My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 30

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The guard panicked and tried to help Daisy up.

“Please tell me where she went. I absolutely must see her.”

“How would I know that? The carriage left long ago.”

Daisy felt all the strength drain from her body. She had believed that coming to the Rohanson Estate would solve something. Why had she thought that?

“Instead of standing there uncomfortably, why don’t you come back after the young lady returns.”

The guard looked uncomfortable and asked Daisy to leave.

“Should I call a carriage for you?”

“I’m, I’m fine.”

She didn’t have money for a carriage. Daisy struggled to get up with her swaying body. She had thought from the beginning that going to the temple would be better than here anyway. First, she would go find those knights she had seen before.

First, she would go to her lodging to get money and change into her nun’s habit. That would make it much easier to enter and exit the temple.

Daisy headed toward the inn, leaving the Rohanson Estate behind. Her legs ached from running all the way to the Rohanson Estate. Somehow, her anxious feelings had disappeared now.

Meanwhile, drops began to dot the ground. Daisy looked up at the sky. Dark clouds had gathered at some point and raindrops were falling. The rain that fell near her eyes mixed with tears and flowed down her cheeks.

“It’s raining, let’s hurry!”

“Ugh…!”

“Sorry…!”

Children running to avoid the rain bumped into Daisy. It was just a collision with a child, but perhaps because her legs had no strength, she fell down. The child apologized, worried that Daisy might get angry, and ran off.

Daisy had no strength to get angry or energy to get up again, so she just sat there. Sitting like this reminded her of almost getting hit by the carriage earlier. If only she had been hit then…

As Daisy hung her head low, a shadow appeared right in front of her and covered her.

Come to think of it, this was a commercial area, so she would be blocking traffic.

“I’m sorry, I’ll move.”

“Daisy.”

Daisy quickly looked up at the familiar voice. The owner of the shadow was a pure white person, the complete opposite of the darkness she had created. And it was the person Daisy had been desperately searching for just moments ago.

“Evangeline… my lady.”

Perhaps because she had said it once, calling the person before her ‘Evangeline’ was no longer difficult. Even though she was still afraid and resentful, she found it amusing that she somehow felt relieved.

It was as quiet as if all the rain in the world had been swallowed up. She thought the rain had stopped, but it was just an umbrella. Because of the umbrella tilted toward Daisy, Evangeline’s back was getting soaked.

“How… how did you…”

“I searched for you.”

You really searched and found me? Like magic?

The thing that had turned Evangeline’s skin inside out smiled benevolently. It looked very much like the smile of the Evangeline she had once cared for.

“I have a favor to ask. You said you would grant my wish.”

Daisy gripped Evangeline’s dress tightly. She was desperate, as if it were the only lifeline given to her.

“Yes. But there will be a price.”

You know what I want, don’t you? Evangeline asked.

A price… Daisy knew very well what that meant. When Daisy had summoned the demon, the demon had definitely called Priest Berga a sacrifice. It had also said it would collect the proper price next time.

“I’ll, I’ll give you myself.”

Even though Daisy might not be as clean as the demon wanted since she had already killed someone, all Daisy could give was herself.

“So please help me.”

“Alright, fine. I’ll grant it.”

Evangeline extended her hand to Daisy. Even though Daisy knew she shouldn’t take that hand, she grasped it. A cold, snake-like sensation coiled around her arm, climbed up, and strangled her neck. Daisy had thrust her face into the snake’s mouth. But how amusing that the inside of the snake was so warm.

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While riding in the carriage, it suddenly occurred to me.

Wait. We’re going to the orphanage now, right? The purpose is to find Daisy, but we are going to the orphanage, right? But is it okay to go empty-handed?

When I see people going to volunteer at orphanages, they carry loads of food and gifts, so shouldn’t I also bring something instead of going empty-handed?

It seemed like I should buy something, both for common decency and for image management while escaping the villainess role.

“Let’s stop by a nearby store.”

“Yes.”

I didn’t even tell the coachman separately, but somehow he heard my voice and the carriage stopped in front of a nearby bakery.

“I’ll go.”

“Then could you buy plenty of bread for the children?”

I gave Kanna a gold coin.

“Are you planning to buy all the bread in the store?”

Oops. The prices here were quite low. But what could I do when I only had gold coins?

“Buy a reasonable amount. The rest is your errand fee.”

“Thank you!”

Kanna’s face lit up as she jumped down from the carriage. She must have really liked the mention of an errand fee, as I could hear her humming from here. I should give her small tasks and some pocket money from now on.

“Jelly, you go help carry things too.”

“Yes, yep.”

