The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 53

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 053
My illegally acquired(?) funds now totaled 21,000 gold.
Roughly 2.1 billion won in Korean currency.
Gulp.
It was a sum that made you swallow hard just hearing about it, but I had decided to invest it for my future.
Of course, it was enough to quit the Heonsu Department right now, move to the countryside, and become part of the FIRE movement, but the problem lay in the fact that I was a civil servant.
As I mentioned, when a civil servant suddenly retires and comes into this much money, an investigation naturally follows—it’s only common sense!
Moreover, at this point, I had become a person etched into the minds of the Hunter Association, the Hunter Management Office, and possibly even those higher up, through the process of resolving various cases.
‘…There’s no way I could retire easily.’
So instead, I decided to invest in Kang Il-yeon, a Craftsman-class hunter.
And then there was this damned Quest.
This Quest kept dismissing me as a ‘nameless extra’ and whenever I did anything, it presented various deaths as failure penalties.
To keep my life, simply staying attached to the Heonsu Department might not be enough.
‘When more difficult Quests come in the future, equipment might be important.’
For instance, just like how I needed a bubble gum mask to avoid Funny Powder.
“But noona.”
“Uh, yeah….
Why did I get chills every time Kang Il-yeon called me ‘noona’?
Kang Il-yeon sat in the workshop I had prepared and turned to look at me.
Thanks to that, the light from the headlamp he was wearing on his head poured intensely into my eyes.
As I squinted, Kang Il-yeon seemed to realize it and turned off the headlamp.
“Why are you helping me, noona?”
Helping? Wasn’t I clearly using him?
I thought that to myself and shrugged my shoulders.
“I’m not helping you.”
“….”
Kang Il-yeon fell silent at my words like a programmer encountering incomprehensible C code, then spoke.
As if changing his input.
“…You became my guardian when I filed for business registration.”
“Ah. Right? Since Won-yeon is also a minor and can’t become your guardian. I suppose?”
And I take a portion of the profits that come from here anyway.
I need to recover my blood-earned investment, don’t I!
“Last time when Won-yeon caused trouble, you came straight to the principal’s office.”
Ah. That.
That was from yesterday evening.
After the quick meal ended, Ik-sung ‘ordered’ me to leave early.
‘Go on ahead.’
‘Huh? But the rest of the interrogations….’
‘I’ll wrap that up.’
‘No. I should finish—’
Just as I was about to say something, Ik-sung reached out and gently touched beneath my eyes.
Then he immediately frowned, seeming surprised himself.
“I apologize.”
“No, it’s fine. There’s no need to apologize….”
What is this? My heart is racing!
At this rate, I’ll end up thinking about his great-grandchildren!
Even though I’d only ever thought of him as a character on a page, recognizing him as a real person doesn’t change the fact that he’s my favorite.
I can’t stop my heart from trembling.
“You shouldn’t stand before criminals looking like that, investigator.”
But his next words calmed my heart a little.
“Criminals are always looking for weaknesses to exploit, no matter when or where.”
Only then did I realize how I must have looked.
“I ended up crying when they mentioned my parents.”
I shouldn’t have, but in that moment, I couldn’t help it.
“So let’s end here for today.”
He said it simply and sent me on my way.
After that, I received a phone call.
From Yu-gyeom’s homeroom teacher.
“What is it? Did Yu-gyeom rank first in school again?”
I answered the phone with that thought, but the homeroom teacher spoke about Kang Won-yeon, not Yu-gyeom.
[Well… I called because you’re registered as the guardian. Won-yeon got into a dispute with some classmates, and I’m not sure how to handle this….]
Yu-gyeom’s homeroom teacher was this type of character.
Typically kind but incompetent.
Perhaps that’s why someone like that agreed to accept Kang Won-yeon and Kang Il-yeon, who transferred here after getting caught up in a major incident simply because they had connections with the chairman.
From what I gathered, the dispute was essentially started by the other side first.
