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Ch39 - The omega inhibitors failed
After Pei Shijian’s identity was revealed, the way he was treated at school changed immediately. He had many more followers and there were even several retired teachers who came looking for Pei Shijian to give him extra lessons.
Back in the day, these teachers were heroes of the battlefield. They would treat even princes with cool attitudes, but the way Pei Shijian made his way into the finals using an outdated mecha spurred them into action. And when the school learned of Pei Shijian’s family circumstances, they immediately exempted him from the high tuition fees and even gave Pei Shijian the highest scholarship… Although Pei Shijian wasn’t impoverished anymore.
Though Shao Ci changed the plot quite a bit after arriving and caused two of the important people in the original novel to be less fervent around Pei Shijian compared to the original plotline, the story still continued to develop along its original path.
On website in the virtual world, the hottest topic was how the real face behind God Time was a shockingly handsome man. Pei Shijian was basically the man of the hour in both reality and in the virtual world.
Under these circumstances, as someone who had never been close to Pei Shijian, Shao Ci’s situation was getting dangerous.
Shao Ci even thought that Pei Shijian would target him on purpose. He didn’t expect that Pei Shijian would act as though he had forgotten the enmity between them. When they met, he would say a proper hello. He didn’t mock Shao Ci for what had happened in the past, either.
Thus everyone applauded Pei Shijian for his benevolence. He could even forgive someone who had mocked him so easily.
In contrast, Shao Ci felt even more uneasy. “…” Pei Shijian just wasn’t the kind of guy who could forget grievances so easily, okay? He was definitely brewing up some big move.
And there was another thing that made Shao Ci feel a bit conflicted. Recently, whenever he was training, he would suddenly get dizzy. Several times, he had nearly fallen down because of his vertigo. The nape of his neck would often start feeling hot.
Shao Ci hadn’t thought much about it at first. But once when Edwin sat at his side, he leaned in unconsciously, his voice casual and low. “Your scent smells so fragrant…” Shao Ci was suddenly shocked to his senses. He was so shocked that he shot to his feet.
With what he remembered of this scary ABO novel’s setting, the nape was where an omega’s scent gland was, fuck! And Edwin was an alpha. This was very bad, very very bad.
Edwin realized what was happening. He immediately apologized. “I truly apologize, I’ve been offensive to you.”
“It’s nothing.” Shao Ci waved a hand, but he felt a bit uncomfortable Could it be that his omega inhibitors were starting to lose effect…
Although he hadn’t been bitten by an alpha or anything, pushing his limits with training every day might have affected his inhibitors…
[Host is exactly right. The omega inhibitors you’ve been using have indeed been slowly losing efficacy. At most, after a week, the effect will completely disappear.]
This time the problem is terrible, okay!!
As soon as he imagined what it would be like if his status as an omega was revealed to the school, Shao Ci felt uncomfortable all over. Being expelled from school was just a small thing. Being discovered by Ji Zhaoyun was the scariest thing. Ji Zhaoyun would definitely feel like he got cheated and retaliate against him in fury.
Shao Ci immediately got ready to ask for leave and go home for a few days to ask the original host’s mother and father how he should fix it.
–
Meanwhile, Ji Zhaoyuan pretty much understood what his little brother had been doing these last few days.
“The teenager he captured has been staying at our house as a servant? Ji Zhaoyuan said disbelievingly. He really couldn’t understand what Ji Zhaoyun was thinking. Based on his understanding of Ji Zhaoyun, it was already pretty good if he didn’t beat someone he didn’t like half to death. He had actually let the other person stay at home for days?
Although he was called a servant, with the other party’s background, it was something good, not a punishment.
“No… I have to investigate this person.” Ji Zhaoyuan felt there must be something he hadn’t noticed.
His subordinate quickly sent Shao Ci’s information over.
The first half of the files were very standard. In summary, he was a beta from an impoverished noble family and managed to get in the institute with the help of some connections. He drifted through his school days, and even taunted Pei Shijian.
