I Plan to End This Possession — Chapter 8

MY "LAST OPTION"?

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE TURNING TWENTY-THREE SOON, AREN'T YOU?

YOU SEE, A WOMAN WILTS ONCE SHE PASSES TWENTY-THREE.

WHAT COMPLETE NONSENSE!

ALWAYS PLAYING SO HARD TO GET.

BUT I'M DIFFERENT.

I'LL STILL LOVE YOU EVEN AFTER YOU PASS TWENTY-THREE.

JUST LIKE...

THE LEGEND OF THE MOONLIGHT FLOWER.

JUST LIKE A MOONLIGHT FLOWER THAT NEVER WITHERS FOR A HUNDRED YEARS ONCE IN BLOOM,

MY LOVE WILL BE ETERNAL.

...THE MOONLIGHT FLOWER, YOU SAY.

...LORD JUAN, YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE WINDSOR FAMILY'S MOONLIGHT FLOWER DISTRIBUTION, AREN'T YOU?

INDEED, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW KARL ENTRUSTED IT TO ME.

"ENTRUSTED," MY FOOT.

HE JUST HANDED A CUSHY JOB TO HIS USELESS BROTHER-IN-LAW.

EVEN SO...

IN THAT CASE...

COULD YOU CREATE A MOONLIGHT FLOWER GARDEN JUST FOR ME?

YES! SHE TOOK THE BAIT!

OF COURSE! ANYTHING YOU WANT!

IT'S JUST AS I HEARD.

THE CROWN PRINCE GAVE THE MOONLIGHT FLOWER MEANT FOR DANA...

TO ALICE, AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S ACTING LIKE THIS!

THIS IS WHY WOMEN ARE ALL THE SAME!

FOOLISH AND VAIN!

IF IT'S FOR YOU,

I'LL GIVE YOU AS MANY OF THOSE MOONLIGHT FLOWERS AS YOUR HEART DESIRES!

TO THINK I'D ACTUALLY BE GRATEFUL TO JUAN.

THANKS TO THIS...

I'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE MY DEAL WITH THE EMPEROR MUCH MORE EASILY.

ONE MONTH. WITHIN ONE MONTH.

MAKE SURE YOU TANK THE MOONLIGHT FLOWER'S VALUE INTO ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.

I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

SISTER DANA, THIS IS FOR YOU.

I MADE IT MYSELF.

YOU DID?

YES, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD LOOK LOVELY ON YOU, SISTER.

DO YOU NOT LIKE FLOWER CROWNS?

THEN AGAIN, A JEWELED TIARA WOULD SUIT YOU MUCH BETTER, SISTER...

OF COURSE I LIKE IT!

WHAT'S WITH THAT FLOWER CROWN?

WHY? DOES IT NOT SUIT ME?

NO.

IT'S PRETTY.

...IT WAS A DREAM.

A DREAM FROM WHEN I WAS STILL A "WINDSOR."

RUINING THE VALUE OF THE MOONLIGHT FLOWER MEANS...

STRIKING A BLOW AGAINST HOUSE WINDSOR.

IS THERE STILL SOME HESITATION LINGERING INSIDE ME?

MY LADY.

DUKE WINDSOR HAS RETURNED.

FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER POSSESSING THIS BODY,

I NEVER REVEALED THAT I WAS A POSSESSOR.

I WAS TOO OVERWHELMED ADJUSTING TO A NEW WORLD AND A NEW BODY,

TOO OVERWHELMED TO THINK STRAIGHT.

...IT WAS JUST AN EXCUSE.

IN TRUTH, I WAS TERRIFIED.

AFRAID THAT THEY WOULDN'T ACCEPT ME.

I SUPPOSE MY FEARS CAME TRUE.

STILL,

UNTIL THAT HAPPENED...

YOU NEED TO REACH FURTHER, DANA.

MM, WELL DONE.

REALLY?

YES.

HE WON'T EVEN LOOK AT ME.

BROTHER VIEGO, MAY I SPEAK WITH YOU FOR A MOMENT?

IS IT URGENT?

IT ISN’T URGENT, BUT...

THEN WAIT.

...IT MAY NOT BE URGENT,

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT.

...I SUPPOSE I CAN SPARE THREE MINUTES.

THREE MINUTES IS ENOUGH.

I MUST GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT-

I WANT TO BREAK OFF MY ENGAGEMENT WITH LAIOS.

BROTHER, DID YOU...

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT ALICE AND LAIOS'S RELATIONSHIP?

THINGS LIKE THIS...

THAT ALICE AND LAIOS WERE SEEING EACH OTHER BEHIND MY BACK.

I HAD NO INTENTION OF ASKING THIS.

DID YOU KNOW?

MY MOUTH WON'T STOP.

BROTHER.