My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 125

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Chapter 125
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I am your father.
I am your father….
Those words struck me like thunder and lightning. A deafening roar tore through my ears.
“You are my daughter.”
He approached me slowly.
“Kanna.”
I couldn’t move as he drew closer. I looked up at him with a deathly pale complexion.
“I wanted to meet you.”
His dark eyes glistened with moisture—so identical to my own.
None of this felt real.
“Divine Spirit.”
Even my own voice, flowing from my throat, didn’t sound like mine.
“What on earth are you saying?”
“Ah… I’m sorry.”
The Divine Spirit wiped his tears away and smiled sorrowfully.
“You wouldn’t know anything. You must have believed Alexandro Adis was your true father all this time.”
Alexandro Adis. Duke Adis.
Father.
Yes, he was my parent.
Despicable as he was, terrifying as he was, he remained my father nonetheless.
But what? Who is claiming to be my father?
Suddenly, my mind snapped into focus.
“I beg your pardon.”
….
“This is far too sudden for me to comprehend.”
“Yes, forgive me. I was too hasty.”
The Divine Spirit took a deep breath to steady himself. In and out, sniffling softly.
The gesture was so profoundly human. Not that of a sprite or phantom.
And eerily identical to myself.
“Do you know Seon-hee?”
The Divine Spirit spoke carefully.
“How do you know her, Divine Spirit?”
“Know her? Is that all?”
He exhaled a wistful sigh.
“I loved her.”
I thought there was nothing left that could shock me.
“You are the daughter of Seon-hee and me.”
I had been arrogant.
“I named you together with Seon-hee. I chose it from among the red flowers she loved.”
The Divine Spirit smiled, his eyes reminiscing a joyful time.
“Truth be told, her favorite flower was the rose, but that name was far too common for a girl. So I deliberated between Salvia and Canna, and ultimately chose Canna.”
Canna. The name of a red flower.
‘Ah.’
A name that flashed past in that instant. A name I once bore.
‘Ju-hwa….’
Ju-hwa—朱花.
That name, meaning a red flower.
In that moment, a piece I could never have imagined suddenly clicked into place with perfect clarity, sending a horrifying chill racing up the back of my neck.
Seon-hee was my mother?
Then that meant Ju-hwa was my older sister?
“How am I supposed to believe that?”
“Seon-hee was a brilliant alchemist.”
The Divine Spirit answered as though he had been waiting for the question. He bent down and picked up a single mana stone.
“She could extract the mana dwelling within mana stones better than anyone and weave it into her alchemy.”
I flinched at his words.
Alchemists certainly exist in this world. They did exist.
But alchemists with an innate gift capable of wielding the mana of mana stones were rare enough to count on one hand.
Just like me.
“Mana stones—or rather, mana itself—were never originally a force of this world. They emerged after the World Tree came to this land, an alien power from another realm.”
The Divine Spirit gazed at the glossy black mana stone. His eyes held both affection and resentment.
“Mana, an alien force. And Seon-hee, who was foreign matter herself. It seems that things from other worlds resonate with one another.”
That word suddenly grated on me. Foreign matter?
“That is why Seon-hee could handle mana stones with such skill. Perhaps even as deftly as the alchemists of the ancient world, now long extinct. And.”
The Divine Spirit gazed at me with what seemed like certainty.
“You, who carry her blood, must surely be an exceptional alchemist as well.”
He was right. Truly right.
In fact, I had never encountered an alchemist superior to myself.
Had Alexandro not forcibly suppressed me, I would have undoubtedly earned renown across this continent.
But Alexandro—my father—had opposed it.
He told me not to reveal myself. He crushed my talents into obscurity.
“You and Alexandro share not a drop of blood. You are strangers.”
The Divine Spirit spoke as though reading my innermost thoughts.
“Duke Adis took you from me. I wanted to save you. I tried to rescue you countless times, but….”
“Wait, wait just a moment.”
My head felt as though it would be crushed under the weight of information crashing down like a tidal wave.
I raised my hand to stop him.
“Father and Mother—Seon-hee exchanged letters. I probably learned Korean from Mother too. If I had been kidnapped, that wouldn’t make sense….”
“Alexandro despises Seon-hee.”
At the Divine Spirit’s words, Kanna’s tongue went rigid.
“I assure you, Alexandro Adis is desperate to kill Seon-hee.”
In that moment, a scene flashed before my eyes.
The Secret Room. Father’s hostility.
That sharp enmity directed at Seon-hee and the Divine Spirit.
“Letters are not exchanged only between those who are fond of each other. Seon-hee despised Alexandro Adis as well.”
“….”
“She would often call him by nicknames he detested and mock him in the language of another world, which he could scarcely comprehend.”
Crack, crack, crack.
“Believe my words.”
From somewhere, I heard the sound of fracturing.
“Kanna, you are my daughter.”
The world that had supported me beneath my feet until now.
“You were kidnapped and raised by Alexandro Adis.”
