I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 220

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Chapter 220

 

 

 

 

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“Are you awake?”

The moment she opened her eyes, she saw that man’s face.

Dana muttered blankly.

“Justio?”

At that, Justio frowned his elegant brow as if displeased.

Staring blankly, she realized she had called his name without permission.

“Your Holiness the Pope. I apologize.”

“Are you lucid?”

“Yes, this place is…”

Dana immediately recognized it.

A bedroom with a massive Sun God mural painted on it.

This place was—

“My room.”

Which meant they were inside the Ramun Church Papal Palace.

Why was she here? No, more than that.

‘What is this?’

Dana stared blankly down at her own body.

Are my eyes wrong?

No, what was wrong was her body.

Her body was half transparent, and the scenery beyond could be seen through it.

“You are currently in a state where your soul has separated from your body.”

At that moment, memories flashed by.

‘Ah, right. That’s right.’

There had been an explosion.

And Dana had clearly witnessed the sight of her own leg flying away. That was her last memory.

Don’t tell me.

“Am I dead?”

“You’re still alive.”

Justio glanced down at her abdomen.

Only then did Dana see the cord connected to her belly, stretching out long.

‘What is this…?’

It looked like an umbilical cord, passing through the wall and extending somewhere long, with no visible end.

But the moment she saw it, she understood.

‘It’s a cord connected to my body.’

And if she followed this cord, she could return to Danae’s body.

It was an instinctive realization, like wandering in search of water when thirsty.

‘Let’s go back for now.’

Perhaps because she was in soul form, just thinking she needed to leave this place made her body float up and move.

However.

Crackle!

Just as she turned to leave, a strange electric current flashed. It bounced her back forcefully.

“…”

Dana was so surprised she lost her words.

What just happened… seemed like some kind of barrier.

“You cannot leave yet.”

From behind, Justio spoke in a low voice. It was an indifferent notification.

Right now. Did that person just stop me from leaving?

‘No, wait. Is that even possible?’

Come to think of it, it seems like that person brought me here in the first place.

How did he move me while I’m in soul form?

“How did you do this to me?”

“I cast a barrier so you cannot leave without my consent.”

“…”

His composure in exercising what seemed like a natural right was absurd. Dana spoke sarcastically.

“You criticized Karl Windsor, yet you’re doing the exact same thing. Aren’t you just another scoundrel?”

“I have never treated someone who tried to kill me with such consideration. Please be satisfied with this.”

It seemed he was quite angry about her shooting at him.

But she was just as angry.

“You have many abilities, Your Holiness.”

If this person hadn’t interfered on the red ship.

If that hadn’t happened, things wouldn’t have gotten this messed up.

“To think you can handle souls. Who would have known His Holiness the Pope was a medium who sees ghosts.”

“I am not.”

“What do you mean you’re not? Don’t ordinary people not see souls? Seeing me as a soul and even communicating shows you’re full of medium qualities.”

Bubbling anger was boiling up.

It’s a complete mess.

Everything. All of it was like that.

Her leg got smashed. Her soul got ejected from her body. She couldn’t even catch a glimpse of the mirror she’d been searching for so desperately.

Up to that point, it was still okay. It was something she’d undertaken accepting the risk and possibility of failure.

But the worst part was—

Having said words that protected Karl Windsor.

‘Wow, I want to die.’

He’s an important person to me.

Recalling Karl’s fox-like eye smile when he heard those words made her want to bite her tongue instead.

“So, what do you plan to do with me?”

Since she was in soul form anyway, there was no risk of being strangled.

With that thought, Dana became bold.

“I don’t know why you brought me here, but too bad. Since I have nothing left to lose, you won’t be able to gain my cooperation this way.”

“Cooperation?”

“That’s right.”

“Not necessary.”

What?

At that moment, Dana saw golden rays extending from his body like sunbeams.

They flew toward her like arrows. Thud, thud, thud. They pierced inside. Penetrating. Deep into her soul, to a very deep place.

“Ah!”

Dana collapsed at his feet. The shock of being pierced through. Dizziness as if the world was turning upside down washed over her.

Even as a soul, could she feel such dizziness?

“You said you weren’t a medium… but you are. You even know how to torment souls like this.”

At Dana’s persistent sarcasm, Justio let out a quiet sigh.

