My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 293

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Side Story Episode 24
‘What am I to do about this?’
Stealing her clothes.
No matter how I look at it, this seems like something only a sinister pervert would do.
‘No, it’s fine. They’re all mine anyway.’
He was the heir to Adis, and his father, the head of the household, was currently absent from this estate.
Then wasn’t this estate essentially his? Of course, everything within this estate belonged to him as well.
‘That’s right. If I desire something, I can have anything. Whatever it may be.’
So I could do as I pleased.
Everything was mine.
* * *
From that point on, Kalen developed a peculiar hobby: secretly stealing Kanna Adis’s clothes.
He intended to continue until she found herself in the predicament of having nothing to wear.
The reason for such actions was simple—spite.
My sister lived a life scorned by everyone.
If she would only let me grasp her firmly, I would drag her up into the radiant sunlight above.
Yet she refused, which was absurd, infuriating, and wounded my pride. So I resolved to take her clothes until every last one disappeared.
I didn’t discard the garments I’d collected; instead, I carefully accumulated them. It felt wasteful to throw them away. Whenever I caught the lingering scent clinging to the fabric, my mood would brighten.
I recognized that my behavior was strange, but that was all. There was nothing I couldn’t possess or do within this estate.
* * *
“Sister, you’re wearing the same dress again today.”
Days later, she was left with only a single one-piece dress.
“If you wish, I shall escort you to the wardrobe room.”
At that moment, Kanna Adis came to an abrupt halt.
“It’s you, isn’t it?”
“Pardon?”
“You’re the one doing this?”
“What do you mean, Sister?”
Kalen feigned innocence.
“I’m afraid I don’t understand what you’re referring to, Sister.”
Kanna Adis bit her lip hard. Then, suddenly, she laughed.
“Fine.”
“Yes?”
“Take me there. To that wardrobe room.”
At those words, Kalen’s lips curved upward. As expected, when pressed like this, she would take his hand.
“Of course. I shall escort you at once.”
* * *
Kalen headed toward El Andois Boutique.
El Andois was a beautiful woman of former opera singer background and had recently become the most beloved designer among noble young ladies.
“Sister, while we’re having clothes tailored, why don’t we do something about your hair as well?”
Kalen found Kanna’s hair, drooping like seaweed, displeasing to his eye.
He understood she had grown it long in childhood to conceal her dark eyes, but now it seemed to have become almost a habit.
“Very well.”
Surprisingly, Kanna complied without resistance.
“I was thinking of cutting it anyway.”
“Pardon?”
“Truth be told, I’m planning to attend a party soon.”
“….”
“If I go looking like this, wouldn’t it be embarrassing for my escort?”
Kalen did not answer. Escorting his sister—he had never truly considered it until now.
“We can discuss that later at leisure. First, shall we select a dress?”
“Well, I….”
As Kanna was choosing her attire, El Andois approached.
“Lord Kalen, might I bring you something to drink?”
And with that, she subtly slipped a note into his vest pocket.
“Champagne.”
“Of course.”
El Andois withdrew with a knowing smile.
‘Her voice is remarkably similar to my sister’s.’
With that thought, I withdrew the note and read it. A brief address was written there.
Likely her residence. Such advances had come frequently enough that I found nothing particularly surprising about it.
‘Attempting to seduce a customer. Hardly professional.’
I crumpled the note. Then, deliberately, I placed it atop the sofa.
A clear refusal.
It was not that I placed particular value on chastity. I had shed that burden long ago.
Still, I lived with almost absolute restraint over my desires. An illegitimate child born from careless indulgence would prove troublesome. Anything unplanned was abhorrent to me.
“Kalen, I’ve decided. What do you think?”
“All are beautiful. They suit you wonderfully, sister.”
Then Kanna laughed.
“It’s thanks to you. Thank you for bringing me to such a lovely place.”
Kalen was satisfied with her docile demeanor. This was how it should have been from the start. Why had she forced him to break her spirit so unnecessarily?
“Not at all. Should you require anything, please ask at any time.”
He said this, then immediately regretted it.
‘That was unnecessary.’
If my sister actually requested an escort, it would become complicated….
* * *
After deliberating over this matter for several days, Kalen soon changed his mind.
‘I’ll simply escort her myself.’
Kalen fingered Kanna’s clothes, which he had accumulated in his room like emergency rations.
Whenever he caught the faint fragrance lingering on my sister’s garments, my heart became infinitely more generous.
Just like right now.
Who else would escort his sister if not himself? He could not bear to see the Young Lady of Adis drifting miserably through High Society.
‘That’s right. My sister has only me.’
