(BL) Rejected by daughter's second male lead-Chapter 25

Yuan winced. He looked at the refreshments set on the table. Gillen’s teacup was completely empty, and one piece of cookie was gone. He had not shown any sign that the tea tasted bad.

Is this what aristocratic etiquette is?

Yuan set down his teacup. For some reason, he did not feel good. He had received an apology from Gillen, filled out the new sponsorship document, and even kicked Gillen out, so why did he feel so awful?

’Come to think of it, the butler of the Blake household talked a lot about tea.’

It was probably in accordance with the tastes of his master, Duke Blake. In that case, he was surely particular about tea, yet he did not find fault with attendant Number 2 or insult his master, Yuan. Any other noble Yuan knew would have surely done so.

"Damn it."

Yuan ran a hand through his shoulder-length hair and stood up. It seemed that he could not just let Gillen go like this. It was not something Yuan should be sorry for, but since the parrot that he had given life to made a mistake, he should apologize on its behalf. Even a shameless person like Gillen Blake apologizes when he makes a mistake, so why could Yuan, a better human being than him, not do the same?

However, as soon as Yuan left the drawing room, he witnessed a ridiculous scene. He found Gillen standing in front of the castle gate, gathering the robots in one place and pondering.

"Hmm, since your hair color and eyes are red and you seem to have a cheerful personality, how about ’Ignis’? It means fire in Latin. Do you like it?"

The maid who received the name ’Ignis’ showed a smile that Yuan had never seen before. Anyone could see that she was happy.

’What on earth is so great about a mere name...?’

Seeing the happy face of the robot he had created, Yuan fell into a state of confusion that was hard to describe. Shouldn’t they be grateful and satisfied just by the fact that a being like me created them? Since when did they want names? From the beginning? But why did they not tell me? When you think about it, I am their parent.

"Since your eyelashes are like feathers and your skin is clear, how about Crystal? Crystal is very clear and transparent, so it is very popular."

"I like it very much. Thank you, Your Excellency Duke Blake. You are full of wit and wisdom."

"Don’t mention it."

But now that he looked at it, Gillen was not just giving names; he was hitting on Yuan’s robots. What kind of name-giver in the world gives names with such a lecherous gaze and a sly smile!

Yuan, who had been staring blankly at Gillen from a distance, finally came to his senses and stomped over angrily.

"Duke Gillen Blake!"

Yuan’s angry heeled shoes kicked against the marble floor. As soon as the robot footmen, maids, and attendants heard Yuan’s voice, they straightened their backs and formed a line.

"Hampton, did you come out to see me off? Or are you curious about what names I’ll come up with?"

"Didn’t you say you were leaving? What on earth are you doing here?"

Yuan asked sharply. But Gillen, on the contrary, asked Yuan back as if he were puzzled.

"Didn’t you tell me to name each and every one of them and remember them? So I am doing just that."

"...What did you say?"

He had certainly said that, but... words have context. There was no way a man who was a duke would not be able to understand the true meaning behind the words.

"That was not a literal request to name them."

"Hmm? I thought you were asking me a favor. A member of the Blake family always respects the other party."

Gillen said jokingly, winking his eye. In the end, he was doing this on purpose. No, perhaps from the beginning, he had provoked Yuan to elicit the answer he wanted. After all, Gillen was a middle-aged man who was almost twice Yuan’s age, and he seemed skilled at manipulating others’ emotions.

Just look at him now, bewitching the robots with just a single word. Yuan was displeased. And he did not want to express that displeasure with mere words. So he stared intently at Gillen and released his pheromones.

Sssss, the released alpha pheromones spread aggressively. As expected, Gillen’s brow furrowed. He covered his nose and mouth.

"Hampton!"

"As an alpha, you should know. How unpleasant it is to try to steal the property of another alpha in their territory."

Those robots were clearly Yuan’s property. Because Yuan made them, and they belonged to Yuan.

Yuan’s pheromones, which he had not smelled in a long time, were even more sharp and stimulating than before. Gillen felt a sensation as if his skin were prickling and standing on end. It was a sensation that felt both itchy and stinging.

"Stop it, Hampton."

Gillen said, releasing a little of his own pheromones. However, his pheromones were not directed at Yuan. He wrapped his pheromones around the group of robots and himself like a shield.

"Hah, what a spectacle."

Yuan muttered.

Right now, Gillen was acting like the leader of a pack of animals protecting its own kind. Even while struggling with the pheromones of the same dominant alpha, it seemed that protecting the robots was his priority over attacking Yuan.

