SPMB - Chapter 104

SPMB - Chapter 104

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

"What on earth are you talking about!" 

Yes!

Rachel was finally able to breathe. Jerome, who had been watching his dissatisfaction all along, kicked out of his seat!

"What nonsense is that, Duchess? The madness will not stop unless you perform a purification ritual!"

"That's why you ask."

Kanna gently cut off Jerome's words.

"If anyone has experienced mania in the past few days, please come forward."

"..."

"That's what I asked." 

But the villagers were quiet. No one responded to Kanna's words. Silence without denial was the same as affirmation.

"Let me ask you one more question. Has anyone eaten rye lately?"

Of course not.

I asked because I knew there wouldn't be one.

Trout and other seafood, as well as expensive food ingredients, were distributed to every household in the village.

Is there any way to find the disgusting rye over the delicacies of the mountains and seas that you have never tasted unless you were a Lord?

'So, even though it's absurd, I have no choice but to believe it.'

Kanna said while catching her breath. A truth that will have a very big impact.

"The madness of the village comes from rye."

"..."

Silence fell.

Even the eyes that had been kind to Kanna had doubts.

"Ha ha ha ha ha! Did everyone hear that?"

At that time, Jerome openly laughed.

"Mania comes from rye? Lady, My Lord, did you hear? How long do I have to listen to that nonsense?"

At this moment, there is no escort knight accompanying Kanna. So it was something that could be said.

"You need to pull her out now, Lady! You are inciting the villagers with empty words!"

It was then. 

"Don't say that!"

Someone from the village mustered up courage and shouted. 

"...Thanks to the food shared by the Duchess, I ate precious trout for the first time in my life! She is a good person!"

"Yeah, that's right! Thanks to that, I got rid of the awful rye, but you're being harsh!"

"Don't treat her like that!" 

Jerome opened his mouth as shouts erupted one after another. It was a reaction he never expected, even in his dreams.

'What's this?'

Rachel also looked down at the podium blankly.

"She is a good guy!" 

"Is it so! Let's hear more from her!"

Many people took Kanna's side with trembling voices but very firm eyes. Villagers. The people she protected!

'Nonsense.'

Rachel's fingertips trembled. Are they protecting Kanna over herself, the saintess of this village? 

Are they listening to Kanna's argument? 

'How much have I contributed to this village so far!'

A feeling of betrayal clawed at Rachel's heart. Hot anger poured out over the opposite sex.

Yes, as expected, that woman is the Black Apostle. That's why he deceived people with that dirty tongue.

Haven't they tried it themself? She spread evil by tempting those ignorant residents with food!

Rachel glared at Kanna.

She was a sinister woman from the beginning, no, she was full of demonic energy from the beginning. 

At this moment, it felt like her neck was being strangled by the energy Rachel could feel from her.

"Lord Jerome, capture Duchess Valentino!"

As if by God's help, her escort was not here right now. At this moment, there is no one to protect her.

This moment was the only opport unity to purify the devil!

"The Black Apostle is Duchess Valentino!"

It was a command that struck like a thunderbolt. That voice reached Kanna and the village people. And...

"What?"

An unfamiliar voice was heard at that moment.

Rachel turned her head. And then her eyes met.

"What do you mean?"

It was a man with bright red hair.

The moment I met his green eyes, Orsini came to mind, but no.

He was a man with even more delicate lines than that.

'No way, that person...'

The man, Kalen Addis, glared at her.

"I asked what you were saying just now."

***

Kanna received the Emperor's orders and departed for Palen Island.

Kalen rushed out as soon as he heard the news. His next destination anyway.

Didn't the Black Fog appear and Orsini go missing? This was the place he would go after finishing work in Venice.

However, after resting for at least a day.

But Kalen didn't even get off his horse and set foot inside the house. He just couldn't do that.

'I can't believe you're on that dangerous island.'

The fragile Kanna was thrown onto such a dangerous island. It's not just because of the Black Fog...

What kind of island is Palen Island?

It is closed and even hostile to the people of the Empire. Kallen knew very well that barbaric things happen in places like that.

Kanna is in such a dangerous place.

'I'm going crazy.'

Kalen couldn't sleep the entire boat ride to the island. He was anxious and couldn't sleep.

'What if something happens to my sister?'

His sister has only him, and he has to protect her.

