My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 110

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Weder extended the letter with a no-nonsense attitude. Initially fearful about whether she could handle her sudden promotion well, Weder had, contrary to her worries, become quite accustomed to the work in a short time. Kinder received the bundle of letters.

The volume was quite small compared to before. The person who should be noted was… As Kinder flipped through the letters, she discovered a familiar surname among the senders.

“Hosaquin Duke?”

Kinder was greatly flustered by the unexpectedly appearing figure. Kinder tore open the most luxurious envelope and quickly read the letter that a duke had actually sent.

“The rumors about the Duke’s poor health weren’t unfounded after all.”

Kinder muttered and nodded as she concentrated on reading the letter’s contents. The opportunity for Evangeline to be naturally pardoned, as the Emperor had promised Gabriel, was to use Hosaquin. Fortunately, this was actually a favorable situation for Evangeline.

There was one more letter. It was a letter sent in the name of Rafaela, Gabriel’s adjutant. The letter began with conventional greetings expressing gratitude for Kinder’s hard work.

Kinder finished reading all of Rafaela’s letter and then stood up from her seat.

“Toten Madam?”

Seeing Kinder suddenly stand up, Melek tilted his head and called out.

“I need to go down to the basement for a moment.”

“Are you going to see Diess?”

Knowing that Kinder was torturing Diess, Melek asked with a slight frown. Torturing a person was unpleasant. However, having lived in Rider’s body and feeling firsthand how terribly Kinder cherished and loved her son, he couldn’t stop her.

‘If Jelly or Pudding had tried to intervene, I would have stopped them, but…’

Kinder was the party who had a grudge against Diess.

Moreover, Melek was feeling a slight sense of guilt toward Kinder. It was because of transferring Jeremiah’s soul into Azazel’s body.

Although Evangeline hadn’t given orders to keep quiet about what happened at the Rohanson Estate, Melek hadn’t bothered to bring up the story to Toten Madam. Rider’s soul had departed to a place from which it could never return, but knowing that the Princess, who had been in a similar situation, had survived would be very heartbreaking. Even though she had to live wearing an unsuitable shell… Toten Madam would probably want Rider to remain even in that way. Even if he had to wear the shell of the hated Diess.

Now she thinks she owes a debt and works hard for Evangeline, but if she hears about Jeremiah’s story, she might actually resent That Person instead.

And though it was a personal wish, Melek didn’t want to be resented by Kinder. If only Melek had known about Toten Madam’s situation a little sooner, if he had talked about past events in advance instead of covering them up out of fear, wouldn’t Kinder’s son still be alive? This futile assumption wouldn’t leave his mind.

However, Rider was already dead, and Melek knew well that a departed child would not return alive. Rather, Rider might have atoned for all sins in this life, entered the embrace of the Sun God, slept happily, and then be born precious and healthy in the next life. He had no choice but to rationalize it that way.

When the basement topic came up, Kinder stroked the head of the tender-hearted demon who showed a melancholy expression and answered the question about whether she was going to see Diess.

“This time I’m going to meet the butler.”

“The butler?”

“Yes. The one who was captured and locked in the basement the day you came.”

‘He was still alive.’

Melek was surprised as he recalled the chaotic situation when he first came to the Toten Viscount’s Mansion. Since Kinder hadn’t mentioned the butler, he had assumed the butler was already dead.

“I’ll go with you.”

When Melek said he would go together, Kinder showed an unwelcoming expression.

“It’s not a good sight for a young child to see.”

“Toten Madam. I was sixteen before I died.”

And now just add 20 to that. Melek swallowed his remaining words.

Kinder looked pleased as if watching a child boasting that he was all grown up, showing a subtle smile that couldn’t quite be fully bright, and stroked Melek’s head.

“Then shall we go together.”

Kinder took Melek’s hand and headed to the basement. On the way, a maid tremblingly added, ‘It’s not a good environment for the young master to see, so it would be better not to go together.’ Melek thought that maid would have her wages docked, but Toten Madam praised her as someone who truly thought of her master and even promised a bonus.

The two who went down to the basement passed the room where Diess was hanging and opened the door to the narrow room where Rack, who had been stripped of his butler position, was confined. Having been only in darkness, Rack squinted and tightly shut his eyes, finding even the small candle that Kinder brought dazzling.

After a while, Rack, who had adapted to the darkness, opened his eyes. He thought only Kinder would have come down as usual, but looking closely, there was a small bundle attached beside her.

“…Lord Rider.”

Rack parted his dry lips. Previously, it was Rider who was trapped in the room, but now it was Rack himself who was imprisoned and unable to move.

‘Our positions have completely reversed.’

Kinder caught Rack who was lost in thought.

“Rack. There’s something I want to ask you.”

“You haven’t asked until now, so what’s the reason for suddenly asking?”

This was the first time Kinder had asked about Rack’s circumstances since he was confined in the basement. Did she now want to hear some pitiful story? When Rack calmly asked back, Kinder brought up Diess’s name out of the blue instead of answering immediately.

“Diess’s screams must reach here, so you must know well that I’ve confined Diess in the basement.”

Rack nodded. Diess had a very loud voice to match his large build. There was no way not to know.

