SPMB - Chapter 60

SPMB - Chapter 60

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

Kanna opened her eyes.

"Eww." 

For a moment, she frowned at the tingling pain she felt in the back of her head.

"What the hell is this place...? Is it a forest?"

Black night. Even the moonlight was consumed by the darkness, making it difficult to see the surroundings clearly. All that is visible is the trees surrounding it.

"Why am I here?" 

In the dizziness that swirled around her head, a memory flashed back.

'Yeah, someone hit me in the back of the head.'

While treating patients during the day, she quietly returned to her room and fell asleep at night. Although it was an unfamiliar place, she wasn't too worried because there was an escort driver assigned by Sylvien outside the door.

'But then I heard a loud bang outside.'

At the same time, the door opened and a gunman broke in and knocked her out. And when she opened my eyes, she found herself here.

"Then I hear the escort knight guarding my room was also attacked."

A person with that level of skill must not be an ordinary person, but who?

"Have you come to your senses?"

"..."

When Kanna turned her head, she made eye contact with the man. No, he had a youthful face that was awkward to even call him a man. 

"You..."

The boy smiles, showing his teeth.

"Why are you so surprised? Did you really think that I would treat this body like that and never see it again?" 

Damn... Cursive words flowed out of her mouth. It was that bastard she met at the pharmacy!

"Weren't you a commoner?"

Kanna expected him to be a commoner because he was dressed simply and without any attendants or escorts. But now she see that he wasn't. Just by looking at it, Kanna can see that he is wearing luxurious hunting clothes, and isn't there a knight with a sword next to him?

'That's the knight. The person who kidnapped me.' 

And this boy is probably the owner of that knight. At that time, the boy roughly pulled Kanna's collar.

"I am the Prince. It means that a commoner girl like you is not someone to mess with me."

A Prince?

Startled, Kanna stared blankly at the boy. If you are neither the 1st Prince nor the 2nd Prince...

'Certainly, the 3rd Prince Cassil, famous for being a fool?'

Kanna heard he was exiled to a faraway place. Was it here?

'Then I was kidnapped by the imperial knights?'

An imperial knight is one of the most powerful men in the Empire. A person like that is determined to rush in, but there is no way he would be able to handle it unless he was someone with similar skills.

At that time, Cassil made a violent smile.

"Make sure you pay for your crime of assaulting the royal family with your life."

"I am also a noblewoman." 

Since the other person criticized her based on her status, there was no reason for her to hide it any longer.

"I am Kanna Valentino. I am the wife of Duke Valentino and the eldest daughter of the Addis family." 

"You?"

Was it an unexpected remark? Cassil opened her eyes wide.

'Did it work?'

The next moment, a smile escaped Cassil's lips.

“Ha ha ha ha ha!”

Sure enough, Cassil held his stomach and burst into laughter.

"Don't be ridiculous! Yes, Duchess Valentino has black hair. So it looks like you're trying to pretend to be that girl. I've seen her at the party before. She's completely different from you. She's incredibly ugly."

"That's me, then..."

"Ah, let's stop with the lies that don't work. If the Duchess of Valentino were this beautiful, there was no way the Duke had treated her poorly all this time. Isn't that right, beautiful girl?"

Cassil didn't believe it at all. Jee is in a remote port city. It seems that the rumor about her has not yet spread.

"But don't worry. I'm not going to kill you right now."

He pushed Kanna's body.

"Run away."

"..."

"Run into the forest. And I will hunt you."

An ominous feeling came over her. Come to think of it, Cassil is wearing hunting clothes. Moreover, the bow on his shoulder and the quiver full of arrows...

As soon as Kanna realized it, she got goosebumps from head to toe.

"No way. Are you really trying to 'hunt' me?"

 Kanna took a step back. Then Cassil threw a small bucket of water at her.

"It will be difficult to run away. Drink water from time to time."

"..."

"How about that, isn't that very merciful?"

Saying so, he lifts the arrow shaft. He laughed playfully. 

