My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 133

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Since coming to the Hosaquin Duke’s mansion, I’ve always been smiling to make a good impression, so this is rather refreshing.

Kanna seemed to have calmed down somewhat, so I pulled her away from my embrace. I took out a handkerchief and wiped Kanna’s tears. So how did Kanna end up coming with Gabriel? Seeing how he deliberately didn’t mention Kanna’s arrival and kept it hidden, it probably wasn’t Gabriel who called her first.

“Kanna. How did you get here? What about Hena?”

“Sister stayed at the manor. I missed you so much, Miss. I asked Lord Pudding to bring me, but he said it wouldn’t be good for a stranger to suddenly appear at the duchy, that there needed to be a record of entry. So I asked Count Gabriel to bring me, and we came together!”

She’s saying she came stubbornly because she missed me. But I missed Kanna too, so I didn’t scold her. However, if she just wanted to see my face, wouldn’t it have been better to just teleport over briefly at night instead of making such a grand entrance?

“I probably missed you far more than the knight did, Miss.”

Still, as long as Kanna is satisfied, that’s fine. Seeing Gabriel after so long and enjoying Kanna’s affection warmed my heart. A smile naturally formed on my lips.

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Rafaela watched Kanna clinging to her master and acting cute with a sidelong glance and asked.

“Did you not mention that Kanna was coming because you didn’t want to see this scene?”

“….”

“Rather dramatic, isn’t it? If you prepared a surprise gift, you did very well.”

Gabriel sighed and replied to Rafaela’s sarcasm.

“I simply didn’t have a chance to mention it.”

“Yes, yes. I’m sure that’s it.”

Gabriel frowned as he was made to look like someone who had devised some petty scheme to monopolize Evangeline’s affection.

“Rafaela.”

“Ah, it’s just a joke, of course.”

Rafaela was only teasing Gabriel, and she knew well that the Captain had no ulterior motives.

The period when Evangeline and Kanna couldn’t see each other was only about a month. Yet the two were having a dramatic reunion as if they were devoted family members meeting after half a century. Of course, it was Kanna’s one-sided display of affection, but the significance lay in Evangeline accepting that display.

Kanna had ambushed the Plauros Knights’ travel route, saying she wanted to meet Evangeline, then blocked their path. She then clung to them asking to accompany them when visiting the Hosaquin Duke’s mansion, so her current emotion was understandable.

But they hadn’t expected to see Evangeline genuinely welcoming the maid as well. The expression Evangeline wore wasn’t her usual smile that was perfectly crafted to look flawless to others’ eyes, eerily so.

It wasn’t even a noticeably big smile, just the corners of her mouth slightly raised, yet Gabriel couldn’t take his eyes off Evangeline.

Of course, Evangeline’s smiling face did have tremendous impact. Even Rafaela was momentarily shaken. The sunlight couldn’t settle on Evangeline but shattered and sparkled like lighting, illuminating her surroundings.

As her red eyes gently curved and hid beneath the graceful line, even Evangeline’s ominous feeling temporarily disappeared. Though there was no way for wind to pass through the greenhouse, it felt as if a warm breeze had blown.

It meant that Evangeline Rohanson rarely looked like a living person.

Even the butler of the Hosaquin Duke’s household, who must have received strict education, exclaimed aloud, “The young lady is smiling.” Meanwhile, only the oblivious Uriel was admiring alone, saying “The friendship between the two master and servant is very deep.”

And Michel was genuinely jealous of Kanna.

“…I’m envious.”

Rafaela doubted her ears and glared at Michel. That bastard had gone even further. He was absolutely pathetic. Seeing Michel jealously watching Kanna with passionate eyes made her head throb. Rafaela sighed, wondering if this was the Temple’s knight order or Evangeline Rohanson’s private mercenaries. There was a reason the Plauros Knights were treated as turncoats.

‘Could the Captain really be jealous too? Trying to monopolize Evangeline’s attention even briefly…?’

Rafaela looked at Gabriel suspiciously. Unfortunately, to Rafaela’s prejudiced eyes, Gabriel’s gaze toward Evangeline looked similar to Michel’s.

‘How did the Captain end up….’

The Holy Knight who obeyed principles would act unexpectedly whenever Evangeline Rohanson was involved, to a degree unimaginable from his past behavior. She should have realized it when someone who had always complied with the Temple’s will without going against it began concealing things about Evangeline from his superiors.

