We’re in a Contract Marriage, But I’ve Imprinted - Chapter 50

Chapter 50

Translator: Effe

Editor: Yonnee

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Ian still felt uneasy, strangely enough. As he relieved his discomfort with wine, Alex entered the dining room with a red face.

“Where have you been?”

“Huu…”

Alex didn’t answer Monica. He sat down and gulped down the wine immediately.

“Ha…”

“What? What’s the matter, Brother?”

Despite his sister’s words, Alex didn’t speak until after he had downed two more glasses in succession.

“Ian, I don’t know if I couldn’t fathom it because I’m a beta.”

Ian held up his wine glass while looking at Alex. He took a small sip and waited for what Alex was going to say.

“Why are you letting those omegas roam free? Not just one, but two omegas.”

Those words made Ian’s expression turn cold.

“…Brother. What are you talking about?”

Monica asked Alex as she examined Ian’s face. Alex grumbled immediately to his sister’s question.

“Those things who are no different from commoners with no titles, yet they’re putting on airs while using the Duchy’s name. I’m at a loss for words.”

“Who would do such a clueless thing? A commoner pretending to be noble is clearly against imperial law. Did you let them go?”

Monica knew right away who Alex was talking about, but Monica acted like she didn’t know and joined in on her brother’s anger.

“Monica, you are right. It is against imperial law.”

He glanced at Ian to see what kind of reaction he would make. Alex only shut his mouth in surprise. Ian usually had a cold impression, but it was never as bad as it was now.

Sipping his wine, Ian said in a voice befitting his cold expression.

“I wasn’t aware that you both were so naive.”

“What?”

“What do you mean, Ian?”

He didn’t know what exactly happened, but it was impossible not to know who the two omegas Alex was referring to. It was funny. Deciding to find out more later, he continued.

“Sometimes there are laws that are only left in the air.”

“The imperial laws were all directly set by the Emperor, how could that be?”

Ian put down his wine glass and raised his fork and knife, then answered Alex’s question.

“As you said, the laws were made by the Emperor himself, but what do you think would happen if he himself acquiesced?”

“His Majesty would not do that.”

“That’s why you guys are Betas.”

Ian sliced the steak with an elegant manner and put a piece into his mouth. Then, he looked at Alex.

Alex and Monica’s faces had clearly stiffened since Ian had never explicitly pointed out that the two of them were betas. Ian didn’t look down on betas like other alphas did because he didn’t like being an alpha. But right now, the heat swirling inside his head made his rationality go cold.

It was Monica last time, and this time it was Alex. He was not going to sit around and have his family disrespected one after another.

“…Hey, what did you just say?”

Sensing that the atmosphere was strange, Monica stopped Alex with her eyes. Alex’s eyes were overshadowed and lost their focus.

Alex had always admired alphas. The envy of what he did not have was like a lack of qualifications for him. Both his grandfather and the previous Count were alphas, yet he was a beta.

At least he did not have the blood of the so despised omega.

Alex was talented in swordsmanship, but his skills were still noticeably inferior to alphas within the knightage.

So he was proud that Ian was his friend. Still, he couldn’t just let go of what Ian had said.

“I just told you that lowly things were roaming around in your family without knowing their place, so why is it a problem that I’m a beta? I couldn’t keep up with the smart alpha’s thoughts.”

Alex’s sarcasm disturbed Ian’s hands as he sliced the steak in a calm manner.

Screach—

A gruesome sound rang out, and the employees that had been waiting around quietly disappeared. Only Henry stood by Ian.

“Hey, why can’t you answer me? So what if I’m a beta. What’s the problem?”

“What’s with you, Brother!”

Alex was already fuming from being looked down on by Nicola at the garden, so he now sneered and shouted at Ian, who didn’t answer him.

“Look here, Ian! As your friend, I’m advising you to hide those lowly things that will just lower your family’s prestige. So they don’t smell. Just like what our family did.”

Alex only felt relieved then. He was about to have a pleasant meal, but Ian spoke first.

“Henry, report in detail about what happened outside.”

“Yes, Young Lord.”

The conversation between the two made Alex flinch. He didn’t want Ian to find out that his father had told Alex to give money to Melissa without Ian’s knowledge. So he chopped up the steak with a knife and intervened.

“It was nothing.”

“So, does that mean you insulted my family over nothing?

“What do you mean by that? I said it purely out of concern for you.”

“I don’t think so.”

“Hey, Ian!”

“Really, what’s wrong with you, Brother! Shut up, please!”

The nervous Monica shouted at Alex, while Henry told Ian everything he had seen in the garden.

Ian’s lips twisted strangely. As he got up quietly, instructed Henry.

“See the guests off.”

“Ian?”

Seeing him suddenly leave, Monica followed him looking flustered.

“Hey, I only had a piece.”

As Alex still couldn’t figure out the situation, Monica’s anger soared inside. She was anxious. Contrary to Ian’s usual angry appearance, his calmness was more unsettling.

Ian left the dining room, and with Henry’s instruction, the employees quickly began to clear the table. Even though it was Ian’s order, they were under Rosewood County.

The dumbfounded and displeased Alex, left the dining room huffing, while Monica tried to see Ian somehow, but couldn’t.

“Please be careful on your way back.”

The butler and the chief handmaid, who were friendly to them earlier, sent the two off with a cold face.

“I’m going! I’m going!”

“Really! This is because of you, Brother!”

It was a great shame to be kicked out without being properly served first.

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