Ch.181181 – Another Love Story 2

# 181 – Another Love Story # 2

“Shh-shh-.”

Bong Jiyeon made a snake-like sound.

Eating raw meat and making snake sounds. She definitely wasn’t normal.

According to Hong Miri, this was a side effect of the hastily performed shamanic initiation.

“Right now, there are two souls existing in Jiyeon’s body, and the stronger one—the snake shaman’s spirit—has surfaced. Having your body taken over like this is common for novice shamans.”

“Stop making such a fuss.”

Bong Jiyeon glared at us with narrow eyes.

Her demeanor seemed more dignified and elegant than usual.

There was something about her that felt more mature and charming.

Yang Juhui snickered as she watched.

“Should we just leave her like this? She seems nicer than the real Bong Jiyeon.”

It was a joke, but there was a sharp truth to it.

In other words, Bong Jiyeon had lost control of her body.

If things stayed this way, would she become Gandara Shaman Mark II?

“Is there a way to return her to normal?”

Jeongseok asked Hong Miri.

After contemplating for a while, Hong Miri went to wake up the virgin shaman Kim Miryeong, who was sleeping in Gong Yerin and Lim Huiyeon’s room.

Kim Miryeong was greatly impressed when she saw Bong Jiyeon possessed by the snake spirit.

“My eyes weren’t wrong. I said she had good compatibility with snakes. Since things have come to this, she’ll have to share her body with the Gandara shaman until we get rid of her. In my opinion, the shaman won’t harm this girl.”

“Is that really true? How can you be so sure?”

Thinking Kim Miryeong might be trying to deceive us, I asked for more details.

She pondered for a moment with a thoughtful “Hmm.”

Soon, a tiny ghost the size of a Chihuahua approached her side, trembling.

“Sissterrr-.”

It was the furry ghost, Kim Aryeong.

I thought she had died after being attacked by the shaman yesterday, but she was still around. Of course, ghosts are already the souls of dead people. The word “dying” doesn’t really suit ghosts.

Kim Miryeong looked at Kim Aryeong sitting in her palm and spoke softly.

“Look at her. She was attacked by that terrifying being, yet she’s still here like this. If that shaman had wanted to, she could have torn us to pieces and scattered us everywhere, and it wouldn’t have been strange.”

Kim Miryeong’s explanation was lengthy.

After a boring and long explanation, the conclusion was this:

“Confronting us was just a form of entertainment for her. A whim. That’s what divine spirits are like. Unpredictable and incomprehensible. If she had really wanted to, she could have killed us all easily.”

In other words, we survived because the shaman had shown us mercy.

Is that really true?

At this point, we might as well ask the person in question.

“Is what she’s saying true?”

When I asked, Bong Jiyeon, who had finished eating the raw meat and was sitting on a kitchen chair, opened her narrow eyes.

As I was thinking how snake-like her eyes looked, the corners of her mouth split into a grin.

“Who knows.”

Who knows? She was clearly toying with us.

You Japanese snake woman! What are you planning to do after stealing Bong Jiyeon’s body?

What could an ancient Japanese woman possibly want with the body of a pure Korean high school girl like Bong Jiyeon?

She was surely planning something terrible. Like transforming native Korean high school girl Bong Jiyeon into a Japanese woman. She would definitely increase her feminine charm.

That would be nothing short of a disaster. Bong Jiyeon’s charm was precisely her lack of manners.

Indeed, the possessed Bong Jiyeon’s attitude appeared very modest and elegant. If this continued, the delinquent Bong Jiyeon we knew would disappear completely.

Jeongseok seemed to be thinking along similar lines.

“Isn’t there anything we can do?”

Hmm-.

Kim Miryeong folded her arms at Jeongseok’s question.

“I won’t tell you for free. I won’t ask you to release me, but let me move freely around this mansion.”

The Cheon family mansion? What was she plotting?

As I narrowed my eyes and scrutinized Kim Miryeong, Hong Miri snorted.

