I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 212

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Chapter 212

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Danaina Roland had been kidnapped.

“Sandra Roland! Do you have a brain or not!”

“I’m terribly sorry, Father. I had too much to drink that time, so my memory is a bit…”

“How many times did I tell you to stop going to that damned temple? And you still caused this mess?”

“I’m sorry.”

“Enough! Go back to your room and don’t take a single step outside!”

Duke Anton Roland was furious.

After confining Sandra to her quarters, he immediately received the Emperor’s approval and led troops out to search.

And Lumiere…

“I entrust the family to you while I’m away, Lumiere.”

He was fulfilling his duty.

Not as a soldier, but as a young duke.

‘Right, I’m no longer a soldier.’

Because he had been dishonorably discharged for violating military law.

Dishonorable discharge. He let out a bitter laugh.

Why had his past self from his lost memories done such a thing?

Lumiere understood the value of honor. Because there had been a time when honor didn’t exist for him.

Bastard Lumiere, illegitimate Lumiere.

Lumiere, a child of unknown seed who didn’t even know who his father was.

“Honestly, who knows if Lumiere’s real father is some street commoner? Sandra doesn’t consider a man’s status. She only looks at faces and lower bodies.”

“That’s right. Look at Lumiere’s face. How pretty it is? Maybe he’s the son of a male prostitute who makes a living with his looks.”

There had been a time when such gazes followed him. Though all that finger-pointing disappeared after he made a name for himself as a soldier.

In other words, honor was his weapon and armor.

And yet he had thrown it all away himself.

Lumiere still couldn’t believe it.

“Young Duke Roland. An anonymous telegram has arrived.”

A servant handed him a letter. His brow furrowed sharply as he examined it.

‘This is…’

It was a letter written in military code. Moreover, a code known only to a select few military executives.

There couldn’t be many in the Empire capable of using this skillfully…

‘Danaina was sold to a red ship?’

Lumiere immediately rushed to the Imperial Palace and informed the Emperor of this fact.

However.

“Well. How can we trust a telegram from an unknown sender? It could be a barbarian trap, couldn’t it?”

Lyos Grants was uncooperative.

“However, we can’t ignore the tip, so I’ll personally send some subordinates to investigate. So Lumiere, you should go back and wait.”

Lumiere didn’t try to persuade him further.

He realized it would be a waste of time.

He immediately returned to the estate. As he was about to leave after gathering necessary weapons.

“Lumiere?”

His wife happened to enter the room. She looked flustered.

“Lumiere? Where are you going armed like that?”

“I’ll be back soon.”

Perhaps sensing something ominous, Ingria blocked the doorway.

“Don’t go!”

“Ingria.”

“I want to have a child!”

What?

Ingria clung to his arm and looked up at him desperately.

“I, I was just on my way back from seeing the physician.”

“…”

“The physician said that if we have relations today, the chances of conceiving would be very high. So, Lumiere.”

Lumiere was shocked. His wife suddenly began undressing.

In an instant, her slender shoulders and pure white breasts were revealed, swaying, and Lumiere froze completely. It was the first time his usually modest wife had been so aggressive.

“So don’t go. Please?”

She even took his hand and pressed it against her chest.

“I really love your hands. They’re big and firm from calluses… it feels good. I want to make you feel good too.”

Good heavens. She was even saying such vulgar things to seduce him.

Lumiere clicked his tongue. To make such demands at such an urgent time.

He had thought his wife was wise, but apparently not.

“I’m sorry. Let’s talk when I return.”

Politely brushing off her hands, Lumiere passed by Ingria.

There was no time.

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Dana was feeling deep skepticism.

“Get ready. The auction will start soon. You need to go up on stage and play the role of merchandise. Understand?”

It wasn’t because of being dressed up by the barbarian woman’s hands, nor because of being treated like merchandise.

She could endure this much to achieve her purpose.

‘Right, this much is within what I prepared for.’

While being dragged here, Dana had actually woken up early but pretended to be unconscious while eavesdropping on the kidnappers’ conversation.

“That person said he would board the ship disguised as a barbarian with the mirror. Since there’s no time, he plans to go there first.”

That person. It must be Alice’s father.

The mirror. It must be the door to the frozen lake.

That place. It must be referring to the frozen lake.

In other words, everything was proceeding smoothly according to plan. Finally, she could get her hands on the artifact that leads to that frozen lake.

