The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 139

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 139

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I smiled contentedly as I looked at the photos Lee Yu-gyeom had sent me.
Of course, there were messages underneath them.
Lee Yu-gyeom
…See you at home later.
I was probably the only older sister in the world being controlled by a high school younger brother like this.
But since I’d obtained all these photos thanks to Lee Yu-gyeom, I couldn’t complain too much.
A photo with all these pieces of evidence spread out.
It was a bit underhanded, but they were things I’d obtained by using Lee Yu-gyeom.
A weekend to finally rest, just one day after the Jeong-an City case was wrapped up.
Now I spoke openly to Lee Yu-gyeom.
‘Hey. Your sister will drive you to the academy today.’
‘There’s an academy shuttle, so why bother?’
‘Yeah, I’m bothering.’
‘Why?’
Ah, what a difficult kid.
‘Because your sister wants to spend more time with her younger brother?’
‘…Get lost.’
‘Come on. We’re going the same way anyway. And I need to see the academy you attend. How am I supposed to trust that you’re using that money properly? Your sister is a civil servant, after all….’
‘Fine.’
He looked annoyed, but he was convinced nonetheless.
I drove Lee Yu-gyeom, who sat silently in the car absorbed in his academy textbooks, to his academy.
‘You didn’t finish your homework?’
‘No. I finished it earlier.’
‘Then why are you looking at the textbook again….’
‘Previewing.’
Ugh… how irritating.
‘You… if you keep showing that side of yourself to your friends, they’ll dislike you. You do have friends besides Won-yeon and Il-yeon, right?’
‘Then how do you think I became class president?’
He always makes good points.
Truly the top student in the entire school.
Thinking that, I waved goodbye to Lee Yu-gyeom with a bright smile.
And quite ‘coincidentally,’ I spotted a group of girls flirting with Lee Yu-gyeom.
‘Yu-gyeom!’
‘….’
‘What? You didn’t see my message? I even sent you photos, but you didn’t pick any.’
‘….’
‘You saw my photos though, right? Hehe, which one do you think looks pretty?’
Oh my, how adorable.
I picked out the baby with the pale complexion who resembled a soft red bean cake among them.
Kang Min-joo.
I thought she’d heavily edited her photos on social media, but she’s even prettier in person.
She would’ve been better off removing the filters altogether.
With that thought, I scanned the car that had apparently brought Kang Min-joo here with my eyes.
9831.
Noted.
Ah, this is exhilarating.
I feel like I’ve really become an investigator now—it’s exhilarating. Even though I already am one, it’s still exhilarating.
With that thought, I entered a nearby kuk-bap restaurant.
I ordered a generous portion of kuk-bap and fried chicken, and by the time I finished eating, the specialized academy was letting out.
Soon the students began pouring out, but for some reason, Lee Yu-gyeom and Kang Min-joo were nowhere to be seen.
‘That guy’s probably asking questions again. And Min-joo’s probably waiting for him like that.’
Anyway, what a troublesome kid.
With that thought, I waited quite a while for the two of them, and as expected, after about forty minutes, they came out side by side.
To be more precise, Lee Yu-gyeom was following Kang Min-joo—
In the dim alley, I passed near Lee Yu-gyeom and Kang Min-joo, already wearing the ring.
‘Yu-gyeom, just ride in our driver’s car. Your place is close to ours anyway.’
‘How are Cheongdam-dong and Guui-dong close?’
‘It’s not far if we drive.’
‘…Fine. Let’s see each other next week.’
‘Next week? Where?’
‘At the academy.’
I felt my heart break as I watched the soft red bean cake baby’s expression grow gloomy.
I was even thinking of becoming your sister-in-law—
‘…but I can’t. I’m sorry, but I’m going to put your father away.’
What kind of Romeo and Juliet narrative is this?
Except now Romeo doesn’t really love Juliet anymore.
I watched Lee Yu-gyeom disappear into the distance, then saw Kang Min-joo looking upset before getting into the car where the driver was waiting.
There are plenty of handsome guys when you get to university, Min-joo.
With that thought, I hailed a taxi.
When I pointed at the luxury foreign sedan and told the taxi driver, ‘Please follow that car,’ he looked at me a bit strangely—
‘My husband is in that car, but it looks like he’s going somewhere other than our house.’
The taxi driver’s eyes became resolute.
It was possible because my face looked considerably older than usual.
‘Hold on tight. From now on, this isn’t a taxi—it’s a rocket!’
…This driver must be from Chungcheong too.
With the taxi driver’s flashy drifting and various traffic maneuvers, we managed to follow that sedan into a residential area in Cheongdam-dong without losing it.
The driver even deliberately took detours through alleys so the sedan wouldn’t notice we were following them.
I wondered if he did this sort of thing often.
I gave the driver double the taxi fare for putting such thoughts in my head, then gazed down the alley where the car had stopped.
I could see 9831 entering the garage of a residence at the far end of the alley.
After 9831 had completely disappeared into the garage.
I stood in front of that residence.
Wow.
This is…
The house is enormous.
Ha ha.
I felt an inexplicable sense of relative deprivation and deployed it.
What is it, you ask?
Squelch, squelch.
Nothing beats this when you’re sneaking into someone else’s house.
Using my memories of possession, I squelched my way through the front gate.
I was thorough enough to squelch from that alley over there to avoid showing up on any CCTVs. Hehe.
I soon crawled… or rather, oozed across the lawn blanketing the garden, then looked up at the massive house with light spilling from its windows.
The house, with its entire front made of glass, was impossibly luxurious.
On the second floor, I could see a girl opening a window with an annoyed expression and drawing the curtains.
Soft rice cake!
It was Kang Min-joo!
I crawled up the wall, oozing like Romeo seeking Juliet on the second floor.
Our Min-joo, why must your name be Kang Min-joo?
I wish you and Yu-gyeom would work out. What a shame!
Thinking such pathetic thoughts, I oozed into Min-joo’s bedroom.
Clothes were scattered everywhere in complete disarray.
‘Plenty of places to hide.’
With that thought, I concealed myself somewhere among them.
‘No man has ever treated me like this!’
Right after hearing that clichéd line, I muttered to myself.
‘Her body is my body. My body is my body.’
And the next moment.
I had become soft rice cake.

