SPMB - Chapter 198

SPMB - Chapter 198

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

As soon as Kanna arrived at the Great Hall, she requested Seon-hee's information.

"Please follow me."

Raphael guided her straight away to the dungeon.

'Why is my mother's data in a place like this?'

Raphael led her to the iron cage located in the deepest part of the dungeon.

The bed, the broken mirror on the wall next to the bed, the old desk, the piles of books and papers...

And the moment Kanna saw the handcuffs with long chains, her head turned white from shock.

'Is it true that my mother has been staying here?'

Isn't this treated worse than even a prisoner?

"If you want, I can move the materials to your room."

"No. I'll see it here."

After sending out the disapproving Raphael, I sat down on an old chair and began to look at each piece of paper.

Most of them were materials and recipes about ancient alchemy. As she read each one, she started to become more and more amazed.

The knowledge she found in ancient alchemy books was nothing compared to this.

'Is this possible?'

Kanna knew that ancient alchemy was great.

Isn't it a miraculous power that escapes causality, creating new substances or changing existing substances into completely different substances?

However, that power was not limited to materials.

Invisible and intangible concepts could also be manipulated.

For example, time.

'Is it possible to mess with time?'

Kanna now understands why the Black Apostles are so fascinated by alchemy.

'If you get this kind of power, it's like becoming a God.'

Seon-hee's thoughts were written down here and there as if she was thinking the same thing.

<Perhaps God was the first and greatest alchemist. Alchemy is God's secret, the power of creation that created the world.>

And then there are the scrawled profanities.

<I will kill you, I will kill you. I will kill you all. I won't leave you alone.>

Kanna's heartfelt dizzy. The fingertips holding the paper began to tremble slightly.

< I want to go back. My daughter, my husband. I miss you. I miss you.>

<You son of a bitch, I will kill you.>

Kanna couldn't bear to read any further and closed her eyes tightly.

This made it clear.

'An old spirit imprisoned my mother.'

The moment Kanna first saw her biological father was vivid.

It's so beautiful, and it unrealistically resembles her>\.

Still, she didn't believe it.

Maybe she had an intuition. That he was not a person she could trust from the beginning.

<I am pregnant with a divine child.>

<The spirit is trying to use this child to do something crazy. This child should never be born.>

Is he going to use Kannq to do crazy things?

'What is that?'

Kanna nervously flipped the paperback.

However, there was no subsequent editorial. She quickly looked through other materials and found a small leather notebook.

As soon as she turned the first page, she saw a roughly scrawled sentence.

<Someone has possessed my body.>

What does this mean?

<We finally escaped from the Great Hall.>

<But I don't remember the escape  process.>

< have no memory of the past few days.>

<It felt like someone possessed me and used my body during those few days.>

<Someone who entered my body escaped from the Great Temple with the help of that unlucky redhead.>

<The priests of the Great Temple are still tracking her. I hope you can escape safely.>

What does this mean?

Did someone possess Seon-hee's body and escape from the Great Hall?

It is not impossible. Because there was a time when Joo-hwa possessed this body.

After that, the record was broken again. Seon-hee probably lost the notebook while running away, and instead, her former pursuer picked it up and stored it here.

'So what exactly is this crazy thing that the spirit is trying to do using me?'

The most important facts were still hidden behind the curtain.

***

Surprisingly. Raphael was not shaken even after hearing what the old spirit had done.

"Surely you knew?"

"Yes."

"But why...."

Why didn't he tell Kanna?

However, Kanna could not finish speaking.

What if he had told her? What if he had said that the spirit of the Great Temple was the Black Apostle?

Who would have believed the words of an apostate priest?

"Not only the old spirit but also many priests were black apostles who were passionate about alchemy. But now..."

Raphael paused briefly, then continued.

"I am clean. At least there are no Black Apostles in the main temple now, so don't worry."

It was only then that Kanna realized.

He killed more than half of the priests.

Raphael took possession of the Great Temple and cleaned out the Black Apostles.

"What did the old spirit want to do this?"

"Only he and Seon-hee know that."

'I guess so.'

Kanna let out a sigh. If Seon-hee were here, she could ask her. But Seon-hee is in a different world.

"... If Seon-hee is here.'

It seemed like a technique to cross worlds was possible, but no data remained. The old spirit definitely has it.

'Yes, that means they were able to bring Joo-hwa here.'

At that moment, a crazy thought crossed Kanna's mind.

"Raphael."

"Yes."

"Among the materials, there was a drinking method that defies time. If I use it, I can meet Seon-hee."

Raphael didn't answer. He stared at her with an expressionless face and then opened his lips.

"I heard how Seon-hee is doing. She was treated like an animal."

Raphael's eyes sank darkly.

"Have you seen the chains? They tied her up to prevent her from doing alchemy and from escaping."

When Kanna heard it, she felt sick to her stomach.

"Reading books or writing records on paper was possible only under the supervision of bailiffs. Other than that, she was always tied up like a dog."

