My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 342

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Special Side Story 2, Episode 9
‘Could it be that I appear younger and poorer than her?’
Was I truly that foolish?
Yet Kanna Adis was far from unintelligent. If anything, she seemed quite sharp. She read difficult books with ease, and appeared to have taught herself foreign languages through independent study.
She was even deeply immersed in alchemy, that most demanding of disciplines, was she not?
But perhaps she possessed an unexpected blind spot.
It was conceivable that she remained unaware of the vast fortune I had already inherited.
‘…What if she were to discover it?’
The moment I entertained that possibility, my imagination spiraled beyond control.
If she learned of my tremendous wealth, she might cling to me like a leech.
She could feign affection, scheming to extract every benefit. She might wheedle me for a necklace.
Looking at me with those eyes, smiling at me, calling my name….
“Orsini. There’s something I want. Won’t you buy it for me?”
The instant his lips curled upward in that smile.
Simultaneously, the cards in his grip crumpled violently.
Unbearable.
This vile fantasy was utterly unbearable.
A searing shame and humiliation flooded through him. His pride—his very pride—seemed to shred with an audible sound, and his hands trembled with convulsive rage.
What a pathetic, idiotic fantasy I had conjured. I. I, I, I, like a fool, I!
Orsini clenched his teeth and resolved firmly.
Enough. He would concern himself no longer. Whether that girl perished in the rain or burned with fever. Whether she married or not.
What was it to him?
As he had sworn countless times before, Orsini swore again now.
He would henceforth ignore Kanna Adis.
“Ludrick. Are you truly going to marry that dark woman?”
A voice reached him from behind.
A sentence that cut through the cacophony of the Gambling Den with perfect clarity.
“You’re really going through with marrying such an ill-omened woman?”
Orsini turned his head slowly.
At a distant table, amid those engaged in games, sat a familiar face.
That man—Ludrick Elbiso.
The smarmy wretch who had sent a marriage proposal to Kanna Adis.
“Well, the engagement hasn’t been formally arranged yet. The head of that household is currently absent, after all.”
Orsini’s eyes narrowed. A woman who appeared to be his lover clung to his side.
Before Kanna, he had spouted some nonsense about roses, feigning the role of an innocent man.
Yet here he was at this squalid gambling den, accompanied by a woman….
“Still, ultimately you’re saying you’ll marry her, aren’t you? No matter how enormous that family’s dowry is, you’re truly comfortable with this?”
At those words, Ludrick Elbiso laughed loudly.
“What does it matter? My true lover is here, in this place. And besides, most importantly…”
Ludrick leaned toward his companion and whispered very softly, as though ensuring no one else could hear.
“I got a close look at that girl, and surprisingly enough….”
Not that it mattered—every vulgar word about her physical development reached Orsini’s ears anyway.
“Really?”
“Yeah. I’m already looking forward to the wedding night a few years from now.”
“Ah. So you’re planning to have both a wife and a mistress?”
“Yeah. Got a problem with that?”
Wahaha! The young men laughed heartily.
A smile escaped Orsini’s lips as well.
It wasn’t particularly surprising. Among the sons of nobility, such vulgar fools were incredibly common. Boys who gambled or indulged in debauchery from a tender age were a dime a dozen.
‘So Ludrick Elbiso was trash like that too.’
Trash and filth—truly a fitting pair, weren’t they?
Now that I thought about it, perhaps it was best to let Kanna Adis go through with the marriage. I had tried to prevent it, fearing that thief would tarnish the family honor and run rampant….
But if such trash became her husband, there would be no need for that.
Orsini let out a low chuckle and scattered his card hand across the table. Then he abruptly rose from his seat.
“Young Master, where are you going!”
“Young Master?”
I strode toward that man’s table. The moment Ludrick Elbiso sensed my murderous intent and turned around.
“Aaagh!”
I kicked the chair out from under him.
Ludrick Elbiso flew onto the table. Crash—wine glasses shattered across the game board, and cards scattered everywhere in chaos.
“Kyaaah!”
“W-what are you doing!”
The gamblers fled in panic. Security guards rushed over at the commotion, but I saw nothing but red.
“W-what the hell, you bastard!”
Ludrick Elbiso shouted, wiping blood from his nose.
“What’s this about! How dare you! Do you know who I am, cough!”
I grabbed a broken chair leg and swung it across Ludrick’s face. Crack—his head snapped violently to the side, and blood spurted from his cheek where the splintered wood had gouged it.
“Stop!”
“What are you doing!”
The guards rushed in and grabbed me.
But I had already trained to match the Adis Knights in combat. I would not be subdued so easily. Instead, the guards who clung to me fell one by one, crumpling to the ground.
“Can’t you even restrain one boy!”
“Grab him! Pin him down by force!”
Finally, one of them drew a weapon.
“…!”
A sharp, searing sensation pierced my shoulder, and I gritted my teeth.
When I turned, a guard stood over me, his face drained of all color.
“You… what… what exactly are you….”
A dagger was buried deep in my shoulder. The metal had driven far into the flesh, and a burning pain that seemed to scorch my very bones began to surge through me.
It hurt.
It really, truly hurt like hell.
Yet that searing pain paradoxically restored clarity to the young man’s mind.
“….”
Orsini steadied his breathing and surveyed his surroundings.
The Gambling Den lay in ruins.
Gamblers had fled in all directions.
Security guards lay sprawled and groaning, while Ludrick Elbiso hastily escaped with his lover’s support in the chaos….
Drip, drip. Watching his own blood fall onto the carpet, Orsini laughed. The absurdity was unbearable.
What am I even doing right now?
He pulled a pouch of gold coins from his pocket and tossed it down. Then he addressed the guards.
“Damages. Medical expenses. Compensation.”
“….”
“Check it. There’s more than enough.”
Yet no one moved. They all stared at him as though he were a mad colt.
Yes, a sword was lodged in his shoulder, yet instead of raging further, he’d grown calm—no wonder he seemed out of his mind.
Orsini tore the two sapphire cufflinks from his shirt sleeves and hurled them down.
“This is for the commotion.”
“….”
The moment he turned to leave.
“Madman….”
One of the guards muttered.
Orsini agreed. He couldn’t disagree.
Waiting in my room for over a week, terrified he’d come looking for me.
Now I’ve beaten the man who insulted him and caused a scene, only to take a blade for it.
Orsini let out a hollow laugh amid the throbbing pain that washed over him in waves.
I hate this.
I really hate this.
I want it to stop.
This insane thing I’m doing. This strange thing. I want it to end, please.
But how can I possibly end it?
I don’t even understand what I’m doing, so how can I know how to stop….
Staggering, Orsini leaned against the alley wall. He’d lost too much blood. Dizziness crashed over him, making each step a struggle.
This helplessness was sickening. This emotion. That person who made him this way.
I despise Kanna Adis with every fiber of my being.
“Just die….”
Or disappear already.
Marry quickly and vanish as soon as possible. From this estate, from my sight, gone forever.
The young man prayed with utmost sincerity.

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