I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 137
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Chapter 137
Inside the carriage. Dana was heading toward the Imperial Palace.
‘I’m finally going to meet the Emperor.’
Emperor Justio had accepted the meeting. Surely they would discuss the divine trial.
That wasn’t the only matter at hand.
Viego had assigned her a new task.
“Get Uncle Ignis pardoned by His Majesty the Emperor.”
“A pardon?”
“Yes. He said he would meet him directly and decide on the pardon.”
The Emperor had also summoned Ignis.
Dana glanced at the opposite side. Ignis was sitting there.
When their eyes met, Ignis frowned.
“What are you looking at.”
“You look uncomfortable.”
“….”
“Are you alright?”
No answer came.
Indeed, Ignis looked very uncomfortable, as if sitting on a bed of thorns.
Still….
‘It seems he’s moved past the denial stage now.’
He had been saying it was all lies, that the nobles were surely toying with him, unable to believe he had been adopted into the Windsor Family.
But now he was gradually accepting reality.
“Hey. Let me ask you one thing.”
“Yes, please go ahead.”
“You said you and I were close. Is that really true?”
“Yes, of course.”
Dana smiled brightly.
“We were very close.”
Thinking about it, Ignis and she had been incredibly close.
Physically.
‘I even saw you masturbating.’
That wasn’t all… Dana glanced at his hands.
Large, rough hands. His long, thick fingers were covered in calluses, rough beyond measure.
But Dana knew the moment when his fingers became gentle.
After all, those very hands had given this body, Danae Windsor, her first pleasure.
“Then tell me. How did I get adopted into such a noble family?”
Dana quietly observed Ignis’s serious expression.
An anxious and restless face.
Ignis, having lost his memory, was surprisingly ordinary.
So much so that she thought if she said ‘You masturbated in front of me,’ he would blush and panic.
‘…Wait. Why am I having such strange thoughts?’
I must be crazy.
Dana shook off her wandering thoughts and answered in a gentle voice.
“I heard that our late grandfather was particularly fond of Uncle Ignis. You apparently had excellent grades at the Military Academy.”
“So how did I get admitted to a military academy that only nobles attend?”
“Well, because you were originally a noble too, Uncle Ignis.”
“What?”
Ignis frowned as if he had heard a bad joke.
“What are you talking about. Me, originally a noble.”
“Yes. I heard you were from a baronet family. Don’t you remember this either?”
“….”
No answer came.
Did he remember, or not?
Or perhaps….
“Ah, damn it.”
Then Ignis sighed as if his irritation was boiling over.
“I don’t know what’s what.”
Then he pressed his temples hard as if his head hurt. It was exactly where Dana had shot him with the gun.
He looked very confused, but he no longer seemed to doubt her.
‘He really seems to believe everything I say.’
Dana deeply agreed with Viego’s words.
Ignis was weak to her.
Probably because of her appearance, as Brother had said. This kind and gentle appearance that seemed incapable of telling even the smallest lie.
Ignis was once again being deceived by this face that he had once criticized as too naive.
‘That man really has a troubled fate.’
She felt a bit sorry for him, but that was all. She had no intention of sympathizing with a terrorist who had killed countless people.
Dana took Ignis’s large hand and smiled.
“Uncle, don’t worry too much. Everything will be fine. I’ll help you.”
Ignis, looking at their joined hands, muttered awkwardly.
“…Well, if you would do that, I’d be grateful.”
Wow.
To think such a normal response would come out.
Dana was amazed. It seemed this person wasn’t born as a madman from the beginning….
Ignis, with Windsor completely removed from his mind, was surprisingly quite normal.
* * *
They finally arrived at the Imperial Palace.
“His Majesty the Emperor is waiting in his office.”
The Emperor’s guard escorted her to the office.
“Ignis will undergo a simple search first. Please follow us.”
Since he was a criminal, he was escorted elsewhere, surrounded by numerous Royal Guards.
“Your Majesty. The Duke Windsor’s daughter has arrived.”
Finally entering the Emperor’s office. Dana immediately bowed upon entering.
“I greet His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Please raise your head.”
Dana slowly straightened up.
Justio, wearing his usual pure white robe, was sitting at the office desk.
‘So dazzling.’
His golden hair, shattered by the brilliant sunlight, pierced her vision. It was a radiance as if the sun had been cut out and perfectly melted down.
Justio briefly checked her face and immediately got to the point.
“The divine trial will be held in one week.”
Shocked, Dana clenched her fists.
One week?
