My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 16

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Of course, if Gabriel is a second male lead, my guilt would be reduced. There’s a difference between stealing Kanna’s husband and having someone who had a one-sided crush on Kanna fall for someone else. The feeling is different. Pushing aside the uncomfortable feeling, I half-heartedly responded to Kanna’s chatter, and before I knew it, the topic had shifted to the painting.

“A painting?”

“Yes. He donated it to the Temple.”

“Really? If it’s a painting of Donau’s death, I’d like to see it once.”

Right? I’m curious about just how holy they painted it to make people call a corpse painting an angel or whatever.

“Want to go see it? I can’t go though.”

“Why not? I’d like to go with you, Miss…”

“Kanna!”

Hena quickly cut off Kanna’s words as she was about to suggest we go together. Nice one, Hena!

Kanna, who had been confused, nodded after seeing my disgusted expression.

“Right… Miss, you’d find it uncomfortable.”

Exactly. I’m curious, but going to see it is a different matter. I don’t particularly want to go sightseeing at a painting of a dead person. A corpse painting – as a modern person, it feels a bit… criminal, doesn’t it?

Of course, romance fantasy residents like Kanna and Hena would have a different perspective. The era is set in the past, and there are cases where death itself holds sacred meaning religiously. Here too, seeing how the Temple talks about angels and God’s blessings, isn’t that probably the case?

“If you’re going to see it, you’d better go quickly.”

Since Gabriel seemed to want to take the painting down, it might be disposed of soon.

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Kanna and Hena decided to go to the Temple to see the painting. Since it had been a while since they went out, I generously gave them money to buy delicious food and have fun. About ten gold coins should be enough, right?

There might be pickpockets, or thugs might threaten them to hand over all their money, so I divided the gold coins into two pouches and gave them one each.

“Miss… with this, we could buy a house.”

No, Hena! How could you buy a house with this? Do you know how expensive houses are these days! Oh right, this is inside a novel. But in romance fantasies, protagonists throw around tens of thousands of gold. Are houses cheaper here?

“Really?”

“Yes. You can buy a house for about 5 gold.”

What? Then with the money I just gave them, they could buy two houses? Evangeline didn’t spend money and saved it, so there were piles of gold coins like mountains in her room. Now I understand why romance fantasy female leads do real estate speculation. Damn! If I had known the original story, I would have become a speculator instead of obsessing over summoning circles.

“I have a lot of money too!”

Kanna said she also had a lot of money and showed me her pouch. Inside were one silver coin and some copper coins mixed together. You say you have a lot of money, but why don’t you have any gold coins and only one silver coin? It’s not like Kanna is a new employee… Don’t tell me they don’t pay salaries on time?

“Hena. How much do servants usually receive?”

“Rohanson Estate pays well, but other places usually pay about 4 silver per year.”

4 silver?

“Twenty silver coins equal one gold coin.”

Hena quickly added. Sorry for being such a stupid master who doesn’t even know basic common sense. I’m glad I decided not to reveal my memory loss.

Twenty silver coins equal one gold coin. If the annual salary is 4 silver, you’d have to work 5 years to get one gold coin? Wow… Then the ten gold coins I just gave them would require 50 years of work? No wonder Kanna and Hena were shocked when they received it.

But if prices are like this, why does Evangeline have so much money?

Oh, thinking about it, the diary said Evangeline’s mother was a Duke’s daughter. It must be money she left to Evangeline without that rotten Rohanson Viscount knowing.

Then the money Kanna proudly showed must indeed be her salary. 1 silver is actually quite a lot.

“Miss, I think you’ve given us too much.”

“It’s fine.”

Though Hena was flustered, I had no intention of taking it back. Villainesses originally buy hearts with money. Besides, Kanna is a romance fantasy female lead – how could she be penniless!

My heart felt bitter. Most romance fantasy female leads are nobles, so why did Kanna have to fall into the minority!

Honestly, I don’t understand why this romance fantasy world’s social status got such a downgrade patch. Is it because it’s a gritty romance fantasy? The female lead is a maid, the villainess isn’t even a Duke’s daughter but a Viscount’s daughter, and the male lead or second male lead is a knight commander… This won’t do. Gabriel is definitely out as male lead. Kanna’s partner must absolutely be a Duke.

“Well then, we’ll be going.”

The Viscount’s carriage I had prepared arrived, so it was time to send them off. My innocent girls, don’t get hurt out there, don’t get scammed, be careful of people and watch out for car… no, carriages.

“You know what to do when you get there, right?”

“Yes. I’ll check if Sir Gabriel is handling things properly and report back.”

Since I suspected Gabriel might be a second male lead, I asked them to check if he was handling things well while they were there. If he can’t do his job, he’s out as male lead and just gets the second male lead spot.

I already sent a letter asking them to take good care of my girls even though I wasn’t going with them, and since Kanna is involved, they’ll explain things well.

“Will you be okay going without me?”

“Yes. Because you’re always watching over us, Miss.”