"I'm just going to count to five minutes and chase after you. So you'd better run away quickly."

***

"What?"

Clink!

A wine glass fell from the hand of Balix Venizia, the lord of Venice.

"Woah, His Royal Highness...... The doctor brought by Duke Valentino was kidnapped. He said he was going to hunt humans."

Balix let out a low groan. The Prince seemed to have been quiet until now, but he ended up causing this problem. 

'Human hunting.'

The barbaric game that some nobles enjoy with their slaves. Balix also had no guilt because it was a game he enjoyed occasionally. It doesn't really matter whether you do it or not, but why is the opponent a doctor brought by D uke Valentino!

"I'm sure she won't come back alive. So, what will I do if Duke Valentino finds out about this?"

"His Royal Highness told me that I just keep quiet, no one will know, but... Still, I think the Duke Valentino should know."

"Couldn't you have hidden it from me too! Now even I have become an accomplice!"

Balix screamed and then collapsed on the sofa due to dizziness.

"Don't tell anyone, Doctor Isaac."

It can not be helped.

Spilled water cannot be picked up. Now that this has happened, it will have to be hidden entirely. That way, you won't cause sparks to fly.

"But if it becomes known that the woman is dead... I'm going to a cause of killing her because she is presumed to be a woman infected with the Black Fog."

"Yes? But Duke Valentino said absolutely nothing." 

"As you know, His Excellency Duke Alessandro Addis will be arriving soon."

Alessandro Addis. At that name, Isaac pursed his lips.

"The imperial family sent him after hearing about the mysterious illness among the sailors. Aren't you the one who can definitively determine whether the sailors are infected with the Black Fog? Even though he is Duke Valentino, he does not have as much experience as the Duke of Addis. You can't ignore age."

"..."

"And I heard that the Duke of Addis really hates black hair. That's why they say he kicked out his own daughter."

He heard that Alessandro Addis kicked out his own daughter and looked down on her just because she had black hair.

Since he is a person who finds black hair unpleasant to that extent, he will give a favorable opinion in this matter.

"It is fortunate that His Excellency Alessandro the Duke of Addis is coming."

Balix sighed. 

"Where did His Highness say he was going?"

"Yes?" 

"I should join the hunt too." 

Then, Isaac opened his eyes wide. Are you going to be with him whenever he gets angry?

"Now that things have come to this, the woman must be killed! If she survives and this incident leaks out, the responsibility falls on me too! Sparks are flying at me for not taking care of His Highness the Prince properly!"

Also, it would be a good idea to have 'the same secret' as the Prince. Men who share secrets tend to become closer. Balix did not bother to confess his dark intentions.

 'Besides, I wanted to go hunting sometime soon, and it just happened to be a good idea.'

Isaac, who was silent for a moment, cautiously suggested. 

"Then may I join you? The lord may get hurt during the hunt, so you should take at least a doctor with you."

Even if he says that that lawmaker would also like to join the hunt. Balix nodded cheerfully.

"Of course. Come on, let's go."

***

The given time is 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes, the Prince will chase her. He'll find her and shoot her.

'I had to run as far as possible to avoid him...'

Kanna didn't run away. Instead, it was eagerly climbing up the tree.

“Hup, hup”

She never thought she would be this good at climbing trees!

Did people say that superhuman strength is displayed in the face of crisis?

At this moment, Kanna could painfully feel those words. When she thought that her life was in danger, a strength she didn't know existed suddenly rose up in her.

"Whoo, whoo."

Kanna, lying down on a thick tree branch, opened the pendant on her necklace.

'It's a good thing I didn't use it all and left it behind.'

A poisonous powder that stings the whole body. She used a small amount for Josephine and kept the rest without throwing it away.

Kanna felt like kissing herself for making such a choice.

'what? Was the water bucket mercy? Yes, be struck by your own mercy.'

The water container. After shaking it, Kanna poured the powder into it. It was enough to dissolve it, so she caught her breath.

'You're dead.'

Even though I thought so, my fingertips were shaking.

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