The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 233

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 233
My body… kept melting away.
Hehehehe.
With that thought, I slipped into the hotel suite where Sa Gong-seong lay snoring.
And I crawled toward the bed where Sa Gong-seong was sleeping…
Slip.
Crawling…
Slip.
Crawling…
Slip.
Damn it.
With no other choice, I climbed up the pillar beside the bed and jumped toward Sa Gong-seong.
“Ugh!”
In the process, I splattered against his leg.
Sa Gong-seong’s leg twitched, but he didn’t wake up.
The whiskey I’d downed in pairs was doing its job.
Hehehehe…
I quickly crawled toward Sa Gong-seong’s ring.
Of course, to anyone watching, it wouldn’t have looked fast.
‘Why is this hotel bedding so slippery?’
With that thought, I grasped the ring on Sa Gong-seong’s finger.
The ring had an engraved pattern, so it wasn’t difficult to remove.
The moment I slipped the ring off, I swallowed it into my body and smoothly exited the hotel room.

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And to return to the party hall, I deactivated the Gelatinous Body skill.
Just before deactivating it, I slipped the ring into my pouch, which had also turned gelatinous along with me.
After deactivating the Gelatinous Body skill and returning to the party hall, Min-ju proudly showed me her phone.
The phone contained a video she had recorded.
Crash!
A video of me breaking through a bookshelf—not a wooden board—with an awkwardly forced smile plastered on my face the entire time.
Hahahaha!
This is definitely going into my hall of shame, absolutely!
And aside from that, isn’t it problematic for a civil servant to come to a private party like this and put on a show?
It wasn’t even just a show—it was practically ‘A Spectacular Performance! Let me show you something amazing!’ level!
That’s when I was thinking this.
As if reading my mind, Min-ju spoke up.
“Videos recorded inside here don’t get uploaded or distributed. It’s a secret party, so anyone who does gets expelled immediately.”
“Ah….”
Thank goodness… wait, that’s not really the issue, is it?
Regardless, the image of me smashing that many bookshelves is now burned into the memories of all these people, right?
And I did it with such an idiotic expression while even throwing in some fancy footwork….
‘This is so embarrassing.’
Anyway.
In any case, I’ve definitely secured two things.
The PC containing all the guild corruption records and the tablet with Seol Ok-gyun’s weaknesses.
And if I count one more—
Quest completed. ‘Traces of Twisted Causality (2)’ has been unlocked. → Check it out right now.
[Confirm]
The unlocking of this Traces of Twisted Causality (2)—I’m not sure if it’s good or bad!
It’s been glowing in red since earlier, which is quite irritating—
‘I can’t check it right now.’
There’s definitely a time limit for checking it this time too, but if I leave this party hall now, it’ll be obvious I’m suspicious.
And that’s not all—
“Sorry I couldn’t watch your entire performance. Were you okay?”
I came here as Min-ju’s guardian, didn’t I?
“Yes, I was fine. Every time I come, I feel a bit embarrassed, but since you showed such an amazing performance today, I wasn’t embarrassed at all this time.”
At Min-ju’s bright words, I laughed awkwardly.
Right… so I embarrassed myself instead so you wouldn’t be… I see… that’s how it is….
Well. As long as Min-ju was happy, that’s what matters.
That’s when it happened.
Kang Min-ju’s uncle—more precisely, the Han-seong Guild Master—approached us.
“Min-ju.”
At her uncle’s call, Min-ju’s expression stiffened slightly.
“Ah. Yes, Uncle.”
“I’m so proud of Min-ju for doing such great work today. Haha.”
At Uncle’s words, Min-ju forced a smile.
“Let’s stay in touch more often, and grab a meal together next time. Oh, and Inspector Lee Yu-ji.”
He soon turned his gaze toward me.
I offered a faint smile in response and gave a slight bow.
“I heard you’ve been taking good care of our Min-ju. Thank you. I’ve been so preoccupied with my younger sibling’s matters that I haven’t been able to look after Min-ju much lately, but I’ll make sure to do better going forward.”
At those words, my brow furrowed.
Make sure to do better going forward…
There was something subtly barbed about that phrasing.
If it sounded like “back off from Min-ju from now on,” was that my problem to interpret?
“Um… forgive me, but what exactly do you plan to do to look after Min-ju?”
“Pardon?”
At my question, the Han-seong Guild Master’s face crumpled.
“Well, Min-ju’s college entrance exam is coming up soon, so we’ll assign her a knight to help her focus on her studies, hire a housekeeper, and—”
