Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 164

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

The cruel number stabbed my heart.

These past few days, I’ve been running around desperately to earn points, but intimacy hasn’t budged at all.

It would be a lie to say I’m not disappointed, but….

‘It’s not Junhwi’s fault!’

A fortune-teller who lies appears in <On the Brink of Destruction>? And Ki Hyeonmin even takes that fortune-teller’s words to heart?

He should be wary. Brushing it off thinking ‘that could happen’ would be neglecting my duties as a possessor.

Easing this wariness is my job, but….

‘I’ve been doing useless things until now.’

It’s easy to understand if you think of Yeon Sora as the shepherd girl.

Ordinary villagers would only start suspecting the shepherd girl after being fooled two or three more times, but Junhwi, the smartest in the village, detected something fishy from the very first lie.

And in the midst of that, the shepherd girl suddenly became diligent. Thinking the suspicion would disappear if she fed the flock fresh grass and fattened them up.

No matter how many days you do it that way, it’s useless. Trust broken by lies isn’t regained like that.

So today I decided to challenge a new method.

“Before sending the file, there’s something important I need to say.”

After fixing my gaze on Junhwi, I spoke in the most sincere voice I could muster.

“I’m a liar.”

“……?”

“I lie constantly. Mainly to escape difficult situations, but sometimes to get what I want, and it even seems like sometimes I lie out of pure habit for no reason at all. Plus I’m good at it. I’m bad at studying, but strangely my head works well in that direction. I think I might have talent for it.”

While Junhwi silently fluttered his long eyelashes, I confessed that I was the shepherd girl and drove in the final nail.

“I’m going to keep lying going forward. I’d like to fix it if I could, but it seems my lies have their reasons.”

The shepherd girl has no plans to retire.

If I’d possessed into a fairy tale where good triumphs over evil, I might have worried, but this is <On the Brink of Destruction>.

A world where living badly gets you killed and living kindly gets you killed faster. In such a place, sealing away lies isn’t particularly wise.

“Look at the information I know. The fairy, or the dream about the world’s destruction… normally I would’ve been caught already with stuff like this, but I can hide it, right? This makes me think maybe I was chosen for this.”

The shepherd girl’s lies might become the key to saving the world. After repeatedly emphasizing that, I pulled out a small box from my chest.

Click—

The box opened, revealing a pair of rings. They’re supposedly the best-selling couple rings at the academy, but Junhwi seems to be seeing them for the first time.

“They’re ‘Fate Rings.’ Rings that share the sense of touch—when one person rubs their ring, the other feels a tickling sensation.”

You can play tickle games during class by rubbing the ring. After adding the explanation that it’s an item mainly used by couples for public displays of affection, I pulled out the men’s ring.

“Give me your hand.”

“……”

Junhwi’s face is still full of confusion. He’s even clasping both hands together, firmly refusing my gift.

Only then did I realize my explanation was somewhat lacking.

“I don’t want to deceive you, Junhwi. You’re the only person who can understand and help with my dreams and abilities. To save the world, we need to be tightly bonded, but… I’m going to keep lying going forward. If this cycle repeats, suspicion and misunderstanding will accumulate between us and eventually our relationship will end in catastrophe, right? So I’m trying to introduce a new system.”

“System?”

“Yeah. From now on, when I lie, I’ll only tell you. When your finger feels ticklish, it means I’m lying in real time.”

To give the shepherd girl a happy ending?

You can’t force a promise of ‘I’ll never lie again.’ Because then it’ll eventually burst open like Pandora’s box.

I lifted the ring and spoke seriously once more.

“That’s not all. From now on, Junhwi, if you need a lie too, rub the ring.”

“……?”

“If the class representative gets caught lying, the damage is huge, right? But I don’t even get cursed out for lying anymore. When you need a lie, and when you need a troublemaker or a troll, just send a signal and I’ll deploy immediately.”

If you seal away lies they become frustrating, but if you accept them they become specs!

Using this ring, not only can you immediately filter out Yeon Sora’s lies, but whenever you need it, just rub it and I’ll cry ‘Wolf!’ on your behalf.

“You’ll accept it, right?”

After finishing the detailed explanation of the functions and requesting a hand again, Junhwi suddenly bowed his head deeply.

“Khup! Puhah! Hahahahahaha!”

He tried to contain his laughter by shaking his shoulders, but soon gave up holding it in and began laughing loudly.

‘……!’

This was also the first time seeing Junhwi laugh so unguardedly, so I gaped my mouth open in appreciation, when after a few minutes he wiped his eyes while saying this.

