#54

 

There was a reason why I was being too mean with food.

 

– You’ve stayed for a day, so you’re satisfied, right? Hey, you guys, get out of here now.

 

– I don’t want to. I haven’t defined my feelings for you yet.

 

– Come on! Get out! Can’t you hear the landlord? What a bunch of illegals! You’re not going out?

 

– I can’t hear you. I can’t hear you.

 

– Hey!!!

 

No matter what I did, the gongs didn’t budge like rocks. It was hitting a rock with an egg.

 

‘This…..this…this…. If you’ve confirmed I’m safe, get out of here, you leeches!’

 

I also cursed and called Chairman Seong to tell a threatening lie that he would make the gongs’ family in trouble, but it was useless. These guys didn’t seem to have any intention of getting out of my house.

 

“Wahhh. General, dad is so tired.”

 

“Awow.”

 

“If you bite them on their third legs, they’ll probably go……? No, I can’t ask you to bite that hideous thing. Dad must have turned crazy from stress. I’m sorry, General.”

 

“Woong!”

 

It was so tiring that one day I held general in my arms and complained all day. 

 

After seeing this, Chae Yoon-chan said I was like an omega with pregnancy depression, so he earned a good beating.

 

‘Now that I’ve come to this, I’m also at a loss.’

 

I’ll bully you in a petty way. You gongs.

 

I know that it is cheap to ask a group of Alpha young masters who have only eaten well and lived well all their lives to make their own meals. Even if you know, sometimes there are things you have to do.

 

‘But I have to act so harshly and meanly so they can go back to their house!’

 

I’ll lend you all the tools and ingredients I have in my house to prepare their meals, but I’ll let them do it on their own without any help.

 

It will be satisfying to see the alphas, a fragile alliance that had been in check with Seo Eun-soo in between, could not hold out for long and collapsed, going their separate ways.

 

‘I aim for that time.’

 

Anything could be done to make the gongs abandon their useless stubbornness and run away.

 

For example, wearing a full set of peasant clothes with this tacky pattern while making them work.

 

Will they still be able to keep their composure even after seeing the colorful arm-clothes and body-pants in their hands, and this hat, which is made solely to focus on practicality? I don’t think so. Hahaha.

 

‘How long can the gently raised gongs endure while ruining their own styles? Hoo hoo hoo.’

 

I remembered that when Yoo Yi-seo prepared my breakfast, he wore a terrible pink, enormously flowery apron. Yoo Yi-seo, a master of poker face, was smiling brightly, as if there was nothing wrong with wearing it at all, but I could tell that Yoo Yi-seo wanted to rip the apron off and burn it in the incinerator.

 

‘You can tell just by looking at Baek Do-jun, Chae Yoon-chan, and Joo Tae-kang wearing such an apron and holding back the fact that they were about to die of laughter…….’

 

Gao ^[1] Gao, a Japanese word for face, is often used when talking about bluffing. But in korea, 가오 means honour so it means reputation/honour was everything for men. was a life for men. It was an inevitable trend, even for Alpha, an obsessed fanatic in the novel. Maybe it’s because Eun-soo is in my house, but this was basically my home ground.

 

‘I tried to solve it in a good way.’

 

They still came to visit me even though I apologized in a different way than Seong Chan-young. So I am going to change my route and behave as a arrogant person ^[2] 안하무인 (眼下無人) literally translates to “there is no one under the eyes”. This means “a person who disregards and treats people around him”. . I’ll torture you like a bad villain and make you run away from my paradise.

 

“Be prepared. I’ll make you peel garlic and onions, and I’ll order you to peel ginger or deodeok for green onion trimming.”

 

Mwahahaha. I’ll give you a clear sense of what a rogue farmer is like. You’d better be prepared for the exploitation of labor, like slavery!

 

The fact that I’m under the same roof as the main characters in the original was making me act like an evil, hysterical landlord.

 

Please leave me alone.

 

⚝ ⚝ ⚝

 

Baek Do-jun, Chae Yoon-chan, Yoo Yi-seo and Joo Tae-kang decided to stay at my house, so it was necessary to share rooms.

