I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 326

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Chapter 326

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As they descended the staircase leading to Rodrigo’s Underground Laboratory, a strange fog began to form.

“Be careful, Your Holiness. This is a Mind Disruption Barrier.”

Dana said as she walked while gripping his collar.

There was no response. Was he alright?

“Your Holiness?”

“….”

Why wasn’t he answering?

She wanted to examine Justio’s face, but the fog filling all directions was so thick that she couldn’t even see her own hand gripping his collar, let alone his face.

…No.

Wait a moment.

‘It’s gone.’

There was nothing in her grasp.

Dana flailed her hand around, but nothing was within reach.

“Your Holiness?”

Justio was gone. Somehow she had become separated from him.

She had definitely been holding onto his collar continuously, so when exactly had she let go?

“Justio!”

There was no answer. Even when she reached out, she couldn’t touch anything, and all she could see was white fog, making her feel like she had gone blind.

“Justio!”

That’s when it happened.

“Who are you looking for so desperately?”

A voice that wasn’t unfamiliar reached her ears.

At the same time, the surrounding fog gradually disappeared, and the environment around her slowly began to reveal itself.

It was a large Research Laboratory.

There were long silver desks, all sorts of unknown experimental tools, medicines contained in glass bottles, and….

“….”

A man was standing there.

For some reason, it was a man with his upper body bare, and he was showing his back to Dana while putting tools from the desk into a bag.

Dana’s gaze was drawn to that back. It wasn’t just because of the broad back with tightly packed muscles moving dynamically.

It was because of the whip marks.

Just like how Rodrigo had lashed her back with a whip, the man’s back was covered with scars….

Did marks like those remain on my back too?

Dana slowly opened her mouth, hoping desperately that it wasn’t so.

“Noah?”

Please, let it not be that Noah had such scars.

However, her wish was shattered miserably.

The man slightly turned his head to look at her.

The moment she met those green eyes, Dana unconsciously took a step back.

Eyes like a sensitive musician, a man with a delicate and handsome face.

It was Noah.

However, there was no trace of the boy’s appearance left anymore. Every aspect of his physical form was remarkably that of a sensual man.

Moreover, his gaze was like that of a very old man.

No, it was like an Old Woman.

It was the eyes of an old death row inmate who had aged completely and had only death left to await.

Finally, Noah answered.

“It’s been a long time.”

Noah’s voice, spoken dryly, was calm without any inflection.

That was strange.

Noah’s voice had always been one of either liking her excessively or disliking her excessively.

That middle ground—that languid tranquility—was unimaginable.

“Noah, what are you doing right now?”

“Preparing to leave with Grandfather.”

“….”

“This place has been exposed, so we’ll have to go to another laboratory.”

At that answer, Dana finally noticed another bag at Noah’s feet.

Inside the large bag, an unconscious Rodrigo was crumpled up.

The moment she witnessed it, flames flared up in her heart. Dana asked in a voice lowered with anger.

“Is he dead?”

“No.”

Clatter, Noah answered while putting experimental tools into the bag.

“It seems Grandfather’s soul was also shocked when the test subject he was temporarily possessing exploded. He hasn’t woken up yet.”

Good. Then I’ll kill him right now myself!

It was the moment Dana approached that bastard.

Noah stretched out his arm and blocked her path.

“Move aside.”

“That won’t do.”

“Move aside, Noah! Don’t you know what kind of person that man is?”

“I know. But not right now.”

“What do you mean not right now?!”

“Calm down.”

Noah said quietly. The sense of disconnect deepened even more due to the tranquility she felt from him that was completely unlike Noah.

“Calm down and.”

Noah jerked his chin toward the back.

“Look at that.”

“….”

Dana turned around.

And she was immediately engulfed in shock as if struck by lightning.

On the opposite side of the Research Laboratory.

There was a large cylindrical Water Tank.

And inside it, a red-haired man was sleeping.

The moment she saw him, heat rose to her head and her heart beat rapidly. Hot tears immediately formed in her eyes.

Perhaps.

I might have given up on him.

Because there was absolutely no way, but because I didn’t want to admit it, I might have tried not to think about it.

Otherwise, there was no way emotions would pour out like a bursting dam from the moment I saw his face.

“That’s supposed to be the original body.”

“…Original body?”

“That’s right. Just like how you have an original body too.”

What that implied was clear.

Dana glared at Rodrigo as if she would kill him. The moment her murderous intent became clear, Noah continued speaking.

“Look at this.”

Noah lifted something up. It was a piece that looked like gold dust, much smaller than her pinky fingernail.

