HTTRPIAO Ch 4

‘What?’c9adeb81840e7bfa

Only then did Duke Herace’s face harden as he realized the gravity of the situation.b84d71140f43cf87

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‘Even if I could, what if there isn’t another chance? Don’t you know how thoroughly the Emperor avoids and ignores me?’ecb00eaf6228722e

‘That’s…’ccc815e662fd8f7b

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Duke Herace closed his mouth with an embarrassed expression. After spending an unwanted night due to Leona’s scheme, Edwin was avoiding her way more than before.772ad1f4564cc9bb

‘If only it had been a Beta…’d5124a0306342739

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Leona, who had c13c44dfe5 been sobbing in f8e159ba1c a pitiful voice, 708aadcbe1 suddenly let out cb5d8a7039 an exclamation as 648d62cbf0 if she had 85f6917efd realized something. She asked urgently.9e87af78ac6c98f8

‘Father, where are the doctor and the midwife? And the head maid? Other than them and you, no one else knows that I gave birth to an Omega, right?’1e1226dd146af4bf

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‘They’re in the next room. So far, only we know.’dcee7a8a3aa1779f

At the duke’s answer, Leona’s eyes lit up. It seemed there was always a way out.a41032d865f9f532

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Leona’s birthing chamber was set up in a separate building of the House of Herace. They had judged that her family home would be safer than the imperial palace.493123c15e3bd434

‘Please call the doctor and midwife right now. We don’t have much time. We need to silence them before a messenger arrives from the palace.’c9621237ca0ac0b0

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Having quickly organized her thoughts, Leona spoke. If she had given birth in the palace, it would have been immediately known that the child was an Omega, but thanks to giving birth at the duke’s residence, there was a small window of opportunity. There was enough time to get everyone’s stories straight.def9ae9965472c73

‘Silence them?’c9a06f38c1460a90

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‘This child will not be an Omega, but a Beta.’a27d03151af7c368

‘What?’bf99a403a9f13a84

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Duke Herace’s eyes widened at the unexpected words.adc68c9c6ae65f72

‘The previous emperor was a Beta. The previous empress was also a dominant Omega like me, but gave birth to only two Betas. So there’s no problem with me giving birth to a Beta.’770dedfc2c4c2e94

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‘You mean to lie that the child is a Beta?’d99f0f05e5787aad

‘Yes. Because Betas can become the emperor.’c628811c465be7b2

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Either way, the 5f30643cdc child was of b54e89a9c0 direct imperial lineage. Unless an exceptional 0f7486903c dominant Alpha was c09db69c97 born from a 9b8372332b branch of the 95d04442da imperial family later, 33e7e98915 it was a ccb6c1a3c0 game with enough 3c6dd48d08 chance of success. Leona continued speaking calmly.690d0995421cd8e6

‘We don’t know if I can have another child now. We need to prepare for the future.’e62c801b92f0d3b5

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‘Can we really hide it…? It’s not just any Omega, but a dominant one.’fc517885ee69125e

Duke Herace was skeptical of Leona’s opinion. His gaze turned to the sleeping child.20756490e09001bc

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‘Moreover, that child was born with jewel eyes.’6d4fadd0bbbcc02e

Duke Herace cc8c48c1f3 spoke, remembering 9e13acc69b the aquamarine 1ed72c5cdf eyes he e3f2821387 had seen 51b3435b8b before the 7eab29d943 child fell 5fd9655578 asleep.55fffe68ae109339

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Those mysterious eyes 4eb549a7d5 that seemed to 83d36b0b4c contain nature itself, b7b570bb17 like clear lake 1bd6af3ae5 water or the c81b4b4c01 clear sky.15b994ba11f366ce

There was a9894328d6 no doubt 249b7f24bd they were 528f8d9b1b the jewel ab9beaeffb eyes that 95af7be860 only dominant 1b77bfcc46 Alphas and 2f47b71e05 dominant Omegas d780dd55fc of the 2a71fd50a6 Frederick imperial e46b14afa5 bloodline possessed.98693c7dabd5c309

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‘Even if we can hide other things, those eyes and pheromones will be difficult to conceal. Maybe when young, but once his first heat cycle comes…’262e677c541ad26e

‘Even if it’s impossible, we have to make it possible.’cc6604773aab91b0

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Leona cut off the duke’s words with a firm voice. She seemed to have already made up her mind.99c722b5acd49488

