My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 337

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Special Side Story 2, Chapter 4
I watched Isabel’s retreating figure as she fled the Research Laboratory.
‘Is my disappearance really that pleasing to her?’
A bitter laugh escaped my lips.
I had given up completely now, but still.
There was once a time when I wanted to get along with Isabel. A time when I longed to be loved by my family.
So I obeyed their every word. I groveled with such degradation. Just to look good, to maintain harmony with my family, to be loved….
But as I grew older, I came to understand.
That it was all for nothing.
That any affection gained through such means held no value whatsoever.
‘That’s right. I don’t need family anymore.’
So I would leave this place now. Fulfilling Isabel’s wish, I would vanish from this mansion forever.
But before that….
I surveyed the Research Laboratory. My vision blurred with despair.
‘When will I finish organizing all of this?’
A bookshelf with shattered legs, research materials scattered about in chaotic disarray. As my eyes swept across the devastated laboratory piece by piece, my gaze grew sharp and piercing.
This was not Isabel’s doing.
This was the work of someone far stronger, far more violent than Isabel.
And there was only one person capable of wreaking such havoc.
‘It could only be him.’
A sinister premonition crashed down upon me like a tidal wave.
Surely not.
I bounded over the scattered debris across the floor, rushing toward the corner of the Research Laboratory. Toward the wall behind where the overturned bookshelf had stood.
I grasped one of the bricks densely packed into the wall and pulled it free. It was the secret space I had created.
“Ah.”
My face drained of all color.
There was definitely something hidden inside this brick, there was——
It was gone.
It had vanished.
Yes, I had hidden it there.
“The necklace is gone….”
The necklace I had stolen from Chloe had disappeared!
In its place lay a folded white note. With trembling hands, I picked it up.
[Filth.]
A moan escaped my lips.
[Didn’t know you had such dirty habits.]
The being I despised most in this world.
Orsini Adis.
* * *
Could he really have stolen Mother’s jewels?
‘So this is the necklace Father himself attended the auction to purchase.’
Orsini lounged halfway across the sofa, admiring the necklace.
He had no intention of returning it to Mother. This was far too perfect an opportunity to torment that girl.
The mere thought of it filled him with glee, and Orsini chuckled to himself.
He’d heard that Kanna Adis had awakened. By now, she must have discovered the note he’d left behind. She was surely pacing frantically, at her wit’s end.
‘Serves her right. Pathetic.’
Kanna Adis would come looking for him soon. She’d arrive desperate to somehow smooth things over.
‘As if I’d make this easy for her.’
He would ignore her. He wouldn’t even glance her way.
He wouldn’t exchange a single word, wouldn’t spare her a moment’s attention, and would let her suffer for days on end.
Then she’d understand.
Just how miserable it felt to chase after someone who despised you….
For some reason, laughter kept bubbling up, and Orsini’s lips curled into a smirk. And then it happened.
Footsteps came rushing down the Corridor outside his door. These were Isabel’s footsteps.
Orsini quickly shoved the necklace into his pocket. And in that very moment.
“Brother!”
The door burst open. It was indeed Isabel.
“A marriage proposal came in for Kanna Adis!”
Orsini’s expression darkened.
“I know.”
“What? You already knew?”
“Yes.”
Well, it would be nice if the proposal went through.
But the more he thought about it, the more certain he was that Kanna Adis would never accept.
Kanna Adis—that girl who hated being seen by others—would never so readily accept a marriage proposal from a stranger, would she?
‘There’s no way.’
Kanna Adis would never leave the Underground Laboratory.
Just as a mouse lived in its hole, she would be most comfortable there….
“And Kanna Adis said she’d marry him?”
“….”
Orsini slowly turned his head to look at Isabel.
Isabel’s emerald eyes sparkled as she smiled.
“Sister accepted the proposal!”
* * *
I had a nightmare.
“It’s a gift.”