“You’re not in a position to make demands. You haven’t run away because you think staying with us gives you a better chance of getting whatever you want. You’d come back even if we let you go.”

Zzzzt-.

Kim Miryeong glared at Hong Miri.

In other words, Kim Miryeong’s situation was like a stray cat that had been wary of humans while roaming the wilderness, but after accidentally entering someone’s home and experiencing warmth and comfort for the first time, didn’t want to go back outside… something like that.

“Fine. I’ll just tell you. The method is simple. If you pull up the original soul of the body, the control will naturally shift. Try to stimulate Bong Jiyeon.”

A way to stimulate Bong Jiyeon.

That was simple.

# # #

Hot summer.

Vroom-.

A taxi arrived in front of the mansion.

A healthily tanned girl stepped out of the taxi.

She was a pretty and nimble high school girl with no makeup and no double eyelids. Her arms exposed by her tank top and her legs extending below her short pants looked extremely healthy.

She looked like she was advertising “I’m a high school girl in sports” with her whole body.

It was Jin Seoyeon, Jeongseok’s childhood friend.

Jin Seoyeon was greatly impressed by Yu Dahui’s mansion.

“Wow, this house is amazing. So what do I need to do? Why did you call me? I came quickly by taking the KTX.”

Jin Seoyeon owed us a favor.

We called her to this mansion to collect on that debt and get help improving Bong Jiyeon’s condition.

Something that could stimulate Bong Jiyeon.

That something was Jin Seoyeon.

Of course, this was just my theory. I said to the boyish, tanned Jin Seoyeon:

“I was hoping you could go on a date with Jeongseok in this mansion.”

“What?”

Jin Seoyeon’s already reddish tanned face turned even redder.

I thought she’d be tomboyish, but she had quite a girlish sensitivity.

“What do you mean by that?”

“We need to provoke jealousy in Bong Jiyeon.”

“…Hmm…”

Did she not understand?

“Just do it, please.”

It’s hard to explain.

A date with Jeongseok. It shouldn’t be a bad thing for Jin Seoyeon who had her eye on him. Objectively speaking, Jeongseok was good-looking, from a good family, and had a bright future ahead of him.

“Well… if you need my help. I owe you guys, so I can do it. A date, huh? What exactly should I do? Like this?”

Jin Seoyeon linked arms with Jeongseok.

Jeongseok seemed a bit flustered, but the snake shaman Bong Jiyeon, who had been sitting on the bed watching everything with indifference, showed some change in her attitude.

She kept twitching her body.

“I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but it won’t work.”

Hmph-.

Bong Jiyeon snorted.

She turned her head to the side but kept stealing glances at Jeongseok and Jin Seoyeon.

“Good, the jealousy provocation strategy is working.”

I rejoiced.

Of course, Yang Juhui didn’t seem to understand the situation.

“What kind of strategy is this exactly?”

“We’re making Bong Jiyeon angry enough to take back control. I think Bong Jiyeon… probably likes Jeongseok.”

Whisper whisper-.

I briefly explained to Yang Juhui.

“Even if Bong Jiyeon doesn’t like Jeongseok, she might think, ‘He was following me around saying he liked me, and now he’s with another girl?’ She might feel indignant. You know there are many girls like that.”

It’s a common occurrence.

—Oppa, you confessed to me, but just a few weeks after I rejected you, you’re dating someone else? How can your feelings change so easily?

—What are you talking about? You’re the one who rejected me. After that, I met someone who likes me, so I’m dating them.

—Was your love for me only that much? Was I just a test? So your feelings only went that far.

—This is ridiculous. I’m blocking you.

That kind of feeling.

It’s a story that could happen anywhere in the world even now.

“That makes sense.”

“Right?”

It seemed to be working well.

Bong Jiyeon’s demeanor became as anxious as someone who urgently needed the bathroom. She must be angry seeing Jeongseok, whom she thought was in her dating pool, flirting with another girl.

But this wasn’t enough.

“You two should kiss too. To save Bong Jiyeon.”

I asked Jeongseok and Jin Seoyeon to kiss.

