“Nether regions?”
The Duke asked, finally diverting his gaze from the hardening nipple.
Yes, nether regions. Niall nodded.
“Normally, there’s no difference from an ordinary man, but during the mating season… different things flow from an Omega’s genitalia. Your Grace will see it someday, too.”
“What do you mean by ‘different things’?”
Niall laughed without answering. Before the Duke could ask again, he turned his head.
“Duke, I may not be able to save you, but at least I can provide pleasure.”
“…”
“Use me. Touch me freely.”
Niall whispered warmly, reaching out toward the Duke. They maintained a distance that seemed like their bodies were about to touch but never quite did. Looking up at the Duke who was watching him, Niall lightly brushed his chest against the outstretched fingers of the Duke. the Duke’s fingers trembled.
“To come at night and only undress me and touch me, what a tease.”
Saying resentful words, he made the nipple catch on his fingertips. The Duke’s body stiffened visibly.
“Duke, please use me. I fervently wish to be used by you.”
The Duke showed signs of anxiety once again upon hearing those words. Despite maintaining his dignified and proud appearance, there was a sense of vulnerability.
Suddenly, Niall remembered that the Duke was just twenty-one. Despite being born into the noblest lineage, he was a beautiful and large beast slowly succumbing to suicide due to a mental illness. This beast was dangerous, but still young and inexperienced in human relationships.
For the first time in a long while, Niall smiled from the heart. He wanted to fix the Duke.
Lastly, Niall lightly touched his lips to the Duke’s fingertips and quickly withdrew. It felt frightening to kiss the restrained beast, but somehow, he felt that the beast wouldn’t truly harm him.
Fortunately, the Duke didn’t strike Niall this time. Instead, the Duke, who received Niall’s kiss, seemed startled, then hurriedly left the room.
Chapter 3
Niall was in a state of restlessness. The visits from the Duke at night had ceased, and he was still forbidden from leaving the Duke’s residence.
After enduring this kind of life for about four days, Niall finally exploded. Unable to see the Duke or engage in conversation with anyone, he questioned why he was still here.
With a determined mind, Niall strode towards the Duke’s door and pushed it open. No one stopped him.
Although a servant girl in the distance caught sight of Niall, he ignored her as usual and went on his way. There was no sign of Galye, the only person who might have tried to prevent Niall from leaving. Galye was a very busy man, and the possibility of him not noticing Niall’s absence was quite high.
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Hmm, what should he do?
Niall scratched his chin while looking at the stables from a distance, then turned away. If there was nothing to do, he should take a walk. Counting the number of stones on the walls in his room had become a thing of the past.
“Niall? Aren’t you Niall? What are you doing over there?”
As he was about to turn into a narrow path behind the barn, someone called Niall. Turning around, Niall saw the head groom, with whom he had shared a meal during his time in the stable. He was calling out to Niall.
“Hello.”
“Hey, you shouldn’t go in there. If you go that way, it leads to the Duke’s walking path. Come this way. This way.”
Niall obediently went over to the head groom. After looking Niall up and down, the head groom asked,
“Why haven’t I seen you all of a sudden? What are you doing here?”
Niall laughed without giving a direct answer. The head groom asked in a hushed tone,
“By any chance, are your hands free right now?”
Niall continued to laugh, and interpreting the laughter as he pleased, the head groom nodded.
“Then come with me and help me out a bit. Today is the big cleaning day.”
One person didn’t show up for work, and he foolishly got bitten by a pig. Grumbling, the head groom headed towards the stable, and Niall followed behind, grinning from ear to ear.
The animals in the stable had gathered in the outer yard, and the men were scraping away the straw and spreading lime in the stable.
“Fetch the straw, and bring in some fresh straw.”
Niall quickly lifted the hem of his clothes up and down, leaving himself barefoot, and followed the head groom’s instructions. Despite it being winter, it was not cold at all. The straw in the stable, where the animals resided, emitted a warm, mixed odor of manure, and the water pails were quite heavy.
Niall scraped away the straw, sprinkled water, sprayed lime to disinfect the floor, opened the door wide to ventilate the stable, laid down fresh straw, calmed the excited animals with soothing sounds, herded them back into the stable, and covered the mud.
It was his first time doing such work, but Niall tackled it without hesitation. The head groom only nagged a few times initially, but Niall quickly handled his share of the work. After patting Niall on the shoulder once, the head groom went to another area.
The workers who finished the first stable gathered around a wooden trough, drinking beer. It was a short break.
