I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 158

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Chapter 158

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I have no obligation to reveal who it was.”

 

“How ridiculous. It’s not that you won’t reveal it, but that there’s no one to reveal, right?”

 

Lyos openly mocked her.

 

Whether he didn’t want to believe it or truly didn’t believe it, either way it was the attitude she had expected.

 

“Then I’ll undergo an examination.”

 

Lyos’s expression instantly froze. Dana demanded firmly.

 

“Please call the female physicians.”

 

At Dana’s declaration, Pope Baor IV looked completely stunned.

 

“I said I would undergo an examination.”

 

In this era, the most common way to confirm chastity was to undergo a virginity examination.

 

‘It was an era that believed the hymen could only be broken through sexual intercourse.’

 

The Pope seemed very bewildered, but soon nodded his head.

 

“Do so.”

 

Then the Chief Justice, who had been reading the situation, interjected.

 

“Then, I shall call the female physicians.”

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

Shortly after, the physicians entered the Grand Chapel. After performing a confidentiality ritual, they entered an empty inner chamber with Dana.

 

‘I’m curious.’

 

Alice, who was waiting in the adjacent inner chamber, paced the room restlessly.

 

‘Sister lost her chastity? Could that really be true?’

 

With whom exactly? No, how could that be possible? How blasphemous!

 

After a while, the door to the adjacent room opened and the sound of people leaving could be heard, indicating the examination was finished.

 

“The examination is complete.”

 

And a voice could be heard faintly.

 

Alice couldn’t contain her curiosity any longer and cracked the door open slightly.

 

“Then, I shall announce the examination results.”

 

Through the crack in the door, Lyos’s face was visible.

 

The face of her fiancé, as handsome as a sculpture, concentrating on what the female physician was saying.

 

He appeared quite composed. If he hadn’t been clenching his fists tightly, he would have truly appeared composed.

 

Suddenly, a recent memory came to mind.

 

 

 

“I forgive you.”

 

 

 

His Highness’s face as he stroked her head after the first Divine Trial ended.

 

 

 

“I’ll forgive everything you’ve done, so don’t cry, Alice.”

 

 

 

Recalling that moment, Alice’s heart stained with resentment seemed to be purified.

 

That’s right. His Highness forgave me. Because.

 

 

 

“I love you, Alice.”

 

 

 

Because he loves me.

 

So even though I was pregnant with another man’s child, even so, he never once got angry…

 

“The examination results show that Lady Danae Windsor is not a virgin.”

 

But.

 

“It appears she lost her chastity only a few days ago.”

 

But…

 

But why does he have that expression now?

 

Alice’s hands trembled violently.

 

Lyos’s face was transforming into something beast-like.

 

Crack, snap, crackle—sounds of splitting and breaking could be heard. Though in reality, the chapel was shrouded in quieter silence than ever before.

 

Alice heard the thunderous roar of a world collapsing from him.

 

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

 

She got goosebumps instantly. It was the first time she’d heard such a rough voice from Lyos.

 

“Danae Windsor. Did you bribe those physicians?”

 

Ha! That face letting out a malicious laugh.

 

The face of a man who had completely lost his reason.

 

“Right. You must have bribed them with all that overflowing money. You must have instructed them to testify that you lost your chastity!”

 

He was even shouting like a street thug!

 

“I cannot believe it!”

 

Then, the Chief Justice, who had been listening quietly, spoke softly.

 

“Your Highness. The physicians are ones I selected at random.”

 

“Really? Then you must have been bribed by Danae Windsor!”

 

“Your, Your Highness. How can you say such things?”

 

“Because this couldn’t happen otherwise!”

 

She couldn’t watch anymore.

 

Alice closed the door. She collapsed in place and covered her mouth. She pressed down with all her strength, fearing a wail might escape. Tears streamed down her face.

 

She shouldn’t have looked.

 

She should have kept her eyes closed.

 

“Fine, let’s say you really did lose your chastity.”

 

Then Lyos spoke from outside the door in a somewhat calmer voice.

 

“I don’t need you to be chaste.”

 

However, his every word was bizarre. He was completely out of his mind.

 

“Even if you spread your legs for every man in this Empire, I wouldn’t care.”

 

Should she just cover her ears instead?

 

But the moment she removed her hands from her mouth, she felt like she would cry out, so Alice couldn’t cover her ears.

 

So she ended up hearing it.

 

“Do you understand? I’m saying I wouldn’t care even if you were a whore, Dana.”

 

That terrible sentence.

 

“Your Highness! Please refrain from insulting words!”

 

“How can you be so rude! Please regain your dignity!”

