I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 54

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 054

 

I suddenly felt a chill.

 

Come to think of it, did I send a thank-you letter after Rudian came and left?

 

‘….’

 

Oh my goodness.

 

I had no memory of it at all.

 

I did say thank you when Rudian came, but that was just said in passing.

 

I never formally expressed my gratitude.

 

While I was frozen in place, Bella poured out the other letters she had been holding like a mountain in her arms to Sir Zeros.

 

“Sir Zeros, these are letters that Count Helkene sent to you.”

 

“Ah, thank you.”

 

Every time a letter spilled out, my heart also came crashing down to the floor.

 

‘…What could there be that would make Rudian send me a warning and send Sir Zeros a pile of letters?’

 

When I quickly racked my brain, there was only one answer.

 

She was going to take Sir Zeros back with her!

 

‘Miss Siena is someone who knows no gratitude. From today, Sir Zeros is my guard knight again.’

 

I could almost hear that cold voice coming from somewhere.

 

‘No way!’

 

I wanted to tear my hair out.

 

Sir Zeros is such a useful guard knight, how can you give and then take back!

 

But I couldn’t say anything about it.

 

Even though Rudian came on her own without saying anything, she gave me plenty of food and even sent Sir Zeros saying it was dangerous.

 

No matter how busy I was, still.

 

How could I forget to express my gratitude?

 

‘…But giving and then taking back is still wrong!’

 

He’s my excellent assistant!

 

Sir Zeros, unaware of my feelings, calmly gathered the letters and went into his room. Through the crack in the door, I caught a glimpse of neat furniture.

 

‘I already gave him a room and bought him lots of furniture!’

 

I gazed wistfully at his disappearing figure and bit my nails. I hastily opened Rudian’s letter.

 

If the ominous content I was thinking of was written there, I was prepared to grab her trouser legs and beg her to reconsider.

 

[Miss Siena. That commoner sent you a letter asking for tea time, didn’t she?]

 

It was completely different.

 

“How did you know?”

 

Could she really be watching me from somewhere?

 

I looked around quickly.

 

But all that came into view was Bella looking at me as if asking what I was talking about, and the empty living room.

 

I just ended up confirming the shabby interior of the manor once more.

 

[How ridiculous. You told me not to come to your estate, and now you’re trying to bring me to your estate?

 

If you really want to have tea time, come to Count Helkene’s Estate.

 

We haven’t had a proper tea time yet either.]

 

“….”

 

I don’t particularly want to have tea time though.

 

And may I ask what you mean by having a “proper” tea time?

 

…At least, it was fortunate that there was no word of thanks or mention of taking Sir Zeros away.

 

‘That’s a relief.’

 

I thought for a moment.

 

I wrote a letter of gratitude filled with all the kind words I knew so as not to hurt Rudian’s feelings.

 

And then.

 

[Count, I’m sorry, but I heard that Marquis Fainen’s condition isn’t good, so I have to go see him.

 

They say a ghost has attached itself to the Marquis and he’s growing thinner by the day.]

 

I wasn’t going for tea time with Grace.

 

I emphasized again and again that I had no choice but to go because of Marquis Fainen’s physical condition.

 

‘This should be understandable, right?’

 

What can you do when a ghost has attached itself to someone’s body?

 

She’s someone who gets startled just at the mention of the word “ghost,” so it should be fine, probably.

 

But as I was about to send the reply, I remembered that Sir Zeros had also received a letter from Rudian.

 

Since I was going to send one anyway, wouldn’t it be better to send them together at once?

 

I knocked on his door.

 

“Sir Zeros! I’m about to send a reply to the Count right now. Are you planning to send one too?”

 

But why was this happening?

 

“Sir Zeros?”

 

No answer came back.

 

“…Sir?”

 

An ominous feeling crept over me.

 

Zeros, exceptional even among the knights of Count Helkene’s family, Rudian’s official guard knight.

 

Someone incredibly perceptive and sensitive enough to come running even if I just let out a small scream from my room.

 

Could such a person really not react at all to my voice, let alone the knocking sound?

 

I didn’t know what it was, but something had definitely happened to him.

 

“Sir! Excuse me, but I’m opening the door!”

 

There was no time to hesitate. I threw the door wide open.

 

“Sir Zeros! What on earth happened… Huh?”

 

“…Y-Yes?!”

 

What is this?

 

He must have been thinking quite seriously, as Sir Zeros covered his desk a beat too late.

 

Then what’s the point.

 

It was already far too late anyway.

 

Flutter-! The letter paper he had frantically tried to hide but failed to do so gently fell to the floor.

 

Familiar handwriting.

 

It was a letter from Rudian.

 

If only that were all. His broad back couldn’t completely hide the desk.

 

‘Are those all letter papers?’

 

And ones he’d crossed out with X marks because he wasn’t satisfied with what he’d written?

 

I stared at the letter papers piled high on the desk with a bewildered expression.

 

“….”

 

Sir Zeros’ face turned completely red.

 

I blinked while still gripping the door handle.

