My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 282

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Side Story Episode 13
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Fortunately, I never had to deal with Raphael directly. He was remarkably quiet and perpetually taciturn.
‘And surprisingly innocent, too.’
It was rather amusing when he ate the soap.
He’d accept anything indiscriminately, so I decided to give him paper just to see what would happen—and sure enough, he chewed and swallowed that too without hesitation.
“How is it? Does it taste good, Raphael?”
“Yes. It is delicious.”
“You’re eating well. Keep it up from now on. Picky eating isn’t good for you.”
“I shall do so.”
“You listen so well and behave so nicely.”
“Thank you.”
Truly innocent. He didn’t even realize I was teasing him.
I suppressed my laughter.
Raphael was remarkably obedient. He followed whatever Kanna Adis and I—her older brother—told him to do without question.
It felt like raising a lamb.
“Brother! What did you give Raphael?”
That’s when Kanna Adis caught me and scolded me for it.
“Just paper. It won’t hurt him even if he eats it.”
“Ugh, stop joking around! That’s not like you at all.”
Her words made me realize something.
‘Is that so?’
I truly had acted out of character. This was the first time I’d ever played such mischievous pranks on anyone.
‘His innocence is rather endearing. There’s something fun about teasing him.’
But soon my assessment of Raphael began to change. The lamb I thought he was started to feel increasingly like a predator.
‘Why does he look at me that way?’
Raphael seemed to be trying to hide it, but I could feel his gaze upon me.
That hungry gleam in his eyes.
Moreover, he would steal glances at me and lick his lips with his tongue—as if he wanted to pounce on me and devour me right then and there, savoring the thought.
‘Surely he’s not… a sodomite?’
Surely not. It couldn’t be.
There’s no way he could be targeting me like that…
* * *
“Please be cautious of me.”
Yet in the end, I received Raphael’s confession.
“I may accidentally devour you.”
I’ve never received such a terrifying confession in my entire life.
‘I kept denying it, but…’
So Raphael truly was a sodomite after all.
And he wanted to devour me? This wasn’t a love confession—it was a confession of raw desire.
‘I thought she was naive, but it seems she was just playing innocent.’
Either way, dealing with types like that required a firm hand. Silvien Valentino asked casually.
“Why do you want to eat me?”
“Because you look delicious.”
“Don’t be fooled by appearances. I’m far rougher and messier than I look.”
“No. You are remarkably clear and pure. More pristine than anything I’ve ever seen.”
“….”
This one was formidable. Silvien chuckled softly.
“You know what? I’m always on top.”
“What do you mean?”
“If you want to eat me, you’ll have to be below.”
“Position and location are irrelevant.”
“….”
“So please be careful that I don’t lose control.”
“….”
“Don’t come near me, and don’t touch me. I might actually devour you.”
Ah, so he was going for suggestive banter?
Silvien was quite an authority in that domain. He was about to open his mouth to test his mettle when—
“Or at least let me have a taste of something. I’ll eat carefully so you don’t die.”
A chill ran down his spine.
The way Raphael’s eyes gleamed as he murmured those words… he looked like a dragon that hadn’t eaten in a thousand years.
‘I can’t do this anymore. I’ve lost.’
In the end, Silvien retreated, saying, “I’ll be more careful from now on.”
After that, Silvien kept his distance from Raphael, and Raphael avoided Silvien in turn.
Perhaps that’s why he felt reassured.
Raphael was a man who preferred men, so he would never lay a hand on Kanna Adis.
That’s what he believed.
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That belief shattered three years later.
“What are you doing right now?”
In a secluded corner of the Maze Garden. Silvien approached with long strides, his eyes fixed on the black strands of hair scattered across the grass.
“I said, what are you doing, Kanna?”
“Oh, brother.”
Kanna Adis hurriedly pushed herself up. Then she shoved Raphael, who was lying on top of her.
“This… I mean, it’s not what it looks like…”
“It’s fine. You don’t need to explain.”
Silvien grabbed Raphael by the collar and struck him down.
“Brother! Stop!”
“No, Kanna.”
Silvien smiled gently as he kicked Raphael’s jaw, his expression a mask of ice-cold fury.
How dare this sinister bastard lay a hand on my sister?
“Brother! Stop it, please!”
Kanna Adis embraced Raphael, who was drenched in blood, her eyes glistening with tears.
“Raphael is a pitiful person. Why would you go so far!”
“Pitiful?”
Silvien Valentino let out a hollow laugh.
Pitiful? That wretch was pitiful?
Ah, yes. He certainly appeared that way.
But Silvien knew the truth—the immense magical power that creature harbored, the naturally formidable physique he possessed.
‘A fox in sheep’s clothing, if there ever was one.’