"I know it's dangerous, but..."

"You."

Raphael, unusually, interrupted her.

"By weighing you down and chaining you up."

His eyes slowly passed over her slender neck.

Kanna stopped breathing without realizing it.

"Do you think it would be difficult to tie them up and raise them like animals?"

Kanna asks in an extremely polite tone.

"Do you think that will be difficult?"

For some reason, no more words came out.

Seeing her speechless, Raphael slowly continued speaking.

"For some people, it's a very easy thing that they can do whenever they want."

A heavy silence fell in the room.

Raphael muttered, pressing his fingertips to the narrowed forehead.

"If you encounter an old spirit from the past, he will definitely do that."

"..."

"I will bring his head. Is that not enough?"

Kanna didn't answer.

Because it wasn't enough.

"Raphael. Do you know where the old spirit is?"

"Yes."

"Is he in the imperial court of the Aslan Empire?"

"Yes."

As expected, it was as expected.

The disorganized puzzles came together.

Black Apostle. Argon. Joo-hwa, who became a member of the Imperial Household Council. The Emperor and Empress went crazy, and Theresa, who takes care of state affairs.

There is a saying that when an incident occurs, the person who benefits the most is the culprit.

"The imperial family is already under the control of the Black Apostle."

Now it is Theresa who controls the imperial family and the Emperor. Theresa is definitely a black apostle.

"To remove the old spirit, we will have to fight the imperial family."

"It's just a matter of time."

"Yes, it is ultimately a matter of time. What is clear is that this is not something that will end in a day or two."

No one knows whether it will be one year or five years. Since she doesn't know how someone will use her, she will always have to live in fear.

"Until the old spirit dies or his goal is revealed, I will be in fear. And then when things go wrong, I really get taken advantage of."

That was indeed the case.

Didn't she know nothing and innocently offer her blood when she entered the main temple?

"I won't sit still with my hands any longer. I will do what I can."

Kanna made a decision.

"I'm going to meet Seon-hee."

Raphael was silent. After a while, he opened his mouth.

"There is a suitable place, please follow me."

***

He led Kanna to the garden where the World Tree was located.

Is it because it is broad daylight and the sun is bright?

The World Tree clearly revealed its gigantic appearance. A pillar as black as if it had been burned, and black magic stones densely packed like scales on top of it.

Kanna hadn't noticed it before because it was dark, but looking at it like this, it was a terrible sight.

"Go in here."

Raphael pointed to a large hole between the World Tree's thick roots.

'Go in there?'

Instead of giving further explanations, Raphael took action first. He bent his back closely and entered the hole.

'Why on earth do you go inside the tree roots?'

However, once inside, Kanna was dumbfounded.

"Where is here?"

A meadow with a stream flowing and peach trees in full bloom.

Isn't this inside the tree roots?

There is such a large garden? Can she even see the blue sky?

"This is a space created by the World Tree. It is a space separate from the outside."

Raphael explained calmly.

"It is safe here. Even if the world were to end, this space would be safe."

"It certainly doesn't seem like anyone else will bother you."

Kanna took a deep breath and then slashed her palm with the dagger.

'Ugh, it hurts.'

The flowing blood began to draw a drinking circle on the ground.

Raphael said as he was nearing completion.

"I will wait for you here."

She can only come back if she has this drinking method.

In other words, if someone destroys this place, Kanna will be trapped in the past. Thankfully, Raphael agreed to watch over her until she returned.

"Thank you."

After completing the drinking technique, Kanna took a deep breath.

When she goes inside, she goes back to the past.

From the time when Seon-hee was in this main shrine, to before she was born, to 30 years ago.

"I'll just talk for a few hours. I'll be back soon, so just wait."

"I'll wait."

Raphael swore.

"Until you come back."

***

Kanna blinked.

'This place...'

A room with a familiar structure.

This was the prison where Seon-hee was imprisoned.

'Have I returned to the past?'

But why did she fall here?

As Kanna moved her arm, she felt the touch of cold metal. Both arms were tied with long chains!

'Why am I doing this?'

Kanna looked down from afar and quickly turned around. She saw a mirror hanging on the wall.

She looked at that face blankly and realized that it was her own face.

'What's this?'

This is Seon-hee. A young Seon-hee in her 20s.

'Wait, wait, wait.'

Wait for a second.

Kanna was confused, but she got her head around it.

Therefore.

Kanna succeeded in returning to the past, but is she in her mother's body?

In the body of Seon-hee from the past? Why?

At that time, her record crossed to mind.

<Someone has possessed my body.>

'Could it be me?'

At that time, she felt a noise outside the window. Kanna was startled and turned her head.

"The black apostles in this prison are all."

The priest of the main temple was speaking to a tall man. The other person was a red-haired man.

Kanna stared at the man's back.

Massive shoulders, strong-looking back.

She's seen this back view somewhere.

The man must have felt her gaze and turned around. She met harsh eyes.

For a moment, a shiver ran through her.

'That person...'

It was Alessandro Addis.

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