I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 100

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 100

I smiled briefly, then erased my expression and turned my body.

“Sir Zeros, would you like to read this book?”

“What?!”

Had he been staring so openly without thinking he’d get caught? Sir Zeros was startled and rubbed his face.

“But, isn’t that a gift the Count gave to you, Miss?”

“I don’t think I’ll be reading it right away. Sir Zeros, you can read it first and give it back to me later.”

“Would, would that really be okay?”

He spoke shyly, but his hands had already grabbed the book firmly.

He even seemed to think he absolutely had to read this book, as I could feel tremendous unconscious force from his grip.

Though I had originally planned to give it to him anyway, I was flustered and let go of the book.

Sir Zeros, who instantly hugged the book to his chest, smiled sheepishly.

“Then I’ll read this book until mealtime!”

“Yes, please do…”

“Oh, if anything happens, please call me!”

He headed straight to his room but added those words. It seems he hadn’t forgotten that he was a guard knight.

I stared at Sir Zeros’ door that had closed in an instant.

But after giving it to him, I had this thought.

‘What exactly would Sir Zeros need to play push and pull with Rudian?’

…He’s never even pulled, has he?

Come to think of it, by the day of the Imperial Court Ball, Sir Zeros and my 2-month contract would be almost over.

‘Honestly, I was planning to send Sir Zeros back as soon as I could find another knight.’

Sir Zeros said he was looking for a guard knight to send me after himself, but knights were proving impossible to find.

It had already been a month since I’d been with him.

That also meant that my father, or more precisely Baron Alderton who was the father of the ‘real Siena’, had been released from his month-long confinement recently.

‘Nothing has happened yet though.’

I had been tense expecting the Baron to come find me or threaten me, but there had been no news so far.

‘Maybe he’s reluctant to come cause trouble because I’ve become famous as Exorcist Siena.’

That’s definitely a good thing.

Still, since he might have some scheme, I absolutely need to secure a knight to guard me.

Having finished my thoughts, I turned my gaze to the second book.

[Dance Basics – Memorize This and You Too Can Become the Flower of High Society!]

‘The title is really ridiculous no matter how many times I see it.’

Somehow I felt like Rudian had just grabbed it after seeing only ‘flower of high society’.

But I kept being drawn to the ‘basics’ part.

‘It was definitely overwhelming trying to keep up with Harman.’

They said he’d been confined to the estate since childhood.

Still, perhaps because he was a duke, he seemed to have received proper education in etiquette and dancing.

He completely couldn’t understand that I couldn’t even do very basic movements…

So he thought that naturally, any person should be able to do such movements.

“Lady, it’s easier if you think of completely splitting your legs there.”

“What? Split my… legs?”

“Yes. It’s very simple.”

Is this what innocent rudeness is like?

Then he’s truly rude as naturally as breathing.

Even so, since I knew he was overflowing with consideration, I couldn’t bring myself to say I couldn’t do it and earnestly tried to split my legs…

I quickly opened the book before thinking more would make me sad.

But.

‘Huh?’

I turned one more page.

‘Huh?’

I flipped through quickly. But no matter how much I turned…

“Is this really basics?”

I naturally thought it would explain things in an easy-to-see way with pictures or photos.

It was a theory book written in solid text that gave me a headache just looking at it!

[It’s important to appropriately mix fast steps and slow steps according to the rhythm of lively music, hand gestures must be elegant, and for harmonious breathing with your partner, you must never take your eyes off your partner’s eyes…]

Looking again, more than half of it was just obvious things written out in detail!

‘Who doesn’t know you should do everything well? The problem is that we can’t do it!’

Never mind then.

Rudian probably sent it thinking of me, but honestly it would be difficult to self-study from this.

It was when I dejectedly placed the book on the table.

“Miss, could I perhaps take a look at this book?”

Emily, who had been unusually quiet since I started scrapbooking the morning newspaper, carefully picked up the book.

‘Come to think of it, isn’t this the first time Emily has asked me for something since coming to the estate?’

Emily was the type who did well on her own without needing to be taught anything in particular.

As if she had lived together in my estate for years.

That’s why it wasn’t awkward at all from the first day of employment.

Moreover, when Bella or I occasionally forgot where we needed something or forgot something, she would silently approach and place it in our hands.

According to what I heard from Bella.

“Emily is really like a mom! A mom who doesn’t nag!”

She said Emily seemed like a mother.

But from my perspective, she just didn’t nag, but was always staring intently, which was a bit scary.

…Even now.

She just held the book and stared at me intently until I gave permission, never opening the book.

‘Oh, could it be that she likes dancing?’

I deliberately gestured broadly. As if to say she could take it entirely if she wanted.

“Yes, Emily. Check it out to your heart’s content!”

“Thank you.”

Only then did Emily open the book. Her touch turning each page was gentle.

‘She wasn’t even this serious when decorating the estate with the Previous Count Couple.’

Light brown hair tied up so not a single strand stuck out.

Below that, bright yellow eyes were reading the book continuously as if not wanting to miss a single letter.

‘Is she really into it?’

I had just roughly guessed, but it seems I was right.

Not long after, Emily closed the book with a strange expression.

It was literally a strange expression. Both corners of her mouth were raised, but no matter how I looked, she definitely wasn’t smiling.

“Miss, this book. You said Count Helkene sent it, right?”

“Yes, why?”

“I’m sorry, but this book is hard to consider as basics.”

There wasn’t a moment’s hesitation, so I was momentarily flustered.

Usually when I said Count Helkene sent it, people would think they must have been mistaken.

“At least young ladies who have received education for several years would need to read it to understand.”

“…!”

“Moreover, there are almost no pictures or photos and it’s mostly composed of text, so you might end up practicing wrong movements.”

“Right? I thought so too!”

I nodded my head vigorously.

Emily’s words were completely right.

“It’s written as if anyone can easily become the flower of high society just by reading this book diligently and memorizing it completely, but I think that doesn’t make sense.”

“Right, right!”

I continued to agree enthusiastically.

I noticed earlier that the cover said ‘This Year’s Bestseller.’

Then there should have already been 100 flowers of high society, shouldn’t there?

“Miss.”

“Yes?”

“If it’s alright with you…”

Emily started to speak but hesitated for a moment. She tapped the innocent book a few times before finally opening her mouth.

“Would it be okay if I taught you how to dance?”

“Really?!”

I jumped up in surprise.

“Yes, if you’re okay with it, Miss. Before I left the Family House, I did become a topic of conversation for my dancing at every banquet.”

…Wait, she was that good?

This is real.

If it had been someone else, I would have dismissed it as bragging, but this was Emily speaking.

‘Emily would never lie.’

I had actually been wondering whether to ask Emily if she could teach me to dance.

But I held back, thinking it wouldn’t be proper to ask her to teach me dancing right after hiring her.

I should have asked back then if I knew this would happen!

“Honestly, I… would like to try dancing again after so long.”

Emily scratched her cheek and smiled shyly.

I quickly approached Emily and closed the distance between us. Then I grabbed her hands.

She’s practically family now, so holding hands should be okay, right?

“Yes, will you teach me? I really want to learn!”

“But there’s one condition.”

“A condition?”

“Yes. Miss, you’re visiting the Duke’s Estate twice a week to learn dancing from Duke Monteville, aren’t you.”

“…”

I felt a bit uneasy.

She’s not suggesting we practice by taking away one of those days, is she?

If that’s the case, let’s pretend this practice never happened.

‘Maybe we’re not quite family yet, I guess.’

It was around the time I felt like the closeness between us had suddenly grown distant.

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