“So you’re planning to keep her under constant surveillance?”
“Pardon?”
I recalled the bodyguard who had been stationed beside Min-ju.
That man who had been at the athlete’s village.
“Does Min-ju actually like having you as her guardian or protector?”
I looked at Min-ju as I spoke.
It seemed clear that she hadn’t enjoyed having that bodyguard attached to her.
“Well… um… that is…”
“I’m not sure why you’re asking something so obvious. I’m Min-ju’s blood relative. Since my younger sibling met with such an unfortunate circumstance, I’m practically her only blood relation—”
“It wasn’t really an unfortunate circumstance.”
I cut off the Han-seong Guild Master’s words.
“Kang Tae-seon was arrested due to guild lobbying. Your wife and eldest son are also suspected of participating in that lobbying and accepting bribes in multiple cases.”
“Excuse me. Who do you think you are to meddle in someone else’s family affairs—”
“Kang Tae-seon and his wife’s role as guardians and protectors of Hunter Kang Min-ju only applied until she turned eighteen.”
“Pardon?”
“Although Min-ju hasn’t officially registered as a hunter yet, once she completes her hunter registration after turning eighteen, it’s possible to leave the guardian position vacant, and she can register with a guild without parental consent. After registration, she can engage in hunter activities as well.”
At my words, Min-ju’s eyes widened.
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Why did Kang Tae-seon prevent Kang Min-ju from registering as an Awakened?
It wasn’t because he was ashamed of her abilities.
It was because her abilities were far too valuable, and he wanted to keep her under his thumb.
The Han-seong Guild Master before my eyes was likely the same.
“In that case, Hunter Kang Min-ju would be able to engage in economic activities independently without needing the Han-seong Guild Master’s assistance, and she could hire a knight or housekeeper on her own. Moreover, if Hunter Kang Min-ju wished—”
I looked at Kang Min-ju as I spoke.
“I could potentially become a guardian for Hunter Kang Min-joo.”
At my words, Kang Min-joo’s eyes widened.
“Didn’t you say I shouldn’t meddle in other people’s family affairs?”
I smiled at the Han-seong Guild Master.
“I’m a civil servant. I might actually know the Hunter Laws a bit better than you, Guild Master.”
At my words, the Han-seong Guild Master’s face crumpled.
Just then, someone climbed onto the podium and grabbed the microphone, so the Han-seong Guild Master couldn’t press further and turned away.
Kang Min-joo spoke in an excited voice.
“Is there really such a law? Really, truly? And if I want, you’ll become my guardian?”
“Of course… Well… Kang Il-yeon and Kang Won-yeon are already doing that, aren’t they?”
I filed their guardian applications myself, after all.
They’re both eighteen now, so it’s about time they started looking into guilds.
Kang Il-yeon seems intent on continuing workshop activities, and Kang Won-yeon appears to be looking into the big three guilds.
I wonder what Min-joo will do.
That’s what I was thinking.
“So I can really live with my sister now?”
“Huh?”
What? Is that a problem?
She could earn quite a bit of money once she joins a guild, couldn’t she?
Well, of course Min-joo’s skill is being utilized like an influencer’s, but it’s not entirely useless within dungeons.
She could draw aggro from most C-rank monsters.
If we just assign one hunter to guarantee Min-joo’s safety, the other team members could raid comfortably in the meantime.
‘It’s quite a specialized skill, so many guilds would probably want her.’
“Well, of course you can live with me. It’s just that I only have one house… and… Yu-gyeom is there.”
“I can share a house with Yu-gyeom.”
“No. That won’t work with Yu-gyeom and me….”
Just as I was about to say that, the man on the podium opened his mouth.
“From now on, all attendees, please follow our guidance.”
Simultaneously, the doors at the back and front began to seal shut.
This feels… ominous.
“A terror threat has been detected in the lounge. We will now conduct a belongings inspection of all attendees.”
As he spoke, I saw Sa Gong-seong stumbling in through one of the doors, clutching his head.
What the hell.
He figured it out this quickly?
And a belongings inspection?
This is an A-rank item, so it shouldn’t be easily detected by ordinary appraisal tools—
“The device here is an S-rank appraisal tool capable of identifying even S-rank items. Please come forward one by one.”
I closed my eyes tightly.
Damn it.

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