Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 131

The fairy can detect mastermind mana?

This is an enormous advantage.

I can just gather all the mastermind candidates, sit them down, and ask the fairy ‘Who’s the real villain?’

But life never flows that easily.

“Creatures are different from objects. To read the mana of creatures with free will, you need the party’s consent. Naturally, you need consent from humans too.”

“I need to get permission?”

“Of course.”

Meaning to read mastermind mana, I need to go through a prior consent process. My mood became deflated, but my baby was different.

|Gyeon Junhwi| Not a problem at all.

Our Junhwi is brilliant at exploiting procedural and legal loopholes. An attitude that getting consent through tricks is no work at all! As expected, so reliable!

|Yeon Sora| Want to check other specs too, is that okay?

|Gyeon Junhwi| Check tomorrow and proceed with the contract first.

I’m curious about the fairy’s other abilities… really curious… but satisfying curiosity comes later.

Right now, I should do as our Junhwi instructs.

“What form should the contract take?”

“Obedience contract.”

There are several types of contracts for binding spiritual beings like fairies and divine beasts, and obedience has the lowest compulsion among them.

Since I openly showed a disappointed face, the fairy spoke firmly.

“I’ll refuse subjugation, servitude, or vassalage contracts. Only obedience contracts with mutual obligations are possible. If you don’t like it, there’s no contract.”

“What are our side’s obligations?”

“I’ll climb the Tower together with you from now on. When you request help, I’ll do my utmost to assist you. But I also have things to investigate in the Tower. When I request help from you, you also have the obligation to do your utmost to help me.”

I’m curious what the fairy wants to investigate.

Really curious… want to ask…

|Gyeon Junhwi| Not yet time to ask.

My baby told me not to ask, so I had to endure this too. I bit my lip so hard trying to endure that it hurt a little, but I could still bear it.

“If you agree to the conditions, I’ll tell you my true name. Do you agree?”

“Yeah, I agree.”

Fwooooosh—

The moment my answer ended, white light flared. That light smoothly seeped into my body, and shortly after, my mouth began moving on its own.

Something unknowable controlled my body, forcibly pursing my lips and bending my tongue.

ɚʤʧɮɸʆɶʅɻʛʝʡçʌɑɟɜ

Eventually, a bizarre sound flowed from my mouth.

A unique sound like a whistle yet like birdsong.

“What! Did I do that? Totally amazing!”

“Because it’s not human language. That’s my true name. When you call my true name, I’ll be immediately summoned before you.”

“So you also have a true name, that’s amazing?”

It was a thoughtless remark, but the fairy’s face contorted harshly.

“All higher-dimensional life forms have true names. It’s common knowledge even in the human world, isn’t it? In the East too, they used courtesy names instead of true names in ancient times, and Christianity also said not to use God’s true name.”

“That’s the old days. Are true names that important?”

“Because names hold power. If your true name is defiled, the source of your power weakens.”

“Hmm, I see.”

“Haah… this is the problem with lower-dimensional creatures. Even when told the truth, they discard it with their own hands.”

The fairy pouted her lips and grumbled.

This fairy’s dimensional discrimination is no joke.

Still, this is a good opportunity.

“Do I also have a true name?”

“What?”

“You said it yourself, that you detect higher-dimensional mana from me. If I reclaim my true name, won’t I awaken my divinity?”

The protagonist awakening divinity and becoming a transcendent being!

This is a time-honored cliché of genre fiction. Also a setting I’m strongly pushing forward.

‘Can’t let them find out I’m a possessor.’

Since the fairy showed the onion diagram, Gyeon Junhwi’s numbers have been ominously stirring.

Our Junhwi is smart…

If I’m discovered to be a possessor? All the lies I’ve told until now will be exposed one after another, and Yeon Sora’s stock will crash.

Therefore, whenever there’s an opportunity, I need to plant hints that Yeon Sora isn’t a possessor but a god. The reason I use outer-onion-layer mana is because I’m a god!

“Why? Does it not make sense?”

“No, the possibility… isn’t nonexistent.”

The fairy didn’t reject the Yeon Sora deification theory. Rather, she’s resting her chin on her hand with a serious face, even deliberating. I swallowed and waited for the fairy’s next words.

‘Please give me plausibility to convince Gyeon Junhwi! The reason Yeon Sora is a god!’

But when the fairy opened her mouth, a completely different question came out.

“Now that we’ve finished the contract, tell me. The dream you saw… what was it?”

The fairy’s eyes are somehow desperate. Not asking out of curiosity, but earnestly pleading.