It was the sound of that world shattering completely. I stared at the Divine Spirit with an empty expression.
“You are all I have, Kanna.”
The face was absurdly identical to mine.
“Seon-hee abandoned us—you and me—and returned to her own world.”
To Korea.
“She always yearned for her homeland. She said she had a young daughter and a husband waiting there.”
The Divine Spirit smiled sadly.
“But I harbor no resentment. I have you, whom Seon-hee left behind.”
“….”
“So stay here with me. I will canonize you as a Saint and place the entire Western Continent beneath your feet.”
A Saint, the Western Continent, beneath my feet.
Such boastful words came far too easily.
Yet the one speaking them was the Divine Spirit. The head of the Grand Temple. Even the Emperor would not dare meet his gaze directly.
And this Divine Spirit was speaking.
That I was his daughter. That we should be together. That he would give me the Western Continent.
“This is all rather sudden.”
It was a glittering, tempting bait, but I did not bite. Not even a hint of greed stirred within me.
It did not feel like food I could swallow. That sense of wrongness rose intensely.
Perhaps it was something akin to instinct.
I understood that he was my father. The identical face was proof of that.
I could accept that my mother was Seon-hee.
Yet I could not fully trust this man.
“I need time to think.”
First, I must leave this place.
An intense warning blared in my mind. Whether he was truly my father or not. Whether he intended to give me this continent or not.
First, I would leave and think alone.
“Oh, of course. I can give you all the time you need to think.”
The Divine Spirit smiled gently.
“I’ll give you the finest room in the Temple, Kanna Adis. You’ll want for nothing during your stay.”
Yet he had already decided—no, determined—that I would remain here. Entirely of his own volition.
A chill crept down the back of my neck. The warning bells chimed louder still.
“Wherever I go is my decision to make.”
In that moment, sorrow flickered across the Divine Spirit’s dark eyes.
“So you still don’t trust me.”
“This is all too sudden. Please understand.”
“And you must understand me.”
At that moment, the sound of footsteps made me turn around.
“Please understand that I cannot let you go, Kanna Adis.”
When had they arrived? Dozens of men in crimson vestments—blood-red robes—now blocked my path behind me.
I recognized them instantly.
The Enforcers of the Grand Temple. Priests forged for combat!
An Enforcer stepped to each side of me, seizing my arms.
“What are you doing?”
“Protecting you.”
“Protecting me?”
“Alexandro Adis is a monster. He may have carelessly lost you this time, but there won’t be another chance. This is your only opportunity to be saved.”
He spoke with complete disregard for my will.
Perhaps because of that, I became even more composed. I retreated into a calm space of thought. And within moments, I had calculated my path forward.
I would pretend to comply.
Upon reflection, staying here for now was more advantageous than fleeing immediately.
It would give me the chance to gather information and determine whether the Divine Spirit’s words held truth or deception.
And then I would escape when the moment presented itself.
I was confident I could escape. My necklace and ring both contained potent toxins capable of rendering someone unconscious for days.
That wasn’t all.
I had prepared an arsenal of compounds—sleeping draughts, poisons, and countless other substances to subdue anyone who stood in my way.
‘Just pretend to accept.’
Just as I was about to yield to his proposal.
“Hey.”
A low voice cut through the silence.
Both I and the Enforcers spun around in shock. And there stood a man.
“…Orsini Adis?”
It was Orsini Adis.
He stood at an angle, a sword slung casually across his shoulder.
“What are you doing here?”
A profound silence fell over the chamber.
He had approached to the very rear of the Enforcers, deep within the Divine Spirit’s domain, yet none of them had sensed his presence!
“Lord Orsini Adis, how impressive.”
The Divine Spirit smiled with unhurried ease.
“Leave this place. This is my domain, the realm of the Divine Spirit. You have no business here.”
“Ah. So you are the Divine Spirit.”
Orsini replied with casual indifference, as though the matter held no weight.
“Whoever you are, wherever this is—I care not. However, I must take her with me.”
Orsini gestured toward Kanna Adis with a glance.
“So order the Enforcers to release her at once. Before I sever their hands.”
In that instant, goosebumps erupted across Kanna Adis’s nape.
Was this what killing intent felt like? The air surrounding Orsini grew sharp as thorns, piercing against her skin.
“How audacious. Exactly like Alexandro Adis in his youth.”
“I shall take that as a compliment.”
“A compliment, you say.”
Ahahaha! The Divine Spirit burst into hearty laughter.
“Have you heard? Kanna Adis is my daughter.”
In that moment, Orsini’s eyes trembled fiercely. Yet soon after, he let out a cold, bitter laugh.
“Must I have heard it? Anyone with eyes can see you look identical.”
“Ah, so you hadn’t heard. Then allow me to enlighten you. Kanna Adis is my daughter. Do you understand what that means? It means you and she share no blood—you are strangers to one another. Therefore.”
The Divine Spirit made a sweeping gesture as though bestowing mercy.
“I shall overlook your insolence this once. Now, take your leave.”

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