Ch53 - Why is it ‘Empress’? (1/2)
4.14 – Why is it ‘Empress’?
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“This is my palace. I can return anytime I choose.” Luther spoke indifferently.
Xue Ling couldn’t help laughing. He looked curiously at his Highness the Prince, who seemed to be in control of everything. He asked, “Although I don’t know where His Highness the Prince got his confidence from, thank you for making me laugh.”
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Luther looked at him, his gaze deep. “Ashley, you don’t have to act in front of me.” He spoke lightly, “I know what you’ve always wanted. You can’t possibly agree to a divorce with me, Ashley. Even if you took a step back in order to move forwards, this step is going to go terribly wrong.”
“Oh?” Xue Ling did not interrupt, and only responded with some amusement.
“Ever since childhood, your only ambition was to be Queen.” Luther sneered. “You are a maniac. You don’t care about what I’m like. No matter who is in the position of Prince, you will marry them, because being Princess and then Queen was the path you decided to take. Ashley, I know you. You would never cut off your own path of retreat.”
Xue Ling looked at Luther strangely and wondered how his brain could be full of so many strange ideas.
But he was also right, the original owner of this body did have this mentality. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have played and lost so badly even with such a good hand of cards. “I haven’t cut off my own path. On the contrary, divorcing you is the signal that my plan is about to begin.”
Xue Ling was smiling, and he was calm and relaxed. It made Luther, who firmly believed that he had been holding him in the palm of his hand, feel somewhat uneasy, but he pushed aside the chill that came out of nowhere and looked at the smiling youth with a cold expression. “Throughout the stars, you won’t be able to find a second man who is better suited to be King than I am.”
“So what? What’s your point?” Xue Ling was a little curious. “You didn’t stay in your own residence in order to comfort your omega that has been scared as soon as he arrived, and didn’t go to take a look at how much you control you actually have right now. Instead, you came to the palace to say something like this. Why is Your Highness the Prince so adamant about not wanting to divorce me?”
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The Prince’s expression remained cold and he did not speak.
It’s true that he could not divorce Ashley right now. Although he felt that he had everything under control, their divorce shouldn’t happen now. If he and Ashley were divorced, the Rhine family would become biased against him, and would be more guarded against him. People who were already originally not on his side would then be completely pushed against him, and it would be even more difficult for him to make a move.
Seeing his tight face, Xue Ling laughed loudly. His Highness left him with no words.
“My Highness.” He was laughing so hard that he was bent over, his cheeks were red, and he was particularly attractive. “Were you always so naïve? Do you still think you are free to deal with the Rhine family? Have you not discovered what’s actually going on yet?”
“What do you mean?!”
“Do you know what place this is?” Xue Ling looked at him with a smile. “It is the imperial palace.” The word ‘imperial’ was purposefully stressed, and Xue Ling spoke it clearly. “YourHighness, I suggest you go and read the history books. Maybe you’ll understand the situation better then.”
Luther frowned.
“But since you’ve already come, you can sign the divorce papers while you’re here.” In this interstellar world, marriage was easy but divorce was extremely serious. As long as the materials and evidence needed for divorce were submitted to the Star Net main server through the nano-computer, the main server would automatically judge who was responsible for the divorce according to the information provided, and then provide a divorce agreement for both parties to sign.
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Xue Ling had already submitted videos of Luther’s cheating along with other materials and received the divorce letter. The main server’s master was Augustine, and this divorce letter was of great benefit to him. It was no accident that even if Luther were to be the one submitting materials, he would receive the same divorce agreement terms.
“There’s no point in being stubborn about this. I don’t want to keep this relationship with you anymore either. Seriously, it’s nauseating.” Xue Ling frowned and handed him the divorce letter. He placed a hand on the sofa beside him, and his expression was a little strange.
Luther read the divorce letter carefully. The more he read, the uglier his expression became, and he did not feel good at all. Because he was the guilty party, he had to transfer most of his property to Ashley, and most of it was his private property that even his deputies had not known clearly about. But somehow, they were now all listed here by the Star Net’s main server.
Luther gritted his teeth and looked up at Xue Ling viciously, as though wanting to tear him apart, but soon after, a strange look also appeared on his face.
There is a light fragrance in the air, very much like the fragrance of some flower. It smelled very pleasant, and made people’s expressions change to look like they were in a trance.
After having experienced it once before, Luther knew what it was.
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That was an omega’s pheromone. Russell’s scent was like the lotus that he most favored, and could always make him emotional, wanting to indulge in him. As for the youth in front of him, he currently seemed like a plum blossom in full bloom. That cold and crisp fragrance paired with the flush on his face held a peculiar attraction.
Luther had known from childhood that his fiancée was beautiful, the type that was like smoke from a fire that one couldn’t eat, high and distant, like a god from up above. But he had never liked Ashley’s face, because it always gave him the feeling of being gazed at from a distance along with everything else, and he felt that he was also being looked down on.
Even if it was his future omega, Luther could not bring himself to like him at all. But now, facing this person, he felt like he was burning.
According to the regulations, an alpha could only mark one omega, but this was only a rule, and did not mean that an alpha could not physically mark a second omega. An idea came to Luther’s mind.
If he marked him now, then Ashley would never be able to divorce him.
After alphas and omegas have been marked, it was extremely difficult to separate them unless the marks were forcibly removed, but this was very harmful to both sides and was likely to destroy both of them.
If he marked Ashley, he would no longer be able to stand in his way.
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He would no longer be able to use that kind of gaze when looking at him.
And he would no longer be able to stand on high ground and look down on everyone with disdain.
Such thoughts kept rolling around in Luther’s mind, and his eyes became more and more red. When he finally met Xue Ling’s eyes, it seemed like he was looking at prey that already belonged to him.
No alpha could escape the influence of an omega’s pheromones when they were in heat. Even if they had strong willpower and could control their own actions, it was absolutely impossible for them to control their physiological impulses. Xue Ling felt that everything before of his eyes was becoming more and more blurry as an unknown fragrance filled air.