My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 131

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Chapter 131
Kalen arrived at the Training Grounds, consumed by fury and anxiety.
“Brother!”
Orsini lay sprawled across the center of the Training Grounds. Beads of sweat glistened on his body—evidence of the intense training he had just completed.
“Brother, what is the meaning of this? Sister has disappeared!”
Orsini’s expression twisted with irritation.
“Exactly as I said. She left because she didn’t want to come to Adis.”
“How can that be? Sister would never leave!”
Kalen fixed Orsini with a suspicious glare.
“You must have done something improper to her.”
Orsini’s eyes snapped open. He stared at Kalen intently before responding.
“Improper?”
“Yes.”
“What exactly?”
“You know what I mean.”
“I don’t know what filthy thoughts you’re conjuring, but I haven’t laid a finger on her.”
“Then why did she leave? You didn’t resort to violence again, did you?”
“Are you in your right mind? Where would I even—”
Orsini fell silent mid-sentence, as if embarrassed. He then opened his right hand and stared at it blankly, muttering absently.
“Should I cut it off?”
“Pardon? What do you mean?”
But instead of answering, Orsini lowered his hand. Then he spoke as though nothing had happened.
“Kalen, believe it or not, I did nothing to her.”
“Then why—”
“I don’t know. She must have had her reasons for not wanting to come.”
Orsini said this with a bitter smile.
In that moment, Kalen became certain.
Something had transpired between his sister and Orsini. Something he didn’t know about.
This realization poured fuel onto the fire of his rage.
He should have followed her.
‘I should have followed Sister, even if it meant canceling the engagement.’
His fingertips trembled with bitter regret.
Princess Joanna’s visit had prevented him from following Sister. He had left the role of witness to the engagement dissolution to Orsini.
Sister had only me.
Only me to rely on.
I was the only one Sister could depend on, the only one she loved—
So why hasn’t she returned to me?
“I should have brought her back.”
The words escaped his lips without thought.
In his anger.
Perhaps, genuinely so.
“I should have brought her back. By force if necessary. Regardless of what my sister said, I had to bring her back….”
My head spun. Worry for Kanna Adis and a strange fury tangled together in a chaotic mess.
‘Damn it.’
My head throbbed. I clenched my trembling fists.
Yes, I was furious.
At myself for not following Kanna Adis. At Orsini for letting her slip away. And.
At Kanna Adis.
At my sister for not returning to me.
“Insane bastard.”
Orsini clicked his tongue as if reading my thoughts. He rose to his feet and stood before me.
“You want me to forcibly bring back a girl who left of her own accord? Are you telling me to bind her like prey and drag her here?”
Yes. Even if it came to that.
The moment I finally understood my true feelings, my turbulent heart settled completely.
It wasn’t surprising. In a way, it was inevitable.
“Kalen, you’re all I have.”
From the moment my sister spoke those words, this was always meant to be. She needed me by her side.
“Yes. It should have been done, even by force.”
In the next instant, Orsini grabbed me roughly by the collar.
“Watch your tongue, Kalen Adis. She’s not a beast. If she wishes to leave, she has every right to do so.”
“Do not compare my noble sister to some animal.”
I replied coldly.
“But when she acts foolishly, I must stop her by any means. That is what’s best for my sister.”
“What nonsense.”
Orsini shoved me away in disgust.
“It’s for your own sake, isn’t it?”
Yet I didn’t change my expression and smoothed out my wrinkled collar with deliberate pats.
“Of course you wouldn’t understand. The bond between my sister and me runs deeper than you could ever imagine.”
“Ha.”
Orsini laughed as if finding it absurdly amusing.
“Your delusion is almost pitiful, Kalen Adis. Kanna Adis doesn’t….”
But he didn’t finish.
Orsini clenched his teeth. He barely swallowed the words rising in his throat.
“Damn it.”
Then he brushed past me.
I watched his retreating figure with confusion, but soon pushed it from my mind.
For days afterward, I devoted myself entirely to searching for Kanna Adis.
Princess Joanna visited several times, but I had no time to see her. I had completely forgotten about the engagement.
Princess Joanna watched me in silence.
‘Something’s strange.’
Something felt off.
‘It’s strange. This isn’t like Kalen at all.’
* * *
A few days later.
“Sister!”
The moment Kanna Adis returned to Adis, Kalen rushed out and pulled her into a tight embrace.
A wave of relief washed over him instantly.
“Sister, I was so worried.”
Now I could finally breathe again.
Kalen had been freed from the agonizing torment that felt like burning flames consuming him. He released Kanna Adis from his embrace and examined her carefully from head to toe.
“Sister, are you all right? You’re unharmed?”
“I’m fine.”
Thank goodness.
Kalen exhaled deeply in relief, then immediately cast a sharp gaze behind her.
“But who is that person?”
Kanna Adis hesitated for a moment. How should she introduce Raphael?
“He’s my… priest.”
She didn’t want to say servant.
“Pardon?”
“My personal priest. He listens to my prayers, hears my confessions, grants me blessings…”
“But isn’t he a defrocked priest?”
