Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 144

“Yeon Sora! Yeon Sora!”

I’m dying of sleepiness… my body feels like it’s sinking to the earth’s core… but someone’s shaking me like crazy. Eventually, with a satisfying sound, my back stung hotly.

“Wake up, you public nuisance!”

I barely opened my eyes to find a furious Seong Hayul glaring down at me. I reluctantly got up, but the yawning wouldn’t stop.

“Wha’ clath?”

“What class? Homeroom ended?”

“Junwuiii? Wher’ Juwan?”

“Gyeon Junhwi got called by that glasses guy. Yeom Juwan said he’s going on a club field trip today, and Han Boram went to get materials….”

It’s amazing she understands me despite all my words being mangled by yawning.

Anyway, another day seems to have ended. My days and nights have been reversed lately, so I have no idea how time’s passing.

“If no clath, I’m…”

“Wake up, you idiot! Ki Hyeonmin’s late for club because of you!”

I’d collapsed back onto the desk when a second back-smashing woke me up. Thanks to that, I came to my senses.

“Right, club…”

Our Hyeonmin can’t miss club.

For Hyeonmin who couldn’t leave because he was escorting me and was anxiously waiting, I somehow moved my feet despite being half-asleep.

Just as I exited the building—

“Yeon Sora, you bXtch!”

Quite high-level profanity reached my ears. I reflexively turned toward the sound, but only beautiful silver hair entered my vision.

Someone had cursed at Yeon Sora while throwing an object, and Ki Hyeonmin was catching it.

The so-called ‘Yeon Sora Test.’

A game trending at the academy lately, where the goal is to make me, Yeon Sora, angry by any means necessary.

Hyeonmin safely secured the thrown object and opened his hand to show it to me. This round, light brown thing is….

“An egg?”

“……”

Hyeonmin’s clear eyes were gazing at me. That’s an expression saying ‘is that all you have to say?’….

“Is it a raw egg or a boiled egg?”

“……”

Hyeonmin seemed to let out a slight sigh.

He suddenly spun around and threw the egg he was holding. The egg hit a nearby tree and immediately spilled its viscous contents.

‘A raw egg.’

Would’ve been gross if I’d been hit, good thing I wasn’t. Just as I was satisfied with that thought, a male student around my age I’d never seen before awkwardly crawled out from behind the tree.

“Haha… as expected, can’t fool Ki Hyeonmin.”

“This is the last time.”

“Ahaha….”

While Hyeonmin quietly warned him, Seong Hayul added supplementary explanation.

“Didn’t you see the announcement? The Yeon Sora Test is banned as of today! Three warnings and you get the Room of Silence!”

The ban had dropped this morning because cadets were so absorbed in the game even during class. But the male student seemed more concerned about something else. He was timidly approaching me.

“Then the next video? Isn’t it going up?”

“No, it’ll go up. Gotta clear the inventory.”

I’ve been uploading ‘Yeon Sora Tests’ in batches of 10 lately. The ‘Look at Yeon Sora’s Smiling Face and Guess If She’s Angry or Happy’ series already has 43 episodes produced. This is why I’m sleep-deprived.

Hearing the egg incident would be made into a video, the male student smiled brightly but soon started reading the room again.

“Um… that?”

“Oh, right. I’ll give it to you soon. Device payment.”

“Thanks!”

“Hey! Yeon Sora!”

Seong Hayul objected, but I proceeded with business.

After cutting out just the egg incident from the footage I’d just filmed, I transferred the file via device drop. The male student who checked the video smiled widely and held out some bundle.

“Thanks! This is Clean Potion! If you’d… gotten hit, I was going to wipe it off with this! There’s plenty extra, so use it!”

I obtained 5 bottles of quite expensive potion. I carefully put them in my inventory and looked ahead.

‘No ambushes for a while.’

From here to the club building, there’s nowhere for people to hide. I was walking along relieved when Seong Hayul kept chattering beside me.

“Aren’t you annoyed? Why do you give them videos? That’s why kids get excited and do it more!”

“I filmed it anyway, so what does it matter?”

“Hey!”

I have no intention of stopping this.

The Yeon Sora Test is raking in cash right now!

‘Gotta row when the tide comes in!’

Seong Hayul was asking if I’m not even angry, but honestly… not at all.

‘I’m used to this kind of thing.’

I was a call center employee in my past life, you know. Should I say I’m used to getting cursed at for money?

Whether I’ve built up inner strength, it naturally suits me, or this is my calling—I don’t know, but who cares? Good is good.

I was walking thoughtlessly when Seong Hayul suddenly said with a serious face.

