I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan - Episode 135

Episode 135

‘The pheromone levels have nearly bottomed out. He’ll soon be in a state no different from a beta.’

So this was the last chance to see Seung-hyun up close, and the road to the hospital after receiving Professor Kim’s kind yet cruel contact was a mess of various emotions.

Relief from being able to see the face he already missed after only a few days of not seeing him, and anxiety that today could be the last day he sees that face.

He sometimes thought he didn’t deserve to see his face due to the helplessness of not being able to do anything, but the end of this agonizing was always the same. It was right to do what he could now. With that thought, Jae-young walked along the familiar path.

When he arrived in front of the hospital room, someone was there. Waiting for a moment as they were talking with Professor Kim, the content of the conversation was unusual.

At first, he didn’t even know if they were Seung-hyun’s parents. It wasn’t simply because there was no mention of parents. It was because their attitude when talking about Seung-hyun was close to that of talking about a stranger, or a stranger with a very bad relationship, let alone family.

He knew they didn’t have a good relationship. In the first place, if they had a good relationship, Seung-hyun would have relied on his family at the point when he found out his life was ending, but he never once sought out his family.

It wasn’t that he didn’t know the atmosphere at HJ or what kind of people Seung-hyun’s parents were, so he had guessed, but directly facing that malice was shocking.

“So, you’re saying he’s definitely dying, right? Don’t change your words later and tell me clearly.”

What moved Jae-young, who had been listening to the three people’s conversation in shock without being able to say anything, was the cold voice casually mentioning his death.

He knew these were words Seung-hyun couldn’t hear. Even if he was awake, the closed door of the hospital room would block out that cruel voice, but wasn’t saying such things in front of where he was lying throwing away even human decency?

“A person is dying, and those are the only words you can say in front of him that don’t even sound like words?”

“Ha. What’s this now? No…”

She looked familiar. Seung-hyun’s mother, who had been looking at Jae-young’s face for a moment, remembered who he was and was startled. The youngest son of the Y Group. She heard he was just playing the role of a face since he had no interest in management.

They had run into each other a few times at events, but he wasn’t someone she expected to meet in a situation like this.

“It doesn’t seem like something you should meddle in.”

Unlike her, Taehyeop, who had roughly guessed the relationship between Jae-young and Seung-hyun, said. He had consistently received reports about Seung-hyun for a while.

‘It’s probably just a light relationship anyway. No matter how uninterested in management he is, in the end he’s the child of a wealthy family. Even if the Y Group is said to have a quite liberal atmosphere, they wouldn’t just watch their son follow around another alpha’s tail.’

So he didn’t think of it seriously. Although they acted like lovers, he thought it was just a momentary whim. But to think they were still sticking together.

“Haven’t you had enough of this childish play? I think it would be good for you to stop caring and return to your place.”

It was annoying, but there was nothing good about showing a bad side to an outsider. Taehyeop spoke in the most dignified tone possible.

“I understand you’re attached after hanging out together for a while, but you don’t need to care this much for someone who will be a stranger once you turn around, do you?”

“…”

“We’ll handle the rest, so I think it’s best you leave now.”

In the end, it meant that you are a stranger and we are Seung-hyun’s family, so don’t do anything out of line. Jae-young gritted his teeth slightly at Taehyeop’s words.

He was right. No matter what happened between the two, what emotions settled, in the end the two were strangers.

Someone who wouldn’t be remembered by anyone once Seung-hyun left. If his funeral was held, the chief mourners would be those inhuman parents, and there would be no place for Jae-young to stand.

However, he didn’t want to back down like this. A relationship that becomes strangers once you turn around. He wanted to deny those words.

“If you can’t do that…”

“…I didn’t think you weren’t involved in management because you lacked the ability. Was I mistaken?”

Taehyeop said with a frown, annoyed by his attitude of not understanding his words even though he spoke nicely. He clicked his tongue after indirectly telling him not to act stupid.