“Among demon worshippers, there are also shamans who command evil spirits.”

Suddenly, rage flared up.

Because that voice was as quiet and reverent as reading scripture.

“I can tear apart, control, and destroy their minds and the evil spirits they manipulate. That’s all.”

Ah. Uh. Ugh. And here I am, holding back these boiling groans.

“I’m currently pondering how to handle you, but I probably won’t need to ask for your cooperation.”

Dana exhaled trembling breaths and barely managed to look up.

Those cold blue eyes looking down at her, at a very lowly existence. She felt her face burn as if she had become his slave.

“I’ll ask you.”

A terrifyingly refined voice reached her ears.

“What deal did you make with the Diana Cult Leader?”

Thud. His power seemed to pierce her brain. The answer spilled out involuntarily.

“To bear Windsor’s heir, a child…”

“Why?”

“Because someone with purification ability… can only be passed down through me…”

“Do you know about the Book of Truth Prophecies?”

“I do.”

“When I asked about its whereabouts years ago, why did you say you didn’t know?”

“Because I didn’t want to maintain ties with you…”

“…”

After a moment.

The power penetrating her body disappeared.

The torture was finally over.

Then a massive wave of fatigue crashed over her, and Dana closed her eyes. She wanted to collapse and sleep just like this.

However, iron-like hands grabbed her arm. He forcibly pulled her upright.

To think he could even grasp souls.

It was laughable that he still claimed not to be a medium.

Justio dragged her staggering soul somewhere and laid her down. It was a bed.

“You may keep your eyes closed, but don’t fall asleep. We don’t have time to waste.”

“…Evil human.”

She muttered, but Justio pretended not to hear and continued speaking calmly.

“I have been searching for fragments of the prophecy book all along. And I’ve succeeded in securing about half of them.”

So what was she supposed to do about it? Was he asking her to tell him the location of the rest?

“The Book of Truth Prophecies mainly describes stories about Yeon Dana—about you.”

“…”

What?

Only then did Dana slowly lift her eyelids.

As if he had been watching her continuously, their eyes immediately met with those blue pupils.

“It’s written in detail about who you are, what your life was like, what abilities you have, what events you’ve experienced. That’s why I know you.”

Very slightly, he bent his waist toward her.

“I know you very well.”

I know you.

His face, believing this without doubt, was almost arrogant.

How annoying.

“You must have the ability to see the past.”

Separately, it seemed like he really did know her.

“That’s not seeing the past. Your soul temporarily exists in the past.”

This is, well.

I can’t pretend not to hear this anymore.

“Divine Sight isn’t just seeing the past.”

Did I hear that correctly just now? Dana opened her lips and asked.

“You’re saying my soul temporarily exists in the past?”

“To be precise, in the past as well.”

Justio pointed out accurately.

“Standing at the boundary of time, existing simultaneously in the present and past. That is your ability.”

Dana learned that souls could also feel chills… that shivers were possible.

Of course, Divine Sight was an experience beyond mere observation. Whether she saw what happened to her from within her body, or spied on others’ affairs from outside her body.

It was frighteningly vivid, as if she truly existed in that moment.

To think her soul really existed in that moment.

“I need that ability.”

Watching her shock indifferently, Justio made his demand.

“I am tracking a demon. You must use that ability to become a clue for my pursuit.”

“…”

“It won’t be bad for you either.”

“I wonder about that. Just being involved with Your Holiness is already a terrible misfortune for me.”

She spat out the criticism sharply, but he let it flow past like water.

“If we eliminate the demon, the Corrupted Land will naturally disappear.”

She wanted to ignore it, but every single word he spouted was the kind that couldn’t possibly be ignored.

“What do you mean? The Corrupted Land will disappear?”

“Yes. The Corrupted Land originally began when demons crawled up into the Human World.”

“From what I know, I heard the Corrupted Land began when the Sun God’s Blessing disappeared.”

“The cause and effect are reversed.”

Justio shook his head.

“The Seven-Headed Serpent Power invaded the land, and that caused the Corrupted Land to occur. Ramun’s blessing was cut off after that. Because the demon invaded Ramun’s Domain.”

Suddenly, the Holy Knight’s last words came to mind.

That a fragment of the serpent had climbed to human lands and become obsessed with pretending to be human, not even knowing it was a demon.

