The Devoted Second Male Lead Decided to Favor Someone Else

Scarlet Rose [ABO] - What Happens When the Villain Dies at the Beginning? (11)

Scarlet Rose had always fought against the government, so wanting to convince these outlaws and villains to protect the crown prince would be difficult.

711 read aloud Scarlet Rose’s materials to Lu Shijin as he rummaged through Blood Owl’s desk.

In the last drawer, there was a very thick book.

Lu Shijin took it out and excitedly opened up, but found that he couldn’t understand a single word on the page.

“What language is this?” Lu Shijin asked.

711 paused to say, “The interstellar language.”

“Translate it please.”

There was a faint white glow over the book. Lu Shijin looked again and the crooked interstellar letters had become the Chinese script he was familiar with.

It was a diary, Blood Owl’s diary.

The pages were beginning to yellow, seeming quite aged.

Lu Shijin skimmed page after page, unexpectedly discovering Blood Owl’s past.

The diary started when Blood Owl was just over ten years old.

Blood Owl’s biological father was from a declining aristocratic family of the Empire and his mother was a female Omega brought up in the family.

When Blood Owl was born, his genetics showed that his genes were better than 95% of newborns.

This meant that the child was very likely to become an elite Alpha.

Blood Owl’s father was filled with joy. If it really was the case, then this child would become the hope for the family to be revived.

But fate liked to play tricks. When Blood Owl differentiated, he was an Alpha, but his glands were incomplete and couldn’t release pheromones.

Spiritual power was used to power mechas and pheromones were to oppress enemies. Both were equally important to an Alpha.

An Alpha without pheromones was a waste, no matter how strong their spiritual power was.

Blood Owl’s father was very disappointed. With such a child, he would become the joke of the aristocrats, so he heartlessly chased him out with his mother.

From then on, Blood Owl hated the aristocrats who valued genetics so much.

No wonder Blood Owl wanted a powerful Alpha to help him rebel.

He wanted to use this to get revenge and slap the old and stubborn faces of the Empire.

“I can suddenly understand why Blood Owl was so antisocial.” Lu Shijin said sadly, “Isn’t this the interstellar world 2000 years later? Why does it seem like progress has gone backwards? It’s already 5020, but they still value genetics so much?”

711 replied, “There’s no other way. There are limited resources and this is a dog eat dog world. The weak don’t get to talk about rights.

Lu Shijin angrily slammed the table, “Omegas are born with weaker bodies, so they don’t count as human? Freedom, equality, rights, justice, why can’t they have any of those? It doesn’t follow the core socialism values at all!”

“Don’t be so agitated, this is just a story, it’s not real.”

Lu Shijin snorted, “Thank goodness I’m here. It’s time to change this unfair world.”

711: . . . Why do I suddenly see the image of a chunibyo?

To avoid Maupay’s identity as a spy from being exposed, Blood Owl kept him and Neptune’s spy locked up together.

Lu Shijin called Maupay over with Blood Owl’s identity.

Perhaps he was feeling tormented for betraying Payne, Maupay’s mental state didn’t look great— his eyes inadvertently showing regret every so often.

Maupay’s background was also painful. Like Blood Owl, he was born with a gland disability.

His family thought of his existence as a shame and wanted to quietly dispose of him.

Thankfully, Maupay managed to escape and became a beggar on the streets.

Then, Maupay met Blood Owl. Blood Owl might have thought that Maupay looked a lot like the past him.

The cold-blooded devil actually felt compassionate and brought Maupay to his base to train him.

The relationship between Blood Owl and Maupay was one of teacher and student as well as friends. Blood Owl taught Maupay all of his skills, wanting to raise him as his successor.

Although Maupay was grateful for Blood Owl saving him, he didn’t like the way Blood Owl ignored his wishes and forced him to do things he didn’t want to do.

In the end, Maupay was sent by Blood Owl to the Imperial army to be a spy and became Payne’s aide.

The young prince was the perfect gentleman.

Spending so much time with him, Maupay couldn’t help but fall in love.

So when he received orders from Blood Owl telling him to betray Payne, he was very against it in his heart.

But due to the organization’s rules, those who disobeyed orders would die, so Maupay had to do it.

Ever since Payne was captured, Maupay had been enduring inner suffering as well as guilt.

If he could turn back time, he would rather die than betray Payne again.

“Maupay, tell me. What are you thinking?” Blood Owl stood in front of Maupay, and the silver eyes behind the mask stared at him like torches.

Maupay guiltily lowered his head, unable to meet Blood Owl’s gaze, “N-nothing.”

Blood Owl waved the guard away and circled around Maupay, coldly saying, “You’re lying. You might not know this, but you’ve always had a habit of not meeting my eyes when you lie.”

Maupay felt cold sweat on his forehead, his hands subconsciously clenching from his nervousness.