My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 301

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Side Story Episode 32
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I strolled through the Garden.
‘How tedious. Why hasn’t anyone arrived yet?’
I was in the midst of an exaggerated yawn and a vigorous stretch when—*pop*—the jeweled buttons across my chest burst free.
“…Good heavens.”
I stood dumbfounded, experiencing something entirely unprecedented.
Even if my dress was snug, even if my stretch was rather vigorous….
‘Was that actually possible?’
I’ve truly developed quite well.
I giggled to myself and bent down, reaching toward the button that had vanished into the shrubbery.
“So the Emperor met that woman again yesterday, didn’t he?”
A man’s voice reached my ears. I froze in my crouched position.
The Emperor?
If it’s the Emperor, that would be my brother…?
“She’s truly remarkable. I hear she even meets the Divine Spirit? Wasn’t the Divine Spirit His Majesty’s close friend?”
“Would that woman care about such things? She meets the Adis brothers simultaneously. She’s the eldest daughter of Adis herself.”
The men’s voices drew closer. I quickly squeezed myself deeper into the shrubbery.
‘They’re definitely talking about my brother, right?’
And I began eavesdropping in earnest.
“Has he no pride? How can he openly meet a woman who’s unfaithful?”
“I understand, honestly. Is that woman really that beautiful? Ah, I wish I could be one of her lovers too.”
“Watch it. You’ll end up in that woman’s harem before long.”
“I’m already drawing numbers and waiting my turn. Didn’t you know?”
“Be careful. You know Crack the Marquis sent her a love letter and got beaten by Orsini Adis?”
“I know. His nose was broken!”
The men burst into laughter at that.
I sat in complete bewilderment, absorbing their conversation.
‘My brother is seeing a woman?’
And this woman was one who was unfaithful to him, no less.
Moreover, if they meant Orsini Adis, they were talking about that devastatingly handsome man I’d met earlier….
“But isn’t it strange? His Majesty started dating her after their divorce.”
…What?
“Right. I heard they had a terrible relationship at the time of the divorce….”
The men’s voices grew fainter. Soon they faded beyond earshot entirely.
‘Divorce? What does that mean?’
Divorce was only possible after marriage, wasn’t it?
‘Does that mean my brother was married?’
Though I couldn’t make sense of it, I forced myself to sketch out a relationship diagram in my mind.
My brother and his friend. And the two Adis brothers. And the eldest daughter of Adis who meets all of them simultaneously…?
“….”
Crazy bastards.
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Silvien Valentino returned a moment later.
“Kanna? What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
“Did you cry? Let me see. Your eyes are red….”
“I said it’s nothing!”
Slap!
I brushed Silvien Valentino’s hand away roughly, unable to contain my fury any longer.
“I told you it’s nothing!”
“Kanna?”
Silvien Valentino couldn’t understand my anger. Just moments ago, I had been clinging to him like a contented cat, so why this sudden outburst?
“What’s wrong? Are you angry with me?”
“Yes, I’m angry! How could I not be?”
My flushed face twisted as I pounded against his chest.
“I heard everything! Brother, you were married? You got divorced? You’re meeting with your ex-wife? And that woman is apparently a terrible philanderer!”
Tears welled up in my eyes.
“What could you possibly be lacking that you’d meet such a woman! Such a psychopathic man-obsessed lunatic!”
“….”
“That bitch deserves to die! A vampire of a woman!”
I cried out with blazing eyes.
“It’s obvious without even looking. That wicked vampire woman must have seduced my innocent brother like a wildflower!”
At those words, Silvien Valentino couldn’t laugh and his brows furrowed slightly.
“Calm down, Kanna. That woman isn’t quite so terrible.”
“Brother, are you taking her side right now?”
Tears pooled in my eyes. My brother was standing up for another woman….
“What is the matter?”
At that moment, Raphael approached. He looked between us both, then asked with a dark expression.
“Are you alright? What has this sinister man done?”
In that instant, my tears burst forth. Thank goodness Raphael is still normal. Unlike my brother, who’s become the concubine of a mad psychopath!
“Raphael, take me away from here. I don’t want to stay.”
“Kanna, wait.”
“Let go!”
I shook off Silvien Valentino’s hand on my shoulder.
“If you want to keep seeing my face, break up with that vampire woman!”
With those words, I disappeared with Raphael.
Silvien Valentino, burdened with an impossible task, laughed helplessly and gazed up at the sky.
‘Orsini, please come quickly. Please.’
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“What kind of person is the Divine Spirit?”
Raphael brought me to the Capital Residence. The moment I sat on the sofa, I asked.
“I heard he’s your brother’s friend?”
“That is….”
“He must be some hollow-headed beast. That’s why he’d meet his friend’s woman.”
Raphael clamped his mouth shut.
“And that woman is supposedly your brother’s ex-wife. How could he do that? How could this Divine Spirit meet his friend’s former wife?”
Raphael gazed silently at the ceiling. He looked terribly uncomfortable.
“Raphael? Are you hurt somewhere? Your complexion doesn’t look good.”
“No. That’s not it, but….”
After hesitating for a moment, Raphael spoke with a solemn expression.
