My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 306

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Side Story Episode 37
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Silvien Valentino held Kanna Adis close, drowning in profound regret.
‘What have I done?’
Kanna’s mental age was barely that of a newborn compared to his own.
He had fallen for that child’s provocation. Even while she was experiencing mental derangement, no less. Completely, utterly fallen for it.
Consumed by self-loathing, Silvien Valentino caressed the sleeping Kanna Adis’s face.
Her lips were swollen and nearly split from the intensity, and her face was a mess of sweat and tears.
“Kanna Adis, please forgive me….”
But you were at fault.
He rationalized inwardly.
That spoiled Kanna Adis, that rude, immature, and selfish girl was only seventeen years old, yet she was utterly bewitching….
‘Kanna must forget everything that happened during this time.’
Now that the artifact was destroyed, Kanna Adis would gradually regain her senses.
When she opened her eyes, he desperately hoped she would forget it all.
Otherwise, she would remember everything he had done.
Even by his own reckoning, it had been excessive—no, far too excessive….
That was when it happened.
“Gasp!”
Kanna Adis’s eyes flew open.
“Ah, ah!”
She clutched at her throat with both hands, gasping for breath in ragged bursts.
“O-older brother.”
Why was she suddenly like this? Silvien Valentino quickly sat up.
“Kanna Adis? What’s wrong? Does something hurt?”
“Why, why, why…!”
Suddenly, Kanna Adis burst into tears.
“Why weren’t you there?”
“…What?”
“You said you’d protect me!”
Kanna Adis cried out in anguish. Then she touched her throat again, as if checking whether it was still attached.
“You said you’d protect me. But you weren’t there. You weren’t there. You promised you’d protect me, and yet….”
Her face drained of all color. Her lips trembled in convulsive spasms. Sweat poured down like rain.
“Why weren’t you there when I died!”
From the flood of memories cascading through her mind, Kanna Adis finally recalled everything.
Her life, frozen forever at seventeen years old. Her death.
‘Yes, I died then, by that person’s hand.’
Largos Adis.
“He tried to abduct me.”
Kanna Adis muttered incoherently, tearing at her own hair.
“That man attacked the Adis Knights and the Valentino Knights, and he tried to take me away.”
It was in that moment when my brother had stepped away.
Largos Adis seized her arm, saying that if she came willingly, she wouldn’t be hurt.
But Kanna Adis struggled against him.
“No! Let go of me!”
Had she truly believed she would die in the next moment, she would have complied.
But she didn’t want to die. Her life was far too beautiful to end like this.
Yet my brother had said he would return soon.
I believed him. So I endured.
“I’m not joking, Miss Kanna. Let’s go, now.”
“I told you to let go!”
I resisted with all my strength. I only needed to wait until my brother arrived.
He would come soon. I just had to hold on a little longer.
He would protect me.
He would never allow something terrible to happen.
“Master!”
Then, from somewhere far away, I heard Raphael’s voice. Kanna Adis cried out through her tears.
“Raphael, I’m here!”
At that, Largos Adis’s expression hardened. He seemed to have reached the limit of his patience.
“I told you I wasn’t joking.”
Then he drew his sword, raising it high into the air.
Kanna Adis’s gaze followed its arc upward.
Surely not.
“All I need is your blood anyway, so your body is all that matters.”
Surely that blade wouldn’t fall upon me.
I couldn’t die here.
“Kanna!”
The door burst open and Raphael, drenched in blood, rushed in. The moment my eyes met his violet gaze.
Largos Adis brought down his sword. A flash of light carved across her throat.
It was an extraordinarily cold, chilling sensation.
“Ah.”
Kanna Adis blinked.
Once, twice, three times. With each closing and opening of her eyes, the world spun dizzily. The ceiling and floor tumbled chaotically, and finally, with a dull sound, she fell to the ground.
And Kanna Adis saw her own body.
A body without a head.
“Kanna!”
And then came Raphael’s anguished cry. Kanna Adis parted her lips.
Or so she believed.
“Raphael, where is my brother?”
Or so she believed she had spoken.
But no voice came in response.
And with that, it ended.
That was the final moment of Kanna Adis.
“Brother never came.”
Kanna burst into tears.
“He said he’d be here soon.”
Yet he wasn’t there. He promised to protect me….
