My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 48

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Chapter 48
Just then, a commotion erupted from beyond the door.
“The Duchess of Valentino has disappeared!”
“What on earth happened?”
“I don’t know. The Duchess sprayed something on me and I fell asleep!”
Damn it. Of all the wretched timing.
The sound of Knight Guards scattering in haste echoed through the corridors. Once their footsteps faded completely into the distance, only a suffocating silence remained in the room.
“So you see.”
Calm yourself, Kanna.
They say that even in a tiger’s den, one can survive if they keep their wits about them. Stay composed. Stay composed.
“So… it seemed the Duke was losing sleep due to his overwhelming duties.”
No, that’s not it!
“I merely wished to lighten his burden, and as you know, sleep is a vital element that determines the quality of one’s life.”
Nonsense. Drivel. No matter what I said in this moment, it all amounted to pathetic excuses.
I wanted to die.
Yet Silvien Valentino listened to her words in complete silence, his expression grave and serious.
“Is that so?”
When he even nodded as if impressed by her thoughtfulness, goosebumps erupted across my entire body.
Silvien Valentino was smiling even now.
Toward the woman who had attacked him, he smiled with the gentleness of a courteous gentleman.
That abnormal composure slowly strangled the breath from my throat.
“Miss Kanna.”
Then Silvien seized my wrist. His grip was soft yet heavy as iron.
I started in alarm and instinctively tried to wrench free, but his hand remained immobile.
“Recently, Miss Kanna has been…”
He pried the perfume bottle from my grasp.
After examining it carefully, he sprayed it lightly toward my face.
A soft hiss.
“Quite entertaining.”
You… damned… bastard.
The effect was immediate, as expected. Drowsiness crashed over me in an instant, and my vision blurred.
So why does it work so well on everyone else, yet not on this cursed man?
“You wretched… son of a…”
I forced the words out with every ounce of strength I possessed, but that was all I could manage. My knees buckled and my body collapsed.
Strong arms caught me as I fell.
Was it my imagination, or did I hear a faint laugh?
With that, my consciousness slipped away.
* * *
‘How refreshing!’
Meanwhile, at the Adis Mansion, the lady of the house, Chloe, was in exceptionally high spirits.
At last, I had disposed of that troublesome stepdaughter, Kanna Adis!
‘Finally, peace has returned.’
Kanna, who had stirred ripples across the tranquil estate like a stone cast into still water. Kanna, who had tarnished the honor of House of Adis.
Now that she was gone, surely everything would return to its former serenity.
“Lady Chloe, Duke Alexandro Adis has returned.”
Alexandro Adis had finally come home!
Chloe hurried toward his chamber. Though they were husband and wife, they maintained separate sleeping quarters.
Alexandro Adis, fastidious by nature, would never surrender his bed to another, so Chloe had never spent more than a few hours in his chamber.
Yet it did not trouble her.
His coldness, his indifference—the way he denied access to all—was not directed at her alone.
Alexandro Adis was equally apathetic toward everything in this world.
So she was certain he would not care whether Kanna departed silently or not. No, he could not possibly care.
“Welcome home, Duke. You must be weary.”
Alexandro Adis sat upon the sofa, his shirt discarded. Perhaps fatigue had claimed him—a glass of whiskey rested in his hand.
“Have you bathed?”
“Not yet.”
“Then allow me to attend to your bath this evening.”
“I do not wish it.”
A firm refusal, offered without the slightest consideration.
By now, such rejection had become as natural as breathing—it no longer stung.
Chloe smiled faintly and settled beside him on the sofa.
“I hear the Black Mist has spawned monsters again. It was quiet for a time, but lately it has grown quite active.”
“….”
“You labor so tirelessly to protect the Aslan Empire, to safeguard this Western Continent.”
Though her words might have seemed hollow flattery, they were entirely true.
Without Alexandro Adis, without the descendants of House of Adis and the Valentino Family, the Western Continent too would have perished.
The Southern Continent—already lost to ruin—had once known the Holy Knights of the Demon Age, those sacred beings. Without their descendants, the Black Mist would have consumed the Western Continent as well.
