I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 93

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 093

I hastily pulled my hand away. Without giving him a chance to wonder, I quickly added.

“Baron, the matter you requested this time was caused by rotten fruit, not a ghost. There was no ghost in the vault.”

“What? What do you… mean?”

“The butler confirmed it too. There was some mysterious rotten fruit in the deepest part of the vault. Once we disposed of it, the foul smell completely disappeared.”

From now on, when you go to the vault, make sure to take out any fruit you were eating.

You understand, right?

“And the ghost’s crying sound was probably the sound of items stacked in the vault collapsing that you misheard.”

Honestly, I still don’t really understand this part.

All I could do was just guess that it might be something like that.

It didn’t feel like something was definitively resolved, so I felt uneasy.

Just in case crying sounds are heard again, it would become troublesome…

“I won’t accept payment for this job, Baron.”

“No, Exorcist!”

“Huh?”

My hand was suddenly grabbed.

This person is doing it again!

“Regardless of the cause, didn’t you perform an exorcism?”

“No, that’s not it. This case can’t be called an exorcism at all-“

“Not only are you skilled, Exorcist, but you’re humble too!”

My hand was shaken up and down vigorously by the excited Baron.

I’m not being humble, and I didn’t perform an exorcism either!

But it was completely useless.

The hand that had been shaking slowed down, and the Baron made an expression as if he’d been hit on the back of the head.

“Ah, I think I heard somewhere that ghosts gather in places that smell similar to them. The ghost crying sounds were because of the ghosts that gathered like that!”

“What are you…”

Sigh, now I don’t know either.

Fine, then ghosts make crying sounds similar to heavy objects clattering.

And let’s say they’re strange creatures that emit smells similar to rotten fruit.

This was my first time dealing with a client who completely couldn’t communicate.

Moreover, Lord Rose disappeared into the manor as soon as I got into the carriage.

“Well then, farewell, Exorcist!”

“Yes, Baron. Farewell-“

Without even properly listening to my reply.

All the servants followed the Baron and rushed away, so there was no one to see off the carriage.

The coachman awkwardly cleared his throat, looking at me and Sir Zeros who were left behind.

‘What the heck?’

Rather than being absurd, I was puzzled.

Setting aside the lack of courtesy, the way he entered the manor looked very urgent.

As if he had something to check urgently.

‘When I arrived, didn’t he treat me with utmost care, even personally holding an umbrella for me?’

Even if coming and going are different, this is really too much…

But even glaring at his retreating figure changed nothing, and my work was already finished.

Sir Zeros slowly closed the carriage door.

That’s when it happened.

“Woof!”

At the clear sound of a dog barking that pierced my ears, I grabbed the closing carriage door.

“Sir Zeros!”

“Miss, that sound is…”

We looked at each other with surprised eyes and then hurriedly looked around.

“Woof! Woof woof!”

The barking sound came again.

From a much closer place than before.

Soon, a huge brown furry mass appeared from behind the corner of the Baron’s estate wall and jumped into the carriage.

“Kyaah!”

Right, somehow it sounded familiar, like something I hear every day.

Though I reflexively screamed, I skillfully embraced the furry mass that rushed toward me.

“…Bokdeungi?”

“Woof!”

Why are you coming out from there?!

The yellow eyes looking up at me as if happy were sparkling to a burdensome degree.

“How did you get all the way here? And why are you so dirty?”

I don’t know what happened, but while examining Bokdeungi’s face this way and that, I discovered something strange.

Despite being excited enough to wag his tail vigorously, he wasn’t panting.

“But Bokdeungi, you-“

“Ptooey.”

The moment I tried to question him, Bokdeungi spat out what was in his mouth outside the carriage as if he’d been waiting.

Wait.

“Why are you carrying this?”

“Why is Bokdeungi carrying this?”

As soon as we confirmed what Bokdeungi had brought, Sir Zeros and I were shocked simultaneously.

Why is the rotten fruit we took out and disposed of from the vault here?

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The journey back to the manor was quite smooth.

Until I resolved the matter while facing the tremendous stench from the vault head-on—though I didn’t actually do anything—thunder could be heard.

But as if it never happened, the thunder stopped completely and even the rain ceased entirely.

However, as soon as I arrived at the manor and grabbed the door handle, I met eyes with Bella and Emily, who greeted me with pale faces.

