## Chapter 183 – (14)
Splash, splash.
As soon as I stepped inside, the cold dampness against my feet made me frown.
“Why is there water on the floor… ah.”
It seemed the man, mistaking his house for being on fire, had been spraying water everywhere.
Of course, since the fire was just an illusion, it wouldn’t go out.
But it didn’t seem like he tried too much.
Aside from the entrance, there weren’t many wet spots.
“…It’s exactly here.”
The red dot on the app and my location overlapped precisely in the master bedroom of this house.
However, as expected, there was nothing to be seen.
That meant one of two things.
Either the urban legend was hidden somewhere in this room, or it was an object.
But there was no object that looked like an urban legend in sight.
“Hmm…”
It was an ordinary master bedroom that could be found anywhere.
There was a bed, and a small drawer perfect for placing a cell phone.
Scanning the room, there was one place that seemed the most suspicious.
The perfect place for an urban legend to hide.
Under the bed.
“Sigh… hoo…”
I was a little scared.
Not so much of the urban legend itself, but the fact that I was doing such a thing felt unsettling.
I took a deep breath and quickly bent down, looking under the bed.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a white hand shot out.
“Die!”
Along with the eerie words.
Of course, I had no intention of dying.
I naturally grabbed the outstretched hand and pulled the owner of the hand out from under the bed.
“…A ghost!”
I was surprised that I was the one who pulled it out, but I panicked for a moment and threw the hand I was holding away.
There was a female ghost with pale skin, long hair reaching her lower back, and a furious expression on her face.
Her face was ordinary.
A little disappointing.
I felt absurd that I was evaluating her face even while being scared.
But this is a man’s instinct.
“If I had just had a little more time, I could have gotten my revenge!”
She screamed and glared at me.
Her eyes were scary.
“Revenge? On that man?”
“Yes!”
Her eyes blazed.
I could feel the murderous intent just from her gaze.
Why so much?
“What did that man do to you?”
“That man didn’t catch me when I fell—”
The ghost, as if she had been waiting to be asked, told her story in detail.
There were many curses mixed with various emotions, but the conclusion was this.
“He didn’t catch you when you fell, so you fell, and a car that didn’t see you hit you?”
“Yes! It’s all that man’s fault.”
“Well, why did you fall?”
“…I was walking while looking at my phone.”
I didn’t need to hear any more.
This ghost was just taking her anger out on the man for no reason.
And what if the man had caught this woman when she fell?
They would have fallen together, or conversely, only the man might have been thrown onto the road and had an accident.
“…Okay, I understand. Just stay still.”
I gathered my internal energy in my hand.
My hand turned red, and faint heat haze began to rise.
It was heat haze caused by the heat.
“Eek!”
The ghost, instinctively sensing the threat, darted out of the bedroom.
She had been glaring at me as if she would kill me just a moment ago, but I didn’t expect her to turn tail and run away immediately.
Seeing that, I wondered if she wasn’t a very strong urban legend after all.
In some ways, she felt no different from a human.
The ghost, who had arrived at the door I had closed in advance, fumbled with the door with clumsy hands.
Watching the ghost, whose hands were trembling with fear, I felt a little dumbfounded.
It felt as if I had become the ghost.
“Ghosts aren’t a big deal after all.”
The moment I slowly approached and reached out my hand—
Creak.
The door opened.
It wasn’t the ghost who opened it.
The ghost, trembling with fear, couldn’t open the locked door.
That meant—
The one who opened the door was on the other side.
“Oppa, are you okay?… Huh?”
Jaehee, who had evacuated the man suffering from hallucinations out of the apartment, had returned.
The ghost, as if to take Jaehee hostage, reached out her white hand and threw herself at Jaehee.
Whoosh—!
However, I was faster.
Making a sound like cutting through the wind, I moved as if flying at maximum speed.
Moving to the back of the ghost in an instant, I plunged my hand into the ghost’s head as it was.
Thwack!
“Keeaaaaaack!”
“What…”
Then, the ghost, burned by internal energy, turned to ashes and disappeared without a trace.
The scene in front of my eyes—
Thud!
I succeeded in getting rid of the ghost, but I failed to completely reduce my speed, so Jaehee and I fell tangled together.
Somehow, I ended up on top of Jaehee, pressing down on her.
Our faces were close.
It was a distance where we could feel each other’s breath.
“Oh? Ah… that…”
Jaehee couldn’t keep up with the situation, and she let out a voice that couldn’t form words.
“…It’s a misunderstanding.”