But now he is not with Kanna.

He can't protect her no matter what happens.

What if she gets hit by someone like before?

What if she gets cut by a sword? If she gets pushed into a pond...?

Just thinking about it made Kalen's fingertips tremble. But all Kalen could do was urge the captain on.

"Can't we go faster?"

Slam!

Rough waves pounded the ship. Then the ship tilted and the wooden boxes slid and crashed into the railing.

"Ugh!"

"Everyone be careful! Hold on to the rope!"

The sailors screamed, but Kalen stubbornly insisted.

"It just so happens that the wind is helping. Try speeding up." 

"Kalen! It's a day when you shouldn't even launch a boat! Isn't it raining heavily?"

"Heavy rain? It's a tough situation. This level is called drizzle."

Kalen ignored the captain's cries.

"Turn over! The boat turned over!"

"Hurry up and drop anchor!"

"Pull the rope!" 

While the sailors were busy coming and going on the deck, Kalen stood on the bow and looked into the distance.

'Sister Kanna, are you okay?'

A huge chaos and crisis was unfolding behind him, but his eyes were extremely vague.

It was a good thing she had an escort. Claude Azel was a knight recognized by Kalen and was one of the top five talents in the Knights of Addis, considered the best in the Western Continent.

If Claude had not accompanied her, Kalen would have been swimming in the sea by now.

'Claude Azel, I will only trust you.'

***

By the time he arrived at the island, the heavy rain had stopped and the rain clouds had disappeared. And then Kalen ran into Orsini.

“Brother Orsini?”

Did he really know he was coming?

He was sitting casually on a wooden box piled up in the harbor. It was a very natural appearance for someone who had gone missing.

"Are you here?"

"Yes. Are you okay?" 

"As you can see. You didn't bring the knights, right?"

"Yes. I came alone, as you asked."

Kalen had many things he wanted to ask.

Why were they told not to join the knights, what happened to the bodies of the annihilated knights, and what was the Black Fog like?

However...

"What about my sister?"

"..."

Orsini's eyes became strange at the question that came out right away.

"Where is my sister?"

"Plaza. She was summoned to a purification ceremony."

"... A purification ritual?"

A purification ritual.

There is an ominous feeling in that word. Orsini laughed at Kalen's anxiety.

"Okay. They said they would hang her upside down on a tree and burn her at the stake."

"..."

As soon as Kalen heard those words, he ran frantically.

And the moment he reached the square, I witnessed an insane situation that dared to point out Kanna as the Black Apostle.

"I asked what he was talking about." 

Kalen jumped off the horse and walked away with a stride.

His gaze was focused on the woman on the podium, Rachel.

Jerome hurriedly blocked his path.

"Stand back. This is the Lady of Baron Dale. She is Lord Palen's daughter."

"Lady Baron?"

One corner of Kalen's mouth twisted crookedly. 

"The daughter of a baron, how dare you accuse Valentino's mistress of being a black apostle?"

"But!"

 "Sir Jerome, step back."

Then Rachel spoke calmly. She stepped in front of Jerome and faced Kalen. 

"Sir Kalen Addis. It is an honor to meet you like this."

"You will have to explain this very well, My Lady."

Otherwise, Kalen warned, there would be a lot to lose.

"Lord Kalen, I am sure you know what is happening on this island. Every year, the madness spread by the Black Apostle spread, and each time I did this purification ritual..."

"So."

Kalen cut Rachel off mercilessly. There was nothing more to hear.

He couldn't listen.

"So, she is the Black Apostle?"

"That's right."

"If you cannot prove it, you will have to give up your head."

Jerome gave the answer.

"Our lady is a noble Saintess who purifies this island."

Kalen glared at Jerome. Jerome steadfastly defended Rachel.

"If Duchess Valentino is proven to be the Black Apostle, Sir Kalen will have to apologize for his rudeness in insulting the Saintess...!"

At that time, Kalen lifted the entire sword sheath and struck Jerome in the solar plexus.

"...!"

Jerome couldn't even scream and fell backward. He fainted.

Rachel rushed to catch him.

"Lord Kallen! What are you doing?"

"How dare you stand in front of a descendant of a paladin?" 

Kalen looked down on them more arrogantly than ever.

"We punished the wanton person who abused the Saintess's name."

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