My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 8

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No wonder the girl was so good-natured! And so determined! With that realization, this whole situation suddenly made perfect sense. Drawing from my romance novel experience, I could easily guess how the original story unfolded.

Here we have the villainess Evangeline, the villainess’s loyal servant Donau, and Kanna, the female lead who is the younger sister of a maid serving the villainess.

Evangeline had always tormented the servants of the Viscount’s household, but she would have particularly bullied Hena. When the bullying crossed the line, she ordered Donau to kidnap Kanna, Hena’s only younger sister. And then the first meeting event with the Male Lead would occur when he rescued Kanna from danger!

Even though I possessed Evangeline’s body, could it be that Donau kidnapped Kanna due to the original story’s force?

That would explain why Donau was spouting nonsense. He kept muttering that he was just following my orders. Wow… the original story’s force is terrifying.

So did I steal the Male Lead’s entrance scene? Should I have just left it alone? No, but even if they’re characters in a book, how could I just watch that situation unfold?

“You don’t have any more questions, do you? Since Miss is tired, I’ll take my leave first.”

Having finished her explanation, Kanna cut off the conversation. Her attitude was too cold for someone dealing with the Male Lead.

This must also be the influence of me saving Kanna instead of the Male Lead, right? The original female lead clinging to the villainess – this is totally a villainess possession story! As expected from a romance fantasy world!

“If any problems arise, please come find the Rohanson Viscount’s Estate.”

While inwardly admiring the situation, I greeted the Male Lead and turned to leave. Since the kidnapper, victim, and rescuer were all from the Rohanson Estate, I told him to come find us if he got stuck writing his report. Good, one point for kindness earned.

Hena offered to guide us to where the carriage was parked and took the lead. As I was about to follow Hena, the back of my head felt prickly. When I turned around, the Male Lead was glaring at me fiercely.

I didn’t really do anything villainous, so why is he glaring? Could it be that he’s jealous because Kanna took my side? This is bad. It seems like I’ve stepped onto a rival route instead of the villainess route…

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“Captain, the fire has been extinguished.”

“Good work, Rafaela.”

Gabriel, who had been continuously watching the alley where the pure white doll had disappeared, finally came to his senses at his subordinate’s call. He had been so distracted that the fire had been extinguished in the meantime. The building swept by the flames was now so collapsed it could hardly be called a house.

Unlike the snow-white woman who claimed to have escaped from the fire without a single smudge of soot, everyone else had worked so hard clearing the debris that their uniforms were covered in ash.

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t help because I was investigating the young lady.”

“No, sir. That fire, it went out on its own.”

“What?”

When Gabriel asked, Rafaela scratched her head and explained.

“Really. It was blazing away and then suddenly died down. It was already strange that it didn’t spread to the surroundings and only burned this house…”

Gabriel looked at the debris with great unease.

Gabriel had also thought he was bewitched by a demon when he first saw it. When a fire breaks out in such a narrow and densely packed slum, it usually spreads to the entire surrounding area. That’s why he had hurried here leading the knights to evacuate people.

He had rushed here anticipating devastation, but when he arrived, people weren’t even evacuating – they were just watching a house burn alone as if an invisible firewall had been erected.

However, what captured Gabriel’s attention wasn’t such a strange phenomenon, but the woman standing in front of that fire.

Gabriel initially thought a statue had been erected among the crowd. Even though it was impossible for such delicately carved marble to exist in this slum.

The reason he couldn’t recognize it as human was because there was nothing that could be called vitality in it. In comparison, a broken tree branch would be closer to human.

So when he witnessed the bizarre scene of something that should rightfully be dead turning its bright red eyes toward him and its red lips speaking human language, he was so shocked he nearly lost his words.

Gabriel pretended to be composed as he conversed with the woman. As expected, it was far from human.

Even when talking about her servant’s death or looking at Gabriel himself, not a single grain of warmth could be felt. Just as humans don’t care about passing ants, to the woman, Gabriel would be at the level of a mere ant.

The woman seemed to have some interest in the maid named Kanna beside her. Perhaps because she was receiving attention from something inhuman, the maid’s condition didn’t look normal either. Her blind and fervent appearance was like looking at a fanatic.

“Captain! We found the body!”

A subordinate shouted loudly. Gabriel went to check the corpse. Donau, was it? Even after death, the charred body with limbs fallen off was just like a sculpture.

“This is…”

“Strange, isn’t it? Must be a coincidence, right?”

Behind the dismembered corpse, the soot on the floor spread out like wings, and behind the head, like a religious painting, it was drawn in a circle as if the corpse’s head was glowing. It looked exactly like a halo that would be attached to angels or gods in masterpieces.