That quickly? No, I thought it would take at least a month—
“And the Crown Prince will be notified this afternoon.”
“….”
This afternoon.
Lyos would find out in just a few hours.
At that thought, a strange sense of satisfaction washed over her. He must have been planning his wedding with her, only to suddenly have the engagement broken by the Sacred Court.
‘He’ll be absolutely shocked.’
It was only regrettable that she couldn’t see that horrified face in person.
If it’s this afternoon, would he receive the notification in the middle of work? Or perhaps….
‘Or maybe he’s still rolling around with Alice.’
Last night.
The Savage Tribe Shamans’ potion had been delivered to Alice.
She must have used it on Lyos by now.
It was a report from the Surveillance Agent she had assigned to Sandra.
‘I didn’t expect Alice to go that far….’
Dana had leaked information about the Sacred Court trial to Alice, just in case.
Sandra and Alice had used unexpectedly extreme methods— the outcome should be clear by now.
She suddenly became curious.
Had Alice’s plan succeeded?
* * *
Lyos opened his eyes amid a severe headache.
“….”
The morning sunlight was blinding.
He sighed while pressing his forehead. It felt unpleasant, like a hangover washing over him.
And….
“A-are you awake?”
Alice.
At that voice, Lyos bolted upright in bed. And immediately realized he was completely naked. Alice lying beside him was also.
Completely nude without a thread of clothing.
“A-are you alright?”
Lyos tried to think rationally.
What had happened?
Last night. Drinking wine with Alice. Drinking the tea Alice gave him. And then.
And then—
Everything after that was pitch black.
As if someone had poured black ink over it, no scenes from after that came to mind.
“You….”
A voice like a beast’s breath slipped through his lips. Lyos ran his trembling hands through his hair in anger.
“Alice Windsor.”
Alice flinched and stiffened her shoulders in surprise.
“What did you do to me.”
“Th-that is….”
While she stammered, Lyos violently threw off the blanket.
And at that moment, he froze.
Blood stained on the pure white sheets.
It was so vivid.
“You seemed very drunk yesterday….”
Alice barely managed to squeeze out her voice.
“D-don’t you remember?”
Lyos looked at her again. Dark murderous intent rippled in his black eyes.
However.
“Yes.”
As if forcibly extinguishing rising flames, he answered in a suppressed voice.
“I don’t remember.”
“….”
“Nothing at all.”
With those words, he got up. Putting on a robe, he left the frightened Alice behind and headed to his study in the adjacent room.
Bang!
The moment he closed the door, Lyos frantically rushed to his desk. With trembling, convulsing hands, he opened the drawer. His mouth went dry and his breathing became rapid.
Cigar.
A cigar.
Quickly, a cigar.
“Crown Prince!”
Just then, a voice came from outside.
But he ignored it. He had no choice but to ignore it.
His hands were shaking so much that after several failed attempts, he finally succeeded in cutting the cigar. He hurriedly put it in his mouth and lit it. He inhaled deeply, very deeply.
“Crown Prince! May I come in?”
Hah—
Hoo—
His breathing stabilized.
His mind became quiet.
Now he feared nothing.
Only then did Lyos slump to the floor and lean the back of his head against the desk. He closed his eyes and slowly smoked his cigar.
“Crown Prince!”
Lyos lifted his eyelids.
At that moment, his eyes were as calm as a black pond.
“Your Highness, this is urgent!”
“…Wait.”
He leisurely got up.
He ran his fingers through his sweat-soaked, disheveled hair. Tying the loose belt of his robe tightly, he answered in a now completely calm voice.
“Come in.”
As soon as permission was given, the door burst open. It was his subordinate, Count Cedric.
“Please check this, Your Highness.”
Count Cedric held out documents. It was a hand with half a pinky finger cut off.
“What’s this that you’re making such a fuss about.”
Lyos took the documents with an indifferent expression.
“It’s a report from our agent planted in the Papal Court.”
Count Cedric hastily added.
“Your Highness, they say a Sacred Court trial will be held soon.”
“…What?”
A crack appeared in Lyos’s brow.
“What are you talking about.”
“They say a Sacred Court trial will be held in a few days. The reason His Holiness the Pope and Their Eminences the Cardinals are visiting the capital is precisely because of this!”
“….”
After a brief silence, Lyos asked sharply.
“Who summoned them?”
“Emperor Justio.”
The next moment, Lyos heard the name of the one who had taken the imperial throne from him.
“Emperor Justio has convened a Divine Trial!”
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