“It’s a meaningless story now, but even if there were no problems, you and Han Seung-hyun couldn’t have lasted. Aren’t you both alphas? You weren’t close enough to overcome that issue and date, were you?”

“…”

“CEO Ju would probably be quite shocked if he found out. If you back down here, I won’t make an issue of it, so how about you leave now?”

It was the final warning. It was quite a formal statement since he was at least an outsider to HJ. If he backed down here, he would feel bad but could overlook it as youthful impulsiveness.

However, Jae-young didn’t move even after hearing his warning. He didn’t want to acknowledge that they were just a relationship that ends once you turn around. Even more so in front of these people who were worse than strangers, only sharing blood.

“Then if we become close enough, will I gain the right to intervene then?”

“I don’t know how you could become close enough. Unless a child is born between you two, what meaning does a relationship between alphas have?”

Taehyeop said irritably, not hiding his annoyance. A relationship between alphas was something he didn’t want to understand and was meaningless even if he tried to understand.

He didn’t know what joy there was in it, but no matter what great conversations they had between themselves, in the end there was nothing that could be left behind. When even a child is left behind in his own marriage with his wife, where there was no love, let alone affection for each other.

‘To think he would rush into something he’ll be embarrassed about in a few years, no, a few months. It’ll be a boon for the Y Group that the youngest doesn’t get involved in management.’

He spoke precisely, thinking he wouldn’t understand unless he spoke directly, but somehow Professor Kim’s reaction was strange.

He had been fidgeting the whole time, unable to leave the spot after getting caught in the middle of an argument, but his current reaction was unusual.

The person who had been trying not to pay attention to the conversation as much as possible while standing back noticeably flinched at those words and gave Jae-young a look.

As if telling him not to say something. An inexplicable sense of unease came over him at that strange reaction.

“…Professor Kim.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Is there something else I don’t know?”

It couldn’t be, it was absurd, but somehow he couldn’t feel assured. At Taehyeop’s question, Professor Kim, who was already anxious, was startled and looked at him.

“…”

“I asked, is there something else I don’t know?”

Taehyeop unusually urged Professor Kim. It couldn’t be, but Professor Kim’s reaction and the expression of Jae-young standing in front of him were strange.

Professor Kim couldn’t easily answer and looked back and forth between the two, sighing. It would have been better to hide it until the end. He couldn’t lie either.

In the end, Taehyeop and his wife were Seung-hyun’s family, and now that there was no chance of recovery, it was right to tell the patient’s closest family about his condition without filtering.

“…I don’t think this is something to discuss here. To my office…”

“Ha.”

There was no way Taehyeop didn’t know what Professor Kim was asking, but Professor Kim avoided the topic with a troubled face. It was a sufficient answer even without hearing a confirmation, so Taehyeop turned around without saying anything more.

“He keeps disgracing me until the end.”

“…What are you talking about? Then, that child…”

Taehyeop walked away, leaving his wife behind. Seung-hyun’s mother, who was also left alone, grasped the situation and looked back and forth between Jae-young and Seung-hyun’s hospital room with a pale face. It would have been better not to know.

‘Not only is that kind of relationship between alphas embarrassing, but there’s even a child.’

“…I don’t know if I should say this is fortunate since we can attribute the cause of death to something else.”

“He’s the child you gave birth to in pain, do you not feel even a bit of sadness?”

Jae-young asked Seung-hyun’s mother. She laughed hollowly and said,

“I’ve lived my whole life wishing that child wasn’t mine. You, who was born a proper alpha and grew up well, probably won’t understand. My life became a mess from the moment that child was born, and I did everything I could just by not killing him and raising him.”

The child’s father was probably Jae-young. Thinking that, she couldn’t hold back the rising anger. Forget the outward image, she didn’t want to care about that anymore anyway after deciding to divorce Taehyeop.

Slap-

With a loud sound, Jae-young’s head turned. He could have stopped it if he wanted to, but he didn’t even feel it was worth it. Jae-young slowly turned his head back and said,