But in the second half, things suddenly began to change. This male beta had shockingly been expelled because he peeped in the male baths (in all his years of life, it was Ji Zhaoyuan’s first time hearing of such a reason for being expelled), but he later returned to school with the help of Ji Zhaoyun. After that, he sucked up to the crown prince’s younger cousin Edwin, and even defeated Pei Shijian in the mecha battlefield.
“He was able to defeat the Pei Shijian? He’s just a beta. How in the world did he do it?” Ji Zhaoyuan was stunned. He immediately began to think about whether Shao Ci might be Prince Latiao in the virtual world.
Ji Zhaoyuan pulled up the video from the mecha combat lesson to take a look.
Back then, all of the people in the crowd were just students. They didn’t notice the details of the battle. On top of that, they didn’t have much of an eye for things, so naturally they couldn’t see the truth. But Ji Zhaoyuan saw the issue acutely.
“In the first half, his performance was absolutely disappointing, but in the middle he suddenly changed. Even his dodging became smoother, and he managed to win like this… Could it be that this Shao Ci person and Prince Latiao have some relation?”
After he returned home, Ji Zhaoyun and Shao Ci spotted Ji Zhaoyuan sitting in the living room. Ji Zhaoyun’s expression changed immediately. When he thought about the dumb shit he had been doing recently, he obediently called, “Gege.”
Ji Zhaoyuan clearly looked like he wanted to teach his brother a lesson. “So you still remember I’m your brother?”
Shao Ci was shocked. He didn’t expect he would be able to see Ji Zhaoyuan. He thought that this house was just Ji Zhaoyun’s. Shao Ci started thinking about how to explain being a manservant to Ji Zhaoyuan. Finally, he decided it was too much of a hassle. He stood behind Ji Zhaoyun, playing dead.
“You must be Shao Ci?” Ji Zhaoyuan turned to look at him.
Shao Ci was given a shock. He nodded quickly. “Yes, I’m Shao Ci.”
In the original novel, although Ji Zhaoyuan was good-tempered and didn’t have as much attack power as the other characters, for better or worse he was still the heir of the duke’s title, and he absolutely wasn’t as easy to get along with as he seemed on the surface. In fact, he was incredibly two-faced.
In comparison, while Ji Zhaoyun was a bit more cocky and would curse someone out at the drop of a hat or capture someone to give them a whipping over a disagreement, for better or worse he was easy to understand. Shao Ci could feel more at ease with him.
“It’s really been hard on you to take care of Xiao Yun so far,” Ji Zhaoyuan said. “I’ll have to trouble you to continue taking care of him in the future.”
“I don’t need anyone to take care of me,” Ji Zhaoyun said.
Shao Ci hurriedly nodded. He saw that they both looked like they wanted to say something. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first.”
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“Ge, how come you came back so quickly?” Ji Zhaoyun said uncertainly. “Didn’t you say you’d be gone for a year?”
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Ji Zhaoyun’s expression didn’t change. He said, “He offended me, so to compensate I had him stay for a bit as a servant.”
Ji Zhaoyuan said, “Then how long will he work?”
“I haven’t decided,” Ji Zhaoyun said very calmly.
“…” Ji Zhaoyuan rested his forehead in his hands. He said, “Don’t you hate betas? What is it about this beta that makes you see him in a different light?”
Ji Zhaoyun thought for a long time, then said, “Maybe it’s because he’s got more sense. I feel like he’s better than other betas.”
Ji Zhaoyuan was also wondering why his little brother didn’t get beaten to death. “…Why did you confess to Prince Latiao online? Do you know how much of a hassle this brought our family?”
Because of it, there weren’t many people who would get close to Ji Zhaoyuan recently. After all, everyone thought that since the younger brother was a gay who liked alphas, the older brother might just have the same problem. It made things indescribably difficult for Ji Zhaoyuan.
“Because I like him,” Ji Zhaoyun said without the slightest hesitation. Although he secretly knew Prince Latiao was an omega, he wouldn’t say it.
