My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 168

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It was Evangeline who saved Jeremiah. However, Jeremiah couldn’t forget Gabriel, who had tried to save him. He too surely had a debt of gratitude to repay.

Jeremiah resolved that he must convey this fact to Evangeline as soon as possible.

‘The problem is that there’s no proper way to deliver the news…’

Since watchful eyes were always attached at the temple, if there was an opportunity, it would only be now while Bishop Marik was away.

But inwardly, he was also suspicious that Tenebray might be testing Jeremiah. Jeremiah observed Tenebray’s expression.

Tenebray smiled brightly as if satisfied with Jeremiah’s answer and patted his shoulder.

Tenebray, who had been acting benevolently like praising a subordinate, suddenly changed and pressed down firmly. Tenebray gritted her teeth and raised her fingertips, digging her nails into his shoulder. Though it wasn’t very threatening since it was Azazel’s body, Jeremiah thought it would be better to humor her and hunched his shoulders.

Tenebray, who had pulled Jeremiah down to her level, whispered in a venomous voice near his ear.

“If the Bishop finds out that I’m useless, it would all be because Count Astaroth misspoke, wouldn’t it? If I’m abandoned by the Bishop, I’ll pull out your tongue and feed it to livestock.”

Jeremiah’s spine chilled at the fanatical lines Tenebray recited. Tenebray had gloomy corners, but she wasn’t this cruel.

Had Bishop Marik’s brutal methods rubbed off on her, or had her hidden vicious nature been revealed? Jeremiah frowned deeply and retorted.

“Wouldn’t it have been fine if you hadn’t told me about Count Gabriel in the first place?”

“But when I alone know facts that even Bishop Marik’s loyal escort doesn’t know, it makes me want to boast, doesn’t it?”

Bishop Marik only tested Jeremiah but didn’t share important information. Tenebray seemed very pleased about that fact.

So she had deliberately walked to the prison wanting to show off that she received more of Bishop Marik’s trust than Azazel.

Her childish desire to be confirmed as the most beloved by Bishop Marik was nakedly apparent. Still, should he be grateful that thanks to her jealousy of Azazel, he learned of Gabriel’s whereabouts?

“There’s no fanatic like you.”

Jeremiah sneered, completely forgetting that he was pretending to be Azazel. Or perhaps he had become too immersed in Azazel and blurted out nonsense.

Jeremiah realized he had misspoken and looked at Tenebray in alarm. Fortunately, there was no sign of anger. Rather, Tenebray affirmed those words.

“A believer… That’s right. The world calls me God’s favored child, but to me, the Bishop is no different from God. The Bishop is the one who saved me. He gave me the chance to revenge against my hateful father and helped me live like a human.”

Being used by Bishop Marik to kill her father and sister was salvation? Jeremiah’s anger flared like fire. However, it was closer to the frustrating anger that boils up when facing a fool rather than vengeful feelings toward Tenebray.

Tenebray had been thoroughly brainwashed by Bishop Marik. The moment when father had smiled warmly and stroked Jeremiah’s head was vivid. That such a caring father would abuse her?

No, if… if that were true, then why didn’t she inform Jeremiah himself of that fact and ask for help, instead killing him too?

“Is living by borrowing Jeremiah’s name living like a human?”

“Yes.”

Tenebray gripped the emerald around her neck as if to crush it. It seemed like she was holding something very precious, and also like she wanted to destroy the jewel.

“Everyone loved Jeremiah. I couldn’t even follow in that child’s shadow. Only after killing Jeremiah could I finally take that place! Now finally everyone loves me and likes me. I could finally live like a human. Isn’t it truly cowardly that only Jeremiah monopolized this love?”

Jeremiah wanted to ask if that’s why she killed him.

And… if everyone loves you, why aren’t you living happily with those people, but instead clinging pathologically only to Bishop Marik? Why do you act as if the world would end if Bishop Marik abandoned you?

The questions lingered on the tip of his tongue but never came out. Because Azazel wouldn’t ask such questions.

“Just when I finally became loved, uncle came to steal my place… despite being abandoned once already.”

Tenebray’s long breath stopped there. Tenebray glared at the miserable Gabriel in the iron cage with jealous eyes, then turned her body sharply.

“I’m going back. If I stay here any longer, I might kill uncle with my own hands.”

Tenebray left the prison without looking back. Before leaving, Jeremiah turned his gaze to Gabriel. Gabriel, who must have heard all of Tenebray’s stories, looked only slightly surprised but otherwise calm.

‘I will definitely ask Evangeline for help.’

Jeremiah muttered silently, but he couldn’t tell if Gabriel had read his lips.