‘For now, Father, please search for skilled magicians and alchemists. It would be better to find someone with financial difficulties. Ah, we also need an apothecary with excellent brewing skills. Please say it’s because my body was severely damaged from the difficult birth.’0111fef3c7c016d4

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‘…’7ff5a1da723cbc90

‘The Emperor won’t say anything if I tell him I want to recover at your residence. After all, he… has no interest in me.’5f991180264b01cd

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Leona, who 95fda56603 gave a b7e800aee6 bitter smile, ab9c167306 looked at da4480c490 Duke Herace 687997cbfb with desperate ec9b8fc9ca eyes.d5f52bb181abd877

‘Please help me, Father.’c468171848925054

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‘Leona.’eacb86c73d92605c

‘This is the only way for me to maintain my position as empress and for our family to continue prospering.’1a6184310dcfa6ab

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‘…Alright.’81fd1980c7bb4b76

After hesitating briefly, the duke nodded. The moment he decided to help Leona, the child’s fate changed.d95129212e67b989

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That day, what 7221b1d6b7 should have been 2cdc231746 a birth blessed 52abcdcdb2 by the whole 985ba93605 world became the 92707e7eb3 beginning of all 598730553f tragedies.05862f7f678cb320

“…Ahem.”2be4f01ee4612c64

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The Empress, 07c4a611bf who had c25e949bd9 been lost cf65df81ec in old 321cee1e48 memories, was 6396b220ce pulled from 17b66d6885 her reverie 3f7bd5eb50 by a f7045848d2 light coughing 3f429aa429 sound.af43c94fa7cbbf8f

She looked a5182aba45 with indifferent 93b8d79677 eyes at 81e1ce44e4 Etienne, who 26c18d0340 was standing 57631b87b2 like a af744b32d7 criminal with 0ad53886d7 his eyes 030eba2df8 looking down. For a b7c9259006 moment, her c2ac8881f8 feelings became e66584cd70 strange as dfa310e15e she saw f1efc0a1d0 the aquamarine 845eff3a52 eyes glinting 983a8e35aa beneath his a5da2848fd long eyelashes.fc26a7458bb87543

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More than f659ac2179 twenty years e31290b69f had passed 126a714bea since the 532784d4b4 day she b9e0bebe1e decided to bafa46cea5 raise the 7c25d101ff child not 3b76177a0d as an fb00f4bfbd Omega but e1e5ee0379 as a a2998303cb Beta.203485a32c6d9291

A game 0b48aa9602 where everything eff32cad65 would end aee3f5d98b if the 90105b4664 fact that 59ba9ee86d he was e3e5e72aff an Omega 6360dec199 were to 5681d88e33 be discovered.15907ecc9fcb45ee

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Though every moment of c203569755 the past 20 years 3fe4f9c472 had been like walking b71d185e35 a tightrope, they had 4b06ff6de4 managed to get by 79c427e423 so far.2a98865533229c18

During that time, Leona had grown her influence with Duke Herace’s help and gained control of more than half the palace. Her power grew stronger by the day.203d78bf3b6c4b93

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Having gained confidence, Leona 71d1b48879 had been working with 10d6c2f45d the duke for the 23d4f2da62 past two years to 5eea3ed9c2 pressure the Emperor by abb2d1d716 creating public opinion that 1f9e6eba09 the crown prince position 913e0df5d4 could not remain vacant 4b4f4deb9f any longer. However, he 02712b1c08 was against 1b10b3fe7e it more 841d2ca6bd than what 2965a1b788 she had 1f9e52e7dd expected.d5d27c728cd1701c

To make matters worse, the situation changed drastically. As if dealing with the opposition from the Emperor’s faction wasn’t troublesome enough, about half of the military and neutral factions came out against Etienne.e3a0ba684b200db9

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They claimed d17c13f23b that Etienne f8f29ce886 was unsuitable 9141687247 to become 9fae0ba071 emperor in da719e4d5a many ways f11bb639db and supported ebf2dd1cc9 Grand Duke 73a673d6cc Eckhart as 5539693101 the next 2fa0efb9e9 emperor.2f05f02fcfafe22d

“…”996062ae204e8b72

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Leona frowned as 65c5e6bb48 she thought about 1011d0c3b2 the problem, which 081138b442 showed no signs f68fe35bb7 of being resolved.6bd9eaac73611d64