“If we remove the cause, the Corrupted Land will disappear. The reason for you to conceive Windsor’s heir will also disappear, and most importantly, you can reclaim the body sleeping in the Frozen Lake.”

This person really knows everything.

‘The Book of Truth Prophecies, was it?’

The Baptist’s prophecy book passed down from over 200 years ago.

But my story is written in there?

I’ll have to find and read all the remaining fragments later. Hiding that resolution, she asked.

“So? What do you want from me?”

“Please cross the boundary of time with your ability. There’s something you need to find out.”

“…”

This was absurd. How could he say it as if asking her to quickly run to the general store in front of the house?

“When and where?”

“June 5th, 1811. The Sanctuary.”

Dana closed her mouth.

That day was one day before Lyos was born. Lyos’s birthday was June 6th.

‘And he was said to be born in the Sanctuary…’

Lyos was born from the body of the Duchess of Windsor—Danae Windsor’s mother.

Justio must know this too.

“On that day, June 5th, a fragment of the Seven-Headed Serpent sealed in the Frozen Lake crawled up into the Human World. You just need to witness what happened that day.”

And the next day, Lyos was born.

However, Justio never mentioned Lyos in the end. Even though he must know his nephew’s birthday.

“It’s impossible.”

Dana pondered for a moment, then shook her head.

“It’s not like going to see a reserved play—I can’t specify an exact date and see it.”

She had always opened Divine Sight through incidents, emotions, or some medium. She needed very intense and sincere inner motivation.

If I could see everything I wanted to see, I wouldn’t be suffering like this.

“And most importantly, I’ve never used Divine Sight continuously for more than 5 minutes. Not only am I not confident I can go precisely to June 5th, but maintaining it all day is impossible.”

“That’s when you were bound to a physical body—you’re currently in soul state.”

He looked at the long, stretched thread of the soul and said.

“Since your soul is not bound to your body, you can completely cross the boundary of time.”

“….”

“Moreover, your soul cannot return to your body for the time being. Not until I allow it.”

Ah. Right. He said he put up a barrier to prevent my soul from leaving.

In other words, she couldn’t go anywhere until Justio finished his business.

And he had criticized Karl Windsor.

He continued.

“I told you it was impossible.”

Annoyed, she spoke irritably.

“The Sanctuary is as vast as the Empire’s territory. To wander aimlessly in soul form and find the path to the Frozen Lake would probably take more than a year.”

“There’s no need for that. The Duchess of Windsor’s body is in the Sanctuary.”

“….”

Of course it would be.

The Duchess of Windsor, known to have spent her entire life recuperating in the Sanctuary.

The same one who conceived Imperial Grandson Lyos.

“Danawin Windsor. Or Danawin Grants.”

That was one of Dana’s many replicas.

In other words, a soulless shell chimera.

They had impregnated that body, no different from a doll, and extracted Lyos through surgery.

‘Disgusting Diana Church humans….’

And now he’s telling me to enter that shell?

Just thinking about it made her want to vomit.

“If you enter that body, you’ll have considerable authority in the Sanctuary.”

“That won’t work. I lose my memories when I enter other bodies.”

“I know. I can supplement that with Holy Magic to prevent such a thing, so you just need to go, observe, and return.”

“Aren’t you being too harsh on me?”

At that, Justio raised his golden eyebrow.

“You’re the one.”

“What?”

“You shot me with the intention to kill. Even fired twice like a confirmation kill.”

“….”

That story again….

Had that really made him that angry….

When she looked at him awkwardly, Justio frowned. He seemed to think he had added unnecessary details, but soon turned his body around without hesitation.

He walked to the center of the room. He sat cross-legged.

The next moment, golden light flowed from Justio’s body. Strange characters flickered on his skin like tattoos carved from light.

Simultaneously, a massive magic circle began to shine on the floor.

Dana was overwhelmed by that radiance. With his entire body ablaze with golden tattoos, he looked like an incarnation of the Sun God.

“What are you doing? Come inside this circle.”

“….”

I’m sick of this.

A necromancer and a Holy Mage too?

The Sun God had clearly bestowed all kinds of precious abilities upon Justio.

‘Except for personality….’

 

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June 1st, 1811.

The Duchess of Windsor opened her eyes.

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