Chapter 55 – GOY 55
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Aaron Han.
He got whatever he wanted. No, even if he didn’t want it, the world already belonged to him.
His family members were S-Class Awakened, and he himself was an S-Class Guide. The world paid attention to Aaron’s family, and he had reigned as a star since childhood.
Some belittled his family’s fame, claiming it was all thanks to a “reality show,” but he disagreed.
Even if it hadn’t been a TV show, he would have become a star.
His looks, rank, wealth, trait—everything was perfect.
However, the envy and jealousy grew more intense by the day. People mocked him simply because his popularity wasn’t what it was in his childhood, and even the network hacks treated him like a washed-up star.
On that day, Aaron was filled with irritation. He had received an offer to appear [stolen content]Read on Read BL Novelsin a [visit our site]low-brow reality show where ”nostalgic stars” lived in one house, became friends, and flirted.
‘How dare they talk about “nostalgic stars” without knowing who I am!’
Aaron was furious, and to relieve his stress, he attended a party held at a hotel.
But that was a mistake. He thought it would be a glamorous party attended by celebrities, but it was actually a new drug promotion party hosted by Lexington Pharmaceuticals. Of course, there were many Ability Users among the attendees.
Lexington Pharmaceuticals was focusing on developing drugs related to superpowers, and whenever they announced a new drug, Ability Users from all over the world flocked to them.
However, the highest rank among them was A-Class.
‘Well, there’s no way S-Classes would be interested in mere drugs. Only those born incompetent would pin their hopes on things like this.’
The combination of trash who wanted to raise their rank using drugs and the scammers who made money by exploiting that hope was utterly pathetic.
Moreover, the party itself was boring. Only explanations about the drugs and business talk were exchanged; there wasn’t a shred of fun to be found.
‘There’s nothing more to see.’
Aaron tried to leave. And the moment he stepped outside, he collided with someone. It was because he had been walking without looking ahead. Aaron almost fell, but the other man caught his hand. In that instant, an intense Alpha Pheromone pierced through Aaron’s nose.
Aaron looked at the owner of the pheromone. He was a handsome man with a tall, sturdy build and striking features. His appearance was as perfect as his captivating pheromones.
The man let go of Aaron’s hand and immediately turned around.
[Excuse me!]
Aaron shouted urgently. However, the man left the party venue without even glancing back at him.
[Who is that?]
He asked his friend Jake, who had attended the party with him.
[You don’t know who that is? That’s surprising.]
[I asked who he is!]
[That’s Joo Seung-hyuk. He’s Korean, like you.]
Aaron flipped the middle finger toward Jake.
[I am not Korean.]
He didn’t like Korea. It wasn’t because he hated the country for tormenting and insulting his grandfather. He just hated that country.
He had naturally learned Korean because of his grandfather and father and spoke it at a native level, but he had never felt drawn to it.
[I know. But it’s surprising that you don’t know Joo Seung-hyuk.]
[Is he famous?]
Aaron unconditionally blocked any news related to Korea. He made a conscious effort not to see it.
[He’s the youngest son of Chairman Joo of the Seong Han Group and an S-Class Esper. He seems to hate media exposure, but with that face and that body? There’s no way he could live quietly even if he wanted to.]
[Is that so?]
[Besides, I heard he’s a Dominant Alpha,] Jake whispered secretly.
‘The youngest son of Seong Han, an S-Class Esper, and a Dominant Alpha, huh.’
Chewing over the information about Joo Seung-hyuk one by one, Aaron smiled. He had finally found an Esper worthy of his level.
That night, Aaron set his sights on Joo Seung-hyuk.
He thought it would be easy.
Aaron was an S-Class Guide. To date, there was no Esper he couldn’t seduce. He figured he could get his hands on Joo Seung-hyuk easily.
But that was a delusion.
Aaron mobilized all his connections to meet Joo Seung-hyuk, but every attempt failed. Even though he could meet an S-Class Guide like Aaron, Joo Seung-hyuk showed no interest whatsoever.
The more it happened, the more anxious Aaron became. Even the attitude of being uninterested in a Guide’s rank felt attractive to him.
