The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 194

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 194

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Whoooosh—
In the sauna where steam rose in gentle wisps, Mo Jun-mi and I sat across from each other, each wrapped in shower robes.
She was channeling healing into my hand while I gazed at her intently.
‘She’s beautiful.’
She had once been famous online as a pure and elegant healer.
Much like sports stars, hunters sometimes rose to prominence through their appearance or star quality, and Mo Jun-mi was one such case.
Her stunning looks, rivaling those of celebrities, led to frequent commercial endorsements and television appearances.
Combined with her long-term relationship with another S-rank hunter, Jeon Hwan-su, and her image as a loyal woman who remained with the Daeyang Guild to protect her boyfriend, she commanded extraordinary popularity.
Now that I thought about it, the fact that Mo Jun-mi had supported Jeon Hwan-su and Choi Eun-mi’s engagement and even joined them for hunting—well, golf first—seemed to have earned her praise for being ‘cool’ and having a ‘mature approach to romance.’ Was she deliberately cultivating that image?
As these thoughts occupied my mind while I continued staring at her, she spoke.
“Staring intently won’t make it heal any faster, you know.”
“…Ah, yes. Right.”
I drew my lips inward, then released them as I spoke.
“You’re just so beautiful. You’re even more beautiful in person.”
At my words, Mo Jun-mi lifted her head to look at me.
A subtle light flickered across her face for a moment.
“I haven’t heard words like that in a long time.”
“…Why so long? I’d have thought you heard them constantly.”
She let out a soft laugh and returned her attention to my wrist.
“Which one is the real you?”
“Pardon?”
“The person who was clashing with Jeon Hwan-su earlier—is that really you?”
“I’ve always been somewhat lacking in social skills, haha!”
At my words, one of her eyebrows twitched slightly.
She then knelt before me and examined my ankle.
In that moment, I caught sight of a red wound near her nape.
It was discolored and elongated—a long, vivid mark.
As if someone had strangled her neck, and she’d only healed the visible portions, leaving the rest untouched—
My eyes narrowed.
‘Come to think of it, Mo Jun-mi has been constantly wearing scarves or turtlenecks around her neck.’
Surely not.
“You seem fine despite being bitten by an S-rank monster.”
“…?”
Mo Jun-mi lifted her head.
In that instant, all my idle thoughts about her vanished, and I could only see her eyes.
Eyes that were calm, yet somehow resigned.
“What do you mean by that…?”
“Jeon Hwan-su’s wounds weren’t inflicted by a B-rank monster. They were wounds from a C-rank monster.”
“…So he was making such a fuss over that?”
An S-rank hunter acting so pathetic?
“But Catherine’s wounds aren’t from a Slime bite either. They’re from an S-rank monster.”
At that moment, beside the sauna machine that hissed upward, Kang Si-bang and Imalra, who had been scorching their bodies, slightly revealed themselves.
[Tch, quite perceptive. I am rather strong, after all.]
An S-rank monster?
My Si-bang isn’t quite at that level….
“But for some reason, it seems like the S-rank monster bit with great affection, very gently.”
[Ahem….]
Si-bang, embarrassed for some reason, flushed his face—no, his entire body red before disappearing again.
“That can’t possibly be true, can it?”
“Right. It shouldn’t be possible, but why does it seem that way?”
Mo Jun-mi looked at me.
I couldn’t find an answer and rolled my eyes.
It was Mo Jun-mi who broke the silence first.
“If there are secrets, it’s best to hide them well. I’m actually relieved.”
Relieved?
That’s when I felt a sense of déjà vu from those words.
Mo Jun-mi suddenly crumpled her face.
As if she felt some sharp pain near her heart.
“…Why, why are you like that?”
“It’s nothing.”
I tried to support her but noticed bruises revealed as her robe fluttered, covering her wrist.
I was about to ask Mo Jun-mi something but closed my mouth.
Mo Jun-mi touched her chest and spoke.
“I must have stayed in the sauna too long.”
She smiled gently at me.
“I’ll head out first. The Slime neurotoxin is painful, but the aftereffects don’t last long, so don’t worry too much.”
Mo Jun-mi opened the door and left first.
The cold air slightly cooled my heated body.
Kang Si-bang shuffled toward me.
[Does it hurt a lot, human?]
I shook my head at Si-bang.
Beyond the translucent glass, I could see Mo Jun-mi’s silhouette growing distant.
‘Something’s odd, but it’s hard to say what exactly feels wrong.’
This is exactly what the ‘skill’ is for.
I quietly moved my lips.
‘Memories of Possession.’
‘Focus.’
At the same time, my mind became crystal clear.
Mo Jun-mi’s wounds.
‘It’s almost a relief.’
‘If there’s a secret, then hiding it….’
Mo Jun-mi’s gesture of clutching her heart.
Every clue interwove like warp and weft threads, creating a single pattern.
The larger picture, initially somewhat blurred, became clear as if sharpening its resolution.
Ik-seong’s skill embodied itself within my mind and manifested directly.
The moment the clear picture finally took shape.
I exhaled a short, deep breath.
“Huh.”
One hypothesis had been completed.
But as Ik-seong said, every hypothesis requires proof.
A hypothesis is merely a hypothesis, after all.
But if this hypothesis is correct, Mo Jun-mi wouldn’t have answered no matter what question I asked.
No, she couldn’t have answered.

