SPMB - Chapter 72

SPMB - Chapter 72

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

Does that match the Prince's handwriting?

Could it be that someone changed the letter?! Who took the letter? 

She got goosebumps for a moment. An absurd assumption came to mind.

Could it be her father? 

'No, that can't be possible.'

Kanna chuckled. Could it be that her father guessed her plan? 

Even if that were the case, would the letter have been rewritten in the Prince's handwriting and even manipulated? For what?

She just laughed. As she walked away, she suddenly caught her eye through the glass window. The scar on the nape of her neck stood out particularly.

"If this is a plot I have planned, then I have thrown myself into Doctor Isaac'ssword. I'm not a very gutsy girl."

It's not that she has a lot of guts. She was just struggling to survive. He disguised nutritional supplements as poisons and sent them to Isaac, and even caught him on purpose and he cut her throat with a dagger.

It was a struggle to survive.

"Let's go home."

It's all over now. Kanna sighed and opened the door to the court. It was already night.

'I'm tired.'

Now that the crisis has passed, all she has to do is go home and get a good rest. Let's take a short break and start again.

Kanna once again realized this clearly.

She must take power. Only then can she survive in this harsh world.

'I thought I just needed the strength to live a normal life without being ignored.'

But no. That was not enough to deal with the sudden crisis.

'But it's okay. If you don't have the strength, you can grow it. Anyway, I like the background. I am the eldest daughter of Addis, and the mistress of Valentino.'

She will strengthen herself by any means necessary. That was the way to protect herself. However...

'Where should I go now?

Suddenly, the steps stopped.

'First of all. I want to go home and rest... But, where is my home?'

Where should sh go? Addis? Valentino? 

Then, the carriage stopped in front of her. And then a man gets off.

Why is this man here? A man with dark blue hair and purple eyes reminiscent of the evening sky stood in front of her. 

It was Raphael.

His black priest's robe flutters wildly in the momentary wind. Raphael stroked his disheveled hair and frowned.

"What are you doing?" 

He spoke calmly to her as she stood there.

"Get on board, Ma'am. I will take you to your destination."

"Me?"

"Yes."

"..."

Why?

Kanna's tired eyes turned to him. She was so exhausted, it looked like she was going to collapse at any moment.

'Could it be that Sylvien ordered it?'

Showing this kind of kindness to his shameful wife who stabbed him in the back?

"That can't be possible."

At this moment, he has no responsibility or obligation to take care of her. He couldn't possibly send a carriage to her like that.

Raphael spoke slowly. 

"I know that the Duchess is displeased with me, but it is late at night."

"..."

"It's dangerous to go back alone, so get on board quickly."

However, when Kanna made no move, Raphael sighed as if he had expected it.

"This is a carriage sent by Count Debord."

Only then did her senses come back. 

Count Debord.

After all, he would be grateful to Kanna. Because Kanna saved his crew from being poisoned. At least he must be mistaken that way. Raphael seemed to have a close relationship not only with Silvienne but also with Count Debord.

"Yes."

Only then did Kanna respond.

"Please tell him thank you."

And after smiling softly at Raphael, she passed by. After getting into the carriage. She spoke to the driver.

"To the Duke of Addis' residence."

***

Lilienne was devastated.

'Cassil, you stupid bastard.'

It's already been a week since Cassil looked for alcohol every day.

"No one! No one will protect me!"

It still is. Cassil was very drunk and was yelling. He was so passionate about his glow that he didn't even notice Lilienne come in.

"Damn it, why don't you trust me"

"That's not what I am!"

Clink!

When he threw the bottle, glass shards flew out. 

"This is a frame-up! Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Father! Why don't you trust me? I didn't instigate the poisoning! This is a conspiracy!"

Cassil burst into tears.

"I will kill you! I'll kill them all! Kanna, Kanna Valentino! I will definitely kill you!"

Cassil, who struggled for a while,  eventually fell to the floor. He finally fell asleep.

'Pathetic guy. The only thing he knows how to do is blame others.'

Lilien glared coldly at Cassil.

'Rather give them the death penalty, why bother saving them?'

The good news among the misfortunes was that Cassil would soon be leaving for recuperation in a local city.

The word was convalescence, but it was the same as banishment.

It was better. Cassil, with his hand cut off, will become a stain on herself and on Brother Argon.

'If he had died completely, there would have been no repercussions.'

Lilienne's steps as she walked down the hallway stopped. The Empress was walking across from her.

"Uh?"

But the Empress was not alone.

Even so, the maids behind her were with a blonde woman who resembled the Empress. No way...

'Sister Amelia?'

"That's cruel."

The Empress, who had already come a short distance away, spoke sternly.

"I guess you're Prince Cassil's half-sister, and the princess is also quite ignorant of imperial palace etiquette."

"S-sorry. I... for a moment..."

"Okay. It's worth being moved by what happened to your younger brother. "I understand."

The Empress smiled kindly, but her eyes were full of contempt.

"What is the Prince's condition?"

"He's asleep now."

"I heard that he drinks all day and harasses the courtiers. Tsk. How can nothing change?" 

Maybe it's because he was born in a humble place, but he doesn't have the ability to learn. The Empress added those words quietly.

"Okay then, let's keep going. Amelia."

"Yes. Your Majesty."

Lilienne stared at their retreating back.

'Has her relationship with the Empress improved?'

There was a rumor that the Princess's skin disease was gradually improving. Perhaps that was why her turbulent relationship with the Empress seemed to have become smoother.

'But she's still wearing the veil so I'm not sure."

The last time Lilienne saw Amelia a few years ago, she had a hideous, corpse-like face.

It was a well-known fact that Kanna Valentino was in charge of her treatment. However, it was also said that she gradually got better.

'Could it be possible? A disease that even so many doctors couldn't cure.'

Lilienne hoped that Amelia's illness would not get better. If possible, forever. 

Amelia Isaberg. If Amelia, the daughter of the Empress and under the protection of the Mercy family, appears in the social world...

'My position will be in jeopardy."

At one time, she even dreamed that Argon would become Emperor and that she would become the emperor's younger sister.

It was a vain hope.

Argon was not interested in the thгоne. One day, when Lilienne asked Argon why he didn't want to become Emperor, he smiled and said,

"There are so many exciting things out there, why give it up? Of course, you don't know."

Lilienne couldn't understand it at all What could be more fun than standing at the pinnacle of power? But foolishly Argon didn't know that.

He was a person who spent more time outside the imperial family than in the imperial household.

'So I have to find my own way to live.'

Lilienne's mother, Lady Theresa, was a dancer. In other words, half of Lilienne's blood is low-class.

However, her mother maintains her current power because she receives the Emperor's full love.

'In order to maintain the current power even after my father passes away...'

After all, there is only marriage. Unless she married the best man, there was only one thing left to do in her future: fall.

'It has to be Duke Valentino.'

Addis, Valentino, Mercy.

Only those three families can maintain power comparable to that of the royal family.

"There is no alternative to Duke Valentino."

Previous                 Next

Support Novellate!