Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 24

Watching Yeon Sora walk away, Gyeon Junhwi frowned.

Her head bobbing up, down, left, and right. Scattered steps. A disorderly retreating figure.

‘She’s… really a prophet?’

“Haah…”

Exhaling a long sigh, Gyeon Junhwi checked his exclusive menu once more.

[Opening Item Appraisal Log.]

Item Name: Nine-Tailed Fox Tail Fur

Rank: A

Effect: Optical Illusion

Market Value: 20-28 million gold

The log displays information on the last appraised item.

The nine-tailed fox tail fur Yeon Sora had shown him was undoubtedly genuine.

— You need this in my dream.

Those words were also true.

Gyeon Junhwi actually did need that material.

She’d proven she had the ability to sense the future.

However,

‘What the hell is her ulterior motive?’

He couldn’t grasp her intentions at all.

There’s no such thing as free in this world.

Most things thrown as ‘free’ are just bait.

The moment you’re blinded by momentary greed and bite the bait, there’s no turning back.

Gyeon Junhwi learned that lesson at a very young age.

The day he received the lollipop he’d begged for every day, the day he got to go to the amusement park he’d pleaded to visit every day.

He left home with an excited heart, but the place they arrived at wasn’t an amusement park.

The beasts wearing human masks dumped Gyeon Junhwi at an orphanage and never returned.

Even people who called themselves parents were like that…

There’s no way someone would share an item worth 25 million gold without conditions.

This is bait.

Then what is this bait for?

When asked why she was giving this, Yeon Sora flustered and mumbled ‘to save people.’

‘What nonsense.’

Unlike her decent appearance, Yeon Sora’s personality wasn’t good.

Human nature reveals itself when no one’s watching.

When there were no eyes watching, Yeon Sora would give cynical snorts as if looking down on the world, or carelessly display gazes filled with contempt.

She wasn’t the type of human who took interest in saving people or saving the world.

Then what is this bait for?

‘Showing off?’

Perhaps she was getting conceited about having a prophecy skill, and wanted to fill her desire for recognition by proving its effects.

‘No, that’s not it.’

In this world, you can’t awaken two pillars simultaneously.

The ability Yeon Sora awakened first was flame magic.

Even if she had a prophecy skill, it would still be in an undeveloped state.

Until it bloomed, it only appeared in the form of strong intuition.

Getting conceited relying only on intuition didn’t add up.

‘Buying materials relying only on intuition isn’t logical either.’

Gyeon Junhwi had deliberately followed her to Yeon Sora’s neighborhood.

To confirm her living environment.

Judging by the many traces of Rift damage not yet properly repaired, this neighborhood’s property values would be cheap.

Yeon Sora’s household is poor.

Yet she spent 25 million gold to purchase nine-tailed fox tail fur, and tried to hand it over without conditions.

Again, it doesn’t add up.

And the biggest question.

‘Why me specifically?’

Getting entangled with this woman wasn’t Gyeon Junhwi’s will.

Yeon Sora approached from her side on her own.

Even dismissing everything else as coincidence, he absolutely couldn’t overlook this part.

“Haah…”

Many points raised suspicion, but no matter how much he thought, there were no satisfying answers.

‘For now… I can only observe.’

If he wanted to know the hidden intentions, there was only one method.

He had to follow the flow.

If the opponent had dug a trap, he had to get caught in that trap.

The moment the trap activated, the intentions would be clearly revealed.

He needed to stay on high alert, grasp the intentions, then escape by a hair’s breadth before the trap activated.

He couldn’t conclude Yeon Sora had set a trap, but…

One thing was certain.

She was a person requiring caution.

* * *

Morning arrived.

What day is today!

The day Yeom Juwan and I enroll in the academy!

While waiting for the school bus at the apartment entrance, Yeon Sora’s original body’s 11-person family followed out in a line.

“They really provide bedding there? Just in case, wouldn’t it be better to take a down comforter?”

“The enrollment guide clearly said there’s no need, unnie, you’re too meddlesome!”

“Our Sora, you need to pack allergy medicine too…”

“Could you take a camcorder and film some footage of you two together?”

“Call at least once a week!”

“I’ll cheer on noona and hyung’s wonderful advantage!”

“It’s adventure, you idiot!”

A moment later, a yellow school bus arrived and a suited man stepped out from inside.

“I’m from NAKSA. Are you Yeom Juwan and Yeon Sora?”

“Yes.”

NAKSA is short for National Academy of Korea for Special Abilities.

It was named in the old days with the aerospace administration that supposedly gathered only geniuses in mind, but public reaction to this name was cold and only employees use that designation.

In the work, everyone just calls it ‘the academy.’

“ID verification, please.”

After the academy employee verified our identities, he loaded our suitcases into the cargo space.

Meanwhile, we had a final hug time.

“Both of you, be very careful.”

“Juwan, I’m leaving Sora to you.”

A good family no matter how you look at it.

Though it was only a week, bustling about together, I’d grown somewhat attached…

I gave them the brightest smile I could to reassure them.

“Nothing will happen, don’t worry.”

This is complete bullshit.

Because where I’m going now is Destructionland where all kinds of catastrophic incident, assassination, wholesale slaughter, and annihilation scenarios unfold.

Still, I have to go.

Because I need to prevent this world’s destruction together with my babies.

“I’m off.”

* * *

The academy is located on Yeouido.

However, this world’s Yeouido is a bit different from that world’s Yeouido.

The <On the Brink of Destruction> worldview experienced the Great Rift incident 30 years ago.

