I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 44

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Chapter 44

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“Ahaha!”

Alice burst into laughter while drinking champagne.

“My goodness, and then?”

“So I shot an arrow at the wild boar’s rear end. Then that boar went berserk and charged into a tree and died!”

“You must have excellent hunting skills.”

“Haha, yes, well. Of course. Martial arts are essential for protecting Windsor Territory.”

“Having someone like Mark protecting the territory, the territory residents must feel so secure!”

Alice smiled brightly as she praised him.

One of the best ways to win a man’s favor is to praise him, as she had read in the book “100 Etiquette Rules for Ladies”!

‘I was skeptical since it was written by a male author, but it really works!’

Alice poured out praise without pause.

“Even though Viego Windsor couldn’t pay attention, there was a reason the territory prospered like this. It was all thanks to you, Mark.”

“Hmm. Well, you could say that.”

“Please continue to protect the territory like this.”

“Hahaha! Of course!”

“I offer my thanks on behalf of the Windsor Family.”

“My, what an honor. Speaking of which.”

Mark cleared his throat and held something out to her. It was a red velvet box.

“In that spirit, I prepared a gift as a token of our continued good relations.”

“Oh my! What is this?”

“Please open it, Lady.”

My goodness, giving such a gift when we’ve barely just met!

Alice suppressed her emerging laughter and opened the box.

“Oh my goodness…”

Inside, a dazzling diamond necklace was sparkling.

“Kyaa! It’s so beautiful!”

“I’m glad it pleases you.”

“B-but! Is it alright for me to accept this?”

Then Mark grinned slyly.

“Of course. I simply ask for your continued favor, Lady.”

Asking for continued favor.

This must mean he’s asking for continued favor as Windsor’s retainer!

Alice’s heart swelled with emotion.

Finally Mark had opened his heart!

‘I solved it!’

I solved the problem that had been troubling Viego Windsor. Not Dana, but me!

Alice Windsor herself had solved it!

“I look forward to working with you too, Mark Cours…”

Just as she was saying those words, a question suddenly popped up.

“But where is Count Cours right now?”

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“That’s correct. Count Cours has been bedridden for three months now.”

Dana summoned a Malkan Trading Executive to verify the truth.

Indeed, the executive said exactly that.

“I heard it’s been since the prayer ceremony three months ago.”

“The prayer ceremony…”

“There’s an old Guardian Tree in the territory forest. Once a year, they offer prayers to the Guardian Tree hoping for the territory’s prosperity.”

The executive sighed.

“But three months ago, he’s been bedridden since offering prayers to the Guardian Tree. So there are rumors that he angered the gods and received divine punishment.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes. Actually, this is a secret but… black spots have appeared on his body.”

“…!”

Dana was shocked.

Black spots appeared on his body?

‘That’s the symptom!’

Corrupted Land.

It was the very early symptom that appears when one steps on that land, when the body becomes contaminated!

“Ah, I know what you’re thinking. But don’t worry. There’s no Corrupted Land in Windsor Territory.”

Hahaha, the trading company executive laughed.

“Dozens of people attended the prayer ceremony. Yet only Count Cours showed such symptoms.”

“…”

“If the land was truly corrupted, the same symptoms would have occurred to everyone who attended.”

However, Dana didn’t laugh. It wasn’t funny either.

The Corrupted Land was too terrible a disaster to laugh about, even as a joke.

After dismissing the Malkan Trading Executive, Dana went to find Lumiere.

‘This is a complete mess…’

In front of a large window.

Lumiere was sitting by the window with his long legs stretched out, reading a book.

Reading leisurely in the midst of this chaos. He’s just like a noble young master on vacation.

“Lumiere.”

“Mm?”

Flip, he turned a page while answering.

“Could you possibly let me enter the castle?”

“Mm.”

“Is it possible to go secretly too?”

“Mm.”

“…”

Are you actually thinking before answering? You’re not just giving casual responses, are you?

“Then could you let me in right now? I want to enter Count Kurse’s bedroom.”

