I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53

Well, getting engaged and married at a young age was common.

By the standards of people in this world, using age as an excuse didn’t seem particularly convincing.

“Look over there.”

But then she began to feel gazes gathering on them.

“Isn’t that Lady Danae Windsor?”

“Who’s that in front of her? The third son of the Lancaster Family?”

“My goodness, what’s this? Are they on a date?”

Dana began to worry more and more about this boy.

She was still engaged to Lyos, yet he was fearlessly courting her in such a public place.

‘With Lyos’s track record, isn’t he scared?’

Then someone entered Dana’s peripheral vision.

Was it Count Cedric? A young noble close to Lyos was staring intently at her…

“What are you doing right now?”

Dana suddenly startled and trembled at the shoulders.

This voice!

“I asked what you’re doing right now.”

Noah stood there with an expression of disbelief. Justin laughed awkwardly in panic.

“Oh, N-Noah? Did you come to see the performance too?”

“I’m asking what you’re doing.”

This is exhausting. The moment she made eye contact with Noah, tremendous fatigue began to wash over her.

Because she knew what was going to happen next.

“Anyway, Lancaster.”

So let’s quickly wrap this up before it gets longer.

Dana said firmly.

“Please keep in mind what I just said.”

“Ah, but.”

“And keep your promise from the letter.”

“…”

Justin’s face became dejected.

* * *

“Wait!”

When she tried to get back into the carriage, a strong force grabbed her wrist.

“I told you to wait!”

“…”

As expected, this won’t end easily.

Noah grabbed her and roughly turned her around.

“What are you doing right now?”

As expected, Noah was furious from head to toe.

“Are you meeting my friend right now?”

“No.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! I just saw it with my own eyes, so what do you mean no!”

“…”

If you won’t believe me anyway, why did you even ask?

Noah kept letting out hollow laughs as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Justin is my friend. He’s even my roommate at the Military Academy dormitory. So what are you doing right now?”

“What do you mean what. I rejected him.”

“Rejected? Don’t lie to me. You’re just pretending to reject him because I caught you! Do you think I don’t know you’re acting like it’s nothing!”

“…”

As always, he was consistently impossible to have a conversation with.

Dana was now truly tired of this endless cycle.

“Aren’t you ashamed? Why? I guess one secretary wasn’t enough for you?”

“That’s right.”

Dana let out a weary sigh.

“Then let’s say that’s what it is.”

Then the expression disappeared from Noah’s face.

“…What did you say? Don’t tell me you’re admitting it now?”

When she denied it, he didn’t believe her one bit, but now that she was giving off a hint of admission, he seemed greatly shocked.

Really, there’s no understanding the heart of an adolescent boy.

But since it was too bothersome to explain anyway.

“I mean think whatever you want. You won’t believe me no matter what I say anyway, right?”

Saying that, she shook off Noah’s hand and got into the carriage.

And before closing the door, she threw one more line at the boy.

“Oh, and I’d appreciate it if you didn’t interfere in my affairs from now on.”

“What?”

“Whoever I meet has nothing to do with you. It’s kind of strange to meddle in such things.”

We’re not even family.

She couldn’t say those words because the coachman was there.

So she said this instead.

“We’re not that close, are we.”

Thud! She closed the door.

* * *

Noah stared blankly at the departing carriage.

‘What did I just hear.’

Was it a dream? A nightmare? Or a fantasy? He even had such foolish thoughts.

Otherwise, there’s no way that woman would say such things to me…

‘Does she think I interfere because I want to?’

Ah, right. I should have said that.

The words he should have said came to mind too late.

‘You’re in my sister’s body. That’s why. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t care who you meet or what you do!’

Noah clenched his fists. He felt strange.

This emotion that made his head hot was definitely anger, but at the same time, a peculiar anxiety washed over him.

Annoyed by that sensation, Noah deliberately snorted loudly.

‘Does she think she can get angry at me?’

How impudent. Getting angry at me.

A liar, no less. A fraud, a liar, a thief!

