I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63

At those words, not only Alice and Sandra, but even Dana was shocked.

Me?

Since when?

“So. What’s your answer.”

Unable to wait any longer, Viego urged her. Wrinkles began to form on his elegant brow.

“Ah, well of course….”

Dana gave the answer Viego was hoping for.

“I think Alice needs more reflection.”

Of course, it was also the answer she herself wanted.

Alice, startled, quickly ran to Viego’s desk. She grabbed the edge and collapsed, wailing.

“B-but, brother! The Crown Prince won’t stand for this.”

Dana sighed inwardly.

It would be better not to say that, Alice.

‘He’s already trying to send you to the monastery even more because of that.’

Viego had sent Alice to the monastery, but Lyos had arbitrarily brought her back. In other words, he had interfered with family affairs.

For Viego, as the head of the family, it must be extremely irritating.

And now Alice was reminding him of that incident once again.

“His Highness will be displeased. His Highness summoned me—”

Sure enough, Viego smiled coldly as if his irritation had reached its peak.

“You don’t need to worry about that problem. Alice Windsor. His Highness has already agreed.”

“…What?”

“I said he has already agreed.”

“Th-that can’t be.”

“And he has promised not to interfere until I call for you again. So go quietly to the monastery.”

“….”

At those words, Alice seemed to completely lose her fighting spirit.

When Sandra and Alice finally left, only Viego and Dana remained in the office.

Viego, looking extremely tired, leaned his head against the leather chair. With his eyes tightly closed, he looked as if he might fall asleep at any moment.

Dana watched him quietly before asking.

“Am I now your assistant, brother?”

“….”

Slowly, Viego’s pale eyelids lifted. His gaze was displeased.

“Didn’t you hear what I said?”

“I heard you. I was asking again for confirmation.”

“I hate saying things twice.”

You sensitive human. Is there anything in this world you actually like?

Dana held back from retorting like that.

“Where did you go this time?”

Lately, Viego’s business trips had become frequent.

And even his closest secretary couldn’t accurately track his business trip locations.

“If you need to know, I’ll tell you first.”

“….”

Let’s give up. Let’s not talk. He’s absolutely impossible to have a conversation with.

‘He’s more sensitive than usual.’

The already sensitive man’s sensitivity had increased fivefold, making him like porcelain that would shatter at the slightest touch.

“Read this.”

Then Viego handed her a document file.

“Read it and tell me your opinion.”

“….”

Dana slowly read through the documents page by page.

‘It’s about the Northern Railway project.’

Viego was currently planning a Northern Railway construction project that would cross from the Empire’s capital to the north in one go.

The regions where the railway would be laid had been decided, and agreements had been reached with the lords of those regions.

The remaining problem was.

‘He’s pondering where exactly to lay the tracks.’

There were dozens of regions the train would pass through, and all those territories were excessively vast.

Properly assessing and designing where to lay the tracks across all those numerous territories and vast domains was an extremely difficult task.

‘Well, of course. In this world, you have to do everything on foot, so it must be tough.’

Moreover, since this was the first of its kind in this world, starting from zero, he seemed to have many concerns.

“Brother, how about first acquiring all the stagecoach companies in these regions?”

At those words, Viego opened his previously closed eyes and looked at her. A strange gleam appeared in his eyes.

“Acquire the stagecoach businesses?”

“Yes. If you examine the route charts of the stagecoaches each company has, you’ll find the answer. Especially focusing on transport carriages that carry large goods.”

Dana said, tapping the map.

“Transport carriages are bulky and handle precious goods, so they only travel on flat terrain with few people and even slopes. If you compile those routes, it will help find suitable locations to lay the tracks.”

“…That’s a good idea.”

Did he find it useful? He asked for several more opinions besides that.

“Do you know there are forces opposing the railway?”

“I know. The project progress is very slow because of them.”

“Marquis Ritten’s opposition in particular has become more severe. You probably know the reason.”

“Ah, you mean Bank President Ritten.”

Well, after being humiliated like that, he’d have good reason to be thoroughly angry.

“How about making it so they also benefit if the railway project succeeds? Then they’ll become interested in the profits from Windsor’s railway too.”

“Create mutual benefits, you mean.”

“That’s right. In that sense, while the project budget would be sufficient, I still recommend starting by publicly offering stocks. Since it’s a project with such fierce opposition, the more allies we have in the same boat, the better.”

How long did they exchange conversation like that?

The more they talked, the more Dana realized.

That Viego Windsor had been looking at her for a very long time.

Without any time limit, without any trace of contempt.

Not only that.

‘He’s listening to what I say carefully.’

It was a refreshing feeling.

How long has it been since I was treated like a proper human being?

Thinking that, she almost wanted to laugh.

‘If I had gotten involved in family affairs earlier, would something have been different?’

It was a meaningless question at this point.

“But you know, brother.”

Because now I’m not interested in anything except leaving this world.

“Why does the railway make such a big detour around here?”

Dana pointed to the map.

The railway that ran straight from the capital to the Northern Region was making a wide detour around one area.

Of course, Dana knew the reason, but she asked while thoroughly pretending not to know.

“That’s Kaltusa. Don’t you remember?”

“Kaltusa…. Ah, I remember. That place that was the Corrupted Land.”

Kaltusa.

That place was the first Corrupted Land to emerge in the Bessman Empire, abandoned for so long that it had now become a Ghost Town.

“The Corrupted Land should all be purified by now. Why go around through Kaltusa?”

“That land is just too ominous.”

The Empire’s first land where the Corrupted Land began.

Perhaps that’s why it was also the place where all the Territory Residents, ignorant of that disaster, were completely massacred.

‘That’s why that land is now completely abandoned.’

Since all the Territory Residents died, every single one without exception. No one wanted to live in that place.

But that’s not what’s important.

“I’ll go take a look.”

“You?”

“Yes. If I publicly declare that the land will never be corrupted again, wouldn’t people’s anxiety disappear? The railroad construction costs would also be reduced.”

“….”

It was a valid point.

Dana was revered by the people almost to the level of a saint, and recently she had even discovered and purified Corrupted Land that was still in its incubation period.

If she stepped forward and declared with certainty ‘This place is fine!’, there would be no one who wouldn’t believe it.

Of course, Dana wasn’t trying to go there simply out of a desire for Windsor’s business to succeed.

There was a bomb there that could bring down Karl.

“This time, I’d like Uncle Karl to accompany me as an escort.”

You’ve been idle lately anyway, haven’t you?

She added that playfully.

‘Now I’m really almost there.’

The broken engagement with Lyos was also just around the corner. Once the Emperor returned, everything would proceed in an instant.

If only Karl Windsor would step down from his deputy lord position here.

That position would fall to me, who is Windsor Direct Line and recognized as Viego’s aide.

Then the Sacred Relic I’ve longed for would also become mine.

Kaltusa.

That land would bring down Karl.

A trap that would inevitably lead to his downfall was waiting there.

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