SPMB - Chapter 135

SPMB - Chapter 135

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

Celia fired quickly.

"Seon-hee. That girl poisoned Alessandro's older brother."

Why?

It was a shock, but in fact, the thought 'I knew that would happen' came to mind.

Maybe, just maybe, it was her mom who did it, because she got that feeling from the carriage.

"So?"

"Yes?"

"So?"

"Well, that's why... ?"

Celia burst out laughing, as if she couldn't believe Kanna's calm response.

"I wonder if you will remain calm after hearing this. That's not all. Seon-hee also did something very terrible to Alessandro. Do you know why Alessandro never ages?"

Celia's eyes filled with moisture.

"Seon-hee is like that. That girl made Alessandro look exactly like a God."

"Holy spirit?"

"Is it so. It is said that, like a spirit, he was made to never grow old or die. That terrible girl cursed him with eternal life...."

Suddenly, the face of the spirit and her father passed by.

A young and beautiful face, as if youth had been stuffed away forever.

Kanna thought aging had simply stopped by reaching transcendent inaction. Because everyone thought that way.

"There's no way Mom has that ability."

"No, there is."

Celia roughly wiped away her tears.

"When Seon-hee left the spirit and escaped from the main temple, she stole an ancient alchemy book. And she hid it in the basement laboratory of Addis Mansion."

Basement lab?

Kanna think Celia is talking about the lab she use, but is there an ancient alchemy book hidden there?

"Find it, Lady Duke."

Celia finally got over her emotions and spoke calmly.

"And master ancient alchemy and escape from the Addis family. You can do it. With that power, you will be able to escape from Alessandro."

"..."

"I requested a meeting because I wanted to say this."

The more Kanna listened, the more unc omfortable she became.

No, it wasn't unpleasant. This was anxiety. It felt like the world she knew, the ground she was firmly standing on, was collapsing once again.

"How do you know that?"

"I know. That girl pretended to be my friend and she took advantage of me." 

"Right. so?"

"Yes?"

"Let's say my mother was a rare evil woman, as you said. But that's not what I did."

Kanna spoke with an unwavering voice.

"I didn't do anything wrong to my father. But why should I be treated like a sinner?" 

"....How can you be so shameless?"

Celia glared at her in disbelief.

"Aren't you embarrassed? Isn't it a shame to be born from such a bad bitch?"

Her words poured out like arrow. However, Kanna did not receive a single hit.

She was used to being criticized because of her birth.

Because she was an illegitimate child, she was born with black hair and black eyes, so he was treated like dirt for a very long time. All that was added was a new accusation that her mother was an evil woman.

However, Celia's mouth was distorted by that calm weakness.

"Yeah, of course it's not your fault. But do you know what Alessandro endured because of you? Does you know how broken he is? He... ... !" 

It was then.

Knock knock. 

A knock on the wall rang out from behind. Celia's eyes moved behind Kanna, and at that moment, she froze like a tree struck by lightning.

"Well, Your Excellency the Duke..."

What?

Kanna turned around. At the same time she met his cold eyes.

The eyes of Alessandro Addis.

"W-what are you doing here?"

Celia muttered. When did he come in? She didn't even notice.

Alessandro looked at Kanna and Celia alternately. And he spoke quietly.

"Imitating a detective doesn't stop there."

Kanna felt prickly for a moment, but spoke without showing it.

"No. I will decide how far I will go."

And then he spoke sharply.

"Please go back. I have more to say with the Duke's mistress."

Alessandro narrowed his eyebrows as if he was taken aback.

"I don't have a mistress."

"Then what is Miss Celia? From what I heard, she regularly holds secret meetings with His Excellency."

"My alchemist."

"Is there any reason to meet with the alchemist often?"

"Okay. Because she makes my medicine."

"Approximately? What kind of medicine does someone as strong as your Excellency need?"

Kanna kept asking as if she was deliberately provoking him, but Alessandro just answered sincerely.

"Unfortunately so."

And he stared at Celia, who was shaking.

"Celia, you have done something I did not want to do."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"I would have warned you not to even think about meeting my daughter."

"I am here for you...."

"You?"

Alessandro asked back as if he was genuinely curious.

"What right do you have?"

"She is the Duke's daughter.... I thought it would be harmful to be a round His Excellency."

"It's none of your business where my daughter is."

His bass was so calming that it made hi. feel peaceful. However, Celia trembled in fear as if she had been hit by a mace.

"Let's go."

Alessandro winked. When Kanna had no intention of following him, he sighed. 

"Celia won't say anything more. Right, Celia?"

".... Yes, Your Excellency."

At this point, Kanna couldn't hold on any longer and followed him out.

***

Argon and his carriage were nowhere to be seen.

"Are you looking for the Prince?"

"Yes."

"I took care of him and sent him to you."

Tell me, how.... ?

"You're great, using Prince Argon."

Kanna was speechless.

