I Plan to End This Possession — Chapter 4

OH, THAT?

I WAS JUST MESSING WITH YOU.

WHY?

DID YOU ACTUALLY THINK I HELD ONTO YOU BECAUSE I LIKE YOU?

YOU'RE INSIDE MY SISTER'S BODY.

SO HOW COULD I EVER LIKE YOU?

I SEE.

JUST AS I THOUGHT,

PLAYING FAMILY IS OVER.

NOAH.

L-LET GO OF ME!

IF I WERE THE REAL DANAE, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD'VE SAID.

DON'T ACT LIKE A GOOD LITTLE BROTHER NOW.

YOU HYPOCRITE.

DURING THE SEVENTEEN YEARS DANAE SPENT RECUPERATING AT THE SANCTUARY,

YOU NEVER VISITED HER ONCE.

NOT JUST YOU, BUT NO ONE EVER VISITED DANAE.

YOU SHOVED YOUR SISTER WITH DOLL DISEASE INTO A SANCTUARY AND TREATED HER LIKE SHE DIDN'T EXIST HER WHOLE LIFE.

AND NOW YOU PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT HER?

DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S A BIT HYPOCRITICAL?

WHY, YOU...?!

WHEN YOU'RE ONLY CAPABLE OF THIS MUCH...

I SHOULD HAVE MADE THINGS CLEARER.

THIS MUST HAVE SHAKEN THEM, BUT...

IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.

IN ORDER FOR ME TO LEAVE THIS BODY BEHIND...

KARL, HOW COULD YOU...?!

HOW COULD YOU SIDE WITH DANAE RIGHT THERE LIKE THAT?!

JUST BEAR WITH IT FOR A YEAR.

THE POSITION OF DANAE'S GUARDIAN IS AT STAKE.

EVEN SO!

YOU KNOW HOW ASTRONOMICAL THE FORTUNE DANAE INHERITED FROM MY BROTHER IS.

DON'T YOU?

THE FORTUNE OF KARL'S OLDER BROTHER, DEMIAN WINDSOR.

THE WINDSOR FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY AN ESTABLISHED MILITARY HOUSE.

AND MILITARY MEN RARELY MAKE VAST FORTUNES.

YET THE WINDSORS HAVE NOW BECOME TYCOONS WHOSE WEALTH SURPASSES THE IMPERIAL FAMILY.

THE REASON WAS NONE OTHER THAN

DISCOVERED BY DANAE'S FATHER, DEMIAN WINDSOR,

DEMIAN WINDSOR.

IT WAS SAID THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GOLD BURIED ON THAT TREASURE ISLAND REMAINS UNKNOWN TO THIS DAY.

TO THINK HE LEFT ALL THAT WEALTH TO SOME MERE GIRL AFFLICTED WITH DOLL DISEASE!

DON'T BE SO UPSET, DARLING.

THIS IS ALL FOR THE SAKE OF OUR FAMILY.

ALL RIGHT?

I DIDN'T WANT TO LET YOU OFF THE HOOK AGAIN, BUT...

WHY IS MY HUSBAND SO HANDSOME?!

TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.

AND NOW GROWN INTO SUCH A GORGEOUS MAN, MY HUSBAND.

WHO WOULD EVER THINK THIS MAN HAS TWO CHILDREN?

STILL, YOU REALLY WENT TOO FAR THIS TIME.

HAHA, I KNOW.

I'LL BE MORE MINDFUL NEXT TIME, SO CHEER UP, SANDRA.

BY THE WAY, WHERE IS ALICE? WHERE DID SHE GO?

OH, SHE WENT TO SEE THE CROWN PRINCE.

I HOPE HIS HIGHNESS WILL CLEAR ALICE'S GRIEVANCES.

HE STILL HASN'T RETURNED?

WHERE ON EARTH DID HE GO?

VIEGO WINDSOR.

I NEED VIEGO'S PERMISSION TO BREAK OFF THE ENGAGEMENT.

HE'S THE HEAD OF WINDSOR,

AND A SHREWD MAN WHO LEADS EVERY FAMILY BUSINESS TO RESOUNDING SUCCESS.

AND...

THE MAN WHO DESPISES ME MORE THAN ANYONE.

AT LEAST IT'S FORTUNATE THAT VIEGO IS A STRICT MERITOCRAT.

FIRST, TAKE DOWN KARL,

I'LL PROOF RATHER THAN MARRYING LAIOS,

IT'S MORE PROFITABLE THAT I DO NOT MARRY HIM.

THEN I CAN CLAIM IT.

THE POSITION OF VICE HEAD, STANDING RIGHT BY HIS SIDE.

ALONG WITH THE PRIZE THAT COMES WITH IT...

THE HOLY RELIC.

THE RING KARL ALWAYS WEARS

IS THE SYMBOL OF THE VICE HEAD PASSED DOWN THROUGH HOUSE WINDSOR.

THOUGH I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS IT'S ACTUALLY THE HOLY RELIC.

AN ANCIENT SPELL IS CAST ON THE RING ITSELF,

SO IT CAN'T JUST BE TAKEN ON AND OFF AT WILL.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO STRIP THAT RING FROM KARL.

MAKE HIM PERFORM THE CEREMONY OF STEPPING DOWN AS VICE HEAD,

OR CUT OFF HIS FINGER.

THE HAND OF THAT "KARL WINDSOR"?

IMPOSSIBLE.

WHAT IS IT?

I APOLOGIZE FOR DISTURBING YOU SO LATE, MY LADY.

HIS HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE HAS SENT A MESSENGER.

TOMORROW...

WHAT?

ARE YOU TELLING ME TO JUST MEEKLY COMPLY WITH THAT?

HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT IF YOU REFUSE,

I SHOULD PASS ALONG THESE WORDS.

"IF YOU CAN,

COME AND REFUSE ME IN PERSON."