I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 154

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Chapter 154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karl, who had spotted Dana, smiled brightly and stood up from his seat. He walked steadily toward her.

 

“As I thought, it really is Dana.”

 

For a moment, Dana almost turned around and ran away at full speed.

 

Even though there was absolutely no reason to do so.

 

Instinctively, she almost did.

 

‘Right, there’s no need for that.’

 

It didn’t matter if she was found out.

 

No, she actually wanted to be found out.

 

One of the reasons she chose Ignis was to ruin that person’s mood.

 

Dana smiled at Karl, who had approached close to her.

 

“Uncle.”

 

However, she couldn’t help but be conscious of the traces from last night remaining on her body, so her fingertips tensed up for no reason.

 

“I was so surprised, Uncle. What brings you here?”

 

“….”

 

Karl just looked down at her intently with a smiling face. Silently, quietly, without answering.

 

“…Uncle?”

 

“Mm.”

 

“I asked what brings you here….”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Instead of answering, Karl closed his eyes. Then he took a very deep breath and slowly exhaled. Only after that did he lift his eyelids.

 

“I stopped by while passing through.”

 

His eyes were as clear as always, no different from usual.

 

“I didn’t expect to see Dana here. It’s a coincidence. Right?”

 

Karl reached out his hand. He tucked a few strands of her disheveled hair behind her ear.

 

“Did you just wake up?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

“I see. Dana is cute even when she just woke up.”

 

Gentle touch, warm gaze, soft smile.

 

Dana became uneasy instead at the same kindness as always.

 

Didn’t he notice anything suspicious?

 

Or was he pretending not to know?

 

Dana asked cautiously.

 

“Did you sleep here too, Uncle?”

 

“No. I couldn’t sleep.”

 

At that moment, Dana fell into confusion.

 

Did “couldn’t sleep” mean he couldn’t sleep here?

 

Because there were no vacant rooms?

 

No, then how long had he been here? When exactly did he arrive here?

 

Her head felt like it would burst from countless questions. However, her tongue seemed to have hardened like stone, and she couldn’t say a single word. It felt like she shouldn’t.

 

And she couldn’t understand herself for being like this.

 

‘It doesn’t matter if I’m found out.’

 

But why am I shrinking back like a woman caught cheating behind her lover’s back?

 

Let’s not act foolishly. Dana quickly asked.

 

“You said you were passing through. Where are you headed?”

 

“I have some business to attend to nearby.”

 

“I see.”

 

Now Karl would ask from his side.

 

Dana, why are you here?

 

Then Dana planned to pretend to hesitate while speaking honestly.

 

Actually, I stayed overnight with Ignis. We slept together. I love him so much I couldn’t help it. She would say such things to turn this man’s insides upside down.

 

—That’s what she had resolved to do, but.

 

“Shall we go now then?”

 

Words different from her expectations were thrown at her.

 

“…What?”

 

“You’re going home now, right?”

 

Karl smiled while gently stroking her head.

 

“Let’s go back together, Dana.”

 

Dana stared at him blankly.

 

Karl was smiling brightly.

 

That was all. There were no more questions, no more doubts.

 

“No.”

 

She was confused. Why wasn’t he asking anything?

 

“Please go back first. I still have more business to attend to.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Alright, then do that.”

 

Karl, who had readily agreed, suddenly stopped as he was about to turn around. As if he had belatedly discovered something, he stared at her intently.

 

‘What is he looking at?’

 

He wasn’t looking at her face. Her lips? No, that’s not it. Her chin, no, below her chin….

 

Her nape.

 

He was looking at her nape.

 

“Well then, Dana.”

 

Then Karl moved only his lips while keeping the same smiling expression.

 

“I’ll see you later at the estate. Come back safely.”

 

This time he really turned around. He walked briskly and opened the inn’s door. Ding-a-ling, the bell hanging above the door rang clearly.

 

Finally, when the door closed, Dana let out a rough breath.

 

Only then did she realize she had been holding her breath with all her might.

 

Karl Windsor had left.

 

Without any interrogation or nagging….

 

Did he really not notice anything?

 

‘He did have a strangely obtuse side to him usually.’

 

It was the same when they saw the Retilan Mine before.

 

Even though Retilan was right in front of his nose, he couldn’t discover it, and didn’t he only notice it when she guided him to see it?

 

When he’s sharp, he’s incredibly sharp, but he surprisingly has blind spots.

 

Maybe that obtuseness was at work…?

 

‘Then why did he come here? It can’t be a coincidence, he definitely came looking for me.’

 

If he came looking for her, shouldn’t he not leave like this?

 

But he just patted her head and left.

 

Dana couldn’t understand Karl at all.

 

‘I don’t know. Let’s move for now.’

 

There was no time to delay. She had to hurry back and prepare for tomorrow’s Divine Trial.

 

She immediately went to find the inn owner.

 

“The water isn’t coming out in the bathroom?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“That can’t be. I’ll go check and come back.”

 

After a moment, the inn owner returned with a puzzled expression on his face.

 

“That’s strange. The water pipe connected to that floor is broken. This has never happened before…”

 

Then he held out another key with a very troubled expression.

 

“This is the key to an empty room on a different floor. I’m sorry, but could you please use the bathroom here?”

 

“…”

 

Suddenly, many suspicions flooded in.

 

However, Dana didn’t make any judgments and simply accepted the key obediently. Just before turning around, she asked.

 

“By any chance, do you know when that man from earlier arrived?”

 

“That man?”