 

Fortunately, my house was a large house with several rooms, so it was possible to accommodate an additional four people. I thanked Secretary Choi for choosing a three-story country house.

 

“I’ll tell you the room assignment. Chae Yoon-chan and Joo Tae-kang on the first floor, and Baek Do-jun and Yoo Yi-seo on the second floor. Enter your own empty room and live.”

 

I had wondered about when and how I would use the empty rooms, but I didn’t expect this to happen. The room, equipped with basic bedding, desks, chairs, etc., was of ordinary size, but it looked somewhat narrow compared to the large size of the alphas.

 

Sure enough, Chae Yoon-chan protested, inflating his cheeks.

 

“You want me to stay in a room like this? It’s small! I don’t like the furniture either. Put me on the phone!”

 

The only furniture that Secretary Choi chose was good furniture from famous brands. Nevertheless, Chae Yoon-chan was asking to change it just because it was not to his taste.

 

I was not the one to listen to it.

 

“Dismissed. I can’t. If you think you can’t get along, leave. I am not stopping you.”

 

“How can you come out so cheap! Do you know you’ll be able to be so stiff for so long when the chairman doesn’t even look for you anymore? You don’t even have much to live on…….”

 

‘You’re badmouthing me like putting on a curse.’

 

I wasn’t hurt. It’s Chae Yoon-chan’s temper. I knew that he was like a dirty rag. Even when my sister was selling the original book, I asked her to hurry up and pass the part where Chae Yoon-chan appeared with prejudiced eyes. ^[3] 흐린 눈 which means cloudy eyes in literal sense can be also be translated into prejudiced eyes.

 

“So, you’re leaving? That would be great for me.”

 

“The profit…”

 

“Don’t pick a fight because you won’t even find your money. If you do that, there’s nothing left for you.”

 

Chae Yoon-chan’s face turned red with humiliation and embarrassment when I coldly snapped back. I tried to deprive him of a finely folded bundle of blankets.

 

“This, since you said no, I’ll take it away.”

 

“Ah, no!”

 

Chae Yoon-chan flew like an arrow to protect the futon. As expected, he got angry when he was told to eat on his own, so I tried to take the initiative to take him out, but I misjudged the opponent.

 

“This, this can stay. It’s my fault…….”

 

Chae Yoon-chan asked me to leave him the blankets with disheveled blonde hair, blue eyes, and tears. It was quite different from when he shouted out the requirements earlier.

 

‘What a shame. I could’ve sent one away.’

 

Leaving behind the disappointment, I finished allocating the rooms.

 

“You can always pack up and go out instead of staying here for the whole time. Even if you need something, you have to be self-sufficient. Then, I’ll see you at work tomorrow morning.”

 

“Do we really have to settle everything?”

 

I answered Joo Tae-kang’s question firmly.

 

“You are not guests of my house, but rather uninvited guests. Now, go in and rest. I’ll rest, too.”

 

After confirming that the alphas were entering their respective rooms, I entered my cozy third floor room with general.

 

I threatened them to stay away from the third floor. If anyone tries to come up to the third floor where I stay, I will kick him out no matter what.

 

“Aigoo.”

 

“Woof! Woof woof!”

 

“General, I know. You’re having a hard time with them, too. Let’s hang in there. Okay?”

 

“Whines.”

 

When I lay face down on the bed, general came to my side and attached himself. It was warm.

 

“I think my nose is tingling.”

 

Since the alpha, dominant alpha, and extreme dominant alpha are evenly mixed in the house, no matter how much the gongs were at full level of pheromone control, it was inevitable to get sensitive. 

 

I was worried that my temper would get dirty like a real Seong Chan-young a few times when I frowned at different pheromones.

 

The pheromone smell was not bad. However, if the scent of roses is too strong, it feels like I’m getting motion sickness because the good smells are mixed too much, just like the principle that it feels like a poop smell.

 

‘Like a rat in a trap.’

 

To paraphrase it, it was like a mouse trying to survive among cats with bells. Even among these spoiled cats, there was Baek Do-jun, who knew that I, that is, Seong Chan-young, was a recessive omega.

