Rejected by Daughter’s Second Male Lead Chapter 126 - END.

“It seems… it’s the Marquis, doesn’t it?”

“It must be…”

“Do you think His Grace, the Duke, is alright?”

“He… He must be, wouldn’t you say…?”

In the first-floor kitchen, the aide Navard, the butler Brian, and the chef Beau were gathered, discussing the matter. With Gillen’s rut continuing and both the head maid and the head housekeeper absent, the three men closest to Gillen had their heads together.

Brian, worried that this rut was strangely dragging on, had been about to place a meal inside the room when he heard not only Gillen’s ragged breaths and pained moans, but also the moans and sobs of a young man! The voice, of course, belonged to the familiar Yuan, and Brian immediately understood the situation.

His Grace, the Duke, and the Marquis had gotten back together!

So Brian had gathered Navard and the chef.

“But no matter how… good it is, it’s been a week, and does it make sense for them to continue… doing that, while only eating soup, bread, and fruit?”

Chef Beau asked with a frown. He seemed to shudder just thinking about it.

“If my wife clung to me like that for a whole week, I’d be sucked dry and die.”

“How dare you compare His Grace, the Duke’s, rut to your and your wife’s sex life!”

Navard scolded Beau. Beau pouted but did not correct what he had said. He was truly in shock at the couple upstairs.

“Still, it’s been over seven days, and now it’s the eighth… This is the longest on record. Even when he spent his rut alone, it would end in four or five days, and when he had his acute rut with the Marquis before, he came out in five days. To… do it for this long… might there not be a problem?”

Brian said worriedly. Navard and Beau might not know, but Brian had heard it himself from in front of the door. The two were resolving the rut so intensely, he felt like the furniture and walls would be all broken when he eventually went in. He couldn’t even bring himself to put the meal inside, so he just left the tray in front of the door.

Navard sighed.

“But it’s not like we can open the door and storm in. Even if we called the physician, he couldn’t go in during the middle of it. We have no choice but to wait.”

It was then. A dazzlingly beautiful, half-naked man appeared behind them. He had shimmering silver hair that fell below his shoulders and sparkling skin, and he had a long blanket wrapped below his perfectly muscled torso. And his upper body was mottled with kiss marks that looked like bruises, nail marks, and contusions.

“M-Marquis!”

“We greet Marquis Hampton… Ahem.”

The three men bowed their heads in surprise. It was an act more to avoid looking at Yuan’s face and body than a sign of etiquette.

“Gillen’s, no, the Duke’s rut is over. Prepare some restorative food. And bring plenty of water.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan vanished with a whoosh. It was teleportation magic. The three men swallowed hard and straightened up.

“It seems… it’s over.”

“I’ll go and prepare the restorative food…”

“Ahem, I’ll bring the water first.”

The three men busily scattered.

Gillen had no idea that Yuan had gone outside. Gillen, whose body was even more flushed red and purple than Yuan’s, was in a deep sleep for the first time in a long while. Yuan lay down next to Gillen and pulled him into an embrace. His own pheromones were emanating richly from Gillen. It was only natural. They had mingled their bodies so much, and he had put his semen inside Gillen.

Yuan continuously pressed kisses on Gillen’s forehead and the top of his head.

‘The reason I imprinted on you is… because I, too, love you with the same heart.’

Even now, just thinking of those words made his chest churn as if something hot were surging up from within.

Gillen loves me. He imprinted on me because he loved me. With the same heart as me, he loves me.

Yuan had really intended to leave the empire. He was going to spend months, or even years, in Salgreen Canyon and try to soothe his boredom by searching for a new dragon.

But there was something that Yuan, the most brilliant genius in the world, did not know. That a love, once it has taken root, cannot be easily cut away, no matter how much you try to distance yourself and forget.

Yuan once again deeply inhaled Gillen’s pheromones. His pheromones were now mixed with his own, creating a perfectly refreshing and crisp scent.

“Gillen… I will absolutely die on the same day, at the same time as you.”

If Gillen had been awake, he would have berated him for saying something so creepy, but fortunately, he was now asleep, exhausted from eight days of sex. Yuan also placed a kiss on Gillen’s eyelid.

“I will no longer jump to conclusions or misunderstand your intentions.”

His lips soon touched Gillen’s cheek.

