My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 260

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Chapter 260
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Raphael pondered.
‘I will never be forgiven.’
The World Tree acknowledged it as well.
‘I cannot threaten even a single hair on that woman.’
What remained was immense dread.
Then what would be my end?
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Kanna Adis spoke.
“This world is false.”
A possibility that could not exist.
That was precisely this world.
“False?”
“Yes. It’s impossible.”
“Are you abandoning a future where you could be with me?”
Alexandro Adis reached out his hand, caressing her cheek.
“Kanna, let us live together here. I will make you happy.”
Kanna Adis grasped his wrist.
“No.”
And she pushed it away from herself.
“We cannot be happy.”
The moment she rejected his hand and rose to her feet, Seon-hee came rushing over.
“Daughter, where are you going?”
Seon-hee spoke, trembling.
“Mother was wrong. Yes? Let us stay here. I will do better than all the things I could not do before.”
It was not only that. This time, Seon-hong approached.
“Sister, have you lost your mind? Why are you trying to leave here?”
“Don’t go, Kanna. Please stay with Father and your family.”
“That’s right, Kanna. Let us live together here. I was so glad to have you as my sister. We know each other better than anyone, don’t we?”
Father and Ju-hwa too. And….
“Are you leaving?”
Kanna Adis turned her head.
A man with pale brown eyes, drawn as if in transparent watercolor, stood there.
“Do you know what?”
Yeon-woo smiled faintly.
“I don’t even know your real name.”
“….”
“We never even said goodbye.”
Unable to bear it any longer, Kanna Adis closed her eyes.
“Don’t go.”
“Please don’t go, Kanna.”
“Let’s live together here.”
“Sister, don’t go. Please? Please?”
Suddenly, memories from three years ago surfaced.
Paeylon Island, when I saw their phantoms while intoxicated by macaque fungi.
What had I been like then?
Knowing it couldn’t be real, I chased their shadows, weeping and running. Don’t go. Don’t leave me behind—I cried out those words over and over.
Three years had passed since then.
Kanna slowly lifted her eyelids. Her once-parched eyes had become nothing but steel.
‘This future will not come to pass.’
And yet if I were deceived again this time, that would be nothing short of foolish. That would be unforgivable.
I would have no face to show those who died because of me. So that’s why….
“So I’m done with these pathetic lies!”
In that instant, a sharp crash—something shattered into fragments.
From that moment on, everything around me crumbled into pieces.
Alex, Yeon-woo, my family, the snow-covered streets of Seoul, the passing strangers, even the ashen winter sky—all of it fractured.
Kanna gazed upon that grotesque sight and smiled bitterly.
“I don’t need illusions like this.”
The moment I spoke those words with conviction, everything finally collapsed.
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“How unexpected.”
When Kanna opened her eyes again, she found herself leaning against the World Tree in the heart of the Forest.
“Truly unexpected.”
Arzenian’s voice reached her ears.
From within the World Tree she leaned against, from inside that tree.
“…!”
The World Tree rippled. A man flowed out like water from within the black wooden trunk.
It was Arzenian.
“Unexpected indeed. I thought you’d cooperate if I showed you a scene you’d enjoy.”
“You… you just came out from inside the World Tree?”
“Yes.”
Arzenian nodded with an expressionless face she had never seen before.
“The World Tree consumed me. And I became one with it.”
It was a horrifying statement, yet Arzenian continued with an unflinching expression.
“But it doesn’t matter. Our purposes are the same anyway.”
With that, he gazed up at the Black Rift in the sky.
“Let the walls of the world crumble. Live happily with the man you love in the new world.”
“That’s ridiculous. I won’t live long anyway.”
“But you can spend the rest of your life in happiness.”
“I don’t need that kind of happiness.”
At those words, Arzenian’s mouth twisted into a crooked smile.
“Is it because of Adis? Don’t tell me you’ve forgiven those bastards?”
