I Bought the Male Lead with Money

10.

“More than that, there’s something I want to ask of you, Master.”

His sudden words made Yu Jin miss his chance.

“What is it?”

“Can I say it?”

“Of course. Of course you can.”

As long as it’s not asking for my life. Yu Jin squeezed out his voice.

“Well then, Master.”

Jinhyeon made a circle with his thumb and index finger. Money, he wants money! If that’s it, I can give him as much as he wants. Yu Jin felt relieved. As the tension eased, his body relaxed. However, the words that followed were strange.

“I want to suck you once.”

Money? Even if you love money, actually sucking it is a bit… As Yu Jin was thinking this, just blinking, Jinhyeon laughed out loud.

“I can guess what you’re thinking, but that’s not it. Not that. Master’s thing.”

All the money is mine.

“No, this.”

Jinhyeon placed his hand between Yu Jin’s legs.

“This?”

What’s between the legs? The quietly resting dick. But he wants to suck that? Yu Jin unknowingly let out a scream.

“Ah!”

His body jumped in place. In that moment, as Jinhyeon let go of his ankle, Yu Jin quickly crawled up to the top of the bed.

“Yu Jin?”

Keith finally came to his senses at Yu Jin’s scream. He immediately placed his hand on his sword hilt. Seeing Keith about to draw his weapon, Yu Jin frantically waved his hands.

“No, no! It’s not that!”

Yu Jin made a tearful face. The novel I read wasn’t R-rated, was it? I don’t understand why this is happening.

“Keith, stay still!”

“But Yu Jin!”

“Stay there until I tell you.”

Though Keith looked resentful, he followed Yu Jin’s words. One problem solved, one more to go. Yes, come to think of it, what I knew was from a novel, and this is reality.

In the novel, it might end with a sentence about spending a passionate night, but reality is different. Thinking that way, it’s not strange for things to turn adult-oriented.

‘It’s just because I’m the target.’

That’s what I hate the most. As Yu Jin was calming his pounding heart, he saw Jinhyeon smiling.

‘Look at that annoying guy!’

He’s not really wanting to suck someone else’s dick, he just enjoys tormenting others. The target of his torment is probably Keith.

It was the same during the meal. It’s scary to keep him with Keith, but I can’t separate Jinhyeon either. That’s beyond scary, it’s terrifying. He’s someone who might do anything at any time.

Should I separate Keith then?

‘That won’t do.’

Right now, Keith is the only one who can protect Yu Jin here. There are guards, but they’re not that close. If someone needs to stay close and protect him, Keith is better than Jinhyeon.

I wish Jinhyeon was a more docile person. Yu Jin sighed and lay back down on the bed.

“I’m good at it.”

Good at what? I know he’ll only have multiple wives and build a harem later. Above all, Jinhyeon always only slept with women.

There is one man who strangely becomes obsessed with him in the middle, but he wasn’t allowed to even touch a fingertip.

“No. That’s not happening. I’ll grant you a different request instead.”

Maybe because it was too stressful, his trembling body had returned to normal at some point.

“But that’s what I want.”

“No. Say something else.”

Yu Jin firmly refused.

“I can’t think of anything else right now. I’ll tell you when I think of something later.”

He was saying he’d save his request for later. It’s worrying what he might want later, but Yu Jin didn’t want to deal with Jinhyeon anymore right now. Yu Jin nodded his heavy head.

“Then rest well. I’ll go look around for a while.”

For all his clinginess, Jinhyeon withdrew easily. And Yu Jin was left alone with Keith, who was looking at him with reproachful eyes.

‘That damn bastard!’

No amount of cursing Jinhyeon seems enough. As soon as Jinhyeon left the room, Keith slowly approached and sat by Yu Jin’s side.

“Is your stomach alright?”

“Yes, maybe thanks to the medicine. It’s much better.”

“I’m glad.”

Keith bowed his head deeply.

“Please don’t get sick.”

“I’ll be careful.”

If the two of them hadn’t quarreled in the first place, I probably wouldn’t have gotten sick. But Yu Jin couldn’t say that directly to Keith, so he vaguely brushed it off. By the way, why is Keith bowing his head like that?

As Yu Jin was wondering, Keith spoke again.

“Yu Jin. No, Yu Jin-ah.”

His face, slowly raised, was contorted as if in sorrow. His drooping eyebrows trembled, and tears welled up.

Why is he crying now?

