My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 317

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Special Side Story Episode 5
2. The Libertines of House Adis (1)
【Duke Orsini Adis, Midnight Rendezvous!】
【The woman revealed to be the renowned opera singer Cecilia….】
“Ah, so the newspaper was there.”
Kalen approached with an innocent expression.
“I must have dropped it there.”
“….”
I stared intently at the article emblazoned across the front page like a banner.
【Duke Orsini Adis, Midnight Rendezvous!】
“Wait, isn’t this your older brother?”
Kalen’s eyes widened as though he’d only just noticed, and he lifted the newspaper. Then he thrust the photograph directly into my line of sight.
“It appears your brother has found himself a lover.”
The black-and-white photograph showed the side profiles of a man and woman at an angle. The man’s face wasn’t entirely clear, but he resembled Orsini.
And a woman stood beside him.
“If it’s Cecilia, she’s a courtesan who entertains high-ranking officials. She’s approached me several times.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Of course, I paid her no mind.”
Kalen smiled faintly and tapped the oversized photograph.
“It seems your brother was less discerning.”
That cunning fox.
I shot Kalen a look of exasperation.
His reason for dropping this newspaper was transparent.
“Isn’t your older brother terrifying? He acts as though you’re the only woman in his life, yet he keeps a mistress.”
Kalen seized the opportunity and eagerly began disparaging his brother.
“Honestly, someone as two-faced as Orsini is truly frightening. Doesn’t it make your skin crawl?”
“Not really. I don’t care what he does outside. Do you see anyone?”
“Of course not, sister. In my entire life, there’s been no woman but you.”
I nearly burst out laughing at that.
How could he deliver such a blatant lie without so much as a flicker of expression? It was truly masterful duplicity.
“Leave now, Kalen. I was in the middle of writing a letter.”
“A letter?”
Kalen glanced down at my desk.
“To whom?”
“Who else?”
“….”
Kalen smiled silently.
Then he gathered my hair and placed a respectful kiss upon it.
“I understand, sister.”
And then he withdrew.
She spread the newspaper wide across her desk.
‘That Kalen fellow must be thrilled.’
Kanna gazed down at the newspaper he had deliberately left for her to see.
【Duke Orsini Adis, A Midnight Rendezvous!】
‘Idiot. Getting caught in photographs like this.’
Not that she particularly trusted the articles anyway.
Still, it was impossible not to find it absurd.
What on earth was he doing to plaster himself across the front page of the newspaper like that?
Kanna turned her attention away from the newspaper and refocused on her letter.
Letters exchanged with Alex. Lately, they had become one of life’s greatest pleasures.
‘Before, he would only ask how I was doing.’
But after they had confirmed their feelings for each other, his letters had changed.
Alexandro now shared the details of his daily life with her, and sometimes even boldly added that he missed her.
Though when they met in person, he still remained as stiff and wooden as a carved doll.
‘If anything, we seem to have more conversation through letters.’
It was truly remarkable progress.
‘And he even presses flowers and sends them in his letters.’
That Alex possessed such a romantic side—it made her laugh involuntarily.
The flowers he sent, she carefully preserved as bookmarks.
“Hey, Kanna!”
The door suddenly burst open. It was Orsini.
He strode in quickly and asked urgently.
“You don’t actually believe that garbage newspaper, do you?”
Hadn’t he gone to attend a meeting at the Imperial Palace earlier?
Kanna glanced at the clock. The meeting shouldn’t have ended yet.
“Why are you back so early? Is it over already?”
“No, I left in the middle.”
Left in the middle? Kanna clicked her tongue.
Silvien and the nobles would surely be gossiping about it behind his back. They were probably mocking him again, saying the fiery stallion had bolted away once more.
“What was so urgent that you had to leave in the middle?”
“That newspaper of yours….”
“Newspaper? What newspaper?”
When she feigned ignorance, relief washed across Orsini’s face.
“No. It’s good you haven’t seen it. It’s nothing….”
His words trailed off.
He had spotted the newspaper on the desk.
【Duke Orsini Adis, A Midnight Rendezvous!】
“Damn it!”
He snatched the newspaper. He crumpled it furiously and hurled it into the fireplace.
“Hey, you don’t actually believe this, do you?”
“….”
I opened my eyes to narrow slits.
So I abandoned the meeting and rushed here because of this Knight Guard?
“I have no connection to this woman. Don’t believe him.”
“What’s there to believe or disbelieve? From the photograph, you two looked quite intimate.”
“Intimate? That’s not it at all!”
“Is that so? Then you’ve never met this woman separately?”
“That is….”
