I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 317

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Chapter 317

 

 

 

 

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The Pope tried to dissuade her until the very moment she drank the soul-killing poison and swallowed it down her throat.

From Justio’s perspective, it was only natural.

The woman who had promised to reveal Rodrigo’s stronghold suddenly tried to kill herself.

If she remembered, it would be cause for concern this time too. He might worry she would easily give up her life again…

‘That’s why he gave me this necklace.’

Dana caressed the necklace with its rough purple gemstone.

It was a magic stone that doubled the power of Justio’s Holy Magic. Thanks to him giving her this, Dana had been able to maintain her clear mind throughout.

‘That’s right, I absolutely won’t die.’

She couldn’t die like this. No, she must not die.

Dana thought as she sat across from Justio during the train ride.

About the many things she had seen while regenerating the timeline. And the fragments of truth she had witnessed in Lyos’s memories.

What was it again? That what happened at the Frozen Lake becomes unchangeable fate?

‘Then, my coming to this place has also become my fate.’

She had experienced so many things since coming here.

Being trapped in the Frozen Lake. Being experimented on. Living multiple lives, experiencing multiple loves, and…

Sometimes she experienced terrible disasters, and sometimes she brought about terrifying calamities.

The proof of that was Lyos.

Lyos, whose brilliant golden hair had been dyed jet black.

‘Fate.’

Dana decided to accept it now.

It was enough now.

Hating, resenting, assigning blame – none of it had any meaning anymore. It wasn’t something that could be judged. And it wasn’t something that could be resolved by simply reclaiming her body and fleeing from this place.

‘Even if I leave, it should be after bringing things to an end.’

Lyos’s rebellion against turning his back on the sun.

Now that she knew everything, how could she irresponsibly pretend not to know?

Whether she led that rebellion to failure, or to success…

‘Either way, I have to bring it to an end.’

Dana quietly watched Justio’s golden hair as he got off the train.

It was time to make a choice.

 

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After getting off at the station, they had to ride horses deep into the mountains for quite a while before reaching Nemoras.

And the expected scene unfolded.

“Walk faster!”

“Kyaah!”

Slaves wrapped in chains. And those who appeared to be their masters mercilessly whipped their backs.

“Now really, don’t block the road.”

The villagers passed by this scene as if it were nothing.

“New northern men have arrived!”

“They’re very sturdy and can be used for many purposes!”

Even merchants openly selling slaves were lined up everywhere. Truly a village where slavery had taken root in daily life.

‘As expected, it’s a village that lives off slave trading.’

Dana held her breath as she passed shops that sold people sitting on display stands. It was truly a nauseating sight that made her want to vomit.

But there was something even more horrific than this.

“Waaaah!”

“The match has started!”

Dana stopped short with a start. In the distance, she could see a colosseum rising like a tower. And from there, thunderous cheers were pouring out.

A match had begun.

Justio asked quietly.

“Is that the place?”

“…Yes.”

Dana nodded grimly.

“That’s the place.”

 

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“Blue Spider, stab his throat like that!”

“What good are all those arms if you can’t use them!”

“If I lose my bet money because of you, I’ll kill you!”

The gladiator arena of Nemoras. This place was like a space that had gathered all the world’s foul stenches.

Truly, all kinds of putrid smells wafted through the air. The nauseating smell of sweat, and the smell of blood, flesh, and above all, the breath stench from violence-filled shouts.

‘My stomach is churning.’

Dana held her breath tightly.

Justio surprisingly had a strong stomach, or perhaps he was just composed, as he walked to the front row with a calm face. Dana followed beside him and looked down at the arena.

On the dusty circular arena floor, two gladiators were fighting.

Here, in Nemoras’s gladiator matches, mainly northern slaves fought each other with their lives on the line.

And.

“Hey, spider man! Is that your best?!”

“Damn it, is that all you can do!”

Rodrigo would send up his ‘test subjects’ to test their performance.

Was it one of Rodrigo’s experiments? A man with eight grotesquely attached arms was fighting a boy.

“Blue Spider, do better!”

“Your opponent is blind!”

The opponent was a very small boy, but Blue Spider was being overpowered by him. The boy trampled on the struggling eight arms, broke them, and finally wrapped his arms around the neck-

Crack.

“Waaaah!”

“The Blind Boy won!”

Then the boy gasped for breath and slowly raised his head.

At that moment, Dana almost vomited.

From sheer shock.

It was a very small, truly small boy.

His hair was clear silver. His face was tiny. White bandages were wrapped over his eyes, so his eyes weren’t visible.

However, Dana immediately recognized who that boy was.

She couldn’t not know. But-

‘Justio might not recognize him.’

Suddenly she became intensely aware of Justio’s presence standing beside her.

Right now, Justio was also looking at that boy.

With those ice-cold, merciless judge-like eyes, at that boy.

‘He mustn’t recognize him.’

He must not realize who that child is. Absolutely not.

But if he looked more closely, he would figure it out.

There was nothing to think about. After that, she acted on instinct. Dana spun around and ran.

The Pope’s gaze immediately followed behind her. Ignoring it, she ran with all her might. With full strength, at full speed, weaving through the gaps between people.

“What the hell, you crazy bitch!”

“Hey! Watch where you’re going!”

