Chapter 44
A man cooking was impossible.
What sort of terrible torture could possibly make a man go against even his instincts and force him to cook?
"Taeyang… I'm… I'm sorry! I'll definitely rescue you."
Darae was deeply grateful for Geum Taeyang's actions, yet they also seemed to make her feel her own helplessness…
She began crying, tears streaming down her face.
"How noisy. Not only can you not wake up earlier than the Male Lord and help prepare his meal, you're showing him your tears!!"
It wasn't Geum Taeyang who uttered those words to Darae.
It was the black-haired beauty she had seen in the bathroom before.
Aeri, an enforcer of Im-pu.
"W-who are you!!"
Two more enforcers were standing beside her.
They were all women Darae had seen in the gym's bathroom.
"We are enforcers of Im-pu. We are responsible for Lord Geum Taeyang's protection."
"Protection? You call that protection?! Letting the Male Lord work a part-time job alone without a care!!"
Darae pointed at them and unleashed her fury.
She couldn't understand it.
Men were creatures who lived off the money their wives earned.
Sometimes, if even the money earned by the wives they had taken in wasn't enough, they made money through online broadcasting or work in the entertainment industry.
Even then, they usually barely showed their faces.
They supposedly found it unpleasant for random women to look at them and imagine strange things.
Therefore, they did not do difficult, people-facing jobs such as working part-time at a gym.
"I understand why you're angry… but we were merely hiding in Lord Geum Taeyang's shadow. We did not neglect our duty."
"What? How many female bitches approached Taeyang at the gym, flirting with him… and you didn't even stop them…!!"
"Every bit of it! It was exactly what Lord Geum Taeyang wanted."
Naturally, Darae did not believe Aeri's explanation.
Could she really mean that a man had willingly accepted doing such grueling labor…?
"That makes no sense!!"
"It is the truth."
So Darae continued arguing with them.
"Darae noona. Stop being angry and eat first. Just as Aeri noona said, I'm doing this because I want to."
"Oh… mm-hm…"
Just as Darae was about to say something again, Geum Taeyang restrained her and brought over a steaming-hot bowl of doenjang jjigae.
A stew a man had personally made for her…
Darae could not even imagine how delicious it would be, so she obediently sat down at the table.
'Yes. Taeyang is different from other men.'
Though she did not believe the enforcers, Darae immediately believed Geum Taeyang, nodded, and took her seat at the table.
There was plenty of room for the enforcers, Geum Taeyang, and Darae to sit comfortably.
Darae had bought the tableware intending to marry a man and have four children.
Clatter.
Clatter.
The sound of rice bowls and spoons colliding rang out.
"It's delicious…"
"It is delicious."
"Thank you."
Darae and the enforcers all shed tears as they quickly devoured the meal Geum Taeyang had prepared.
The flavor was that of a simple stew made by someone living alone, the sort commonly eaten at home,
but they could even taste the sincerity of a man who had made it for them himself.
They simply could not endure it without crying.
"Can't you go to work today?"
"Yes. I have something to do."
"Mm… all right."
After clearing up the misunderstanding with the enforcers over the meal, Darae hugged Geum Taeyang tightly.
It was true that he could not go to work today because he had something to do…
'It's because of me…'
Darae blamed herself.
Yesterday, she herself(?) had devoured Geum Taeyang far too ferociously.
It was only natural that he had run out of semen and was too exhausted to move.
Darae nodded, left Geum Taeyang's embrace, and headed off to work.
"Let's go, Lord Geum Taeyang."
"Yes."
After Darae left, Geum Taeyang headed home with the enforcers.
*
Waiting for Geum Taeyang when he returned home was Park Hana, standing with her arms crossed.
"Ta, Taeyang! You're back? Th-that woman didn't hurt you, did she?"
Since Geum Taeyang had gotten permission to spend the night away from home, Park Hana was genuinely worried about his safety.
"You don't need to worry about that while we're here."
"… It's not that I don't trust you… but you all know how exceptional our Taeyang is, don't you? If a man is as exceptional as him, a woman might even risk her life to force herself on him and do all sorts of things!"
The enforcers nodded at Park Hana's words.
Just as she said, Geum Taeyang's body was so well-built that it would not even appear in the wildest fantasies.
His voice was so low and deep that merely hearing it made their lower bellies grow hot.
Geum Taeyang's charm was enough to make all other men look like trash.
With such an irresistible charm, there was bound to be a woman who would risk her life to pounce on Geum Taeyang.
Geum Taeyang could not understand sacrificing one's life for a single moment of pleasure,
but to the women of this world, it was perfectly natural.
"But noona. Why didn't you go to work today? It isn't because of me, is it?"
"Ah! It is because of you… but not because I couldn't sleep all night worrying about you, or because I couldn't sleep because my side felt empty!!"
"… I see."
"It's true…!! The enforcers just told me to wait because they had to go report to Im-pu today…!!"
"?!"
"I'm sorry, Lord Taeyang. We should have told you in advance. We couldn't because we were contacted yesterday while you were enjoying yourself with Darae."
At Aeri's polite apology, Geum Taeyang merely nodded.
*
Im-pu headquarters.
"Was it really all right to leave Park Hana and Lord Geum Taeyang alone together at home?"
"Kim Gyul. Be quiet. Do you still not trust Lord Geum Taeyang?"
