The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 239

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 239

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“What do you want to eat?”
“Seaweed soup.”
The college entrance exam was approaching.
After spending several sleepless nights, I returned to my apartment.
In the apartment, along with the Kang trio—Kang Min-joo, Kang Won-yeon, and Kang Il-yeon—was Yu Gyeom.
The three of them were playing in a corner, while Yu Gyeom was studying diligently.
“No… you don’t eat seaweed soup during exams. That’s for birthdays, not this.”
At my words, Yu Gyeom furrowed his brow.
“You believe in folk superstitions? A civil servant?”
“What does that have to do with being a civil servant?”
These people treat civil servants like punching bags!
“I want to eat seaweed soup.”
“…Then should we add rice cakes to neutralize it? Rice cakes stick firmly, after all.”
“What a fair and just solution! Sister!”
My future sister-in-law gave me a thumbs up.
That schemer.
Kang Min-joo and Kang Won-yeon decided to sign contracts with a guild instead of taking the college entrance exam.
With the Daeyang Guild.
‘I’m going to ask you something important now. Will you do it for me?’
[Yes.]
The call with Choi Woo-jin was quite bland.
I thought that cunning bastard would attach some condition or another, but unexpectedly, he agreed to my request without any conditions whatsoever.
‘Why… why is he being so compliant?’
[Because now the only way I can watch you is through calls? If I do you favors, you’ll contact me more often.]
The logic was oddly unconvincing.
‘Why does he want to watch me so badly?’
[It’s fun.]
He’s insane.
No, he was insane, this bastard.
I’d forgotten for a moment.
Anyway, through Choi Woo-jin’s willing cooperation, Kang Min-joo and Kang Won-yeon signed contracts with the Daeyang Guild.
Still, just in case, I added a clause that they wouldn’t participate in dungeon raids until they turned twenty.
‘A completely unfavorable contract for the guild…’
But since Kang Min-joo was C-rank and Kang Won-yeon was A-rank, I didn’t feel particularly guilty.
It was just somewhat strange that Kang Won-yeon, who was a villain in the original story, would now be working with the protagonist Choi Woo-jin.
In any case—
Among these high school seniors gathered today, Yu Gyeom was the only one actually taking the college entrance exam.
‘Kang Il-yeon will probably continue with the workshop.’
“…Are you nervous?”
When I asked, Kang Won-yeon spoke instead of Lee Yu-gyeom.
“Sister.”
“Huh?”
“Your spoon is shaking.”
I looked down at my spoon, which was continuously clinking against the rice bowl.
Ha ha… I’m trembling, aren’t I?
That explains it. I kept hearing that strange sound from somewhere.
“Why are you shaking, sister?”
At Lee Yu-gyeom’s question, I spoke with a catch in my voice.
“It’s weird that you’re not shaking! This is a once-in-a-lifetime event!”
“What are you talking about? It happens once a year. There’s next year, and the year after that too.”
“That’s… is that so?”
Damn, the kid’s sharp.
“Don’t be nervous. You’ll do well.”
Ha. Really dependable kid.
I pressed my trembling right hand with my left hand as I spoke.
“Yeah.”
“You’re making seaweed soup, right?”
“Yeah. With sliced rice cakes…”