But this was a bit…

“Sob, huu-uk, huu-uk.”

This was really hard to bear…

Alice was crying beside her. She had been captured along with her and become merchandise too.

‘How on earth did she get dragged into this!’

What was Lyos doing? Did he even know his wife was in this situation?

“His Majesty won’t forgive this. I am, I am, I am the Empire’s Empress…”

Right. She’d been saying that. She’d been screaming that she was the Empress and they wouldn’t get away with this.

‘Fool. The barbarians got even more excited and dressed you up because you revealed you’re the Empire’s Empress.’

Alice’s father and the barbarians seemed to have some kind of cooperative relationship, but weren’t completely on the same side.

Otherwise, there would be no reason to bring Alice here.

“How on earth did you end up getting captured?”

At that, Alice glared at Dana with wet eyes.

“You’re Sister Danae!”

“….”

“I, as soon as I returned that day, I hired workers and secretly dug up Sister Danae’s tomb! But there was no body!”

“….”

“Of course there wouldn’t be! Because you’re Sister Danae!”

“…”

“You didn’t die back then, did you? You survived and came back to steal my mother, my brother, and even my father!”

Waaah, Alice burst into tears. Dana’s head was throbbing.

“Stop talking nonsense and answer my question. Why are you here?”

Then Alice answered while sobbing.

“M-Mother said she was going to that temple, taking only Sister with her. She wasn’t taking me.”

The Men-Forbidden District Temple.

The secret club of noble women.

She had begged to be taken there several times, but Mother always refused.

So she had once tried to go there alone without permission, but was always turned away at the entrance.

No matter that she was an Imperial Consort, entry was impossible unless she was a member of the gathering or accompanying a member.

And she heard that while Mother wouldn’t take her to such a place, she was taking Sister!

How furious she had been!

“S-So I also went to the temple se-secretly, very secretly to hide… but then I ran into the people kidnapping Sister…”

“….”

“Sob sob, I said I wouldn’t tell anyone, but they said they couldn’t trust me and brought me here too.”

Dana frowned. As she listened, there were more than one or two strange things.

“Who told you that Sandra and I were going to that temple? And how were you able to sneak into the temple?”

It was a secret club for high-ranking noble women, and even located in the Men-Forbidden Zone.

It was a place with very tight security, so how exactly did Alice—

“F-Father told me.”

Dana was speechless. What did Alice just say?

Alice sniffled and continued.

“Father told me that Sister and Mother were going to the temple. He also told me about the secret entrance to sneak in…”

“Who do you mean by Father?”

“Who else! Of course it’s Karl Windsor!”

Alice’s face reddened as she glared at her.

“Why? Now you want to steal Father too, not just Mother?”

“….”

Ignoring those words, Dana let out a hollow laugh.

Karl Windsor?

She had wondered where he had disappeared to, and in the meantime he went to find Alice and passed on information?

But why?

He knew Alice’s personality well, and with Alice, he would have expected her to secretly follow!

‘Wait. Did he know that the temple was Sandra’s trap?’

But he didn’t give her any warning or hint?

If that was really the case, it meant only one thing.

He had abandoned her.

So she would be kidnapped. So she would be sold to the Red Ship.

‘That bastard…’

A surge of hot anger washed over her for a moment, but Dana soon realized.

There was no need for that.

Karl Windsor was originally that kind of person. Hadn’t she felt it just last night?

A violent emotion surged for a moment, but Dana cut it off sharply.

Now was not the time for that.

Think, she needed to think.

‘Then why did Karl let me be sold to the Red Ship? And why did he guide Alice to be dragged onto this ship too?’

What exactly was Karl Windsor’s purpose?

After thinking for a moment, Dana found the answer.

‘Ah, yes. That was the purpose.’

She finally understood.

What Karl wanted.

* * *

At that very moment.

“Ugh.”

Karl let out a low groan. The cards in his hand were trembling.

At his honest reaction, the men beside him burst into laughter.

“Hey there, handsome young man. Is your hand no good this time either?”

“If you lose this time too, it’ll be 10 straight losses!”

“At this rate, aren’t you going to lose all your fortune? Hahaha!”

“I heard there are some pretty good items coming up today, but you won’t have money to buy them?”

Karl Windsor was playing a card game.

In the Red Ship’s auction house, with the Barbarians.

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