“Alright. In fact, I don’t want to bother with managing you.” Ji Zhaoyuan’s head was beginning to ache. “But do you know what he really looks like? Does it matter if he’s a big, tall, muscular man or if he’s an old man?”
“Of course he won’t look like that!” Ji Zhaoyun said huffily. “My future partner’s very normal!”
“Are you saying you’ve already met him in reality?” Ji Zhaoyuan’s voice suddenly turned cold. “Like Shao Ci from just now. What’s his relationship with Prince Latiao?”
“Impossible.” Ji Zhaoyun was stunned for a moment. “Ge, don’t joke around. How could Shao Ci have any relationship with Prince Latiao? They probably haven’t even met.”
“Then how did he win against Pei Shijian? You’re Pei Shijian’s fan, you should be very clear about his strength, right?” Ji Zhaoyuan looked straight at Ji Zhaoyun. He said, “Are you hiding something from me?”
“No, of course not,” Ji Zhaoyun said. “Shao Ci just got lucky. Normally, he isn’t that strong…”
Despite what he said, Ji Zhaoyun felt a bit strange. Things really were like that. Even if Shao Ci got even luckier, it was too much of a coincidence…
“You’ve realized yourself that there’s something strange, haven’t you?” Ji Zhaoyuan studied Ji Zhaoyun’s expression. He said slowly, “In that case, use your own eyes and take a look. I’m not saying that Shao Ci and Prince Latiao definitely have some relationship, but he definitely isn’t as useless as he seems. Don’t have too much faith in other people.”
Ji Zhaoyun couldn’t even retort. He thought back to the things that he had discovered, and it seemed that he really had overlooked some things. And the thing that confused him the most was that stuff with Edwin. Something he didn’t know about must have happened between them.
Ji Zhaoyun gritted his teeth. “I’ll look over it carefully. I’ll see what exactly he’s hiding from me.”
–
Shao Ci took leave easily. After all, he was just a manservant, not selling his body. Of course there would be no problem going back home to see his parents. And Shao Ci didn’t even need to pack his luggage. He went straight to the port to take an airship back home.
As an impoverished noble family, Shao Ci’s family naturally didn’t live in the capital planet. They lived in another planet in the same galaxy. There was an airship that left for that planet at the same time every day. It only took a few hours there and back, and it was incredibly convenient.
When he arrived at the gate, Shao Ci ran into Edwin, who had been waiting inside for a long time.
“Why would you be here?” Shao Ci was given a shock. How did Edwin know he was leaving? He didn’t say a thing.
“I was worried about letting you leave alone,” Edwin said, “so I bought my own ticket and came. I truly apologize.”
Shao Ci said, “But don’t you still need to go to class?”
“There’s no need for something like that. I already took leave,” Edwin said calmly. “Compared to being in class, I would rather go with you. If something happens, I’ll be able to help immediately.”
Shao Ci didn’t feel any need to turn him down, so he said, “Okay then. You can just come along…” It was nice for Edwin to be with him. If something happened and he couldn’t go online, he could still accomplish his daily task.”
Before Edwin arrived, he bought a ticket for the best room in the most high grade airship. Shao Ci was originally planning to squeeze into some random airship. Now that he saw there was such a good seat, he went straight to get his original ticket refunded.
After getting on the airship, the two of them waited in the room. After all, Edwin had spent a good sum of money. It was incredibly comfortable and there was even a view out the window and a meal provided.
When the flight was half over, Shao Ci needed to use the bathroom. When he walked out and opened the door to the hallway, he crashed straight into a teenager.
The teenager had blonde hair and a delicate, pretty face. His looks could put anyone at ease, but his current expression was horrible. When he ran into Shao Ci, he fell straight down.
Shao Ci: “!” He just wanted to use the bathroom, why did he encounter this kind of situation?
And he didn’t look like a normal person either. Of course… how could someone who could afford a VIP seat in an airship be a normal person. If he was some amazing noble, if something happened he wouldn’t be able to pay for it even if he sold himself.
