I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 325

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Chapter 325

 

 

 

 

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“…Ah.”

Dana opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was the dawn sky. The dim sky before the morning sun rose. And-

‘Where’s Justio?’

Dana bolted upright. And at that moment, she was startled by how light her body felt.

Why doesn’t it hurt?

She was sure she had been beaten mercilessly by Rodrigo.

‘But there’s not a single wound….’

There was no way she could have healed this quickly naturally.

‘Justio must have healed me.’

Dana looked around.

About ten steps away, Justio sat quietly on the debris of a destroyed building.

“Your Holiness.”

Then Justio slowly turned his head. For some reason, she met his blue eyes that looked terribly dark.

“Are you alright?”

Dana asked as she approached him. For a moment she nearly stumbled over the building debris, but fortunately she was able to regain her balance.

“Did you heal me?”

“….”

“But why are you leaving your own wounds untreated?”

“….”

“Your injuries look more serious….”

Why isn’t he saying anything? Dana, who had been waiting for an answer, eventually changed the subject.

“How long was I unconscious?”

“Not very long.”

Only then did Justio slowly open his mouth. And immediately asked.

“Are there any other passages besides that underground cave?”

Dana understood immediately. He was talking about the secret passage she had escaped through with the boy Lete.

“No, the only hidden escape route is the underground cave we came out of.”

“I destroyed that place.”

“Then there’s only one entrance.”

Indeed, Justio had been watching that place until she woke up.

Among all the destroyed buildings in the village, only one door leading underground that jutted up from the ground remained intact.

A place protected by a barrier so powerful it survived even the magic core explosion.

In other words, it was the door leading directly to Rodrigo’s underground laboratory.

“Let’s go.”

Justio stood up. Dana immediately tried to follow him, but suddenly stopped.

‘What is this?’

A black fragment emitting a strange aura was glinting on the ruined ground.

‘Is it a fragment of the magic core?’

When she picked up the fragment and stood up, she found Justio extending his hand toward her.

Dana thoughtlessly grabbed his hand. Then she felt his fingers suddenly recoil.

“What.”

His voice cut off briefly, then came out again.

“What are you doing.”

At his threateningly rigid voice, Dana realized something was wrong.

“…Weren’t you offering to hold hands?”

“….”

No, he wasn’t.

He wanted me to give him this.

Dana hurriedly let go of his hand. Then she placed the magic core fragment on his palm, which was still frozen like a statue.

“I… thought you were trying to support me.”

It was an understandable mistake.

She was currently wearing shoes with low heels, and the area was covered with large and small building debris, making it very difficult to walk.

Dana grumbled in embarrassment.

“I came here in a hurry right after the wedding, so I didn’t even have time to buy proper comfortable clothes and shoes.”

“….”

“You brought me here urgently….”

Justio had the hopeless look of someone facing an unsolvable mystery.

Soon he offered her his forearm.

Given the ambiguous position, it didn’t seem like he meant for her to grab his arm.

‘Does he want me to hold onto his sleeve while walking?’

Dana carefully rolled up and gripped his sleeve. It must have been the right answer, as Justio finally began walking.

Something felt strangely odd.

‘Hasn’t he been grabbing and pulling my body around without a care all this time?’

But now he’s making such a fuss over just one hand.

Anyway.

“Thank-.”

“I saw Noah Windsor.”

Justio cut off her words. His attitude suggested he didn’t want to hear any thanks from her.

“Before the test subjects escaped from the laboratory, I witnessed Noah Windsor passing through underground.”

“….”

“Do you know why he’s here?”

Noah?

Dana pressed her lips tightly together.

“…I don’t know.”

Being in Nemoras meant he was connected to Rodrigo.

But why?

An ominous feeling washed over her. Noah probably hated her to death.

‘We parted on such terrible terms at the Sanctuary.’

Dana sighed. And she hoped.

Please, let him not be an enemy at least.

 

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Several months ago, at the Sanctuary.

“Wait!”

The day ‘Danaina Rolland’ left the Sanctuary for the Empire.

“Wait!”

Noah Windsor ran to the port belatedly, but the ship she had boarded was already sailing away, its horn blowing loudly.

“Lord Noah. Please calm down.”

The Holy Knights of the Sanctuary who had followed him carefully restrained him.

“Lord Noah cannot leave the Sanctuary yet.”

“Please return to the Grand Cathedral.”

Noah clenched his fists as he watched the ship moving away. The ship had already gone far and looked very small, but still.

Perhaps he might be able to catch up.

“Lord Noah!”

He jumped into the sea without hesitation. The sound of water splashing violently could be heard, and those around him screamed and tried to stop him, but he didn’t care.

“You mustn’t, Lord Noah!”

Noah swam toward the ship that had already gone far.

He might truly be out of his mind, but this was all he had. He had to catch it no matter what.

He couldn’t part ways like this.

