Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 158

“For now, the only thing we can do is our best and work hard.”

In the end, no concrete strategy emerged from the strategy meeting. After concluding the meeting with that perfunctory comment, Gyeon Junhwi immediately moved to the next agenda.

“We have written exams after returning from practicals, so it’d be good to work on strategy reports in advance while we have time. Who wants to handle climate and geographical analysis, background explanations?”

“M-me, me! I-I’ll make maps too!”

“Then for monster countermeasure strategies, the remaining members can each pick two and organize them….”

Starting this week, we have to submit reports after clearing floors. Gyeon Junhwi distributed homework to the team members, and we all gathered around the table concentrating on our respective tasks.

Scratch scratch.

Only the sound of pens moving in the silence.

Of course, my pen is frozen.

There’s no way homework can enter my eyes right now.

‘As expected… I’ve been caught, right?’

Anxiety that my lie has been discovered creeps up. But I still can’t be certain.

How can I properly confirm this… while I was desperately racking my brain, I suddenly remembered there’s a function I’d briefly forgotten.

【Viewing intimacy with characters.】

▷ Gyeon Junhwi (Lvl. 99, Intimacy 37%)(⇩13%)

‘As expected… it dropped.’

Lately I’ve been checking intimacy only once every three days.

In my own way, I thought I’d gotten much closer with Junhwi, but numerically it wouldn’t budge from 50%, making me gloomy every time I checked.

But… instead of rising, it dropped. Having it confirmed with objective numbers, the blow is significant. My mood also plummeted to rock bottom following the arrow’s direction.

Of course, it’s not our Junhwi’s fault.

It’s all because I’m inadequate.

‘Devoted Reader disqualification….’

Gyeon Junhwi handles betrayal from people he doesn’t know well relatively calmly. However, betrayal from those closest to him inflicts severe internal damage.

When someone he once trusted breaks that trust, he raises his guard to the extreme.

That number… represents the wound I’ve inflicted on Junhwi’s heart.

‘Why am I so stupid! Lying to Junhwi!!!’

I must have gotten arrogant from my recent winning streak with lies and cleverness.

No, I’ve clearly lost my mind.

To try deceiving my baby….

Junhwi will cynically move on thinking ‘humans are all like that anyway.’

But having become a Devoted Reader and contributed to my baby #1’s distrust of humanity shakes my identity to its roots. Makes me wonder why I even possessed someone.

I want to crawl into bed right now and wail about my stupidity until I fall asleep, but crying won’t solve the problem, so I postponed self-reproach for later and decided to handle the cleanup first.

‘From now on, I’ll never lie to Junhwi again!’

Betraying my baby’s trust is a grave sin.

I need to cleanly admit I lied, acknowledge my wrongdoing, show a repentant attitude, then pledge to do my absolute best to obey from now on.

From here on, it’s the direct approach only!

Having resolved to show my sincerity and earn Junhwi’s trust again, I stared at Junhwi with desperate eyes.

‘Junhwi! Please, look this way! Please!!!!’

First, I need to have a private conversation with Gyeon Junhwi. I sent fervent gazes at Junhwi without even blinking as much as possible.

Perhaps sensing something, Junhwi lifted his head and met my eyes, but he quietly responded with a smile and lowered his eyes again to focus on his materials.

But Junhwi’s smile is very different from usual.

‘That’s… a business smile?’

My baby has been showing many weary sage smiles full of fatigue in front of me lately. Proof he’s unconsciously revealing his true feelings.

But the smile just now was excessively polished. I can feel a wall from the smile filled only with kindness and gentleness.

Moreover, after that single eye contact, Gyeon Junhwi didn’t look my way again.

I sent signals for over an hour, but he stubbornly ignored me, so I had no choice but to appeal via DM.

|Yeon Sora| Junhwi! I have something to say privately! Actually, when I talked about the dream earlier, I changed the Yeom Juwan part slightly. I was worried Juwan might feel unnecessarily concerned, so there were some modified details, and I was planning to honestly confess and ask your opinion when we’re alone later….

I desperately pleaded with all my might, pressing my sincerity into every word. I groveled pathetically, pouring out everything, but the response that returned was concise.

|Gyeon Junhwi| If you have something to say, how about saying it in front of everyone? If only the two of us share it, the other kids might misunderstand.

