My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 60

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Chapter 60
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I opened my eyes.
“…Ugh.”
A sharp, throbbing pain radiated from the back of my head, causing me to wince.
“Where on earth am I…?”
A forest… perhaps?
The night was pitch-black. The moonlight itself had been swallowed by darkness, leaving my surroundings nearly invisible.
All I could see were the trees densely surrounding me.
‘Why am I here?’
Through the dizziness that clouded my mind, a memory suddenly surfaced.
‘That’s right—someone struck the back of my head.’
During the day I treated patients, and at night I would return obediently to my room to sleep.
Though this place was unfamiliar, Silvien had assigned a Knight Guard to stand watch outside my door, so I hadn’t been particularly worried.
‘But then I heard a loud crash from outside.’
Immediately after, the door burst open and an assailant rushed in, knocking me unconscious.
And when I opened my eyes, I found myself here.
‘If that’s the case, then the Knight Guard protecting my room must have been overcome as well.’
Someone with that level of skill would be no ordinary person—but who could it be?
“You’re awake?”
“…!”
I turned my head and locked eyes with a man—or rather, a youth with an oddly youthful face.
“You….”
The Unknown Assailant grinned, baring his teeth.
“Why do you look so shocked? Surely you didn’t think you could treat me that way and never see me again?”
A curse escaped my lips involuntarily.
It was that reckless fool I’d met at the Medicinal Tea House!
‘He wasn’t a commoner?’
I’d assumed he was a commoner because he traveled without attendants or guards, dressed in simple clothes.
But now I could see otherwise. He wore fine hunting attire, and at his side stood a Knight Guard—was he not the one who kidnapped me?
‘That Knight Guard is the one who took me.’
And this youth must be that Knight Guard’s master.
Then the youth suddenly grabbed me by the collar roughly.
“I am a prince. You’re nothing but a commoner girl—you have no right to touch me.”
A prince?
Shocked, I stared blankly at the youth. If he was neither the First nor the Second Prince….
‘Could he be the Third Prince Kasil, famous for his recklessness?’
I’d heard he’d been sent into exile somewhere, but was this that place?
‘Then I’ve been kidnapped by Imperial Knights?’
Imperial Knights were among the most skilled warriors in the Empire.
There was no way anyone could withstand such a determined assault unless they possessed comparable skill.
It was then that Kasil’s lips curved into a violent smile.
“You shall pay for assaulting a member of the Imperial Family with your life.”
“…I too am of noble birth.”
Since my opponent had invoked rank, there was no further reason for me to conceal my identity.
“I am Kanna Adis. I am the wife of the Valentino Duke and the eldest daughter of House of Adis.”
“Huh?”
Perhaps caught off guard by this unexpected revelation, Kasil’s eyes widened considerably.
‘Did it work?’
The next moment, a laugh burst through Kasil’s lips.
“Hahahaha!”
True to form, Kasil clutched his stomach, roaring with laughter.
“Don’t make me laugh! Yes, the Valentino Duke’s wife does have black hair. So you’re trying to impersonate her, are you? But I’ve seen that woman at a party before. You’re completely different from her. She was absolutely hideous.”
“That is… at that time…”
“Ah, let’s not bother with such unconvincing lies. If the Valentino Duke’s wife were truly this beautiful, he wouldn’t have neglected her all this time, would he? Isn’t that right, beautiful lady?”
Kasil clearly didn’t believe me. Being in this remote port city, it seemed rumors about me hadn’t yet spread here.
“But don’t worry. I won’t kill you just yet.”
He shoved my body roughly.
“Run.”
“…”
“Run into the forest. And I shall hunt you.”
A sinister premonition washed over me.
Now that I thought about it, Kasil was dressed in hunting attire. Moreover, the bow slung across his shoulder and the quiver bristling with arrows…
The moment I realized, chills ran down my spine from head to toe.
‘Surely not.’
Was he truly going to ‘hunt’ me?
I stumbled backward. Kasil then tossed a small water flask at me.
“Running will be exhausting. Drink water along the way.”
“…”
“How’s that for mercy?”
With those words, he raised his bow. He smiled playfully.