“You’re really… how do you even think of such… haha!”

Actually I learned it from Junhwi.

According to Gyeon Junhwi, even flaws have their uses!

Instead of defining lies as a flaw and covering them up, this clever plan emerged from contemplating ways to openly pull them out and wield them.

“If I put it on like this, it might cause misunderstanding….”

After adding an invisibility formula to the ring, Junhwi beckoned me. Seems he plans to put it on himself. As expected, Junhwi has the best service among my babies.

“Which finger?”

“Ring finger!”

When I confidently requested, Junhwi suppressed his laughter while sliding the ring onto my ring finger.

Ziiiiing—

The ring has an automatic size adjustment function. Though invisible due to transparency, I could feel the cold metal shrinking to fit perfectly around my finger circumference.

Junhwi also soon put on the men’s ring. Though invisible due to transparency, we’re both wearing the same ring.

“Come to think of it, this is my first couple ring in life?”

Finding the gift pleasing, Junhwi presented me with an alluring smile as if deliberately aiming for it.

‘……!’

My heart stopped for a moment again. If I were an ordinary student, I’d be swelling with anticipation thinking ‘Could it be…?’ but….

‘I know it’s not that.’

Unfortunately, I know our Junhwi too well.

That’s not a romantic line. It’s service that Junhwi, who knows his looks’ value all too well, is inserting thinking ‘there’s no loss anyway.’

The rings we’re wearing aren’t a connection of affection either. But from my position of aiming for the hands-and-feet role from the start, even this is touching.

“I pledge to become Junhwi’s faithful shepherd girl going forward.”

I swore loyalty internally, but did I accidentally blurt it out? Because Junhwi flipped over again, allowing me to appreciate my baby’s unresisting, weightless, breathless laughter once more.

“Then shall I send the file?”

Only after the ring presentation ceremony ended and Junhwi calmed down did I transmit the original business—the homework file—and upon seeing it, Junhwi chuckled.

“So this is why?”

Seems he realized why I’d confessed to being a liar and launched the shepherd girl service.

I didn’t bother denying it.

“Yeah, tomorrow I’ll need lies. Because I have to persuade Hyeonmin.”

Right now our Hyeonmin has absolutely zero interest in treasure hunting, plus he’s in a very sensitive state because of the mastermind.

If I don’t listen and run around recklessly on my own? There’s a high possibility he’ll knock me out with pressure points and carry me around like a potato sack.

“It’s not the direction I was thinking?”

“Medusa and Tower of Babel won’t enter Hyeonmin’s ears at all right now. Rather than that, isn’t the Graeae sisters’ eye better? ‘The eye that sees all’… somehow it seems like an item that sees the future.”

Three people. Prophet. The keywords are good.

The fortune-teller wants to find treasure, and it’s an item used by three future-seeing people appearing in mythology. Not just any treasure hunting, but an item to upgrade the prophet’s abilities!

At this level, there’s a high possibility our Hyeonmin will also be tempted.

“The rest?”

“I’ll think about it when the time comes. But if you obtain the first item in an 8-piece set, it’s human nature to want to fill in the rest too, right? Basically momentum builds….”

Openly revealing my lies and cunning feels strange. I’m also worried whether exposing this side might trigger Junhwi’s suspicion sickness again, but—

‘He’ll be suspicious anyway.’

Even if I’m honest, Junhwi is suspicious. So it’s better to have open conversations with each other instead.

“Actually I’m uncomfortable deceiving Hyeonmin. No brakes engaged at all with Bang Haeun or Seong Hayul, but now it feels like climbing a steep hill.”

“Really? For that, you planned it pretty well though?”

“That’s why I’m saying I seem to have talent in this direction, right? But just because I can do it doesn’t mean I must. I made a plan thinking this treasure is absolutely necessary for saving the world, but I didn’t see this in a dream—it’s just intuition so it’s ambiguous. What do you think, Junhwi? If it seems too excessive, I won’t do it.”

I also handed over decision-making power multiple times to my baby who likes control. After having such conversations without reservation,

“Let’s stop here for today. Tomorrow’s practicals, so you need to sleep early.”

Only after finishing the meeting and returning to my room could I check the numbers.

▷ Gyeon Junhwi (Lvl. 99, Intimacy 35%)(⇧2%)

A small increase, but I’m satisfied.

‘Because I didn’t do emergency first aid—I improved my constitution.’

Once this system settles in smoothly, I won’t need to force myself to live kindly going forward. I can lie confidently while not earning Junhwi’s suspicion.

But Junhwi hasn’t made up his mind yet.

