I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 138

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Chapter 138

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Emperor said.

 

“My role ends here. I cannot guarantee victory in the trial.”

 

“Yes, this is enough. Thank you.”

 

Dana bowed deeply.

 

She was sincere.

 

If it weren’t for Justio, who was once one of the Seven Cardinals, they wouldn’t have been able to convene a sacred trial so swiftly.

 

All the effort she had put into her relationship with the Emperor had paid off.

 

‘But this is all over now.’

 

She thought she should quickly wrap up the conversation and leave.

 

“The Crown Prince.”

 

Surprisingly, Justio continued the conversation.

 

Dana looked up in surprise and flinched.

 

As if he had been watching her all along, his blue gaze was fixed on her without wavering.

 

“As you know, he has black hair.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“He hasn’t grown up receiving proper treatment. Especially from the Former Emperor.”

 

“…”

 

Justio didn’t continue speaking, but Dana knew.

 

She knew at least that his childhood hadn’t been smooth.

 

“He must harbor much resentment inside.”

 

Dana listened silently.

 

In fact, it was the Emperor himself who had deepened that resentment.

 

The day the throne was taken away. The image of Lyos crying alone was still vivid.

 

‘So what?’

 

Why does that matter?

 

Does he perhaps feel guilty about stealing his nephew’s throne?

 

That could be possible.

 

Not only did he steal the throne, but he also took the lead in opening a sacred trial that would ruin his nephew’s engagement. His conscience wouldn’t be at ease.

 

‘Surely he’s not going to tell me to reconsider.’

 

She looked at him coldly.

 

At the end of her gaze, Justio’s lips seemed to be holding their position at the corners. As if they might open or not. They trembled slightly before finally releasing a slow breath.

 

“Ignis de Windsor.”

 

Ah.

 

He had decided.

 

“After an interview, I will determine whether to grant him clemency and send him back.”

 

Justio nodded his head.

 

“You may return now.”

 

Dana sent him a gentle smile at that excellent judgment.

 

She had been ready to not stand for it if he said something like thinking it over one more time or taking Lyos’s side.

 

“Yes, Your Majesty. Thank you so much for everything.”

 

Good.

 

This is the end.

 

Everything, absolutely everything is over.

 

Her steps leaving the door were light. She felt like she could fly.

 

Finally, finally, finally!

 

‘Now the sacred trial will be held!’

 

Finally, she would break off her engagement with that bastard Lyos.

 

That wasn’t all. Karl had finally noticed something was wrong with the Retilan Mine.

 

‘Now Karl is finished too.’

 

He would be completely ruined, and the nobles who trusted and invested in him would rise up.

 

When that happens, he’ll be dismissed from his position as Deputy Head, the Deputy Head’s Ring will soon be mine, and I will finally—

 

‘Go back.’

 

To Yeon Dana.

 

Finally bidding farewell to this detestable world.

 

Dana walked with an emotional heart. Just as she was about to turn the corner at the end of the corridor with an infinitely swollen chest.

 

“Stop right there.”

 

A low voice grabbed her ankle.

 

“Danae Windsor.”

 

Her good mood plummeted instantly.

 

Dana didn’t even think to hide her contorting face as she turned around.

 

Lyos was standing there.

 

But.

 

‘Why does he look like that?’

 

He was a sight to behold.

 

A messily buttoned shirt with a hastily thrown-on jacket. Anyone could see he had rushed out in a hurry.

 

He strode over and grabbed her wrist firmly.

 

“What are you scheming?”

 

At that moment, Dana realized.

 

‘He already knows.’

 

She had heard it would be delivered this afternoon.

 

He must have received news through another route that a sacred trial would be held.

 

“A sacred trial?”

 

Veins stood out on his neck. His bloodshot eyes were like those of a beast.

 

How pleasant it was to see.

 

“That’s right.”

 

Dana wore a bright, beaming smile.

 

“Let’s have our conversation in the courtroom in a week. Would you let go of this?”

 

“Disgusting.”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

“You don’t have even a speck of integrity.”

 

What?

 

Her head was spinning. What did she just hear?

 

Lyos glared at her as if he would kill her and spat out.

 

“Seeing that you’re opening a sacred trial, it doesn’t seem like you planned this just a day or two ago. It looks like you’ve been scheming with Emperor Justio for a very long time.”

 

And he looked her up and down with eyes of contempt and disdain, as if looking at rotten filth.

 

“Did you give your body to my uncle in exchange?”

 

This crazy bastard…

 

She ground her teeth. She wanted to slap his cheek, but there were too many eyes watching.

 

“Watch your mouth, Your Highness the Crown Prince. I’m starting to wonder if you’re a dog rather than a human.”

 

“The one who’s like a dog is you, Danae Windsor.”

 

“What did you say…?”

 

“Seeing that you believe divorce is possible in the Sacred Court, you.”

 

Lyos took a deep breath, held it tightly, then exhaled it back out.

 

“You haven’t kept your purity, have you.”

 

“….”

 

“Right?”

 

Since it wasn’t such a bad misunderstanding, Dana simply kept her mouth shut.

 

“It’s okay.”

 

Did he take her silence as confirmation? Lyos suddenly rubbed his face as if washing it dry.

 

“I’ll forgive you. I forgive you. It’s fine. I’ll pretend it never happened, so don’t even dream of breaking our engagement.”

 

“Say that at the Sacred Court.”

 

“Didn’t I tell you? We’re going to be buried in the same place.”