‘Of course, the Grand Temple also plays a role in protecting the Western Continent from the Black Mist.’
Yet without these two guardian families—Valentino and House of Adis—the Western Continent could never have enjoyed such peace.
But Alexandro Adis showed little reaction to Chloe’s words. He merely drained his whiskey in one swift motion.
Watching his thick throat work, Chloe refilled his empty glass.
“So you must rest easy at home. Besides, I have resolved one troublesome matter. You must have been inconvenienced by Kanna all this time.”
In that instant, their eyes met.
For the first time in ages.
It had been so long since he had looked directly at her that Chloe’s tongue froze solid.
Alexandro Adis said nothing.
Yet those emerald eyes, fixed upon her, demanded an explanation.
Chloe felt her mouth go dry as she hastened to continue.
“The Valentino Family summoned Kanna. So I sent her away.”
“….”
“You won’t encounter me again, so please don’t worry.”
* * *
“Sister.”
…No, that’s not right.
Kalen recalled the warning not to call her that and coldly corrected himself.
“Kanna Adis has left?”
“Yes.”
“Of her own volition?”
“Would I have kicked her out myself?”
Yet Kalen couldn’t bring himself to believe his mother’s words.
He had been away from the estate for several weeks, occupied with subjugating demons.
His father had returned home once during that time before leaving again, but for Kalen, it had been an eternity since his last return.
And in that interim, so much had transpired.
Kanna had nearly faced execution, everything had been revealed as a misunderstanding, and he’d been treating Princess Lilienne quite well.
And now, what?
Sister—no, Kanna—had simply left of her own accord?
Why?
Hadn’t she remained in this estate to obtain his father’s permission for a divorce?
“How wonderful! Isn’t it, brothers?”
Isabel was visibly delighted by this good news.
But Kalen ignored her and pressed his mother further.
“Does Father know?”
“Y-yes, he does.”
“Did he say anything in particular?”
“Of course not. The Duke is always like that.”
Chloe said this, but Kalen didn’t believe her.
He’d noticed his mother’s expression cloud over momentarily—she was clearly hiding something.
What reaction had his father shown to make her behave this way?
Just as he opened his mouth to inquire further.
“Ha! I knew it.”
Orsini, who had been listening in silence, laughed harshly.
“She was chasing after the Duke of Valentino’s coattails, and now she’s crawled back to that bastard. What a fool!”
For some reason, Orsini seemed deeply wounded.
“It was all a ploy to catch Silvien’s attention from the start. She was desperate for his notice.”
Orsini spewed curses without pause.
“When that didn’t work, she slunk back on her own. Pathetic. No matter how hard she struggles, who would care about someone like her?”
The more he spoke, the more vicious his tone became.
“That filth used me—used House of Adis—just to gain Silvien’s attention!”
Unable to contain his fury any longer.
The glass in Orsini’s hand suddenly shattered with a sharp crack, fragments scattering everywhere as blood dripped from his palm.
Isabel cried out in surprise.
“Brother! Why are you getting so worked up over something like that?”
“Because that stupid woman is an absolute idiot!”
Yet Orsini was so consumed with rage that he felt no pain as he roughly brushed glass shards from his clothes and shouted.
“Look at what that filth did trying to win Silvien’s heart! She made a mockery of House of Adis. She made a mockery of me!”
Orsini’s face flushed crimson as he ground his teeth together.
Was that why he had rejected the proposal to release her from Prison?
Perhaps he thought Silvien might come. That’s why he had refused his own offer. He must have been waiting for none other than Silvien to arrive!
That filth, that mad woman had gambled with her own life as the stakes!
“Brother, what exactly are you talking about?”
Kalen regarded Orsini with a suspicious gaze.
“What happened between you and Sister, or rather… Kanna Adis?”
“Nonsense! Do you think I would have dealings with that filthy trash?”
Orsini’s voice dripped with bitter sarcasm born of fury.
“Good riddance! That wretched woman should never show her face in House of Adis again, never appear before my eyes. If I see her once more, I won’t show mercy!”
Yet Kalen did not take Orsini’s words at face value.

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