 

‘So, that thing that fell on the floor is a letter Rudian sent to Sir Zeros.’

 

And what Sir Zeros is desperately trying to hide is a reply letter he’s writing to Rudian?

 

He didn’t hear my voice because he was concentrating on writing that?

 

‘…Why?’

 

I understood the entire situation, but ironically, I couldn’t comprehend it at all.

 

As I stood there dazed, Sir Zeros’ face grew redder and redder. With a bit of exaggeration, it was almost as red as his red hair.

 

“Sir Zeros, do you perhaps… Count Helkene.”

 

“….”

 

Sir Zeros’ eyes wavered, losing their focus.

 

* * *

 

“That’s right, I like Count Helkene.”

 

Sir Zeros boldly revealed the half-written letter he had tried so hard to hide just moments ago.

 

He even took out all of Rudian’s letters he had collected and placed them on the desk.

 

For someone who had been embarrassed, he confessed quite refreshingly.

 

‘Now that he’s being so open about it, I don’t really have anything to say.’

 

Sir Zeros’ initial reaction had left me so flustered that all my thoughts had stopped.

 

It wasn’t the question of ‘Why Rudian of all people?’

 

I stopped scratching my head and pulled my chair closer to him.

 

“Sir, you should have actively refused when the Count said she was sending you here.”

 

I feel sorry for no reason.

 

At first I was bewildered, but Sir Zeros was naturally reliable as a guard knight, and he was so perceptive too.

 

I gradually grew fond of him and honestly thought it would be nice if he stayed.

 

But that was!

 

‘When I didn’t know he liked Rudian!’

 

Who would want to separate him from Rudian after hearing such circumstances?

 

I saw with my own eyes how he was fretting over a single letter, so how could I just sit still!

 

Sir Zeros hung his head low.

 

His gaze, cast down to the floor, became distant and melancholy. His eyes grew moist.

 

Why did he suddenly become a tragic male lead?

 

“I couldn’t refuse. How could I possibly refuse the Count’s orders?”

 

Well, that’s true enough.

 

“Since you’ve been with me for almost 5 years, you probably wanted some time apart.”

 

“What? That can’t be true.”

 

I waved my hands dismissively. It absolutely wasn’t an action to cheer up Sir Zeros.

 

‘If that were the case, they looked too close every time I saw them together, didn’t they?’

 

That was exactly why I was flustered when I learned that Sir Zeros liked Rudian.

 

The two of them already seemed so comfortable with each other that I hadn’t even considered the romantic possibility.

 

But despite my denial, Sir Zeros seemed to have already reached his own conclusion and continued speaking calmly.

 

“That day, there were dozens of knights from the Count’s house who visited this manor, yet there must be only one reason why he specifically sent me.”

 

“Wait, wait a minute!”

 

I quickly thrust my palm out in front of him as his voice grew increasingly dejected.

 

If I left him alone, he’d probably dig himself a tunnel.

 

“There’s a contradiction in what you’re saying.”

 

“What?”

 

He asked back, his eyes already reddening.

 

“You were the Count’s guard knight for a whole 5 years, right?”

 

“Yes, that’s correct.”

 

“Then among all those many knights, you’re the one who spent the longest time with the Count. So why would he specifically send you to me?”

 

“That’s why he wanted to separate me from him…”

 

He still didn’t seem to understand.

 

“No! Think about why the Count wanted to assign me a guard knight in the first place.”

 

His black eyes, on the verge of losing focus, wavered back and forth.

 

When I was worrying about what to write to Harman in my letter, he had casually pointed out the solution right away.

 

Even at Viscount Morgon’s estate, while I was lost in useless thoughts, he had shown the composure to burn the bed parts on his own.

 

I couldn’t understand why this same person couldn’t think clearly when it came to his own problems.

 

“You know that the Count considers me a precious friend, don’t you, Sir Zeros? For such a person, he would naturally send the knight he trusts most. That’s you.”

 

“…”

 

“Look at the letters too. He sent you several letters, didn’t he? He only sent me one. That’s proof that he cares about you.”

 

Sir Zeros, who had been staring blankly at the desk, hung his head low once again.

 

Uncharacteristically fidgeting with his fingers, he picked something up.

 

It was the letter he had been writing and erasing repeatedly.

 

“Lady Siena, would you… help me write this letter?”

 

“Of course!”

 

Other people’s love stories are the most interesting, after all.

 

I immediately picked up a chair and placed it right next to him.

 

Since I had a history of receiving help through letters, I should properly help him in return.

 

However, there was a separate difficulty.

 

“Miss, please look at this part.”

 

Sir Zeros pointed to a section of Rudian’s letter that came to me today with a serious expression.

 

[Sir Zeros. I’ve been thinking of you since dawn.

 

The day was terribly gloomy. It was the kind of weather where lightning could strike and rain could pour down at any moment.]

 

“The fact that I came to mind on such a terribly gloomy day—doesn’t that mean I’m just as gloomy?”

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“He even says he thought of me from dawn. I’m sure his mood turned bad the moment he woke up because he thought of me.”

 

This person. This is serious.

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