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“La bella caccia.”
Choi Woo-jin arrived at the Shaded House with blood streaked across his face, holding out something incomprehensible to me like a proposal ring.
Inside that translucent sphere was a glittering Magical Stone, and blood dripped steadily from the sphere.
“Wow. Baby. What is this?”
I said this while turning my back to Jeon Hwan-su, Mo Jun-mi, and Choi Eun-mi, who were now preparing to leave, and glared at Choi Woo-jin as if I could kill him.
“A gift~ for~ our baby~”
I’m going to die, seriously.
“It’s a Grade B Magical Stone that dropped from a Giant Moose we caught in the E Zone.”
“So this is….”
“The Giant Moose’s left eyeball. Baby.”
He said this while bringing that translucent sphere toward my left eye.
What the hell.
I held back the urge to grab Choi Woo-jin by the collar and laughed instead.
“Ahaha, I’m really grateful, honey.”
I picked it up.
The squishy sensation made nausea rise within me.
“It looks good. There’s a sauna here too—why don’t we get a room while we’re at it?”
Jeon Hwan-su chuckled and threw out a crude joke.
At his words, Choi Woo-jin shrugged and replied.
“Maybe? We already have 120 points anyway, so we can just go around sightseeing. Why don’t you let me take my honey hunting too?”
At Choi Woo-jin’s words, Choi Eun-mi’s eyes widened.
“A hundred points? Really?”
Choi Woo-jin’s caddy nodded at Choi Eun-mi’s question.
“Yes. She caught 5 monsters in the E Zone and 14 in the D Zone.”
In less than an hour?
No matter how skilled an S-rank Hunter she was, to achieve this level of hunting prowess on such a massive map was extraordinary.
‘Truly, a ranker is a ranker.’
“How many points did my brother get?”
At Choi Eun-mi’s innocent question, Jeon Hwan-su’s caddy spoke with a somewhat flustered expression.
“Just slightly under 80 points… that’s his score.”
“If my brother had only caught that Giant Moose in the E Zone earlier, this wouldn’t have happened, right? It was just too fast….”
At Choi Eun-mi’s words, Jeon Hwan-su irritably shook off her arm.
“Fast? Nothing was fast. I just let her win. The real fun of this game comes later anyway, honey.”
Jeon Hwan-su left the Shaded House with a crumpled expression.
Choi Eun-mi tried to call after him but instead vented her frustration toward me and Choi Woo-jin.
“Where did you pick up that crazy bastard?”
At those words, Choi Woo-jin grinned and replied.
“Our girl caused trouble again? How adorable. That’s your charm point. You’ve got that unpredictable spark.”
Wait, he seems to actually mean that.
I pressed my foot down hard on Choi Woo-jin’s foot under the table.
I could see his face wince.
That must hurt.
I just swapped out my footwear item after all.
High-Top Sneakers (S)
-Capable of running up to 80 km/h.
-Can deliver strikes at 500% of normal attack power.
I had plenty of uses for those Magical Stones, you bastard.
Hunting S-rank monsters?
No.
Hunting S-rank Hunters!

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