My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 124

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Chapter 124
“Aaaaaahhhhh!”
Rage surged through me. I felt as though I might shatter.
“Wretched girl. Despicable girl!”
Sobs erupted from my throat. I collapsed where I stood, weeping uncontrollably.
How could she? How could she act so selfishly?
“Sister!”
The door suddenly burst open and Seon-hong entered. He froze at the sight of the room in chaos.
“S-sister, are you alright?”
“Get out….”
“It’s time for your medicine. Come on? Sister, let’s take your medicine first.”
“I told you to get out!”
I reached out and grabbed whatever was within reach, hurling it. Seon-hong started in terror and slammed the door shut.
Crash!
The object struck the door and shattered into fragments. It had been a vase. Had Seon-hong left even a moment later, he would have been bloodied.
Yet my eyes saw nothing.
After all, I wouldn’t exist in Seon-hong’s eyes either.
Whether I was here or not. Whether I disappeared or remained.
Mother, Father, Seon-hong—none of them noticed! They all loved her instead!
She took my entire family and savored them, and yet she still.
Still chose that man.
“I will never forgive her….”
I pulled myself up. Limping, I walked to the bed and retrieved the diary I’d hidden beneath it.
In an instant, crude handwriting sprawled across the pages.
【Kanna Kanna Kanna Kanna Kanna Kanna】
【I will kill her.】
【I will kill them all.】
I seized a red pen and scrawled violently. Sharp letters bled across the page like blood.
【I will kill everyone and then kill you.】
【Kanna.】
* * *
“Aaaahhh!”
A scream tore from my throat. Kanna convulsed and lurched upright.
Gasp, gasp, gasp, gasp….
Ragged breaths scattered. My heart thundered so violently I feared it would burst from my chest.
‘What is this?’
I stumbled from the bed and crashed onto the floor.
‘Who am I? Where am I?’
This place….
‘The Divine Temple.’
The moment understanding dawned, my breath came rushing back.
I exhaled deeply, and the tension that had gripped my shoulders dissolved in an instant.
Right, this is the Divine Temple.
This morning, the engagement annulment ceremony was completed. And I am Kanna Valentino, no.
‘Kanna Adis.’
I lay face-down on the floor, releasing a long, weary sigh.
I’d had Ju-hwa’s dream again. Just like before. That dream where I slip into her body and watch from within…
Bang! The door flew open as though torn from its hinges. I spun around in shock.
It was Orsini.
“…What?”
His hair stood in wild disarray, as though he’d rushed here in haste.
He swept the room with sharp eyes, then, confirming no one else was present, released a low breath.
“What was that scream just now?”
“…”
“Were you talking in your sleep?”
Sleep-talking… well, yes, technically.
But he heard it?
It was hard to believe. Though our rooms were on the same floor, the corridor was so long that it would take five minutes to walk the distance.
Yet somehow he’d heard that scream.
And in less than a minute, how could he have rushed here so quickly?
“Were you worried about me?”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Orsini’s curt reply came with a disapproving sweep of his eyes over me.
“What’s with that state?”
“As you can see. I fell.”
“What reason would you have to fall in your room?”
“I had a bad dream.”
Embarrassing as it was, my limbs still wouldn’t obey me properly. The dream had been that jarring.
“…Idiot.”
I watched silently as he approached with long strides.
‘Surely not…’
I suspected, and sure enough.
He scooped me up effortlessly, then set me down on the bed with surprisingly gentle care.
Good heavens.
How utterly infuriating.
Yet I closed my eyes with a soft smile.
“How kind of you, my Orsini.”
In that instant, his expression twisted sharply. He seemed to have just realized what he’d done.
I laughed brightly, teasing him.
“My brother, when did you become so kind? I thought you were an angel.”
“Be quiet.”
“Why? I did something nice for once. Didn’t you want praise?”
He couldn’t bear the mockery. He spun around hastily and fled the room—as if he were running away from me.
Bang! The door slammed shut. I watched his retreating figure with a sneer.
“What a fool.”
I’d thought he was at least better than Kalen, but now he seemed even more stupid.
I sprawled across the bed.
Thanks to Orsini’s disgusting kindness, my startled nerves had finally settled.
‘Still, if I get the chance tomorrow, I’d like to visit the library. Will it be possible?’
That was why I’d stayed here.
Unlike Silvien, who left immediately after the divorce proceedings ended, I planned to stay one more day and attempt to gain access to the library.
I’d heard that the Divine Temple’s library contained ancient texts from the fallen Southern Continent.
I wanted to obtain ancient alchemical manuscripts.
‘They say it has such diverse secrets that modern alchemy can’t even compare.’
The problem was whether the Divine Temple would actually permit library access….
That was when it happened. Knock, knock. A sound at the door.
“Lady Kanna Adis, I apologize for the late hour.”
It was a middle-aged woman’s voice.
“Who are you?”
“I am High Priest Erlin.”
The High Priest? Why?
The nobles who came for marriage annulments only ever met with Apprentice Priests or ordinary Priests. There was no reason to meet a High Priest….