Whenever he closed his eyes, Joo Seung-hyuk’s face appeared, and every time he sprayed perfume, he missed his pheromones.
Aaron fell deeper and deeper for Joo Seung-hyuk.
If Joo Seung-hyuk wouldn’t come, he had no visit our sitechoice Read on Read BL Novelsbut to go himself. For the first time in his life, Aaron decided to go to Korea.
Originally, he planned to approach Joo Seung-hyuk through the Seong Han Group.
If he, an S-Class Guide, offered to become Joo Seung-hyuk’s exclusive guide, it was obvious they would welcome him with open arms.
However, Seong Han rejected his offer.
‘They call themselves Korea’s top company, but they’re complete idiots! Do they not know how amazing an S-Class Guide is? Besides, I’m Aaron! Even if they paid me billions to come, it wouldn’t be enough, yet they dare reject me?’
No matter how much he liked Joo Seung-hyuk, this was too much of a blow to his pride.
‘Just you wait. You’ll regret this deeply.’
Joo Seung-hyuk must be playing hard to get, but it wouldn’t last long.
S-Class Espers are bound to crave S-Class Guides.
Aaron stopped his plan to approach Joo Seung-hyuk and waited for him to come to him first.
But once again, Aaron’s expectations were wrong.
He heard that a certain Guide had saved Joo Seung-hyuk from the brink of a Rampage. His name was Lee Yeon-soo, and he was an S-Class Guide. Furthermore, his matching rate with Joo Seung-hyuk was a staggering 93%.
Aaron grew desperate.
Could he have rejected me because of that Lee Yeon-soo guy? No, that can’t be.
According to Aaron’s investigation, Lee Yeon-soo had rejected an Exclusive Guide Contract with Joo Seung-hyuk in the past, and because of this, both Seong Han and Joo Seung-hyuk had been thoroughly humiliated.
And now they’re accepting a guy like that?
Torn between pride and anxiety, Aaron attended a party at a hotel pool to vent his frustration. Many people approached him, but none of them could compare to Joo Seung-hyuk in terms of looks, pheromones, ability, or wealth.
Losing interest, Aaron sat on a sunbed and sipped a cocktail. While contemplating whether to just go back, Patrick, an A-Class Esper, spoke to him.
[Aaron, do you know Lee Yeon-soo?]
[Lee Yeon-soo? Why him?]
[I heard the Espers in Korea are going crazy because of Lee Yeon-soo.]
Aaron’s brow furrowed sharply.
[Have you already had one? What do you mean “going crazy”?]
[Haven’t you heard the news? I heard Joo Seung-hyuk and the high-rank Espers of Korea had a duel over Lee Yeon-soo.]
[What?]
[You really didn’t know. You should keep up with the news.]
[Shut up.]
Irritated, Aaron looked at his phone. When he entered a news site, it was plastered with articles about Lee Yeon-soo and Joo Seung-hyuk.
[Please introduce me to Lee Yeon-soo.]
[I don’t know that bastard.]
[Since you’re also of Korean descent, you’ll be able to get close to him quickly.]
[Lee Yeon-soo is trash. I heard he switched after dating Park Geon-woo.]
[Park Geon-woo?]
[The Hero of the Savannah.]
As soon as Park Geon-woo turned twenty in Korean age, he participated in the subjugation of Africa, which had become a land of death due to an S-class Gate Break, and was called the Hero of the Savannah for his outstanding performance.
Aaron looked into Lee Yeon-soo as well. It was said that Lee Yeon-soo had been involved in dating rumors with Park Geon-woo several times. However, both continued to deny it, and no special evidence had ever emerged.
The media and the public often wrote novels claiming that S-Classes were dating just because they were seen together. Since Aaron had often been enraged by fake scandals written by tabloids, he thought there was a high probability that the rumors about Lee Yeon-soo and Park Geon-woo were nonsense.
However, because he was annoyed, he pretended to know and brought up the rumors.
[Ah, so he’s two-timing with the Hero of the Savannah? Now I’m more curious.]
[Dirty bastard. Do you really want to roll around with a slut like that?]
[Well, if it’s only two people so far, he’s a thousand times purer than you.]
