Rejected by Daughter’s Second Male Lead Chapter 119

“That… will be impossible.”

It was an unexpectedly shocking answer.

“Why…?”

Yuan asked with a dumbfounded face. He truly had not thought that Gillen would refuse. Because this… he thought this was a proposal that Gillen could sufficiently accept even under the assumption that he did not like him.

“That would be a terrible thing to do to you, and if, as you say, I have a future spouse, it would be a terrible thing to do to her.”

Her.

Yuan realized that Gillen had once married the Duchess and had Cecilia, and that he intended to marry a woman in the future as well. At that, he felt his brain melting into a gooey mess and his heart shattering into pieces.

“If we don’t necessarily have to… have an exchange, let’s just recharge the magic stones once every five months. Even if it’s a bit weaker, there are other ways, so is there really a need to mix our bodies? And… you too will meet your mate someday. An omega with whom you can become a ‘fated pair’ if you imprint.”

No matter what, Yuan was the second male lead in the original work. Although he ended up with a destructive ending in the original, now that the flow of the story had changed, there was a high possibility that he would still find a mate befitting a second male lead. Perhaps it would be an omega woman or man who was as beautiful and capable as Yuan, and of a similar age. Yuan would quickly fall head over heels for him. Just as he had easily given his heart to Gillen.

Y’uan was a person who got lonely easily and had lived his life craving someone’s affection. Even if he himself didn’t think so, that’s how he looked to Gillen.

He was well aware of the rumors that many noble ladies wished for a marriage proposal from Yuan. If Gillen hadn’t known the original work, he would have thought of Yuan as a pretty good son-in-law. With such a bright future ahead of Yuan, he couldn’t be the one to block that path.

“Doesn’t my point have some merit?”

Theoretically, he wasn’t wrong. But it wouldn’t last as long as sex. No, that might actually be a good thing, Yuan thought. He used his quick wit to come up with a new idea.

“If we recharge a magic stone that has already been used, the effect won’t be as good as it is now. We will have to meet at least once every two months.”

Despite telling a series of ridiculous lies, Yuan’s expression remained unchanged. In fact, he regretted not saying once a month. Since he had the magic stones, there would be no problem with his body whether they met once every few months or not, but Yuan wanted to regularly create opportunities to meet with Gillen in any way possible.

“Once every two months…”

Gillen muttered meaningfully. Yuan deliberately looked elsewhere to hide his nervousness. He was afraid that if he was caught looking anxious, his lie would be seen through. Gillen had a subtly sharp side.

Fortunately, an answer soon came from Gillen.

“Alright.”

Yuan swallowed once to avoid reacting too quickly, then slowly nodded his head.

“Okay. Then, once every two months, I will come here via teleportation. I can come here right away no matter where I am.”

“Yes, do that.”

“Then the next time we see each other will be in two months.”

Yuan said as he rose from the sofa. Now that Gillen had agreed, he had to quickly conclude the magic contract and leave. That way, even if Gillen changed his mind, this contract could not be canceled.

But Gillen stood up, following Yuan.

“Wait. It’s not in two months. First, there are five magic stones. You said we can last for five months with these, so shouldn’t we see each other in six months?”

“…”

Why did he suddenly become so good at math? Fuck. Yuan clicked his tongue for a moment and nodded his head. Six months… yes, it wasn’t something he couldn’t endure. It was better than not seeing him for the rest of his life. Half a year would probably pass quickly. In the meantime, he could secretly use invisibility magic or transparency magic to spy on Gillen—Yuan did not realize that this was not a normal thought.

“Alright, then. Let’s see each other in half a year… and draw up the contract.”

Yuan took out the contract he had prepared, signed it as fast as lightning, and held it out to Gillen. And as soon as Gillen signed it, before he could say anything, he vanished with a whoosh of teleportation. It was out of fear that Gillen might find some other nit to pick.

“Still… it seems he’s almost completely lost his affection for me now.”

However, Gillen misunderstood Yuan’s lightning-fast teleportation.

“It’s for the best. It’s a relief.”

Gillen said to himself with a bitter smile. As if brainwashing himself. It’s really for the best. It’s a good thing. Still, doesn’t this mean I can see Yuan in six months? I thought I would never be able to see him again.

