Doing a ‘princess carry’ with a large-bodied man was a more difficult task than I thought.
First of all, Baek Sahyun’s legs were too long, making it hard to manage. And it was also shitty how he wrapped his arms around my neck and stared at me so brightly.
In a situation that was almost like torture, I even felt regret that I should have just left him to bleed from the soles of his feet.
‘Why do you suffer on purpose, Jang Woohyun?’
Struggling and barely holding him, I finally stood in front of the front gate.
Baek Sahyun, who pressed the intercom instead of me, glanced at me with a coy look.
“With strength this weak…, will you even be able to act like an alpha in front of people?”
Standing there with my legs trembling, I wanted to smack him. I could barely stand here gritting my teeth only because I was in Nam Heejae’s body—if it had been my original body, I would have collapsed powerlessly. That’s how big Baek Sahyun was, and what impressive musculature he had.
[…Who is it?]
Just as I was putting strength in my legs with the mindset of being back in the military, a reply came from beyond the intercom. It was a voice sunken low, as if he’d just woken up.
Shameless Baek Sahyun threw out an insincere self-introduction toward the intercom.
“It’s Sahyun.”
With a click, the front gate’s lock was released and we could enter inside.
The entire time I walked trudging across the lawn, I wondered whether I should just throw this bastard. Even if I didn’t intend it, the strength was gradually draining from my arms, so it seemed like Baek Sahyun would roll and fall off on his own.
“If you drop me, you die, Heejae-ya.”
“Huh?”
“I’ll make it so.”
Just as I was about to give up on carrying and delivering a fully grown adult man, I squeezed out even the strength from when I was breastfeeding at the warning I heard. Because it seemed like if I released the strength from my arms now, Baek Sahyun would bury me under the lawn.
“Ugh. Oh man, I’m dying….”
As I arrived in front of the mansion’s entrance door while letting out groans like an old man, Baek Sahyun hatefully even wiped away the beads of sweat on my forehead.
“Think of it as exercise.”
And the words he spat out were truly a sight to behold. I didn’t even have the stamina to answer and was just exhaling labored breaths. The firmly closed entrance door opened and someone revealed themselves.
“…Let’s go inside!”
Before the homeowner could say anything, I rushed frantically into the house.
Leaving behind the homeowner who seemed flustered and unable to continue speaking, I set down Baek Sahyun in the middle of the hallway. Baek Sahyun, who lightly got down from my arms as expected, conversed with Nam Heejae’s older brother in my place.
“It’s been a while, Heedo hyung.”
The homeowner’s name seemed to be Nam Heedo. No wait. Looking at how there was no prior information, he seemed to be Chairman Nam Hyungman’s illegitimate child…, hmm. Was his surname even Nam?
Having caught my breath, I raised my head to check out Nam Heedo with my own eyes. And I ended up being quite surprised.
‘That man is Nam Heedo?’
He was considerably handsome, but wearing only a bathrobe, he looked like a complete man among men, a male among males. A wild atmosphere that made him seem like the main model of a men’s magazine rather than a doctor.
That atmosphere was very different from Baek Sahyun or Nam Heejae, who had a strong noble young master feel. Nam Heedo with his bronze skin approached me while running his fingers through his jet-black hair.
“What’s going on in the middle of the night?”
It was a voice full of irritation but from which no hostility could be felt. Was it really true that he was a doctor? Seeing his appearance that looked even more superior up close, I became somewhat suspicious of Baek Sahyun.
Honestly, compared to Baek Sahyun who looked like a kept man, Nam Heedo who exuded testosterone seemed more handsome to my eyes. Truly an appearance that made me want to follow him around calling him hyung-nim.
“Well, you see.”
I became tense without realizing it and chose my words carefully.
I briefly pondered how to convey the news that Baek Sahyun couldn’t control his anger and broke a teacup, and then crunched the broken pieces under his bare feet causing bloodshed.
No, before that, I should first make sure whether his occupation was really a doctor….
“Heejae wanted to see hyung.”
Hm? Who wanted to see whom? Saying he wanted to see someone he didn’t even know existed—does that even make sense? I should have quickly blocked that bastard’s mouth, but I missed the timing.
“He said he needed an alpha to cover him with pheromones.”
Instantly, Baek Sahyun’s voice saying he’d introduce another alpha who could help with a pheromone shower flashed through my mind.
From between Baek Sahyun’s lips that opened smoothly as if oiled, garbage-like words poured out in succession.
“Hyung is also a dominant alpha. If you take this opportunity to help the legitimate son become an alpha, couldn’t you look good to Chairman Nam?”
