I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 296

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Chapter 296

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“Miss.”

Mmm…

“Wake up, Miss.”

No. I want to sleep a little more.

“You must get up quickly.”

Just a little more sleep.

I’m really too tired, my limbs are so heavy I can’t get up.

“I know your body is struggling, but there’s no time.”

Just a little, I understand so just a little more…

“There are only 45 days left now.”

…What?

“So open your eyes. Hurry.”

Dana’s eyes snapped open. She quickly sat up straight.

In the bedroom flooded with dazzling morning sunlight. Dana looked around the empty room and muttered as if talking in her sleep.

“Lete?”

There was no answer.

“Lete?”

Of course. I’m alone in this room, so there’s no way an answer would come…

But for some reason, Dana felt a strange sense of déjà vu and looked around the room for a long time.

‘Was I dreaming?’

Dana got up from the bed feeling bewildered. Lete’s voice had been so clear.

It felt like he woke me up right beside me…

That can’t be right.

Dana rubbed her eyes and chuckled.

I must not be fully awake yet. That guy hasn’t come to see me even once since I came back to life. When was it that he begged to serve me again by my side?

Lete had not appeared before her.

‘Who knows. He’s such a bat-like creature, he might have attached himself to Lyos or Viego again.’

Let’s not worry about it, that traitor.

Dana threw open the window wide. Dazzling morning sunlight poured down.

The number of days she could see the morning sun in this body, Danaina Roland’s flesh, was only 45 days.

Her remaining lifespan was 45 days.

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“Is your body feeling better now?”

Dana had breakfast with Lumiere.

“You’re not feeling anemic or dizzy or anything?”

“Yes. I’m really fine.”

“That’s a relief.”

Lumiere smiled brightly. Dana also forced a smile while suppressing her awkwardness.

Only the two of them sat at the dining table. Anton and Ingria were dead, and Sandra had disappeared somewhere.

When she opened her eyes, not only Anton Roland’s funeral but also Lumiere’s succession to the dukedom had all been completed.

‘The aftereffects of Divine Sight were too severe.’

Using the ability to look down through time with this broken body seemed to have been a big gamble. Because of that, she had wasted precious time.

In the end, she didn’t even obtain the sacred relic…

Dana gripped the fork in her hand tightly.

‘No. It wasn’t a waste of time since I learned the truth.’

Karl Windsor.

It became certain that bastard had obtained the sacred relic from the beginning with the intention of manipulating her.

‘Don’t make me laugh. Who does he think will be manipulated?’

That wasn’t the only sacred relic.

Besides that, there were two more places, Dana knew of more locations where sacred relics existed.

The place she could reach fastest among them was the Sanctuary, Edam Windsor’s tomb.

The first religious leader of the Diana cult. There was a sacred relic in the coffin of that bastard who summoned her to this world.

So she had to meet Viego Windsor first. Since she had promised to marry him and bear his heir, she had enough excuse to demand a meeting.

However, there was only one problem with this plan.

‘Lumiere.’

Dana glanced at Lumiere’s face.

Quite busy with the sudden succession to the dukedom, he was reading documents even while eating.

Dana stealthily observed that smooth face.

A clear and pure face without a speck of dust.

There had been a moment when that face was disheveled with hot desire.

“Break off the engagement.”

He had demanded that of me with such a face.

When I finally pulled him into my arms as he pushed me away saying it couldn’t be.

“You’re going to live with me now.”

We had made such a promise.

I had to break it.

Perhaps I would have to put a blade on my tongue. Like before, when I violently cut him away.

Thinking that, fear and helplessness washed over me. I really hated it, was afraid of hurting him, found it hard to lose him, and just imagining it made my hands tremble.

‘I have to do it.’

It was when she was barely steeling her resolve like that.

“Come to think of it, Dana.”

Lumiere said while turning a page of documents.

“The Windsor family sent a letter last night.”

“A letter?”

“Yes. They want to hold the wedding sometime next week.”

“…What?”

“They proposed to have the wedding sometime next week.”