A cold wind blows fiercely from the text.

The numbers are also bitterly cold.

▷ Gyeon Junhwi (Lvl. 99, Intimacy 36%)(⇩1%)

Even though I admitted my crime and confessed, the number dropped instead. But I can’t give up here.

I’m a sinner. Thinking I’d be easily forgiven for my crime was the mistake.

Here, effoooort is the answer!

|Yeon Sora| Junhwi, could you also write me a script for questions to ask Professor Joo tomorrow?

|Gyeon Junhwi| I don’t think a script is particularly necessary?

|Yeon Sora| Just in case I say too much information. I don’t think I should mention the shadow or dream stuff….

|Gyeon Junhwi| You know that well enough, so won’t it be fine?

I showed my resolve to move according to Junhwi’s script, but that was also rejected.

▷ Gyeon Junhwi (Lvl. 99, Intimacy 35%)(⇩1%)

Every time I try conveying my sincerity, the number drops.

Gyeon Junhwi is avoiding direct conversation with me. I tried my best until nightfall to turn Junhwi’s heart around through text, but it didn’t work.

‘I was wrong… I truly committed a mortal sin… I just want to do only what Junhwi tells me to do… I’m really not harboring any other thoughts!!’

I want to kneel and beg desperately for forgiveness, but I can’t do that in front of everyone. It would seem too out of the blue to the other kids.

More importantly, Gyeon Junhwi hates such conspicuous strange behavior.

I pulled the blanket over myself and quietly extracted tears and snot, when Seong Hayul lying in the bed next to me caught on.

“Yeon Sora, are you crying?”

“No, I have a cold.”

“A cold? What kind of cold?”

“You don’t need to worry about it.”

“Don’t you know colds need to be caught early?”

Seong Hayul suddenly turned on the light and opened a potion shop. To avoid getting my tears discovered, I opened my mouth while wearing a sleep mask and gulped down the offered potion.

Then I felt miserably sad, but tears wouldn’t come out properly either, so I couldn’t even cry properly.

The medicine works damn well.

* * *

Monday morning dawned.

Starting today is a new day! A new opportunity!

‘It’s okay, I can do this!’

I clenched my fist and recharged my motivation.

There’s one thing I realized while crying yesterday.

‘Trying to persuade with words from the start was the mistake!’

Gyeon Junhwi doesn’t believe people’s words. Because humans are a species that only says nice things to your face.

To earn trust, I need to show it through actions and results.

Therefore, today I decided to become a woman of action and convey my sincerity.

First, strategy number one.

“Can I check the mail for a moment?”

Before leaving the dormitory, I led everyone to the mailbox. Because I received notification that an item I’d ordered by express delivery overnight had arrived.

“What did you order?”

“Something important.”

“Wh-what is it?”

While everyone showed curiosity, I pressed my device and entered the necessary information, and with a clack, the largest locker at the bottom opened.

I pulled out a long box from inside. I’d requested gift wrapping, and the beautiful silver wrapping paper and blue ribbon were exactly the feeling I wanted.

I tried lifting it with both hands… but it’s too heavy for Yeon Sora’s strength to handle. Unavoidably, I half-dragged it while delivering it to Ki Hyeonmin’s feet.

“A gift!”

“……”

Ki Hyeonmin’s eyebrows twitched slightly as if asking what this was about now, but I waved both hands urging him on.

“Hurry and open it. We’ll be late for class.”

After hesitating, Hyeonmin soon unwrapped the box, paused briefly, then pulled out a long sword.

“It’s a holy sword!”

We had to return Bang Haeun’s holy sword that we’d borrowed last week. That means our Hyeonmin would have to enter the Tower with a shabby training sword… and I couldn’t just watch that!

I’d shoved a holy sword catalog at Hyeonmin pleading for him to please pick something he liked, but since he wouldn’t answer, I just ordered whatever I wanted.

At first I worried what if he doesn’t like it, but—

‘Then I’ll just order another one. No need to limit tribute to just one thing.’

I’m planning to prepare about 10 different types of holy swords so Hyeonmin can use them according to his mood.

“It’s the Lobera holy sword! Also called the sword that slays wolves, it’s a holy sword used by Fernando III who was recognized as a saint….”