“That’s exactly why he’s my dedicated priest. He may not belong to the Grand Temple, but a priest is still a priest.”
Kanna Adis spoke with firm conviction.
“Raphael will stay at this estate as my priest. Father has already given his permission, so don’t worry.”
“Of course, if that is your wish, then it must be so.”
Kalen answered obediently.
But that wasn’t what mattered right now. He desperately wanted to know why she had tried to leave home in the first place.
“Sister, if you don’t mind, could you spare me a moment? I’d like to talk with you.”
“Later, later.”
Kanna Adis laughed, barely concealing her annoyance.
“Later, Kalen.”
“…I understand. Please let me know if you need anything.”
“Got it.”
Kanna Adis gave a perfunctory reply and headed to her room with Raphael.
And Kalen quietly watched her departing figure.
* * *
It seemed Kalen knew nothing about what had happened.
‘Did Orsini not say anything?’
Kanna Adis brought Raphael to her room. After seating him on the sofa, she spoke carefully.
“Raphael, don’t call me master in front of others. And don’t act like my servant.”
“Yes.”
He didn’t even ask why. He seemed like the type who would follow her without question, no matter what she asked.
‘Good heavens. He’s far too kind.’
Docile as a lamb, Kanna Adis found herself feeling guilty toward him.
He had shown her kindness solely because she was the Divine Spirit’s daughter, and she had responded harshly out of spite. Now, looking back, she realized just how angry she had truly been.
‘Why did I lose my temper like that? How foolish of me.’
She resolved to treat him with genuine warmth from now on. Kanna retrieved a jewelry box from her dressing room and handed it to him.
“Raphael, could you convert all of these into gold for me?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you.”
I had no idea when I might need to flee. I had to prepare in advance.
This incident had given me a premonition.
Father would never grant me permission to establish a separate household. Yet I refused to surrender. I would explore every possible avenue to escape Adis.
But if I failed? Then I would truly run away.
‘I don’t want to go to the Grand Temple.’
The Divine Spirit had told me I could visit whenever I wished, but I had no desire to go there.
Going might be my choice, but leaving would be nearly impossible. I had no intention of joining such a rigid, insular organization.
And more than anything else.
‘I don’t want to see the Divine Spirit again.’
The Divine Spirit—Argenian.
That man who looked exactly like me. My biological father.
Why was that? For some inexplicable reason, something felt deeply wrong about him. It was almost an instinctive premonition.
‘The Divine Spirit said Mother and Father despise each other.’
I couldn’t bring myself to believe everything he had told me.
I wished Alexandro Adis would open his mouth and speak, but that stubborn, obstinate man would never willingly reveal the truth.
‘The commission I gave to Prince Argon must succeed.’
I had asked Prince Argon to investigate Alexandro Adis. Right now, that was my only hope.
“If you don’t mind.”
As I was lost in thought, Raphael spoke first.
“I shall stay elsewhere.”
What? I didn’t quite understand what he meant.
“If you have need of me, please hang a blue handkerchief in the window. I will come at once.”
“Ah, yes. Very well.”
“May I take my leave?”
“Yes.”
“Then I shall go.”
As Raphael slipped out the door, he passed the Maid Lea, who had just entered. Lea stared blankly at his retreating figure before quickly shaking her head.
“I’ve brought two cups of tea, but… the Priest has already left.”
“Yes.”
“That Priest, he’s… ah, no. It’s nothing. My apologies.”
Lea hurried out of the room, her face flushed crimson.
I was flabbergasted. This was the first time I’d ever seen Lea, my meticulous and composed maid, in such a state!
‘I suppose I once lost myself staring at him too, if only for a moment.’
How should I put it? Raphael transcended mere handsomeness—there was something subtly sensual about him. It was difficult to tear one’s gaze away.
‘If he conducted missionary work with that face, he’d attract countless devotees.’
Entertaining such frivolous thoughts, I sipped my tea.
But where was Raphael going? Hadn’t he said he wanted to be by my side?
The unexpected statement had caught me off guard, leaving me too flustered to ask where he was headed or where he typically stayed.
‘Well, Raphael deserves his privacy too.’
I pouted slightly and examined the bundle of letters Lea had brought. Most were party invitations. And then…
‘This one is from Prince Argon.’
My senses sharpened instantly. I straightened my posture and tore open the letter.
【I’ve uncovered some extraordinary secrets.】
The opening line struck like a thunderbolt.
Though there was no explicit subject, I knew it referred to Alexandro Adis. After all, I’d recently commissioned him to investigate that man.
【The information is far too shocking to commit to paper. Mother would faint from the revelation. Let’s meet and discuss it in person. How about at the Grand Temple’s Purification Festival party in a few days?】
My heart raced.
【Mother would faint from the revelation.】
This sentence was a signal—he’d discovered information connected to my mother!
【As a preview, let me share the lightest and most trivial secret first.】
【That man currently has a mistress.】
A mistress? I stared blankly at the sentence before letting out a sharp gasp.
“Father has a mistress?”

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