We're in a Contract Marriage, But I've Imprinted - Chapter 58
Chapter 58
Translator: Effe
Editor: Yonnee
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“Hoho, is that the first thing you ask your father that you haven’t seen in a while? Do you want to be the Duke that much?”
“Then you shouldn’t have handed over the Duke’s duties to me. Just stay here in the mansion for good and work instead of giving all your responsibilities to me.”
“Tsk, this child. I’ve already done a lot of work, should I still work at this age?”
“You aren’t even that old, Father.. Isn’t that something you can do well enough?”
The aide, who was watching the father-and-son having a familiar conversation, tidied up what he was doing and got up.
“Young Lord, I think I will have to visit my superior for a while to take care of the business you mentioned a few days ago.”
Ian remembered what he had ordered his aides to do after Monica and Alex had left. Even if it was a family that had been close with since the days of the previous count, it was justified to set an example if they dared to ignore his own family.
Now was he disappointed with Alex and Monica either. Just a reminder of their position.
Ian replied to the aide with a plain face.
“If any one of the guild owners refuse, cut off all links with the Rosewood County, even if it means dismissing them.”
“Yes.”
After answering with a serious expression, the aide left the office. His father, who had been listening quietly, spoke.
“Why the mention of the Rosewood County all of a sudden?”
“Father, it was none other than you who taught me to be relentless against those who cross the line.”
“Hmm, the biggest mistake of the late Count was not having an alpha as his successor.”
“I agree.”
“Well, finding an omega wasn’t easy back then.”
“I can’t find any at all now.”
With Ian’s words, his father muttered with a snort.
“Are they hiding among themselves…”
“…What kind of advantage would omegas have with living in hiding?”
“That’s true.”
Ian had a hunch that this time he would succeed in conceiving a child with Melissa. In fact, he also thought that maybe he couldn’t get her pregnant because he hadn’t knotted her.
If she was a dominant omega, she would have been able to get pregnant during a regular heat even without knotting. But since Melissa was a submissive omega, then.
Ian thought that it was rather lucky that he had not thought of it. Even if it was a reaction to a change of heart, he didn’t reject his instincts because Melissa was the one he was so anxious about right now.
He would have rather quickly finished talking to his father and returned to Melissa.
Recognizing Ian’s feelings, his father took out the seal from the inside of his jacket.
Even if Ian saw all the duties of the Duchy on behalf of his father, his father never gave him the seal.
“Looking at your expression, you must be confident this time.”
“…What’s wrong with my expression?”
“Like a dog who wants to take a sh*t?”
“…….”
“There are only two things alpha does.”
Ian listened to his father. He had to listen carefully because his father, whom he couldn’t see often, was talking about alphas by chance.
“The first is right after spending the night with omega, and the second is when they imprint on one.”
“…I have not imprinted.”
“This boy. Of course, you shouldn’t imprint on anyone.”
“…….”
As for imprinting, it was a word he had been constantly hearing since he was a child. His father taught him that an alpha shouldn’t imprint even if he dies. The young him didn’t even know what to say to that.
As Ian had never questioned his father’s words because he grew up watching his mother’s strange behavior, he was very curious about the reason today.
“Father, why can’t an alpha imprint? Sometimes, isn’t it really possible to fall in love with an omega?”
“Tsk, didn’t you want to get a seal?”
“I’m just curious. I’ve heard that many omegas suffer from imprinting. Of course, those who know the truth are just keeping quiet.”
“Sometimes you look really soft. I don’t know if giving a seal is the right thing to do.”
“I’m just wondering. I, too, think an omega like Lady Nicola is out of the question.”
When his mother’s name came out of Ian’s mouth, his father shut his mouth for a moment. Thinking deeply, he sighed softly.
“I am really fed up. If I can’t accept it to this extent, how nice it would be to break the imprint on my own.”
“…Can you break the imprint?”
“I don’t know how, but there were omegas that managed to do it.”
“…….”
Ian was a little confused by his father’s words. If so, couldn’t his mother help break the imprint? He also wondered why his father had allowed his mother to live in the mansion all this time.
After drinking tea, his father got up and looked at Ian. He blinked his eyes for a moment in a reminiscing, then slowly opened his lips to speak.
“It’s not like alphas never imprinted. It used to happen often.”
“…But why is it banned now?”
Ian really wondered why. The late Count Rosewood, who loved his omega so much, didn’t even go as far as imprinting.
Not only him but all alphas suppressed their instrint not to imprint as much as possible.
“You know what, Ian?”
“…….”
“The imprinted omega’s mind will collapse and they will take their own life. Of course, the duration of endurance will be different for each person, but the end would be the same for them all.”
Ian thought that was a cruel word indeed. His father let out a deep sigh and went on with his words.
“However, do you know what happens when an alpha imprints?
“…Will the alpha commit suicide too?”
Replying to Ian’s father, his father said with a strange smile.
“Yes. Once the mind has collapsed, how is it possible to survive? But unlike omegas, alphas don’t die alone.”
“…….”
“After destroying everything around them, that’s when they’ll take their own lives. That’s why alphas should never imprint. The head of a family should think not only of themselves.”
“…….”
Ian was shocked to hear his father’s words. A heavy responsibility was added to his shoulders, which were originally already being weighed down by a heavy burden. And now he knows why his father was rejecting his mother even until the very end.
Everyone knew the ending of hopeless love, without having to expect it.
“Heed my words, son.”
His father’s last words lingered in his ears.
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