My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 31

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I didn’t recognize her right away since she wasn’t wearing the familiar nun’s habit, but looking at her facial features, it was definitely Daisy.

This isn’t even near the orphanage, so why is Daisy here getting soaked in the rain looking so pitiful?

“How did you recognize me?”

It was raining and would have been hard to distinguish.

“Jelly recognized you.”

Ah. I nodded in understanding. Last time too, when I almost got lost in the temple, Jelly found the way for me. He must have found her by scent this time as well. As expected, werewolves are all about their sense of smell.

So is this an event? Jelly discovers Daisy dejected in the rain and rescues her, building up their romance… So Daisy really was a character scheduled to appear briefly as a sub-couple with Jelly in the original story or side stories. Now she’s become a character who interferes with love because I ruined the original story.

Aha.

“Jelly. Want to go out and bring her in?”

“Me? It’s cold, so no thanks.”

Jelly buried himself in some fur coat from who knows where. Where did that come from? Don’t tell me he secretly slipped one in at the clothing store earlier? That sounds very plausible. Well, buying one piece of clothing isn’t a big deal…

But isn’t it a bit disappointing that he doesn’t want to go because it’s cold? Is this guy really a sub male lead? A werewolf, magician, and delinquent-looking appearance – he has the perfect trifecta, yet when his match is getting rained on, he throws a tantrum saying he doesn’t want to go out? No wait, it’s not Jelly’s fault. This is all my fault for monopolizing routes and messing up the flow.

I’m getting annoyed, this won’t do. I’ll just go myself. I’ll make a good impression on Daisy and clear up the past.

“Miss, I’ll go instead.”

“It’s fine. Stay with Pudding.”

I handed Pudding, who had fallen asleep on my lap, to Kanna and got out of the carriage, opening an umbrella. I really need to thank the clothing store owner who gave me this umbrella earlier. I wonder if they got home safely?

I strode over and stopped right in front of Daisy. Her lips were blue from how long she’d been out in the rain. She’ll collapse with a fever tomorrow at this rate. I tilted the umbrella toward Daisy.

Daisy must have thought I was just a passing pedestrian, as she apologized saying she’d move out of the way soon. Who are you worrying about right now?

“Daisy.”

Whether she recognized my voice or because I called her name, Daisy, who had been half-dazed, slowly lifted her head.

“Evangeline… Lady. How… how are you here…?”

She was trembling last time too, and she’s still trembling now. Just how terrible was the original Evangeline’s personality before I possessed her? She just implanted trauma into a perfectly normal kid.

It was sad that cleaning up after that was my responsibility.

“Because I was looking for you.”

It’s really a miracle that I found her. If I hadn’t come with Jelly, I would have just gone to the innocent orphanage to wait, and Daisy would have sat in the rain all day. This is how romance fantasy protagonists go astray beyond control with one wrong step. I really felt the reality of being in a romance fantasy world.

Now I need to coax Daisy well to get her to open up. First, I should get her in the carriage and take her to the Rohanson Estate instead.

As I was about to help her up, Daisy suddenly grabbed my skirt tightly.

“I have a request. You said you’d grant me a wish.”

What? Ah. I definitely said that before we parted. I was going to compensate for the bullying and make a reasonable agreement for her not to spread rumors about what Evangeline had done.

I was about to ask what kind of request when I suddenly had a good idea. No, not good – a bad idea.

I was going to propose first, but Daisy said she had a request first. Plus, she already badmouthed me to Gabriel and Hena, so the scales aren’t balanced.

So instead of granting wishes unconditionally, I should say I’ll grant her wish if she tells me what she said to those two.

“Sure. But there will be a price.”

It felt like I was living up to Evangeline’s reputation for once. I abandoned my conscience long ago, so I’m fine with it, yeah.

“You know what I want, right?”

How would she know? I was just asking her to give any answer. Evangeline would obviously want something like massive gold coins! Become my servant! I was pretending to want something big, then later scale it down to asking about conversation details, making her think “this much is okay” and spill everything!

“I’ll… I’ll give myself to you.”

Cough. I almost choked even though I hadn’t eaten anything. That… that is big too.

No, why is Daisy saying she’ll give herself when she’s still scared of me? Don’t tell me the suspension bridge effect got mixed with romance fantasy mechanics.

“So please, please help me.”

I couldn’t tell if Daisy’s face was wet from rain or tears. Her desperate voice made my intended words disappear.

“Alright, fine. I’ll help you.”

I extended my hand, telling her to grab it and get up. After hesitating briefly, Daisy took my hand.

“First, get in the carriage.”