Jelly got out of the carriage with a disgruntled expression, dumping Pudding on me. Is he acting like this because I’m making him work without paying him? No, Kanna is working while he’s freeloading and still wants pocket money. Pudding seemed to think the same, meowing as if to say he had no conscience.

Soon Kanna and Jelly came back with their hands full of bread. It looked like they had swept up every piece of bread in the store. The savory smell filled the carriage.

My mouth seemed to be watering, so I snatched and ate one of the breads Jelly was holding. Mm, it just tastes like bread. The smell is amazing since it’s freshly baked though. Well, it’s not bad, so it doesn’t matter. It seemed my palate had become picky because the cooks at the Rohanson Estate were skilled.

“Next, to a clothing store that sells ready-made clothes.”

“Buying more? Do we really need to?”

Jelly doesn’t understand. Originally, to win someone over, you start by targeting their family. Of course, I wasn’t going to win Daisy over, but to kneel and apologize while asking what she had told Hena and Gabriel.

When going to the clothing store, I got out too. Since possessing this body, I haven’t even bought clothes for myself, Kanna, or Hena, yet here I am buying clothes for strangers first. Isn’t that disappointing?

I sneakily observed Kanna’s reaction, but she seemed to find the clothes that were half her size adorable. As expected, the female lead is magnanimous.

“Is it fun looking at clothes?”

“Yes… I haven’t really done proper shopping much before.”

Kanna said shyly. Isn’t the tragic heroine’s backstory really too much? If the male lead were here originally, he would have immediately grabbed her hand and gone to buy Kanna clothes. Telling her to get everything from here to there.

But I’m just a villainess, so I can’t suggest going to buy Kanna clothes first, putting aside what I need to do now.

“Let’s come together next time. You, Kanna, and Hena.”

“Miss, that sounds wonderful!”

It’s a consolation prize, but Kanna, who didn’t know that, was as happy as if she owned the world. Yes, should I buy a whole store? Just seeing Kanna and Pudding in matching outfits would be satisfying to watch. I was smiling contentedly when I made eye contact with Jelly.

“What?”

Jelly just moved his mouth wordlessly, then said never mind and continued sweeping clothes into the pile. Just how many outfits is he choosing?

The pile of clothes that grew because of Jelly wouldn’t even fit properly in the luggage compartment. Since I was buying so many children’s clothes, the store owner looked at me quite suspiciously.

Thinking it was an opportunity, I earnestly explained that Evangeline Rohanson had bought so many clothes to volunteer at an orphanage. This isn’t a store mainly frequented by nobles, so the impact might be small, but wouldn’t some rumors spread?

“Y-young lady, please take this umbrella too. The sky doesn’t look clear…”

Thanks to that, the store owner kindly gave me an umbrella. Although his hands were trembling, he bit his tongue, and kept his head down, so anyone watching might think I was threatening him to extort the umbrella.

The umbrella seemed to be one the store owner had been using, as it showed some signs of use. If it’s going to rain and he’s giving me his umbrella, how is he planning to get home? I was about to refuse, saying it was fine, but just accepted the umbrella.

If I had refused, it might have created more infamy that Evangeline Rohanson doesn’t even accept gifts from commoners.

“I’ll use it well.”

“Yes. Thank you!”

Why is he thanking me when he’s the one who gave it?

When I accepted the umbrella, the store owner’s expression brightened. Though it returned to being dejected in less than 5 seconds.

As we went outside the store, raindrops were indeed falling from the sky as he had said. Kanna smiled broadly as she opened the umbrella. It wasn’t a very large size, so it was just enough for Kanna and me.

I wondered if Jelly would sulk again, but this time he didn’t seem to care and just entered the carriage while getting rained on. Do romance novel male leads originally not use umbrellas? Even getting soaked?

Only after getting in the carriage did my question get resolved. Jelly was completely dry. Come to think of it, Jelly is a werewolf sorcerer. He probably has magic to avoid getting wet. I worried for nothing.

“There’s nothing more to buy now, right?”

“Right. Now let’s go to Daisy.”

Food and clothes in various sizes should be enough. I don’t even know what kind of toys to buy in this romance novel world.

The raindrops gradually intensified and began hitting the glass. As I petted Pudding and leaned back, drowsiness poured over me. When I was unknowingly dozing with my eyes closed, Jelly woke me up.

Have we arrived already? I looked outside, but we didn’t seem to have gone very far – it was still a place lined with narrow, densely packed buildings. There didn’t seem to be any large buildings… Shouldn’t an orphanage be bigger? Is there discrimination even here in this romance novel world overflowing with class systems?

“Is this the Ainoa Orphanage?”

“That’s not it…”

Kanna shook her head. Then why did we stop here? Then Jelly pointed to someone sitting slumped outside the window.

“…Daisy?”

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