I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 156

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Chapter 156

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The next morning.

 

Lyos had been busy since dawn. The second Divine Trial was finally approaching.

 

“Alice. You know what you need to do at today’s Divine Trial, right?”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

Today, Alice would attend as a witness.

 

This time, as Lyos’s witness.

 

She had agreed to testify that she had not slept with Lyos, that the child in her womb was not Lyos’s child.

 

Just thinking about it sent chills down her spine.

 

Surely the Pope and the three Cardinals would look at her like she was a mad woman. They would look at her with contemptuous eyes.

 

‘Your Highness, this is really too much. How can you push me into such a corner?’

 

However, Alice held back her tears.

 

She mustn’t cry. She had to be strong.

 

Because now I’m a mother.

 

‘Yes, for the child’s sake, I must endure this with strength.’

 

Lyos had agreed to turn a blind eye to Alice’s child. He had also agreed not to ask who her affair partner was.

 

But that was all. The child’s status hadn’t been recognized. What would become of this child later was still unknown.

 

So she couldn’t displease Lyos any further.

 

Alice looked at Lyos’s broad back with a submissive expression as he busily prepared.

 

In front of the mirror. Lyos’s brushing as he slicked back his hair with pomade without his attendant’s help looked quite skillful.

 

‘I prefer his hair down though.’

 

Come to think of it, Sister Dana had said she liked His Highness’s hair style.

 

She said she liked His Highness’s straight forehead and thick eyebrows. She said she liked seeing them clearly…

 

“Your Highness always slicks your bangs back.”

 

Alice muttered without realizing it.

 

“You look much gentler and younger with your hair down.”

 

Then Lyos glanced at Alice in the mirror.

 

“Why. Do you prefer my hair down?”

 

“Oh, no! I love both styles so much.”

 

“Then prefer this style more. I hate looking young.”

 

Lyos muttered as if to himself while slicking back every strand of hair.

 

“I absolutely hate looking like a younger brother.”

 

…To whom?

 

To whom do you hate looking like a younger brother?

 

The question rose to the tip of her lips, but Alice barely held it back. She didn’t want to know.

 

“Your Highness, I’ve brought the outfit for you to wear today.”

 

Just then, an attendant came with clothes. After looking it up and down, Lyos frowned and shook his head.

 

“Too flashy. Bring something else.”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

“Especially the cufflinks, bring small ones. The tie color should be dark. Match it with the jacket color.”

 

The attendant looked familiar with this.

 

Though Lyos was usually indifferent about his attire, he would sometimes be picky about choosing clothes.

 

‘I didn’t know the criteria before.’

 

Now she seemed to understand the common factor of those days.

 

Days when he was meeting someone…

 

‘No, let’s not think about it.’

 

Alice closed her eyes. As if all thoughts would be pushed away.

 

Rather, let’s empty her mind.

 

Don’t think about anything. Don’t suspect anything either.

 

‘His Highness said he loves me. Not Sister Dana. He loves me.’

 

That potion back then… there must have been some mistake. Surely there was an error during the potion’s preparation.

 

Just up to that point.

 

She decided not to think beyond that.

 

She was afraid of knowing something, of seeing something.

 

 

 

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“Open this door right now!”

 

“I’m sorry, Former Emperor. Please wait just until the Divine Trial ends.”

 

“You bastard! I told you to open this door right now!”

 

“Once the Divine Trial ends shortly, I’ll open it then. I’m sorry.”

 

The Former Emperor pounded on the door, but the more he did so, the more his hands just hurt.

 

“Damn it…”

 

The Former Emperor slumped to the floor. Misery and grief washed over him.

 

Wilhelm was now trapped at the top of the western tower. His son, Lyos Grants, had secretly imprisoned him!

 

‘If only I hadn’t lost my special abilities.’

 

He wouldn’t have been imprisoned in the first place!

 

Wilhelm Grants’s special ability was controlling animals.

 

However, in recent years his special ability had rapidly weakened, and finally disappeared completely.

 

That’s why he was trapped so helplessly.

 

But very occasionally, very gradually, his special ability would return.

 

Just like now.

 

‘Ah!’