There’s no way. Even now, remembering the past fills me with rage.
And yet, there were times when things were good. Times when I laughed.
Isn’t that what life is? Some days you laugh together, other days you fight, and still others you break down in tears—an endless cycle of such moments.
‘But now it’s all over.’
The laughter, the tears—they’re all privileges of the living.
The two men who endlessly fought against me are already gone from this world. The moment I accepted that thought, I could no longer contain myself.
“The only one I cannot forgive is you.”
With those words, I drew out the conversation.
“Don’t you think you could be forgiven too?”
Just a little closer. Come just a bit nearer.
I naturally drew a spell formation on my palm, which I’d positioned behind my waist. Arzenian had become one with the World Tree.
That meant if I killed him, the World Tree would die too, didn’t it?
‘Then I could seal the Black Rift.’
Arzenian wouldn’t die easily.
But who knows—would he survive even if his body were cut in half?
‘Just come a little closer.’
One more line and the spell formation would be complete. I deliberately prolonged the moment so I could aim at him precisely.
There would likely be only one chance.
If I failed once, he would never let his guard down again.
“Forgiveness.”
Arzenian’s eyes wavered for an instant.
“If I could receive that, what couldn’t I do?”
Then he slowly walked toward me.
“I could do anything.”
Just a little closer. Hurry. Just a bit more.
“If only I could be forgiven.”
One more step.
“I would gladly die for it.”
Arzenian smiled faintly. And as if granting my wish, he took another step forward.
Now!
My eyes flew wide open. I drew the final line.
The moment I completed the spell formation and thrust it forward—
Boom! Crash! Bang!
A blinding scatter of light. Tremendous power erupted from my hands. It exploded. It shattered everything and surged forward.
Dust swirling thickly, fragments of the Forest scattering through the air. I collapsed onto the devastated earth.
“Gasp… gasp… gasp…”
My breath felt as though it might stop at any moment. I knew it. I was already at my limit. Now death had truly drawn near, looming right before my eyes.
Yet Kanna Adis rose to her feet. It was almost stubbornness. She walked into the dust cloud that blurred her vision.
“Gasp, gasp.”
Was he dead?
Yes, he had to be dead. No matter how immortal Arzenian was. No matter how long he had lived. Without a body, there was no way he could survive.
Sure enough, as I pushed through the dust, I found a form devastated beyond recognition. His abdomen was pierced clean through. Upon seeing this, I laughed broadly.
That’s it. That much would be instant death…!
“….”
Wait.
Was Arzenian’s body that large?
In that instant, a terrible foreboding seized my throat. A strange moan escaped from my lips.
‘No.’
It couldn’t be. I drew closer to him.
‘No, no.’
An overwhelming skeletal frame. Long arms and legs. And.
‘No.’
Deep blue hair. Ra….
“Raphael?”
For a moment, it felt as though my breath had stopped. The shock was that profound.
I froze in place, then lurched forward as if propelled. I knelt down and lifted his body.
“Ra, Raphael. Why! How could this be?”
Why?
Why?
Why?
My thoughts wouldn’t connect. Only short words tumbled out in fragments.
Arzenian had been here. I attacked him. I tried to kill him….
In that moment, Raphael’s eyes opened. He looked at me.
With the eyes of the World Tree.
“…Ah.”
And he showed me.
His story.
Everything he had endured. His failures, his lies, his defeats, his confusion, that immense fear.
‘Becoming one with Raphael was a mistake.’
The World Tree’s lament as well.
Raphael’s obsession had overwhelmed everything the World Tree possessed. Even the desire to break through the world’s boundaries was mere dust compared to his affection for Kanna Adis.
‘I will never be able to accomplish anything.’
Rather, watching Kanna die was so heartbreaking. The fact that there was no way to save her.
‘Then at least should I not grant her wish?’
If I devoted all the World Tree’s power, I could seal the Black Rift. That would mean my end.