 

“The tall, platinum-haired, extremely handsome man.”

 

“Ah, I’m sorry. I just started my shift… A different employee watches over things at dawn, so I wouldn’t know.”

 

“I see.”

 

In the end, she couldn’t find out when Karl had arrived.

 

Dana headed to the new room with an uneasy feeling. Water poured out perfectly fine from this room’s bathroom.

 

It felt unsettling.

 

The bedroom she had shared with Ignis. Was it really just a coincidence that the water pipes broke…?

 

‘Oh, that’s right.’

 

Her nape.

 

While filling the bathtub with water, Dana stood in front of the mirror. She remembered that Karl had looked at her nape.

 

“Ah…”

 

The moment she looked in the mirror, Dana’s cheeks turned red.

 

There were obvious traces of intimacy left on her nape.

 

Red, swollen marks, and even traces of dried bodily fluids.

 

‘Oh no.’

 

Karl must have seen it too.

 

…He saw it but still said he was leaving?

 

It felt even more ominous. Something was definitely strange.

 

‘First, let me wash up and quickly return to the estate.’

 

Dana stopped as she was about to take off her clothes.

 

Washing would take quite a while.

 

If Ignis woke up, he would look for her.

 

‘Let me go back to the room where Ignis is first.’

 

Before washing, it seemed better to go back and at least write a note.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

At that moment.

 

Ignis was deep in sleep.

 

Even then, a headache came over him.

 

It was pain that occasionally visited him since that day he fell under the shaman’s spell.

 

‘Damn it, it hurts.’

 

And whenever such pain came, faint memories always flickered before his eyes.

 

Just like right now.

 

 

 

“You’re no longer the Red Dog. I bought you from your master, so forget your old name.”

 

 

 

A beautiful gentleman who looked very noble became his new master.

 

 

 

“My name is Rodrigo Windsor. I want to adopt you.”

 

 

 

And then he became his father.

 

 

 

“You are now my son, Ignis Windsor.”

 

 

 

Duke Windsor, the first father he ever had, transformed him from a fighting dog into a human.

 

And he took him to a magnificent grand manor.

 

At that time, Ignis thought.

 

Is this heaven?

 

It wouldn’t make sense otherwise.

 

 

 

“Karl. Say hello. This is Ignis, who will be your younger brother from today.”

 

 

 

Such a place, such people couldn’t possibly exist.

 

 

 

“Hello, Ignis. I’m Karl Windsor. I’m so happy to have such a cute younger brother.”

 

 

 

He was a shockingly beautiful young nobleman.

 

Hair that shone like sunlight, skin that seemed carved from white jade, a face as delicate as a bisque doll. He was like an angel who had just descended from the clouds.

 

Such a boy extended his hand to him.

 

 

 

“From now on, call me brother. Let’s get along well.”

 

 

 

Brother?

 

Such a radiant person would become my brother?

 

When he hesitated, Karl Windsor smiled playfully.

 

 

 

“You need to give me your hand quickly, Ignis.”

 

“…”

 

“Come on, shake hands with your brother. Hmm?”

 

 

 

And he reached his hand even closer to him.

 

Ignis looked at that hand approaching him. Getting closer and closer…

 

His brother’s hand.

 

“…!”

 

Suddenly his breathing was completely blocked. His breath was cut off, and it felt like his throat would snap.

 

From the sudden pain, Ignis’s eyes snapped open. He woke up from sleep instantly. The dream scattered.

 

But he couldn’t see anything. As if something was covering his eyes, his entire field of vision was pitch black.

 

“Kugh!”

 

And tremendous force was pressing down on his throat. Ignis hurriedly grabbed whatever was pressing his neck.

 

A wrist. A man’s wrist.

 

Some man was strangling his neck!

 

He tried to shake it off, but it wasn’t easy. It was truly tremendous superhuman strength.

 

“…!”

 

The next moment, from the hot pain he felt in his stomach, Ignis swallowed a suppressed scream. Cold metal was piercing his stomach!

 

And then came the voice.

 

“Actually, you got your memory back, didn’t you?”

 

The assailant, the owner of this wrist, whispered as he slowly pushed the sword into his stomach.

 

“So that’s why you seduced that innocent girl. Right? That’s it, isn’t it? Hmm?”

 

Stab.

 

“You shouldn’t do that, Ignis. No matter how much you hate Windsor, you shouldn’t do such things.”

 

It was a voice as smooth as silk. That made it chilling.

 

“Why are you using an innocent, kind child for your revenge? Hmm?”

 

The blade deliberately piercing in slowly made his mind grow distant. It hurt terribly, enough to make him shiver with cold.

 

“Oh my. It must hurt quite a lot.”

 

Damn it, why is his voice so affectionate!

 

“But Ignis, remember this. This pain is nothing compared to the heartbreak you’ll give that child.”

 

Ignis was certain. This was an act solely meant to inflict pain on him. And the assailant was someone who knew exactly how to extract extreme agony, like a torture specialist.

 

‘What kind of bastard is this!’

 

Ignis grabbed the man’s wrist tightly. Then he crushed it. Crack, the sensation of the opponent’s wrist bones crumbling was vivid.

 

But surprisingly, the man didn’t let out a single scream. The grip choking his throat remained the same.

 

He wasn’t an ordinary tough bastard.

 

This won’t do. If he didn’t escape even by killing his opponent, he would die. Just as Ignis resolved to commit murder.

 

“Lord Ignis?”

 

Dana’s voice was heard from outside the door.

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