Originally, Gabriel didn’t trust Evangeline. The owner of the summoning circle, one whom demons followed. A being who looked down on humans. Evangeline was a heretic proclaimed by the Temple, a demon.

So at first, he certainly watched Evangeline with wariness. Gabriel was only keeping the hooded demon in his sight, monitoring her in case she committed unthinkable acts.

However, at some point, Gabriel gradually became influenced by Evangeline. From when Evangeline saved the orphans, Gabriel’s growing friendliness was noticeable even to Rafaela. She hadn’t expected him to suddenly step forward as a debutante’s partner, claiming to protect Evangeline and gain her help.

Then, starting from the day the capture order was issued for Tenebray, the patricidal criminal who assassinated the Crown Prince, Gabriel completely gave his heart to Evangeline.

Gabriel, who had reluctantly set out to search for the Princess, returned looking completely relieved instead. When Rafaela heard that Gabriel had presented the Princess’s corpse to the Emperor, she momentarily thought the Captain had lost his mind—it was nothing short of insubordination.

This was because Gabriel didn’t take human death lightly. No matter how evil someone was, he wasn’t the type to rejoice in the face of the Princess’s death.

Only after receiving a full account of what happened that night did Rafaela faintly understand Gabriel’s feelings. They said Evangeline had saved the Princess at Gabriel’s request. Gabriel acted as if not the Princess, but he himself had been saved.

Rafaela was simply amazed that Gabriel, with clear traces of having shed tears, looked so relieved. Evangeline had so easily resolved Gabriel’s trauma that even Rafaela, who had spent a long time with him, couldn’t dare to probe.

Since then, Gabriel’s recent antagonism toward Bishop Marik and his excessive efforts were probably to repay his debt to Evangeline. He was someone who would take on any unpleasant task, claiming to repay his debt to Priest Jabaniya.

The small difference was that while his treatment of Priest Jabaniya was formal, Gabriel’s attitude toward Evangeline was utterly blind. It wasn’t for nothing that stories circulated about Gabriel being bewitched by a witch. Because of this, more than five people had already transferred out of the Plauros Knights.

Of course, Rafaela knew well that Gabriel wasn’t helping Evangeline purely out of personal feelings. Evangeline was the best card for stopping Bishop Marik.

To stop someone who used faith as an excuse to commit crimes and carry out massacres, they needed to bring the complete opposite. That was Evangeline, who played the role of nemesis in Bishop Marik’s scenario and was meant to be used as a sacrifice.

Bishop Marik, called the Sun God’s favorite, massacred heretics under the pretext of restoring the Temple’s prestige, while Evangeline Rohanson stood at the opposite end trying to prevent those massacres—it was truly ironic.

But a slightly frightening being that her captain had a crush on was better than a believer who massacred innocent people. This was a judgment possible only because Rafaela, despite being part of the Temple, didn’t view the Sun God very favorably.

Rafaela watched the maid chattering away with so much to say and quietly spoke.

“Kanna really likes Evangeline.”

She asked this meaning whether he was jealous.

“Yes. At least she would never betray Evangeline.”

However, Gabriel gave a completely different answer that missed the context. Rafaela muttered to herself, ‘I should let it slide this once.’ Then she brazenly acted as if she had originally intended to talk about the traitor planted in the Rohanson Estate. Adapting conversation to a superior’s topics was one of an aide’s survival skills.

There was a traitor of unknown identity in the Rohanson Estate. Someone close enough to Evangeline to steal her handwriting, and bold enough to evade even the gaze of the demons Evangeline commanded.

But at least it wasn’t Kanna. Gabriel, who had briefly experienced the world only Kanna could see, was the person who best understood how terribly Kanna loved Evangeline.

“So that’s why you brought her without being wary.”

Gabriel nodded.

At Gabriel’s certainty, Rafaela thought of the other two maids. Did saying it wasn’t Kanna mean the other two had a probability of betraying Evangeline? That was something that needed further observation. For now, they could relax since Evangeline wasn’t at the Rohanson Estate.

Rafaela called to Gabriel, who couldn’t take his eyes off Evangeline.

“Captain, we should be going now.”

“…Right. We can’t stay long.”

With rats planted everywhere, they had to be mindful of Bishop Marik. There was no need to give more grounds to claims that something strange was happening at the Hosaquin Duke’s mansion by staying too long. As Gabriel prepared to leave, Evangeline approached.

“Are you returning to the Temple?”

“Yes. That’s the plan.”

After Gabriel affirmed, he frowned and bowed his head.

“I apologize for not being of help to you, my lady.”

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