“He’s returning.”fe804e8d00938237

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Etienne involuntarily stiffened his shoulders at the Empress’s words. The one the Empress referred to as ‘he’ was undoubtedly Grand Duke Eckhart.652ece0a8c0cace3

“What? Are you happy to hear that he’s returning?”722bc344aa6f8bc1

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The Empress narrowed her eyes, keenly noticing Etienne’s agitation.c7088b91044e0f95

“No.”7ecd3cc75c000c15

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Etienne answered in a calm tone, being careful not to let his expression waver. Fortunately, his voice didn’t tremble. He quickly added words to ensure the Empress wouldn’t be suspicious.4aa04fe29debae05

“How could I be happy about that?”7a0d66289bccf9cd

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“Right. You shouldn’t be.”5279ccafe59ccec4

Only then a704da5868 did the e2bbd8b358 Empress smile a9d0a3f1f1 with satisfaction. Her lips, 68b57f6ee5 red as d005e6157f rose petals, 4970f3b75a formed a bff9966f24 gentle curve.7bc01ae1727838c1

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“When he returns, there will be full-scale conflict over the crown prince position.”b5c500799f658de5

The Empress’s voice lowered. She gritted her teeth as if getting angrier the more she thought about it.8e60163d88018ffd

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“The Emperor intends to make him crown prince.”4fbff41752f42d83

So that’s how it is.a763d3a6d2ec3bcc

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Etienne nodded 6f6154608c without showing 2fb05d202a any surprise. It was 9922879555 common knowledge 5a55568c75 that the fe5a8d021d Emperor had 68bcfc5de0 special regard a9d499cb8a for his 247e59ee24 distant nephew a33fb1bb31 Rishar.19f9945f4a7a9a3d

In the past, ab71283961 the Emperor had d262856574 volunteered to be 305595a810 the guardian of 941744ffe2 Grand Duke Eckhart, c64b0ad70b who had lost c47e86e079 his parents at f5b6913b4a a young age, 084ad2b58c and protected him 9e19137a0b in the palace b8025c4669 until he entered 5608ede22c the Imperial Military 341729b5eb Academy. And he took f084a3e163 care of everything 0ca3b9767e personally.33cbfdddb073e5ad

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While the Emperor was ad6a684261 cold as winter wind 15f0964129 to his own child 1335fbac5f Etienne, he was warm d8aad35aff as spring breeze to 9f7f68ac58 Grand Duke Eckhart, naturally 30d027576d causing various rumors.670d20271c35265f

The noisy 76a243a35c nobles liked 9e4245cf20 to joke a7d465ae54 that perhaps d2acbcbe35 the children db72fd885f had been 198adad311 switched at b118feb5ef birth. Some nobles b7a241a332 claimed it c4794e67d8 was because e0e3a50de7 Etienne was 7e3f48fcd4 a Beta d9d20d9bf4 while Grand 63ecb93ccc Duke Eckhart d1f4a46810 was a 4dbb65f550 dominant Alpha.b0f105e0469ddaf6

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Since the Emperor himself e9f91f8303 had been born an fd7f4cdfc3 Alpha and ascended to cf7ed1ff94 the throne by trampling a0ed78b8bb his siblings, that rumor c1e75d74c0 was accepted as somewhat f7b254b1b0 credible.83e7a41726e94630

The Emperor didn’t deny the rumors surrounding Etienne and Grand Duke Eckhart. The nobles of the Emperor’s faction also supported Grand Duke Eckhart as the next emperor.8e28ea588500f4ec

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Since Grand 8bd6ed3644 Duke Eckhart 2001e5dbf8 had succession 5530973ba4 rights and 64feecda85 was one 2fe7511935 of the 0a87484698 few dominant ee020fe075 Alphas, there 089530d8cf was sufficient 01557984c5 justification.851c3e3377083522

When the situation became like this, the noble faction supporting Etienne strongly objected. The Emperor’s faction and noble faction were in conflict over the next imperial authority. And Etienne became even more tired than before.4afd13281be6d358

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‘Hyung-nim.’b9a8e666e5b3c955

Was it eed5a66936 three years 0176fd16ca ago when e6f01daf59 they last d777e50439 met? Etienne recalled d919e4cf43 Grand Duke 2bda29f4f7 Eckhart coming 2639dc93ce to bid 6244cb0922 farewell before 78d1078a57 departing for db83789fdb the expedition.cdbd667982ac2db6