A time when earthquakes erupted out of nowhere, tsunamis swept over, and tornadoes raged. Yeouido became an island floating in the middle of the Han River due to earthquakes, and the Seogang Bridge, Mapo Bridge, Wonhyo Bridge and other bridges connecting Yeouido to the mainland were all severed—that’s the setting.

Bridges could be quickly repaired with restoration magic, but the higher-ups of <On the Brink of Destruction> didn’t do that.

Instead, utilizing Yeouido’s isolated terrain, they turned the entire island into a monster gathering place.

Monster research facilities, monster breeding facilities, etc. were all crammed onto Yeouido and surrounded with tightly wrapped barriers.

The academy that teaches ‘Students! Let’s fight monsters!’ is also located on Yeouido.

Anyway.

Yeouido is an island, you can only enter by taking a dedicated ferry, and we’re currently moving on that ferry.

Every time the hull advanced forward, the surface in contact with river water glowed blue as if CG-processed.

“What are you staring at?”

Turning my head, Yeom Juwan was looking down following my gaze.

“Just curious.”

“About what?”

“What happens if you fall off the boat?”

“Without barrier temporary release magic, you’d bounce off.”

“Then you’d fly like a trampoline? What about landing?”

Whether you’d fly to north of the river or south of the river.

I was also curious who’d pay the medical bills if landing failed and caused fractures, but… I decided not to ask.

Because Yeom Juwan was narrowing his eyes while looking at me.

“You, is something going on lately?”

“Why?”

“Just… you seem too different.”

My heart sank for a moment.

Right, I was a Yeon Sora imposter, wasn’t I?

Why am I speaking so confidently without any filtering?

First… let’s handle this.

I tried to create an atmosphere with the most wistful gaze possible.

“I’ve just been too indifferent to the outside world until now. I thought it was unrelated to me… but from now on, I’m not a civilian either, right? I need to change.”

“That’s true.”

Huh?

I’m paradoxically flustered by how readily he accepts it.

Yeom Juwan was muttering while looking at a distant mountain.

“Who would’ve known we’d become awakened ones. From now on we need to change… you too, me too.”

He’d self-interpreted Yeon Sora’s personality change as being due to the major life event called ‘awakening.’

When you think about it, Yeom Juwan also had character collapse after awakening.

Since he did it himself, he can’t just criticize me alone, right, exactly.

‘Lucky.’

Still…

Let’s be more careful from now on.

* * *

The place we arrived at is the National Assembly Building.

In <On the Brink of Destruction>, it’s the academy main building.

For reference, the actual National Assembly built a brand new building near the Blue House and moved.

“Come this way, please!”

A waiting employee guided us to the administrative office.

The academy administrative office looked like a bank with about 20 windows.

“Student Yeon Sora?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll proceed with identity verification.”

The administrative office employee took all ten of my fingerprints in an instant, swished a cotton swab through my mouth, then began typing at insane speed.

“It shows you already possess a device. May I verify?”

When I smoothly extended my wrist, the employee’s eyes went round.

“Th-this is a Phoenix 13! I put in a pre-order too! How did you already get one?”

“I received it as a gift.”

“Ugh, I’m jealous! This model supposedly has 33 square meters of inventory space, right? High durability so it can withstand S-rank attacks a total of 15 times, uses cutting-edge satellite systems so communication functions work even in intermediate zones…”

This person, if they’d been born in that world, would’ve been the type to camp overnight in front of stores when new iPhones came out in the old days.

By the way. This is Ha Seonwoo’s gift, but it seems better performance than I thought.

I should look up the detailed specifications later.

“S-sorry! That’s not something to talk about while working…”

The employee who’d regained their senses began tap-tap-tapping the keyboard again.

[Will you allow NAKSA system access? Y/N]

[Successfully linked to NAKSA system.]

“Your dormitory is Dormitory 2, Room 395, Student Yeon Sora. Textbooks and uniforms are all prepared in the dormitory room.”

“Dormitory 2?”

“Yes.”

News like a bolt from the blue.

My first choice accommodation is Dormitory 1.

Because it’s where 50% of my bias characters, including Gyeon Junhwi and Ki Hyeonmin, reside.

“If you’re missing any supplies, please click ‘Help’ at the very bottom of the dedicated system to let us know. Next!”

Leaving the window, Yeom Juwan was waiting for me.

I asked with half expectation, half fear.

“Juwan, which dormitory are you?”

“Number 2. You?”

“Me too, number 2.”

A sigh of relief came naturally.

The 1+1 bundle setting with Yeom Juwan is still valid, huh.

“Dormitory 2 students, come this way please! Shuttle departing!”

Without time to catch our breath, another employee herded us like sheep.

Why is everything so efficient?

Since I arrived at the academy, I wanted to look around and see if any other biases were nearby…

But this complaint quickly subsided.

“Dormitory 2! Everyone please exit!”

Because the dormitory building is seriously pretty.

It’s a medieval castle design that could appear in fairy tales.

‘Why a medieval castle design in a modern fantasy novel?’ was a question I kicked away with my foot the moment it appeared.

Right, pretty is enough! To hell with plausibility!

The dormitory interior was also antique and exotic.

I was rubbing my eyes to properly tour around when I saw a figure approaching this way.

“Hey! Freshmen!”

A youth with unique attire.

A beautiful youth wearing something like a navy blue martial arts uniform, his long hair reaching his waist tightly tied up in a topknot.

His eyes a light purple resembling violets.

Could it be…?

“Nice to meet you. I’m the dorm head, Min Dorim.”

My breath stopped.

Finally met!

My bias character!