Shao Ci panicked. He bent over to see how he was doing.
But he saw the teenager frown. His forehead was full of cold sweat. He looked like he in a rough state.
“Crap, his situation looks really serious.” Shao Ci didn’t think he was doing very well, and remembered the ability he hadn’t used for a long time. He gritted his teeth. “Well, we’re all humans here. Nothing will happen if I use it.”
The Zerg from the last world had really set him up.
Shao Ci grabbed the teenager’s hand, sending his ability into his body.
The teenager who had been frowning immediately relaxed. His bloodless face slowly regained its color—but it didn’t stop there. His cheeks gradually flushed red, and his body began to grow hot. He unconsciously nuzzled Shao Ci from inside his arms.
Shao Ci: “…?!” The fuck, why did this person get so excited after a little bit of healing?!
[The answer is simple. It’s because the other person isn’t human, or rather he isn’t fully human.]
It was just a moment, but Shao Ci remembered that this novel still had Zerg as the villains in the middle.
The Zerg in this novel were much more dangerous than the Zerg in the previous world. There were many Zerg who pretended to be humans and mixed into society, and they had masked themselves for several years already. There were many who even married humans and had children. Plenty of Zerg hid even on the capital planet.
In the original novel, these Zerg were the same people who began to attack humans madly. Pei Shijian fought his hardest and was finally able to rescue everyone. His reputation rose another level. But the crown prince Roris did nothing, so he lost much of the people’s support.
It was totally unrealistic. Even if Roris really didn’t do anything, he would find a couple of people to come and praise himself, alright? In any case, there wouldn’t be anyone who would go investigate whether the crown prince really didn’t do anything.
At first, Shao Ci felt that the villain was very far from him, but now he had discovered that the Zerg was right at his side.
But Shao Ci couldn’t say anything about the Zerg, because with the progression of the original novel, humans hadn’t discovered anything about it. If he said it aloud, it would be a spoiler. The world consciousness would obliterate him.
He spotted the Zerg teenager stirring on the ground. Shao Ci propped him right against the wall, running back to his room.
Anyway, he would just pretend nothing had happened.
As for what the Zerg in heat would do, Shao Ci wouldn’t bother with it.
–
After a few hours on the airship, they finally arrived.
Now that Shao Ci thought about it, it was his first time going home after transmigrating into this world for so long.
Although his family was already poor, for better or worse they were a noble family. They still had their ancestral home located in a planet in the outskirts of the capital. Housing was much cheaper too.
Edwin had no idea what had happened during the flight. He followed after Shao Ci like an obedient daughter-in-law, looking shy.
When Shao Ci pushed open the door, he finally saw his body’s parents.
People of the future had long lifespans, and they aged slowly. The original host’s parents looked quite young. It actually felt very strange. These two people looked very different from Shao Ci’s real parents, but when he first saw them he felt very close to them.
It was probably the original body’s pre-installed feelings.
Father Shao and Mother Shao were both people who doted on their child. Since their child had been away for so long, when they saw Shao Ci they pulled him over to look over him carefully, insisting that Shao Ci had gotten too thin. In fact, after eating well and drinking well and training for several days, Shao Ci’s body was in much better condition than before.
Then Father Shao saw Edwin behind him. “And this is…?”
Because he was meeting Shao Ci’s parents today, Edwin was wearing extremely formal clothes. Combined with his bearing and his incredibly attractive face, it was obvious at a glance that he wasn’t a normal person.
“Hello, Aunt, Uncle, I-I’m…” Edwin was extremely nervous. When he was facing His Majesty the Emperor he was completely calm, but in front of Shao Ci’s parents, he couldn’t even speak.
“This is my friend Edwin. He goes to the same school as me. Since he was worried about me traveling by myself, he came along.” Shao Ci didn’t mention Edwin’s status at all, feeling it would be bothersome to mention.