Kissing was a really big deal. Seeing Jin Seoyeon and Jeongseok kiss might snap Bong Jiyeon back to her senses.

By the way, Bong Jiyeon had kissed Jeongseok before, but I turned back time and it became as if it never happened.

It was unfortunate for Jeongseok, and to make up for it, I wanted to let him kiss the boyish beauty Jin Seoyeon. Of course, Jeongseok was horrified.

“How can I do something like that?”

“Hey! Is that all you care about Bong Jiyeon? Are you okay with Bong Jiyeon having her body stolen by the Gandara shaman and becoming docile? If that’s really how you feel, I’m disappointed.”

“……”

Jeongseok pressed his lips tightly.

I grabbed his arm and went outside.

“Hey, let’s talk outside.”

Hot summer.

Under the dazzlingly bright sun where cicadas were chirping, I said to Jeongseok:

“Hey. In my opinion, Jin Seoyeon is nice, pretty, and charming. What’s the problem? She’s an athletic girl like Bong Jiyeon.”

“That’s not the issue.”

“Then what is?”

“I… like Bong Jiyeon. You probably know that.”

Jeongseok said shyly.

This guy, his blushing face was a bit funny. But what I couldn’t understand was precisely that.

“So what? You might like Bong Jiyeon, but you can still kiss Jin Seoyeon. It’s clear that Jin Seoyeon likes you. Shouldn’t you respond to her feelings too?”

“Umm…”

“Then would it be okay if I dated Jin Seoyeon?”

“What?”

“You don’t have feelings for Jin Seoyeon, right? So it shouldn’t matter who she meets or what she does. Jin Seoyeon would be perfect as the object of my unrequited love.”

As I rubbed my nose with my finger, Jeongseok was too flustered to continue speaking.

However, I could clearly see the anguish and displeasure crossing his face. This guy can’t be honest with his feelings.

Coward.

I was more courageous in that respect.

“If you don’t like Jin Seoyeon, then it’s okay for me to like her, right?”

“What are you saying?”

“Actually, I haven’t told anyone yet, but I have a dream I want to wish for when I go up to the fourth floor. This dream is—”

Whisper whisper-. Murmur murmur-. Chatter chatter-.

I revealed my grand dream only to Jeongseok.

It was about why I wanted to become the Pirate King.

However, after hearing my story, Jeongseok became furious.

“You bastard! You trash! I can’t give Jin Seoyeon to you!”

Thwack-!

He even punched me.

“Guak!”

I had expected Jeongseok to get angry, but I didn’t think he would go as far as hitting me, so I fell right over.

Ta-da-dat-.

Before I could regain my composure, Jeongseok ran off somewhere. Looking at his retreating back, I couldn’t help but smile.

“That’s right, be a little more honest with your feelings.”

More importantly, it really hurt.

Jeongseok, that guy, his punch was stronger than I thought.

As I was touching my cheek, someone approached.

It was Yang Juhui.

“Did you two fight? What happened?”

“No. I just awakened something. Jeongseok’s masculinity.”

I was used to playing the villain.

“Look. This is the completion of a world where no one gets hurt.”

“What are you talking about? Are you hurt?”

In the end, Bong Jiyeon returned to normal after 11 AM.

Her snake-like slit eyes and split tongue all returned to normal, and her mind was clear.

“The snake energy was strong during the snake hour (巳時), but now that it’s passed, the human spirit could return to the surface. How fascinating. We should check her condition again during the snake hour tomorrow.”

The virgin shaman Kim Miryeong said this, but in my opinion, it seemed like Bong Jiyeon returned to normal because my jealousy strategy worked well.

For Bong Jiyeon, Jeongseok was someone she didn’t particularly want to eat, but also didn’t want to give to someone else. When it seemed like someone might take Jeongseok away from her, she snapped back to her senses.

Bong Jiyeon said to me:

“Ha Yeongwon, the snake shaman has something to tell you.”

“To me?”

“Yeah. She says she’ll tell you something about the fourth floor?”