My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 35

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Chapter 35
Kalen Adis remained motionless for a long moment.
It was as though every word that had escaped her lips had transformed into violence, striking him down.
After a pause, Kalen Adis closed his eyes and rubbed his face with his hand. Then, his voice fractured, he asked.
“Who is he?”
“…What?”
“Who is that bastard?”
“That bastard?”
Where did he get off calling my brother that?
As Kanna Adis’s face crumpled, Kalen Adis pressed harder, his tone growing rougher.
“Why? You’re angry just because that bastard said something like that? To some man who resembles your brother?”
My head throbbed. I slumped into the chair and exhaled a heavy sigh.
Why was I wasting energy on this pointless argument?
“Leave.”
This was nothing but a futile squandering of emotion and strength.
I didn’t want to waste anything on Kalen Adis.
“Get out of my Research Laboratory, Kalen Adis.”
“Very well.”
Kalen Adis abandoned any attempt at persuasion. The existence of “that bastard” had ignited the fuse; instead, his own anger burned in reverse.
“Since you wish it so, I shall take my leave, Kanna Valentino.”
“….”
“I won’t concern myself with you anymore. Do as you please!”
Bang! The door slammed shut, and the sound of his heavy footsteps faded into the distance.
Only then did I breathe freely, as though released from chains.
‘….’
Countless thoughts crashed through my mind.
Genuinely reflecting on the past?
‘Nonsense.’
How had I even discovered this Research Laboratory in the first place?
Right—I’d stumbled upon it while fleeing from Orsini.
The alchemy laboratory, thick with dust, abandoned as though untouched for years.
But why had I begun visiting this place so frequently?
Because I wanted to disappear.
Because while I was here, it felt as though I’d stepped into another world entirely.
‘Reflecting, was he?’
My gaze fell upon the countless medicine bottles arranged on the desk, particularly the one containing the deepest crimson liquid.
That poison I’d created at fourteen…
I’d made it to die.
Because I’d wished for death instead.
Desiring a painless end, I’d crafted a poison that would slowly lull me into sleep, gradually stilling my heart.
Though the poison failed to achieve its intended effect and she didn’t die, a fourteen-year-old girl had lived such a miserable existence that she felt compelled to concoct her own deadly draught.
And who was responsible for that? None other than the members of House of Adis.
And now they dared to repent?
‘Enough.’
In the next moment, Kanna Adis lifted her head sharply.
This was where it ended.
The weakness stopped here, the self-pity ended here.
‘I don’t have the luxury for this. I need to focus on what must be done.’
* * *
“I met the Duke’s wife.”
Silvien Valentino didn’t look up. His fountain pen didn’t even waver in his grip.
His composure was so perfect that he resembled a beautiful statue incapable of hearing anything at all.
“She’s quite the beauty up close. I was rather captivated, you know. Has the Duke ever experienced such a thing?”
“No.”
“How strange. Duke, are you truly indifferent to women?”
“I am.”
Silvien Valentino answered quietly as he signed the bottom of the document. Argon, observing him, scowled as though bored.
“You don’t seem curious about anything at all.”
“No.”
“Not curious why I met the Duchess, how I came to hold her in my arms, or how I saw terror in her eyes?”
“No.”
“Not even curious that I cut her down with my sword?”
Only then did Silvien Valentino’s grip still. He lifted his head slowly.
Clear, cold eyes devoid of emotion fixed upon Argon.
“Did you kill her?”
“Yes.”
At those words, Silvien Valentino’s eyes grew dark. In an instant, frost crystallized in his gaze. Argon added playfully.
“Not the Duchess, but the spy masquerading as a Coachman. I’d left her alone all this time because she was bothersome, but I took the opportunity to kill her this time.”
“Then that’s sufficient.”
“…That’s all?”
“Yes. Since she didn’t die, there’s no need to seek a new wife.”
The matter that had briefly captured his attention was resolved.
As Silvien Valentino’s head dropped back down without hesitation, Argon chuckled. A boyish mischief danced across his expression.
“You know my blade is laced with demon stone, don’t you? Even a light graze would cause severe bleeding. She must have lost consciousness at least once.”
“….”
As though to say he wouldn’t even provide information to someone so disinterested, Silvien Valentino offered no further response. He truly had no desire to know.
“If such a beauty were my wife, I’d never leave her side for a moment. The Duke is truly foolish.”
“Perhaps so.”
“You’re really not curious why I met Kanna Adis?”
Argon laughed with delight.
“Kanna Adis seems like she’s about to get caught up in something troublesome.”
“I’m not interested.”
“Really? I’m rather curious, you see… The thing is…”
“It’s not a matter Your Majesty should concern yourself with.”
The fountain pen danced across the paper with elegant flourishes, each stroke carried on a breeze-like tone.
“Do not concern yourself with Valentino.”
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Fortunately, the days that followed passed peacefully.
Save for one matter—when monsters suddenly swarmed from the Black Mist, my father, Kalen, and Silvien Valentino led the knights on an expedition—everything proceeded smoothly.
Yet.
“I’m going mad from the itching!”
Crash! A vase that Amelia hurled shattered against the floor.
‘How many times is this now?’
She broke one vase with each visit, so this made five in total.
The pattern was so familiar that I didn’t even flinch.
‘Besides, she always throws it in the opposite direction from where I’m standing.’
Far enough that not a single drop of water would splash on me.
In other words, there was no intention to harm me—she was simply thrashing about in unbearable agony.
“Are you listening? I’m going mad from the itching! I’d rather just die!”
It wasn’t mere dramatics; Amelia seemed genuinely tormented by the pain.
“Medicine! You said you’d give me new medicine! When exactly will that be…?”
“It happens to be finished today.”
I produced a glass vial smoothly.
“I’ve brought it.”
“…!”
“I apologize for the delay, Your Highness.”
“If I apply this, it really won’t itch?”
“With consistent application, it should be effective. I’ll apply it for you now, so watch carefully and use the same method yourself.”
I scooped an appropriate amount of ointment from the glass vial.
This ointment was called Jayun Ointment.
It was documented in the Donguibogam and had been widely used as a traditional herbal topical remedy from the Joseon Dynasty to modern times.
It had also been one of the popular products sold through the online shopping mall I’d operated in Korea.
‘The Empress delayed providing the ingredients, but since I’d made it several times before, the actual preparation was quick.’
A sudden curiosity struck me.
How was my online shopping mall doing by now?
‘I hope Ju-hwa is managing it well.’
I wasn’t even hoping for increased sales—just please don’t let it fall apart, Ju-hwa.
As I applied the ointment to Amelia’s skin, I spoke.
“Your Highness, did you hear that I received medicinal ingredients from the Empress yesterday?”
“Yes. I heard Her Majesty had them delivered to you.”
“Yes. Until now, I’ve only adjusted your lifestyle habits to prevent the illness from worsening. From today onward, consider this the beginning of proper treatment.”
Perhaps it was the medicine I was applying.
Amelia nodded obediently, as though her spirit had been broken.
‘Yet there isn’t a single scratch mark from fingernails.’
I had abruptly discontinued the medication the Imperial Princess had been using before.
The skin must have itched as though it were burning away, and yet she had truly endured it with all her might.
Biting her lips, shedding tears, summoning every ounce of her strength.
That stubborn determination, that yearning to heal, that refusal to surrender.
Whenever I encountered a patient like this, my heart stirred. I wanted to help her by any means necessary. I wanted to cure her.

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