My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 86

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Chapter 86
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‘Divorce. Finally, divorce!’
Kanna Adis suppressed the laughter threatening to burst forth as she walked.
Silvien Valentino was a man of his word. It had been proven during the trial with Crown Prince Kasil. So Silvien would proceed with the divorce.
Convincing Alexandro Adis—her father—had become his responsibility as well.
‘Father, come home quickly! We need to divorce!’
I was in such a good mood! I walked forward, barely containing the laughter that threatened to spill out.
I stopped abruptly in the corridor.
“Oh my.”
I had encountered a very familiar face.
“Hello, Mary. How have you been?”
“…!”
Mary Goldian.
Josephine Elester’s most trusted aide and a long-time servant in this mansion.
When I returned to this world, it was this impertinent maid who had splashed water on my face to wake me.
“How’s your calf? No trouble walking?”
As I approached with a gentle smile, Mary stepped backward. It was only natural, given how thoroughly I had beaten her calf.
“Hmm? Why aren’t you answering?”
“Oh, no! There’s no trouble at all.”
“That’s right. You should answer with such vigor. Otherwise, I feel awkward for asking.”
“I, I’m sorry.”
“Where is Count Elester? Where might he be?”
“He, he’s gone on a trip….”
“Ah, I see. He’s away at the moment.”
No wonder it felt so peaceful. I smiled mischievously.
“What a shame. It means there’s no one to stop someone from whipping your calf.”
Mary’s complexion turned deathly pale. I felt a cruel pleasure and chuckled softly.
“Whipping was quite fun, you know.”
“Eek!”
“I never knew that hitting someone could be so thrilling.”
“I, I was wrong.”
“Hmm? Wrong about what?”
I felt no remorse for this crude intimidation whatsoever.
‘Compared to how she tormented Ju-hwa all this time, this is nothing.’
If only Ju-hwa could see this. Would it bring her some comfort?
‘I wonder what Ju-hwa is doing right now?’
I smiled bitterly and passed by Mary.
‘Has she eaten tteokbokki by now? She missed it so much while living here.’
I wanted to eat tteokbokki.
In any case, Ju-hwa must be doing well. Her circumstances left no other option. She had tteokbokki, chicken, and sundae, didn’t she?
Above all, she had a family that loved her.
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The atmosphere at the Adis Mansion was brutally tense.
“Miss Isabel and Lord Kalen had quite a quarrel.”
It wasn’t a quarrel—Kalen had scolded her one-sidedly. I stuffed the scone Lea had baked into my mouth.
“Confinement to quarters? Truly?”
“Yes. Moreover, Knight Guards have been assigned to watch her.”
“Chloe didn’t—I mean, Mother didn’t allow this?”
“She simply pretended not to know.”
Well, that was typical of Chloe. She adored her daughter Isabel, but she practically worshipped her sons Orsini and Kalen.
The feeling was peculiar.
Once, everyone had conspired to ignore and torment me. Now, because of me, discord was spreading among them.
‘This is rather entertaining.’
Fragmenting the once-peaceful House of Adis was quite amusing.
“Sister, you’ve arrived?”
“Kalen.”
Kalen approached swiftly and examined me.
“How are you feeling?”
“I’m fine.”
“You cannot possibly be fine. You fell into the Pond and lost consciousness!”
Remembering yesterday’s events, anger etched itself across Kalen’s face.
“You should have rested, yet you did not.”
“I’m fine. I slept well at the Valentino Mansion.”
….
Kalen furrowed his brow. He touched his chin, regarding me with an irritated gaze. And finally, he discerned what displeased him.
My dress.
Not one of my own dresses, not one he had gifted me, and not the one I had changed into after falling into the Pond.
Then it was obvious.
‘Is the Duke of Valentino showering her with gifts?’
It was absurd.
After all these long years of neglecting Sister, now he sought to win her favor with presents.
As a devoted brother, my displeasure was profound.
‘Such men are as fickle as boiling rice porridge.’
But unfortunately, Sister knows little of men.
