I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 278

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Chapter 278

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They finally arrived at Godom Island.

“Welcome.”

Dozens of Somora believers came out to greet them.

Dana was startled. All the believers who had come to meet them were wearing white goat masks with large horns.

‘What the hell is that? Creepy.’

Among them, the one wearing the mask with the largest horns approached.

“It’s been a year since you’ve come to Godom Island. Have you been well, Your Grace Duke Roland?”

“High Priest Poltura, have you been well?”

Only a year since he came?

Not a long time?

In that puzzling moment, the priest wearing the goat mask turned his head toward Dana.

It was truly chilling. The goat mask was so elaborate that it looked like it was actually made from a real goat’s severed head…

“Is this person this year’s goat?”

…Did he just say that to me?

“Yes. This year’s goat is my family’s daughter.”

Anton placed his hand on her shoulder. Then he smiled kindly at her as she looked at him with puzzled eyes.

“Don’t be afraid, Danae. We call the woman who offers prayers during the spring water ritual a goat.”

“Ah…”

What kind of nonsense was that supposed to be?

Didn’t he say this year’s ‘goat’?

That meant there was a goat last year too.

But didn’t they say there had been no spring water ritual for a long time, well over ten years?

Dana was puzzled. She couldn’t understand why they were having suspicious conversations in front of her and openly exchanging obvious lies.

“Now then, would the goat please come this way. I’ll guide you to the Sacrifice Chamber before you ascend the altar.”

Altar. Sacrifice Chamber.

Once again, the priest emphasized and spat out clearly suspicious lines.

“Already?”

Then the twins from Lucille Kingdom grumbled as if disappointed.

“Do we have to treat her as the goat already?”

“I wanted to play a little more before that.”

Then Ingria, standing beside them, smiled brightly and patted their shoulders.

“From now on you can have plenty more fun, so don’t be disappointed, Ron, Lisa.”

“That’s true, isn’t it?”

“Right, right!”

When had they gotten them? They suddenly pressed goat masks firmly onto their faces.

“We can have even more fun after Danae becomes the goat!”

With those words as the signal, everyone began putting on masks.

The twins, Anton, Ingria, and everyone who had gotten off the ship. They all put on goat masks and looked at her in unison.

Dana instantly became the only one with her face exposed among people wearing goat masks.

“…”

Dana looked around at the people staring at her, then shrank her shoulders. And with a trembling voice, she said:

“Wh-what are you all doing right now?”

Then ecstasy flashed through their eyes visible behind the masks.

“Oh my, you didn’t know. The goat is the symbol of the god Somora.”

“Here on Godom Island, we wear goat masks as a sign of respect for the god Somora.”

“Oh dear, unfortunately we’re one mask short. We would have liked to give one to Duke Roland’s daughter as well.”

“But since Duke Roland’s daughter will be playing the goat role herself, it shouldn’t matter, should it?”

They began speaking in code-like words only they understood, making jokes only they got, and sharing low laughter among themselves.

At that moment, Dana finally became completely certain.

‘They’re playing around.’

Not metaphorically, but literally.

Right now they were playing around.

They were deliberately trying to scare her, creating a frightening atmosphere, hoping she would be paralyzed with fear.

Why on earth were they playing such a bizarre game?

She didn’t know the reason, but it would be better to act according to their expectations for now. Dana’s eyes welled up with tears.

“Why are you all acting like this? I’m scared. I-I came here with good intentions.”

“Oh my, oh my. You’re frightened.”

“Don’t worry. Nothing will happen.”

Lies.

They were still trying to scare her by speaking in such an ominous way.

When she showed fear, their eyes became excited and thrilled, which was absurd. They were completely immersed in this moment.

‘What are you doing, you guys?’

It seemed she had been invited to a very bizarre ‘game.’

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“Now then, please change into the sacred robes in this room, goat.”

Thud.

The door closed. And click, the sound of obviously locking the door with a bolt followed.

“…”

Dana slowly looked around the room.

[Save me]

On the walls, letters that seemed to have been carved out with fingernails or stones were densely packed.

[What is this? You said you’d take me to a party, so why did you bring me to a place like this?]

[Where on earth is this place?]

[I’m not someone who should be treated like this. I’m the second daughter of the Essel Marquis family!]

[I am Arzan Kraon, the third prince of Kremlon Kingdom. It’s been three days since I was trapped here. I believe the kingdom will find me soon.]