“Oh, our child has such a good friend! It’s such a surprise.” Mother Shao looked at Edwin with great emotion. She had a maidservant bring him to put his things down in the guest room. Although they weren’t wealthy, there were still several maidservants. For the most part, they were beta girls from some poor families in the area.
At night, the four of them ate together at a restaurant.
Mother Shao asked Edwin about how Shao Ci was doing at school. As soon as they started talking about Shao Ci, the shy Edwin turned fervent. He kept praising Shao Ci crazily, making Shao Ci seem like the most amazing student in the school.
Shao Ci listened to their conversation, feeling embarrassed. He didn’t know what exactly Edwin was saying.
But which parent didn’t like hearing their child being praised? They liked Edwin more and more, so much that Shao Ci suspected they were looking at their daughter-in-law… Shao Ci quickly banished the thought from his mind.
Soon, Mother Shao asked Shao Ci about what had happened recently. She had been horrified to find out that he had been expelled, then he had gone back. What exactly had happened?
Shao Ci remembered how awkward the situation was when he had been expelled and avoided the topic, turning the subject onto a better direction and completely skipping over how Ji Zhaoyun had him whipped. He said that he had been rescued by the kind-hearted Ji Zhaoyun.
Edwin’s mood sank as he listened.
“Oh, that’s the child of the duke. He has so much compassion.” Mother Shao was moved. “We have to make sure to go thank him.”
Shao Ci said hastily, “There’s no need, I’m still at Ji Zhaoyun’s house as a servant…”
Normally being a servant was embarrassing, but it was being a duke’s servant. Someone could even brag about it. Mother Shao and Father Shao looked honored. Edwin felt even more uncomfortable. A scumbag like Ji Zhaoyun was able to make Shao Ci’s parents regard him so highly. Edwin had to work hard too. But he had already promised Shao Ci not to reveal his identity. Edwin prepared to fight from a different front.
Late at night, after Edwin went to sleep, Mother Shao and Father Shao called Shao Ci in and they began to discuss serious matters in another room. Shao Ci went straight to the main topic, his expression ugly. The omega inhibitors he was using seemed like they were about to be ineffective.
Father Shao’s expression sank. “God, these inhibitors are technically banned. When we bought them, they told us they weren’t stable. It’s already lucky that you could use them for so many years.”
Mother Shao sighed, wiping her tears. “If I wasn’t so useless, you wouldn’t have to endure such hardships. You could be just like other omegas, growing up well at home and marrying and having children. It wouldn’t be like this, acting like a beta all the time.”
Shao Ci said quickly, “You guys don’t need to be sad. I think it’s great this way.” If he really married and had children like a normal omega he would be peeing his pants in fear, okay?
“We were too paranoid in the past. Thinking about it now, the title of duke isn’t worth anything much. Why don’t you quit school and come back?” Father Shao muttered to himself. “Other omegas around your age are already starting to look at partners. It’s not too late for you. It just so happens that I’ve been paying attention to unmarried alphas.”
“Right, and that Edwin who came with you this time is pretty good. He looks like he cares about our Xiao Ci a lot.”
Wait, the reason he came back was to continue suppressing it, not to get hurried into a marriage! It absolutely wasn’t to let his parents take a look at Edwin!
If they really had Shao Ci go on arranged blind dates, he might as well kill himself.
“I’ve grown up as a beta, I don’t want to be an omega anymore either.” Shao Ci gritted his teeth. “And I always helped out at the duke’s house as a beta. If Ji Zhaoyun discovers that I was deceiving him, he definitely won’t spare me.”
If the first part could be considered a child not seeing eye-to-eye with his parents and ignoring their words, the second half was a critical blow. After all, that was the duke.
Father Shao and Mother Shao were confronted with reality. They quickly abandoned the idea of having Shao Ci come home for blind dates and went to inquire about how they could continue using the inhibitors.
Shao Ci let out a breath of relief. He didn’t expect that he would use Ji Zhaoyun as an excuse one day.
