I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 21
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Chapter 21
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The world was sweet.
Recently, Karl Windsor truly thought so.
His adopted son had achieved another great victory.
“Dad?”
“It’s a gift, Alice.”
“Wow. A rabbit doll? It’s so cute. Thank you.”
“Don’t mention it. I should be the one thanking you. To think my daughter, who I thought was just a child, has grown up so wonderfully.”
“Hehe.”
“The Moonlight Flower bulbs are incredibly popular too, right? That’s my daughter. Well done.”
“Thank you.”
His daughter had also grown into an excellent talent.
Even so, she was innocent enough to be delighted by a simple rabbit doll gift.
That wasn’t all.
‘Dana’s fortune will soon be mine too.’
When Karl thought of Dana’s fortune, he felt as excited as a young boy.
Everything was perfect. Everything.
“Dad? What’s that?”
“Hm? Oh, this is a gift for Dana.”
“What? For Dana?”
“Yes. If I only give you a gift, Dana might get upset.”
“That’s… is that a diamond necklace?”
“That’s right. Jewelry is the best gift to soften a woman’s heart, isn’t it?”
Karl spoke cheerfully and laughed.
“Dana is being kind and not saying anything more, but she must be hurting inside. Things didn’t work out with the Crown Prince after all.”
Yes. She must be rotting away inside.
Just a moment ago, he had received a report from a maid.
It was the same maid who had informed him about the quarrel between Alice and Dana before.
“Miss Dana is crying right now.”
She must be suffering alone from the wound of being betrayed by the Crown Prince.
And that was exactly when he needed to step in.
‘Yes, people tend to trust those who comfort them when they’re hurt.’
He couldn’t let anyone else take that role. That’s why he hurriedly prepared a gift.
“…That’s why she hit me. She made you beat me with a rod.”
Then his daughter complained childishly. Karl almost sighed but barely held it back.
“If you think about it, that level of anger was natural. You and the Crown Prince completely deceived Dana, didn’t you?”
“Still.”
“After getting angry that one time, Dana accepted your love with Crown Prince Lyos. Only a magnanimous person could do that.”
Karl truly thought so.
Accepting your fiancé’s lover – that wasn’t something just anyone could do.
“As Dana’s guardian, I should comfort her. Right?”
“Yes.”
As expected, my daughter listens well.
After roughly appeasing Alice, Karl headed to Dana’s room.
But…
“Dana? Are you there?”
Knock knock knock.
He knocked on the door, but no answer came.
Then a maid cautiously approached.
“Um, Master. Miss Dana is away at the moment.”
“Thank you, Miss Emily.”
At his perfect smile, the maid’s neck turned bright red and she hurriedly bowed her head.
Karl was about to turn around when he suddenly stopped as if remembering something.
“Miss Emily. If it’s alright, could you do me a favor?”
“Yes?”
“I’d like you to buy a flower bouquet.”
“Yes? A flower bouquet? Wh-what kind of flowers?”
“Whatever flowers you like, Miss Emily. Bring it to my office.”
The maid disappeared with an ecstatic expression. Karl watched her retreating figure with a smiling face.
He kept watching like that…
Then took out a key from his pocket and inserted it into Dana’s bedroom door handle. While humming a tune.
Unknown to anyone, he had a key to Dana’s bedroom. And he had been conducting regular inspections.
‘Vermin might swarm around Dana.’
It was natural for ants to swarm around sweet candy.
Especially when the Crown Prince who had monopolized that candy was looking elsewhere, there was no telling what shameless ants might come crawling.
‘That won’t do. Dana’s fortune is mine.’
If there were any greedy men coveting Dana, he needed to eliminate them in advance. To do that, he had to monitor Dana and know her private life.
But.
‘Hm?’
The door isn’t locked?
Dana always locked her door. But today the door wasn’t locked.
Which meant.
‘Did she leave in a hurry?’
What could have happened that she left without even locking the door?
He peered into the room with a puzzled expression.
