My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 177

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Chapter 177
That was when it happened.
“Sir Orsini, I’m entering.”
Estea’s voice rang out.
“Come in.”
The door opened and a tall woman walked through.
She passed without so much as a glance at me and walked directly to Orsini.
“The Black Apostle?”
“He was dead.”
At those words, Orsini’s gaze shifted to me. I shook my head.
“I didn’t kill him… probably.”
I had struck his head with all my strength using a marble vase, but it shouldn’t have been enough to kill him. Probably.
“However, we discovered something on his corpse.”
“What is it?”
“A letter. It appeared to be correspondence exchanged with the Black Apostles. According to it, there’s a gathering of the Black Apostles tomorrow night at nine o’clock.”
“Excellent. Prepare the Knight Guards.”
I need to leave. I turned to go.
Part of me wanted to continue fighting Orsini and somehow force him into submission, but this didn’t seem like the right moment.
When I returned to my room, a man was waiting for me there.
“Sergei?”
Sergei. He was the younger brother of the Lord of Britzk.
“Physician Tatiana, could you spare some time tomorrow?”
“What is this about?”
“I’m planning to attend an auction. I’d like to give you a gift.”
“Pardon?”
“My personal servant told me about a fine auction being held.”
“Why would you give me a gift…?”
“What other reason would a man have for giving a woman a gift?”
I bit my lip firmly to suppress a curse.
‘This shameless bastard.’
Was this man, who looked to be in his late fifties even being generous with his age, really making advances on me now?
I replied flatly.
“I’m afraid that’s impossible. Crown Prince Alexei is quite jealous.”
My relationship with Alexei was so well-known that there was hardly anyone unaware of it.
So I could dismiss all these pestering men with just this one excuse without having to go through the trouble of a proper refusal.
“Crown Prince Alexei? Physician Tatiana, haven’t you heard the news?”
“Pardon?”
“I heard His Highness is soon to be betrothed.”
I nearly scoffed. As if that could be true.
‘This rumor again.’
Rumors of Alexei’s engagement had circulated steadily for years, so Kanna answered with composure.
“My answer remains unchanged.”
“Should your thoughts change, tell me anytime.”
He continued speaking with a subtle smile.
“Unlike His Majesty, I am willing to take Tatiana as my lawful wife.”
After he left, Kanna tilted her head.
“Is he insane?”
Speaking such words with apparent sincerity—he was clearly not in his right mind.
Whether he had prepared in advance, a bouquet of roses and an auction catalog lay upon the desk.
It seemed he had intended for me to accompany him, as two invitation cards rested atop the catalog.
‘A slave auction, no less.’
Now that I thought about it, slavery was legal on the Western Continent.
Kanna laughed bitterly and flipped through the catalog. It contained portraits of slaves and their basic information.
‘He intended to purchase a slave for me?’
I had no idea which servant had made such a recommendation, but Sergei’s acceptance of it was equally senseless.
‘A man destined to remain unpopular with women.’
Kanna was about to discard the catalog in disgust. But then—
‘…Wait.’
What had I just seen?
She opened the page she had glanced past once more.
In that instant, her mind went blank. The hand holding the catalog trembled.
‘No.’
It couldn’t be.
‘This is impossible. This cannot be.’
【 Item No. 10 】
【 Name: Yeon-woo (Grade AAA+) 】
【 Height: 181cm, 75kg 】
【 Distinguishing Features: Eastern Continental / Extensive knowledge of Eastern Continental medicine 】
There, rendered in the catalog, was Yeon-woo’s face.
Kanna was seized by shock, unable to move for a long moment.
‘This is impossible.’
How could Yeon-woo be in this world, and as a slave no less?
How was this even possible?
‘When is the auction?’
Kanna quickly searched for the information.
The auction was tomorrow evening at 9 o’clock.
“Tomorrow evening at 9 o’clock, a gathering of the Black Apostles is to be held, it is said.”
‘Is this mere coincidence?’
Kanna bit her lip.
The Black Apostle had appeared, and a note indicating the date of the gathering had been found upon his body.
And Sergei had handed her a slave auction catalog, and within it was Yeon-woo listed for sale.
Moreover, the auction time and the assembly time were identical.
‘This is a trap.’
Kanna Adis was certain of it.
This was a snare designed to lure her in. They must have assumed that upon seeing Yeon-woo, she would come to the auction.
But Orsini and the Knight Guards of House of Adis would attend the Black Apostles’ assembly instead.
‘They thought I would come alone.’
Her thoughts tangled into a chaotic knot, and anxiety began to surge through her.
‘How do these people even know about Yeon-woo?’
Could Yeon-woo truly be in this place?
Damn it, it was entirely possible.
Just as Seon-hee had come here, Yeon-woo might have come as well!
‘What if Yeon-woo has been captured by the Black Apostles?’
In that instant, a terror as though the ground beneath her feet was crumbling crashed down upon her. Kanna Adis let out a whimper.
“No.”