Lee Yu-gyeom
Those kids kept provoking her. Kang Won-yeon has a sharp appearance, you know. But she’s not like that on the inside.
She’s not like that on the inside…?
How would you know that?
That question rose to my throat, but I calmly looked through Yu-gyeom’s messages.
So they tried to settle it with some kind of strength contest, and they tripped Won-yeon’s foot—
Oh my.
The result was obvious.
Instead of falling, Won-yeon broke the shin of the one who tripped her.
“She probably didn’t feel a thing.”
How could she? She’s an A-rank hunter.
But apparently, the parent of the student with the broken shin came by and caused a scene the next day.
Claiming that she deliberately kicked their son.
“This is quite an ambiguous situation.”
If it were an ordinary person, there would be no way to break someone’s shin bone without kicking with all their might.
‘In reality, even if that were the case, it would be impossible….’
So to prove that Kang Won-yeon had no malicious intent, I would need to reveal that he was an Awakened One, but that would obviously make him stand out even more in a class where he was already isolated.
Although Kang Won-yeon’s incident was quite famous, there was considerable distance between Jeongmun-go and his current school, so his identity had been well hidden until now.
In such circumstances, revealing that he was an Awakened One would be ‘why bother?’
In that case, there was only one method available.
“You said ‘older sister,’ didn’t you? Sister Won-yeon.”
Kang Il-yeon spoke while staring directly at me.
That was right.
I had introduced myself as Kang Won-yeon’s cousin older sister.
I had also revealed that I worked at the Heonsu Department in front of the so-called ‘victim’ and his parents, and mentioned that although we were cousins, we lived together.
“…There are circumstances among adults.”
“Because Lee Yu-gyeom is the class president and ranked first in the entire school?”
…He knows well.
I clicked my tongue while looking at the genius Craftsman Kang Il-yeon, who appeared oblivious to the ways of the world.
That’s right. In fact, everyone around had already testified that the so-called victim tripped Kang Won-yeon, so there wasn’t really a situation warranting a school violence committee hearing.
Still, if that parent insisted on filing a police report, there was a risk that Kang Won-yeon’s status as an Awakened One could be revealed, potentially causing problems for his registration in the ‘protection program.’
In situations like this, I needed to wrap things up cleanly.
‘Your name is Chul-hyeon, right? Haha. I heard you attend the same academy as Yu-gyeom—’
I was going to leverage the power of the top student in the entire school.
‘I should make it clear that from now on, you should all get along well with Yu-gyeom, me, and Won-yeon.’
Without even asking Lee Yu-gyeom’s opinion.
And the moment my words ended, the light in Chul-hyeon’s parents’ eyes shifted slightly.
Lee Yu-gyeom’s reputation was well-known even at the academy.
A nationally recognized promising student likely to attend a prestigious university.
There was a strange fixed belief prevalent in Korean society that getting close to someone like Lee Yu-gyeom would lead to something good.
Commonly known as the ‘befriend the smart kid’ syndrome.
And so that matter was resolved.
“Are you really going to be our older sister? Like that?”
“Uh…?”
I had never thought about it that way.
If I didn’t answer carefully, would I end up with two more younger brothers?
I thought about the villains from novels being my younger brothers and answered.
“Why not, then?”
That would actually be quite reassuring…?
It was when Kang Il-yeon’s face was coloring with an indecipherable expression at my answer.
Ding.
A cheerful sound accompanied a notification.
Lee Yu-gyeom
Video link🔗
He’s really causing quite a commotion.
And the title of the video linked through the link Lee Yu-gyeom sent me was this.
I Tried the Viral Bubble Gum Mask: Honest Review #23 from Review Review
This video already had over 2 million views.
And in that video, the 【Sun and Moon】 Workshop was being mentioned.
Comments
-Wow. That workshop is apparently run by a 19-year-old Craftsman Hunter. Insane. Isn’t that just an unfair talent?

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