I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 203

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Chapter 203

 

 

 

 

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On the ship heading to the Empire.

Lumiere Roland was leaning against the ship’s bow, gazing at the open sea.

‘Finally leaving that damned sanctuary.’

He had successfully completed the mission given by his grandfather, Duke Anton Roland.

Go to the sanctuary. Find his younger sister Danae Roland there and bring her back.

‘It was really troublesome when she said she would become a priest of the Diana faith.’

Fortunately, she gave up becoming a priest and decided to return to the Empire with him.

However, Lumiere’s mind was not at ease. Because….

“Brother.”

Lumiere straightened his back and turned around.

“Were you here?”

“Danae.”

Lumiere greeted his younger sister with a smile.

“I’ve been looking for you for a while.”

Danae, who approached beside him, swept back her hair fluttering in the sea breeze.

“When we arrive at the Empire, I’ll finally meet the family members.”

“Are you looking forward to it?”

“Yes. My mother was married to Karl Windsor, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Isn’t it strange? Karl Windsor has been my guardian for the past year… Did Karl Windsor know?”

Well. I don’t know.

Lumiere couldn’t even guess what was in Karl’s head.

What was certain was that Karl Windsor had carefully looked after Danae for the past year.

The Grand Cathedral criticized Karl for kidnapping Dana, but Lumiere didn’t think so.

‘I heard the adoptive father took care of Danae almost like serving a princess.’

Karl simply protected Dana. So she wouldn’t be tainted by the disgusting and filthy ideology of the Diana faith.

But, well. It didn’t seem like he protected her perfectly….

“Dana. You said you would marry Viego Windsor when you return to the Empire.”

“Yes.”

“Will you be okay? The first person introduced as your fiancé was Noah.”

“Yes.”

Dana smiled brightly.

“It’s a political marriage anyway.”

“….”

But Dana. I heard it.

The sound of you having a secret meeting with Noah.

A few nights ago. Lumiere went to find Dana’s bedroom and froze in place.

Because he could hear faint voices from inside the door.

It was the voice of a man he knew. Noah Windsor. His cousin’s….

Hearing that sound, Lumiere calmly drew the gun from his waist. And thought coldly.

Was that something agreed upon with Danae?

If it was Noah’s coercion, he would go in right away and shoot him in the head. As her older brother, he had the right and duty to do so.

However, Lumiere soon realized there was no need for that.

That wasn’t forced. Far from being forced, rather.

Rather, Dana was….

“Brother, why are you looking at me like that?”

Lumiere stared at Danae intently.

Dana even announced the next day that she would marry Viego, Noah’s brother.

After spending such intimate time with Noah, as if nothing had happened.

That was fascinating.

Her appearance looks so innocent, but her actions are no different from a seductress….

“No. It’s nothing.”

Lumiere patted Dana’s head.

“If you have any difficulties while living there, tell me anything. My wife and I will help you together.”

“…Yes.”

It doesn’t matter. Whether Danae is promiscuous or not. Whether she enjoys incestuous affairs or not.

Lumiere didn’t care much.

If his wife were like Danae, it would be quite troublesome, but this child was his younger sister.

“Brother. By any chance….”

“Yeah.”

“Do you remember anything about Dana Windsor?”

“Why suddenly ask that?”

“I heard you have memory problems, so I’m asking out of concern. You were close, right?”

“You don’t need to worry.”

Lumiere laughed lightly.

“If we were really close, I wouldn’t have forgotten like this. Don’t worry about it.”

At those words, Danae lowered her head and after a long while answered quietly.

“…I suppose so.”

 

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Dana, who returned to the guest room, immediately collapsed onto the sofa.

She had tried one last confirmation, and as expected.

‘As expected, Lumiere still can’t remember anything.’

He still couldn’t remember anything about ‘Dana Windsor’. Nothing at all.

He didn’t even feel sorry for that loss.

 

“If we were close, I wouldn’t have forgotten like this.”

 

No.

Dana had to suppress her desire to refute those words.

‘No. If you had your memories, you would never have spoken that way.’

We were close.

You loved me.

You broke military law for just one letter from me saying ‘I miss you’.

You threw away all the military honor you had built up your entire life, your bright future, and came to me.

Do you think that’s all? Before that, we were even closer.

Before that, before that we were….

“Ah, damn it.”

Dana rarely cursed as she covered her face.

‘Why did I have to dig up those memories.’

Before leaving the sanctuary, Dana tried to gather as much information as possible.

Of course, about Yeon Dana’s body, and also about the repeating lives.

So she moved very busily.

The Holy Mother Chapel, known as the Diana Church’s laboratory.

That place was completely empty.

How futile it was.

Had they sensed that Dana would come storming in? It was even eerie, as if they had hastily moved their research materials elsewhere.

‘But they left this material behind.’

They had dropped numerous research records from their past work. Whether it was intentional or a mistake was unclear, but Dana had obtained the experimental records.