“You… did it on purpose, right? You threw yourself out to keep Gyeon Junhwi from getting cursed at. Like with those terrorists before….”

What’s unexpected is that Ki Hyeonmin stopped walking upon hearing that.

“Is it true?”

Hyeonmin’s gaze changed. Recently whenever he looked at me, he was only full of fatigue and worry… but now he’s giving me a very earnest yet positive look.

“Was it… an action from altruism?”

‘Aha!’

I immediately understood the situation.

Our Hyeonmin is a regressor with a strong spirit of sacrifice! He’s happy discovering an unexpected commonality with Yeon Sora! This is a chance to score points!

“Yeah, it’s more comfortable for me to get cursed at than my friends.”

“Even with no gain… was it such an action?”

“Of course!”

I was emphasizing my spirit of sacrifice as much as possible when Seong Hayul threw cold water.

“Where are you selling snake oil? No gain my foot, how much did you make from this?”

Can’t this girl distinguish between what to say and what not to say?

Seeing Hyeonmin’s shoulders drop 0.3 millimeters, my baby suddenly lost strength.

“No, Hyeonmin. I didn’t do it for money, the money came in even though I never aimed for it at all, and I’m not even going to use this money….”

“You don’t need to make excuses.”

No! Hyeonmin! I’m doing this to buy you a holy sword!!!! You were so disappointed when returning Bang Haeun’s holy sword! Just 60 million gold more to go!!!!

…Before I could make that excuse, a new figure intervened in the situation.

“You’re here? I was about to come get you since you weren’t coming.”

The person standing in front of the club building was Min Dorim.

Min Dorim placed his hand on Ki Hyeonmin’s shoulder and patted it.

“I’ll take over from here. I’ll escort Yeon Sora after club ends too.”

“Yeom Juwan was supposed to come.”

“Juwan said he’d be a bit late. There’s a student council meeting today, right? Don’t worry and go.”

“You’re also on the student council, sunbaenim.”

“Haha, today’s a first-year agenda. If you’re worried about Yeon Sora, you don’t need to be, okay? I know, lots of kids aren’t following the ban order, right? Just trust me!”

Ki Hyeonmin’s eyes were full of distrust. Despite being in the same student council, the two seem to have built zero rapport.

What a shame.

Min Dorim is also core personnel in the destruction prevention team, so it’d be nice if he trusted him a bit more.

* * *

…I had to retract that thought.

“Today is immovable mind training! Each of you stand in front of Yeon Sora one at a time and try to piss her off. Anyone who maintains composure even while seeing Yeon Sora’s smiling face passes!”

Upon entering the Meditation Club room, Min Dorim openly conducted the ‘Yeon Sora Test’ as club activities. Encouraging them to do activities the academy had banned.

“President, that… gets warnings….”

“Haha, no way! Look at the warning carefully. Acts that ‘interfere’ with cadet classes are banned. We’re not interfering—we’re using Yeon Sora as an assistant to train composure, so it doesn’t apply!”

“Still….”

“Come on! This is the last chance for the Yeon Sora Test, okay? From tomorrow this excuse won’t work either, so for those who haven’t tried yet, now’s your last chance!”

Club members timidly lined up in front of me and flinched after taking direct hits from Yeon Sora’s smile one by one.

Seems the sunbaes wanted to try it even if they didn’t show it.

“This seems good. Actually I’ve wanted to talk to Sora before… but somehow it wasn’t easy.”

“Right, her appearance is too heavenly, you know? An atmosphere where you feel you shouldn’t dare approach? Like a princess living alone in an ice castle….”

“But Yeon Sora, you seem surprisingly really nice! My classmates all said that too. Seeing you accept pranks from the entire student body, they say you’re a bodhisattva….”

After finishing, we had snack time and various heartwarming stories were exchanged. Listening, it seems club sunbaes had been keeping their distance from me. This is the first time having such friendly conversation.

‘Was this what he was aiming for?’

Min Dorim’s big picture for club harmony?

I looked at Min Dorim with expectations, but my baby was peacefully munching on snacks.

After club ended, Min Dorim volunteered to escort me.

“Yeon Sora, where shall I escort you to?”

“The medical wing.”

“Why the medical wing?”

I have a meeting scheduled with mad scientist unnie today, but I can’t say that straight out.

“Because I feel like dying.”

“Right! When you’re dying, you should lie down somewhere other than the dorm! Good attitude!”

On the way to the medical wing.

I decided to take this opportunity to interview about last year’s incident.

“Sunbae, they say you fought Yoo Seoha sunbaenim for a whole hour during last year’s practicals? There are rumors you lost on purpose—why’d you do that?”

“Because I was tired.”

