I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 38

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 038

 

“….”

 

Harman’s dry, emotionless gaze pierced through Baron Alderton.

 

The Baron lay sleeping like the dead.

 

But he wasn’t dead. He had stubbornly survived.

 

Not only was he breathing steadily, but his fingers even twitched a few times.

 

At this rate, he would recover completely.

 

Harman twisted his lips.

 

“Lea.”

 

As his low voice echoed through the hospital, something sitting on the Baron’s bed flinched.

 

【Yeah.】

 

“Why didn’t you kill him?”

 

【…It’s unfortunate he didn’t die, not that I didn’t kill him.】

 

“He hit a rock wall. And he lived?”

 

Harman tilted his head slightly and looked at the thing called ‘Lea.’

 

Then he snorted.

 

Though his face wasn’t smiling at all.

 

Lea pretended to be calm and swept her golden hair behind her shoulder.

 

‘Why is he worrying about such a trivial human when that’s not what’s important right now?’

 

They’ll all die when the time comes anyway.

 

Lea rested her chin on her hand and stared intently at Harman. He’d probably brush this off as nothing again.

 

【Harman, this wasn’t part of the plan. I was supposed to be moved to that woman’s estate, but suddenly you decided on your own-】

 

“Pathetic.”

 

【…!】

 

Lea’s eyelids trembled.

 

Harman didn’t care about her reaction in the slightest.

 

After being lost in thought for a moment, Harman sighed.

 

His blue eyes glanced briefly at Baron Alderton lying motionless.

 

“Let’s leave the Baron as he is for now.”

 

【…Don’t kill him?】

 

“For the time being.”

 

Lea instinctively shrank back.

 

It was a voice completely devoid of any emotion.

 

“We’ve been too complacent until now. We need a solid plan. Not some sloppy scheme like having you go to that woman’s estate.”

 

Lea’s answer wasn’t needed.

 

Harman immediately put her medium into his pocket and left the hospital.

 

* * *

 

“Duke, the Imperial Palace has… sent a letter.”

 

At the voice from behind, Harman stopped and could no longer climb the stairs.

 

The butler slowly handed him a letter envelope.

 

It was a red envelope with gold powder sprinkled on it.

 

“…I’ll read it in my office.”

 

“Oh, and.”

 

The butler hurriedly handed another letter to Harman as he turned around.

 

“Lady Siena has also sent a letter.”

 

It was a dazzling pink envelope, clearly different from the one he had just received.

 

Harman snatched it and slammed the office door shut.

 

Without even removing his gloves, he hastily tore open the red envelope with a paper knife.

 

[Dear Duke Monteville.

 

Lately, there have been many nobles complaining that their estates seem to be haunted by ghosts.

 

Yes, I understand you’re devoted to the Empire, but it’s disappointing that you don’t even send a single letter.

 

Come show your face to me soon.

 

I always think of you as my son, Harman.]

 

“Disappointing… he says.”

 

A deflating sound came from between Harman’s teeth.

 

The weekly letters he was supposed to send under the pretext of concern were actually meant for surveillance.

 

“Does he not know that an exorcist has appeared?”

 

Harman frowned slightly and carelessly threw the letter to the edge of his desk.

 

Then, from the highest place in the office.

 

That Thing, crouched on the edge of the bookshelf, looked down in bewilderment.

 

A red envelope with gold powder sprinkled on it…

 

The Emperor’s letter?!

 

That Thing, realizing belatedly, flew over and perched on the desk.

 

Its long golden hair quickly covered more than half of Harman’s desk.

 

That Thing clicked its tongue while reading the Emperor’s letter.

 

【Tsk, son my foot. He’s probably just trying to keep you on a leash.】

 

Quickly losing interest, That Thing casually looked to the side.

 

Meanwhile, Harman was reading the pink letter he had carefully opened with the paper knife.

 

That Thing looked at Harman with a furrowed brow.

 

Had Harman ever read someone’s letter with such a gentle expression before?

 

Then suddenly, he made a serious expression.

 

What on earth was written there? This was the first time Harman had openly displayed such emotional changes.

 

【Harman.】

 

“Yeah.”

 

【I heard the gist of it from Elder Sister before you came. We can hear each other’s voices, after all.】

 

That Thing looked at the golden medium placed on the desk.

 

belonged to my elder sister, who was temporarily asleep.

 

【Do you not trust us?】

 

“That’s not it. It’s just that your current power doesn’t meet my expectations.”

