The Name in the Spouse Field Was...

Elaine was very busy. The aircraft changed course halfway through and stopped at the entrance of the Military Department.

"The route has been set. It'll take you home," the Alpha said, standing outside the cabin door as he looked at Shi Sheng. "This aircraft will be for you to use when you go out from now on. Do you know how to operate it?"

Shi Sheng shook his head.

Elaine's tone was gentle. "Have Merico teach you later."

Shi Sheng took out his voice device. "Will, you, come, back, for, dinner, tonight?"

"The Military Department has a lot going on. You don't need to wait for me," Elaine said.

Shi Sheng was a little disappointed. He saw Elaine tilting his head as he put on his Bite Guard.

As if possessed, Shi Sheng leaned closer to Elaine and reached out.

The Bite Guard, made from beast bone, felt somewhat rough, sharp, and icy cold.

Elaine paused and lowered his eyes to look at Shi Sheng.

Shi Sheng immediately grew nervous. His heart pounded, and with his hand resting on the Bite Guard, he neither knew whether to continue nor withdraw it.

Elaine placed the Bite Guard in Shi Sheng's hand and lowered his head toward the Omega.

Shi Sheng's eyes lit up as he carefully helped Elaine put on the Bite Guard.

The metal clasp was behind his ear. To make it easier for Shi Sheng, Elaine lowered his head and leaned closer, while Shi Sheng unconsciously moved forward as well.

From that angle, it looked as though Shi Sheng was hugging Elaine.

The boy's fluffy head rested by Elaine's neck, his hair brushing against Elaine's skin.

Elaine's gaze fell on the back of Shi Sheng's neck.

Perhaps because the collar of his clothes was high today, Shi Sheng was not wearing a protective neck ring.

In fact, Elaine had not seen Shi Sheng wearing one since he returned yesterday.

In the Empire, due to the great demand, the protective neck ring industry had become highly developed, with countless beautiful designs.

Many Omegas chose exquisite neck rings that complemented their looks.

The image of Shi Sheng wearing one flashed through his mind, and Elaine's eyes darkened slightly.

Just then, the Omega released him and stepped away.

"Done," Shi Sheng said, pressing his voice device. "Good, luck, at, work."

At the end, a huge smiling emoticon popped up.

Elaine could not help softening his gaze.

The aircraft slowly rose into the air. Shi Sheng leaned against the window and waved at Elaine.

The wind tousled the boy's hair, making him look like a messy but incredibly adorable puppy.

The puppy flew away. Elaine stood where he was for a while, then took the silver pendant from his trench coat pocket.

The metal pendant touched his wristband, immediately displaying his marriage information.

Beneath the photo of him and Shi Sheng, the names written were Elaine Carlos and—

[Shi Sheng].

When Shi Sheng returned to the Carlos family residence, it was lunchtime. He went straight to the dining room.

A tall figure leaned against the entrance. He was a blond Alpha.

"Where did this Omega come from? Did our youngest get plastic surgery?" The Alpha's voice was lazy. If Shi Yi were here, he would have described that tone as the voice of a scumbag.

The kind of scumbag voice that seemed to smile before he even spoke, as though every word carried amusement.

When Shi Sheng approached, his voice took on a hint of teasing. "Oh, it's the Shi family's—Shi Yi."

Shi Sheng took out his voice device and greeted him.

He recognized this Alpha.

Slightly messy blond hair, with a wolf tail left long at the back.

The same lake-blue eyes as Yumian's, the long and powerful limbs of a cheetah, and a smile that never reached his eyes combined to form one of the capital's most notorious playboys—

The Carlos family's second son, Izel.

At that moment, Izel was also quietly observing Shi Sheng.

Like Yumian, Izel knew that the Shi family had found an impostor to marry in Shi Yi's place, and he was displeased.

So he deliberately decided to tease him. Bending down in front of Shi Sheng, he deliberately lowered his voice. "We haven't seen each other since that last ball, little Shi Yi. I've missed you so much."

Shi Sheng expressionlessly took a step back.

Although he's Elaine's younger brother, their personalities are really quite different.

The sudden voice made Izel freeze. Just as he wanted to ask Shi Sheng what he had said, he discovered that he could not make a sound.

Izel narrowed his eyes and straightened up.

His true love is right within reach, and he's still flirting with little Omegas everywhere.

He looks decent enough, but he goes around forcing love on people in private. If you don't end up in the crematorium, who will?

Forget it, forget it. I should be nicer to Elaine's family.

Izel is pretty pitiful too. Such a big Alpha, yet he gets played around by the protagonist Omega.

The more Izel listened, the stranger it felt. He frowned at Shi Sheng, only to see him walk past and enter the dining room.

When Shi Sheng saw that Izel had not moved, he even turned back. His expressionless face seemed to be asking why he was not following.

Yumian, who was in the dining room, had also heard Shi Sheng's thoughts and grinned at Izel in delight at his misfortune.

Izel sat down beside him and reached over to ruffle Yumian's hair.

"Are you looking to die?!" Yumian glared fiercely at his second brother.