"No, but… even if Lord Taeyang is an exceptional person, when it comes to women…"
"Kim Gyul. You sound as though you really want to be scolded."
"… Right. Though you're the one who got scolded, Aka."
As they walked down the corridor, Aeri, Kim Gyul, and Aka talked among themselves.
'Park Hana hurting Lord Geum Taeyang…'
The enforcers scoffed at the very idea.
Even if Park Hana and the three of them attacked him together, they would not even glimpse the limits of his seemingly endless stamina.
There was no way Park Hana alone could defeat Geum Taeyang, such a strong and magnificent Male Lord.
That was why they had left Lord Geum Taeyang in Park Hana's care alone.
"Aeri, Kim Gyul, Aka. The three enforcers have arrived."
"Come in."
When Aeri, Kim Gyul, and Aka arrived at the Elders' chamber, they swallowed nervously.
No matter how exceptional they were, it was difficult for them to shake off the oppressive presence and pressure emanating from the Eternal Elders.
"Women who make a Male Lord work part-time at a gym call themselves virtuous wives. Absurd."
"Depending on your answers, I will strip you of your enforcer qualifications and delete your record of completing the Virtuous Wife course."
The Eternal Elders began criticizing them the instant they entered.
Simply living for ten thousand years was not enough to earn the title of Eternal Elder.
Only those who had devoted themselves to and served men for that long, while properly supporting their husbands as wives, could rise to the position of Eternal Elder.
In the eyes of such women, Aeri, Kim Gyul, and Aka were trash who fell short of the standards.
How dare they make a Male Lord work part-time to earn money himself!!
It was an act that violated the standards of a virtuous wife.
"He said… he wanted to give her a gift."
"A gift?"
"What does that mean?"
"Lord Geum Taeyang said he wanted to commemorate Chief Park Hana's birthday with money he had earned himself. We could not dare thwart Lord Taeyang's noble intentions."
Murmuring.
A commotion arose among the Eternal Elders.
A Male Lord wanted to personally celebrate a woman's birthday.
A birthday was not a day to be congratulated.
It was a day to thank the father who had given one life…
And yet a Male Lord wanted to celebrate it for her?!
Kyuung-kyuung…♡
In an instant, the room began filling with female pheromones.
Even the Eternal Elders felt their lower bellies throb and wanted to become pregnant at Geum Taeyang's actions, so different from those of other men.
"Th-then, let's move on."
"This is the most important matter."
"You already had relations with Lord Geum Taeyang once during the semen collection. After that, did you have relations with him again?"
Kkwaak…
Aeri and the other enforcers all clenched their fists.
At last, the moment had come.
'Should we tell them the truth?'
"I already know that you have had sex with Lord Geum Taeyang several times."
While the enforcers were wondering whether they should tell the truth,
one of the Eternal Elders spoke.
"Do you think you can lie to us? We have already looked straight through your minds."
It was a lie.
Had Aeri, Kim Gyul, and Aka still been the people they once were, they could indeed have rummaged through their minds as easily as the Elder claimed.
But they could read only the surface.
Even the Eternal Elders could not read all the depths of their minds while they carried Geum Taeyang's semen inside their bodies.
The protection was so powerful that even an Eternal Elder would have suffered qi deviation if she tried to enter those depths.
Still, it did not matter.
They could discover the fact that the enforcers had had sex with Geum Taeyang.
"How many times a day did Lord Geum Taeyang ejaculate?"
"Ten…"
The enforcers, unaware that the truth had already been discovered, meekly gave up and began confessing everything.
"Oh-ho… ten times a day?"
"He ejaculated ten times for each of us."
"!!!"
"Did Lord Geum Taeyang do it as though he enjoyed it? Did it not strain his body? Was his heart still beating?"
The Eternal Elders' eyes widened.
Ten times per person… and almost every day…?
It was impossible, but the Eternal Elders could not detect any lie in Aeri's words, so they nodded vigorously.
"I see. Then we will conclude the report here."
"Yes."
"From now on, report whenever Lord Geum Taeyang takes a new woman. Ah! And Lord Geum Taeyang's ID card proving his identity will be completed soon, so bring that to him as well."
"Understood!!"
*
"Is this not exactly what was written in the ancient documents?"
"Hmm. At last, our long-cherished wish is coming true."
The Eternal Elders wore satisfied smiles at the report from Aeri, Kim Gyul, and Aka.
It was clear that a Changnam had truly appeared.
The legendary man who had serviced women for a mere 100,000 won per ejaculation.
Changnam.
They said that Changnam would release his semen for money paid by any number of women.
They did not know why such a man, so beneficial to reproduction, had disappeared… but the Eternal Elders thought Changnam had appeared in the world once more.
That was how extraordinary Geum Taeyang's virility was.
Geum Taeyang's virility was beyond human comprehension: it kept the Eternal Elders from piercing through the minds of mere enforcers at a glance, and if they tried to go deeper, it attempted to devour them instead.
With seed like Geum Taeyang's, more men could be brought into the world, and it could be saved.
The Eternal Elders held on to that hope.
"Hehehe. My husband♡ Please wait a little longer."
Of course, not all the Eternal Elders viewed Geum Taeyang as someone who would save a world where men were gradually becoming scarce.