My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 196

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Chapter 196
“You made the right choice.”
Kanna Adis spoke with cutting coldness.
“If you’d tried to deceive me, I would never have looked upon you again.”
“Since you’ve already seen through me, there’s no point in attempting deception.”
Kalen smiled faintly.
“When did you realize?”
“I became certain just now.”
I felt his jaw muscles tighten and knew for sure.
“I found it suspicious from the moment you smoked a cigarette in that tree.”
At those words, Kalen clicked his tongue in frustration.
“That damned bastard dared to embrace you.”
“….”
Perhaps because memories from his time as Ren were bleeding through—despite being Kalen, his speech had grown noticeably rougher.
He spoke with unmistakable displeasure.
“Yes, my memories returned for just a moment back then.”
“Did you steal my money?”
I tried to lower my hand as I asked, but he quickly caught it and pressed his face against my palm—like a beast savoring its master’s touch.
“Yes.”
Kalen met my gaze directly as he spoke.
“I stole it.”
“How shameless. And then you demand compensation?”
“I wanted to be by your side by any means necessary. But Ren is innocent, I swear it. So please, don’t cast him out as well.”
Kanna Adis gazed up at him quietly.
This man, so much taller than her, pressed his face against her hand while his eyes held an almost blind devotion.
Kalen.
Kalen Adis, who had chosen to die falling from the Cathedral Spire.
“Kalen, would you die if I commanded it?”
The moment the question left my lips, Kalen nodded.
“Of course. The moment you desire it, in whatever form you wish—I will die. So….”
“You want to stay by my side?”
“You understand me well, as always.”
In Kalen’s eyes swirled both hope and despair simultaneously.
He yearned for my permission while knowing it would never come.
He knew me far too well.
His intuition was correct. The person I was yesterday would have certainly refused. Had my life been devoted solely to my own happiness.
Kanna Adis smiled silently. And within her heart, she found that woman.
Tatiana. The symbol of my happiness. That woman, bloated with peace and contentment.
I seized her, killed her. Strangled the life from her.
“Kalen.”
“Yes.”
“Do you remember when you once asked me why I couldn’t forgive you, why I remained trapped by what happened in childhood?”
Kalen’s jaw tightened. He hastened to offer an excuse.
“Forgive me. It was my arrogance.”
“I despise you. No matter how well you treat me or how many times you apologize, this feeling refuses to change. I don’t even want your apologies. I simply wish I could live my entire life without ever seeing you again.”
That was all I desired.
I harbored no particular desire for revenge. I merely wanted to escape from them.
Yet the Adis family pursued her relentlessly, and Kanna struggled desperately to shake them off by force.
“If you endure that and allow me to keep you by my side, will you obey my words?”
“Yes.”
“Will you do whatever I command?”
“Anything.”
He spoke.
“I will do whatever you wish, Sister.”
It was the answer I had hoped for. I laughed.
“Come here, Kalen.”
I lowered my hand from his cheek and opened both arms wide.
Kalen watched in a daze, his expression dreamlike.
“Let us reconcile.”
Kalen hesitated before stepping closer, carefully drawing himself into her embrace.
I seized him like prey and pulled him into my arms.
“Forgive me. I’ll forgive you too.”
The words were hollow.
Weightless as dust that would scatter at the slightest touch.
Kalen must have known. That it was a lie. That it was merely a trap.
Yet his body convulsed with joy nonetheless. This was something he had yearned for even in his dreams.
“Thank you for accepting me, Sister.”
His gratitude was sincere. Every word was sincere.
As evidence, his heart raced rapidly. Feeling that pulse through his skin, I confessed.
“Actually, it’s all a lie. I’m doing this because you might prove useful in what comes next.”
“I know.”
Kalen whispered as he held me, his voice trembling with emotion.
“It doesn’t matter what it is….”
I closed my eyes and rested my face against his chest. And I thought of the Queen.
That foolish woman who had tried to embrace me. The woman who died because of it.
‘I’m sorry.’
An apology that would never reach her.
‘But don’t worry. I will….’
Avenge you.
“There are things in this world that cannot be overcome by individual strength alone.”
“There will come a moment when your strength alone proves insufficient.”
Yes, Your Majesty. Your words ring true. I cannot face that vast organization by myself.
That is why I intend to follow your teachings.
Kanna Adis opened her eyes once more. Darkness settled into her artificially crafted pink irises.
She had made her decision. She would eradicate every last seed of the Black Apostles that existed in this world.
