My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 59

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Chapter 59
‘That woman belongs to Silvien Valentino?’
The woman he had sworn to tear apart and kill while still alive—she was Silvien Valentino’s physician.
‘No matter. I’ll find a way to kill her regardless.’
Crunch. The memory of what she had done to him today made his teeth grind involuntarily.
Today was the day Casil had been anticipating.
The final day of his exile.
The day the Knight Guard assigned to watch and protect him had grown careless.
With the help of bribed servants, he had barely managed to slip away from the guard’s sight.
There was a woman he had been eyeing for some time.
A woman who worked in the VIP room of the Medicinal Tea House he had visited before. She was quite pretty and reasonably attractive.
Since it was his last day in Venice, he had intended to take her. Dressed in the staff uniform the bribed servant had brought, he had snuck into the VIP room.
But there, he discovered a woman with black hair.
In that instant, his eyes could scarcely believe what they saw—a beauty with such a dazzling presence. Far more captivating than the Medicinal Tea House employee he had already marked, he made her his new target.
But that woman had slapped his cheek and knocked him unconscious!
He could have pressed charges for assaulting a member of the Imperial Family, but he could not breathe a word of this.
How could he possibly explain that he had been beaten and knocked out by a woman?
And he could not simply strike back at someone belonging to Silvien Valentino. Especially not now, as his exile was coming to an end.
‘Damn it, what kind of suffering is this? A prohibition on alcohol and exile. I’ve rotted away in this place for a year!’
During that time, drunk on alcohol, he had assaulted several noble ladies and wives.
But surely he had not done so without any precautions?
The noble women he had assaulted all came from insignificant and powerless families.
‘This is all because those noble bastards disrespected me and filed petitions. If my opponent had been the First or Second Prince, they wouldn’t have dared make a sound!’
Numerous nobles had signed petitions asking that the Third Prince, who had committed such heinous crimes, be punished. Because of this, even his father, who loved him dearly, had been forced to impose exile upon him.
‘But if I cause more trouble here, my exile could be extended.’
Yet he absolutely could not let this pass. His cheek, which she had struck with all her might, still throbbed.
‘Yes, as long as I don’t get caught, it’s fine.’
Casil immediately returned to his room and summoned the Knight Guard.
“What do you think will happen if I tell Father about what happened today?”
The Knight Guard’s expression darkened.
Casil would certainly be scolded.
He had broken the alcohol prohibition and drunk, and had secretly disguised himself as a commoner to go into town.
But that was all.
“You know as well as I do that His Majesty loves me dearly.”
The Emperor loved his youngest son most of all. Because of this, despite the countless misdeeds he had committed, the Emperor had steadfastly covered for him.
“I’ll get away with a scolding. But you? What do you think will happen to you?”
“….”
“You not only lost track of me, but you dared to allow a prince to be assaulted without intervention.”
When the Knight Guard had finally tracked and found Casil, he was already unconscious from being beaten by someone.
Another scandal caused by Prince Casil.
To hide that deed, I cast aside all honor befitting a Knight Guard and even resorted to sneaking through windows like a thief.
“Ah, it still hurts. Can you see my split lip?”
Casil threatened with a spinning smile.
“Your Highness, please forgive me….”
As the Knight Guard pleaded, the Prince laughed. Of course he would forgive him. But.
“Bring me the Physician that Silvien Valentino brought with him. Discreetly, so it doesn’t reach the Duke’s ears.”
“Pardon?”
“Conspire with your fellow Knight Guards and kidnap her, or do whatever it takes. Just bring her to me.”
“K-kidnap, Your Highness? You are currently under exile!”
“Yes, and it is your duty to guard me during my exile. While you failed to protect me, that woman insulted me.”
“Then would it not be better to issue an imperial decree and punish her?”
“Then your failure to protect me would be revealed, wouldn’t it?”
The Knight Guard finally fell silent. Watching his conflicted expression, Casil chuckled softly.
“That is why I handle this discreetly myself. I avoid my father’s punishment, and you keep your knighthood. How perfect?”
Then, suddenly turning serious, he shouted.
“So bring that woman to me at once!”
“….”
“Go see Isaac. He will cooperate.”
After dismissing the Knight Guard, Casil fell into contemplation.
What punishment should he inflict on that woman? The very thought made his entire body tingle with anticipation, and he licked his lips with his tongue.
