I Bought the Male Lead with Money

22.

‘Jinhyeon.’

That arrogant slave. It must be related to him. Jinhyeon had no past before being captured in the desert and becoming a slave. No matter how hard Keith searched, nothing came up. Even using Leviathan’s power yielded the same result. Usually, if there’s no past, there’s a story behind it.

Looking at Jinhyeon, he didn’t seem like someone born as a slave. They said he had no scars on his body when he was under the slave trader, which was impossible for someone of low status. But there was no information about Jinhyeon in the Lion’s Continent. Then there was only one answer.

‘Dragon Continent.’

Judging by his appearance and speech, he was clearly from the Dragon Continent. Leviathan’s influence in the Dragon Continent was not yet great. This was because there were similar organizations there. They frequently clashed with them to expand their influence, but there were limitations due to being on different continents.

Keith clenched his jaw. Yu Jin knew about Jinhyeon’s circumstances that Keith didn’t, and wanted to help him. It seemed he would do anything for that.

The sad thing was, even so, Yu Jin didn’t believe Jinhyeon would stay by his side until the end. While speaking of love, Yu Jin was certain that Jinhyeon would leave someday. Keith couldn’t forgive such a Jinhyeon. He couldn’t do anything right away, but he believed an opportunity would come someday.

If that time came, Keith intended not to hesitate. Of course, it was also important to gain Yu Jin’s favor even more before then.

Since Yu Jin seemed to like crying, he should cry more often from now on. He should show his weak side more too. Until now, he had tried to appear strong, but since that didn’t work, he needed to change his strategy.

Keith could do anything to have Yu Jin.

Exactly two days later, Jinhyeon returned to Yu Jin’s mansion. After leaving through the back door, he boldly returned through the main gate, with a dirty little kid by his side.

“Who’s this?”

Small and skinny, wearing dirty clothes. The hair seemed somewhat tidied, but it was still a mess. It looked like he had brought him from the back alleys.

‘My guess was right.’

What had he done there? He should ask about it first. As Yu Jin was thinking various things, Jinhyeon pushed the child forward.

“This is San.”

Having left his position as a slave, he casually used informal speech. But he was still a commoner, using informal speech to a noble? Even though he knew it was disrespectful, Jinhyeon remained nonchalant. Probably because he knew Yu Jin wouldn’t get angry even if he used informal speech.

Yu Jin swallowed a sigh and looked at the child.

His name is San? It sounded familiar. If he had seen it, it must have been in the novel, and if he could vaguely remember the name, it meant he was a supporting character with some significance.

San from the back alleys.

‘I remember now.’

It was the name of the child Jinhyeon took in while pacifying the back alleys with Roena’s help. Despite not having learned anything, the child was smart, and because of that, he later became Jinhyeon’s proxy, managing the back alleys.

‘But he’s too young?’

Isn’t the age and timing off? Yu Jin pondered and then assigned a maid to San. It seemed he needed to be cleaned up and fed first. After sending San away, three people remained.

Yu Jin, Keith, and Jinhyeon.

Keith was the first to step forward.

“I’m sorry.”

“For what?”

Keith answered Jinhyeon’s question.

“An apology for treating you badly all this time.”

“It’s not necessary. Nobles don’t see slaves as people anyway, right? It was natural back then.”

It was true when he heard it. The apology ended there. Keith seemed somewhat unsatisfied, but with Jinhyeon responding like that, there was nothing more he could say.

Jinhyeon turned his gaze to Yu Jin.

“You’ll keep your promise, right?”

Yu Jin nodded weakly.

“But is that really all you want? Wouldn’t something else be better?”

He asked one last time just in case, but Jinhyeon shook his head.

“It’s fine.”

Yes, I see. You really must have sex with me. What should I do about his curiosity? Even while feeling perplexed, Yu Jin stood up.

“Then let’s get it over with now.”

Let’s get it over with quickly. Even though Jinhyeon was like this now, his mind might change when they actually do it.

‘But I’ll definitely count it as using up one wish.’

He would probably try to use up all his remaining wishes anyway, but still, there’s such a thing as human sentiment. Keith left the place as previously discussed.

“Let’s go to the room.”

Thinking about what was to come, his enthusiasm disappeared, but there was no other way.

“This is unexpected.”