“Come on, I saw video comments saying Min Dorim sunbae seemed like he’d win….”

I’d looked up last year’s practicals video, but the video was deleted with only comments remaining. The comments all predicted Min Dorim’s victory. The assessment was that while Yoo Seoha was panting, Min Dorim was going strong… but the video’s been deleted so confirmation is impossible.

“I asked the Broadcasting Club president and they said Min Dorim sunbae paid a fortune to purchase the video? Can’t you show me that?”

“Can’t. I got rid of it.”

“Why?”

“It’s embarrassing, right?”

He’s lying.

I’m certain. That moment was the start of Min Dorim’s first love! Like… didn’t he get flustered watching our hardworking unnie?!! Isn’t he rewinding the video alone in his room?!!!

I was about to press further but ran out of time.

“Cadet Yeon Sora!”

Because mad scientist unnie was waving in front of the medical wing.

From now on is time to work.

* * *

What I need to do today is one thing.

‘Yeon Sora Auction Operation!’

An operation to weigh three crazy people against each other and extract information before bailing! mad scientist unnie had been on a business trip so I couldn’t invite her to the auction before.

I thought I just needed to make her aware of rivals’ existence like I’d done so far, but an unexpected situation occurred.

“I’ll be honest. I have zero~ interest in making you stronger.”

Unnie refused to participate in the auction.

“If you want to increase combat power, Professor Joo or Professor Ban are good choices. Those two specialize in practical methods. I have no interest in that, it’s bothersome, and I want to devote time only to theory. So I won’t propose research participation in the future either.”

I was slightly flustered at this unexpected situation when this unnie said something surprising.

“Instead, let’s do business with me.”

“Business?”

“I heard from a friend that this would work better.”

Unnie winked one eye.

Come to think of it, this unnie was close friends with Ha Seonwoo-ssi. She must’ve picked something up.

“What I need is only your biological samples. What I need now is blood. Not a forced relationship bound by contract, but let’s consistently do one-time transactions. Give and take whenever needed. How about it?”

“Hmm….”

“Try it once as a trial. Ask if you’re curious about anything. If the answer’s satisfactory, just give 1 liter of blood.”

Not particularly a bad situation.

Meaning she’ll tell me answers if I give my blood.

“If you’d been researching pure mana before meeting me, you must have discovered a pure mana user before, right? Who was it?”

Unnie flinched at my question.

“Wow, excellent question.”

“Really?”

“Usually people ask things related to their own body, right? Wait….”

Is that so?

But from a possessor’s perspective, it’s a natural question.

When talking with the fairy before, I’d speculated whether I use pure mana because I’m a possessor, but then a contradiction arises.

There’s someone other than me in this world who uses pure mana, and this mad scientist unnie met that person. Who is it?

“Um… I can tell you, but this is a matter that can’t get out… should I write up a confidentiality contract?”

Unnie pulled out a confidentiality pledge.

A compulsory contract that would force me to pay a price if I ever leaked unnie’s secret to others… the conditions are a bit creepy.

“…You want my liver?”

“Not the whole liver, just part. Ah, we’ll cover surgery costs.”

“……”

“It’s content that doesn’t matter as long as you keep the secret.”

A bit scary, but… there’s no particular need to blab about it, so I signed for now.

Then unnie readily spilled.

“Actually, classifying Awakened mana traits is my hobby, you know? But to do this hobby, I need to collect blood from the entire Awakened population, right? It’s not easy work, so I consulted a friend who helped me.”

“A friend being…”

“Yes, a friend who’s incredibly good at this kind of work. That’s how the Awakened blood bank was born.”

“……”

The blood bank is an institution run by Phoenix Guild. A system where Awakened store their blood in advance in case they need transfusions.

“A blood bank run by Phoenix Guild! Everyone would subscribe as insurance, right? That’s how Awakened nationwide voluntarily supplied blood, and as a researcher in charge of blood quality inspection, I could secretly extract 1 liter once a month and experiment with that blood. That’s how I discovered pure mana.”

“Ah….”

I’m also a DNA theft criminal, but the scale is different… no, that’s not it. I shouldn’t be surprised by the process—I need to extract important information.

“That wasn’t my question though? Who was the first pure mana user you discovered?”

“Ah! This is really interesting!”

Unnie deliberately drew it out, and only after confirming I was getting impatient did she reveal the name.

“It’s Chairman Seok Hyangjun.”

Chairman Seok Hyangjun. A famous enough person in <On the Brink of Destruction> that no supplementary explanation is needed about what group’s chairman he is.

A person known as a genius inventor. Moreover, he’s also one of the masterminds.

So… to summarize this….

It means the mastermind also uses pure mana.