#50

 

It was the last move thrown triumphantly, but the four alpha accepted my offer.

 

–  If you mean labor force, you mean hard work? Then I’m confident.

 

– I’ve done a lot of volunteer work. I’m okay.

 

– Well, I’ve never had to pay like this before, so it’s different. Let’s do it.

 

– If they do it all, then there’s no way I can’t do it! I want to do it too.

 

Starting with Joo Tae-kang and Chae Yoon-chan, they took my proposal lightly. Perhaps because they were an alpha, they didn’t seem to have much resistance to physical labor.

 

“What a rotten thing.”

 

I wish they had at least decided to think or refuse. Except for Chae Yoon-chan, who was like a blond-haired kid, Baek Do-jun, Yoo Yi-seo, and Joo Tae-kang said they would do it without hesitation. My face turned blue, but strangely, Seo Eun-soo was calm.

 

– That’s great. Chan-young. Sla…… No, you’ve got workers.

 

– Did you just say slave? It’s not that I didn’t think of that word either.

 

– It’s just your imagination. Ha ha.

 

At this time, Yoo Yi-seo was smiling at Seo Eun-soo, not me. Only the mouth was drawn, and the eyes were bloodthirsty. It was a snake’s gaze awaiting to crush his opponent.

 

My utopia was becoming the eye of a storm.

 

‘He asked me for revenge earlier…… What’s going on?’

 

When I think of Seo Eun-soo, who was gentle and bright in the original work, Seo Eun-soo today was a little different. Is it because he mutated to alpha? In the past, he was like a lily that grew up eating only clear dew, but now it seemed that his only duty was becoming like Yoo Yi-seo.

 

“Aigoo, I don’t know. I can make him suffer no matter what as he came to my house with his own legs. Isn’t that right, General?”

 

“Woof!”

 

So accepting the ridiculous demands of the gongs, I was again running peacefully down the promenade with general. Including Seo Eun-soo, there were five different alpha pheromones, so I felt like I was going to go crazy, but I felt refreshed when I ran with General, smelling the fragrant soil and grass.

 

‘It’s so nice to be able to run as much as I want with a strong body.’

 

I felt great when I felt that both legs could jump as much as I wanted. Things that I couldn’t dare hope for when I was sick were possible here.

 

So I got a little greedy.

 

“General, should dad run a little faster on the road than you used to run with dad today?”

 

“Woof!”

 

“Woof!”

 

When I asked him, stroking him in the hope of increasing the intensity of the exercise, he seemed to say that he was okay, admirably. I was hit when I saw his tail turning violently like a propeller.

 

“Okay. Let’s drink some water and snacks and cheer up a little more!”

 

“Woof woof!”

 

After feeding general beef jerky and dried sweet potatoes, we ran faster. I was out of breath, but I didn’t want to quit because I was immersed in running.

 

However, General, who was running well, was startled and stopped. Holding onto the lead rope, I tried to look back at general.

 

“General, why are you stopping…… Oh my god!”

 

Not halting in time, I bumped into someone sticking out of the street. There was no time to avoid the crash.

 

“Ouch….”

 

The place where I fell was a stone road, so my calves, knees, and palms were peeled. The tingling hurt. I thought I should disinfect it first when I go back home.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

The person who bumped into me reached out to me who fell with an apologetic expression. I was impressed by the moderately tanned skin, large palms, and delicate fingers.

 

There was no reason to refuse the extended hand, so I grabbed it and stood up and saw a man whose eyebrows drooped.

 

“I’m sorry. I didn’t see well.”

 

“No worries. It happens.”

 

Shaking the dirt and sand off my clothes, I looked at who the man was. The man looked over 180 cm tall, and a faint alpha pheromone was in charge. He was a young and handsome young man who was rare in this neighborhood.

 

‘When Secretary Choi investigated this neighborhood, there was no one like this.’

 

And his trait is alpha on top of that. Men were quite alien to this neighborhood where only beta seniors lived. Looking at the tanned skin, he could be seen as a tourist who enjoyed surfing on a foreign coast.

 

I couldn’t stop myself from feeling suspicious somewhere.

 

But he was wearing comfortable home wear, not outdoor wear. At first glance, he was dressed like me out for a walk.

 

“Do you live near here?”

 

“Oh, yes. I just moved in. What about you?”

 

“It hasn’t been long since I moved here either. It’s amazing that you moved in at the same time.”