It was laughable how he pretended to be powerless even now, playing the innocent while spouting all manner of filthy depravities like the perverted wretch he was.
“Kanna Adis. Listen to me carefully. You are seventeen years old, and you are my sister.”
Silvien Valentino removed his blood-soaked white gloves and cast them to the Garden floor as he spoke.
“Any older brother who witnessed his seventeen-year-old sister rolling about in the Garden with a man would have done exactly the same.”
Then he wiped away Kanna Adis’s tears with his smooth hand.
“It seems Raphael requires punishment.”
“Brother!”
He rose, brushing away her grasping hands.
“He’ll be confined to the Underground Dungeon for a while.”
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A week had passed since Raphael’s confinement.
“Brother, please.”
“No.”
“Please release Raphael.”
“No.”
“It’s my fault. Lock me up instead!”
“No.”
“I hate you, brother!”
Kanna Adis pleaded repeatedly, reasoned, and even threatened.
“No.”
Silvien Valentino refused outright.
“Not this time, Kanna Adis.”
My adorable, beloved sister.
Silvien Valentino adored when Kanna Adis threw tantrums, and he enjoyed indulging her whims, but…
He would not tolerate her developing a taste for men.
“Brother, please. Won’t you?”
More than a month had passed when Kanna Adis clung to him, nearly weeping. Silvien Valentino ignored her, absorbed in reviewing documents.
“Brother…”
Shortly after, Kanna Adis’s sobs ceased abruptly.
She approached him, snatched away his fountain pen, and plopped herself down on his lap. Silvien Valentino laughed. Such coquetry was endearing, but he had no intention of yielding to her this way…
The next instant, Kanna Adis pressed her lips against his.
“….”
Silvien Valentino’s eyes widened. Long, luxuriant black lashes filled his entire vision.
He found himself captivated by the sensation of time standing still, gazing blankly at the sight before him.
The dewdrop-like tears clinging to the tips of Kanna Adis’s lashes were so pitiable….
The moment tears traced down her cheeks, Silvien Valentino wrapped his arms around her waist with sudden fervor. Breath and skin mingled. He drank her in, licked, swallowed, and savored her.
The more he did so, the more his mind turned white. His entire body’s fine hairs stood on end from a thirst that burned his throat.
What am I doing right now?
He seized Kanna Adis’s hair. He pulled her closer. With a dizzying mind, I wondered. What on earth am I…?
But soon I laughed at myself.
What am I doing?
Doing what I want to do.
Then, Kanna Adis pushed against his shoulder.
“I love you, brother.”
Silvien Valentino stared intently at Kanna Adis’s swollen, reddened lips. The corners of her mouth curved upward in a smile.
“You love me too, don’t you, brother?”
Of course I do.
Now and always, the only being I have ever loved is Kanna Adis. I have found nothing in this world worthy of love besides her. I never even thought to look.
“I’ve loved only you since I was little. You know that already.”
“….”
“Raphael was just so pitiful. That’s why I couldn’t bear it without embracing him.”
“….”
“Release Raphael. Will you?”
“….”
Silvien Valentino’s heart had grown quiet.
He sank into perfect silence and savored this moment. This instant. The moment his love was being exploited.
Laughter burst forth.
“Ahahaha!”
It was absurd. And rage surged from the crown of my head to my toes.
Kanna Adis.
You’re trying to wield me, to use my affection as a tool of power?
This damned girl. This ungrateful girl. This cunning, this terrible, terribly beloved….
My Kanna Adis.
“Of course. Have I ever refused you anything?”
Silvien Valentino smiled and caressed her cheek. Then he drew her neck closer once more.
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That night.
‘What should I do about Raphael?’
Silvien Valentino sat at the edge of the chamber, gazing down at sleeping Kanna Adis. As I brushed the black strands of hair from her cheek, I made my decision.
‘I’ll dispose of him.’
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A few days later, he sought out Duke Adis.
“I knew the Divine Spirit’s son was at the Duke’s side. If you hand him over to me, well… that would be splendid.”
Largos Adis unfurled an ornate fan with luxuriant plumage and waved it gently. His crimson hair swayed softly in the breeze.
“I should present him as a gift to Teresa.”
“You speak of the Imperial Consort, my lord?”
“Yes. My dear Teresa is quite devout… a true Apostle of the Divine, you see.”
Largos Adis winked.
“Ah, but it’s a secret from the Emperor. You understand?”
“I have no interest in such matters.”
“In any case, beautiful women are always so temperamental.”
At that moment, Silvien Valentino did not know.
That Teresa was a Black Apostle. That Largos Adis, the current Duke Adis, had been seduced by Teresa and had become a Black Apostle himself.
He would never have dreamed it.

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