I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 3

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Chapter 3

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Not long after possessing the body of ‘Danae Windsor’.

Dana discovered that this body possessed a mysterious ability.

It was the Purification Power.

The power to cleanse the ‘Corrupted Land’ and make it pure again.

The ‘Corrupted Land’ was a phenomenon where the earth turned black and rotted away, and nothing could survive where the land had decayed.

Not just people and animals, but even a single blade of grass—everything was completely wiped out.

It was a great catastrophe. If the Corrupted Land had spread across the entire continent—that would have meant the end of everything.

However, such a thing never came to pass.

Because Dana, who possessed the purification ability, had appeared.

Since awakening, Dana had traveled to countless Contaminated Areas, purifying the rotted lands.

While purifying the earth in this way,

‘Huh?’

One day, suddenly, without warning, out of nowhere.

Dana found herself able to read the ‘memories’ of the land.

‘Good heavens.’

She jerked her hand away in shock, but it was already too late—she had already read part of the land’s memories.

‘This can’t be.’

The very truth that this land knew.

The history that had unfolded upon this earth. Even the future that this land sensed.

She had come to know all sorts of information that the land held.

‘The earth really is something incredible.’

The earth was the world itself, and the world was the earth itself.

In other words, Dana had witnessed the secrets of this world.

One of those secrets was precisely this.

‘To think that something called a Sacred Relic exists.’

Sacred Relic.

It was a noble artifact that contained divine power. An object capable of bringing about divine miracles.

With that power, even a Dimensional Gate could be opened, the memories of the earth had whispered to her.

But she had completely forgotten about it until now.

She had chosen this world and decided not to leave the people she loved.

But had they all suddenly gone mad?

Why is everyone suddenly acting like this? Why are they behaving like people possessed by evil spirits?

‘No, if it’s Uncle Karl.’

Suddenly, her uncle’s face flashed through her mind.

Uncle Karl Windsor.

Her legal guardian and reliable protector.

The person who would always get angry on her behalf as if it were his own problem whenever something bad happened to her, and rejoice as if it were his own joy whenever something good happened to her.

That person who had cherished her so much that he was called a doting fool.

‘Yes, Uncle Karl will understand.’

Dana headed toward her uncle’s room as if in a trance.

For some reason, Karl’s bedroom door was slightly ajar…

“Karl, did you hear the news?”

Her aunt’s voice drifted out from inside the room.

“They say Alice was caught by Danae.”

Dana stopped in shock, staring blankly at the crack in the door with a dumbfounded expression.

“Her relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince, I mean. She was caught.”

In that instant, her heart seemed to drop with a thud all the way to her feet. Dana unconsciously covered her mouth with her hand.

What did I just hear?

What did Aunt just say?

‘Don’t tell me, they already knew?’

Aunt already knew that Alice was secretly meeting Lyos behind my back?

Her fingertips trembled. In an instant, her mouth seemed to go completely dry.

But the shock didn’t end there.

“Oh my, what are we going to do if she’s found out already?”

The man’s voice that followed.

“That Alice really has no sense of caution.”

At that voice, Dana heard what sounded like the ground splitting beneath her feet.

Because this voice belonged to Uncle Karl…

Then came her aunt’s irritated sigh.

“She lasted quite long, considering. She secretly met with His Highness the Crown Prince for a whole year, didn’t she?”

“It’s still too early. She should have hidden it longer.”

Thump, thump, thump, thump—her heart was beating so wildly that her ribs ached dully. Dana clenched her teeth, afraid her ragged breathing might be heard.

What am I hearing right now?

Could my ears be playing tricks on me?

“I need to maintain my guardianship over Dana for at least another year. Only then can I become the primary heir to Dana’s inheritance.”

No, no. They weren’t playing tricks on me.

This voice definitely belonged to Uncle Karl. I was certain of it!

“What are we going to do if Dana tries to revoke the guardianship authority she entrusted to me now?”

But how?

How could Uncle say such things?

“As if. Could that girl who’s always smiling ever properly get angry even once?”

“True. Just a few apologetic words to appease her and she’ll calm down right away.”

Their conversation made her head throb painfully. That’s how shocking it was.

But that was nothing.

“Besides, what good does it do to become the primary heir? As long as that child is alive, that fortune will never come to us.”

“So we need to shorten her lifespan.”

Really, it was nothing at all…

“…Wait. The door is open over there? Didn’t we close it earlier?”

“Oh my? I definitely locked the door earlier?”

“Oh no. What if someone heard us!”

When she heard footsteps approaching, Dana quickly turned around. She ran to her room, holding her breath. Running down the corridor, running and running again.

Bang!

The moment she finally entered her bedroom and closed the door, she collapsed straight to the floor.

Dana lay sprawled on the floor, clutching her head. She couldn’t believe the conversation she had just overheard outside her uncle’s door.

‘What did I just hear?’

She squeezed her eyes shut. Each word she had eavesdropped on began flowing vividly through her mind.

“She lasted quite long, considering. She secretly met with His Highness the Crown Prince for a whole year, didn’t she?”

Her aunt’s nonchalant voice, speaking as if she already knew about their affair so naturally.

“It’s still too early. She should have hidden it longer.”

Uncle’s voice, expressing regret that he was caught too early.

And.

“I need to maintain my guardianship over Dana for at least one more year. Only then can I become the primary heir to Dana’s inheritance.”

And….

“What’s the point of being the primary heir? As long as that child is alive, that fortune will never come to us.”

“That’s why we need to shorten her life.”

Suddenly, a crushing pain swept over her as if someone was squeezing her lungs.

Dana barely managed to exhale a ragged breath as she processed this.

So.

‘So, the reason Uncle Karl held me back when I was about to leave was.’

To maintain his guardianship over me for five years?

So he could become the primary heir to my fortune?

Because if I died before the five years were up, he couldn’t claim my inheritance?

So. He held me back because of money?

And he’s going to, going to shorten my life?

Dana trembled with gasping breaths. And she understood completely. So, so….

‘I was deceived?’

Then was it all fake?

Everything, all of it, completely?

“Ah.”

Dana collapsed flat on the ground. Her shoulders shook violently, mercilessly. As if she were sobbing.

Then suddenly, unable to hold back any longer, she burst out.

“Ha!”

With laughter.

“Ahahaha!”

Spilling out the surging laughter, she snapped her back upright.

By then, her tears had dried completely.

A face like a different person entirely. The woman who had been grieving over love’s betrayal just moments before was nowhere to be found.

“These bastards.”

All that remained were eyes blazing with fury.

“So you deceived me.”

Dana giggled softly.

“You messed with the wrong person.”

Really.

I tried to live kindly as ‘Danae Windsor.’

This time, I wanted to live that way….

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