I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 54

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

 

Chapter 54

 

 

 

Disgusting bastard. It makes me sick to my stomach.

And he truly realized that this was exactly the ‘debauchery’ that Dana had spoken of before.

Then, thud.

“….”

Noah bumped into a man. It was a man wearing a black gentleman’s hat pulled down low.

And he saw that gentleman enter his room.

Did Justin Lancaster call for him?

A bitter laugh escaped him.

A woman followed by a man. Even summoning them to his dormitory room?

‘Crazy bastard.’

Needing fresh air, Noah immediately went out to the balcony in the corridor and began smoking a cigarette.

And not long after, he saw two men walking through the garden below the balcony.

‘Justin Lancaster?’

Had he already left his room?

The bastard was dressed properly and heading somewhere.

He was with the man who had bumped shoulders with him earlier.

‘Is he following that man?’

Going out at this hour should be prohibited, shouldn’t it?

Now he’s going to play even more debauchedly outside?

‘What do I care.’

Noah was stubbing out his cigarette on the railing when he suddenly snorted.

If that woman saw this, she would definitely nag him.

That wasn’t his concern either.

 

* * *

 

‘I finally escaped!’

Alice ran excitedly through the Imperial Palace corridor. She was out of breath but didn’t care.

She had finally escaped from that detestable monastery, finally!

‘It was really, really so hard!’

She had endured almost a week trapped in the monastery, suffering through torture-like times.

The food was so tasteless. And that wasn’t all. She had to wake up at dawn, and pray for hours!

She resented Viego Windsor for throwing her into such hell.

But Lyos had saved her.

He had sent a messenger with orders to bring her directly!

“Your Majesty!”

Bang! Alice opened the door to his bedroom with a bright face.

But….

‘Huh?’

Alice blinked.

Why is no one here?

Where did he go after calling for me?

“Alice.”

“Eek!”

Then, body heat pressed against her from behind. It was Lyos.

“Your Majesty! You startled me!”

“Haha, sorry.”

Lyos patted Alice’s head and then walked inside. Alice tilted her head curiously.

“But where have you been?”

“Ah.”

Lyos replied curtly while taking off his black hat.

“Just a brief walk.”

 

* * *

 

[Will arrive soon.]

 

A telegram came from the secretary.

 

[The ‘item’ you mentioned has been secured safely.]

 

Perfect!

Dana smiled with relief.

Lete had successfully obtained the item she could use to make a deal with the Emperor.

‘With this, I’ll be able to break off the engagement with Lyos too.’

Dana walked through the night garden, lost in thought.

Lyos was refusing to break the engagement because he coveted her wealth, but still, if the Emperor pushed strongly enough, he would eventually comply.

He had always tried to avoid friction with his uncle as much as possible.

‘Right. So if the Emperor commands it, he’ll obey quietly.’

And she would drive Karl into an even tighter corner.

Of course, she would also have to remove Sandra, his strong supporter, from the Windsor Family.

She knew Sandra’s fatal secret, so using that to destroy the relationship between those two wouldn’t be too difficult.

After isolating Karl like that and pushing him out of the deputy head position, if she achieved merit a few more times.

‘Then, the Deputy Head’s Ring will be mine.’

Three months at the shortest. Six months at the longest.

Within that time, she would definitely settle the match….

“You look pleased.”

“….”

The very woman she had been thinking about appeared.

Sandra was approaching with a shawl draped over her shoulders. Step by step, the sound of footsteps on grass could be heard.

“You look very well, Danae.”

Sandra stared intently at Dana’s face.

“Well, being loved by so many people, your complexion couldn’t help but be good.”

“….”

Should she just turn around and leave— After pondering, Dana changed her mind.

She needed to start laying the groundwork.

“My daughter is suffering all kinds of hardships at the monastery, yet as Alice’s older sister, don’t you feel sorry?”

“I do feel sorry. Alice should receive an even greater punishment to come to her senses, but I’m sorry I couldn’t help with that.”

“What did you say?”

“But don’t worry too much, Aunt.”

Dana approached Sandra with an innocent smile.

“Alice will learn restraint and modesty there.”

“She doesn’t need to learn that. She’s already a child overflowing with modesty.”

“You’re right about that.”

Dana laughed softly.

“Having received excellent education from an excellent father. Isn’t that right?”

Perhaps thinking it was sarcasm, Sandra’s gaze became sharp.

