I Plan to End This Possession — Chapter 18

MY LADY, SHALL I HELP YOU PREPARE FOR BED?

NO, IT'S FINE. EVERYONE CAN TURN IN EARLY TODAY.

THE MOOD IN THE MANSION HAS BEEN SO GRIM LATELY. YOU MUST ALL BE EXHAUSTED.

THANK YOU, MY LADY.

I'LL LET THE OTHERS KNOW.

DON'T SCREAM.

SCREAM AND I'LL SHOOT.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SPURNED MY LOVE.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PLAY WITH A MAN'S HEART.

LOVE? DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH.

YOU'RE LAUGHING...?

DO YOU THINK I'M A JOKE?!

YES, YOU'RE HILARIOUS.

THAT BOTTLE IN YOUR HAND IS A LOVE POTION, ISN'T IT?

MY GOODNESS, YOU NEVER FAIL TO BE COMPLETELY PREDICTABLE.

I ALREADY KNEW JUAN WAS COMING.

THE WATCHER I PLACED ON ALICE HAD ALREADY WARNED ME.

SO I DELIBERATELY GOT RID OF ANY OBSTACLES,

AND LEAKED INFORMATION THAT WORKED TO JUAN'S ADVANTAGE.

ALL TO ORCHESTRATE THIS VERY MOMENT.

SHOOT ME IF YOU CAN.

DO YOU EVEN HAVE THE GUTS?

ARE YOU CONFIDENT YOU CAN HANDLE THE CONSEQUENCES?

WITHOUT YOUR COWARDLY TRICKS,

YOU'RE JUST A COWARD WHO CAN'T EVEN HANDLE A WOMAN LIKE ME ON HIS OWN!

YOU...!

I'VE CHANGED MY MIND!

I DON'T NEED ANY POTION TO MAKE SOMEONE LIKE YOU SUBMIT!

I'LL TORMENT YOU UNTIL YOU'RE STRIPPED BARE ON YOUR KNEES, BEGGING FOR MERCY!

STARTING TODAY, I AM YOUR LORD AND HUSBAND!!!

AARGH!

IT HURTS, IT HURTS... IT HURTS! I'M GOING TO DIE!

WHERE DID THAT BULLET COME FROM?!

THERE'S NOTHING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW...

NO.

IDIOT.

THE MASTER OF THAT ROOM IS A LIGHT SLEEPER,

AND AN EXCEPTIONAL MARKSMAN.

AFTERWARD, THE MANSION WAS THROWN INTO UTTER CHAOS.

VIEGO LOCKED UP THE UNCONSCIOUS JUAN,

AND DECLARED THAT HE WOULD REFER THE CASE TO A NOBLE TRIAL.

UPON HEARING THE NEWS, HOUSE ROLAND CAST JUAN OUT OF THE FAMILY ENTIRELY.

EVEN SANDRA, DOTING SISTER THOUGH SHE WAS, COULD DO NOTHING THIS TIME.

PUSHING FURTHER RISK ENDANGERING KARL, WHO HAD APPOINTED JUAN TO AN IMPORTANT POST.

AS QUESTIONS MOUNTED OVER WHO BORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WHOLE DISASTER,

ALL EYES TURNED TO WHOEVER HAD LET JUAN INTO THE MANSION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THIS IS MY ONLY OPTION.

BEFORE UNCLE WAKES UP AND TELLS THEM EVERYTHING.

I HAVE TO MAKE SURE NO ONE BELIEVES A WORD HE SAYS!

COME IN.

BROTHER VIEGO, THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU.

WHAT IS IT?

ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SOLD THE MOONLIGHT FLOWER ON THE BLACK MARKET AT HALF PRICE...

IT WAS UNCLE JUAN.

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

W-WHAT?

ON WHAT BASIS ARE YOU SAYING SUCH A THING?

BASIS? I JUST...

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MY UNCLE CAN'T BE TRUSTED...

F-FATHER.

I OVERHEARD FATHER TALKING WITH MOTHER...

I SIMPLY DIDN'T MENTION IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CONCRETE PROOF.

STILL, YOU MUST HAVE HAD A REASON TO SUSPECT HIM.

JUAN ROLAND WAS BROUGHT IN DIRECTLY BY YOU, VICE HEAD.

AND TO THINK HE WAS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE MOONLIGHT FLOWER PRICE CRASH.

IT'S NOT CERTAIN.

IT IS MERELY A SUSPICION OF MINE.

THEN WHY HAVE YOU KEPT THAT SUSPICION TO YOURSELF UNTIL NOW?

WHAT DO I DO?!

OH, GOD... PLEASE...

PLEASE JUST CALL UNCLE JUAN TO YOUR SIDE.

SO HE NEVER WAKES UP AGAIN.

PLEASE MAKE HIM ONE OF YOUR ANGELS!

PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE!

WHAT?

I'M THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE MOONLIGHT FLOWER

THAT'S ABSURD!

ALICE, YOU BRAZEN LITTLE BRAT, ARE YOU TRYING TO FRAME ME?!

LISTEN CAREFULLY!

THE ONE WHO SNEAKED ME INTO THIS HOUSE WAS ALICE, THAT LITTLE WRENCH,

AND THE ONE WHO STOLE AND SOLD THE MOONLIGHT FLOWERS WAS HER, TOO!