“What if he lets me die? He never came, not even as my neck was being severed. I was so terrified, and I waited for him until the very end!”
Silvien Valentino seized Kanna’s thrashing arms as she descended into hysteria.
He understood now. This was the final stage of the delirium Alexandro Adis had spoken of.
Once this moment passed, Kanna would be whole again.
So he simply had to wait….
“I’m sorry.”
Why had that same confusion found its way into him?
Listening to Kanna’s words, tears began to gather unbidden at his eyes.
“I’m sorry.”
Strangely, his throat felt as though it were burning. An unbearable anguish tore through his chest.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you, Kanna.”
His mind remembered nothing, yet his soul bore the wounds of that moment with perfect clarity.
“But it’s alright now, Kanna.”
Kanna gazed at him with wet eyes. Silvien Valentino wiped away her tears as he spoke.
“You’re safe now. So you can rest easy.”
The fear faded from Kanna’s expression. She asked in a trembling voice.
“Really?”
“Yes. You’re safe now.”
Silvien Valentino pressed his lips against her forehead, the bridge of her nose, her lips, and her cheeks in endless succession.
“You’re safe, Kanna.”
At that, Kanna’s body, which had been trembling like an injured bird, gradually began to calm. She asked.
“Then you’ll stay by my side from now on?”
“Of course.”
“Thank goodness.”
Once more, she whispered.
“I’m so grateful….”
Was this the end?
With that, Kanna fell into a deep sleep once more.
“Yes.”
Silvien Valentino held her close.
“I’m truly grateful as well.”
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When she opened her eyes again, Kanna Adis had returned to her true self.
“Why does my entire body ache like this?”
She looked bewildered by the state of her battered body.
“There’s not a single place that doesn’t hurt. From my head to my toes, I feel completely shattered.”
Silvien Valentino fell silent, consumed by guilt. It was entirely his fault for losing control.
Yet he couldn’t confess the truth, so he offered a vague excuse instead.
“You drank with me and then fell down the staircase… It seems you don’t remember.”
“I did?”
“Yes.”
At that, Kanna Adis narrowed her eyes and pointed to a spot on her body.
“What about this? This looks unmistakably like bite marks.”
“….”
“Silvien Valentino. Do I look like a fool to you?”
“No. Absolutely not.”
“Then tell me the truth right now. And why is my face so swollen?”
“Well, you see…”
Silvien held back a sigh.
“I was intoxicated, and while you were asleep, I… I’m truly sorry. I’m a monster.”
“I knew you had sadistic tendencies, but I never imagined it was this severe.”
“I have nothing to say in my defense.”
“Of course you don’t! Good heavens, this is barbaric! How could you possibly do such a thing! This is exactly why people say you’re vulgar!”
For a while, her reproaches rained down upon him. Though her words stung, Silvien felt a deep sense of relief.
Fortunately, Kanna Adis remembered nothing. It was truly a blessing.
Silvien caressed her cheek and spoke.
“Kanna Adis.”
“What is it?”
Silvien Valentino paused in that moment.
With Kanna Adis gazing up at him, waiting for what he would say next.
“I’m truly grateful that you’re alive.”
Kanna Adis looked up at him intently, then smiled.
“I’m grateful to be alive too.”
…And I’m sorry for the trouble I caused over these past days.
Kanna Adis swallowed those words unspoken.
She didn’t remember everything.
Yet she remembered enough. The extraordinary events that had befallen her over these past days.
‘What on earth was that ordeal?’
She had caused trouble for Raphael, Kalen, and Orsini as well.
Yet she felt neither particularly apologetic nor ashamed. It seemed they had all enjoyed the moment in their own ways.
‘They all had their fun, they really did.’
But there was one person—Silvien Valentino—to whom she felt genuinely sorry. And grateful.
She wanted to apologize properly and express her gratitude, but Silvien Valentino seemed to hope she had forgotten everything completely….
‘So I’ll just have to pretend I don’t remember.’
Kanna laughed as though nothing came to mind.
“Why are you smiling like that?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
To Silvien Valentino’s question, Kanna deflected.
“Now that I look, there are bite marks here too. Good heavens. There’s no pervert quite like this. How could anyone do such a thing in a place like….”
“Kanna. Shall we have a meal? You must be hungry?”
“That sounds good.”
And so they deceived each other for each other’s sake. It was a kindly lie.

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