My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 259

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Chapter 259
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‘I must kill Kanna Adis.’
The World Tree resolved this with great difficulty.
Kanna Adis, clinging to the Black Rift. I must eliminate her—this woman who stands in my way.
I wanted to end Raphael’s fear of her.
So I took her from Orsini, but the moment I held her in my arms, I understood.
Ah. I will accomplish nothing.
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Let the world’s wall shatter.
Where is this voice coming from? Whose voice is it? Where am I?
Regardless, the answer is already determined.
It cannot be.
Then the voice trembled.
I have suffered for so long in this world.
Ah, only then did I understand.
It was Arzenian’s voice.
Do you know how cruel the people of this world are? I had to conduct purification rituals for five hundred years. Ah, it was truly unbearable suffering.
So what? I understand your circumstances are tragic, but even self-pity has its limits.
But you suffered in this world too, didn’t you?
In that moment, scenes unfolded before Kanna Adis’s eyes.
“Die, filth! I hate creatures like you most!”
Orsini yanking her hair and roughly throwing her down.
“Sister, the book has fallen. Retrieve it.”
Kalen tormenting her with contempt.
Isabel mocking her, dragged by Chloe’s hand and locked in a wardrobe…
The scenes flashed rapidly before her eyes, and then she saw herself grown. She was confined in the Underground Dungeon by the Empress’s command.
“How dare you kill my daughter?”
Being struck across the face by the Empress and beaten mercilessly.
“Flee into the Forest. I will hunt you.”
Kasil raising his bow with a sinister grin.
Horrifying memories—so dreadfully horrifying that my skin crawled.
Poor Kanna Adis. It’s a wonder you’ve survived this long.
Arzenian whispered.
Do you truly wish to live in such a world?
“….”
Think of it. A better world.
He whispered sweetly.
A world better than this one.
Just remain still. That is all. When you open your eyes again, you will have arrived in a better world…
“Can you hear me, sister?”
I opened my eyes wide. A man was staring down at me.
“…Lee Seon-hong?”
He was her—no, Ju-hwa’s younger brother.
The boy I had thought I would never see again, the one I had considered my brother for twelve years.
“Are you awake?”
Seon-hong gripped my hand, his voice trembling as he spoke.
“Thank goodness. I was afraid you wouldn’t wake up.”
What? What was he talking about?
I stared blankly at Seon-hong’s face, overwhelmed with emotion, then looked around.
It was a hospital. I was lying in a hospital bed with an IV in my arm.
So this was…
‘Is this a dream?’
The moment I thought that, the door burst open. I gasped.
“Kanna!”
It was Ju-hwa.
“Kanna, are you awake?”
Seon-hee. And Mother was there too.
“Oh my, you’ve finally opened your eyes!”
Father—Ju-hwa’s father, that is.
They rushed toward me, grasping my hands and shoulders, kneading them frantically.
“Why did it take so long for you to wake up! Do you know how worried we’ve been?”
“We thought you’d never wake up.”
“Thank goodness you’ve come to your senses!”
I was swept up in their touch and their emotional words, then muttered with a vacant expression.
“What is this?”
“What?”
“Is this a dream? Yes, it must be a dream. This can’t be real. It can’t be real.”
Their faces grew clouded. Seon-hee spoke.
“Kanna, please calm down…”
“Why are you here? No, how did you all get here? And this place is…”
Where exactly was this? This hospital. This facility. It didn’t feel like Ju-hwa’s world at all.
“You don’t remember anything?”
That’s when Ju-hwa quietly spoke up.
“Remember? What are you talking about?”
They exchanged serious looks. After our eyes met, Seon-hong stepped forward as if bearing a heavy burden.
“A year has passed since the world’s wall shattered.”
…What?
“And we were reunited when the worlds merged together…”
Wait. Wait. Wait a moment.
I pressed my head. What on earth was this nonsensical talk…?
That’s when the hospital ward door creaked open and someone entered. Sun-hong quickly waved their hand in greeting.
“Oh, perfect timing. Brother-in-law, come on in!”
Brother-in-law?
Brooooother-in-law?
I was flabbergasted and slowly lifted my head. Then my eyes met a pair of emerald irises.
“Are you alright?”
It was Alex.
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Ignoring the physician’s recommendation for further hospitalization, I returned home.
‘This is my house?’
A wedding photograph hung in the living room. A wedding photo of Alex and me.
“You fell down the staircase. You hit your head and lost consciousness for a week.”
Alex gently touched my forehead. A swollen bump still remained.
“You’ll remember everything soon. Don’t worry too much.”
His tender touch, tinged with concern, made my face flush. It was hard to believe he had once been so cold.
