There Are Too Many Backstories in This Possession Novel – Chapter 45

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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I opened the pocket watch I had put in my pocket and calculated precisely how long the magical beast had stayed in this room.

By now, Livia should have sensed something strange and started moving.

I put the pocket watch back in my pocket and called up the Plot Store, feeling slightly tense.

Tap-

Using 100 points with Livia as the target, I obtained glasses that allowed me to use clairvoyance.

Livia would likely be using three spells simultaneously to completely hide her body, conceal her presence, and eliminate sound.

However, with these glasses, it was possible to track Livia’s position based on the movement of the scenery.

This was a method I had used when fighting Cluak at age 8.

When I put on the glasses, Livia’s figure wasn’t visible, as expected.

However, I could clearly see where and how Livia was moving by the movement of the landscape.

Livia moved along the wall, crossed the garden, and moved to the window leading to the terrace of Caiden’s room.

Of course, Livia didn’t hastily open that door and come inside.

She would be racking her brains to identify any possible traps and notice anything unusual.

I hadn’t set up any traps that Livia couldn’t detect, so I was in a state where I hadn’t set up anything.

I didn’t need such things in the first place.

I was just sitting on a sofa where I couldn’t be seen from the window, waiting for her.

Soon, perhaps having let her guard down, Livia opened the window.

Even when Livia cautiously entered, I remained sitting quietly in the chair.

Until Livia saw me.

“…!”

The scenery visible through the clairvoyance, which had been moving quietly but steadily, froze coldly.

Livia had discovered me and was shaken.

I, who had been waiting for this moment, immediately used Void magic, which removes other magic.

Originally, Livia’s and my magic levels were similar.

Typically, Void magic shouldn’t have worked, but…

Magic is imagery and mental disturbance shakes imagery and weakens magic.

I dug into that psychological weakness and used Void magic to dispel the magic hiding Livia’s form.

Her azure hair fluttered in the wind that came through the open window.

The moonlight clearly illuminated Livia’s surprised face.

Her eyes, tinged with bewilderment, were filled with me sitting on the sofa.

“Hello, Livia.”

I opened my mouth, curving my eyes kindly.

“I’ve been waiting.”

“Se…nior?”

Livia stepped back a few steps in surprise.

“Controlling something like a magical beast, you really surprised me.”

“H-How can you see me…?”

Livia looked up at me as I approached as if she couldn’t believe it.

Even fear was etched in those eyes.

Seeing such emotion appear in Livia’s eyes, which always seemed composed, I surprisingly felt a faint sense of pleasure.

At that moment.

“Attac-”

But Livia couldn’t finish her words.

The movement of the shadow beast that had been trying to spring up from under Livia’s feet also stopped.

Senior?

Such a question appeared in Livia’s eyes.

I grabbed Livia’s thin wrist in that gap and pushed her against the wall.

“Eek!”

“Were you really going to attack?”

“Se-Senior. It’s not like that…”

I brought my lips to Livia’s ear with a faint smile.

And gently nuzzling her fine azure hair with my nose, exposing her ear, I whispered softly.

“Go ahead, try it.”

I could feel the heat rising in Livia’s body.

Livia’s warmth, heated by tension, fear, and a bit of excitement, gently crept up my hand.

I lightly bit Livia’s cute ear.

“…Sen…uh…”

Livia’s body trembled finely.

She had a foolish expression filled with bewilderment as if she didn’t know what to do in this unexpected situation.

As I took the upper hand, Livia’s trembling form, which had always seemed composed, looked quite cute.

“Why, why is Senior here…”

“You’re not doing it?”

I smiled curvedly at Livia, who was shaking but earnestly racking her tiny brain to solve the mystery.

“To Senior… I, that kind of thing…”

“Then, keep doing nothing.”

And I grabbed Livia’s chin, who couldn’t resist, and fixed her gaze to look into my eyes.

Livia looked up at me, breathing anxiously.

Her delicate eyelashes trembled, and her azure eyes shook finely beneath them.

