My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 18

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Chapter 18
“But Young Master Adis….”
Kalen could bear it no longer.
Before the Knight Guard could finish speaking, he reached out. With both hands, he grasped his sister’s waist as she dangled helplessly and lifted her up.
In that brief moment, Kalen’s brows furrowed.
Why was my sister so impossibly thin? So light?
As if she had suffered her entire life—why ever….
But it was only a moment. Kanna was set down almost as quickly as she had been lifted. The warmth that had enveloped her dissipated rapidly.
Kalen glared at the Knight Guard and issued his command once more.
“Leave.”
The Knight Guard, torn between conflicting orders, made his decision swiftly.
“I obey, Young Master Adis.”
Even after the door closed, Isabel could not react immediately. What she had just witnessed was so absurd that she could not accept it at once.
Then, belatedly, she cried out in desperation.
“Brother! What are you doing!”
“Silence.”
Kalen fixed Isabel with a glare as if he had been waiting for this moment. At that fierce hostility, Isabel’s shoulders trembled.
“Isabel, what have you done?”
Kalen’s voice thundered. His eyes burned with fury as he stared at her savagely.
“How could you do such a thing!”
Until now, her brother had only ever sent her looks of contempt or cold indifference.
He had never raised his voice in anger before.
“How dare you order someone to lay hands on my sister!”
How could this be! This had never happened before in her entire life!
Tears welled up in Isabel’s eyes.
Fear, disappointment, and rage swirled together in a tempest of emotion. And so she wept. Sobbing, she let the tears flow freely.
“What did I do wrong! What have I done!”
Even as Isabel cried, Kalen’s expression grew only more fierce.
Isabel hastily sought reinforcement.
“Mother! Look at what brother is doing!”
But this time, Chloe did not take Isabel’s side.
Realizing there was nothing more to gain by interfering, she merely rubbed her head as if weary.
“All this attention has exhausted me. I think I shall retire now.”
“Mother!”
“Isabel, come with me. It is late.”
“I… I will stay here!”
Isabel shook her head, tears streaming down her face.
She could not leave like this. If Sister Kanna discovered what she had done, what would happen!
“Isabel, leave.”
“Brother!”
“I told you to leave.”
Kanna stared at him for a moment before letting out a soft laugh. So that’s why he’d been acting so strangely since earlier…
‘There’s something more to this.’
Call it intuition, perhaps? A sharp instinct whispered something to her.
“Never mind, Kalen. Leave Isabel alone.”
At those words, Isabel cast a suspicious glance.
Rather than engage with her further, Kanna turned back to the Maid. “Tell me what Lucy ate.”
“Tell me what Lucy Adis ate.”
The Maid hesitated to answer immediately.
Isabel stood beside her, tears streaming down her face like chicken droppings, and for some inexplicable reason, the Maid had an eerie premonition that if she spoke, Isabel would not let it rest.
But then.
“Speak.”
A quiet voice commanded. Kalen, who had since calmed his anger, took a deep breath before repeating himself.
“Follow my sister’s words.”
Only then did the Maid relax and open her mouth.
“She ate according to the prescribed diet. She didn’t consume any snacks or treats. However…”
“However what?”
“After the meal, she drank tea, and she said the taste seemed a bit off.”
“Tea?”
“Yes. Miss Lucy has a particular tea she enjoys regularly.”
“Bring it here.”
The Maid promptly handed over a pristine white ceramic container holding the tea leaves.
Kanna immediately opened the lid and poured the contents onto the table. As the dried lavender leaves scattered, a sweet fragrance began to spread.
But then…
‘There seems to be another scent mixed in.’
Kanna was exceptionally sensitive to fragrances. Especially one as popular in Korea as lavender—there was no way she wouldn’t recognize it.
It had been the most popular scent among the natural scented candles sold on internet shopping malls.
Yet now, mixed within this lavender fragrance was something else. It was an extremely subtle scent, but Kanna could detect it clearly.
However.
“…This seems to be lavender tea leaves.”
When Kalen spoke, the Maid nodded in agreement.
It was a natural response. Unless one was someone like Kanna who had to smell lavender every single day, there was no way to discern the difference.
“Yes, yes! These are lavender tea leaves!”
True to form, Isabel, who had been watching, threw in her own comment.
“This is just common tea. I love this tea so much! Lucy must have simply developed different tastes and said something nonsensical!”
Kanna, who had been observing her quietly, calmly refuted her.
“No. There’s something else mixed in.”
“Don’t be ridiculous! Is there any scent other than lavender here? If something else were mixed in, there would definitely be a noticeable fragrance.”
Isabel lashed out as if possessed, holding out the tea leaves.
“Brother, don’t just stand there—take these and smell them carefully! I’m right about this!”
Kalen grasped the tea leaves as Isabel suggested and brought them to his nose.
No matter how closely he inhaled, he detected nothing but the scent of lavender.
Then what did Kanna mean when she said something else was mixed in?
“You there, Maid! You served the tea to Lucy, didn’t you? Speak!”
“Y-yes, Miss. I too only smell the lavender fragrance.”
The Maid’s words bolstered Isabel’s confidence. If she pressed forward like this, there would be no problem!
“Sister, stop this now. How much longer do you intend to use Lucy? Even if you want to stay here, this is too much.”
When Kanna said nothing, Isabel’s courage swelled further.
As expected, Kanna hadn’t detected it either. Of course—she’d said only an expert could distinguish it!
“I cannot overlook this matter. Sister, I’m sorry, but I intend to tell Father that you should leave.”
“Is that so?”
“Even now you’re dragging things out, pretending to possess medical knowledge. How can a person be so deceitful? I never thought you capable of such cruelty!”
“Isabel, you seem quite agitated.”
“What?”
“Why don’t we have a cup of tea first and calm ourselves?”
In that moment, an ominous premonition crashed down upon her.
While Isabel struggled for words, Kanna issued a command to the Maid.
“Brew fresh tea from the leaves remaining in the pot. Serve a cup to Isabel.”
“…!”
Isabel’s lips trembled.
Her hands convulsed as she gripped the hem of her dress. Her expression had turned visibly rigid.
Kalen, who had been watching silently, added a word.
“What are you waiting for? Serve the tea to Isabel at once.”
Moments later, a warm teacup was placed before Isabel.
Yet Isabel remained frozen like a statue, unable to move.
“….”
Everyone watched her in silence.
There she sat before the tea she usually loved, shrinking back as though facing poison itself.
Kalen simply observed without speaking. Kanna did the same.
In that strangely twisted silence.
Steam rose from the teacup in delicate wisps, dispersing into pale white tendrils.
“I… I…”
Isabel realized she had fallen into a trap, but it was already too late.
What could she possibly say now?
No, words were useless now. Whether she lied or made excuses, she should have reacted quickly—but she had already revealed her trembling.
It was too late.
She should have left with Mother when she’d asked earlier.
But regret, no matter how swift, always arrives too late.
Isabel managed a strained response.
“I… I don’t wish to drink the tea.”
“Why? You said you liked lavender tea.”
“I’m not in the mood for it right now!”
Isabel shook her head with a tearful expression, and her eyes met Kalen’s.
In that instant, my heart plummeted.
Eyes gleaming with contempt, as if gazing upon maggots writhing in a heap of refuse. A gaze laden with scorn more naked and raw than ever before.
His stare was more fierce than any reproach, more terrible than any disappointment.

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