While I listed the specs, Hyeonmin drew the sword from its scabbard. When he tapped the blade with his finger, the sword resonated with a deep, thick ringing sound.

‘He likes it, right?’

It’s made of silver and I’m disappointed it doesn’t have gems, but it’s the best sword I could get with my current budget.

Since it’s a sword royalty used, the craftsmanship is ornate and suits Ki Hyeonmin well. Plus, being called ‘the sword that slays wolves,’ it’s perfect tribute to commemorate Hyeonmin, who lived a lonely life like a lone wolf, liquidating his solo career and starting group activities.

But Ki Hyeonmin put the sword back in its sheath and held it out to me.

“I have no reason to accept this.”

“I said it’s a gift?”

“I said I don’t need it.”

He says that, but my nano observation caught the movement of Hyeonmin’s fingers. His fingers are subtly moving left and right, caressing the sword.

He likes it but is refusing because it’s burdensome.

Of course, I know how to reduce that burden.

“The ownership is in my name. I’ll just lend it during practicals. Use it however you want!”

“Get a refund.”

“It’s non-refundable.”

“……”

“If you don’t use it, Hyeonmin, it’ll just sleep in my inventory, you know? Wouldn’t that be more wasteful?”

“……”

“Thinking of everyone’s safety, Hyeonmin, you need to display your maximum potential. Please, won’t you accept it?”

Ki Hyeonmin hesitated a bit longer.

Then Gyeon Junhwi, who’d been quietly resting his chin in his hand beside us, opened his mouth.

“How about trying it just once? It’s not like using it will wear it down, and most importantly… this sword was used by the King of Castile.”

Junhwi’s gaze turned toward me. His eyes curved beautifully as he sent me a smile.

He’s trying to make a business smile, but the corners of his lips rise about 0.4 millimeters more, so his true feelings are quite happy.

“It’s a sword owned by someone who led Spain’s Reconquista. You could even call it an inquisitor’s sword.”

“……!”

Wow, it worked out like this?

I chose it looking at the design and the nickname ‘sword that slays wolves,’ but I unintentionally picked a sword perfect for facing the inquisitor. Is this possessor luck?

Whatever, doesn’t matter? Good things are good.

I calmed my pounding heart and checked the numbers again.

【Viewing intimacy with characters.】

▷ Gyeon Junhwi (Lvl. 99, Intimacy 33%)(⇧2%)

‘Yes!’

The number that had only been dropping all yesterday finally changed direction. I clenched my fist and quietly held my own celebration ceremony.

As expected, actions and spending money are the answer.

Seems it helped that I showed my sincerity by spending money generously, plus I luckily hit upon exactly the needed item, proving my ability. A whole 2-point increase.

‘Let’s keep going!’

I executed my second sincerity demonstration right during morning assembly.

“Professor! I have something to discuss briefly…. Is a private conversation possible?”

As soon as Professor Joo finished his announcements, I raised my hand high and requested consultation. Professor Joo snapped his fingers to create our own private space, and inside it I asked the necessary questions just as Gyeon Junhwi had instructed.

“I heard the 10th floor manager is Hwarang Guild. I’m worried Bang Haeun’s father might pull some tricks, so I wanted to ask if there are precautions we should take or if special countermeasures are in place….”

While asking questions, I secretly ran a recorder to capture every word of this entire conversation without missing a syllable, and the moment my meeting with Professor Joo ended, I transmitted that file to Gyeon Junhwi.

This is Yeon Sora’s sincerity—obedient, action-oriented, revealing everything without hiding anything.

Please accept it!!!!

【Viewing intimacy with characters.】

▷ Gyeon Junhwi (Lvl. 99, Intimacy 33%)

Unfortunately, no numerical change.

Maybe it’s because Professor Joo said ‘nothing’s decided yet.’ Junhwi operates on a strict performance-based system.

But I’m evaluating the atmosphere as relatively positive so far in my own way.

‘Let’s see….’

The number rises when I prove my abilities.

What else can I do to prove my abilities to Junhwi….

Actually, I mostly outsource things and don’t do much myself… but it strangely feels like I’m forgetting something important….

I was wracking my brain desperately when suddenly a memory flashed.

‘Crazy, how did I forget this?’

There was something.

Something I need to do and deliver to Junhwi.

【Viewing Side Quest <Tower’s Wish>.】