I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 141
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Chapter 141
A nightmare?
Only then did reality slowly begin to return.
Ignis was startled by the smooth touch caressing his face and stepped back.
And then he saw it.
“Ignis?”
Behind Dana.
A blood-soaked man was struggling to get up.
Before he could think, his body moved on its own.
Ignis roughly tore off the cufflinks from his sleeve and threw them in a straight line.
“Kugh!”
It pierced straight through the man’s solar plexus. The man collapsed, coughing up blood.
Dana, who belatedly witnessed the scene, muttered in bewilderment.
“You said you didn’t remember anything… but your body seems to remember.”
Suddenly, shame washed over him.
‘Damn it.’
I cried like an idiot. And was comforted by that woman.
He was mortified. Maybe he should just bite his tongue and die.
“That was Barbarian Shamanism. It seemed like shamanism that creates terrible scenes and shows them as nightmares.”
“…Did you dispel it?”
“Yes. I can purify shamanism.”
Dana nodded as if it were nothing significant.
It was an amazing power, but he wasn’t particularly surprised.
A woman who purifies dirty and evil things.
He only thought it suited her pure white appearance perfectly.
That’s probably why she’s called a saint.
“Ignis, did you see something?”
“Huh?”
“Did that shamanism show you fabricated memories?”
“…”
I saw it.
I saw the truth that I’m a Red Dog, a lowly creature who doesn’t dare even speak to a precious saint like you.
It wasn’t a nightmare or a fabricated scene.
It was just Ignis himself.
If he told her that, what expression would Dana make? If she knew he was a fighting dog reeking of blood…
“I don’t remember.”
Ignis shook his head.
“I didn’t see anything.”
The lie spilled from his lips automatically. It was an instinctive babbling without thought.
“I see.”
Dana smiled brightly and took his hand.
“Really, really thank goodness.”
Ignis felt bewildered by the deep relief he felt through her touch. Dana even had tears welling up in her eyes, as if relieved.
“I was so worried that terrible memories would remain for you… I’m so glad.”
Then she smiled cheerfully.
That innocent smile made Ignis feel like his throat was being choked.
‘This girl really…’
She’s kind.
Ignis, who had lived by others’ deaths, found that gentleness fascinating.
The world he knew—that savage Colosseum wasn’t everything.
And Dana probably doesn’t know either.
That in this world, there’s a sordid world she can’t even imagine.
The vulgar and disgusting world that Ignis himself belongs to…
“That’s enough, let go.”
Thinking this way, he felt Dana shouldn’t be holding his hand.
This hand was too filthy.
“Let go!”
He hastily shook off Dana’s white hand.
“Ignis?”
He didn’t respond.
Suddenly feeling uncomfortable even being in the same space, Ignis quickly fled outside the carriage.
His heart pounded rapidly. He swallowed dry saliva while ruminating on this absurd reality.
He was a slave existing below commoners.
No, he was a fighting dog existing below slaves. No different from vermin crawling at the bottom of the world.
But how did he disguise himself as a baronial son and enter the Military Academy?
How was he adopted by Duke Windsor?
How could he act as uncle to such a woman?
And most of all, the meeting with Emperor Justio earlier…
‘Damn it, I don’t know what’s what anymore.’
He sat down on the driver’s seat.
The coachman had apparently been enchanted by shamanism earlier and was slumped unconscious.
“Ignis, why are you suddenly acting like this?”
Dana followed him out with a worried face.
Ignis couldn’t bring himself to meet her eyes and gruffly replied while gripping the horse reins.
“I’ll drive the carriage. You go inside.”
“Do you know how to drive a carriage?”
“I don’t know. Maybe my body will remember this too.”
“But you injured one hand. It must be difficult…”
“Or do you want to do it? If not, stop chattering noisily and go inside.”
“…”
No response.
Did she get upset?
Feeling suddenly afraid, he anxiously watched her reaction. Fortunately, Dana was just smiling as gently as waves.
“Yes. Then I’ll leave it to you.”
Eventually Dana went inside the carriage. Ignis cracked the horse reins. Neighing, the horse began to run.
Only then could he breathe freely. His mind was at ease.
Indeed, the driver’s seat suited him better.
Not the plush seat facing that precious miss…
* * *
Bang!
