I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 48

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 048

 

“I mean that the Duke’s eyes are truly beautiful. Not in a personal way, really. Your eyes are more beautiful than anyone I’ve ever seen.”

 

Honestly, there are personal feelings too.

 

But that’s just additional, so it’s not a lie.

 

Given the situation, I gazed at those blue eyes to my heart’s content before proudly pushing the plate even closer.

 

“Anyway, how about buying this plate as a set? It would be like a symbol of the Monteville Ducal Estate’s restaurant.”

 

That’s a bit grandiose to say.

 

Well, when you think of ‘Harman,’ those eyes are the first thing that comes to mind, so it’s accurate, right?

 

“….”

 

Harman looked at the plate that resembled his eyes, no.

 

He looked at the blue plate that sparkled far less brilliantly than his eyes and slightly frowned.

 

“I don’t like it.”

 

His voice was so quiet that I wouldn’t have heard it if we weren’t this close.

 

Did he just… say he didn’t like it?

 

“The plate?”

 

I became dejected and put the plate away.

 

‘Well, if he doesn’t like it, I’ll just buy it myself…’

 

Honestly, I didn’t expect him to reject it so flatly.

 

When I hugged the plate to my chest, Harman hesitated for a moment. Then he turned his gaze away sharply.

 

As if he couldn’t bear to look at it rather than just not wanting to see it.

 

“I hate the color blue.”

 

Harman’s hand slowly rose.

 

“It’s disgusting and sometimes…”

 

His index finger passed dangerously close to his blue eyes.

 

“I want to pluck them out.”

 

I stopped mid-breath.

 

‘What, pluck out what?’

 

It was good that I was hugging the plate, otherwise I would have dropped it in shock.

 

Harman’s finger still lingered near his eyes. His slightly trembling index finger spoke volumes about his state of mind.

 

I opened my mouth, then bit my lips tightly.

 

‘I recommended the plate to lighten the mood. I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.’

 

Could he have some trauma related to his eyes?

 

No, now wasn’t the time to think about such things.

 

Worried that Harman might have strange thoughts, I quickly grabbed his wrist and pulled it down.

 

Perhaps unexpected, his eyelids that had been half-closed in a daze opened completely.

 

I have a rule that I always keep in mind.

 

The rule that ‘unwelcome contact can make the other person uncomfortable.’

 

‘But there are exceptions.’

 

And this is exactly one of those times.

 

With my other hand, I gripped the blue dish tightly.

 

“Then I should buy this one, right?”

 

Since it’s come to this…!

 

Let’s pretend I don’t know.

 

“The Duke might dislike it, but I love it. How could anyone dislike something this pretty?”

 

Pretending I don’t understand at all, acting completely oblivious.

 

I held up the dish that resembled his eyes, trying to lighten the mood.

 

But he’s talking about wanting to pluck something out, so what can I do?

 

‘I didn’t expect this.’

 

I guarantee that if I tried to understand half-heartedly, it would only make things worse.

 

What kind of trauma could this be related to?

 

If it happened to be related to his family, it might be irreversible.

 

Right now, it was best to just pretend I didn’t know and move on.

 

I stroked the blue dish with a bright expression, as if I really wanted to buy it.

 

‘But this isn’t actually a dish made from ground sapphires or anything like that, right?’

 

Even if this is a street where nobles shop, a single dish couldn’t possibly be such a luxury item.

 

‘How much money do I have left…’

 

While worrying unnecessarily, I glanced sideways and saw Harman’s lips were slightly parted.

 

He seemed flustered.

 

I didn’t stop there.

 

Hurriedly but trying to appear as calm as possible from behind, I scanned through the dishes.

 

‘There was another dish I liked earlier. Where was it?’

 

…Ah, found it!

 

I snatched up the emerald-colored dish and held it high up next to my face.

 

Then I blinked my eyes rapidly.

 

This was blatant enough to be called obvious.

 

“Duke, how about this dish then?”

 

Fortunately, if it could be called that, Harman’s gaze focused on the emerald dish.

 

“Doesn’t it remind you of something?”

 

“…”

 

For a moment, his mouth was tightly shut. His expression was so calm it seemed cold.

 

Enough to make me feel flustered.

 

‘This is strange.’

 

There’s no way my oblivious act didn’t work.

 

I, who had been blinking constantly, finally pointed to my own eyes.

 

“My eyes!”

 

Still no answer.

 

‘…’

 

It was a failure.

 

Not just a failure, but a complete failure. A total failure.

 

‘Right, what kind of joke is this in a situation like this.’