“Mm.”

Thud. Lumiere closed his book. Then he stretched and got up from the window.

Pat pat, he tapped her shoulder and said.

“Let’s go.”

This felt suspicious.

Should I really trust this guy…

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I shouldn’t have trusted him.

“Please, brother.”

Dana tightly embraced Lumiere’s body and closed her eyes.

“Please let this succeed….”

Who would have thought they’d be climbing the castle wall!

Right now, Dana was clinging to Lumiere’s back, climbing up the castle wall!

“You want to climb the castle wall to get in?”

“Yeah. As far as I know, that window over there leads directly to Count Cours’s bedroom.”

Dana had refused with disgust. Climbing the castle wall!

“You said no bloodshed. This is the only way to get in without hurting anyone.”

She had eventually agreed after hesitating— but now she was regretting it fiercely.

I should have just watched the bloodshed.

I should have just asked Viego Windsor to send the army.

I should have just cut off Karl’s finger to steal the Sacred Relic!

‘That would be better than me dying!’

When looking up from below, it honestly didn’t look that high, so she thought it might be doable.

It was a huge mistake.

‘Looking down from up here, it’s so high!’

It was dizzying. If she fell from here, her skull would shatter and she’d die. That thought brought a wave of fear.

‘This damn acrophobia….’

It was a fatal weakness she’d had since her days as Yeon Dana.

“I didn’t know. So you’re afraid of heights.”

“Please, I’m begging you, could you focus on climbing?”

“I thought Dana didn’t have weaknesses like that. How cute.”

“Please shut your mouth, brother! You might lose concentration if you keep talking.”

Dana spoke in a pleading tone for the first time since their relationship had soured.

Then Lumiere chuckled softly.

“Ah, this feels nice. Your breath touching my ear.”

Don’t joke around! I feel like I’m going to fall!

Dana tightened her legs wrapped around his waist.

‘Ugh, so hard.’

Lumiere’s body was like a steel mass with no softness at all. Every part of their bodies that touched was painfully hard, and that rigidity made Dana even more tense.

If it had been soft or cozy, she might have felt some sense of security!

‘Right, I should just keep my eyes closed.’

Having her eyes open only made it scarier. Don’t look down. Just hold tight to Lumiere, and when time passes….

“Dana, gently.”

Then Lumiere whispered as he climbed powerfully upward. His voice was mixed with a sigh.

“Hm? I’m a bit troubled.”

“Huh, what?”

“Your feet. You can’t press like that.”

But now Dana couldn’t even hear Lumiere’s words. She had sneakily opened her eyes and ended up checking how high they had climbed.

She felt like she might faint. This damn acrophobia.

She had to fix it somehow….

Stupid, pathetic, idiot!

How much time had passed like that?

“Dana, are you okay?”

When she opened her eyes, Dana had arrived inside Count Cours’s bedroom.

“We’re here.”

“…Thank you. You worked hard.”

“I didn’t know you were this afraid of heights, Dana.”

Well, when I was Yeon Dana, I almost died falling from a high place.

Dana swallowed those words.

“Not really, that’s nothing. I wasn’t particularly scared. I was just a little flustered.”

Then she put on a bluff that even a child wouldn’t believe and walked unsteadily toward the bed.

‘Is this person Count Cours?’

It was too dark to see clearly.

“Brother, do you have a lighter?”

“Yeah. Just a moment.”

Lumiere took out a lighter, lit a candle, and handed it to her. Dana took it and immediately illuminated Count Cours’s face.

“―!”

She almost dropped it.

The man’s face was mottled with black spots!

‘This is definitely contaminated!’

She was certain. There was no room for doubt.

It was exactly the same symptoms as the people who had been contaminated in the Corrupted Land!

“Oh my. Looks like he’s contaminated?”

Lumiere clicked his tongue too.

Dana handed him the candlestick and pulled back the blanket.

“Ah.”

Neck. Arms. Legs.

Black stains were everywhere all over his body.

But….

‘But how is he still alive?’

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