He was spying on him and kidnapping his government, no, the alchemist, and all he said was, 'You're great.'

'Besides, he called me his daughter.'

His daughter.

Those words suddenly stuck in Kanna's ears. He had never once referred to her like that.

Kanna remained silent for a while after getting into his carriage. It was only after a while that she opened her mouth.

"Really? Really, my mother told my father...."

Did she make it so that he could live forever, never grow old, survive alone even when everyone around him crumbles over time?

Just thinking about it was so cruel that Kanna couldn't bring herself to say it out loud.

"It has nothing to do with you. It was a story you didn't need to know."

"But I figured it out. Tell me please."

Alessandro sighed.

He blamed himself for underestimating Kanna. He never thought Kannq would use Argon.

He had no idea Kanna could push himself into a corner like this.

"Okay. That woman stopped time for me."

"Why on earth did you do that?"

"Because she hated me. I hated her too."

Kanna couldn't bear it and asked.

"Why did you hate her? Meeting with your brother while pregnant with another man's child?"

"No."

"Then why?"

"She used my brother like a tool."

"..."

"Maybe it was because I was young at the time, but I got angry even though it wasn't my job. And I did not hide my anger."

"So... You did that just because you disliked each other?"

"She always took revenge on enemies who harmed her. I was just one of them."

Okay. Her mother is that kind of person.

Because Kanna is like that too.

What a terrifying mother and daughter, Kanna thought.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what to say."

"It's none of your business."

"I don't think so."

"What?"

"I'm sorry my mother ruined your life. My mother committed a crime, so please punish me instead."

Alessandro's eyes became harsh. Kanna continued speaking.

"Isn't this what you want atonement for?"

"..."

"So, you have made sure that I live an unhappy life. Didn't you make me pay for my mother's sins?" 

She was raised not as Kanna Addis but as the daughter of a sinner and an object of punishment. What the spirit said was right.

She was raised as an object of hatred.

"That's why you raised me."

"..."

"To take out your anger on me, the daughter of Seon-hee, the woman who cursed you."

Kanna stared at him with glass-like eyes.

"So you want me to be unhappy? Because to you, I am a person who does not deserve to be happy." 

There is no answer. It was a familiar silence.

Kanna thought it was positive. That was all there was to it. There was only one answer anyway.

Either he loves her or he hates her.

There is no way he can raise her without one of the two. She is the daughter of the woman who killed hie brother and cursed his life.

It can't be love.

Of course it's hate.

Suddenly, the past time passed by.

A childhood marred by all kinds of abuse. A day full of enemies, with no one on Kanna's side, hellish times where it was painful to breathe day by day.

Kanna now realizes why she fell into hell.

To Alessandro, she was a sinner from the beginning. So it was right for her to cry out as she burned in the fire of hell.

"Then you succeeded."

Kanna smiled.

"At that time, I really wanted to die."

For a moment, Alessandro's eyes wavered. Kanna asked, looking into those eyes.

"How are you? Are you happy?" 

Previously, Kanna wouldn't have been able to act this rudely, but now she wasn't afraid of him.

At that moment, Kanna realized why she had been afraid of him all along.

Perhaps, her true feelings were hidden deep in her heart and ignored. Maybe she was hoping for his approval.

Maybe she just wanted his attention.

Even though Kanna was ignored hundreds and thousands of times, she still longed for it deeply, because she secretly peeked at his back when she  was a little girl, because she wanted people to look back at her...

Perhaps. Someday. At least once.

Like a lifeless body.

"That's sad. If I had been a slightly more skilled alchemist, I would have succeeded in making it disappear completely."

If that were the case, wouldn't he have at least once considered herself a human being and not the daughter of a sinner?

'I really wish I had died then.'

A hollow laugh came out.

"If it was successful, it would have been a consolation for your misfortune, right?"

Alessandro tried to say something, but was unable to say it and closed his lips again. As he clenched his fists, veins appeared on the backs of his hands.

He seemed strangely and uncharacteristically embarrassed.

Alessandro, who had been silent f or a long time, slowly opened his lips.

"Are you sure you were trying to kill me?"

Is it an illusion? His voice seemed to tremble slightly.

Of course it would be an illusion. Because he is a person who will not even blink an eye even if she dies.

Kanna just laughed.

"You poor man."

Her mother ruined his life.

Kanna truly felt sorry for him.

"I admit that your life is sad. And I admit that what my mother did to you was vicious."

"Answer me. Did you try to die?"

"But I will not pity your misfortune. Because you did not sympathize with my misfortune."

"Kanna, answer me."

"And I won't answer any question I don't want to ask. Because you do too."

Alessandro fell silent.

"Your Excellency the Duke of Addis, we were never really family."

Kanna smiled softly at the zookeeper who had raised her.

"I am truly sorry for calling you father all this time. You don't deserve that."

"..."

"Please don't call me your daughter again. I don't deserve it either."

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