I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 294

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Chapter 294

 

 

 

 

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Sacred Relic.

Originally, Dana knew of only one Sacred Relic.

The Deputy Head’s Ring that Karl Windsor possessed.

She learned it was a Sacred Relic several years ago.

When she was still Danae Windsor.

During her pure and innocent days.

When she and Lyos were still lovers on good terms. And when she trusted, followed, and loved Karl Windsor as nothing more than a kind uncle.

 

“Dana. Shall we have tea in the garden?”

“I’d love to.”

 

One day, she had afternoon tea with Karl Windsor at noon.

 

“The weather is really nice today. Don’t you think?”

 

As Karl Windsor said this and lifted his teacup—

His yellow ring sparkled particularly brightly under the sunlight.

At that moment, her Divine Sight, this Demon’s Eye, suddenly opened wide. And it instantly saw through the true nature of that jewelry.

That jewelry is a Sacred Relic.

It’s a miraculous stone containing the Sun God’s power.

That tremendous realization struck her head like thunder. So shocked was she that Dana unconsciously dropped her teacup.

 

“Dana? Are you alright?”

“Oh, I’m fine. My hand just slipped.”

“You need to be careful. Why are your hands suddenly shaking like this?”

 

Karl’s large hand enveloped hers.

The amber-colored jewelry sparkling ostentatiously on his long, thick middle finger.

Sacred Relic. So that’s the Sacred Relic.

The jewelry with divine power is right there with Karl.

But that shock soon faded.

At that time, Dana was satisfied with her life and wanted nothing more.

‘But what is this.’

Now, at this moment, in this place, underground of the Great Temple of Somora.

Dana stared blankly at the jewelry in her hand.

The jewelry that Karl Windsor had removed from the Deputy Head’s Ring and thrown here, onto the altar.

This wasn’t a Sacred Relic but just an ordinary, common jewelry.

It wasn’t the Sacred Relic she had gained enlightenment from when she saw Karl Windsor’s ring years ago.

So at that time, when they had their tea time, Karl had already switched the ring’s jewelry with the Sacred Relic from Godom Island.

‘Why?’

Her heart beat rapidly.

Why on earth would he do such a thing?

Dana tried to breathe slowly and regain her composure. Her body began to ache and throb little by little, but she ignored that pain. She just tried to think as calmly as possible.

Karl taking the Sacred Relic from Godom Island was surprising but— actually, it wasn’t that surprising.

Karl also knew there was a Sacred Relic here.

‘Yes, I definitely remember.’

When she was Danawin Windsor. When she was Demian’s wife.

Demian had tried to find the Sacred Relic.

After turning Danawin into a severe idiot, he had brought her to the Windsor Estate several times.

Once, there was this incident.

 

“Ah, Karl. You came.”

 

Demian called Karl into his bedroom.

Right after having relations with Danawin, without even washing, wearing only a silk robe.

Even though the hot passion of the two still warmed the room.

 

“What did you call me for?”

“More like, why did you actually come when I called?”

“….”

“How curious, Karl Windsor. This is the first time you’ve obediently responded to my summons, isn’t it?”

 

At that time, Danawin was lying naked on the bed in a daze. In an idiotic state, no different from a breathing doll.

Though the hazy canopy covered the bed, Karl must have surely sensed it.

Beyond the translucent curtain, her disheveled presence covered in a man’s bodily fluids.

She couldn’t understand it then, but she knows now.

Demian did it on purpose. So Karl would notice her. He must have wanted to show off that she was his possession.

Truly a bastard-like idea.

Clatter. The sound of something hard colliding echoed over the silence. Then Demian asked irritably.

 

“What are those walnuts in your hand?”

“Just state your business, Elder Brother.”

“…I want to go to the Great Temple of Somora, and I need your help.”

“Why do you want to go there?”

“You don’t need to know the reason.”

“Do you think I’ll cooperate without knowing the reason?”

 

Yes, I remember, I remember. That conversation, I remember it clearly.

 

“There’s something called a Sacred Relic at the Great Temple of Somora.”

“Sacred Relic…?”

“Yes. But as you know, not just anyone can easily enter that place.”

“And so.”

“I’d like you to lend me your son, Lumiere. Lumiere should be able to reach that place easily enough.”

 

At those words, Karl’s low laughter scattered. Clatter, the sound of walnuts rolling from his hand could be heard.

 

“Why don’t you ask Lumiere directly instead.”

“Lumiere said he needs his adoptive father’s consent.”

“Ah, well then, I refuse.”

“What?”

“My son is at such an important time right now, and you want to assign him such trivial tasks?”

“Karl Windsor!”

 

And the next moment, the sound of something cracking was heard.

Karl nervously scattered the crushed walnut pieces on the floor. And he spoke very slowly and softly.

 

“Don’t waste my time with such trivial matters, Elder Brother.”

 

And he turned around and walked away with heavy steps. He left just like that.

‘Right… that’s how it was.’

When I was Dana-Win-Il, there was such a time.

Dana clutched her throbbing head and slumped down. That’s when Karl learned the location of the sacred relic here at the Great Temple of Somora.

‘He pretended not to be interested, but he remembered and took it.’

Dana leaned her body against the altar, almost collapsing. Dizziness washed over her and her stomach burned like fire. Cough, cough, feverish coughing began to surge.

But why?

Karl doesn’t even use the sacred relic anyway.

For some reason, he just kept it like a decorative item and never used it.

Why would he take a sacred relic he wouldn’t even use, why on earth…

And at that moment, another fragment of memory quickly flashed by.

Back then, in the past, long ago. Even longer ago than when she was Dana-Win-Il.

