I’m Trying to End This Possession Chapter 230

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Raios’s hair was a dazzling golden color. Even his eyes were a perfectly clear blue. They were not the black she remembered.

 

Why… Dana tried to open her mouth, but her lips wouldn’t move. She couldn’t let out a voice, nor could she even blink. Panic set in. Why couldn’t she move her body? When she had been Danawin and when she had been the girl Danayu, she had been able to move her body however she wanted. But now, she could do nothing at all. She could only watch from within.

 

Ah, could it be…

 

This moment was the first timeline. Not the timeline she was living in. The first timeline had already ended. It was a timeline that had reached its end. But Danawin and the young Danayu she had possessed belonged to her current timeline. A timeline that had not yet ended. They were the same life, the same timeline. She had merely moved into the past. And that wasn’t all.

 

Danawin and the young Danayu’s bodies were empty shell dolls. But this body already had a soul seated within it. In other words, there was already a soul occupying the cockpit.

 

So in this timeline, I guess all I can do is watch. If that’s the case, then let’s watch. Hold her breath and observe, like a spectator. Not only Raios in this moment, but even herself in this moment.

 

Slowly, the thoughts and reasoning of this soul began to be absorbed into her. Right now, my name is… Danae Geranze.

 

Danae Geranze. She was an imperial princess. The only princess of the Geranze imperial family. So in the first timeline, I was adopted into the imperial family.

 

The first timeline. ‘Danae’ was registered under the imperial family, not the Windsor family. ‘Danae’ had originally lived in the sanctuary. She had been adopted into the imperial family seven years ago, when she was sixteen. As Dana absorbed the steady flow of thoughts from Danae Geranze, she watched the scene before her.

 

“By the way, where have you been?”

 

Blond-haired Raios. Once again, he was the crown prince of this empire and Danae Geranze’s younger brother.

 

“That area is a rarely visited part of the palace.”

 

‘Danae Geranze,’ still held in Raios’s arms, looked up at him. Raios was smiling gently.

 

“What business did you have in a place like that?” There was a sharp edge beneath the words.

 

‘Danae Geranze’ winked playfully. “Curious? Want me to tell you?”

 

“That’s all right. I already know, even if you don’t say it.”

 

“How?”

 

“There’s the scent of a man on your body, Sister.” Raios offered the advice politely. “I only hope he wasn’t a palace servant. You are aware of the dignity of the imperial family, right?”

 

Raios was consistently courteous and respectful. He had been that way from their very first meeting seven years ago. Never once did he point a finger at Danae Geranze for being adopted. He had always treated her with politeness and kindness. Even when he caught her in a secret rendezvous with a man.

 

“You must restrain yourself, Sister.” Raios only ever offered such polite admonitions.

 

But Danae Geranze hated her younger brother, Raios.

 

“Don’t worry. I haven’t forgotten.”

 

Of course, she didn’t show her dislike at all.

 

“How could I ever forget your advice?” Danae Geranze leaned her face against Raios’s chest and smiled enigmatically. “And the man I met this time was Justin Lancaster.”

 

“Justin Lancaster? You don’t mean the youngest son of the Lancaster family, do you?”

 

“Yes. Would that be enough to preserve the dignity of the imperial family?”

 

Raios’s brow stiffened. “Cadet Lancaster would have only just come of age.”

 

“I know. But isn’t that better than a palace servant?”

 

“Sister, why with someone so young?”

 

“You call him young? He’s an adult now, so treat him as such.” Danae smiled brightly and reached out, brushing aside Raios’s bangs. “I thought he was about your age, Raios. Was I mistaken?”

 

“No.”

 

“Put me down.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Being carried is a bit uncomfortable. I think I can walk on my own now. Could you put me down?”

 

“…”

 

Raios gazed at her silently, then slowly lowered her to the ground. The moment she stood on her own, Danae lightly gathered her skirt and lifted it.

 

“I’m sorry for being such an inadequate sister. I’ll try to preserve my dignity a bit better from now on, Raios.” Then she turned sharply and walked away with a limp.

 

Raios silently watched her retreating figure, still holding her shoes in one hand.

 

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In the first timeline, ‘Danae Geranze’ was a woman with an extremely unstable emotional state. Outwardly, she always wore a gentle smile, but inside, her heart was filled with anxiety and unease. She was always anxious. How could she not be?

 

Several years ago, Danae Geranze had fallen into this world. Her original name had been Yeon Dana, and she had lived in a different world altogether. Then one day, she suddenly opened her eyes inside Danae’s body.

 

“Don’t worry. Just trust me.”

 

The first person to approach her back then was a very handsome man named Rodrigo.

 

“I will help you adapt to this world.”

 

Dana trusted and followed Rodrigo. In the unfamiliar world and unfamiliar environment, he was the first person to reach out to her.

