My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 26

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I thought Daisy would be in a sub-female lead position or as the female lead’s helper or best friend since she had a backstory with Jelly, but seeing how Kanna disliked her, I seemed to have guessed wrong.

Then there’s only one answer, right? When I possessed the original villainess Evangeline, the genre changed to a villainess possession story, and since Kanna, the original female lead, likes me tremendously, she wouldn’t interfere with my romance route. So a supporting villainess role was introduced! To serve as a romantic obstacle that makes the romance fantasy even more heart-wrenching!

That makes perfect sense. I was wondering why a female character with a sudden past connection appeared out of nowhere. Daisy is even a nun right now, isn’t she? Then she’ll become a saint. A saint and a villainess? The perfect opposing dynamic is set.

So from now on, Daisy will frequently appear in front of Gabriel and Jelly to sabotage my relationships with them.

I’d love to cheer them on saying they should love each other to their hearts’ content, but Evangeline is a villainess, right? In romance fantasies, it’s natural for villainesses to fall into ruin if they can’t receive love, so I have no choice. Sorry Gabriel, I’m not leading you on because I want to either.

“Let’s sit down first.”

Gabriel, who was destined to be strung along in the future, politely pulled out a chair for me to sit without knowing his own fate.

“I assigned Uriel to guide the young lady, so why did you come together? Where’s Uriel?”

“Uriel is in the infirmary. He’s not hurt, but Michel is a bit…”

“Michel?”

“Well, it’s a long story to explain…”

Rafaela began explaining the situation to Gabriel. How they met me and Uriel while escorting Daisy, and how they discovered the burning painting after hearing people’s voices and rushing over.

Gabriel swallowed hard after hearing that much.

“The painting burned…”

“Yes. I don’t know the cause of the fire. We’ll need to hear from the people who were there at the time.”

Rafaela shrugged. The cause of the fire? The fire wouldn’t have started by itself, so one of the people there must have set it… Would the culprit honestly confess? Isn’t it more likely they’ll keep their mouth shut?

Well. Even if they don’t speak up, there were many witnesses, so the culprit will probably be revealed.

“Do you have any suspicions, Lady Rohanson?”

When Gabriel asked, I was about to answer directly but hesitated. What if I say this and get scolded for suspecting innocent people? But the painting couldn’t have spontaneously combusted, so someone must have set the fire. Honestly, Rafaela and Michel are a bit suspicious too. I arrived late and saw Michel already burning.

“I’m not sure.”

So I just gave a vague answer and moved on. As if this was the right approach, Gabriel didn’t react much.

Rafaela continued explaining. How Michel, who had been locked in a room, suddenly appeared and was engulfed in flames, and how I poured holy water to extinguish the fire.

This is the first time I’m hearing this part. Michel just jumped into the fire? Is he crazy? Why would he jump in there? So that’s why people were just watching in shock!

Gabriel didn’t even twitch an eyebrow after hearing about that bizarre behavior. Truly befitting a romance fantasy male lead who’s only warm to his woman. He would have been even more perfect if he had just been born in the North.

“Thank you for saving Michel.”

Gabriel bowed his head. This is also typical of a righteous knight male lead who takes good care of his subordinates.

Ah, what a relief. I saved him out of conscience, but thanks to that I feel like I’ve gained one favorability point with Gabriel. With this, I can probably make up for one of the evil deeds Evangeline committed.

“Still, it’s fortunate that Bishop Jabaniya discovered it.”

“Is it really…?”

“The Bishop shares our position.”

“That’s true. At least it will help cover up the incident.”

Truly male lead quality. Even though Gabriel wasn’t at the scene, he explained to me how things would likely proceed based on what he heard from Rafaela.

The stubborn bishop was on the side that didn’t like Donau’s painting, so he would help cover up the incident of the painting burning. Although there would still be serious disagreements like before, it would be much easier since the painting was already completely burned.

“The investigations we’ve been conducting to remove the painting will also be helpful.”

I guess this is his way of appealing that he’s been diligently preparing to take my side. Good, now I need to react properly to manage this romantic lead-on.

“Is that so? I’m curious about what efforts you made.”

This should be enough, right? Still, I have the reputation of being a villainess, so I can’t suddenly act like a sunshine female lead saying ‘Wow, you made efforts for me! Evangeline is so touched!’ But this conversation is too short, so let me add more.

“You called me here because a witness appeared, didn’t you?”

Right. Daisy just gave some testimony and left. Of course, it wouldn’t have been just testimony – she probably badmouthed me too.

Wait… Let me test this once.

“So what did you hear?”

