The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 195

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 195

* * *
“Mo Jun-mi listens absolutely to Jeon Hwan-su because of her aunt?”
Choi Woo-jin, left alone with me, wore a peculiar expression as he heard my theory.
My reasoning was based on this.
Mo Jun-mi was not acting out of affection or loyalty toward Jeon Hwan-su.
If she truly were driven by affection or loyalty, she would have immediately mentioned the suspicious aspects of my wound right there.
So excluding affection and loyalty, it would be reasonable to assume Mo Jun-mi had some weakness that Jeon Hwan-su could exploit—
“A reaction of squeezing the heart, someone with a skill capable of both physical restraint at that level and ‘domination’ strong enough to silence Mo Jun-mi.”
The very premise that the issue between Mo Jun-mi and Jeon Hwan-su was the cause of this situation had a flaw.
It wasn’t Jeon Hwan-su who needed a powerful binding force on Mo Jun-mi—it was the Daeyang Guild.
And there were only two people in the Daeyang Guild capable of wielding mental-type skills this powerful.
Choi Jun-gu.
And Choi Se-a.
However, Choi Jun-gu’s skill was closer to brainwashing, so it didn’t fit this case.
Then only one answer remained.
Choi Se-a’s skill, Themis’s Sword.
A promise made once cannot be broken, and breaking that promise causes death in the manner Choi Se-a desires—a skill.
It was a skill that was both mental restraint and physical restraint simultaneously.
“But that skill can’t be activated without the target’s consent. That’s why even an S-rank hunter can’t easily escape the skill’s restrictions despite being A-rank.”
Choi Woo-jin seemed to think Mo Jun-mi had made a promise not to leave the Daeyang Guild.
But I thought differently.
A binding that could powerfully restrain one person.
A binding stronger than any skill.
What else could it be.
“Because she loved him. She loved Jeon Hwan-su.”
I recalled Mo Jun-mi’s face full of resignation.
In that bitter expression, there was no trace of jealousy.
There was no resentment toward Jeon Hwan-su either.
What existed there was only self-loathing.
“Knowing how much of a trash he is, she still loved him. That love is what made Mo Jun-mi make that ‘promise.'”
Not a promise to stay in the Daeyang Guild.
I recalled the scars remaining on Mo Jun-mi’s wrists and the back of her neck.
At first, I thought the scars remained because she had only healed the visible areas.
But something felt off.
Mo Jun-mi was an S-rank Healer.
There was no need for her to deliberately leave some of her own wounds unhealed. Even without visible marks, she could treat them sufficiently with just her body’s energy.
So why did she leave them.
And why did she deliberately hide her body so carefully every time.
Was that Mo Jun-mi’s intention?
Or—
“Submission to Jeon Hwan-su. That’s what she promised.”
Did Jeon Hwan-su enjoy that?
An S-rank Healer beneath his feet—Mo Jun-mi.
Technically weaker than S-rank combat hunters, but Mo Jun-mi possessed far greater rarity and star power as a hunter.
I could roughly predict what lay between the two of them.
Jeon Hwan-su and Mo Jun-mi had become lovers, but Mo Jun-mi would have continued receiving the spotlight, while Jeon Hwan-su would have felt inferior.
‘Just now, seeing him flip out over mere betting points tells you everything.’
Eight years ago, the younger Mo Jun-mi must have sought a way to soothe Jeon Hwan-su’s anxiety.
That method—the worst possible move.
She found Choi Se-a.
“From Choi Se-a’s perspective, there’s no reason or justification to refuse. If Jeon Hwan-su and Mo Jun-mi move as an inseparable set, then the Daeyang Guild only needs to secure Jeon Hwan-su and Mo Jun-mi follows. Just improve Jeon Hwan-su’s contract terms and an S-rank Healer comes along? How perfect.”
“…Ha.”
Choi Woo-jin squeezed his eyes shut as if he’d taken a direct hit, then opened them.
“Does that really make sense?”
Choi Woo-jin looked at me.
“Does love… really move people like that?”
His face full of disbelief.
I was more surprised that someone on his second life was this shocked by something so ordinary.
“Don’t you know people become fools when they fall in love?”
“…I don’t.”
Choi Woo-jin furrowed his brow.
“Not once have I ever seen anything like that.”
“You really….”
I reflected on his family composition, filled with mental-attribute ‘Dominators’.
Indeed, it would have been impossible to learn normal love among those who knew only domination and submission.
His parents had passed away in his childhood.
“No, wait. I have seen it once.”
Choi Woo-jin spoke with distant eyes.
“Someone who spoke the name of the person they loved until their dying moment, asking them to remember.”
He gazed at me quietly.
“Han Seong-ye.”
“….”
I exhaled softly for a moment.
“Yeah. That’s right. That’s what love is.”
At my words, Choi Woo-jin let out a hollow laugh.
“Love really is dangerous.”
At those words, I recalled what Ocean had said.
[Hunters are precious resources for humanity. Like nuclear fuel. But if you want to know what nuclear weapons have wrought, just look at Hiroshima or Chernobyl.]
“Love is dangerous, that’s true. Except when it’s not dangerous—then it’s remarkably useful.”

