I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living by Exorcising Them! - Chapter 99

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I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living Through Exorcism! Episode 099

“Ah, I’m not certain. It was all rotten and decomposed, so I just thought it might be fruit. The size was about this much?”

I rolled my thumb and index finger into a circle and pressed them together.

It had shriveled up so much that I couldn’t recognize its original form at all.

Harman carefully examined the shape of my hand, then muttered as if talking to himself.

“Then it might not be fruit.”

“It… might not be, right?”

Unaware that my insides were burning up, Harman’s eyes flashed.

“But you said you found that in a noble residence’s vault?”

“Yes? Yes.”

“I understand.”

What, what are you planning to do?

It felt a bit eerie.

But Harman, who had been asking so persistently, firmly closed his mouth there.

Rather than doing it on purpose, he seemed to be lost in deep thought.

The intimate date that had started sweetly ended with such an incomprehensible conversation.

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Returning to the manor, I encountered Bella and Emily with thoroughly refreshed faces.

‘You two really slept well.’

Bokdeungi must have been so bored during that time.

Maybe he chewed up all his favorite toys and, belatedly overcome with a sense of loss about that fact, wasn’t even coming to greet me.

“Miss, you’re back… what’s all this?”

The two of them checked the boxes clutched in Sir Zeros’ hands and their eyes widened.

“It’s the signature cake from a very famous dessert shop. I received it as a gift.”

“Cake?”

“Yes. It’s strawberry cake and it was really delicious.”

“Lady Siena, this is a surprise gift.”

“Strawberry cake?! We heard that what we ate earlier was lucky to get!”

“Ah, there must have been fewer guests today than usual. The chef might have made more cakes than usual too. We were lucky.”

“…”

I remembered that he had said something similar earlier, but I decided not to think deeply about it and let it pass.

‘I should trust Harman just for today.’

He had blown away all the things I had been worrying about so much in one go.

Moreover, my housemates’ reaction to the cake was extremely positive.

“Miss, this is so delicious!”

“There was cake like this?”

“The whipped cream seems to melt right in my mouth.”

Every single one of them without exception.

But Sir Zeros.

You… why?

I looked with puzzled eyes at him who was devouring cake more aggressively than anyone else.

‘Didn’t you say you were going to lie down in bed as soon as you got back?’

Sir Zeros’ complexion had been getting worse in real time since we went out.

By the time we returned, he was no different from a walking corpse.

It was because he had been organizing the garden with the former Count for two whole days and then went out to escort me without taking even a moment’s rest.

But where had that earlier fatigue gone? Sir Zeros was diligently devouring cake with a perfectly fine face.

‘Well, it’s good if he enjoys eating it.’

I belatedly joined in with my fork.

Just as Harman had done for me, I put it in my mouth with a strawberry on top.

The sweet texture enveloped my tongue. Today’s events naturally came to mind and the corners of my mouth lifted.

‘I think I really like cake now.’

Really, truly.

And the next morning.

A huge breaking news story was printed on the front page of the morning newspaper.

[Breaking News: Duke Harman Monteville Enjoys Broad Daylight Date with Exorcist Siena]

‘Yeah, I thought this would happen.’

For some reason, I felt like reading the morning newspaper today.

I roughly read through the articles about me and Harman that filled the entire front page.

I could feel persistent gazes from beside me asking what on earth this was all about, but I stubbornly ignored them.

Eventually, Bella, unable to overcome her curiosity, grabbed my arm.

“Miss!”

“Yeah.”

“A, a date with the Duke…!”

“That’s right.”

“Heoeoeoek!”

She had made that same inexplicable sound when bringing the newspaper too.

Bella seemed to be overwhelmed, having spread her wings of imagination to the fullest.

But I had no intention of restraining this at all. I fluttered the newspaper and pulled it closer.

“This, the newspaper office was completely determined, determined.”

“What? About what?”

Bella, who had come to her senses at my words, looked at me puzzledly.

I pointed to a part of the newspaper. Very carefully so it wouldn’t tear.

“Look at this.”

“Why is this…”

“How does the Duke look so handsome even in newspaper photos?”

“…”

Even Emily and Sir Zeros, who had been secretly listening while pretending not to, became distinctly quiet.

Of course, I didn’t care at all and held the newspaper up to the light from various angles.

Even with his face completely enlarged, Harman’s appearance was flawless.

In contrast, I was… hmm…

Let’s stop examining that.

‘Still, standing next to Harman, could I say I survived to this degree?’

I wiped my moistened eyes and put down the newspaper.

Anyway, articles appearing was something I had already expected.

‘Harman might have contacted the newspaper office in advance.’

Articles came out one after another as if they had been waiting, and they even blatantly displayed photos of Harman and me.

As if deliberately spreading rumors throughout the neighborhood.

‘Harman must have his thoughts.’

He told me not to worry or feel guilty, so I decided not to.

Besides, it’s already happened, so what can I do?

Rather than that… ah, that’s right!

I quickly turned my head at the amazing idea that flashed through my mind.

“Bella, could you possibly get me one more morning newspaper?”

“The morning newspaper?”

“Yes. I want to scrapbook just the Duke’s photo from one, and scrapbook me and the Duke together from the other to keep.”

“…”

“Then I’ll ask you to do that, Bella!”

The manor became even quieter.

To breathe life into the manor, I hummed while carefully cutting out the photos with a paper knife.

Before long, Bella brought back another morning newspaper.

“Miss, Count Helkene has sent you a package?”

She was holding a well-wrapped package in her arms.

“A package? I didn’t hear anything about it from the Count.”

I had no idea what she could have sent, so I looked at Sir Zeros, but he just shrugged his shoulders as if he hadn’t heard anything either.

I was so bewildered that I let out a hollow laugh.

‘…Is there some DNA in the Count Helkene family bloodline that makes them act first and think later?’

How long has it been since the former Count and Countess came and went, and now it’s Rudian?

‘I should have called those two over today in the first place.’

And it’s supposed to be my day off.

Anyway, perhaps the former Count and Countess had given Rudian some hint about something after they returned.

I opened the package first.

“Books?”

What Rudian sent was unexpectedly two books.

But I noticed a memo stuck on the cover of the first book.

[Don’t keep going to the Duke’s estate all the time.

Make him come to you.]

‘What is she talking about?’

Sending books was already out of the blue, but the memo was even more so.

However, as soon as I saw the book title below the memo, I smacked my forehead audibly.

[The Basics of Romance – If You Pull, Then Push]

[Dance Fundamentals – Know This and You Too Can Become the Flower of High Society!]

‘Rudian, oh Rudian.’

Where did you even buy books like these?

I seriously want to ask.

Judging by the memo she attached, she must have carefully read and chosen them herself!

Did she look these up after hearing I was going to the Duke’s estate to learn dancing?

But still.

‘I’m tired of going today, so please come to my estate and teach me, Your Grace.’

…I can’t say that!

No matter how busy I am with exorcism work, I can’t be busier than a Duke.

If anything, I should be grateful that Harman was taking his precious time to teach me dancing because of me.

‘And romance isn’t something you learn theoretically like this.’

Honestly, I was a bit tempted by the Dance Fundamentals book.

Just as I was thinking I should look at that one first and was pushing aside the romance book,

I noticed Sir Zeros’s gaze following my hand like Bokdeungi watching a toy.

‘Oh.’

I casually moved the book on the table. His gaze still followed.

Found him.

The person who really needs to read ‘The Basics of Romance – If You Pull, Then Push.’

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