My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 287

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Side Story Episode 18
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The next morning, Orsini unfurled the newspaper with a crisp snap.
‘Let me see.’
There was only one section he was looking for.
【Madam S’s Secret Advice Column】
【Follow Madam S’s counsel and even a hopeless fool like you will become a master of romance tomorrow!】
Precisely this.
It was a column where male readers submitted their romantic troubles and received advice, and it was surprisingly entertaining.
【Madam S: Today’s letter comes from our reader ‘Little Lamb’.】
【Let us read it together.】
Orsini lowered his gaze indifferently, wondering what pathetic fool’s story would appear today.

…Where have I seen this situation before?
Orsini thrust the newspaper close to his face as if to bury himself in it.

Orsini’s heart thundered. Could it possibly be this identical? Had someone been spying on him and sent this in?

Yes, Madam S. Give me the answer at once.
What should I—I mean, what should that fool do?
【Accept it.】
What?
【Two palms must meet to make a sound, as they say?】
It appears ‘Little Lamb’ secretly enjoys such things.>
Orsini’s lips parted.
Listen here, Madam S. What nonsense are you spouting?

“What the hell?”
【Had that woman been merely docile and virtuous, ‘Little Lamb’ would not have fallen so deeply, would he?】
“This insane bastard is talking complete nonsense….”
<'Little Lamb' is undoubtedly addicted to every emotional stimulus that woman provides.
People with such tendencies tend to fall easily into drugs or gambling.
…Well, I did once upon a time.
But what does that have to do with women?!
That's why you should admit it honestly.
The truth is, the 'young lamb' enjoys such things.
I would wager that the 'young lamb' holds considerable power.
Generally speaking, the higher one's station, the more likely they harbor secret desires to be dominated and humiliated….
I read only that far. He shuddered and crumpled the newspaper violently.
"Where in the hell did this nonsense come from!"
I'm nothing like Kalen Adis, some pervert, and I certainly don't enjoy such things! He tore the newspaper to shreds and hurled it into the waste bin.
"Madam S, you deranged fool. What do you know!"
For a time he seethed with fury, but soon his energy drained away entirely.
'What am I doing right now?'
Orsini was seized by self-loathing and tore at his hair.
If anyone discovered that he'd done something so pathetic, he would surely kill them. Or perhaps he would kill himself instead….
He drank whiskey, consumed by self-contempt. Then, unable to bear it any longer, he rose from his seat.
He thought he would go see Kanna. Seeing her would surely lift his spirits.
"Kanna… are you here?"
But Kanna's Room was empty.
He sat on the sofa, intending to wait for her return. Then he suddenly stood and approached the desk.
'What is this?'
Papers arranged neatly on the desk. Surely a letter.
Orsini regarded it suspiciously before reaching out. He knew he shouldn't read it….
But he knew it nonetheless….
Dear Kanna,
Ah.
I shouldn't have read it.
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I was on my way back from sending a letter to Alex.
"Sister, you should go to your room at once."
"Hmm? Why?"
Kalen's expression darkened as he sighed.
"It seems my brother has lost his mind."
"Why would Orsini——"
"Today appears to be that day."
At those words, Kanna's face clouded over.
That day.
Kanna knew all too well what kind of day that was.
"But Kalen, you seem rather pleased about this?"
"You are mistaken."
As Kalen spoke, his eyes gleamed with pure delight at his brother's ruin.
"Go see for yourself. He's raving like a madman in there."
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I burst through the door.
"Orsini?"
Orsini stood motionless in the distance, not even turning around. He simply stood there.
Unmoving before the fireplace, watching the flames dance and roar.
"Orsini? What are you—"
Only when I drew closer did I understand. Those parchments burning in the fireplace. Those letters. They were the letters I had received from Alex all this time.
"What are you doing?"
Anger crept over me slowly. The letters were burning. Our letters—
"Letters."
Orsini stared blankly at the fireplace and answered curtly.
"I'm burning them."
I was speechless. Who asks such an obvious question?
"Why would you touch someone else's letters without permission?"
"Right."
"What?"
"Even I think it's pathetic."
Laughter spilled from Orsini's lips. He muttered to himself.
"Looking at them without permission, burning them without permission. I'm a complete bastard."
Even Orsini himself thought so. Stealing someone else's letters and then destroying them on a whim. It was truly sickening.
"So. You know what you need to say now, don't you?"
I suppressed my rage with all my strength. Honestly, I wanted to slap him across the face.
'Hold it together. Hold it together. Hold it together.'
Yes, I would restrain myself for now.
"Apologize right now, Orsini Adis. And promise me you'll never do this again."
"I can't."
"…What?"
"I can't make that promise."
"What do you mean?"
"I might do it again."
"Are you mocking me right now?"
I could hold back no longer and shouted.
"So what are you saying? That you'll secretly steal my letters and burn them from now on?"
"Maybe I will."
"Who would tolerate that?"
"If you won't tolerate it, what will you do about it?"
Orsini looked down at me with hollow eyes.
"What will you do about it?"
A chill ran down Kanna's spine.
Orsini—this madman had completely lost his mind, utterly consumed by jealousy.
"Get out. Now."
Kanna gripped her throbbing head as she spoke.
"And don't even think about seeing me until you've come to your senses."
"…."
"Are you deaf? I said leave!"
Orsini gazed at Kanna in silence.
【He was undoubtedly addicted to every emotional stimulus she provided.】
Madam S's words echoed through Orsini's mind.
'Perhaps she's right.'
Maybe he truly was addicted to this pain.
Orsini turned his gaze away, staring blankly at the letter now reduced to charred ash.
If that were the case, perhaps it was time to stop indulging.
Time to let it go.

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