I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 123
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Chapter 123
Come together?
For a moment, the back of her head throbbed sharply. Lumiere’s face as he said this was no different from usual.
An attitude as if nothing had happened between them. That composure made her blood boil.
And what? He was planning to attend the service?
‘Doesn’t he know what happens when you attend the service?’
He probably didn’t know, which is why he was saying he’d go.
But that was as far as it went. She had no obligation or loyalty to warn him.
“I’ll have to think about it.”
So Dana acted exactly the same way he did.
As usual, as if nothing had happened.
As if yesterday’s events meant nothing.
“I toured the island with Miss Jane from early morning, so my legs hurt a bit, brother.”
And she called him brother.
Since he seemed to hate that word, she deliberately put more emphasis on it.
“Ah, really?”
Then Lumiere smiled even more brightly and patted her head.
“Well, Dana did look quite exhausted last night too. It might be good to rest well.”
“I wonder if you slept properly yourself, brother. You didn’t have nightmares, did you?”
When she fired back without backing down, Lumiere burst into laughter. He seemed both amused and annoyed.
Then High Priest Natelion interjected.
“Have you visited the Giants’ Tombs by any chance?”
“Pardon?”
“Those mountain peaks, I mean.”
Priest Natelion pointed his finger.
Toward the two massive mountain peaks rising abruptly in the center of the island.
“Those are the Giants’ Tombs.”
“…”
Dana stared at the priest quietly.
Was he joking right now? Or was this a prank?
However, Priest Natelion spoke with a face that was not just serious but fervent.
“According to Scripture, the now-extinct Giant Race also worshipped the great Moon God Diana.”
“Ah.”
“Especially those tombs belong to Giant Brothers who received Diana’s blessing, and according to legend, they were so powerful that they achieved victory against thousands of Barbarian Soldiers.”
“…”
What nonsense was he spouting with such a moved expression…
‘Well, deifying nature was common in Yeon Dana’s Previous World too.’
Then Jane, who had been stealing glances at Lumiere, spoke cautiously.
“L-Lumiere, are you r-really going to the sp-special service?”
“Yes. Since the High Priest recommended my attendance, I should naturally participate.”
“I-I’m also th-thinking of attending.”
“That’s good news.”
His expression and smile were so gentle that Jane’s ears turned bright red.
‘Ridiculous.’
Dana found such a Lumiere simply detestable.
‘He hides his filthy nature so well with fancy wrapping.’
Well, I was also fooled by that sparkling wrapping for a very long time.
“Then I’ll see you at the service. Lady Jane Merwin.”
With those words, Lumiere and the High Priest passed by.
Jane looked at Lumiere’s retreating figure with a dreamy expression.
Poor thing seemed completely smitten with that pretty bastard…
“H-he has very good s-seeds.”
“Pardon?”
“L-Lumiere. He’s someone who has very ex-excellent and superior s-seeds.”
Dana didn’t immediately understand what she meant. Seeds? What was that about.
…No way.
“S-so, I hope he s-spreads his s-seeds widely. It would be an honor to c-carry Lumiere’s seeds.”
Dana was horrified. Was she really speaking in that sense right now? Really?
“I-it would be nice if such an h-honor came to me too.”
Jane, who said this, deliberately drooped her shoulders as if gloomy.
“B-but I heard that L-Lumiere is st-stingy about s-spreading his s-seeds. That’s a tremendous l-loss to the world.”
Those utterly grim words made her feel like she might vomit.
Was she calling that speech?
‘And why do I need to know such useless information?’
She had no desire to know whether Lumiere was stingy or generous about seed-spreading activities.
Dana realized anew that this woman—the people of this island—were fanatics of the Diana Church.
‘And she’s being so honest because she thinks I’m one of them.’
Since she was the young lady of the Windsor Family that spread the Diana Church, she trusted her and revealed her true nature.
Just as she was thinking this.
“B-but.”
Jane suddenly grabbed Dana’s hand.
“Y-your hands are really pretty.”
“…!”
She tried to shake it off immediately, but Jane gripped so tightly it wouldn’t budge.
“How can your f-fingers be so slender and pretty? Your hands are soft too, and your fingernails… huh?”
“Let go of this, Jane.”
“D-did you cut your fingernails?”
Then she muttered with hollow eyes.
“Strange. I definitely saw your fingernails grown long until yesterday. I saw them, I definitely definitely saw them…”
“…!”
Dana roughly shook off Jane’s hand.
“Miss Jane. What kind of rudeness is this?”
“S-sorry. I just…”
“No apology needed. You’re really unpleasant.”
Dana turned around coldly. She was so startled her heart was beating rapidly.
She had heard that Jane lacked social skills from being cooped up in the estate.
But to act like such a crazy woman.
* * *
After that unpleasant incident, Dana continued touring the Temple.
She carefully examined the faces of passing priests.
‘She’s not here.’
That girl who looked like a mix of herself and Ignis.
She couldn’t find that female priest.
Eventually, Dana returned to her room that night without any results. And she plopped down on the sofa.
‘I don’t know. I’ve done enough.’
It had been 6 years—soon to be 7—since living as Danae Windsor. But suddenly a girl who looked exactly like her appeared, so of course she’d be curious.
So she had tried to find out once.
‘That’s enough now.’
This much was sufficient. She had no intention of expending any more energy beyond this point. So—
Crunch….
‘Hm?’
Crunch, crunch….
What was that sound?
Could it be that a mouse had gotten in?
Dana lifted the lantern. The moment she entered the dark bedroom where the sound was coming from.
“…!”
She discovered someone.
Someone crouched beside the bed, sitting hunched in front of the trash can, gnawing on something….
“D, Danae.
It was Jane.
It was Jane again. Jane was there!
“W, well, you see.”
Jane was flustered, yet she cupped something in both hands and gnawed on it with crunching sounds.
That was.
‘My… fingernails?’
Jane had found pieces of her fingernails from the trash can and was gnawing on them!
“S, s, sorry.”
Crunch crunch crunch crunch.
“I, I’m really sorry.”
Crunch crunch crunch crunch crunch crunch.
“Y, you must be very surprised, right?”
Like a mouse, Jane gnawed carefully on the fingernails with her front teeth and grinned sheepishly.
“I, I’m almost d, done. Just a moment.”
At that moment.
“…!”
Something, something like a massive wave struck her soul. Dana staggered, swayed, stumbled, and fell….
“Ah.”
Someone took that place.
“I succeeded.”
…Huh?
“I succeeded. I really succeeded….”
Dana was so shocked she nearly fainted. Her own lips were moving and speaking on their own.
‘What is this?’
Why is my body moving on its own?
Her hands rose up and slowly felt her face and body. Everything was happening regardless of Dana’s will.
“Sob, sniff. It’s real. I really succeeded.”
Soon her hands frantically touched all parts of her body as if overcome with emotion. Dana tried somehow to control her own body, but—
‘I can’t move!’
She couldn’t move a fingertip or twitch her lips even once! It was a horrible feeling, like being paralyzed while awake.
Then her body ran toward the mirror on its own. And then frantically tore off her clothes.
“My goodness, how can it be so beautiful.”
In the dark room. Under the dim moonlight, her naked body was revealed.
Dana met her own eyes in the mirror.
“You’re much prettier than I imagined.”
Eyes that were chillingly ecstatic. It was a gaze she had seen somewhere before.
“I’m sorry, Danae. But please understand. I can use this body more beneficially.”
Those eyes were….
“This body is mine now.”
It was Jane.
Jane had stolen Danae Windsor’s body.
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