A temporary unique ability that lasted for 10 minutes was purchased for 1000 points from the Plot Store.

[Eyes of Slumber]

It was an ability that could briefly knock out the opponent if eye contact was maintained for 10 seconds.

The problem was that it was surprisingly difficult to maintain eye contact with someone for 10 seconds.

“Sen…ior.”

Seeing her stare at me as if enchanted, even with blurry and dazed eyes, it seemed there was no problem.

“It’s okay.”

I stroked Livia’s back soothingly with my free hand as I watched her gradually lose consciousness.

Not long after, Livia went limp like a doll, her slender waist cradled in my arm.

I lightly placed my hand on Livia’s cheek, which was still slightly flushed as she slept peacefully.

Livia’s cheek was delicate and warm, fitting perfectly in my hand.

I gently pinched that white, soft cheek and then smiled tiredly.

Mirror therapy is challenging, too.

Even though I hadn’t properly started yet, I felt somewhat tired.

But immersion is necessary when pretending to be crazy.

I just need to be careful not to actually go crazy.

I carefully lifted Livia, placing my hand under her thighs.

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“Kill.”

Livia knew it was a dream.

But the voice was too vivid to be a dream.

She saw her sickly mother.

Her father wouldn’t let Livia see her mother until she killed someone.

Even though her mother might die and they might never meet again.

For the sake of the person you love, kill someone.

That’s how she was taught, so she just killed.

That’s all it was.

Clank-

At the cool metallic sound in her ears, Livia slowly raised her head, which had been deeply bowed.

At the same time, Livia realized she was sitting somewhere.

Somehow, her head felt unusually heavy.

Through her blurry vision from tears, she saw a man moving.

Father?

Livia knew it wasn’t him when she shuddered at the chilling thought.

As her vision gradually cleared, she saw a boy installing some device on the door.

“Are you awake?”

Leonhart approached Livia with a kind smile.

Then he gently reached out and wiped away the transparent droplets gathered at the corners of Livia’s eyes.

Livia’s face flushed with heat, embarrassed by Leonhart’s delicate gaze.

“You were crying. Did you have a bad dream?”

That voice was so maddeningly gentle that it made her hair stand on end.

It wasn’t an unpleasant feeling at all, but… something felt strange.

“Sen…ior?”

Livia tried to get up as she looked at the boy before her.

Clank-

Livia’s attempt wasn’t very successful.

Livia noticed the restriction on her body and the metallic sound she had heard earlier.

Livia’s arms were bound to the chair with black metal handcuffs.

The same was true for her legs.

“Yoseok…?”

Livia immediately recognized the identity of the stone.

It was Yoseok, the magic-nullifying stone.

Some people carry it to defend against external magic.

Still, the primary use of Yoseok was to incapacitate mages so they couldn’t use magic.

When in contact with Yoseok like this, no matter how much imagery one creates, the magical energy can’t gather and disperses.

At that moment, Livia’s memory returned.

The dark room.

Senior sitting on the sofa.

The touch that gripped her wrist painfully hard and pushed her.

Even the gentle voice that tickled her ear contrasted with that.

And his rough hand that forcibly held her face, fixing her gaze.

Senior’s golden eyes sparkled like the sun, even in the moonlight, which was so beautiful.

But after that, suddenly, an irresistible drowsiness came over her, and Livia seemed to have fallen asleep as if embraced in his arms.

Perhaps he had used some kind of drug?

It might have been an unknown magic.

The situation summary was complete.

‘I’ve been kidnapped!’

The fact was too obvious right before her eyes.

“What are you doing?”

Livia spoke defiantly, her eyes narrowed sharply.

She never dreamed that Senior would kidnap her.

“What am I doing?”

Leonhart whispered, gently tucking Livia’s hair behind her ear.

Livia gasped at his touch.

Two thoughts crossed her mind.

The thought of somehow moving her restrained arms to embrace Leonhart.

