I Became the Only Omega in a Makjang Novel - C96

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When Hui-yul closed his eyes again, the quiet hospital room became noisy once more.

“Oh no, it seems he’s lost consciousness again.”

“Quickly check if there’s any problem.”

“Yes, understood!”

After this, there seemed to be a conversation in English explaining the situation, and people bustled about again.

Should he cover his ears too? The thought briefly crossed his mind, but he soon gave up. No matter how much he wished it was a dream, this wasn’t a dream.

When he slowly opened his eyes at the cold sensation on his bare skin, the people attaching something to his body paused and looked down at him.

Hui-yul smiled awkwardly and looked around. It was too large to be a private room, and there were unusually many devices attached to his body.

Hui-yul slowly recalled his last memory. Surely no accident had occurred that would require so many things attached to his body.

‘Even when I nearly drowned, it wasn’t this bad.’

Hadn’t he just collapsed after being hit once?

“Um… What happened… to me?”

At Hui-yul’s words, one of the two people who had been speaking Korean earlier clapped as if realizing something and said:

“You must not have heard properly when you first regained consciousness. Congratulations. You’re pregnant.”

“…”

“…”

“…Is this a hidden camera prank?”

That was the only way he could think of it. He even thought it was too sloppy a premise for a hidden camera prank.

At Hui-yul’s words, the other person, seemingly realizing they had cut out all the context, explained the situation.

It was a brief explanation, but enough to understand.

Alphas, omegas, and betas.

Dominant and recessive.

‘It’s exactly the same as the world before my possession.’

It was content he already knew from before his possession.

“I completely understand your surprise.”

The man explained that he was a researcher, not a doctor, and that the sudden collapse was likely due to awakening.

“Eom Hui-yul patient is probably a dominant omega.”

“…I see.”

As he listened to the explanation, he thought that was probably the case. The researcher kept observing Hui-yul’s condition like an anxious puppy.

He seemed to be checking if there was severe aversion.

Hui-yul had no aversion to male pregnancy. In the world he lived in before, the ability to give birth wasn’t determined by gender before possession.

However, until now Hui-yul had thought pregnancy was irrelevant to him. Though he was an omega before possession, he was recessive then and the chances of pregnancy were extremely low, so he thought there would be no children in his life.

Being a recessive omega, his desires were faint, and he didn’t have a specific partner either.

Though he had vague yearnings for family, he had resigned himself thinking he had no luck with parents, so he’d have no luck with children either. Since he had never had it to begin with, he didn’t have much desire for it.

After possession, he was still a student so it was too early to think about children, so it was something he hadn’t considered.

He was sufficiently satisfied with the family he had now.

“Hah.”

Hui-yul touched his still flat stomach and let out a deep breath.

‘It doesn’t seem like there’s anything.’

The researcher’s words still didn’t feel real at all. As Hui-yul absentmindedly touched his stomach, another researcher behind the one watching him said something in English as if telling him to relay a message. When Hui-yul raised his head to look, the researcher spoke with difficulty:

“For now, since it seemed urgent, we only took minimal measures with the guardian’s consent, but if you agree, we’d like to continue helping. Of course, at the research institute’s expense.”

Only then did Hui-yul recall Do Seung-jo, who must have brought him here.

“Is my guardian… um…”

“Yes?”

“…Does he know I’m pregnant?”

“Well, we had to get consent forms in case of any unforeseen circumstances.”

That meant he knew. Even if Hui-yul had no aversion to male pregnancy, the chances were high that Do Seung-jo did. Moreover, they were both still students and Do Seung-jo was a third-generation chaebol heir.

Thinking of reality, his breath caught.

“The guardian…”

“He’s been waiting in the next room.”

He must have been waiting a long time, why didn’t he just go home? Hui-yul pressed his furrowed brow with a troubled expression. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t find a way to escape from here.

In that case, there was only one answer.

“…Could you call the guardian for now?”

There was no choice but to face it head-on.

* * *

Do Seung-jo sat stiffly on the sofa with an anxious face. As soon as they arrived at the hospital, the doctors led them to the largest VIP room as if they had been waiting, and soon after researchers came. They asked him to sign a consent form for tests right away, which he did, but not long after another researcher came and handed Do Seung-jo more documents.

[You need to fill this out first.]