“Come to think of it, Niall, where have you been all this time?”
Some workers whose faces Niall had become familiar with during his time at the stable asked. Niall grinned while tilting his beer glass.
“I heard Phil really likes you, and even though the assistant has returned, you wanted to keep working with him.”
“What brought you here today?”
“Where did you move to?”
“Why no answer? Did you move to a place that’s hard to talk about?”
“Is it because you’re an Omega?”
Laughter erupted. The bald man, similar in age to Phil, spoke up. Niall also laughed along with them. After a hearty laugh, the men clinked their glasses together, creating a cheerful sound. Niall smiled and asked,
“Why? Do I look like an Omega?”
“No, it’s not that.”
The bald man replied, chuckling.
“So far, quite a few people who claimed to be such have come by. New maids or servants, all of them seemed suspicious, women with strange tasks. Called them maids, but instead of asking them to wash rags, told them to dip their hands in cow dung, as if asking them to test the waters of a dung heap.”
“Asked for a grindstone, and some even asked what that was.”
“Each and every one of them seemed fishy.”
“Besides.”
The head groom, who had been listening quietly, spoke up.
“If you were an Omega, there’s no way I wouldn’t have smelled it. We may not be Alphas, but we can still smell pheromones.”
As Niall handed a drink to the man next to him, he momentarily paused. It was such a brief moment that no one noticed.
“Oh really? You can smell pheromones?”
“I’ve smelled it several times. From those cheeky girls pretending to be maids.”
About 90% of Alphas and Omegas are born to nobles. The remaining 10% are born to commoners, but their purity is very low and they are classified as Betas. The blood of these Betas, descending down the line, becomes lighter, sometimes giving birth to Alphas or Omegas who are less advanced.
“As you know, Omegas try to hide their scent, but when they’re startled, the scent leaks out like they’re marking territory with urine. Remember that woman? On a stormy day, she was running around claiming to be looking for the duke, whining about it, and when her skirt flipped in the wind, she screamed!”
The head groom clapped his hands loudly.
“Under the flipped skirt, the fragrance of a woman was wafting in the air, and it tasted sweet!”
The men laughed heartily. The bald man asked eagerly if the pheromones emanated from the groin area, and the head groom confirmed with a shoulder shrug.
Niall listened silently with a slightly tilted head. He continued to smile as always, but his gaze was cold.
“Well, let’s take a break and get back to work… Oh? Niall.”
The head groom, who was about to lead the rowdy men back to work, suddenly looked surprised when he saw Niall.
“Don’t tell me you got a nosebleed from hearing my story just now?”
At his words, Niall touched his face with his hand. As the head groom said, there was blood under his nose.
“Aren’t you too innocent?”
“You should be careful about what you say in front of him!”
“You’re not a virgin, right?”
“Virginity may be natural, but hasn’t he even had his first kiss?”
“Really? You haven’t had your first kiss?”
The men burst into laughter, clapping their hands in delight. Afraid that the rumor of being a late bloomer who hasn’t even had his first kiss would spread, Niall quickly clarified.
“No, that’s not true. I had my first kiss when I was twelve.”
“Who did you kiss? Your mom and dad didn’t catch you in the act?”
“It was an Alpha. I don’t know his name.”
That response only elicited louder laughter. Seriously. Niall felt embarrassed.
“Alright, enough of that. Let’s all get back to work now. Niall, you go with that friend to the well and wash up.”
The head groom clapped his hands as he organized the situation.
“I can go by myself. Why would two people go to wash my face?”
“Just take some water while you’re at it.”
Then the head groom handed Niall a water jug.
In the end, with his nose pinched, Niall headed to the well with one of the workers from the stable. The young man with red hair who accompanied him to fetch water chuckled at Niall throughout the trip.
Ugh, seriously. Niall let out a small sigh. Of course, his nose had to bleed at that moment. It was the perfect timing for people to tease him.
Aaaah i am so happy to get à translator again
This story is awesome
J’ai essayé de le lire sur le site coréen mais je n’ai jamais réussi le test du bot
Ops i need to gg for read correctly english too end i fail my copy/paste
I say thatI tried to read it on the Korean site but never passed the bot test
it’s okay 👌 glad you are enjoying it! i will try my best to update :))
What’s with the “chapter 3”?
Thanks for the chapter 👍🏻
chapter 3 are the “actual” chapters in the ebook version however this translation uses daily serialization chapters 🙂
I see. Thanks for the explanation!😘
Yay! Love this story so far glad to see more chapters released
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