“Noah?”

Then, at the hand touching his shoulder, Noah whirled around. Justin stood there with a surprised face.

“…Noah? Did something happen to you?”

“What?”

“Why are your eyes like that?”

What nonsense are you talking about.

Noah glared at him, then realized that heat was rushing hotly to his eyes.

He must have gotten excited from being so angry. Noah rubbed his reddened eyes.

“But what about Lady Danae Windsor? Has she left?”

“How would I know.”

“Ah, what a shame, really.”

Justin clicked his tongue as if disappointed.

“It’s really not easy after all.”

“…What did you say?”

“Huh? Oh, nothing. It’s just that she definitely seems to be on a different level from other women. Don’t you think?”

He spoke as if hurriedly covering up, then patted Noah’s shoulder.

“I’m never going to give up. That’s okay, right?”

Damn it. Noah unconsciously muttered that crude curse under his breath.

“Huh? What did you say?”

“Get off.”

He brushed away the guy’s hand and walked away. He didn’t want to talk anymore.

“Noah? The performance seems like it’s about to start, aren’t you going in? Noah!”

But Justin, who had been following him to the end, grabbed his shoulder.

“What are you going to do today since it’s a holiday? Are you going back to the dormitory, or are you going home?”

“Home.”

After answering carelessly, he shook off the guy’s hand. Then he walked away quickly.

He didn’t want to talk anymore.

His mood was a complete mess.

How long had he walked aimlessly like that? Before he knew it, Noah had reached the fountain in the plaza.

“Noah, do you know this?”

Suddenly he heard that woman’s voice.

From some day in the past, the voice of that woman who had held his hand tightly and spoken in this very spot.

“There’s a story that if you throw a coin into the fountain and make a wish, that wish will come true.”

“I’ve never heard such a story before.”

“Want to try it once? Just for fun.”

“Sure!”

I wish I could be the person Sister Dana loves most in the world. Like now, for life!

Noah had made that wish after throwing the coin. Looking back now, he had been quite earnest about it.

“What about you, Sister? Don’t you need to do it?”

“Ah. My wish has already come true.”

“What was it?”

“Having a lovely family member like Noah.”

Noah slowly walked and stood in front of the fountain.

The coin he had thrown was gone.

“Ha.”

Noah laughed helplessly.

Of course. There’s no way that coin would still be there. It’s been several years already…

He shouldn’t be doing such foolish things.

His wish had been shattered long ago anyway.

Looking at it any longer was suffocatingly irritating, so Noah turned around.

Where should he go.

Originally he had planned to return to Windsor Estate after the performance to spend his holiday, but he didn’t want to go home.

So he just returned to the dormitory.

“Huh, N-Noah?”

And he witnessed a very strange scene.

“Noah, didn’t you say you weren’t coming in today?”

In the dormitory, on his room’s bed, Justin and women were lying down.

Women, plural.

And of quite various ages at that.

“Y-you said you were sleeping at home tonight? But why, why did you come?”

“…”

“Th-this is, you see. Ahaha… Hey, what are you doing not leaving, how tactless!”

Justin slapped the women’s buttocks to chase them out. Then he hurriedly put on his clothes while making excuses.

“I, I was rejected by your sister, you know. So, I was really hurt by it.”

Noah slowly looked around the room, then frowned deeply at the fishy scent he could smell.

“I’m not usually this kind of guy, you know? Right? You know that too. But…”

He couldn’t even hear what his friend was saying in excuse. Only one thought filled his head.

‘What a piece of trash.’

This trash had sent love letters to that woman?

An unbearable disgust welled up.

And that woman had seemed taken with this trash.

Who knows. Maybe she’ll accept him. Being so stupid and naive, always getting fooled by others…

“No need to clean up. I’m going to ask for a room change.”

Noah spat out in a voice full of contempt.

“Who knows when it’ll get this filthy again, so why would I keep using it. Right?”

“No, wait! Noah! That’s not it—”

Not wanting to hear any more, Noah left the room.

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