I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 334

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Chapter 334

“…Why.”

Dana’s voice trembled.

“Why are you covering your face like that.”

You’re covering your face?

Just as she was about to ask that, Dana immediately stopped.

Of course.

Karl was an Imperial Soldier who invaded this place, Shalom, over ten years ago.

Among Shalom’s residents, there might be someone who would recognize Karl as their mortal enemy, so covering his face was natural.

But.

‘Karl is also someone who can touch the black core. He doesn’t get corrupted either.’

The Corrupted Land, and the black core. There are few in this world who remain unharmed after touching such corruption.

The Grants Imperial Family blessed by the Sun God. Dana.

And Karl Windsor, bitten by the Seven-Headed Serpent and tainted by demonic power.

Dana quickly shook her head.

‘No, that can’t be.’

I suspect Karl Windsor might be a demon. Justio’s low voice scattered, but she ignored it.

One thing was certain.

“I need to go into the castle underground.”

She couldn’t pretend not to see the corruption as vast as a lake.

Dana calmly explained what she had seen.

“A lake of corruption that serves as the source of the black cores is pooled in the castle underground cave. And someone was using that corruption to manufacture black cores.”

It’s not you, is it? Dana swallowed those words, pressing them down under her tongue.

“I need to purify it. No, I must purify it.”

“…”

Karl showed no sign of surprise. He simply slowly removed the deeply pulled hood of his robe.

Then platinum hair scattered softly, revealing skin as fine as white jade and green eyes filled with gentle light.

It was a beautiful face radiating the same warm atmosphere as always, so Dana felt strangely reassured.

‘Right, it’s Karl.’

The Karl I know from this present time.

Not the cold-hearted soldier from the past, nor the boy with a difficult temperament.

Karl Windsor of this very moment.

“If you describe it as a lake, that corruption must have been quite substantial.”

Karl asked slowly as he set the shopping basket down on the dining table.

“Enough that you could die while purifying it.”

Dana couldn’t answer immediately. Karl continued speaking in an incredibly warm voice.

“As far as I know, your body doesn’t have much life left in it. There’s a problem with the energy your heart possesses.”

“…”

“If you overexert yourself in that condition, you could die.”

“…”

“Don’t take death lightly just because you have other bodies.”

Karl spoke as he took out the items he had bought from the basket one by one.

“Recently, a divine oracle came down saying you’re a witch.”

Disinfectant, bandages, handkerchiefs, mysterious medicine bottles and herbs…

“If the Pope decides to destroy all your other bodies, there are hardly any people who could stop that.”

“…”

“In other words, dying this time could mean true death for you. And yet you’re thinking of risking your life so easily?”

Karl’s words were right. A divine oracle had come down to execute Dana.

The Pope would carry it out.

He also knew it wouldn’t simply end with killing just her current body.

‘First, they’ll burn this body of mine as an example, then afterward they’ll launch a full assault on the Sanctuary to destroy my bodies.’

That would be the true ‘way to execute Dana.’

She knew.

She knew it all too well, but…

“I can’t just leave such massive corruption alone.”

“Why?”

“How can you even ask that? What do you think will happen if that corruption bursts out?”

“If it’s as massive as you say, there’s a possibility that both the Northern Continent and Western Continent could rot away entirely. Black cores would continue to be manufactured as well.”

“You know that well, so why are you like this?”

“What about you?”

“What?”

Karl gazed at her intently. It was the look of someone observing an incomprehensible mystery.

“Dana, you know you’ll be in danger, so why are you like this?”

“…What?”

“This isn’t the only time. You let your back be whipped to protect the Pope’s life, didn’t you?”

For a moment, her heart turned cold. Could he have watched all of that?

“You didn’t even dismiss your secretary who deceived you and played double agent, but took him back, and you even tried to protect him with your life.”

Karl’s voice was so smooth like velvet that it could sound sweet, but it was so excessively gentle that it felt unsettling instead.

“Dana is so kind that sometimes I think you might be an angel.”

Those words weren’t sarcastic.

If they had been, she would have at least gotten angry, but Karl was simply expressing his sincere feelings.

“I’m not like an angel.”

After a moment of silence, Dana opened her lips.

“There was a time when I hated and resented everyone so much that I thought I didn’t care whether this land rotted and everyone died. But.”

Dana calmly caught her breath and organized her thoughts.

“But I don’t only have bad memories from this place.”

She had lived many lives. She had hated many people, but she had also loved many people.

Moreover, after seeing Lete’s eyes redden recently, she realized for certain.

If seeing someone cry hurt her heart, how could she leave them to die?

“I really don’t want so many people to die.”

Silence flowed. After a moment, Karl nodded.

“If that’s your will, then that’s what you should do. I’m sorry for saying unnecessary things.”

And he said with a clear smile.

“As expected, Dana is kind to everyone except me.”

This time it was definitely a barbed comment.

“What do you mean by that?”

When she asked with a frown, Karl smiled brightly.

“Doesn’t Dana like tormenting me?”

“…”

Hot heat rose to Dana’s cheeks. What did he mean by that just now?

“You’re saying I torment you?”

“Yes.”

“Aren’t you the one who enjoys tormenting me? You’re the one who-.”

Dana’s lips trembled. And at that moment, she realized as if by magic.

‘Ah.’

The humiliation she had turned away from all this time, that even she didn’t want to acknowledge.

Previously, when she had drunk that terrible aphrodisiac called Red Arrow at the Roland Mansion.

She had tried to seduce Karl.

“I like Uncle the most.”

She had even said this much.

“Please do it.”

She had even begged him this much.

But he had rejected her, treating her like a child.

Dana realized like a bolt of lightning at this very moment that it had been a huge wound.

She had even said in front of Karl afterwards, “You’re an important person,” words that sounded like some kind of confession.

‘Oh no.’

Her fingertips burned hot from the endless flood of realizations.

The condoms in the bag too. Actually, those were also very bothersome.

He pushed her away so firmly, as if having sexual contact with her would give him leprosy, so she had suspected he might be impotent.

‘But seeing all those condoms, I guess that’s not the case?’

Just as she was about to make that sarcastic remark.

“Achoo!”

At the sound of coughing, her tongue froze.

Looking to the side, Diane was covering her mouth with both hands.

“Sorry. I couldn’t help it.”

Diane, who was being cautious, somehow had an extremely interested expression.

“Continue. Pretend I’m not here. I’ll just watch quietly like a dead mouse. No- I’ll just breathe here.”

Suddenly she snapped back to her senses as if cold water had been poured over her.

What was I about to say just now?

“Anyway, this is a problem that no one in this world can solve except me.”

I’m not in my right mind. She saw what was happening in this place, and is this really the time for this?

‘I’m sick. I lost too much blood from the gunshot wound, so my reasoning is scattered.’

She had almost made a terrible fool of herself. Dana quickly regained her composure and said.

“So I must purify it without fail.”

Fortunately, Karl didn’t try to dissuade her anymore.

“Then come with me. I was planning to enter that castle anyway.”

Dana looked at him with suspicious eyes.

Karl was planning to enter that castle? Why?

“Diane lent us this hideout. I promised to destroy the magic tool that controls the people of Shalom.”

“….”

Diane.

Was it just her imagination? Karl’s voice when calling that name felt like that of a man whispering his lover’s name.

‘Payment for providing the hideout? Not serving an excellent bed partner?’

Dana wanted to slap herself for a moment.

Get a grip, Dana.

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