I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 225

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Chapter 225

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Dana was having a dream.

“Yeon Dana.”

“I greet you on behalf of your relatives.”

“Farewell.”

The rooftop. Relatives. Hands pushing from behind. Endless falling, falling, falling….

It’s been a while since I had that dream.

Dana, who realized she was in a nightmare while still in the nightmare, felt irritation rising. This was the moment Yeon Dana was murdered. It truly was a terrible nightmare.

‘Let me wake up now.’

Dana opened her eyes at once.

At that moment, she witnessed a boy hastily closing his eyes.

Dana stared blankly at that boy.

It was young Ignis.

The boy was lying at an angle with his eyes closed.

‘It seemed like he was secretly watching me until just now….’

Did he not want to be caught?

The boy’s tightly shut eyelids were trembling. His effort almost made Dana want to laugh.

At least he didn’t run away.

‘I must have fallen asleep while watching Ignis sleep yesterday.’

Dana carefully reached out and smoothed his disheveled red hair. Startled by the contact, the boy’s eyes snapped open.

Their eyes met.

Dana stared intently into his tense red eyes and smiled brightly.

“Did you sleep well?”

“…!”

As if struck by lightning, Ignis jerked his body dramatically and sat up. He stumbled backward and rolled off the bed.

Thud!

Good heavens. What is he doing by himself? Dana hurriedly looked down below the bed.

“Are you okay?”

The boy seemed to feel no pain as he frantically got up and pressed his back against the wall. Then with a flushed face, he stammered.

“Wh-what are you?”

“What do you mean?”

Dana smiled and pointed to the door.

“I kept my promise not to call anyone.”

“….”

“I’ll hide you, so please stay in my room for the time being.”

At those words, the boy’s face contorted, then relaxed, then hardened repeatedly.

He seemed confused.

Of course he would be. A complete stranger was speaking politely and offering to hide him.

After a moment, he asked in a tight voice.

“Do you know me?”

“I know you’re being experimented on.”

“….”

“And I think that’s cruel. I want to help you somehow.”

“What?”

“I’ll get you out of here, out of the Sanctuary.”

Dana spoke the thoughts she had been harboring in her heart with relief.

Soon, Demian was planning to take her to the Empire.

“I’ll be boarding a ship to the Empire before long. Come with me then.”

“….”

“I’ll hide you somehow and take you with me. Let’s escape from this place.”

“Escape?”

“Yes.”

“You’ll save me from here?”

“Yes.”

“Why me?”

“Pardon?”

“I am, I’m…. I’m.”

The boy who had been stammering eventually glared at her with wary eyes.

“Aren’t you mistaken about something?”

“Pardon?”

“Maybe you’re confusing me with someone else. I’m, I’m not someone you should treat so kindly….”

That’s when it happened.

“Are you inside?”

Knock knock. The sound of knocking was heard.

“Lady Danawin. Are you awake?”

Ignis looked at her with rigid eyes.

Did he think she would turn him in this time for sure?

He seemed to believe that hiding him last night was due to some great misunderstanding.

‘That’s not it at all.’

He really doesn’t trust me.

Dana pointed to the wardrobe. She spoke only with lip movements.

‘Hide quickly.’

Not wanting to be caught, Ignis quickly squeezed himself into the wardrobe.

Only after he went in did Dana approach the door.

“What’s the matter?”

They were Holy Knights from the religious order. They bowed politely and asked.

“We apologize for the early morning disturbance. We’re looking for a criminal who escaped from the Grand Cathedral’s prison.”

“A criminal?”

“Yes. Have you perhaps seen a red-haired boy?”

“No. I haven’t seen him.”

“I see. There was a witness who said he fled to this area.”

The Holy Knight deliberately spoke harshly.

“He’s a slave who has lived as a gladiator in illegal fighting arenas since childhood. Despite being young, he’s a vicious murderer who has killed hundreds of people.”

Perhaps because Dana had such a gentle appearance, he seemed concerned she might rashly sympathize with Ignis.

“He’s not a boy worthy of Lady Danawin’s mercy. So if you happen to see him, please be sure to let us know.”

“Yes. I will.”

Click.

After finishing her conversation with them, Dana closed the door. Then she approached the wardrobe where Ignis was hiding and opened it.

Ignis was curled up in a ball inside. He looked like a fetus refusing to be born.

“Lord Ignis. You can come out now.”

“….”

Ignis didn’t come out. He remained rigid like a shell, his face buried in his sharply raised knees.

Dana saw that his earlobes and the nape of his neck were red.

“So, where were we in our conversation?”

However, Dana continued the conversation as if nothing had happened.

“I don’t think I’ve gotten an answer yet. Will you leave with me?”

“…It’s all true.”

“Pardon?”

“What that knight said, it’s all true.”

“I see. So will you leave?”

Ignis raised his head. He glared at her with sharp, hostile eyes.

“Can’t you understand what I’m saying?”

“Ignis, are you the one who can’t understand what I’m saying? Why do you keep avoiding my question? Do you perhaps dislike me?”

“What?”

“I asked if you dislike me.”

At that, Ignis’s cheeks flushed. He muttered while avoiding Dana’s gaze.

“…There wouldn’t be any man who could dislike you.”

At those words, Dana almost burst out laughing.

Here he was, just a young boy, yet pretending to be a man in front of a woman much older than him.

“Run away with me. I’m sick of the Sanctuary too. How about we leave somewhere and start a new life together?”

“Together?”

“Yes. Together.”

She thought it was too much of a promise to take responsibility for, but she didn’t regret it. She didn’t think it was a mistake either.

Rather, she realized she had spoken the words she truly wanted to say.

‘Right. I’ll stay in this place only until I can give Ignis a new life.’

Whether that takes months or even years.

It doesn’t matter how long it takes.

Let me live here in the past for a while.

‘Let me stay here until Ignis finds and settles into a new life, until I can change his future.’

For that to happen, my memories would need to be maintained, so I’d need Justio’s cooperation.

After telling Justio the information he wants—about what happens at the Frozen Lake.

I’ll return to this time immediately.

And I’ll kill Rodrigo, rescue Ignis, and give him a new life.

Even if staying long in the past causes harm to her in reality, it doesn’t matter.

Because Ignis also risked his life to help her open the Dimensional Gate and leave…

‘So this time, I’ll be the one to help this person leave.’

I’ll change Ignis’s future.

Her resolve was so firm that just thinking about it made her feel good.

Ignis asked hesitantly.

“Really?”

“Yes. Really.”

“Truly? It’s not a trick?”

“I said it’s true, didn’t I? I’ll promise you.”

Since he’s a child, he might need this kind of proof.

Dana held out her pinky finger.

Ignis stared blankly at her hand, then hesitantly extended his own.

He slowly hooked his pinky finger around hers.

“You promised first.”

“Yes.”

“You agreed to leave this place and live with me.”

“Yes.”

“Keep your promise.”

“Yes. I promise.”

The next moment, Dana let out a groan.

Suddenly his pinky finger wrapped tightly around hers like a vice. It was a grip she could no longer escape from.

“You can’t change your mind now.”

The boy muttered while staring at her like a brand. Those were the flame-like eyes she had seen before.

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