I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 148

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 148

There was one person we had forgotten about.

And that was.

“The Empire must rule the entire continent! My magic is more than enough to make it possible!”

The Emperor.

‘But who exactly are you talking to?’

He wasn’t looking at me, nor was he looking at Harman.

Watching the Emperor stare off in some misaligned direction, I pressed my temples.

“Look, behold my magic…! Huh? Why, why has my magic disappeared? This can’t be!”

The Emperor snapped his fingers and rambled incoherently by himself. Then he glared at Harman with bulging eyes.

He kept repeating this behavior over and over.

“You must be a spy sent from Aldimos! I should have killed you ten years ago!”

Yes, just like right now.

The Emperor raised both hands high and charged at Harman.

“Your Majesty, please calm down.”

Each time, he was quickly blocked, unable to even extend his hands before being seated again.

“The Empire must rule the entire continent!”

Then he would repeat the same words all over again.

‘Seriously, why is he acting like that?’

It had been like this ever since we woke the sleeping Emperor.

The Emperor had become very strange.

More precisely, he had gone completely insane after realizing he could no longer use magic.

No one could figure out why he had lost his magic.

‘He’s being punished for everything he’s done.’

Honestly, even this wasn’t enough.

Right now, just seeing him make a fool of himself in front of so many nobles was somewhat satisfying.

“My apologies. As you can see, His Majesty needs rest—”

“Rest! I who rule the Empire need no rest!”

“…Haah.”

Wow, it must have been exhausting.

The Crown Prince let out a loud sigh as if wanting everyone to hear.

It was understandable, since the Crown Prince had been outside the Empire for war when he heard this news and rushed back.

He must have been incredibly tired, but the first thing he saw upon arrival was his insane father.

And every time he acted up like this, the servants couldn’t handle it and called for him repeatedly.

It must have been extremely difficult.

The Crown Prince glanced back briefly. He gave instructions to the Imperial Guards who had been watching nervously.

“Escort him out.”

“Yes, sir!”

“What, what? Right now you…! Ah, I see. You’re after my throne right now! Even you are trying to bring down your father—”

Thud!

The Emperor was dragged out with both arms restrained. The conference room quickly became quiet.

The Crown Prince’s cheeks had sunken in from how difficult it had been to clean up the Emperor’s mess for days.

He looked at Harman and me with what seemed like a forced smile.

“I heard that you two exorcised all the ghosts that appeared in front of the Imperial Palace.”

“Yes. That’s correct.”

“Thank you so much. Everyone is praising you as heroes of the Empire.”

That would make sense.

More than a few people had witnessed us performing the exorcism.

‘We did completely exorcise the ghosts, but…’

At the center of those ghosts were the spirits of Aldimos.

Golden hair and golden eyes.

Because of their distinctive appearance, no one could fail to recognize them.

Everyone cursed both the Aldimos Kingdom and its royal family while praising Harman and me as heroes.

…I wonder what Harman is thinking right now.

“I’m not sure how to treat the heroes of the Empire. As you know, His Majesty is in that condition… I’m sorry, but it would be better to discuss your treatment later.”

“Yes. His Majesty’s health comes first, doesn’t it.”

“Thank you, Duke Monteville.”

The Crown Prince’s expression, which had been forcing a smile, changed to one of genuine satisfaction.

Of course, no one thought the Emperor’s sanity would return.

‘I don’t hope for it either.’

Perhaps that might be more painful than death.

“Then we’ll end the meeting here. Thank you all for gathering.”

The Crown Prince plainly announced the end of the meeting.

He skillfully gathered his documents and tapped them together, then turned around briefly as if he had something to say before leaving.

“Oh, you’re welcome to stay at the Imperial Palace a little longer. You can stay even longer if you wish.”

“Thank you for your consideration. But I think we should head back now. Our servants are waiting for us.”

“Well, I understand.”

He wrinkled his nose bridge slightly and left the conference room.

When he left, I think he glanced briefly toward Grace…

‘Right, in the end they’re the original female and male leads?’

They had only crossed paths briefly because of the meeting, but the way they looked at each other was strange.

Maybe something had happened between them that I hadn’t seen.

‘He’ll become Crown Prince soon.’

