I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 120

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Chapter 120

They finally arrived at their destination.

“Welcome to Saint Grave Island.”

As they disembarked from the passenger ship, priests of the Diana religion greeted them.

The old man standing at the front greeted them as their representative.

“I am High Priest Natelion, the administrator of this island. May Diana’s blessing be upon you.”

“May there be blessings!”

“May Diana’s blessing be upon you!”

Dana was startled by the sudden cries echoing from here and there. The people who had disembarked from the passenger ship suddenly began chanting fervently along.

“This island is originally permitted only to the priests of the Diana order. However, at Duke Windsor’s request, we have specially opened it to ordinary believers as well.”

“We believe!”

“May there be blessings!”

“Oh Diana!”

Dana was horrified.

These were passengers who hadn’t shown even the slightest hint of religious fervor on the passenger ship.

But as soon as they arrived on the island, they were crying out to Diana with frenzied faces.

High Priest Natelion spoke with a proud expression.

“Every night, we hold worship services in the underground of the temple. So we hope that all believers will attend with devout hearts.”

“We believe!”

“We believe!”

By this point, Dana had grown deeply suspicious.

‘Why didn’t Viego Windsor tell me in advance that all the passengers were Diana believers?’

Because he thought there was no need to mention it?

Or— because she disliked the Diana religion?

Viego also knew that Dana viewed the Diana religion with distaste.

She had spoken negatively about it when reporting on the events in Kaltusa previously.

Her brother had said, “They are just radical fanatics, not all Diana believers are like that,” but.

‘It’s still an unpleasant religion.’

After all, the deity Diana herself was a god symbolizing lust, wasn’t she?

In fact, the heretical villagers in Kaltusa Territory had performed very lewd rituals.

They had gone to great lengths trying to draw her and Karl into it.

The Diana religion viewed it as desirable for people to harbor lust, and considered promiscuity a virtue. It truly was a disgusting religion.

‘But that’s my personal feeling, and work is work. I can do it properly regardless of my emotions.’

Rather, if her brother had told her earlier, she would have been less shocked…

“Um, D-D-Danae?”

Just then, someone called out to her from behind.

“Y-you’ve been through s-so much, Danae.”

“Jane.”

Dana greeted her with a smile.

The other person was the daughter of Duke Merwin’s family, famous for staying secluded in her estate due to her stuttering problem.

But who would have thought she was a Diana believer?

“You’re r-really, so, so.”

Jane mumbled with a flushed face.

“So beautiful.”

“…Pardon?”

“Even after q-quite a long voyage, your skin is so fair. Your hair too, it’s so lustrous. Ah, you’re truly so beautiful.”

A chill suddenly washed over her.

Jane was originally like this. Every time they met, she would shower her with uncomfortably excessive praise…

‘I feel like throwing up.’

Was it because she now knew about the Diana religion? Even such compliments now sounded impure to her ears.

“Oh!”

Just then, the shawl Jane was holding flew away. It fluttered gracefully in the breeze before being caught firmly in a large hand.

“Oh my.”

Jane’s face turned bright red.

Lumiere had caught her shawl.

He walked over and handed the shawl to Jane. Jane received the shawl with trembling hands and whispered.

“Th-thank you.”

“Don’t mention it.”

Lumiere answered smoothly with a smile. Then he immediately turned his gaze to Dana.

“Dana, let’s go inside now.”

“Yes.”

After nodding to Jane, Dana took hold of the arm Lumiere offered.

“Lumiere.”

“Hmm?”

“Are you also a Diana believer by any chance?”

“No way.”

Lumiere whispered in her ear.

“This is a secret, but I’m an atheist.”

That was rather fortunate. It would have been really difficult if Lumiere had also been a Diana believer.

Because.

“I see.”

She needed to become very close to Lumiere.

“I was just curious. I wondered if you might attend the evening worship service.”

“I won’t be attending. Why?”

Lumiere looked at Dana’s arm clinging softly to his as if admiring it and asked.

“Want to hang out with me?”

“Shall we?”

“…What?”

“Let’s have some wine, for old times’ sake. Like before.”

Lumiere’s eyes narrowed.

“What are you scheming again?”

