No matter how much I thought about it, I could only think of one reason for him to regress.
Because he regrets Ki Yoon Jaeâs death?
Kwon Jae Hyuk, who was with him until the end, left, which resulted in Ki Yoon Jae dying. After his death, Kwon Jae Hyuk disappeared and no longer appeared.
If he really regressed because he regretted Ki Yoon Jaeâs deathâŠ
What will happen to me?
I wasnât Ki Yoon Jae. If Ki Yoon Jaeâs death caused him to regress, what would happen to me, who occupied his body? I felt a chill at my throat and touched it with my hand.
At that moment, Ki Hyun Jooâs phone rang while she was still declaring her suspicions of Kwon Jae Hyuk. Ki Hyun Joo answered the phone and got startled.
âWhat? Theyâre coming into the mansion? Who gave them permission? The house owner? Are you crazy? Hey! Ki Yoon Jae, did you allow the American government to enter the mansion?â
âNo.â
âThese crazy people⊠Iâll be right there! Make sure they canât get in!â
Once she finished answering the phone, Ki Hyun Joo gritted her teeth and said she had to go. She quickly left. At that moment, Jang Eui Yeol opened his mouth in the quiet hospital room.
âBy the way⊠Why did you hide it?â
âHuh?â
âYoon Jae, you too⊠awakened.â
In fact, I hadnât awakened. However, it was natural to ask about it after Jang Eui Yeol had seen me borrow and use Jung Yi Joonâs ability; he thought I had awakened.
âActually, Iâm not technically the eldest son. Iâm called the eldest son because Iâm the son of the eldest son.â
âHuh?â
âI have another older brother. Heâs my fourth cousin, but heâs the son of my second uncle, so my grandfather didnât recognize him as the first son(eldest).â
âAhâŠâ
âSo heâs got his eye on my seat. He keeps me in check for now, but once he knows that Iâve awakened my abilities, those checks will get worse.â
âI seeâŠâ
Jang Eui Yeol turned serious at my lie. He said he had seen it often in dramas and asked, âItâs a succession fight, right?â I felt a little guilty, but I nodded.
âYouâre trying to hide your ability as a secret card you can turn to at a momentâs notice?â
ââŠThatâs right.â
âAmazing⊠You really live looking to the future like Yi Joon said.â
His eyes gleamed dazzlingly. I felt awkward with his face that looked up to me as if I were a very great person.
âWell, itâs nothing. I canât use this ability aloneâŠâ
Since it borrowed someone elseâs ability, it could not be used without gifted people around it. I could pre-fill the slots, but right now they were empty.
I almost borrowed Jang Eui Yeolâs ability in the cave, but it didnât end up happening because Kwon Jae Hyuk showed up.
I had a strange feeling. If I thought about it, I wasnât actually that repulsed by the idea of borrowing an ability from a stranger, even if they were a person of the same sex.
Does my tastes actually swing this way?
Kwagwang!
I was shocked. Before I was transmigrated, I was straight. As an adult, I only dated women.
While I was contemplating whether I was gay or bi, Jang Eui Yeol seemed to have recalled what happened in the cave. His face turned red, and he bit his lips slightly.
âCome to think of it, we⊠we didnât get to check it out there.â
âOh? Youâre right!â
âLetâs do it here once⊠Do you want to confirm it?â
Huh? Why was the story suddenly flowing like this? While I was embarrassed, Eui Yeol came over to my bed. Sitting with a stiff face as if he was nervous, Eui Yeol leaned over me.
I couldnât just reject the sudden change in atmosphere⊠No, there was no reason for me to refuseâ to confirm my abilities⊠I was so flustered that I didnât even know what I was talking about. By that time, there wasnât even half the original distance left between me and Eui Yeol.
ThisâŠI was too ashamed to open my eyes, so I instinctively closed my eyes. I could feel Eui Yeolâs breath.
âWhat are you two doing?â
A low voice was heard from the side, surprising me. Yi Joon, who had fallen asleep, opened his eyes again and looked at us.
At first, his face, which was puzzled by wonder, gradually distorted. A grating sound could be heard from his teeth.
âYou two⊠What are you doing!?â
His body sprang up like a spring. He stood up, grasping the IV rope on the back of his hand and pulling it out. Blood trickled from the back of his hand, but he ran his hands through his hair as if he wasnât in pain.
