I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107

 

 

 

 

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How long had she been clinging to the Emperor’s waist?

“We’ve arrived.”

When they arrived, the sky had already grown dark.

The Emperor stopped in front of an old mountain lodge. He jumped down from the horse and immediately helped Dana down as well.

It had truly been an incredibly grueling journey.

‘Ah, I feel like I’m going to die.’

Dana was completely exhausted and nearly on the verge of collapse.

In this cold winter, riding a horse for hours while being pelted by fierce snowfall.

‘The doctor had already told me to rest for a while since I was a patient.’

Moreover, the Emperor’s grip as he pulled her along was so rough that Dana couldn’t help but speak out.

“Your Majesty. It hurts.”

The Emperor frowned.

“It hurts?”

His expression suggested he had no idea she would be in pain, which was absurd.

This man, has he never touched a woman before?

However, the Emperor said nothing more and simply turned around to walk toward the mountain lodge. Dana staggered as she struggled to follow him.

The Emperor grabbed the door of the mountain lodge that looked like it could produce ghosts without hesitation.

Creak, the moment the door opened.

“Grrrrowl!”

A pitch-black figure suddenly burst out and tried to pounce. Dana was startled and quickly stepped backward.

What kind of beast—!

‘No, no.’

It wasn’t a beast. Looking at the clothing, it was one of the Emperor’s guards.

Blood-red eyes.

Lips dripping with saliva.

“Grr, grrrowl, grr!”

And even strange howling sounds.

Truly, just as the Emperor had said, it looked like a carnivorous beast.

“I had tied him up with rope.”

The Emperor grabbed the guard by the neck and lifted him up in one swift motion.

“It seems the rope broke.”

And he carried the guard as he walked into the mountain lodge.

Dana calmed her startled heart and followed the Emperor inside.

The Emperor was restraining the raging guard with one hand while tying him up with rope again.

A sturdy man was thrashing with his entire body, yet he handled him as easily as if he were dealing with a child.

‘At that level, doesn’t he not need guards?’

Well, guards for someone who was once the most notorious Inquisitor didn’t really suit him anyway.

Then the Emperor asked.

“Have you ever seen this kind of contaminated person before?”

“No. This is my first time seeing one.”

Those contaminated by the Corrupted Land would languish and die as their bodies rotted away. That was all there was to it…

‘Could it really be a mutation?’

There had never been contaminated people like this before.

Where did this suddenly come from?

Dana approached the guard and carefully placed her hand on his body.

The moment she drew up her power.

‘Oh, this is serious?’

She immediately had a premonition.

Her stamina was already at rock bottom. If she performed purification here again—

‘I might faint.’

So Dana said to the Emperor.

“Your Majesty.”

“What is it.”

“Even if I faint here, please don’t leave me behind.”

“…”

“If you do, I’ll definitely freeze to death.”

The Emperor furrowed his brow as if he found it absurd.

“Do I look like such a scoundrel to you?”

You’re not one to talk. You’ve even tried to strangle me to death before, haven’t you?

When she looked at him with such eyes, he nodded with an annoyed expression.

“I understand, so hurry up and start.”

Once his assurance was given, Dana finally drew up her power. Pure white light burst forth from her fingertips.

As expected. Sure enough, dizziness began to wash over her.

However, Dana didn’t stop and concentrated.

Until the murderous intent disappeared from the guard’s eyes. Until he stopped struggling.

Until the black spots disappeared…

‘It’s done.’

Everything had been cleanly purified.

The moment she was certain, Dana’s body collapsed like a doll with cut strings.

She thought she would crash to the floor.

But she didn’t fall.

‘It hurts…’

The Emperor had grabbed her arm and roughly pulled her upright.

If it had been Karl, he would have gently embraced her here.

Suppressing that sudden thought, Dana barely managed to move her loosened tongue.

“To the Corrupted Land.”

“What?”

“Please take me… to the Corrupted Land.”

The Emperor looked down at her with an incredulous gaze.

“Can you perform purification again with such a frail body? You look like you’re about to collapse right now.”

“I’m fine. Please take me there.”

Of course, I don’t care what happens to this world.

But still, it’s the world where Secretary— where Lete will live.

It would be terrible if that child got contaminated again.

‘I might not be by her side then.’

So, for that child’s sake too, she had to cut off the source.

 

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In the end, Dana had to ride a horse with the Emperor once again.

Throughout the journey, her mind was completely hazy from fatigue and exhaustion.

“You’ll be surprised.”

“What?”

“You’ll be surprised when we arrive.”

The Emperor’s warning pierced through her hazy consciousness.

A moment later, after arriving at the problematic location, Dana finally understood those words.

‘This place.’

Deep in the forest. In a place where the land was rotting away in black decay…

‘It’s the guards.’

