Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 70

The temple was smaller than expected.

It was marked as ‘Temple of the Beginning’ on the academy-provided map, otherwise I would’ve passed right by it—nothing special about the building.

Seong Hayul was frowning while groping the pitch-black walls.

“This… won’t collapse, right?”

“Come on, surely not.”

“Are we really sure it’s safe to go in?”

Thanks to the <Dark Revolution> I cast, every building in this village burned pitch black. I heard it was safe, but that came from the twins, so who knows if it’s trustworthy.

Still, seeing safety-first Gyeon Junhwi taking the lead, it must be safe!

Just as I was replenishing my trust and about to proceed, Seong Hayul’s hesitation caught my attention.

“Hayul, I’m dizzy… help me out.”

“Why are you telling me? Ask Han Boram.”

“Boram’s the wrong height.”

“Haah… seriously.”

Seeing her grumble while still helping me, she’s not completely rotten after all.

From now on, I absolutely have to keep Seong Hayul with me. Since Yeon Sora used a calamity-class skill, the twins will obviously use Seong Hayul as a sacrifice.

“Huh? The inside is fine?”

“It’s way more gorgeous than I thought?”

The temple’s interior walls were all pure gold.

You could peel them off for decent money, but seeing how no one has ever succeeded, there must be some kind of anti-theft system.

Conveniently, I spotted what looked like a wooden bench ahead, so I sprawled out on it.

“Rahee, heal me.”

“…Huh? Oh….”

For reference, I brought Park Rahee along too.

Better to keep her beside me under surveillance than let her conspire with the twins outside.

While I thoroughly drained Park Rahee’s healing ability to the very end, the other kids were touring the temple interior.

“Th-the wallpaper is so pretty! Th-there are pictures!”

“Are you stupid? Obviously those are ancient characters, not wallpaper.”

“Wh-which country’s writing?”

“I don’t know either.”

“Y-you’re stupid too then?”

“What?”

“I-if we both don’t know, we’re both stupid! B-but at least I can kill monsters!”

Seong Hayul and Han Boram are bickering.

In the original, Han Boram was always getting bullied and whimpering, but now she’s snapping right back. Her self-esteem must have risen considerably after her Jang Heebin reincarnation.

Good for you, my baby.

‘That side has changed a lot too.’

Since she’s not my bias, I haven’t been paying attention at all, but Seong Hayul is also experiencing serious character breakdown right now.

She was the epitome of two-facedness—acting sweet in front and tormenting people behind—but now her front and back are identical.

Did she miss the timing for putting on an act?

Still, this version is more refreshing and better.

“J-Junhwi is smart! D-do you know what writing this is?”

“I don’t know either. I can tell it’s hieroglyphics, but this village’s reference hasn’t been identified.”

The real-world model for the 1st floor has never been revealed.

Various adventurers and scholars have analyzed this place’s relics over time, but only discovered that all village residents were annihilated within a week due to some incident.

“Wh-why don’t they know?”

“Must be a bug.”

“R-right! A bug!”

Kids, it’s all bugs all the time now.

I really need to set aside a day later for bug common sense education.

I checked the hologram CCTV—the twins are just sitting still on the ground. Seeing their excessive lack of movement, they seem to be holding a telepathy meeting.

While we were having this relatively peaceful time, Gyeon Junhwi craned his neck toward another room in the back.

“Want to check that side out too?”

Finally, the hidden piece episode!

A relic both Ki Hyeonmin and Gyeon Junhwi are targeting sleeps in there.

How this scene has been modified!!!

My desire to follow and observe has pierced the ceiling, entered the upper stratosphere, and is violently combusting!!!

‘Must endure… must endure….’

I’m barely controlling my urges and staying sprawled here for Park Rahee surveillance and my babies’ privacy.

But here, something unexpected happened.

“I’ll just stay here.”

“Ki Hyeonmin, what about you?”

“…I refuse.”

Both Yeom Juwan and Ki Hyeonmin refused to accompany them.

Both made their decisions after glancing at me, so the reason was obvious.

‘It’s because of me?’

I knew our Juwan wouldn’t leave Yeon Sora in this state, but Ki Hyeonmin is truly surprising.

Seeing him clench and unclench his fist, he’s conflicted, but he’s decided sacrifice prevention comes before hidden pieces. He’s uneasy about leaving me behind since I keep collapsing.

This is when I need to end the malingering.

I’d just been on death’s door, so I was wondering what method to use when suddenly Seong Hayul approached and thrust a glass bottle right in front of my nose.

“You’re preventing them from going, you know? Stop being a nuisance and drink this. It’s a potion good for heatstroke.”

“You’re just giving it to me?”

“Well, you did save me from the mummy attack earlier.”

I’m grateful, but….

This girl sprinkled Enchantment Potions around gathering followers, so I’m quite uneasy about just drinking it.

“It’s really a heatstroke potion, right?”

“Then what? Think I gave you poison?”

“You drink a sip first.”

“Haah… my blood pressure.”

If Seong Hayul drinks her own Enchantment Potion, she shows symptoms of extreme narcissism. That’s why I requested a taste test, but she surprisingly obediently took a sip and offered me the rest.

“You know you’re really obnoxious, right?”

“You’re obnoxious too.”

“You know it’s a real disaster that someone like you has that ability, right?”

“Should I have just let you die earlier then?”