 

The reproaches of the Pope and Cardinals followed.

 

However, Alice couldn’t hear it as an insult at all.

 

‘How is that an insult…’

 

Rather, it was more intense than any sweet sentence he had ever thrown at her. It was a confession of yearning love that pierced more fervently.

 

To her ears, it truly sounded that way.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

‘He wouldn’t care even if I were a whore?’

 

Crazy bastard.

 

Dana swallowed the curse words. Just because her opponent was vulgar didn’t mean she intended to become vulgar herself.

 

‘Is my wealth that tempting to him.’

 

A fresh wave of contempt for Lyos surged within her.

 

“Your Highness. Your words are excessive.”

 

Pope Baor IV scolded him with deeply angered eyes.

 

“Apologize to Lady Danae Windsor. Your Highness has been rude.”

 

Lyos closed his eyes. He took slow, deep breaths as if suppressing his emotions.

 

And when he opened his eyes again, he seemed to have regained his composure somewhat, but.

 

“No. I cannot apologize.”

 

It was a mistake.

 

“Danae Windsor. I have no interest in your purity or anything like that. So even if you’re not pure, I won’t break off the engagement.”

 

At that moment, Cardinal Liber, who had been silently watching, spoke with a troubled expression.

 

“Your Highness, the engagement contract states that if even one person loses their purity, the engagement is automatically nullified.”

 

Cardinal Theo also agreed.

 

“That’s correct, Your Highness. If Lady Danae Windsor’s words are true… this engagement should rightfully be broken.”

 

“That’s right.”

 

Pope Baor IV also spoke firmly, as if he had made his decision.

 

“Now it is time to render judgment.”

 

However, Lyos shook his head firmly.

 

“I will not accept the annulment.”

 

“Your Highness, the engagement vow is sacred. You must keep your vows.”

 

“No, I refuse.”

 

Why is he acting like that…

 

Dana glared at Lyos with contemptuous eyes.

 

“Anyone would think you’re an adolescent boy. Stop acting childish.”

 

At that, flames blazed up in Lyos’s eyes.

 

“Don’t treat me like a child.”

 

While acting exactly like one deserves to be treated as a child… Her head began to throb painfully.

 

“Your Highness. I will now discuss the judgment with the Cardinals.”

 

Perhaps he didn’t want to drag this out any longer. Dana breathed a sigh of relief at the Pope’s decision.

 

She had worried about what would happen if they indulged his tantrum, but fortunately…

 

‘Huh?’

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Cardinal Felix, who had remained silent without saying a single word until now, staggered and pressed his forehead. Then, before anyone could catch him, he collapsed forward.

 

Thud!

 

“Cardinal Felix!”

 

Dana was startled. Cardinal Felix’s face, lying on the floor, was as white as paper.

 

“Cardinal Felix!”

 

“Cardinal, pull yourself together!”

 

Cardinal Felix only convulsed as if having a seizure, unable to open his eyes.

 

“What are the knights outside doing! Come in immediately!”

 

The Pope shouted loudly. Then the door burst open and Holy Knights rushed in.

 

“Quickly take Cardinal Felix away! Show him to a doctor, hurry!”

 

The knights began lifting Cardinal Felix’s body.

 

Dana stared blankly at their retreating figures.

 

What just happened?

 

Did Cardinal Felix just collapse?

 

If that’s the case…

 

‘The judgment will be delayed again!’

 

Dana clenched her fists tightly.

 

For the verdict, unanimous agreement from the Pope and the three Cardinals was required. Not even one could be missing!

 

“This is unfortunate.”

 

Then Lyos sighed as if he was truly disappointed.

 

“We’ll have to postpone it to the next opportunity, Danae Windsor.”

 

Dana stared intently at Lyos.

 

He had a regretful expression.

 

There was no sign of surprise. Not even a little, truly not even a little.

 

At that moment, Dana shuddered. A strong intuition ran down her spine.

 

Lyos knew.

 

He knew that Cardinal Felix would collapse.

 

No. Maybe not. Perhaps that bastard had despicably pulled strings behind the scenes!

 

‘So that’s why he was stalling for time!’

 

Knowing that Cardinal Felix would collapse. To wait for that moment!

 

“No.”

 

Dana stood up abruptly from her seat.

 

She couldn’t let things flow according to Lyos’s will right now.

 

If the trial was suspended like this, she would continue to be played in Lyos’s palm.

 

“Please step aside.”

 

Dana grabbed the shoulders of the knights supporting Cardinal Felix.

 

“Please put down His Eminence Cardinal Felix.”