And instead of being easily swayed, he clearly pointed it out.

“Dana. The Crown Prince isn’t even here, so what’s your reason for acting friendly with me?”

“I told you it’s not because of the Crown Prince.”

“Really?”

Lumiere looked unconvinced. He tilted his head slightly.

“Whatever your intentions are, Dana, as I said before, I have no intention of playing the role of your kind brother.”

“…”

“Too bad, isn’t it?”

How well he spoke such cold words while smiling prettily.

Even while saying that, Lumiere didn’t withdraw the arm he had offered to Dana. Dana didn’t let go either.

To be honest, Dana needed Lumiere.

No, rather than needing him.

‘I need to drive a wedge between Karl and Lumiere.’

That’s why she had deliberately not told Lumiere about receiving the threatening letter.

‘If Karl sees that I depend more on Lumiere, he’ll feel threatened.’

She could change her guardian to Lumiere.

Or― they were in a relationship where they could marry.

Either way would be fine, so she hoped Karl would delude himself.

At first, it was to break all his wings and easily obtain the Deputy Head’s Ring.

‘Now… I just wish that man would be left alone.’

Strangely, Dana now found Karl much more detestable than Lyos.

Perhaps it was because Karl kept ‘pretending’ to like her until the end. That was what disgusted her.

“If you dislike your kind brother so much, what do you want to do?”

At Dana’s question, Lumiere smiled very deeply. His face looked genuinely curious.

“If I tell you what I want to do, will you do it?”

“…”

By then, Dana had roughly caught on to what he was saying.

But Lumiere was someone whose jokes were quite mischievous.

‘He’s made jokes like this occasionally before.’

He often threw out playful comments like asking for a lap pillow.

So she couldn’t tell if those words were a joke or serious.

‘I should just pretend not to know.’

She tilted her head as if she didn’t understand the meaning. Then Lumiere chuckled as if he knew she wouldn’t understand.

Dana found that a little curious.

He could see through lies so well, yet how could he believe so firmly when she pretended to be innocent like this?

Was it because she looked too gentle, as Ignis had said before?

“Anyway, don’t come to my room at night, Dana.”

Lumiere whispered with a slightly shadowed face.

“If you come, I’ll do what I want to do.”

* * *

That day passed quickly.

After greeting the Diana Church priests on the island, touring the temple, and visiting the tombs of ancient priests, it was already night.

She was so tired.

Perhaps that’s why. Dana fell into a deep sleep as soon as she lay on the bed.

‘It’s noisy…’

But she soon woke up.

The sound of a pipe organ. Someone’s voice shouting loudly.

The worship of the Diana Church believers was extremely noisy.

Dana pulled the blanket over her head.

‘Let’s ignore it and sleep.’

She thought so, but.

‘What kind of worship is so noisy?’

Her eyes snapped open.

It wasn’t like the lewd ritual performed collectively in the heretic village before. The sound was different.

Besides, these were believers personally selected by Viego, so they wouldn’t do such things.

‘…Right. Believers personally selected by Viego.’

That meant.

If those believers were doing something wrong.

Couldn’t that become Viego’s weakness?

When her thoughts reached that point, Dana bolted upright in bed.

‘Viego Windsor’s weakness?’

It wouldn’t be bad to have one in hand.

In case all the plans she had made so far to obtain the Sacred Relic failed. For that unlikely scenario.

She immediately swung her legs out of bed and put on her shoes. Draping a shawl over her shoulders, she picked up a lantern.

Attending worship was free.

There would be no harm in seeing what they were doing.

‘Just in case, I’ll bring the gun.’

Dana hid the pistol on her thigh and immediately headed to the chapel.

Despite the late hour, the chapel was brightly lit with lights, hymn-like music was being played, and…

“We all gained new life after believing in Diana!”

Someone was giving passionate testimony before numerous believers.

“And today, here, we will gain an even better life!”

“We believe!”

“A healthier and stronger body!”

“We believe!”

“A more beautiful body!”

“We believe!”

Dana’s eyes widened greatly.

That person shouting on the platform right now. That person drawing responses from the believers.

It was a familiar face.

It was a face she knew all too well.

But it was absolutely someone who couldn’t be there.

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