[What?!]
[Did I say something wrong?]
[Get lost! Get lost right now! Disappear from my sight! You son of a bitch!]
As Aaron flew into a rage, Jake, who was beside him, stepped in.
[Patrick, don’t provoke Aaron. Right now, his darling Alpha is with Lee Yeon-soo, so he’s furious.]
[Darling Alpha? Ah, were you aiming for Joo Seung-hyuk? I thought you hated Koreans.]
Patrick put an arm around Aaron’s shoulder and gave a subtle smile.
[It’s not like that. Stop pretending to know and get lost.]
[This works out well. Just introduce Lee Yeon-soo to me, and you can have Joo Seung-hyuk.]
[I told you to get lost.]
[I’m joking.]
[Get lost before I kick you out. I’ll call security.]
[Sorry, sorry. I’ll give you this, so cheer up.]
Patrick took a small bottle out of his pocket, opened the cap, and poured it into Aaron’s cocktail. Watching the colorless, odorless liquid mix into the cocktail, Aaron fell silent.
This was a drug made by refining a flower called ‘Jeokrunhwa’ that grows in gates.
In the 1990s, there was a period when Jeokrunhwa was a boom. Research results showed that taking Jeokrunhwa increased mana and also raised the matching rate.
People were filled with hope.
They believed that with Jeokrunhwa, anyone could become strong. They thought a world would come where anyone could become an S-Class and record a 99% matching rate.
It wasn’t just the delusion of the ignorant. University professors and experts appeared on broadcasts every day, claiming that a world where ranks and matching rates became meaningless was coming. The newspapers were filled with those articles.
Pharmaceutical companies, [Read on Read BL Novels]one stolen contentafter another, embarked on research related to Jeokrunhwa, and new drugs poured out.
But the results were catastrophic.
Ability Users who took Jeokrunhwa fell into hallucinations and caused accidents, and in severe cases, it led to a Rampage.
Furthermore, their bodies were ruined, including cardiovascular diseases, and new illnesses that had never existed before broke out.
Moreover, the effects were minimal compared to the enormous side effects.
The World Health Organization and the World Ability User Association designated ‘Jeokrunhwa’ as a dangerous plant and banned its collection from gates. Naturally, it could not be consumed.
Ultimately, the Jeokrunhwa craze disappeared, leaving behind many scars.
However, entering the 2000s, Jeokrunhwa began to penetrate the world in the form of a “drug.”
The drug made from Jeokrunhwa, ‘Dust,’ had excellent hallucinogenic and aphrodisiac effects.
It had the disadvantage of being extremely expensive and difficult for non-ability users to feel the hallucinogenic effects, but conversely, because of that exclusivity and high price, it enjoyed explosive popularity in the underworld.
Moreover, Dust was not detectable in drug [unauthorized copy]tests even three days after [stolen content]consumption. Thanks to this, people could enjoy it to their heart’s content while evading the law, and celebrities used it frequently.
Aaron was also a ‘Dust’ addict. His family tried to control him, but the more they did, the more he wanted it.
Aaron put the cocktail infused with Dust into his mouth.
The next day, waking up from the hallucination, Aaron carefully re-read the article about Joo Seung-hyuk and the A-Class Espers of Korea fighting. Even looking at it sober, it was unbelievable. However, after having someone verify it, it was the absolute truth. It wasn’t just tabloid nonsense.
Aaron grew desperate. He immediately began preparations to go to Korea.
‘I have to meet Joo Seung-hyuk in person.’
After completing his preparations to claim Joo Seung-hyuk, Aaron boarded a plane to Korea.
Aaron was confident. Up until now, he had obtained everything he wanted in his life.
‘Joo Seung-hyuk will be the same. The moment he sees me, he’ll fall for me. There’s no way a Beta from a commoner background could be my match.’
Upon arriving in Korea, he headed straight for the Esper Academy.
As Aaron stood on the podium, people’s attention focused on him. It was as he [visit our site]expected. The moment he, a member of a royal family and [visit our site]a dominant omega, appeared, the existence of Lee Yeon-soo, who had nothing but his rank, became infinitely shabby.
