“In the last war, Magnus Shiralund brought the border that once belonged to the empire, as a trophy. Although it has not yet been approved by the Emperor, the Northerners already call and treat Magnus Shiralund as a Duke. He is the new owner of those gold mines, halite, diamond, and iron ores. All that remains is to obtain the Emperor’s approval. But before that.”
“He needs to beget an heir?”
“To be exact, it does not need to be an heir, he only needs to prove his ability to procreate. Whether it is an alpha or beta, daughter or son, the Duke has to impregnate an omega.”
If he held on to any omega and had sex with them, a child would be born. Magnus Shiralund was only 21 years old and was an exceptionally outstanding alpha male. There was no reason why he couldn’t have a child.
“The problem is.”
However, the problem was.
“It is because he suffers from pathological contact avoidance.”
The Duke was ill……
“No one knows when the mental illness started. By the time his mother noticed, he was already in that state. No matter how beautiful an omega, no matter how lovely a woman, they all failed. The Duke cannot stand being touched by others.”
The Duke’s maternal uncle, Count Nuberi, pushed not only omega women but also alpha women into the Duke’s bedroom. From young girls who didn’t have big chests to those of his mother’s age.
The results were all the same. All the women who entered the bedroom screamed and ran out. And they didn’t want to go in there again.
“As you know, alphas have to be exposed to omega pheromones.”
Niall nodded. He knew it well. That story.
Selfish bunch who would rather cut off the limbs of the omegas that tried to escape, than simply let them go. The reason for alphas’ ghastly obsession with omegas.
It was because alphas would become mentally abnormal if they were not soaked in omega’s pheromones.
No, abnormal wasn’t enough to express their state at all. They would literally go mad. Insanity, delirium, visual hallucinations, touch hallucinations, etc. The purer the blood, the worse the madness. Alphas without omegas destroyed themselves and damaged others. It was madness that called for murder.
“He is fine with male omegas?”
“That is what the Duke wanted. He said that if someone must attend to him in bed, then it should be a man. Mainly what the Duke said himself…… well, it is what he prefers over a woman.”
“Then you should not have come to me. You said you were looking for an omega.”
After hearing that, Niall got up from his seat. The old wooden chair creaked and was pushed back.
“I am a beta.”
“No. I have come to the right place.”
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Gerard also got up. He stood in front of his friend, looked down and said.
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“You knew.”
Niall did not deny Gerard’s words. He just asked a question in a low voice.
“Since when have you known?”
“Since about a year after I first met you. You were in heat and had not ventilated your scent properly, which I smelled. That only happened once. You never made that mistake again.”
“I see.”
Niall, as if reminiscing about the past, looked into the void with calm eyes and eventually sat down in the chair with a bitter smile. Gerard held the teacup in his hand.
“You do not have to accept the commission, Niall.”
After a moment of silence, Gerard spoke. Niall only glanced up at Gerard.
“However, if you do this job, that huge debt that my older brother owes you. Three thousand pounds…… You can pay off that debt right away, Niall.”
“You will get rid of that debt when you become a Viscount.”
“Of course. But that would take time. Will my brother passively make me his successor?”
“The Viscount is not in good health. He has confined himself to his place since last year.”
“Correct. My brother could die this year. But he might hold out for another decade or so. Alphas usually live long lives.”
“You have always wanted to leave. You did not intend to stay in Galen for this long in the first place. If it had not been for that, you would have left this place eight years ago. But you decided to save me, and you were caught by my older brother.”
“That was because of you……”
“It was because of me.”
A dark look of guilt appeared faintly over Gerard’s face. Gerard, who was silent for a moment, soon opened his mouth in a voice that was tinged with pain.
“It is okay even if you refuse the commission. I did not want to offer you this either. However, if you succeed with this commission, you can be free soon. This opportunity will not come again. You wanted to be free, Niall. From the first time we met, your goal was only one. Freedom. Freedom, not money or fame. That was it.”
The moment Niall heard that, he choked up.
“Niall, my dear friend.”
Gerard stroked Niall’s cheek warmly.
“Get your freedom back. And go see your Romana.”
Romana… Niall called out the name as if moaning. It felt like his heart would explode.
Freedom.
Romana.
Freedom.
Freedom.
Niall sprang from his seat and strode around the narrow living room. His chest rapidly moved up and down. Cheap lamps made of hardened lard crackled and bounced, and the shadow of Niall moved around beneath them.
“But Gerard. I.”
Gerard silently looked at Niall. Niall took a deep breath and then spoke as spitting it out.
“I do not want to sleep with an alpha.”
“Why? Because of your fear of alphas?”
“What?”
When Niall looked at him with a bewildered expression, Gerard shrugged.
“You are not the only omega who hides his identity and lives as a beta. People like that usually have harsh histories with alphas. That is why I thought you were afraid of alphas.”
After thinking for a moment, Niall shook his head.
“It is true that something bad happened because I was involved with an alpha. But I do not hate nor am I afraid of alphas.”
“If that was the case, then I would not even be able to share the same room as you.”, Gerard nodded when he added that.
“Then why?”
It was a question he had been wanting to ask for a long time. It was understandable that his friend was an omega and lived his life pretending to be a beta. Living as an omega wasn’t easy. However, it was difficult to understand the preference of dating only male omegas while being one himself.
Niall only smiled at that question. Gerard gave up pushing for an answer after seeing the smile as if it were a secret he couldn’t tell. Niall had a sincere personality, but he was also the type to never change his attitude once he had made up his mind. He was still trustworthy, so it was frustrating at times.
“Are you going to refuse?”
At Gerard’s question, Niall looked at the house’s only piece of decor hanging on the wall. A white sailed-ship sailing on the blue sea. Niall, looking at the sailing ship in the painting that allowed one to go anywhere freely, said.
“I do not want to sleep with an alpha. But I want to get away from your brother even more than that.”
“Niall.”
“How do I do it?”
Niall turned his eyes away from the painting and stared straight at Gerard. His eyes were shaking anxiously, but he had a determined expression on his face.
“Should I simply enter the Duke’s bedroom, seduce him and have sex with him?”
“I wish it were that easy.”
Gerard chuckled. If it was that easy, he wouldn’t even come here to pick up Niall.
“Besides, Gerard, I…… I do not know how alphas have sex.”
“It is fine to do it your way, Niall.”
“My way?”
“Yeah. The way you sleep with omegas.”
Gerard knew this friend through and through. At first glance, he gave the impression of being infinitely friendly and vulnerable, but in fact, Niall was quite a manly man. He smiled at almost everything, but when something crosses the line, he becomes extremely stern. The standards and boundaries were clear, and he was the type to keep boundaries with others as well.
“Only once, Niall.”
Gerard insisted.
“If the Duke can have sex with you only once.”
“Then you will be free.
No one can hold you back then.”
Those words were decisive. The faltering eyes became clear. Niall stretched out his back and shoulders, took a deep breath, and told Gerard.
“Tell me more in detail.”
It was a month before Niall Giles left for the North after throwing a continental bank promissory note to Lugas, the Viscount of Galen.
It will be messy.
Neither likes the other’s type. So of course this is going to go smoothly, hahaha 🤣
Thanks for the update ❤️
Interesting… The writing and dialogue is complex and mature but the characters are being set up as perfect archetypes which can be boring…
Hope there are some very good reasons for a lot of this
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