“Even though I’ve confined Diess in the basement, the elders no longer interfere.”

Kinder stroked Melek’s head as if showing Rack. Rider, who would normally have coughed harshly just from coming down to the dusty basement, stood upright as if nothing was wrong.

“Rider has safely recovered and even gained the elders’ recognition. Now Rider is not just in name but truly the Toten Young Viscount. This child will grow up to inherit the Toten Viscount’s Mansion.”

Rack just silently nodded. If Rider had been completely cured, if the false rumor that he wasn’t cursed by the Sun God had been corrected, he was an incomparably excellent legitimate heir compared to Diess.

“I won’t forgive what you did, but I understand why you came to do such things. You betrayed me, but you didn’t betray the Viscount family. So butler, answer properly for the Young Viscount’s sake.”

Rack understood why Kinder had started with Diess’s story and taken the long way around. Kinder still called Rack ‘butler.’ Though the sin Rack had committed remained, she hadn’t forgotten the fact that he had devoted himself to the Viscount’s mansion.

If Rider hadn’t been recognized as Young Viscount, Rack wouldn’t have told the truth. But now there was a Young Viscount before Rack’s eyes.

So it meant that Rack, who existed for the Viscount family more than anyone, no, the butler of the Toten Viscount family, would confess the truth for the Young Viscount’s sake. Thus it explained why questioning the truth had been delayed as she waited until Rider gained recognition from the elders. Rack had to acknowledge Kinder’s skill.

“You wouldn’t have suddenly thought of Diess as the one to inherit the Viscount’s mansion. There must have been someone who instigated you.”

To Kinder’s question, Rack, who had maintained silence for a long time, quietly opened his mouth.

“…I met a priest.”

“…A priest?”

Kinder’s energy became fierce in an instant. She looked ready to tear Rack apart immediately, so Melek grabbed Kinder’s hand to calm her down.

“The priest said there was a cursed child in the Viscount’s mansion, and this was no different from a harbinger of downfall. He said if we didn’t act quickly, even the Viscount family would be involved and harmed.”

It wasn’t actually wrong. If it hadn’t been known that Melek had entered Rider’s body and recovered, the Viscount family might have immediately been branded as heretics and suffered.

“So you fell for such whispers and brought in Diess?”

“The priest also helped in serving Young Master Diess.”

Kinder groaned and held her head. If it was a Temple person who could seduce a butler devoted to the family and investigate the Viscount family’s bloodline to find Diess, only Bishop Marik came to mind. That was even before the Crown Prince died. She didn’t know Bishop Marik had been reaching out since then. This was also Kinder’s fault for being obsessed with Rider and putting the Viscount’s mansion as a lower priority.

And it was also Rack’s fault for bringing in outside forces while claiming to be for the Viscount family. Seeing Rack’s shameless face as he believed he truly worked for the Viscount family made her anger rise. However, since there was more to hear from Rack, Kinder forced herself to swallow her rage.

“The priest must have also told you to block my interactions with Evangeline.”

Rack nodded.

“Evangeline said she didn’t receive the message that I would serve as her chaperone, but did you intercept that letter?”

“That’s correct.”

Kinder took a small deep breath and continued asking.

“Then did you also hand over the letters Evangeline sent me to the priest?”

This was the reason Kinder had bothered to come down to the basement to find Rack.

According to Gabriel’s letter, Evangeline’s handwriting had fallen into Bishop Marik’s hands. However, no matter how much she thought about it, there had been no opportunity for Evangeline’s handwriting to become known. The servants of the Rohanson Estate didn’t know how to go against Evangeline’s will.

Since it wasn’t an inside job, she could only think the letters had been intercepted. Evangeline usually had no outside interactions and exchanged very few letters. At most, it was Gabriel, Rohanson Viscount, and Kinder.

The letters Evangeline wrote to Rohanson Viscount were few in number and the Viscount had them all. The same was true for letters exchanged with Gabriel. The only ones whose whereabouts were mysterious were those sent to Kinder.

Evangeline had sent letters to Kinder, but Kinder hadn’t received them. The butler had intercepted the letters and would have delivered them to Bishop Marik.

It was Gabriel’s speculation, and Kinder also agreed with Gabriel’s opinion.

“That’s not it.”

However, Rack shook his head.

“What I intercepted was only letters from the Plauros Knights Captain. Not a single communication came from the Rohanson Estate.”

Kinder suspected Rack was lying, but Rack’s attitude was very confident.

‘Rack didn’t hand it over to the priest?’

Could those words be true? Kinder couldn’t judge properly. There was no reason for Rack to lie only about not intercepting Evangeline’s letters. He had been confined in the basement continuously, so he wouldn’t know how things were going outside either.

“Really? No letters arrived from Evangeline?”

“Yes. I swear on the honor of the Toten Viscount family I have devoted myself to, it’s the truth.”

Then the letters might have been intercepted while being sent. Since there were people watching the mansion at that time, they would have been extorted by them.

A servant from the Rohanson Estate wouldn’t have directly handed letters to the Temple side. While Kinder was confused, pondering about the missing letters, Rack shamelessly asked.

“Since I’m confined, you must have found a new butler. What kind of person is my successor?”

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