Ah, is that so?”

I had nothing to say.

I really just came from that world. Crossing the river of death…….

I grabbed my dazed mind and answered.

“That’s not what I meant. I was wondering if you also got a recommendation… Ah, never mind.”

I smiled, slurring my words.

Then, Lee Nara took off her sunglasses.

“You got a recommendation?!”

This person is so easy.

“Yes, somehow….”

“Somehow?”

Lee Nara interrupted me and chuckled.

“Ah, is this a place you just happened to drift into?”

Hearing that, I made an unfair expression and waved my hands.

“That’s not it.”

“Don’t look down on a senior who paid for a plane ticket to come all the way here for an audition.”

Hearing those words, I lowered my head.

“I also….”

“What?”

“I also paid for my plane ticket. I only got the audition recommendation…….”

“Is this bitch crazy?!!”

Lee Nara finally couldn’t hold back and shouted.

This time, Lee Nara’s neck turned red again.

The eyes of people passing by the audition hall turned towards us.

“Senior, you need to maintain your composure. Have you forgotten what I told you last time?”

I whispered to Lee Nara.

Then, Lee Nara tried to shout again but bit her lip tightly.

At that moment, the manager’s horn sounded, urging Lee Nara, which was perfectly timed.

Lee Nara glared at me, put her sunglasses back on, and turned away.

* * *

In the blink of an eye, I was back in the audition hall.

Anxious, I hid my hands behind my back and pressed my fingernails into my fingers.

I had only been in the script world once, and I ended up not even practicing the wire action properly.

“How was it while you were preparing?”

The director smiled and asked.

How was it?

I almost died.

I held onto my troubled heart and shrugged with a smile.

I couldn’t say anything.

Because I was about to embarrass myself internationally.

The director watched my answer, which I replaced with a shrug, and gave me a thumbs up as if he was interested.

Ugh, this isn’t it.

Things were getting out of hand.

“Shall we see it then?”

The staff came over and put the wire equipment on my body.

“We’re being too extra with the audition, right? The battle scenes in this movie are particularly difficult. We wanted to pick someone who was prepared in advance.”

The assistant director added an explanation.

I couldn’t hear anything.

My mind went blank.

I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down.

“Ready, action.”

With the director’s signal, my body floated into the air.

I squeezed my eyes shut……

‘Huh?’

I opened my eyes at a height of only about 2 meters [approximately 6.5 feet].

Eh, what is this?

Compared to the height I flew with the birds in the script, this was child’s play.

Suddenly, my mind calmed down and my head cooled down.

If that’s the case….

I smoothly drew the sword that the staff had brought.

“The time has come. I know it.”

I recited the lines instinctively.

Then, I grabbed the sword with both hands and slashed hard through the air.

The wind created by the blade blew the bangs of the staff member standing closest to me.

The director, sitting far away, slowly widened his brow as if surprised.

From then on, I smoothly connected the movements from the script one by one.

Mid-air turn, landing with a somersault, floating into the air again, and raising both arms as if to defend.

As if pushed back by the power of a giant villain, I raised my arms to guard and shook my legs in the air.

“I won’t lose anymore!! Not to the past, not to myself, and not to you either.”

I tilted my head back and screamed, putting all my strength into my body.

Then, I came back down to the ground, jumped high, and used the power of the wire to jump all the way to just below the ceiling.

In that short moment of about 1 second, I looked down at the people looking at me from that position.

Everyone was tilting their heads back and looking at me.

Each and every expression of the people was visible in detail as if in slow motion.

“I’m a hero from now on.”

* * *

I came down to the ground and swept back my disheveled hair.

The thoughts that had been filling my head disappeared.

I felt like everything was subsiding.

Like a fierce wave calming down.

Silence flowed through the audition hall.

After a while, someone clapped.

The applause quickly spread.

It was a round of applause I had never heard in an audition hall before.

I lifted my gaze from the ground and looked at the people in front of me.

The director was looking at me with an unbelievable expression.

And he didn’t open his mouth for almost 30 seconds.

The assistant director sitting next to him was also sitting there blankly.

The assistant director, as if waking up from a dream, nudged the director sitting next to him.

Then, the director asked without any comments.

“Sena, would you like to work with me?”

* * *

A few days later, I returned to the workshop.

Time flew by and it was already the last class.

“Everyone worked hard. I hope everyone has good results.”

David winked at me as if asking if I had done well.

I responded with a smile, pretending not to be awkward.

James also gave his closing remarks.

“If there’s anyone who wants to get revenge on me for the harsh acting evaluations, I’ll give you my SNS [Social Networking Service] account. You can go there and leave bad comments.”

The people who heard that all laughed cheerfully.

It was a very James-like ending.

Kkot-byeol, who was sitting next to me, had a very disappointed expression.

“Okay, shall we all go home then?”

David clapped his hands.

As I was about to leave the workshop, someone approached us.

“Aidan Farrell…?”

Aidan Farrell approached us and waved awkwardly.

Kkot-byeol and I received the greeting, bewildered.

“Hello. I heard you’re from Korea.”

Aidan started a conversation.

“Yes, that’s right. Where are you from, Aidan?”

“I was born in Ireland and raised in America. Can I sit next to you for a moment?”

“Of course, please sit down.”

In the empty classroom where everyone had left, Aidan sat down next to us.

The sunlight coming through the window dyed Aidan’s orange hair golden.

Seeing him up close, the faint freckles on his face, which I had only seen on screen, were more visible.

What is this situation?

What business does Aidan Farrell have with us?

“I was really impressed with your acting.”

Aidan even complimented me.

“Wow… thank you. I’ve always been a fan of Aidan.”

Aidan blushed as if embarrassed by my words.

Then, he changed the subject.

“How is Hollywood?”

“It’s hectic but exciting.”

Aidan nodded and asked Kkot-byeol as well.

“How about you?”

Kkot-byeol answered.

“It’s boring! Only the workshop is fun.”

Then, Aidan laughed heartily.

“That’s what I’m saying. It’s no different from a historical site. Now that the golden age has passed, it’s just a hot city.”

Aidan’s personality seemed quite cheerful, contrary to expectations.

I thought he would be a very quiet style.

Then, Aidan asked an unexpected question.

“Then, can I have the opportunity to make the two of you have fun?”

Huh?

Kkot-byeol and I widened our eyes.

“Don’t you need a guide?”

“Pardon?”

I will die as an actress instead of a villain in this life.