“…”

What does that mean?

Dana couldn’t understand that sentence all at once.

Lumiere continued speaking with a gentle smile.

“Viego Windsor wants to get married next week.”

Clang!

The fork fell from Dana’s hand.

As if he had expected this reaction, Lumiere continued with a chuckling laugh.

“However, Viego says he’ll only come on the wedding day itself. So it would be good if you, who will become the lady of the Windsor family, went to the Windsor Estate in advance to prepare.”

“….”

Dana couldn’t answer right away.

She simply couldn’t believe what she had just heard.

“Is that true?”

“Yeah.”

“The Windsor Family sent a letter first, saying they want to hold the wedding next week?”

“Surprised? I was surprised too. Do you know what’s even more surprising?”

“There’s something even more surprising?”

“They want to hold the ceremony at the Ramon Temple Grand Cathedral.”

“….”

It was truly even more surprising.

To hold a wedding at the Ramon Temple Grand Cathedral.

Viego Windsor, the cult leader of the Diana religion!

“Moreover, they want only Ramon Temple priests and believers as witnesses for the wedding, to hold the ceremony in a sacred atmosphere. For regular guests, they proposed holding an engagement ceremony the day before to invite them.”

Every word he spoke was so shocking that Dana couldn’t easily process it.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, they want to hold a wedding next week? Along with an engagement ceremony?

Even at the Ramon Temple Grand Cathedral?

‘No, wait. Wait. I welcome such quick progress, but.’

However, such a drastic move didn’t match Viego Windsor’s usual behavior. That stubbornly cautious man suddenly making such a bold decision?

This wasn’t his way. Absolutely not.

“It’s hard to believe. It’s so sudden….”

“I feel the same way. But there must be a reason for rushing things.”

Lumiere smiled brightly as he placed his knife on the plate.

“The Windsor Family has expressed this intention, and if you’re okay with it, I’m willing to agree.”

“….”

“And if you agree, I’d like you to leave this place tonight and go to the Windsor Estate to prepare for the ceremony.”

“….”

For some reason, her breath caught.

Her mind went blank and her fingertips began to tremble.

Dana stared blankly at his clear eyes before slowly lowering her head. Then she answered quietly.

“Yes. I’ll do that.”

Thank goodness.

That’s what she thought. Barely.

Really, thank goodness.

That Lumiere was cooperating so easily.

That he wasn’t reproaching or criticizing her at all….

Her heart burned hot. Guilt and regret, pain and sadness, and even disgusting longing all boiled up at once, so Dana couldn’t possibly let it pass without apologizing.

“Brother Lumiere.”

“Yeah?”

“I’m sorry.”

“….”

No answer came back.

Only silence descended.

‘He must be angry….’

Should she look up to meet Lumiere’s eyes and apologize properly again?

As she was contemplating this, she heard the sound of a chair being pulled back. Step by step, Lumiere began walking around the table toward her.

For some reason feeling tense, Dana clenched her fists. Why is he suddenly coming to me? Why is he standing next to me? Why is he reaching his hand toward me….

“Ah.”

His large hand came up to her head.

Then, as if messing it up randomly, he ruffled through her hair.

“B-Brother?”

Why are you suddenly acting like this?

In an instant, her hair became disheveled and blocked her vision. When she looked up in confusion, he lightly pinched her cheek.

That light gesture paralyzed Dana’s reasoning.

What? What are you doing right now?

“Sorry, my foot.”

Lumiere had a mischievous smile on his face. It was the expression of a brother playing a prank on his younger sister, which made it even more unbelievable.

Playing a prank? Lumiere, with me, at this moment?

“It’s okay, Dana.”

“….”

“You don’t need to apologize to me.”

“….”

“I think I’m the one who should apologize. I think I need to get up first now. I’m a bit busy because of this matter. Sorry.”

“Ah. No… it’s okay.”

“Thanks for understanding. Then finish your meal.”

After patting her head once more, Lumiere turned around.

Dana stared at his retreating figure in a daze.

What on earth….

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