My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 211

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Chapter 211
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At fourteen, Kanna Adis was timid and obedient, but the moment I resolved to run away, I became ruthless.
That was when I first abused alchemy. I used a potion that made consciousness slip away on the Gatekeeper, sneaking out of the Valentino Estate undetected.
It was different from a sleeping draught. Rather than falling asleep, I remained standing with my eyes open while my consciousness simply blinked out.
So when I regained consciousness, I had no idea what had happened. I merely thought, ‘Something feels a bit off.’
‘I was so well-behaved as a child. If I’d used something like this from the start, I wouldn’t have suffered so much.’
As I headed toward the Slum District, Alexandro Adis’s warning suddenly came to mind.
His words about not showing alchemy to others.
Now I understood the reason.
‘The more I reveal it, the more the Black Apostles will covet my blood.’
I let out a sigh.
‘He should have explained it in detail from the beginning.’
…Though I suppose that was asking too much.
It was simply too difficult to explain. Now that I knew the truth, the ache in my chest was unavoidable.
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Shortly after arriving, the Slum District was empty.
‘Why is no one here?’
Silvien Valentino’s words suddenly flashed through my mind.
“That boy, sir. Arzenian’s son.”
“We’ve roughly pinpointed his location. It’s only a matter of time before we find him.”
Could Silvien Valentino have already snatched him away?
‘Then when and where am I supposed to meet him?’
I searched the Slum District thoroughly. But no matter how much I wandered, all I saw were a few rats.
Normally, these alleys would be packed with paupers.
‘I brought so much food for nothing.’
At this age, I was overflowing with compassion, often sharing food with the poor.
So I’d brought extra today as well, but it seemed like wasted effort….
“….”
My footsteps stopped.
At the end of a cramped alley beside a building that was nearly crumbling.
That’s where I found him.
Leaning against a filthy wall, his head hanging down as he sat there….
He was garbage. Garbage that had abandoned itself.
“So you won’t go through with it to the end?”
And before him stood a man.
“You cannot escape the Grand Temple, even in death.”
An Enforcer!
I quickly assessed Raphael. He showed no sign of resistance whatsoever.
“So you’d rather die, then. Fine. I’ll execute you right here.”
The Executor raised his sword. This was no jest, no threat—the killing intent emanating from the blade was genuine. He would bring it down upon Raphael’s neck in the next instant…!
“Hey!”
The Executor spun around in shock.
“Who are you!”
In the next moment, a massive pillar of flame pierced through the Executor’s abdomen and passed clean through. Thud. He didn’t even have time to scream before he fell.
‘Damn it.’
Kanna Adis gasped for breath. The tips of her fingers, dripping with blood, tingled with numbness. No matter how many times I did this, I never grew accustomed to it—but I couldn’t let Raphael die.
“Are you alright?”
Kanna Adis approached Raphael.
“Hey?”
No response. Even as she drew near, he didn’t so much as twitch.
He seemed utterly indifferent to the Executor’s death.
“You’re badly wounded… if you stay like that, you might die.”
“….”
“Since you’re so badly hurt, let me treat you.”
Kanna Adis sat down carefully beside him. Then she grasped his arm and rolled up his shirt sleeve.
‘Ugh….’
The wounds were severe.
‘Why is Raphael always like this?’
He should be able to subdue a single Executor with ease. It seemed he hadn’t even resisted.
‘Fool. Idiot. That’s why he died so pathetically.’
Dying so meaninglessly, waiting in one place his entire life, for a woman who would never return.
Waiting and waiting, even as his bones turned to dust, still waiting….
【Have you returned?】
Suddenly, my eyes grew hot.
Kanna Adis sniffled and treated his wounds. As she lifted her head while wrapping the final bandage.
“…!”
Since when had he been watching?
A pair of hollow violet eyes were fixed upon her.
In that moment, Kanna Adis lost all words.
The boy before her was like a rose burned pitch-black. Those eyes gazed upon the darkly bloomed petals in despair, yearning instead to be broken.
A face tormented by the weight of sin.
That excruciating anguish completely overwhelmed her.
Then he whispered in a fractured voice.
“Go.”
“…What?”
“Get away from me.”
Go? After all this, that’s all he had to say? Kanna Adis swallowed her shock and replied coldly.
“Can’t you see I’m treating you right now? If you’re going to say strange things, you’d better keep your mouth shut.”
The boy obeyed her words. That is, he closed his mouth.
‘As expected of Raphael. He listens well.’
I finished wrapping the bandage and pulled bread and milk from my bag.
“Here, eat. It looks like you haven’t had anything for days….”
The next instant, his grip flashed like lightning. He seized my throat and slammed me against the wall with a sickening thud.
“…!”
My back hit hard. Yet I felt no pain—only shock. Raphael was choking me!
“Get away.”
