SPMB - Chapter 113

SPMB - Chapter 113

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

There was no next chance. After that day, Kanna couldn't see a single hair of Raphael.

She deliberately went to the room to try, but it was empty. When she asked the captain, she only heard the shocking news that the room had been changed.

'Does this mean you don't want to meet me?'

Kanna wanted to ask which room Raphael had switched to, but she held back because if she did that, Kanna would be no different from a stalker.

'Isn't this being avoided too blatantly?'

It was clear that the trauma of being bullied by Joo-hwa still remained. It was on the last day that Kanna met him when it was time to get off the ship.

It was easy to spot him because he was the tallest man among the crowd of people getting off the boat.

"Raphael, how have you been? Long time no see.”

He bowed without saying a word.

"I wanted to say thank you for helping me back then, but I haven't had the chance."

"You don't have to do that."

It was a sharp answer, as if drawing a line.

"I just did what I had to do."

"I'd like to treat my lifesaver to a meal, but if I get the chance later..."

"No. It's okay."

"...Then, please return home safely."

Will it end like this?

When Raphael passed by again after politely bowing, Kanna could no longer catch him.

It's a little disappointing...

"Don't get too close."

At that time, Claude suddenly intervened. He stared at Raphael's receding back with suspicious eyes.

"There is nothing good about being close. There is no need to eat together. I would be grateful if you would give me the honor of being humbled." 

What? Kanna looked at him with disdain.

In front of Raphael, he trembled and made all sorts of excuses, such as thanking him so much and saying he would treat him like an older brother.

"This dual personality. A different man in the front and a different man in the back."

"I will take it as a compliment that I have various charms. Now, please go back quickly."

Kanna chuckled at his words, then looked in the direction Raphael had left. 

He had already disappeared.

***

In the end, Kanna couldn't say thank you properly.

But the moment she entered the house, she put everything aside. There are a lot of things to do. There was no time to worry about anything else.

Kanna called the maid Ariel

"How's work? Is everything going well?"

"Yes. I think I'll be able to tell you some good news soon."

Kanna nodded in satisfaction. Plan B was to find an information guild for asylum.

"Okay, I guess I'll have to do something different this time." 

There is no time to delay. She had to finish everything before his father came.

"... What is this?" 

"It's a ring."

Kanna placed a ring on the table. This was one of the many gifts Kallen bought. Seeing the greed in Ariel's eyes, she gave a direct command.

"Get the keys."

"Which key are you talking about?"

Ariel answered politely as if she had already finished calculating.

"The room my father told me not to let anyone in." 

However, Ariel's face became clouded at those words.

"But the Duke has the key." 

"I know. Search my father's bedroom, his office, everything. It must be somewhere."

"Duchess, if this is discovered... I will be kicked out."

"Even if you don't listen to me, you will be kicked out."

Kanna threatened softly.

"You remember my gold button you stole a while ago, right?"

"..."

"Don't think too negatively. You might not be found out, right? If you succeed, you can have this ring without being kicked out."

Kanna wiped the smile off her face.

"So, get the key."

***

Two evenings later, Kanna got the key.

'I can't believe I'm going to get it this easily.'

When Kanna handed over the ring as a reward for her trouble, joy spread in Ariel's eyes.

"I will continue to be loyal. Just ask me to do anything, Duchess." 

Ariel is ready to sell herself for money. It was truly a desirable attitude.

'As expected, she is the kind of talent I found.'

Kanna arrived in front of the secret room early that morning, avoiding the eyes of the employees. But at the door, she hesitated. Is this a good thing to do?

'It's a room that my father doesn't allow anyone to enter.'

If she gets caught, she will be severely punished.

But it's worth risking everything and trying.

'Okay.... There's definitely something about my father.'

"Lie."

He said so.

Clearly, in Korean. 

Numerous hypotheses passed through Kanna's mind.

Has her father, like herself, had the experience of possessing a Korean body? 

Or, has he ever met a Korean who was possessed here like a Joo-hwa?

Otherwise... Whatever it is.

