The Past(3)

[Warning: Self harm]

"Rose, I know this is a stupid question. I am asking because I had never heard of such a thing... Do you...Do you think there are men who can give birth to children?"

Nick looked at Rose in the corner of his eyes.

Rose looked at Nick in surprise. She had never heard such bullshit.

"I don't think there are men like that. I had never heard of something like that!"

Rose declared as she looked at Nick, signing him to continue.

"I also have never heard of it. But when I was in prison, I heard something unbelievable. They were talking about Blake and they said he was already pregnant with Count's child. I just don't know...It's- I- That's what I heard!"

Nick said choking on his own words. He was afraid that Rose would yell at him in anger for telling such nonsense.

However, she didn't behave like that. Her shocked eyes were filled with disgust. But Nick didn't know if she was disgusted with Blake or if it was something else. He suddenly regretted talking about those things with Rose. 

"...Are you sure? But- it's…impossible, isn't it?"

Rose's voice eventually lowered and her eyes looked down thinking about something.

"Nick...If there is actually something like that, I think I have someone who knows many things we don't know!"

"Who?"

"Neighbour aunty! She is already 58 years old and I am sure she knows many things better than us. Maybe she knows something. I just believe so...Let's first ask her. Later continue!"

She stood up and ran to the house next to theirs. Nick also followed her running.

When they arrived there the old woman had just finished washing clothes. She saw the two young people running there and wondered if something was wrong.

"Aigoo! Isn't this Nick? Your sister missed you so much..."

When she saw the young man was actually one of Rose's brothers, she felt happy for Rose. She knew Rose must be happy to see him. So she didn't mention prison or didn't ask any questions.

Nick gave her a polite smile and thanked her.

"Aunty...I need to know something. I wonder if you know anything about it."

Rose asked in a hurry without wasting any more time.

"Let's talk after sitting down. Come inside first."

After they sat around the table, the woman asked what she wanted to know.

"Aunty...Have you ever heard about men who can give birth to children? I mean...men?"

She made it clear and asked patiently. However, to their surprise, the old woman's expression suddenly got gloomy.

"Why are you asking?"

Her voice sounded offensive. She was all smiley and happy before but after Rose's question, she suddenly changed.

"That's..."

Rose suddenly felt she had nothing to say. She couldn't tell it was about Blake. And she didn't have any other extra excuses either.

"Sigh...It's okay. I believe you guys don't have any ill intentions. So I will tell you. Believe it or not, there are actually men who can give birth to children…Do you want to know more? I do know some things but I am not that educated about them."

Rose tidied up herself, leaning in as she asked her to tell what she knew.

"There are really men that can give birth, but it's not the same as women. They are just men. But the difference is that, unlike other men, they have a womb inside them like women have. 

From what I have heard, they have to cut their stomachs to get those babies out because the babies have no way to come out, unlike women. The legends say they are a cursed family line where men have to act like women. They are fated to get penises inside them as women do. And those men don't have the ability to make a woman pregnant. So they could only get pregnant if they wanted children."

Rose couldn't believe it. It was her first time hearing such a thing. In their low-class society, men are never meant to be together. But they never knew, in noble class families', they have both women and men as their sex slaves. It was normal in the noble races.

"Can't believe it, right? I was also like you when I first heard it. Who would believe such a thing?

However, it was all until everything unfolded in front of my eyes."

She laughed like she felt it was amusing.

"Once I went to an auction. Went mean, I was actually working there as a cleaner. When I was cleaning a mess, one of the nobles that had come to the auction had been created, I also saw everything in that stage.

At that time, the announcer said there will be no chance for them to buy something like that again. I thought it was some kind of a diamond. But they brought a tall cage covered in red cloth.

Before the announcer removed that cloth and revealed what was inside, he took some time to explain all the details and talked about the price.

He said it was a man but special. And he said they are called Omegas. Omegas were a cursed race in history and because of the curse they are infertile but they could bear children inside of them like women. And the most important thing was, omegas are really rare. Very rare to the point they had travelled to more than 6 countries to find the one they had in the cage. Because they are rare, the price was just unimaginable. Can you believe the bid started from 100 million gold coins? 

I stood there like a poor beggar watching how excited people were to buy him. It was very inhuman to see people betting to buy another human. I felt bad for the man inside that cage. 

But you know? When that red cloth was removed, the auction hall was silent. I watched it and I felt like I wanted to puke. 

Inside the cage, it was a man. He looked very fragile. To tell the truth, seeing that guy there in such a state, I felt very sad. However, it was not the most important thing at that moment. 

Can you guess why the auction hall suddenly went silent? The man had already killed himself! 

He had cut his own neck and he had tied a cloth around his neck so the blood would not fall and people would not notice his state. The cloth had soaked in his blood and it looked heavy after absorbing all the blood that had come out.

I couldn't believe my eyes. 

He must have humiliated and suffered to the point he wanted to kill himself. I felt really bad and I wanted to cry so badly. But the people there had no reaction. They started yelling at the announcer for trying to dead things. They said 'things'. I just couldn't bear it anymore. He was also a human. But in a cage, he was auctioned to a price that he might have never seen in his entire life. He must have been scared of getting sold and suffering. So he ended his life.

After the announcer also noticed it, he covered the cage again and went behind the stage. I thought they were going to move to the next item.

But can you guess what came next?

The announcer came back to the stage carrying a sleeping baby in his hands. I was wondering what he was going to do…

But then, I wanted to set fire to the whole auction hall…

Their next auction item was that baby!"