 

“I wonder. Even if I really did lose my purity as you say, would you still say that?”

 

Dana spoke in a very small voice, sarcastically, so only he could hear.

 

“What would you do if I started another family?”

 

Lyos didn’t answer. He just stared at her quietly with his face cast in dark shadows.

 

Those pitch-black pit-like eyes were somehow so chilling.

 

“It doesn’t matter.”

 

He gripped her wrist even tighter.

 

“Even if you come carrying another bastard’s child, there will be no broken engagement.”

 

Lyos smiled, baring his teeth.

 

“I’ll just make it mine.”

 

Goosebumps rose all over her skin in that instant.

 

This man is really insane. How could he make such a crazy threat like that…

 

But the moment their eyes met, Dana realized.

 

‘No. It’s not a threat.’

 

Every word he had spoken was completely sincere.

 

In other words, he wasn’t in his right mind.

 

Not as a metaphor, but really, Lyos wasn’t in his right mind…

 

“…!”

 

The next moment, he lifted her up without any warning.

 

“What are you doing!”

 

She struggled in surprise, but his arms easily overpowered her.

 

“Lyos! What the hell do you think you’re doing!”

 

Lyos didn’t answer. He just walked forward without hesitation. His unhesitating steps made Dana feel suddenly anxious.

 

No way!

 

‘Is he planning to confine me until the Sacred Court trial?’

 

She had hoped not, but seeing Lyos’s face now, it seemed like he was more than capable of doing exactly that.

 

He had completely lost his mind!

 

“Lyos! You’re going to regret this! Let me go, Lyos!”

 

Dana screamed.

 

“Let go! I said let go!”

 

This was insane. To attempt such a blatant kidnapping in the Imperial Palace!

 

“Are you crazy?! Everyone’s watching! Come to your senses, Lyos!”

 

Lyos could never handle the consequences of this.

 

Indeed, weren’t countless servants and maids, attendants, and guards witnessing this? They were witnesses to a crime scene.

 

However.

 

“Lyos!”

 

However, there was no one who could stop him right now. Everyone was just looking around uncertainly, not knowing what to do.

 

There was no one in this Imperial Palace who could block the Crown Prince’s path.

 

—No.

 

“Stop right there.”

 

Except for one person, the Emperor.

 

“Crown Prince. Stop there.”

 

Finally, Lyos came to a halt.

 

Lyos’s breath, his breathing became labored. His cheek twitched. That precarious face was being torn apart by anger and hatred pouring down like a waterfall.

 

‘Ah.’

 

Dana was afraid of that.

 

Lyos was losing his reason.

 

He was breaking down.

 

Since this was the first time she’d seen him crumble so completely, anxiety washed over her.

 

As if he might transform into something completely different…

 

“Put down the daughter of Duke Windsor.”

 

The Emperor, who had finally approached right behind them, commanded.

 

“I said put her down, Crown Prince.”

 

“She is my fiancée.”

 

Lyos spat out in a voice that seemed ready to explode at any moment.

 

“Even if you are His Majesty, you cannot interfere in matters with my fiancée.”

 

“Why can’t I.”

 

Justio tilted his head slightly.

 

“Why can’t I?”

 

“…What did you just say.”

 

Lyos asked back with pale lips.

 

However, Justio didn’t continue speaking right away. He just looked on quietly, as if even silence was within his domain.

 

And when he wanted to, he asked again.

 

“Tell me, Crown Prince.”

 

There wasn’t a trace of doubt in his voice that sounded genuinely curious.

 

“What reason do you have for mistakenly thinking I can’t?”

 

In that moment, Dana realized that Justio knew better than anyone that he was the Emperor. Though he had always seemed indifferent to his position, he was someone who understood power better than anyone.

 

Both the authority he possessed, and—

 

“Danae Windsor came to visit the Imperial Palace at my summons. Which means.”

 

Justio, who had cut off his words decisively, slowly extended his hand.

 

“I have the responsibility to ensure the safe return home of the daughter of Duke Windsor.”

 

Tap.

 

He placed his hand on Lyos’s shoulder.

 

“So put her down.”

 

Suddenly, all the air seemed to freeze sharply. Dana held her breath.

 

“Quickly.”

 

Emperor Justio’s special ability was.

 

He could make anything he touched explode.

 

And right now, Lyos was under the Emperor’s grasp.

 

‘Just put me down, you crazy bastard…’

 

Dana thought this as she looked up at Lyos’s face. Their eyes met.

 

And in that moment, Dana felt as if she had been struck hard in the head.

 

His dark eyes looked like they might shatter into fragments just like this. No, they looked like they might melt. Like they might flow down his cheeks just like that.

 

Dana was left stunned by the thick, sticky sadness emanating from him.

 

Why.

 

Why on earth do you have such eyes…

 

“Yes.”

 

However, the moment Lyos blinked once, that sorrow disappeared as if washed away. His expression becoming calm in an instant was eerie.

 

“I will follow His Majesty’s command.”

 

He finally put Dana down.

 

Thud. The moment her feet touched the ground, Dana hurriedly moved away from him. As if avoiding something filthy.

 

Lyos let out a hollow laugh as he watched the distance that had opened between them. It was a voice piercing with bitter loneliness.

 

That was the end.

 

He turned around and walked away.

 

Watching his retreating back, Dana found herself thinking without realizing it.

 

That his broad back, those strong shoulders, seemed like they would crumble into nothingness just like this.

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