 

Suddenly a lightning-like sensation struck his head. The Former Emperor bolted upright.

 

It’s back!

 

After so long, almost half a year, his ability had returned!

 

‘Oh no!’

 

And at the same time he realized it. His special ability was rapidly depleting again!

 

He quickly checked his watch. Early morning. The Divine Trial would begin in an hour.

 

There was no time.

 

So he boldly gave up on escaping. He could get out in a few hours when the Divine Trial ended anyway.

 

What was important was breaking off his son’s engagement.

 

And the Former Emperor knew a powerful truth that could break his son’s engagement.

 

A truth much heavier and more frightening than things like purity or wedding nights.

 

The Former Emperor quickly pulled out parchment and scribbled hastily. After finishing urgently, he flung open the window. He called an eagle to him and put the letter in its beak.

 

“Deliver this to Lady Danae Windsor!”

 

Watching the eagle with the letter in its mouth fly away, the Former Emperor slumped to the floor.

 

Would his special ability last until the letter was delivered?

 

‘This letter must, must reach Danae Windsor’s hands.’

 

If the engagement couldn’t be broken.

 

The two would eventually get married.

 

It was a sight that made him want to vomit just imagining it.

 

Lyos was trying to violate the natural order.

 

‘That filthy unfilial bastard. To confine me, his own father, in a place like this.’

 

The Former Emperor gritted his teeth. If he ever got out of here, he would no longer show that bastard any mercy.

 

‘Right. That defective product definitely needs corporal punishment.’

 

A defective product born with black hair instead of blonde.

 

A disabled child who couldn’t awaken special abilities.

 

A stain on the Grants Royal Family, a clan blessed by the gods.

 

That was Lyos.

 

Because he was flawed, he wanted to raise him properly somehow. So when that bastard was a boy, he often picked up the whip. He beat him until his back became like a rag.

 

But that stubborn bastard never cried even once. He was a vicious type who wouldn’t shed a single tear, let alone scream and beg.

 

‘Vicious bastard. I should have recognized that filthy personality from the start!’

 

The Former Emperor covered his face with both hands and cooled his anger.

 

When he got out of here, he would pick up the whip again. He planned to tie that bastard up like before and beat him like livestock.

 

How wonderful it would be if he could just kill him.

 

‘If only I had one more child…’

 

He wouldn’t have given the Crown Prince position to that damn crow bastard.

 

The fact that he had no other children.

 

That was all that was frustrating.

 

 

 

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‘What?’

 

Dana looked down at her feet in bewilderment. What just happened?

 

Suddenly an eagle flew toward her. It had a letter in its beak, and it flew close as if to deliver it directly to her…

 

Thud. It dropped the letter on the ground and flew away.

 

‘A poorly trained messenger hawk?’

 

Who sent it?

 

Dana reached down to pick up the letter. But then, a strong wind blew and swept the letter away.

 

“Ah!”

 

It rolled and rolled through the garden before splashing into the pond.

 

Dana hurriedly ran over and sat by the pond side. She reached out her hand. It didn’t reach, so she stretched further.

 

Just as her fingertips were about to touch the water surface.

 

“Miss.”

 

A large hand gently covered hers. Startled, she turned around to see Lete looking at her expressionlessly.

 

“I’ll do it.”

 

“Ah, okay. Thank you.”

 

Well, Lete’s arms are longer anyway.

 

When Dana stepped back, Lete stretched out his hand and easily picked up the letter. Water droplets dripped from the soaked letter paper.

 

However…

 

‘It’s all smudged.’

 

The black ink had spread in the water.

 

Dana clicked her tongue. This made it difficult to make out the letters.

 

Still, just in case.

 

“Lete. Can you try to decipher this?”

 

“I’ll try my best.”

 

“Alright. I’m counting on you.”

 

Dana gently patted Lete’s head.

 

Even though she hadn’t been able to pay much attention to him lately, his consistent attitude was admirable.

 

“Then I’ll be going.”

 

“Yes. Please be careful.”

 

After saying goodbye to Lete, Dana immediately got into the carriage. The carriage headed toward the Grand Chapel.

 

For the second Divine Trial, to break off her engagement with Lyos.

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