Chapter 46
KA Entertainment.
It was renowned throughout Baekun State's entertainment industry, to the point that it could compete for the title of the country's top entertainment agency.
But even KA Entertainment had one thing it lacked.
Men.
The same was true of the other entertainment agencies.
Even if all the men worldwide who were influencers, celebrities, or broadcasters were counted together, there would be fewer than 500.
For that reason, an entertainment agency's standing changed simply by having a man registered with it.
That was why, despite KA Entertainment being recognized worldwide as well as throughout Baekun State, it still lacked what it took to reach the top of the world.
'So I'd been inviting a man to become a trainee?'
Chae Mei realized how absurdly she had been behaving until now.
A mere trainee for the Male Lord?
Even debuting him immediately as a singer and gathering only the best composers to write his songs would not be enough.
"S-sorry..."
Chae Mei tried to apologize immediately for her mistake.
It was not illegal for an entertainment agency to invite a man to debut.
But it became illegal if the man felt uncomfortable.
It was not serious enough for Im-pu to be dispatched, but she would face an intensive tax investigation and the judgment of the law.
That was why she had to apologize.
She had to apologize, but...
The problem was Chae Mei's posture.
She had landed on her backside, her head tilted up as she looked at Geum Taeyang.
The icy look in Geum Taeyang's eyes, shining between the two ceiling lights, was so chilling that it sent a shiver through her.
Kyuung-kyuung…!!
Chae Mei's uterus began to tremble.
What was this chilling feeling of a man looking down at her?
"Ah... ahh..."
Chae Mei had even forgotten how to speak.
The instant she realized he was Geum Taeyang, not Geum Mari... her mind seemed to turn whiter and whiter, like a blank sheet of paper.
At that moment, there was no longer any sign of Chae Mei, the capable president who led KA Entertainment.
All that remained was a single female waiting for Geum Taeyang's mercy.
"Boss, are you all right?"
"Please fuck me..."
"What?"
"Ah, no!?"
Perhaps that was why.
When Geum Taeyang approached to help the fallen Chae Mei up.
Chae Mei ended up saying something she never should have.
To say something so sexually harassing to a man...!!
Although a certain degree of profanity was recently permitted to strengthen men's mental fortitude, such blatant sexual harassment as asking him to fuck her could only get her arrested.
But Im-pu, hidden in the shadows, remained still.
-Lord Geum Taeyang is different from other men. As for sexual harassment and other sex-related crimes, just watch until he asks for help.
It was because of the Eternal Elders' order.
'An unnecessary worry.'
Even without that order, the enforcers would not have intervened.
After all, wasn't Geum Taeyang himself indiscriminately spouting words bordering on sexual harassment?
"I-I-I'm sorry! Lord Geum Taeyang! I'm truly sorry for arrogantly saying that I would recruit you as a trainee! And what I just said wasn't what I really meant, either!!"
Once she came to her senses, Chae Mei immediately fell to her knees, bowed her head, and adopted an apologetic pose.
Tremble, tremble…
It was clearly a pose of apology, and yet...
Why was it so exciting?
She could not help admiring the great person who had established the basic form of apologizing to a Male Lord.
The ultimate posture, dogeza, allowing her to apologize to a Male Lord so naturally while feeling both submission and humiliation!!
Even while apologizing, Chae Mei was feeling that base desire.
"… Get up."
Noticing this, Geum Taeyang helped Chae Mei to her feet.
He wanted to try stepping on the buttocks of Chae Mei, whose pelvis was shaped for easy childbirth, but...
"A man...?"
"Geum Mari was a man?"
"This is so, so fucked..."
"I... I sexually harassed him like crazy. Am I going to be arrested?"
There were far too many eyes watching.
To begin with, even as Geum Mari rather than Geum Taeyang, she had been an immensely popular part-timer among the gym's members.
They had already been watching this place before Chae Mei approached.
But now came an introduction as Geum Taeyang rather than Geum Mari, along with an identification card that only men could possess.
There was no helping the fact that every female in the gym had focused her gaze on him.
Their attention was not unpleasant, but it was enough to make him feel pressured.
It wasn't as though Geum Taeyang could satisfy every woman.
Of course, he would do his best to satisfy as many women as possible, but the members here were not among them.
Except Chae Mei.
In any case, those gazes were why Geum Taeyang helped Chae Mei to her feet.
"I-I'm not very good at singing or dancing, but can I still become a trainee?"
