I Didn't Want This Kind Of High Teen Possession (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 10

[Skinship accumulated time: 29 seconds.]

“Jump down.”

“What?”

“Use your skill, McQueen!”

I shouted.

At the word ‘skill,’ Victor’s eyebrows shot way up.

Seeing his relaxed face stiffen a little, it seemed he also knew his skill was locked.

But now that didn’t matter at all.

Of course, because of what I just said, it might be revealed that I can open other people’s status windows. If McQueen is the type who keeps his mouth shut, he might not spread rumors.

But more important than that is getting out of this situation right now, isn’t it?

Victor McQueen’s ability was body reinforcement, and the skill name was ‘Stand Firm.’

‘That probably means he can withstand any external injury or impact.’

And right now, I was in the middle of unlocking that skill for him.

Victor put his foot on the railing while still holding me tightly. The people in swimsuits nearby freaked out.

In their eyes, how ridiculous and extreme must this scene look? It might even seem like two crazy young people were about to say goodbye to the world.

But my eyes were filled with certainty.

At that moment,

[Skinship accumulated time: 30 seconds.]

The gauge bar… was completely filled.

Beep— Beep—.

A ringing sound that only I could hear passed by my ears.

[SYSTEM: Congratulations!] [~Awakener Quest of the High-Teen Drama Completed~]

Along with the loud fanfare ringing in my ears, a blue window poured out the quest details along with a celebratory image.

[The S-rank skill of Awakener ‘Victor McQueen’ is now unlocked.] [The ‘Possessor’ receives a ‘reward’ for completing the proxy quest.]

Flash—!

I could see the skill window appearing in front of Victor’s eyes as well.

And at the same time, without any hesitation, Victor threw himself over the railing while still holding me.

“Kyaaaa!”

Along with the screams of the girls behind us, I felt my body suddenly drop. I hugged Victor’s neck even tighter.

His red hair fluttered wildly. Through my narrowed vision, I could see the deep blue garden rapidly approaching us.

When I glanced upward, I saw the guys who had been at the pool rushing over and hanging onto the railing far away.

The moment everyone’s gaze was focused,

[SYSTEM: Active skill activated.] [Executing ‘Stand Firm (S)’. Impact nullification. You take no damage from any impact.]

Amidst the swirling red hair, Victor McQueen’s skill activation window appeared.

The corners of Victor’s mouth that I glimpsed seemed to draw an even longer arc.

Boom—!

In less than a second, a heavy thud rang out and wind rushed in.

A strong tremor traveled from Victor’s body to mine, but in the end, both of us were perfectly fine. Nothing was broken, and I didn’t crush him from a bad landing.

As I frantically fixed my tangled hair, the dim appearance of the garden came clearly into view.

The lion fountain, the trickling water fountain, and the dense trees.

And Victor was still holding me.

He had landed perfectly on both feet from the fifth floor.

Without any external injury or impact.

‘This is an S-rank skill….’

While I was catching my breath, I saw a wide grin spread across Victor’s face.

Victor was staring straight at me. For someone who had just unlocked his first skill, he was far too relaxed.

‘…This guy is pretty insane too.’

I calmed my startled heart and thought coldly.

A girl he just met told him to jump, and he jumped without hesitation, and even after unlocking his first active skill, he didn’t bat an eye.

Of course, I was the one who urged him to jump, but this guy is no ordinary person either.

Either he has nerves of steel or he’s just crazy.

After landing safely, when I tried to get down from Victor’s arms, he tightened his hold and spoke.

“For some reason, just now, my skill suddenly unlocked.”

“…….”

“Is this thanks to you?”

He catches on fast.

But I didn’t want things to get more complicated, so I decided to play dumb.

I twisted my body and slipped out of his thick arms.

“What skill?”

“Glasses girl, are you seriously playing innocent right now?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about… And my name isn’t Glasses. What’s so ditzy about these glasses? They’re totally intellectual horn-rimmed glasses.”

“Then what made you so sure to tell me to jump from this high mansion?”

“Just my intuition. And since I’m an Awakener too, I was going to clean things up with my skill, but you just happened to handle it with perfect timing.”

The lies rolled off my tongue smoothly.

Although I only have passive skills and they’re completely useless right now, Victor doesn’t know that.

At my words, Victor made a sleazy expression, went “Hmmm,” and tilted his head.

