I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 239

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Chapter 239

 

 

 

 

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Ignis, whom they barely found, was a complete mess.

“Ignis! No!”

Blood was streaming from his mouth, as if he had bitten his tongue.

Not only that, but his entire body was cooked like burnt meat. The bright red marks from the branding iron were so horrific…

It was truly a miracle that he was still alive.

Dana immediately rushed to Demian, who was watching from behind.

“Give me the holy water!”

“Wh-what are you doing!”

“You have holy water! I saw it all when you were climbing up earlier!”

Dana snatched the holy water and hurriedly approached Ignis. She quickly poured it into his mouth.

‘Please, please stick back together. Tongue, stick back together.’

Next, she poured holy water on the wounds on Ignis’s chest. Then she tried to flip his body over to treat his back, but.

‘He’s heavy!’

The unconscious boy was very heavy.

She struggled but couldn’t lift him. She needed to treat him quickly, quickly…

“Really now.”

At that moment, a large hand covered her hand like salvation. In one motion, he effortlessly lifted and flipped the boy’s body.

“You do all sorts of things.”

Then he took the holy water bottle from her hand. He directly poured holy water on Ignis’s back.

The wounds began to heal at a rapid pace. Only then did Dana breathe a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness. At least his life is saved…

“If you’re done with your business, get up quickly. Let’s go.”

Demian hoisted Ignis’s body over his shoulder. Dana was startled.

He’s helping this actively?

“Tell me. What’s your next plan?”

“That’s…”

Actually, I was going to detonate the black cores.

So that no one could approach me.

‘If Ignis had fainted, I was going to threaten someone with a black core to make them carry Ignis!’

That way, I planned to go to the port where the ship was and meet up with Karl.

‘If he’s going to help, then maybe I don’t need to detonate the black cores?’

There’s no need to reveal that I’m the original cause of the Corrupted Land appearing.

Having changed her mind, Dana grabbed Demian’s collar.

“Demian helping me.”

“…”

“That’s my next plan!”

She expected him to scoff and tell her not to be ridiculous, but for some reason, Demian had a completely resigned expression.

“Karl will have prepared a ship. Take us to the port.”

“Karl is helping?”

“Yes.”

“That guy wouldn’t willingly help others…”

He frowned as if finding it hard to believe, but soon nodded with an understanding expression.

“Fine. I’ll take you there. However.”

He lifted her up with one arm.

“However, you must also let me board that ship. I also plan to leave the Sanctuary.”

“Then bring Viego too!”

“I was going to tell you earlier, but Viego already returned to the Empire on the day of the attack.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Really really? You swear on everything? Really?”

“Really.”

It’s suspicious, but he said he swears on everything. Besides, there was no time to interrogate him now.

’10 hours and 12 minutes!’

That’s all that’s left!

Feeling anxious, Dana nodded.

“Then let’s hurry!”

 

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On the way back after checking the Corrupted Land from afar.

Rodrigo doubted his eyes.

No. He didn’t doubt them. There was no way he could mistake that one and only existence.

“Dana!”

When he called out, she turned around as expected.

Dana, held in one arm of his son, Demian…

Rodrigo immediately grasped the situation.

Demian had betrayed him. He had betrayed him and was taking advantage of this chaos to kidnap Ignis and Dana.

“Demian Windsor, you bastard! Leave Dana behind, you bastard!”

At that moment, his eyes met Dana’s.

Rodrigo immediately tried to shout. Don’t worry. I’ll save you, so don’t worry about anything—

“Don’t follow me!”

He was going to shout not to worry about anything.

“I really hate you!”

But…

“I hate you the most in the world!”

But why is Dana saying such things?

“Go die! You stupid idiot who’s not even worth Ignis’s toenail!”

There’s no way kind, innocent, angel-like Dana would say such harsh words?

“Don’t ever touch my Ignis again! Bad guy! Cockroach! Maggot!”

Rodrigo pointed to himself with a bewildered expression.

Who is she talking to?

Surely not me?

“Yes, you! Rodrigo, you bad old man!”

At that moment, Rodrigo’s world collapsed.

 

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“Elder Brother came too.”

The port was a sea of fire.

“Get on quickly. I’ve prepared it so we can depart immediately.”