[I already signed earlier.]

The researcher flinched at Do Seung-jo’s hostile attitude. Unfortunately, Chairman Do had come along and was sitting beside him. The researcher hesitated as if wanting to speak away from Chairman Do, but when Chairman Do glared, he had no choice but to explain in front of him.

[This is… a consent form acknowledging the possibility of harm to the fetus during testing.]

[What nonsense is that. Why are you giving that to me…]

Do Seung-jo cut off his words and glared at the researcher. He considered the possibility they had come to the wrong person, or that they were playing a prank despite the serious situation, but the chances were slim.

[Are you saying he’s pregnant?]

Chairman Do, who was behind them, couldn’t hold back and asked first.

[…Yes. It’s our first case like this too, so we’ll need to double-check, but…]

And the confirmation came back. For the first time, Do Seung-jo understood what it meant for one’s mind to go blank.

He couldn’t even confront the researcher for disclosing patient information in front of Chairman Do.

[I’ll sign it.]

Chairman Do finished assessing the situation faster than Do Seung-jo and beckoned to the researcher, who brought the consent form to him.

Only after he finished signing did Do Seung-jo come to his senses and look at Chairman Do. Even if it was just a consent form, Chairman Do’s signature carried different weight.

Do Seung-jo couldn’t guess what Chairman Do was thinking. Why he had signed instead, whether he would tell him not to touch Hui-yul, he felt like he should say something but his lips were dry and no words came out.

A heavy silence fell over the room.

It was after several hours had passed. Chairman Do still hadn’t left, and Do Seung-jo hadn’t even had a sip of water.

Knock knock.

At the sound of knocking, both of their gazes turned to the door.

Creak.

The researcher who slightly opened the door seemed flustered by the sudden attention, but quickly got to the point.

“The patient is asking for his guardian.”

“Alright.”

And the first to stand up was Chairman Do. When Do Seung-jo looked at him with incredulous eyes, Chairman Do looked back with a brazen face as if he didn’t understand.

“Since I signed the consent form earlier, doesn’t that make me a guardian too?”

With those words, Chairman Do moved leisurely.

“Grandfather!”

What on earth are you thinking? Do Seung-jo belatedly hurried his steps to follow Chairman Do. Chairman Do walked so fast it was hard to believe he was over 70 years old.

Chairman Do moved without any hesitation, as if he had already figured out the location.

Click.

It was when Chairman Do opened the door to the next room without hesitation. Do Seung-jo, standing right behind Chairman Do, stopped him.

“Wait a moment. Even if you’re my grandfather, to Eom Hui-yul…”

Do Seung-jo was still a young predator, and Chairman Do was a veteran of a hundred battles. There was nothing to gain by rebelling here, but if he intended to harm Hui-yul, he couldn’t just stand by.

“Ahem. You’re noisy.”

But Chairman Do didn’t stop and entered.

“Do Seung…”

Hui-yul, who saw Do Seung-jo first, was about to greet him awkwardly when he noticed Chairman Do standing in front. He paused, then quickly recognizing who it was, he jumped to his feet.

“Ah, hello.”

“Sit down.”

“Ah, yes.”

Do Seung-jo glanced around nervously. Hui-yul had a face that said “Why is Chairman Do suddenly here?”

“So. Your name is…”

“Eom Hui-yul.”

Chairman Do looked at Hui-yul as if sizing him up. Behind him, Do Seung-jo called out to Chairman Do again, but he didn’t budge.

Hui-yul swallowed hard, unable to say anything. The charisma was clearly different from ordinary people, making him feel like everything about him was being seen through just by being looked at.

Did he rush over to tell them to break up already?

The pregnancy news was already shocking, and now the final boss appears right away.

It felt a little unfair. He hadn’t even processed one shocking piece of news yet!

“May I ask what your relationship with Seung-jo is?”

It seemed like he already knew everything, so why ask? He couldn’t lie here. Reminding himself of the saying that even if caught by a tiger, you can survive if you keep your wits about you, he bowed deeply and greeted:

“I apologize for greeting you while sitting. I am in a good relationship with Seung-jo.”

Chairman Do’s stern face suddenly crumbled as he looked at Hui-yul.

“My, how polite you are.”

At this completely unexpected response, all three of them froze simultaneously.