I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 216

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Chapter 216

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“There’s a dish that finishes in 3 minutes.”

“Count Curso is famous for his 3-minute cooking, isn’t he?”

“Hehe~hehehe! Hehehe!”

Where did I hear that…?

Right, when I was young. I overheard Mother talking with her friends.

Back then I didn’t even know what it meant…

‘Is this something similar?’

Alice blankly pressed her face against the bed sheets. She couldn’t believe it. Honestly, she couldn’t even call this 3 minutes anywhere. Because.

It didn’t even start.

The mast needs to be raised before you can even think about sailing or not.

‘The mast… won’t rise…’

However, Master Ignis acted as if he had expected this.

“As expected, it won’t work. The body compatibility is messed up.”

“Y-yes?”

“There’s another Ignis. I’ll bring him. Wait.”

Another Ignis? Why does he keep referring to himself in third person?

‘Maybe I should try that too. It seems pretty cute.’

That’s when it happened. The door burst open and a man walked in.

“Ah, Your Highness Empress Alice. You seem to be safe still.”

Alice was startled.

It was the auctioneer who had conducted the auction. Why did he suddenly come here?

Ignis also frowned unpleasantly.

“Who are you?”

“What do you mean who? I’m here to protect Your Highness the Empress.”

“What? Now of all times?”

“Yes. Now of all times.”

The auctioneer shrugged sarcastically.

“It can’t be helped. Even among us Snake People, whom you call barbarians, there are moderates and radicals.”

He grumbled.

“This Red Ship is 80% radicals, 80%. How could I protect the Empire’s Empress in front of them?”

“So what are you trying to do?”

“You see, I’m an intelligent moderate. I want to get along well with your Anti-Pope Faction Leader. He wouldn’t like it if you touched Miss Alice, would he?”

“Don’t interfere.”

“You’re just an executive anyway, aren’t you? You should follow the leader’s will.”

“I told you not to interfere! More important than the leader’s will is Human Evolution, Experimentation and Research that can develop into stronger humans!”

Ignis shouted loudly enough for veins to bulge on his neck.

“We must challenge endlessly! We must forcibly open and explore the doors of knowledge that God has not permitted! That is the way to abandon dependence on God and protect the human world with human strength!”

The auctioneer sighed irritably at that passionate speech.

“Ah, completely obsessed with experiments… Humans tainted with radical ideologies are so tiresome.”

Then, as if annoyed, he pulled out a dagger from his chest.

And stabbed Ignis in the shoulder.

“Kyaah!”

What are you doing!

Alice screamed while clutching the blanket. To stab Master Ignis!

But that much wouldn’t be enough to stop him!

Because Master Ignis is very strong—

“Ugh, uugh.”

Huh?

Ignis, stabbed in the shoulder, staggered over and collapsed right next to Alice. Alice was shocked and shook his shoulder.

“Are you alri— Kyaaah!”

His flesh peeled away with a squelch.

“Kyaah, kyaaaah!”

That wasn’t all. His skin, muscles, and bones were melting like ice cream!

“Kyaaaaah!”

“Wahaha. Your Highness the Empress seems surprised—”

“G-get away! Get away!”

“Don’t worry. I won’t let anything terrible happen to you. However, to use you effectively when dealing with the Anti-Pope Faction Leader…”

He grinned wickedly as he pulled out iron chains.

“I’ll need to control you a bit with these iron chains…”

The next moment his words were cut short. As if something was stuck in his throat.

“Kh, khuk!”

Blood poured from his mouth.

Something, like a metal spike, had pierced through his chest.

The moment it was pulled out, the man collapsed helplessly. And didn’t move.

He was dead. Dead.

“Are you okay?”

And then came a man’s voice.

Alice looked up with her tear-stained face.

When did he come in? A very tall man was standing behind the dead auctioneer.

Brown disheveled hair and horn-rimmed glasses, milk-white skin that gleamed despite being splattered with blood.

This man is…

‘Number 66!’

It’s Number 66!

Alice burst into tears and threw her arms around him.

“Th-thank you for saving me. *sob*, *sob*.”

“There, there.”

Number 66 patted Alice’s shoulder two or three times before separating her from his embrace.

Then he took the iron chains from the dead man’s hands and pocketed them…

“*sniff*, wh-what are you doing?”

He began searching the room.

He searched the wardrobe, examined the gaps in the furniture, and finally thoroughly searched under the bed.

“Ah, here it is.”

He smiled with satisfaction.

Then suddenly threw a punch at empty air.

CRASH! A flash of light flickered for an instant, and a thunderous sound echoed as if something invisible had shattered and collapsed.

“Kyaah!”

Alice covered her ears. Her whole body trembled.

What was that?

It seemed like something broke just now— but I can’t see anything!

Then, Number 66 finally reached under the bed and pulled out some large bundle.

‘There was something like that under the bed?’

It was a very thin, flat, and elongated rectangular object.

It was tightly wrapped in pure white cloth, with unknown characters written on the cloth like a long talisman.

‘What is that?’

Number 66 tucked it under his arm and extended his hand to Alice.

“Come. Let’s go.”

“Y-yes?”

“This ship will become very dangerous soon. So you need to get out of here first.”

“Um, excuse me…”

“Thanks to you, I found the mirror easily without wandering around. Thank you.”

What does he mean? Mirror? Is that thing wrapped in cloth a mirror?

However, as if there would be no more conversation, the man wrapped one arm around Alice and lifted her up.

“Kyaa!”

What, he’s strong too!

Alice clung to Number 66’s neck.

He had a pleasant scent. A familiar and comforting fragrance. Her heart pounded.

“Now, hurry down.”

For some reason, all the Barbarians on the deck were dead.

Despite all those corpses, the man wasn’t surprised. He dropped a lifeboat into the sea and lowered a ladder.

“Here’s a compass. Just keep rowing south with the oar.”

“S-south?”

“Yes. Keep going south. You can do that much by yourself, right? Put on the life jacket.”

Alice was deeply moved.

To do this much for me. Had there ever been a man so passionate about her until now?

“Well, then.”

Alice firmly grabbed the wrist of the man who was about to turn away.

“Wait! Your, your n-name at least.”

“Hm?”

“I want to repay this favor!”

Thump thump. Her heart beat like crazy.

This was the first time she’d felt this excited since the early days of her romance with Lyos.

“Um, I’m the Empress. Um, I don’t know why you’re doing this, but c-come with me. If you become my l-lover— no, that’s not it, if you want, I’ll even divorce His Majesty!”

Not knowing what else to do, Alice just blurted it out.

Of course, she had no real intention of divorcing, but she planned to seduce him by pretending to divorce.

“My goodness. Alice. You really are just like your mother.”

Then Number 66 burst into laughter and took off his glasses.

And he lifted his bangs that covered half his eyes.

“…”

Alice was at a loss for words.

Father smiled coldly.

“Hurry and go.”

This is a lie.

Alice trudged down the ladder. It felt as if even her soul had been bleached white.

This is a lie. She sniffled while rowing.

Lie. Lie. Lie.

This is a lie!

“Huuuung.”

Unable to bear the despair and shame, Alice finally burst into tears on the boat.

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