I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 94

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 094

Duke Monteville’s Greenhouse Garden.

Calidis narrowed his eyes.

His golden eyes were unfocused, as if looking somewhere else beyond the greenhouse.

The spirits sitting in a circle around him eagerly waited for Calidis to speak.

Before long, the corners of Calidis’s eyes curved upward. He chuckled with amusement.

<Just as I thought.>

The spirits who had been watching with anxious eyes quickly leaned their faces forward.

<That woman didn’t notice?>

<Can we really torment that woman this time?>

<Yes. It seems so. Though this time that woman’s guard knight almost became a variable.>

<What?!>

The spirits’ faces were colored with shock, but Calidis calmly swept back his hair.

<Ah, it’s fine. It was good that I bewitched the Rose Baron’s butler just in case. Even though the medium got burned a little, it’s not a big problem.>

<Haah, what a relief…>

With each word Calidis spoke, the spirits’ expressions swung between extremes.

Calidis surveyed the surroundings through the vision of That Thing connected to the medium.

It was thanks to the butler secretly throwing the medium into the grass.

<Actually, this worked out well. If the sound of a ghost wailing comes from outside the vault when the exorcism is already finished, that woman’s reputation will be damaged.>

Baron Rose and the servants hurriedly disappearing into the estate.

And that woman could be seen just before boarding the carriage.

<Compared to the medium Harman made, it’s a pitiful level, but still, this much should be->

“Woof! Woof woof!”

Calidis abruptly cut off his words.

The sound of an animal’s cry echoed around Calidis’s ears.

The spirits looked at him with puzzlement as he suddenly stopped speaking.

However, Calidis was flustered, only rolling his eyes left and right.

…A dog?

Though he couldn’t see clearly, it was definitely a dog.

A large dog that would probably be as tall as a person if it stood up.

The dog with brown fur flying wildly as it ran grabbed the medium the butler had briefly hidden in its mouth and.

Crunch-!

Destroyed it completely.

Caladis’s eyes, which had regained focus, were filled with bewilderment.

<What the hell… was that?>

How much effort went into making that medium.

It was futilely destroyed by a single dog that appeared out of nowhere.

* * *

‘Come to think of it, did Bokdeungi classify Baron Rose’s request on the left side?’

The left side, meaning the definite exorcism request side.

Bokdeungi even showed the expertise of classifying Emily’s husband’s case, where he had an affair and pretended it was a ghost’s doing, on the right side.

Back then, whether it was left or right didn’t really matter much.

It was just convenient to quickly handle the exorcism requests classified on the left side.

But…

My eyes shook restlessly as I scanned the letters held in Sir Zeros’s hands.

‘That can’t be possible.’

Right, there’s no way ghosts exist.

Though it’s amazing enough to call everything a coincidence, ghosts didn’t even exist in the original work.

‘It could be different from the original though.’

However, whenever I went to places where problems supposedly occurred due to ghosts, nothing actually happened even once.

I just focused on the sounds the client mistook for a ghost’s doing, and simply threw away old objects that made such sounds-

‘Wait, wasn’t it the same with the rotten fruit?’

I definitely removed the cause of the ‘foul smell’ that Baron Rose mentioned.

But the foul smell seemed to disappear only after Bokdeungi, who appeared suddenly, completely chewed up the rotten fruit.

So why exactly?

As if it really was a ghost’s doing…

Clatter-!

My head automatically turned at the sudden dull sound.

I met eyes with the Former Count, whose eyes had grown wide as if startled. He stood awkwardly, having dropped a torso-sized box.

“Ah, Miss Siena. It’s nothing to worry about. Continue with what you were saying!”

The Former Countess blocked my view and raised both hands as if trying to explain.

Then, checking what was in her hands, she hurriedly hid it behind her back.

“…”

Good heavens.

I belatedly covered my mouth.

‘I forgot you two were here!’

Throughout the trip to Rose Estate, I was bothered by how they saw me off saying they’d be waiting.

So I planned to definitely have dinner with the Former Count couple when I returned.

But when I actually came back, I was so focused on Bokdeungi that the Former Count couple were pushed to the back of my mind!

“It’s nothing on my end either, I’m sorry! …But.”

As I hurriedly apologized, I finally noticed what was in the Former Countess’s hands.

