I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 126

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 126

Being a wealthy unemployed person means it doesn’t matter if you make appointments on the same day.

This is my manor’s drawing room.

And the people I suddenly invited to today’s tea time were three in total.

Rudian, Floren, and Grace.

The circumstances that led to today’s tea time were as follows.

[Miss Siena.

Count Helkene has already checked it for us, but if it’s alright with you, could you please review the documents one last time?]

‘Finally!’

Floren Rose said she had finished preparing to become Floren.

It was a situation where I agreed to do the final inspection before going to the government office.

My schedule was completely empty, so I was about to say I’d go straight to Count Helkene’s estate.

[Miss Siena. We’ll come to your manor. While we’re at it, we can have tea time.]

Rudian said she would personally come to my manor with Floren.

[Bokdeungi is at your manor.]

Moreover, when I asked for the reason, I got a trivial answer.

‘At first she acted like she disliked Bokdeungi.’

Now there were already over five boxes of Bokdeungi toys that Rudian had gradually sent over.

Soon I’d need to prepare a separate room dedicated to Bokdeungi’s toys.

As I looked at the brief letter feeling absurd, I suddenly thought of Grace.

Tea time, Bokdeungi.

These two words seemed completely unrelated yet were greatly related.

‘Grace was the first to invite me to a tea party.’

But among the people close to me, the only one who hadn’t seen Bokdeungi was also…

Grace.

Close? Strictly speaking, it would be difficult to say we were close, but it was certain we had helped each other before.

So I sent a letter to Grace too.

[Miss Grace, this is my first letter since the banquet.

I’m planning to have tea time with Count Helkene and Miss Floren today, would you like to come?]

Naturally, I had told both Rudian and Floren that Grace might come too.

I hadn’t expected much, but she came like this.

And so tea time was suddenly arranged.

“…So, you’re saying no requests have come in at all?”

Suddenly feeling absurd, I put down the teacup I had brought to my lips without drinking.

Seeing two pairs of eyes focus sharply on the teacup I put down made me feel a little better.

…Though one person seemed completely uninterested, busy playing with Bokdeungi, but let’s move on.

‘So this is why everyone enjoys tea parties.’

It wasn’t something that would be solved by telling someone, I had just voiced it out loud, but my heart felt much more at ease.

It’s good that I became a wealthy unemployed person.

‘But it was still absurd that work suddenly disappeared.’

Bang!

Rudian, who had been glaring at my teacup until just now, slammed the table hard.

As expected, even Rudian thought it was strange—

“Sir Zeros has been acting strange lately.”

“…”

Were you just thinking about something else?

Completely oblivious to my feelings, Rudian began speaking in a serious voice.

“He’s my guard knight but keeps forgetting not to follow me into my office. Even when he comes in, instead of guarding my back, he sticks right to the wall, you know?”

More importantly, Sir Zeros is waiting in front of the drawing room door right now.

He might hear this, is it okay to say such things?

“He keeps doing things I’ve never seen before. Could it be a habit he developed from staying at Miss Siena’s manor for 2 months? We’ve been together for 5 years, so why is he suddenly…”

Sorry, but you’re rambling so much I don’t understand what you’re saying.

In the first place, when Rudian got excited and poured out words like this, she wasn’t looking for someone’s answer.

Just like I had done a little while ago.

I stared intently at Rudian then quietly looked away.

As I turned my gaze, I made eye contact with Floren. Immediately, as if she had been waiting, she whispered to me.

“Miss Siena. If there’s nothing wrong with the documents, I’m planning to go to the government office today.”

What kind of situation is this?

There were only four people, but it was chaotic beyond measure.

Rudian was muttering her own words regardless of who was listening, and Grace was busy petting Bokdeungi.

‘Right, it must have been like this when I was talking too.’

Is this what collective monologue is like?

I felt a little sad.

While I was lost in thought, Floren carefully pushed a bundle of documents toward me.

“Thanks to Miss Siena, I was able to perfectly finish preparing the documents. Thank you so much.”

I briefly scanned Floren’s outfit.

Not the colorless dress I had seen at Rose Estate, nor the pink dress I had seen at the banquet hall or streets where nobles usually frequented.

A yellow dress with no decorations at all.

Probably Floren didn’t want to wear anything flashy and frilly.

‘Come to think of it, Floren’s eyes were yellow.’

After removing the fancy dress, I could finally see Floren’s honest eyes.

I smiled slightly and slowly checked the documents she handed me.

Page by page, my eyes naturally widened as I turned them.

‘There’s not a single flaw.’

I consider myself quite meticulous, but Floren was truly thorough.

She had perfectly prepared even additional materials I hadn’t specifically mentioned. Naturally, there wasn’t a single mistake.

After carefully examining the documents once more from the beginning, I put them down on the table.

“Miss Floren, it’s perfect. With this much, it should pass without any problems.”

So, soon Floren’s name would be removed from the noble certificate.

Relief appeared on Floren’s face as she watched anxiously. Perhaps overwhelmed, she squeezed her eyes shut then opened them.

“Thank you for reviewing them.”

Even though she managed to speak after a long while, her voice trembled.

I deliberately pretended not to notice and said.

“Then we can go to the government office together. Are you going today?”

“I think so, but I want to go to the government office alone.”

“What?”

Before, you asked me to go with you?

“If you’re saying that because it’s burdensome, it’s okay. I don’t have any work right now so my schedule is completely empty.”

“Ah, that’s not it…”

Floren hesitated for a moment. With hesitant hands, she took back the documents in front of me.

“I want to try doing it myself. At Rose Estate, I never did anything with my own strength.”

Perhaps shy, her face turned reddish. However, unlike before, there was no hesitation in her voice at all.

‘I think I understand how she feels.’

Even if not completely the same, it would be similar to the emotions I had when I was at Baron Alderton’s house.

If her mind was already firm, there was no need to ask further.

‘Since Floren has to go to the government office, should we end tea time around now?’

The original purpose of tea time had been achieved.

Moreover, since we were in the middle of collective monologue, tea time didn’t seem sustainable anymore—

“Ah, right. Miss Siena!”

“…Yes?”

Grace, who had been distracted playing with Bokdeungi, was looking at me with sparkling eyes.

Seeing that the Reception Room door was open, it seemed Bokdeungi had gone outside for a moment.

So Grace’s attention had returned to me.

‘It’s not like she was just briefly enchanted by Bokdeungi or anything.’

Grace pointed to the vase placed in the center of the table.

“I’ve been curious since I came to the Reception Room, but what are these golden flowers? I don’t think I’ve seen them before. By any chance, are they flowers someone gave you as a gift?”

The sudden interest was a bit burdensome.

I wanted to turn my head away, but I could feel a piercing gaze from my right side too.

When did she finish speaking? Rudian was also staring at me with a relieved expression.

‘You should have done this when I was talking earlier.’

Grace had gotten much closer in just a moment. The other two were also pretending not to listen while straining their ears.

“…”

With no place to escape, I looked at the golden flower buds neatly arranged in the vase.

Bella had prettily arranged them and placed them in the vase. With the artificial lighting turned on at night, they always emitted a golden glow.

‘Yes, they really are beautiful flowers.’

But now whenever I look at them, I can only think of that scene where Harman held out the bouquet.

I slowly moved my lips.

“Duke Monteville gave them to me as a gift. They were flowers I had seen in the Duke’s Greenhouse Garden and said were pretty.”

“I knew it!”

“And yesterday I went to the festival with the Duke, dressed in commoner’s clothes.”

“…!”

All three of them covered their mouths simultaneously as if they had planned it.

This is what you all wanted to hear anyway, right?

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