Whether it be the Emperor or the Empress, or even Ju-hwa—there would be no exceptions. She would do whatever it took.
Just as she held Kalen in her embrace now. Just as she shared this false reconciliation in a deceiving embrace.
She could do this with anyone. Whether it was Orsini, Silvien Valentino, or Alexandro Adis.
She would exploit everything she could. If necessary, she would use even her own body and life as mere tools.
Kanna Adis closed her eyes again. A sudden urge to weep washed over her, but she suppressed it.
Tears for the Queen would come only when everything was finished.
She would shed them then.
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After several days of funeral rites had concluded, Kanna Adis declared that she would leave Yalden.
“What?”
Lorenzo, his eyes swollen and puffy, cried out in surprise and tried to stop her.
“Where are you going, Tatiana?”
“Yes, Tatiana. Think about this once more.”
Yoanna Friedrich also reached out to hold her back. Kanna Adis merely smiled like a doll.
“I apologize. My mind will not change.”
“But—”
Yoanna Friedrich’s eyes reddened.
“Mother is already gone, and if you leave too….”
Ah, these pitiful people. They truly regarded me as family.
Kanna Adis found it unbearable.
It was not only Lorenzo and Yoanna Friedrich. The Queen had been the same.
That is why she had tried to embrace me.
That is why she died.
“Tatiana, do not go. If you do not wish to marry me, then you need not. Yes?”
Lorenzo too grasped at her desperately.
“….”
Only Alexei remained silent, his lips sealed.
Since the Queen’s death, Alexei had spoken far less. He no longer gazed at Kanna Adis with yearning eyes. It was as though he had become a different person.
Like before he loved her.
Like when they first met.
‘He was not a fool after all.’
Alexei’s transformation was desirable.
“You are aware that I am Kanna Adis, are you not?”
At Kanna Adis’s words, Lorenzo and Yoanna Friedrich fell silent. It was the first time she had mentioned that name since becoming Tatiana.
“As I have said before, the Black Apostles are hunting me. And this incident is surely connected to that matter.”
She said it was because of her that the Queen had died.
But I knew exactly how these foolish people would respond.
“That’s not your fault.”
At Lorenzo’s words, I let out a faint laugh. I knew this would happen.
Yoanna quickly added her voice.
“You don’t need to carry that guilt. The Black Apostles are the evil ones, not you.”
It was precisely because of people like them that I had been so desperately happy these past three years—my heart, once as thorny and spiky as a chestnut burr, had become quite soft and rounded.
“Your Majesty, I beg you to make a different judgment than the late King.”
Yet I spoke with unwavering resolve, appealing to the man who had become King following the Queen.
“I will return to Adis.”
….
“It is the safest course for everyone.”
Alexei finally looked at me. His eyes were devoid of emotion.
“Very well.”
He forced down the surging emotions and spoke in a restrained voice.
“Do as you wish.”
Lorenzo and Yoanna seemed to bristle, but they had no choice but to close their mouths.
He was no longer a brother or uncle they could treat with ease.
He was the King, bearing the weight of this Royal Court and the nation of Yalden upon his shoulders.
“I am truly grateful for everything.”
I looked at Alexei. He bit his lip and turned his gaze away. Tears were gathering in the eyes of Yoanna and Lorenzo.
I bade them farewell.
“Thank you so much. I was happy to be with you.”
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“Wait!”
As I walked down the Corridor, someone followed after me.
It was Lorenzo. He gazed at me with tears streaming down his face.
Was he trying to stop me? As I looked at him quietly, he lifted his trembling lips into a smile.
“Kanna.”
Lorenzo pronounced my name slowly, very slowly.
“Your real name is truly beautiful. I really wanted to call it once. Because I…”
A tear rolled down his cheek.
“…was supposed to be your husband, at least for yesterday.”
Still just a young prince, after all.
I wanted to go to him and wipe away his tears. I wanted to comfort him by patting his shoulder, as I had done for the past three years. And I wanted to tease him for being so dramatic.
But I did not.
“Will we ever meet again someday?”
Yes, we will.
I wanted to tell him that.
But this time too, I could not bring myself to answer, and simply smiled.
I had no desire to make promises I couldn’t keep. She bowed respectfully and turned away without hesitation.
“Goodbye, Kanna. I really did love you.”
Behind me, Lorenzo’s voice trembled with moisture, but I didn’t stop. I simply walked forward in silence, my gaze fixed ahead.
Forward, always forward.
There was no turning back now—this path led only into an uncertain future.

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