My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 12

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Chapter 12
Father—Alexandro Adis—had forbidden Kanna from entering the estate.
He’d threatened her not to draw attention, forbidding her from returning to her childhood home or even appearing at social gatherings.
As a result, I had spent those long years confined to Valentino Territory, faithfully heeding Father’s warning to remain unseen.
So what was this?
She had come here of her own volition?
“That filthy wretch dares to show her face here!”
As if things weren’t already tense enough with Lucy afflicted by some mysterious illness.
And now Kanna had returned home?
“Where is Kalen? Why on earth did you let Kanna inside?”
“The Duchess of Valentino has agreed to treat Miss Lucy.”
“What?”
“Once the materials are prepared, she will begin treatment. Young Master Kalen has gone out to gather them….”
“This is madness! Where is Kanna!”
“She is in the Research Laboratory.”
He rushed toward the basement, his footsteps thundering down the stairs as he wrenched open the laboratory door.
“You, filth.”
And there was his sister, turning to face him.
Kanna remained as she always was—hopelessly plain, utterly unchanged.
“How wonderful to see you, Orsini.”
Or so he had thought, until he heard those words.
Dark hair tumbled messily past her shoulders, and beneath it, her lips curved upward in a smile.
There was something unsettling about that smile—something that sent a chill racing down Orsini’s spine.
“What are you saying!”
Yet he forced out a mocking laugh.
“Have you forgotten how we treated each other, filth?”
Then perhaps it was time to remind her.
He strode forward and seized her shoulders firmly, bending slowly to meet her gaze. He brought his face close—so close their noses nearly touched—and growled.
“Listen, filth. You….”
And then he saw it.
Beyond the disheveled strands of her hair lay her dark eyes.
….
He forgot.
In that instant, he completely forgot what he had meant to say.
His tongue, gone pale and rigid, could find no words, frozen in place.
Thick lashes framed her eyes, a delicate double eyelid, pupils as clear as a deer’s—yet simultaneously, an unwavering, steely gaze.
Had she always looked like this?
Had Kanna’s eyes always held such intensity?
“You’re too close, Orsini.”
As if struck by lightning, Orsini jolted back, hastily releasing her. He stumbled backward once, twice, before catching himself and stopping abruptly.
And with it came a crushing wave of humiliation.
Orsini’s face contorted. Just as he was about to shout something.
“Good to see you, Orsini. You feel the same way, don’t you?”
Kanna laughed while running her fingers along the rows of medicine bottles displayed before her.
“It’s been so long, hasn’t it? Didn’t you miss me?”
“Miss you? Me, missing you?”
The absurdity of it drew a laugh from him. Had Kanna lost her mind?
“Stop spouting nonsense and get out. Don’t you realize you’re nothing but filth that stains House of Adis?”
“I’ll be staying here for a while. I take it Kalen hasn’t told you yet?”
“What?”
“I promised to cure Lucy Adis.”
Orsini wanted to cover his ears.
He couldn’t understand why he was still letting her speak, why he hadn’t yet seized her by the hair and dragged her away.
That’s what he’d come here intending to do. That’s still what he intended to do now….
‘Yes. Strike her. Lash out. Just control the force a little.’
He was one of the empire’s finest swordsmen, and his strength had grown to the point where he could shatter stone.
He’d slap her cheek with just enough force to frighten her, then seize her by the hair and drag her out. That would be enough….
Why wasn’t he striking while he was thinking about it? Damn it!
“Leave House of Adis this instant. Or better yet, let me throw you out.”
As Orsini spoke, his right hand shot upward. This time, he truly intended to strike her down.
But in that moment, Kanna’s fingers—which had been feeling along the bottles—swiftly grabbed a thin vial and hurled its contents forward.
The motion was so rapid that Orsini only realized what had happened when he felt his chest growing wet.
“…What?”
“What else? Disciplining a misbehaving younger brother.”
“What do you mean—ugh!”
The pain arrived a moment later.
A searing agony as though his skin were being flayed from his chest. Orsini screamed and tore off his shirt.
“What is this! Argh!”
Sizzle. Sizzle. The acrid smell of burning flesh filled the air as his chest charred. Orsini’s face twisted in agony.
“It’s one of the potions I made when I was younger. A liquid that burns flesh without causing external bleeding.”
“You… you mad woman!”
“Since it’s my special formula, the pain will continue unless you use my antidote. You’ll be left with scars too.”
Orsini glared at her with eyes burning bright red. He’d been an idiot to hesitate about using violence!
“I won’t forgive you for this, you filth!”
But now was not the time for that.
Orsini shoved Kanna aside and reached toward the rows of bottles behind her.
Dozens of bottles. Medicines of every variety. One of them had to be the antidote. But which one….
“If you apologize, I might give you the cure.”
“Shut up!”
He’d sooner die than apologize to filth like her!
That was when it happened.
“What is the meaning of this?”
Kalen approached with a cold, hardened expression.
He alternated his gaze between Kanna and Orsini, whose bare chest was burning red.
“Kalen! This is your fault! You brought this filthy wretch into the house… Ugh!”
But Orsini was in no condition to continue speaking. He eventually collapsed to his knees and lost consciousness.
“What exactly happened?”
Yet Kalen’s eyes held not a shred of sympathy.
“He tried to hit me, so I struck first.”
Orsini—that reckless older brother of his—had attempted to cause trouble again. But Kanna had beaten him to it?
“You did this?”
“Yes.”
It was unbelievable. Who would believe that Kanna had reduced Orsini to such a state?
“It’s a drug I created when I was fourteen.”
“You created that when you were fourteen?”
“Yes. I have an antidote too. I was planning to give it to him if he apologized, but he lost consciousness before he could.”
Fourteen—that was when she had been suffering under the oppression of the House of Adis.
She had already created something like that during that time?
How could she have possessed a weapon-like drug and yet endured such one-sided mistreatment?
And what had changed within her now that she wielded it so freely?
I was curious. Questions brimming with intrigue rose to the tip of my tongue.
Just as I was about to bombard her with inquiries—
“Are the medicinal herbs and needles being prepared well?”
At Kanna’s words, Kalen quickly regained his composure.
“Yes. They should arrive by tomorrow evening. And I’ll have the servants move your brother Orsini to his room, so please leave him be.”
Kalen answered promptly and turned away. His brow furrowed slightly.
Had I nearly uttered an absurd question just now?
‘I brought her into this house for Lucy’s treatment. Nothing more. Don’t concern yourself with anything else.’
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The following evening, the materials were complete.
Kanna carefully measured the weight of each medicinal herb. After dividing and packaging them individually, she then inspected the needles.
They were crafted exactly as requested, and I was extremely satisfied with the result.
‘It feels like I’ve obtained magical tools.’
Acupuncture unblocks stagnant meridians and allows the vital energy throughout the body to flow smoothly. But since the needles were made of mana stone—specifically, healing mana stone that aids recovery—the effect would be exceptional.
‘Everything is ready now.’
Before heading off to begin treatment, Kanna handed Kalen a piece of paper.
“I almost forgot—let’s draw up a contract first.”
The contract contained their agreement in its entirety.
“Do you doubt my word?”
“I’m simply making sure.”
“This is absurd.”
Kalen grumbled as he pressed his seal to the document.
“At this point, we’ll need to properly correct Lucy’s behavior.”
“Understood. Well then, shall we begin the treatment?”

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