“I…”

A tear rolled down his cheek and fell onto the blanket. The white blanket darkened where it was wet.

“Am I not good enough?”

What’s not good enough? As Yu Jin was pondering in confusion, Keith grabbed his hand.

“I like you.”

“I like you too.”

“No, no. Not like that.”

Keith bit his lip hard. Because of his exceptional beauty, even that looked like a scene from a masterpiece painting. Yu Jin had often been called angelic for his looks, but now he thought that comparison was wrong.

The one truly close to an angel is Keith here. Come to think of it, he was also very popular with others. He often received love confession letters, and Yu Jin had teased him about it.

Keith took a deep breath and moved close to Yu Jin. Then his soft lips lightly touched Yu Jin’s. After the brief touch, his lips parted and he confessed.

“I love you.”

Yu Jin blinked blankly.

‘What did I just hear?’

So, Keith just confessed his love to Yu Jin. But it didn’t seem like familial love. This was romantic love.

The moment he realized this, heat rose to his face.

Yu Jin opened and closed his mouth.

Since when? Why? How? He had many questions. But Keith had remained silent even when Yu Jin was with others. Why confess now? It was confusing.

“I was going to wait. Until you overcame your wounds. But I think I was wrong. It hurts my heart to see you with someone else.”

Keith placed his hand on his chest.

“I’ve been very jealous.”

The confession continued.

“Look at me instead of that slave. Please.”

Keith slowly closed his eyes.

Yu Jin sent Keith away, saying he needed to sleep. Usually, he would let Keith sleep beside him, but tonight he couldn’t. They probably couldn’t share the same bed anymore.

Keith seemed to have expected this and left easily.

Only after being left alone in the room did Yu Jin sort out his thoughts.

‘What is all this?’

Keith is a man, and Jinhyeon is a man. But one confessed love, and the other said he wanted to suck dick.

“Isn’t this a harem story?”

I don’t understand why the story is going this way. Yu Jin messed up his hair with his hands. Until now, because of difficult circumstances and being busy, he had never properly dated a girlfriend. Even if he dated, it didn’t last long. So all he had experienced were light kisses and hugs. It meant Yu Jin’s dating skills were terribly low. That’s why he didn’t know what to do in this situation.

There’s no one to ask.

‘No, there’s Haruna!’

But he had never seen Haruna with a lover either. She was popular like Keith, but she never dated anyone, and she’s siblings with Keith.

Therefore, it would be difficult to expect an impartial judgment from Haruna.

“Argh!”

So what should I do? Yu Jin racked his brains desperately. Finally, he reached a difficult conclusion.

Reject Keith’s confession. Even dealing with Jinhyeon is difficult right now. As much as he needs to focus on surviving, romance is a luxury at this point. Above all, Yu Jin wasn’t clear about his own sexual orientation.

‘At least a peck on the lips seems okay.’

Yu Jin rubbed his lips with his hand. He recalled the brief touch from earlier. Is it because Keith has such a pretty face? He didn’t feel repulsed.

‘Then what about other men?’

Excluding Keith, the first man that came to mind was Jinhyeon, but he stopped imagining. No matter what he imagined, it ended in bloodshed.

‘Impossible.’

It seemed like he might bite it off even while sucking. That was Yu Jin’s image of Jinhyeon. So no matter how much Jinhyeon asked, he had no intention of granting that kind of request.

Let’s think about romance after everything else is settled. Thinking this way made him feel a bit better.

‘Please, let there be no more incidents.’

Yu Jin prayed to a god he wasn’t sure existed, with his hands clasped. However, the world never goes as one wishes.

Alkean Colosseum. The place with the most battle slaves in the capital, which nobles often visited for that reason. However, these nobles were not usually easy to handle.

“Welcome, Lady Roena.”

The noble in front was no exception. Roena, the third daughter of the Lucid family. Following the recent trend of buying battle slaves, she often visited the Colosseum.

“Did you find a battle slave to your liking today?”

“No, there aren’t any. How is it that they’re either good at fighting but ugly, or handsome but can’t fight?”

Roena grumbled, twirling a strand of her hair with her finger. What she wanted was a handsome slave who was also good at fighting, but such beings were not common.

“By the way, is that slave you mentioned last time still alive? Jinhyeon, was it?”

The manager had recommended him then, but she didn’t take him because he was a beginner. She had thought to wait until he reached at least 3rd rank, but now that she couldn’t find any slaves she liked, she remembered Jinhyeon.