My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 278

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Side Story Episode 9
“You approached me.”
“And?”
“Then you clung to my back. And you took my hand….”
Silvien’s face drained of all color. For the first time in ages, he felt a profound sense of danger.
It couldn’t be. I couldn’t have made such a mistake….
“I gave you a banana.”
“…What?”
“And I showed you how to peel it. Don’t you remember?”
“….”
“It seems you truly remember nothing. How could you forget when we ate a banana together, pressed close to one another?”
“….”
“I see. You’re more foolish than you appear… No, you’re nothing at all.”
The moment I met Raphael’s pitying gaze, understanding seized me with a shudder.
This is real. It cannot be an act.
So this creature truly….
‘A simpleton… No, a blank slate.’
Not even a pristine canvas—how could someone know absolutely nothing?
‘It’s not an act. This creature genuinely knows nothing.’
Had I truly been conversing all this time with someone who didn’t even understand the double meaning of ‘eating together’?
Silvien, overwhelmed with self-reproach, asked.
“Raphael.”
“Yes?”
“What did you mean when you said before that I look delicious?”
“Your spiritual essence is very clean and pure. That’s why you look delicious.”
Raphael spoke matter-of-factly, then suddenly grew serious and made a solemn vow.
“But don’t worry. I won’t eat you.”
“….”
“I promise.”
Could it be that the reason this creature doesn’t know about food is because he survives on spiritual essence alone?
‘Good heavens.’
Heat crept up the back of my neck. I had harbored a truly grotesque misunderstanding all this time.
‘No, this isn’t my fault. It’s because Raphael and I haven’t been communicating properly.’
This won’t do. At the very least, we need to understand what the other is saying, don’t we?
“Raphael, starting today I shall educate you… Wait! You mustn’t eat that!”
Silvien hastily struck the back of his hand. He had been about to eat the incense on the table.
“It smells delicious.”
Good heavens, I cannot let my guard down for even a moment. Silvien exhaled a weary sigh.
* * *
Several days later, Silvien made secret contact with Argon in the Slum District.
“What do you think of that Divine Spirit’s successor, Duke Adis?”
“Better than expected. As long as he breaks the habit of shoving everything into his mouth without thinking first.”
“Into his mouth? My. How scandalous.”
Silvien froze for a moment. Scandalous? Which part?
“Well, it’s a sentence open to interpretation, isn’t it?”
“….”
Exactly three seconds later, understanding dawned on Silvien, and he cast a look of utter contempt at the Crown Prince.
“Your Highness truly is remarkable. Your imagination is quite exceptional.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
“It is not a compliment. Never speak such revolting words again. Never.”
“Understood. My apologies. Please don’t be so angry.”
He’d overreacted. Silvien fell silent. The misunderstanding he’d harbored alone all this time had made him extraordinarily sensitive on that particular subject.
“Cheer up. I’ve brought the information you requested today.”
Argon grinned and unfurled his fan with a flourish. As he waved it gently, his golden hair swayed softly.
“Here.”
He handed over a stack of documents.
“A report on Kanna Adis.”
* * *
Before bringing Raphael, I had seen Kanna in the Slum District.
And that wasn’t all—I even personally placed her in a carriage and brought her to the Adis Mansion.
At that time, I saw Kanna’s face, met her eyes, and spoke with her….
For the first time, I felt the weight of another person’s presence pressing down upon me.
‘And she was remarkably beautiful, at that.’
It was incomprehensible why she usually concealed her face.
I thought then.
That Kanna Adis possessed something.
Not the commonly known illegitimate child of House of Adis, not the despised ugly duckling treated as filth—but something hidden beneath.
And now, at last, I had discovered the missing puzzle piece.
Silvien turned through the report and spoke. “An alchemist who works with magical stones? Kanna Adis?”
“Yes. She’s remarkably skilled. Capable of reviving even dead flowers.”
“…If that’s true, it’s extraordinary.”
I was truly astonished.
Yet simultaneously, I was not astonished at all.
Rather, it felt like a prediction had come true, bringing a strange satisfaction.
‘Ah, so that was it?’
I had sensed something amiss.
Those eyes of hers, that confident expression. Such bearing could not emerge from nothing.
‘But why does she live in hiding?’
Silvien paused to weigh the significance of this information. Was there more to uncover? Or was this sufficient?
Silvien Valentino paused for a moment to weigh the gravity of this information. Did he need to learn more here? Or would this much be enough?
‘Well, I’m not entirely sure.’
Still, it would be nice to meet once more.
* * *
On the way back to the Valentino Estate, Silvien Valentino’s wish was unexpectedly granted almost immediately.
“Stop. Please halt the carriage.”
Silvien Valentino descended from the carriage and approached discreetly.