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The next morning arrived.
Lee Yu-ji prepared seaweed soup with sliced rice cakes and fed it to Lee Yu-gyeom.
Of course, she’d simply added the rice cakes to store-bought seaweed soup. Otherwise, Lee Yu-gyeom might have gotten an upset stomach.
“I packed a lunch box too.”
“You bought it?”
“Obviously.”
Lee Yu-gyeom spoke with the gravity of someone conducting a toxicity check before picking up the lunch box.
Lee Yu-ji quickly snatched it away from him and said,
“I’m going to take you there.”
“You’re not going to work?”
“No. I’m on vacation until today.”
Hearing this, Lee Yu-gyeom looked at his sister with an enigmatic expression.
His sister, who had been constantly busy since joining the Hunter Investigation Unit, and especially busy lately—why had she suddenly taken a vacation?
Really just for him?
Lee Yu-gyeom felt something stir inside him.
But before he could process that strange feeling, he descended to the underground parking lot, where the Kang trio were already waiting in the car.
“This is chocolate.”
“This is a college entrance exam watch.”
“This is an item I made… but they said you can’t use it in the test room… so you use it after… it’s a pen that rolls on its own whenever you give it a command….”
Aside from the pen that Kang Il-yeon offered, Lee Yu-gyeom had already packed everything else, but he accepted all their gifts.
“Thanks. I’ll do well. This pen… I can use it when I’m checking my answers afterward.”
“…!”
Kang Il-yeon grasped Lee Yu-gyeom’s hand firmly with a satisfied expression.
It seemed he’d already caught an earful from Kang Won-yeon about making strange things again.
Soon the car departed, and the vehicle carrying five people tightly packed drove down roads where winter had just begun, arriving at Lee Yu-gyeom’s test site.
Parents could be seen parking their cars in front of the test site, trying to calm their fidgeting children.
As Lee Yu-gyeom took in the sight for a moment, Lee Yu-ji spoke.
“Hey.”
Lee Yu-gyeom looked at his sister.
And then her hand suddenly covered his face.
“You know I’m your sister, right.”
“I knoooow….”
His cheeks were pinched so hard that his words came out slurred.
“Even if you mess up this test, the world won’t end.”
“I’m the one who’s most relaxed about it.”
“And….”
A faint tension flickered across Lee Yu-ji’s face.
But soon she erased it with a smile.
“When it’s over, I won’t be able to pick you up. Someone else will come instead, so don’t worry.”
“Why can’t you come…?”
“I need to check in at the Hunters Bureau in the afternoon. Sorry.”
At Yu-ji’s words, Yu-gyeom’s eyes narrowed.
But before Yu-gyeom could suspect anything, Yu-ji pulled him into a tight embrace.
“I… I… I… love…”
“I love you.”
When Yu-gyeom said it first, Yu-ji’s shoulders sagged.
Like a large dog, Yu-ji burrowed into Yu-gyeom’s arms.
“I… me too…”
Yu-gyeom chuckled softly.
Even though my older sister always seemed a bit scatterbrained, I knew better than anyone that she had a warm heart and was genuinely kind.
That’s why I’d worried about her at times.
But at some point, my sister became stronger.
She became someone I didn’t need to worry about, and now she was someone I could lean on.
But now I understood.
When this winter ended, I too would become someone my sister could lean on.
Because I would be an adult.
Yu-gyeom gently peeled Yu-ji away from him and spoke.
“I’m going. You all head inside.”
“Yeah… Take care, Yu-gyeom…”
Kang Min-joo, tears streaming down her face for some reason.
Kang Won-yeon patting Yu-gyeom’s shoulder while looking at Min-joo with concern.
Seeing Kang Il-yeon holding a strange totem and praying, Yu-gyeom turned away.
It felt like I’d gained people as reliable as my late parents in their place.
That feeling filled my heart completely.
With that feeling intact, I completed all my exams by afternoon.
‘…I think I got a perfect score.’
No matter how much I reviewed, I couldn’t think of anything I’d gotten wrong.
I’d know for sure once I did a preliminary check, though.
It was a case where I did better than expected.
I’d anticipated getting about one question wrong in math.
A clean feeling of not knowing anything wrong.
And so it was when the sun that had risen when I arrived at the test site was now setting in the dusk.
After getting my phone back and heading outside, a friend who’d finished the exam in the next classroom said something to me.
“Hey. Did you see the news?”
“What news?”
“Your older sister—”
Before my friend could finish speaking, several students holding their phones began whispering. They weren’t talking about the exam.
“So a terrorist attack happened?”
“They said someone broke into the Hunters Bureau?”
Yu Gyeom quickly checked his phone.
The moment he tapped the news tab on the search portal, these article headlines appeared.
Captain of Hunters Bureau: “We must express condolences to Han Su-eop, the investigator who died in the Busan black market case. If necessary, I will step down from my position.”
Internal document released by Hunters Bureau: “Multiple names of congressmen who cast dissenting votes on this Hunter Personal Information Protection Act Reform included”
Some Hunters Church followers conduct random terror attacks against the Hunters Investigation Unit
President Baek Hee-ryeong activates personal protection programs for Hunters Investigation Unit personnel while simultaneously converting all Public Investigation Division members, including Lee Yu-ji and Kwon Ik-seong, to special investigation teams
What on earth…
Before Yu Gyeom could even click through the articles one by one, a bright red sports car rapidly drove into the examination grounds.
Police officers tried to stop the sports car, but it was useless.
The sports car came to a precise halt right in front of Yu Gyeom, and the door immediately opened upward.
“Wow… I’ve never seen a car like that before.”
Along with Yu Gyeom’s friend’s murmur, a man wearing sunglasses stepped out from inside the car.
He lowered his sunglasses slightly and looked at Yu Gyeom.
“I’ve seen you before, right? You’re pretty because you look like your sister.”
Yu Gyeom furrowed his brow as he looked at Choi Woo-jin dressed in flashy formal attire.
“…Usually people say handsome, not pretty.”
However, at that moment, commotion erupted from the main gate.
Several men with phones attached to selfie sticks were causing a disturbance.
And one of them shouted loudly toward his phone.
“I’ve come to the examination site where Lee Yu-ji’s younger brother is taking the test!”
Choi Woo-jin sighed upon seeing this and spoke.
“Should we leave? We can discuss your beauty in more depth later.”

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