“Karl is an excellent man. He’s just stumbling momentarily after encountering an obstacle.”

“Of course, I think so too.”

Dana gazed intently into her crimson eyes.

“Alice has a very excellent biological father after all…”

Flinch, at that moment Dana clearly saw Sandra’s eyebrows stiffen.

“Don’t worry too much.”

“…”

“I believe she’ll overcome all adversity and hardship, taking after her biological father.”

Sandra froze like ice. She looked as if she would shatter with a clanging sound if touched.

Had the word “biological father” struck her that deeply?

Getting so flustered over just a word or two. Dana suppressed her sneer.

She should stop here for now. Dana turned around.

“Well then, good night…”

That’s when it happened.

“You!”

Sandra rushed forward and shoved her shoulder.

Thud, Dana fell backward onto her bottom.

“Watch your words. I don’t know where you heard such nonsense, but Alice is Karl’s real daughter! Alice’s biological father is Karl Windsor!”

Sandra, who had been shouting frantically, soon realized she had gotten overly excited and clamped her mouth shut.

Dana shrugged her shoulders while still fallen.

“Who said what?”

“You, you were saying strange things! Anyway, don’t say such useless things!”

With those words, Sandra quickly turned around and walked away as if fleeing.

Dana quietly watched her retreating figure.

Really, that woman is so easy to read.

Thinking that, when she placed her hand on the ground.

‘Huh?’

Suddenly darkness crashed down before her eyes. Everything went pitch black.

‘What is this?’

No, no. It wasn’t darkness.

Dana gradually realized. That the scene before her eyes had changed.

This place was a dark, gloomy forest.

‘What is this?’

And a man frantically running through the bushes.

‘What is this.’

Drip, drip. Blood drops falling behind the man.

‘What on earth is this.’

And footsteps chasing the man.

In the deep forest, a man was bleeding and running like mad.

Dana helplessly watched the one-sided scene unfold.

“Huff, huff, huff.”

The fugitive’s breathing came out violently tangled.

Was he injured? The blood falling to the ground was getting thicker and thicker.

“Ugh!”

Then his feet got tangled and he fell with a crash. He tried to get up immediately but.

Bang!

A bullet lodged in the man’s shoulder.

“Aaaaah!”

The man’s scream echoed thunderously through the forest. He struggled to escape, but at that moment again.

Bang—!

A direct hit.

“Please, please, eek, ugh…”

The man crawled like a bug but merciless firing continued.

Bang! This time it hit his thigh.

“Please…”

Step by step. The pursuer’s footsteps drew closer.

“Please, please.”

The man trembled and lifted his head.

Before he knew it, the pursuer had reached right in front of him. That long shadow swallowed the man.

“Please, I don’t want to die…”

Sob, the man let out tears and pleaded. He clasped his hands together and wept.

“Danae, to that person, I won’t, won’t approach her, I was wrong, I won’t do it again, so please!”

However, the pursuer emotionlessly raised the gun again. Click, pulled the trigger.

And.

“Please, please, please! Save me—”

Bang!

“—Ah!”

At that moment, Dana let out a groan and jerked her head up.

Huff, huff, her pent-up breathing burst out all at once.

‘What was that just now.’

Dana frantically looked around.

This place was the garden. The same garden where she had been pushed down by Sandra moments ago.

Not the forest where murder occurred, but the garden.

‘That just now…’

Dana placed her hand on her aching chest. Her heart was beating so violently it felt like her ribs would break.

‘Did I see it again?’

Memory of the Land.

That ability had burst forth once more.

Dana gritted her teeth. Why on earth, suddenly, why— no, more than that!

‘Someone died!’

Dana forced strength into her trembling legs and stood up.

She had seen it. That scene of murder.

She couldn’t see the killer’s face, but she clearly saw the victim’s face.

A face she knew.

‘Justin…’

Justin Lancaster.

Noah’s Military Academy classmate and the boy who had sent her love letters.

That boy gets murdered in the forest.

With bullets in his body, brutally.

Dana’s head spun dizzily.

In the memory, Justin had clearly shouted. That he wouldn’t approach Danae, that woman, so please spare his life. Please, spare his life.

Those words meant…

‘Could it be that he was killed for approaching me?’

Goosebumps rose all over her.

Killed for sending me love letters?

‘Who on earth!’

A madman who kills people just for sending her love letters. If such a person existed…

Instinctively, one face flashed through her mind.

Lyos Grants.

The Crown Prince of this Empire.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————