‘Kanna Adis?’
I had suspected as much, but it really was Kanna. I had hoped to meet her, but not so soon.
“You really will take me to Albes Harbor, won’t you?”
“Of course, Miss. A carriage will arrive shortly, so please wait.”
Silvien Valentino clicked his tongue. It seemed she was attempting to run away.
‘This is trouble.’
Silvien Valentino recognized the man conversing with Kanna Adis. He was a notorious human trafficker, quite infamous in the criminal underworld.
If left unchecked, she would certainly be sold at a slave auction.
Silvien Valentino ultimately appeared, pulling a dark robe over himself.
“Who are you?”
At his appearance, Kanna Adis and the man turned around.
“Hey, who the hell are you!”
Silvien Valentino approached wordlessly, his footsteps heavy. The man let out a hollow laugh, as if dumbfounded.
“What the hell is this lunatic—”
Silvien Valentino reached out and seized the man’s head, smashing it against the wall. Crash! The wall shattered with a deafening sound. The man’s body crumpled to the ground.
“…!”
In the next instant, Silvien Valentino twisted his body away. The spot where he had been standing began to bubble and dissolve.
“What—what are you!”
Kanna Adis had poured something out.
“What are you! Don’t—don’t come any closer!”
Silvien Valentino looked down at the ground. The liquid Kanna Adis had poured was now dissolving even the earth.
‘That was close.’
Had he not dodged, his body would be dissolving by now.
“What is that substance?”
Silvien Valentino spoke with a disguised voice.
“It’s a weapon that can dissolve someone like you in an instant! Don’t come any closer!”
“No, I can see that much for myself.”
For some reason, I found myself laughing. Silvien Valentino approached her with the demeanor of a third-rate villain.
“I’ve simply never seen anything like it before. Surely you created this yourself?”
“What would you know!”
“Quite right. What would I know? I don’t even understand why I’m doing this.”
“Don’t—don’t come closer, kyah!”
Silvien Valentino seized Kanna Adis’s wrist. She was pulled helplessly forward and collided against his chest.
“Ah.”
And then she simply collapsed into unconsciousness?
“…Excuse me?”
Had she actually fainted?
She fainted because her chest hit something?
Silvien hastily laid Kanna on the floor. As he tried to lift her eyelids to check her condition…
‘Damn.’
I’ve been had.
The moment I realized it, violent pain crashed across my head. Kanna had struck my skull with a brick.
“…”
I suppressed any sound of pain.
Simply because I didn’t want her to hear it.
“Y-you’re insane. A monster. Why won’t you fall?”
Kanna retreated backward, her expression as though she were facing an actual monster.
“That hurt.”
“Oh, so it does hurt. Get out of my way.”
“I don’t want to.”
“What are you planning to do with me?”
“Kidnap you… and then, what should I do next?”
“Don’t come closer! I’ll pour more poison! I’ll dissolve your entire body! Don’t—don’t come near me!”
What should I do… I muttered to myself.
I hadn’t anticipated this.
Right now, I seem to be… enjoying this situation.
“I-I hate this! Back off!”
Was it the throbbing pain in my head? Or perhaps the scent of my own blood, which I hadn’t caught in so very long?
A strange exhilaration surged up and dominated my mind.
So incomprehensibly, I was thrilled by this situation.
“I hate it! Let go! Let go, you bastard!”
In the next moment, Kanna’s thrashing elbow struck my head. With a sharp crack, my head snapped to the side.
‘Good heavens.’
I clenched my lips tightly. I had almost burst into loud laughter just now.
If I’m finding this moment entertaining, then I’m definitely a pervert…
“Hey.”
Then, Kanna’s struggling stopped abruptly, as if it had been a lie.
“Look at me.”
My voice had suddenly grown cold and heavy.
“Take off your robe.”
Kanna glared at me with eyes like ghostly flames, grinding her teeth as she spoke.
“Take it off. Who are you?”
“…”
“You don’t understand what you’re interfering with right now. So remember this moment. Remember me! I’ll find you! Because I’m the one who will kill you!”
What a vicious curse it was. My heart plummeted. It raced wildly. Even my fingertips tingled with sensation.
As if Hell itself had pursued me to this very moment, intent on my annihilation.
I wanted to remove it. This robe.
I wanted to show my face, to reveal who I truly was.
It would surely become a face she would never forget for the rest of her life.
‘I cannot.’
Silvien turned away from that mad desire.
“Do you understand? I will kill you! I will kill you!”
She thrashed about so violently that I eventually rendered her unconscious.
Silvien gazed intently at Kanna’s unconscious face. Her flushed cheeks were streaked with tears. Her full lips were as well.
In that moment, an intense impulse surged through me.
‘Should I take her to Valentino?’

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