Chapter 33: Did I overdo it?
"Jo-Pil, what do you think about marriage?" Ki-hoon asked, which got me confused. Why did he ask me that all of a sudden?
I mean, marriage was marriage. A matrimony between two people. Was I supposed to think about something else in it?
Hm, this was tricky. What if he was testing me? It might be a question that will have an impact in my future so let's think carefully.
Marriage, marriage, what would Jo-Pil think about marriage?
And then it came to me like a snap.
"Are you asking me this as a person, an omega, or... As a slave bought by four masters?" I asked and his eyebrows slightly tilted.
"Does it matter?" He asked and I nodded.
"Well, the answers vary for each. If you're asking me as a person," I looked up at the ceiling of the room, the beautiful chandelier that was shining so brightly. "I'd say marriage is a matrimony between two people who love each other in order to be tied by the church and be together forever. If you ask me as an omega, then marriage is a means to legally get pregnant without the eyes of society judging me. Of course, an omega could still want to get married for love and have the baby of their husband, but these days, Omegas are mostly desired for childbearing and nothing more so that's how it is. One can't have the fantasy of marrying for love. Only a few lucky ones get that chance." I said, sadly.
Ki-hoon gulped down to my hearing. His throat must've felt dry due to my answer.