If You Want To Possess Me (9 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 118

Death. The moment life flickers out. A body without a soul.

Kisa’s mind resurrected the first and last death she had ever encountered.

It had been just like this back then. Following the servants with somber faces, she found her mother lying in bed, eyes closed as if asleep.

Though they had spent every day together, her mother had breathed her last the one time Kisa wasn’t by her side.

Everyone spoke of her death, yet the frail hand Kisa absentmindedly grasped still held a faint, lingering warmth—

Just like now.

“……”

Bending her stiff neck, Kisa examined the cat nestled in the boy’s arms, and only then did details invisible moments before finally come into view.

The unusually dull fur, the body grown thin within just a few days, and countless wounds hidden beneath the coat.

In particular, the wound on its paw seemed fresh—still oozing blood.

“This was probably the decisive cause that led to its death.”

Noticing Kisa’s gaze, the boy kindly elaborated his observations and deductions.

“Earlier, I saw a long trail of blood stretching down the alleyway. Judging by the injury, I suspect it got caught in something like a rat trap—perhaps it severed an artery? In any case, it must have lost a massive amount of blood while already weakened, leading to fatal hemorrhage.”

Faced with this string of incomprehensible—or rather, unwillingly comprehended—words, Kisa’s body began to tremble faintly.

“The other wounds appear older. From their shape alone, they resemble claw or bite marks—likely from stray cats or wild dogs. Given how aged this cat looks at a glance, it probably lost whatever territory fight it was in.”

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