I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 13
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Chapter 13
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That late night, at the Windsor Estate.
Alice wept bitterly.
“Sob, sniff, sob.”
“Alice, it’s Mom. Hmm? May I come in?”
“No! Go away!”
Thud!
Alice threw her teddy bear doll without hesitation.
Though it was a side never shown to others, it was her daughter’s familiar tantrum that Sandra was used to.
‘Poor thing.’
Outside the door, Sandra paced restlessly in front of her daughter’s room. Just as she was at a loss for what to do.
“Lady Sandra.”
A woman approached cautiously. It was Miona, Alice’s maid.
“I’ll try to comfort Alice properly.”
“W-would you do that, Miona?”
“Yes. So please go back and rest now.”
“Alright, I will. Miona, with you there, our Alice will be able to open her heart comfortably.”
Miona was Alice’s old friend.
She was also a child Alice had taken in as a maid after her family fell into ruin several years ago.
‘Thank goodness Miona is here.’
Since Alice regarded Miona like a real sister, she would comfort her well.
‘My poor daughter, to be so sad.’
Considering what she experienced today, it was understandable.
Hadn’t Countess Lemela also made such sarcastic remarks?
“My goodness, that was the most modest engagement ceremony I’ve ever seen.”
She couldn’t argue back. Because it really was true.
‘That woman, how dare she mock my daughter?’
Who was Alice?
She was her own—Sandra Windsor’s daughter.
‘Who do they think I am!’
Sandra was the biological daughter of the current naval commander, Anton Roland.
The Roland Ducal House had produced outstanding naval officers for generations. Many men of the Roland family had lost their lives at sea.
For the Empire.
For Ramun, the Sun God.
‘That’s right! My son is also an outstanding naval officer! He’s the captain of the Maclir!’
Her precious son, Lumiere Windsor, had also set sail just the night before last.
He had urgently departed upon news that barbarian tribes had invaded their territorial waters.
To fight against those filthy creatures who worship demons!
Yet they dare treat the daughter of such a brave military family this way?
‘Danae Windsor, how could you ruin Alice’s engagement ceremony so terribly?’
She wanted to tear that girl to pieces if she could.
‘…What should I do?’
Suddenly, worry came flooding in.
Karl had told her to endure for one year, but she couldn’t endure it.
‘Dana will surely tell Karl everything.’
Then Karl would be disappointed…
After much hesitation, Sandra decided to confess to Karl herself.
“What? You grabbed Danae’s hair?”
“Y-yes. Alice was so sad…”
“What are we going to do, Sandra? I worked so hard to appease that child’s anger, what if she gets upset again?”
Sorrow washed over her at her husband’s reproach.
“How can you call yourself Alice’s father after saying that?! Do you know what humiliation Alice suffered today? Sob sob!”
Sandra collapsed to the floor and wailed loudly. Then Karl approached her reluctantly and comforted her.
“Stop crying, Sandra. I won’t blame you anymore.”
“What does our Alice lack that she should suffer such humiliation! What exactly does our Alice lack!”
Juan Rolland. Even her good-for-nothing younger brother was receiving flattery from nobles these days.
There was no other reason. It was solely thanks to his monopoly on the rights to the precious Moonlight Flower.
Even that incompetent fool’s reputation had been improving since taking charge of the Moonlight Flower business, but our Alice!
‘Wait!’
Wait, wait, just a moment.
‘That’s right. Juan was originally an object of ridicule… but lately his reputation among nobles has been improving.’
What if, what if.
Alice took that position?
The humiliation of the engagement ceremony would be forgotten in an instant!
“Honey!”
Sandra grabbed Karl’s hand tightly.
“Give Alice the Moonlight Flower business!”
“Sandra? What nonsense is that?”
“That trade business importing Moonlight Flowers from the Southern Continent! Put Alice in charge of it!”
Karl’s face turned pale. He realized his wife’s words weren’t a joke.
“Sandra. That’s absolutely ridiculous.”
“Why is it ridiculous? Don’t tell me you don’t trust Alice?”
“No, of course that’s not it, but this business is very important.”
“Who doesn’t know that?”
“This isn’t an ordinary business. You know the Moonlight Flower is a project the Papal Court is putting great effort into, right?”
Karl explained with a serious expression.
“The Moonlight Flower is a propaganda tool for the New Church Faction. It’s not just a simple flower. It’s propaganda material to reduce resistance to the Moon God.”
“I know that too!”
In the current era, religion was divided into two factions.
The New Church Faction that embraced the Moon God.
The Orthodox Sect that rejected the Moon God.
The Moonlight Flower—the flower symbolizing the Moon God—was being used in the power struggle between these two factions.
“My brother Juan is doing well with that business. So let Alice help him, okay?”
At his wife’s words, Karl smiled awkwardly.
‘Well, honestly Juan doesn’t really do anything.’
The retainers handled all the actual work while Juan just approved things at a basic level.
Sandra had begged him so much to give her pathetic brother some dignity that he had no choice but to create a cushy position for him!
“Karl! Alice is your daughter! Can’t you even do this much for Alice?!”
When Sandra pleaded desperately, Karl finally threw up his hands.
Besides, the assistants would handle the actual work just like now…
‘It’s just putting her name on it.’
Karl nodded his head.
“Alright. I’ll do that.”
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“Sister Dana. Please accept this.”
The fairy-like boy with platinum hair, Noah Windsor, blushed as he held out a flower crown to her.
“I made it myself.”
“You did?”
“Yes. I thought it would suit you well, Sister.”
My goodness. To think this finicky noble young master had personally woven a flower crown with his own hands.
When Dana was too surprised to say anything, Noah’s ears turned bright red.
“Don’t you like the flower crown? Well, of course this cheap thing doesn’t suit you at all, Sister. You should wear a tiara woven with jewelry instead…”
The rambling boy was so endearing that Dana burst into clear laughter.
“Wow. Sister. You look like an angel.”
Alice, who had been watching from the side, murmured. Her eyes were filled with admiration.
“Sister is so lucky. I wish a flower crown would suit me like it does you.”
“Hm?”
“Well, there’s no one to make a flower crown for me anyway…”
Just as she was about to answer, ‘I’ll make one for you, Alice!’
“Dana.”
A very tall man with platinum hair appeared.
“What’s that flower crown?”
“Why? Doesn’t it suit me?”
“No.”
The man—Viego Windsor looked at Dana and answered calmly.
“It’s pretty.”
At that moment, flash.
Dana opened her eyes.
“…”
What she saw was a high ceiling. Bird songs could be heard from outside the window.
‘It was a dream.’
This was a memory from when she got along well with everyone. Why did she suddenly dream of that time?
She had a rough idea of the reason.
‘Is there still hesitation remaining within me?’
A few days ago, she had made a deal with the Emperor.
She would destroy the value of the Moonlight Flower.
And that ultimately meant attacking the Windsor Family.
Perhaps that was why. Maybe her last bit of conscience had summoned memories from when things were good.
‘The Windsor Family…’
Dana became lost in thought, staring blankly.
For the past six years, Dana had truly loved the Windsor Family. This family led by Viego Windsor at the forefront.
‘Viego Windsor, and Noah Windsor.’
Her relationship with those two hadn’t been like this from the beginning.
At one time, it had been really good.
‘And the reason that relationship fell apart was because of me.’
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