My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 334

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Special Side Story Episode 2, Chapter 1
Special Side Story 2. Torrential Rain
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It was a day when torrential rain poured down relentlessly.
“What are you doing?”
In front of the Adis Mansion.
A black-haired girl stood trembling in the downpour, drenched to the bone. Twelve-year-old Orsini, sheltered beneath an umbrella, observed her with cold amusement.
“You look like a drowned rat.”
“….”
“Are you being punished again?”
“….”
“If I’d known you’d end up in such a pathetic state, I would’ve come back sooner to watch the spectacle.”
Orsini had just returned home after spending several days enjoying card games at the Game House.
Yet here awaited such an entertaining sight….
He gazed at Kanna’s pallid face and turned to the Gatekeeper beside him.
“How long has she been standing out here like this?”
“The young lady has been receiving her punishment since this morning, sir.”
“Since this morning, and now into the night?”
“Yes, Young Master Adis.”
Nearly an entire day standing in the rain, then?
Orsini marveled at her resilience. A stubborn girl. Most would have collapsed long ago. Yet she remained standing, unbowed.
He tilted his umbrella toward her mockingly.
“Want it?”
“….”
“Ask me for it.”
“….”
“I said, ask me for it.”
Kanna Adis did not respond.
She did not even look at him.
Her gaze remained fixed downward the entire time.
The entire time….
For months now.
Though I had grown accustomed to this indifference, the humiliation it inflicted upon my heart never dulled.
The boy glared at the girl who ignored him with murderous intensity.
“Or perhaps beg to be allowed back inside the mansion.”
“….”
Yet all that reached his ears was the thunderous roar of rain.
Not a word in response. Not even a glance.
Orsini hurled his umbrella at Kanna.
Thud!
The black umbrella slipped from Kanna Adis’s shoulder and tumbled to the ground.
“If you hate it, then die right here.”
As I turned away, spitting out the words with contempt, I heard something collapse behind me.
“Miss!”
When I looked back, Kanna Adis lay crumpled beside the umbrella.
“Miss, come to your senses! Miss!”
I clenched my fists.
She’d fainted?
And yet she wouldn’t ask for help?
Remarkable stubbornness, truly. I let out a bitter laugh.
So she wouldn’t ask for aid even at death’s door. Rather than speak with me or meet my gaze, she’d sooner collapse in the rain.
Fool, idiot, stupid girl—the saying was right: if the mind is weak, the body suffers….
“Miss!”
Just as I was about to ignore her and leave, the Gatekeeper caught her and supported her back. That’s when I changed my mind.
“Move aside.”
“Y-Young Master?”
“I said move.”
“…Yes.”
The Gatekeeper finally understood what I was commanding and handed her over to me.
As I caught the limp girl in my arms, thunder roared violently behind me. Drenched in the cold rain, I suddenly realized something.
What I held in my embrace would become my long curse….
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“Good heavens, Orsini! What are you doing?”
The moment we entered the mansion, my mother Chloe Adis rushed toward us in shock.
“Why are you soaked through? And Kanna—why is she—!”
Chloe was utterly flustered. My son, whom I hadn’t seen in days, had returned drenched and with Kanna in his arms!
Kanna appeared unconscious. She’d stood in the rain all day without even a sip of water, so it was hardly surprising.
Yet not a shred of compassion stirred in Chloe’s heart.
She’d fainted the moment Orsini returned?
Perhaps that cunning girl had feigned unconsciousness deliberately to provoke sympathy!
“You’re wasting your effort, Orsini. Put Kanna down at once.”
Chloe seized Kanna’s forearm and dug her nails in sharply. If she were conscious, it would hurt terribly, but her eyelashes didn’t even twitch—she truly was unconscious.
“Orsini, why don’t you hand her to a Servant? Hurry—.”
“Move.”
I twisted away irritably and brushed off her hand.
“Unless you want to watch someone die and be carried out of this mansion, call the Physician. Her body is burning up right now.”
“….”
Well….
The forearm I’d just seized was indeed scalding like molten lava. Only then did Chloe begin to feel a twinge of concern.
‘Surely she won’t die just from being caught in the rain?’
Of course, I’d prefer if she simply died.
But if she actually did, that would be problematic.
Haven’t I received countless things from my husband in exchange for raising that illegitimate child Kanna Adis?
Chloe hesitated for a moment before speaking to the Servant.
“Fetch the Physician at once. Tell him to use whatever medicine necessary to restore Kanna Adis to health.”
“Yes, madam.”
Truly, what a troublesome girl. Chloe sighed, watching my precious son’s retreating figure fade into the distance.
My dear boy cradling that filthy illegitimate child in his arms….
It was revolting.
No—it was ominous.
Since when did Orsini, a man so callously indifferent to others’ affairs, know how to show such kindness?
‘No, even if she is illegitimate, Kanna Adis is the eldest daughter of House Adis. With eyes watching, he couldn’t simply leave her collapsed on the street.’
Yet why did it grate on me so? An inexplicable unease washed over me, and I gnawed at my lip.
It must be because of the necklace.
Not long ago, my necklace had vanished. It was a treasure my husband had given me as a wedding gift.
‘Surely Kanna Adis stole it.’
Though Kanna Adis claimed she hadn’t taken it, and though I’d found no evidence of her theft, still.
I was seized by an uncanny certainty.
That necklace—Kanna Adis must have stolen it.
‘That girl always looked at me with such strange eyes whenever I wore it.’
It was a national treasure that Alexandro Adis himself had acquired at a jewel auction, bidding for it directly.
At the time, High Society had buzzed with the tale for ages: Duke Adis, the Empire’s Sword of Protection, carving time from his busy schedule to bid on a treasure for his wife!
It was truly a romantic story.
So whenever I wore that necklace out, gazes mixed with admiration and envy would pour down upon me.
But Kanna Adis was different.
Not admiration, not anything like that—she gazed with something far more primal and crude. Which meant.
‘It was a ravenous, greedy hunger in those eyes….’
Recalling those eerie black pupils, the ominous feeling surged once more.
“Revolting creature.”
Yes, Kanna Adis was ominous. Like a small spark. One could never know when she might ignite this peaceful existence into flames.
So she had to be eliminated.
Before the fire grew, it had to be extinguished as soon as possible.
And hadn’t a perfect opportunity presented itself?
Not long ago, a marriage proposal had come for Kanna Adis.
Astonishingly, the heir of a noble house had sent a formal betrothal letter to Kanna Adis.
I could scarcely believe it. That girl whom everyone despised—someone actually wanted to marry her?
There must be some ulterior motive at play.
‘But regardless of the reason.’
I had intended to consult with Alexandro Adis upon his return before proceeding….
But I no longer wished to wait.
I need to move forward with this plan.
We’ll arrange the engagement quickly, and the marriage must follow as soon as possible.
‘Alexandro will accept. If not now, when will my eldest daughter ever have the chance to marry?’
Chloe had made her decision.
Kanna Adis. That illegitimate child would be married off and cast out of this mansion at the earliest opportunity.

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