I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 109

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Chapter 109

After returning to the capital.

The Emperor dropped Dana off near the Windsor Estate and departed.

‘This feels like some kind of secret romance.’

Meeting in secret and parting in secret.

But it couldn’t be helped. If word got out that she had been with the Emperor last night, it would become a huge problem.

‘Right. It would become incredibly noisy.’

She would be caught up in all sorts of scandals and torn apart.

Not only that, but if it were revealed that the Emperor, symbol of the Orthodox Sect, and Windsor, symbol of the New Church Faction, were privately entangled like this, it would become very troublesome.

The Emperor knew this too, which is why he had come to meet her in secret.

‘Come to think of it, that person isn’t completely reckless either.’

When she returned to the Windsor Estate like this, fortunately there was no one to question her staying out overnight. Neither Karl nor Viego were at the estate.

Dana suppressed her desire to rest and immediately headed to Lete’s room.

‘He still has a slight fever.’

She touched the forehead of Lete, who was lying straight on the bed.

‘But he’s much better than at first, so he should be fine soon.’

Dana looked down at the secretary suffering from fever, then slowly looked around the room.

Come to think of it, it had been really long since she’d entered Lete’s room.

The last time she’d entered was when Lete was sixteen years old.

Almost nothing had changed from then until now.

The only change was that the bookshelf had become more densely packed with books.

Dana felt melancholy in this bleak room where not even a speck of warmth could be felt.

‘Have I been too indifferent all this time?’

Lete was a child she had brought with her.

Yes, a child. When she first saw him, Lete really was a child.

Fifteen-year-old Lete was much smaller, thinner, and younger-looking than his peers. So she thought he was about ten years old—she was surprised to hear he was fifteen.

That kid had somehow grown to a build much taller than his peers and had become excessively capable.

So it seemed she had let her guard down.

‘I should pay more attention to him, at least until I leave.’

She suddenly realized.

She couldn’t leave Lete like this.

This kid has no family, no friends, nothing. Only me.

She didn’t want Lete to be left alone.

‘I should create people around Lete.’

Whether finding him a new workplace or introducing him to a woman.

After nursing Lete like this, she was on her way out.

“Danae.”

She encountered Sandra in the corridor.

Sandra, with a shawl draped over her shoulders, approached her with a coquettish smile.

“Where are you coming back from?”

Dana stared intently at Sandra.

Why was she suddenly acting friendly?

“I heard you didn’t come home yesterday.”

“….”

Ah. As expected, she had a purpose.

Sandra let out an exaggerated sigh as if worried and clicked her tongue.

“I don’t know where you went, but it doesn’t seem like the behavior of a proper lady.”

“….”

“As your aunt, I must inform the head of the family about this matter. Please don’t be offended.”

For a moment, Dana almost burst out laughing.

‘Just stay quiet.’

Then I might forget about your existence and just let it slide.

Why deliberately step forward and invite trouble?

“Please do, Aunt.”

Dana said readily. Sandra narrowed her brow as if this attitude was unexpected.

“I also have something to tell Uncle Karl separately, so I hope you won’t be offended, Aunt.”

At those words, Sandra’s eyebrows stiffened.

But that was all. Unlike before, she was neither flustered nor afraid.

At that moment, Dana realized.

‘Ah, she thinks it’s a bluff.’

Since she had only scratched at her with words so far and hadn’t done anything yet because the time wasn’t right.

So she had apparently concluded that she was making empty threats without actually knowing anything.

“I don’t know what you’ve been talking about all this time.”

Sure enough, Sandra was now smiling leisurely.

“Is that so? Then let me tell you precisely, Aunt.”

Dana smiled and approached Sandra closely.

“What that means is.”

She spoke clearly.

“I know that Uncle Karl is not Alice’s biological father.”

At that moment, Sandra’s face instantly turned ashen. She was terrified as if she had seen a ghost.

Dana murmured as if humming.

“I wonder if Uncle Karl knows this fact or not.”

Sandra’s lips trembled. Watching this spectacle, Dana smiled as if pitying her. And she thought.

