I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 61

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 061

 

‘No, that can’t be right.’

 

Ugh, I shook my head and then clutched it as the headache worsened.

 

‘Harman is the only person in the Empire with golden hair.’

 

So right now, I’m in so much pain that I’m seeing Harman blurrily, mistaking him for multiple people.

 

That has to be it.

 

But why do I feel like multiple gazes are watching me?

 

‘Ah.’

 

But I didn’t have time to think anymore.

 

My whole body, which had been burning like a fireball just moments ago, now felt drained of heat as cold sweat poured down.

 

My entire body trembled from the extreme chill.

 

Harman seemed to notice something and leaned toward me.

 

“Lady?”

 

Soon my vision blurred.

 

“Duke, I’m sorry-”

 

Thud-!

 

I lost consciousness and collapsed.

 

* * *

 

Those Things surrounding Harman chattered noisily for a while.

 

【That woman. Isn’t her condition a bit strange?】

 

【Go closer and check.】

 

【Ah, no way. What if I get annihilated too by going close?】

 

They had made a fuss as soon as Siena got out of the carriage, of course.

 

【Harman, how about just using magic right now?】

 

【Harman! What are you doing?】

 

And they continued even after arriving at the restaurant.

 

Thud-!

 

But in the end, Siena collapsed onto the dining table.

 

“…Lady Siena!”

 

Harman rushed to Siena immediately.

 

Completely forgetting that he had been just about to touch the magic circle under the dining table that he had prepared for days.

 

“Miss, Lady Siena!”

 

However, Sir Zeros, Siena’s guard knight, was already examining her first.

 

Starting with the restless Sir Zeros, the restaurant became chaotic.

 

Harman stared down at Siena as if he couldn’t hear any of the surrounding noise.

 

Her pale face was like a living corpse.

 

Only after confirming that Siena was breathing steadily did he ask Sir Zeros.

 

“Sir, has Lady Siena shown any signs of illness recently?”

 

“…Well, the thing is, Duke.”

 

Sir Zeros, who had been carefully shaking Siena’s shoulder, flinched.

 

“Recently her schedule has been too tight, so she’s been working without proper sleep. I heard yesterday that her forehead was burning hot like a fireball, but today she said she was completely better… This is my oversight.”

 

“…”

 

Her body temperature had been too hot to describe as merely ‘warm’ from the moment she got out of the carriage.

 

Her complexion, which had seemed off, had become so haggard that it wouldn’t have been strange if she collapsed immediately…

 

Was it because she was sick?

 

Then the butler came running hurriedly.

 

“Duke, I’ve called for the personal physician first!”

 

The butler, who had urgently reported the situation, glanced at both sides of Harman and stepped back a few paces.

 

Harman’s gaze was still fixed on the motionless Siena.

 

“Sir.”

 

“Yes, Duke.”

 

“Since the situation has turned out this way, let us attend to Lady Siena at my estate so she can rest.”

 

“Thank you, Du… ke?”

 

Sir Zeros, who had been about to bow respectfully, stopped mid-bow in surprise.

 

Because Harman had lifted Siena into his arms without any hesitation.

 

“Du-Duke! I’ll carry her!”

 

“No, I’ll carry her.”

 

Due to the firm refusal, Sir Zeros had no choice but to follow behind Harman.

 

The restaurant that had become chaotic returned to silence in an instant.

 

And shortly after everyone had left the restaurant.

 

Those Things, with golden hair identical to Harman’s hanging down, glared at the spot where Siena had been sitting.

 

Before long, one of them spoke.

 

【…How could this happen?】

 

It was utterly unbelievable.

 

Harman had deliberately changed all hundreds of plates in the Duke’s estate to emerald plates.

 

He had told the butler that he was changing them to ‘plates that ghosts don’t possess,’ recommended by Exorcist Siena, but the reality was different.

 

“The moment Siena starts eating, it will block the servants’ and guard knight’s view.”

 

After the food was all prepared, while the servants who had finished their duties were moving away.

 

Harman planned to use magic to simultaneously shatter all hundreds of plates.

 

Emerald plates that would immediately bring to mind Siena’s eyes, no less.

 

And during that time, he planned to eliminate Siena and then cover up the incident by blaming it on evil spirits.

 

The plan was perfect.

 

If only Siena hadn’t collapsed in front of everyone.

 

‘Lea,’ who had previously planned to go to Siena’s estate, sat on the dining table with her head twisted at an odd angle.

 

【This was practically our last chance. Harman should have used magic as soon as that woman came to the restaurant.】

 

【…Harman probably didn’t know that woman would collapse here of all places.】

 

That Thing that always hovered around Harman making jokes.

 

‘Calidis’ subtly defended Harman.

 

Then Lea’s gaze, which had immediately sharpened, fell on her younger sibling who was subtly defending Harman.

 

Calidis pretended not to notice and smiled with narrowed eyes.

 

【Elder Sister, it couldn’t be helped. If he wasn’t careful, there might have been talk that Harman intentionally killed that woman.】

 

【So what if he did? She’s just a commoner anyway.】

 

【Hmm…】

 

Calidis rolled his eyes. He seemed to be pondering how to explain this.

 

Because Lea’s question came from pure curiosity without any malice at all.

 

【Not right now. If Harman gets imprisoned, his abilities will stagnate. Harman surely has a plan.】

 

Lea finally nodded.

 

Those Things turned their gazes toward where Harman and Siena had gone.

 

* * *

 

A cool breeze brushed against my cheek. I pulled the blanket closer and shifted my body.

 

“Mmm, Bella. Just let me sleep 5 more minutes.”

 

I think I caught a cold or something.

 

Besides, I didn’t sleep at all today.

 

‘But was the blanket this hard?’

 

I had definitely been hot enough to say I was submerged in a pit of fire.

 

But now my whole body was shivering from the cold.

 

“Ugh, why is it so cold.”

 

I forced my eyelids open. There wasn’t much I could see with my eyes that kept closing.

 

At most, some golden hair?

 

‘Is that Harman?’

 

So I’m still at the Monteville Ducal Estate?

 

There was a limit to how much I could think in this state.

 

Just as I was about to close my eyes again.

 

<Please help me.>

 

I heard a woman’s sobbing voice.

 

“…!”

 

I bolted upright in shock. All drowsiness vanished instantly.

 

Not only was it an unfamiliar voice I’d never heard before, but it didn’t sound like it came through my ears—it rang through my head with a piercing resonance.

 

After fully opening my eyes, I became even more confused.

 

‘It wasn’t Harman?’

 

Blonde hair reaching down to the waist and golden eyes filled with such sorrow they seemed ready to shed tears at any moment.

 

What Harman—there was a woman I had no memory of at all sitting by my bedside!

 

I hastily moved my heels to push myself backward.

 

“Wh-who are you?!”

 

Wait a minute, no wonder the blanket felt so stiff.

 

‘What I grabbed wasn’t a blanket but that person’s hand!’

 

Horrified, I flung the woman’s hand away.

 

But why is her hand so big and thick with all these veins…

 

However, the woman didn’t seem to care that I had pushed her hand away. Instead, she was coming closer!

 

<Please, help me.>

 

I continued to back away. Before long, my back hit the wall.

 

‘…Looking closer, she’s completely soaked?’

 

Did she fall in water? Or get caught in the rain?

 

Oh, but looking again, it’s brown hair, not blonde.

 

The idle thought quickly passed. I asked warily.

 

“Who exactly are you—”

 

But the moment I blinked.

 

Amazingly, the woman disappeared.

 

“…Lady Siena. You’re awake?”

 

Instead, Harman appeared in her place.

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