But the joy was short-lived. Even while everyone else was enthusiastic, Joo Seung-hyuk had no interest in him. He only looked at Lee Yeon-soo.
Moreover, the other students were the same.
“Guide Han Min-ho, there is currently no true S-Class Guide at the Academy. Please show us what an S-Class Guide is.”
The moment Professor Oh praised Aaron, silence fell over the auditorium. Everyone was reading Lee Yeon-soo’s expression. They were worried that he might be offended.
Even though he had appeared, they were more concerned about the Beta Guide.
Pathetic things. But it wouldn’t last long.
Hiding his anger, Aaron looked at Lee Yeon-soo.
“Yes. I will live up to the expectations.”
And he answered with confidence.
With Professor Oh’s help, Aaron dug a [visit our site]trap. He then had a conversation with [visit our site]Lee Yeon-soo while secretly hiding a filming crew.
He intended to provoke him on purpose to draw out inflammatory remarks. However, Lee Yeon-soo was a fox pretending to be innocent.
Cunningly, he avoided any answers that could be problematic. Furthermore, the fact that a filming crew was hidden was discovered.
Watching Lee Yeon-soo argue point by point, Aaron’s irritation surged.
‘How do I crush this bastard?’
But in the end, the one who was crushed was himself.
Aaron, whose hand was stepped on by Joo Seung-hyuk, received immediate treatment. Fortunately, thanks to a Healing Esper and a flood of high-rank potions, all his injuries healed.
However, even after a day, the sense of humiliation did not disappear. Even after waking up from sleep, his whole body trembled when he thought about yesterday’s events.
But public opinion would be different.
I, an S-Class Guide and a global star, have come to Korea. Moreover, since I even mentioned that I would naturalize, both the US and Korea must be in an uproar.
Suppressing his anger, Aaron looked at his phone. However, the main page of the portal site was completely covered with dating articles about Joo Seung-hyuk and Lee Yeon-soo.
[Joo Seung-hyuk ♥ Lee Yeon-soo Public Date. Birth of an S-Class Couple]
[The Start of a Pink Romance? Joo Seung-hyuk’s Generous Gift at Special Auction]
[Joo Seung-hyuk, “In my eyes, I only see Yeon-soo” [Pick Photo]]
[Joo Seung-hyuk Sweeps Special Auction for Lee Yeon-soo]
The news of Aaron’s return was buried small at the bottom, pushed aside even by the news of the Esper Academy building collapse.
The trending search rankings, which show the words people are searching for most, were the same.
They were filled with “Joo Seung-hyuk Lee Yeon-soo dating,” “public date,” “special auction,” “Academy collapse,” “Academy terror,” and so on. Aaron’s name was nowhere to be seen.
Aaron thought that the moment he arrived, South Korea would be turned upside down. That was only natural.
But the reality was different.
‘Of all the days, they had a public date and swept the auction on the day I arrived?’
Lee Yeon-soo must have nagged Joo Seung-hyuk.
He must have done this just to screw me over. He ruined my plan with an innocent face, pretending to know nothing.
‘I guess my existence was a threat?’
But no matter how much Lee Yeon-soo struggled, it was a waste of effort.
The moment I provide Guiding to Joo Seung-hyuk, he will come over to me.
No matter what petty tricks that guy uses, he couldn’t beat me, who was born with the bloodline of an S-Class Awakened and is a dominant omega.
Espers are bound to be drawn to a superior Guide. Also, Alphas are fascinated by Omegas. From the start, Lee Yeon-soo had no chance of winning.
Aaron set his smartphone down as if throwing it and took out an electronic cigarette.
The electronic cigarette contained Dust liquid instead of nicotine. Using the fact that immigration checks for S-Class Awakened are lax, he had brought it in boldly without much difficulty. It was the same not only in Korea but anywhere.
The world was infinitely generous to S-Classes.
Aaron put the electronic cigarette to his lips. As the Dust swept through his entire body, his irritation subsided somewhat.
He lay down on the bed. Lee Yeon-soo’s annoying face appeared and then vanished.
He just had to endure a little longer. The time for Lee Yeon-soo to act out wouldn’t be much longer.
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