My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 204

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Chapter 204
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The journey to Adis was uneventful. Fortunately, I didn’t swap bodies with Seon-hee again.
Yet Alexandro Adis refused to release my hand.
“I’m in my right mind now. I won’t lose control like before, so let go already.”
“How am I supposed to trust that?”
“You seem to have forgotten—it was I who saved you from the Black Apostles.”
“If you hadn’t used poison in the first place, I would never have been in danger.”
I ground my teeth. That heartless man. Of course, it was natural behavior for Alexandro, but I couldn’t help feeling wronged.
“I should have handed you over to the Black Apostles instead.”
Alexandro rubbed his temples as though troubled. After a moment of silence, he spoke.
“A village will appear soon.”
“What for?”
“I’ll buy you gloves in the village.”
“…?”
Gloves? Out of nowhere?
‘Surely not?’
I quickly grasped his intention.
Alexandro had witnessed me wielding ancient alchemy. He must have realized that I needed to draw spell formations with blood.
‘With gloves on, I can’t draw blood from my hands.’
Of course, I could wound another part of my body and use that blood to draw the formations, but the process would take longer and inevitably draw attention.
It would be impossible under Alexandro’s watch.
“So bear with it until then.”
“….”
Alexandro was making such a proposal. Honestly, I’d been prepared to be silenced entirely.
‘And he’s offering this to a woman who tried to kill him multiple times?’
If Seon-hee hadn’t attempted to murder him, I might have received better treatment. The thought filled me with regret.
‘Why did our bodies swap then?’
There was one detail that nagged at me.
His condition had been dire—left for so long with an arrow embedded in his body that he was hemorrhaging severely.
‘Could it be that when the body’s condition worsens, I get ejected?’
If that were true.
Where had my soul been while Seon-hee was in control?
‘Could it be….’
At that moment, I had thought I was dreaming.
When peach blossoms fell like snow.
Hadn’t I witnessed Kalen drawing his sword against Raphael, tears streaming down his face?
But I quickly shook my head.
‘Kalen acted as though I’d been gone for years.’
Besides, like in most dreams, I had been observing from an omniscient perspective.
‘So it’s likely just a dream.’
Yet an ominous premonition crawled up from the depths of my heart.
‘What if the flow of time is different?’
What if time moves at a different pace, and years have already passed in that future?
Anxiety crashed over me in a wave. But I steadied my breathing and calmed my mind.
Even if that were true, there was nothing I could do about it.
Nothing in this world was more important than what I had to do now.
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“Alexandro!”
Days later, I finally arrived at Adis.
“What in the world is happening?”
A golden-haired Knight Guard hurried toward me the moment I entered the estate.
“Enforcers from the Divine Temple came looking for you!”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. They said you had kidnapped a Black Apostle….”
The golden-haired Knight Guard’s eyes flickered toward Kanna Adis.
“This woman is not a Black Apostle.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“I’ll explain the details later. What happened to the Enforcers?”
“What happened? The acting head of the Largos Household practically threw them out. Now Adis and the Divine Temple are finished—completely finished.”
He made a throat-cutting gesture.
“I need to see my brother Largos. Is he in the Study right now?”
“No. He’s currently at the Imperial Palace with Duke Valentino. He said he’d return within a week at the latest.”
At those words, I felt a wave of relief wash over me. Fortunately, Largos was away.
‘I hope everything is settled before Largos returns.’
There was no point in meeting someone who was going to die anyway—it would only leave an uncomfortable aftertaste.
Just then, the Butler approached.
“Welcome home, Alexandro.”
“Yes.”
Alexandro grabbed my arm and pulled me forward.
“This woman is my guest. She’ll be staying for a while, so make a note of it.”
“I understand. Shall I show her to the guest room….”
“No.”
Alexandro cut him off.
“She’ll be staying in my room.”
“….”
A brief silence fell. The Butler maintained his composure; the golden-haired Knight Guard did not.
“So have an extra bed brought into my chamber.”
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“Do we really have to do this?”
Shortly after, an additional bed had been brought into Alexandro Adis’s chamber.
“Even if surveillance is the purpose, isn’t this going too far? What could a fragile woman like me possibly do?”
“You’d destroy the Valentino Estate just as you destroyed the Forest. Don’t expect me to let my guard down.”
“….”
“If you wish, I can provide you with a separate room.”
“I wish for it. Of course.”
“However, you must wear iron shackles and steel mesh gloves at all times, twenty-four hours a day. I’ll assign at least ten Knight Guards to watch you.”
