The Villain's End Is Pregnancy - c75
“Do you still smell the pheromones now?”
The beta family doctor sniffled, unable to detect the unique scent of a morphological type.
“No.”
Ryan shook his head and changed the subject. The reason he came here in the first place wasn’t because of pheromones. It was because the family doctor contacted him saying he had something to say.
“What did you find out related to hidrian extract?”
Then the family doctor answered right away.
“Yes. I looked into where it was introduced and how much it has spread.”
Then he took out a rolled-up paper from the drawer. Ryan immediately picked it up and scanned it with his eyes.
“It has spread more than I thought.”
When he confirmed the fact that it was even being cultivated systematically in one area, he naturally frowned.
‘This is really not something I can handle on my level.’
He thought he would have to discuss it with Count Fitzroy, and as he turned the paper again, his expression suddenly hardened.
“Is this certain?”
“I double-checked with those involved several times.”
“Hah…”
Ryan let out a long sigh and checked the list once more. Nothing changed.
‘I can’t believe this is also following the original story.’
In the original work, as the novel passed the midpoint, scenes began to appear where someone was illegally cultivating, processing, and selling hidrian.
And that becomes the decisive reason for the downfall of the villainous Ryan in the latter part. It was because a report that he was closely related to this matter was submitted to the royal family.
‘It’s a false charge, but coincidentally, a witness appears saying they saw him feeding it to Hendrick, so he gets despised by the prince and pitied by his fiancé, but he tries to maintain his pride out of dislike and ends up completely ruined, only feeling unjust himself.’
That’s why he had no choice but to step up. To clearly show evidence that he has nothing to do with the matter before being falsely accused.
‘Somehow… it seems like I’ve been unwillingly getting busy since remembering the past…’
But what can you do? This is the only way to survive.
* * *
After leaving the family doctor’s home, Ryan went to a restaurant. It was a place he remembered because the food and service were quite good when he visited with Hendrick before.
“Excuse me.”
At the polite call, Ryan, who was just about to stab the meat with a fork, glanced over. The manager bowed his head politely with a smile on his face.
“How is your meal?”
“Good.”
Even at the curt answer, the manager still spoke to him kindly.
“I’m glad it’s to your liking. Please let me know if you need anything.”
“No need.”
But somehow, he seemed to be excessively polite.
‘What’s going on?’
He was pondering why it felt off when—
“Then would it be alright if I brought out some more food? Last time when you came with the prince, you seemed to enjoy the salad tossed with tropical fruits and seafood, so I’d like to serve that to you.”
Only then did he realize the reason for the persistent behavior.
‘Ah, he knows I came with Hendrick.’
Well, he made such a fuss that he could remember. Not only did the prince visit, but he asked them to prepare only enough food for everything on the menu.
‘I was really embarrassed…’
As a restaurant, they would want to treat a once-in-a-lifetime VIP well, but Ryan was honestly embarrassed.
“It’s fine. I’m already fairly full, so I’ll just accept your thoughtfulness.”
However, he rejected it haughtily without showing a hint of it on his face.
“Is that so? I understand. Then please call me anytime later if you need anything.”
Just as the manager was about to step back with regretful words—
“Mr. Ryan?”
Hearing a familiar voice, he turned around and saw an unexpected person.
“Huh? Mr. Julian. How are you here…”
Ryan’s gaze simultaneously checked the person accompanying him. It was a pretty woman in a pink dress.
Knowing it wasn’t a familiar face, he felt somewhat relieved for some reason.
“The prince recommended this restaurant to me, saying it was delicious. But I got to see you, Mr. Ryan.”
Julian approached with a bright smile, and upon realizing Ryan was alone, he asked if they could have a meal together.
“If it’s alright with the person accompanying you.”
At Ryan’s words, Julian spoke to the woman beside him, and she also nodded with a smile.
“If you wait a moment, I’ll bring out the food I mentioned earlier right away!”
The manager, who had been listening attentively, interjected cautiously as if seeing an opportunity.
“Food? Ah, did you order something new?”
“No. It’s not that, but the restaurant said they would provide it as a service…”
In his bewilderment, Ryan used a term from his previous life, but he didn’t even notice and shook his head.
“We prepared what you enjoyed well when you came with the prince!”
“Is that so? That worked out well. Then let’s order other things while eating the food the manager prepared.”
At those words, the manager disappeared into the kitchen with a bright face. And the seats in front of Ryan were taken by Julian and his companion.
“This is Ms. Amy, who will be doing business with me in the royal capital this time. Amy, this is Mr. Ryan from the Fitzroy Earl family.”
