I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 151

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Epilogue Episode 1

Only the scratching sound of a quill pen filled the office.

At the particularly loud sound today, I turned my head as inconspicuously as possible.

Slightly furrowed brows and blue eyes constantly scanning through documents.

The quill pen paused momentarily, as if this document was quite important.

Harman roughly picked up the document and pressed his temple with his other hand.

Then he loosened his cravat and ruffled his hair.

It seemed like a difficult decision to make.

‘Oh.’

Good intuition.

After secretly watching Harman for a while, I suddenly felt wistful.

Because stacks of documents were piled high on both sides of his desk.

‘Let’s not bother him unnecessarily.’

Running a territory is really hard work… I turned my head back with a sad expression.

“…”

I felt my wistful mood completely disappear.

Because my desk was also packed with books I needed to read!

…Of course, this was all something I had brought upon myself.

I had been staying at Harman’s mansion and leisurely playing for the past week.

Now I also needed to find new work to do.

Since all the money I had was completely burned up.

“Siena, you don’t need to work. It’s all my fault, so please don’t feel burdened and just stay comfortable.”

“Don’t worry, Harman. It’s actually harder for me to just sit still.”

Ah, right.

Now we call each other by our names.

Anyway, Harman wanted me to stay comfortable, but I declined.

Hadn’t I experienced something like being confined at the Monteville Ducal Estate before when dealing with the Emperor?

‘I was sick then too, but just staying in the room was so hard I thought I’d die.’

Perhaps because I had never properly rested from my previous life to this one, after about three days this time too, my body felt restless.

While wondering what kind of work I could start without any capital, fortunately I ended up doing trading business together with Rudian.

I had learned roughly from Baron Alderton and had experience handling practical work, but I needed formal study before diving into trading in earnest.

Harman brought me to his office for that purpose.

Since there was only one office in the Monteville Ducal Estate, it was an ‘unavoidable’ situation, or so he said.

‘What’s the difference between working in the office and working in the reception room?’

The reception room also had a simple desk available.

‘Besides, the office is Harman’s personal space.’

That thought was only brief.

Harman took me to the office and showed me.

In front of a window with good sunlight.

A new desk, not much different from Harman’s, that I had no idea when it had been brought in.

So basically, my space was created in Harman’s office too.

Thanks to that, we were each handling our respective work in one office.

“…”

No, is this really handling work?

I unconsciously glanced at Harman again and quickly looked away.

‘I can’t concentrate at all.’

To be honest, I thought Harman had deliberately called me into the office.

Because he wanted to be together even a little more. Since we’re dating now.

But he didn’t give me a single glance and was perfectly focused on his documents.

I was the only one in a situation where not a single word was entering my eyes. It felt somewhat unfair.

‘Well, what can I do…’

I said I would study. I need to look at it diligently.

I shook my head and focused on the documents again.

“Siena.”

At the sound I heard, I quickly turned my gaze as if I had been waiting, but.

‘Wasn’t he looking at documents just until now?’

For some reason, Harman was staring at me intently.

“Are you concentrating well?”

“Ah.”

Um, well.

I glanced at the books scattered messily on my desk.

I hadn’t even turned a single page after several hours.

“No, not at all.”

When I shrugged my shoulders and spoke while pretending not to know, Harman made a laughing sound.

Now whenever there’s a chance, his eyes curve into half-moon shapes like that.

“It’s the same for me.”

“What? That’s a lie. You were definitely concentrating and working just a moment ago.”

“You were watching?”

Ah.

My mouth shut tight.

The quill pen that I had only been gripping without ever using finally slipped between my fingers and rolled around.

‘These damn lips of mine.’

A situation where I voluntarily blabbed about having peeked.

I couldn’t think of any words to break through this.

Then, there was the sound of a chair being pulled back.

It turned out Harman was striding toward me.

“Ha, Harman? Duke?”

Flustered, I pressed my back firmly against the chair. But Harman’s approach was faster.

That wasn’t all.

He slightly leaned his upper body and carefully touched my chin.

“We’ve had too little time alone together.”

I should have asked “What?” but my mouth wouldn’t open.

‘That’s true though.’

Because I agreed inwardly.

Since everything in my estate had burned down, I had to organize the items that my servants and I needed and deliver them to the butler.

We also needed time to adapt to the Duke’s estate, so we were extremely busy all week long.

