I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 231

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Chapter 231

 

 

 

 

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Inside ‘Danae Grants’, Dana thought.

The first life was too different from now.

‘Is this really me?’

First of all, she was truly promiscuous.

Once, Lyos had criticized her, calling her promiscuous and saying one man wasn’t enough to satisfy her.

‘Was that actually true?’

And in the first timeline, Viego Windsor didn’t become the leader of the Diana cult. Rather, he brought down the Diana cult.

Justio also became Pope directly without ever becoming Emperor.

In the first timeline, no divine oracle came down telling Justio to become Emperor.

Among all the differences, the most shocking and absurd was Lyos’s monk-like life.

He was a very devout follower of Ramun, so while other young men of high society enjoyed their leisure time with parties, horseback riding, and polo matches, he always attended temple worship services.

Moreover, he observed rules and regulations so strictly that during fasting periods that everyone else only pretended to keep, he wouldn’t even touch a drop of water to his lips.

Naturally, he had never once been involved in romantic scandals with any woman.

In the current timeline, he was a guy who lived steeped in alcohol and cigarettes and even cheated on others.

But in his first life, he was a model citizen.

‘What exactly did Lyos do in the first timeline to receive the Sun God’s Curse?’

There are countless demon worshippers in this world, but that’s all they are.

No human had ever received the Sun God’s Curse until now.

‘Right. The Windsor Family’s ancestors also used demonic power to establish the Diana cult. They committed all sorts of inhumane acts and blasphemy. But even they didn’t receive any curse.’

Lyos must have done something worse than that.

Something beyond just making contracts with demons, summoning demons, or using demonic power…

‘Lyos. What exactly did you do?’

For now, Dana decided to quietly observe the moments of her first life.

Like a spectator, very quietly.

From inside Danae Grants’ body.

 

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Danae Grants hated Viego Windsor.

He was Rodrigo’s enemy. The very idea of discussing marriage with such a traitor was humiliating.

Therefore, Danae could do anything to break off the engagement.

“Oh my. How rude of me.”

She was even willing to show him an intentional rendezvous with another man.

“I’ve shown you something shameful. I’m sorry.”

The dark garden.

Viego glanced at the back of the man who was hastily running away. It was the man who had been groping Danae’s body and pressing his lips against hers just moments before.

Danae Grants pulled up her disheveled clothes and smiled.

“Are you disappointed in me?”

“Not particularly.”

He tilted his head with an uninterested expression. The fact that this wasn’t pretense but genuine made it even more irritating.

“As you can see, I’m not a good woman. I won’t make a good wife either.”

“I never expected you to.”

“Pardon?”

“Even if you sold your body on the streets, it wouldn’t be reason enough to overturn this engagement.”

“…”

“So please spare yourself the pointless trouble.”

Danae felt deeply insulted by his words, as if he saw through all her schemes. Her anger boiled over.

“I hate you, Duke.”

“Yes.”

“You don’t like me either.”

“Of course not, but…”

Viego looked down at her with tired eyes.

“I do want you.”

“…”

What?

As she froze at the unexpected answer, Viego silently opened his pocket watch. Checking the time, he spoke in a dry tone.

“If you want to break off the engagement, speak directly to His Majesty the Emperor. Don’t waste my time with pointless efforts.”

“…”

“Then.”

After politely bowing his head, he passed by her. Danae glared at his rigid back.

She knew.

It wasn’t “want” in a sexual sense.

He meant he wanted her worth, her symbolism, the value of her body, things like that.

That’s when it happened.

“What are you doing?”

A voice came from behind.

Lyos was standing there. He looked over her disheveled hair and clothing, then quickly grasped the situation.

“Your fiancé is currently visiting the Imperial Palace. What would you do if he witnessed this?”

“Actually, I met him.”

“Pardon?”

“I just ran into him.”

“…Oh no.”

Lyos covered his face with his hands and let out a deep sigh. Danae crept closer to him.

“Sorry. Are you ashamed of me?”

Still covering his face with his hands, he answered.

“Yes.”

“…”

“I don’t want to say this, but sister, you keep making me feel ashamed.”

“Sorry.”

Danae smiled brightly and stroked his hair.

“Sorry for making you upset.”

Then he slowly lowered his hands. He brushed away Danae’s hand that was stroking him.

“Don’t treat me like a child. I hate it.”

I know.

You really, really hate it. Because I know you hate it, I do it on purpose often.

Just that much.

That kind of childish behavior was the best harassment Danae could manage.