 

“Go ahead and try living your life, flaunting that vulgar body of yours.”

 

Weren’t those the last words he had said to her?

Dana had abandoned him immediately after obtaining the key to the Holy Mother Chapel from him. After creating an unforgettable memory for him.

Marrying my elder brother?

How could she do such a thing?

Naturally, Noah was angry with her. He was furious enough to make his teeth chatter and felt contemptuous, but still…

This couldn’t be the end.

With only that thought, he swam through the waves chasing the ship.

How much time had passed? His face, battered by the incoming waves, lost all sensation, dizziness made his vision blur, and his arms and legs gradually began to lose strength.

He had almost caught up.

‘Am I going to die here?’

The moment he thought that, something touched his fingertips.

Like a miracle, a tube had flown right before his eyes.

“Grab it.”

And a voice echoing from a somewhat distant place. Noah desperately grabbed the tube. Then he looked up.

“You’ll catch a cold at this rate.”

Karl Windsor, sitting in a small lifeboat, was extending his hand to him.

 

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“Here, drink this.”

Karl pulled him up onto the lifeboat, then rowed toward where the ship was. And once they got there, he brought him to his guest room and gave him warm cocoa and a blanket.

“Rest for a moment. Dana’s guest room is nearby anyway.”

“…Don’t you have any brandy?”

I’m not a child, why are you giving me cocoa?

“I hate alcohol.”

“It’s not like you’re the one drinking it.”

“I hate even the smell of alcohol.”

It’s not that you hate it, you just can’t drink it. Who doesn’t know you can’t handle even a drop of alcohol?

However, lacking the energy to say such things, Noah silently sipped the cocoa.

“Noah, how did you even think to swim through the sea to chase after a ship?”

Karl found it so amusing no matter how he thought about it that he kept chuckling.

“What exactly did you want to say to Dana that badly?”

Noah couldn’t answer immediately.

In truth, he didn’t know well either.

What was he planning to talk about when they met?

He didn’t know.

What could he possibly say?

He didn’t know…

“You don’t know?”

Karl said with a smile.

“I think I know.”

“What is it?”

“If you met Dana, you would have gotten angry again.”

“…”

“You would have vented your anger and thrown tantrums, hurting Dana’s feelings, then hoped she would have no choice but to comfort you, and only then would you have calmed down.”

Karl’s eyes curved into thin crescents.

“What do you think?”

A moment of enormous humiliation and anger washed over him, but an even greater sense of futility left him unable to show any reaction.

Because those words weren’t wrong.

“Then why didn’t you just leave me to die? Why did you pull me out?”

“If you died like that, it would hurt Dana’s heart.”

“…”

“I don’t want to create such an experience for her.”

So you brought me onto this ship for that reason?

A moment of enormous humiliation and fierce competitive spirit surged up.

And immediately, a massive sense of defeat washed over him, leaving him powerless.

He knew that his uncle had his finger cut off by Dana. He also knew that she had deceived and toyed with him.

Yet there didn’t seem to be even a trace of blame or anger toward Dana.

Rather, he seemed to have accepted even her betrayal completely, appearing so composed, so mature, so manly that Noah’s face burned hot. Seeing that man, he seemed to understand.

I’m still a child.

“Seeing that you have the energy to be angry, it looks like your strength has recovered.”

Karl gently laughed off Noah’s cold stare and stood up from his chair.

“Well, if you’ve rested enough, let’s go now.”

Are we going to Dana’s guest room now?

The surging emotions quickly cooled, and his heart began to beat rapidly.

He would meet Dana soon.

“Follow me.”

But…

Why are we going out to the deck? Why aren’t we going to Dana’s guest room?

“This way.”

His uncle went all the way to the stern of the ship and pointed at the sea below the railing.

What exactly is down there that he’s doing this? The moment Noah bent over the railing.

Karl kicked his back with his foot.

“…!”

Noah’s body plummeted beneath the ship in an instant. The cold seawater swallowed his body, but he immediately struggled and came up to the surface.

Splash! Rough waves struck his face.

“What are you doing!”

Karl Windsor was smiling as he leaned against the ship’s railing, looking down at him.

“Now that you seem to have come to your senses, go back to the Sanctuary.”

“You!”

“Besides, you haven’t finished your prison sentence yet, have you? It’ll be troublesome if you come outside the Sanctuary.”

“You said you’d let me meet Sister Dana!”

“When did I ever say such a thing?”

He was speechless.

Come to think of it, he hadn’t said such a thing. That despicable man!

“You, I’m going to kill you!”

“You look cold. Be careful not to catch a cold, Noah.”

The ship gradually moved away. Karl Windsor waved his hand in farewell.

“Think about it more in the Sanctuary. Noah, there will be something that only you can do.”

 

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Several months later.

Noah had found something that only he could do, just as his uncle had advised.

It was something that only he could accomplish.

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