I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 176
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Chapter 176
What ridiculous nonsense!
Dana was furious and chased after that customer.
However, they seemed to have disappeared and were nowhere to be seen. Frustrated, Dana just clenched her fists tightly.
‘Who would do such a thing?’
Karl was her protector.
He was the person who had given her everything when she had nothing.
How could she suspect such a person?
Yet someone was doing terrible things to disrupt the relationship between Karl and her.
‘That’s right, Karl is such a good person.’
Dana looked at the store on the opposite side. Right next to it was the bakery where Karl worked…
‘Ah.’
Through the glass window, she could see Karl.
And she could also see the bakery owner’s daughter.
What was her name again? Right, Anna. A woman with a cute appearance who let her brown hair hang down.
Anna and Karl were having a serious conversation.
She thought they were too close. That distance.
“…!”
But that already close gap suddenly narrowed even more.
As if something funny had been said, Anna burst into giggles and started hitting Karl’s arm with her fist.
At that moment, Dana’s insides grew hot. What could they be talking about so joyfully?
“Good day, Miss Dana.”
Just then, someone greeted her from behind.
It was Nelt Priest, the village’s only priest.
“Miss Dana will be attending tonight’s soul ritual, won’t you?”
Soul ritual?
What was that?
“Miss Dana! You must come to the soul ritual!”
Just then, Lady Olivia from the general store, who was arranging items on her display counter, chimed in.
“Miss Dana has never seen Mirror Lake during the soul ritual, have you? It’s so much fun!”
Then Hans, the butcher shop owner, also laughed heartily and suggested.
“It’s a truly mystical time. Miss Dana must attend.”
Dana couldn’t understand what they were saying.
All the knowledge she possessed came from Karl, but he had never taught her about such things.
Perhaps reading her puzzled expression, Lady Olivia kindly explained.
“During the soul ritual, if you look into Mirror Lake, you can see anything you want to see.”
“Ah. Is there such a legend?”
It must be just a legend or superstition. She nodded while thinking so, but.
“It’s not superstition, it’s real!”
Miss Rita from the clothing store, who had been watching from the side, laughed and joined in.
“When I was little, I asked Mirror Lake to show me who my future husband would be. The man I saw then is my husband now!”
She saw her future husband? Dana’s ears perked up. Could it really be true?
“My younger brother saw how to make medicine that cures incurable diseases! When he made it and took it just as shown, his illness was completely cured!”
“I found out where my lost necklace was. Mirror Lake told me!”
At this point, her interest was thoroughly piqued.
“Alright, I’ll attend.”
Was it because of the interesting stories?
Dana was able to calm her anger. And she really wanted to attend.
There was something she wanted to see in Mirror Lake.
* * *
However, Dana couldn’t attend the soul ritual.
That night, Karl fell ill.
“Karl, are you alright?”
For him who was groaning in pain, Dana moved busily. She brewed warm tea and placed a wet towel on his forehead.
“Shouldn’t we call a doctor after all?”
“I’m fine. It’s not that serious.”
Karl reached out and took her hand while showing his face from under the blanket.
“Then I’ll stay by your side and take care of you today.”
“But it will be hard on you…”
“It won’t be hard.”
How could she go anywhere leaving Karl sick?
Dana looked quietly into his green eyes and spoke with sincerity.
“I’ll stay by your side.”
That was the moment.
Karl suddenly gripped her hand painfully tight for an instant, then quickly loosened his grip.
“Oh, sorry. Did it hurt?”
“It’s fine.”
Dana smiled gently and gripped his hand tightly again.
“You can grip it tighter. I don’t mind.”
No answer came back.
Had it become difficult for him to even speak? Karl was silently burying his face in the pillow. Only the sound of quiet breathing could be heard.
How long had they been immersed in that silence?
Dana gathered courage and spoke.
“Karl.”
“Mm.”
“Mrs. Liz said she would introduce me to her younger brother. What do you think?”
“If you want to, you should meet him.”
Karl mumbled in a voice that grew smaller as he seemed to drift off to sleep.
“I hope he’s a good man…”
How much time passed like that?
Karl seemed to have fallen asleep now.
Looking at those delicate eyelashes, Dana calmly acknowledged.
‘As I thought, Karl doesn’t see me as a woman.’
He regarded her as just a child he needed to take care of.
She wanted to do the same. She wanted to regard Karl as just a protector.
But that didn’t work out well.
‘Maybe if Karl had been a little less handsome, this wouldn’t have happened.’
Dana bent over and leaned against the bedside. She looked at Karl’s profile.