And the desperate fear that she should escape from here quickly.

“…Senior. Don’t do this. We’re friends, aren’t we?”

Livia’s lips trembled.

At first, she thought she was acting to put Senior off guard, but that wasn’t it.

Finding herself in this situation, she could barely breathe properly.

Among the endless training she had received, there were mental preparations for times like this, but they were utterly useless.

Livia was still a young girl.

Where is this?

Livia looked around frantically.

Everything around her was made of Yoseok.

Both doors were made of black Yoseok; even the bed frame was without a mattress, and the chair she was sitting on was Yoseok.

Everywhere she looked, some objects prevented the use of magic.

It was a room wholly designed to confine a mage.

A room that seemed to have been prepared just for her.

Yoseok is quite expensive, so even this must have cost enormous money.

“You’re trembling.”

At Leonhart’s voice, Livia swallowed hard and turned her eyes.

He gently reached out his hand and ticklishly stroked Livia’s warm cheek.

That hand touched Livia’s soft upper and lower lips, then pressed hard with his index finger, rubbing them.

Livia let out a small moan of pain at the forceful touch.

“Why are you trembling?”

Leonhart’s hand moved to Livia’s soft cheek, which had turned pale with fear.

As his hand cupped her cheek, Livia rubbed against it as if clinging to the warmth of his hand.

Leonhart seemed pleased by this puppy-like behavior.

His eyes curved beautifully like a crescent moon.

“Wow, you know how to do this too? Cute.”

Livia pursed her lips into a round shape and looked at Leonhart with pleading eyes.

Leonhart muttered “cute” again, finding Livia’s behavior adorable, and stared intently into her eyes.

Of course, this was an act.

Livia wouldn’t break down so quickly, no matter how scared she was.

The harsh training in the assassination guild didn’t prevent fear but made her mind work coldly.

‘What should I do? What kind of mask do I need in this situation?’

Livia thought as she listened to her own breathing becoming slightly faster.

There must be a mask she had mastered entirely for moments like this.

Yes.

The ‘cute girl’ mask.

Acting like a fox.

‘For now, I just need to get through this situation somehow.’

Livia intended to escape by observing Leonhart’s mood and behavior.

In the first place, whatever Senior’s thoughts were in doing this, it must have been a misunderstanding.

I haven’t done anything wrong to Senior.

Livia was confident of this.

If I explained it well, he would understand.

“Senior…”

Livia smiled, intending to improve Leonhart’s mood.

Leonhart seemed genuinely pleased to see her smile.

Leonhart smiled and even grinned.

And suddenly, his expression hardened.

The smile disappeared.

As if something had occurred to him, he stared at Livia intensely, as if observing her.

“But did you smile like this in front of others too?”

“What?”

Livia asked back, unable to understand what he meant.

Leonhart stared at Livia with cold eyes, asking why she was pretending not to know.

“Rubbing your cheek against their hand, looking at them so lovingly. Did you do that to others too?”

Leonhart’s hand ruffled through Livia’s delicate hair and grabbed the nape of her neck.

She couldn’t think straight due to the feeling of her breath being cut off and the incomprehensible words.

What on earth was wrong with him?

And she hadn’t done such things in the first place.

Livia was genuinely innocent.

“No, I didn’t. I didn’t do anything! Such things are only for you, Senior…”

Livia spoke desperately.

“Really?”

Leonhart’s question was emotionless but filled with just as much intense emotion.

Livia nodded her head frantically.

She had a premonition that if she didn’t, something worse would happen.

“Senior, I didn’t do anything wrong. If it’s because I tried to kill Caiden…”

“What are you talking about? You know-”

Leonhart gently stroked Livia’s cheek as if comforting her.

As if her warmly flushed cheeks and hazily unfocused eyes were incomparably lovely.

“It’s because you talked to other men. It’s because you smiled at others. It’s because you showed interest in other men.”

Leonhart’s eyes shone darkly.

They were eyes more steeped in madness than any she had seen before.

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