 

‘Baek Do-jun won’t tell others’ secrets recklessly, but…….’

It was true that I was anxious. If Baek Do-jun, who couldn’t bear my persecution like Chae Yoon-chan, even divulged the secret, I was done for that day.

 

I might immediately become a guest of honor ^[4] 주객전도means that the position of a host was changed to the position of a stranger or vice versa. This word is used to describe when reversing the right order of things. Its English version is “put the cart before the horse” or “put the twig before the stem.” and be dragged away by the alphas. That can never happen.

 

“If I knew this would happen, I should have warned or threatened Baek Do-jun in advance.”

 

Judging by how quiet he was, it seemed safe for the time being.

 

“General, if Baek Do-jun tries to do something stupid, you have to bite his mouth. Got it?”

 

“Woof!”

 

Hugging my warm general, all the worries in the world flew away. The agony grew distant, and the eyelids closed.

 

“But who was the man who buried me with alpha pheromones?”

 

There was room for interpretation that buried pheromones in beta, which did not smell anything, had a sexual orientation that only beta liked.

 

But the reason why I was reluctant to believe it was because Moon Kyung-sik had a smile on his face for a very short time when I fell and was in pain from the fall.

 

‘….Why did you laugh at me when I fell down?’

 

Is Moon Kyung-sik really a filial grandson who came to take care of his grandfather suffering from dementia? If not, is he the one who came after Seong Chan-young?

 

Whatever it is, I hope he doesn’t bother me.

 

If anyone who invades my precious nest and threatens general and me appears, I will destroy anyone.

 

⚝ ⚝ ⚝

 

The moon sets and tomorrow’s sun rises. The alarm set for 7 a.m. rang loudly to wake me up.

 

[Get up! Get up!]

 

“Uh. It’s really hard to get up.”

 

I could only get out of bed after seeing general waving his tail for food, feeling as if all the mental fatigue had accumulated physically as well.

 

“Woof!”

 

“Yes, yes. Yes. I’ll feed you.”

 

I gave General food and water from his favorite brand. I kept yawning as I went down.

 

“So sleepy.”

 

Today, I told Ajumma not to come to make breakfast, so I had to prepare it by myself. She was blocked in advance because I was afraid that the alphas would ask for food if they saw Ajumma.

 

“……that’s sanjeok.”

 

However, three pieces of sanjeok ^[5] Sanjeok (산적) is made by placing seasoned slices of beef with vegetables on a skewer and grilling them. All the ingredients are sliced into 5–6 cm long pieces. Unlike other jeok dishes, sanjeok is not dredged with flour or egg-washed before being grilled. that I had never seen were stored in a plastic container in the refrigerator. I was going to eat moderately roughly, but when I saw it, I thought the lady had left it.

 

But it wasn’t the case.

 

“Huh? A note?”

 

There was a note on the top of the container that was torn a little and attached with scotch tape.

 

「Eat and cheer up. Don’t get sick.」

 

“……?”

 

I calmly remembered who was the best cook among the guys who had served me.

 

“Must be Baek Do-jun.”

 

I didn’t know this guy would cook well enough to make holiday food.

 

“This… will probably last longer than I thought.”

 

I hope this unfortunate premonition is wrong. May the gongs be human beings who don’t know the word cooperation. Please.

 

• 1. Gao, a Japanese word for face, is often used when talking about bluffing. But in korea, 가오 means honour so it means reputation/honour was everything for men.
• 2. 안하무인 (眼下無人) literally translates to “there is no one under the eyes”. This means “a person who disregards and treats people around him”.
• 3. 흐린 눈 which means cloudy eyes in literal sense can be also be translated into prejudiced eyes.
• 4. 주객전도means that the position of a host was changed to the position of a stranger or vice versa. This word is used to describe when reversing the right order of things. Its English version is “put the cart before the horse” or “put the twig before the stem.”
• 5. Sanjeok (산적) is made by placing seasoned slices of beef with vegetables on a skewer and grilling them. All the ingredients are sliced into 5–6 cm long pieces. Unlike other jeok dishes, sanjeok is not dredged with flour or egg-washed before being grilled.