“Rest now. I’ll prepare dinner soon.”
Alexandro pressed his lips to my forehead before heading to the kitchen. Moments later, sounds of something exploding and shattering began to ring out.
‘Wait.’
Now that I think about it, that man is absolutely terrible at cooking.
“Alex? Are you okay?”
“No problem.”
For some reason, Alexandro replied calmly with an eggshell perched on his head.
“Just watch TV.”
“Mm.”
I sat on the living room sofa. I turned on the TV.
【It has now been one year since the world’s wall shattered. To commemorate the anniversary, festivals are being held in various places.】
Click, I changed the channel.
【I can’t remember how we lived before the world’s wall broke. Life seems so much better now!】
Ha.
I let out a hollow laugh.
One year had passed since the world’s wall crumbled.
It was hard to believe, but it was true.
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I quickly accepted and adapted to reality. Then I traced the events of the missing year.
After the world’s wall collapsed, I reunited with Ju-hwa’s family. And after discussion, I was adopted by Seon-hee and her husband. I had become part of a real family.
Not long ago, I opened a Korean medicine clinic.
“Ugh, I have so much homework. I seriously have no time to sleep.”
After work, I often met Ju-hwa for a beer. Apparently, Ju-hwa had enrolled at Art School late and was drowning in assignments.
“But there’s this really handsome guy in our department. Like, seriously, seriously incredibly handsome?”
“Hey, she’s quite a bit younger than you—don’t you have any conscience?”
“…You’re killing me with your words. How irritating.”
After bickering with Ju-hwa like that, I’d return home to find the kitchen in complete disarray, with Alex already waiting by the set table.
“Welcome home.”
“I’m back.”
I nestled snugly into his embrace. As I breathed in his distinctive scent, a drowsy happiness washed over me.
“This is so wonderful.”
“Is it?”
“Yes, I really love you. Even though you turn the kitchen into a war zone every time….”
Alex tilted my chin up and pressed his lips to mine. The soft, intoxicating warmth was so dizzying, so blissful that tears threatened to spill.
“I love you.”
Alex smiled faintly and returned the same words to my ear.
“I love you too.”
Time flowed on like that.
Small moments of happiness accumulated in layers, becoming my everyday life. Peaceful days without the Black Mist or the Black Apostles.
Several months later, on a snowy day, I discovered I was pregnant.
Seven weeks along. Fraternal twins.
“Mom, does giving birth hurt a lot?”
“Of course it does.”
“That’s scary.”
“Raising them is even harder. Since they’re twins, it’ll be twice as difficult.”
“I’m glad we live close by. You’ll help me with childcare, right?”
“Huh? What did you say? My hearing isn’t what it used to be.”
After lunch with Seon-hee, I headed home. On the way back, I walked through the thick snow, lost in thought.
‘Twins. I’m already terrified.’
Raising them will be tough. Two disobedient twins would be especially difficult. Just like….
Just like those two.
“….”
I stopped in my tracks. My feet wouldn’t move.
Those two?
‘Who?’
Those two, you say.
Who was I just thinking of?
I stared blankly into the empty air before a sharp headache made me wince.
“Sister, it hurts….”
This voice.
“My lady, please go!”
Whose voice is this?
I clutched my head. Someone was peeling away my shell by force, and the pain struck violently.
Yes, there was definitely someone. Someone who existed.
Those kids.
No, it wasn’t just them.
“Um, sister. Um, Mother is ill, c-could you take a look at her?”
Yes, that child was there too. And.
And….
“Hey.”
That voice.
My heart shattered in an instant, the pain stealing my breath away.
“Are you dying?”
I collapsed to the ground, my body trembling violently.
I couldn’t believe it.
How could I have forgotten those people?
Adis.
The people of this world—and my sacrifices!
“Kanna.”
I lifted my head.
When had he arrived?
Alexandro Adis, clad in a jet-black long coat, knelt on one knee before me. Behind him, pristine snow swirled through the air.
“You have a new family now. Seon-hee, Ju-hwa, Seon-hong. And.”
Alexandro Adis spread his large hand and placed it over my belly.
“And our child.”
His hand was so terribly cold….
“Forget those who have vanished. Live in this new world with new people. That is your happiness.”
Alex’s words were right.
I was happy.
A man I love. Sisters I can bare my soul to. Mother, Father, my younger brother, work I enjoy, a peaceful world.
Everything was perfect.
But….
“Kalen died.”
But how was this world created again?
“Isabel too, Lucy too, and.”
My lips trembled.
“Orsini too.”
He was always by my side….
So why isn’t he beside me now?

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