I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 129

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 129

I sipped my tea while glancing around.

“There are no ghosts following you today either.”

Ah, I was caught.

“I was just looking around just in case. Without really thinking about it.”

I hastily made an excuse.

Even if there were ghosts attached, it’s not like I could see anything anyway.

It was an instinctive action.

Fortunately, he didn’t seem offended.

“The combination of people gathered for teatime was quite unusual.”

“Ah, you remember Miss Floren, right? She was Lady Rose who said she would leave her family house…”

Harman’s eyes slightly furrowed.

‘He doesn’t seem to remember.’

That’s understandable. She was dressed quite modestly today.

“She wore a pink dress with jewels dangling all over it at the banquet hall. The young lady who was sitting to my right earlier.”

The response came late, as if he was thinking for a moment.

“Yes.”

He still doesn’t remember.

Then, greeting each person one by one during teatime earlier was just…

It’s not important, so let’s move on.

“Anyway, Miss Floren’s documents are ready. She said she’s going to the government office, so her name will disappear from the Rose Baron family’s noble certificate soon.”

“Then we can punish the Rose Baron family after that.”

“I would be truly grateful if you would.”

“Understood.”

Harman nodded. Then he stared intently at the golden flower vase placed on the table.

“By any chance, is this where you put the flowers I gave you?”

“Ah, yes! My servant arranged them beautifully. And originally I keep them in my room, but…”

I rambled on and then hesitated without finishing my sentence.

But his gaze seemed to ask why I put it in the reception room today.

‘So, um. How do I say this.’

While I was fidgeting, Harman spoke first.

“By any chance, did you bring it to the reception room to show it off?”

“…Yes, that’s right.”

A faint laugh came back.

If I had known this would happen, I should have just said it first.

Since Harman confirmed it, I was too embarrassed to make eye contact.

Come to think of it, it was almost evening now.

Confirming that the sunset was beginning outside the window, I quietly stood up.

Of course, I wanted to escape for a moment because I was embarrassed, but more than that, there was something I had to do before nightfall.

“It seems like it’ll get dark soon, so I’ll ask a servant to bring artificial lighting.”

“…”

No response came back.

‘As expected, I knew it would be like this.’

Harman wanted this flower to always be golden.

He said it changes to a different color at night, but he didn’t even tell me what color it was.

‘So I need to be even more careful in front of him.’

Honestly, I was curious about what color it changes to, but if Harman didn’t want to see it, I didn’t want to see it either.

I opened the door to the reception room and looked for Bella.

“Bella, could you bring some artificial lighting?”

“Oh my! Time has already gotten this late!”

Bella, who was washing teacups in the kitchen, looked outside the window and was startled, then rummaged through the drawer.

Bella quickly approached and proudly held out the artificial lighting she held in both hands.

“Here it is, Miss.”

“Thank you.”

It was in stand form and was a compact size that could illuminate one flower vase, so it was perfect.

Just as I was about to enter the reception room again.

“Wait a moment, Miss!”

Bella urgently stopped me in my tracks.

“I need to prepare dinner now. But I was wondering what you plan to do about the Duke…”

“Ah.”

What was there to think about.

I quickly turned my head.

“Duke, you’ll stay for dinner too, right?”

Clatter.

“…Yes. Anything would be fine if it’s with you, Lady.”

Harman answered in confusion like someone caught stealing. And he really looked like that too.

Why are you suddenly looking at the flower vase so intently?

“Duke, is there some problem with the flower vase?”

“No. I was just checking if the flowers were doing well.”

While standing there so awkwardly?

When I raised my eyebrows, Harman pretended not to notice and sat back down.

Hmm.

“That’s what he says, Bella.”

“Understood!”

Bella, who had been anxiously waiting for an answer, disappeared in a flash.

‘Well, since they’re flowers he gave as a gift, he might be curious.’

He also said that keeping them like this would prevent the flowers from rotting for quite a long time, so he might be thinking of trying it when he goes back.

I set up the artificial lighting without any particular suspicion.

