I’m Trying to End This Possession Chapter 183

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“Raios.”

 

Yes, Dana.

 

“Wear your hair down. You look so cute.”

 

Please don’t treat me like a child, Sister.

 

“Raios, I love you.”

 

I love you too, Dana.

 

“You’re disgusting! Please, stop it already!”

 

Disgusting? Me? The truly disgusting one is you. It’s your tongue that says you love another man. You love someone like Rumie?

 

“I’m sorry, but please don’t act like a child. Dana dislikes immature men.”

 

Rumie Windsor.

 

“If you continue to have such irreverent feelings, God may punish you.”

 

Rumie Rolland.

 

“Do you really not know that Your Highness’s love is making Dana suffer?”

 

Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie, Rumie.

 

“Stop tormenting Dana.”

 

Raios loved Dana. And as much as he loved her, he also hated her, and to the depth of that hatred, he despised Rumie. That’s why he was so happy now. Truly, he couldn’t help but feel happy…

 

“Your Majesty?”

 

Just then, another woman’s voice was heard. Raios slowly turned his head.

 

“Your Majesty.”

 

It was another woman in his sight. Not the man and woman who filled his mind, but a different woman. With pink hair and rabbit-like eyes…

 

“Allice.”

 

Rumie’s younger sister.

 

At that, Allice looked at him with a sulky glare. “Your Majesty, are you listening to me?’

 

Listening? To what? Ah, come to think of it, they were having tea together.

 

“Of course. We were talking about your expected due date, weren’t we?”

 

Yes. Allice was heavily pregnant, her delivery imminent.

 

Raios smiled as he gazed at her swollen belly. “If you need anything, just say so, Allice. Whatever it is, I’ll get it for you.”

 

“Kyaa. Really?”

 

“Of course. You’re giving birth to an imperial heir. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for that.” Though it’s not his son. He’ll be my younger sibling.

 

His wife was pregnant with his biological father’s child. That sentence was so absurd that it made Raios laugh.

 

Then Allice said shyly, “Your Majesty, I’m glad to see you smiling again these days.”

 

“Really?”

 

“Yes. I was really worried when you didn’t smile for a while… but lately, you seem to laugh a lot more.”

 

“Is that so?” Raios replied vaguely and glanced sideways.

 

At the tightly closed closet door, a shirt hem, not quite hidden, was sticking out. Inside was his father, Wilhelm, hiding. While enjoying a secret rendezvous with Allice, he hurriedly hid in the closet upon hearing that Raios had arrived. Knowing all this, Raios pretended not to notice and stood up from his seat.

 

“Allice.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“My father is looking forward to his grandchildren. Did you know?” He slowly walked toward the closet, as if just taking a stroll around the room, with careless steps. “He’s hoping all his grandchildren are born with golden hair.”

 

“I-Is that so…?”

 

“Yes. The golden hair of the Geranze family is a sign of Sun God Ramun’s blessing.”

 

“B-But, I have pink hair, and Your Majesty has black hair?”

 

“You shouldn’t think of it in terms of human logic.”

 

Step, step, step.

 

“Sun God’s blessing is inherited as golden hair.”

 

The closer Raios got to the closet, the paler Allice’s hand became, as she gripped her dress as tightly as she could. The person inside must have been even more nervous.

 

“That’s why my father hated me. Because I was born with black hair.”

 

“Re-Really?”

 

“Yes. Because of that, people whispered that the Sun God’s blessing had ended with my generation.” He spoke lightly, reaching out his hand. Just before his fingers touched the shirt hem sticking out from the closet door—

 

“Y-Your Majesty!” Unable to take it anymore, Allice abruptly stood up and hurried over to grab his arm. “L-Let’s go for a walk.”

 

“A walk? All of a sudden?”

 

“I-I feel stuffy. The baby… the baby wants some fresh air!”

 

What a simple excuse. Raios stifled a laugh that almost burst out.

 

Raios knew everything. That Allice was pregnant with his father’s child. And that they were still continuing their affair. But Raios never once brought it up. Because it was far more amusing to tease them like this. Even now, look. It was so funny to see his father hiding in the closet, trembling like a little mouse.

 

It’s just like when I hid in the closet when I was a child to avoid Father. He liked this reversal of roles very much.

 

Allice was right. He had regained the laughter he once lost. He smiled more. After all, he couldn’t help it.

 

His shadow had told him. That she had returned. Even bearing the surname ‘Rolland.’ The thought alone nearly made him burst into laughter, so he bit down hard on his lip.

 

Raios wanted to see Rumie’s face. He wanted to ask, ‘So, pious Rumie, how does it feel? Go ahead and act all noble again, just like when you used to rebuke me in the name of God.’

 

His only regret was that he couldn’t watch it all unfold firsthand. Because Raios was not allowed entry into the sanctuary.

 

Raios only learned very late that Dana had woken up. He hadn’t even known that Dana had returned to this world. Because Viego Windsor had kept it a secret.

 

“Your Majesty, what are you thinking?” At that moment, Allice spoke to him. She acted calm, but was watching him closely, worried that her affair with his father had been discovered.

 

Raios answered in a gentle voice. “I was thinking about what to name our child.” And he added with a big smile. “If it’s a boy, how about Wilhelm, after my father?”

 

“Y-Yes?” Allice’s face went pale in an instant.

 

Raios spoke seriously. “It’s common to name a child after an ancestor. Isn’t it?”

 

“T-That’s true.”

 

Raios pulled Allice closer and kissed her round forehead. “We can think about the name slowly.”

 

“O-Okay.”

 

“I love you, Allice.”

 

“I… love you too.”

 

Raios hummed a tune. Viego Windsor was hiding her from him, but really, did he think he could hide her forever? But Raios had decided to show mercy for a while. All for Rumie’s romance. Just imagining the look of guilt on his face… It’ll be magnificent. A shiver ran down his spine.

 

That’s why Raios could bear it. He missed Dana, but it was fine. Patience was what he did best. In any case, Dana would have no choice but to return to him.

 

“If you go, I’ll contaminate all this land…”

 

His words at that moment were sincere. There wasn’t a single moment when Raios hadn’t meant them.