I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 115

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Chapter 115

 

 

 

“I was taking care of Dana.”

Karl answered while stroking the back of Dana’s hand.

“Dana’s condition isn’t good. She collapsed as soon as we left the banquet hall earlier.”

“She collapsed? Dana, are you alright?”

Just as Dana was about to answer Lumiere’s question.

“I’m fine now.”

Pressing her hand firmly, Karl stepped in instead.

“So don’t worry, Lumiere.”

“You should have told me. As Dana’s escort for today, I’m quite embarrassed.”

“It’s fine, so go back and enjoy the party, Lumiere. I’m here, so don’t worry about anything.”

“No. I was already worried since I heard Dana received a threatening letter, so I can’t do that.”

“A threatening letter?”

“Yes. Dana has been receiving threatening letters recently— Ah.”

Belatedly, Lumiere stopped speaking with a surprised expression.

“Don’t tell me Father didn’t know?”

Then he smiled as if quite troubled.

“Sorry, Dana. Was it supposed to be a secret?”

“…”

Her mind wasn’t focused at all.

The conversation was happening so quickly that she couldn’t find a chance to interject.

Dana said while holding her throbbing head.

“It wasn’t exactly a secret. I just haven’t told Uncle yet…”

Had these two always talked this fast?

Dana didn’t miss this opportunity and ended the conversation.

“Let’s talk about that later. Right now there’s something more urgent.”

Now wasn’t the time for such idle chatter. Since Lumiere was here too, it worked out even better.

“Both of you, listen carefully to what I’m about to say.”

Dana told them about what she had seen in the future, with slight modifications.

“Ignis is on this ship?”

The smile completely disappeared from Karl’s face after hearing the story.

“Yes. I heard him say he installed a bomb on the passenger ship. He was talking with a silver-haired female crew member. I overheard it.”

Around this point, Dana’s cheeks turned slightly red.

“I was so shocked that I must have fainted.”

It was embarrassing to act so fragile.

What if they don’t believe me…

“Of course a delicate child like you would react that way after hearing such a thing.”

“That makes sense. You would react like that, Dana.”

“…”

Both Karl and Lumiere nodded without a trace of doubt.

Dana felt a bit awkward. Who knew that frequently getting sick and collapsing would be helpful sometimes.

“So please hurry and find Ignis and his female accomplice among the crew. Silver hair tied up high in a bun. Her height came up to about Ignis’s shoulder, and she had moles on the bridge of her nose and center of her chin.”

“That’s enough information.”

With those words, Lumiere hurriedly left the room. Karl also got up as if to follow.

“Dana, you rest here.”

“No. Uncle, we need to catch Ignis.”

“What?”

“He’s after my fortune, so if I’m alone, he’ll definitely appear. So I’ll be the bait.”

“No.”

Karl firmly gripped her shoulders.

“You stay here, Dana.”

He had a smiling face.

However, the hand pressing on her shoulder was resolute.

“You’re not feeling well, so what could you possibly do? Rest here, Dana. We’ll handle everything properly.”

Dana stared up at him intently.

“Can you really catch Ignis without me as bait?”

“No. That would be difficult.”

“…”

“If that guy is determined to hide, finding him won’t be easy.”

Karl honestly admitted it.

“But I’ll prevent the bomb from exploding, so don’t worry.”

“Even if you stop it this time, Ignis will attempt another terrorist attack next time.”

Dana gripped Karl’s wrist tightly.

“We have to catch him now, Uncle.”

His hatred toward the Windsor family was beyond imagination. And his obsession with her fortune was also enormous.

‘That person was coveting my vault more than I thought.’

He couldn’t be left alone.

Who knows when he might approach again and attempt a kidnapping before she leaves this world.

So she had to catch him at this opportunity, while he was on this ship.

Then Karl, who had been staring at her intently, asked.

“Is that really all there is to it?”

“Pardon?”

“It’s not that you want to see Ignis, is it?”

What?

That was absurd. What kind of—

‘Oh, come to think of it.’

She had previously spouted nonsense about liking Ignis, or wanting to run away with him.

“It’s not like that, Uncle.”

“Right. Of course it wouldn’t be. You’re not foolish enough to truly fall for such a dangerous guy.”

However, Karl’s grip on Dana’s shoulder remained resolute.

“But you still can’t step forward, Dana. You could really die. Ignis is dangerous.”

“…”

No. That’s because Uncle is overestimating that person.

Dana held back those words.

About Ignis being valedictorian at the military academy.

