I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 59

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 059

 

Sir Zeros and I familiarly divided the chairs and sat facing each other.

 

This was because I had confidently brought him here, saying I would interpret Rudian’s actions and words for him.

 

“Sir Zeros, what did the Count say to you again today that’s got you like this?”

 

“Well…”

 

“Let’s go inside and talk. I’ll interpret it properly for you.”

 

But I was already regretting it.

 

As soon as Sir Zeros sat in the chair, his expression became quite troubling, as if he was immersed in recalling Rudian’s words.

 

“First… She tapped my shoulder and said I seemed to have grown taller, then asked if I had been stealing Lady Siena’s food.”

 

“…”

 

She did speak rather hurtfully.

 

‘Though if I hesitated even a little, my plate would be half empty.’

 

But I couldn’t speak honestly in front of someone who looked so troubled, holding his head in his hands.

 

“It’s a joke she can make because you’re close. And saying you’ve grown taller is a compliment, so why are you suffering over it?”

 

Sir Zeros suddenly lifted his head.

 

In that brief moment, tears had formed droplets in his eyes.

 

“I’m already over 190cm tall. If I grow any more, I might reach 2 meters!”

 

At this sudden height bragging, I, who had been quietly sitting at 160-something cm, took a hit.

 

“Count Helkene once said she hoped the height difference with her future husband wouldn’t exceed 20cm. If I grow any more, it’ll be dangerous!”

 

“Ah, yes.”

 

Before, he said he didn’t want his feelings to be discovered. Now he’s already finished thinking about marriage by himself.

 

“What was the Count’s expression like when she said that?”

 

“Ah… She was smiling mischievously.”

 

“Then it was just a compliment. If she didn’t like that you were too tall, knowing the Count’s personality, she would have said something outright or frowned.”

 

“…That’s true.”

 

Sir Zeros’s face, which had been dying just moments ago, instantly brightened. Though he still looked foolish with his disheveled hair sticking out in all directions.

 

“Now, what else did the Count say after that?”

 

“…”

 

His expression, which had just brightened, immediately became sorrowful again.

 

The conversation continued with him making extreme assumptions and me correcting the facts.

 

For a full 3 hours.

 

* * *

 

The next day, nothing really happened at Marquis Fainen’s Estate.

 

‘Wouldn’t it have been better to postpone this appointment and see Harman first?’

 

No, didn’t Grace say she was preparing an amazing tea time?

 

What tea time.

 

I rushed all the way to the marquis’s estate, only to return right after exchanging greetings.

 

It takes a full 6 hours by carriage to go round trip from my estate to Marquis Fainen’s estate!

 

‘I deliberately left at dawn, and this is what I get?’

 

Listening to the rattling wheel sounds as music while leaning blankly against the carriage window, I found myself back at my estate before I knew it.

 

“Oh my, you’re back quite early?”

 

Bella looked puzzled seeing Sir Zeros and me returning in broad daylight. I scratched my cheek.

 

“Well, the exorcism ended as soon as we arrived, you could say.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

Honestly, I don’t really understand it either.

 

Having nothing to say, I headed straight for the sofa, but Bella followed me with quick steps.

 

For some reason, Sir Zeros didn’t return to his room either and stood firmly beside me.

 

“Sir Zeros, thank you for your hard work today as well.”

 

“I only watched. Lady Siena did everything.”

 

…Can this even be called doing everything?

 

It was embarrassingly little to call it doing something. Among all the estates I’ve visited for supposed ghosts, this was the most uneventful.

 

“Why? What on earth happened?”

 

Bella leaned in close, pushing her face forward. She had somehow brought cool glasses of water in both hands.

 

“Nothing special happened.”

 

Really, truly.

 

“Aren’t you being too modest?”

 

“Cough, what?”

 

I almost choked on my water!

 

I roughly wiped the water from the corner of my mouth.

 

Feeling absurd, I looked at Sir Zeros, who was looking back at me with an equally absurd expression.

 

“You exorcised the ghost attached to Marquis Fainen in one swift move.”

 

“That’s!”

 

I was about to argue but stopped.

 

Right, everyone seems to think that’s what happened.

 

I didn’t do anything, so why?

 

It was frustrating but I had nothing to say… no wait.

 

“But Sir Zeros, didn’t you say you can’t see ghosts?”

 

“Yes, I can’t see them. But the marquis’s complexion suddenly improved noticeably, so there must have been something there.”

 

Why are you saying such things so confidently? And why is your expression so serious?

 

‘This person is going to become a true believer in exorcism at this rate.’

 

Of course, that’s what I’m selling.

 

‘This won’t do.’

 

I placed the cup, still sloshing with remaining water, on the table. I briefly gauged Bella’s reaction.

 

‘No matter what I say about ghosts, Bella absolutely won’t believe it, so I’ve been careful about what I say around Sir Zeros too.’

 

But I should tell him.

 

He has to follow me around for at least another month and a half, so it would be more comfortable for him to believe there are no such things as ghosts.

 

‘Don’t say definitively that there absolutely aren’t any! Instead, phrase it like it’s better not to believe in them.’