Then Lyos spoke soothingly.

“Sister, you’re lonely. That’s why you’re wandering like this.”

“…Wandering?”

“Yes. Once you marry and have a family, your loneliness will be filled too. That’s why I agreed to the engagement. For your sake, sister.”

Lyos looked at her with sincere eyes. His sky-blue eyes were very honest.

“I want my sister to be happy.”

“…But I don’t want to marry Viego Windsor. He doesn’t even like me.”

“I know. But he’s a sincere man. He’ll treat you with the respect due to a wife.”

At that moment, Danae almost burst out laughing.

As expected, Lyos Grants was detestable. How dare he decide someone else’s happiness so arbitrarily.

“Thank you, Lyos. You really are so kind.”

Hiding her hatred, Danae naturally linked arms with him.

“Lyos, don’t you have any thoughts of marriage?”

“Not yet.”

Right. You can do it when you want, with whom you want, at the time you want.

That would be natural for you.

So natural like air that you probably don’t even think of it as your privilege.

“Then, don’t you have any woman you like?”

“Pardon?”

Oh my. He’s flustered.

Danae didn’t miss this opportunity.

Any chance to torment Lyos, really anything would be good.

“Do you have a woman you’re keeping in your heart?”

“I… No. I don’t.”

He’s stuttering.

Lyos at this time had a rigid side, so he wasn’t good at lying.

“It seems you do. Who is it?”

“No. There isn’t anyone.”

“Liar. Just tell me. What kind of woman makes your heart so restless?”

“Stop it.”

Lyos replied sternly with a serious expression.

“There is no such woman.”

What.

Danae was slightly intimidated. To make such a frightening expression…

“I’m sorry.”

She quietly unlinked their arms.

Then Lyos reached out his hand as if to catch her, but soon let it drop without grasping anything.

“I’ll be going now. Have a good night.”

There was no answer.

Danae walked calmly, then suddenly turned around.

Lyos was still standing in that spot, looking at her.

“But what about my shoes?”

“Pardon?”

“Last time when you held me, you took my shoes.”

“….”

Lyos slowly looked down at the floor. Then he muttered.

“I lost them.”

“Really?”

“If you need them, I’ll get you the same ones.”

“It’s fine.”

Danae turned around again.

As expected, Lyos wasn’t skilled at lying.

 

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Danae Grants immediately went to see Emperor Wilhelm. She intended to suggest breaking off the marriage proposal with Viego Windsor again.

“Come in.”

The moment she opened the door and entered, Danae was startled.

Had he just finished bathing? Emperor Wilhelm was sitting on the edge of the bed wearing only a bathrobe.

“What do you have to say?”

Does he usually let people into his bedroom when dressed like that?

Danae was flustered but didn’t hesitate.

“Please reconsider the marriage proposal with Duke Windsor, Your Majesty.”

Then Wilhelm smiled broadly.

“I knew you would say that.”

“Pardon?”

“You followed Rodrigo. Viego must seem like an enemy to you.”

To proceed with the marriage even knowing this…

“Fine. I’ll break off the marriage proposal.”

What?

Unable to believe it, she stared blankly as Wilhelm smiled suggestively.

“Come here and sit down first.”

“Pardon?”

“Hurry.”

Danae hesitated before going to his side.

When she sat beside him, she could feel the bed shake slightly from the weight. It made her uncomfortable.

“I’ll break off the marriage proposal.”

Wilhelm took her hand. He slowly pulled it up.

“Come with me to the Sanctuary.”

He pressed his lips to the back of her hand.

“I’ve been hearing about you from Rodrigo for a long time. That longing for you to awaken someday, I’ve been hearing it for decades.”

He slowly traced Danae’s hand with his lips. With a sweet expression, as if savoring the soft skin.

“Perhaps that’s why. I have the illusion that I’ve been waiting for you my whole life.”

Kiss, kiss, kisses continuously raining down on the back of her hand.

Danae’s back muscles stiffened. Her head was becoming dizzy.

What?

What’s happening right now?

“That’s why Viego Windsor wants you too. You were the Windsor Family’s long-cherished wish.”

The Emperor stuck out his tongue and licked the back of her hand lengthily. A wet, slippery sensation. Her spine tingled. Goosebumps rose all over.

“You are the origin of the Windsor Family.”

I’m going to be sick.

“I don’t want to give someone like you to another man.”

I’m going to be sick…

After ravaging the back of her hand to his heart’s content for a while, Wilhelm looked at her. His eyes were filled with desire.

