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Chapter 15 - Cleanup (1)
Chapter 15: Cleanup (1)
TL/ED – Enuma ID
Surprise, admiration, awe.
When Smith was staring at Yo-han, unsure of what to say.
Yo-han drove out the Boogeyman. The possession was lifted, and Emily coughed as she woke up.
W ӗ b̀ ǹ о̌v е̃ l̇ Еñ um ȧ
“Ka, cough… cough!”
“Emily!”
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Smith immediately stood up from his seat. I stepped away from Emily to give them space.
Smith approached Emily with trembling steps.
“G, Grandpa… I….”
“Thank you….”
Е̊ n̂ùm ȧ
He embraced her while looking at her pale but gradually warming face.
“Thank you… thank you….”
Tears fell as he hugged the granddaughter he thought he’d never see again.
At the sight of it, I silently stepped away.
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“……….”
There was no reason to squeeze into that moment to show off, nor did I want to.
Еn̄ ŭ ṁа. і d
It’s not like I drove the Boogeyman out of Emily’s body out of some noble purpose or goodwill.
This is business.
The job is done, so now I just need to get paid as promised.
As I walked toward the door.
Ellie looked at me with surprised eyes, then came to her senses and spoke.
“Ghostbuster ssi! I believed in you!”
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Though I had said it myself, hearing it so openly like that made me feel both pleased and embarrassed.
“Just call me Yo-han.”
Ellie looked at Smith and Emily with a relieved expression and smiled gently.
“Yes, Yo-han ssi… thank you so much.”
At her pure and compassionate smile, I looked at Ellie for a moment.
It seems her desire to save Emily was sincere after all.
Ẇeb n о v̊е́l Е́nûm ӑ
Anyway, the first exorcism ritual was a success. One case solved!
…is what I’d like to say.
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“……….”
I looked at the corpse of the pastor leaning against the wall outside the door.
The shaman, Soo-hyun, the pastor.
The evil spirit problem was solved, but with three people dead, cleaning up the aftermath was the problem.
W̌е̊ḃn̈ о̀ v́ еl̄ Е̌ n̂ û mа̃
Since the Boogeyman disappeared, the blizzard isolating the mansion would naturally clear up too.
What should I say when the police arrive?
‘The culprit who killed the people was an evil spirit possessing Emily’s body, and I exorcised it well! Problem solved! You can all go home now!’
-The moment I say that, I’ll be arrested as a prime suspect and tested for drugs.
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I silently looked down at the corpses.
‘I can’t just tell Grizzly to eat them all and clean it up….’
Wё b n̆о́ v̀ ĕl È ňu mӑ
The evil spirit disappeared, and the strange phenomena were resolved, but if the corpses suddenly vanished, that would be strange too.
The fact that the three came to the mansion doesn’t disappear.
If the corpses disappear, it might make things seem even more suspicious.
As I stared at the pastor’s corpse, Ellie carefully turned her head and quietly said, being mindful of Emily.
“Um… I think it would be better to cover them with bed sheets like we did with the chandelier.”
She must be worried that Emily would be shocked if she saw them upon waking.
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“Let’s do that.”
I nodded at Ellie’s suggestion and looked away.
Looking at the corpses doesn’t solve the problem anyway.
It’s bad for mental health.
It’s not like brooding over it would bring a good solution. So for now….
“Why don’t we eat something?”
Еn̊u̇ ḿ а ..і̃ d̂
“Excuse me?”
Time to recharge energy with food. I only had a quick dinner before starting, so I’m hungry.
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When you’re hungry, you don’t have the energy to do anything, and your brain doesn’t work either.
As Ellie and I spoke, the maid So-ra, who had been sitting down, regained her senses and spoke in a trembling voice.
“Um, I’m sorry. My legs gave out… I can’t stand up….”
She must’ve lost strength in her legs out of fear, having seen the evil spirit come out of Emily’s body.
Еń u m ȧ
I shrugged and made a joke to lighten her shock.
“It’s okay. The fact that you didn’t wet yourself is impressive.”
“Well, actually… I did.”
So-ra squeezed her eyes shut, and liquid flowed out from under the hem of her loose maid uniform.
