My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 10

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What letter is this? I heard Evangeline was sickly and had no friends. Does she have someone to send letters to?

“It seems to be from that knight commander we saw before.”

The knight commander? What! A letter from our Male Lead? I hurriedly opened the envelope. The letter’s content, written in handwriting as fancy as his face, was roughly this:

There had been problems with Donau’s case before, so he needed to come and hear the detailed story. When I explained the letter’s contents, Kanna frowned.

“We already gave our statements then, so why now?”

About a week had passed since Donau’s kidnapping incident.

Kanna seemed displeased with Gabriel coming so late, but I could understand it. The villainess and female lead are together at Rohanson Manor, so even if the Male Lead wanted to ignore it, he couldn’t! This world seems to have some kind of original story’s compelling force, so even if he didn’t want to come, he’d have no choice but to visit out of worry that the female lead might face danger from me, the villainess.

And this situation was predicted in the papers I diligently organized. The Male Lead must be coming under the premise that I instigated Donau to kidnap Kanna! During this time, he probably investigated evidence and Evangeline’s evil reputation behind the scenes.

So what I need to do here is show the Male Lead that Kanna and I are very close. And let’s also strongly show the message that I support your love.

“My lady, Sir Gabriel has arrived.”

The day after I sent a reply saying he was always welcome, the Male Lead came to visit.

‘His initiative is incredible.’

It’s fortunate I told the butler in advance to guide guests to the drawing room when they arrive. I was worried the Male Lead might wait long, so I just roughly combed my hair and went down. If a villainess dressed up nicely out of courtesy, I’d just get mocked with ‘Ha! Did you want to make a good impression on me?’

When I entered the drawing room, the Male Lead was leisurely drinking tea. This is my first time here too, so it’s awkward. Rather, the Male Lead looks as comfortable as if it’s his own house. This is a complete role reversal, man…

I gave a light nod and sat across from him. Hena poured tea in front of me as well.

“It’s nice to meet you again.”

“It’s been a while, Sir Gabriel.”

Wow. Seeing him again in bright light, he seems much more handsome. If I could, I wanted to fawn over him saying ‘I’m also happy to see you again. Your face is still handsome as ever, Sir Male Lead,’ but I endured it earnestly. Let’s not make small talk. I shouldn’t appear to be fawning over him.

“So. Did some problem arise?”

I sipped my tea while strongly showing that I had no interest in him.

“As for the circumstances of the incident, what I said then was everything, and there shouldn’t be anything particularly strange about it.”

I know you came to see Kanna! I shouted earnestly in my mind.

Of course, Kanna is currently waiting in her room. She was going to come down with me, but Pudding seemed to want to play with Kanna, so I told her to come down when called. Male Lead, you should have timed it better with Pudding’s walk time!

“If you’re worried about Kanna’s condition, I’ll call the child.”

Successfully laying the groundwork naturally. Wow, where in the world is there such a considerate person?

“Ah. The person who was kidnapped then? It didn’t seem like she was seriously injured.”

Hey! Are you really the Male Lead? What do you mean not seriously injured! Hena and I have been so depressed every time we see the wound on Kanna’s neck.

Originally, I was going to get holy water to heal her, but Kanna said she wanted to leave the wound on her neck as it was, so I’m tearfully leaving it alone.

“I came to hear Lady Rohanson’s opinion.”

Mine? Yes, this is all my fault. I stole the first meeting between the Male Lead and female lead. If the Male Lead had confirmed Kanna tied up then, he wouldn’t be so indifferent.

But back then, I didn’t even know Kanna was the female lead, right? There was a tied-up kid right in front of me, how could I leave her alone! I’m not a complete scumbag!

“We haven’t been able to dispose of Donau Blue’s corpse yet.”

“Still?”

According to what I heard from Kanna before, the Temple usually doesn’t accept criminals’ corpses, so they burn and bury the bodies without funeral procedures. Under the sun god’s rule, cremation is particularly considered wicked, so most criminals are cremated.

I remember well because Kanna made a black joke that Donau would be easy to dispose of since he was already burned.

But then, wouldn’t Donau be easier to dispose of since he has no relatives and is a criminal?

“Yes. Starting two days ago, opinions began circulating that Donau Blue should be enshrined in the cathedral.”

Hena’s hand trembled as she refilled my teacup. She was biting her lips tightly to avoid showing it, but she seemed to be shaking with anger at the talk of enshrining a criminal in the cathedral. Kanna would have been hurt if she heard this story. I’m glad I left her in her room instead of bringing her.

“Why did such opinions arise?”

“Because his death was strange.”

“What was strange about it?”

“Lady Rohanson must have also seen that house burning alone without spreading.”

Wasn’t that just this world’s passive architectural ability? I was greatly impressed, saying we should import this technology since the fire didn’t spread… It seems it was an abnormal phenomenon in this world too. Not knowing the original story, my lack of common sense shows in places like this.

