My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 87

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Originally, I was already cooped up in my room, eating and sleeping on the bed, so being locked in prison didn’t change my lifestyle much, but the prison environment seems to have a psychological negative effect.

Even this was only possible because Jelly brought me things like a bed and clothes. Otherwise, I would have had to live on the dirt floor in a blood-stained dress. If that had happened, I would have already grabbed Jelly’s hand and escaped.

Oh, by the way, the guards didn’t take back what Jelly brought me. The guards were confused when the prison scenery suddenly changed, but they thought one of the people on watch had accepted a bribe and allowed the items in.

They suspected each other and made a fuss, even increasing the number of guards to watch each other. It was like watching a mafia game without the mafia. Ta-da, the culprit was the moderator.

I was reading a book Jelly brought me while having useless thoughts when a guard kicked the bars. What the hell? I closed the book and turned around. Apparently he had brought a meal.

“You seem quite comfortable.”

The sarcastic voice was familiar. That guy again… It was the imperial knight who was a fan of Gabriel and had been thoroughly upset with him. This knight showed tremendous hostility toward me, perhaps out of jealousy that Gabriel had been taken away.

“Argenti, that’s enough.”

The knight who came in with him scolded and tried to stop him, but he didn’t even pretend to listen.

“Who brought you that book? The noble lady protected by the Holy Knight gets good treatment even when suspected of attempting to assassinate royalty.”

Our house doggy brought it, so what.

“Do you think you can continue living so comfortably? Soon you’ll have your head cut off. No wait, since they say you cast evil magic, you might be burned to death instead.”

Right, whether I’m beheaded or burned at the stake, both are classic deaths for a villainess.

“Since you’ll die soon anyway, you won’t need a meal.”

The knight sneered at me and threw the meal on the floor. To bring it all the way here just to dump it in front of me… Is your personality for real? Don’t you know that if you die like this, you’ll have to eat all the food you wasted?

Such childish bullying should have been graduated from after elementary school, but since this damn romance fantasy world doesn’t have mandatory education, he couldn’t graduate, which is why an imperial knight acts like this.

Others were too scared to even make eye contact… Isn’t he even afraid of me? This is the first time I’ve been treated like this since possessing Evangeline. Or maybe he’s attacking confidently because he feels safe with the bars, like looking at a beast in a zoo cage.

When I didn’t react at all, the knight pouted. I don’t know what reaction he was expecting, but I’ll just call Jelly later and eat the meal airlifted from Rohanson Estate. It’s so delicious compared to prison food that I wasn’t even disappointed.

Indeed, not giving attention to such people is the best way to deal with them. Being ignored, the knight who kept getting angry had no choice but to leave the prison when shift change time came.

The next shift was some Gloomy Knight and a big, Violent Man who looked like a thug.

But the Gloomy Knight had gauze all over his face, as if something rough had happened. Seeing him limping too, it seemed like he’d been in a sparring match or fight. Making an injured person work – the imperial court must have a serious manpower shortage.

The Gloomy Knight limped over and pitifully cleaned up the meal the previous knight had spilled. The person who came in as a pair with him had no camaraderie or workplace ethics, just watching the injured guy clean. Wait. This isn’t workplace bullying or something, is it?

The Violent Man stood by the door just staring blankly, then even started nodding off. Then, as if he was planning to sleep properly, he brought a chair and got settled.

“I’m watching, so don’t think about doing anything funny.”

The Violent Man muttered to himself about not knowing why he was so sleepy, then leaned against the chair back and began sleeping soundly. He was sleeping so well he was even snoring. Right, it’s dawn now so it makes sense to be sleepy.

Even after the Violent Man went to sleep, the Gloomy Knight kept cleaning the floor.

“How did you get hurt like that?”

I asked about his story out of sympathy, and the Gloomy Knight looked at me in surprise. Then he glanced nervously at the sleeping Violent Man.

So that person hit him! Look how he can’t even speak because he’s right there… It really is workplace bullying! Workplace harassment was happening right in front of me, but unfortunately I was trapped in prison so there was no way to help.

“…It’s because of you.”

What? Because of me? As I looked at him puzzled, the Gloomy Knight very quietly muttered his resentment at me.

“It’s because of you that this happened. They say I accepted bribes to allow the things in this prison.”