Kanna seemed to trust me at a religious level now. I’m grateful that you trust me, but I’m not a god and I can’t always watch over you, Kanna…

“Since you’re taking the Rohanson Viscount’s carriage, you won’t get caught up in unnecessary trouble.”

Hena explained what Kanna meant. Ah, so that’s what she meant.

Kanna must have experience from being tormented by Evangeline. What kind of lip service is that?

***

The carriage that left Rohanson Estate rolled smoothly.

Perhaps because it bore a noble family’s crest, no one blocked the path, so they arrived very quickly. Unless someone had two lives, no one would rush at a noble’s carriage. Even if they got hit and had their leg crushed, ordinary nobles would get angry at them for blocking the road.

Kanna admired the splendor of the bustling district’s scenery passing by outside the window.

“Sister, shall we stop by the dress shop too? Let’s buy some dessert for Miss!”

“Kanna, don’t tell me you’re planning to spend the money Miss gave us?”

“Why not? She gave it to us to spend.”

Miss seemed to have given them 10 gold without knowing the prices, but even if she had known, she wouldn’t have given them less. Besides, whether they returned the money as is or spent some and saved the rest, she wouldn’t care. Even if Kanna bought a house she liked while out, Miss would just accept it.

Sister keeps being scared and reading the situation because she can’t grasp the current level of favor they’re receiving, but in reality, doesn’t Miss generously overlook it even when Kanna acts presumptuously?

‘Sister needs to realize someday that Miss cares for us.’

Of course, since she didn’t want to pressure Hena, Kanna didn’t rashly try to persuade her.

“Sister, I’ve never been to places like that before, so I was just saying. Sorry.”

“Kanna…”

Instead, she lowered her eyes and acted dejected. When she acted like this, Hena would act as if she’d pluck the sun from the sky for Kanna. It seemed a bit cunning, but it wasn’t a lie either.

Kanna had been weak since birth and was sick enough to seem near death until recently, so it was natural she’d never seen the bustling district. Of course, she didn’t have money to go either.

And Hena probably couldn’t go often either. She would have had to spend all the money she earned on Kanna.

“Alright. Let’s stop by on the way back.”

“Thank you, sister! I’m so happy!”

As Kanna smiled brightly with joy, Hena, who had been tense until now, also smiled slightly.

She hoped that her sister, who had always sacrificed for her sick younger sister, would spend money on herself with this opportunity. And she’d buy her a gift with money she earned through her own work, not the money Miss gave them. Sister would be very happy then, right? Kanna began thinking about what would make a good gift.

“But just briefly. If we’re too late, Miss will be waiting.”

“Okay. I promise.”

Of course, Miss knows everything Kanna and Hena are doing outside, but instead of making that excuse, Kanna obediently nodded.

‘Sister seems to be blind.’

Kanna poked the eye beside her. The eye closed its eyelid tightly in surprise, then glared at Kanna with tears.

Miss had attached an eye to Kanna. If it had been the clusters hovering around the young lady or the things that bloomed like mold on the estate walls, she would have felt some revulsion.

But since it was a single eye that popped out from there, even though it should have been disgusting, it actually felt cute. Was it because Miss had attached it?

This eye protected Kanna when Miss wasn’t around.

Before, it had taught a lesson to a servant who came up to the 3rd floor to search through rooms.

According to sister, there was an order not to wander around the 3rd floor, but the way they snuck in seemed like they came to secretly steal anything valuable from the Viscountess’s chamber.

They seemed completely unaware that Kanna and Hena were staying on the 3rd floor. Since they weren’t targeting the two from the start, she planned to just scare them and send them back.

She only made them kneel, but they must have been very cowardly because the servant begged for their life, saying they’d give all their possessions to be spared. She hadn’t even intended to harm them. The way they cried and begged for their life reminded her of when she was kidnapped by Donau, so she just let them go. After that, she heard from Hena that strange rumors were circulating.

‘They said the Viscountess’s ghost wanders around the 3rd floor.’

Incidentally, there was also talk that to escape from the Viscountess’s ghost, you had to offer silver coins. It was obvious who started that rumor.

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“Um… we’ve arrived.”

The coachman called Hena and Kanna. His trembling voice and inability to make eye contact clearly showed he found it difficult to deal with Hena.

Since becoming Miss’s confidant, all the servants in the estate found Hena intimidating.

‘That’ Evangeline’s personal maid.

That was what Hena was called in the estate these days. Previously, several people had thrown in their resignations expressing fear, and there were even rumors that Daisy had gone blind and been sent to a monastery, making Hena, who worked normally, stand out even more by contrast.

As for Kanna, she never left Miss’s side and wasn’t officially employed, so people didn’t know her face and treated her normally. Of course, after having normal conversations and parting ways, they often wondered ‘But who was that girl?’ and tried to recall.

“Thank you.”

“No, not at all. I’ll wait here in front.”

Would that coachman, who speaks politely even to a mere maid, remember the fact that he occasionally chatted with Hena in the past?

“How magnificent.”

Whether the coachman was flustered by Hena or not, Kanna, who had been looking up at the Grand Temple, voiced her impression.

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