“Ah, I know, it’s because of that ghost, right? I saw it too.”
“Yeah.”
Just in case, I said it first, but fortunately, she didn’t misunderstand.
Perhaps because she had seen the ghost rushing at her for a moment.
Rather, she took the initiative to speak.
“…Okay, now, please move…”
“Ah. Sorry, I’ll move.”
I unconsciously kept staring at her face.
A pretty woman was addictive just by her appearance.
I slowly moved my body.
Jaehee, who was lying underneath, got up with an awkward expression.
“You…exorcised the urban legend, right?”
“Yeah.”
Jaehee looked at the urban legend that had turned to ashes under her feet and admired.
“It’s really possible… It’s my first time seeing someone exorcise an urban legend.”
“Really? Haven’t you seen it on TV or something?”
“Those are mostly staged.”
Saying that, Jaehee smiled and tapped my shoulder with her palm.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“No.”
“I was really worried for nothing.”
“I told you to believe me.”
When Jaehee said that while tapping my shoulder, I somehow felt energized.
I felt like I had been praised a little.
Jaehee dusted herself off and calmly straightened her clothes.
I thought she had a tomboyish personality, but I was relieved that she didn’t seem to care much about what had just happened.
“Okay, then let’s go report the urban legend exorcism!”
Saying that, Jaehee took the lead towards the elevator.
Her ears seem a little red.
It must be my imagination.
***
“Hoo…”
I parted ways with Seonghan oppa, returned home, and even took a shower.
Today was a really long day.
On the first day of registering as an exorcist, I confirmed a report, rescued a man, and even exorcised an urban legend.
Of course, Seonghan oppa was the only one who did the exorcism, but they split the performance bonus.
She stubbornly refused, but Seonghan oppa almost forcibly divided the performance bonus.
‘Pay me back later.’
I could feel that he didn’t expect to receive it.
My first impression of him was just a drunken middle-aged man.
But today, it was like.
“Seonghan oppa is like an exorcist.”
That’s how it felt.
Of course, he is an exorcist, but he was somehow closer to the ideal exorcist I had in mind.
Taking risks to find urban legends and exorcising them.
It seems like a simple story, but how many exorcists can actually do this?
Maybe even Lee Hwan sunbae can’t do it.
“…It’s not like you have to exorcise urban legends to be a good exorcist…”
Still, the image of a great exorcist was someone who defeats urban legends.
And I recalled the scene from earlier.
It was an accident.
Seonghan exorcised the ghost and at the same time failed to reduce his speed, pushing me over.
And that face was right in front of me.
I can’t say he was handsome, but that face and expression, throwing himself with all his might to save me.
It was rough, but there was something that made the person watching feel reassured.
That face would not be forgotten in my head even after a long time.
“…Still, he’s handsome enough, isn’t he?”
I don’t know why, but somehow I was making excuses for Seonghan oppa.
Buzz.
The cell phone next to me rang.
“Lee Hwan sunbae?”
It was the first time in a while that sunbae had called me first.
“Hello?”
[Oh, did you register as an exorcist today?]
“Yes, I registered a team with Seonghan oppa.”
[…Seonghan oppa?]
I heard a surprised voice from across the receiver.
[You, you call me sunbae.]
“Sunbae is sunbae, and oppa is oppa.”
There was no special meaning.
I just call them as I’m used to.
The only difference is that last time I called him oppa against my will, but now Seonghan oppa really feels like an oppa.
And sometimes I call Lee Hwan sunbae oppa too.
Sometimes.
“Come to think of it, sunbae, you haven’t been talking about the nun lately.”
[These days, the nun… looks at her cell phone often…]
His voice was somehow lacking in energy.
“Maybe the nun is also addicted to YouTube.”
[…Maybe…]
“Or, maybe she’s contacting someone.”
[Contacting who?]
“How would I know.”
Looking at Lee Hwan sunbae’s surprised reaction to my casual words, I could tell.
Lee Hwan sunbae really likes the woman named nun.
So I became more curious.
The person named nun who Lee Hwan sunbae likes and Seonghan oppa also praised.
“Let’s have a meal together as a team later.”
[As a team?]
“Yes, you both have a relationship with Seonghan oppa, right? Let’s have a meal to celebrate our exorcist qualification.”
[…I’ll ask the nun once.]
“Yes.”
[Don’t expect too much.]
I made a promise with no guarantee and hung up the phone.
“What kind of person is the nun?”
Lee Hwan sunbae said that, but I had a feeling that I would meet her soon.