Without knowing that Harman was looking at the flower vase with a meaningful gaze.

Harman’s fork began to move slowly.

After pondering for a while, he stabbed the seasoned meat in the center and put it in his mouth.

I followed his fork’s movement with my gaze, then asked nervously.

“Duke, is it to your taste?”

“Yes. It’s very delicious.”

“Then that’s a relief.”

It didn’t seem like empty words.

The way he chewed while opening his eyes wide was similar to when he ate chicken skewers at the festival.

‘Phew, that’s a relief.’

I sighed inwardly and picked up my cutlery.

Actually, almost all of today’s menu was made by the former Countess Helkene, so I didn’t doubt the taste.

At my estate, I always ate with my servants.

‘But Harman is different, isn’t he?’

He’s someone who always ate alone in a large restaurant, with a small menu!

That’s not because Harman is peculiar, but because that’s how nobles originally are.

Although I’m a commoner now, considering I was a noble before, I’m actually the peculiar one.

‘Having meals with Harman has become such a natural thing that I didn’t even think about it.’

That said, I couldn’t ask Harman to gather with my servants and eat together in a bustling atmosphere.

I had arranged a dining setting for just the two of us in the reception room.

Harman exclaimed in admiration with every bite.

As if seeing something unfamiliar, he observed what he picked up with his fork, turning it this way and that.

“This is my first time eating food like this.”

“Right? These are dishes made by the Former Countess Helkene. She often cooks and sends them to us.”

Surprised, he stopped observing and asked.

“She cooks… herself?”

“Yes. But does she only cook?”

I pointed to the green salad.

“She even farms herself. All the vegetables in this salad were grown by the Former Count.”

Just look at these crispy vegetables.

This is an organic, home-grown salad cultivated and cooked directly by farmers.

Even if you brought an imperial palace chef, they’d say this was the freshest salad they’d ever tasted, right?

But despite my enthusiastic pointing at the salad, Harman was just staring intently at my face.

I became embarrassed and touched my face.

“Is there something on my face?”

“No, it’s not that. It seems like those two care for you very much, Lady.”

“…”

“I’m glad you get along well with them.”

As I was touching my face, I realized my smile had stretched all the way to my cheeks.

“I mean it. It’s really wonderful to see.”

I slowly lowered my hand.

Harman was unconsciously smiling as if genuinely pleased, just like the smile I had been wearing.

Perhaps that’s why I found myself speaking without thinking again.

“Those two would like you too, Duke. They sometimes visit my estate, so how about meeting them together next time?”

“I’d like that.”

Harman answered immediately.

Unlike me, who felt regretful after speaking, he didn’t hesitate at all.

I became flustered again.

This is…

If we’re not dating, then what exactly is this?

‘We just haven’t confessed yet, but if we both had parents, we probably would have already suggested meeting them.’

At that moment, a shadow crossed Harman’s face.

“But Count Helkene didn’t seem to like me very much.”

“What?”

“She might think you and I don’t suit each other.”

His voice was gloomy. He became dejected in an instant and kept shrinking inward.

There was no need for that at all.

“Don’t worry about Count Helkene. She’s just like that normally.”

“…Is that so.”

“But you do realize we were in the middle of eating, right?”

“Ah.”

Glancing up and reading my expression, he belatedly straightened his hunched body.

Flustered, he looked for his fork, not realizing it had been in his hand all along.

I watched him fumble for a moment, then placed a piece of seasoned meat on my spoon.

‘I noticed earlier that he enjoyed this the most.’

He did light up when eating anything, but he unconsciously let out exclamations of delight whenever he ate this.

‘It’s not like I was secretly watching him or anything.’

So.

“Duke. Say ah.”

He froze solid seeing the spoon approaching near his face.

I said calmly.

“Ah.”

“…”

Harman’s Adam’s apple bobbed greatly.

After hesitating, he leaned forward slightly and accepted the food I offered.

“It’s delicious.”

Seeing his chewing cheeks and blue eyes curved like crescents, I couldn’t help but smile too.

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