‘The Sacred Court will convene at the earliest about a month from now.’

Since it involved summoning the Pope and three Cardinals.

No matter how fast, it would take about that long.

And by then, the fact that the Retilan Mine that Karl was pushing forward was practically fake would gradually be revealed.

‘Then it’s time to begin.’

Now it was time to pluck Karl’s wings.

She would make Karl Windsor an outcast.

She had to show him that his wife, his daughter, everything was an illusion. When that happened.

‘Then only I will remain by your side.’

A vile pleasure suddenly washed over her, and Dana suppressed her laughter.

And when you learn that I too have been deceiving you, what kind of face will you make?

I hope you cry.

Just like I cried on the day you said you would cut my life short.

* * *

Sandra felt dizzy.

How? How? How?

“Mother?”

How on earth does she know?

No one knows that. There’s no way anyone could know. There’s no way to know!

“Mother!”

Ah!

Only then did Sandra lift her head sharply upon hearing her daughter’s voice.

Alice was looking at her with puzzled eyes.

“Mother, are you alright? What’s wrong?”

“Hm? No, it’s nothing.”

Then Alice smiled knowingly, as if she understood.

“Don’t tell me you’re acting this way because you’re so happy?”

“Hm?”

“His Highness the Crown Prince has finally come looking for me!”

As Alice giggled, Sandra laughed along with her.

“Yes, I’m happy.”

That was sincere. The Crown Prince had finally come looking for Alice.

She had been anxious because he seemed to have completely forgotten—but after such a long time, he had sent a letter!

Miona had forwarded the letter that came to the monastery.

“I’m so happy, Mother. I had no idea His Highness missed me this much!”

Alice’s eyes welled up with tears.

Lyos had confessed in his letter.

That his lack of contact until now was to suppress his longing for Alice.

But that he could no longer bear the desire to see her.

That he had reached an agreement with Viego Windsor, so she should leave the monastery immediately and enter the Crown Prince’s Palace.

That he wanted to introduce her to the Former Emperor, and so on.

The letter had been filled with such sweet sentences.

“He’s going to take me to the resort where the Former Emperor is staying and introduce me, Mother.”

Alice chattered away with a blushing face.

“He’s doing something for me that he never did for Sister Dana!”

At those words, Sandra snapped back to attention.

Alice was right.

The Crown Prince loved Alice more than Danae. Perhaps Alice could become the Empress.

‘But would Danae just stand by and watch?’

She didn’t want to believe it—but Danae seemed to know somehow.

That Alice’s real father wasn’t Karl.

If that fact were revealed, would Alice still be able to become Empress then?

‘No. That would be impossible. Alice wouldn’t be able to become the Crown Prince’s consort.’

If that happened, everything would be over.

Alice’s future, and her relationship with Karl too.

“Sister-in-law, is Alice really Karl’s daughter?”

Karl had always trusted her.

Even when Ignis de Windsor—who had once been his younger brother—sneered and cast doubt.

“Brother doesn’t even remember when Alice was conceived. No matter how weak his tolerance for alcohol…”

At such times, Karl would always sternly scold him.

“Ignis. Don’t say such rude things.”

He had been someone who trusted her so completely.

If this truth were revealed, Karl would demand a divorce.

‘Yes, Karl would never forgive me.’

Karl had once said something.

“Though we may have been joined through a political marriage, we’re still husband and wife, and we’re on the same side.”

With that beautiful face, smiling innocently like a boy, he had said it as if joking.

“So don’t deceive me. As long as you don’t, I’ll be on your side.”

Sandra knew. That those were Karl’s deadly serious true feelings.

‘But if he finds out I’ve been lying, he’s the type who would consider me an enemy.’

Then this marriage would be over.

Karl would no longer consider her his ally and would resolutely file for divorce.

Losing Karl.

That was what Sandra feared most. Rather than that…

‘I have to silence Danae. Forever, so she can never tell anyone.’

By any means necessary.

Even if it meant committing an original sin.

She would seal that truth forever.

To remain Karl’s ally, Sandra could harm Danae a hundred times, a thousand times over.

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