“Miss, Bokdeungi disappeared! We put out a notice for now, but…”

Emily, who had been skilled and calm like a servant who had lived in my manor for a long time since her first day of employment, spoke quickly with apparent anxiety.

“Miss, I’m sorry. Bokdeungi suddenly broke his leash and ran away. In the end, I couldn’t find him-“

Then she looked down and stopped speaking abruptly. I shrugged my shoulders.

“Yeah, I brought him back.”

“Woof!”

Bella, Emily, and the Former Countess who had been restless behind them all gaped.

Bokdeungi just wagged his tail vigorously, oblivious to their feelings.

After washing Bokdeungi, who was a mess as if he’d bathed in muddy water, I asked Bella and Emily what had happened.

“Maybe it was a problem that we went out when it wasn’t his usual walk time? He suddenly brought his leash and looked at me with bright eyes, so I took him out. But then he suddenly broke the leash and ran away.”

Sigh, Emily cupped her cheeks and sighed.

“No matter how much we searched, he was nowhere to be seen, so we were worried, but who would have thought he went all the way to where you were, Miss. I wonder if this should be considered fortunate.”

I glared at Bokdeungi.

“Bokdeungi, how exactly did you get all the way to Rose Estate?”

“Woof!”

“Why did you go there? Did you come to see me?”

“Woof woof!”

They say strong affirmation is strong denial.

It was so loud that it somehow seemed like he was saying he didn’t come to see me.

‘Hmm.’

Bokdeungi had never chased after me like this before. No matter how much he likes me.

Moreover, from my manor to Rose Estate is a distance that requires traveling by carriage.

It’s quite far, and he couldn’t have found his way just by smell.

“Let me ask again. Bokdeungi, why were you carrying that rotten fruit in your mouth?”

“…Whine.”

Huh?

Bokdeungi, who had been barking as if answering, suddenly became quiet.

Now he even rolled over and lay down with his belly exposed.

That’s strange.

“You’re not a dog, are you?”

At my rational nonsense, Bokdeungi, who had been lying sprawled out, perked up his ears.

Caught you pretending to sleep.

I pointed at Bokdeungi then stopped and let out a sigh.

‘What’s the point of interrogating him.’

It’s not like Bokdeungi actually understands what I’m saying.

I crossed my arms and leaned against the sofa backrest. Suddenly, the conversation I had with Sir Zeros before closing the carriage door came to mind.

“But Sir Zeros, about this rotten fruit. Didn’t you say you disposed of it with the butler earlier?”

“Yes, we did. The butler burned the box containing the rotten fruit right in front of me. Ah, but… I didn’t confirm that it burned completely.”

“What?”

“The butler said he would handle the finishing touches himself and told me to go help you, Miss.”

‘He said the butler would finish it.’

But why is this thing perfectly fine?

Sir Zeros also said he directly confirmed the rotten fruit was burning.

But the rotten fruit that fell from Bokdeungi’s mouth showed no signs of being burned at all.

Though it was torn to pieces, probably from all the chewing.

‘There was no stench.’

Strangely enough, there was no smell at all. Same with Bokdeungi who had been carrying it in his mouth.

It was incomprehensible.

After thinking for a moment, I couldn’t help but ask Sir Zeros.

“Sir Zeros, by any chance, when you returned, wasn’t there a stench from the rotten fruit? I mean, when it was burning?”

“Ah, there was still a stench at that time.”

“…That was definitely rotten fruit, right?”

“Probably so.”

Sir Zeros answered ambiguously.

In fact, concluding that it was rotten fruit was just our speculation.

While I was pondering, Sir Zeros walked briskly somewhere and suddenly looked up, holding one letter in each hand.

He was holding one letter each from the piles Bokdeungi had sorted.

“It really seems like Bokdeungi can see spiritual things. I suspected it when he was sorting the exorcism request letters so skillfully.”

Sir Zeros’ expression was serious, but his voice was filled with fondness. Then he tilted his head slightly.

“Oh, but Miss. Didn’t you say there were no ghosts in the vault?”

“Yes, there weren’t any.”

“But then why on earth did Bokdeungi…”

“…”

When the conversation abruptly stopped, I felt more chills than usual.

‘Right, there’s absolutely no such thing as ghosts.’

I thought that way until just an hour ago.

But what if…

What if Bokdeungi really can see something?

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