I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 74
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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 074
“Bokdeungi, no.”
I hurriedly pulled the letters into my arms and blocked Bokdeungi.
Since he was already a large breed dog, when he stood up abruptly with his paws on the table, he looked quite threatening.
“This is absolutely not allowed.”
This is my work.
“I need to work so I can buy your food, treats, and toys.”
Hey? Do you understand?
“Woof! Grrrr, woof woof!”
Ah, seeing that he still can’t understand what I’m saying, he’s not a genius dog after all. I’ll have to settle for calling him a gifted dog.
Despite my efforts, Bokdeungi continued barking at the letters.
I hid the letters to the left, then to the right, trying to avoid Bokdeungi.
“Woof! Woof!”
Geez, he’s persistent.
Then Sir Zeros, who had been watching Bokdeungi with a serious expression, asked me a favor.
“Lady Siena, could you put your hands down for a moment?”
“What? What if Bokdeungi tears up the letters?”
This is all money.
“From what I can see, he seems to just be barking.”
Is that… so?
I observed Bokdeungi’s behavior for a moment, then carefully put the letters down.
Actually, my back was hurting too much.
To realize my lack of exercise like this. At this rate, it’s like Bokdeungi just trained me.
But as soon as I put the letters down, something amazing happened.
Sir Zeros was right.
Bokdeungi really was just glaring at the letters and barking, not doing anything else!
“Grrrr, woof!”
“He really isn’t tearing them up?”
“And there’s something even stranger.”
“Something even stranger?”
“Yes.”
Had he been carefully observing and analyzing Bokdeungi’s behavior piece by piece?
Sir Zeros was very cautious and serious, just like when he analyzed Rudian’s letter.
“He’s not reacting to all the letters.”
“What?”
The conclusion was a bit strange though.
“Let’s separate the letters Bokdeungi barks at from the ones he doesn’t.”
“Sure, why not.”
As I mentioned, this was the first time I’d seen Sir Zeros take such great interest in something other than Rudian.
Of course, I didn’t think there would be any particular significance to it.
I was completely drained of energy, so I just went along with whatever he suggested.
But it seems Sir Zeros was right again this time.
“Woof! Grrrr, woof woof!”
After we finished sorting, Bokdeungi precisely targeted the pile Sir Zeros had classified as ‘letters Bokdeungi barked at’ and barked furiously.
Then he circled around that area restlessly.
‘What’s in these letters?’
I read through the letters with curiosity.
What’s different between these letters and those letters that makes him bark like this?
[Dear Exorcist, ghosts are being spotted daily in our shop’s storage room.
Every night, an unknown black liquid flows out of the storage room.
Naturally, my staff and I can’t enter, so it’s been left unattended, and recently customers have also reported seeing ghosts while passing near the storage room.
Now the black liquid flows out of the storage room even during the day, and I’m going crazy.
Please exorcise the ghost in the storage room. I beg you.]
[It seems a ghost has attached itself to a picture frame in my estate, Exorcist.
When I pass in front of that frame alone, I feel a strange gaze…]
“…Huh?”
Wait.
Don’t tell me this one too, and this one, and this one?!
As I quickly read through the letters, Sir Zeros looked at me with confusion.
“Huh?!”
“Why, what’s wrong?”
“These are all requests for exorcism?”
Sir Zeros seriously scanned through what I had pointed out, then looked at me with puzzled eyes.
“I suppose that would make sense?”
He knows one thing but not the other.
The letters I receive aren’t only exorcism request letters.
To prove my hypothesis was correct, I quickly pulled out letters from the other pile and opened them.
“…What about this?”
Sir Zeros’ eyes gradually widened.
There was a clear difference between the letters Bokdeungi barked at and the ones he didn’t.
The letters on the left were exorcism requests.
But the ones on the right were not.
[I love you, Exorcist ♥♡♥]
[I’m always cheering for you! Exorcist!]
[I haven’t been able to eat anything for a week… I’m so hungry I might collapse… If you have any intention of helping me even a little, Market 3rd Alley 5th Bench…]
[The children are waiting for your precious support, Exorcist…]
Right.
Fan letters, donation requests, and other letters unrelated to exorcism.
In other words, Bokdeungi only barked at letters from people who needed exorcism!
‘How is this possible?’
The only way to explain this is that Bokdeungi really did sort them!
Someone might dismiss it as a joke if they heard about it, but there’s evidence right here.
“Could it be that Bokdeungi has some special ability?”
“Bokdeungi might be able to see things related to ghosts.”
Even Sir Zeros, who rarely talks nonsense, and Bella, who had been examining both piles of letters, were saying this, so that says it all.
Bella didn’t stop there.
“Ah, so that’s why Miss was instinctively drawn to Bokdeungi! Now I understand!”
I don’t know how her thoughts went that far…
“I knew it. Our Bokdeungi is definitely a clever puppy!”
If you think so, I’m grateful.
But we would soon learn that we were greatly mistaken.
[Hello, Exorcist.
I think my husband has been possessed by a ghost.
He’s been staring blankly into empty air at home every day recently, so I was worried and went to visit his shop yesterday.
But the shop door was tightly closed and my husband was nowhere to be seen.
This was the same person who had left that morning saying he was going to work.
Then he came home in the evening acting like nothing happened, saying he was back from work, so when I told him I had gone to look for him at the shop…
He said that actually a ghost had attached itself to him, and he had closed the door as the ghost instructed.
Exorcist, if it’s alright with you, could you check if my husband really has a ghost attached to him, and if so, could you exorcise it?]
This was a letter from the right pile.
So, it’s a request for exorcism, but it’s one that wasn’t classified among the letters Bokdeungi barked at.
“…I guess not.”
“….”
“….”
We just ended up making a big fuss over nothing.
Three adults, in front of one puppy.
They say all dog owners think their dog is a genius….
We awkwardly avoided each other’s gazes.
I pretended I had never made a fuss and continued speaking naturally as if nothing had happened.
“There are more letters than I expected, so I should send reply letters to everyone saying I’ll proceed with exorcisms in order for now.”
“Miss, if you overdo it, you might collapse again.”
Sir Zeros also seemed to want to move past this situation quickly and answered hastily.
“I was already planning to work only a set amount per week. I’m going to take it easy and rest properly.”
“That’s a wise decision.”
“And tomorrow….”
After hesitating for a moment, I took out something I had carefully kept in my bosom since yesterday.
The moment the antique texture touched my hand, the world was tinted pink.
“It’s the day I’m meeting the Duke, so I’m not scheduling anything else.”
I had immediately erased the memory of the ridiculous conversation I’d just had with the two of them.
[Then I’ll see you next Tuesday at lunch. I’m very much looking forward to it.]
It was just a brief reply of only two lines, but it made me smile wryly.
Yesterday, as soon as I sent a reply letter to Harman, he sent another letter as if he had been waiting-
“Woof! Woof woof! Woof!”
Bokdeungi saw Harman’s letter and barked like crazy.
‘We caught you barking meaninglessly, you know.’
I pretended not to notice and hid the letter.
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