CH 11.2

I tried to climb the stairs, waving my hands as if I were annoyed.

If it wasn’t for the spirit who suddenly caught me off guard.

[Help me…]

When I turned around and looked at the place where the maid had fallen, the spirits who had been scattered and watching were huddled together.

‘Crazy… how many spirits are there?’

It looked like a bunch of black fur had gathered. The way the foggy things sit around and watched…….

“What do you want me to help you with?”

[The Marquis killed us…]

“…who?”

The Marquis of Heli who sold this place to the Grand Duke?

[Marquis of Heli. He killed us…….]

When one of the spirits brought up the name of the Marquis of Heli, everyone began to buzz and get excited.

[He killed us.]

[It’s unfair.]

[Devilish guy.]

[I’ll kill him.]

All my plans to shut my eyes and ignore them went up in smoke.

Thanks to these leech-biting spirits, I was stranded.

“Ha……”

When I sighed deeply, Hardin worriedly asked me if I was okay.

“Hardin.”

“Yes, master.”

“Go up there and look out for the Grand Duke if he comes out of the office.”

“……what?”

His eyes were like, “What are you doing alone in the hall where only the dim moonlight shines?”

It was a brief moment, but Hardin’s eyes said so.

“Don’t make me say it twice, go up.”

“Yes, master.”

Still, Hardin’s hostility toward me has completely disappeared since he visited the empress.

I was worried about what if he didn’t believe me and did something else.

Hardin left his position, and I faced the spirits looking at him with narrowed eyes.

“Now tell me. What did the Marquis of Heli do?”

[Things that don’t even look like humans….]

[It’s unfair.]

[We can’t end it like this.]

When the spirit, who had entered the maid’s body, began to rhyme, each person uttered a word and hummed.

“You speak as a representative.”

Marquis, no, the reason why they can’t leave this place, is now the Grand Duke’s responsibility.

‘Lowly things are pretty.’

‘Tonight I’ll take care of you.’

‘You useless asshole. You can’t do it right?’

‘Come here. I’m gonna have to get you drunk today.’

The story I heard from the spirits was disgusting to the point of vomiting.

The story of the disgusting Marquis of Heli who violated, molested, and even sexually assaulted the maids.

And the marquess, who knew such a husband but pretended not to know, and instead attacked the maids.

[People get beaten together every day….]

Whether it’s because their shoes didn’t get polished properly, their words are angry, and the food is bad.

Marquis and Marquess who used violence for various reasons every time.

“So you all died together?”

[No… We couldn’t stand the marquis’ atrocities and decided to quit together.]

Their real story started now.

[The Marquis of Heli noticed. That night……. They called us all back to the annex.]

And the burning ceremony that started.

‘You lowly things. I’ve taken you in, yet you don’t even know your place!’

‘Help me! Please help me!’

‘Who’s going to save you? You’re an orphan with no parents to feed you and put you to sleep.’

A cowardly and mean person

A shallow person who thinks only of people as tools

It was horrifying that only children in such a situation were brought to work for them on purpose.

[Help me. We don’t want to leave like this.]

Through the black smoke of the spirits, the faces they had when they were alive were dimly reflected.

Young faces that would have just made their debut in society if they were an aristocrat.

Moistening my dry lips throughout the story, I gave them a choice.

“Choose between the two.”

[…….]

“Should we hold a formal trial to get a reasonable punishment?”

Woooooooooooooo.

The spirits mouthed and made strange noises as if they were criticizing.

These will spirits should listen to a person until the end when they speak.

“Then second.”

[…….]

“Do you want to kill them without them realizing it?”

The sound stopped for a moment, and the round eyes of the spirits were getting bigger.

[Waaaaa!]

At first, I didn’t want any profanity to happen in the mansion where I had to stay.

But after hearing their story,

“Hardin, I know you’re listening. Come down.”

An intolerable rage enveloped my body.

“……you know everything.”

Hardin, who was hiding like a shadow and eavesdropping on their conversation, jumped off the railing on the third floor.

“You heard, didn’t you?”

“Should I kill the Marquis of Heli?”

Hardin had a very good understanding. Even without hearing the voices of the spirits.

“Just kill the marquis. Spare his wife.”

“All right.”

“Go.”

“Can I ask you one thing?”

Even the one who saved his brother and his own life would wonder.

Mumbling to yourself in a hall where there’s no one and then deciding to kill a marquis out of nowhere.

“What.”

“What has the Marquis done?”

“…….”

The atrocities of the Marquis of Heli that are dirty to say.

But more than that, I couldn’t talk about the pitiful spirits that only I saw.

“Something bad enough to die for.”

“I made up my mind when I came back alive from the hands of the empress today.”

Hardin’s eyes were shining in the deep blue darkness.

“I will obey whatever the master’s orders are.”

“That’s a good idea. So there’s nothing to lose.”

“There are many questions I want to ask even in the order you just issued, but I will follow them.”

As he said so, Hardin disappeared far beyond the wide window.

The Grand Duke knew that Marquis and his wife sold the capital’s mansion and went down to their territory.

The Marquis lost a lot of money gambling.

When I heard that, I thought he was a pathetic person.

“Dirty little thing.”

Seeing Hardin disappearing far away, the spirits hummed among themselves and expressed joy.

[The Marquis’ wife is… Why do you keep her alive……?]

“She’s going to die.”

I don’t want to waste the air I breathe, so I’ll have to kill her right away.

The woman who lost her husband will die of fear. Isn’t it too merciful to kill her nicely?

“She bears the same sin since she’s been watching such a thing, so I’ll let her die alone while watching her husband’s death.”

[…….]

“Are you feeling better now?”

Will the death of those humans make their grudge disappear?

I knew it wouldn’t.

But this is all I can do for the spirits.

“I’m sorry. This is all I can do.”

[……thank you…]

The black smoke clears.

Their original faces, which were white and pretty, are slowly revealed.

[You’re the only one who listened to us….]

Young, poor.

Souls younger than me finally have a smile on their faces.

[Please. May your future be filled with good luck…….]

Those who have finished their thin lives quietly close their eyes to ascend to heaven.

Good bye, you did a great job.

With the last goodbye I couldn’t convey, I watched the spirits flying in shining powder.

[What if you want to kill someone?]

Of course.

I wondered why the old lady didn’t nag me.