My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 69

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Since it was abandoned anyway, it couldn’t really be called a keepsake. I couldn’t let Toten Madam walk barefoot, so it was perfectly convenient.

I set out to board the carriage with Toten Madam, who had put on the shoes. Since we would stop by the Viscount’s household first before going straight to the Imperial Palace, I told them to prepare in advance.

When Melek, wearing his eyepatch tightly pressed down, brought out the carriage pulled by black horses, I could somewhat understand why the Count had left first. Because of the rain, the bottom was hazy, making it look like the horses had no feet. It was a carriage that could appear in a horror movie. Well, since it’s led by ghosts, it’s about half right. At this level, I wouldn’t want to ride it even if I died.

“Are we riding… this?”

“Yes. Please get on.”

Toten Madam also hesitated for a moment. Of course, Toten Madam had no strength to resist, so she obediently climbed into the carriage and settled across from me.

“I’m planning to stop by the Toten Viscount’s household and then go straight to the Imperial Palace.”

“Yes. Please be careful on your trip.”

Daisy bowed her head in greeting, and Kanna waved her handkerchief regretfully. I roughly patted their shoulders and got into the carriage. Since Hena had learned Imperial Palace etiquette the most, she became the one to accompany me to the Imperial Palace.

And Jelly also boarded the carriage under the pretext of being an escort. It was called an escort, but if anything happened at the Viscount’s household, he was a secret weapon who would use magic to suppress the situation. He sat arrogantly with his legs crossed, whistling, making Toten Madam furrow her brow as she looked at Jelly.

“That man is…”

“I’m master’s dog,”

“He’s my right-hand man.”

Since Jelly was about to spout nonsense in front of Toten Madam, I hastily changed the subject. You should consider your audience when making jokes! Are Rafaela and Toten Madam the same?

“I see, Evangeline’s…”

“Then we’ll depart.”

Toten Madam seemed to be thinking something strange, but before I had a chance to correct it, Melek started the carriage. Even with all this rain falling, there wasn’t a single shake – his driving skills are truly excellent. I’d like to use him as my driver for life.

It didn’t take very long to reach the Toten Viscount’s household. Soon the carriage’s speed gradually slowed. Have we arrived now? I pulled back the curtain attached to the carriage and looked outside. Beyond the glass, I could see the Toten Viscount’s household. Unlike what I’d seen before, the Viscount’s household looked gloomy and depressing. It must be because of the rain, right?

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Kinder held her breath throughout the carriage ride. Worried that her breathing might be bothersome to the listeners’ ears, she unconsciously lowered her body and held her breath. She stealthily watched Evangeline’s mood.

Evangeline Rohanson had not pushed away the hand Kinder extended. When Kinder asked for help, she readily agreed to step forward. Of course, she had warned Kinder that she couldn’t be a ‘perfect solution,’ but wasn’t this much better than the days when she received not a single answer despite praying her entire life?

Why did she say it wouldn’t be perfect? Was there a problem with reviving Rider?

Kinder tapped the toes of her slightly oversized shoes against each other. What Kinder was wearing were the shoes of Evangeline’s mother, the late Countess. Evangeline seemed to have casually told her to put on shoes, but Kinder was swept up in strange feelings.

There was no emotion mixed in Evangeline’s voice when she reminisced about the Countess. She could understand why rumors circulated in society that Evangeline Rohanson was a different person. Was that the problem? If Rider was also revived, would he act like a doll, having forgotten all his affection for Kinder like Evangeline?

“We’ve arrived.”

“Good work, Melek.”

The blindfolded coachman driving the footless horses announced their arrival. Even though he was speaking from outside the carriage where his words could be swallowed by the rain, his voice was as clear as if he were speaking right beside them.

Evangeline Rohanson got out of the carriage with an escort from the monster she called her right-hand man. In front of Evangeline, he obediently rolled over and wagged his tail – he was truly no different from a dog.

The accompanying maid hurriedly held an umbrella over Evangeline Rohanson. Then the monster extended his hand to Kinder as if to escort her as well. Kinder turned away from his hand and got out of the carriage by herself.

Finding this amusing, the monster giggled. When Kinder was hesitating and pacing in front of the Rohanson Estate, that man had suddenly appeared without warning and strangled Kinder’s neck.

“Oops, I made a mistake. You were so noisy I almost killed you. Could you keep it secret that I strangled you? My master told me to bring you back intact.”

Then he called it a mistake and threatened her to keep it secret from Evangeline Rohanson. Kinder had never screamed or made any noise, so what could have been noisy? Kinder’s heart pounded violently. Surely the noise he mentioned wasn’t referring to her heartbeat?

“It’s noisy inside, isn’t it?”

At the mention of noise, Kinder was reminded of when she first met the monster disguised as an escort, and she shivered with goosebumps, avoiding his gaze.

