SPMB - Chapter 109

SPMB - Chapter 109

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

While walking down the hallway, Alessandro encountered priests.

"Your Excellency the Duke of Addis. Long time no see. May God bless you."

One priest was very polite though.

"I didn't know you were really here, His Excellency the Duke of Addis."

Another priest said sarcastically. Then a fellow priest grabbed his arm as if to stop him, but he did not stop. 

"You've been staying away from the Great Hall, haven't you? So of course I thought I wouldn't be able to see you this time either."

"Priest Kryon, please take care of yourself."

However, Alessandro passed by them without even giving them a glance.

No, he tried to pass by.

"Ah, maybe it's because of your lovely daughter. Was she the Duchess Kanna Valentino? I must take this opportunity to come and say hello."

Priest Kryon smiled at Alessandro, who was standing tall next to him.

"She must be such a lovely daughter that His Excellency the Duke of Addis made you work with the Grand Temple, so I'm sure..."

The end of his words became blurred. Alessandro suddenly placed his hand on his shoulder.

Just as he was about to be taken aback by the sudden contact.

"...."

Alessandro pressed his body against him

Bang! 

Priest Kryon's body collided with the wall. Cracks like spiderwebs spread across the wall, and the priest's shoulders twisted in a very strange way. 

"Duke of Addis! What are you doing?" 

Priest Ale shouted as he held on to the body of Priest Kryon, who had fainted.

"How can you use violence against a priest who serves God! This is blasphemy! Do you think the Great Hall will tolerate this?"

"Desecration?"

Alessandro recited the words along with his heart.

"I look forward to seeing what kind of heavenly punishment God will inflict."

"..."

While Priest Ale was at a loss for words, Alessandro just passed by. The priest shook his fist and glared at Alessandro as if he were going to kill him.

Assaulting a priest is blasphemy. Even though burning at the stake was the appropriate punishment, Alessandro had no qualms.

"That arrogant..."

However, in the end, he chose to click his tongue and criticize his colleague.

Unless the Great Temple intends to start an all-out war with the head of Addis, at best it will end with a fine.

"Priest Kryon, why did you provoke the Duke?"

Of course, it wasn't that he didn't understand the spirit of winning. Because Alessandro Addis was like an enemy of the Great Temple.

Although only a few high-ranking priests, including Ale and Kryon, know this, Alessandro Addis and the Great Temple have been at odds for a very long time.

The reason was Kanna - Alessandro's eldest daughter.

When Kanna was born, the Great Temple asked for her. There was a rumor that she was the daughter born in collusion with the Black Apostle, so he set out to personally verify it.

However, Alessandro refused, and the Great Temple did not give up and sent dozens of executioners.

They were priests trained for combat. Regardless of social status, even if they were nobles, they were also the only group capable of summary punishment in the name of God."

however.

'All the bailiffs are missing.'

Everyone disappeared, without exception. And their heads were delivered to the main shrine.

Everyone knew who did it. But no one could say it out loud. The murderer left no evidence whatsoever, which is scary.

It was just heartache. After losing dozens of executioners, the Great Temple no longer requested Kanna.

To be more precise, they couldn't ask for it.

'But why would you touch a crazy person like that?'

He guessed they didn't know that the noble Duke would openly swing his fist like a scoundrel.

Priest Ale clicked his tongue and helped Priest Kryon up.

***

"What?"

Kalen glared at the servant who had just entered his room.

"What did you say just now?"

"Lady Baroness Rachel Dale...Committed suicide"

Kalen frowned at the shocking news. But that wasn't what he asked.

"Not that."

"Ah yes. And Sir Jerome, the Lady's bodyguard, escaped from prison."

"And the high priest is gone?"

"Yes."

"... Go out."

When the servant left, Kalen leaned back deeply in his chair and looked up at the ceiling.

Suicide, prison escape, disappearance.

These three things happened at once? 

Kalen was a person who did not believe in coincidences.

'Who did the trick?'

High Priest Carleon is free and has the option to leave at any time. So he comes second.

