My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 49

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Chapter 49
Orsini was prone to anger, but not to the point of shattering the glass he held in his grip.
‘What on earth had transpired between those two?’
The thought lingered in his mind for some time.
Kalen returned to his chamber and attempted to process documents, yet concentration eluded him.
Kanna Adis had departed.
Leaving only cruel words in her wake.
“You are nothing to me.”
“I have another man I regard as a younger brother.”
Ha!
Kalen laughed coldly and flipped through the papers with a sharp gesture.
‘What does it matter? I shall concern myself with it no longer.’
While she was in the Black Mist, she had nearly faced execution. When I learned of it afterward, I was troubled—what a fool I had been.
Yes, let her leave. Let her do as she pleases.
Reconciliation was already beyond reach.
I had attempted to maintain civility with her, but Kanna Adis severed it. She cast it aside.
It was she who erected the wall.
It was she who rejected my extended hand.
So I shall concern myself with nothing further.
Whether she has another man she regards as a brother, whether she returns to Valentino—what concern is it of mine?
‘Who exactly is this man?’
A man she regards as a true brother. Was he at Valentino?
Is that why she left? To see him?
A turbulent heat rose within me for reasons I could not fathom, and the words blurred before my eyes. Yet I stubbornly kept my gaze fixed upon the documents.
Then.
“Um, Kalen… brother.”
Lucy Adis peeked through the crack in the door. Only then did Kalen lift his gaze from the parchment.
“Lucy. What is it?”
“Is it true that Kanna Adis has left?”
“Yes.”
Lucy’s expression visibly clouded.
“I didn’t even say goodbye.”
“There is no need.”
“But… still… when will I see Kanna Adis again?”
A melancholy settled over Kalen’s heart.
Had affection taken root in such a brief span? It made sense—we had seen each other frequently, as I needed to examine her condition once daily.
In that moment, clarity illuminated my mind.
“…That’s right. We had such a contract.”
Kalen’s lips twisted into a smile.
“Once daily, I would provide you medical care—such were the terms.”
And he had already paid the advance.
Kalen finally understood the root cause. Why he was drowning in such peculiar irritation.
‘She broke a contract she made with me on a whim?’
That was precisely why he couldn’t bear this mounting frustration.
Kanna Adis had violated their agreement and fled. She had terminated it arbitrarily. That’s why he was seething like this!
“Don’t worry, Lucy Adis.”
Kalen pushed his chair back and rose to his feet. Then he pressed a gentleman’s hat onto his head and smiled.
“You’ll see her today. I’ll bring her to this mansion myself.”
“Really? Can you promise that?”
Lucy Adis’s face brightened instantly.
Yes, that’s right. For Lucy Adis’s sake, Kanna Adis had to remain here. Besides, hadn’t he received a generous advance payment?
How dare she ignore the contract and act as she pleased—truly a reckless older sister.
“Yes. I’ll bring her right now.”
Whether Kanna Adis refused or not didn’t matter.
A contract was a contract, after all.
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“Silvien Valentino, you bastard.”
The moment I opened my eyes, I understood.
Silvien Valentino had sprayed me with a sleeping draught. And then he’d left alone, without a care.
I lay sprawled across Silvien Valentino’s bed. Neither Silvien Valentino nor my sleeping draught were anywhere to be seen.
That despicable wretch must have taken them with him!
‘Argh!’
Infuriating! Absolutely infuriating!
I pummeled Silvien Valentino’s pillow like a madwoman.
Why in the world didn’t the sleeping draught work on him?!
‘And if he was going to leave, he should have gone alone—why did he have to take my sleeping draught?!’
Of course, since I had attacked first, I had no grounds to complain.
But infuriating is infuriating! Damn it all!
‘Without the sleeping draught, how am I supposed to get out?’
…Though, it wasn’t as though I had no options.
I’d infiltrated enemy territory—surely I wouldn’t have come prepared with only that one tool?
‘I’d hoped I’d never need to use this….’
I fingered the pendant necklace at my neck.
