MOT | Chapter 2.1

[#2]

His first arranged match as an omega had finally been set. Even after his traits had changed late, his parents, upon hearing his declaration that he would not give up on marriage, had gone and found him a partner of marriageable age.

Taeseong prepared for the match with all his heart and soul, yet he thought it would not be easy. No matter how he looked at it, he was not the kind of omega that an ordinary alpha would like.

And that prediction turned out to be correct.

“……I came out after hearing that you were an omega…… Hmph.”

A faint smell of dried snacks drifted from the gaunt man who had been called a fervent alpha. It was faintly like squid, or dried pollack.

However, the place where the two of them met was a high-end restaurant where dried snacks were not even on the menu, so Taeseong realized a beat late that this scent was the alpha’s pheromones.

If he were someone who enjoyed drinking, would his mouth have watered at this smell? Taeseong thought, silently watching the skinny alpha who was sizing him up with a troubled expression.

“Um, the other conditions are of course very good, but.”

“Yes.”

Taeseong smiled brightly. His match was the second son of the head of a domestic designer brand that had begun drawing attention overseas. If they were tied together through marriage, they would become reliable allies to each other. The other party seemed to understand that well enough.

But there seemed to be something more important to him than that.

“I want to marry a rabbit or a fox, not climb on top of a bear or an elephant…… Taeseong-ssi is big too, and I don’t really feel any sex appeal from you either…….”

Hmph, hmph. The alpha, small in build with narrow eyes, awkwardly cleared his throat and rolled his eyes. Taeseong quietly laughed.

“Anyway, I’d like to think a little more……”

“Yes! I understand completely.”

Thud! Taeseong planted both hands on the table and stood up from his seat. As the large-built Taeseong abruptly rose, the other man flinched and reflexively shrank back. But immediately after, as if ashamed that he had flinched in front of an omega, his face reddened.

Watching the other man’s many expressions, Taeseong smiled brightly.

“Thank you for making time for me today. Please get home safely, and let’s meet again for a good reason.”

There was no benefit to either of them in spending more time on someone who had no intention of marrying. Having judged that, Taeseong gave a hearty farewell and turned away.

“Ah, um……”

He could hear the alpha’s hesitant voice behind him, but Taeseong pretended not to hear it, finished paying, and left the restaurant.

‘Taeseong-ssi is big too, and I don’t really feel any sex appeal from you either…….’

Clop, clop. As Taeseong headed outside, the alpha’s hesitant words echoed in his ears. But his expression was no different from when he had arrived at the restaurant.

‘Of course that’s the reaction!’

It was such an expected remark that he felt neither shock nor hurt. Taeseong placed a hand over his chest and slowly exhaled.

It was all true. The efforts he had made all this time as a beta man to look good to beta women were not going to seem attractive to alpha men. His solid muscles and confident bearing were not necessarily negatives, but they were not positives either.

He needed charms that would work as a plus in the marriage market for alphas. Taeseong widened his eyes and stared straight ahead.

‘As I am now, it won’t work. I need improvement. If I get corrected, I’ll be much better.’

Still, he was fortunate to have a lifeline. Taeseong burned with enthusiasm and walked briskly away.

The taxi he had called in advance was waiting. Taeseong opened the back door and got in quickly. After confirming that the address he had entered in advance was displayed on the screen of the phone the driver was looking at, Taeseong leaned back comfortably.

“Driver, please go according to the navigation.”

“Yes, I’ll set off.”

As the car moved off smoothly, Taeseong closed his eyes. His destination was there. The one ray of light Taeseong had discovered after being troubled by his late-blooming omega traits, the “Model Omega Instruction Center.”

Today was his second visit. With his eyes closed in the car, Taeseong recalled the last consultation.

‘You really came to the right place!’

The manager listened carefully to Taeseong’s story, even the hardships he had been experiencing after suddenly manifesting as an omega, his hopes, and his future goals.

Keeping her warm smile, she nodded and said that everything could be treated and adjusted at the correction center. Taeseong had not been depressed, but everything had been bleak and uncertain, so the reassurance she gave him was a great comfort.

After finishing the consultation and booking the first correction date, the manager handed Taeseong two sheets of paper.

‘These are a simple preliminary questionnaire and consent form. Please take a look and check the boxes.’

She handed him the papers and a pen, telling him to fill them out comfortably, and then left the consultation room. Taeseong placed the papers on the somewhat low table, too low for writing comfortably, and hunched his sturdy body to look over the items.

At first, there was nothing particularly concerning. There were sections to fill in the traits and pheromone levels the hospital had told him about, and below that were items to check what exactly his concerns were.

Answering as if he were taking a simple psychological test, Taeseong suddenly stopped his hand at the final preliminary question.

‘……Skin contact?’

[Important] Skin contact may occur during the correction process. How much touching by the correction supporter do you wish for?

