I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56

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Dana immediately went to find Lyos.

“What brings you here?”

He was enjoying hunting at the Imperial Hunting Grounds.

“I need to talk to you for a moment.”

“Talk? Right now?”

“Yes. Just the two of us, somewhere quiet.”

Then Lyos shrugged his shoulders.

“Sorry, but I’m taking a break from enjoying hunting with my friends. It would be troublesome to send my friends away.”

He pointed to the gentlemen waiting behind him and laughed.

“So I’d appreciate it if you could come back another time, Danae.”

Dana glanced at them briefly. Surely they too were aware of her presence, but.

‘They’re still ignoring me.’

Lyos’s friends didn’t even look at Dana. They didn’t even offer a common greeting.

Ignoring Dana.

That was their unspoken rule.

“No, there must be a way.”

Then Lyos grabbed her as if he had just thought of something.

“We can ride horses and go into the hunting grounds.”

“I don’t have a horse right now.”

Lyos’s friends wouldn’t lend me a horse either. Then surely not.

“Why are you saying something so strange?”

Lyos smiled mischievously.

“You can ride with me.”

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“Now, tell me.”

As they entered the Hunting Ground Forest, Lyos spoke. When his voice touched the back of her head, unbearable irritation surged.

“What’s your business?”

It was unpleasant but bearable.

What was important now was having a conversation with him.

“Let’s get down and talk.”

“It’s bothersome, so just say it.”

Lyos coldly refused as if annoyed.

“I have to meet Alice soon. I’d appreciate it if you’d stop wasting my time and tell me your business.”

Alice?

Had that girl already left the monastery? Was she staying at the Imperial Palace with Lyos?

But now wasn’t the time to think about that girl. Dana eventually got straight to the point.

“Your Highness. The night before last.”

The night Justin Lancaster died.

“What were you doing?”

“I was with Alice.”

Lyos answered calmly.

“These days I always sleep with Alice.”

“….”

“Unlike you, Alice always lets me hold her in my arms.”

Lyos’s voice dropped down from above her head.

“Thinking of you, when even one kiss was difficult… I feel like I’m finally experiencing real love now.”

Dana realized clearly at this moment.

That she felt absolutely nothing from these words.

Her only interest right now was just one thing.

“You were with Alice the whole time?”

She only had the thought that she needed to find out the truth.

Dana subtly probed.

“That’s different from what I know.”

Dana rather hoped Lyos was the culprit.

‘There can’t be another crazy bastard like you.’

The thought that there was another such insane person besides Lyos was truly too horrifying.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Danae. Are you saying I put Alice to sleep and snuck out to have an affair?”

“I didn’t say that.”

“You’d better stop trying to drive a wedge between us. Alice is a light sleeper who wakes up if I move even a little. No, she wouldn’t believe your words in the first place.”

Lyos seemed genuinely displeased.

“I was with Alice all night long. And you know that the Gate Manager records all my entries and exits from the Imperial Palace.”

“….”

“If you want, request to view the records.”

Even if entry management records could be manipulated easily.

‘Right, Alice really is a light sleeper.’

She was a child with insomnia who couldn’t fall asleep easily. It would be impossible to sneak out leaving such a child behind.

Could it really not be Lyos?

Then who on earth could it be? Could it be….

“Kill Juan.”

Could it be.

Could it be Uncle Karl?

“So.”

Then, a low voice came from above her head.

“What do you really want to say?”

“Pardon?”

“Stop stalling and get to the real point. You must have something else you want to say.”

What?

‘This is the main point right now, so why does he think there’s another main point?’

Dana frowned and unconsciously lifted her face. Immediately, she met jet-black eyes staring down at her intently.

“…!”

How startling.

For some reason, goosebumps rose and Dana lowered her head again.

Perhaps it was because his eyes were such a deep black color. When receiving Lyos’s gaze, Dana was sometimes caught by the sensation of being sucked into an abyss.

Very unsettling and chilling….

“Hurry up.”

Then he urged in a tightly locked voice.

“Tell me the real point, Danae.”

“That was everything just now. I have nothing more I want to say.”

“…That’s all?”

“Yes.”

Why did I think that conversation earlier wasn’t the main point?

It was strange to think there was more to say.

Ah. Could it be.

“Your Highness, shall we break off our engagement?”

Maybe his mind had changed and he was waiting for those words.

“Even though it’s legal for cousin sisters to share one husband… I can guarantee you this. In future times, that will be treated as a ghost story.”

Because it was the same in her world.

“Future generations might evaluate Your Highness as a Crown Prince with strange quirks.”

“….”

No answer.

Was he considering it positively?

Of course, it would be a shame to give up my fortune.

Though I don’t want to give Lyos even a penny if I had my way.

‘It doesn’t matter now. As long as I can somehow leave this world.’

Her desire to leave was so desperate that Dana could now say this.

“If you need it, I’ll split half my assets with you.”

“….”

“Your Highness?”

“Shut….”

“Pardon?”

“Shut up.”

What?

‘Did he just tell me to shut up?’

Just as she was about to protest, crack! Lyos struck down with the horse reins.

“Ah!”

The horse began galloping roughly. Dana’s back fell against Lyos’s chest.

“Lyos! Slow down!”

Far from slowing down, Lyos struck the horse reins once more, increasing the speed. Dana held on by gripping the horse’s mane, but.

“Kyah!”

This time she nearly fell off, so she desperately grabbed onto Lyos’s arm.

Then she heard Lyos’s laughter in the roughly rushing wind.

‘Is he mocking me?’

This crazy bastard!

“Stop!”

Dana shouted fiercely while clinging to his arm.

“Stop, I said! Your Highness!”

But Lyos didn’t respond.

“Lyos!”

The moment she shouted that, Lyos roughly yanked the horse reins tight. The horse stopped abruptly and reared up.

“…!”

Dana’s body tilted backward.

Almost as if embracing him, her back collided with Lyos’s chest.

At that moment, pressed firmly against her bottom, his—

‘Oh.’

Instantly, strength surged into Lyos’s forearms. She could feel him tensing his entire body and holding his breath.

Clatter.

The horse hooves touched the ground again. Immediately, Dana hurriedly pulled her body forward like someone burned by fire.

What was that just now?

Was it a mistake?

No, that was a sensation that couldn’t possibly be mistaken….

“Actually, I had something to say too, so this works out well.”

Then Lyos brought up the topic. His voice was peaceful as if nothing had happened.

“You know there’s a back garden night party being held at the Imperial Palace in a few days.”

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