"Yes! Yes! Rather than making you a trainee, we'll debut you immediately. With you, Lord Geum Taeyang, you could even aim for first place by surpassing all the other Male Lords!!"
She had only lost her senses for a moment.
Chae Mei was an excellent entertainment-agency president. She shook off Geum Taeyang's bewitching voice and immediately began her sales pitch.
Kyuung-kyuung…♡
Of course, she had not escaped it completely.
Her uterus was still trembling violently.
"Really? Then I'll contact you later."
"Y-yes... yes! Th-thank you. If you come to us, we absolutely won't disappoint you. Thank you so much!!"
Hearing Geum Taeyang's words, Chae Mei repeatedly bowed her head in gratitude.
"Yes. That's enough. You need to work out now, don't you, boss?"
"Work out... work out...♡ Yes. I do. Vigorously."
Chae Mei began fiddling with the exercise equipment.
Of course, her eyes were always fixed on Geum Taeyang.
"Ms. Geum Mari... no, Mr. Geum Taeyang! I'm just that kind of woman. If you don't mind, perhaps we could have a quiet cup of tea together..."
"I'm working part-time. I'm sorry."
"Um... no."
"I'm sorry, but there's a customer waiting behind you."
After Chae Mei left, countless members who realized that Geum Taeyang was a man approached.
They approached, releasing pheromones as if to demonstrate what exceptional females they were.
But it was futile against Geum Taeyang, who was already inhaling pheromones from top-tier females such as Park Hana, Aeri, Kim Gyul, Aka, and Darae.
Their pitiful courtship efforts failed to stimulate him in the slightest.
"Th-that... Give me Dragon's Tears!!"
"That'll be ten million won."
"Here. I-I bought something expensive, so... could you talk with me for just a little while?"
He smiled faintly.
For the first time, Geum Taeyang replied to her warmly.
She had just purchased a ten-million-won item in one go.
Anyone working in the service industry had an obligation to respond courteously.
"Um... why are you working here?"
"Because I need money."
"I-I have lots of money!! I'll give you some!!"
Geum Taeyang frowned.
Money was good, of course, but unlike the other men in this world, he had no intention of living off women's money.
What difference was there between living on the money women brought and offered him and being a pig raised at home?
A man ought to earn his own money and support his family!!
"I'm sorry, but I want to live on money I earn myself, by working up a sweat."
"Huh... haaak..."
Thud.
Geum Taeyang's words were so admirable that...
The woman he was speaking with briefly stopped breathing and collapsed onto the floor.
To think he had a body forged by God, a heavenly voice, and a character that had grown so upright.
It was surely the same as an angel descending into the mortal world.
That was too much for her heart.
"Next customer."
"I-I'll have Dragon's Scales!!"
"That'll be twenty million won."
"M-may I ask what your relationship is with the owner?!"
"She's my girlfriend."
"Gasp... g-girlfriend?!"
Thud.
Another woman collapsed right where she stood.
Having a goalkeeper doesn't mean the ball can't enter the goal.
After all, it was only natural for a man to have multiple wives.
The woman had collapsed because she was simply too envious.
She was so envious that, seeing the woman who had gotten a man to work dating such a perfect man, she felt as though the world itself were rejecting her.
"Next customer."
When this happened again and again, with women collapsing after buying expensive elixirs that their level could neither consume nor digest in order to speak with Geum Taeyang.
Then a woman's coquettish voice rang out.
"Taeyang. I washed up in the bathroom...♡"
It was as though the enemy of all women had appeared.
The people lined up at the counter stared at her with murderous eyes.
Darae appeared—the gym's owner and the heinous villainess who had put a man to work as a part-timer.
Gooooo...
Terrifying killing intent converged on a single person.
Even under that murderous pressure, Darae confidently approached Geum Taeyang.
As though the killing intent of the other women did not matter to her at all.
"Lord Geum Taeyang! Why are you seeing a woman like that?! If it were me, I could let you live without ever having to smell the foul breath of these filthy women!!"
Geum Taeyang ostentatiously hooked an arm around Darae's waist and struck her
buttocks.
Smack-!
"Hng...♡"
"I told you earlier. It's just because I want to. It's time to clock out, so... I'm leaving."
Geum Taeyang left the gym after putting the night-shift part-timer, who was standing there blankly, in charge of the counter.
The women's gazes followed only Geum Taeyang's retreating back.
And they looked enviously at the red handprint stamped like a brand beneath the short dolphin shorts Darae wore.