I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 198

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Chapter 198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dana made three demands to Viego.

 

First. Return Yeon Dana’s body and send her back to her original world.

 

Second. Assign Lete as her secretary during that time.

 

And third, release Karl.

 

Viego agreed to everything.

 

“However, get Uncle Karl to promise he’ll stop attacking the Grand Cathedral. Then he can come out anytime.”

 

-he added as a condition.

 

Dana immediately headed to the underground prison.

 

“I’ve come to see Karl.”

 

At that, the tense guards and Holy Mages quickly straightened up. They were the ones guarding Karl.

 

“Are you perhaps Lady Danaina Rolland?”

 

“Finally, have you come for a visit at last?”

 

“I’ll guide you there.”

 

“…?”

 

Since they were all suspiciously enthusiastic, Dana asked cautiously.

 

“Did Karl perhaps attempt to escape?”

 

Then, as if they’d been waiting, they all spoke up in succession.

 

“No. No such impious event occurred.”

 

“Karl Windsor has been spending time in reflection and repentance in prison all along.”

 

“He’s been quietly reflecting, bound by the 666 spells we cast! *Cough cough*!”

 

“…”

 

Suspicious.

 

Well, it didn’t matter either way. She was planning to get Karl out of prison anyway.

 

‘Right. I need Karl.’

 

Dana thought as she followed behind the guards.

 

She had to save Ignis somehow.

 

This time, he had died corrupted by the Corrupted Land, making it difficult to revive him in a new body, they said.

 

But they didn’t say it was impossible.

 

‘Wouldn’t using a Sacred Relic help?’

 

In the end, going round and round, she was back to square one.

 

Karl Windsor’s ring.

 

What she desperately needed was always in his possession.

 

‘I feel like a fish circling around to bite the bait.’

 

She needed it again this time too.

 

 

 

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“This is the place.”

 

Beyond the thick iron bars was Karl.

 

Disheveled golden hair. A man with his head hung low, bound in chains as if hanging from the wall.

 

“You may go inside.”

 

Creak. The iron gate opened. Did he hear that sound? Karl slowly lifted his face.

 

Their eyes finally met.

 

“…”

 

What to do.

 

For now, she should have a touching reunion.

 

Having made her decision, Dana ran with all her might. She threw her arms around Karl. Then immediately, with the sound of something snapping—thud, crack—a strong force embraced her back.

 

She felt chills for a moment. Did this man just break the chains?

 

‘No, focus.’

 

Touching reunion. Touching reunion.

 

“I missed you.”

 

That seemed truly sincere.

 

“I missed you so much.”

 

Dana let herself be absorbed in that emotion. To really feel as if this were real.

 

“The Cult Leader said he’d release you if you don’t attack the Grand Cathedral.”

 

She had to persuade Karl.

 

“Please do that. Then you can come back with me right now.”

 

“…”

 

“Yes? Come with me. Yes?”

 

Then Karl hesitated for a long while before barely managing to ask.

 

“Don’t you hate me?”

 

“If I hated you, why would I have come here?”

 

Tears welled up in Dana’s eyes. Then Karl’s eyes also began to fill with tears. With eyes like a puppy caught in the rain, it was absurd.

 

Was hearing that she didn’t hate him that wonderful?

 

“Alright.”

 

“Really? You’ve made a good decision.”

 

Dana turned her head toward the Holy Mages standing guard behind them.

 

“You heard, didn’t you? Please release the Binding Spell quickly.”

 

“…”

 

“Holy Mages?”

 

The Holy Mages had turned pale.

 

He stared at Karl with eyes as if looking at some terrible monster, then soon let out a groan-like voice.

 

“The spell was bound to those chains on his wrists. The 666 Binding Spells have already been released…”

 

But then, thud, his words cut off.

 

Instantly, Dana turned around at the murderous aura she felt from behind. Then she saw Karl, dejected like a pitiful puppy.

 

“…Yes, that’s right.”

 

Soon the Holy Mages spoke in a forced cheerful voice.

 

“I’ll release the spell for you.”

 

 

 

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Dana took Karl to her bedroom.

 

While he bathed in the bathroom, Dana quickly opened the window to ventilate the air. The room had been full of Noah’s scent.

 

‘He didn’t notice, did he?’

 

She felt guilty for no reason. Even though there was absolutely no reason to feel that way.

 

A moment later, Karl walked out with wet hair. A very peaceful expression. He seemed not to have noticed after all.

 

“Please sit here.”

 

Dana patted the seat next to her on the sofa.

 

Karl obediently approached and sat beside her.

 

“You must have suffered a lot. Your face has gotten quite gaunt, hasn’t it?”

 

Then Karl covered his mouth with his fist and coughed.

 

“*Cough cough*, I’m fine, *cough cough*.”

 

He must have really suffered.

 

Dana looked at him with pity. Well, the prison was certainly cold…

 

Or perhaps.

 

‘Could his health really have deteriorated?’

 

Not just because of prison life.

 

 

 

“His remaining lifespan would be at most about a year.”

 

 

 

“I remember everything now.”

 

Looking directly into Karl’s eyes, Dana said.

 

“I remember everything about how Uncle deceived me.”

 

Tension immediately flickered in Karl’s eyes.

 

But that was all. He showed no signs of panic, as if he had already known.

 

He just asked with an anxious face, as if what was bound to come had come.

 

“Are you very angry?”

 

“…”

 

“Do you hate me?”

 

His eyes reddened. He hung his head dejectedly, as if he had already heard some answer in his imagination.

 

“I’m truly sorry.”

 

“…”

 

“I’ll work hard not to live like a pest anymore…”

 

“…”

 

Dana was genuinely puzzled. Did Karl have some kind of… persecution complex?

 

“My anger has already subsided. But whether I’ll hate you or not will depend on Uncle’s answer.”

 

Then Karl gulped nervously. He seemed tense.

 

“Is there perhaps a problem with Uncle’s health?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“I heard that you tried to make a contract with a demon but failed and were cursed instead.”

 

“What?”

 

“That you don’t have much time left to live… and that you planned to heal yourself with holy water from the frozen lake.”

 

“…”

 

A brief silence passed.

 

After a moment, Karl tilted his head.

 

“Who was it?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Who told you such strange nonsense?”

 

“…”

 

Was he planning to find out and retaliate? Dana deliberately ignored that question.

 

“Please tell me the truth.”

 

“Well. I have absolutely no—”

 

“If you lie to me again.”

 

Dana spoke as if putting a firm period at the end.

 

“Our relationship ends here.”

 

“…”

 

Karl’s lips immediately closed. They didn’t move as if glued shut.

 

How long did that silence flow?

 

“That is.”

 

Soon a deep sigh flowed from him.

 

“Partly true and partly false.”

 

Dana quietly clenched her fist.

 

This was probably the first time. That such a sensitive truth would come from his mouth.

 

They had always only deceived each other with sweet words.

 

“First, the rumor that I tried to make a contract with a demon is false.”

 

He grumbled as if feeling wronged.

 

“How could I do such a terrible thing? Goodness, just thinking about it makes my hands tremble with fear. The people at the Great Cathedral hate me, so they spread all kinds of terrible rumors. But.”

 

Karl paused for a moment, then carefully continued.

 

“But it’s true that my life expectancy is shorter than others.”

 

“…”

 

I see.

 

That part was real.

 

For some reason, it felt like her heart was gradually being squeezed. The air seemed to grow thin.

 

Karl continued his story.

 

“When I was young, there was an accident and I fell into the frozen lake.”

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