My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 97

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Chapter 97
Don’t go.
Don’t leave me behind.
I missed you so much. I’ve longed for you so terribly!
“Hurry!”
Kanna Adis chased after Seon-hong, sobbing uncontrollably.
That wretched Seon-hong, as always, showed no consideration for his heavy-bodied sister and acted entirely on whim.
Toto was no different.
Just as he would coquettishly prance beside her before bolting far away when his mood soured, he now bounded toward a place utterly beyond reach!
“Come with me!”
I ran frantically through the dark, rain-soaked path.
Before I realized it, I had entered the Forest, yet I noticed nothing but Seon-hong and Toto before my eyes.
At last, Seon-hong came to a halt.
There, a beloved face appeared.
“Kanna Adis.”
My knees trembled.
That soft yet resolute voice—how I had yearned for it.
“Mother….”
“My dear Kanna Adis.”
Mother stood beside Father. Seon-hong and Toto beckoned from their side.
Tears streamed down my face as I approached.
“Mother, Mother.”
“Yes, you’ve suffered so much all this time, haven’t you?”
Yes, Mother!
It’s been so incredibly difficult!
That’s what I wanted to say.
Truly, it had been so hard.
I wanted to whimper about how everyone tormented me, how cruel this world had become.
Yet a stone lodged in my throat made it unbearably painful—I couldn’t utter a single word. I simply stood before Mother, hiccupping, tears streaming down my cheeks.
These were tears I had never shed since arriving in this world.
The moment I saw my family, standing before Seon-hong and Toto, before Mother and Father—there was no reason to hold back anymore. With them, it was alright. Before them, I could be infinitely fragile.
“Huh?”
But when I lifted my head again, no one was there.
“What?”
A torrential downpour crashed through the Forest.
Only I stood alone, disheveled and forlorn in the deluge.
Then.
“Sister, over here!”
A voice rang out from behind—I spun around quickly.
Seon-hong was beckoning from that spot.
“Seon-hong.”
“Yes, sister.”
“Where are Mother and Father?”
“They went home first.”
“Home?”
“Yes. Let’s hurry home too. Mother, Father, and Toto are waiting for us.”
Home.
It was a magical incantation.
I desperately wanted to go home now.
I wanted to forget all of this like a nightmare and simply lie on the living room sofa for a moment’s rest.
“Wait!”
But as Seon-hong started running again, I chased after him. That was when it happened.
“Kanna.”
“…!”
I forgot to follow Seon-hong and froze in place.
When I turned around, he was standing there.
“O-older brother?”
“Kanna. I missed you.”
Light brown hair. Eyes like a deer’s. A clear, gentle expression. A tall man.
The lover I had once even considered marrying stood before me.
Why was Yeon-woo here?
Why was everyone here?
‘Something… something…’
My head spun.
As if my vision were obscured by thick fog, nothing came into sharp focus. I staggered, gripping my hair.
What is this? Something is…
“Sister!”
But there was no time to think.
At the sound of Seon-hong’s voice ringing out once more, I followed him like a trained beast.
“Kanna, come quickly.”
“W-wait, older brother. Seon-hong.”
“Sister, hurry! We need to go home!”
I ran after Yeon-woo and Seon-hong, stumbling as I went. All doubt vanished, and hope swelled within me. My face broke into a wide smile.
Yes. I could go home.
Now I’m going home!
“Hey!”
That was when it happened.
A powerful grip seized my arm. My body was forcibly turned around.
“Come to your senses!”
“….”
Who is this?
Rain-soaked hair so vividly crimson it seemed blood might drip from every strand. I stared at it as though entranced, then wrenched my arm away.
“Let go, let me go.”
“Come to your senses. Why are you like this too!”
“Release me! I have to get home!”
What if Seon-hong disappears while I’m here? What if Yeon-woo vanishes? I’ve only just found him again!
“Let me go home! I want to go home!”
I thrashed about wildly, kicking at the Unknown Man’s grip, clawing at him with my nails in desperate struggle.
“Hey!”
Barely breaking free from the Unknown Man’s grasp, I ran like a madwoman.
“Mother!”
Before me now stood Mother and Father, beckoning me toward them.
“Kanna, come home quickly. Father’s made soybean soup.”
“Meow.”
“Sister, let’s go home and eat chicken!”
“Kanna, I’ve missed you so much.”
The voices echoed as though whispered directly beside my ears—no, as though murmured straight into my brain through an open skull.
“Mother…”
I staggered forward like one possessed. Then Mother, who had been silently watching me, broke into a smile.
And she spoke.
“Is this how your mother taught you?”
…Ah.
In that instant, strength drained from my legs. I collapsed to the ground with a heavy thud.
“Ugh…”
Sprawled across the muddy earth, I gasped in pain. Every part of my body that struck the ground ached.
My arms and legs, my face, and…
And my heart.
I closed my eyes. Rain poured down as if mocking my fallen form.
‘No.’
As raindrops hammered against my cheeks, I clawed my way back to thought. I called upon reason.
‘No.’
No to what?
‘No.’
To this.
‘Yes, no.’
No. Absolutely not.
‘They cannot be here.’
Yes, no.
My family, my beloved—they could not all be gathered in this place. They could not materialize from nowhere to torment me.
And most of all.
They would never leave him to run through this rain alone.
“Sister, wake up. We need to go home.”
“Kanna, are you alright?”
“Meow.”
Yet the whispers still rippled at the edges of my consciousness.
My scattered, dizzy judgment seductively urged me to simply believe, to surrender to longing, to run freely in pursuit of them.
Following that command would feel wonderful. I could laugh and dance with abandon.
But I didn’t want to.
I couldn’t.
“Hey.”
Kanna Adis opened her eyes again.
“What a pathetic sight.”
Only this was real.
Only that voice.
Only that person she found so terrifying.
This place was my reality.
“Fool.”
Then, a powerful force lifted Kanna’s body effortlessly. She didn’t resist, surrendering to his embrace.
“I told you to get off this Island.”
In the pouring rain, Orsini spat out a low curse.
“You wouldn’t listen to me, and look at you now, idiot.”
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Orsini discovered Kanna at the edge of the Forest.
“Wait, Seon-hong!”
At first, he thought it was a villager.
Assuming it was another resident suffering a fit of madness, he turned his head with an annoyed expression.
“Seon-hong!”
But this voice.
“Stop the Carriage.”
“Orsini?”
“Stop it.”
Beside him was the Lord of Paelon’s daughter, Rachel.
“But it’s raining outside….”
Yet Orsini didn’t listen further.
He kicked open the door and bolted out. He chased the traces of where the woman had run, disappearing into the Forest.
“Mother!”
Curses erupted from Orsini’s mouth.
Of course—it was his sister!
‘Insane woman.’
She was an absolute mess. Drenched in her nightgown, barefoot and in ruins, weeping uncontrollably.
‘What the hell is that bastard?’
Behind Kanna Adis, Claude was following her discreetly. Kanna stared fixedly at something as if seeing an illusion, murmuring softly to herself.
“Oh, Mother.”
In that instant, Orsini’s footsteps came to an abrupt halt.
“Mother. I missed you so much.”
Her shoulders trembled faintly as raindrops fell ceaselessly upon them, shattering like glass. She looked like a wounded bird.
“Hgh, hgh… ugh…”
Without thinking, Orsini concealed himself behind a tree.

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