So this Gloomy Knight seemed to be someone wrongly accused as the culprit in a mafia game without mafia. Then it really is my fault… Is he being bullied because of me? My conscience, which I thought had worn away to nothing, raised its head. If I could just contact Gabriel, I think I could handle this somehow.

But Gabriel hasn’t come to visit… Given that Gabriel previously spilled internal affairs and even made the unreasonable request to be alone together, it seemed visits had been denied.

I wanted to at least send word through Jelly, but Jelly complained that Gabriel had no time alone and didn’t even sleep, making him difficult to approach.

Since he’s already been branded as mafia, couldn’t I ask him to contact Gabriel so he won’t feel wronged? Is that too shameless a request?

Then the Violent Man woke up. Seeing the Gloomy Knight muttering to me, he seemed to misunderstand that we were really conspiring together.

Living up to his name, the Violent Man grabbed the Gloomy Knight’s hair and began using violence. And he did it right in front of the bars, as if deliberately showing me.

“What are you doing?”

Seeing someone being bullied right in front of me made me so angry I questioned him sharply. He just looks like a thug, but isn’t he an imperial knight? A knight using violence against a colleague?

“What am I doing? I’m teaching him manners.”

Just because I’m locked in bars, he doesn’t know to fear the villainess. I have a secret weapon.

“Pudding.”

My new secret weapon was Pudding. Starting from when he transformed into that amazing handsome man last time, Pudding seemed to have some restrictions lifted and began using magic freely. Probably when he was young his vessel was insufficient, but now that he’s finished growing he can use magic? I remembered seeing a similar setting somewhere.

If Jelly’s specialty was teleportation, Pudding’s specialty seemed to be invisibility. Though invisible to the eye, when I called his name he would appear and help constantly. Our Jelly’s specialty is teleportation but he can’t do invisibility magic. He says his presence is too big to be hidden. Ah, yes yes…

Whether Pudding grabbed his collar, the Violent Man was lifted into the air. Choking, he grabbed his throat and struggled as if trying to break free, gasping and flailing. Really, such dramatics. I don’t know how much it could hurt when Pudding’s delicate-looking wrists applied force.

“Shouldn’t you be the one learning manners first?”

I’d like him to understand the spirit of putting yourself in others’ shoes. Pudding, having learned from somewhere, cutely shook the Violent Man thoroughly before releasing him.

“Huk, heop. Huk.”

The Violent Man seemed embarrassed by his dramatics and collapsed on the floor without moving.

“What is this… Is he dead?”

As if. He’s just overacting. Dead my foot – our Pudding is soft-hearted and can’t even kill a bug. Actually no, he often goes hunting in the wild with Jelly so he does kill animals. But that’s for survival, he doesn’t kill people.

“He’ll get up again.”

As soon as I finished speaking, the Violent Man staggered to his feet. Whether embarrassed by his overacting or feeling remorseful, he was hanging his head low.

“He won’t be able to use violence against you again.”

He experienced it himself through role reversal, and seeing him hang his head like that, he definitely won’t be able to bully anyone. At least he’ll behave for a while. And in the meantime I should suggest a job change. The imperial knights all seem unhinged – I should ask how about transferring to Gabriel’s side. First I need to chase away the Violent Man who’s still hanging his head.

“How about you go ahead and leave?”

If it were me, I’d hide in a mouse hole. Given the chance to escape, the Violent Man quickly left the prison. Now only the Gloomy Knight and I remained in the prison.

“Shall I help you?”

Even at my offer, the Gloomy Knight hesitated. You fool, at times like this you should ask for help! Of course, I understood his distrust since I was a suspect in the Crown Prince’s murder locked in prison.

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“Antenor and Polus, get ready for shift change.”

The kicking finally stopped at the voice calling the two men. Antenor collapsed on the ground, clutching his kicked stomach and gasping. Right above him came the sound of arm-in-arm giggling.

“Polus. What are you going to do if you kill your colleague? You’ve been getting worse lately, haven’t you?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Colleague my ass. He’s just a dirty bastard groveling for money. This is why you can’t give important responsibilities to lowly things. Ptui.”

Spit was spat on Antenor’s face. Antenor couldn’t wipe the dirty spit with his precious knight uniform, so he rubbed his face on the dirt ground. The sticky spit made sand stick to his cheek.

“I… told you. I never accepted any bribes.”

“The prison became a luxurious inn during your guard shift, and you want to play dumb? You have no shame.”

Polus cracked his thick neck left and right while sneering.

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