(1) Mental correction only, no physical contact ( )

(2) Minimal contact only, such as face and hands ( )

(3) Skin contact focused mainly on the upper body, excluding the lower body ( )

(4) Only up to the stage before insertion (※devices will be used during development.) ( )

(5) No restrictions ( )

Blinking, Taeseong read the tiny print below before checking any answer.

(※In the case of an omega with sexual dysfunction, if the range is minimized, the correction effect may be negligible.)

At the end, there was even an emoji shedding two streams of tears. Taeseong gripped the pen tightly and swallowed hard.

‘If I were a little younger, maybe I wouldn’t know, but…… I’m coming here to correct sexual dysfunction right before turning thirty, so wouldn’t it be strange to impose restrictions?’

The pen pointed downward. He reread the contents of number 4 and hesitated. The word insertion, and the phrase saying devices would be used during development.

If number 4 was only up to the stage before insertion…… did unrestricted number 5 mean they would carry it through to insertion too? And that insertion would be…… something being put into the place he, as a beta man, had never even imagined would be used for sex.

Looking at the questionnaire with a pale face, Taeseong soon squeezed his eyes shut and opened them again.

‘The other side…… if the omega is this big and rough, they’d probably prefer someone with experience.’

He was not that young anymore, and he had only just manifested as an omega. There probably were not any alphas who would want to embrace a stiff man who had never been used from behind all that time.

Taeseong, who had lived as a beta until now, imagined what an “attractive omega” would be based entirely on his own prejudice. After making up his mind, he moved the pen and checked the final question.

(5) No restrictions (∨)

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound of knocking rang out just as he finished signing the consent form. The door opened and the manager came in with a kind face.

“Are you done?”

“Yes! I’ve just finished filling it out.”

When Taeseong handed over the two sheets, the manager took them right away and checked the contents. She casually skimmed them from beginning to end, and seemed to hesitate in the middle, but then put on a natural smile again.

“The consultation is over, and you can pay on your way out.”

Speaking kindly, the manager reached toward the door. Taeseong nodded and was about to stand when a curiosity that had suddenly crossed his mind stopped him.

“Um, but I have a question……”

“Yes?”

“Who will be doing the correction? Surely not you, manager-nim……?”

Imagining the petite, kind woman in front of him correcting his body made his vision go dark for a moment, so he asked.

“Ah! No, I’m only in charge of consultations. When you come for correction, an experienced omega instructor, or a beta instructor unaffected by pheromones, will greet you. It’ll be a man.”

“Ahhh.”

At the manager’s words, as she waved her hands with a smile, Taeseong relaxed. Whether omega or beta, if it was a man, he felt more at ease.

“Then, Taeseong-nim! I’ll see you at your first correction!”

The manager smiled brightly and said goodbye.

In truth, Taeseong had felt at ease from the moment he had the consultation. Even though he was paying a fairly large amount for the correction, he did not feel the slightest pain at the cost, and instead felt glad that he could solve a problem with money.

It was not just any omega correction center, it was a “Model” Omega Correction Center. He looked forward to seeing how much they would turn his currently inferior omega state into a model omega.

Finishing his recollection, Taeseong smiled faintly in anticipation of the first correction. Even though the match from just now had gone badly, he was not upset at all. Because he knew that the match after getting corrected would be much better than this.

“We’ve arrived.”

The taxi stopped, and at the driver’s voice, Taeseong opened his eyes. Beyond the window, the correction center building came into view. A pure white building, a signboard in an elegant, old-fashioned typeface. For someone else, the white building might have felt bleak and sinister, but to Taeseong it felt like a sacred salvation.

Without hesitation, Taeseong entered the correction center. In the first-floor lobby, at the cashier’s desk where he had paid the correction fee, a staff member he had never seen before was seated.

“What brings you here? If you’re a guardian, entry is……”

As she asked in bewilderment at Taeseong striding up to her, he spoke.

“No, I’m Myeong Taeseong, the one with the appointment today.”

“Ah!”

At Taeseong’s words, the staff member started in surprise, then checked the monitor. Finding Taeseong’s name on the reservation list, she smiled kindly and stood up from her seat. She looked professional, as if she had not been flustered at all.

“I’ll guide you right away.”

It seemed reservation holders did not need to wait separately. Taeseong followed the staff member in good spirits.

There were several rooms deeper inside, but the place the staff member guided him to was the elevator. The staff member who went to the second floor then entered the inner corridor. Taeseong lightly scanned his surroundings.

‘Correction room…… video room, consultation room…… staff room…… there are a lot.’

Naturally, he had expected to be guided straight to the correction room, or perhaps the consultation room. But the place the staff member stopped at was somewhere else. Taeseong looked over the three characters on the door.

It was the dressing room.

“Please change clothes here first. There is a patient gown in the locker. After taking off everything, including your top, bottom, and underwear, please put it on.”

“Ah…… yes.”

Well, if they were going to use devices directly on the skin, changing clothes made sense. Taeseong looked over the outfit he had specially dressed up in for the match. A shirt and tie, of course, and a three-piece suit.