About him breaking Karl Windsor’s grades, being so excellent that the previous Duke Windsor didn’t want to let him leave Windsor, and so on.

All sorts of rumors followed behind Ignis, but—

‘He wasn’t much.’

Eliminating him had been easy.

Much easier than swatting a mosquito.

—Since she couldn’t say that.

“Uncle will protect me, won’t you?”

Dana placed her hand on the back of his.

“I trust you, Uncle.”

This should be enough to get past him like usual, right?

Dana thought so, but.

“Really?”

Karl’s smiling eyes were dry and cold.

“If you trusted me, you should have told me about receiving the threatening letter first.”

“….”

“I don’t understand why I had to hear about it from Lumiere.”

Dana was dumbfounded.

Really?

He was really going to talk about this in this situation?

When the bomb was about to explode?

“I’m your guardian, Dana. I should be the first to know about such things, shouldn’t I?”

“…I’m sorry.”

“Right. Let’s talk about this later. Now isn’t the time for such conversations.”

Fortunately, Karl wasn’t completely stupid, as he loosened his grip on Dana’s shoulder and smiled.

“Shall we go?”

A chill ran through her. Dana smiled as if nothing was wrong.

‘Look at his personality….’

To complain like this just because she didn’t treat him as a proper guardian.

His temper really wasn’t ordinary.

 

* * *

 

To Ignis, that moment felt like it was just yesterday.

 

“Could you take me away from this place?”

 

When he was deceived by those words from Danae Windsor.

 

“I want to know more about you, Ignis.”

 

When he believed those fake eyes filled with love.

 

“Ignis, you should know your place properly. Isn’t it more ridiculous that you thought I would like you?”

 

It was so vivid that murderous intent surged as if it had just happened.

‘Right. It was very ridiculous to think you would like me.’

Thanks to that experience, Ignis now knew his place very well.

Killing the woman who made him look foolish.

Wouldn’t that be fitting for his position?

So Ignis waited.

Hidden beyond the ventilation duct in the ceiling of the corridor in front of Danae’s guest room. Calmly. Like a beast hiding in the bushes, quietly, silently.

How long had he been hiding like that?

Creak. Danae’s bedroom door opened and Lumiere came out first. He walked down the corridor with heavy steps.

After that, not long after, Karl and Danae also came out.

“Well, I’ll go to the banquet hall now.”

“Yes, Uncle. I’ll get some fresh air on the deck before going.”

“Alright, do that. Don’t stay too long since it’s cold.”

“Yes.”

Finally, the opportunity had come….

Danae and Karl parted ways at the end of the corridor and walked in opposite directions.

Only then did Ignis tear open the ventilation duct and land lightly in the corridor. He brushed the dust off his head and straightened his crooked bow tie.

Then he went to find his partner— the silver-haired crew member.

“Prepare the lifeboat. I’m going to kidnap Danae Windsor soon.”

“Yes. There are 30 minutes left, so please hurry.”

I know.

The bomb will explode in 30 minutes.

A weak girl like Danae Windsor surely won’t survive.

‘That won’t do.’

I can’t let her die so meaninglessly.

Because I plan to strangle her with my own hands and watch her breathe her last.

Above all, he had to claim that girl’s vault. Before the bomb exploded, he had to get it out quickly.

Ignis walked across the deck pretending to be a crew member pushing a cleaning cart.

The deck for first-class passengers.

Since almost all passengers were attending the dinner party.

The only person on the deck on this cold night was….

‘Only you.’

As expected, Danae Windsor was standing alone on the deck, looking up at the sky.

Behind a pillar, Ignis’s heart raced as he hid his body.

Danae’s snow-white hair, as if created by moonlight, was rippling in the darkness.

He knew the texture of that hair.

It was incredibly soft.

Right. Just grab that hair tightly in one hand and….

‘Break her neck and kill her.’

This time, for sure.

Intense murderous intent burned and blazed through his entire chest.

Just as he was about to step out from behind the pillar.

“Hello, Ignis.”

A gentle voice came from behind him.

“Have you been well?”

“….”

There was nothing more to think about.

Ignis immediately whipped his head around.

At that moment, rough wind pressure grazed his ear. Someone’s fierce hand passed by his face and slammed into the pillar with a bang.

“Oh. You dodged this one?”

Haha, Karl Windsor let out a dry laugh as he pulled his hand out of the pillar.

“I came right up behind you, but since you couldn’t sense my presence, I thought your instincts were completely dead.”

Karl clicked his tongue as if disappointed.

“You were spacing out while peeping at Dana. Ignis, you need to stay alert. What would you do if you died like that?”

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