I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 11

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Chapter 11

He was a white man who seemed to have walked out from the eternal snow.

“That’s really Emperor Justio.”

“Why is His Majesty here….”

Amidst the confused gazes, the Emperor finally sat on the Imperial Throne. As he tilted his head, light shimmered through his golden hair.

“Crown Prince.”

Then he spoke. It was a sub-zero voice that seemed to form frost.

“What are you doing right now.”

“…Your Majesty.”

“I asked what you are doing right now, Crown Prince.”

Lyos’s eyes trembled with a sense of betrayal. Looking at his surprised face, Dana smiled brightly.

‘Your uncle, Emperor Justio, is the person you’re most wary of in this world.’

Because he’s the one who seized the imperial throne that should have originally gone to you and became Emperor.

That’s right. I made a deal with such a person. With someone who threatens your imperial position.

What did you say earlier? That you wouldn’t stop me if I wanted to become miserable?

‘You’re the one.’

You’re the one who should be miserable right now.

Because I abandoned you too.

* * *

“Your Majesty.”

However, that was all.

“I didn’t know you would be attending.”

Lyos, who had been momentarily shaken, quickly regained his composure as if nothing had happened. His face even looked calm.

“We were in the middle of a covenant ceremony, Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will also bless us.”

“Covenant ceremony.”

The Emperor stared intently at Lyos with his inhuman blue eyes. Then he muttered again.

“A covenant ceremony.”

Meanwhile, Alice was shuddering with fear and shock. She couldn’t believe it.

‘Why?’

Why on earth did His Majesty come? How? Why?

‘Could it be that he granted Sister Dana’s request?’

Tears naturally welled up in her eyes. She bit her lips, feeling like she would burst into tears from sorrow.

This is really too much. For Sister Dana to do such a shameful thing to stop the covenant ceremony. Really―

“I see.”

“….”

Huh?

Alice’s eyes widened. The moment tears rolled down her cheeks.

“Continue.”

The Emperor gestured leisurely.

Then the priest, who had been completely frozen, was startled and stammered.

“Th-then, I will continue the covenant ceremony.”

While everyone was bewildered, the priest faithfully recited scripture verses. They were verses meaning to swear eternal love before God.

And at the end, he asked.

“Alice Windsor, do you swear eternal love before Ramun, the Sun God?”

“Y-yes.”

She answered for now. The priest immediately turned his gaze to the Crown Prince.

“Lyos Grants. Do you swear eternal love before Ramun, the Sun God?”

“…I swear.”

“With this, the two have pledged eternal love before Ramun, the Sun God.”

Dana simply watched calmly as the unbreakable vow of love was made.

Alice thought this was strange.

‘Sister definitely called Emperor Justio to the banquet hall.’

But why… isn’t she stopping the covenant ceremony?

And why.

Why doesn’t she look envious?

“Now let’s get to the main point.”

Then the Emperor stood up.

“Lady Danae Windsor, please come forward.”

Dana walked forward. Then an attendant approached the Emperor and opened a box for him to see.

The box that Lyos had sent to Dana.

It was the medal case.

“Danae Windsor. You have purified the Corrupted Land and brought peace to the continent.”

Saying this, the Emperor lifted up the medal.

A necklace shining with brilliant golden light. Dana’s eyes flashed as she gazed at it.

‘Yes, that’s exactly it.’

She had made a deal with the Emperor to avoid having that taken away.

She never intended to ruin Lyos’s covenant ceremony from the beginning. Rather, she hoped it would succeed.

Only then would her broken engagement gain legitimacy.

“Recognizing your merit and to honor your glory, I bestow this medal upon you.”

As Dana stretched her neck long, the Emperor placed the medal around her neck.

At that moment, the Emperor’s cool fingers brushed against the nape of her neck.

Dana was startled but endured it by biting the inside of her mouth tightly.

“Do you want to die.”

The memory of last night.

The Emperor’s hand that had strangled her neck last night. The Emperor’s voice.

Barely pushing it down, Dana smiled calmly.

“It is an honor, Emperor Justio.”

The die was cast.

