I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 66

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Chapter 66

What?

Karl only gave an extremely uncomfortable smile and didn’t continue speaking. He seemed quite reluctant to talk about it.

“They invited us to some ritual of the pagans. Unfortunately, this happens to be the period when they perform rituals for a whole month…”

“What kind of ritual is it?”

“Dana, you don’t need to know about such things.”

Karl cut her off gently but firmly.

“For now, just rest well today. When dawn breaks tomorrow, I’ll somehow get us a horse and we’ll leave. And Dana.”

Then he suddenly held something out.

It was none other than two white cotton balls.

“Tonight, sleep with these in your ears.”

“What?”

“They’re planning to perform their ritual tonight, so the sounds will probably reach here…”

Karl furrowed his brow as if it was difficult to explain, then finally let out a sigh.

“I’d prefer if you couldn’t hear any sounds at all.”

“…”

“Please. Okay?”

Dana took the cotton in bewilderment.

So, he was telling her to sleep with earplugs in?

Because they’d be performing a ritual and the sounds would reach here, so she shouldn’t hear it?

‘What kind of ritual is it that I can’t even listen to the sounds?’

She was curious.

She wanted to ask more, but Karl’s face looked so earnest. His eyes were pleading with her not to ask any more questions.

“Yes, I’ll do that.”

It seemed like he wouldn’t answer even if she pressed further, so Dana nodded for now.

“I’ll sleep with my ears blocked.”

“Good, thank you.”

Only then did Karl smile with relief. Dana just smiled back at him.

‘—As if that would happen.’

Naturally, she planned to secretly listen.

‘I need to know what’s happening here too.’

She had to stay in this land, Kaltusa, for a while.

Until Karl discovered ‘that’ on his own.

That thing that would completely ruin him.

‘Karl needs to discover it quickly…’

Dana lay down on the straw pile. It seemed they had been given this small mill as their lodging.

‘First, I’ll pretend to sleep with the cotton in, then take it out once Karl falls asleep.’

* * *

The night had grown deep.

‘Is he asleep?’

Dana quietly opened her eyes.

Right beside her, Karl Windsor was lying quietly with his eyes closed on the straw pile.

‘Is he really sleeping?’

Dana carefully waved her hand in front of his face. There was no reaction.

He definitely seemed to be asleep.

‘He looks like an angel when he sleeps.’

Outside, the ‘ritual’ seemed to be in full swing, as the light from a campfire was flowing in through the window.

She could faintly hear some kind of noise…

Dana listened carefully.

What was it?

What was this sound?

It sounded like moaning in pain…

She couldn’t tell because of this cotton.

‘I really need to listen properly.’

Dana raised her hand toward her ear. Just as she was about to grab the cotton ball and pull it out.

“…!”

Her wrist was caught.

Dana swallowed a gasp. Her wrist was completely engulfed in Karl’s grip!

‘Is he awake?’

She hurriedly checked his face, but he still had both eyes closed. With his eyes closed, he had only reached out his hand to grab her wrist.

‘Could he be talking in his sleep?’

Just as she thought that, Karl’s eyelids slowly opened. Beneath his golden-tinged eyelashes, gentle green eyes were revealed.

He looked at her in the darkness.

And only moved his lips.

‘Don’t.’

After gently lowering her wrist that he had been gripping.

‘Go to sleep quickly.’

He said.

Then he covered her eyelids with his large hand, making her close her eyes. Soon after, he began patting her shoulder as if putting a baby to sleep.

‘What the…’

This was ridiculous.

I’m not even a child, does he really think I’ll fall asleep like this?

‘What kind of ritual is it that I can’t even hear the sounds?’

However, Dana obediently pretended to sleep.

Later, when Karl really fell asleep, she would check then.

* * *

“…”

Dana stared blankly up at the pouring sunlight.

And she realized.

‘I just slept…’

She had intended to pretend to sleep until Karl fell asleep, but surprisingly, she had fallen asleep first.

Dana felt embarrassed and pulled out the cotton that had firmly plugged her ear canal.

“Are you awake?”

Just then, the woman who had taken care of her last night, Nettie, came looking for her with a bandage bundle.

“Master Karl went to the forest for a moment. With the woodcutters, to gather firewood.”

“Ah…”

“Let me examine your body for a moment.”

Nettie smiled and examined Dana’s body thoroughly.

“Fortunately, there are no external injuries other than a slight tear on your head. There are no wounds that would leave scars on your body, so don’t worry.”

“Thank you.”

“However, your ankle is still a bit swollen. Walking will be somewhat uncomfortable, so I’ll make you some crutches.”

“I’d be grateful if you would. But first.”

Dana drew a sociable smile on her face.

“Is there anywhere here I can bathe?”

Her whole body was filthy.

* * *

The village was more normal than expected.

Pure white laundry hung in the yards of each house, some houses raised chickens and cattle, and in certain alleys, children were running around playing.

‘It doesn’t look like a ghost town.’

The atmosphere was completely different from when she had come to purify the land before.

Back then, everything was truly pitch black, and the stench of rotting corpses pervaded from all directions…

“Oh my. Is this young lady that young lady?”

“Th-that Master Karl’s wife?”

At the valley stream below the mountain, there were already several women bathing.

“Come, wash yourself. Here, soap.”

“Thank you.”

Dana carefully removed her clothes, being mindful of her injured leg and head. But…

“Oh my, look how smooth her skin is.”

“My goodness. Master Karl’s skin is like white jade too!”

“Wait, her body is slender but her chest is big!”

“How enviable! Look at that narrow waist!”

“Her hips are wide, so she’ll give birth well!”

These women, really!

She couldn’t stand it anymore. Dana finally smiled sharply at them.

“Please stop it. I’m not some spectacle to gawk at, am I?”

Then the women burst into giggles.

“Oh, if we offended you, we’re truly sorry.”

“Sorry, sorry.”

“It’s been so long since we’ve seen an outsider.”

“Goodness, are all outsiders as beautiful as you, miss?”

Dana decided to just ignore them. Wondering if all heretics were this ridiculously nosy.

“From what I can see, aside from your injured leg, you seem fine?”

“That’s right! Attend the ceremony tonight!”

A little later, the women who had finished bathing made the suggestion while getting dressed.

‘Ceremony?’

Were they talking about that ceremony Karl had mentioned?

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