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“…It’s fine. At least you’re not dead. Just rest a bit.”
I casually took a step back and said.
È nǔm a .іd̃
“I’ll make myself something to eat.”
Even if she’s the maid, she wet herself out of fear.
It’d be a bit much to tell her to wash up and cook right away after that.
***
After covering the corpses with bed sheets along with Ellie.
Ellie, concerned about Emily’s condition after waking up, returned to the room.
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I rummaged through the kitchen, looking for something to eat.
There were instant noodles and ready-made rice. Even in a mansion, they had these kinds of instant foods. Well, they are convenient.
Honestly, ramen and rice are quick, tasty, and filling….
But it’s all carbs, and that’s not really great.
I searched a bit more and found bulgogi beef and vegetables in the fridge.
“Oh, bulgogi….”
Ѐn̂ǔ mа̊
I looked at the bulgogi pack for a moment and thought.
I saved both his granddaughter’s life and his own. Smith wouldn’t get mad just because I ate a bit of bulgogi.
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“There’s meat and vegetables, so maybe I’ll make curry.”
You might ask, why curry with bulgogi, but it’s surprisingly good.
It’s simple, tasty, and good for your body.
I took out a suitable pot, poured in some cooking oil, and stir-fried the bulgogi beef.
Ӗnù m̊ а̄ . і d̂
Since the meat is thin, I had to be careful not to let it stick to the pan.
Once it was stir-fried just enough, I added pre-cut potatoes, carrots, and onions in bite-sized pieces and continued stir-frying them together.
Then I added water to make the broth. Once it boiled, I added curry powder.
Now I just had to wait a bit and the curry would be done.
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As I watched the bubbling pot of curry.
I suddenly wondered if chanting a magic spell over the curry would make it taste better.
Е n u ṁа .іd́
‘O curry, I consecrate you. May you become more delicious!’
It seemed like it’d be fun, but it felt stupid so I dropped the idea.
Then, sensing someone behind me, I turned around.
Ellie and the others had entered the kitchen.
“You made curry.”
“Yes, since there were ingredients.”
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So-ra, now in a change of clothes, looked at the curry pot with eyes still filled with shock.
“As expected of a professional… calm… even cooking.”
Some might say, how can you eat in a mansion with corpses lying around….
“We’re alive. So we have to eat.”
It goes down. It has to go down.
There’s no one to take care of me, so I have to take good care of myself.
Е ń uḿ ă
It’s best to eat while I can and regain some strength.
When morning comes, the police will show up to investigate. To hold out and not mess up then, rest is important.
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Anyway, after hearing what I said, Ellie replied.
“You’re right… because we’re alive.”
Whatever she was thinking, she nodded and then gently spoke to Emily.
“Emily, let’s eat together. You’ve gotten weak from the possession, so eating will help you recover.”
W e b n̊о v ӗl Е_n̊u mӓ
“I… don’t have an appetite… sob, sniff… because of me….”
Tears welled up in Emily’s blue eyes.
“Because of me, others….”
Emily’s small shoulders trembled. It seemed like she retained some of the memories from when she was possessed.
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Smith and So-ra’s gazes quietly turned toward me.
Now I understood why everyone came to the kitchen.
Èńumа̇. і́ d
Not to eat curry, but to get some comforting words from me, the so-called professional in these matters.
I’m not a psychological counselor, though.
Still….
I looked at the pitifully trembling blonde girl, Emily.
…I felt sympathy for Emily.
To be exact, I sympathized with the situation she was in.
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Because it was similar to mine.
She didn’t want any of it, but got caught up in something bizarre, and ended up connected to the deaths of people.
In my case, it was the grimoire. For Emily, it was the Boogeyman.
I decided to live as the owner of the grimoire and a wizard, and in Emily’s case, since the Boogeyman was defeated, she could just go on to live happily. That’s the difference, but still, it was similar.
That’s why I walked up to Emily.
“Emily.”
Èṅ_u.m а̇.іd
I gently placed a hand on her shoulder and offered my own version of comfort.
“In life, sometimes you accidentally get one or two people killed. Don’t get too depressed about it.”
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“……What?”