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“Kang Min-joo…! You really aren’t eating….”
Kang Min-joo’s Mother knocked on her daughter’s door with irritation.
No matter how angry she was, maintaining dignity was her way.
But the next moment the door opened, and Kang Min-joo—her daughter—stepped out.
And the first thing her daughter said was this.
“You called for me, Mother.”
“…?”
“Mother. I think I shall go downstairs for a moment and read Father’s autobiography in his study. It seems necessary for my spiritual cultivation.”
“What? No….”
This girl who would never read it even when told to before.
And that wasn’t all.
‘Ugh, why would I read something like that!?’
This girl who used to shout and talk back rudely.
Kang Min-joo’s Mother was so caught up in these thoughts that she didn’t even think to confiscate Kang Min-joo’s phone, which she always seized whenever she came home.
And so she let Kang Min-joo quickly head down to Father’s study.
As a result….
Kang Min-joo—or rather, I, possessing Kang Min-joo—obtained these photographs.
A photo of Kang Min-joo showing off her nails over important documents in Father’s study.
A photo of Kang Min-joo posing prettily while holding Father’s important documents.
I sent them all in high resolution to Lee Yu-gyeom. Kang Min-joo… no, I did.
“So Kang Min-joo sent all of this to your younger sibling? Via SNS message?”
I smiled faintly watching Captain Hong’s bewildered expression.
“Look right here—see? These mana stones that the Hanseong Guild’s Vice Guild Master bulk-purchased from the Hunter Association’s Resource Management Division. They’re 200% more expensive than market price. In other words—”
“Consideration.”
Pee So-won narrowed her eyes as she looked at me.
She sighed, regarding me with a skeptical posture.
“You… always cause trouble. But….”
Pee So-won furrowed one brow.
“Just make sure you catch the criminal.”
“That’s why I’m so charming.”
I grinned widely.
Then Pee So-won furrowed her brow even more.
I know it all anyway.
That she likes me.
Ah, this strange confidence welling up—is it because of this special skill?
You have acquired ‘Hopelessly Captivated by Me (C)’.
So Kang Min-joo was an Awakened One…?

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