Since she had gotten the key from Noah, it was possible because she could sneak in secretly.

And she tried to learn about the memories from before.

The memories from ‘before.’

The memories from previous lives, not the current one.

‘I wanted to find clues about why my life repeats. I wanted to know anything, whatever it might be.’

However, with her Divine Sight, that realm appeared too blurry.

She couldn’t see it clearly.

Perhaps it was because it was a different timeline, not the current one.

So she attended the Diana Church’s worship service. When participating in worship rituals, lust would surge strongly, and her power would become that much stronger.

Dana tried to see her past life with that enhanced Divine Sight—

And she saw it.

As far as she knew, her first life.

In that first life too, Dana was Lyos’s lover. However, upon learning that she and Lyos were siblings, she bid him farewell.

Afterward, she fell in love with Lumiere and promised to marry him…

‘Right, I already knew up to that point.’

For a moment, those memories were difficult to bear. The memories of loving Lumiere were so vivid, yet he had forgotten everything. She had barely managed to pull herself together emotionally.

But of all times.

Of all times, her Divine Sight showed her that scene in great detail.

How her marriage to Lumiere had fallen apart.

What had happened the night before the wedding.

The night before her wedding to Lumiere. The night she had slept with Lumiere for the first time, full of excitement.

 

“I’ll make you happy.”

 

That night when he held her deep in his arms and made that vow.

Late that night, everything burned red.

A fire had broken out at the estate.

It was truly a hellish fire.

 

“Dana, are you okay?”

 

However, Dana was safe. She alone was safe.

Because Lumiere had wrapped around her and protected her so that not a single spark would touch her.

 

“I’m fine, but Brother is…”

 

Then Lumiere lightly pinched the tip of Dana’s nose.

 

“Brother? We agreed you’d call me by my name now, Dana.”

 

Sobs flowed out naturally.

Various parts of Lumiere’s body, who was smiling mischievously, were not just burned by fire but melting away. There were even areas where bone was exposed.

It must have been painful, yet he didn’t let out a single groan. Instead, he smiled and reassured Dana.

 

“I’m glad you weren’t hurt.”

“How is that a good thing!”

 

Dana burst into tears. It wasn’t just burns. Bullets were embedded throughout his body.

 

“Those monsters, those monsters did this to Lumiere!”

 

The arsonists who had set fire to this house.

They were monsters. They had human forms but weren’t human.

They had moved through the flames without a single scream, and even when arms or legs were torn off, they didn’t fall.

Dozens of those monsters had tried to kidnap Dana. Lumiere had fought while protecting her in the flames—

And this was the result.

Burns with melted flesh, bullets embedded in his body, and a metal spike that had pierced straight through his abdomen.

 

“I’m fine, so get out quickly, Dana. If we stay like this any longer, the estate will collapse.”

 

Lumiere had delayed too much time dealing with them.

Meanwhile, parts of the estate had broken and collapsed. The debris blocked the escape routes, and they were isolated in the flames.

Fortunately, they found the last exit.

 

“Get out quickly, Dana. Okay?”

 

A small ventilation duct. Through here, they could escape the estate.

However, only Dana could manage it.

The ventilation duct was small, and a large man like Lumiere couldn’t even enter it.

 

“I don’t want to. I won’t go alone.”

“I’ll find an exit soon and get out too. So you go first…”

“I said I don’t want to!”

“Danae Windsor. Listen to me.”

 

Lumiere grabbed Dana’s shoulders.

 

“The estate will collapse soon.”

 

Looking straight into her eyes, he said.

 

“You know, Dana. I don’t die easily. But you’re different. If something happens to you…”

“…”

“If something goes wrong with you, Dana, I’ll die.”

 

Dana finally nodded while sobbing. Lumiere smiled brightly and lightly kissed Dana’s forehead.

 

“I won’t be late for tomorrow’s wedding.”

 

Dana whispered while swallowing her tears.

 

“If you’re late, I won’t forgive you. You have to come. Promise me.”

“I promise.”

 

But they couldn’t keep their promise.

That moment was their last.

The instant Dana escaped outside the estate, the world collapsed with a thunderous roar as the estate crumbled down.

 

“No!”

 

Dana screamed and ran forward.

 

“No, no!”

 

Lumiere was down there.

Buried under the debris of the collapsed estate, in those hellish flames….

 

“Lady Danae Windsor!”

“You mustn’t!”

“Please calm down!”

“Quickly escort the Duke’s Daughter!”

 

The rescue team members and attendants sent by the Windsor Family pulled her back. They pushed her into the carriage as if forcing her inside.

 

“To Windsor Estate, quickly!”

 

As the carriage departed, Dana covered her face with both hands and burst into tears.

 

“Are you injured anywhere?”

 

No.

She didn’t have a single scratch.

She hadn’t even suffered minor burns.

Because Lumiere had protected her perfectly.

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