“I climbed to the Tower’s 100th floor, but the Tower collapsed and the world was destroyed.”

“Ah… as expected…”

The fairy’s face twisted painfully.

She also wants to prevent destruction, it seems.

“Do you believe that dream is real?”

“You woke me based on a dream, didn’t you?”

Mm, my conscience stings a little.

I woke the fairy because it appeared in a quest, not because of a dream. Moreover, my dreams aren’t this world’s future but the novel’s future. In other words, it’s a parallel world’s future.

The fairy floundered in a swamp of despair for a while, but after a few minutes, she collected herself and looked straight at me.

“There’s a zone we need to visit on this floor.”

“For something like that, I need to discuss with Gyeon Junhwi.”

“Huh?”

“We’re in class right now. Since Gyeon Junhwi is the team leader, he decides the movement route.”

The fairy made a reluctant expression, but obediently nodded.

After that, a strategy meeting proceeded.

There were many complicated matters, but our Junhwi summarized everything cleanly, so I just needed to nod. He even provided a 3-line summary at the end, making it convenient in many ways.

“It’s already handover time. Then should we wake Yeom Juwan?”

“Yeah!”

“Everyone knows what to do tomorrow, right?”

“Don’t worry!”

Thank goodness Gyeon Junhwi handles the headache-inducing work.

This is teamwork indeed!

* * *

Early next morning.

We assembled before dawn, but all team members are in good condition. Thanks to the Incapacitation skill’s deep sleep effect.

“G-good morning!”

“My body feels especially refreshed today!”

Seong Hayul and Han Boram weren’t even aware I’d forcibly put them to sleep.

“That medicine yesterday really worked well! Actually I’ve had severe muscle pain lately. But today when I woke up, there’s no pain at all!”

“Really? That’s good.”

“That… could I also ask you to get some?”

Yeom Juwan faithfully believes in the gummy’s effect that I gave him. Doesn’t even consider the possibility it’s fake.

Our Juwan doesn’t suspect people at all.

The problem is Ki Hyeonmin.

“……”

“Sorry! I’m such a clumsy person… Are you angry?”

Though shaking his head, he’s watching me with cold eyes. Even though I repeatedly apologized saying sorry, there’s no response.

Seeing that, Seong Hayul started her nagging engine.

“Yeon Sora, you caused another accident?”

“Well… Ki Hyeonmin touched my magic wrapping cloth and got hit by the Incapacitation skill. I was going to wake him right away, but since he’d finally fallen asleep, I thought it’d be better to let him rest…”

“I told you to be careful with that! If you’re going to wear it like a belt, definitely cover it with clothes on top!”

Though I successfully packaged yesterday’s incident as a mistake, Ki Hyeonmin still says nothing.

“Still, didn’t it relieve a lot of fatigue? This… supposedly makes your body condition better…”

“……”

The deep sleep had an effect.

His usually already porcelain-smooth skin is glowing. It shines so brilliantly, is it a pearl?

But this radiance wasn’t obtained for free.

[Checking intimacy with characters.]

▷ Ki Hyeonmin (Lvl. 99, Intimacy 59%)(⇩3%)

The number I raised with difficulty dropped.

‘Though only dropping 3% isn’t bad, I suppose…’

This is the advantage of a regressor with absolutely good alignment. Ki Hyeonmin forgives one or two mistakes.

The so-called three-strikes-out rule!

He even gives three chances when subordinates act suspiciously, which gave Gyeon Junhwi much trouble.

“I said I’m sorry!”

“……”

Despite continued apologies, Ki Hyeonmin says nothing.

This much cold treatment when it’s not even three strikes yet.

Maybe… he’s not angry about using the skill. Could he suspect I did something suspicious while Ki Hyeonmin was asleep?

Time to clear that suspicion.

“We have some time, should we bring out the fairy?”

“Now? Why? Yesterday you said after practicals end.”

“Just, a similar scene appeared in my dream.”

“S-Sora dreamed again?”

Using the fortune-teller dream excuse, only Han Boram readily believes me.

“Ah, I see?”

“……”

“That dream again? Isn’t it a bit too convenient?”

Juwan is trying to believe, Ki Hyeonmin is silently expressing distrust, Seong Hayul is openly interrogating.

Having milked the dream excuse to the bone like stock, the effect is gradually wearing off. If a fortune-teller keeps flip-flopping, it loses credibility.

But this is only until today.

‘From now on I’ll outsource to the fairy.’