“Aaaah! I really, really hate you, you know?”

“But I actually like you better than at first?”

Not a lie.

More comfortable to have her throwing fits in front than doing dirty things behind the scenes.

I downed the potion in one shot, then jumped up briskly.

“The medicine effect is really good?”

“Of course, who gave it to you?”

“Then can I go look around too for a bit?”

* * *

Unlike the first room covered in gold, the second room was modest.

Inside a circular space, 13 stone statues are displayed.

Twelve male and female statues strike gorgeous poses on pedestals while cradling eggs—among those, three are myth-grade relics called ‘Veda’s Pearls.’

They’re also keys that open secret spaces scattered throughout the Tower.

“Th-that one over there, why is it all alone?”

“Who knows?”

“A bug?”

Boram, that’s not it.

“I-isn’t it sad… being alone….”

The statue Han Boram is pointing at has the form of a young girl. Unlike the other magnificent statues, she has a slightly dumb face and is playing marbles on the floor.

“What kind of statue is this?”

“A deity?”

“What deity?”

Gyeon Junhwi looked at each statue one by one, then stood before one.

“What kind of egg is this?”

The moment he reached out and touched the egg the statue was cradling, I quickly turned to check Ki Hyeonmin’s face.

Ki Hyeonmin’s pupils blatantly dilated then contracted. As expected, that’s one of Veda’s Pearls.

“As expected, it won’t come off?”

“Really?”

“But something….”

When Gyeon Junhwi grabbed the egg and spun it round, just that part separated and fell away.

Looking at it this way, it resembles a light bulb somewhat.

“This… has some kind of pattern drawn on it?”

“Really?”

While Seong Hayul and Han Boram went over to peek, Ki Hyeonmin only moved his eyes to send his gaze toward another statue.

My baby, you’re pretty transparent, aren’t you?

But seeing him clench and unclench his fist, he seems to hesitate about moving.

“This one’s interesting too?”

I had no choice but to walk toward that side for him.

Feels a bit like… walking a wolf.

I naturally positioned myself near the statue, linked arms with Park Rahee and turned my gaze the opposite direction. Stood in front of another statue doing something else, helping Ki Hyeonmin acquire the egg.

But while harvesting the second egg—

“Huh?”

Gyeon Junhwi looked at Ki Hyeonmin with a blatantly surprised expression. He’s doing it on purpose.

Their gazes crossed, Ki Hyeonmin’s lips became old-style font, then both averted their eyes.

‘Mm, is that the end?’

They’ll probably have an identity conversation later just the two of them.

Feels rather bland without narration.

Can’t be helped with too many spectators?

Actually, recognizing this relic is remarkable.

It only generates when first entering the 1st floor instance area, and hints about these pearls are hidden in the 30th floor secret space. Even if ordinary people obtained hints from the 30th floor secret space, they couldn’t acquire them.

In other words, it’s a regressor-tailored item.

“J-Junhwi, what’s wrong?”

“Ah, nothing. I saw wrong.”

“K-Ki Hyeonmin is taking an egg too?”

We’ve finished our business, but… Han Boram caught the egg Ki Hyeonmin is trying to hide.

Well, he acted obviously enough to get caught.

My baby only has the habit of acting alone, so he’s totally awkward at secretly handling something in front of others.

This is my turn!

Let’s hide the tree in the forest!

“But these eggs are really pretty, aren’t they? Boram, let’s each take one too!”

“I-is that okay?”

“Originally in the Tower, finders keepers, right? Let’s grab them as first practical souvenirs!”

I randomly grabbed an egg and spun it round, and Han Boram copied me.

“Come on, Juwan, Hayul, Rahee—everyone grab one as a souvenir.”

“What’s there to commemorate? Only memories I want to forget.”

“Still, take one.”

I went around pillaging all eggs from all statues, then distributed them with meddling everywhere.

Meanwhile, Seong Hayul looked at the egg’s surface and tilted her head.

“Doesn’t this look like a magic circle?”

“What does?”

“This pattern… I wonder if something appears if you channel mana like with a skill board.”

“No way.”

She’s unexpectedly sharp.

Seong Hayul seems to be closing her eyes and channeling mana, but there won’t be any particular change.

Because the three hidden pieces that work that way have already been claimed by my babies.

After pillaging all eggs, I also approached the statue remaining on the floor.

“Y-you’re taking that one too?”

“It would be sad to not take only hers.”

“Huh?”

“Pillaging should be done equally.”

“Y-you’re right! S-Sora… so, so righteous!”

The statue on the floor was playing with a marble instead of an egg. Small in size with no pattern. I grabbed it and twisted it like a light bulb—

‘?’

The slime’s cold sensation is felt from the marble.

This is definitely mana’s presence…?

But Gyeon Junhwi didn’t touch this marble. Even when I touched it, there was no reaction.

My baby has Item Appraisal and Item Detection skills equipped, so all relics in range should be visible… there’s no way he’d miss a relic containing mana.

‘Still, should I check?’

Holding the extracted marble, I scurried over to Gyeon Junhwi to show him.

“Junhwi, what do you think this marble is?”

“A marble? Who knows? This one has no pattern either?”

Gyeon Junhwi examined the marble closely but returned it to me as is.

Junhwi never yields good things to others.

If he returned it, it means it’s not an item or relic…. But the sticky sensation I feel in my hand is definitely mana.

What is this?