Emily’s face went blank.
Ellie, Smith, and So-ra also stared with open mouths in shock.
Emily and Ellie spoke with trembling voices.
Е n̄ů.m̃ à. і d̃.
“Um, thank you for trying to be considerate, but… that’s a bit….”
“Yo, Yo-han ssi, I know you’re trying to comfort Emily, but… I think that’s going a bit too far.”
At their reactions, I quietly averted my gaze.
‘Maybe that was too much….’
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It seems after deciding to become a Wizard, even my personality has become comparable to a Wizard.
Just then, the curry boiling in the pot was done, and I changed the subject.
Ẃ eb̃n ӧ v̊ el̂ Е̂n̆um а̂
“So, who wants curry?”
People, perhaps without realizing it, were hungry and exhausted, so they started scooping up curry and eating.
“…It’s delicious.”
Emily, after hesitating for a moment, also joined in eating.
“I’ll have some too.”
Anyway, I’d succeeded in getting Emily to regain her energy.
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Then I looked at Smith and Ellie and spoke.
“Oh, there’s something I’d like to ask the two of you.”
A mansion isolated in darkness with corpses scattered all over.
The scent of curry filled the air as morning began to break.
***
Surprisingly, cleaning up the aftermath turned out to be simple.
Е n̂ um̀а ..i̇ď
I had braced myself for the worst, expecting to be dragged into an interrogation room for intense questioning.
But when Smith explained the situation in the mansion,
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Instead of the police, government officials in black suits showed up.
They inspected the mansion thoroughly and, after getting our promise to keep everything confidential, let us go home.
At my request, Smith told them that the evil spirit attached to Emily had been exorcised through Ellie’s prayer.
Ellie strongly opposed this, but when I said I had personal reasons, she went along with it.
Ẇè b̄ n̆o v̈ ĕl̇ Е̌ n u.m̂ а̀
And to be honest, though I can’t exactly describe it, there’s something strange I felt from Ellie, like even without me, that woman would have survived on her own.
Anyway, if those officials who came to the mansion were part of the secret government organization I had imagined, then either they were more careless than I thought…
…or something far more chaotic and urgent was happening elsewhere that made the mansion incident seem minor in comparison.
Either way, it was a good outcome for me.
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And as time passed, I was now at the airport to see off Smith, who was leaving for the United States.
Even though the government had downplayed the incident, it still involved deaths, and he seemed to be leaving out of concern for the rumors and for Emily.
Ěn uṁä .і d
“Yo-han ssi, once again, thank you truly.”
“No, it’s all thanks to Emily holding out so well.”
He didn’t have to call me, but he was my first client, and I came for customer satisfaction.
Also, who knows, I might have to flee overseas one day.
Keeping in contact with Smith, who was heading to the U.S., couldn’t hurt.
He owes me for saving his granddaughter, so once I’m in America, he’ll probably treat me to at least a meal.
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Emily looked at my face, and when our eyes met.
“Um… thank you so much.”
She spoke politely, and I replied with a polite, gentle smile as well.
“Take care. If you ever need help again, don’t hesitate to reach out.”
“……….”
Emily quietly stared at my face for a moment, then turned her head away.
Ӗ n ü m̃ а. і̂d̈
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After Yo-han left.
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In the airport lounge, Emily was drawing something in her sketchbook.
Sasa-sak-
The pencil moved, making steady sketching sounds.
Smith, seeing her like that, approached with a satisfied smile.
Ĕnu m а̄ . і̄d̆
“Emily, what are you drawing?”
“Huh? Ah, n-no! It’s nothing!”
Startled, Emily quickly closed her sketchbook.
“I… I see.”
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Smith assumed she was just shy about showing an unfinished drawing and walked away.
Emily let out a sigh and opened her sketchbook again.
Е̃ nu_m а.ї d̂
It was a scene from one of the memories during her possession.
Yo-han grabbing her hair on the bed.
“Ugh….”
Looking at the vivid drawing she had drawn herself, Emily’s face turned bright red.
She covered her face with both hands. Her toes curled inward.
She no longer had nightmares.
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The Boogeyman was gone too.
But now, Emily had developed a strange fetish.
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