 

“Pardon? But…”

 

“I think I can heal him.”

 

If this was really something Lyos had orchestrated.

 

‘It wouldn’t be ordinary poison.’

 

Something more secretive, mysterious, and terrifying.

 

For example, like the Savage Tribe Shaman sent to Ignis and herself a few days ago.

 

It would be that kind of shamanism.

 

If it were poison, it would be impossible, but if it were that type of shamanism, she could purify it.

 

So this was a gamble.

 

Dana placed her hand on Cardinal Felix’s chest. Then she closed her eyes and slowly drew up her power.

 

Brilliant rays of light burst forth and engulfed the Cardinal’s body. At that moment, Dana was certain.

 

It’s shamanism.

 

The shamanism of demon worshippers, of Savage Tribe shamans was cast on him. And now, it was being cleanly purified by her power.

 

Shortly after, Cardinal Felix lifted his eyelids.

 

“…What, what happened?”

 

He coughed lightly and sat up. Dana smiled slightly and stepped back.

 

“You were under a spell. The shamanism of demon worshippers, that is, the Barbarian Tribe.”

 

Cardinal Felix looked at her with an uncomprehending expression.

 

“What I can purify isn’t just the Corrupted Land.”

 

Dana continued calmly.

 

“I can also purify shamanism, and I just broke the Barbarian Tribe’s spell that was cast on Cardinal Felix. So you should be fine now.”

 

“Demon worshipper shamanism!”

 

“What do you mean? Who would dare do such a thing to Cardinal Felix!”

 

The Pope and Cardinals cried out in shock. However, Dana firmly cut through their dismay.

 

“Let’s render the judgment first.”

 

Before there are any more delays, quickly.

 

“We need to end this Divine Trial, don’t we?”

 

Then the Pope and the three Cardinals looked at each other. Dana saw rapid exchanges of opinion in their gazes.

 

The first to speak was Cardinal Felix.

 

“By the authority of Cardinal, I agree to the annulment between Lady Danae Windsor and Crown Prince Lyos Grants.”

 

Then the Pope exchanged glances with Cardinal Liber and Cardinal Theo.

 

They seemed quite flustered by the sudden turn of events, but they didn’t miss the opportunity to end this drawn-out Divine Trial.

 

“By the authority of the Pope, I consent to the annulment.”

 

“By the authority of the Cardinal, I consent to the annulment.”

 

“I also consent to the annulment by the authority of the Cardinal.”

 

Those voices, those consecutive sentences of agreement, seemed to crash down on Lyos’s head like hammering blows.

 

Perhaps due to the shock, Lyos had stopped breathing. Like a fish thrown out of water, he seemed to have forgotten how to breathe.

 

“Your Highness, Crown Prince. I hereby announce that the annulment with Lady Danae Windsor has been established.”

 

The Pope declared cautiously, as if deeply apologetic.

 

However, he did not hesitate.

 

“From today, I declare in the name of God that your engagement is no longer valid.”

 

“….”

 

Lyos did not respond.

 

He seemed already dead. That was how still he was.

 

Bang bang bang! Finally, the sound of the wooden gavel broke the silence.

 

“I announce that the engagement between Crown Prince Lyos Grants and Lady Danae Windsor has been annulled!”

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

A moment later, Alice removed her hands that had been covering her ears.

 

She heard no sound at all.

 

‘What happened?’

 

She had covered her ears because she didn’t want to hear anything more, but now she truly couldn’t hear anything.

 

Could the trial have ended?

 

Alice carefully opened the door to the inner chamber.

 

Creak— The sound of the door opening echoed long through the quiet Grand Chapel.

 

The chapel was completely empty.

 

Sister Dana, the Pope, the three Cardinals, and the Chief Justice were nowhere to be seen.

 

The trial had ended.

 

Only one person remained.

 

Lyos was collapsed in front of the Grand Chapel, before the massive statue of Sun God Ramun.

 

He was prostrated on the floor with his back hunched, as if offering deep prayer.

 

Click click. Alice carefully crossed the corridor and approached him. Sunlight filtered through the stained glass, pouring down onto his broad back.

 

What kind of prayer could he be offering?

 

Not even the sound of breathing could be heard from the prostrated Lyos, making him seem like a dead person.

 

Alice hesitated, then placed her hand on Lyos’s back.

 

“Your Highness?”

 

And the moment she touched him, she flinched in surprise and pulled her hand away.

 

A tremendous shock struck her head. Alice’s lips parted. She almost screamed.

 

Lyos was not offering prayer.

 

‘Why….’

 

Lyos was crying.

 

Soundlessly, quietly.

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