Kanna can’t get up right now!
Aww!
Pain that shoots down the cheek. Kanna opened her eyes in surprise.
“You! You made Orsini like that? He is my son!”
A very angry woman is staring at her. As soon as their eyes met, she immediately recognized who it was.
Chloe Addis, her own stepmother.
“Why are you hitting me?”
Kanna muttered in a stern voice. She woke up getting slapped all over the place, which was very distasteful to her.
Chloe, however, didn't care and raised her arm as if to give her another slap in the cheek.
“Stop it!’
Kanna tried to crouch down, but before that, Chloe’s wrist was grabbed by someone.
After hearing the news, it was Kalen who hurried to run,
“Mother! What is this?”
“Kalen, how was Kanna in this house?”
“I brought her into the house. She is my guest, so be polite!”
Chloe shook Kale’s arm roughly. But as if she could not ignore his son’s words, she no longer waved her hand.
“How did this happen? Doesn't Kanna, who was expelled a long time ago, come in, doesn't Orsini get hurt?”
“Am I getting kicked out? I just left because I got married.”
Chloe’s eyes lit up as Kanna grumbled dissatisfied.
But that's it. She seemed to regain her composure in Kalen’s presence.
“Kanna, it's been a while. But I can't say I'm happy to see you.”
“Me too.”
“Now, Orsini is very sick. I heard that the cure is only you who had it, so don't bother Orsini and give it to him.”
“If you apologize for what happened a little while ago, I will do that.”
“I am so sorry. I was wrong. I won't do it again.”
Kanna narrowed her eyes at the unstoppable words. Perhaps because she was older, she was smarter than Orsini.
“All right.”
Kanna calmly took out a bottle of medicine from the cabinet and held it out.
“Here you go, Drop by drip, the wound will heal.”
Orsini said he wouldn't give it to her until he personally apologized, but it was actually to vent his anger.
Orsini’s apology is not important. Whether he apologizes or not, it's because she doesnt like it.
She just wanted to avenge the past.
“You better go and do it. It's a wound you inflicted, so it's right to treat him yourself, right?”
She probably didn't believe it. It was an expected reaction, so Kanna nodded and pulled her body up.
“All right.”
***
“Filth, this rotten…”
“You Are noisy, Orsini. If you say more, I might accidentally break the vial.”
No matter how many times he lost consciousness and regained consciousness, Orsini’s complexion did not make sense.
Kanna clicked her younger and sat on the bedside where he lay.
“Does it hurt a lot?”
“Damn it, you ask that?”
“Don't you trust me?”
“...What?”
“Are you sure this drug won't burn your heart through you this time?
Then Chloe screamed sharply.
“Kanna, what are you talking about?”
What is she doing? She is threatening. It's to scare them into doing well in the future.
“It's a joke, a joke.”
“Don't make such scary jokes?”
“Can a swordsman as skilled as Orsini be barely this scared?”
“Kanna!”
Yes, yes. All right.
Kanna opened the vial and slowly poured it over the wound. Then, like a lie, his wounds began to heal. Chloe watched the scene with an expression bordering on astonishment.
‘Kanna made this?’
Chloe knew that Kanna was engrossed in alchemy research throughout her childhood, but she had never seen the results. No, she wasn't even interested. Both alchemy and Kanna.
She thought it was a lousy hobby for the little girl with nothing to do.
At that time, Kanna, who finished the treatment, jumped out from her seat.
“Its okay now. You won't hurt anymore. I’ll go back to sleep.”
Kanna immediately left the room. She thought that this time she would have a good night’s sleep. Nice.
“...”
But the footsteps stopped.
There is a huge shadow in front of the door. A shadow big enough to swallow her body at once.
Kanna lowered her head and stared blankly at her opponent’s legs.
A bridge that stands tall like a mountain.
In an instant, goosebumps rose. The hair all over her body stood up and the back of her neck felt stiff.
It was such an overwhelming energy. The presence that blazed like the sun made the muscles in her body tense.
Kanna breathed quietly and raised her head slowly.
It was a very sturdy physique.
A height that feels much taller than Orsini and Kalen, and a body that even feels intimidating as if carved from a mountain.
Kanna’s gaze, which slowly rose, finally reached the top/
A bitter eyes. Green eyes as dry as the desert.
Suddenly, Kanna’s breathing stopped completely.
“...”
Her father was Duke Alessandro Addis.
Why?
Her two younger brothers and her stepmother were okay. Now, it felt like a beast had bitten her heart. She couldn't say a word, not even breathe.
Alessandro Addis was the same.
Didn't that unmanned person who has reached a transcendental level does not age easily? As if to prove the hypothesis, he still had the appearance of a young man. Beautiful and sturdy as always. Just the way Kanna looked at him when she was young.
At that time, the father’s stone statue-like lips move.
“Kanna.”
“Yes, father.”
Kanna answered.
His face was so white that she couldn't quite understand his reaction. He just watched like a spectator.
Her father stares at her as if fearing off her face. And he slowly raises his hand. A large palm touching her cheek.
“...!”
It was the first time he’d ever touched her, so she was embarrassed enough to shake her head.
However, Alessandro’s expression was extremely relaxed. He seemed to have a right to enjoy whenever he wanted.
“Kanna Addis.”
He called her in a low, and heavy voice, as if echoing in a cave.
“You are back.”
At that moment, she had an unbelievable thought.
Maybe Alessandro has been waiting for this moment all along.
Such a crazy idea.
‘It’s a crazy idea. It can be.’
Kanna calmed down. Now was the time to react properly.
“Long time no see, father.”
Suddenly, a strange feeling of incongruity scratched the back of her head.
Wait a sec. Come to think of it, what did father say a moment ago?
‘Not Kanna Valentino, but Kanna Addis?’
No. Now is not the time to worry about that. Kanna held onto her spirit to escape elsewhere.
“I will explain everything. As for why I'm here…”
Wouldn't her family tell her to shut up? Wouldn't her family kick her out? Kanna cautiously continued her words. But surprisingly, Alessandro did not stop her from speaking. On the contrary, he was silent as he stared at her rather strangely.
It's like, as if listening.
It was so strange and uncomfortable, but Kanna focused on conveying her position.
“....That's why I came here. I came in on the condition that I will heal Lucy. So please don't scold Kalen.”
She barely finished speaking,
Lighthearted, Kanna glanced at him. She felt like a criminal awaiting the judgment.
Her father even gave an order not to even open the door when she comes, but since she broke it and came in, of course he would be angry. However,
‘Why are you standing still?’
Kanna held her breath and wiggled her fingers. Alessandro stared at her intently, but did not open his mouth. The layer upon layer of silence weighed on her like a mountain. It wasn't until she nearly suffocated that his lips opened.
“Okay.”
“Yes.”
“Do it.”
That was all. Alessandro turned his back. And just like that, he strode away and disappeared.
Kanna, who was dumbfounded by the unexpected answer, heard it said very quickly, with no time to catch up.
“Huh?”
Kanna was completely stunned. When she returned her head, she saw her stepmother, Chloe, was making the same expression. The expression of a person who saw and heard something very grotesque.
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