My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 292

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Side Story Episode 23
Side Story 6. Such a Thing Never Happened (2)
On a day when torrential rain poured down, Kalen Adis was confirmed as the heir to House Adis.
“Are you truly certain about this?”
“Yes.”
My older brother showed no interest whatsoever.
“Take it. I don’t need it.”
“If that is your wish.”
In truth, the retainers supported Kalen far more than Orsini. This was partly because Kalen had cultivated their loyalty early on, but largely because Orsini engaged in excessive misconduct.
‘How did my brother become like this?’
Orsini now appeared less like a beast and more like a weapon itself.
Not long ago, hadn’t he severed his opponent’s wrist at the gambling den? Something about the man daring to cheat before him.
The problem was that his opponent was the son of a count—worse still, the son of a vassal house sworn to House Adis.
‘Well, it worked out for me.’
Had my brother been a rival, I would have eliminated him by any means necessary, without hesitation.
But there was no need for that.
Our interests were simply too different.
It was truly fortunate.
* * *
Kalen strolled through the Garden of House Adis, umbrella in hand, lost in peculiar contemplation.
This estate, this garden—soon it would all be his.
‘Yes. It will all be mine.’
A deep thrill surged through me. It was as I rounded the corner of the Palace Garden.
“Ah!”
A woman collided directly into my chest.
I reflexively caught her arm to steady her.
“Let… let go of me.”
The woman then startled violently and wrenched her arm free from mine.
“…So you are my sister.”
Kanna Adis.
My sister and the illegitimate child of House Adis. For some reason, she stood without even an umbrella, taking the downpour directly upon herself.
“It has been quite some time. I trust you have been well?”
It felt like the first time in years that I had seen her this close.
Rather than answer, Kanna knelt down. She began gathering scattered items—several gemstones and what appeared to be research documents.
‘Still absorbed in alchemy, I see.’
No matter how important the research materials were, crawling on the ground like a stray dog was hardly dignified.
‘How unbecoming.’
I lowered my gaze with displeasure. And in that moment, I froze.
I had thought she was naked.
For just a brief instant, I had mistaken it for that.
Her milk-white skin was exposed shamelessly beneath the soaked one-piece dress.
Pristine complexion, rounded shoulders, the delicate curve of her slender waist, and with each crawl forward on her knees, the trembling of….
‘Damn.’
Kalen’s expression hardened. It was reflexive—blood rushed downward with alarming speed.
“Kalen?”
By then, Kanna Adis had already crawled to his feet.
“Could you move your feet? Your feet are stepping on the documents.”
She lifted her head as she spoke.
“Kalen? Your right pocket is about to burst….”
Her words cut off abruptly.
In the next moment, her face flushed crimson.
“You, Kalen, you, you.”
Kanna Adis stammered with a trembling voice, then suddenly sprang to her feet and fled hastily.
Kalen watched her retreating figure with an expressionless face.
‘Running away at full speed like that….’
Anyone would think I was trying to devour her.
Kalen bent down and picked up one of Kanna Adis’s research papers. Then he murmured.
“How old is my sister again?”
* * *
Currently, Kanna Adis was twenty-four years old.
‘Has it already come to this?’
The last time I’d seen her properly, my sister was merely a scrawny girl—yet somewhere along the way, she had become a woman.
‘Her clothes don’t seem to fit properly.’
Wearing small garments suited to her slender frame only made her fuller curves stand out excessively. It appeared quite uncomfortable.
‘If she wore custom-tailored clothing instead of ready-made garments, this would be solved.’
Though Mother would never show my sister such kindness.
Still, my sister was of House Adis, and she was my sister, Kalen Adis.
It made no sense for an Adis to wear ready-made clothing that commoners wore.
‘I should take her to the dressmaker soon.’
The corners of Kalen’s mouth lifted. Come to think of it, improving my relationship with my sister didn’t seem like a bad idea at all.
On the day I achieved the great undertaking of ascending to the position of heir to House Adis, I set my next objective.
It was improving family relationships.
* * *
However, meeting Kanna Adis again proved extremely difficult. She had deliberately avoided me ever since that day.
‘Well, she must have been shocked.’
Meanwhile, Kalen took it lightly.
Wasn’t it natural to have a reaction after witnessing such a scene? Of course, the subject of that reaction was problematic.
‘Perhaps my body didn’t recognize her because it’s been so long since I’ve seen her.’
I thought about it with such composure.
I would apologize for my rudeness and take Kanna Adis to the dressmaker to gift her beautiful clothes tailored to her measurements. Then my sister’s mood would improve.
* * *
“I don’t need it.”
When we finally met, Kanna Adis rejected me coldly.
“Don’t worry about it. I’m fine as I am.”
See? I raised an eyebrow slightly.
“You say you don’t need it?”
“That’s right. I don’t need the clothes you offer, nor your help.”
I never expected such a frigid refusal. She seemed timid as a child, but somewhere along the way her temperament had grown quite prickly.
