I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

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Danae Windsor.

The young lady of House of Duke Windsor.

A woman called a saint for purifying the great disaster known as the ‘Corrupted Land’.

However, this body was nothing until ‘Yeon Dana’ possessed it.

Because she had been lying like a vegetable her entire life. No, actually she was worse than a vegetable.

This body was an empty shell.

A patient with the rare disease ‘Doll Syndrome’, born as an empty body without a soul.

After possessing that ownerless shell-like body, Dana had lived her best life in this form.

And she had received this kind of evaluation.

“Danae Windsor? The woman who purified the Corrupted Land?”

“She’s always smiling. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her not smiling.”

“She’s incredibly kind. I heard she’s almost a pushover to people close to her.”

“That woman would give her liver and gallbladder to her family, right?”

That was the evaluation of ‘Danae Windsor’.

For the six years since possessing this body, Dana had lived like that. As a kind, considerate, gentle woman like a lamb.

However, when living as ‘Yeon Dana’, she was quite…

No, she lived in the complete opposite way.

“Yeon Dana? That crazy bitch?”

“That woman isn’t right in the head. There’s nothing she won’t do with a smiling face. She must have a split personality.”

“She has no blood or tears. Her blood must be blue-green, right?”

“Exactly. She’s scarier because she’s kind on the surface.”

As ‘Yeon Dana’, she had lived like that.

Ruthlessly and coldly.

She had no choice but to live that way. She had so many enemies around her.

‘Yeon Dana’ was what you’d call an illegitimate child of a wealthy family.

From childhood, she lived receiving glares from adult relatives and being ostracized by cousin siblings.

And through such hardships, Dana was forged as hard as steel. She became strong.

Strong enough to later break all her formidable relatives and seize victory.

“Yeon Dana. You’re the most capable among my bloodline.”

Grandfather, who was like the head of the family. She was recognized by him and inherited massive stocks alone.

That day, Dana raised a toast of joy.

Finally, I won.

I trampled on the relatives who tried to trample me, and finally I won!

It was truly the best moment of her life, but…

At that moment, she was alone.

How desolate it was.

Dana couldn’t bear that loneliness and turned on the TV.

What happened to come on was a documentary about a family living in a one-room apartment.

It was a scene of a family huddled together in a cramped room, peacefully peeling tangerines…

[Wahahahaha!]

The moment she heard that laughter, Dana was seized by an intense desire.

‘I want it.’

That thing on TV.

That laughter. That happiness. That warmth. I want it too.

But that was the one thing she could never have. Something that couldn’t be obtained with money or effort.

So when she possessed Danae Windsor’s body, she made a resolution.

This time, she would fill what had been lacking in her past life.

‘Right. Let’s live differently. I don’t need to grit my teeth and live like in my world, right?’

As Yeon Dana, she was even called a ‘pushover’, something she couldn’t have imagined, but it was okay. Because she finally had what she had wanted so much.

So even when she read the ‘Memory of the Land’, she ignored it.

The land didn’t just tell her about the existence of Sacred Relics.

Hidden mines, precious resources, and all sorts of secrets and tremendous information that the land had witnessed were all revealed to her.

However…

‘Let’s just leave it alone.’

Surely if she were ‘Yeon Dana’, she would have fully utilized that information.

She would have seen someone’s weakness and blackmailed them into becoming her subordinate, or monopolized and mined treasure troves.

If she were that ruthless woman who craved success and was obsessed with money.

But.

‘That’s the old me. I’ve been cleanly purified.’

This time, let’s just live loving someone.

Danae has plenty of money anyway, so there’s no need to do troublesome things, right?

‘Right. Yeon Dana’s life is my dark history.’

…is what she thought.

Who would have thought that very thought would become dark history.

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The night she realized she had been deceived.

Dana stood in front of the mirror.

A woman with flowing pure white hair and gentle light green eyes was looking at her from within the mirror.

“Danae Windsor.”

She had lived happily in this body.

But.

‘But I was trying to return to my original world.’

Because no matter how happy she was, no matter how many people she loved, still.

Still, this wasn’t her body.

She didn’t have the confidence to live her entire life carrying that sense of disconnect. So even though it hurt, she tried to leave.

‘When they held onto me so desperately.’

She didn’t have the confidence to brush off their tears and leave.

So she decided to stay, but…

“You can’t go anywhere now!”

Suddenly, I burst into laughter. Lyos’s arrogant declaration came to mind.

“What can you do? You’ll have to adapt to this world.”

Lumiere’s words followed right after.

Now that the Dimensional Gate has closed, you’re changing your attitude like this?

I suppose you can say such things because you believe it won’t open again for another hundred years.

‘Right. In my world, there’s a saying: if you don’t like the temple, the monk should leave.’

So I’ll leave this world for you. You disgusting bastards.

‘First, let me get my hands on the Sacred Relic.’

Using that Sacred Relic with divine power, I can open the Dimensional Gate and return to my original body.

And that Sacred Relic was nearby.

Very close, right here—

At the Windsor Estate.

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“I’m sorry!”

The next day, Alice came to visit.

“I’m sorry, Dana. I’m really sorry.”

Dana stared at Alice intently.

Alice Windsor. Dana’s younger cousin.

She had truly loved that girl.

Her pink cloud-like hair, her rabbit-cute face, even her characteristic lisp—everything about her.

She had loved her so much…

“I’m sorry, Dana. I’m really sorry.”

Disgusting bitch.

That’s all I can feel now.

“I didn’t want to do this either. I didn’t want to hurt you, but…”

Alice sobbed, shedding tears like chicken droppings.

“I couldn’t stop, Dana. I just couldn’t stop.”

Then she knelt down like a tragic heroine and began to weep.

“Love isn’t something I can control. You’ve been in love too, so you know, right?”

“…”

“You know how love makes you act irrationally. You did too. You were blinded by love and stayed in this world…”

“…”

“I’m really, really sorry, Dana. *sob*, *sniff*, I’m sorry.”

“…”

“I’m sorry for deceiving you, but…”

Alice clenched both fists tightly and raised her head.

“I’m not sorry for loving His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“…”

“There’s no sin in my love.”

At that moment, Dana couldn’t help but laugh. Really, nothing but laughter came out.

“If there’s no sin, then why did you meet in secret?”

So she asked with her usual bright smile.

“Huh, Dana?”

“That’s right. If there’s no sin, why were you hiding under the desk? Like a little rat.”

At those words, Alice’s face turned bright red.

“Dana, calling me a little rat… that’s too harsh to say to a person.”

Oh, is that so? Are my words too harsh?

For some reason, laughter kept welling up, so Dana let out a chuckle. It was truly absurd.

‘I loved such a thing all this time?’

This must be what it feels like to wake up from a long, deep hypnosis.

To think I truly loved something like that.

‘Well, it’s all because I was a fool.’

Dana readily admitted it.

I was deceived. Like a naive beginner, completely and perfectly.

‘Well, I suppose I was practically a beginner.’

I was a novice who had never experienced familial love or romantic love even once.

‘Well, it’s fine now.’

Now that I know I was a fool, I just won’t act foolishly anymore.

Dana glanced at the clock.

It had been 5 minutes since Alice came here.

I didn’t deliberately chase her away. I let her cry and wail for 5 minutes…

‘Shall I slowly begin now?’

Dana rose from her chair.

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