I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 106

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 106

Around the time when Siena, who had been visible through the window, completely disappeared.

Harman rested his chin on the window frame.

The corners of his mouth, which had been slightly raised, dropped abruptly, and his gaze turned to the opposite side.

The place that seemed empty to Siena and the others’ view.

There sat a man with flowing blonde hair, Calidis.

Calidis yawned deeply. He had grown bored from directly observing all the situations Harman experienced today from right beside him.

Roughly wiping away the tears that had formed in his eyes, he asked while sitting slouched in a delinquent manner.

【You know, Harman. Isn’t it really strange?】

“What is.”

【That puppy called Bokdeungi, no matter how I look at it, it’s suspicious.】

One of Harman’s eyes narrowed slightly before returning to normal.

There was no way Calidis would miss this.

He covered his mouth, suppressing the laughter that was about to escape.

【When your messenger bird circled the estate before, it wasn’t visible, but now that you’ve come to visit, this time it’s not showing up either.】

“….”

【Well, what a shame. Whether that puppy can see me or not, I was planning to kill it.】

There was still no response to be heard.

Calidis stubbornly continued speaking.

【By the way… I’m curious about something, Harman. You didn’t say that to The Female Lead on purpose, did you?】

“What are you talking about?”

Finally, a sharp answer came flying back.

Calidis shrugged his shoulders, satisfied with that reaction.

【No, just wondering. From what I could sense, The Female Lead was shivering as if she was cold. But she said it was hot.】

“You’re mistaken.”

【Right, that must be it. There’s no way you did that on purpose, right? If The Female Lead hadn’t been sick, we could have dug up something more. What a shame.】

Calidis smiled slyly.

Harman, who had been staring at his shining golden eyes, turned his head toward the window. It was close to meaning he didn’t want to talk anymore.

However, Calidis had no intention of accommodating this.

【I didn’t expect The Female Lead to be curious about the relationship between you and the Emperor. That was unexpected.】

Harman was silent again.

【We trust you, Harman. For your mother’s sake, revenge comes first.】

“….”

【And for our sake too. We’re the only family you have left, aren’t we?】

Calidis tilted his head crookedly and stared at Harman persistently.

Blue eyes from which no emotion could be read.

But his heart was in turmoil.

“Hey, Bokdeungi!”

“Woof woof!”

Bokdeungi wagged his tail and barked as if he knew nothing.

Where on earth had he been? All four paws were covered in muddy water, and his fur was all tangled up….

He’s already difficult to manage because of his long coat!

“Duke! Duke!”

I shouted toward the rear of the carriage that had already departed far away.

However, the carriage soon completely disappeared from view.

Looking forlornly beyond the horizon, I glared at Bokdeungi for no reason.

“Bokdeungi, where exactly did you go?”

“Wooong?”

But what would Bokdeungi know? He just tilted his head.

Did he think I’d find that cute?

“….”

When I crouched down with an angry face and scratched his chin, Bokdeungi lifted his head and made a purring sound as if he felt good.

“Do you know how much the Duke wanted to see you? Why did you only come now?”

“Woof!”

Still only incomprehensible barking sounds came back.

I met Bokdeungi’s bright yellow eyes. The hand that had been scratching his chin gradually slowed down.

‘When I first brought up Bokdeungi, Harman didn’t show much interest.’

It was probably on our first date.

Originally, it wouldn’t have been awkward even if Harman and I were left alone.

That day, for some reason, I felt awkward and embarrassed, so I brought up random topics, including talking about Bokdeungi.

Even then, Harman definitely didn’t show much interest in Bokdeungi.

Harman’s attitude changed from when I started telling episodes about Bokdeungi.

‘Even I, who witnessed it directly, found it amazing, so how amazing would it sound to someone else.’

A puppy I brought home because of a dream I had was sorting exorcism requests.

He would suddenly appear at the requested location and chew on rotten fruit.

It was a series of impossible events.

‘Even so.’

No matter how I thought about it, Harman’s reaction was beyond what an ordinary person would show.

He kept looking for Bokdeungi and obsessing over him, to the point where I felt jealous.

“Woof!”

Bokdeungi barked lightly, startling me as I looked down.

Before I knew it, the hand that had been scratching his chin had stopped and was suspended in empty air.

I resumed scratching and petting Bokdeungi repeatedly. Then I paused for a moment.

‘…Golden eyes.’

It happened to be sunset time.

Due to the sunset that formed behind Bokdeungi, his bright yellow eyes sparkled and momentarily looked golden.

I narrowed my eyes and watched Bokdeungi closely.

‘Shouldn’t I be thinking strangely about Bokdeungi rather than Harman?’

So, maybe Bokdeungi isn’t actually a puppy?

A human wearing a puppy’s disguise… that’s going too far.

I don’t know what, but he doesn’t seem like a puppy.

“Bokdeungi, what exactly are you? You’re not a puppy, are you?”

As if conscious of my gaze, Bokdeungi tilted his head.

One ear flapping was so cute… no, that’s not it.

‘To bewitch me in an instant, he’s definitely not an ordinary puppy.’

No matter how much I looked at him, I wanted to pinch his chubby cheeks. He wasn’t an ordinarily cute puppy.

But it was also true that he was suspicious.

This shouldn’t have happened just once or twice.

‘I’ve caught you.’

There are two ways to confirm if Bokdeungi is really suspicious.

How he sorts the letters.

Whether he appears again with something in his mouth when I go to solve a request.

‘I did witness the former directly, but back then I thought it was just a coincidence, so I didn’t check properly.’

This time I’m definitely going to find out something.

I brought Bokdeungi, who was pretending to know nothing, back to the manor.

But as soon as I arrived in front of the desk, I let out a hollow laugh.

Not because it was funny or absurd.

The desk was completely empty.

It meant there were no new letters at all.

‘There’s no opportunity for Bokdeungi to sort letters!’

I had forgotten that I had posted a notice saying I wouldn’t take any more requests for a while because I had accepted too many exorcism requests.

‘The first method is out of the question for now.’

Then… is the second method the only option left?

“Woof!”

Unaware of my burning anxiety, Bokdeungi flattened his body against the floor and barked, asking me to play.

‘The key is whether Bokdeungi will appear at the request locations again.’

The remaining exorcism requests before the Imperial Court Ball were related to the Young Ladies I met at Grace’s tea party.

The gazes of those who looked at me at the tea party were close to favorable, but that was probably because I was an ‘exorcist.’

Looking at the request letters again, they were at a desperately urgent level.

These were requests I would have prioritized even if I hadn’t attended the tea party.

If I solve them early and build up even a little goodwill.

I thought it might give me some breathing room among the nobles who would send hostile gazes at the Imperial Court Ball.

‘I don’t know if rotten fruit-like objects will appear again during the requests…’

For now, that was all I could do.

“Emily.”

“Yes, Miss.”

“Could you walk Bokdeungi according to my exorcism request schedule for a while?”

“Huh? Yes, I understand.”

“If Bokdeungi breaks his leash like before, don’t bother following him.”

“…I understand.”

Emily, who had been tilting her head for a moment, seemed to understand something even though I didn’t explain the reason.

Right, if the previous incident wasn’t really a coincidence, then this time too he would break his leash during the walk and appear where I am.

‘Just in case, I’ll solve the requests as slowly as possible at the request locations too.’

My determined gaze met Bokdeungi’s sparkling yellow eyes, which knew nothing of my plans.

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