Now there was nothing that could be stopped.

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“What kind of scheme is this.”

On the terrace where she went to catch her breath, Lyos followed her out.

“What exactly did you pull?”

Since she had expected this, Dana wasn’t surprised and turned around. Then she smiled brightly.

“Where did you leave your partner and come alone, Your Highness?”

“Danae Windsor. Answer me.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Last night with Emperor Justio― what deal did you make with my uncle?”

“A deal? What deal?”

“Don’t beat around the bush and speak honestly.”

Lyos spat out his words. Cold flames flickered roughly in his eyes.

“Last night, what did you do with Uncle?”

Piercing rage with every breath. He seemed truly, tremendously angry.

“What on earth did you do to make Uncle grant your request?”

Dana simply smiled smoothly. Just as he had watched her anger a few days ago.

‘Well, of course he’d be curious.’

It would be strange to him that the rigid Emperor, that misanthrope interested only in religion, had moved according to her will.

“I wonder. What could I have given?”

“I told you to answer!”

Lyos was so angry that thick veins bulged on the back of his neck.

“If you’re so curious, why don’t you ask your uncle directly?”

“Danae Windsor!”

“I don’t understand why you’re so angry.”

“Don’t understand? You call that an answer?”

“Yes. I really don’t understand.”

Dana tilted her head as if genuinely curious.

“I didn’t stop your covenant ceremony, so why are you so angry?”

“….”

“Are you that upset that I received a medal?”

“…You ruined my covenant ceremony.”

“Please think of it as a compromise. Originally, it was my medal ceremony.”

Dana shrugged her shoulders.

“And if I had really intended to ruin it, I would have asked Emperor Justio to prevent the covenant ceremony.”

It was true. Dana could have made such a request. And the Emperor would have gladly granted it.

Because they had made a deal.

“But I didn’t make such a request. Because.”

Dana smiled brightly.

“I support you two’s love.”

In an instant, Lyos’s jaw tightened. He seemed to be gritting his teeth.

After a moment, he spat out in a low, cracked voice.

“You’re so good at saying things you don’t mean….”

“I’m sincere.”

“No, stop being hypocritical. I saw through your pretense long ago. You pretend to be gentle but never yield. Do you know how tiresome that stubbornness was?”

Having said that, Lyos took a large step forward.

That alone narrowed the distance between them. Dana tried to step back, but behind her was the terrace railing.

“Danae.”

At that moment, he suddenly called her name tenderly.

Like a few days ago. Like when he whispered of love.

The moment chills ran through her, he grabbed her shoulders.

“I know I disappointed you.”

“Let go.”

“But don’t you need to ask yourself why I changed like this?”

Let go of this!

Dana held back from shouting like that.

Lyos’s large hands wrapped around her shoulders. That body heat. That touch. She wanted to cut it all away completely.

It was horrible that he was touching her.

Touching my body with the hands that touched Alice!

“You need to learn by watching Alice.”

“….”

“Alice is younger than you, but in many ways… she’s more excellent. Especially when it comes to handling men.”

Lyos slowly lowered his head. Then he whispered in her ear.

“Alice makes me ecstatic.”

For a moment, Dana felt dizzy.

Her breathing felt like it might stop completely.

“How about getting lessons from Alice? Who knows? I might fall for you again like before.”

Dana bit down hard on the flesh inside her mouth.

From the humiliation, flames blazed throughout her chest. Her throat became so hot she wanted to vomit something up.

But she knew. This was what Lyos intended. An obvious provocation.

That’s why she was determined not to lose her composure.

Dana used all her strength to squeeze out a calm voice.

“Next time….”

Ah. Thank goodness. Her voice was composed.

Rather, it even carried a faint hint of laughter, as if the person before her was ridiculous.

Dana felt relieved by her own voice and freely mocked him.

“I’ll try to do that with the next man.”

“What?”

“This romance failed, so is there any reason to try again?”

Seeing Lyos’s eyes grow cold, her breathing finally opened up. Dana breathed leisurely and smiled sweetly.

“Thank you for the advice. I’ll do well with the next man, Your Highness.”

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