“Looking like this, it’s just like an angel.”

Gabriel wasn’t the only one who thought so. Gabriel fell into contemplation. An angel… Wings made of ash would crumble and fall into the abyss before they could even flap. The same goes for that halo. To him, the circular aureole seemed like it would flicker.

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“Shall I give you a room in the manor?”

In the returning carriage, Lady Evangeline spoke up. Hena doubted what she had heard but couldn’t dare ask again.

“It would be scary to return home. I’ll take care of you.”

She hadn’t heard wrong after all. Hena was about to decline politely, saying it was fine, but closed her mouth when she realized the lady’s gaze was directed not at her but at her sister.

She was asking for Kanna’s opinion, not Hena’s. Hena gripped Kanna’s hand tightly. She wanted to tell her to refuse. But what if she gave hints and offended the lady?

How Donau, who had upset the lady, died was still vivid before her eyes. What was even more incomprehensible was the fact that Kanna was satisfied with that disgusting and nauseating death.

The lady didn’t rush for an answer.

This completely unsuitable consideration made Hena’s spine chill. It was strange not to be afraid when she was wearing a mask of kindness and pretending to be merciful.

Lady Evangeline had been relatively generous to Hena, but she seemed particularly harmful to Kanna. Though it looked no different from rescuing and taking in a trapped animal.

“Can my sister stay together too?”

“Of course.”

“I’d like to choose the room myself.”

“You can do as you please.”

And Kanna was the same. Chattering excitedly with the lady – Hena felt breathless.

She had been particularly fearless since childhood, but she didn’t know how to act so boldly even in front of the lady. Hena glimpsed a fragment of the past in Kanna’s satisfied smile.

When their father was still alive, lovely Kanna would sometimes spill her food and throw tantrums to confirm affection. After father passed away, she grew older and more mature, so she didn’t do that anymore.

Did she open her heart because the lady saved her?

Since she had stolen holy water and lied that Lady Evangeline had given it, she might think she had been saved twice. Actually, that wasn’t wrong. If it hadn’t been for the lady’s cat, Kanna would still be bedridden, and if the lady hadn’t gone today, Kanna’s wounds wouldn’t have ended at her neck.

“Then would the room directly below Miss’s be alright?”

The lady told her to choose a room excluding the 4th floor where she stayed, and what Kanna chose was directly below the lady’s room on the 3rd floor.

Since Kanna had never worked in the manor, she must have just chosen randomly, but the 3rd floor was where the late Viscountess Rohanson had resided. Moreover, wasn’t that room the one the Viscountess had used? Of course, Lady Evangeline wouldn’t be interested in the dead blood relatives of the shell she was using.

“My lady. That room was used by the Viscountess.”

“She’s already passed away so there’s no owner now, so it doesn’t matter. The furniture is already there, so it’ll be convenient to stay in right away.”

When Hena carefully explained, the lady just insisted it didn’t matter since there was no owner and the floor was empty. She even said she would inform Viscount Rohanson and the Butler.

Hena couldn’t even object to giving the Viscountess’s room to a maid and unconsciously nodded before stopping.

The Butler knew that Hena’s sister had been seriously ill. He would find it strange that a sick child had recovered overnight and was walking around. He might even remember the holy water and discover that it had been stolen.

‘That can’t happen…’

“My lady. I’ll speak to the Butler myself.”

“Do that. Then I’ll only tell the Viscount.”

Let’s avoid being caught by the Butler at all costs. Hena thought about the Butler’s living area. The Butler stayed on the 2nd floor and didn’t come upstairs. Especially since the Butler avoided Lady Evangeline, if Kanna stayed near the lady, she wouldn’t be caught.

She just had to endure a little. There was no way Viscount Rohanson would allow a mere maid’s sister to use the Viscountess’s room, so she would be kicked out soon. Let’s just stay quiet until then.

Once the arrangements were finished, they turned the carriage around and stopped by Hena’s house. At home, Hena and Kanna packed enough belongings for a few days. Actually, neither of them had much, so even though they packed almost all their clothes, it didn’t take long.

They loaded the luggage into the carriage and rode for another while before arriving at the Rohanson Estate.

Usually a maid would get out first to escort, but Evangeline stepped down first without hesitation.

“Pudding! You came out to greet me.”

And discovering the cat sprawled on the gate bars, a smile spread across her previously indifferent face.

Lady Evangeline adored that strange creature. The sight of the monster being reduced to a mere pet in the lady’s arms was always unfamiliar.

The cat looked at Hena and Kanna with its three eyes glowing, then leisurely closed them. Kanna muttered in a small voice.

“The eyes disappeared?”

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