Daisy got in the carriage, was shocked to see Kanna, then when she got to Jelly, she had no energy left to be more surprised and sat quietly in a corner.

Kanna also glanced at Daisy sideways, then saw me following and fussed over me.

“Oh my, you’re all wet.”

I just got a few drops on me while Daisy looked like she’d just been pulled out of water? It seemed like Kanna was treating Daisy coldly because of what Daisy said to Hena, which worsened Hena’s condition.

When Kanna took away the fur coat Jelly was wearing to give to me, I covered Daisy with it instead. Jelly let out a hollow laugh seeing his coat pass through several hands to finally reach Daisy.

“Hey, your good times are over now too.”

“Shut up, Jelly.”

What? Did I mishear? I looked at Kanna in surprise, but she was acting innocent as if she’d never said such harsh words. I must have… misheard, right?

“Long time no see?”

Jelly called out to Daisy. It felt exciting, like watching someone else’s romance unfold. Daisy didn’t answer.

“Are you ignoring me now?”

He said “me”! He said “me”! I pretended not to be interested in the two while focusing all my attention on them.

“There’s nothing really between us, is there?”

“We held hands and ran away together.”

“Who held hands…!”

Daisy was about to shout but closed her mouth. Last time I was worried because Daisy was so terrified, but seeing them now, they really suited each other as a sub-couple. A grumpy female character and a smooth-talking male character? It’s a combination with ancient history.

I thought they’d continue bickering, but Daisy kept her mouth shut so the conversation couldn’t progress further, so I decided to get to the main point.

“So what’s this request?”

Daisy clenched her clasped hands tightly.

“I’m… an orphan.”

This is about revealing Daisy’s backstory and bringing her closer to Jelly. It’s progressing smoothly even with me interfering.

“I was abandoned when I was too young to remember and grew up in an orphanage. Fortunately, the director was a good person, so even now that I’m independent, I sometimes visit the orphanage to see the director.”

Since I already heard all this information by threatening the butler, I don’t know how to react. If I say I investigated her background, I’ll be despised for being truly like a villainess. Let me stay quiet and pretend I don’t know.

“So I visited the orphanage today too, but everyone at the orphanage had disappeared.”

What’s that about? Why is there suddenly a missing persons case in a romance fantasy?

I do have one guess though. Daisy and Jelly escaped from slave traders. There’s a possibility of another incident using that same plot.

“Lady, this is my wish. Please bring back the director and the children.”

“Wow, sounds annoying just hearing about it.”

I want to shut Jelly’s mouth! No, why are you trampling on a perfectly progressing romance route with your own feet?

No, thinking about it, even though Daisy’s story is deep, the female lead is Kanna. Sub-couples only get together later, so it makes sense he’s not interested yet. Jelly, you’ll regret this bitterly later.

“Fine. I’ll find them.”

I answered while glaring at Jelly. Jelly is a freeloader at our house anyway, so he has to do what I tell him. Don’t complain that I’m working you too hard – it’s all for your future.

Since I have the sin of destroying Kanna’s romance route, I want to at least properly pair up the sub-couple. I’ll find the most amazing person in this world and pair them with Kanna. Gabriel is tied to my lifeline…

But will Kanna even want romance? Looking at what she’s doing now, she’s the original female lead who got wrapped up by a villainess and goes around shouting “Friendship over love!”

“Do you have any guesses?”

“Troy.”

“Troy?”

There was a possibility it was the same place as the slave traders who captured Daisy. That’s why I asked if she had any guesses, but suddenly a person’s name came up. Is that the slave trader’s name?

“He’s the director’s son. His real son. That bastard must have done something to the director and children.”

Daisy went on to explain about Troy.

The kind director’s son had a nasty and twisted personality from childhood. Since the director loved not only his own child but other children equally, he had particularly severe feelings of inferiority.

He didn’t hesitate to use violence especially against children the director cared about.

“Once he poured hot stew on a friend’s arm who was supposed to be adopted, leaving a scar that eventually led to the adoption being cancelled.”

He bullied slightly chubby kids by calling them pigs and preventing them from eating, and tried to monopolize any positions that caught the eye of visiting noble volunteers.

“And he said it was okay because he was the director’s son. No matter how much the director scolded him, he never changed.”

What kind of trash exists in this world?

“When he got older, the director and children couldn’t stand it anymore and kicked him out. Even after that, he kept coming back causing trouble, telling them to stop ‘this kind of thing’ and demanding they close the orphanage.”

And given romance fantasy logic, Troy was probably closely connected to slave traders. Maybe Troy was involved in the disappearance of the children from Daisy’s orphanage too.

Wait for me, Troy. I’ve never seen your face, but I’ll let you taste a villainess-style beating.

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