My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 28

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Chapter 28
Silvien Valentino’s lips curved upward. He lifted his wine glass and took a light sip.
From the whispers drifting about, it seemed Kanna Adis had made quite the stunning appearance. A woman who had lived her entire life hidden in shadow, as if drenched in darkness.
He had already seen Kanna Adis’s face before.
When was it? Once, Kanna Adis had slipped into the bedroom wearing nothing but her skin.
At that moment, she had hesitated before brushing back her bangs.
Perhaps she had confidence in her face.
That confidence was warranted. She was a beauty with such a radiant, striking appearance that no one could dare disparage her.
“What are you doing?”
“Your Grace. We… we are husband and wife. So…”
“Leave. Before I have the servants drag you out.”
That day had been the first and last.
In any case, Kanna Adis had never exposed her face so brazenly to the world until now.
A woman who had trembled in fear that her dark eyes would draw further contempt, hiding herself away—and now she suddenly transforms like this?
And of all times, right now, she vanishes into the Garden with another man before my very eyes?
Her intentions were transparent enough to see through, and I couldn’t even muster a laugh.
Clinging to my feet and weeping for my love doesn’t work, running away accomplishes nothing, so now…
‘It seems she’s resorting to other methods.’
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Meanwhile, Kanna Adis was experiencing a new world.
“Should I marry in the future, I believe I would become a devoted family man.”
A devoted family man? How amusing. More like a destroyer of homes.
“While other noblemen commonly take multiple wives, I do not. One wife is sufficient.”
I had been listening quietly, but as he continued, it became increasingly absurd.
‘A thug talking about a stable household—what a joke.’
Yes, keep talking! Every word you speak is another shovel of dirt on your own grave!
“How admirable. The woman who becomes Orsini’s wife will be most fortunate.”
If she marries him for money, power, and looks alone, well, she might be happy… In the moment I was thinking this with bitter amusement.
‘Gasp.’
I witnessed something utterly ridiculous.
Orsini—Orsini’s cheeks had turned a rosy pink…
‘No, this is too much.’
I might vomit if I keep looking. I felt my stomach churn as I lowered my head, then raised it again.
Fortunately, by then Orsini had regained some composure in his expression.
“Yes. I will certainly make her happy.”
“I see.”
I hoped he would speak in his usual casual, carefree tone, but instead he was speaking softly, like the world’s most incurable romantic. Utterly repulsive.
“I intend to devote everything to the woman who will become my wife.”
Ah, my ears! I wish I could trade these ears for ones that never heard that line!
‘Breathe, breathe. I can’t breathe!’
My breath began to catch, my chest growing tight and nauseous. The headache creeping in signaled I was reaching my limit.
“I, I see. Do you perhaps have a fiancée?”
“No. Truth be told, I’ve never seriously courted a woman in my entire life.”
Of course you haven’t, you simple fool.
Orsini had always been consumed by only two things: alcohol and swordplay. Everything else—love, romance, all that nonsense—barely registered for him.
That’s when it happened. Orsini suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
“…I apologize. That was a lie.”
“Pardon?”
“Family, marriage—I’ve never given either a moment’s genuine thought.”
Kanna Adis gazed up at him silently. Moonlight descended upon Orsini’s face.
It was the most serious expression I had ever seen from him.
“I’ve always dismissed men who sweet-talk their way into women’s hearts as fools… and yet here I am, acting like one of those very fools. Because.”
And his face made it abundantly clear—he was trembling with anticipation.
“I fell for you at first sight.”
A devastating own goal, delivered with surgical precision.
He had finally destroyed himself.
Kanna Adis closed her eyes for a moment, savoring the sweetness of victory. And she welcomed it.
Welcome, Orsini. Your first brush with shame? You’ll spend the rest of your life tearing your hair out every time this moment crosses your mind.
“Come to think of it, we haven’t even exchanged names. May I ask your…”
Orsini trailed off mid-question.
They hadn’t exchanged names.
So how did this woman know his?