* * *
A short while later.
We were hunting in Zone D.
For safety reasons, Zone D required hunters to carry personal measuring devices instead of relying on caddies.
Of course, it was still possible to call for a caddy in dangerous situations.
And that was precisely why we were in Zone D.
Given that Zone E monsters typically spawned in Zone D, Jeon Hwan-su would likely be here now.
After an hour and a half of hunting time had already passed, everyone except Jeon Hwan-su and Choi Woo-jin had lost interest in hunting and were preoccupied with eating and playing around, so Zone D was nearly empty.
If that was the case, I should be able to meet Jeon Hwan-su in Zone D.
Only then could I use my possession skill on Jeon Hwan-su.
For some reason, it seemed Jeon Hwan-su wasn’t bound by the contract.
So Choi Woo-jin’s opinion was that I needed to use Jeon Hwan-su to uncover the exact terms of the contract and devise a way to break it.
I agreed to some extent.
And so I had come to Zone D—
Looking at Zone D, which consisted of tropical rainforest and volcano, I blinked repeatedly.
“How on earth does all of this fit inside this island?”
“That’s why it’s called a dungeon, isn’t it?”
Choi Woo-jin’s answer was a perfectly logical response to a foolish question.
At that moment, a jaguar lunged at Choi Woo-jin from behind.
Without time to think, I delivered a spinning kick toward the jaguar.
Thwack!
Screech!
Blood dripped from the jaguar’s mouth.
Whoa, that was dangerous.
“It can’t die!”
But the jaguar was already dead, and on my measuring device—
Points: 5
—points had been recorded.
I looked at Choi Woo-jin with a bewildered expression, but he simply shrugged and answered.
“Just say I nearly killed it and handed it over to you.”
Oh, such a simple solution.
Wait a moment.
If that’s the case…
“Can I actually take points from here?”
They said there were separate prizes for second and third place too.
This is getting exciting.
“Well, technically yes…”
The moment I heard those words, I immediately aimed my gun at the three-eyed monkey behind me.
Bang!
I fired a test shot, and my score immediately increased.
10 points
Wow.
I smiled widely as I looked at the rifle Pee So-won had gifted me.
This thing is incredibly powerful.
That’s when I thought it.
A warning alarm sounded from the measuring device.
E-Zone approaching!
A cold, dry wind swept across my back as if someone had turned on an air conditioner in the tropical rainforest.
When I turned around, a vast tundra landscape stretched before me, and I saw a herd of reindeer rushing toward me at high speed.
Wait. Can I even call those reindeer?
‘They’re like some kind of frozen refrigerated truck.’
With trembling hands, I aimed the rifle at the reindeer leading the charge.
Mimicking Pee So-won’s stance, I used my stepping foot as my center and fired.
Bang!
In that instant, the reindeer at the front collapsed, and my score increased.
20 points
‘Got it!’
But—
The moment the first reindeer fell, the others jumped even more powerfully, leaping over it and charging straight at me.
That’s when Choi Woo-jin launched into action.
Something spun like a propeller before my eyes, and when I came to my senses, five heads of giant moose were stacked in front of me.
Their bodies had melted away without a trace.
Wiping the blood splattered across his face, Choi Woo-jin stood at an angle and spoke.
“Something feels off.”
Of course it’s off. Five reindeer disappeared right before my eyes, leaving only their antlers behind.
“The E-Zone’s movement speed is too fast.”
[It feels like coming back home.]
At that moment, Imalra’s voice echoed in my ears.
[I died in a place like this too.]
A place like this meant—
‘The Fabergé Dungeon.’
Could this E-Zone possibly be—
Made from those dangerous mana stones that came from the Fabergé egg?
Is that why the difficulty ramped up so drastically and movement became possible?
At that moment, as if waiting for this cue, a roar echoed from somewhere.
The sound was so ear-splitting that my head felt dizzy.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————