SPMB - Chapter 123

SPMB - Chapter 123

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

The day before the wedding annulment ceremony.

Late in the morning, after finishing his conversation with Kanna, SyIvien returned to his room. Instead of falling asleep right away, he sat on the sofa and got lost in thought.

A foreign substance entered his mind, which was always quiet. It causes small ripples.

He found the waves annoying. What is this? 

This is something that sharply scratches his insides and weighs down his heart.

Well. Maybe, guilt? 

Sylvien purses his lips and a low laugh comes out.

Feeling guilty? It was ridiculous.

He knew that he was not a good person to have such feelings. Rather, there were more times when it was vicious.

He knows it well...

But why is he so dizzy?

Sylvien sighed and leaned his head on the sofa. Dark blue eyes look up at the ceiling without meaning.

At that moment, letters appeared before his eyes. After their marriage, dense reports detailed the numerous hardships Kanna suffered at Valentino.

Suddenly, what Kanna said came to mind.

"Was it a rope for salvation?"

"Of course. Because I was in hell And with just one wave of your hand, I could have gotten out of hell."

Yes, he did.

He had the power to lead Kanna to the light at any time. With a single word, he could free her from her pain, as if he had sent Josephine away to a distant barbaric land. 

But he didn't do that. I just left her to suffer in the hellfire.

Because I had no interest. It wasn't just Kanna. He was inherently uninterested in others. Kanna was just one of those many.

Moreover, she was a woman who annoyed him to a surprising extent. How many times has he been late in defeating monsters because she clings to him like a leech? 

There were many times he failed to save lives that he could have saved.

An annoying woman, je didn't want to get involved in her misfortune.

Anyway, everyone in this world lives with their own misfortune. Whether you overcome it or get crushed is up to you. 

He lived like that himself.

Eleven years old. When he inherited the title of Duke as a young boy numerous adults were preying on his status, property, and life.

Who gave him a helping hand? 

There was no one. And he had no particular regrets about that fact. It was only natural for him to bear the hardships alone.

So he's not interested. It doesn't bother him. No, it bothers him.

He's not curious. No, he's curious.

Kanna was as nothing as dust, and yet it burned his vision like a flame. It's such a discordant feeling.

The conflict of colors that seemed to be directed at the two people was completely incomprehensible to his own common sense.

Sylvien closed his eyes. But in the end, he had no choice but to admit it.

Uncharacteristically, he gets anxious when he thinks about what Kanna went through. And he wants to know what kind of person she is.

Even though it was a momentary whim, the desire was very clear.

"I think we should stop the divorce."

"And yet you are a noble who knows honor?"

Suddenly, Kanna's strong voice saying that she would hate him came to mind.

At that moment, Sylvien felt completely swept away and couldn't come to his senses, but looking back now, it is as funny.

Hatred. Whatever it is.

It was not the slightest threat to SyIvien, who had received numerous threats and even threats that went beyond threats from his political opponents.

There is something he wants to gain.

Does he have something to lose in the process of gaining?

Does not exist. No matter how many times we think about it, it doesn't matter.

'Okay, so no divorce."

Therefore, on the day of the wedding annulment ceremony, he leisurely waited for Kanna.

Finally, the door opened and she walked in, accompanied by a flood of light.

Sylvien held out her hand. Kanna overlaps her fingers. The body temperature reaching through her silk gloves wasn't bad either. On the contrary, it felt very soft.

Is that why?

It occurred to him that seven years ago when he married Kanna, he wouldn't have been so bad if they had had a proper wedding.

"Duchess Kanna Valentino, do you wish to annul your marriage to Your Excellency, Duke Sylvienne Valentino, whom you have welcomed as your lifelong consort?"

"Yes."

However, Sylvien's mood immediately plummeted at her answer.

Does she really want to divorce that much?

This time, real discomfort arose. Contrary to his wishes, her own answer was determined. No. He will not break the marriage.

That was enough.

He can achieve his goals and have what he wants. However...