Lyos slammed the desk. Even then, his anger didn’t seem to subside.
“It failed?”
“Yes. The Savage Tribe Shaman was found severely injured… and is now hovering between life and death.”
Thick veins bulged on the back of Lyos’s hand.
The kidnapping had failed.
Dana had safely returned to the Windsor Estate.
She probably wouldn’t come out until the divine trial was held.
What this meant was clear.
“Your Highness, you must prepare for the divine trial.”
Lyos squeezed his eyes shut and opened them. This was now an unavoidable reality.
In a week, the divine trial would be held and their broken engagement would be discussed.
They would bring up the purity clause as grounds for the broken engagement.
So anger could come later. Now he had to seriously prepare for the trial.
“Bring Alice.”
After a moment, Lyos commanded with a composed face.
“Right now.”
* * *
Alice had been lying in bed all day.
She had heard that the first experience was painful. But she hadn’t known her whole body would ache like this all day long.
‘Well, it didn’t end with just once.’
Recalling that night’s events made her feel strange. It really was a passionate night…
She was immersed in the ecstatic memories of last night when it happened.
“Lady Alice Windsor. His Highness the Crown Prince is calling for you.”
Then, Count Cedric came looking for her. Alice sprang up with a bright face.
“Yes. I’ll go right now.”
Lyos had also seen the bloodstains on the bed that morning.
He seemed flustered, but by now he must have gradually acknowledged and accepted it.
As an apology for not remembering last night’s events, he might even give her jewelry.
However.
“What happened yesterday?”
A different situation than expected unfolded.
“It’s alright, so tell me, Alice.”
Lyos had a gentle face. He spoke in his usual affectionate voice.
“Nothing happened, right?”
What, really. He’s still acting like this?
Alice felt disappointed and pouted her lips.
“Your Highness, do you really not remember?”
Alice bravely spoke despite her embarrassment.
That night, drunk, he had lost his reason and pounced on her. They had slept together. They had their first night.
By the time her explanation ended, Lyos let out a sigh.
“Alice.”
“Yes.”
“What did you do to my tea?”
At that moment, a lightning-like shock struck.
What is he saying right now?
“Th-that’s… what do you mean. I…”
“I’m not going to get angry. So I’d appreciate it if you could speak honestly. What did you put in it?”
How did he know?
All the muscles in her body tensed with anxiety. But seeing Lyos’s questioning gaze, Alice soon realized.
No.
Lyos doesn’t know.
He’s asking because he doesn’t know. So—
‘He’s suspecting me right now?’
Suddenly, misery and sadness washed over her like waves. Tears quickly welled up in her eyes.
“Your Highness… are you suspecting me right now?”
How could he do this?
I even said I lost my purity.
Instead of giving me jewelry as a gift, he’s suspecting me!
“That’s too much, Your Highness. Is your trust in me only that much?”
Then Lyos grabbed his head as if he had a headache and muttered.
“Alice, please, just tell me quickly. What did you put in my tea?”
“I don’t know. I don’t know about such things!”
Alice covered her face with both hands and burst into tears. She couldn’t bear the sorrow.
Of course she had put a potion in the tea.
It was something I did, but still!
Without evidence or witnesses, how could he suspect me?
Why doesn’t he consider the possibility that someone else did it? How can he accurately point to and suspect me!
“Alright. I understand, so stop crying.”
Lyos spoke with a completely fed-up, resigned expression.
But when Alice sniffled and looked up again, his face had quickly returned to that of an affectionate lover.
With that face, he declared.
“I will never break my engagement with Dana.”
“…!”
“I truly believe that nothing happened between you and me, Alice.”
Alice’s lips parted. Looking into those eyes, Lyos spoke clearly.
“So I intend to deny our night together until the end.”
“Y-Your Highness.”
“So I’d appreciate your cooperation.”
He wants my cooperation?
I lost my purity, so how can he say such things?
It felt like something had struck her head. Tears streamed down her cheeks from the pain.
Alice burst into tears like a child. Then Lyos approached and gently stroked her head.
“Don’t cry. When you cry, my heart aches, Alice.”
But the words that followed were like a poisoned blade.
“Please attend the divine trial as my witness and testify. That nothing happened between you and me.”
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