“Yes. I must break off the marriage proposal. I can’t hand you over to Viego Windsor.”

He no longer hid his desires. Through the gap in his robe, he boldly spread his legs as if showing off his erect body.

“Instead, you’ll come live with me in the Sanctuary.”

 

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What just happened?

Her legs trembled the entire way walking down the corridor after leaving the Emperor’s bedchamber.

Her stomach, her head, her whole body felt nauseous. Danae walked unsteadily.

‘I hate this.’

But Wilhelm hadn’t asked for her opinion.

There was no need to ask.

Because he was the Emperor.

If he commanded her to go, there was no one who could refuse.

‘Should I tell Lyos?’

Would he even believe me if I told him?

Wilhelm was an Emperor with a good public reputation. His only mistake in life was sleeping with a married noble woman and having Lyos.

Even that wasn’t considered a fatal flaw in this world.

Other than that, Wilhelm had ruled the Empire for a long time without any controversy.

Moreover, the relationship between Lyos and Wilhelm, father and son, was very good.

Wilhelm had treasured Lyos like a precious gem, and Lyos had always respected Wilhelm.

‘He won’t believe me…’

Even if he believed me, he might not take my side.

With that thought, her vision went dark as if she were standing at the edge of a cliff.

Danae suddenly wanted to cry, but now wasn’t the time for tears. Instead, she became colder and more ruthless than ever before.

‘I need to find a way to survive.’

Who could possibly stop the Emperor?

There were only two people in this land.

Pope Justio of the Ramun Church. And.

‘Lyos, who will become Emperor in a week…’

And Danae knew Lyos’s weakness. That weakness could become a weapon for her.

‘Right. I need to get my hands on a weapon.’

A weapon that could protect herself, even if it meant harming others.

 

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Danae Grants immediately went to find Lyos.

“His Highness the Crown Prince is currently in the Grand Chapel.”

Danae smiled at the secretary’s words.

The Grand Chapel.

Though it was a place Lyos visited frequently, to go there on such a late night.

It seemed something had happened that he couldn’t endure without prayer.

“I see. Then I can wait in his bedroom, can’t I?”

“Pardon? But.”

“Is there any reason I can’t? I’m Lyos’s sister.”

“…”

While the secretary hesitated, unable to find grounds to stop her, Danae entered the bedroom.

Click.

She closed the door.

Danae Grants slowly surveyed his bedroom.

The bedroom bathed in moonlight resembled Lyos perfectly.

Books and scriptures filling the bookshelf. Even a sculpture of the Sun God placed on the nightstand beside the bed.

It was truly a neat and orderly bedroom, but…

‘It’ll be here.’

Danae took a deep breath and began searching the bedroom.

It would definitely be somewhere.

It was intuition.

For a very long time, a premonition that had been gently scratching at her with indescribable feelings and sensations…

Danae searched his wardrobe, bookshelf, drawers, and nightstand. But she couldn’t find what she was looking for anywhere.

There was only one place left.

“…”

Danae looked at his bed and slowly bent down.

Deep beneath the bed, at the bottom.

There was a box.

Danae pulled out the box. It had a combination lock that required matching numbers. Strangely, as if drawn to it, she could tell what numbers to enter.

Click.

The sound of the lock opening was heard.

Danae slowly opened the box.

“…”

Laughter… flowed through her body like a thrill.

Ah, haha, haha. Danae let out intermittent laughter as she rummaged through the box.

Inside were her shoes.

From recently. The shoes Lyos had taken under the pretense of wanting to comfort her.

And there was also a handkerchief. From last spring. The handkerchief he had politely borrowed when she spilled tea.

There was also a hair tie. The hair tie she thought she had lost forever when it was blown away by the wind while tying her hair in the garden one day.

Ribbons. Buttons. Teacups. Spoons and forks, and so on.

Just everyday items, but items that had touched her, filled the box.

‘How boring. Collecting such trivial junk.’

When he had the ability to steal nightgowns or even underwear if he wanted. Lyos really did have a timid side.

A moment later, Danae smiled brightly when she found something relatively impure.

Silk stockings.

Despite collecting them with his own hands, they were hidden deep in the corner as if they were something terrifying and dreadful.

The next moment, creak, the door opened.

‘He’s here.’

Danae was drenched in anticipation close to chills and smiled brightly. She turned around.

Lyos, standing there like a pole, dumbfounded.

“You’re here?”

Toward Lyos who was frozen like a statue, Danae waved the stockings gently.

“Did you finish your prayers well?”

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