Jeremiah followed Tenebray out of the prison.

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After returning to the castle, when night fell, Tenebray went to bed. Jeremiah, who was guarding outside the door with an imperial knight, stealthily looked for an opportunity and spoke up.

“Did you hear that sound just now?”

“What? What sound?”

The knight, who had been yawning sleepily, asked tensely. Jeremiah answered calmly, pretending to state facts.

“I heard a strange sound from inside the room.”

“I didn’t hear any sound…?”

“Well… since you were dozing, how could you have heard it?”

When he sneered in a tone that had become familiar, the knight’s face reddened, but since his opponent was ‘that’ Bishop Marik’s aide, he couldn’t protest and kept his mouth shut.

“I wasn’t dozing…!”

“Then I must have seen wrong due to poor eyesight. Ah! If something evil had invaded, it might have been audible only to my ears.”

“Really…? Hmm. See, it’s a sound only holy knights can hear, so I couldn’t help but not hear it.”

Jeremiah provided direction as if opening a path. Then the knight quickly agreed and nodded.

After one exchange, the knight seemed to have lost all sleepiness and began standing guard properly. Goosebumps had risen on his exposed nape, probably imagining scary things about the sound Jeremiah claimed to have heard alone.

Jeremiah timed it right and moved objects inside the room to create noise. The sound of something small dropping could be heard from inside the room.

“…!”

“Didn’t you hear it this time either?”

At Jeremiah’s question, the knight froze. Since he wasn’t dozing like before, he must have clearly heard it.

“This time I did, did hear it. Could it be an intruder?”

The knight whispered in a very small voice as if afraid someone might overhear. Jeremiah didn’t bother answering and carefully knocked on the door.

“Princess? Is something wrong?”

When there was no answer from inside, Jeremiah suddenly grabbed the door handle. Instead of stopping Jeremiah, the knight prepared to draw his sword. He was preparing to deal with it in case an intruder had really entered. Jeremiah deliberately opened the door slowly and quietly.

“There’s nothing here.”

The window was tightly closed. Inside the room, there was only the sound of Tenebray breathing heavily in her sleep. Jeremiah opened his eyes wide and looked around the room before picking up the fallen object.

“It’s a necklace.”

The knight’s face turned pale when he saw what was in Jeremiah’s hand. It was the necklace of the dead Tenebray, set with ugly black jade.

“Why did this fall when there’s no wind…?”

When Jeremiah muttered quietly, the knight trembled. It was as if he had encountered a ghost. Strictly speaking, he had seen a ghost, since the dead one was already before his eyes.

“My goodness, did the dead Princess Tenebray come for revenge?”

When Jeremiah added as if delivering a finishing blow, the knight looked ready to wet himself. When Jeremiah called the knight, a pathetic “Hiik” response was heard.

“Just in case, I should look around the room once. Please guard the outside while I check inside.”

The frightened knight nodded and left the room without looking back. Jeremiah clicked his tongue at the judgment of leaving him alone with a sleeping royal, even if he was a holy knight. Jeremiah looked at the door and then put the necklace back down on the desk.

The necklace that had been on Jeremiah’s corpse was taken back by Tenebray. How nauseating it had been when he discovered the black jewel in the room. Jeremiah, who had been looking at the jewel with hatred, briefly observed Tenebray’s condition and when he heard regular breathing sounds, hurriedly rummaged through the drawers. He was looking for letter paper.

Fortunately, the positions of objects hadn’t changed from when Jeremiah used them, so he could easily find the letter paper. Since he didn’t know when Tenebray might wake up, Jeremiah moved his hands quickly. The hastily scrawled letter was disorganized and messy.

“Ugh…”

Tenebray groaned as if tormented by nightmares. Jeremiah hoped that he appeared in those nightmares as he quietly left the room.

The knight, who had been stamping his feet anxiously outside the door, was relieved to see Jeremiah.

“There was nothing particularly strange. But just in case, I should go around and check outside.”

“There are several people patrolling outside, so do you really need to go yourself, Count Astaroth?”

“Those knights aren’t holy knights like me.”

At Jeremiah’s answer, the knight groaned and nodded.

“But the Princess comes first, so you must return immediately.”

“Of course.”

Jeremiah skillfully found his way and spotted a servant, calling him over.

“Knight, do you have something to ask of me?”

Jeremiah handed a letter to the servant who asked with a polite attitude. It was a letter stamped with the imperial seal. After the servant confirmed the seal, he received the letter with even more courtesy.

“Could you send this to the Rohanson Mansion?”

“…The Hosaquin Ducal House?”

The servant looked at Jeremiah suspiciously.

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