His massive hand closed around my slender throat. His face, thin as tissue paper about to tear, rasped out the words.
“Don’t come near me.”
“….”
“Don’t touch me. Don’t heal me. Don’t….”
“….”
His words trailed into silence. His violet eyes trembled faintly, then sank like a deep marsh.
How long did that last?
His grip gradually loosened. He slumped back against the wall.
“Cough, cough.”
I coughed softly and rubbed my throat.
‘Quite the temperament, isn’t he.’
I sighed. Then I swept the hair covering my eyes completely back.
“….”
Raphael’s eyes went rigid. He’d recognized me as Arzenian’s daughter at a glance.
‘Well, there’s no way he wouldn’t.’
As if nothing had happened, I smiled and offered him the milk.
“Drink. This milk is absolutely delicious.”
He didn’t answer. But he didn’t attack me again either.
“You haven’t eaten in days, have you? You’ll really die like this.”
This wasn’t a joke. His condition was dire.
While treating his arm, I’d felt his pulse racing far above normal and his body temperature dangerously high.
His cracked lips and unfocused eyes made it clear he was suffering from severe dehydration.
‘He definitely hasn’t had a drop of water in a long time.’
Most people would have died from dehydration by now or been clinging to the brink of death.
“Are you really going to die? After I went so far as to commit murder just to save you?”
I glanced at the Enforcer’s corpse, but Raphael remained unmoved.
‘Who would leave someone to die?’
But persuasion wouldn’t work now.
I shrugged, then let the milk flow into my mouth before pulling Raphael close and pressing my lips to his.
“…!”
His eyes widened. I stared into those violet irises from inches away, glaring, pressing my lips firmly against his.
The next moment, his throat convulsed. He swallowed the milk.
Only then did I pull away. I smirked.
“This should buy me a few more days. Should I apologize?”
A single stream of white liquid traced down his sharp jawline as he fell silent.
“Since your life has been extended, drink more.”
“….”
“Or should I feed you again?”
“….”
“Tell me if you hate it.”
He didn’t respond. So I held the milk in my mouth again, grabbed him by the nape of his neck, and pulled him close.
My strength was feeble, yet Raphael came willingly. He was so powerless that it felt almost docile.
And our lips met.
I saw his lower lashes twitch briefly.
This time, I sealed our mouths firmly to prevent any spillage, scraping every last drop and pouring it into him.
Gulp, gulp, gulp. The sound of swallowing echoed down his throat.
I tilted my head down slightly, lowering my gaze. His lips were wet with the translucent liquid.
“You won’t die for a while now.”
“….”
“Do you want bread too?”
Raphael could no longer resist me. He couldn’t speak harsh words or strangle my neck.
‘Is it because I’m the Divine Spirit’s daughter?’
And perhaps….
‘Because we might be blood relatives.’
I shouldn’t think about that possibility. I rubbed away the goosebumps rising on my skin.
‘Either way, it’s clear his heart is weak.’
So he tolerates my actions now, and also… desires death.
With Seon-hee’s memories, I could roughly understand why Raphael wanted to die.
Raphael and the Divine Spirit were beings created through alchemy. The materials were life force and divine power. They were created by absorbing the life force and divine power of countless priests.
Raphael seemed to harbor revulsion toward himself for this reason.
‘I don’t know Raphael well, but I can be certain of this much.’
Raphael doesn’t desire a life for himself.
What he needs isn’t kind words or warm smiles. Only the commands of an absolute being. That’s why a priest who lost his god to serve needed a new absolute.
‘Yet he’s picky about choosing whom to serve.’
If he were someone who would submit to anyone, he would have remained in the Grand Temple and lived by the Divine Spirit’s will, but he refused.
But I know this: Raphael’s new god is me.
The reason… honestly, I don’t know.
‘Because I’m the Divine Spirit’s daughter?’
If that were the case, he would have followed the Divine Spirit from the start.
‘It can’t be love.’
Or lust?
‘No. He was completely naked in the cave and nothing happened.’
Raphael is like a monk with no desires whatsoever.
‘Well, only Raphael would know the reason.’
What was certain was that he would choose her. So there was only one thing she needed to do. Extend her hand first.
“Sorry for the late introduction. I’m Kanna Adis. By the way, do you want to die?”
He nodded slowly.
“Then die.”
Kanna Adis spoke kindly, wiping away the droplet of milk clinging to his lips.
“But you can die anytime, can’t you?”
“….”
“You were supposed to die just moments ago anyway. I saved you. So.”
Kanna Adis smiled brilliantly.
“Give your life to me.”
Raphael gazed at Kanna Adis intently, then lowered his gaze.
At the tip of her finger, the opaque liquid stolen from his lips glistened.
Suddenly, he licked his wet lower lip with the tip of his tongue. As if thirst were awakening within him once more.
“Then you….”
At last, Raphael opened his mouth.
“What will you give me?”

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