“Not long after you left, the fire extinguished itself before we could even suppress it. And when we found Donau’s corpse…”

The Male Lead took out a paper from his chest and showed it to me. Since there’s no camera, it seems to be drawn as a picture instead, but whoever drew it had terrible skills.

“I drew this to explain to you, so please understand even if it looks somewhat unsightly.”

I was speechless. If he writes so well, why is his drawing skill so terrible? Even a kindergartner’s drawing would look better than this.

I couldn’t bring myself to tell the Male Lead that his drawing skills were at the level of something drawn with my toes, so I just brushed it off with laughter.

“This is the head and here’s the body.”

A stick figure would be better. He boldly omitted the limbs. With only a head and body, I couldn’t tell it was a person and thought it might be a keyhole.

“And there were soot marks like wings and a halo behind it like this.”

That was supposed to be wings? I thought it was ear-shaped, but looking again, it did seem like angel wings curled up in a circle.

“Looking at it this way, doesn’t it look just like an angel?”

No… Looking at just your drawing, it looks like a moth.

“So because of that… those who saw the corpse started spreading rumors that Donau Blue received God’s blessing.”

Lies! That’s ridiculous. Why would Donau receive a blessing? He’s the guy who kidnapped our Kanna and then ran away through suicide because he didn’t want to properly pay for his crimes.

And what? An angel? This is the first time in my life I’ve seen a kidnapper instead of the female lead being treated as an angel in a romance fantasy. Why are they calling this moth an angel just because it has wings? Are all things with wings angels?

Oh right. They didn’t say this looking at the drawing, but looking at the actual corpse. I forgot because the drawing’s impact was too strong.

But the people who saw it were all just knights, right? Then it should be easy for the Male Lead, who’s the knight commander, to control them. I asked about this point with curiosity.

“Anyway, only Pararos knights saw it, right?”

“It seems onlookers flocked in when security became loose. Originally it was just spreading by word of mouth, but an artist drew that scene and donated it to the Temple, so now there’s talk in the Temple too.”

His subordinates were negligent in their duties… It seems the Male Lead isn’t particularly dignified and imposing.

There were many people watching the fire then.

But why would they want to see a burned corpse and even draw it? Not only did they complete the painting in just a few days, but they even donated it. I don’t know who that artist is, but their drive is incredible.

And unlike the Male Lead, they seemed to have good drawing skills. If the Temple had only seen the Male Lead’s drawing, they would have been saying “Angel? Why did you draw a moth?”

“Because of that, those above seem to have taken interest. Just when things were wrapping up well, an order suddenly came down to reinvestigate so that Donau Blue’s death wouldn’t be unjust.”

The Pararos Knights were holy knights, and those above them would be the Temple Authority. Who could give orders to the knight commander? Since there’s no saint or holy person, the high priest? It’s definitely a high-ranking cleric.

Even in a romance fantasy world, case manipulation continues. Though they called it a reinvestigation, the meaning is to write a scenario where Donau becomes the victim.

“The problem is that if Donau Blue received God’s blessing, then conversely, Lady Rohanson would be blamed for dishonorably fabricating his death.”

Right. We testified that Donau kidnapped Kanna and was running away when the fire broke out. If Donau is treated as an angel, then conversely, I become the person who harmed Donau and lied.

Is this also the original story’s compelling force? Since it looks like I might escape being a villainess by building friendship with Kanna, the female lead, they want to use even Donau to make me the bad guy?

“I ask you, my lady. Is everything you told me the truth?”

“The truth…”

The Male Lead seemed to view me as a suspicious person too. No, he definitely thinks I’m suspicious. He’s testing me because it seems like I know something. But Kanna already made excuses, so I can’t change my story now.

“Let me ask in return. Do you think I lied, Sir?”

According to what I asked Hena and Kanna, people in this world don’t know that spirits actually exist. They exist but seem to have rock-bottom recognition. In this situation, if I said Donau summoned a spirit, how likely would they be to believe me!

But is this the last chance? Should I just tell them? Ah! Damn! If it were a world where only spirits were actively operating, I would have said it!

The Male Lead didn’t answer immediately and kept silent, then slowly opened his mouth.

“I don’t think Donau Blue received God’s blessing. However, I do know his death was strange.”

So he’s saying that even if Donau died, he was still a bad guy, so I’m better? He’s telling me to speak honestly since he’ll take my side.

What if I get backstabbed and end up with a prison ending? No wait, they might call me a witch for driving Donau, who’s being treated as an angel, to death. Then it’s either beheading or burning at the stake. No, why is this evolving further! Wasn’t I supposed to avoid death flags by becoming close with the female lead!

As I hesitated about whether to speak honestly, the Male Lead looked at me intently.

“I want to help you.”

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