I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan - Episode 112

Episode 112

“I can’t say it’s good, but… since it’s not for the purpose of treatment, I think discharge is possible.”

Two days later, Professor Kim, who had checked all the test results, allowed Seung-hyun’s discharge. As Seok-hyung was about to bow his head and leave the doctor’s office, Professor Kim stopped him.

“One moment, I have something to tell you, Secretary.”

“…Is it important?”

“Yes. It’s something I should only tell you, so if Director could go back to the hospital room first…”

Seok-hyung looked at Professor Kim with a displeased expression. He didn’t seem to feel at ease sending Seung-hyun alone.

“It’s fine. It’s not like I can’t walk… How far is it to the hospital room anyway?”

Seung-hyun shook his head. There’s a limit to overprotection. If someone saw, they would really think he was a critically ill patient who had difficulty moving.

“I have to change clothes anyway, so I’ll go in first. Finish your conversation and come.”

Seok-hyung reluctantly nodded. After Seung-hyun closed the door and left, Professor Kim carefully opened the conversation.

“I asked for some of your time because I have something to tell you.”

“Is it a necessary conversation?”

“Yes. And… it might be better for Director Han not to know.”

Professor Kim hesitated for a moment and then pulled up a screen. Seok-hyung, looking at the black and white photo, said,

“…Didn’t you say there was no problem?”

“Yes. In terms of health, that’s right. But there’s another issue. Do you see this dot in between?”

Professor Kim asked, pointing to a corner that felt off. There was one dot that was clearly visible, although not large.

“What is this?”

Seeing that it’s not a big health issue, is it a non-dangerous tumor or cyst? He thought it could be to warn him to be careful, but then there would be no need to send Seung-hyun back and talk only to Seok-hyung himself.

Although Seung-hyun would listen half-heartedly anyway, it was his body condition, and there was no need to prevent him from hearing. Finding it strange, Seok-hyung noticed Professor Kim’s serious face and recognized the gravity of the situation a little.

“…What is this that…”

“……”

“Does it threaten the director’s health?”

“…Honestly, the probability of that is low. It would be the case in a normal situation… but the director’s case is unique.”

Professor Kim let out a small sigh. Although it’s not easy to say, he couldn’t just keep beating around the bush forever.

“…It’s a pregnancy.”

“……”

Seok-hyung froze on the spot and went over the words he heard. It was a straightforward statement of only five letters, not difficult to understand, but it was the most difficult thing he had heard in his life.

“…I don’t quite understand what you mean.”

“Since it’s an alpha fetus, there are many differences from a normal fetus, so it’s difficult to properly judge with just this… But for the size, the weeks might not be that low.”

In the case of alphas, there is no uterus, so there is no space for the baby to settle. So wherever it settles, it threatens the health of the mother. The risk is high, so termination is recommended, but in most cases, the difficulty of termination also increases depending on the location.

“But until the baby grows to a size that threatens the director… there is a high possibility that he won’t be able to endure.”

“……”

Seok-hyung stared blankly at the monitor screen without saying a word. Pregnancy, an alpha pregnancy that doesn’t even reach 1 percent. He couldn’t believe that the thing he thought he would never experience in his lifetime had happened to Seung-hyun.

‘The other party is obvious.’

At least he didn’t seem like someone who played around with his body here and there, so there was no need to even think about who the baby’s father was. Seok-hyung tightly clenched his fist on his lap. He couldn’t tell if the reason his hand was trembling slightly was due to anger or shock.

“I thought it would be better not to tell the director since it could be an excessive shock.”

“…You did well.”

After some emotion passed briefly, Seok-hyung, who returned to being expressionless, nodded. It would definitely be better not to tell Seung-hyun.

“To recommend termination, that is also a burden just the same…”

It wouldn’t be strange for any variable to occur in an alpha pregnancy. Moreover, Seung-hyun was not in a normal physical condition, so it was even more so.

“In the end, there’s nothing that can be done, and it means we have to pay more attention.”

“It seems so. Since it’s a situation where it’s better to do nothing… Regular checkups will be necessary, but it seems like it will get noisy here. I also heard about the director from a close professor today.”

