SPMB - Chapter 171

SPMB - Chapter 171

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

"Tatyana!"

That evening, Joanna came to visit.

"I heard about it. I heard you're leaving for Britsk tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"Good idea. Lord Orsini is coming. It would be better to stay away for a while."

But Joanna's face was flushed as if she was looking forward to it.

"I think you like him?"

"Huh? Oh, no way."

"..."

"Sorry. Actually, I'm kind of looking forward to meeting him. Lord Orsini is handsome. It's rare to find such a handsome man."

Anyway, that face brightening syndrome.

Because it was a familiar occurrence, Kanna wasn't particularly surprised.

"Not only me, but other ladies are also looking forward to it. Most of the ladies have never seen Lord Orsini."

"Tell them to be careful. If they look at his face and get close, they might get bitten."

"Probably not."

Joanna's eyes narrowed.

"I heard that his personality has changed quite a bit. People say he's not as violent as they used to be."

"Is it so?"

"huh. They say he's quiet and reticent."

That guy?

Kanna couldn't believe that.

The quiet and reticent Orsini did not suit him.

"I guess he's changed a lot since he became the heir to Lord Kalen."

Joanna's face darkened slightly. Kanna also closed her mouth.

Kalen Addis.

It is said that he could not overcome the shock of her death and threw himself from the steeple to his death.

'That idiot.'

Thinking of him, Kanna couldn't smile anymore. The shock she felt when she first heard the news came back to her.

'This wasn't what I wanted.'

She had no intention of reconciling with Kalen.

She had no intention of getting along and she had no intention of forgiving.

Still, Kanna didn't expect that kind of ending.

Kanna never wanted him to die like that.

***

Not long after Joanna left, Alexei came to visit.

To be precise, he sneaked in through the window to avoid other people's eyes.

"Your Highness, you must keep your temper."

The Crown Prince sneaking in through the window. But he came in without any hesitation and hugged her. 

"You're not a thief. Why are you coming in through the window?"

Although she grumbled, Kanna was actually in a good mood.

She liked Alexei.

She liked life as Tatyana.

'Yes, this is my life.'

Exchanging feelings purely, sharing affection without the need for doubt or caution.

'I will never give up on this life.'

But she doesn't know what to do with Crown Prince Alexei.

Alexei is the man who will become the King of Yalden. There was a huge mountain between them that they could never climb.

What if she received a noble title and became his Queen?

If she lives as the Queen of Yalden, she will have the opportunity to see the head of the family of Addis at least once.

It's not just Addis. She may encounter members of the Isaberg royal family.

'So that's impossible.'

It was not a problem that Kanna could overcome just because she wanted to.

So this love was just a dream that she would have to wake up from someday, like a midsummer night's dream.

'Then what?'

They like each other, they hit the limit, and so they break up.

Then just cry a little and stand up again and that's it. That's life.

Just because the end is in sight doesn't mean the feelings at this moment are false.

Kanna decided to just enjoy this moment.

"I'm dizzy."

Alexei let out a hot breath as he buried his face in the crook of her neck.

"I get dizzy when I'm with you. What do you think is going on with my head?"

"Shall we make some medicine?"

"I'm afraid."

"What?"

Alexei hugged her tightly.

"Tatyana. I think you will leave me one day."

"..."

"Why don't you ask me for anything? Why don't you talk about your future with me?"

"..."

"Promise. No matter what happens, you will always be by my side."

Kanna smiled pitifully and stroked his hair. She whispered sweetly.

"I promise."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Then Alexel twisted his mouth. 

"It's actually a lie, right?"

"Yes."

Alexei chuckled. He murmured softly while stroking Kanna's cheek. 

"You are such a bad girl."

***

Early the next morning. Kanna prepared to leave.

"You can join the mercenaries at the Kantasi Inn."

It was said that all she had to do was find a mercenary with pure white hair and green eyes.

"Can I find it with just that much information? Although pure white hair is rare, he's still a complete stranger...."

