Heavy Rain Chapter 23

Suddenly, the face of the guy who had left, ignoring his words on the day he departed this mansion, comes to mind. He looked so pitiful that I thought about being a little nice to him, but didn’t he immediately start acting like those other stuck-up Omegas? Thinking of the Haejin from before, I thought I could quickly shut him up by coaxing and soothing him a little, but it isn’t going as planned.

It was annoying, especially since he was just an underdog like himself. Such an underdog trait wouldn’t even be of much help to his master, yet hadn’t he received a room that was far too extravagant?

Grinding his teeth, the butler grimaced. He couldn’t understand what Lyle was thinking when he brought Haejin back. However, it would be a perfect conclusion if Haejin disappeared again, as it would also cover up his own minor mistake. As quickly as possible, if possible. The butler also thought this was for the sake of his master.

Before that, it was necessary to suppress that arrogant attitude a little. In a mansion where Lyle was absent, wasn’t it natural that he should listen well to the butler?

If only an excuse arose, he intended to do his best so that the Omega would leave on his own two feet. This was all for the sake of the master of this mansion.

“Are you sleeping well?”

“Passably.”

The various machines attached here and there were removed. Lyle adjusted his disarranged clothes and sat before his primary care physician.

“There hasn’t been anything particularly stressful, I assume.”

“You know. If I have any stress, it is only this damn pheromone.”

Recently, there were many suspicious aspects regarding his physical condition, so Lyle had sought out the hospital secretly. Until now, he had visited because his condition was poor, but this was the first time he had sought a doctor because he had no headache.

The doctor seemed flustered, but quickly regained his composure and began the examination. He was one of the few people who knew about Lyle’s pheromone congestion phenomenon.

Even a small matter could not be overlooked. Especially the fact that the headache vanished the moment he brought Haejin to the mansion was a very strange thing. It was even more so considering that he hadn’t been able to relieve his pheromones even once after the last time he spent a rut with Haejin.

“Hmm. For now, the pheromone congestion state hasn’t improved.”

Looking at the printed test results, the doctor made a diagnosis. At those words, Lyle could not hide a faint sense of disappointment. He had wondered if perhaps a way to avoid having to mix bodies with an Omega had been found, but it seemed there was no such luck.

“Then why is there no headache.”

If so, this state that appeared improved was indeed an abnormal reaction. Since he didn’t want to leave even a bit of uncertainty, Lyle demanded a proper answer from the doctor.

Calmly examining the test results, the doctor pushed up his glasses.

“For now, the resolution of the headache might be a temporary phenomenon caused by coming into contact with the pheromones of an Omega with high compatibility.”

“…”

Inadvertently thinking of Haejin, Lyle furrowed his brow. High compatibility—wasn’t that a rather troublesome thing?

“Of course, this is only a slight and temporary method. It can’t be compared with pheromone relief through sexual intercourse. Have you met a dominant Omega recently?”

Naturally, it is much better to just sit in the same room than to laboriously embrace an Omega. Lyle, who was desperate even for a slight method, tried hard to hide his feelings of disappointment.

While fastening the last button of his clothes, he just dryly thinks of Haejin.

“No. The one I contracted is an underdog Omega.”

However, at the words he spoke without much expectation, the doctor raised his wrinkled eyes and expressed bewilderment.

“An underdog? Hmm…, that is strange.”

“Why?”

“If it’s an underdog, even this makeshift measure is useless. To begin with, it works because excessively released pheromones happen to act by chance. An underdog doesn’t have such an ability.”

“…”

The only variable in his life kept tapping at his nerves. Even when his parents passed away early in an accident and he was caught in an inheritance war, Lyle had never felt doubt. Because he had the ability to make all expectations a reality.

However, things concerning Haejin keep failing to go as he intends. It isn’t just the kid’s attitude that has changed recently. Lyle’s own strange behavior was also a problem.

Suppressing his questions for now, he asked again.

“In any case, is there no possibility that it could become like that through frequent contact?”

“Hmm. If there is frequent intimate contact, that could be the case. This would only happen if the compatibility with that underdog Omega is exceptionally good.”

Strangely, it felt as if the doctor’s words were clinging to his earlobes and stretching out. Glancing at his watch, Lyle fell into thought about whether he should consult about the matter that had made him most impulsive lately.

Should I tell him that the pheromones of other Omegas are excessively repulsive?

These were dangerous words from Lyle’s position. It was because it would be troublesome if rumors spread that no one but Haejin would do. He trusted this doctor basically, but one never knows with people.

In the end, he decided to wait and see for a while longer. Since being repulsed by Omegas was also a chronic problem of Lyle’s anyway. He had even received hospital counseling once because of this excessive rejection.

“At any rate, it is better to resolve it quickly. You are in a dangerous state even now.”

“I will do that.”

Watching him leave, the doctor organized the chart. Then he added one somewhat hopeful remark.

“And I don’t think you need to worry that much about the headache issue. It would be a problem if the headache got worse, but you are also sensitive to pheromone actions to begin with.”

“Right.”

He nodded calmly. At any rate, it was a relief that things weren’t getting worse. If he could waste even a little less time on things like pheromone relief, it was an encouraging thing for him. Since there were many other important things he could do during that time.

Pushing away the bothersome afterimages, Lyle left the hospital. However, contrary to his will, Haejin’s face, which had suddenly come to mind, would not disappear from a corner of his head.

Returning to the mansion late at night, Lyle felt fatigue for the first time in a while. It seemed the doctor’s words were correct—that the pheromone congestion itself had not been resolved.

At the entrance of the mansion, the servants who had come out to greet their master were standing. In the late night, the scent of winter now drifted through the air quite a bit. While checking important business matters for the winter in his head, Lyle came to a dead stop on the spot.

Between the dry air, he suddenly felt Haejin’s pheromones. It seemed Haejin had passed through this place just a moment ago.

“What is Jin doing?”

The footsteps that had stopped unconsciously moved forward again. The butler, who followed by his side and gave reports, cast his gaze far away as if thinking of something.

“He is staying in his room.”

The butler’s answer came a little late. A lukewarm unpleasantness enveloped Lyle. Hadn’t Haejin just been here a moment ago? If he’s in his room, he’s in his room; what kind of answer is it that he’s “continuously” in his room?

The question that came to mind inadvertently, unlike its light beginning, created various entanglements. When he just kept walking without a word, the butler stole a glance at his mood and asked.

“Shall I have him prepared?”

The moment he heard that question, Lyle’s legs came to a dead stop again.

“Master?”

It felt as if something scratchy was stuck right inside his eyelids. Usually, it certainly has no presence, but the moment one turns their gaze the wrong way, it becomes so bothersome that one cannot endure it.

Since he had already arrived at the mansion, Lyle pulled down his necktie without regret. Then he asks coldly.

“Why have you been personally stripping Jin’s clothes all this time? I have never given such an excessive command.”

“Pardon? I, I did it all for the Master.”

It was bothersome that the butler’s eyes were opened wide as if they would tear. An underdog Alpha himself, he revealed signs of fluster, unable to even manage his own pheromones.

Seeing that, anger suddenly surged up uncontrollably. Lyle had certainly commanded only to prepare the rope and the blindfold. Yet from some point on, Haejin used to be left all alone in the room in a completely tied-up state. Naturally, Lyle hadn’t thought about that process and just felt it was convenient.