Finally escaping the gladiator arena, she ran all the way to a deserted alley. Then she leaned against the wall and retched.

“Ugh. Urgh!”

How long did she dry heave like that?

She slowly raised her head with an exhausted face.

Five steps away, Justio stood tall.

He didn’t ask anything. He just watched her quietly with calm, distrustful eyes.

Of course he’d be suspicious. She had run away like she was fleeing. No, she actually had fled.

“I’m sorry, Your Holiness. My stomach was churning.”

This wasn’t a lie. The stench was so terrible she really almost vomited.

“It was too… barbaric a sight, it was hard to watch.”

This was a lie.

“I felt like I was going to throw up, so I ran out…”

This was true.

Please. Believe me, please.

Dana used her face for the first time in a very long while. Her good and pure-looking face, a face that seemed incapable of knowing any lies, hoping he would be deceived…

“As I said.”

Finally, Justio opened his tightly closed lips.

“That is not reality.”

“…”

“It’s nothing more than a mirage, so there’s no need to take it emotionally.”

He was deceived.

He believed my words.

Dana almost collapsed from relief. Thank goodness. Justio didn’t recognize who that silver-haired boy was.

“I’ll say it once more.”

Justio spoke slowly. As if it would help her understanding.

“Everything happening in this village right now is all an illusion.”

“…”

“They all died 15 years ago.”

His words were correct.

This place, Nemoras village.

This was a village that had been completely destroyed 15 years ago.

 

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Human trafficking is illegal under Imperial law.

However, Nemoras had made human trafficking their main business for a very long time. They even held gladiator games that had been banned long ago, which led to their discovery by the Imperial Soldiers and subsequent ‘punishment.’

And in that process, a magic core exploded and most of the villagers died or went missing.

It was 15 years ago.

After that, the land of Nemoras became ruins, becoming a ghost town where no one lived.

“Is this the power of the holy relic that Cardinal Dominic stole?”

“That’s right.”

The holy sword named ‘Sol Instus.’

It was a holy relic that could cut out and regenerate specific space-time.

Dominic, who had joined with Rodrigo Windsor, had summoned the time from 15 years ago when countless people were alive here in Nemoras.

Dana asked carefully.

“Could we possibly change the future with this? Like saving and rescuing all the Northern slaves here…”

“It’s not that no one has tried to change the future.”

As if expecting this question, Justio spoke calmly.

“There are records of an ancient king using this holy relic to save a lover who died in an accident.”

“So… did he save them?”

“Yes. He saved them from the accident and returned to reality, but nothing had changed. The future where his lover lived only unfolded at the moment of using the holy relic.”

“…”

“Perhaps his longing was great, as the ancient king used the holy sword again to regenerate the time when his lover was alive. However.”

Justio paused for a moment.

“The holy sword only lasts for ten days.”

“…”

“After ten days, when the holy sword’s power ends, everything disappears.”

“…”

“And that king, after infinitely regenerating those ten days, eventually took his own life.”

In other words, this place was like a virtual reality created based on the past.

A virtual reality that lasted only ten days. But for those ten days, all the people in this virtual reality were ‘real’ and alive.

If you were someone who had lost a loved one, you might want to live in such a virtual reality.

And-

“Rodrigo is hiding here now.”

For someone seeking perfect concealment.

This virtual reality was the optimal hideout.

“The Rodrigo from 15 years ago would be here too.”

15 years ago, Rodrigo’s laboratory was also here in Nemoras.

So right now, there would be two Rodrigos in this village.

The virtual Rodrigo from 15 years ago and the real current Rodrigo.

Even if we encountered them, we wouldn’t know which was real.

Because he maintained his beautiful youth 15 years ago just as he does now.

“If you find Rodrigo, it doesn’t matter which one, just kill him. He is…”

As she said this and raised her head, Dana’s voice cut off abruptly. She had discovered something.

The building across the street. What appeared to be an inn. Visible through the window…

‘Ah.’

A pure white shock struck her instantly. Dana’s lips trembled.

As Justio tried to turn his head to follow her gaze, Dana urgently grabbed his arm. As if trying to capture his attention.

“…What is it.”

A faint irritation rippled across his statue-like face.

“Is there something I shouldn’t see?”

That’s… not it, but.

Dana couldn’t bring herself to continue speaking.

It was different from before. That boy absolutely, absolutely must not be discovered by Justio, but what she saw now wasn’t like that.

But.

Still.

“What’s the reason you keep acting strange.”

“…”

“Tell me what you’re hiding.”

Dana couldn’t answer until the end.

Then a subtle anger rippled in Justio’s ocean-colored eyes. Without further questioning, he resolutely turned his head. He fixed his gaze on the place she had been looking at-

“…”

And immediately froze.

Dana felt Justio’s arm muscles tense up suddenly. His shock, his amazement… she could feel the flow of his turbulent emotions.

Yes, it would be shocking.

Dana sighed and let go of his arm.

The 3rd floor of the building.

Beyond the window, naked man and woman could be seen hazily.

They were faces Dana knew.

On the table, a vacant woman lying dazed. Limp arms and legs, snow-white hair cascading like a waterfall, and.

The man who had mounted on top of her as if conquering her.

Like a carnivorous beast, the man roughly devouring the woman.

It was Demian Windsor and Danawin Windsor.

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