The Nature of Possession

382 – EP.14 The Interest of Dangerous Beings-2

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When was the last time I felt this nervous? Nivir thought.

I wanted to swallow, but for some reason my throat and tongue wouldn’t listen to me.

Her mouth was getting dry by the minute, her hands were shaking, and an indescribable fear was wracking her body.

Nivir shut his eyes tightly as he felt his body crumple.

She felt strangely familiar with this oppressive atmosphere.

I had this feeling once, but I couldn’t remember exactly what it was.

“Huh? Didn’t you hear what I said?”

Loki’s smile, his hand on his ear, was humorous yet eerie.

Ah, I see. Nivir realized.

The name of this sensation that was squeezing her was the fear of death.

“Hey, senior.”

Nivir barely swallowed and opened her mouth, but Loki had no intention of giving her any leeway.

“Do you need some time? Cute junior! Time is passing. Tick tock.”

Loki made a clock sound with his mouth.

The fact that a first-class manager said something like this meant that he had already figured out the whole story behind the incident.

Nivir was not so foolish as to not think that far ahead. Rather, he was on the capable side.

If I tell you everything honestly, at least I can avoid the crime of treason.

Nivir put his hand on his chest and pressed his pounding heart. Through his palm, he could clearly feel the heartbeat.

“2nd, 2nd class Dimensional Management God Nivir… I will tell you the truth.”

Nivir opened his eyes, trying to control his trembling voice.

Then Loki smiled and returned his bow towards Nivir to his original position.

“Don’t talk.”

“yes?”

Nivir’s eyes widened at Loki’s words.

“Our junior has a bad habit of asking questions back?”

Loki rubbed his palms together as if he were about to eat a delicious meal.

Nivir clenched and unclenched his hands repeatedly. Sweat began to drip down his hands.

It felt like I had returned to being mortal after a long time.

Loki slowly approached Nivir.

With each step he took, Nivir’s breath caught.

“I’ll tell you one more time because it feels good. Don’t. Tell. You.”

As Loki’s lips were pulled up to reveal the dimples, he spat out each syllable.

Nivir just stood there frozen, staring at Loki’s mouth.

Loki, who was looking at his junior who was frozen like a statue, smiled once more and turned his back.

“I just made an interesting discovery and told you about it.”

“Senior, the truth is…”

“Nibir, the 2nd class Dimensional Manager.”

Nivir opened his mouth, but Loki cut him off.

“If you tell me the truth, I will have no choice but to act as a first-class dimensional manager. Do you really want that?”

Loki asked, drawing out the words.

Nivir closed his eyes. He could not understand the intentions of the being that was smiling and spinning in front of him.

What was certain was that Loki had no intention of exposing her to the truth and that she had no choice but to take the hand he offered her.

“It seems like Senior Loki had an unusual experience.”

Nivir wasn’t sure if it was right to say this.

“Really? It was really amazing, wasn’t it?”

But it didn’t take long for that anxiety to turn into relief.

“Senior, what do you plan to do in the future?”

Nivir knew he was stepping into a swamp, but he had no choice but to move forward.

“Huh? What?”

“You’ve discovered something unusual… Would you like to report it to the Administration?”

“No? You don’t think so?”

“then?”

“I’m just here.”

“I don’t understand.”

“What kind?”

Loki tilted his head at Nivir’s words.

“I thought you would be very interested in the mortals who have traveled through dimension, so you would either track them down or report them to the Administration.”

Nivir slowly expressed his thoughts. Loki smiled at the words of his clever junior.

“Well, that’s what Athena would have done, right? Athena would have taken action on the spot.”

“…….”

Niver looked even more incomprehensible at those threatening words.

“I think it might have something to do with the recent increase in causality mismatch. So I decided to just leave it alone.”

“I think what you’re saying is contradictory, senior.”

“Is that so? Not me.”

“Senior, I’m so ignorant that I can’t seem to keep up with your thoughts. I’m sorry, but would it be rude to ask you a question?

Nivir looked at Loki.

“If you are an excellent junior who graduated first, I welcome your questions.”

“Senior, aren’t you interested in dimensional stability?”

“Um… That’s a very bold question, isn’t it?”

“sorry.”

Nivir quickly bowed his head.

“Haha, I didn’t mean to scold you… I just find it fascinating that you can come up with such ideas.”

Kids these days are smart. Loki stuck his tongue out.

“Managing causality across all dimensions is the duty of the Dimensional Management God. And I am the Dimensional Management God. Is that an answer?”

Loki shrugged and answered.

“But what you said seems far from that.”

Nivir added to that classic answer.

“Huh? It’s a bit new to hear that story from a junior.”

As Loki spoke, Nivir’s face turned red.

It wasn’t something the person who caused this situation should have said.

“But since you asked, I guess I have to answer.”

Wink, Loki winked. He brought his mouth to Nivir’s ear as if he was about to tell him some huge secret.

And whispered.

“I wish those mortals would travel through more dimensions and disrupt causality.”

Nivir stepped away and rubbed his ears with his hands.

His face was filled with bewilderment, as if he couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

“Senior, just now you said it was the duty of the Dimension Management God…”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“It doesn’t make sense….”

“Well, I guess it might seem that way to you, junior. Think about it carefully.”

Loki tapped Nivir on the shoulder and walked towards the door.

“Senior!”

Nivir shouted at Loki’s back as he walked away.

“huh?”

“What on earth are you aiming for, senior?”

“When you say you’re aiming for me, it makes me sound like I’m a bad person.”

Loki simply shrugged his shoulders once more at the gaze of his junior who was looking at him with doubt and suspicion.

“I just want to see something fun.”

As Loki left the conference room with a harmless wave, Nivir slumped down on the spot.

“…What on earth is going on?”

She hated Lanael even more today.