“So stop taking an interest in me, Kalen Adis.”
Ah, now I see—she’s become almost hostile.
Why?
Could it be because of those bloated trousers back then? Or does she still harbor memories of childhood torment?
Whatever it was, I found it infuriating.
‘A bastard’s presumption.’
A woman tainted with base blood, daring to refuse me.
She should be grateful when I extend my hand.
“Though I must say, that lifestyle suits you perfectly, sister.”
I leaned down and whispered near her ear.
“Living like a maggot in the Underground Laboratory, I mean.”
I let out a low laugh, then straightened up.
“Then, continue living that way.”
And with that, I passed by her.
‘I nearly made a foolish mistake.’
To think I’d almost extended my hand to such a bastard—clearly I was the one being stupid.
If she was content to live that way, then let her.
Let her live forever without a single marriage proposal, unable to wed, rotting away alone in the Underground Laboratory.
So I decided not to concern myself with her anymore. That’s what I resolved.
That should have been the end of it.
* * *
“Hey, Kalen Adis.”
I was playing cards with other nobles’ sons at the Club House when my friend Colin, who looked unusually dazed today, spoke up.
“I happened to run into your sister recently.”
“Sister? You mean Kanna Adis?”
“Yeah, that’s right. But hey, remember what I said when we were kids? Your sister was really beautiful.”
“I suppose. What I do remember is you getting your nose broken by Orsini for it.”
“Hey, don’t even mention Orsini. Just hearing his name terrifies me.”
“So? What are you trying to say?”
“Well, I was wondering if I could meet your sister….”
Colin swallowed hard.
“Would that be alright?”
“Suit yourself.”
It was a rather pointless jest. Kalen dismissed it with a wave of his hand.
“But first, you’ll need to hand over the gold mine you wagered in this round.”
“What? What do you mean…?”
Kalen spread his cards. A smirk played across his lips.
“You lost.”
Royal straight flush.
Victory.
Exactly as planned.
* * *
They immediately drafted the ownership transfer contract for the gold mine.
“Kalen Adis, you despicable bastard! Ah, my gold mine, damn it, they say the wealthy are worse, and—”
Kalen chuckled, a cigar between his teeth.
“The wealthy are always worse.”
“You unlucky son of a bitch!”
“The wealthy are even more unlucky.”
“Not a word of mercy from you, you contemptible wretch. I’m only holding back because of the beautiful Miss Kanna.”
Beautiful Miss Kanna—that was excessive praise for a bastard like her.
‘What exactly does he see in my sister to spout such nonsense?’
Yet Kalen soon understood.
Well, her figure was certainly exceptional.
He remembered it vividly. The silhouette of her body drenched in rainwater, her skin, even the postures that had stirred his imagination.
It was the kind of form that seemed to have materialized every adolescent fantasy into reality. So it made sense that even he had reacted that way in the moment.
“…Damn it.”
“Hm? What?”
“Nothing, never mind.”
He shouldn’t have recalled that. Kalen drained his whiskey in one gulp.
His belly burned.
* * *
Having secured the gold mine and enjoyed a celebratory drink, he should have simply returned home to sleep. Yet for some reason, his feet carried him elsewhere.
To Kanna’s Room.
‘Why did I come here?’
I must be drunk.
Kalen rubbed his flushed face. He considered turning back, but since he’d come this far, he figured he might as well see it through.
‘…See what through?’
The fact that he couldn’t remember suggested he was indeed intoxicated.
“Sister, are you in?”
No answer.
So he simply pushed the door open.
It was certainly unbecoming of a nobleman, but he didn’t care. After all, she was merely his lowborn sister.
“Sister? Are you not here?”
Yet Kanna Adis’s Bedroom was empty. She had stepped out.
So I should have left. It was the right thing to do. It was proper etiquette, and yet….
Kalen Adis entered the room.
That was when he discovered the dress. That pristine white one-piece, drenched and clinging to her on that rainy day.
“….”
I stared at it blankly for a moment, then found myself reaching out as though enchanted. The fabric brushing my fingertips was impossibly soft. Perhaps that was why I lifted it without thinking.
A delicate, intoxicating fragrance wafted up. I hesitated briefly before bringing it closer to my nose.
In that instant, the sweet, distinctly feminine scent enveloped my face.
“Ha….”
I drew in a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. I buried my nose deeper into the fabric. The fragrance was overwhelmingly sweet.
Ah, how utterly intoxicating it was.
My head spun. I felt as though I were being numbed. My mouth flooded with saliva.
A shiver ran down my spine, and my fingertips tingled with sensation….
“Sister….”
The moment I murmured those words, my eyes snapped open. It was as though ice water had been poured over my head—my mind cleared instantly.
‘What am I doing right now?’
I was clearly far more intoxicated than I’d realized. Kalen Adis hurriedly left Kanna Adis’s Room.
Only after returning to my own Bedroom did I realize it.
“…This is troublesome.”
I had taken Sister’s one-piece dress with me.

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