 

For several months after that, she lived in the sanctuary, relying on Rodrigo, serving Daiana, the Moon Goddess. Dana thought to herself. Though the ceremonies were a bit suspicious… Whenever she performed the ceremonies, lust welled up within her, but she accepted it, thinking that religions in this world were simply different.

 

Then, one day, as she slowly adapted to life in the sanctuary, war broke out.

 

Was his name Viego Windsor? Rodrigo’s grandson betrayed the Daiana Church and attacked the sanctuary. Just thinking about it made Danae Geranze furious. That b*stard. How could he betray his own grandfather?

 

Viego Windsor hadn’t acted alone. He had joined hands with the Pope of the Ramun Church, Yustio. Taking advantage of the moment when Viego dismantled the sanctuary’s barrier, Pope Yustio led the paladins in an invasion. And the emperor of the empire, Wilhelm, provided military support.

 

Cowards. To attack together with the imperial family and the papacy.

 

Yustio had originally been both a prince and a cardinal. But the moment he became pope, the first thing he prepared was a plan to exterminate the Daiana Church. With Viego’s cooperation, Pope Yustio utterly destroyed the Daiana Church, like exterminating cockroaches. Thus, the Daiana Church collapsed completely. And the island that had lost its master, the sanctuary, had its control evenly divided between the papacy and the imperial family.

 

Viego Windsor. A man without loyalty. She had heard that there were other men in the Windsor family, but not one of them helped Rodrigo defend the sanctuary. It was as if they all wished for the Daiana Church to perish.

 

And so the Daiana Church vanished into history.

 

Poor Lord Rodrigo. Was he still alive? Had he escaped safely? When she closed her eyes, the final scene was still vivid.

 

“Dana! Run, hurry!”

 

Rodrigo tried desperately to save her.

 

“So this is where you were, Grandfather.”

 

And behind him, a man called Viego appeared.

 

Cold-blooded. Trash. Traitor…

 

In the end, Rodrigo was dragged away by the paladins.

 

Seeing her left alone, trembling, Emperor Wilhelm declared.

 

“This girl is innocent. I shall take her in.”

 

And so the emperor adopted her.

 

Damned emperor. Treating me like a trophy of war.

 

The emperor adopted Dana as a trophy symbolizing the destruction of the sanctuary and the Daiana Church. Seven years have passed since then.

 

Danae was treated well as an imperial princess, but the anxiety in her heart never faded. In this unfamiliar world, especially within the imperial palace, there was no one she could confide in and no one she could trust. Severe anxiety and loneliness gnawed at her heart. When her heart became unbearably heavy, she would perform the ceremony she had learned in the sanctuary, alone. At such times, lust would boil up within her…

 

At some point, Danae began to release that lust.

 

The only thing I can control freely is my own body.

 

Loneliness. Anxiety. Isolation. Restlessness. When she surrendered herself to pleasure, she could forget all of it. Danae liked those moments. She enjoyed them, indulged in them. As she lived that way… I ended up being despised by Raios.

 

A crooked smile formed. What would the noble crown prince possibly know?

 

Raios was the emperor’s only son, born with great difficulty. She’d heard that the emperor cured his infertility with the help of the Daiana Church. And after receiving that help, he betrays them. An ungrateful man.

 

After his infertility was cured, the emperor miraculously gained a son. That’s why, despite being an illegitimate child, the emperor placed him in the imperial genealogy, made him crown prince, and cherished him like a treasure.

 

She had heard that the emperor spent a single night with some promiscuous noblewoman, and that night resulted in Raios’s conception. Because he was his only son, the emperor ignored all concerns of dignity and brought Raios into the imperial family. It was said that he gave the noblewoman an enormous sum in compensation. She had even heard that the woman already had a family, and her name was… What was it again?

 

Anyway, the emperor treasures Raios immensely, almost like a priceless jewel. The emperor was even planning to abdicate the throne to Raios soon.

 

In one week, Raios’s coronation ceremony will be held. Everyone anticipated and praised Raios as the next emperor, calling him a righteous and virtuous ruler. It made sense. Raios was accomplished in both scholarship and martial arts, shunned extravagance, and lived such an upright life that it bordered on dull. He didn’t drink, didn’t smoke, and didn’t even associate with women, earning him the nickname ‘monk’ in some circles.

 

The more she thought about it, the more irritated Danae became. How could a perfect crown prince like him ever understand my heart? And yet, with that lofty and courteous face, he would lecture her like, “Don’t abandon your dignity,” “Preserve your decorum.” She found Raios utterly detestable.

 

And I’m about to be married off to a man I don’t even want.

 

Viego Windsor. Danae Geranze was being forced by the emperor to marry that notorious traitor.