 

“You fool!”

 

When Dana possessed the body of a very young girl, Danayu.

And when she briefly formed a short alliance with the boy Karl.

 

“We have to go that way! That’s the Grand Cathedral!”

 

When she rode on the shoulders of Karl, who was still a boy, like riding a horse, grabbing his hair and ordering him around as she pleased.

 

“Karl, are you directionally challenged?”

“Well, not that much.”

“Fool! You’re really foolish!”

“Huh? Me?”

“Yes! Fool! I hate you the most! If it weren’t for the sacred relic, I wouldn’t have followed you around!”

“What did you say?”

“I said you’re a fool!”

 

…Ha, ha, ha.

Right. I said such things?

Those words spoken in passing, childish nonsense that could be dismissed. That moment she couldn’t even particularly remember until now…

Could he possibly remember all of it?

No, that can’t be.

Back then, with her mental age reduced, how much nonsense did she babble?

Every single word she said. Unless he chewed over and over again every single word and swallowed them all whole.

It’s impossible to remember such things so vividly.

That would be too creepy.

Karl was only fifteen years old back then too!

But her whole body trembled. Her fingertips, her eyelashes, even her vision trembled beyond control. Terrifying thoughts kept arising. A hypothesis too dreadful to even consider.

‘No way.’

No, she couldn’t be certain yet.

But there was a way to find out.

Dana staggered as she rose from the altar.

“Cough, cough!”

At some point while coughing repeatedly, Dana noticed she had coughed up blood.

Her physical condition was at its worst.

Drawing out and using the corruption contained in the black core wasn’t that difficult…

Was using Divine Sight, the ability she possessed, too much strain on this body?

They said her heart was weak and she didn’t have much time left. This was the first time she experienced such severe aftereffects. She continued coughing up blood, and tearing pain washed over her body.

“Cough, cough!”

Dana barely managed to get up and walked unsteadily. Toward that man waiting for her.

‘Lumiere.’

Lumiere. Lumiere. Lumiere.

Where are you, Lumiere?

Like walking toward the light at the end of a dark tunnel, she held onto her fading consciousness using only that name as a signpost.

Finally, the moment she came out of the Great Temple.

“Dana?”

Bright sunlight stabbed at her vision. And his voice reached her like salvation.

“Dana!”

Below the staircase, Lumiere was visible.

How reassuring that dazzling face was.

Dana willingly let the strength leave her two legs that had been barely holding her up.

At this rate, she would roll down the stairs and get hurt, but such a thing would never happen.

Because Lumiere would protect her.

“Dana!”

Sure enough, the next moment, Lumiere flew over like a winged angel and caught her collapsing form in his arms. It was so natural that Dana wasn’t even surprised.

Of course. Lumiere would never let her get hurt.

“Dana, what happened!”

“Cough, Lumiere, Brother.”

Dana, held in his arms, grasped his collar.

And feeling with her entire soul how much she trusted this man, how much she liked him, she asked.

“Brother. I have something to ask you.”

“Yes, Dana.”

Lumiere’s hand stroking her was trembling. However, his face was eerily calm.

“What is it?”

“I used too much power, that’s why, don’t worry, cough, about it. If I rest, I’ll get better.”

However, Lumiere didn’t seem relieved. Because her face was as white as a sheet of paper that might tear at any moment.

“Just tell me one thing.”

If she let her guard down, her consciousness might fade. So she had to ask before that happened.

“Have you ever come to this place, Godom Island, with Karl Windsor?”

At that moment, Lumiere’s face hardened. Seeing his lips stiffen, Dana realized the answer.

“Please answer me, please, cough, Brother. Yes?”

“…Yes.”

“When did you come?”

“When I was nineteen.”

“Nineteen, when?”

“After my adoptive father retired from his position as Army Commander, he asked me for a favor, so I brought him here. Without people knowing.”

So Lumiere was the one who brought him here.

Well, Karl Windsor couldn’t even drive a carriage properly. There’s no way he could have sailed here alone…

“Dana!”

Her consciousness darkened. Strength left her entire body, and her thoughts began to blur.

Lumiere’s age: nineteen.

After Danawin Windsor died, and before Danae Windsor appeared.

In between, Karl Windsor had obtained the Sacred Relic from the Great Temple of Somora. He had switched it with the jewel of the Deputy Head’s Ring.

Karl Windsor had gotten his hands on the Sacred Relic that she would chase in the future, and attached it to his own ring in advance.

 

“If it wasn’t for the Sacred Relic, I wouldn’t have had to follow you around!”

 

A fragment of words she had accidentally spilled just once when she was Danayu, he had obsessively dug into it like madness beyond obsession, using it as a clue!

He had obtained a Sacred Relic he wouldn’t even use himself, attached it to his ring, and showed it off to her multiple times right before her eyes, showing it off again and again…

There was no way all of this could be coincidence.

Faced with the now-clear truth, only shame washed over her.

It had all been bait.

It had all been a disguise.

Karl was a hunter who had set a trap, and she was a beast circling around the prey, not even knowing it was a snare.

Because he knew that if he had this Sacred Relic, she would chase after him.

Like a starving beast, forever and always, even to the ends of the world, she would follow behind him.

Because he knew that no matter how much she hated him, no matter how much she despised him, she couldn’t leave his side…

And yet he pretended to know nothing, pretended to be innocent, pretended to be naive. He put on every act there was to put on. Ah yes, he even pretended to truly love me, so what couldn’t he do!

Humiliation, rage, hatred, loathing boiled up like exploding lava, and every cell seemed to scream and burn to death.

From the very beginning, she had been in Karl’s palm.

From the very beginning.

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