My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 150

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Chapter 150
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“Welcome, Kanna!”
Amelia greeted her with a radiant smile.
“I’m so glad you’ve come to my palace. How have you been?”
“I’ve been well, thank you for asking.”
Tea and cookies were arranged on the small table.
‘Should I drink it?’
With Amelia, perhaps it was safe—but with the Empress, she might have poisoned it.
‘I’ll just pretend to sip.’
Kanna lifted the teacup to her lips, feigning a drink before setting it down.
“You must be terribly busy, Kanna. I’ve sent you several invitations over the months, yet you’ve never accepted a single one.”
As Amelia pouted with disappointment, Kanna laughed awkwardly.
“I apologize. I’ve been rather…”
“Rather?”
“Well, occupied. There have been various matters demanding my attention.”
“Ah, forgive me. I wasn’t thinking clearly.”
Amelia apologized with an embarrassed expression.
“I know you’ve been through much lately, yet I found myself complaining regardless. And then, just recently…”
Amelia continued carefully.
“I heard you encountered bandits. Are you unharmed?”
Amelia’s eyes, innocent of the truth, seemed genuinely concerned.
“Thank you for your worry. I’m perfectly fine.”
“I’m relieved to hear it. Actually, there’s something I wanted to discuss with you.”
Was she finally going to ask for the Empress’s medicine? Kanna nodded while preparing her refusal.
“Yes, what is it?”
“Mother seems intent on arranging my marriage soon.”
Marriage? Not medicine?
“She’s been pushing for a remarriage with Duke Silvien Valentino. Of course, the Duke refused.”
“I see.”
“Yes. Truthfully, if I must marry, I’d prefer to wed into the royal family of Yalden Kingdom.”
Though her heart skipped, Kanna maintained her composure.
“Honestly, judging by recent national strength alone, Yalden has grown to rival the Aslan Empire itself. Of course, Empire citizens would never admit it.”
“Is that so? I’m not well-versed in such matters…”
Though Kanna had been diligently studying recent Yalden texts, she feigned ignorance.
“Yalden is a fascinating nation. I’ve heard they extend identical educational policies to commoners as they do to nobility. The Empire couldn’t even conceive of such a thing.”
“Truly? I had no idea.”
“You know their current queen rules, yes? There, women possess equal rights to the throne. Again, something the Empire could never imagine.”
A subtle mockery flickered across Amelia’s expression. She clearly harbored little affection for her own nation.
‘Then again, Amelia’s life has been far from smooth either, so it’s understandable.’
Yet Amelia simply smiled brightly once more.
“But truly, the most magnificent thing is the face of the Crown Prince of Yalden. Have you ever seen his portrait?”
“No, never.”
“Really? Would you like me to show you? He’s genuinely a stunning beauty… Ah, but I doubt he’d catch your eye.”
“Pardon? Why would you think that?”
“Your ex-husband was the Duke of Valentino. Who could possibly compare?”
At those words, I let out an involuntary scoff.
“That’s not true. That man—sometimes his beauty is so overwhelming it gives me chills. He doesn’t seem human at all.”
“I suppose that’s fair. The Duke of Valentino seems less like a person and more like some higher form of life. You might say he’s like the god of beauty itself.”
“Good heavens.”
I exhaled and voiced my complaint.
“Amelia, I only recently divorced that man. Please don’t use such poetic expressions.”
“Oh, my apologies.”
“Yes, you should apologize.”
I answered playfully and lifted my teacup. The moment I brought it to my lips, I froze in alarm.
‘How careless.’
I had nearly drunk from it.
At the same time, I realized something.
For just a brief moment, I had lowered my guard.
‘This won’t do. I need to stay sharp.’
The blade always flew the instant I grew careless. It had always been that way.
‘So I must never let my guard down.’
This time, I pretended to drink and set the cup down. When I lifted my face again, my eyes had frozen over with their familiar coldness.
Amelia, unaware of this shift, laughed with flushed cheeks.
“It’s strange. Talking about men with you.”
“Hmm?”
“Right now you seem like an ordinary girl my age.”
Amelia giggled.
“Until now, you always felt distant somehow. But not anymore.”
“…”
“Let’s meet often and talk like this from now on. I consider you a good friend.”
A good friend?
The words Amelia had spoken sent gentle ripples across my heart. But they soon sank without a trace.
“Thank you for saying that.”
I had never once considered Amelia a friend. I had never given her my sincerity, never shown her my true self.
‘And it’s not just Amelia.’
Even with Lucy, I was the same.
I simply could not open my heart to anyone.
Fighting enemies, fighting to survive, fighting those I despised—it consumed everything.
There was nothing but battle.
Had I ever smiled at ease, even for a single moment in this world?
“And I’m sorry.”
“No. I don’t want to hear such words from you, Kanna Adis.”
Amelia laughed as though she knew everything, when in truth she knew nothing.
“You saved my life, Kanna Adis. And you saved my very existence.”
“….”
“Without you, I would still be that stubborn princess suffering from a skin disease… and I would have died long ago by my mother’s hand.”