Of course, he obviously didn’t believe a word, but I pretended not to notice.

At that moment, a new window blinked in front of me.

[Please receive your quest reward.]

Oh, right. The reward.

I was told I would also receive a reward for helping Victor McQueen awaken his skill.

The moment I checked the quest window, a warm sensation spread below my waist.

I reached into my back pocket and pulled out the toy revolver, and a strange purple light began wrapping around it.

“Ugh, what is this.”

What are all these weird effects?

As I narrowed my eyes, the contents of the blue window changed.

[~Possessor of the High-Teen Drama~] [Reward is granted for achieving the proxy skill awakening quest.] [Reward contents: ‘Magic Bullet Revolver’ and ‘Magic Bullets’.]

I had hoped for at least a basic stat increase, but no. It seemed they were giving me a completely new weapon.

The toy revolver I had just picked up earlier was now covered in a meaningful purple effect and ‘upgraded.’

From a toy gun to a real one.

One that loads and fires magic bullets, no less.

Come to think of it, since my passive skills are suited for assassination, a revolver could be a pretty decent weapon.

“But if I walk around Connecticut with something like this, I’ll get arrested immediately.”

Even if I don’t get arrested, I might get labeled as a crazy high school girl. A high school girl carrying a revolver.

Perhaps hearing my muttering, another window appeared.

[Open your inventory to store it.] [A-rank inventory is now unlocked.]

As expected, there had to be an inventory.

I reached into the small black hole-like subspace that appeared before my eyes.

Since I couldn’t feel anything, it seemed to be empty.

“Why are you flailing your hand in the air like that?”

Victor asked with a dissatisfied face.

I wasn’t flailing; I was putting the revolver into my inventory.

Apparently, to anyone other than me, neither the inventory nor the items going into it were visible to the naked eye.

The moment I put the magic bullet revolver and the bullet pouch into the inventory, a crowd came rushing from far away.

“Catch those bastards!”

Oh no, they must have come down the stairs already. Thompson entered the garden with his face bright red.

Victor, standing behind me, whistled.

“Isn’t this level of stalking a crime? He’s more persistent than he looks.”

“Hey, is this really the time for lame jokes?”

But I’m just as annoyed.

We jumped from the fifth floor to escape—shouldn’t he at least let us go out of consideration for the effort?

In that sense, Thompson had zero flexibility.

I let out a long sigh.

‘This isn’t the time to deal with these kids. I need to find Adrian quickly and awaken his skill.’

Since this reward was a weapon, the next reward has a very high chance of being my active skill.

I still only have passive skills activated.

“McQueen, by any chance…”

“You’re not trying to ask me to clean up the mess, are you?”

Startled.

Victor noticed something off about me, smiled, and looked at me. Even though he was smiling, I could tell he had ulterior motives.

“Don’t run away—face them with me. You’re an Awakener too, Glasses!”

“I’m busy. You handle it alone.”

“You definitely had something to do with unlocking my skill just now. And you think I’m going to let you go? No way I’m letting you go.”

Victor clung to me persistently.

Since the two of us were just bickering, Thompson and his group watching from afar turned pale.

“These bastards… are you ignoring me right in front of everyone?”

His face then turned red and blue with rage, and the overly excited Thompson pulled out the pistol from the guard’s waist.

“Young master, you mustn’t…”

Thwack!

Thompson punched the guard right in the solar plexus. Then he aimed the pistol at the two of us.

“I’ll show you arrogant brats what happens when you ignore me.”

“What? Why is he acting like that?”

Wait… wasn’t this supposed to be a high-teen genre? Is a high schooler pointing a gun okay in a high-teen story? Did we switch to the news?

Of course, I did just receive a revolver as a reward, but since this is a hunter-genre mash-up, maybe that’s allowed.

Victor also looked surprised and was about to whistle, but I elbowed him to stop. Provoking that guy right now wouldn’t help at all.

And unlike you, I don’t have a skill like ‘Stand Firm’!

Even if it’s Victor McQueen, the moment I get shot, no matter my base stats, I’ll end up with holes all over my body like a giant cotton candy.

‘Should I try my A-rank agility once?’

That thought crossed my mind… but the opponent has a gun.

At that moment, I quickly turned my head backward.

‘Huh?’

Because an extremely faint noise had reached my ears.

“This feeling is…”