I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 62

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 062

 

‘Huh?’

 

That wasn’t all.

 

Harman was making an expression remarkably similar to that woman’s.

 

That is, a pitiful face that looked like he might burst into tears at any moment…

 

‘What? What’s going on?’

 

I stared blankly at Harman before belatedly looking around.

 

I rubbed my eyelids and blinked several times. But the woman had already vanished without a trace.

 

As if she had never existed in the first place.

 

‘…?’

 

As I stared blankly into empty air, a voice that sounded choked up quietly reached my ears.

 

“Do you perhaps dislike me?”

 

What does that mean?

 

When I whipped my head around, Harman lowered his eyes as if he had been waiting for me to look at him.

 

His usually clear eyes looked infinitely sad.

 

He stroked the back of his pale, delicate hand and murmured sadly.

 

“The moment Lady opened her eyes, you screamed and pushed my hand away…”

 

“What? I did that?”

 

I pointed at myself with my index finger and asked. I was that dumbfounded.

 

When did I ever push your hand away-

 

‘Oh, wait. Could the hand I thought belonged to a woman in my dream have been Harman’s hand?’

 

That explains it!

 

With a bit of exaggeration, it seemed about twice the size of my hand.

 

I hurriedly waved my hands.

 

“Oh, I’m sorry! I must have done that because I didn’t know it was Duke’s hand. I was having a strange dream.”

 

When I repeated like a parrot that I absolutely hadn’t pushed Duke’s hand away, his expression improved considerably.

 

“Then I’m truly relieved, Lady. How are you feeling physically?”

 

“Oh, my body? I’m feeling a bit better now-”

 

Thud.

 

My face landed right on the soft pillow.

 

My head had suddenly become heavy, causing my body to collapse sideways.

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

With my vision tilted 90 degrees, I had no choice but to look at Harman diagonally.

 

We couldn’t say anything for a moment.

 

‘Come to think of it, I was definitely having a meal with Harman.’

 

Why did I suddenly wake up in bed…?

 

I slowly turned my thoughts. The forgotten memories began to creep back.

 

‘Good heavens.’

 

That’s right.

 

Instead of honestly telling Harman I was sick…

 

I couldn’t even apologize properly and just collapsed right at the dining table!

 

Until I came here, I thought even dozing off during a meal would be a disaster.

 

‘But I didn’t just doze off, I completely fainted?’

 

Amazing, really.

 

Moreover, the moment I realized I was sick, the headache began to surge back.

 

“Ugh…”

 

A groan escaped through my teeth.

 

Harman’s complexion hardened rapidly.

 

He carefully checked the temperature of my forehead, then brought a water-soaked towel from somewhere and placed it on my forehead.

 

“I heard from Lady’s guard knight. He said you’ve been extremely busy with work recently and overexerted yourself.”

 

“…Ah, Sir Zeros must have told you. I should have mentioned it beforehand, I’m sorry. I really wanted to keep our appointment today.”

 

I answered hesitantly.

 

For some reason, Harman also hesitated.

 

That time lasted quite long, so I had to struggle to force my eyelids open as they kept trying to close.

 

No, I can’t fall asleep like this again…

 

“Did I perhaps rush Lady too much?”

 

…My eyes snapped wide open.

 

“What? No?”

 

How could that be! If anything, I kept postponing and postponing until we finally met today!

 

I tried to lift my head that had been almost buried in the soft pillow.

 

No, I failed to do so. A tremendous headache struck.

 

I had no choice but to look at Harman while lying on my side.

 

“It’s not that, I really wanted to see Duke today. It’s been quite a while since we last met.”

 

“Ah.”

 

“So I was going to tell you I’d at least have a meal before going back, but I fainted instead. Haha.”

 

But what meal.

 

After meeting for the first time in a while, I ruined the meal and fainted in someone else’s manor before waking up.

 

‘To think I have to leave after causing such trouble.’

 

It was the worst.

 

If this was going to happen, it would have been better to postpone the appointment one more time as Bella suggested.

 

Meanwhile, the fact that I still couldn’t sit up properly and had to look at Harman while lying down made me even more depressed.

 

‘Still… there’s still a way.’

 

I made a sad face.

 

Deliberately making it look more dejected.

 

“Duke, since I haven’t done the manor investigation this week yet, may I visit again after I recover quickly?”

 

Thinking about it, Harman and I had a relationship that started with a contract.

 

A contract to examine the manor once a week and check whether there were ghosts or not.

 

‘Though I confessed there were no ghosts.’

 

Even after that, Harman kept meeting with me for some reason.

 

‘Then maybe the presence of ghosts isn’t important anymore?’

 

So perhaps Harman also enjoys the time we spend together.

 

The time waiting for an answer felt eternally long.

 

“…”

 

Harman squinted one eye.

 

At the same time, my heart, which had been trying to find even the slightest change in his expression, lurched.

 

“Ah, the contract.”

 

His tone sounded like he was remembering something he had completely forgotten, making my heart lurch once more.

 

‘Please, please don’t say we should never meet again.’

 

I looked at Harman earnestly with the desperate heart of someone praying with clasped hands.

 

But what followed wasn’t an answer, but something completely different and unexpected.

 

“While Lady was unconscious, I called a personal physician to examine Lady’s condition.”

 

…Suddenly?

 

Harman reached out toward me, who had become bewildered.

 

I reflexively closed and opened my eyes. My forehead somehow felt cooler.

 

It turned out Harman had removed the towel that had become lukewarm from the heat and placed a new wet towel on my forehead.

 

“He says it’s body aches from fatigue, so it would be good to rest well for about three days.”

 

“Ah… Thank you.”

 

I expressed my gratitude for now.

 

But because of the wet towel placed on my forehead, I couldn’t nod and could only move my mouth.

 

‘Well, with my whole body this hot and barely able to move, what else could it be but body aches.’

 

At least it’s fortunate there are no signs of a cold.

 

However, Harman seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

 

“Honestly, I’m still worried. What if Lady collapses in the carriage on the way back? No one would know until arrival, would they?”

 

“That’s, well. Ah! I could ride in the carriage together with Sir Zeros.”

 

“….”

 

Why is he looking at me with those eyes.

 

For something I just thought of, isn’t it quite a good solution.

 

‘What is this strange feeling.’

 

Harman is clearly extremely worried about me. Yet at the same time, he was oddly grumbling.

 

‘Why on earth?’

 

I’m truly grateful that he keeps checking the wet towel on my forehead and replacing it with a new one.

 

Now that I look at it, he seems to want something from me.

 

But I have absolutely no idea what.

 

My head wasn’t working well.

 

Even though the fever on my forehead was cooling down thanks to the cold wet towel, the throbbing remained constant.

 

Eventually, Harman let out a sigh.

 

“Lady Siena, you seem completely unable to think of relying on others.”

 

“…!”

 

Suddenly my hand was firmly grasped.

 

As I could only stare with wide eyes without saying anything, a gentle voice fell from above my head.

 

“Didn’t I say that for body aches caused by fatigue, it’s best to rest thoroughly for about three days.”

 

What on earth is happening right now?

 

“So it would be best for you to recuperate at my estate for three days while having your condition checked by a personal physician, Lady.”

 

“….”

 

“It’s fortunate that your body temperature seems lower than when you fainted.”

 

He carefully placed my hand back on the bed.

 

Facing his gently smiling face, my thoughts flowed a bit more slowly.

 

Wait a moment, so….

 

‘He’s asking me to stay together at the Monteville Ducal Estate?’

 

For three days at that.

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