“I will love you even more than I love myself. Though I think I already do. Because you are a more special and brilliant being than I am.”

Until now, Yuan had lived his life believing he was the best in the world. He had even thought that he might be the reincarnation of the real hero of the gods, Yuan. All sorts of hardships and narratives follow a hero of the century. How many nights had he muttered to himself, as if brainwashing himself, that Marius was just one of them?

It was only natural that everyone loved and respected him, and a mage more brilliant than him could not exist in the world. Even the old geezer, the master of the magic tower, had gasped when he first saw Yuan. It was because he had immediately foreseen the end of his own era.

So when Gillen had hit on him—or so he had misunderstood—Yuan had taken that emotion for granted as well. On the contrary, he had cursed him for being a hideous old man who didn’t know his place. He hadn’t thought for a second that excessive self-love and self-preservation had blinded him.

But…

“Gillen. You are the kindest and warmest person I have ever met. You are just, and generous, and therefore beautiful. So much so that it’s a wonder that someone like you loves me… From now on, you, Gillen, will be my god.”

All my abilities and devotion will be for Gillen. My beauty will be maintained to make Gillen shine, and my gold and treasures will also be used only for Gillen’s comfort and peace.

“I’m saying… I will dedicate myself to you.”

Those words, which neither Marius nor the god Retina had ever heard, finally came from Yuan’s lips. The perfect Yuan, whom everyone wanted. He became happy by choosing to subordinate himself to Gillen. And at this moment, he realized that he had been wishing for this all along.

Yuan kissed the tip of Gillen’s nose and finally moved toward his lips.

“…Ahem.”

Just then, Gillen cleared his throat with his mouth closed and slowly opened his eyes.

“You, you weren’t asleep?”

Yuan’s face turned beet red. Gillen’s face, likewise, flushed crimson.

“I woke up in the middle. How could I let on that I was awake when you were going on and on like that? You’d have been embarrassed!”

“I’m more embarrassed now, you know? If you had shown you were awake earlier, I wouldn’t have finished what I was saying!”

“No, I was curious about the rest of it, so… Good grief, you’ve still got a long way to go. Why on earth would you dedicate yourself to another person? And why am I your god? I’m just a human! A human, just like you!”

“Can’t you just take it as it is? It’s a romantic confession of love!”

“The direction is wrong. You are full of self-love, but you also have surprisingly low self-esteem. Don’t be like that.”

“Forget it. I’m not saying anything more.”

Yuan left Gillen and stood up. At that, Gillen scrambled to his feet. Although he wasn’t in pain thanks to the healing magic, his energy was completely depleted, and as soon as Gillen’s feet touched the floor, he collapsed like a newborn calf.

Yuan, startled, helped Gillen up and sat him on the bed. Gillen was in shock.

“I can’t believe this. There’s no strength in my legs at all. What’s going on?”

“That’s to be expected after eight days of just ‘interacting.’ But your stomach and back don’t hurt, and your hole isn’t raw, right? I used healing magic—”

“Stop… Don’t open your mouth any further…”

Gillen silently covered Yuan’s mouth, pressing a hand to his own forehead. He took a deep breath that was close to a sigh and turned to pull Yuan into an embrace. He could feel their body heat, pheromones, and heartbeats perfectly through their bare skin. He could even tell that Yuan’s slightly excited body was relaxing.

“Yuan. You don’t have to dedicate yourself to me. You don’t have to think of me as a god. We will continue to be together from now on, and we will go through everything together.”

Gillen continued in a low, calm voice. Yuan’s breathing gradually slowed. He was now adorably resting his cheek on Gillen’s shoulder.

“I will try to live as healthily as I can. Because I want to be with my young lover for a longer time. And I will tell you I love you more often. So that you won’t feel anxious.”

“…Like you’re soothing a child.”

“It’s just my answer to what you said to me earlier. I’m declaring my own commitment. I will always cherish you. And… Mph!”

Before Gillen could finish his words, his lips were stolen by Yuan. But he no longer felt the need to say more. Yuan’s pheromones were already conveying that he understood everything. Gillen, too, responded with his pheromones. That we would do well. That since we had come this far through so much trial and error and chaos, we would be even happier from now on.

Less than five minutes after getting up, they were lying back down on the bed as if they had fallen into it.