After he returned to his room, Shao Ci got in bed and went to sleep. There was only one match a day in the virtual mecha competition. There were still several days before it was his turn to fight, so he would just take the chance to rest up and recharge.
When he woke up the next day, Shao Ci crawled out of bed lazily, yawning as he went downstairs. He spotted Edwin wearing an apron with his face full of embarrassment, a plate in his hands.
Shao Ci was so shocked his jaw nearly fell off. “….?!”
Mother Shao beamed, coming to Shao Ci to say, “What a good kid. He woke up early to help out and even asked about what you like to eat and made a big breakfast… This is my very first time seeing an alpha that knows how to cook.”
Edwin looked embarrassment. “This isn’t anything much, I made too little.”
“Oh, child, you’re too modest. Our Xiao Ci’s only ever known how to play around. I don’t even know if he studied properly at school.”
As soon as she mentioned Shao Ci, Edwin turned serious. Unexpectedly, he began to explain to Mother Shao how Shao Ci hadn’t been playing around and just how serious and amazing he was. All the praises he sang yesterday were being repeated.
The more Mother Shao listened, the happier she got. If it wasn’t for what Shao Ci had said yesterday, she would have promised Shao Ci to Edwin then and there.
Shao Ci sank into a sea of fear. “…” Fuck, how did he not know that Edwin was so good at sucking up to people’s parents.
The way Mother Shao and Father Shao Ci looked at Edwin was already like the gaze they would use to look at a son-in-law. Luckily Edwin didn’t know that Shao Ci was an omega, so he didn’t notice there was anything wrong. He just thought that Shao Ci’s parents were very kind.
After they finished eating, Edwin dashed to the kitchen to deliberate what to make for lunch… Such kindness was terrifying.
Besides, based on what was in the original novel, Edwin was a young master who had never even touched impure water. Could it be that he had practiced these skills out of his own will, wanting to be Shao Ci’s follower? …Shao Ci suddenly felt a bit confused, still feeling that there was something weird about how Edwin was working hard.
–
Shao Ci simply came back to his room. The three of them continued to discuss yesterday’s topic, their expressions serious.
Father Shao sighed. “I went and asked. The inhibitors we bought back then can only be used once. If they’re used a second time, it will cause severe harm to the body. It might cause you to be infertile for the rest of your life, so we can’t use it a second time.”
Shao Ci: “…” Fuck, that’s awesome, that harm is great!
But Shao Ci thought it over some more and realized that it might cause his physical ability to be even worse. If he took it, he might not be able to pilot a mecha for even three minutes. He quickly tossed this method aside.
“And if we want to buy it, we might not even be able to get it.” As he spoke, Father Shao pulled out a bottle. “Luckily, in the beginning I thought there might be an accident, so I bought a bottle of medicine. This medicine can temporarily suppress an omega’s scent. One pill can probably last for a week…”
Shao Ci took the bottle, relaxing. It would be enough to last for a few months. If the plot went ahead as it should, his identity wouldn’t be revealed before he left this world.
Immediately, Mother Shao sighed, putting a hand on Shao Ci’s shoulder. “When you finish this medicine, why don’t you come home like a good child? We’ll just leave this galaxy. Even a duke won’t know anything’s wrong… Let’s start anew.”
“Okay…” Shao Ci nodded, feeling a bit sorrowful. They didn’t know that the original host had already died a long time ago, and when he finished his task he would leave this world.
Luckily Shao Ci still had his healing ability. He planned to use it to heal Mother Shao and let them have another child. In the future, they would slowly forget the pain of their first child.
At that moment, there was a sudden noise from the door.
Shao Ci’s heart turned to ice. He rushed forward to push open the door, but he crashed into Edwin, who was in a trance. The tray he was holding fell to the ground, the snacks on it flying everywhere. He must have been about to bring in the snacks, but by coincidence he heard what they were saying.
While he was in side, Shao Ci had thought of plenty of dramatic soap opera plotlines that were always burst to pieces by other people, he didn’t expect that something like this would really happen to him.
“Did you hear everything we just said?”
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