Chapter 36

Translator: Effe

Editor: Yonnee

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“Does it suit your tastes?”

He must have been watching as I was savoring the meal. As soon as I raised my gaze, I was met with his bright golden eyes.

A smile came out of nowhere. The scent that I longed for, the Ian who was in front of me, and the very subtle but flowing Alpha pheromones. The three beats harmonized, making my heart sore.

I couldn’t contain myself. This feeling that I had no intention of stopping was growing dazzlingly day by day.

“Yes, it’s really good.”

How happy it is to have someone to share such trivial words with, especially when it was the person I liked?

So, I smiled at him with much of my feelings flowing out of my heart. He also seemed to smile at me a little. Was it a trick of the light?

It may be a common daily life for others, but I was very satisfied with the day that became a very special daily life for me.

There was someone else I saw more often than Ian, who came to visit from time to time. Even after Nicola’s first visit, she often came to the annex.

“Look at this. Look at this dazzling thing.”

She unfolded the box containing the necklace, earrings, and bracelet in front of me and said eagerly.

“Child, look. Purple pearls are very special. They cannot be compared to white pearls. The moment I see this, you come to mind right away.”

“This is so pretty, Mother.”

“Right? After all, I’m the only one who thinks of you.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Unlike the first time I met her, I responded to her words. At that time, my mind and body were in a difficult state, so the negative emotions seemed to touch me even more.

But I was now feeling more at peace and was generally in a good physical shape.

“But Mother, you must also need to keep your budget for yourself. Is it really alright if you give me an expensive item like this? I don’t mind.”

Lady Nicola also changed her attitude toward me when I treated her kindly. She didn’t have a quiet personality like my Mother’s, but rather a talkative personality. So her likes and dislikes were immediately apparent.

“Don’t worry about the budget. I’ll take care of it myself.”

“Then, I’m grateful.”

The bread or fruit that she often brought me were delicious, but it was a burden when she brought such expensive accessories.

There would be a budget for Lady Nicola separately, but I felt uncomfortable for her spending that budget on me.

Should I rather ask sneakily next time?

I nodded at her bustling voice as I ate the cherries she had brought for me.

“Oh, right. I forgot the most important thing.”

“The ornaments are enough.”

I hurriedly shook my hand, wondering if she would take out something again.

“That’s not it. It’s a potion I got from a very good doctor.”

“Pardon?”

Even though it was only the two of us in her annex, she whispered in a small voice.

“I know of this clinic that only treats omegas. There’s a street full of shops selling medicinal herbs in the city, right? There is one such omega who lives alone there.”

“…An omega doctor?”

“Are you surprised to hear it?”

“Yes…”

The human rights that omegas had—or lack thereof—was the worst in the Aeris Empire. Of course, it wasn’t that other countries were very good or anything like that, but it was especially terrible in the empire.

I wasn’t sure why.

That’s why omegas couldn’t even enter the academy. Because their admission itself was denied.

However, in order to become a doctor, they had to at least graduate from the academy and have a teacher and work under one for a long time. Who would endure the unreasonable situation of having an omega as a student.

Physically, omegas were weaker than betas.

“Is that omega from another country?”

So it was only natural for me to think like this.

“Yes, I think so. I couldn’t tell which country exactly.”

“What kind of potion is it?”

I was curious. What is the effect of the potion obtained from the omega clinic? I hadn’t gotten pregnant yet, so I wondered if the problem was with me.

Lady Nicola hurriedly opened the pouch and handed a small bottle. It wasn’t a flashy bottle like the monthly heat cycle inducer, but it looked similar.

“This is a potion that temporarily increases pheromones.”

“Pheromones?”

“Because it is. Child, you’re recessive, so it’s really hard to get the seed of a dominant.”

It was something I had been worried about since before, so I bowed my head like a person who had sinned.

It was definitely my fault that I couldn’t get pregnant. If there was an omega who could replace me, Ian would not have chosen me.

So after spending a heat cycle together, I noticed every time I asked my doctor if I was pregnant.

Unlike betas, omegas knew right away whether they were pregnant or not. Basically, it can be discovered just by measuring the pheromones.

They go through a heat cycle, and when the alpha’s protection period ends, it can be considered the period of conception.

An alpha’s seed was stronger than a beta’s seed, and an omega’s womb was inherently designed to receive an alpha’s seed the best.

So, as long as the conception could be achieved, an omega would not have a miscarriage unless they would suffer through a serious shock.

Of course, this was how it usually went with dominant omegas.

“It’s hard to conceive even for a dominant omega. Plus, because Ian is dominant, it will be harder to get pregnant.”

Previously, I thought Lady Nicola was looking down on me because I was a recessive omega. When I think about it now, I think I was really crazy back then.

I thought I was the only one having a hard time living in the world, so I wanted to reject everyone. Maybe that’s why I wanted to push away the person who approached me with goodwill.

The feelings I felt then came from my sense of inferiority, and after concluding that, the world looked different.

“Since you’re recessive, shouldn’t you try something? The potion made by the doctor is really effective, so give it a go.”

“Yes I will.”

“Yes, that’s what I think of you.”

I smiled shyly at Lady Nicola’s words.

Although she bore no resemblance to Mother, I considered her like another mother to me.

I can’t tell in detail, but based on what she said, it seems that Lady Nicola had also imprinted.

It wasn’t a forced imprint like Mother’s, it was like a normal one-sided imprint, but the pain would have been the same.

I wanted to be a source of strength to Lady Nicola instead of being a source of pain I did not know I was when Mother was alive.

If she was lonely and needed someone, I would always listen and I wanted to help with anything I could.

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