SPMB - Chapter 139

SPMB - Chapter 139

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

The lab collapsed completely.

All the research I had done since childhood was destroyed.

The magic stone was also damaged to the point where it was difficult to find a good one. All of the alchemist tools were broken.

'Damn, you bastards.'

She wants to implement ancient alchemy right now, but the environment for that is not available.

Kanna strongly protested this.

"You and Orsini take responsibility for the restoration."

He went into Kalen's office and argued with him.

"Return everything, starting from the broken lab to the broken tools. And..."

Slam! 

Kanna roughly placed the papers down on his desk.

"This is the price you set for my research that you destroyed. I need you to compensate me in full."

Kalen looked down at the documents. Then she recited the amount she asked for.

"30 billion gold?"

"Okay. The research I created has that much value."

"30 billion gold is not a small amount."

"I know."

"What are you going to do with this money?"

Kanna frowned. Has Kallen ever asked this question before?

"Why are you going to such lengths to save money?"

He spoke slowly.

"Lucy's medical examination fees. and even perfume sales fees. You seem like a person obsessed with making money."

"You seem to have forgotten, but you said you would pay for the perfume sales."

"Didn't you try to get me to say that?"

As he spoke calmly Kanna was inwardly taken aback. Even though he noticed it, he just tolerated it? 

"Of course. I didn't know it at the time, but when I look back after some time, I realize that I always acted to benefit my sister. Like..."

He raises the corners of his mouth.

"Like a marionette doll,"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Kanna sighed with a bored expression.

"I just get paid for my labor. I have no intention of giving away my talents for free."

"That's not what I meant."

"Then what is it?"

Kalen stood up. And then he calmly walked over and stood in front of her.

"I'm just curious, my sister."

The ends of the words are scattered.

His gaze swept over Kanna's cheek and reached the corner of her eye. He spoke slowly. 

"What do you want to achieve with that money?"

The corners of his mouth slightly turned up.

"What's inside this little head?" 

For a moment, goosebumps ran up her heels. A strong sense of discomfort swept over her and she took a step back.

Then, Kalen smiled subtly, perhaps feeling disappointed at the distance. He spread his hands out as if to show that he had no intention. 

"I'm just curious. Please don't misunderstand."

What just happened?

For some reason, Kanna became very creepy. What can she say, just now...

"I'll give you a check."

Kalen spoke firmly as if interrupting her thoughts. And he went back to his desk. He took a white piece of paper from a drawer and signed it.

"You can write down the amount you want and use it."

Then he hands over the check. Kalen closed his eyes and smiled.

"Now, go ahead and take it."

Kanna wanted to hit him.

Instead of asking where the money is being spent, he gives her a check. Isn't this a very cunning tactic?

If she uses that, Kalen will hear exactly what she bought, where, and when she bought it.

'Is there no other choice but to buy and sell jewels?"

Then she has to order Raphael.

Kalen is making things complicated.

 Kanna swallowed her swear words and snatched the check.

"What else do you need?"

He asked very politely. The politeness was so unpleasant that Kanna couldn't hold back and snapped.

"Kalen. Don't you remember the conversation we had?"

"Conversation?"

"Okay. You and I have no relationship. I don't deserve to be called your sister. Because we are not related by a single drop of blood."

"..."

"Are you sure you don't believe it?"

Kalen's smile deepened. At that moment, it seemed like a strange heat flickered in his eyes.

"I believe it."

Don't believe it. He added quietly.

***

Kalen became strange.

In the past, he always came to her or asked her to be with him, but now he never approached her first.

Then, occasionally, when she looked back, she found Kallen watching him from a few steps away.

Do not avoid eye contact. She stared obsessively and just laughed.

That was strangely unsettling.

'Why did you change like that after being told we weren't family?'

She understands keeping a distance, but why observe people like prey?

Kanna got nervous but soon decided to ignore it.

'It's a card I threw away anyway. Let's not worry anymore.'

Besides that, there were a lot of things to worry about. Once the lab is restored, experiments to escape will begin.

Kanna worked hard to plan an escape scenario. It was a perfect scenario where not even Alessandro Addis could catch her.

'I need Princess Joanna for my escape.'

When she heard it, it was said that the person who called Orsini that day was Princess Joanna.

Sure enough, after that, Joanna looked very worried every time she encountered her. There was a lot of attention, so they couldn't have a proper conversation.

'I need to make an opportunity to be alone together sometime.'

And the most important thing is money. If the huge shield called Addis disappears from this world, she will be exposed to all kinds of dangers.

'That's why I need to save up a lot of money.'

The money earned from selling perfume is kept in a safe. The problem is how to steal that huge amount of money.

'I have no choice but to use Raphael.'

