I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, But I Make a Living as an Exorcist! – Chapter : 5
Harman stepped into the Monteville ducal residence.
The smile he had shown at Sienna’s mansion was gone, and his face was now completely expressionless.
There was even a hint of annoyance.
“You have returned, Your Grace.”
Many servants stood in two straight lines along the red carpet and greeted him.
They moved in perfect order following his steps, yet didn’t make a single sound.
However, Harman frowned slightly and walked straight toward his office.
The moment he entered the mansion, a sharp noise seemed to pierce his ears.
Of course, it was a voice that only he could hear.
<So? How was it? I should’ve gone with you.>
<What if that woman sees us?>
Three figures in pure white clothes floated in the air—
No, things that used to be people.
They clung to Harman’s arms and hovered above his head, chattering noisily.
Their voices were unpleasant, like nails slowly scratching against glass.
No matter what they said, Harman kept walking silently.
Finally, when he reached his office, he spoke in a flat tone.
“The ornament there was broken.”
The three, who had been talking nonstop, suddenly fell silent.
One with long dark blonde hair tilted its head at a ninety-degree angle and lightly sat on the desk.
<Of course that woman broke it! There’s no way she did it without knowing…>
<How did she know? Hm? How did it know? Let’s kill her.>
<Let’s kill her!>
“……”
Before he knew it, the other two were also circling around, saying harsh things.
Harman’s lips twitched. He placed both arms on the desk and pressed down on his heavy eyelids.
He recalled what happened a week ago.
The day when one of them, which had been staying in the mansion Sienna bought, came running back with its body noticeably more transparent.
<Th-that woman… hit… me…!>
Before it could finish speaking, it completely disappeared.
Harman clearly remembered how it vanished like scattered ashes.
‘Hit it? What does that even mean?’
Physical force shouldn’t affect ghosts at all.
“Yes, that’s right, Your Grace! Miss beat the ghost and got rid of it!”
Yet the maid there had said the exact same thing.
That wasn’t the only strange thing.
The woman, Sienna, was completely calm.
Even though it was clearly something caused by a ghost, she dismissed it as something caused by the mansion being old.
‘She can definitely see ghosts.’
Right after leaving the Alderton baron’s house, she immediately bought a haunted mansion as if she had been waiting for it.
No normal person would choose to live in a haunted mansion.
Especially one where terrible incidents had already happened because of ghosts.
<So, what will you do now, Harman?>
At the question, Harman slowly blinked.
What else? Of course, he should kill her.
She was someone who could become a variable in their plan.
A cold voice came out of his mouth.
“I invited her to the mansion.”
<Really? Here?>
“I don’t know if she’ll come.”
<Why not threaten her to come? We need to check if she can see us!>
<If she sees us, kill her.>
<Kill her immediately!>
They circled around Harman noisily.
“Leave.”
Harman pressed his forehead and waved his hand.
Heh heh.
Even then, they only laughed eerily and didn’t go far.
Harman pressed his forehead again and picked up some documents.
“……”
But even while holding them, he couldn’t read a single line.
‘She’s the complete opposite of me.’
Unlike himself, who was being dragged around by ghosts under the excuse of a “plan.”
His mind was still somewhere else.
‘I actually came.’
I really came to the Monteville ducal residence.
Ever since the carriage started moving, my heart wouldn’t calm down.
I pressed my chest and carefully lifted the curtain covering the window to peek outside.
No one was even looking, but I still hid and only showed my eyes.
As the carriage slowly began to slow down,
It had already passed through the main gate and was moving through the garden.
But maybe it was just my imagination.
‘It feels a bit eerie.’
Thinking something so rude about such a well-kept garden!
I quickly pushed the thought away.
At that moment, a huge mansion filled my view.
Its old-fashioned exterior showed the passage of time. The black marble building looked heavy and grand.
Then I lowered my gaze slightly—
“……”
Harman was standing in front of the mansion, as if waiting for me.
Now that we were closer, I could clearly see his face.
Under his slightly messy golden hair, his handsome face was revealed.
For a moment, I stared at him in a daze.
‘Isn’t he too handsome?’
And combined with that fragile, mysterious aura, I couldn’t come to my senses.
‘Seriously, not just anyone can be a duke—wait!’
The moment his eyes suddenly lifted and met mine directly, I quickly pulled the curtain shut.
Soon after, the carriage came to a complete stop.
My heart dropped with it.
‘Calm down.’
I clenched both fists tightly and took a deep breath.
‘Think about the payment. The payment.’
Honestly, how often do you get paid 6 million francs just for checking a mansion once?
‘Harman hasn’t gone mad yet.’
He didn’t seem insane. Even though he had a slightly dangerous and unstable aura, he was still polite.
For now, there was nothing dangerous.
So—
‘Take the 6 million francs and leave!’
A few days ago, after deciding to visit Harman’s mansion, I sent him a letter.
Saying I would accept his offer.
Then, in less than an hour, a representative came with a contract.
And the contract clearly stated 6 million francs!
Even though Harman originally offered 5 million.
When I asked, they said it was a token of appreciation for my quick decision.
‘Just how important is this mansion to him?’
I only accepted because repairs were expensive, but 6 million francs…
It was like a gold bar rolled right into my hands.
Whether Harman goes mad later or not, nothing is more important than having enough money to live right now.
Creak—
Just as I was thinking, the carriage door opened.
At the same time, a large hand in a black glove was extended toward me.
“Lady Sienna, I’ve been waiting.”
His voice was gentle, but felt slightly restrained.
“Hello, Duke of Monteville.”
I naturally placed my hand on his and lifted my head.
His blue eyes met mine as if he had been waiting.
It felt strange.
Even when I was a noble lady, I never received proper escort like this.
And now, as a commoner, I was being escorted by a Duke.
Harman led me inside the mansion.
“Yesterday, one of the servants quit again. They said they saw a ghost in the first-floor hallway.”
“In the hallway?”
I asked while looking at the red carpet, the grand staircase, and the old decorations.
“Yes. Right here.”
The place he pointed to looked like an ordinary hallway.
I tilted my head and looked at it.
“……”
“Do you feel anything?”
I did realize one thing.
I started walking forward.
The problem with this left hallway—where several locked rooms stood in a row—was—
Swoosh!
I pulled the curtains open wide.
At the same time, sunlight poured into the hallway.
“What are you doing keeping the curtains closed during the day? Of course the place feels cold! People are supposed to live with sunlight!”
Why would you put blackout curtains in a south-facing mansion?!