“Captain!”

As expected from a quick-witted aide. Rafaela seems to know that her superior has fallen into romantic trials and is trying to give him a hint. When I glared at her, Rafaela jumped in surprise and shut her mouth.

“I asked you.”

I looked back at Gabriel. Under his jet-black hair, I could see uniquely clear blue eyes. It was as if a person was a blue star made only of sea and sky without any ground to stand on. When I was reflected in those eyes, I somehow felt like I had become the first person to leave footprints and defile that star.

“What did you hear from Daisy?”

Gabriel didn’t avoid my gaze. I also engaged in the staring contest while admiring Gabriel’s face. Wow, I almost got mesmerized for a moment. As expected of a romance fantasy male lead, his face is truly outstanding. Jelly is handsome too, but since he’s a supporting male character, he can’t beat Gabriel’s face.

“She must have talked about me.”

“I wonder. I didn’t hear anything about you.”

Huh? That’s a lie. Daisy said something, didn’t she? When I looked disbelieving, Gabriel handed me a paper.

“This is the statement from the witness who just left.”

It seemed to be a paper summarizing Daisy’s statement. The first page was about some monastery.

It said that the abbot used the same summoning circle as the painting hanging in the temple to summon something ominous and gain power, then used that power to commit evil deeds.

What! No, how far has my summoning circle been sold!

And he even succeeded in summoning! What kind of spirit did he summon! Since Donau also summoned a fire spirit, is the abbot from the same category?

But why am I the only one without a spirit! This is so unfair! He summoned a spirit and went around doing all sorts of bad things. I wouldn’t do that…

I don’t need a werewolf! Change it to a small, cute spirit! And how did he learn the summoning method! Why am I the only one who doesn’t know!

Wait, this… Isn’t the painting burning just now connected to this? This abbot person did it to monopolize the summoning circle. Since it’s a fire spirit, he somehow did it from a distance! That bad guy… He freely used my summoning circle. Well, it’s not mine but Evangeline’s mother’s.

“I really want to meet this priest.”

When I meet him, I’ll grab him by the collar and shake him thoroughly. I made a firm resolution.

Oh, come to think of it, this isn’t what’s important. I almost forgot my main purpose while obsessing over spirits. I turned another page. Is this the statement about me now?

Evangeline Rohanson… When I read that far, my vision suddenly distorted. It started fragmenting like glass, then the letters began breaking apart. One letter split into dozens of pieces and got mixed up, making it impossible to read. Are you serious that the translator is malfunctioning at this moment…?

□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□.

□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□.

What is this! Why did I become illiterate again at this point!

“I didn’t hear anything.”

Gabriel looked very confident, as if to say ‘see for yourself.’

Gabriel doesn’t know that my translator is malfunctioning right now. So is he acting like that because he’s really being honest? I saw up to where Evangeline’s name was written… Was it not important content?

But how could that be! Daisy must have said something. This is it. Either Daisy greatly downplayed my evil deeds, or Gabriel is so smitten with the villainess that he can’t think straight.

“You may take it with you.”

I think it’s the latter? I almost flinched at Gabriel’s words. I was wondering if there was a way to read it again when the translator came back, but he didn’t read my mind, did he? As expected of a male lead…

I happily tore the paper and handed it to Kanna. Kanna, who had been glaring at the paper as if to tear it apart, reluctantly put it in her arms. Why was she glaring…? Don’t tell me Kanna is illiterate too?

I thought she could naturally read since she’s the female lead? Come to think of it, this is a somewhat harsh romance fantasy world. They probably added the illiteracy setting on purpose so they could make the female lead suffer as much as possible. I can’t rely only on the translator anymore either. Let’s go home and learn to read together…

“Are you satisfied with this?”

Yes, of course. I would have felt uneasy if I had just left it there, but I’m so happy he told me to take it. I can read it later when the translator is fixed.

“It’s sufficient.”

“I called you here to show you that. Didn’t I tell you earlier? That I want to help you.”

Is this an appeal that he never intended to hide it from me? I’m supposed to be leading him on, but I feel like I’m being managed instead. He speaks so smoothly. While I was admiring the male lead’s capabilities, I heard a knock.

Knock knock.

“Come in.”

“Captain. Bishop Jabaniya sent someone with a message.”

“He says the holy water for Lady Rohanson has been properly delivered to her escort. And he would like to see her briefly.”

“I see? Understood, I’ll go see him.”

“Yes.”

Jelly must have finished his errand well. He probably counted and prepared the right amount of my holy water, right? I should go count them later.

Should I head back now?

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