 

This time I really had no sense of the mood at all.

 

I quietly set down the emerald plate. With my back completely turned to Harman.

 

‘He’s probably not listening to what I’m saying properly anyway because of his trauma.’

 

I don’t know if it was because I became too embarrassed, or if I had given up and let go of everything.

 

Without realizing it, my mouth started moving on its own.

 

“That damn bastard, no. I really hate Baron Alderton, but I’m grateful he gave me these eyes. Honestly, they are pretty.”

 

There was still no response.

 

I continued talking to myself.

 

“Ah, it’s kind of funny saying it with my own mouth, isn’t it? But after seeing the Duke’s eyes, my thoughts completely changed. How can such beautiful eyes exist in this world-”

 

“Why do you, those eyes.”

 

“Huh? Oh, you were listening?”

 

Since when had he been listening. How embarrassing.

 

As I stood there in an awkward position, unable to turn around completely, Harman slowly shook his head.

 

“…No.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“It’s nothing.”

 

Then he approached closer.

 

For some reason, my body shrank back.

 

But what he did was.

 

“I like it. I’ll purchase this one.”

 

He simply picked up the emerald plate I had set down earlier.

 

His eyes, now closer, curved into crescents.

 

* * *

 

Harman said he would return to the manor and purchase the plate through his butler, so he didn’t buy anything at the shop.

 

‘No wonder the guard knights didn’t follow us into the shop.’

 

All three guard knights just pretended to be passersby and loitered in front of the shop.

 

I thought it was annoying why they were acting like that, but apparently even the trivial matter of buying plates was included in his external activities.

 

Somehow I ended up purchasing the blue dish by myself, leaving behind Harman who had his hat pulled down low.

 

‘It really must be a dish made from ground sapphire.’

 

Until then, I was still thinking ‘no way.’

 

But then…

 

‘Is it really okay to just leave such a dish at the entrance like that?’

 

What if someone steals it?

 

“…Even so, I never thought it would be real!”

 

Who would think someone would grind sapphires into a dish!

 

I glared at the dish and then burst out.

 

Sir Zeros, who had been standing against the wall, flinched.

 

Bella jumped out of the kitchen in surprise. She wiped her wet hands and immediately asked after scanning my appearance.

 

“Miss, something happened after all, didn’t it?”

 

“What?”

 

Did my face turn pale right now? Did my complexion harden? Where did it show?

 

I thought I had smoothly gotten through it, but I couldn’t fool Bella.

 

“Don’t lie! You’ve been dazed since you got out of the carriage, kept sighing, and you just shouted!”

 

“…Did I do that?”

 

“Yes!”

 

“You did.”

 

Even Sir Zeros, who had been quietly listening, joined in.

 

When I glanced at him, he stared straight ahead without blinking once.

 

“If this was going to happen, why did you send Sir Zeros away? No, why did Sir Zeros come back just because you told him to go in the first place?”

 

“…”

 

Bella’s arrow suddenly turned toward Sir Zeros.

 

Then Sir Zeros, who had been maintaining a rigid posture like a stiff wooden doll, slowly turned his head to the other side.

 

‘Is this the moment?’

 

I tried to secretly place the dish on the table while Bella wasn’t looking…

 

But I was momentarily captivated by its sparkling appearance.

 

When I held the dish up to the light, small particles glittered following my hand movements.

 

‘Those must all be ground sapphire fragments.’

 

Right, I can afford to buy one dish.

 

I’m going to earn money soon anyway, right?

 

I’ve worked so hard to earn it, so what’s wrong with buying this one thing.

 

It wasn’t intentional, but wasn’t this something that happened because I touched on Harman’s trauma?

 

‘…But what kind of trauma could it be that he’d even talk about wanting to gouge out his own eyes.’

 

That gaze that seemed to be looking at something in a distant place, and hands trembling uncontrollably with anger.

 

For a moment, Harman seemed to have completely forgotten that I was right next to him.

 

‘…’

 

I placed the dish on the table.

 

“It’s fine now. I’m okay now.”

 

“What is?”

 

“Bella, from now on, try to serve my meals on this dish.”

 

“What?”

 

When I handed over the dish, Bella, who had reflexively taken it into her arms, made an expression that said ‘why a dish all of a sudden?’

 

“It’s a sapphire-infused plate.”

 

“Sapphire? Then….”

 

“Yep, worth 3 million francs.”

 

“What?!”

 

Hearing Bella’s hiccup as the final sound, I turned around and headed to my room.

 

‘Let’s escape before I get in trouble!’

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