I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 45

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Chapter 45

Dana placed her hands on his chest. His heart was beating.

‘If he was contaminated by stepping on the Corrupted Land three months ago… his entire body should have rotted away and died by now.’

He should have died cracked and crumbling to dust. That was the fate of those contaminated by stepping on the Corrupted Land.

But how is he still alive?

Dana took a deep breath and focused her mind on her two hands placed on the Count’s chest.

First, I’ll know if I try purifying him.

That’s when it happened.

“It’s true! I saw a white-haired woman climbing the castle wall with my own eyes!”

Noise came from the corridor.

“She’s definitely somewhere around here!”

“Are you certain?”

It was Mark Cours’s voice!

That wasn’t all.

“You really saw Sister Dana secretly climbing the castle wall?”

Alice’s voice followed.

I’ve been caught! Dana quickly signaled to Lumiere with her eyes.

“Lumiere, please block them from coming in.”

“Okay.”

Dana looked down at Count Cours again.

Let me focus on purifying this person first.

‘It’s been so long since I used this ability…’

However, fortunately, the purification power flowed out as soon as she concentrated.

Pure white light burst forth through Dana’s palms and immediately enveloped Count Cours’s body.

Bang!

“Nothing in this room!”

“Search that room over there!”

Damn it, Dana frowned. Her concentration was broken.

‘Focus, let’s focus. I must concentrate.’

However.

“Sister!”

Alice’s sobbing voice sharply cut through her mind.

“Sister Dana, where are you hiding? Sister, please stop this now!”

“That’s right, Lady Danae Windsor! Come out! Sneaking into the castle like a rat is dishonorable!”

“Yes, Sister! Secretly breaking into someone else’s house is very rude. So come out quickly, Sister!”

What do you mean someone else’s house!

Anger surged for a moment.

Calling Windsor Castle someone else’s house, that crazy girl!

However, Dana focused on purifying the Count.

As expected, he was indeed contaminated. The black spots were gradually, gradually fading!

That’s when it happened.

Bang!

The door shook. But fortunately, it didn’t open because Lumiere was blocking it.

“You’re hiding in this room, Lady Danae Windsor! This is my father’s room!”

“My goodness, Sister! Don’t tell me you’re planning to threaten the sick Count Cours as a hostage?”

Please, just be quiet!

Concentration was so difficult that her eyelids twitched. Cold sweat beaded on her forehead.

“Sister, please!”

Bang!

“Sister’s actions are tarnishing the Windsor Family! You’re degrading our dignity! How can you do such cowardly things!”

Bang!

“Sister, if you open the door now, I’ll somehow resolve this. So please!”

“Alice. Why don’t you be quiet.”

Lumiere, who couldn’t stand listening anymore, sighed and spoke.

“I didn’t know my sister’s pretty voice could be so hard to listen to?”

“Lu, Lumiere?”

“Yes. It’s me. So please keep your mouth shut, will you?”

“You’re too much. Do you think I’m shouting like this because I enjoy it?”

Alice sobbed outside the door.

Both Lumiere and Sister Dana. Why is everyone acting like this?

If they had just stayed still, I could have resolved everything!

‘That’s right, Mark Cours is my friend now!’

She had planned to tell him to apologize to her sister after becoming closer friends.

Then he surely would have listened to her!

‘Yes, so they just needed to trust me and wait.’

But instead of waiting, she snuck in secretly!

Alice anxiously watched Mark’s expression. He was already holding an axe that a servant had brought.

“Step aside, Lady. I must break down this door!”

Wh, what should I do? Alice panicked.

Mark seems angry again. I had just calmed him down!

Bang!

Mark finally struck the door with his axe.

“Kyaa!”

Alice screamed and covered her face with both hands. She couldn’t bear to watch that violent scene!

Bang!

Huuu. Tears flowed out.

Why did it turn out like this. Everything was going well.

Bang!

But Sister ruined everything.

Bang!

Sister is always like that. She just can’t stand to see me doing well!

Bang!

Is she jealous of me? Am I that enviable to her?

Bang!

She hates seeing me succeed, she hates seeing me praised, so that’s why!

“…”

Alice sniffled. What?

The thunderous sound of striking the door was no longer heard.

No more of Mark’s shouting, no more of the servants’ voices, nothing more.

‘What…?’

Alice lowered her hands and cautiously opened her eyes. Then she held her breath.

“What do you think you’re doing.”

The door that had opened at some point.

A man stood there leaning on a cane.

And Mark Cours was…

“Fa, Father?”

Thud. The axe fell powerlessly from his hands.

Alice clearly saw Mark’s fingertips trembling.

“Mark Cours, what are you.”

The man—Count Cours spoke in a hoarse voice.

“I asked what you are doing right now.”

A gaunt body, cracked voice, haggard complexion. But his eyes alone blazed like flames in the darkness.

“I’m asking what you think you’re doing!”

Alice instinctively stepped back at the booming voice that echoed through the room.

And Mark’s face had now turned completely pale as a sheet.

How?

Father was hovering between life and death?

How could he suddenly wake up like this!

‘No, get it together!’

Mark clenched his sweat-soaked fists tightly.

“I, I was, just, that woman, snuck into Father’s bedroom.”

“How dare you!”

Mark nearly wet himself at the thunderous roar that burst forth. He felt like he had become a seven-year-old child who was always getting scolded by his father!

“That woman! Did you just say ‘that woman’!”

“Ah, well, that’s.”

“How dare you speak of the legitimate daughter of the Windsor Family in such a manner!”

“F-F-Father.”

“Apologize immediately, Mark Cours!”

Mark’s lips trembled violently. Confusion, shock, questions—fear devoured all of it. Terror of his own father pushed everything else aside.

Father had always told him when he was young about the countless favors the Windsor Family had bestowed upon the Cours Family.

The previous generations of Windsor who had gifted freedom to the Cours House, once nothing more than slaves, and given them wings to spread their abilities.

“B-But.”

But am I still a child even now?

Mark mustered his courage.

“But Father. Please listen to me first. The legitimate daughter of the Windsor Family secretly infiltrated your room!”

Then, Alice knew it was time for her to step forward.

“Mark is right.”

Count Cours’s gaze shot toward Alice. It stung, making Alice shrink back.

“Who are you, young lady?”

“I, I am Alice Windsor. I’m a direct descendant of the Windsor Family. Karl Windsor is my father.”

Karl Windsor. At that name, Count Cours’s eyes softened slightly.

As expected, he knows Father!

So he’ll listen to me well too. Alice sighed in relief and said.

“Don’t blame Mark. This is something Dana did wrong. She climbed the castle wall and snuck into someone else’s house without permission.”

“…What did you just say.”

Huh?

“Did you just say ‘someone else’s house’ and ‘without permission’?”

Why is he getting angry?

Alice stepped back in confusion.

Count Cours seemed furious to the tips of his hair, his cheeks trembling with rage.

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