Karl Windsor had set fire to all the ships except for one.

And he had already perfectly bribed—or threatened—the ship’s sailors. They asked no questions and set sail as soon as they received the signal.

With the resounding ship horn, the vessel began to move.

‘Ah, I’m alive.’

Let me rest a bit. I can’t move anymore.

Dana half-collapsed on the deck and closed her eyes. She panted heavily. Since all the ships in the Sanctuary had burned down, no one would be able to chase after them for a while.

‘Still can’t let my guard down!’

Dana opened her eyes wide again. She hung onto the ship’s railing and watched to see if any pursuers were following. Then she checked the remaining time.

Four hours left.

‘No one’s coming!’

Three hours.

‘Really not coming.’

Two hours.

One hour…

Even as time passed, nothing appeared beyond the horizon.

And finally, when 20 minutes remained.

Her heart raced.

‘I can see the Imperial Territory!’

She could see the Empire’s mainland gradually approaching. Now she could see the port in the distance.

Dana finally began to feel it becoming real. She had succeeded. She had truly succeeded in saving Ignis!

‘I saved Ignis!’

Joy washed over her, and Dana smiled brightly. She suddenly clung to Demian’s waist as he approached from the side.

“Thank you for helping me!”

Demian looked down at her with a complicated expression.

“Listen, Dana.”

“Yeah?”

“How long are you going to stay in that child’s body?”

“Why?”

“Hurry up and return to your adult body.”

“Why should I?”

“You seem to have forgotten. You are my wife.”

“…”

“Return to my wife’s body. Only then can we form a family.”

“What?”

Dana was flustered.

“What are you talking about? You have a woman you love! Viego’s real mother!”

“I’ll take that woman as a second wife.”

“Huh?”

“She’s not more important than you, but she’s still a meaningful person to me. I can’t ignore her.”

Then Karl interjected from the side.

“No way. I won’t allow it.”

“What?”

“Dana agreed to be my daughter.”

Demian frowned.

“Karl, you’re about to marry Sandra Rolland, so what are you talking about?”

“Sandra will understand.”

“No. Dana’s soul is that of an adult woman. It’s not right to keep her trapped in this milk-smelling child’s body.”

“What’s not right is Elder Brother’s lewd mind, isn’t it? How can you already be thinking of dragging her to bed?”

For a moment, Demian’s expression hardened. But he soon answered calmly.

“I wasn’t thinking that.”

“Haha. That’s funny. The intention behind telling her to quickly return to an adult body and become your wife is obvious.”

Karl smiled brightly as he spoke sarcastically.

“It’s amazing. How can you have such thoughts about Dana when she’s so cute and lovable?”

That’s when it happened.

“What about Karl?”

“…”

Karl slowly lowered his head and stared at Dana intently.

“Has Karl never had such thoughts in his life?”

“…”

“Is Karl impotent?”

Dana innocently blurted out the thoughts in her head without filter. It was a long-standing question she had harbored all this time.

“Is Karl impotent, or is he gay?”

“…”

“It’s one of the two, right? Or maybe both?”

Karl, who had been staring at her with a dumbfounded expression for a while, suddenly burst into loud laughter.

“Probably neither.”

If it’s not, then it’s not – what’s with ‘probably’? The child grumbled exactly as she thought, as usual.

“If it’s not, then it’s not – what do you mean ‘probably’?”

“What kind of conversation are you having?”

Perhaps displeased with their conversation, Demian quickly interrupted.

“Stop that and hurry up and find a way to return to my wife’s body. Is there no other way besides dying in that body?”

Dying…?

That word brought her mind slightly back to focus.

‘Wow. This is no joke. I’m gradually losing control of my thoughts.’

Her thought process was becoming extremely simple and scattered. It was becoming concise, short, and easy. Her thoughts, sentences, and tongue too.

‘How much time is left?’

Dana glanced at the air.

8 minutes 19 seconds.

When that time passed, she would truly lose all her thoughts and become a child.

Ignis had to wake up before then!

She had to explain why they couldn’t stay together before leaving!

Anxiety rushed over her like a wave. Dana stamped her feet.

“Give me one more bottle of holy water!”

“Pardon?”

“I’m going to give it to Ignis! I have to see Ignis wake up before I go!”