'I need to know what the secret is.'

Kanna took a deep breath and inserted the key.

The visit was held.

***

'It's just an ordinary bedroom?' 

Dark room. 

Kanna walked slowly, relying on the lantern she held in her hand. It was like his own room that day.

When Kanna returned to Addis Mansion for the first time since her marriage, she went to the room she hadn't been to in a very long time. 

A bedroom where time seemed to have stopped.

Just like then, this room was also full of traces of someone. Big bed. A nightgown was hung half-heartedly. There are long-dried flowers in a vase next to the bed, and a lace handkerchief embroidered with roses.

'Is this where the woman stayed?'

Woman. The moment she thought of that word, a strange premonition crept up on her.

'Does my father keep the woman's room?"

If the other person wasn't her father, she could have mistakenly thought that he couldn't forget her and was trying to keep her.

'But my father can't do that.'

Kanna walked through the rooms one by one. Then she stopped in front of the bookshelf.

"..."

Kanna couldn't believe her eyes. There were envelopes piled up on the bookshelf. It was an envelope written in Korean.

"What on earth is this?"

Perhaps because she was surprised, Kanna muttered out loud without realizing it. She lifted one up and examined it.

<To Alex.>

Uh?

Alex?

Who is Alex?

'No way.'

It couldn't be Alessandro's nickname. There's no way my father has a nickname. But this sounds like her father's nickname!

Kanna's fingertips twitched. Her pupils are shaking. Cute, round female handwriting.

<To Alex.>

Woman, father, Alex, nickname, this.

'No way, no way, no way.' 

Her snoring became rough.

Kanna hurriedly took out the letter and opened it. She then let out her agonized breath. Perhaps due to the ravages of time, most of the letters had blurred and were difficult to see.

But what is clear is that it is Korean.

<From Seon-hee.>

Kanna finally found a recognizable sentence.

Seon-hee.

And.

Seon Hee-rae.

This is truly proof that cannot be taken away.

Maybe, just maybe, this is a love letter!

'But Seon-hee.'

Kanna bit her lip as an ominous feeling suddenly dawned on her. 

Seon-hee, Seon-hee. It was a very familiar name to Kanna. The name of someone she knows, that person...

"..."

For a moment, her thoughts stopped. Her breathing also stopped.

Kanna inadvertently glanced at the wall and froze. From head to toe, she stopped at that moment. Kanna unconsciously put the letter in her pocket and held on to the lantern. She then leaned closer to the wall.

The light flickered, revealing a portrait buried in the darkness.

"...!"

Kanna almost dropped the lantern. Kanna's eyes opened wide.

The subject of the bust in the portrait, with her shoulders exposed, was a very beautiful woman.

Long flowing jet black hair. Black eyes. Smiling lips. Among other things, a small teardrop spot under the right eye.

So, this is a portrait of herself...

'Me?'

No, not herself.

Kanna shook her head and opened her eyes. She stared at the portrait.

Not herself.

The eyebrows of the person in the portrait were darker than hers, and the expression was strangely sharper as well.

However, it cannot be denied that they are strikingly, momentarily mistaken, similar.

'And the date is before I was born.'

The year written at the bottom of the picture was before Kanna was born.

'How can there be people so similar?'

At that moment, realization flashed like lightning. It was as if a tsunami had hit her head and all her thoughts were swept away.

The instinct left alone spoke.

"This is her."

This person is her mother. So they resemble.

“Kanna.”

At that time, a low voice rang from behind me.

That quiet voice whipped Kanna's back like a whip. A shock bordering on pain swept through her from head to toe.

This voice.

“Kanna.”

Then, the name is heard again. The blood in her entire body went cold.

Slowly, the sound of footsteps gets closer. The long shadow quickly got closer and engulfed her body.

“Kanna Addis.”

She slowly turned around, clenching her fists so tightly that the backs of her hands turned white. Although she would rather the world stop than face him.

"... Father."

A hoarse voice came out.

Alessandro Addis, shrouded in darkness, was looking down at her. 

"What are you doing here?"

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