I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 83

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Chapter 83

‘Ah, so that’s why he started smoking cigarettes again.’

Because my scent disgusts him?

Come to think of it, I think I heard somewhere that Viego dislikes lily of the valley. Maybe it’s because the fragrance isn’t to his taste.

‘He’s so sensitive anyway.’

Dana suppressed those words under her tongue and maintained her smiling expression.

“Is this better now?”

“It’s somewhat better.”

“….”

How annoying.

Perhaps because of that, a mischievous feeling arose in her.

‘There’s no need to help him resolve this right now, is there?’

Dana quietly observed Viego Windsor’s face.

This person who always shows only an unruffled appearance was truly in a completely defenseless state.

Would there ever be another opportunity for Viego to be cornered this much?

‘No, there wouldn’t be.’

Then Viego quietly asked.

“So, what are you planning to do?”

“….”

Dana didn’t answer.

Viego looked at her face as if urging for a response.

‘Looking at me like that isn’t bad either.’

Dana watched the cigarette smoke rising between his long, straight fingers.

If she continued not answering here, what would happen then?

Would those cornered hands desperately plead for help?

Wouldn’t it be more advantageous for her to offer help at that point?

‘Yes. That’s what I should do.’

Suffer a little more mentally. Dana hid her wicked thoughts and smiled gently.

“Well, since it’s such an important matter, I think I need to consider it a bit more.”

“Consider?”

“I’ll try to gather knowledge from the world I used to live in. There must be a way to prove it’s fake.”

“…Right. You said you’re not from this world.”

Viego muttered as if newly recalling that fact.

“You’re neither from this world nor are you Danae Windsor.”

You know that well, so why are you saying it again, how annoying.

Dana pushed away all those emotions and simply smiled.

“Yes. So please give me time.”

She was grateful to Ignis for this much at least. Because he had cornered this person called Viego Windsor. Because there would never be another opportunity like this.

Until then, may his insides burn to a complete mess.

So that I can become your savior.

* * *

“Ignis and Dana, aren’t they a well-matched pair?”

That afternoon.

At the dining table, Sandra actively voiced her agreement.

“I was just feeling sorry for Danae. Even if she marries His Highness the Crown Prince, she’ll live unhappily without receiving love even once in her lifetime.”

How brightly her eyes sparkled with joy.

“A woman should live receiving love from a man, after all.”

“….”

It was a gaze that wished for Dana’s misfortune with all her might.

That wasn’t all.

“There have been strange rumors circulating among the servants lately.”

Sandra sighed long as if she couldn’t help it, looking back and forth between Viego and Danae.

“Do you know that disturbing rumors are spreading about you two?”

“….”

“The noble ladies ask me about it, but I don’t know how to answer. It’s really embarrassing.”

Rumors are spreading?

Dana frowned.

Suddenly, she remembered this morning.

‘Come to think of it, there was some strange article published.’

This morning, she had read an article about them in a gossip magazine.

An article too shameful to even mention.

“They say you two are …, what was it?”

Sandra recited the title of that vulgar article word for word and sighed.

“That’s why there are also stories that Viego Windsor hasn’t made a single mistress until now.”

Sandra grumbled with a distressed expression. However, her face was full of barely concealed delight.

She saw this as an opportunity for revenge against the two people who had slighted her daughter Alice.

‘So Sandra was the source.’

Since it was famous for publishing only absurd stories, no one believed it to be true.

That gossip magazine used to publish all sorts of bizarre fiction, like Lyos actually being a woman, or Emperor Justio being a homosexual.

“You seem to have a lot of time on your hands, Aunt.”

Sure enough, instead of taking it seriously, Viego just threw out a single mocking remark.

“You must be distant from Uncle Karl these days. Seeing that you have time to be absorbed in such third-rate magazines.”

No.

He seems a bit annoyed.

Judging by how he’s throwing out such harsh words….

“Well, Uncle Karl’s taste isn’t poor enough to find a woman who enjoys lowly gossip attractive.”

“….”

I take that back.

Viego wasn’t just a bit annoyed.

He was very angry.

Sandra also seemed shocked, trembling at her fingertips.

“How can you say such things.”

“What words.”

Viego smiled coldly and calmly continued his meal.

“No words I could say would be more lowly than what Aunt Sandra has said.”

“I, I was just telling you that I saw such an article!”

“To speak of such vulgar topics at the dining table, how rude of you.”

“….”

“Moreover, I am someone who will soon marry the daughter of Rolland. Such words are hardly appropriate to say in front of me. Is that crude behavior a particular tradition of the Rolland family? It makes me question Rolland’s dignity, so please restrain yourself.”

Under the bombardment-level criticism, Sandra seemed mentally confused.

‘He’s really angry.’

This was the first time I’d seen Viego criticize someone at such length. Even when she revealed she was a possessor, it wasn’t to this extent.

But that wasn’t the end.

“Oh my. I’ve lost my appetite.”

Viego wiped his lips with a napkin and gave Sandra a meaningful look.

“My stomach is rather weak, so would Aunt please be understanding?”

“What… do you mean?”

“I’m requesting that you please finish your meal around now and retire to put my mind at ease.”

“….”

To say ‘get lost right now because you’re disgusting’ in such an elegant, roundabout way. If that could be called a talent, it certainly was one.

* * *

“How could you say such a thing!”

That day, Karl, who had coincidentally left for Kaltusa Territory, returned.

“Listen to me, Karl!”

As soon as Karl returned, Sandra cried and complained to him.

“Sob sob, do you know what I went through today?”

Of course, she wasn’t the least bit curious about what Karl was pursuing in Kaltusa Territory or how it was progressing. So she didn’t even ask.

“Viego said that to me!”

Sandra clung to Karl’s embrace and burst into wailing tears. She couldn’t bear the injustice.

“Such humiliation is a first in my entire life!”

Naturally, Sandra thought Karl would take her side.

Sure enough, Karl frowned.

He must be angry as expected!

However.

“…You said you agreed to Ignis and Dana’s marriage?”

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