My goodness.
It seems to be true.
I let out a hollow laugh.
To be honest, I didn’t believe it when I saw the newspaper, but watching Orsini’s reaction now, I understand.
He really did meet that woman.
“Kalen told me about her. Cecilia, he said—quite a famous courtesan?”
“No, I….”
“What? You don’t know her?”
“No, I do know her.”
“….”
“Ah, damn it. So what I’m saying is.”
Orsini, now flushed all the way to his neck, ran his hand roughly through his hair. Anyone could see he was flustered and didn’t know what to do.
Watching him like that, my mood somehow kept sinking lower.
“So what?”
“…It’s complicated to explain. I met her for work. It’s absolutely not the kind of relationship the newspaper printed, so don’t believe it.”
“So you met in secret in the dead of night, but it’s not that kind of relationship? I understand. I’ll believe you.”
“I’m telling you the truth!”
“I know. But you don’t need to explain yourself to me. Really, it’s fine.”
I spoke flatly and waved my hand dismissively.
“If you’ve said what you came to say, then leave. I’m busy right now.”
But instead of leaving, Orsini hesitated and stepped closer.
“What were you doing?”
“I was writing a letter.”
“A letter?”
At that word, Orsini’s expression changed.
“A letter? To whom?”
“Why are you asking when you already know?”
“Are you sending it to Father again?”
Orsini retorted sharply.
The flustered look from moments before vanished without a trace, replaced instantly by irritability.
“You’re being ridiculous. If you want to see him, why don’t you just go visit?”
“That’s none of your concern.”
Kanna laughed sharply.
“Instead of this, why don’t you write a letter to Cecilia yourself? If you want to meet a beauty like her, you should at least know how to compose a proper love letter.”
“….”
Orsini’s face froze.
I knew my words had pierced his chest like thorns.
But hadn’t he started this quarrel first?
“Why are you standing there like that? Go on, leave. And don’t waste my time on trivial matters like this again.”
“Ah, yes. Of course.”
Orsini clenched his fists tightly.
“I suppose to a woman with such impressive romantic conquests as yourself, something like this means nothing.”
“You know me well.”
“Indeed. You’re the woman who played dead and became the mistress of a Neighboring Country’s royal family. Why would something like this matter to you?”
“What’s that supposed to mean? Do you have a problem?”
“Yes, I do. Your taste in men. Are your eyes located in the soles of your feet? Becoming the mistress of such an idiot.”
“Why? At least Alexei is better-looking than you.”
At that, Orsini let out a bitter laugh.
“Don’t talk nonsense. Stop any passerby and ask them. Between that pretty boy and me, who’s better?”
“It’s a matter of personal taste. I like men with delicate features.”
“What?”
“I’m saying I like that type of man. I’m not interested in muscular, bulky men like you.”
Orsini’s mouth fell open.
He seemed to have received an enormous shock from my words.
“I’m… not your type?”
“Right. You’re not my type.”
Kanna smiled brightly.
“If we’re done talking, would you mind leaving? I have a letter to write.”
* * *
Meanwhile, Kalen was eavesdropping on all this commotion from outside the door.
His sister and older brother had now begun raising their voices and arguing.
‘Regardless. Both of them have quite the temperament.’
It was a common occurrence. His sister and older brother fought about once a week.
The comedy was that they always reconciled within a few days.
But this time, it seemed to be escalating into a bigger quarrel than usual.
He smiled faintly and moved away. And the moment he entered his own room.
“Ahahaha!”
He burst out laughing.
How long had it been since he laughed this hard? He couldn’t contain the overwhelming joy.
“Haha, really….”
Getting caught secretly meeting a woman—his older brother acting like such an incompetent fool!
If he had met her openly, Kanna wouldn’t have cared. She had no interest in monopolizing them.
Yet my brother conducted his meetings in secret, behind closed doors, with calculated deception—and now he dares feign innocence. Such treachery would have utterly demolished Kanna’s affection for him.
‘Brother, you are finished.’
May you find eternal happiness with that woman Cecilia or whoever she is. But please, stay far away from Sister Kanna.
Kalen poured wine into his glass, then raised it as if in celebration. A broad smile crossed his face as he spoke to himself.
“To my brother’s downfall.”
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The following morning.
Kanna unfolded the newspaper and took a sip of water. In that instant.
【Does Lord Kalen Adis Have a Secret Son?】
Pfft!
“What… what is this?”
Water dribbled down her chin as Kanna read further.
【Kalen Adis’s Former Mistress Reveals His Child.】
【The Incorrigible Libertine Brothers of House of Adis!】

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