"Do you want to annul your marriage to Duchess Kanna Valentino, who has been your lifelong wife?"

The moment he was about to answer, Kanna's voice passed by.

"I will hate you to death."

That threat was funny. Those eyes burned like fire.

"No, I will hate you even after I die."

His mouth won't drop. What kind of threat is that? 

Nothing, really nothing.

"Your Excellency Duke Valentino?"

The priest urges an answer. Sylvien looked down at Kanna as if searching for an answer.

The moment he meets obsidian-like eyes. At that moment, Sylvien realized. Her threats were surprisingly menacing.

He couldn't believe that fact. It was beyond absurd.

What a feeling of rejection. Kanna's hatred, him wonder what it is that she dislikes so much that makes him hesitate so much.

"Yes."

But in the end, he had no choice but to answer like this.

"I will destroy it."

The moment he finishes speaking, a deep sense of helplessness comes over him. 

Sylvien admitted his defeat. He didn't want Kanna's hatred.

***

Married life for 7 years and 6 months.

Kanna divorced Sylvien.

***

"Do you like it?"

Kanna turned around. Sylvienne, still wearing his tuxedo, was leaning against the door. 

"You have a very bright face."

The wedding annulment ceremony ended a little while ago, and the divorce was finally approved by the main shrine.

The end.

It's really over.

"Of course it's good."

Kanna smiled. Finally, she got divorced. Maybe that's why she was able to smile brightly at Sylvien for now.

Sylvien let out a low laugh. He walks into the room without permission.

"Is there anything left to say? I was about to take off my dress."

It meant to stay out and not come in, but the other person easily ignored it.

"There is no need to hurry."

"Yes?"

"You look dazzlingly beautiful right now."

Sylvien laughed sarcastically.

"If I had known you would get along so well, I shouldn't have skipped the wedding."

"..."

What is this again? 

Kanna glared at him with wary eyes.

"Why on earth have you been like this since yesterday? Did I eat something wrong?"

"Ah, well, that might be the case."

"..."

Kanna frowned.

It was still awkward for him to act as if he had taken off one layer of his mask. Until now, he was just a beautiful, stone-like man who couldn't seem to be sincere.

He looks a little human now. 

'Why are you offended?' 

Kanna made her own guess. Maybe he didn't want a divorce.

'Do you hate being labeled a divorced man?'

It is only natural that this world considers divorce to be an enormous dishonor.

"So you shouldn't have paid more attention to your marriage?" 

Sylvien's smile deepened at those words.

"I'm sorry. I was wrong."

Kanna was momentarily dazed. Did that person apologize now?

"If I had said this last night." 

He paused for a moment. 

"Have you reconsidered divorce?"

"No."

Kanna answered clearly.

"Not at all." 

For an instant, the air became cold. The corners of his mouth tilted up.

"Why?"

"Yes?" 

"Why?"

"..."

Kanna was speechless.

Why?

"That's right... You... Because you don't love me?"

There are numerous reasons, but that was actually the biggest reason.

After answering, Kanna was convinced. She said once again.

"Because I don't love you." 

At that moment, Sylvien exhaled briefly as if he had been hit by an arrow.

"The love you talk about is so light."

There was an edge to his voice. As if he were hurt, or as if he wanted to hurt.

"You said you loved me so much that you would die if you could be with me. I guess that wasn't necessarily the case."

Yes, she did.

Kanna looked back on Joo-hwa's love. A bitter laugh came out.

"I was dead back then."

For a moment, the smile on Sylvien's lips faded.

"The day you left me alone."

When Josephine hit her her calf became tattered. When Sylvien knew everything but just ignored it.

"The me you knew is dead."

What would have happened if Sylvien had helped her at that time?

If only he had come to her with medicine.

If only he had asked her if she was okay.

If only he had become a sanctuary she could lean on in this painful world.

Maybe things would have unfolded differently than now. 

But now it was a meaningless fantasy.

"Now we are strangers."

Kanna smiled faintly. She declared to the blue-eyed man staring at her.

"Goodbye, Sylvien."

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