Was it three years ago? Orsini had held out a gift box to Kanna Adis. It was wrapped with a pink ribbon—such a beautiful box.
“A gift? From you, Orsini, to me?”
“Yes.”
That mischievous boy with the pretty exterior smiled.
“Your birthday is coming up soon.”
“….”
“That’s why I prepared a birthday gift for you.”
At that moment, I felt a profound surge of emotion.
‘I’ve never received a birthday gift before….’
I had never once received anything resembling a birthday gift in my entire life. My father would give me a handful of gold coins on my birthday, but he never handed them to me directly—he always had someone deliver them on his behalf. It never felt like a true gift.
But Orsini, of all people, was giving me a present?
The very person who had done nothing but torment me….
I despised Orsini.
I had made considerable effort to grow close to the other family members, but Orsini was the exception. I had no desire to befriend him, let alone exchange words with him.
“….”
Perhaps such feelings had accumulated for far too long.
I couldn’t even manage to say thank you.
I simply clutched the gift box tightly and made my way to my bedroom. My heart raced with anticipation.
I had to hurry to my room and open it.
Upon arriving at my room, I touched the wrapping paper with trembling excitement. I had never seen such a beautiful ribbon before.
‘It would be such a shame to tear the wrapping paper….’
I fingered the lace-trimmed ribbon for a moment, then carefully pulled it loose. I peeled away the wrapping paper with meticulous care so it wouldn’t tear.
And the moment I opened the box.
“Kyaaah!”
A scream tore from my throat. I nearly toppled backward. The shock was that severe.
What on earth is that?
I peered into the box with a blanched face.
Inside a large glass jar.
Countless centipedes were crammed inside, packed so densely they seemed to writhe as one.
* * *
‘I had such an unpleasant dream….’
I opened my eyes in irritation.
It had been a long time since I dreamed of that day—the day Orsini gave me a jar full of centipedes as a gift.
And it wasn’t just that occasion. I closed my eyes, feeling a sharp headache throb through my skull.
Last year, Orsini left the fresh hide of a black leopard in front of my research laboratory. It was still dripping with blood, freshly stripped from the beast.
It was so repulsive that I wept uncontrollably that day.
He had tormented me in countless creative ways.
Because of this, I avoided Orsini like the plague. Whenever I encountered him, it felt as though disaster would unfold.
It wasn’t mere paranoia. Every time I crossed paths with Orsini, something terrible truly did happen.
‘I really hate him….’
But of all the terrible timing, I had to let Orsini discover Chloe’s necklace.
And worse, he took it with him.
What am I supposed to do now?
‘That necklace was supposed to be my escape fund.’
I stole the necklace to prepare for life after running away. Once I escaped the House of Adis, I would need considerable funds. I had been saving my allowance diligently, but it was woefully insufficient.
So I decided to steal my stepmother’s jewelry.
I felt no pangs of conscience. She had tormented me my entire life, so if anything, I felt a vindictive thrill at the prospect.
‘I should have stolen something else instead.’
There were so many other jewels.
Something minor disappearing would have gone unnoticed.
Yet somehow, I had ended up stealing the very necklace Chloe treasured most.
I couldn’t help myself. The desire for it was overwhelming, absolutely consuming.
That necklace which Alexandro Adis had personally bid for at auction as a gift for the wife he loved.
The necklace that had felt his gaze, heard his voice, and received his touch—I had coveted it desperately for so long.
‘Can I get the necklace back?’
I was clutching my head in anguish when a knock sounded at the door.
“Miss Kanna Adis, I’m coming in!”
The door burst open and the Maid rushed in, her face flushed with urgency.
“You have a visitor, Miss! You must prepare yourself at once!”
I stared at the Maid in bewilderment. A visitor for me? But I have no one who would call on me.
“Why aren’t you getting up?”
The Maid’s voice turned sharp with impatience.
“The Noble Suitor who proposed a marriage arrangement has come to see you!”

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