A woman who dared to strike him. He had lived his entire life as he pleased, yet had never been hit by anyone—not even the Emperor.
Yet that woman had slapped his cheek multiple times!
Recalling that humiliation, rage surged through him once more. He would not grant her a merciful death.
‘How should I kill her? How…?’
The corners of his mouth rose.
A splendid idea had come to him. A truly splendid idea.
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Late at night, Silvien Valentino returned to the Valentino Estate.
“Welcome home, Your Grace.”
Exhausted, he silently handed his jacket to the Servant.
“Shall I prepare tea?”
“No need. You may withdraw.”
After the Servant left, he settled comfortably onto the sofa.
Since he frequented Venice often, he had purchased this estate outright. Only after recalling the numerous empty rooms in this mansion did he remember Kanna Adis.
Kanna Adis, who insisted on staying in the Hospital Ward. Had it been like before, I would have moved heaven and earth to keep her in this estate with me.
‘She said she had to care for the patients.’
So a self-proclaimed Physician possessed a sense of duty?
Silvien Valentino smiled with derision.
I still could not trust her medical skills. After all, I knew neither where she had learned them nor their true foundation.
Moreover.
‘For seven years, she hid it flawlessly from me.’
Had she known medicine all along and merely feigned ignorance?
If she truly hadn’t known, how could she have cured Lucy Adis, be treating Princess Amellia, and have the Empress herself dependent on her remedies?
It was suspicious.
From what he’d learned, she claimed that ‘the alchemy she’d researched was connected to medicine.’
But Silvien Valentino didn’t entirely believe her explanation.
There was something she was concealing from him.
‘Still, this opportunity will reveal whether her medical skills are genuine.’
So for now, he decided to observe.
Silvien Valentino found himself contemplating Kanna Adis with unusual intensity—a rare occurrence for him.
Kanna Adis. His wife in name only.
She had changed of late. Changed so dramatically that one might mistake her for a different person entirely.
Recalling those dark, defiant eyes in the carriage, his lips curved upward of their own accord—a bitter smile, yet tinged with genuine intrigue.
A woman who had spent seven years attempting to capture his attention through countless methods. He wasn’t foolish enough to overlook such a transformation.
In any case, she hadn’t become truly tiresome yet.
In fact, she’d provided him with something akin to amusement—the first time in years.
But eventually, she would overstep. She always did.
It was hardly a matter of concern. When that time came, he would simply suppress her as he always had. Silvien Valentino knew precisely how to control her.
‘I can afford to indulge her a while longer.’
With leisurely confidence, he lifted the report—a document detailing Kanna Adis’s movements for the day.
“….”
His brow furrowed slightly.
According to the report, Kanna Adis had encountered a suspicious man at the Medicinal Tea House and been subjected to harassment.
Harassment?
His blue eyes darkened with displeasure. Like discovering a puzzle piece jutting awkwardly from an otherwise perfect fit, his composure fractured.
He was the one who had brought Kanna Adis to this place.
Therefore, her safety was his responsibility alone.
So then, what of now?
Since there were no Valentino Knight Guards in this territory, he had requested that the Lord of Venice dispatch knights to protect her.
By now, they should be at her side. There was no reason for concern.
Or was there?
Could he truly rest easy?
Silvien Valentino deliberated briefly before rising to his feet. He needed to verify that matters were proceeding as intended.
It wasn’t for Kanna Adis’s sake. It was simply his nature to ensure that everything was handled flawlessly.
Silvien Valentino mounted his horse immediately and rode toward the Hospital Ward.
“….”
Before the Hospital Ward entrance, a door that should have been firmly locked stood ajar.
He drew his sword at once and strode inside. Moments later, as he reached Kanna Adis’s room, a quiet sigh escaped him.
The escort knight lay unconscious.
One of the knights the Lord of Venice had sent.
Silvien Valentino stepped over them with his long legs, grasping the handle of Kanna’s Room door and turning it. The smooth rotation told him the lock was not engaged.
Like an uncouth man, he opened the door without so much as a knock. Just as he suspected.
“Damn.”
Kanna’s Room was empty. Only the marks of struggle remained upon the chamber bed.
Anyone capable of subduing the Lord’s Castle Knight Guard in silence would be obvious enough.
Here resided the Imperial Family’s Knight Guards.
Casil Izaberg.
The exiled prince’s Knight Guards.

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