I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 39
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Chapter 39
‘Still better than Karl, I suppose.’
At first, Karl had stepped forward.
“Going to such a dangerous place! Absolutely not!”
Initially he opposed it unconditionally, but when he couldn’t break her resolve.
“Then I’ll go with you! I’ll protect you, Dana!”
Ridiculous. Who’s protecting whom here.
‘Someone who harbors murderous intent toward me says such things so easily.’
Lumiere was better than Karl.
At least Lumiere seemed to have given up on acting like a kind cousin now.
Besides, his skills were trustworthy.
“Dana, want some whiskey?”
Lumiere pulled out a liquor bottle from the carriage and shook it. Dana answered curtly.
“You go ahead and drink plenty.”
“How unusual for you to refuse alcohol?”
“….”
“You used to enjoy having casual drinks with me.”
How unusual indeed. Dana bit her lips tightly.
So I should have drinks and chat with you like before?
“I have no intention of doing that anymore.”
“Hm?”
“I don’t plan to be close with you anymore, so stop pretending we’re friends.”
When she spoke bluntly, Lumiere’s red eyes widened in surprise. Then.
“I don’t want to?”
He smiled brightly as he poured whiskey into a glass.
“I want to be even closer with you.”
“You say such things to me and expect things to be like before?”
“That was because I care about you too much.”
“You said those things because you care?”
“Yes.”
Lumiere brought the whiskey glass diagonally to his lips.
“I wanted to help you adapt to this world.”
How ridiculous….
Dana was certain.
That day when she learned of Lyos and Alice’s affair and faced Lumiere.
“Your compensatory psychology suffocates people.”
“Did anyone forcibly tie you down to prevent you from leaving?”
“A man having multiple women, that’s normal in this world.”
She had seen the cruel pleasure that flickered in Lumiere’s eyes when he said those words.
He was enjoying that moment when Dana was hurt. He was delighted.
‘How disgusting.’
When she glared at him, Lumiere tilted his head. Then.
“Ah. Sorry. I was being tactless.”
He straightened his crossed long legs and patted his thigh.
“Come.”
“….”
Come what?
“Hurry. Come here. I’ll give you a lap pillow.”
“…Do you think I’d want that?”
“Yes. You had that look in your eyes.”
What is he saying. Dana simply responded with a snort to his nonsense, whether serious or joking.
“Your delusions are impressive.”
“Or would you do it for me?”
Lumiere glanced down at her thigh.
“I want it.”
“….”
“Ah, how wonderful it would be if Dana gave me a lap pillow?”
He’s really toying with me.
Lumiere had always been like this. He enjoyed wordplay, and she used to respond with laughter.
If it were before, she would have exchanged such jokes without hesitation.
But now she didn’t want to. Too disgusted to deal with him, Dana turned her head away.
“Don’t let your guard down, Dana. I might go lie down while you’re distracted.”
Pretending not to hear his ridiculous nonsense, Dana squeezed her eyes shut.
The road ahead seemed endless.
* * *
At the end of a long, truly long journey, Dana arrived at Windsor Territory.
However.
“His Lordship has forbidden entry.”
At the entrance to Windsor Castle, the gatekeeper blocked their path.
Dana felt irritation surge instantly. Her whole body was already aching from the long journey.
“What did you just say?”
Perhaps that’s why her voice didn’t come out pleasantly.
“Say that again. What about his lordship?”
The gatekeeper flinched and hunched his shoulders.
“I’m, I’m sorry, but His Lordship has forbidden entry.”
“The lord of Windsor is my brother, Viego Windsor. Who dare you call lord right now?”
“Th, that is.”
“Don’t stutter and speak clearly. I asked who is impersonating the lord of Windsor.”
“I, I, I….”
While the gatekeeper was flustered, a cart pulled by horses stopped in front of the castle gate.
“Please open the gate! We’ve brought silk from Cleto Trading Company!”
“Ah, yes! Please wait a moment!”
The gatekeeper hurriedly opened the castle gate.
Watching the cart pass through the gate, Dana narrowed her eyes.
Should I just barge in right now? She was pondering this when.
“My, you’re troubling my subordinate.”
“My Lord!”
As a man approached, the gatekeeper’s face brightened considerably.
“Welcome to Windsor Territory. I am Mark Cours, and Count Cours is my father.”
“…You’re saying you’re the lord of this land?”
“Embarrassingly, the people of the territory call me that.”
Mark’s eyes were filled with hostility as he introduced himself.
“But to think you’d visit such a remote place. I never thought I’d live to see direct descendants of Windsor.”
He sneered with a crooked smile.
“That’s why I can’t believe it. Who knows if you’re truly Windsor direct descendants, or just scoundrels impersonating them?”
“I am Danae Windsor. And this is my cousin brother, Lumiere Windsor.”
Dana immediately held out her identity token.
However, Mark only glanced at the identity token with an annoyed expression, not moving an inch.
“How can I tell if this is fake or real? I’ve never seen one in my life.”
Then he flicked the identity token Dana held out with his fingertip.
At that moment, Dana clenched her fists in boiling irritation. She was already struggling enough, and now he was making such insolent claims!
“Dana.”
Then Lumiere lowered his lips to her ear. And whispered softly.
“Should I make them let us in?”
“…”
Why was he enjoying this?
Lumiere looked genuinely excited, as if all of this was some kind of fun game.
‘Well, it hasn’t been long since he returned from naval battles with the Barbarian Tribes.’
Something like this would probably feel like mere entertainment to him. Dana asked bluntly.
“How are you going to get us in?”
“How else? We just need no one to stop us, right?”
In other words, he meant to force their way through with violence.
She wanted to agree immediately. However.
“That won’t do.”
Viego Windsor had clearly said.
‘Violent methods are not elegant.’
‘Resolve it peacefully.’
That meant to solve it through dialogue. Without any bloodshed whatsoever.
“Hahaha, I’m not sure what I just heard.”
Then Mark laughed as if it were ridiculous.
“If you wanted to, do you think you could break through me and enter this castle?”
Then he looked Lumiere up and down.
“You said Lumiere Windsor, didn’t you? I’m well aware of that reputation.”
But surprisingly, that wasn’t the end of it.
“You’re Karl Windsor’s adopted son, aren’t you?”
“…”
To say that so blatantly.
The fact that Lumiere wasn’t Karl’s biological son was something all the Empire’s citizens knew, but no one had ever said it to his face.
“To think you’re acting like a direct descendant here when you don’t share a drop of blood with the Windsor Family – I’m embarrassed for you.”
With those words, Mark Cours turned around.
“The territory is more peaceful than ever. So don’t waste time unnecessarily and please return.”
Dana watched his retreating figure intently, then grabbed Lumiere’s collar.
“Let’s go, brother.”
“Where to?”
“Where else?”
Dana said as she boarded the carriage.
“We need to return to the territory gate.”
“Why? Don’t tell me you’re planning to return to the capital?”
“Return, my foot.”
She snorted.
If she returned now, she’d be despised by Viego, and the Deputy Head’s ring would slip away. Then it would be an ending where she’d live in this world forever, so there was no way she’d return.
“We’re going to enter Windsor Castle.”
She planned to make that insolent bastard beg them to please come to the castle.
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