Naturally, the time I spent with my servants grew longer.

Even when we finally had time and went to the greenhouse garden alone together…

‘Bokdeungi trespassed and caused chaos.’

Ironically, even though we were staying in the same mansion, the time we spent alone was ridiculously little.

With no chance to escape, I faced Harman, and the blue eyes looking down at me seemed particularly deep today.

When I thought one corner of his mouth seemed to lift slightly, the hand touching my chin gradually moved up.

Now he was cupping my cheeks with both hands.

“Har-“

“Siena, may I kiss you?”

“…”

It was a voice that seemed to have something pressed down inside it.

I had a strange feeling that something might happen if I touched it wrong.

The breath I felt up close began to grow rougher. I shyly nodded my head.

“Yes.”

As soon as permission was granted, Harman approached me. His head tilted slightly as his lips met mine.

It was much more intense than our first kiss. His touch was hot and his breathing was rapid.

‘Wait, let me breathe…’

I opened my eyes slightly.

My goodness.

Several buttons on the shirt under his uniform were undone.

It was where the cravat that Harman had irritably loosened earlier had been.

My eyes were spinning and my mind went completely blank. The office was instantly filled with heat.

I grabbed Harman’s neck tightly and closed my eyes again.

But then.

‘…?’

A strange sound pierced into my ears.

Clatter clatter.

As if it wasn’t my imagination, the sound continued to grow louder.

“Bokdeungi, no…!”

I could hear Bella’s voice rushing over frantically from outside.

Bang-!

The door burst open violently.

We quickly separated our lips. Startled, we looked at the open door.

The office door was wide open.

Literally, really wide open.

“Woof woof!”

Bokdeungi’s confident barking echoed through the office.

Bokdeungi was sitting proudly in front of the open door with his chest fur puffed out.

When did he learn how to work the door handle?

“Duke, Miss. I’m so sorry! Bokdeungi suddenly started running and grabbed the door handle… Oh!”

Bella, who had been running and panting, covered her eyes with both hands when she saw us.

Though I could see her peeking through her fingers, anyway.

“…”

Harman still had his hand on my cheek. When I glanced at him, his expression looked extremely displeased.

“Woof woof!”

Before I knew it, Bokdeungi had approached near us.

I had been hearing something dragging, and he had a leash in his mouth.

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

He even looked back and forth between me and Harman with bright, sparkling eyes.

‘No matter how I look at it, he’s definitely a genius dog.’

The way he always knows to come and interfere at times like this.

“…It seems Bokdeungi wants to go for a walk with us?”

Hah, Harman sighed lowly.

“Come to think of it, this is the first time we’re walking with Bokdeungi together, isn’t it?”

“That’s right.”

He must have really disliked it…

Even though he was holding the leash tightly, he wouldn’t even glance at Bokdeungi.

He was even grumbling with his short answers.

But Bokdeungi didn’t care at all.

He would watch a butterfly that landed on his nose, then bark when the butterfly flew away.

He just bounced around happily, wagging his tail and thoroughly enjoying the walk.

At times like this, he really does seem like nothing more than a mischievous puppy.

“Still, thanks to Bokdeungi we get to take a walk like this, which is nice.”

“…Yes.”

Harman’s voice softened a little.

Then he stopped walking for a moment and looked at me.

“Siena, is staying at the Duke’s estate alright? Your room isn’t too cramped or lacking any furniture you need, is it?”

“Huh? No, it’s completely fine.”

The current room seems to be two or three times the size of the room I had at my estate.

I quickly waved my hands dismissively.

But did I move too vigorously?

“Ah!”

Oh, I should have just fallen instead.

While trying to regain my balance, I ended up twisting my ankle.

“Siena!”

But it was before I could even crouch down.

Harman quickly knelt down on one knee. He carefully touched my ankle.

“…Ugh.”

“Does it hurt a lot?”

“It does hurt a bit, but I don’t think it’s seriously injured.”

Today we had planned to study in the office, so I thought there would be absolutely no need for a walk.

It was because I had come out still wearing high-heeled shoes.

When I slowly rotated my ankle, it moved somewhat. This should be fine if I’m careful for a few days.

However, Harman was still examining my ankle with a serious expression.

“I’ll remove your shoes.”

“What?”

Before hearing my answer, he had already taken off my shoes.

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