I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 121

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 121

I entrusted the bouquet Harman gave me to Bella.

It was because Harman thought it would be too big and heavy to carry around.

‘Bella was delighted that she had bought artificial lighting.’

Bella excitedly took the bouquet, saying it would look so pretty if she arranged it under the artificial lighting.

And so now, inside the carriage.

Just Harman and I, alone together…

Whoosh!

“…”

“Ugh!”

“Lady. What are you doing?”

“Oh, I almost fell because the carriage just hit a stone!”

Now that I said it, the carriage was riding smoothly without any shaking. It was impossible to tell if the wheels had even hit anything.

I deliberately avoided his puzzled gaze and straightened my dress.

‘Hmm, was I wrong?’

Even while doing so, I sneakily checked Harman’s expression.

Half wondering what on earth I was doing, half worried.

But his face didn’t look flustered.

‘From his reaction, it seems like nothing happened.’

Actually, ever since getting in the carriage, I’d been wondering if it was really just Harman and me left alone.

What if, as Sir Zeros said, blonde ghosts were still swarming around him right now…?

‘How terrifying!’

So I pretended not to notice and threw punches at empty air.

Because when I threw punches before, Bella was happy saying the ghost had disappeared!

Honestly, when Harman came to the front of the mansion, I hoped Bokdeungi would bite something.

I wanted him to get rid of the ghosts clinging to Harman…!

‘Well, how could I have known what would happen.’

If Harman or the ghosts clinging to Harman were really the root of all evil.

It might have been something Bokdeungi couldn’t handle. He might have gotten hurt instead.

‘Then, maybe it’s actually fortunate they didn’t meet?’

But from the current reaction, it seems like nothing happened at all.

I couldn’t tell if my punches had no effect, or if there were no ghosts.

‘Should I ask while I’m at it.’

‘Blonde ghosts’. No matter how I thought about it, that didn’t seem like the Empire side, but rather the Aldimos Kingdom side.

If I asked about this situation and Harman got flustered about something?

Then those ghosts were definitely clinging around him.

After roughly finishing adjusting my dress, I immediately put it into practice. I leaned forward slightly as if about to bring up a serious topic.

“Duke, you know. Do you happen to have any other family?”

…Oh, wait a minute.

Isn’t that question a bit strange?

‘After all that posturing and lowering my voice, this is what I say!’

While trying to beat around the bush, it became a statement that could be felt as quite rude if misunderstood.

I rolled my eyes around.

“I do.”

My eyes stopped dead at an awkward position.

“To be precise, I did. The people of the Aldimos Royal Family.”

“I’m sorry, Duke. That’s not what I meant to ask.”

“They were people with the same golden hair as me. Though they’re all dead now.”

I slowly rolled my eyes to look at Harman.

“If such things as ghosts exist.”

“…”

“They would have become ghosts.”

I opened my mouth to answer. But no voice came out.

After several attempts, I finally managed to reply.

“…I see.”

It was something I brought up to test him, but Harman told me even things I hadn’t asked about.

It was almost as if he had been waiting on purpose.

‘What on earth.’

I became even more confused.

Didn’t Sir Zeros say last time that all the ghosts around Harman were blonde?

‘So Harman’s ancestors are just following Harman around?’

But why are you following him around.

Dear ancestors…

The more I knew, the more I felt like I was falling into a labyrinth. My head became a mess and I lowered my gaze.

“But Lady. Aren’t you going to ask where we’re going?”

“Oh.”

That’s right?

My head shot up.

‘I only made a date promise with Harman today, but I never heard anything about where we were going.’

I didn’t even ask. I just heard that Harman had a place he wanted to go with me.

My face becoming blank in an instant must have been quite a sight, as Harman burst into low laughter.

“What would you do if I took you somewhere strange.”

“That’s not going to happen.”

Having quickly regained my composure, I shrugged my shoulders.

I trust you, you know.

Even Count Reymon, the only person I brought with me, is a knight Harman rescued in just a few days.

So, if you put your mind to it, you could kidnap me right now and no one would be able to find me.

‘I came with you knowing that.’

I stared at Harman with unwavering eyes. Instead, his blue eyes wavered slightly.

He hesitated before quietly speaking.

“I told you before. That there’s a place I want to go with you, Lady.”

“Yes, you did.”

“It might seem very trivial and modest to you, Lady. So I’m a bit worried.”

He even averted his gaze.

Rather, really, as if he was worried I might be disappointed.

He fidgeted with his fingers anxiously and tilted his head slightly.

“…is.”

“What? Sorry, I couldn’t hear you.”

I leaned close to Harman. Then he instantly pulled back and covered his mouth.

His flustered state was completely unconcealed.

‘I’m not teasing you, I really couldn’t hear.’

I couldn’t hear even though I was listening intently, you know?

When I stared at him confidently, the hand that had been covering his mouth slowly fell away.

“I want to go to… a festival.”

“A festival?!”

I jumped up.

‘So, you mean a festival that commoners go to?’

Isn’t that really unexpected?

Someone who doesn’t even like going to banquets.

You want to go to a festival where crowds gather, and moreover, most of those crowds are commoners?

Was my reaction too intense?

Harman’s face began to turn red like a ripe tomato. He hung his head low.

His ears were already dyed bright red, so it was useless anyway.

I belatedly clapped my hands and played along.

“I think that’s wonderful! But are there any festivals going on these days? I didn’t know if there were any since the weather’s getting colder.”

Actually, I didn’t really know since I’d never been to one.

I just said whatever came to mind because Harman’s reaction was cute and amusing.

But he was so embarrassed about what he’d said that he couldn’t lift his head for a while.

‘Makes me want to tease him.’

I pursed my lips and spoke as if puzzled.

“Duke?”

That’s when Harman raised his face.

“I also brought… outfits for us to wear together at the festival.”

He held out neatly folded clothing.

Ah.

‘I thought he was fidgeting because he was embarrassed and just moving his fingers around.’

So he was taking that out.

“If we go as we are, we’ll stand out, so I chose something appropriately plain. I’m told this color is popular among commoners these days.”

I looked down at the clothes.

‘A brown dress and brown shirt?’

And a hat too.

With this much, unless someone stared directly at Harman’s face, they probably wouldn’t be surprised.

But…

“Didn’t you say before that matching outfit colors was cliché?”

What he said then was about uniforms and dresses. We’d already matched once before too.

“That’s right.”

“Huh?”

“I want to do something cliché.”

“…”

My mouth closed on its own.

‘How can his face still be reddish but he can say everything he wants to say like that.’

He really was an amazing person.

My face heated up too.

In an instant, I completely lost my words at the earnest gaze reaching me and opened the window.

I rested my arm on the window frame and felt the cool breeze, instantly cooling down.

With my mind clear, my thoughts spun rapidly. I looked at him and spoke resolutely.

“Alright. Let’s try being cliché.”

Only then did Harman smile brightly.

Still holding both outfits.

Actually, it seemed like he would keep holding them like that until I said yes.

“But where do we change? Don’t tell me we have to change inside the carriage?”

Thud.

The outfits that Harman had been clutching like his life dropped to the carriage floor.

He hurriedly picked them up again while watching my reaction.

He hadn’t thought that far ahead.

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