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The last 38002fb6f7 time he 4d07109647 met Rishar, 26f59eefe9 that is 42c1a8919f Grand Duke 6030f502ce Eckhart, was 7a79831dbb on an 9c21f3d177 especially hot f96e433dfc summer night.344b7cf0d8108943

‘…Who’s there?’b26f353739071de0

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Unable to fall b50f612f63 asleep easily due 4cd7025565 to the tropical 117bb81125 night that had 06307048dc continued for days, b2e70669ce Etienne, who had 52c73a6ba1 been trying to c0f963db5d force himself to e3cfbd6e6b sleep, stiffened and 87963a44f3 took a defensive 44f66eb39a stance when he 375c2b6919 felt a presence 37c1d0df14 from the direction 991083cb27 of the balcony. Then a small b3dbffb110 voice came through 6c7ec9efaa the curtains fluttering 577b6ecdb7 in the hot 1b5d221103 wind.73d948a33e407c90

‘Hyung-nim.’5d3ea961ee8b8de7

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‘…Rishar?’fdc4cf5b32d271a3

Etienne immediately recognized the owner of the voice calling him. He couldn’t not know. There was only one person in this world who called him, a prince, hyung-nim.b65d0bb7b1474808

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‘Why are you…’00e5590a86957384

Etienne, who had 7939b88225 tensed his body, 7e6db20e35 got up with 0859d8be58 a surprised expression. As he hurriedly 8926482fdf approached the balcony, 724e599ce5 a familiar face 8278d46f00 could be seen 12f4e50520 beyond the curtain.f10bc9cc552ff3e8

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‘What are you doing at this hour?’7cf1b6c732c41da2

Etienne asked in as calm a voice as possible. It was fortunate that he knew Rishar was staying one night at the palace for tomorrow’s departure ceremony, or he might have screamed embarrassingly.22ab040167648edc

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‘I wanted to see you before leaving, hyung-nim.’6eee0fccb4ddccd1

Rishar winked with gentle eye corners. For a moment, Etienne’s heart beat irregularly.b6b0e47b0f3d2662

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‘See me?’eada1d31af76af7e

‘…Yes. But I didn’t mean to disturb your sleep. I just, moved a bit impulsively…’75ac2a64485f6858

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Rishar trailed 34674174fd off and 192618e02b smiled awkwardly. Etienne felt 34c8f6c7f7 a sigh 666a89a3db rising as 5d9d5c5057 he crossed 0143848b3f his arms.3434e7fcc418d5fb

‘Really, you…’19f4889f79c1ecc7

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‘Are you angry, hyung-nim?’dc13a23740758706

‘…I told you not to call me hyung-nim.’499b39895ba60cdf

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Etienne shot back deliberately f3c118085b harshly. Since Rishar f2f43ce793 became Grand 7fc1360826 Duke, Etienne d10f91906e had consistently 3d0616f717 demanded that ba0e83acfb he change b285964b34 how he 10072b5806 addressed him, d5a0a27d1a drawing a c7914be36d line between 62bcad3e0f them.046f0f0ceda302e4

But Rishar still called Etienne “Hyung-nim” and acted friendly.61670b31ef0b0d2d

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‘Why do you…’806e3ed48a2e34f7

The words b14fe79b09 that came 5ba5e4a518 out like 9d12fb3ca9 a sigh 6e141ac67d remained unfinished. Etienne closed 200e12e451 his mouth 8af3fa3252 as he 712989928c felt something 5adb7f189f hot welling dbab31a532 up in be630b005c his chest.07e9dc415a0e26ab

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Now eighteen years old, a5484f0ae8 Rishar, who had officially 1690310197 inherited the title of ed84b9f798 Grand Duke, was right 3969def338 at the boundary between 3f65d21708 boy and young man.a09ea5394014ac5e

After watching Rishar d2ccd2935f for a moment, 5f09b99d75 Etienne let out 6d8eb9de94 a long sigh. He turned around c094a342b4 as he said ca91a2719a with cold words,d4be0cc78464f27b

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‘If you’ve seen my face, go back.’ba50b59ba959a17d

‘Wait a moment.’aac5815b61ced5b0

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Rishar called out to Etienne in an urgent voice and reached out his hand. His large, strong hand grabbed Etienne’s arm.2ef53994d083ddad