Jerome, the knight was in prison. Kalen remembered his face. Although it was a faint impression, he was able to recall it clearly thanks to his memory he does not easily forget what he saw once.

'He was a bad guy.'

After the purification ceremony, Kalen was able to hear more detailed information from Claude. Jerome was so rude to Kanna that Kalen's anger rose after hearing it. So he scolded Claude, asking why he didn't cut him down sooner.

Shouldn't he have at least cut off his tongue? Claude somehow looked very aggrieved.

'That arrogant guy is gone.' 

A knight who dared to insult his sister and deserved to die.

Kalen thought of Kanna. How difficult has it been so far?

When Kalen thought about the hardships she must have gone through, his heart sank heavily.

Come to think of it... 

Come to think of it, his father called her sister. What did he talk about? 

There is no way his father would have said good things to his sister.

'I wonder if you'll be okay.'

As soon as Kalen thought of it, his body moved. Kalen jumped up from his chair and walked towards Kanna's room.

"Sister, this is Kalen." 

Knock.

He knocked on the door.

“Sister Kanna.”

But there was no answer. Why is there no answer when she's in the room? Kallen could clearly feel Kanna's popularity beyond the door. 

"Sister, aren't you there?" 

Still no answer. Maybe she doesn't want to see him.

"..."

He can not help it.

Kalen turned and walked away. Since his sister doesn't want to meet him, he has no choice but to come visit her next time.

However, after taking a few steps, his body turned of its own accord.

He walked back the way he came. Kalen grabbed the doorknob.

"Sister, excuse me. I'm going in."

After speaking briefly at the door, Kalen counted 5 seconds. It was to give his sister time to prepare her mind. And when Kalen opened the door, as expected.

Kanna was sitting blankly on the bed.

"Sister?"

However, the complexion is unusual. 

"Sister, are you okay?"

Kalen knelt down on one knee in front of her. He looked up worriedly.

Only then did Kanna's eyes roll in a glance. The moment their eyes met, Kalen was taken aback. Kanna's eyes were stained with annoyance and disgust.

Just like before - before they reconciled.

"It's Kalen."

But when she blinked her eyelids, Kanna was smiling. As always, she had an ecstatically pretty smile.

"What's going on, Kalen?"

"... I came here because I was worried." 

Kalen barely opened his lips.

"Even though there was no answer, I came in despite being rude. Please forgive me." 

Alright. Really? Did you knock? I didn't know."

"... You didn't know?" 

No way. Kalen knocked so many times and called her name. How could she not know?

'Why are you lying?'

The moment when a strong doubt raised its head within him. At that time, Kanna's fingertip suddenly approached. At that approach, everything in Kalen stopped.

Breathing and thinking. He held his breath quietly. White fingers came down like butterflies on his hair.

"I guess I was deep in thought and didn't hear. It happens often."

From top to bottom, again from top to bottom.

Kalen felt a sense of helplessness melting somewhere in the back of his mind as the delicate temperature caressed his hair. It was a very sweet feeling of defeat.

"Okay."

"Huh. You were worried about me. Kalen, you're so kind."

"Yes, I am good."

Kalen chattered carelessly. He didn't really know what he was answering.

"But what brought you here?"

Kanna quickly withdrew her hand. Kalen said, staring at her hand with his wistful eyes.

"Father called you earlier, right? I came here because I was worried."

"Oh, about that?"

Kanna laughed indifferently. 

"It wasn't a big deal."

Kanna smiled, but inside she felt sour.

 'He almost found out my true intentions.'

Kanna was thinking hard about the Korean language her father left behind, but this guy interrupted her.

So, without realizing it, she looked at Kalen with annoyed eyes. Kalen must have felt that hostility, too. 

'Poor Kallen, look how you forgot all about patting your head.'

She feels sad. Kanna shook off her shallow sympathy and changed the topic.

"But what are you planning to do with Miss Rachel?"

"Ah. That woman."

Kalen spoke even more calmly.

"She committed suicide."

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