Nevertheless, Evener Luwin was loved by all the citizens of Eldon. The 3rd Prince who always treated people equally without any rough edges in social circles and among citizens, and his wise omega lover who supported him, sincerely helped him, and always cleverly dealt with the media without any unpleasant sides. 

 

The 3rd Prince made it that way himself. As if he and Evener were really such noble people.

 

So that his cherished childhood friend and lover could always stand proudly by his side. And as if he would soon have a noble status to stand proudly beside him in the future.

 

Indeed, befitting the protagonist of the original work, he was someone born with a good head on his shoulders and capable.

 

While in Sorencia, Dalton periodically received newspapers and magazines that came over from his homeland. Although they were news delivered some time after publication, they weren’t bad for knowing about the recent state of the capital.

 

Valentin recalled Evener portrayed in such news. There, he was packaged much more beautifully than the actual appearance and personality Valentin knew, and was receiving lots of love from the public.

 

‘It’s true that Evener Luwin is kind to everyone except me…’

 

Despite his ordinary merits, Evener was excessively loved in public and social circles, and there were many who took his side. The power to attract and be loved by people. Unlike Valentin who was envied and hated by everyone, Evener had such power and charm. Although it seemed like another protagonist buff from the original work, looking more closely, those weren’t everything.

 

The 3rd Prince… If he was a little less smart, or a little more impatient and lacking in perseverance, the currently beloved Evener Luwin wouldn’t exist. To make his lover into someone who could receive the love of the public and media like this, he had put in effort over a long time to neatly package him. It must have been a really long process.

 

Valentin thought by combining those he had seen with his own eyes and those he saw in the memories of his previous life and the original work. So he could know the ins and outs of such behind-the-scenes more than others.

 

The 3rd Prince had meticulously controlled his outward appearance to create a positive and good image of themselves, and like a sponge soaking in water, he had carefully shown the images of himself and Evener Luwin to the media and citizens so that they could naturally spread widely. Valentin clicked his tongue, thinking their official moves were no different from a play. Through such long work, they had solidified the image of the two and subtly strengthened their relationship without going against the eyes of the imperial family.

 

Valentin scoffed anew at their meticulousness. 

 

Who could know their true faces and the truth when they had deceived people’s eyes like this for such a long time?

 

In the future of the original work, when rumors spread that the empress was trying to attach Valentin as the 3rd Prince’s fiancé, all the people who had been supporting their relationship criticized Valentin. As a foreign substance between lovers who truly loved each other.

 

And in reality, that was the case.

 

Before regaining the memories of his previous life, Valentin walked around raising his nose thinking he was a truly well-matched partner for the 3rd Prince without knowing anything, but in fact, Valentin was indeed a foreign substance between them.

 

However, 5 years ago, he wasn’t such a tremendous villain foreign substance to receive that much criticism. Just a minor villain…? Compared to the viciousness in the original work, he was a minor villain.

 

The 15-year-old boy was just raising his nose out of misunderstanding, but everyone excessively hated him. It was the perfect victory of the 3rd Prince’s media play.

 

Clap clap clap.

 

‘Yes. You guys are the winners and I’m the foreign substance.’

 

So why won’t they leave him alone when he realizes that and tries to disappear on his own…! Valentin gnashed his teeth in irrepressible resentment.

 

Because of that, a question arose out of the resentment towards the main culprit.

 

“Why in the world does Empress Beatrice’s side want to make me the 3rd Prince’s fiancé so badly? Is there any other reason besides the family’s money?”

 

The always reticent Dalton who saved his words quietly closed his eyes. It was his habit when organizing his thoughts. Only after more than thirty trees passed by the window did he open his mouth.

 

“Valentin, do you happen to know a bit about the emperor?”

 

The emperor. The explanation began with a more grandiose topic than expected.

 

“His Majesty the Emperor of our Heston Empire?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Is this a matter related to the emperor as well?

 

“The Sonover dynasty, Emperor Louis Devon Leopold. It’s been almost 30 years since his enthronement. And…”

 

As he spoke, it seemed he knew what Dalton was trying to bring up.

 

Valentin swallowed once and spat out those words.

 

“Common alpha.”

 

Silence flowed after Valentin’s words.

 

The Sonover dynasty had been continuing its line with dominant alphas for generations. Of course, it wasn’t something stipulated by law, and not every emperor was a dominant alpha, but it was mostly the case. Except for a few, most of them were dominant alphas.

 

They were in a private room where no one else was and all sides were blocked, but Dalton lowered his voice cautiously and began a detailed explanation.

 

“The current emperor wasn’t the crown prince during the previous emperor’s reign. His older brother right above him, the late Crown Prince Liam, suddenly passed away, so he unexpectedly took the position of crown prince. There were stories that if the previous emperor wasn’t on his deathbed at the time, he wouldn’t have been able to take the crown prince position so easily.”

 

Indeed… The congress and citizens admired and preferred imperial family members who were dominant alphas.

 

The distinctiveness possessed only by dominant alphas, different from betas or common alphas, was a medically proven fact to some extent. Their outstanding physical conditions – large physique, endurance that doesn’t tire easily, excellent brains, and strong fertility – were already revealed facts.

 

Recalling Princess Ellison Leopold, who frequently appeared in the media among the prospective successors of the current imperial family, Valentin nodded.