“Hello, Mr. Ryan. I’m Amy Grenbel. I’m a beta and run a small trading business.”
“Nice to meet you, Ms. Amy. I’m Ryan of the Fitzroy family.”
Amy initiated a sociable conversation like a businessperson, so thanks to that, the atmosphere flowed without awkwardness despite being the first meeting.
“Come to think of it, you said the prince recommended this place earlier?”
“That’s right. I briefly saw him at the palace a while ago because of work.”
“Work?”
“Yes, we discussed whether I could directly trade regional specialties with the palace, and also the prince separately requested something.”
“Separately requested…”
Ryan asked, trying hard to ignore his heart fluttering anxiously.
“I can’t give you the details. If you’re curious, ask the prince. He would have told you, Mr. Ryan.”
However, unfortunately, he couldn’t hear the reason. Moreover, for some reason, Julian even smiled meaningfully, making him even more concerned. He was pondering whether he should ask what it was when the manager approached with an apologetic expression.
“Excuse me, but the next table asked me to pass this to you.”
Ryan tilted his head and received the note handed to him.
“Who?”
“Well… that person…”
He looked in the direction the manager was pointing. Then, a beautiful omega nodded. As if to say look at the note they gave, Ryan immediately opened it.
[I can faintly smell your pheromones. If it’s difficult to control because you’re pregnant, it would be good to take the medicine prescribed by the doctor. Because this is a place where alpha customers also come, it could become troublesome.]
As soon as he checked the contents, Ryan tried sniffing the scent right away.
‘Ah, darn.’
It seemed his pheromones were coming out arbitrarily again. Ryan gestured to the omega at the next table in gratitude and told Julian that he had to leave now.
“It seems an urgent matter came up. What a shame.”
Julian didn’t make any mention of the note Ryan received a little while ago and generously brushed over the situation.
“I’m the one who’s sorry to be leaving like this.”
“Let’s make sure to meet leisurely next time.”
“Yes, I had a really good time today thanks to you, Mr. Julian.”
“I was happy to see you too, Mr. Ryan. Let’s see each other often from now on.”
“Yes, let’s do that.”
Julian extended his hand, and Ryan lightly shook hands with him. And as he was getting on the waiting carriage, he suddenly tilted his head.
‘Come to think of it, the businessperson is a beta, so that’s understandable, but I guess Julian couldn’t smell my pheromones.’
If it was noticeable even from another table, he couldn’t have missed it. Ryan put his nose to the hand that had grasped Julian’s, harboring doubts. But it didn’t give off the unique scent of an omega.
“Well, he’s a dominant, so he probably handled it well on his own.”
Ryan thought that and turned his head towards the window. Then he spotted an unexpected person.
“Isn’t that Liam?”
He was meeting unexpected people often today.
“But why is he glaring at someone like that?”
It seemed like he noticed first, but I don’t know why he’s making that expression. Then he saw the corners of Liam’s mouth curve up.
“Huh?”
At the face that was clearly sneering to anyone’s eyes, the corners of Ryan’s eyes also tensed up. What are you gonna do about it? He asked with his mouth shape, but the carriage slowly began to move.
“I got it? Got what?”
It seemed like Liam was holding something in his hand, but it wasn’t clearly visible. Ryan, who had doubts for a moment, quickly shook it off.
Moving like that, when he arrived at the gate of the Earl’s house, he was puzzled by the atmosphere that had become strange beyond being chaotic.
“What? Why is everyone so busy?”
He discovered that the gate was wide open and there were a lot of people in front of it. The moment he thought this scene seemed familiar—he saw a servant who spotted the carriage running somewhere.
“Stop the carriage for a bit.”
Sensing that something was going on, Ryan instructed the coachman.
“Ryan!”
And as soon as the carriage door opened and he tried to go out, his family and Hendrick ran over with a voice calling out urgently.
“Where on earth have you been?”
“I went to see the family doctor and then had dinner before coming back?”
He clearly told the servant that, so did something go wrong? As he was looking around, Hendrick let out a long sigh and comforted the family, then approached a little closer.
“Thank goodness. We were all worried because it had been quite a while since you parted with the family doctor, but we couldn’t find your whereabouts.”
“I just got a bit late because I was having dinner with Mr. Julian.”
Thinking why they were making such a fuss over that, Ryan spoke sulkily. He found Hendrick, who was taking care of his family more affectionately than him, a bit annoying because it was he who had been playing with his heart all day.
But Hendrick, who didn’t know his feelings, showed a very unpleasant air.
“Julian? Why are you meeting him?”
And in a tone that seemed to claw at Ryan’s heart.