So I tried to end myself, but the World Tree’s will ultimately refused it.
But if I die by Kanna’s hand, then the World Tree would have no choice either. So let it be that way.
Even so, I would never be forgiven.
What if she hates me until the very end?
His fear crashed over me like a tidal wave. It was an overwhelming terror.
“Raphael.”
I struggled to move my lips, drowning in his emotions. So many words wanted to spill out. But I closed my mouth again.
There was no time. Raphael’s breathing had grown shallow. So shallow that his next breath might be his last.
That’s why I said this.
“Don’t be afraid.”
Fool. Why did you do this?
If you knew you’d lose, you shouldn’t have fought in the first place. Do you really think I’d hate you for not granting me one request?
“It’s okay.”
No matter what, how could you sacrifice yourself like this? This is too cruel to me.
Fool. Idiot. Don’t die. Don’t go.
I wanted to scream those words, but I didn’t. Instead, I smiled as brightly as I could muster.
“It’s okay.”
So that Raphael could leave with peace of mind.
“Really. It’s truly okay.”
So that he wouldn’t be afraid anymore.
“I’m not angry with you.”
The moment those words ended, moisture welled up in Raphael’s violet eyes. Tears streamed down his cheeks.
I wiped away his tears and whispered.
“I don’t hate you.”
In that moment, he exhaled deeply—like a sigh of relief.
And he never inhaled again.
“…Raphael?”
He didn’t answer. His eyes didn’t even close. Until the very end, he looked only at me.
And so he departed.
I didn’t call his name again. I moved my blood-stained fingers. I traced a spell formation over Raphael’s body.
My hearing is fading. That’s fine.
My vision is dimming. That’s fine.
Now blood pours from my eyes too. That’s fine.
Because I’m still alive. Because my hands still move.
I cannot waste this moment, this opportunity that Raphael created for me!
I continued tracing the spell formation. One by one, meticulously, and finally…
It was complete.
In that instant, a tremendous roar tore through my body. Lightning-like agony erupted.
I understood. In this moment, my power—and the World Tree’s power—was spiraling into the spell formation, being drawn in.
The earth trembled at the movement of that colossal force. Wind rushed violently, sending my hair whipping about. Dust swirled and obscured my vision.
‘It’s done.’
I collapsed where I stood. I gazed up at the sky. I could see the shattered wall rapidly mending itself.
‘I succeeded.’
The world’s barrier would soon seal perfectly.
The Black Mist would vanish, and the demons that emerged from it… yes, Silvien would surely find a way to handle them.
‘That’s all I needed.’
I wouldn’t have to leave Raphael alone. And I could see you again. All of you.
Kanna Adis let out a hollow laugh. On the brink of death, I wanted to see that man, those people. I must be insane.
And Alex.
If there was one thing that weighed on my heart, it was only that man. I was so sorry to leave that solitary man behind alone.
“…Alex.”
Perhaps because of the deep lingering attachment in my heart, I could see his face through my blurring vision.
He reached out and caressed my cheek. I closed my eyes, feeling his warmth.
“I’m sorry.”
What do I do?
You abandoned everything to save me.
And yet it came to this.
I’m leaving you alone.
“I’m truly sorry.”
That was the end.
Kanna Adis.
She was twenty-nine years old.
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Alexandro awoke from his dream.
“You’re awake?”
Seon-hee stood before him.
“Time travel must have been exhausting? You fell asleep right in front of me?”
“….”
“I suppose the mental shock was significant. Kanna died rather tragically, after all.”
The scene he had witnessed in the future.
Even after returning to his own time, Alexandro had seen that future event play out in his dreams countless times.
The woman who absorbed the World Tree’s power to seal the Black Rift. The woman whose soul shattered as the price.
The woman I promised to protect.
The future of the child now within Seon-hee’s womb.
The scene where ‘Kanna Adis’ dies.

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