NOVEL NEXT Chapter 348: I can't to understand a few things about Jin-Yeok
Was my request too much?
Did I seem weak for asking a mafia to let go of his prey? I mean, he was basically my prey but he was helping me catch that prey.
"Put him in with the rest of the people," I continued, making up my mind as I thought it my first request to him. "I would like to use one of my wishes."
"What is it?"
"Hyung, this might sound impossible but... Can you look for all slave houses and..." I gripped his hand even tighter. "...get rid of them?"
My eyes burned with rage.
If I wanted to help those in need, if I wanted to make sure no one suffered the same thing I did, even if it was just in this country, then I would need to start by uprooting the root cause.
The ones who manage these types of organizations and use people as tools to make money.
"Whether it's a slave market like this one, or a forced prostitution house... I... I want you to get rid of them all." My body trembled and I hit my lip, feeling the gravity of my own words. "That's the only way I can feel at ease. That's the only way—" Jin-Yeok suddenly covered my eyes with his hand.
As if my eyes were the root of my problems, he covered them.
"What are you...?"
"Stay like that for a while, Jo-Pil. You'll feel much better." He said and for a moment, I didn't understand what he meant by me feeling better with my eyes closed.
But like an ostrich that thinks it's out of danger because it digs its head into a hole and sees no danger, I, too, felt at ease.
Like all my worries had disappeared, and even though the world seemed to be burning around me, I felt safe. And that's because I saw not a single thing.
"Thank you," I said, tears rolling down my cheek.
He saw the tear drop that escaped his hand and then leaned in to kiss it.
"No, I should be thanking you, Jo-Pil." He said as he gently hugged me.
"What did I do? All I did was get mad at you." I said.
"Yes, that's exactly it. I'm glad I have someone who gets mad at me for my mistakes and corrects me. There are better paths to approach and issue and solve it, but I find myself taking the wrong one each time. It's thanks to you, who always point it out to me, that I find myself walking down the right path once again. So... Thank you, Jo-Pil."
My heart was thumping softly.
What was he saying right now?
He was saying such things again. Such things that made my heart warm up and feel special.
I came to understand a few things about Jin-Yeok on this day.
He thought about me a lot and was more curious about my feelings than I thought. And, he wants to help me in any way he can, but just doesn't know the right approach.
He's a bit extreme in some cases and makes me mad, makes me wonder what he's thinking... But he's such a super caring master.
"Hyung," I called, "I have a question,"
"What is it?"
"I know that there is a scarcity of high-breed Omegas," I began, my heart thumping as I brought up a topic even I despised. "It was possible for each of you to find one, even if it took a long time, so it makes me confused. Why... Why did you all decide to buy me and use me? Did you not think it would be too much for a single Omega like me?"
The question made him freeze and I think he was thankful that he still covered my eyes and that I couldn't see the expression on his face.
Because if I could... I would've probably not been able to recognize him.
"Jo-Pil, at that time..." He paused.
At that time what? Tell me. I'm dying of curiosity.
"It just kind of happened." He said and I furrowed my brows. It just happened? "We all attended the auction because there were a few rare breed Omegas."
Ah, not just me?
"But no matter how many came on stage, we did not bid." He explained. "Now, I don't know what the other three were thinking about. Sun Seo-Jun of all people should've at least bought one or two to pass the time, but he yawned, uninterested in anything that came forth. And the others had the same expressions."
Ah, what's this? It's almost like their hearts, bodies, and minds were waiting for that one slave. For me.
This author... You knew what you were doing, didn't you?
"I observed everyone because there was nothing for me to see either. But then you, the last pro— I mean, the last person," he was about to call me a product, wasn't he?
He used his other hand to wipe his mouth, thinking for a bit so he wouldn't make a mistake again, and then continued.
"When you arrived, you looked like every other person brought forth on the surface but something about you felt different. And if I'm being honest, I felt entertained. You looked like you would make a fine... Plaything."
Wow, is he saying all this despite how awkward he sounds right now?
I held his hand and then pulled it down.
He definitely looked awkward. Saying that to me right now, when I have succeeded in stealing his heart, made him feel like he was doing something wrong.
"Haha," I laughed softly. "I won't judge you so tell me exactly what you thought at the time. I won't hate you or blame you."
I more or less know the kind of thoughts you guys had when you decided to make me your breeding machine.
Jin-Yeok slumped a bit but he continued talking,
"Since I was only after an heir, I didn't care who I took in as my Omega, but since you entertained me from the beginning, I felt it would be better to pick you out. You... Glowed." He brushed the back of his neck.
Hm, why am I finding it hard to believe?
Is he sure he isn't recalling it wrong? I mean, he must be trying to understand the kind of feelings he had at the time he saw me, and while they weren't apparent, they were there.
And now that he likes me, he's putting meaning into those feelings.
"I thought, I'd rather have a glowing Omega carry my child and make sure it's pretty than one that won't even stand out in the background."