Corpses covered in black spots were scattered everywhere.

Come to think of it, that’s why there was only one guard left.

‘He killed all the rest.’

Well, when several people charge at you like beasts, it would be difficult to kindly subdue and tie up each one individually.

So he had no choice but to kill them.

In a daze, her head foggy, Dana sat down on the ground. She began purification as if squeezing out every last drop of blood.

Then white light blazed from her entire body, from head to toe. Even each strand of her fluttering snow-white hair sparkled like moonlight.

Dana watched as waves of light flowing from her body surged like tides to cover the corrupted land.

It was being purified.

‘Ah, this is so exhausting.’

However, Dana had already reached her limit long ago.

All her strength was being sucked into the ground, and if she closed her eyes here, it felt like this would be the end.

But there was still more to go.

Still, she needed to focus a little more and continue purifying…

Dana lifted her head. In the dazzling storm of light, she found herself desperately searching without realizing it.

For something—something to hold onto her consciousness.

And then her eyes met with that person’s.

A quiet gaze watching her from beyond the brilliant light.

Perhaps because those eyes were so deep and calm, strength entered Dana’s arms. Dana stared at his eyes intensely as if grasping a lifeline.

She felt like she could endure a little more. Just a little more.

A little more.

A little more…

“Well done.”

Ah.

Dana blinked. Had she briefly lost consciousness? Before she knew it, she had completely collapsed and was sprawled out like a rag.

‘I succeeded.’

Seeing him say she had done well, it seemed the purification had succeeded.

Then the Emperor pulled her up with one hand.

Strangely, his grip had become much gentler than before.

Dana suddenly realized.

‘He’s been holding me gently ever since I said it hurt earlier.’

He probably didn’t know it would actually hurt.

Well, when would that person have ever touched a woman…

With that thought, darkness fell.

 

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A bitter cold that seemed like it would freeze even one’s breath swept in.

In the sensation of turning blue with cold, Dana’s severed consciousness barely reconnected.

Really, it was cold.

So very cold.

“Cold…”

“I know. That’s why you need to swallow this.”

Cold.

So cold I feel like I’m going to die.

“Drinking this should make you feel better.”

Slowly, her blurry vision became clear.

She was back at the mountain lodge.

Before her eyes appeared the face of a beautiful man.

‘The Emperor?’

It really was the Emperor.

This person she had wanted to meet so badly but couldn’t, this endangered species-like human, was so close.

Ah, right. I came with the Emperor to purify the corrupted land…

“Your body temperature is very low right now. So drink this quickly.”

Come to think of it, he had been pouring some liquid into her mouth.

A bitter taste coating her tongue. It was whiskey.

‘No. I don’t want to drink alcohol right now…’

Dana unconsciously spat out the unpleasant liquid. Then the Emperor’s stern voice fell.

“Do you want to freeze to death?”

Only then did Dana belatedly notice that she was shivering.

‘Right. My clothes got soaked wet in the snow.’

Because we came here while being pelted by heavy snowfall.

“Danae Windsor.”

Then the Emperor firmly grasped her hair. Without giving her a chance to escape, he shoved the whiskey bottle into her mouth.

“Swallow it. Unless you want to die a dog’s death here.”

Her teeth hitting the glass bottle hurt.

Really, he was a brutal person with no consideration whatsoever.

But it was effective. The whiskey surged near her throat and she ended up swallowing it without realizing.

Her throat burned hot, and she could feel the heat rising all at once.

“Now you’re finally drinking.”

The Emperor muttered like a sigh as he pulled the whiskey bottle from her mouth. Saliva stretched like a thin silver thread, which was humiliating.

This person is too rough.

Though she already knew that.

“…Your Majesty.”

Dana let out a cracked voice as she grabbed the Emperor’s collar. The Emperor frowned but didn’t shake her off.

“What is it. Are you finally coming to your senses?”

“Your Majesty, the annulment.”

“What?”

“The promise, keep it, the Sacred Court…”

The Emperor looked at her quietly and then nodded.

“Understood.”

Good.

The Emperor will open the Sacred Court…

‘So it’s completely over with Lyos too.’

In her fading consciousness, Dana thought.

What kind of expression would that guy make when he hears the news that the Sacred Court will be opened?

Would he laugh mockingly? Or would he get angry?

‘I hope he gets so angry that he cries instead.’

Like when he was seventeen and secretly hid and cried after having the throne stolen by his uncle.

This time his uncle is helping to ruin his engagement, so it must be quite a shock.

She was already looking forward to that day.

“I will keep my promise.”

The Emperor spoke in a voice tinged with faint mockery, as if he found it amusing that she would say such things even at a moment like this.

“Rest now.”

With those words, Dana completely let go of the edge of consciousness.

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