No Dark Secrets In This Book

Episode 7

…By the way, the impact of “starting from day 1” was enormous. Thousands of times more than I thought when I blurted it out. I knew it wouldn’t end with just the auditorium being turned upside down, but I never thought it would develop to such an extent.

“Ahem, ahem. We will now begin the entrance ceremony. Please take your seats.”

Anyway, with no one able to make a sound other than screams, our staring contest, energy struggle, and verbal battle triple combo confrontation, which we were nervously watching, ended simultaneously with the declaration of the start of the entrance ceremony. 

It seemed that the professor, who judged that the absurd remarks of the Demillang family could not be left unattended, hastily cut it off.

‘See? It’s not just you who can throw people into the mud, Ryuseong.’

As if to prove that my guess was correct, the entrance ceremony was not yet fully prepared, and the teaching assistants were running around in a flurry. I looked around leisurely to wait, and I saw people avoiding eye contact with me as if shushing.

It was a bit funny to see what everyone was thinking.

By the way, Diedrich, who was standing next to me, was hiccuping out an endless laughter, and Capone was pressing Diedrich’s lips with both hands but couldn’t shut his own jaw. In the middle, Logan had a relatively calm expression, but…

‘That’s unexpected.’

I thought Logan, a straight-laced gentleman type, would be the most shocked.

“Are you enjoying this?”

Then Logan politely bowed to me and asked.

…But wait, what did he say?

“With what intention did you say that?”

“Ah, I’m worried that if the young master brings in a man as his legal wife, the future succession structure might get tangled. I’m sorry. I spoke out of turn.”

…Ah, so as long as the succession structure doesn’t get tangled, it doesn’t matter if he dates a man or whatever?

Is your gentlemanliness sincerely saying that?

I felt like I was going to faint a little, but I let it slide as nobles are all like that. In the end, I was just trying to do something to Ryuseong, not trying to make a lifelong commitment with him or anything.

Enjoy, literally that word is enough. It would be even better if I could do it often, so it would be nice if he could become a partner.

That was the end of my desire. But there seemed to be someone next to me who couldn’t just let it slide.

“I have no intention of becoming a wife.”

A brutal voice that sounded like a beast’s throat growling rang out. I was confused by the unexpected reaction, and Logan frowned and added fuel to the fire.

“What are you talking about? Lord Cassice, you are the young master of the Demillang family. If you make a marriage contract, it is only natural that Ryuseong of the Hanra family should marry into your family.”

……

Well, thank you for taking my side.

But wait, are you mocking me, Logan, you jerk?

‘It’s not a rivalry between the Hanra and Demillang families! He’s saying he doesn’t want to be my wife!’

Why are you making me twice as sad by not understanding!

But unexpectedly, Ryuseong’s next words, rather than making me sadder, set my heart on fire.

“Stop with the disgusting talk.”

‘…Huh, what?’

Ryuseong, who was sitting next to me, only looking straight ahead.

I don’t know what you find disgusting. I mean, I don’t know if you find the idea of pairing two men together disgusting or if you find it disgusting to be told to live the rest of your life as the wife of the Demillang family when you’re considered the next head of the Hanra family.

But whichever it was, it didn’t matter, it was a sentence that set people’s hearts on fire.

‘It’s thrilling, isn’t it?’

Every sharp line of his side profile was filled with contempt. There was a rough and wild atmosphere around him, as if telling me not to talk to him.

And yet, for some reason, he couldn’t leave my side.

And perhaps because of that, he couldn’t hide his feeling of contempt even more.

‘…I’m drawn to it.’

This is a secret, but actually, my hobby was to make people who despise me fall for me.

Of course, I’m not a criminal! I just happened to have a great talent for seducing and making people who hated and despised me fall helplessly for me. How thrilling it was to see someone who disliked me fall for me helplessly in the process.

In short, I was easily attracted to people who disliked me……

‘Now that I say it like this, it kind of seems like a strange fetish?’

As long as it tastes good, who cares? Don’t you think?

“We will now hold the entrance ceremony.”

Anyway, the hastily started entrance ceremony was long and tedious. In the middle, there was a situation where the top-ranking student had to read the entrance declaration, but I was sitting without knowing I was the top student until Logan tapped my back, and that’s when I realized it was me.

Actually, considering that the top-ranking student was Cassice, I thought the protagonist’s lack of action in the entrance exam was not so outstanding, but then I thought this must have been the case in the original work as well.

Even then, Demillang must have seized the title of top-ranking student with the power of his family, I thought.

Cassice Demillang, who became the top student without properly taking the entrance exam, and Ryuseong, who aced the entrance exam.

‘It’s hard to say it’s a fair assessment.’

Of course, people still show recognition in their eyes that ‘it’s understandable’ since Cassice Demillang is also a genius, but it will change in the future.

Ryuseong was a genius to the extent that people would not be able to accept anyone other than him being the top student.

So I wasn’t excited at all.