Amelia grasped my hand, and tears had already begun to gather in her eyes.
“Thank you for giving me the chance to live, Kanna Adis.”
She spoke in a trembling voice.
“I’ve always wanted to say this properly, someday.”
“….”
“Ah, have I become too sentimental?”
Amelia fanned her face with her hand, embarrassed, then awkwardly lifted her teacup and sipped it hastily.
“Cough!”
Then she coughed violently.
I furrowed my brow.
It seemed she might choke. No matter how embarrassing, drinking so hastily like that….
“Cough, cough!”
Amelia covered her mouth with her hand, but liquid that escaped her grasp spilled down her fingers in droplets.
I followed the trajectory with my gaze.
It was red.
So terribly red that it looked almost like blood….
“Amelia!”
I leaped from my seat with a cry, and in that instant, Amelia collapsed beneath her chair. I rushed to catch her and felt for her pulse.
She was alive.
For now, she was still alive.
‘Was there poison in the tea?’
I frantically removed my necklace.
Inside was an antidote capable of neutralizing virtually any poison. I had prepared it just in case, but I never imagined I would need to use it like this!
“Amelia, can you hear me? Don’t lose consciousness!”
I poured the antidote into Amelia’s mouth, and then.
Creak.
I heard the sound of a door opening behind me.
It was a faint sound, but to my ears it rang clearer than anything else. Because.
‘The door is in front, isn’t it?’
The front door was closed.
Then what was opening from behind?
I slowly turned my face around, and I nearly screamed.
The wardrobe door was slowly opening.
A person crawled out from inside.
“How unfortunate.”
The man clicked his tongue in regret.
“Why didn’t the young lady drink the tea?”
Amelia’s brother.
“It would have been so much easier for both of us.”
The Second Crown Prince, Crescent Izaberg.
As he trudged forward, I pulled Amelia close, shielding her. I glared at Crescent with fierce eyes and spat out my words.
“Your Highness, did you just crawl out from hiding in the wardrobe?”
“Yes. When my legs cramped terribly, I did regret what I was doing, but it proved to be an excellent choice after all.”
He smiled with the same courtesy as at the party venue.
“Look at this. Kanna is still alive. How bothersome.”
“Sir Ain!”
There was nothing more to hear. I called out to the guard knights who should have been waiting in the corridor.
“Sir Ain, Sir Rusbel!”
Then Crescent tilted his head.
“How naive. Do you truly think they’re still alive?”
“…What?”
“Of course, the knights of Adis are strong, but the Imperial Knights are no less formidable. Especially the elite I personally selected. Two of them couldn’t possibly hold out.”
My face drained of color.
I didn’t want to believe it. I couldn’t believe it. But if they were alive, they would have burst through the door immediately.
Yet no one entered.
There was only silence.
I clenched my fists with all my strength. This was not the time to be consumed by emotion. Not now, not—
“Do you truly think you’ll escape this unscathed?”
“Yes.”
Crescent smiled softly.
“After all, no one will ever know about this.”
That was the moment.
BOOM! A deafening explosion shook the floor. It was a sound as though this palace, this very world, would crumble.
“The Eastern Continent possesses remarkably powerful explosives capable of demolishing buildings. I went to great lengths to acquire them.”
Then he pulled out a pocket watch to check the time.
“I’ve wasted too much time. By now, I should have already escaped, but since the two of you refused to drink the tea, things have become… inconvenient.”
Yet there was not a trace of inconvenience in his expression.
“As a final courtesy, allow me to explain how your death will be framed.”
He walked toward me calmly. His presence was as repulsive as an insect.
“Soon, the worst fire in Imperial history will engulf this palace. You and your sister are destined to become its victims.”
He reached out and grabbed me by the arm.
“Your corpse will be crushed beneath the building’s rubble or charred by the flames. In other words, you’ll die in a tragic accident.”
“Let go!”
I held out, but the moment he applied force, the struggle ended.
My body crumpled to the floor. He straddled my torso and began strangling me.
“You know far too much, Young Lady Kanna. Secrets you should never have learned.”
“Gasp, cough!”
The crushing pressure around my throat. My breath came in desperate gasps.
“Gasp, if you kill me, the Empress, the medicine…!”
“That’s precisely the problem. You hold Mother’s weakness in your hands. And her weakness is my weakness as well.”
“Choke!”
“Of course, Mother will suffer without the medicine, but she’ll endure it for my sake. After all, she loves me.”
The Empress knew nothing of this. I’d tested the waters, but it seemed he was acting alone.
Yet I couldn’t be certain.
Had the pain been more bearable, I might have extracted more information.
‘I can’t endure this any longer.’
I snapped my eyes open. The ring on my finger—I drove it down hard against the back of his hand.
The jewel retracted inward, and a bead of venom-laced saliva erupted from within.
“Ugh!”
Crescent Izaberg gasped at the searing pain. His grip on my throat loosened.
“What have you…?”
Then his words died. His breath seized as though the very air had been stolen from him.
“Gasp, cough.”
Crescent Izaberg couldn’t comprehend what was happening.
What is this? Why can’t I breathe?

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