âSigh⊠Seriously. Son of a bitchâŠâ
âHey, Jung Yi Joon!â
âYou two were like that? Fuck, was I the only one who didnât know?â
Jung Yi Joon spat out, swearing and enraged, even as the blood flowed from the back of his hand to his arm. In my panic, I reached out to stop him and grabbed his hand firmly.
âYou said nothing happened!â
Why was he so upset when nothing happened? Donât tell meâŠhe remembered? That I molested him? I was sure he faintedâŠ
âYou⊠Didnât you faint? Do you remember everything?â
âIâm sorry⊠I didnât mean to deceive you. But Iâm afraid youâll be shocked if I say it nowâŠâ
ââŠFuck you.â
Jung Yi Joon spat out abusive language, then covered his mouth and cried. When I saw that, I thought that I must have been caught.
âIâm sorry. I was in a hurry back then. Next timeâŠâ
âFuck! What do you mean you were in a hurry? Are you crazy? Did you go crazy?â
âBut⊠at that timeâŠâ
âWhy were you in a hurry in that situationâŠ? Fuck.â
Jung Yi Joon began to cry sadly as tears rolled down his face. No, but I really was in a hurry. It was a life-or-death situation; what should I have done?
There were many things I wanted to say, but since I was the perpetrator, there was only one thing I could say if the victim, Jung Yi Joon, hated it so much.
âIâm sorry.â
ââŠâ
âIâm really sorry.â
ââŠFuck.â
âIf I knew youâd hate it so much⊠Iâll do it with someone else next time.â
âWhy are you doing it with someone else!?â
He hated that too! Jung Yi Joon kept crying. I didnât understand for a moment. Was he saying that he doesnât want me to do it either to himself or to others?
What is this? Was Jung Yi Joon Confucian? Was Jung Yi Jun devoted to Confucianism? No, it didnât seem so since I didnât see him follow the seniority system1Â with Kwon Jae Hyuk.
I didnât understand why Jung Yi Joon was crying and asking for help. I looked at Jang Eui Yeol, but he was just smiling awkwardly.
âWhat!? Why are you looking at him? Do you want me to go away now too?â
âNo, what are you talking aboutâŠâ
If you said it like that, I really was such trash. The trash that molested Jung Yi Joon and then changed to Jang Eui YeolâŠ
I tried hard to comfort him, but he was too enraged to understand what I was saying. So all I could do was apologise.
âIâm really, really sorry.â
ââŠâ
âI had no choice but to molest you because our life was in danger at the time âŠNo, such excuses should not be included in an apology.â
ââŠWhat?â
âIt will never happen again. And when I do it with someone else, Iâll do it without you thereâŠâ
âYou molesting me? What are you talking about?â
âHuh?â
âUh? Huh? Uh-huh? Oh? Uh?â The two of us groaned when our words didnât match and felt question marks hanging over our heads. What was that? What?
âWhat do you mean you molested me?â
âYou donât remember? I kissed you three times after you faintedâŠâ
âWhat? Three times?â
Jung Yi Joonâs eyelids trembled. He covered his mouth with his hands and stared at me with trembling eyes, as if he was looking at a felon; I looked down at him apologetically.
âBut, fuck, you said you kissed me three times and I donât remember?â
âUh? What?â
âSo, you kissed me 3 times, and you did it with him too?â
âN-no, I didnâtâŠâ
Jung Yi Joon, who stopped crying, now looked between me and Jang Eui Yeol with widened eyes. Jung Yi Joon, who looked like he didnât believe what I said at first, began to believe only after seeing Jang Eui Yeolâs disappointed face.
âI see. Youâve done it 3 times with me, but you havenât done it with him, right?â
He smiled with satisfaction. He cried and then laughed⊠No, he shouldnât be like this! He had gotten molested and was just crying a moment ago. I was puzzled because I didnât understand. Jung Yi Joon got up, approached me, and squeezed both my cheeks hard with his hands.
âUwoâŠâ
âYou were in such a hurry, you did it three times, right? To the point where Iâm unconscious and you still did that?â
âHng⊠I wonât do it againâŠâ
âWhat do you mean you wonât do it next time! So youâre saying youâre going to molest another bastard other than me? I canât accept this!â
He got angry again. I didnât know what to do with Jung Yi Joonâs mood swings. In the end, Jang Eui Yeol, who was watching, interfered. Jung Yi Joon scratched him and told him how dare he meddle when he didnât even get a kiss.
I didnât know why he was so angry, but I got a little surprised because Jang Eui Yeol, who was always smiling, lost his temper for a moment.