Runaway Guide (逃婚指南 - ABO)

Chapter 4 - The Truth (I)

Fortunately, this nightmare soon came to an end because Queen Anna was pregnant again.

In her pregnancy this time, Anna’s morning sickness was very fierce, so she simply could not take care of her son. Xi Wei was then placed in His Majesty Trent’s palace temporarily.

It was Xi Wei’s first visit to Trent’s palace. The towering buildings looked magnificent, and it was evidently much more spacious than the Queen’s Chambers. The palace was divided into three parts: the living room, the reception room and the study. The living room had a silver-white metal door which was locked with a series of passcodes, obviously. His Majesty would meet some important officials here, so confidentiality measures had to be taken. The bedroom’s layout was very simple; it only consisted of a very large bed and matching bath facilities. One could see that Trent was not a person addicted to material comforts, as his daily life was actually very thrifty.

However, the place Xi Wei was most interested in was His Majesty’s study room. The study room was the approximate size of a stadium, and the walls surrounding it were all filled with an immense collection of books. Those thick books were made of soft materials and were as light as a feather when held. In addition, the large computer in the center of the room also stored many electronic version of books-in short, the book storage capacity of His Majesty’s study room was almost comparable to a large library.

It was obvious that His Majesty was very fond of reading. Usually, when he had nothing to do, he would stay in the study room to read. Xi Wei, who was nestling in his arms, looked around in wonder. Seeing his son looking very curious about the books, Trent couldn’t help but hold his little hand and say, “Xi Wei, Father will teach you how to write your name, okay?”

Xi Wei excitedly answered, “Yes, Father!”

Incredibly, even though he was only 8 months old, Xi Wei Had already learned to speak during the time spent with his father. Maybe it is because he was born with high mental strength?

Hearing the child shout out ‘Father’ in his tender voice,Trent was so surprised, “What did you just call me? Say it again.”

“Father,” cried Xi Wei.

As a father, of course Trent was very happy. He smiled and squeezed his son’s face softly, “Good.”

Xi Wei was also very happy to have such a gentle and loving father. In his previous life he did not even dare to dream about having one.

It was a pity that as a king, Trent was very busy and spent only one or two hours a day looking after Xi Wei. Most of the time, Xi Wei was left with his machine armor.

His machine armour was called the Lion King. According to Uncle Berg, this should be one of the empire’s few S-Class intelligent machine armour. Its IQ was almost comparable with a human, and it was capable of carrying on a conversation fluently with Xi Wei. Not only that, it can also change into a variety of different solid shapes. Xi Wei was very interested in this kind of transformable, high intelligence machine armour. However, he did not dare speak to the armor until he was clear about the specific functions and IQ of the armor, because it would be troublesome if he were suspected.

Fortunately, there were numerous books in His Majesty’s study. Relying on his excellent understanding and imagination, Xi Wei followed His Majesty’s action and opened a few books. Bit by bit, he gradually became able to read some of the words. Fortunately, no one would become overly suspicious if they saw a child turning pages in one book after another. Even His Majesty would only think that his son was playing with the books like they were toys.

But, in actuality, Xi Wei was checking out the details of the world he found himself in.

According to the records in the book, they were presently in the cosmic era, and the place humanity lived on now was no longer Earth. This era used a ‘Cosmic Calendar’ to calculate dates. Xi Wei was born in Cosmic Calendar year 774, while the empire was founded in year 576.

The cosmic calendar began the year that humanity moved away from Earth into the universe. The Empire was founded nearly 200 years later. At that time, there was an outbreak of a large-scale war among the humans, it was known as the ‘Battle of the Issyville Galaxy’. This battle caused countless casualties until, eventually, the humans divide themselves into two major regimes: The Lacey Empire regime centered on the Cepheid Galaxy, and the Strandian Federation regime centered on the Phoenix Galaxy.

Xi Wei’s country was the Lacey Empire, located in the Cepheid Galaxy, and His Majesty Trent was the Seventh Emperor of the Empire.

The Empire and the Strandian Federation had been fighting for years, and the Issyville Galaxy was the junction of the two powerful forces. It was a dangerous place where cosmic sandstorms could occur at any time. At present, the Legion of Glory was guarding the border. Last year, a war broke out on the border between the Lacey Empire and the Strandian Federation, so His Majesty Trent was so busy that he did not have time to visit the newly-born prince for months in a row.

In other words, although Xi Wei was a noble prince, his empire was not an empire of peace, and a hostile force was eyeing it from the distance.

After figuring out the country and world’s background, Xi Wei began searching for data on Omegas.

Fortunately, like the saying goes, ‘hard work will always pays off.’ Xi Wei finally found a book introducing Omega-related data. The book was titled “About Alpha, Beta, Omega: Detailed Knowledge of The Three,” and the author was Dr. Brown from the Imperial Central Hospital.

Dr. Brown, isn’t that the old professor who took his blood the day he was born? Since it is a book written by an expert, it must be very scientific.

Xi Wei opened the book with a curious feeling and his three views were immediately refreshed.

The book said that, in order to adapt to the new environment during the long migration into the universe, human beings experienced physical changes, resulting in three new sub-genders: Alpha, Beta, and Omega.

Alpha were natural leaders, strong, high in spiritual power, liked to conquer, and possessive. Most of the generals and rulers of the Empire were Alphas, the best leaders in the human race. However, Alphas could not conceive and bear offspring, so they must be paired with a Beta or Omega.

The majority of human beings consisted of Betas, and their abilities were mediocre in all aspects. Although Betas are capable of giving birth to offspring, their fertility rate is low, their birthing process was very difficult, and the children born have a high mortality rate.

Omegas comprised the smallest percentage of the population, but have the strongest fertility. Omegas, when paired with Alphas, could give birth to a strong lineage of children. After they turned 18 years old and became adults, Omegas would have an erratic estrus every year. It was difficult for Omegas to maintain self-control during estrus. They instinctively yearn for an alpha’s embrace, to be marked, and taken as their possesion. They will also emit a sweet pheromone that will attract any Alphas in close proximity. After being completely marked by an alpha, if they did not use contraception, the probability of pregnancy occurring for the Omega is as high as 99%.

Xi Wei had some doubts about what this ‘mark’ could entail, and continued to flip through the book’s pages. As a result, the author of the book simply put an illustration there, followed by a large text explaining the entire process of an alpha marking an omega in great details, with many explicit images.

“Bang”

Xi Wei threw the book to the ground. He thought, God must be playing a big joke on me. Is it possible to cross back now? I really want to go back to my original world, to continue filming that science fiction movie. Even a movie script will not be this deceptive!

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