Dread pierced through him like a dagger. In the instant he swallowed hard, Kanna Adis burst into laughter.
“My name is… pfft!”
She couldn’t contain it any longer. Kanna Adis covered her face with both hands, her shoulders trembling violently.
I can’t… I have to hold back. I want to drag this out just a little bit more…
Meanwhile, Orsini was thoroughly bewildered. The woman before him had suddenly made a strange sound, then bent her head down and begun shaking uncontrollably.
“What’s wrong?”
What’s wrong? Because I can’t possibly hold this in any longer, you idiot!
“Did I make you uncomfortable? I’m rather inexperienced with this sort of thing. I apologize. So…”
Good heavens, this is absolutely unbearable!
“Ahahahaha!”
I couldn’t hold back anymore.
The way he stammered and apologized, claiming inexperience—Orsini of all people!
A thug, a street brawler, a reckless brute—Orsini!
Kanna Adis clutched her stomach, laughing like a madwoman.
From Orsini’s smile to the way he fumbled about like an idiot—I saw it all. It was hilarious. It had been ages since I witnessed something so amusing and despicable!
“What’s so funny?”
After a moment, Kanna Adis finally composed herself, wiping the tears from her eyes as she spoke.
“You are.”
“….”
“That’s not funny, is it?”
Orsini’s face darkened in an instant.
The strange sense of déjà vu that had been circling around him since earlier, the vague questions lingering like fog, began to take shape bit by bit.
“But it’s rather sad, too. Poor Orsini, your repulsive desire can never be fulfilled.”
Above all, this mocking tone….
“I’m sorry, but wouldn’t it be rather difficult for us to build a family together?”
Finally, Orsini’s jaw clenched tight. A thick vein bulged prominently above his neck.
Watching his face flush crimson, Kanna Adis apologized with genuine remorse in her voice.
“I’m sorry. But in this day and age, incest isn’t exactly common, is it? Besides, I’m already a married woman.”
Her voice sounded as though she might die from regret, yet in reality she was laughing viciously, trampling him underfoot. It was like driving arrows into the crown of a corpse.
“So you should give up too. It pains me, but there’s nothing to be done about it, right?”
Orsini’s face finally shattered into pieces. Then his eyes gradually, ever so gradually, turned vicious like a beast baring its fangs.
How exhilarating that extreme shift in emotion was.
It was a shame she couldn’t record this moment on film.
“You.”
A threatening voice seeped through his clenched teeth.
His breath carried the stench of murderous intent, yet Kanna Adis waited with a pounding heart. Yes, lose yourself. Go mad quickly, Orsini!
And true to form, Orsini did not disappoint.
“Hah.”
In the blink of an eye, he closed the distance. Orsini seized her throat with a crushing grip. He glared at her with murderous eyes as though he would strangle her to death right there. Then, in a flash, he raised his other hand.
With her throat in his grasp, Kanna Adis curved her lips into a smile.
“Hit me.”
Like a matador goading a maddened bull, she urged him on.
“What are you doing? I said hit me already.”
“I’ll kill you!”
“Yes, go ahead then. Like you used to.”
In that instant, Orsini’s hand froze in mid-air.
“Why? Did you forget because it’s been so long? It used to be one of your habits.”
Was it an illusion? The palm gripping her neck seemed to tremble.
Kanna Adis stared directly into his savage eyes and commanded him.
“Do as you used to.”
She had come to think there were only two good things about being in this place.
One was being able to practice alchemy. The other was reuniting with Orsini.
The other family members had tormented her too, but not like Orsini. To young Kanna, he had been like a horned demon.
How many times had her mouth split open from his blows? How many times had her eyes swollen shut?
So naturally, she could only be delighted.
“Don’t you remember? That thing you were good at. Slapping my cheeks over and over again.”
Perhaps because of the pale moonlight, Orsini’s face seemed to have turned ashen white. While his hands gripped her throat, he looked like the one being strangled.
Kanna Adis smiled with satisfaction, as though admiring a masterpiece of her own creation.
“So just do as you were doing.”

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