And discovered something very strange.
[To my eternal flower, Danae.]
A love letter placed on the desk. Not only that, but there was even a Moonlight Flower bouquet.
Karl was shocked.
A Moonlight Flower bouquet?
When even a single Moonlight Flower was hard to obtain, who could have given such an incredible gift!
‘What kind of person is this?’
[The years I’ve watched you from afar have been so long. You don’t know how anxious I was that your most beautiful age, twenty-three, might pass by.]
Moreover, the content of the love letter was utterly filthy.
[I hope His Highness the Crown Prince has still preserved your purity. I want to be your first man.]
Karl’s face hardened coldly. He was so furious that his hair was practically standing on end.
What bastard would say such vulgar things!
Karl hurriedly lowered his gaze to the bottom of the letter.
The sender’s name was.
“…Juan Rolland?”
It felt like being struck in the back of the head. It was an unexpected name.
“Juan Rolland, you.”
Karl spat out that name syllable by syllable in a chilling voice.
“How dare you.”
How dare you try to steal Dana, my property?
His intentions were obvious. He must be planning to seduce innocent Dana and strip away all her wealth!
That’s my role!
He quickly opened the drawer. It was filled with love letters, all of them correspondence from Juan Rolland.
His fingertips trembled with rage as he read the letters.
‘Has this bastard been seducing Dana all this time?’
Then did Dana rush out after receiving this letter? To meet that bastard Juan?
Well, when she’s lonely and sad like now, she’d want someone to lean on.
Karl’s head spun in confused circles. The worst imaginable scenarios began flooding in.
What if Danae accepted that bastard’s proposal in a fit of anger?
What if they eloped together?
What if the two of them ran away with all her fortune!
‘That absolutely cannot happen!’
He rushed out of the room. Then he grabbed a passing servant and questioned them rapidly.
“Do you know where Juan is right now?”
“Pardon?”
“Haven’t you seen Juan? Or Danae?”
“I saw them at the pond in the back garden. Lord Juan is currently with Miss Danae…”
At those words, Karl’s eyes rolled back.
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Last night, Juan received a letter from Danae.
[Please meet me at the pond in the back garden at noon tomorrow. I have something to tell you.]
It was a letter that made him laugh spontaneously.
“Wahahahaha!”
The love potion. It really seemed to have worked. To think she’d respond so immediately!
However, contrary to what he had hoped, she didn’t seem to have become an idiot.
Still, this was something.
‘Finally Danae has become mine!’
That astronomical fortune is now all mine too!
What should I do with that money. What should I do for fun!
Juan spent the night almost sleepless, designing such a hopeful future.
The next day, as soon as noon arrived, he rushed out to the pond in the back garden.
Danae was standing by the pond, waiting for him first.
“Danae. There you are. Did you wait long?”
But.
“Danae? What’s wrong?”
But Danae’s condition wasn’t good.
Her shoulders were drooped as if dejected, and her eyes were red.
Had she been crying?
“Oh my, why are you crying, Danae?”
Though he pretended to be worried, Juan was actually in a good mood.
‘She must have lovesickness. She must have cried all night missing me.’
That feminine appearance was very pleasing to see. Yes, this is how a woman should be.
“There, there, I don’t know what’s wrong but cheer up.”
Juan subtly placed his hand on her shoulder.
That’s when it happened.
“Juan Rolland!”
At the shout from behind, Juan was startled and turned his head.
Karl Windsor— his brother-in-law was running toward them.
And at that moment.
“Please just stop it now!”
Suddenly Danae burst into tears and covered her face with both hands.
“Please stop tormenting me now! I don’t want to elope with you or anything like that!”
Juan opened his mouth with a dumbfounded expression. What on earth was she talking about?
“Please leave me alone now, please!”
And her cry reached Karl’s ears as well.
“Juan Rolland, how dare you!”
Karl immediately grabbed Juan by the collar, lifted him up, and struck him fiercely.
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