‘It’s not my ability anyway.’

Sigh, just thinking about the backlash I’ll face in the future because the body I took over was selected as the top student makes my head throb. So I didn’t even wave to the reporters who were targeting me and just read the declaration cleanly and came down.

There was no need to be arrogant or excited just because I was the top student. All I hoped for was to see Ryuseong’s expression distort as he looked at me, who became his roommate as he had requested.

I mean, did he think I was this crazy when he applied to be my roommate?

Moreover, it ended up being accepted.

‘How much will he hate it…?’

Thump, thump. My heart was racing.

If only I had realized a little earlier that this pounding was not excitement but a premonition of the catastrophe that was to come.

***

[BREAKING] [Demillang’s Young Master Proposes to Hanra’s Next Head, “Starting from Day 1”]

[Shocking back-to-back proposals took place in the auditorium where the entrance ceremony was being held, with Cassice Demillang, the young master of the prestigious Demillang family, becoming the top-ranking student at Ahyea Academy….]

[BREAKING] [Prestigious Demillang Family Issues Official Statement “We Don’t Know About This” “But He Won’t Accept It Even If We Give Him”]

[URGENT] [Head of Hanra Family Creates Scandal with Abusive Language “What the Hell Did You Say to My Son, You XXX”]

***

…So, what I’m saying is, I never thought it would go this far.

Until now, I had been under a misunderstanding. Even though Cassice Demillang’s position within the family was ambiguous, I knew in my head that to other people, he was an overwhelming aristocrat, a person of power, and a member of the upper class who had to be highly respected, but I hadn’t properly recognized it.

In other words, I was the only one who had no idea what kind of ripple effect each and every one of my words would have on the whole world.

‘That’s because I was the good-for-nothing youngest son put out by a chaebol family!’

I wasn’t the kind of person who was in the spotlight like this!

“Have you seen the official statement from the Demillang family!”

“Do you have any plans to change your relationship according to the family’s wishes!”

“The head of the Hanra family…!”

As soon as I came out of the auditorium after the entrance ceremony ended, frenzied shouts and flashes burst out.

There were numerous reporters asking about when we started being engaged, and the flashes were so intense that I couldn’t even look at them.

When I slightly frowned, Capone stood in front of me to protect me from the reporters. Of course, the reporters were also thoughtful enough not to recklessly approach the young master of the Demillang family, but he blocked them because I looked annoyed.

But there was no need for that.

Thud.

Someone threw their robe and put it over my head. It seemed like they were trying to block the flashes, so I stood still for a moment, dazed with my vision blocked inside the robe, and then I finally realized it when cheers erupted explosively.

“Where! Where are you going, Mr. Ryuseong! What will you choose for your wedding rings!”

“Where are you two going for your honeymoon!”

…Ryuseong threw crap at me and ran away.

***

It wasn’t that the reporters just rushed in recklessly.

If it was ‘that’ young master of Demillang, it would be natural for him to open his mouth in front of reporters with an intention. In other words, he must have made a sensational remark at the entrance ceremony venue where reporters had set up shop with some kind of purpose. Quite a few reporters took action judging that rushing in like a swarm of flies was precisely following Cassice’s intention. This was the reputation of the person named Cassice Demillang.

‘A meticulous and cold-blooded strategist.’

‘A schemer and gambler who will bet every last drop of blood flowing in his body if necessary.’

―Anyway, the spread and distortion of rumors were fast and quick, so during the entrance ceremony…

The ‘marriage’ scandal between the young master of the Demillang family and Ryuseong, who was considered the next head of the Hanra family, was also conveyed to the head of the Demillang family.

“…He must have gone crazy. You’ve taken the official response properly, right?”

“Yes. We’ve stated that we don’t know about it. Shall I call for the young master?”

“No, I’ll go myself. And tell them we won’t accept it even if they give it to us.”

It was also conveyed to the head of the Hanra family.

“I’ll kill him, Demillang! How dare he touch my son!”

“Strictly speaking, he’s neither your biological son nor your adopted son, right? Ryuseong refused, so…”

“He’s still my son! I may not have changed his dirty diapers while raising him! But I still picked him up, washed him, clothed him, fed him, and put him to bed, man!”

“Ah, Head! The prestigious Demillang family has issued an official statement saying ‘we won’t accept it even if they give it to us’…”

“What the hell did you say to my son, you son of a XX!”

Anyway, both the head of the family and the head of the other family thought that Cassice had made the remark because he had some sort of plan.

The head of the family’s purpose was to uncover what kind of nonsense Cassice had in his mind, while the head of the other family’s stance was why are you involving my son in your vicious scheme. But their reasoning may not have been wrong.

The only problem was that no one knew that there was a person named ‘Jeong Ian’ inside Cassice, and that very person was the price of living a life without thinking.

‘But now that it’s come to this, wouldn’t it be a win-win for me to suggest something like a contract relationship?’

…They never imagined that such a human being would be inside.