I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 204

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Chapter 204

 

 

 

How long had she been sobbing like that?

At some point, Dana realized that the carriage had stopped. When she weakly lifted her tear-stained face.

 

“Ah.”

 

Dana saw it.

The attendant sitting across from her was rotting black.

 

“…Excuse me?”

 

There was no answer.

As if dead.

No—the attendant was already dead.

 

“Hey!”

 

Dana stiffened and shouted. This time to the coachman outside the carriage.

 

“Are you safe out there?!”

 

Silence.

No sound came back at all.

Dana’s breathing twisted as she sensed something was going wrong. She reached out with trembling hands. She opened the carriage door.

The next moment, the world that was revealed was entirely black.

The earth rotted black. And the coachman collapsed on top of it. Rotted black, corrupted, a dead corpse…

And standing leisurely beside it.

 

“Hello, Dana.”

 

A black man.

 

“It’s a good night, isn’t it?”

 

Dana was kidnapped just like that.

The culprit was the Crown Prince of the Empire, her former lover, and her younger brother.

What followed was truly terrible, terrible time.

 

“Do you like Lumiere that much? Well. Do you think he loves you more than I do?”

 

No. You don’t love me. This isn’t love.

 

“Tell me what’s so good about Lumiere. His pretty face? Or is he amazing in bed?”

 

This is hatred. You hate me now.

 

“Stop crying. If you miss Lumiere so much, I’ll tear off his face for you.”

 

You bastard. If you touch Lumiere, I won’t let you get away with it.

 

“Ah, how unfortunate. It’s already too late for that. I threw Lumiere’s corpse to the wild beasts as food.”

 

Ah, Lyos. Lyos Grants.

How could I have loved a man like you, even for a moment? How could I have loved such a demon…

“Miss.”

At that moment, Dana jerked her head up at the voice calling her. She instantly got goosebumps.

Black eyes.

Eyes exactly like Lyos’s, deep and dark as an abyss.

“Are you alright?”

Lete placed a teacup in front of her.

“Please drink some tea. It will calm you.”

“…”

“Please calm down.”

Dana took deep breaths and drank the tea.

Lete was right. She needed to calm down.

After all, that was something from the lost time. An incident that didn’t happen in this life.

‘Right, Lumiere in this life didn’t experience such things.’

However, Lyos.

Lyos remembers everything.

And Dana now also knows. The identity of the arsonists who set fire to the estate that time.

They must have been Lyos’s shadows.

The fire that day. The pain that day. The farewell that day.

It was all Lyos’s plan. All of it.

‘That bastard…’

Fortunately, even though Lyos remembers the repeated lives, he doesn’t know everything.

‘He only knows part of what concerns the Diana Church. He also has limited information about Yeon Dana’s body.’

It seemed the Diana Church hadn’t shared all information with him.

Lyos wasn’t even allowed to enter the Sanctuary.

‘Lyos didn’t know that even if I cross the Dimensional Gate, I’d be dragged back here again.’

That’s why he cried out not to go when I tried to cross the Dimensional Gate.

He didn’t know that Dana would return to this world.

In other words, Lyos wasn’t in cahoots with the Diana Church.

‘But they’re definitely in some kind of cooperative relationship. Lyos received shadows from the Diana Church.’

Lete was proof of that.

Dana asked with a tired face.

“When we return to the Empire, continue working as Lyos’s spy.”

“Yes.”

“Same goes for Viego Windsor. Act like you’re his subordinate.”

“Yes.”

How obedient.

Dana looked up at Lete and smiled gently.

“Well, it shouldn’t be difficult. Deceiving someone is what you’ve been doing your whole life. Right?”

Though she deliberately spoke sarcastically, Lete nodded calmly.

“Yes. That’s correct.”

“…”

“Is there anything else you’d like me to do?”

Right. I don’t even have the energy to pick more fights.

Once I get to the Empire, I’ll be busy. There was a lot to do.

‘For now, during my time at Roland, I need to use Sandra as bait.’

While interrogating Miona, Dana learned much more about Sandra.

Sandra really wasn’t an ordinary woman. One of Sandra’s lovers was the same.

‘Who would have thought Alice’s biological father was a follower of the Diana cult, and an anti-cult leader faction member at that.’

According to Miona, the anti-cult leader faction possessed an artifact that could take them to the frozen lake.

Dana intended to get her hands on that artifact.

If she obtained the artifact, she could go to the frozen lake. To that place where Yeon Dana’s body lay sleeping.

‘Right, with just the artifact, I won’t need to depend on Viego.’

Viego had promised. If she bore a child with purification abilities, he would return ‘Yeon Dana’s’ body.

However, Dana had no intention of simply trusting that deal alone.

Viego didn’t even treat her as human. She couldn’t trust such a man.

‘If I use Sandra well, I can lure out Alice’s biological father and obtain that artifact.’

She had to leave before Lyos caught on.

Before Lyos got his hands on all the information and interfered with her, quickly.

‘That persistent Lyos Grants.’