When switching tactics, I should definitely have the fairy do it.

“Then I’m bringing her out?”

I spread the magic pocket and pulled out the birdcage containing the fairy.

From now is simple theater time.

“Have you thought about it?”

“…Alright. But traveling together comes with a condition.”

“What condition?”

“An obedience contract only with you, Yeon Sora…”

As if deciding the contract just now, I conversed with the fairy and practiced the true name while blowing a whistle. The difference from yesterday is that an experiment explaining the obedience contract proceeds.

ɚʤʧɮɸʆɶʅɻʛʝʡçʌɑɟɜ

“Don’t drink the water in this teacup.”

After calling her true name and giving instructions, the fairy deliberately drank the water to refuse my instructions. Then,

Poof!

The fairy turned to powder and scattered on the floor. While Boram briefly wailed searching for the fairy, I put away the birdcage, and after blowing the whistle, the fairy materialized again outside the cage.

“This is the principle of obedience contracts. I can refuse not to drink water. But if I directly contradict your instruction, I temporarily vanish and only materialize when Yeon Sora calls me. This is called temporary extinction.”

“What if I don’t keep calling you?”

“Time doesn’t matter, it’s not permanent extinction. Naturally, I can’t tell you the method of permanent extinction either.”

After that, explanations of the fairy’s specs continued before the team members.

“Each fairy has specialized abilities, and I possess the ability to handle energy. In human language, vital force, energy, ki, mana, vital essence, life force—I can sense and manipulate what’s called such things.”

“Specifically how do you manipulate it?”

“For example, I can extract vital essence from a healthy plant and transfer it to a dying plant. This isn’t healing power. It’s more accurate to say I add life force rather than recovering wounds.”

“And what else?”

“If I gather high amounts of energy, invisibility and ultra-high-speed movement are also possible. Depending on circumstances, I can create small pocket dimensions. But… there seem to be abilities lost while I was sleeping, so I need to check one by one to know.”

“What’s a pocket dimension?”

It was a kind of Q&A time where everyone freely asked questions. Here, Ki Hyeonmin also opened his mouth.

“Do you know how to pass the 82nd floor?”

“Yes, but I can’t say right now.”

“Can you say later?”

“Since it’s an obedience contract, when I want to speak of my own will, I will. But if I think it’s better not to speak, I have the right not to.”

Various conditions were attached, but Ki Hyeonmin seemed satisfied with just this.

“Can obedience contracts also be broken?”

“Obedience contracts are based on trust. Each time my trust drops, the binding power weakens, and if that continues, I’m also freed from the contract. When that happens, Yeon Sora will forget my true name.”

“Wow, amazing? This wasn’t even in textbooks!”

Everyone took turns asking questions, when Boram suddenly pulled out several small outfits from her backpack.

“F-Fairy-nim! C-can you try these on too?”

She said she’d only bring three outfits… seems she brought over ten. Seeing that, the fairy’s eyes widened.

“You want me… to wear that?”

“Boram, we can’t lose the fairy’s trust, so that’s for later…”

Our Junhwi tried to stop Boram, but the fairy answered surprisingly quickly.

“I won’t lose trust over this much. But I’m not wearing this dress because I like it! Just because I’m cold!”

“Th-that’s… an off-shoulder though? Fairy-nim, should I give you a long-sleeved dress too?”

“L-long sleeves exist too?”

The momentum suggests holding a fashion show immediately, but this time I stepped in to break the flow.

Dawn is already breaking now. We have a lot to do today too.

“Boram, let’s do wardrobe changes later.”

“But…”

“We have a lot to do now, don’t we? If we do it now, we’d have to rush in under 10 minutes, but if we do it in the evening, we can leisurely do it for an hour, two hours!”

“Ah! S-Sora’s smart as expected!”

As expected, my baby is kind.

We temporarily set aside the fairy and conducted final operation checks.

Today I plan to devote myself to practicals.

Though I’ve postponed academics because of fairy-finding and vigilante work, I can’t do that anymore. Today, other cadets enter this zone.

“Everyone understood, right? If you have questions, ask now.”

Organizing today’s tasks once more and about to wrap up, Seong Hayul opened her mouth with a face full of concern.

“But will this… really be okay?”

“The effect seems certain?”

“That’s true, but there’ll be considerable controversy… No one’s cleared the 2nd floor this way before, right?”

Seems anxious because the strategy Gyeon Junhwi devised is too bold and unheard of.

But my baby was smiling confidently.

“It’ll be fine. Trust me.”