“What is?”

“I thought you’d resist more.”

Look at his personality. To think such a guy is the protagonist of a novel. Why did he find such a novel interesting? He should have read a peaceful healing story instead.

“Should I resist if you want?”

Yu Jin modestly folded his arms in front of his chest. He wasn’t usually like this, but perhaps feeling relieved that Jinhyeon had returned, a cheeky response came out naturally.

Jinhyeon’s expression relaxed upon hearing Yu Jin’s joke.

“It’s fine.”

While they were having this short conversation, they arrived at Yu Jin’s room. Having reached the room, the bedroom was soon to follow. At that thought, his calm heart started beating wildly. If it beat any harder, it felt like his heart might jump out of his mouth.

“Should we wash up first?”

Jinhyeon nodded at Yu Jin’s suggestion.

“Then who should go first?”

“You.”

“Alright.”

At Jinhyeon’s answer, Yu Jin obediently entered the bathroom. Today, he had asked Keith to dismiss the bath attendants.

“Okay!”

Yu Jin slapped both his cheeks. The pain helped him regain his senses a bit. Although he was mentally prepared, that alone wasn’t enough.

Because sex wasn’t something that could be done with just mental preparation! If possible, Yu Jin wanted to be the one doing the penetrating rather than being penetrated, but.

‘That’s impossible.’

So physical preparation was necessary.

‘My knowledge is perfect.’

Fortunately, the original Yu Jin was a rogue who had been around, and that included men. Having experience meant his body was somewhat developed too.

Last time, he got excited when Jinhyeon crudely probed down there.

“I can do this.”

It didn’t seem like Jinhyeon would gently stretch him down there, so he planned to calmly finish everything here before going out. First, he undressed and thoroughly washed his whole body. Then he poured some prepared fragrant oil onto his palm. Yu Jin stared blankly at the glistening oil and then squeezed his eyes shut.

“I can do this!”

Yu Jin slid his hand between his legs. One finger went in more easily than he thought. But remembering the size of Jinhyeon’s organ he had seen before, this wasn’t enough.

He fidgeted and tried increasing the number of fingers. Even with two fingers, it was still okay so far.

“Nngh.”

But this feeling was strange. The sensation buried in his memories started to resurface. Jinhyeon’s fingers were longer and thicker than Yu Jin’s, and the joints were distinct, so it felt like they caught on the entrance with each movement.

‘That felt good.’

At that moment, a water droplet that had formed on the ceiling fell onto his forehead with a plop. It was just one drop, but it snapped him back to his senses.

‘Aaaah!’

What felt good?! Yu Jin swallowed a scream. He felt like his mind had become depraved in just a moment. It seemed impossible to do this sober. The previous Yu Jin was always drunk or high on drugs before having sex.

Yu Jin glanced at the small vial placed next to the fragrant oil. The vial contained an aphrodisiac he had obtained by asking Keith.

“This is it.”

Keith had explained its effects more calmly than expected. He didn’t get angry even though he knew it was a drug Yu Jin had obtained to use with someone else.

“When you drink it, your mind becomes hazy as if drunk, and your body becomes sensitive. You won’t get addicted from drinking it once or twice.”

“When you become hazy as if drunk, do you talk nonsense and such? That would be troublesome.”

“That depends on the person. It’s like your usual behavior when drunk comes out.”

“Behavior when drunk?”

Then that’s fortunate. Yu Jin had never caused problems when drunk until now. He had deliberately acted like a rogue and caused trouble, but that was intentional.

Yu Jin took the aphrodisiac Keith handed him and kept it.

No, no. Yu Jin gritted his teeth and turned away from the vial. He needed to be in his right mind when having relations with Jinhyeon.

‘I didn’t get this to take it myself anyway.’

If possible, he had intended to make Jinhyeon drink the aphrodisiac. It should be Jinhyeon, not Yu Jin, who wasn’t in his right mind. After finishing his preparations to some extent, Yu Jin staggered to his feet. Jinhyeon had waited patiently somehow.

“You’re out?”

Sitting on the bed, he was drinking wine from who knows where. Yu Jin nodded with a tired expression and pointed to the bathroom.

“You should wash up too.”

“I already did. You were too slow.”

It seemed he had used another bathroom while Yu Jin was washing.