Killing the Possessor - Chapter 55

Chapter 4. Unwanted Invitation

[You missed breakfast. Please make sure to eat your meals!]

“Shut up, it’s annoying.”

I grumbled at the incessant message blaring in the morning. It’s the same thing every time—keeps nagging about food.

“Make me want to eat then.”

I hadn’t seen it right away since I fainted, but as expected, my stay was extended as a reward for clearing the chapter.

The remaining number of chapters until my stay expired, which was 11 previously, has now been extended by 5 to a total of 16. Although it was an extension like before, this time it was only 3 days, compared to the 17-day extension last time.

I had been slacking off for a while in shock, and now my remaining stay period had been reduced to 14 chapters. Thankfully, I still had around 3 weeks until the deadline.

“I don’t have permanent residency. It’s really frustrating.”

Is this what it’s like to live as a foreigner with an expiring visa? I feel like a refugee who’s not wanted anywhere.

I didn’t even want to come here in the first place. Who even wanted to be an illegal resident?

[You need to consume essential nutrients!]

“…No one needs to remind me, alright? Just be quiet for once!”

I glared at the annoying message, letting out a deep sigh. Staring at the dreadful piece of paper, I didn’t even feel hungry for the so-called essential nutrients.

“Well, I knew it would eventually come.”

I’d been waiting anxiously for it to arrive. I’d almost forgotten about it since it had taken longer than I expected. When I thought it might have been forgotten, I was relieved.

Was it because I ran into him at the orphanage that the memory came rushing back? I heard that someone brought me home after I fainted that day.

Thankfully, the evil spirit was subdued by the time it appeared, so it probably wouldn’t be an issue.

“Ugh, I never even got to meet my future husband.”

I had waited, hoping that maybe the priest, Vice, would come, but in the end, he didn’t show up, and all I met was another evil spirit.

At least I succeeded in purifying it again.

“Is this all about justice and virtue, or something?”

The conditions for clearing the chapters are still unclear, but after going through this twice, I had a rough idea of how it worked.

Both with Go Hyeji and Jang Minsoo, I had to step in and say something to the perpetrators before I could return to the present. Even though it didn’t happen immediately with Jang Minsoo like it did with Go Hyeji, I still got back eventually.

“Do I need to make the key figures feel grateful?”

There’s a consistent message in the notifications after clearing each chapter. Their souls might not remember me, but they would surely be grateful.

“What’s bothering me is…”

The game I played is based on the original novel ‘Killing the Possessors’—naturally, most of the chapter backgrounds and developments align with the novel.

But why do people from my past show up when I purify the evil spirit?

Jang Minsoo wasn’t someone I actually knew like Go Hyeji, but the situations they found themselves in were similar enough to remind me of my own childhood.

If I really possessed the original story, shouldn’t I be related to the past of the original protagonist, Kim Hee-mang, and not my own past?

“Ugh, I don’t know. I need to deal with this first.”

I crumpled the summoning notice, which was already wrinkled at the corners, and buried my head in the bed. I had hurriedly contacted Hongik Ingan to prepare everything, but I couldn’t calm the anxious pounding in my chest.

After all, the Public Security Department’s interrogation room was like a torture chamber for possessors.

“Ugh, am I really going to be tortured to death?”

I’ve heard so many horrifying rumors about it, so it’s hard not to worry. But for some reason, it seems like I’m the only one scared in this house.

“Dahlia got caught by an evil spirit last time, right? They said it’s a routine summoning. Since you were unconscious back then, they want you to come as a witness.”

Dante said this to comfort me when he saw my pale face upon seeing the summoning notice. Although it said ‘witness,’ in Ren Abyss’s eyes, I was probably already the defendant.

“Hey, what’s going on? Don’t you know we’re going to the Public Security today?”

At that moment, Dahlia burst in with her lively voice. With her bright yellow outfit and big frilly decorations attached to everything, it was hard to tell if she was headed to a garden party or the Public Security.