A smile lingered at Izel's lips as he stretched out and leaned back in his chair, though there was little emotion in his eyes.

As Shi Sheng sat down, he quietly looked around.

Huh, Noah isn't here.

But Izel will probably find him sooner or later.

Izel is pretty miserable too. A perfectly good noble young master and devoted male supporting character, forced into becoming a villain.

A glint flashed through Izel's eyes.

Come to think of it, Izel fell for the protagonist Omega a year ago, when he went out and accidentally found the injured protagonist Omega—Noah.

Through Noah's pheromone scent, Izel recognized him as the person he had fallen in love with at first sight, his white moonlight whom he had longed for over the years.

Later, after Noah recovered, he said he needed to return to find his family, so he parted ways with Izel.

Who would have thought that a year later, he would encounter the person pretending to be a Beta in the Carlos family residence?

Of course Noah would not tell him the truth. Izel kept believing Noah was alone and helpless, forced to become a servant because he had nowhere else to go, and took meticulous care of him.

Sadly, Noah only saw him as a tool for revenge. After getting close to the Crown Prince, he would turn around and seek revenge.

Their meeting a year ago had also been deliberately arranged by Noah.

That was why Izel turned dark and tied Noah up, forcing love on him.

In the end, the Crown Prince shot him dead.

Yumian abruptly turned to look at Izel.

Izel had stopped smiling. His expression was even somewhat cold, making him resemble Elaine in several ways.

Feeling Yumian's gaze, he tilted his head slightly, raised an eyebrow, and silently mouthed:

What's going on?

Yumian opened his mouth but could not make a sound, so he simply gave up.

Compared to being married off to some old bastard, it seemed worse for his second brother to die outright.

The servants began serving the dishes. Shi Sheng ate slowly, appearing to be lost in thought, though not a single thought in his heart was missing.

Izel's situation feels pretty tricky.

Theoretically, I should stop him from reuniting with Noah from the very beginning.

Ah, right. As long as he doesn't see Noah! Should I ask Yumian to fire Noah?

But Yumian seems to be trusting Noah again. Didn't he even have Noah accompany him to choose formalwear?

What reason could I use to make Yumian believe me?

Ah, my head hurts.

After Shi Sheng finished eating and left, Izel and Yumian remained seated where they were.

"You heard that?" Izel asked.

He had extremely sharp powers of observation. Besides, Yumian's expression had kept changing along with Shi Sheng's thoughts.

Sure enough, Yumian nodded. "Brother Lindsay heard it too."

Izel frowned. "New technology?"

"Who knows?" Yumian had never had much to say to his second brother. He lowered his head and boredly poked his dessert into a complete mess with his spoon.

Izel thought for a while. "Noah is really in the house? Let me see him."

Yumian's spoon stopped in midair. "Better not. He's just a servant."

"I can ask Merico and still see him," Izel said lazily. "I'm asking you to give you face."

Yumian threw down his spoon hard and left.

When Shi Sheng returned to his bedroom, he suddenly received a message from home.

It was from his and Shi Yi's mother, asking whether the marriage registration issue had been resolved.

Shi Sheng was stunned. From what his mother meant, the system information had not been modified by the family?

Then what was going on? Even if he and his brother were twins, their biological information could not possibly be identical.

Could it be... his brother?

Shi Yi had been a genius by every conventional standard since childhood.

In comparison, Shi Sheng had not left the house since that accident and lived like an unnoticed shadow.

Unable to figure it out, Shi Sheng idly browsed the Star Network.

To his surprise, he discovered that he was trending on the gossip forums.

Many online media outlets had reported on him and Elaine registering their marriage that morning.

The two hottest photos were one of Elaine protecting him as they walked into the Marriage Center, and another of Elaine bending down to put a hat on him before he got off the aircraft.

The photos only captured Elaine's back, but it was clear what he was doing.

In every photo on the Star Network, only Elaine's face was visible.

[Oh my god, Thanatos is back!]

[Honestly, the Marshal without his military uniform is a different kind of handsome.]

[I don't get what's so worth hiding about Shi Yi's face. Isn't it on the front page of the military academy's official website?]

[Yeah, I remember he's a particularly flamboyant Omega. He was extremely famous at the military academy.]

[Famous is an understatement. Has everyone forgotten that infamous love triangle incident? Three Alphas fought over him, and two got expelled.]

[Speaking of which, the Shi family is pretty interesting. Aren't they twins? But there hasn't been any news of the other one all these years.]

[The way you all describe Shi Yi as so flamboyant makes me feel sorry for him...]

[Yeah. He married into that Carlos family and has to serve a tyrant like that.]

[Maybe one wrong word and his head will roll. Oh Goddess, forgive me. Please erase the image of Thanatos cutting people down from my mind!]

[Why do I feel like Elaine looks so dependable in those photos?]

[You must be from out of town. Friendly reminder: never fall for our Empire's Marshal just because of his face. He's the god of death.]

[...My eyes must be broken. Why do I think the Marshal looks really nervous about the person in his arms?]