Kanna hung a handkerchief on the window sill.

A few hours later, on a dark night, he came.

***

"You came really quickly."

Kanna thought it would be tomorrow at the earliest, but she never thought he would come in just a few hours.

Kanna was inwardly impressed and smiled brightly.

"Welcome, Raphael. I waited."

"Did you call me?"

"Huh. Just sit here for now. Let's talk over a cup of tea."

When he sat down, Kanna started talking.

"What happened to the jewelry I gave you earlier?

"Like you said. I changed it to gold."

"Good. Please keep it for now. And take this with you when you go today."

Kanna pointed to the chest she had prepared in advance.

"From now on, I will deliver one to you every time you come. Just keep it in a safe place and return it when I need it."

"All right."

Kanna took a sip of tea and looked at him.

'I feel like I've become a little gaunt.'

He must have lost some weight on his face and his jawline has become sharper. Maybe that's why his unique decadent feeling was so strong that he seemed dangerous at first glance.

"What happened? Your complexion doesn't look good."

"It's okay."

"..."

He said it was okay, he didn't say it wasn't there. Kanna glanced at him and then ordered.

"Take off your clothes."

"..."

"Hurry."

When urged, Raphael immediately did as she asked.

His attire was similar to that of a bride, wearing a black robe that reached down to his toes on the outside, with a black shirt and trousers underneath.

As he took off the tool, Kanna winked again.

"A shirt too."

"Yes."

Tap, tap. 

As the buttons were undone one by one, a bare torso with perfect muscles was revealed.

Kanna glanced at him with a disapproving look.

Isn't he following too meekly?

Does this mean that he knows what he is being asked to do and takes off his clothes without asking?

'Or is it okay for you to take off your clothes in front of me?' 

After all, he was the one who didn't even raise an eyebrow when he saw her naked last time. It was clear that he did not see her as a member of the opposite sex.

By the way,

'I knew it would be like this."

His chest, stomach, and elbows were covered in bloody bandages. 

"What about treatment? Did you get it?"

"No."

"Are you out of your mind?" 

Kanna glanced at Raphael and patted the seat next to her. He came over and sat down without saying anything.

Kanna carefully unwrapped the bandage.

"This..."

Tsk, Kannq clicked her tongue.

The wound is deep. The bleeding must have been significant at the time. Seeing that it wasn't festering. It seemed like it had been disinfected. 

"I'm glad I have some medicine left in the bedroom."

Kanna grumbled as she carefully applied medicine to his wounds. 

"How on earth did this happen?

"The Great God Temple sent someone."

Claude was right. As expected, the Great Temple seemed to be making every effort to deal with Raphael.

"I heard you left Great Temple when you were seventeen. Then for 12 years?"

"Yes."

"The great temple is also really amazing."

And Raphael, who survived all this time, was also amazing.

"Where do you usually stay?"

"..."

"How about staying in this mansion instead? It will be safe here."

There will be no safer place than Addis Mansion. If Raphael stays here, he won't be attacked by the Great Temple.

"It's okay."

"Why?"

"Isn't it good for you to live with me? It's safe, and it's easy for you to keep an eye on me. I'll give you the room right next to mine. No matter where you go, it won't be safer than here."

The next moment. Raphael slowly raised his downward gaze. And for the first time in a very long time, she met his purple eyes.

For some reason, Kanna's breathing slowed down. Her eyes met, but she felt pressure as if he had his hand on her throat.

"Is that an order?"

Raphael asked slowly. The voice is polite as always. But why does she feel a sense of discomfort?

"If it's an order, I'll follow it."

A few seconds passed and Kanna opened her lips.

"It's not an order. I just asked the doctor, so do whatever you want."

"You gave me the freedom to say no, so I will."

He lowered his gaze again. That was the end. After that, no more words were exchanged.

"It's done. It's okay to wear clothes."

"Thank you."

Kanna was lost in thought as she watched his long fingers fasten the buttons of his shirt one by one.

'What just happened?'

Obviously, he was polite as always and there was nothing to find fault with, but somewhere she felt a twist that was different from usual.

'Are you surprisingly temperamental?'

But even when Joo-hwa hit his head, he didn't even make a sound, right? 

He is a person who silently accepted even when he was criticized. But he shows his anger at the mere suggestion that they live together?

'I don't know.'

Kanna saw Raphael off to the door

"Then, goodbye, Rapha..."

The end of Kanna's words became blurred.

Why is that guy here?

Orsini was leaning against the door with his arms crossed. He looked back and forth at Kanna and Raphael coming out of the bedroom and then laughed as if he were shocked.

"What are you guys doing?"

"..."

"What were you doing in the bedroom?"

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