 

“They say the congress fiercely opposed at the time. I don’t know exactly whether they couldn’t bear having a common common alpha standing above them instead of a noble dominant alpha, or because of another situation regarding intertwined interests. But I heard the opposition was really severe.”

 

“……”

 

“Having struggled a lot with his trait after obtaining the throne so unexpectedly, it seems he also became obsessed with traits. Do you remember the late empress?”

 

The story seemed to suddenly jump to another direction.

 

The late empress…

 

“You mean the mother of the 1st princess?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“I heard she was a duke’s daughter from a frontier duchy.”

 

“Right. She was from the Shedden Duchy. Do you happen to know how she came to be empress?”

 

Valentin recalled the map of the continent in his head and found the Shedden Duchy. The Shedden Duchy… It was really a remote backwater among backwaters that had no influence on the continental situation then or now.

 

How did a duke’s daughter from a weak, remote region rise to the position of empress of a great empire? Did she have the love of the century with the emperor?

 

“Ah… Could it be…!”

 

Recalling the difference between dominant and recessive traits they had been having an in-depth conversation about until a little while ago, Valentin put the answer on his lips.

 

“Dominant omega…!”

 

“That’s right. She was a dominant omega, much rarer and more precious than a dominant alpha.”

 

Dalton reached out his hand and stroked his nephew’s pretty hair as if he was proud.

 

“You would know best how much people admire and envy dominant omegas, and how they are enthusiastic about their rarity and consider them precious, Valentin.”

 

That was right. Valentin knew it best.

 

He could confidently say that 70% of his own arrogant little devil-like personality before regaining the memories of his previous life was created by people’s admiration and pampering.

 

How much everyone adored, admired, and cherished Valentin, a dominant omega… The child and boy at that time really grew up in the midst of praise.

 

Foolishly enjoying it, he really thought he was that precious and amazing just because of his trait. Recalling his past self, Valentin scoffed.

 

“They say dominant omegas have a probability of nearly 80% to give birth to dominant traits no matter what alpha they have a child with.”

 

Looking at such Valentin with a serious face, Dalton said the most important fact.

 

And Valentin could also infer while listening to the story that it was close to the core of this whole matter.

 

In fact, the probability of dominant omegas giving birth to dominant second generation was even higher.

 

Tracing the memories of his previous life in modern times, Valentin recalled the tremendous figure of 88%. If the genotypes of this world and the previous life were completely the same biological entities in DNA, this figure would probably be correct here as well. It’s just that the undeveloped scientific technology couldn’t reveal the exact number yet.

 

‘Dominant omega… So that’s how a duke’s daughter from a frontier duchy could become the empress of a great empire that had dominated the continent for hundreds of years.’

 

Although she had no political advantage whatsoever, her trait alone was a sufficient condition for the emperor.

 

Valentin learned in detail about the history of the continent from long ago, not only after the founding but also before the founding, but he still didn’t know much about recent events. Especially since he wasn’t born yet or was too young at the time of the current emperor’s enthronement, and the stories of that time hadn’t been written in history books yet. Such things could only be learned by hearsay from older people like now.

 

Dalton’s words continued.

 

“Unfortunately, the late empress passed away from puerperal fever after giving birth to the 1st princess. And the clever Duke of Hedderfield pushed his daughter to fill that vacancy, and that’s Empress Beatrice.”

 

The current emperor’s only spouse, Empress Beatrice, was a recessive omega.

 

She came to marry the emperor and gave birth to the 2nd Prince, a beta, and the 3rd Prince, a common alpha close to recessive. Although she gave birth to two sons, not only were they not dominant, but a beta and a common alpha…

 

“It’s ambiguous… The sons are sons, but the traits are unsatisfactory…”

 

Although he said it was unfortunate in a pitying tone saying it was ‘ambiguous’, there was a slight gloating smile on Dalton’s face.

 

Since it was the first time Uncle Dalton, who was fair and square everywhere, showed aversion to someone like this, Valentin widened his eyes and looked at him with unfamiliarity.

 

The 1st Princess, a dominant alpha but female, the 2nd Prince, a beta, and the 3rd Prince, a common alpha.

 

The current emperor hadn’t put forward any of his three children as successors yet.

 

The crown prince position was vacant.

 

“Does the emperor have a complex about his own trait after all?”

 

At Valentin’s naive question, Dalton laughed.

 

“Of course, Valentin. Think about how much influence the imperial authority currently has. I thought I taught and raised you to at least that extent.”

 

The current imperial authority of the empire had been considerably weakened. The power of the congress was strong, and the aristocratic faction as senators wielded power in that congress.

 

Dalton opened a certain page of the newspaper he had been reading until earlier, folded only that part so Valentin could see it well, and handed it over.

 

Congress, Is This How They Acquire the Right to Collect Taxes?

 

The article with the direct title represented the voice of the aristocratic faction arguing that it is illegal for the emperor to collect money for private purposes without the approval of the congress, and it is legitimate to collect taxes through proper procedures through the congress.

 

In Valentin’s opinion, it was a part that he thought had some validity in changing times, but it would be a clause the emperor would want to oppose with all his might if he could.

 

‘Thinking from my perspective of having lived in modern times in my previous life, the emperor here is in a position to enjoy the pure monarchical system.’

 

However, it wasn’t only the emperor who was benefiting from the current system, but Valentin himself as well. Recalling his own situation of having been born a noble and reaping the benefits of the class system, Valentin self-deprecated a little.