As long as she remained in this world, Lyos would never leave her side.

In the repeated lives she vaguely recalled, he had never let her go.

Who knows. There might be more lives she couldn’t remember. He might have followed her around in those lives too…

Dana now wanted to escape from him.

‘Let’s avoid encountering Lyos as much as possible.’

However, contrary to her wishes, the moment of reunion came far too quickly.

 

* * *

 

“Welcome to the Empire, Duke’s Daughter of Roland.”

As soon as she arrived at the port, Count Cedric greeted her.

“His Imperial Majesty has personally offered to escort you to the Roland Mansion.”

Lyos was waiting for her.

A massive black carriage—Lyos was inside that thing.

“Please go ahead, Lady.”

“…”

Dana’s complexion turned pale. Am I crazy to go there?

“I’m sorry, but.”

Before she could voice her refusal, Lumiere’s voice was heard.

“My sister is not yet familiar with Imperial etiquette.”

Dana whipped around to look behind her.

Had he read the rejection on her face? Lumiere was arbitrarily voicing words of refusal.

“I’m worried she might commit rudeness before His Majesty. We’ll formally pay our respects later.”

“Young Duke Roland, are you refusing His Majesty’s goodwill right now?”

“I’ll speak to His Majesty directly myself.”

He’ll go directly? Dana urgently grabbed Lumiere’s arm.

“Lumiere.”

Lyos was jealous of Lumiere. It was almost close to a mental illness beyond obsession.

She couldn’t send Lumiere to such a madman. Rather than that, it would be better for her to meet Lyos directly!

“Brother, I’m fine, so—”

“Dana, you stay here.”

However, Lumiere firmly cut off her words and turned around. He walked away with Count Cedric without giving her a chance to hold him back.

A scream rose to her lips. She almost ran over immediately to grab his arm, but.

‘No.’

She barely held back.

That would backfire. Her actions to protect Lumiere might provoke Lyos even more.

That demon who could corrupt this world and lead it to destruction whenever he wanted…

‘It’s okay. It’ll be fine. Lyos is hiding his corruption ability. He won’t use that power right now.’

How much time passed like that.

After 5 minutes that felt like 5 years, Lumiere emerged from the carriage.

At the same time, Lyos’s black carriage departed.

Ah, Dana let out a sigh of relief.

He survived. Lumiere wasn’t corrupted.

“Brother, you’re back?”

“Yeah.”

“Did His Imperial Majesty happen to get angry?”

“Not at all.”

Really?

Lyos left obediently? Without causing any trouble?

“His Majesty didn’t say anything special?”

Lumiere silently stared at her for a moment, then smiled.

“Nothing like that happened.”

A lie.

Lumiere was lying. Just as Dana was certain and about to press further.

“Honey?”

A woman’s voice was heard from beside them.

“Lumiere!”

Dana’s breath stopped for a moment.

A woman was approaching.

She was dazzlingly beautiful.

“You’ve returned!”

She ran to Lumiere and embraced him tightly.

Instead of being surprised by the sudden embrace, Lumiere patted her back. As if that embrace was the woman’s natural right.

And he said with a smile.

“Have you been well, my lady?”

Ah.

Um…

Dana barely swallowed. Suddenly she felt as if her throat was being strangled.

“It’s been almost a month since I’ve seen you. I missed you so much, Lumiere.”

“I’m sorry for being late.”

Lumiere’s warm eyes, his affectionate smile, were directed toward the woman. For a moment, Dana was astounded by it.

Why are you looking at another woman with those eyes?

‘No.’

Dana bit down hard on the inside of her mouth.

Get it together. Yeon Dana.

You decided not to be like this.

‘You knew. You knew Lumiere was married.’

Lumiere was a faithful person. Even if it was a loveless political marriage, he was someone who would fulfill his duties to his wife.

So she had predicted he would be this affectionate.

She had expected it, but…

“Here, this child is my younger sister Danae.”

Knowing it in her head and seeing it directly were vastly different.

“Nice to meet you, Danae. I’m Ingria Rolland. Please feel free to call me Ingria.”

Dana took in Lumiere and Ingria at a glance with a dazed feeling. They truly were a beautiful couple, like a painting.

However, Dana smiled.

“It’s an honor to meet you. I’m Danaina Roland.”

Fortunately, it was a smooth smile without a single crack.

‘It’s okay.’

Actually, this is better.

If Lyos sees a scene like this, he won’t be jealous of Lumiere anymore.

Besides, I’m going to leave this world anyway.

Lumiere can just live happily here with that woman.

Dana had many things to do. Hadn’t she made plans to reclaim Yeon Dana’s body using the information obtained from the sanctuary?

She would probably be frantically busy from now on. So let’s ignore this pain.

‘It’s okay. It doesn’t matter. I don’t care…’

 

“If you’re late, I won’t let it slide. You must come. Promise me.”

 

If only she hadn’t remembered, it wouldn’t have been this lonely.

But she remembered.

 

“I promise.”

 

The lost time, their promise that burned away in the flames.

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