[They’re all crazy. They’re going to kill me]

[Please let me out, please]

[I’m going to tell father everything!]

Hmm…

Dana read through the desperate cries of those who had passed through this room one by one as she slowly undressed and changed into the sacred robes.

‘So the rumors were true.’

The missing upper-class people who disappeared from Eldiva every year.

She had heard that among them were high nobles and even royalty.

Since Eldiva Island was such a developed place for entertainment, people speculated that they had gotten drunk and fallen into the sea and died.

[I was kidnapped]

Who would have thought the rumors were actually true.

[Filled with resentment and indignation, I leave a record of what I experienced here.

I hope someone will read this record and tell the world about what I went through, what happened on this island.]

Dana stopped in front of the longest writing on the wall.

[My name is Jayden Tespin.

He is the 13th head of the Count Tespin family.

I came to this place—Eldiva Island, said to have one of the most beautiful seas in the world—on my honeymoon with my wife.

In Eldiva, we met a high-ranking noble, and that noble said he wanted to invite us, a newlywed couple, to a special shipboard party.

We boarded the ship with joy.

How could we have suspected?

The one who invited us was a high-ranking noble of the Empire and a renowned admiral of the Bessman Empire,

Duke Anton Roland.]

Dana furrowed her brow.

Anton Roland had taken the lead in the kidnapping?

[Including my wife and myself, there were seven nobles who were kidnapped in total.

We were dragged away without knowing why and arrived at a dining room.

There, fanatics wearing goat masks were waiting for us.

“Welcome, this year’s goat candidates.”

Seven plates were lined up on the dining table, and the masked figure spoke with a chillingly gentle voice.

“Poison is in one of these plates. Please choose one and eat.”

At those words, a very robust young man protested violently.

“Do you know who I am to do such a thing! If you don’t stop right now—!”

Before he could finish speaking, a fanatic with an axe rushed at him. And.

…I won’t describe it in detail.

The young man’s corpse was not intact.

“Please choose one plate.”

And how gentle that repeating voice was.

Terrified, we couldn’t say anything and each picked up a plate.

“You must eat everything. Otherwise, next time we’ll cut off your heads.”

I gripped my wife’s trembling hand tightly. She ate the food while sobbing, and I too brought the fork to my mouth with shaking hands.

One noble, perhaps afraid of the poison, forcibly vomited up everything he had eaten. Then the one with the axe slowly approached. It was the same person who had beheaded the noble who protested earlier.

“Food is precious. You must eat it all.”

Blood was still dripping from the tip of the axe blade.

“Eat it all without leaving anything, quickly.”

The noble who had been trembling while looking at the vomit reluctantly picked up what had fallen on the floor with his hands and put it in his mouth.

Ah, it’s still vivid. Those crying sounds, retching sounds, then vomiting again and repeating the eating—that horrible time…

It was a horrible, truly horrible time.

After finishing our meal, we looked at each other trembling, not knowing who would die. The goat-masked figures who had been watching our terror suddenly burst into laughter.

“Actually, there was no poison! It was just a joke!”

That maniacal laughter…

“Now, now, it was a joke, a joke. Have some dessert. If you eat all of this, we’ll send you back.”

Fruit, chocolate, and wine came out for dessert. They kept reassuring us and offering food.

At first we were afraid, but at some point in the endlessly escalating tension, even our fear seemed to become numb.

However, as soon as he drank the wine, one noble collapsed vomiting blood. It was the same person who had re-eaten his vomit earlier.

“Ah, I forgot. The wine really did have poison in it!”

Their laughter burst out again. They were enjoying our deaths, watching us go mad with terror, like a game.

The games that followed were even more horrible. I had to watch the remaining people, including my wife, die one by one… and we gradually went insane…

To cut to the conclusion, I alone survived.

They said that tomorrow, they would offer me as a sacrifice on the Somora Altar.

I don’t want to end my life at their hands.

Therefore, I will take my own life after finishing this record.

Please, if someone reads this, please take bloody revenge on these people.

I will list the names of the high-ranking officials who ‘played’ with us, whose faces I clearly confirmed here.

Crown Prince Ash Aren of the royal family of Lucille Kingdom,

Princess Ingria Aren,

Princess Lisa Aren, Prince Ron Aren,

Duke Anton Roland of the Bessman Empire,

Adma Roland,

and Grand Duke Lumiere Roland]

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