Yuan said, as if mocking Gillen’s goodwill.

"They do not have pheromone glands. The pheromones of a person with a secondary gender are useless against robots."

"Ah, I see. I thought that since you’re a genius wizard, you might have even implemented secondary genders."

Gillen laughed heartily and retorted sarcastically. Yuan noticed that he, too, was a little angry. Because he had such a kind face, he had not even realized he was angry.

But so what, what are you going to do about it? Yuan was about to pout his lips.

"I did find it quite cute when you acted like a child, Hampton, but a pheromone attack crosses the line."

Gillen said that and fully released his pheromones. He poured out an enormous amount of pheromones, just like when an alpha gives their omega a pheromone shower.

"Ugh..."

Yuan felt a severe dizziness from Gillen’s pheromones, which seemed to penetrate every cell in his body. Gillen’s pheromones smelled of the forest. A deep woody scent, the scent of earth as if it had just been rained on, the crisp and chilling smell of a winter dawn, and even a slightly sweet fruity scent. It was a rich scent that was reminiscent of the time he went on a picnic in the forest not long ago.

As it was the pheromone of the same alpha, it certainly grated on Yuan’s nerves and caused a rejection response in him. The strange thing, however, was that this response did not come as displeasure or pain, but rather in a form that stimulated excitement. To the point where his lower abdomen ached.

’Wait. Ached?’

Yuan’s thoughts stopped for a moment. He slowly looked down to check himself. Fortunately, it was still quiet, but this feeling of his lower stomach tensing, feeling itchy and heavy, and blood rushing to his dick... was definitely an erection.

As soon as he noticed that, Yuan cast teleportation magic. Yuan’s figure suddenly disappeared from the hall.

"What, what was that?"

Gillen was flustered and reined in his pheromones. Ignis, who was standing behind him, answered diligently.

"The Marquis can use teleportation magic whenever he wishes. He has just disappeared using teleportation magic."

"Ah, thank you for the kind explanation...."

It was not that he asked because he really did not know what it was. Gillen swallowed the rest of his words and checked the condition of the robots standing behind him.

"Well, well... I know they are all robots, but they look exactly like people, so it’s confusing. Still, it’s a relief that they don’t have secondary genders."

At Gillen’s words, robot attendant Sebastian (formerly Number 2) chimed in.

"The Marquis once said that because he made our appearances identical to humans, we might suffer damage related to our secondary genders. That is why he deliberately made us so that we can neither feel nor emit pheromones."

"Ah, for that reason...."

It was a more humane reason than he had expected. In fact, in this world, there were many alphas who would lose their minds and commit rape just by smelling an omega’s pheromones, and human traffickers who raised alphas and used them like tools or sold omegas as sex slaves were rampant.

Shortly after being transmigrated and learning that fact, Gillen established the Blake Foundation and radically reformed Blake Academy. The foundation began by helping children with nowhere to go and providing them with what they needed when they were found to have secondary genders.

As time went by, Gillen also proposed several bills related to people with secondary genders in the noble council and persuaded the emperor to work on eradicating human trafficking. There was one reason for this. Because the world of secondary genders was too barbaric.

If he had to add one more reason, it was because his daughter, Cecilia, was also an omega. He knew from reading the original novel that Cecilia, the female lead, would not suffer any terrible things, but as a father, he could not just stand by and watch.

’Whenever I see young children or omegas, I immediately think of Cecil.’

But it was quite surprising that the seemingly cold-hearted scientist-like wizard Yuan, who did not even bother to give them proper names, had thoughtfully made them all betas.

"If I may state my conjecture,"

Robot attendant Ricardo (formerly Number 1) stepped forward and said.

"It seems the Marquis deliberately did not give us names out of concern that he would become too attached to us. Whenever the topic of names comes up, the Marquis’s expression darkens and his pupils turn to the left. His body temperature rises slightly, and he feels a subtle sadness and anger. It appears he likely has a tragic past related to this."

"Ah... um...."

Gillen nodded awkwardly. If that was the case, he felt a little sorry, but... don’t these guys have any sense of confidentiality or keeping their mouths shut about their master’s information? Is that not programmed into them? Seeing them blabbering on with TMI that he did not even want to know, he was worried about Yuan.

"It would be best not to talk about such things elsewhere, you all. It is a basic principle of an employee to keep your mouth shut as much as possible about the master you serve."