Then the Queen's servant laughed strangely.

"It will stand out."

"Yes?"

"He is a young man with an appearance that stands out anywhere, so you will recognize him at a glance."

Then he handed Kanna a blue rose-shaped hair tie.

"If you do this, he will find you first."

"..."

Is he asking her to wear this tacky hair tie?

"Be careful. He has a very aggressive and irreverent personality. He's a mercenary who lives like there's no tomorrow, so he might do something you can't handle."

"All right. I'll be careful."

Kanna set out alone because she didn't want to be noticed by anyone.

Kantasi Inn was located on the outskirts of the capital and was a busy place with many travelers coming and going.

It used to be like that.

"Now they're almost mercenaries."

Kanna took a seat on one side of the restaurant to avoid the noisy men drinking.

Most of the people who filled the inn were mercenaries.

In the past three years, the mercenary market has grown explosively.

'It's because of the black fog.'

The black fog raged and many people became infected with it. Infected people came out one after another, and monsters came out of the black fog.

As the number increased, it became impossible for knights alone to handle it, and naturally the demand for mercenaries increased.

'The world has really changed a lot.'

Wouldn't the priests of the Great Temple reside in every city? Wouldn't the mercenary market be active? And...

'Ah, that person is from the East Continent.'

With the comprehensive opening up of the Eastern and Western continents, an era has opened in which people can freely travel between continents.

Thanks to this, Kanna was able to work as a member of the National Assembly with peace of mind.

The medical techniques of the Eastern Continent were similar to those of Kanna, so they were no longer treated as magical as they used to be.

'Still. modern medical techniques are significantly inferior to what I learned....'

So, Kanna trying to hide her skills. If people focus their attention on her while hearing they say she's a genius, she'll be in trouble.

Rather, there were rumors that a genius doctor had appeared in the Aslan Empire.

Kanna heard she was a young woman from the Eastern Continent.

The doctor cured the Empress's skin disease. Every time Kanna remembered that fact, a part of her heart felt uncomfortable.

'It would be impossible.'

The Empress's skin disease was a disease created through alchemy.

But a doctor who cured the disease appeared?

She doesn't know, let's not worry about it anymore.

Kanna was so overwhelmed with living her own life that she didn't want to pay attention to anything else.

"Hey, Miss. Did you come alone?"

At that time, the mercenaries who had been hovering around and spying on her approached. When she raised her head, their eyes met.

"Oh."

"Beauty."

"That's amazing."

They giggled amongst themselves and took their seats at her table.

"If you come alone, have a beer with us."

It was then. The once noisy inn became quiet as if cold water had been poured on it.

"What?"

"Why did it suddenly become quiet?"

The mercenaries also turned their heads, probably feeling puzzled. And immediately froze.

A man with pure white hair was walking in.

Only the sound of resolute steps could be heard above the frozen silence.

The man's eyes were focused on Kanna.

To be exact, he was staring at the blue rose headband that tied her light brown hair.

"Hey, is he coming this way?"

"Hey, hey, wake up."

The mercenaries hurriedly got up and left for another place.

Dump! 

Finally, the man approaches and takes a seat in front of her. Then he looked at Kanna and asked.

“Tatyana Eugenia?”

It is a low-pitched, and calm voice.

But Kanna couldn't hear him.

"Is that correct?"

"..."

Kanna's lips parted of their own accord.

Is she dreaming?

Or maybe her eyes are wrong?

When Kanna couldn't say anything, the white-haired man narrowed his eyes. He glared with harsh eyes and asked again.

"I asked if you were Tatyana Eugenia."

A familiar voice.

A familiar face.

'How...?'

How is this possible?

That can't be possible.

Because he died.

But the person in front of her was someone she knew. She couldn't have been mistaken. She couldn't possibly confuse him with someone else.

Kanna will be able to find him even in a crowd of hundreds of people!

'Kalen.'

A white-haired mercenary.

He was Kalen Addis.

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