 

【….】

 

How was that any different from not trusting them?

 

That Thing bit its pathetically withered lips.

 

The plan to send Elder Sister to that woman’s estate already made it uneasy.

 

But then he handed Elder Sister over to some strange human.

 

And now he was openly mocking them, calling them pathetic….

 

Harman was gradually slipping out of control.

 

While That Thing was deep in thought, Harman stood up, neatly adjusting his collar.

 

【Harman, where are you going?】

 

That Thing jumped up in surprise and flew to Harman’s chair in an instant.

 

“Something came up that I need to go out for.”

 

【But you just went out and came back?】

 

That Thing’s gaze, with one eye squinted, dropped downward.

 

The pink letter in Harman’s hand caught its eye.

 

Wait a minute, surely not.

 

【That woman?!】

 

“That’s right.”

 

【You scrapped the plan to send Elder Sister. But now you’re going to meet that woman yourself?】

 

It couldn’t understand at all. Why that woman, who was the biggest obstacle to their plan!

 

“Isn’t it clear that you can’t kill her?”

 

【That’s…!】

 

“Do you know that the three I sent to the capital outskirts a few days ago were annihilated by that woman? Thanks to that, she’s become very close with Count Helkene.”

 

【….】

 

“If you hadn’t dragged this out like this, it would have been over already.”

 

That Thing had nothing to say and rolled its eyes.

 

After boasting loudly that it would deal with that woman if he just brought her.

 

It was true that they had achieved no results whatsoever.

 

Now Harman even adjusted his hat.

 

His golden hair was instantly hidden.

 

“I’ve prepared various ways to meet with that woman. I can think about how to deal with her later.”

 

Harman opened the bottom drawer of the desk with a key.

 

It was a drawer full of white orbs smaller than fingernails. Harman picked up several of them.

 

【Ah!】

 

That Thing, which had been hesitating, finally realized something and covered its mouth.

 

The subtle wariness in its eyes instantly transformed into trust.

 

【Right, go ahead.】

 

That Thing’s expression suddenly relaxed as it bid farewell and flew up into the empty air. Then it quickly turned its head.

 

“Why.”

 

That Thing’s piercing gaze fell upon Harman’s hand holding the letter.

 

Whenever Siena’s letters arrived, Harman would always crumple them up and throw them in the trash immediately after reading.

 

Noticing this, Harman ruthlessly crumpled the pink letter paper.

 

He didn’t even give it a glance. The letter paper, now shaped like a ball, went straight into the trash can.

 

Only then did That Thing smile with satisfaction.

 

【Have a safe trip, Harman!】

 

That Thing waved its hand as its body grew faint and passed through the office door.

 

“….”

 

Harman looked at the closed door, then down at the trash can.

 

* * *

 

I checked the headline again.

 

[Baron Alderton. Severely injured in carriage accident, unconscious for two days…]

 

At some point.

 

I had thought that once I left the family house, I never wanted to see Baron Alderton again.

 

I had thought that countless times.

 

‘But I swear I never wished for him to die.’

 

It wasn’t because I was naturally kind-hearted.

 

It was because I couldn’t think of Baron Alderton as my father, or that he was ruining my life.

 

Because it had no sense of reality.

 

When I first possessed Siena’s body, Baron Alderton had already divorced his wife.

 

Baron Alderton had a fiery temper and habitually abused his young daughter.

 

The reason I could emerge from under that without any psychological damage was thanks to not accepting all of this as reality.

 

Desperately saving money, escaping the Baron’s estate and immediately cutting family ties – none of it felt real to me.

 

Perhaps I instinctively knew that the moment I acknowledged this as reality, I wouldn’t be able to bear the anguish.

 

The day I kicked away from the family house and moved to the ghost-haunted manor.

 

That night, I finally fully accepted the fact that I had possessed Siena’s body.

 

‘I couldn’t sleep and cried all night long.’

 

Anyway, to put it coldly, Baron Alderton deserved to die.

 

Even if he was the original ‘Siena’s’ father, he wasn’t my real father, and I had only been abused for five years.

 

It was unfortunate that he suddenly had an accident, but that was it.

 

The problem was.

 

“Lady, you should keep a close eye on the morning newspaper for a while.”

 

“What?”

 

“You might hear some pleasant news.”

 

The reason I started checking the morning newspaper was precisely because of Harman’s words.

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