His sleeping figure looked like a boy.
His lips looked as soft as flower petals.
‘Ah, it smells good.’
Is it Karl’s scent?
No, no. Of course Karl’s scent was nice too, but this was a different smell.
‘What kind of fragrance is this?’
A sweet yet somehow stifling fragrance.
It had been wafting from somewhere since earlier.
But gradually, her mind seemed to be growing hazy…
At some point, drowsiness suddenly washed over her.
Dana slowly slumped forward beside the bed and surrendered herself to sleep.
* * *
Right after Dana fell asleep.
Karl slowly lifted his eyelids.
Dana was sleeping soundly, slumped beside him.
“Dana.”
No response.
“Are you asleep?”
Silence.
Karl quietly gazed at Dana’s long, long eyelashes. For a very long time, very deeply.
Despite watching for quite a while, Dana didn’t open her eyes. Only then did Karl finally become completely certain.
“You’re asleep.”
Karl carefully reached his hand toward Dana.
His hand headed straight for Dana’s face. Flowing toward her very soft-looking cheek, passing by carelessly…
It slipped right into her skirt pocket.
There was a note inside the pocket.
After checking the note’s contents, Karl put it back. That’s when it happened.
“How is it, did she fall asleep?”
The door opened and men came rushing in.
However, Karl wasn’t surprised by the strangers’ intrusion and looked at them.
This was already a promised meeting.
They smiled looking at Dana’s deeply sleeping face.
“We put her to sleep as planned.”
“…”
“The sleeping incense works well. Don’t you think?”
“…”
“How unexpected, Karl Windsor. I thought you would betray us and try to protect that woman.”
At those words, Karl slowly tilted his head.
“Why?”
“Because you seemed to truly care for that woman.”
“…”
“But to think it was all really acting, what excellent acting ability.”
The man chuckled and gestured to his subordinates.
“What are you doing? Hurry and move that woman.”
The men walked toward the bed. Getting closer and closer to the peacefully sleeping Dana. Karl just watched silently as the distance between them and Dana narrowed.
“Be careful not to wake her. She’s a precious sacrifice.”
“Yes.”
Finally, one man’s outstretched hand touched Dana’s body.
No.
It couldn’t touch her.
* * *
After a long journey, Lumiere Roland finally arrived at the Sanctuary.
“Welcome, Lord Lumiere. It’s been a long time.”
As soon as he disembarked at the port, Nilta Priest, whom he knew, greeted him.
“Before entry, we will proceed with the Silence Ritual.”
Holy magic for maintaining secrecy.
He was familiar with this shamanism too. He had experienced this holy magic when he came as a child.
After undergoing the Silence Ritual this time as well, Lumiere was guided to the Grand Cathedral.
However.
“…What happened here?”
The Grand Cathedral was in ruins.
The building that had been as grand and beautiful as the Imperial Palace was partially destroyed as if struck by lightning.
“A few months ago, there was an intrusion by subversive elements.”
“Subversive elements?”
“Yes. That person destroyed the main barriers of the Grand Cathedral and damaged part of the building. And stole something very important.”
“Oh my.”
“Countless priests, Sacred Magistrates, and holy knights were sacrificed.”
Lumiere let that lament go in one ear and out the other.
He wasn’t particularly interested in Sanctuary affairs. Especially not in Grand Cathedral matters.
“Please accept this. This person is Lady Danaina Rolland.”
Lumiere checked the portrait.
She was a beauty with gentle features. Doll-like empty eyes. Those emotionless eyes were chilling, but…
He couldn’t look away.
Was it because blood calls to blood?
“Fortunately, our investigators have discovered what is presumed to be Lady Danaina Rolland’s location.”
“Where is that place?”
“It’s a very small village called Minadel.”
Nilta Priest hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“But there’s a problem with that village.”
“What kind of problem?”
“The villagers of that village are actually… all people who should have been exiled from the Sanctuary.”
“…”
What does that mean?
“The Cult Leader issued an exile order as punishment for performing forbidden rituals.”
“Forbidden rituals, you mean those? The group sacred ceremonies?”
Lumiere asked with slight sarcasm. He too knew about those disgusting rituals.
“It’s a ritual more vicious than that. A very insolent one that dared to challenge the Cult Leader’s authority…”
Thinking the digression had gone on too long, the priest cleared his throat and got to the point.
“Those criminals fled just before exile and their whereabouts had been unknown until now, but we recently discovered they were hiding there.”
“Are you saying my younger sister is currently in such a dangerous place?”
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