It meant that Seung-hyun’s whereabouts had already spread enough. Professor Kim said with a troubled face,

“I made excuses roughly, but the longer you stay, the higher the possibility of getting involved in tiresome things.”

Professor Kim was a person who kept his mouth quite shut. Although most people at A Hospital were like that, there was no such thing as a perfect secret. The longer the confusion lasted, the higher the probability of information leaking.

“I will recommend a reliable doctor from another place, so it would be better to get checkups there for the time being. They are more specialized in this than me anyway.”

After handing over a contact, Professor Kim gave Seok-hyung a few more requests and ended the conversation. Even now, there were more than a couple of things to be concerned about, but the situation became more complicated because of the baby in his belly that was no different from a tumor.

‘It would be better… not to tell the director.’

It was partly because he was afraid of the shock, but he couldn’t imagine what Seung-hyun’s reaction would be when he heard that a baby had formed. Whatever reaction he had, it would be a shock to Seok-hyung.

It was painful to see the face and body of the person he had respected behaving in a completely different way. If only there had been a resemblance, it might have been better.

He avoided conversation with Seung-hyun even more because it was so painful to see his listless face and eyes filled with sadness. It was better that Seung-hyun didn’t say much either.

‘But if the story of the baby is added to that…’

Seok-hyung unknowingly frowned slightly. Even after leaving the doctor’s office, he stood still in the hallway for a long time, unable to come to his senses, and then belatedly came to his senses and moved his feet.

He would have already changed clothes long ago, so he would be waiting. Seok-hyung, who was hurriedly moving his feet, stopped for a moment because people were gathered in the middle of the hallway.

“If you do this here…”

The nurse’s startled voice was quite pitiful, but he only thought that he had to pass through the crowd and return to the hospital room quickly. However, he had no choice but to stop at the voice that followed.

“…You, what on earth…”

It was a voice Seok-hyung knew well. The person his master hated the most, and the one he longed for. The man who was born with what he couldn’t have and bragged about it without knowing how precious it was.

“Please step aside for a moment. He’s with me.”

“Uh, but that person…”

I should have never let him go alone after all. Seok-hyung lightly clicked his tongue as he saw Seung-hyun’s back facing Tae-sung. He knew that something like this could happen since his location was already known, but to think it would happen in the short time he left him alone.

“Are you okay?”

“Nurse, please…”

But people’s reactions to seeing Seung-hyun were a bit strange. Seok-hyung, who supported Seung-hyun’s staggering shoulders through the crowd that started to stir, checked his condition.

“…!!”

Blood from his nose that had completely soaked the front of his hospital gown was dripping to the floor. His face, which had turned pale without a hint of color, was telling him that it was not a normal situation.

“Han Seung…”

“Step aside.”

Tae-sung took a step towards Seung-hyun, but Seok-hyung immediately pushed him away. Seung-hyun, who made eye contact with Seok-hyung, trembled his lips and collapsed on the spot.

“We will move him to the hospital room first. Please send the professor or another doctor.”

Seok-hyung, who picked up Seung-hyun without hesitation, asked the nurse who was watching the situation, and then adjusted his hold. Tae-sung was looking at the two with a startled face.

“…Please explain what this situation is…”

“Is that important in this situation?”

“……”

“Well, Executive Han Tae-sung has always been like that. I said something useless.”

What did he say to cause this? No, just seeing his face might have been stressful, so Seung-hyun’s body might have instinctively rejected him.

Was that aspect still remaining a little bit inside Seung-hyun? Seok-hyung bit his lip, feeling a strange emotion.

In any case, the important thing right now was Seung-hyun’s physical condition. He left Tae-sung behind and hurried back to the hospital room.

“……”

Tae-sung, who was left alone on the spot, stood frozen, staring only at the bloodstains Seung-hyun had left. He still couldn’t even figure out what had happened.

‘Just think of it like that. He’s a villain who will disappear from your life anyway.’

The words he had heard a little while ago were still vivid. A listless and self-deprecating voice. Despite being a voice he had heard all his life, it was an unfamiliar voice to the point of giving him goosebumps.