Then.
“I have come as a messenger from the Divine Spirit.”
I thought I’d misheard.
“The Divine Spirit has sent a messenger to you, Lady Kanna.”
A Divine Spirit? A Divine Spirit?
Startled, I sprang from the bed like a coiled spring. As I opened the door, my eyes met those of a priest in pristine white vestments.
“Did you just say Divine Spirit?”
“Yes.”
Were they joking?
I wanted to ask that, but one wouldn’t jest about a Divine Spirit’s name.
Yet a Divine Spirit, nonetheless.
To me, a Divine Spirit was something akin to a fairy or a ghost.
And such a being was seeking me out!
Then the High Priest’s lips parted.
“Seon-hee.”
Boom. For a moment, it felt as though a thunderous sound had erupted from nowhere.
“The Divine Spirit has instructed me to convey the word ‘Seon-hee’ to you, Lady Kanna.”
“….”
“Kanna Adis will understand what I’m about to tell her.”
I understood.
There was no way I couldn’t have understood.
Seon-hee. Mother. Ju-hwa’s mother.
‘How in the world does the Divine Spirit know about this?’
How could the Divine Spirit possibly know about Ju-hwa’s mother?
‘Did Mother have some connection with the Divine Spirit?’
It felt like a cruel, tasteless joke. The urge to rush forward collided violently with the desire to slam the door shut.
Seon-hee. What kind of being was Ju-hwa’s mother that not only my father but even the Divine Spirit knew of her?
‘If the Divine Spirit and Mother were in an adversarial relationship…’
I bit my lip hard. My heart burned with fierce internal conflict. Yet there was only one answer.
Either ignore all of this completely, or push through.
“Fine. Lead the way.”
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My mind churned the entire walk following the Priest.
‘How does the Divine Spirit even know Mother’s name?’
Unable to bear the anxiety, I spoke to the Priest beside me.
“I never thought the day would come when I’d meet the Divine Spirit directly.”
“That’s a reasonable assumption. Within the Grand Temple, only the High Priest can be granted an audience with the Divine Spirit. Even I, at my age, have only glimpsed him twice from a great distance.”
After passing through a long corridor and stepping outside the building, an endless garden sprawled before us. It was astounding that such a vast garden existed within the temple grounds.
‘Wow…’
My mouth fell open.
A colossal black tree loomed above me. It was so immense it resembled a mountain rather than a tree.
‘The World Tree.’
And those were undoubtedly mana stones.
The jewels embedded densely across the black tree—those were mana stones. I’d known they came from the World Tree, but I never imagined they’d appear in such a form.
“I lack the authority to approach the World Tree Garden.”
The High Priest stood motionless as if blocked by an invisible barrier.
“The Divine Spirit has granted permission only to Kanna Adis.”
“I understand.”
“Then, may divine blessing be upon you.”
He bowed respectfully and turned back the way we came.
I tore my gaze from the High Priest and looked back at the World Tree.
The Divine Spirit would be there.
‘Let’s go.’
I stepped cautiously into the garden and gasped in surprise. Even the stones scattered across the grass were mana stones.
It was surreal. Brilliant moonlight poured down. The mana stones embedded in the grass sparkled like starlight, and I felt as though I were walking through the Milky Way.
And in the next moment, I witnessed something even more surreal.
“Ah…”
Beneath the tree, a woman sat on the grassy ground.
The moment Kanna Adis caught sight of the woman, her footsteps froze. Almost simultaneously, the woman turned her head.
Their eyes met.
Her mind went blank.
Time seemed to crystallize in that single moment of contact. Kanna stood suspended.
A smile bloomed first from the woman’s lips.
Her eyes crinkled beautifully, and the teardrop mole beneath her right eye became strikingly prominent.
It was herself.
The resemblance was so striking that for an instant, that was all Kanna could think.
Lustrous black hair that shimmered with radiance, skin pale as porcelain, lips the color of fresh blood. This woman was….
‘That woman.’
A chill ran through her in an instant.
Father’s secret room.
The woman who hung there alongside Seon-hee’s portrait. And likely her own mother—that woman stood before her eyes!
The moment realization struck, her heart began to race.
‘This person must be the Divine Spirit.’
Then… the Divine Spirit is my mother?
The woman rose from the grass, her pale robes trailing across the ground. Then she parted her lips.
“Kanna.”
In that instant, all expression drained from Kanna’s face.
“At last we meet. I’ve missed you so terribly.”
The Divine Spirit’s voice struck Kanna’s mind like a hammer blow.
The back of her head tingled. Everything felt numb. The world spun.
“You have no idea how much I’ve longed to see you.”
“…Why?”
Kanna barely managed to squeeze out the question.
“Why did you want to see me?”
“Why, Kanna?”
The Divine Spirit smiled, tears glistening in their eyes. They spread both arms wide.
“Don’t you recognize me?”
A voice of remarkable clarity.
“Look at me. Kanna, look at my face—it’s identical to yours.”
“….”
“We are family.”
Yet it was not a woman’s voice.
It was a man’s.
“I am your father.”

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