“Could something be wrong?”

At the maid’s speculation, Kinder tilted her head, then suddenly her face turned deathly pale and she ran inside. She didn’t even have time to properly check if Evangeline was following.

If there was something that could cause commotion in the mansion, only one thing came to mind. Rider’s death had been discovered! Usually no one looked for the child unless it was Kinder, so why! Today of all days! Did they sense something strange because Kinder wasn’t acting as usual and go looking for Rider?

“Madam! You must hurry to the young master! Master Diess is…!”

“Madam, is it true that the young master has passed away?”

The servants who had been whispering among themselves rushed toward Kinder and bombarded her with questions. Kinder ignored them as if she couldn’t hear anything, gritting her teeth and quickening her pace.

Where Kinder stopped was right at Rider’s room, which would normally be the place with the best lighting in the mansion. However, now this place had become the most hideous and dark spot.

“Why has Madam come back so early… at a time like this.”

The servants gathered in front of Rider’s room murmured.

“Butler, Nanny. What is the meaning of this?”

Kinder’s voice trembled. The nanny standing beside the butler avoided eye contact as if she couldn’t face Kinder. At least she seemed to recognize that she was currently acting beyond common sense.

“Madam.”

The butler called Kinder in confusion.

Kinder clenched her fists tightly. Rider’s door had been chopped with an axe and was half crushed. Through the large gap in the broken door, she could see the scene inside Rider’s room. Beyond the broken door, a trembling maid was tightly holding the child.

“Sister-in-law, you’re early.”

The culprit was Diess. Diess, holding an axe, greeted Kinder with a shameless face and sly manner. He said he would arrive late at night, but he had arrived while Kinder was away and was causing havoc.

“Diess, what is the meaning of this!”

“What do you mean? I was merely trying to check on my nephew’s condition. The wrongdoing must have been committed by that maid.”

With a shameless face, Diess pointed to the maid beyond the broken door who was tightly holding Rider.

“M-Madam…”

The maid called desperately to Kinder. It was Weder, the maid Kinder had entrusted with Rider before leaving. Blood was flowing from her face, apparently scratched by the broken door pieces. Even while being injured and confused, she was protecting Rider by wrapping him well in bedsheets and holding him close.

Kinder felt dizzy. Holding Rider so closely, Weder must have realized that the child was dead. But why had she continued to protect the child?

Kinder couldn’t understand. For whatever reason, Weder had fulfilled Kinder’s request to the end. If Weder hadn’t blocked him, Rider’s death would have been announced long ago.

“I was just trying to see my nephew’s face, but she kept blocking me from entering? Isn’t that suspicious? So I brought an axe and was breaking down the door.”

“There’s nothing suspicious about it. I asked her to. Since he had just calmed down after being ill, I told her not to let anyone near him. That maid was simply following my orders. Didn’t the maid say so?”

“Ah… Now that you mention it, I did hear that. I just thought she was lying. I made a mistake.”

Diess smiled with a twisted corner of his mouth and lowered the axe. It was a bizarre smile where his eyes weren’t smiling at all. He also hadn’t completely let go of the axe from his hand.

“Now that I’m back, that’s enough, right? You must be tired from coming to the Viscount’s household, so go inside and rest.”

“Yes. I will. But you know… Sister-in-law, isn’t it strange? With all this commotion, my nephew doesn’t even blink and sleeps deeply. He really sleeps like the dead, doesn’t he?”

“Didn’t I tell you? He’s sleeping deeply after being ill for five days. He must be that exhausted, so there’s no way he could hear the surrounding noise.”

At Kinder’s words, Diess wiped away his smile and raised the axe. For a moment, terrified Kinder squeezed her eyes shut, but she felt no pain. When Kinder cautiously opened her eyes, Diess had the axe slung over his shoulder.

“You don’t think I’d keep swinging an axe around like a brute, do you? I’m a person with common sense too.”

Kinder’s face flushed red with the humiliation of being toyed with. Diess had deliberately made exaggerated hand gestures to threaten Kinder.

“And since sister-in-law is here, I don’t need to break down the door on purpose. That maid will open the door for sister-in-law. With sister-in-law beside me, there shouldn’t be any problem if I check on my nephew’s condition, right?”

Kinder bit her lips. There was no room for rebuttal. Diess already seemed convinced that Rider was dead. Even to Kinder’s eyes, Rider looked exactly like a corpse, being even more gaunt and lifeless after being ill for several days. Since he wasn’t breathing or making any slight movements like tossing and turning in sleep, anyone observing for a long time would inevitably realize that the child had already passed away. And if the blanket Weder was wrapping around him was removed, there would surely be signs of rigor mortis throughout his body.

“Tell her to open the door. Why aren’t you checking? Aren’t you worried about your son, sister-in-law? Come, let’s go in together and take a look.”

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