“What is that?”

Actually, I already knew what it was. Though she hid it behind her back, it was sticking out to the side.

But why was she hiding wallpaper sheets like that?

“Miss Siena, you said before. That the estate seemed too empty and you wanted to decorate it together.”

“Yes, I did say that…?”

“Miss Siena seemed too busy to make separate time, so we bought decorative items separately!”

The Former Countess, seeming to think she could no longer hide it, pointed toward the box her husband had dropped.

Dozens of boxes piled up in one corner of the living room.

Somehow it reminded me of the enormous amount of side dishes that Rudian had arbitrarily brought to my estate and distributed.

As I looked around at the boxes in a daze, the Former Countess approached and gently took my hand.

“Miss Siena, if it’s alright, shall we do some ‘estate decorating’ today?”

…Pardon?

* * *

There seems to be a big difference between the ‘estate decorating’ the Former Count couple meant and the ‘estate decorating’ I had in mind.

‘I just wanted to decorate the empty estate to make it a bit more cheerful.’

As soon as I agreed, the two of them excitedly turned over the boxes. Dozens of boxes!

I had no time to think about Bokdeungi.

Starting from the living room, the wallpaper of the entire grand mansion was newly papered, and various decorative items began to find their places.

Had about three hours passed?

“Wait, wait a moment! Let’s take a short break!”

Only when I hurriedly caught my breath and said this could we finally have tea time.

But the Former Countess naturally headed to the kitchen!

‘She did this before, and again?’

I was about to sit at the tea table but jumped up in surprise.

“You must be tired from decorating the estate today, so how about leaving the tea time preparations to Bella and Emily?”

“No, that won’t do.”

My persuasion was firmly blocked.

“Miss Siena. No matter how many more maids come to this estate, I want to prepare tea time myself. That’s an old person’s only pleasure.”

It was a very wistful voice. The Former Countess was already rummaging through the cupboard.

I slowly sank down into my seat. Beside me, the Former Count sent me a look as if to say there was nothing to be done about it.

Meanwhile, Bella asked me a question.

“Miss, shall we use the tea leaves that Duke Monteville gifted you?”

“Well, they have quite a sweet fragrance, so I’m not sure if you two would like-“

“A gift from Duke Monteville?!”

Suddenly the Former Countess came rushing over and sat down across from me.

“What happened between you two?”

The Wife had finished preparing to listen to the story, resting her chin on a flower cup made with both hands.

“…”

I stared at her in bewilderment.

Didn’t you just say that personally preparing tea time was your only pleasure?

“Ahem, ahem. I’m curious too.”

The Former Count also pressed his body close to the table and approached me.

Weren’t you quite the taciturn type? Why are you acting like this?

From the looks of things, choosing tea leaves was out of the question.

I sent Bella a signal with my eyes to just use the gifted tea leaves.

I was about to take a deep breath, feeling like this story would drag on.

“Actually, we heard about the Imperial Court Ball from our dear Didi♡.”

“Pardon?”

Cough, I choked on my breath.

I’m not even mentally prepared yet, you know?

But I couldn’t delay any longer.

The two people’s eyes, sparkling more than usual, were too burdensome.

“You don’t mean that I received a partner proposal from Duke Monteville, do you?”

“Oh my, really?!”

“…”

They definitely knew everything but were pretending not to. What else could there be about the Imperial Court Ball besides that?

The Wife whose cheeks were visibly twitching despite covering her mouth, and the Former Count who had somehow become a bit serious.

I looked back and forth between the two and told them exactly what happened.

“Yes. I also said I would go as the Duke’s partner.”

“How wonderful, truly wonderful!”

“Hmm, I’m not so sure about this…”

“Why have you been like this from the beginning?”

The bright smile that had appeared on the Former Countess’s face disappeared in an instant.

Feeling the cold atmosphere beside me, the Former Count looked around frantically searching for someone to help him.

“Ahem, ahem. Sir Zeros. What do you think about this?”

“Why are you asking Sir Zeros about that? And when Miss Siena likes the Duke, why are you… Oh my!”

The Wife belatedly covered her mouth. I could almost hear the sound of her eyes rolling around rapidly.

I see.

So you heard that much from Rudian too.

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