Tick-tock. As each second passed, she could feel herself becoming more and more of a child, making Dana anxious.

“Hurry, I have to see before I leave!”

Then Karl casually asked.

“Leave? Where to?”

“To the future!”

Oops!

Dana was startled and covered her mouth.

But it was only for a moment.

The priority thought – about Ignis – was so overwhelming that she soon forgot about everything else.

“I came from the future to save Ignis! So hurry up and give me one more holy water!”

7 minutes 49 seconds.

7 minutes 48 seconds.

“From the future?”

“Yeah!”

Still, 7 minutes 45 seconds.

There was definitely time left.

Could there have been an error range in Justio’s time calculation?

Or perhaps, as time runs out, the speed at which memories disappear accelerates?

Dana no longer felt like she was an adult.

No, she briefly remembered something— but then forgot it again.

Karl and Demian asked with interest.

“What a mysterious ability. Are you my wife in the future as well?”

“No. I told you she’s my daughter.”

Dana shook her head vigorously at the brothers’ conversation.

“Both wrong! I’m Danae Windsor later!”

“What?”

“Demian is Danae’s father! Karl is her uncle! But by then Demian is already dying, so I’m seeing him for the first time here!”

At those words, Demian’s face hardened. He muttered.

“I die?”

Though he seemed shocked, Dana exclaimed innocently with clear eyes.

“Yeah! You die! You don’t live long!”

“….”

“Anyway, I have to go now! I can’t be any later!”

Hooooooong!

Just then, the ship horn sounded and the ship stopped at the port. The sailors began bustling about, starting to dock.

“…You can’t be any later?”

A moment later, Karl smiled brightly and said.

“Then that was a time limit?”

“….”

What?

Dana quickly raised her head to look at Karl.

Karl wasn’t looking at her.

“I’ve been curious since earlier.”

He was looking at the mid-air where numbers were twinkling.

“Those numbers.”

“….”

“It was a clock telling you how much time you can stay in this time.”

Precisely, pointing at the numbers….

Dana hiccupped. He can see that? How?

“The time has been ticking away since earlier.”

The next moment, Karl suddenly grabbed it— those numbers. As the veins bulged on the back of his hand.

Crack! The light time was instantly crushed in his grip.

And it disappeared with strange black smoke.

Dana was completely stunned.

How could this happen….

“E-excuse me, we’ve arrived.”

Just then, a sailor approached cautiously.

“We need to go through formal entry procedures. The ship owner’s signature is required.”

Karl stared intently at Dana, then brushed off his hands. And turned around.

“I’ll do it.”

Karl walked away. Dana’s heart pounded so hard she turned pale.

‘I want to go. I want to go quickly!’

She wanted to explain the situation to Ignis and apologize for not keeping her promise before leaving.

But sorry, there really was no time now.

This was it.

‘I want to go now!’

Just as Dana was about to concentrate to leave. Closing her eyes tightly, pulling herself together—

Just then.

Grab!

“Ah!”

Suddenly her throat was choked and her concentration scattered. Dana’s eyes flew open.

“I was short-sighted.”

A large hand was gripping her throat.

It was Demian.

“It wasn’t about smuggling you out of the sanctuary.”

Squeeze. He tightened his grip.

Dana was terrified and grabbed his wrist. What was he doing right now?

Demian choked her throat while muttering quietly.

“Did you think I helped you so I could just let you go obediently like this?”

Ah, it hurts!

Without even a chance to struggle, the hand gripping her throat tightened. Her breathing gradually became blocked. This force wasn’t a joke or a threat.

He really intends to kill me!

“You said I die in the near future? Fine. Then.”

Demian laughed emptily. But what filled his eyes wasn’t fear.

It was desire.

“Live as my wife until then.”

Crack!

The next moment, Dana heard the sound of her neck bones crumbling.

 

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0 minutes 0 seconds.

“As expected, you couldn’t return.”

A sigh.

A long, long breath.

A man’s voice heard from somewhere.

“Please wait. I will find a way.”

In the gradually severing connection of souls, his voice scattered last.

“However, time flows differently there and here.”

It grows fainter and fainter.

“You may have to stay there for a long time.”

It grows more and more distant.

To the point where it can no longer be heard.

“Please wait.”

To a very distant place….

 

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10 years passed.

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