He was already doing most of the Emperor’s work, and it was also the Crown Prince who was cleaning up the Emperor’s messes.

‘Then can I say things are going according to the original story?’

Anyway, it’s going similarly to the original ending.

Though it seems like we got here by spinning around in circles and even doing somersaults in the air.

Setting aside their love story, the conclusion is that the Empire didn’t fall.

Plus, Harman came back to me, didn’t he?

“Lady.”

When I turned my head, Harman was frowning as if displeased about something.

“Don’t fall for such pathetic tricks.”

“…What?”

“The Crown Prince was also hitting on the Viscountess of Faynen recently. He seems to have playboy tendencies, so don’t get too close to him.”

Ah.

I had been looking at the conference room door where the Crown Prince had exited, and that must have made him jealous.

So there really was something between the Crown Prince and Grace.

But anyway.

“How do you know that, Duke?”

“It’s obvious just by looking. People like that are usually playboys—”

“No, I mean how did you know that His Highness the Crown Prince met with the Viscountess of Faynen?”

“That’s…”

Harman, who had been earnestly trying to convince me, closed his mouth.

Here we go again. The chronic avoidance type.

I narrowed my eyes and moved closer to him.

“Tell me.”

“…His Highness the Crown Prince kept trying to talk to you whenever he saw you, so I was curious about his intentions and kept watch.”

“I see.”

“Haah.”

Harman covered his own face. His large hands completely hid his face.

‘But you know, that doesn’t hide your reddened ears, right?’

I silently giggled and grabbed his hand.

I pretended not to notice his flushed face and surprised eyes as I led him out of the conference room.

‘I did have many conversations with the Crown Prince while staying at the Imperial Palace for several days.’

But they were all very formal conversations at best.

Most of them were about exorcism anyway.

‘To think he got jealous over just talking.’

He even went as far as to monitor the Crown Prince? The Duke?

It’s cute, but his way of thinking is really unique.

Where should I even start fixing this.

No, do I even need to fix it…?

I was having such strange thoughts as we were leaving the Imperial Palace.

“Miss Siena!”

I stopped in my tracks.

Rudian and Sir Zeros were running toward us from a distance.

As I turned around, Rudian, who had quickly approached, asked.

“Miss Siena, did you really exorcise all those ghosts?”

“Ah, I did exorcise them, but the Duke did the most important part. You saw it too, didn’t you, Count?”

“…”

At a loss for words, Rudian rolled his eyes with his mouth agape.

What, weren’t you there in front of the Imperial Palace then?

“The Count fainted at that time, so he has no memory of it.”

“What? Sir Zeros, how could you say that!”

Rudian hurriedly covered Sir Zeros’s mouth while looking around nervously.

‘I already heard it though.’

Sir Zeros leisurely moved his mouth between Rudian’s hands, which weren’t properly covering it due to his flustering.

“Lady Siena.”

“Yes.”

“I clearly saw you performing the exorcism that day. From what I observed… it doesn’t seem like you wanted to be with those ghosts.”

Sir Zeros’s eyes briefly glanced at Harman before returning to normal. Then he bowed his upper body to me.

“I’m sorry for being sulky all this time.”

“Pardon?”

Was he really sulking at me?

No, actually I knew he was sulking. I just didn’t expect Sir Zeros to directly admit he was sulking.

“Well… it’s fine. You know now that it wasn’t the case.”

“Thank you for understanding.”

“The carriage has arrived.”

The brief conversation ended there.

Because Harman suddenly pulled the hand he was holding.

‘But the carriage was already here.’

Terribly avoidant type, and jealous on top of that.

I had one more secret nickname to add.

I’m finally home!

My heart raced at the sight of the familiar main gate visible from afar.

You might think how long could I have been at the Imperial Palace, but there was so much going on that I wanted to return as quickly as possible.

Besides, at the estate there were Bella, Emily, and even Count Reymon…

But.

“Huh?”

Huuuh?

I stuck my face out through the open window.

“It’s dangerous!”

Harman tried to pull me back inside from behind, but I gripped the window frame tightly. I wanted to deny the scene before my eyes.

Why…

Why is my estate completely destroyed?!

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