She is rather innocent.
If Sister’s heart weakened under a barrage of gifts, if she came to trust Silvien Valentino again.
‘That cannot happen.’
Tender-hearted Kanna would be wounded once more. I could not bear to witness it.
“Sister, do you like that dress?”
“Huh? Oh, yes.”
Kanna Adis glanced down at the dress, offering a vague response. Truthfully, she hadn’t given it much thought.
But her answer completely twisted Kalen’s mood.
‘Sister’s heart is wavering after all.’
I couldn’t allow her to be swayed by Silvien Valentino’s capricious whims. That’s why I had to make that dress seem utterly insignificant.
“Do you have time today?”
“Why?”
“Let’s go out together.”
“What for?”
Kalen stared at the hem of Kanna Adis’s dress, suppressing his revulsion.
“Sister, please don’t take this the wrong way. Compared to other noblewomen, you lack sufficient clothing and accessories.”
Since it was the truth, Kalen spoke without hesitation.
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to give you a gift.”
An instinctive sense of rejection surged through Kanna Adis.
‘Accept a gift from someone like you? What if bad luck rubs off on me?’
Yet no matter how distasteful the giver, objects themselves held value.
‘Besides, I could always sell them later.’
Kanna Adis broke into a bright smile.
“Fine. I’m grateful, then.”
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Kalen led her to El Andois Boutique.
“Welcome, Kalen. I’ve been expecting you after hearing the news.”
Andois was a young woman around Kanna Adis’s age, a striking beauty with luxuriously flowing golden hair.
‘She’s far more beautiful than the rumors suggested. They said she was a former opera singer.’
After her measurements were taken, Kanna Adis settled onto a sofa to examine the dresses Andois presented. They were sample gowns that would later be tailored to her specifications.
“Sister, isn’t there a dress you particularly like?”
As Kanna Adis gazed expressionlessly, Kalen seemed to grow slightly anxious.
“No, no. I like them all.”
Realizing that would make her seem opinionless, Kanna Adis quickly added,
“The red-toned dresses especially appeal to me. I’m quite fond of red.”
At that, Kalen gestured to Andois.
“Please send all the red dresses to the Adis Mansion.”
“Understood.”
Kanna Adis clicked her tongue at his tasteless sense.
‘Is he telling me to wear nothing but the same color dress every day!’
But Kalen was one step ahead.
“Send all the dresses you’ve shown us as well, Andois.”
“Yes, Kalen.”
Kanna Adis stared in astonishment.
‘Is this that famous “I’ll take everything from here to there” move!’
I never imagined the day would come when I’d actually witness this with my own eyes.
“Kalen, there’s really no need to go that far.”
I whispered softly, wishing he’d just give me cash instead. Kanna’s voice was barely audible.
“The truth is, there were some designs I didn’t particularly care for.”
“Your preferences might change later, after all.”
“….”
“I’m simply preparing for any possibility.”
At Kalen’s words, I found myself speechless. I’d never seen such extravagant spending in my life.
‘If he’s going to buy everything anyway, why did he even bother asking what I liked?’
As I pondered this, Kalen explained his reasoning.
“Miss Andois, from now on, whenever you design a dress, please create one additional version in crimson satin. This is a personal commission from me.”
Andois never sold the same design to multiple clients.
Which meant Andois had essentially become my exclusive designer.
“Sister, don’t you think it’s time to discard that trivial dress?”
Only then did Kalen, with a satisfied expression, criticize my current gown.
“Forgive my candor, but it simply doesn’t suit you.”
That’s right. A cold-blooded man like Silvien Valentino doesn’t suit me.
‘What suits me is a man with a warm heart, one who loves only me, and obeys me unconditionally.’
And a man over 185 centimeters tall with an impressive physique, exceptional swordsmanship, from a noble house with superior education and handsome features—yet unaware of his own handsomeness, with no interest in any woman but me. That’s the kind of man who suits me.
Kalen smiled contentedly.
‘No other man would dare.’

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