Which is why that party was such a tremendous shock to Kalen.
“Marquis Colin Davis and Young Lady Kanna Adis of the Adis Duke’s House!”
Kalen’s head snapped around in disbelief.
‘Did I mishear?’
The wine glass slipped from Kalen’s hand with a sharp clang.
‘Sister?’
Sister?
That woman?
“Kalen.”
Drawing the eyes of everyone present, the man and woman approached. Colin spoke with barely contained excitement.
“Hey, surprised? I didn’t tell you because I wanted to see your face.”
The woman with dark hair then laughed softly.
“Colin, our plan worked. Kalen really was shocked.”
“Right? I told you, Kanna. That guy Kalen would have his jaw on the floor.”
What?
Kalen stared intently at Colin and the woman. His head felt hot.
What was this conversation.
Those words. What were they.
“Kalen, are you really that surprised?”
The woman laughed brightly and tapped his arm lightly. At that touch, Kalen flinched visibly, his shoulders trembling.
“Don’t tell me you don’t recognize me?”
The woman’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled. Kalen felt as though he could not breathe.
No—his breath was actually stolen. The woman before him was breathtakingly, suffocatingly beautiful.
“Sister?”
His voice emerged strained and hoarse. Kalen forced out the words.
“Why are you here…?”
“I told you. I was going to the party. I came with Colin.”
Kanna smiled brightly as she spoke.
“Do you like this dress?”
A deep violet gown with elegant, bare shoulders—he had never seen it before.
“I gave it to her. Or rather, we exchanged it for the medicinal tonic Kanna made.”
But my sister’s clothes are something I should have…
“That’s right. Colin picked it out himself. He really has excellent taste.”
My sister laughed.
“I love it so much.”
A laugh bursts forth.
Ah, I’ve never heard her laugh like this before.
There seemed to be the scent of flowers in her laughter. And then it was as though she were slapping his cheek—mercilessly, savagely, with all her strength. Crack. Crack.
It was then that Kalen understood.
‘I was mistaken.’
Had I succeeded in improving our relationship?
No, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Things had only grown worse.
My sister despised me. The sharp glint in her eyes as she laughed seemed to say as much.
“How does it feel to have been deceiving yourself all this time?”
Kalen’s lips twisted. A hollow laugh escaped him.
I had failed to achieve my objective. I had failed.
“Is that so.”
…This was troublesome.
“I’m glad it pleases you, sister.”
This was, truly, troublesome.
“You are radiant.”
I was furious. My blood was boiling.
What was I to do.
* * *
Throughout the party, my sister was devastatingly beautiful, and I was forced to suppress my rage with every fiber of my being.
Perhaps it was because I was being toyed with by another for the first time in my life—absurdly, I felt like a man betrayed by his lover. My anger burned just as fiercely.
“You look upset, Kalen.”
Kanna Adis found me on the Terrace, where I had come to cool my heated mind.
“Are you alright?”
“Of course.”
“Alright, my foot. There’s no way you’re fine, not with your temperament.”
“What do you mean?”
“You treat people like chess pieces, don’t you?”
Kanna Adis shrugged her shoulders.
“A mere pawn like me refusing to move as you wished—I’m sure that’s made you absolutely furious….”
She burst into delighted laughter. Then her expression turned grave.
“I moved all those clothes you bought me to your room. I couldn’t stand the sight of them.”
Kanna Adis’s dark eyes flashed with contempt so sharp it cut like a blade.
“Aren’t you pleased? You should smile. You do love collecting my clothes, after all.”
….
“I find you absolutely repulsive, Kalen. Disgusting.”
Then she turned and left. I watched her departing figure with perfect composure.
She was gone, but what she left behind remained. Her distinctive sweet fragrance, and her barbed words as well.
Kalen, Kalen, I find you absolutely repulsive, Kalen. Disgusting….
‘Ah, my sister.’
The words lingered for a very long time.
They dampened the tips of my ears.
* * *
And finally, when the party ended that night, Kalen made his way to El Andois’s Residence.
“May I come in?”
El Andois appeared startled. She remembered that day’s rejection.
“Of course. Please, come inside.”
The door swung wide open. The moment it closed again, Kalen drew El Andois close by the waist. She welcomed him with open arms, as though she had been waiting.
“Kalen, extinguish the light.”
Kalen said nothing, simply opening his palm to cover the candle flame. In the next instant, thick darkness consumed them both.
“Kalen….”
“My name.”
Kalen cut off her words.
“Call only my name.”
A night locked in darkness.
From that obscurity, only her voice echoed forth.
Kalen,
Kalen,
Kalen….

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