Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 134

The Tower of Babel is intimately connected to this world’s survival. Asking about the god’s intentions in the Tower of Babel story was no different from asking how to save the world.

For Gyeon Junhwi, it was a natural question, but Yeon Sora’s reaction was somehow strange.

“…You’re asking me that?? Why???”

Her already large eyes widened even further, and she’d even raised her voice. Beyond surprise, she looked shocked.

‘Is this really that surprising?’

It’s natural to ask a prophet about god’s intentions and the future….

Yeon Sora was even aware she was a prophet herself. She’d warned of the world’s end with her own mouth, collected clues to prevent tragedy, and even found the fairy.

Gyeon Junhwi tried his best to understand her reaction.

‘She must feel pressured.’

Yeon Sora’s prophecy was an imperfect ability that hadn’t yet bloomed. Perhaps she felt anxious about the very fact of relying on such an ability.

“It doesn’t have any deep meaning. Just simple curiosity?”

Gyeon Junhwi showed Yeon Sora the gentlest smile he could manage. A kind of bribe. This expression was one Yeon Sora preferred.

‘Do I really have to do this….’

He felt a brief reality check, but the bribe’s effect was amazing. Yeon Sora’s completely stiffened expression melted away.

“Don’t think too deeply, just say it comfortably. I’m just curious how you interpret this myth.”

“Hmm, I wonder? What do you think, Junhwi?”

‘Here we go again.’

Yeon Sora was strangely obedient in front of Gyeon Junhwi. It was the same when dealing with the fairy… she discarded her own opinions far too easily.

That’s why he’d invited a third party to this conversation. Fortunately, Seong Hayul faithfully performed her role.

“Answering a question with a question isn’t polite. Do you even properly know the Tower of Babel myth?”

Seong Hayul crossed her arms with eyes full of distrust. A teacher checking homework. As expected, Yeon Sora reacted indignantly.

“Of course I know! What do you take me for!”

“Then tell me. What is it?”

“Humans built a tower, and the god who saw it got pissed and confused their languages, right?”

“How many languages total?”

“Nine.”

This was a unique setting of this novel.

The god divided human language into nine.

And in this novel, nine masterminds exist.

“If you know that much, answer Gyeon Junhwi’s question properly. What does the god want?”

“The god wants to test humanity. To properly understand the Tower of Babel story, you need to view it together with the Great Flood—it’s like the god’s Test Round 1 and Round 2.”

“Round 1?”

“Yeah. The first person to receive the test was Noah. God told Noah a great flood was coming so build an ark, and Noah endured the ridicule of people around him and followed the instructions to the end. As a result, he saved humanity. More people died in the flood, but well, at least they didn’t go extinct, right? That’s how Noah passed the first test. And the Tower of Babel is the second test given to Noah’s descendants—Test Round 2.”

Yeon Sora expressed her opinions most firmly in front of Seong Hayul, strangely enough. That’s why he’d brought Seong Hayul in, and the effect was good.

“God promised never to cause another flood. He said don’t worry, spread widely and prosper, but one of Noah’s great-grandchildren did something weird. Built a city and erected a tower reaching to heaven.”

“You….”

“But how they built this tower is important! It’s recorded that they used baked bricks instead of stones, and bitumen instead of mortar. This represents distrust of god.”

Seong Hayul seemed unable to believe Yeon Sora’s logical explanation. Yeon Sora enjoyed that reaction and continued speaking without hesitation.

“When you bake a brick in fire once, it doesn’t collapse easily in water. It’s a waterproof material, basically. Bitumen is like a kind of natural asphalt, and it was material ancient people used when they needed waterproofing function too. In summary, the Tower of Babel was a waterproof tower. Noah’s descendants thought god would break his promise and cause another flood. So they made a tower to escape god’s judgment through human power, and seeing this, god sent down 9 languages to prevent the tower’s construction. That tower ultimately wasn’t completed and came to be called the Tower of Babel. ‘Babel’ means confusion in the Babylonians’ language.”

“……”

“Applying this to our world goes like this. Thirty years ago, the 1st generation Hunters experienced massive natural disasters, and humanity nearly went extinct. This is like Noah’s first test, right? Thanks to the great hero, humanity didn’t go extinct and safely passed the first test. But after that, the Tower appeared. The test Noah’s grandson failed. We 3rd generation Hunters need to pass this test.”

Seong Hayul’s mouth hung open. Though she didn’t say it aloud, she clearly felt the doubt ‘How is Yeon Sora making this interpretation?’

Gyeon Junhwi also maintained a deliberately casual expression, but was secretly surprised.

‘It’s the same….’

Yeon Sora’s interpretation was exactly the same as Gyeon Junhwi’s.

It was natural since she’d just recited what she’d read in the novel, but from Gyeon Junhwi’s perspective not knowing that fact, the prophet had confirmed his hypothesis.

“If the 3rd generation Hunters pass the Tower’s test? We can save the world! Happy ending!”

With those words as her finale, Yeon Sora closed her mouth. Her face full of pride—clearly considering herself praiseworthy for successfully completing a difficult lecture.