As his thoughts reached that point, Gillen was startled and shook his head. Such thoughts were impure. It was a terrible thing to do to Yuan as well. He sat down at his desk again and continued with his work. In one hand, he tightly held the magic stone containing Yuan’s pheromones.

The place Yuan teleported to was neither his bedroom nor his magic laboratory. He had moved to a dark and deep forest. It wasn’t a mistake. He just… felt like he wanted to run away somewhere.

Gillen had looked so calm. He seemed to be living well without Yuan, and he was so focused on his work that he couldn’t even distinguish whether Yuan was real or fake. In fact, he didn’t even look at him for more than a few seconds, as if hoping that Yuan wasn’t real.

And then, ‘her.’ Without even being conscious of it, he had naturally referred to his future spouse as female. Gillen really was a person who was not attracted to men.

‘In the first place, I’m not attracted to men.’

Gillen had said something like that once. At that time, Yuan hadn’t listened to those words at all. He had just thought that he was lying to save face. Or that he thought it didn’t apply to him since he wasn’t an ordinary man.

If I had listened to Gillen’s words properly back then, and believed them, things wouldn’t have come to this point. Yuan let out a dry laugh and wiped his dry face with one hand.

For some reason, his chest had been aching as if it were being tightly constricted. He slumped down under a nearby tree, leaned his back against it, and let the strength drain from his body.

“How could you do this… You bad, bad…”

All sorts of curses swirled in Yuan’s mouth. But in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to spit them out. Now he couldn’t even curse Gillen carelessly. Because he didn’t want to curse him. He loved him… too much for that.

“Fuck…”

Yuan rubbed his eyes roughly with his shabby sleeve. Darker and blacker tear stains were left on the black robe. He sat there for a long time and cried.

In a deserted forest. In the scent of the forest that resembled Gillen’s pheromones, with the contract bearing Gillen’s signature in his bosom, and in one hand, holding the magic stone containing Gillen’s pheromones.

“There’s no other pathetic fool in the world.”

Yuan spoke harshly to himself. It was a rare occurrence for him, who had only ever praised himself. But once it started, self-loathing grew quite easily.

Stupid bastard, arrogant bastard who doesn’t know his place. I was just acting my age. Gillen had been putting up with it all this time. But I thought I was so great, a nobody like me… a mere nobody like me… How could I, who was abandoned even by my own parents, think that I was loved by Gillen? Thinking back now, it was absurd.

Strangely, it was so easy to curse himself. A million times easier than cursing Gillen. In fact, it even gave him a kind of liberation and relief. If it became Yuan’s fault, then Gillen could remain a good and kind person.

“Six months…”

Yuan leaned his head against the tree and looked up at the sky. The light that broke through the thick leaves and shone down seemed infinite and heartless.

Just a moment ago, he had thought it was a contract where he had gotten a pretty good deal, but the thought of spending six months without Gillen was daunting. Even if he used invisibility magic or transparency magic, if Gillen detected Yuan’s pheromones, he would know that Yuan was nearby even if he couldn’t see him. Yuan was so out of it right now that he couldn’t even think of that.

“Stupid bastard.”

Yuan sneered at himself. Right, for the next six months, I can’t even go near Gillen. So what should I do now?

Yuan found the answer to that question without much difficulty. Just as he could curse himself instead of Gillen, in order to not think about Gillen, he could turn the arrow towards himself. In other words, he could torment himself.

Yuan’s figure disappeared from the forest. The place he was headed for was the Selgrin Gorge, where the most dangerous magical beasts in the Northern Continent lived. This was a dangerous area designated as a restricted zone among all the continents. It was also a place far away from the Moore Empire.

But for the next six months, he intended to pass the time by fighting magical beasts here, risking his life. Of course, he shouldn’t die. Because he had to see Gillen.

[Grrrrrr…]

He could see a bizarrely shaped magical beast slowly approaching from the front, having smelled the scent of a human.

“Come on. I’m in the worst mood today too.”

Yuan said, extending his hand towards the magical beast. And so, Yuan’s ‘time-passing’ that was close to self-harm began.