 

After thinking for a moment, I spoke up in a quite serious voice.

 

“Sir Zeros, only believe what you can see with your eyes.”

 

“Pardon? What do you mean by that?”

 

As expected, a question came right back.

 

“You said you can’t see ghosts, right? So just think ‘ghosts don’t exist.'”

 

“…I understand.”

 

He said he understood, but his voice sounded like he had no idea what I was talking about.

 

But I’m saying all this for your own good.

 

‘It’s the same reason why everyone thinks exorcism happens just because I’m there, since I’m an exorcist.’

 

That’s exactly what happened today.

 

Marquis Fainen said he was getting thinner by the day because of a ghost that had been clinging to him without fail recently.

 

So that’s probably why.

 

“Exorcist, I’m so glad to see… Gh, ghost!”

 

He was startled the moment he saw me.

 

‘Calling me a ghost all of a sudden, really.’

 

Making someone who came all this way feel unwelcome, honestly.

 

Marquis Fainen, who had barely managed to walk over while being supported by Grace, shouted without even finishing his greeting.

 

Then he pointed his finger into empty air as if indicating something. That finger gradually moved…

 

“It, it’s flying toward that direction like crazy!”

 

“This way? Here?”

 

It was pointing toward me.

 

Naturally, I couldn’t see anything.

 

But to play along professionally, I casually waved my hand in the direction he was pointing. Like shooing away a bug.

 

I just did that, and yet.

 

“…!”

 

The marquis froze with his hand still extended, unable to even blink.

 

About a minute later.

 

“Ex, exorcised! The exorcist exorcised the ghost with just a hand gesture!”

 

Color began returning to his face, which had been no different from a corpse.

 

‘What exactly did I do?’

 

The marquis, who had been half-dead, became energetic as if he were a different person, bowed deeply to me, and handed over an enormous sum as payment.

 

Then he apologized but said he was in a hurry because of Grace’s admission procedures and quickly went inside.

 

So basically, as soon as I arrived at Marquis Fainen’s estate, it was ‘exorcism started, exorcism finished’!

 

I haven’t even started yet!

 

‘Really, no matter how much I think about it, I have no idea.’

 

Since it’s always ghost this, ghost that, every problem must be caused by ghosts.

 

Do they think everything gets solved just by having an exorcist come?

 

What is this…

 

‘Does this sound like money rolling in by the vine?’

 

Just imagining it made my mouth stretch into a grin.

 

The payment I received from Viscount Morgon and Marquis Fainen alone was enough to hire several servants and guard knights right away.

 

At this point, I could probably post a job opening for servants.

 

I was grinning to myself when Bella suddenly poked her head out.

 

“Miss, you’re not feeling sick anywhere, are you?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“You look really pale.”

 

Bella asked with a worried tone, then alternately touched her forehead and mine before jerking her hand away in shock.

 

“…Oh my! Miss, your forehead is burning hot!”

 

Huh? Hot?

 

I quickly touched my forehead. Even before my palm made contact, I could feel the burning heat rising.

 

The real problem was with my body.

 

‘I had such a high fever and didn’t notice until Bella said something?’

 

I had been feeling tired since yesterday, but I didn’t know it was this bad.

 

Maybe it was because I checked my forehead, but suddenly my whole body felt heavy as if it was drooping.

 

“You must have exhausted a lot of energy from doing exorcisms one after another recently! What should we do!”

 

Hmm, it’s definitely not because of exorcism…

 

But it was hard to argue back, since I really did start rapidly losing energy as if I had used up all my strength doing exorcisms.

 

It felt like several days’ worth of fatigue hit me all at once. My whole body felt like it was going to break apart.

 

“Will you be okay tomorrow?”

 

“Of course. I’ve been waiting for tomorrow.”

 

“But Miss, your head is practically on fire…”

 

“This much will get better quickly after just one night’s sleep. I just need to eat dinner and go to bed early.”

 

“Can’t you postpone it just one more day? What if you collapse when you go to the Monteville Ducal Estate?”

 

“I’ve already postponed it three times. And only my head is a bit hot, everything else is perfectly fine.”

 

Bella kept trying to persuade me anxiously, but I really couldn’t postpone my appointment with Harman any longer.

 

Ridiculously enough, as my head burned and I felt dizzy, all the random thoughts in my mind disappeared.

 

Instead, Harman’s face filled my thoughts completely.

 

Actually, the only way I could think of him now was by looking at the blue plate during meals.

 

‘At first I was upset about the 3 million franc plate, but now I’m grateful to at least have the plate.’

 

I stared at the blue plate neatly arranged in the kitchen. The corners of my mouth twitched and my cheeks turned reddish.

 

Finally, tomorrow.

 

‘I didn’t know I’d be this excited after not seeing him for just a few days.’

 

As I had said, I headed straight to my room after eating dinner. I lay down on the bed and covered myself with the blanket.

 

‘If I sleep from now on, I won’t doze off in front of Harman.’

 

That would be a real disaster, wouldn’t it?

 

Right, there’s no way that would happen.

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