Inside this pendant was a generous amount of fine white powder. My trump card, and my last resort.
A poison powder that induced searing pain as though my entire body were burning.
It was similar to what I’d used against Orsini before, but considerably weaker.
‘That one was lethal. Using it on ordinary people would kill them.’
Orsini was formidable enough that he merely lost consciousness; ordinary people would have died instantly from the excruciating agony. In other words, it was unsuitable for coercion or intimidation.
So I’d created a less painful version instead.
‘I’ve only just finished it, so I haven’t had a chance to test it yet.’
In other words, it was an opportunity to test the new drug.
‘Perhaps a bit cruel?’
It wouldn’t be fatal. But the moment even a trace entered the body, they would scream in agony.
The addiction period would vary depending on immunity, but they’d suffer for at least several days.
‘First, I’ll scatter it on the Knight Guards at the door, and while they’re in chaos, I’ll slip away and pour it into the Valentino Duchy’s water supply…’
It would become a memorial day for the Valentino Family—a time of death where every servant writhed in torment.
Escaping in the meantime would be remarkably easy.
‘I didn’t want to use it under normal circumstances.’
A tempest would sweep through Valentino.
Just as I was devising such a dangerous plan, the door suddenly burst open and a Maid entered.
“W-who?”
She was the Maid who had come to clean Silvien Valentino’s empty room.
Perhaps she had expected no one to be there. Our eyes met, and she started in shock.
“Who are you…? Why are you on the Duke’s bed…? Oh!”
The Maid saw my black eyes and dark hair, and recognition dawned. Her face drained of color in an instant, and she trembled violently. Then—
“J-Josephine, madam!”
She rushed off to summon my mother-in-law.
* * *
At that moment, Josephine was enjoying tea with Second Princess Lilienne in the Glass Greenhouse.
“Silvien Valentino left early this morning, but he’ll return this evening. Until then, would you keep me company, Your Highness?”
“Of course.”
Princess Lilienne smiled elegantly as she sipped her tea.
A medicinal tea brought from the Eastern Continent. She took a sip of the foreign brew that had recently become wildly fashionable and let her mind wander.
‘This incident might even lead Silvien Valentino to divorce Kanna Adis.’
The Valentino Family’s honor had been severely tarnished, so perhaps Silvien Valentino would consider divorce. Princess Lilienne intended to seize that opportunity.
‘Silvien Valentino truly is the finest husband candidate.’
For a princess like herself, there were only three noble families worthy of consideration.
Adis, Valentino, and Merci.
First, the Merci Family—the Empress’s house—was out of the question.
‘Alexandro Adis already has a wife and children.’
Though Adis had two heirs, they were still far from inheriting the Duchy seat.
Alexandro Adis was still called the Empire’s Protective Sword, so vigorous was he.
That left only Silvien Valentino.
He did have a wife in Kanna Adis, but fortunately no children. A divorce would sever all ties.
‘I have no intention of living in a foreign land filled with outsiders. I will remain in my country until death.’
The only way to maintain a position greater than princess while staying in the Aslan Empire was this.
To become the Valentino Duchy’s wife and bear the future Duke.
For her, it was a transaction that offered only advantages.
‘Yes. I must become Silvien Valentino’s wife.’
This was no trivial matter of romance or love. Marriage to Silvien Valentino was politics—a means to expand and maintain her power.
“Was her name Kanna? That black-haired girl.”
Kanna—her name, her voice, her beautiful appearance—Princess Lilienne could recall every detail perfectly, yet she feigned ignorance and let her words trail off.
“I heard that woman is here now.”
“Yes… that is correct.”
Josephine averted her gaze.
She had been here. Definitely here.
‘Where did that wench run off to!’
She had cast a spell on the Knight Guards in the dead of night to put them to sleep, then fled! But unable to reveal this fact, Josephine fumbled for an excuse.
“M-madam!”
A maid rushed over and whispered something urgently in her ear. Josephine’s eyes flew wide open.
“What? Kanna is in Silvien Valentino’s chamber?”

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