“It’s me.”
“What is?”
“I am.”
He spoke slowly, as if marching into battle.
“I am that Divine Spirit.”
What? I stared blankly at him before letting out a sigh.
“Raphael. When did you learn to joke?”
“It’s not a joke.”
I raised my eyebrows. This was the first time I’d seen Raphael this flustered.
A sinister premonition began to creep in.
Surely not.
“It’s not a joke?”
“Yes.”
“You’re the Divine Spirit?”
“Yes.”
“….”
The moment I thought it was absurd, my eyes caught on his clothing.
Raphael’s black robe.
The golden emblem drawn above the thin sash—I hadn’t noticed it before, but now looking closely, it certainly appeared to be the symbol denoting a Priest of the Grand Temple.
“Really? Not joking?”
“No.”
Well. A joking Raphael would be absurd in itself.
“Good heavens.”
A whirlwind of shock crashed down on my mind. Soon after, it turned surprisingly cold.
“So you….”
My throat tightened, my breath catching. I clutched my chest as I spoke.
“You’re the Divine Spirit?”
“Yes.”
“One of that woman’s lovers?”
Kanna burst into laughter.
Then she stopped abruptly.
‘I’ve lost my mind.’
What on earth had happened during that lost time in my missing memories?
They’re all clearly insane.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Kanna fixed Raphael with a resentful glare.
“You said I was yours, didn’t you?”
“Yes, of course I am….”
Raphael’s lips tightened as tears began to stream down Kanna’s cheeks. He reached out his hand, but stopped just before touching her. Then, with a serious expression, he asked.
“Would it be permissible for me to wipe away your tears?”
“Fool. Don’t ask about things like that.”
Soon a large hand covered her cheek. Kanna leaned into it, then turned her face and pressed her lips against his palm.
“Raphael.”
Then she pulled his wrist toward her, climbing onto his collapsed form on the sofa.
“I taught you how to kiss, didn’t I?”
She asked softly, brushing her lips against his.
“Was that all I taught you?”
“…No.”
“Then what else did I teach you?”
Raphael did not answer.
Kanna pulled him close and buried her face against his chest. Thump-thump—I could hear the beating of his heart.
His warming body, his racing heartbeat seemed to answer in his stead.
“Raphael. I can’t remember anything about what I taught you….”
This heart is mine.
An intense possessiveness surged through me.
“Then shouldn’t you teach me this time?”
Raphael is mine. He’s my person.
His body, his heart—all of it is mine. I picked him up, I cared for him, I protected him.
That vampire woman will never take him from me.
Neither my brother nor my Raphael.
“Teach me, Raphael.”
In that moment, the Emperor’s words flashed through Raphael’s mind.
To leave Kanna alone for now.
The irritating bastard was usually right. This time was no exception.
“That’s not possible right now. Your condition is unstable….”
Ah… Raphael’s voice scattered as Kanna sealed his lips with hers. Soon clumsy kisses poured forth.
“Hm? Hurry. Teach me.”
“But….”
As their breaths mingled, Raphael barely managed to force out words of refusal.
“You shouldn’t do this.”
“What do you mean? It’s fine.”
“Not now. Later, when your memories return.”
“I don’t want to wait. I need it now.”
“You can’t. Please don’t. I beg you….”
That was my last shred of reason.
The moment Kanna Adis grasped my hand and placed it around her waist, in that very instant.
I thought to myself.
Even the Emperor surely couldn’t have endured such a trial. So this was inevitable.
Yet I scraped together my final reason and applied the brakes. I lifted her body into my arms.
“Raphael?”
“On the bed.”
With those words, I strode forward with purpose.
“I’ll teach you on the bed.”
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Meanwhile, Orsini was riding hard on horseback….
“You’re such a magnificent gentleman.”
One scene played endlessly in my mind.
“You’re such a magnificent gentleman.”
“You’re so incredibly wonderful.”
Me… magnificent…?
I held the reins with a dazed expression.
I never thought the day would come when Kanna Adis would say such things to me. I never imagined she would look at me with such eyes.
Flushed cheeks, a shy smile, and eyes alight with anticipation.
My heart, accustomed to the trinity of contempt, scorn, and loathing, now surged with turbulent emotion.
‘Perhaps being mad isn’t so terrible….’
My grip on the reins tightened.
‘Or perhaps it’s not madness at all, but healing. I’ve drunk so much of the world’s poison that my mind is protecting Kanna….’
I even began rationalizing the absurd. Because Kanna had endured so much hardship.
Always, constantly, since childhood.
‘Because of me.’
Neigh!
The horse cried out loudly and came to an abrupt halt. I had yanked the reins. I stared at my hand gripping them and thought.
‘Kanna has forgotten everything.’
The current Kanna Adis remembers nothing.
Nothing at all.
How desperately I had wished for this. How many times had I dreamed of it?
If nothing had ever happened, if she weren’t bound to Adis, if we had simply met as man and woman for the first time.
Perhaps.
Thump-thump, my heart pulsed ominously. Like a child on the verge of committing a transgression.
Perhaps, if I cultivate this relationship carefully now….
Could Kanna Adis not fall in love with me?

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