 

“I know. If we had met beforehand, I would have passed the rice cakes ^[1] In Korean culture, when a new neighbor moves in, he/she offers rice cake to say hello to their new neighbors. The rice cake is not the one you might be familiar with in tteokppoki. Instead, it’s a red bean steamed rice cake (팥시루떡), which actually looks more like a birthday cake but with tteok. .”

 

“Really? If I had met you earlier, I could have gotten some rice cakes. That’s too bad.”

 

An easy answer came and went. I couldn’t put aside my doubts about what the man said.

 

“What’s the point of a young man coming here?”

 

This rural neighborhood, which I chose to farm, was the worst place Secretary Choi gave me in terms of accessibility.

 

I chose it because I could only farm there, and it was an area that others could not easily find, but most young people were bound to avoid it. 

 

The elderly were not the only ones who were seen in this neighborhood for no reason. Even if it was a family with children, when they became adults, they left their hometowns and went to the city to find work and did not return.

 

It was a natural flow for young people to leave for a city with a lot of infrastructure and various human resources. So the man in front of me was suspicious.

 

‘They are expensive just by looking at their well-managed body, clothes and accessories.’

 

He must be the son of a well-off family, but I don’t know why he’s here. No, it was the same, even if it was a scammer on the run.

 

‘Besides, that man is an alpha. Judging by his pheromones, it’s not even imprinted.’

 

After coming to this world, I learned more about alpha, omega, and beta. It was for me. It was because I thought I needed to be careful, as I was a recessive omega that was hiding my identity.

 

As a result of browsing through various related books and the Internet, I found out that there is a drug that can completely prevent the onset of rutting in the world without aftereffects, but not everyone prefers to take it.

 

Even though it’s physically okay, mentally, Alpha and Omega want a partner to fill each other’s instincts, so they create partners and imprint themselves to get mental satisfaction without the aftereffects.

 

‘Let’s ask.’

 

“I still have rice cakes left at home, do you have a spouse or a lover in the house? Then I’ll give you two according to the number of people.”

 

The main purpose was to check if the man had a partner, and the rice cake was a front.

 

In this village, except for that man, me, and the Alphas who had settled down, everyone was Beta. What about Omegas? It was only me. It was natural to be nervous.

 

At my words, the man burst into laughter.

 

“Are you making a move on me now? On our first meeting?”

 

“No, it’s not like that, but Alphas usually have partner with them, and I don’t think you moved here alone.”

 

The man smiled without showing any signs of displeasure.

 

“I came alone. I moved here to watch my dementia-stricken grandfather die and follow his will. Has your curiosity been answered?”

 

Was that so? I was relieved at the man’s filial response. In fact, there was a grandfather with dementia in this village, and the residents of the village were sorry for him and were helping him in general.

 

Everyone was worried that his son and his wife, who was said to live in another area, did not come, but it was fortunate that his grandson came even now.

 

“Excuse me. Maybe it’s because my dog has a good sense, but he barks when he sees someone who will harm me.”

 

I patted General who was barking at him, and held him in my arms. The toy was also bitten in his mouth, but even while chewing the squishy toy, General never stopped barking at the man, who looked like he came from California.

 

General even bared his teeth and tried to bite the man. Afraid of seeing blood at this rate, I quickly took general in my arms and fell a few steps next to the man. Then general became quiet, satisfied.

 

“The dog must love its owner a lot. It hates and is wary of me, whom you met for the first time.”

 

“He’s not like this…… Don’t do that, General.”

 

“Woof…woof!”

 

General turned his head and refused my earnest request. Sighing, I told the man.

 

“I’ll get going now. Excuse me earlier. I misunderstood just in case it was a strange person.”

 

“That’s all right. It could be if you live alone in the country.”

 

Did I tell that person that I live alone? It took a while, but I assumed he had deduced by suspicion from the start and moved on.

 

“By the way, what’s your name?”

 

When asked out of curiosity, the man replied.

 

“My name is Moon Kyung-sik. I’ll see you later when I get a chance.”

 

I didn’t want to see you very much, but when he said goodbye politely, I gave a similar answer and headed home with general. What was strange was that general, who had been quiet, looked back again and barked wildly.

 

‘I guess you don’t like it very much.’

 

I thought our clever general would never hate people for no reason, so I decided to stay away from Moon Kyung-sik.

 

However, as I thought it would be difficult not to meet him at all as long as I live in the same neighborhood, it has happened several more times since then, regardless of my will.

 

• 1. In Korean culture, when a new neighbor moves in, he/she offers rice cake to say hello to their new neighbors. The rice cake is not the one you might be familiar with in tteokppoki. Instead, it’s a red bean steamed rice cake (팥시루떡), which actually looks more like a birthday cake but with tteok.