Tomorrow is the day to launch the shepherd girl ring. If I raise satisfaction there, I can prevent situations where lies create frustration going forward.

* * *

The next morning.

The 89 cadets participating in practicals departed early in the morning and moved to the Tower’s 3rd floor.

‘There are more safety personnel than usual.’

The waiting room is packed full of people wearing blue coats. They seem to be Azure Dragon Guild members who manage the 3rd floor.

I even see the chairwoman in the distance. They’re definitely paying more attention to security after the Bang Haeun father incident.

“We’re conducting safety confirmation, please wait a bit longer! It should take about 15 minutes!”

The TAs shouted diligently, but as the wait lengthened, the cadets seemed to feel anxious.

“Did another terrorist incident happen?”

“Nah, no way. Isn’t it just because this year is special? The team composition is different.”

“Usually the combat-type to non-combat-type ratio is 7:3, but this year it’s 5:5, 6:4. Even the combat types are all mid-tier skill level….”

Worried murmurs could be heard here and there.

This is the downside of the Robin Hood operation. We saved weaklings who should’ve normally been cut at the entrance, so they’re anxious too.

Junhwi was walking around trying to calm anxieties as much as possible.

“If you just do what we discussed beforehand, there’ll be no problem.”

“But if things don’t go according to plan… if we actually have to fight harpies?”

“You have signal flares, right? Just shoot that and Ki Hyeonmin will come help.”

“Even if you fight harpies, you don’t need to win. Just endure for 30 seconds.”

Surprisingly, Hyeonmin was also walking around with Junhwi calming other cadets. The sight of him pledging to continue carrying them on the bus is unfamiliar.

“When I make this hand signal, it means attack in 10 seconds….”

“I-I know that!”

Did they catch the anxiety contagion? Juwan and Boram are also busy reviewing what they learned from Professor Joo’s hell training.

In contrast, I had nothing particular to do so I was loafing around looking at materials with Seong Hayul and Go Daesik. Then, timing it appropriately when Hyeonmin approached, I subtly let slip,

“But isn’t this a crystal ball? No matter how I look at it, it seems connected to knowing the future.”

After sensing Hyeonmin’s approach, I cautiously looked up, and my baby is frowning.

“Focus on class today.”

“Yeah, I’ll focus!”

“Don’t do any other actions or sudden moves either.”

“I won’t.”

I answered like that while gently scratching my left ring finger.

The ring is in an invisible state, so to others it just looks like scratching my finger, but I sent a lie alarm to Junhwi.

“……”

But Hyeonmin keeps looking at me, making my heart prick a little.

When you look at me with such upright eyes….

“Stay still today.”

“Okay.”

“…I’m asking you.”

This time I truly couldn’t lie. Because Hyeonmin’s face was full of worry.

‘My baby must be very anxious.’

After settling next to me, Hyeonmin pulled out his holy sword and began polishing it. His face is expressionless, but seeing him continuously rub a blade without a single smudge, his mind must be uneasy.

‘This time he can’t reference past rounds at all.’

In the original, the mastermind only targeted Ki Hyeonmin, and Ki Hyeonmin also knew in advance what enemy would attack. So he acted by becoming bait himself to lure the mastermind so no one would get involved.

But Bang Haeun’s father is an enemy even Ki Hyeonmin doesn’t know. Moreover, that mastermind is targeting Yeon Sora. Even if Ki Hyeonmin tries to become bait and lure him, the enemy might take the weak cadets here as hostages instead of Ki Hyeonmin.

Now is the time to sharpen his senses and watch the situation. It’s not the timing to bring up treasure hunting.

So while I also obediently killed time, the inspection finished.

“We’ll begin entry! Please come out in the order called!”

The first team called was ours.

After passing through the shimmering rainbow-colored portal, a stage entry window appeared.

[You have entered 3F]

[Climb the Tower!]

[Objective: Obtain the key in the Graeae’s cave]

[Reward: ???]

Before our eyes is the same location we saw in the simulation room. A coastline full of stones. The waves crashing roughly are identical too. There’s no one around besides us.

“Wait until the announcement comes.”

Hyeonmin is leading first today for once. He’s more proactive than usual.

Indeed, if I do even slightly foolish things today, he really seems intent on paralyzing Yeon Sora with pressure points. Then the shepherd girl’s first service will go down the drain.

‘Timing is crucial!’

Today I also need to observe the surrounding situation well and act cautiously. So I just sat still without saying a word.

Soon the TA’s voice came through the instructional Drone Eye.

[All 89 cadets have entered. We’ll begin practicals.]