“I’ll count only five minutes before I come after you. So you’d better hurry and run.”
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“What?”
Crash!
The wine glass slipped from the hands of Valix Venetia, lord of Venice.
“What did you just say, Aizek?”
“Y-Your Highness… Prince Kasil has abducted the physician brought by the Valentino Duke. He said he intends to engage in human hunting.”
Valix let out a low groan.
So that prince, whom I thought had been behaving himself, finally caused such a problem at the very end.
‘Human hunting.’
That barbaric pastime some nobles indulged in with their slaves.
Valix enjoyed it from time to time, so he felt no guilt whatsoever.
He didn’t care whether it happened or not, but why did the target have to be the Physician brought by Valix Venetia?
“She certainly won’t survive, but what will happen if Valix Venetia finds out about this!”
“Prince Kasil ordered me to keep quiet and said no one would know… but I felt the Duke should be informed.”
“Why didn’t you hide it from me too! Now I’ve become an accomplice!”
Valix shouted in exasperation, but the sudden dizziness overwhelmed him and he collapsed onto the sofa.
“Don’t tell anyone, Isaac.”
There was no choice now.
Spilled water cannot be gathered back up.
Given this situation, it had to be buried thoroughly. Only then would the blame not fall on him.
“But if the woman’s death becomes known… we’ll have to claim she was presumed infected with the Black Mist and was killed for that reason.”
“What? But Valix Venetia said absolutely not…”
“You know as well as I do that Alexandro Adis will arrive soon.”
Alexandro Adis. At that name, Isaac fell silent.
“The Imperial Palace sent him after hearing about the sailors’ strange illness. Isn’t he the one who can definitively determine whether the sailors are infected with the Black Mist? No matter how capable Valix Venetia is, he doesn’t have the experience of Alexandro Adis. Experience cannot be dismissed.”
“…”
“And I’ve heard Alexandro Adis despises black hair intensely. They say he even cast out his own daughter for that reason.”
He had heard that he abandoned and mistreated his own daughter merely for having black hair.
Someone who detested black hair to such a degree would surely offer an opinion favorable to them in this matter.
‘It’s a blessing in disguise that Alexandro Adis is coming.’
Valix exhaled deeply.
“Where did Prince Kasil say he was going?”
“Yes?”
“I should join that hunt as well.”
Isaac’s eyes widened in shock. After all that anger, he wanted to participate?
“Since things have come to this, the woman must die! If she somehow survives and this leaks out, the responsibility falls on me too! The blame will fall on me for not properly attending to Prince Kasil!”
And in doing so, sharing a ‘secret’ with the Prince would be advantageous.
Men who shared intimate secrets became closer to one another. Valix didn’t bother revealing his sinister intentions.
‘Besides, I’ve been wanting to go hunting soon anyway. This works out perfectly.’
Isaac, who had been silent for a moment, cautiously made a suggestion.
“Then might I join as well? The Duke could be injured during the hunt, so you should bring at least one physician along.”
Though his words suggested otherwise, that physician clearly wanted to participate in the hunt too.
Valix nodded enthusiastically.
“Of course. Let’s go.”
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Five minutes. That was the time given.
After five minutes, the Prince would give chase. He would find her and fire his arrows.
She had to run as far as possible to escape him, but…
“Ugh—”
I didn’t run away.
Instead, I was frantically scrambling up the tree.
“Huff, huff.”
I never knew I could climb a tree like this!
They say superhuman strength emerges in the face of crisis, don’t they?
In this moment, I could feel that truth viscerally. When I realized my life was in danger, strength I didn’t know I possessed surged through me.
“Breathe, breathe.”
Sprawled across a thick branch, I opened the pendant on my necklace.
‘Thank goodness I didn’t use it all and kept some.’
A poisonous powder that burned across my entire body.
I’d used a small amount on Josephine and kept the rest instead of discarding it.
I wanted to kiss myself for making that choice.
‘What? He gave me a water bucket out of mercy? Fine then, let him taste the mercy of my poison.’
I poured the powder into the water bucket. After stirring it thoroughly to dissolve, I steadied my breathing.
‘You’re dead.’
Even as I thought it, my fingertips trembled uncontrollably.

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