“It was a sacred relic fragment attached to some sacred artifact.”

“A sacred relic fragment?”

“Grandfather said if we put this in that water tank, he would awaken. But he ended up like that before then.”

“Noah.”

Dana’s voice was cold. Her mind became calmer than ever before.

“Give me that fragment. Please.”

“Will you be alright?”

A low sneer formed at the corner of Noah’s lips.

“They said they completely restored all of uncle’s memories, but no one knows which ones will return first.”

At those words, Dana was left speechless.

All his memories would return?

There weren’t only good times with him. Rather….

“…Viego said restoring memories was impossible.”

“The anti-cult faction’s research capabilities are a step above. As you know, Grandfather conducts far more inhumane and disgusting experiments. The results are bound to be better.”

“Knowing that, you still want to save Rodrigo?”

“Yes.”

What the hell?

This isn’t like Noah.

Dana glared at him with questioning eyes.

“Did someone get dirt on you?”

As she asked, she was certain.

That must be it. That’s why he’s trying to save Rodrigo now, even after being whipped like that by him.

“It’s not my weakness.”

Noah stared intently at her face and asked.

“You were once a sacrifice for the Somora cult, weren’t you?”

“…What?”

How does Noah know that?

On Godom Island, hadn’t she pretended to be terrified and ran around from Anton, Ingria, and those psychopathic Aren Royal Family members?

“I don’t know the details, but during that ritual process, some kind of mark was branded on your soul.”

“….”

“If you die in that body, Grandfather can trap your soul in a Somora cult sacred artifact—a really terrifyingly shaped gourd bottle.”

A groan escaped from her throat.

What kind of horrific thing is that? Trapping my soul in a gourd bottle, this damn bastard….

“When I become Grandfather’s successor, I’m supposed to inherit ownership of that gourd bottle.”

Noah spoke matter-of-factly. But his next words were utterly shocking.

“However, in exchange for that, I became Grandfather’s slave.”

Slave.

He confessed that vulgar word, his own situation, so casually.

“I agreed to do whatever Grandfather orders, and I swore a covenant oath not to betray him. And.”

That was the end.

Noah didn’t continue, but Dana understood.

This was the limit of what he was allowed to say. There must be a prohibition preventing him from saying more.

“Noah. Stop it. Don’t do such things.”

A trembling voice burst out involuntarily. Then Noah looked at Dana.

Under his densely packed golden eyelashes, his emerald eyes were so deep that she couldn’t tell what they held.

“Do you want to help me?”

It was the first time Dana couldn’t read Noah’s emotions. Swept up in confused feelings, she unconsciously took a step back.

“Then don’t let me die from pity.”

Noah spoke cheerfully as he casually perched on the edge of the desk and bent down to meet her eye level.

“Last time you stopped me from finishing, didn’t you?”

What….

What is he talking about?

It was so sudden that Dana couldn’t hide her bewilderment.

“What strange thing are you talking about right now? This isn’t something to say in this situation.”

“For a man my age, this is as important as life itself.”

Saying that, Noah placed his hand on her waist and pulled her close. The moment she touched his solid body, Dana was startled.

“I’ll keep it secret from Viego.”

“….”

Her cheeks, which had been dazed with bewilderment for a moment, instantly heated up. What nonsense is he spouting in such a serious situation!

No, more than that.

“Noah Windsor, don’t lie.”

That’s a lie.

“Don’t you remember when you were a Military Academy student, I saw you sleeping with your arms around a girl in the dormitory?”

Then Noah smiled faintly. For once, it was a smile that wasn’t dark, that seemed alive.

“Ah. There was a time like that. It feels like a past life, that time. Back then I got drunk drinking with the kids all night and it ended up like that. I had no intention of doing anything, and couldn’t have anyway.”

“What?”

“It doesn’t get hard.”

“….”

“I said it doesn’t get hard.”

“….”

“It’s pitiful for someone so young, isn’t it.”

That’s a lie too.

Because right now… with their bodies touching, already….

When she looked at him with those eyes, Noah rested his face against her shoulder. He whispered low.

“It’s only like this with you. Really.”

She felt like she couldn’t breathe. Her breathing became twisted, and her vision grew dizzy.

Suddenly seeing Noah’s back leaning against her, the whip marks carved across it like a downpour, her head became distant.

She had thought something was strange.

‘This isn’t normal.’

The original Noah would never have acted so coquettishly. These words, these actions, absolutely never.

So.

‘What on earth did Rodrigo do to him….’

Noah was broken. He seemed half-mad.

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