Yeon-woo was a ‘foreign substance’.
His blood was an extraordinarily potent alchemical material.
If he had truly been captured by the Black Apostles, even if they failed to lure her out, he would be used as alchemical material!
‘No, I cannot abandon him like this. Absolutely not.’
In the next moment, Kanna Adis sprang to her feet. The instant she opened the door and stepped out, she screamed.
“Ah!”
What a fright! Sergei had been lying right in front of the door!
In that moment, rage surged up violently. What in the world was this mad bastard doing?!
“Sergei! What is this about….”
…Wait. Sergei’s face was far too pale?
Kanna Adis hurriedly knelt down and checked his pulse. And she cursed.
“Damn it.”
Sergei was dead.
* * *
The Castle was thrown into chaos.
The Knight Guard who had worked as Gatekeeper for the past two years was a Black Apostle, and Sergei had been murdered.
And his personal Servant had vanished like a shadow.
Kanna Adis went to find Orsini.
“That Servant must surely be a Black Apostle too. He killed Sergei and fled.”
“A Servant who fails to protect his master receives punishment. Do you not think he fled out of fear of that punishment?”
Orsini’s words held merit. Yet Kanna Adis spoke with conviction.
“That Servant recommended the slave auction. Sergei was trying to take me to that auction.”
Kanna Adis handed the catalog to Orsini. Even up to that moment, dozens of conflicting emotions clashed fiercely within her.
The person before her was Orsini Adis.
Damn Orsini. Her enemy incarnate. The man she despised more than anyone.
Should I really ask for help from such a man? Should I expect his cooperation?
‘This is not the time to be stubborn!’
Yeon-woo might be captured. At that thought, I forgot everything else.
Though I hated to admit it, Orsini was the world’s foremost expert on the Black Apostles.
So I needed his cooperation.
“This auction is a trap meant to ensnare me.”
“What nonsense is that?”
“The Black Apostles are targeting me.”
I fabricated the lie with composure.
“I’m the daughter of a Divine Spirit, after all. I’d make a fine experimental subject for them.”
“So the Black Apostles are targeting you, fine.”
Orsini saw through to the heart of the matter. He fixed me with a sharp gaze.
“But why is this slave auction a trap?”
….
“No need to ask, really. Someone who would tempt you must have appeared.”
He drew his own conclusion and opened the catalog. He read through it page by page with deliberate care until finally he stopped at a portrait of Yeon-woo.
“Yeon-woo?”
A soft laugh escaped Orsini’s lips.
“The one you were crying for.”
….
I glared at him.
Paeylon Island. When I had been hallucinating from musk deer addiction, I had called out his name in tears.
“Wait. Don’t go, Yeon-woo.”
I had wept bitterly with those words.
‘He still remembers that?’
A name with an unfamiliar accent, spoken only a handful of times, yet he recalled it like a ghost and immediately recognized it.
“What kind of girl are you?”
He alternated his gaze between Yeon-woo’s portrait and me.
“The mistress of Crown Prince Alexei and a lover from the Eastern Continent.”
“…That’s not it.”
“Then explain yourself.”
“Why should I explain anything to you?”
Irritation began to boil up inside me.
My nerves were already frayed over Yeon-woo!
“You’re asking for my help, aren’t you? Then you need to explain the situation.”
Orsini leaned back in his chair with ease.
“Orsini, this is your duty. Capturing the Black Apostles is the mission of House of Adis, isn’t it?”
“If I seemed like someone ruled by duty, then you don’t know me.”
“…Bastard.”
“Yet you seem to need this bastard’s hand.”
He let out a mocking laugh.
“Get on your knees and beg. Then I’ll save your lover from the Eastern Continent.”
“I don’t need it!”
Kanna Adis exploded. She ripped the pamphlet from Orsini’s hands roughly, her voice sharp as a blade.
“Forget everything I said. I’m an idiot for ever expecting anything from you in the first place!”
She spun around and walked away quickly. The moment she yanked the door open—
“…Huh?”
She collided with Claude.
He stared at her blankly before startling with a cry.
“Ah, ah, ah, Miss?”
“Get out of my way!”
“Yes, ma’am!”
Claude hastily retreated as Kanna Adis barked at him.
She brushed past him, cursing under her breath.
‘This is insane. This entire situation is completely insane.’
Now Claude knew too. There was no turning back now. It was absolute chaos—bombs detonating everywhere, pandemonium at every turn.
Tatiana Evgenia’s life had shattered into pieces, and now her mind seemed ready to follow.
Among all the explosions, Yeon-woo was undoubtedly the biggest bomb.
‘That bastard Orsini, does he think begging him is the only way?’
If that had been the only method, I would have considered kneeling.
Three years ago, I kissed him to kill him—kneeling would be nothing. If necessary, I could do it.
I was already accustomed to pushing my body to its limits for the sake of my goals.
‘But that’s only when there’s no other way.’
Not now.
Now there were other options besides Orsini.

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