He glanced at her and nodded slightly.
“Do you wish for it?”
“….”
“Your silence suggests you do not. I’ll consider this mutually agreed upon.”
Mutually agreed? This is blackmail!
He ignored Kanna Adis’s fierce glare and pulled the golden cord hanging from the ceiling. Moments later, the Maid entered.
“You called for me, Alexandro?”
Kanna Adis stared intently at the Maid.
Though she was seeing this woman for the first time, something about her felt oddly familiar. That face—I was certain I’d seen it somewhere before….
‘Lucy Adis?’
Purple-tinted hair and refined features.
She bore a striking resemblance to Lucy Adis!
‘I’ve heard that Lucy Adis’s mother was Alexandro’s maid.’
Had she been attending to him since then?
Kanna Adis’s imagination began to flourish wildly.
What was their relationship? A hidden mistress? Or perhaps….
“Take this woman and bathe her.”
With that command, Alexandro Adis retrieved something from a drawer and hurled it. Iron shackles.
The Maid’s eyes wavered at the sudden appearance of the restraint.
“Bind her before you bathe her.”
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While Kanna Adis endured the humiliating ordeal of being bathed, Alexandro Adis emerged from his own leisurely bath and settled onto the sofa, reading documents.
It was a report investigating the recent activities of the Black Apostles.
“That woman from earlier—you said she was pregnant with the Divine Spirit’s child, correct?”
Theodore, the golden-haired Knight Guard who had delivered the report, spoke while cradling a sleeping infant in his arms.
“If you’re sharing a chamber with her, there’s no need for surveillance, is there? What danger could a scrawny woman like that possibly pose?”
“Don’t judge by appearances alone.”
“If you’re that concerned, why not simply bind her completely and lock her in the Underground Dungeon?”
It was a ruthless but efficient suggestion.
Certainly, that would make things easier. It would be safer too. Perhaps that’s why the Divine Spirit had treated her that way.
Yet Alexandro Adis silently withdrew a cigarette and lit it. At his wordless refusal, Theodore exhaled a sigh.
“You haven’t developed feelings for her, have you?”
“You’ve lost your mind.”
“She’s not your usual type, Lord Alexandro. Pretty enough, though.”
“If you’re going to speak vulgarly, get out.”
“It’s strange, which is why I mention it. I’ve served you since your youth, Lord Alexandro, yet I’ve never seen such mercy from you. Have you perhaps incurred a debt?”
Theodore attempted to light a cigarette with a match, but Alexandro suddenly raised his hand to stop him.
“Never mind. Put it away.”
“Why? Surely you’re not refraining because you plan to share a room with a pregnant woman?”
“No.”
“Then what is it! Why are you refusing a cigarette you smoke so readily!”
“Because of your son. Keep your voice down.”
But it was already too late.
The moment the young child’s eyes fluttered open, his blue irises gleamed like stars.
“W-woke up….”
The baby smiled brightly. Then, opening his mouth, he drew in a sharp breath—
“WAAAAAAHHHHH!”
“Oh, Claude? Daddy made a mistake, didn’t he? Daddy will kiss it better….”
“WAAAAHHHHH!”
Theodore fumbled to soothe the child, then hastily searched for a toy and fled the room.
‘That lung capacity is still impressive.’
Truly a child with a promising future. Alexandro rubbed his temples.
Just then, the door opened. He heard footsteps, then the door closed again.
It was her.
He didn’t need to look to know. Alexandro flipped through a document with a casual gesture and spoke.
“Wait a moment. I….”
In that instant, a rich fragrance brushed against his nostrils. Sweet yet cool.
The sensual aroma that seemed to vibrate through his very spine made Alexandro lift his gaze.
The woman stood motionless before him, watching him. She raised her shackled hands.
“Give me the key. Unlock these. Now.”
“….”
“Alex?”
Alexandro stared at her without answering, then set the document down on the desk. He pressed his forehead and exhaled a low sigh.
That was all. When he lowered his hand again, his composed face was revealed.
He pulled the bell cord. When the Maid entered, he commanded coldly.
“Wash her again.”
“Pardon?”
“She is not that sort of woman.”
“…Ah. My apologies.”
The Maid, quick to understand her mistake, hastily led Kanna Adis away once more.
Finally, with the woman gone, Alexandro lifted the papers again. His expressionless face continued to read through the documents.
Yet between his perfectly composed brows—
A hairline fracture appeared, then vanished just as quickly.

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