“……”
“You must also know that Heejae has already broken his promise with me, so it’s hard for me to help him.”
Promise? Having caught the word that felt off somehow, I turned to look at Baek Sahyun. At that moment, Baek Sahyun also looked at me and held eye contact for a long time.
His two eyes, whose depths I couldn’t fathom, were gleaming with light. Baek Sahyun whispered using a somewhat irritable tone.
“What’s wrong, Heejae-ya? Now that I’ve procured an alpha for you, you don’t feel like it?”
I’d never even requested for him to procure one, so I wondered what misunderstanding he was having on his own.
There’s nothing to feel like or not feel like. I really just carried him all the way here to treat Baek Sahyun’s foot.
Through the gap in the serious atmosphere, Nam Heejae’s hidden older brother who was a dominant alpha opened his mouth.
“Nam Heejae.”
I forcibly moved my unmoving body to look at him. Deep and intense features that didn’t resemble Nam Heejae at all. Even his voice was hoarse as if he’d burned through hundreds of packs of cigarettes, making it more impactful.
He pressed his forehead as if tired and interrogated me in an aggressive tone.
“Are you still going around doing that shit?”
I urgently made an excuse.
“No? Absolutely not?”
Actually, I didn’t know in detail what kind of shit Nam Heejae had been going around doing, but I didn’t want to catch any stray fire.
However, the man seemed to have already reached a conclusion and scanned my entire body with a gaze full of contempt.
“Pathetic bastard.”
Then he proceeded to mutter a curse! Having done nothing wrong yet only eaten curses, I explained Baek Sahyun’s injury with an aggrieved heart.
“I just brought him because his foot is injured!”
Plus, I only found out today that a person like you even exists in this novel!
“Injured? Baek Sahyun?”
“Yes. Please check. The broken porcelain pieces tore his flesh so there was a lot of bleeding.”
He glanced down at Baek Sahyun’s foot, clicked his tongue, and answered irresponsibly.
“Alphas have good recovery, so if you just endure it, it’ll heal. Don’t think about using medical personnel for something like that.”
He said he was a doctor, but is he actually a quack?
When I sent him a disappointed look, he poured out nagging as if he was more disappointed.
“How old are you to still be obsessed with traits and going around receiving other people’s pheromones?”
“……”
“Plus, after what happened last year, haa. Let’s not talk about it. Even the chairman doesn’t stop you, so I, who’s only half blood-related, have no right to stop you.”
That’s when I got it. Half-brothers. As expected, he was an illegitimate child. But more than that, I became more curious about the phrase ‘what happened last year’ that the man in front of me mentioned.
Could this possibly… be referring to what happened at the villa last summer? If so, then it was something I had to hear about. I immediately blurted out,
“I’m sorry for visiting without contact, Heedo hyung-nim. While I was out playing nearby, I wanted to see hyung-nim once, so I committed this rudeness.”
In general, there are no men who’d feel bad about being called hyung-nim. I fawned with all sincerity like Jang Woohyun from the days when he monopolized the seniors’ affection.
“Wow, hyung-nim, your face is still sparkling with light. Girls must be chasing you desperately to death, right? Maybe because it’s been a while, even though I’m the same sex, I’m just amazed. Please secretly pass down some secrets to me.”
Whether the praise attack hit the mark, the man’s expression was twitching. Thanks to that, Baek Sahyun started slowly putting distance between us. He probably felt defeated by my skillfulness.
It was when I was grinning with the premonition of victory.
“Sahyun-ah. What’s wrong with this guy? Did he drink again?”
Heedo-ssi also asked Baek Sahyun while backing away. Having suddenly become rejected by both of them, I said once again,
“Hyung-nim, why are you suddenly…”
“What hyung-nim, how disgusting!”
This time the man shouted as if he was fed up. Pushing past me roughly, he grumbled.
“I’ll give you an antidote, so take it and get the hell out. You probably ate that damn alpha manifestation drug or whatever again and lost your mind.”
I just stared blankly at his back. Surprisingly, he stopped in front of Baek Sahyun, who had already moved far away, and soothed him.
“…You always have it hard, Sahyun-ah.”
He somehow seemed to have a much deeper bond with Baek Sahyun than with me, his brother. Only I, having become like a duck egg on the Nakdong River, glared at Baek Sahyun in frustration, but he raised the corners of his mouth and said,
“The consolation is done, so just explain to Nam Heejae. How futile and pathetic trait modification is.”
“……”
“If I humor Nam Heejae and it turns out like last summer, I’ll be at a loss again.”