So… it was absurd.

“What about after that?”

“After?”

“I asked about the god’s intentions. What’s the method to pass the Tower’s test?”

There was a huge contradiction in this story.

In the Tower of Babel myth, the god disliked the tower. To follow god’s words, they shouldn’t climb the tower.

However, the great hero of this novel corresponding to Noah—Ki Hyeonmin’s biological father—said salvation would come if they climbed the tower to the end.

Which is the correct answer?

Gyeon Junhwi had asked Yeon Sora the question to learn this answer. Yet she was looking pleased having omitted the most important answer.

“Ah, right. The method to pass the Tower’s test… shouldn’t we just eliminate the 9 obstacles corresponding to the 9 languages?”

The same conclusion as Gyeon Junhwi. But this wasn’t the answer he wanted to hear.

He’d wanted to find hints in Yeon Sora’s bizarre logic, in her unique thought process freed from fixed ideas….

“Isn’t there anything strange about this story?”

“Strange?”

“Something strange to your eyes even though everyone else says it’s right. You say a lot of interesting things.”

When he shoved another smile Yeon Sora liked as a bribe, the desired answer dropped.

“Actually, the part I understand least is one thing. If god created humans, then humans are god’s children, right? If you’re a parent, ‘Let my baby do whatever they want!’ should be normal, shouldn’t it? I don’t understand why there’s a test from the start.”

“That’s your thinking that’s weird. What parent in the world tells their child to do whatever they want?”

Seong Hayul rebutted, but Yeon Sora was firm. A tone allowing no room for doubt.

“Why not? My baby being happy is what matters most.”

“If they do whatever they want, kids won’t even study, will they? From a parent’s perspective, it’s natural to wisely advise so their child doesn’t do foolish things, doesn’t walk a wayward path.”

“But I’m not happy at all if my baby just obediently listens to my words! It only has meaning if my baby goes their own path in their own way. And if you truly trust your babies, there’s no need to give instructions from the start.”

“Where in the world are parents like that?”

“No, this still doesn’t make sense. Give me the textbook once.”

Yeon Sora started flipping through textbook pages checking something, and Gyeon Junhwi swallowed while waiting for her conclusion.

This was what he wanted to know.

A conclusion only Yeon Sora could reach.

After looking at materials for a while, Yeon Sora soon tilted her head and spoke.

“As expected… this part is strange.”

The page she opened had one passage from the myth recorded. The section describing the god’s voice when first witnessing the Tower of Babel.

⟪When humans speak the same language, they do such things. At this rate, they will accomplish whatever they set out to do. Come, let us go down and confuse their language. And thus the humans building the tower came to use 9 languages.⟫

Yeon Sora tilted her head while pointing at one word with her finger.

“Why does it only say ‘us’ here?”

“?”

“Before and after this, when god speaks, it sounds like one person, but only here it says ‘us.’ Isn’t that strange?”

“That’s just how the language was back then. Like in Korea, kings called themselves ‘jim’—it’s the language of authority figures commanding many.” (+) ^[1] TLN: “Jim” (짐) is the Korean first-person pronoun (朕 in Hanja) used exclusively by emperors or kings to refer to themselves, akin to the “royal we.”

Seong Hayul gave a common-sense explanation, but when Gyeon Junhwi placed his hand on her shoulder, she closed her mouth. She’d granted the request to stop talking when signaled.

Gyeon Junhwi gave Yeon Sora another bribe while asking.

“What do you think, Yeon Sora?”

“Nothing big. I just wondered if someone intercepted the words midway. People in the middle always change words to their convenience, right?”

“Then what do you think the god’s intentions are?”

“Let my baby do whatever they want. Rather than words, this is…. Hmm, can I doodle a bit?”

When Gyeon Junhwi nodded, Yeon Sora pulled out a pen and drew a small line on the textbook.

With that one small line, the contradiction that had confused Gyeon Junhwi for so long was resolved.

⟪When humans speak the same language, they do such things. At this rate, they will accomplish whatever they set out to do. // Come, let us go down and confuse their language. And thus the humans building the tower came to use 9 languages.⟫

Gyeon Junhwi involuntarily shivered. Puzzle pieces fitting together sent chills running down his spine unbidden.

‘Was that it?’

Two gods exist in this story.

The first god corresponds to humanity’s parent, and wants humanity to climb the tower.

The second god views that unfavorably, and brought confusion by sending down 9 languages to interfere with tower climbing.

The masterminds establish religions and spread their own faith to summon the second god to the present world. They even use Authority borrowed from the second god’s power.

To oppose that force…

‘We need to find the first god!’

The god corresponding to humanity’s parent.

The god who wants humans to climb the tower and sides with humanity.

Who that god is had been described in the novel from the very beginning.

The god who grants powers beyond human to humans.

The god who appears at the moment of awakening, at the moment of leveling up.

The Tower Goddess.

• 1. TLN: “Jim” (짐) is the Korean first-person pronoun (朕 in Hanja) used exclusively by emperors or kings to refer to themselves, akin to the “royal we.”