Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 53

There were two reasons why Yeom Juwan refused Min Dorim’s tutoring offer.

The first reason: doubting his actual skills.

Juwan misunderstood that Min Dorim was bluffing.

This misunderstanding can be easily resolved.

“Can you really help us? I heard you’re one of the top two in your year…”

“Haha, not top two but 2nd place. Though this year I’ll probably get overtaken. I played around all break.”

“You’re… 2nd in your year?”

My baby, look how shocked you are.

It’s information you could find with just a little searching, but seems you truly had zero interest.

After appealing Min Dorim’s specs, what’s next…

“Why do you want to teach Yeom Juwan? You don’t really gain anything from it.”

The second reason Yeom Juwan refused Min Dorim was ‘not understanding the motive.’

The logic being it’s suspicious to make an offer when there’s no reason to help.

Honestly, I’m curious about this too.

“He’s just cute when he’s struggling, you know? Something desperate about him.”

Min Dorim shrugged with an irritating expression.

I don’t know why he uses that superior face like this.

With such proactive and progressive features! Such a waste of Earth’s resources!

Min Dorim is one of my babies too, but the early parts are really bratty.

He has poor compatibility with the rather serious Yeom Juwan.

“I don’t dislike desperation. It takes courage to show your desperate side.”

Min Dorim’s lips suddenly drew a straight line.

His eyes deepened—the atmosphere is insane!

Right, that’s how you use that face!

“Really?”

This time it was Yeom Juwan who spoke.

His soft persimmon eyes had become hard dried persimmons.

Yeom Juwan looked straight at Min Dorim with upright eyes.

“Can you really teach me?”

“What, does 2nd place suddenly look different?”

“I want to get stronger no matter what. Please.”

Yeom Juwan bowed his head politely.

Suddenly changing his attitude like this completely isn’t easy…

‘My baby was always this kind of child.’

Yeom Juwan bows properly when he needs to bow.

When he makes a mistake, instead of making excuses or rationalizing, he bows first.

He has clear convictions, but the moment he acknowledges those convictions are wrong, he discards them mercilessly.

Min Dorim seemed to not have expected Yeom Juwan’s reaction and hesitated briefly, but soon showed a subtle smile.

“Teaching isn’t hard, but it’s not free~”

This scammer!

You talked like you’d just do it earlier!

But there’s no wavering in Yeom Juwan’s eyes or voice.

“How much should I pay you?”

“I don’t need money. I’ve got money rotting away, believe it or not.”

“Then what…”

“The way you address me.”

This time our Juwan was also greatly shaken.

He bit his lip slightly, and red was creeping up his face.

“Please… hyung.”

“I can’t hear you, it’s too quiet?”

“Please, hy…hyung.”

“What’s ‘hyhyung’?”

“Hyung.”

“Again.”

“Hyung!”

“Hahaha!”

Min Dorim roughly tousled Yeom Juwan’s hair with one hand.

He looks genuinely happy.

Did calling him hyung make him that happy?

Or is it because our Juwan is cute?

Right, that last bit was a bit too much.

I almost did a forward roll all the way to Argentina!

“I can’t just sit still when such a cute younger brother asks! Since we’re talking about it, let’s start tomorrow!”

Either way, the tutoring plan was successfully arranged.

“Can I come along too?”

“Well? If my cute younger brother asks, I might allow it?”

“S-Sora too… please let her come… hyung.”

“Hahaha! Sure, adding one more person isn’t much of a burden!”

* * *

The next day.

I headed to the training ground with an excited heart.

Special training, special training! Special training from the mana monster Min Dorim!

But contrary to expectations, Min Dorim guided us to the agility training ground.

“First it’s good to increase your body’s reaction speed. If your movement speed increases, you can secure more time to make plans.”

The agility training ground is a place where you run while clearing various obstacles within a given time.

A combination of running and obstacles.

Fatal for Yeon Sora.

“I’ll watch from above, so do your best running.”

“Yes.”

“Yeon Sora, will you do it too?”

“No, I’ll watch with you.”

“Well, suit yourself.”

This training ground has a separate monitoring room.

You can look down at Yeom Juwan below through the glass window, and holograms on the walls show Yeom Juwan’s movements in close-up from 12 different camera angles.

Fweeet—

With the whistle sound, Yeom Juwan started running.

The first section is a swamp. After barely making it through the section where the ground keeps sinking, comes the ‘forest zone.’ A place with giant tree trunks complexly intertwined. After that is the ‘sky zone.’ You jump up in the air by stepping on something like springs, then have to hang from aerial bars and go to the end… a training course that looked exhausting just watching.

After one cycle ended, Min Dorim pressed some button while shouting into the microphone.

“Again!”

Fweeet—

“Again!”

Even though he made him repeat the same course 10 times, Yeom Juwan didn’t complain once.

Even though he looked ready to collapse any moment, whenever the whistle blew he absolutely charged forward.

“Don’t you think he needs rest?”

“Not yet. You need to experience extreme fatigue to see which parts of the body collapse first.”

Min Dorim was watching the screen with a surprisingly serious expression.

Right, my baby had talent in this area.

He was a character who clearly grasped party members’ strengths and weaknesses and placed them appropriately.

If Min Dorim trains him properly, Yeom Juwan will get stronger.

That’s a good thing, but…

‘This was agility training?’

Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed.

I thought he’d teach the Mana Generator technique.

Min Dorim has learned a unique technique that recovers mana simultaneously with using it—if you learn that, you can keep recycling and using even small amounts of mana.

“10-minute break, then we go again.”

“Hah… hah… Yes! Hah…”

Even though Yeom Juwan was breathing heavily, his face looked strangely refreshed.

He looks happy.

Right, as long as my baby’s happy.

Min Dorim is rewatching Yeom Juwan’s recorded footage.

“Can I ask you something?”

“What?”

“The mana candy you gave before—where can I buy it?”

The candy Min Dorim gave was quite useful.

I was just thinking it would be good to buy a box for the future.

“If you need mana, you should get mana potions.”

“Mana potions are too expensive. The efficiency is poor too…”

Mana potions sold on the market are high-capacity.

They charge a total of 500 mana, but the price is also 2 million gold per bottle.

With the current exchange rate at 1:1, it’s essentially 2 million won per bottle.

But my mana capacity is only 10.

If I drink one bottle, only 10 mana gets charged and the remaining 490 gets expelled from my body—there’s no waste quite like that.

“They don’t sell small-quantity potions, do they?”

“Of course not, no market potential.”

“Really?”

“Awakened items are basically price gouging. Better to sell expensive and keep more profit. The awakened population is only 10% of the total—the market scale is too small to aim for high volume, low margin.”

“But with all the new students, small-quantity potions would sell well too…”

“New students only need small-quantity potions for one year, then their mana capacity drastically increases. Can’t make business sense manufacturing something with low margin when you can’t maintain loyal customers.”

Min Dorim’s tone is quite different from usual.

He’s concentrating on the footage so he’s dealing with me half-heartedly… but his half-hearted tone sounds hundreds of times smarter.

“Then where did you get the candy you gave me?”

“I made it myself.”

“You have time to make that?”

“As if. I just gave the recipe and hired someone separately to manufacture it. Got proper authorization too.”

“Can I buy some?”

Min Dorim took his hand off the dial and looked at me.

Seems he’s finally interested in me.

One eyebrow raised with a bratty expression.

“Purchase is possible, but you can’t buy it with money. Like I said, I’ve got money rotting away. I’m the second son of a Big 4 guild, after all.”

“Then what should I give you?”

“Hahaha! That’s not for me to tell. You find something of value to exchange with me. I’ll listen, and if it’s good we’ll make a deal.”

Something of value to exchange with Min Dorim…

Min Dorim likes Yoo Seoha.

But it’s not like I can drag my unnie here and exchange her for a box of candy.

Still… isn’t there some way?

* * *

Min Dorim watched Yeom Juwan’s training for quite a while.

The next place we headed was the skill training ground.

It’s quite crowded even though it’s Sunday.

“You’re up to Paralysis and Defense for general skills right now?”

“Yes.”

“Catch this.”

Min Dorim tossed Yeom Juwan a barrier bracelet and started training.

Calling it training, but it’s just training to dodge the Paralysis skills Min Dorim fires off.

Apparently learning the attack range of invisible skills by feel.

“Yeon Sora, want me to do it for you too?”

“No, I’m fine.”

“What, weren’t you the one who wanted skill training?”

I did suggest coming here, but for different reasons.

“I want to practice with the skill board.”

While Yeom Juwan trained, I also practiced holding a skill board beside him.

The general skills we learned this week are Paralysis skill and Defense skill.

Since we’re learning 2 skills per week, it’ll be hard to keep up with the curriculum without properly mastering them.

‘Still, I can roughly do it now.’

Using the skill board, I can at least use Paralysis skill.

With my pure actual skill, not the skill copier.

Trying it once, there’s a difference in skill cost.

Using the copier: 10 mana per use.

Using my own skill: 1 mana per use.

‘It would be so nice if I just had abundant mana…’

If I just charge mana I’m a munchkin, but without mana I’m not—this ambiguous setting.

Pretty lousy.

I’ve prepared my own countermeasure, but executing it will take some time.

Wouldn’t going to the mana training ground at this time be better…

‘No, let’s be patient today.’

I need to be here today.

Because there’s someone who definitely appears here on Sunday afternoons.

My waiting was rewarded shortly after.

“Sora!”

A goddess approaching with a cheerful smile.

My unnie, Yoo Seoha.

My unnie’s smile is radiant.

That dazzling smile she only shows to her few fan friends.

Unnie, you can’t smile like that just anywhere. You’ll get caught.

No, not caught—people with weak hearts might collapse.

Actually, the group of male students visible behind Yoo Seoha have their mouths stupidly hanging open.

“Seeing you here makes me even happier!”

“Me too. Did you come to train?”

“Yeah, every Sunday I have a training routine.”

It’s my bias’s routine, so of course I know.

My unnie does skill training from 3 PM on Sundays until dinner time.

That’s why I guided us to come to the skill training ground.

“Sora, you’re… doing skill training?”

“Yes, our dorm head said he’d supervise us.”

“Dorm head…”

Yoo Seoha discovered Min Dorim and smiled brightly.

“It’s Dorim! What’s this, Dorim takes care of underclassmen too? You’ve matured?”

“…They were struggling so pitifully, haha.”

Min Dorim’s answer was delayed by about 2 seconds.

Hehe, as expected, you’re flustered.