Wait, Am I Not a Beta?

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Everyone in high society knew that the aloof, coldhearted Duke Bugewen had suddenly, for no apparent reason, taken in a scruffy little Beta girl as his goddaughter. The astonishing news, unlike anything anyone had ever heard, swept through afternoon tea conversations across the aristocratic households in an instant.

Everyone wondered what kind of Beta could have won the favor of a top Alpha who never looked away from his path and was as precise as a ruler.

Duke Aolaier was Duke Bugewen's longtime nemesis. The two were polar opposites: he did as he pleased and acted on a whim. He hated rulers most of all, and the person he hated most was Bugewen.

Bugewen took in a little girl as his goddaughter? How strange. I hate Bugewen, so of course I hate his goddaughter too.

When he approached the little girl in her tiny skirt, who looked utterly harmless, with ill intentions, her dewy eyes reminded him of his favorite amber gems.

Lucia was about to graduate from high school. She should have gone straight home to inherit the farm, but her grandfather told her he was sending her to university in the Imperial Capital. Then he entrusted her to a man who seemed to hold a very high position and wore a cold expression.

"Xibao, you must be good and listen to Uncle Bugewen. Treat him with the same closeness and affection you would give your father."

Lucia had always listened to her grandfather, so of course she did as she was told. She dutifully and cheerfully served tea and water to the tall, stern Lord Bugewen, and showed him care and affection whenever the moment called for it.

Lord Bugewen told me to study hard, so I studied and studied. Lord Bugewen said his desk looked a little bare, so I brought him a little potted flower I had grown myself. Lord Bugewen said I wasn't allowed to date, so I... Huh? Why not, sir?

One day, another man suddenly appeared at the house, claiming to be Lord Bugewen's best friend.

Of course I should take good care of the Lord's friend too.

Lord Aolaier had a sore back, so I rubbed and rubbed it. Lord Aolaier wanted something sweet, so I brought him the little cakes I'm best at making. Lord Aolaier said he liked my eyes, so I offered them to him... Huh? You can't have those, sir!

Life in high society wasn't as difficult as Lucia had imagined, but it wasn't easy either. In the end, she recovered all her memories. When she wanted to return to the place where she truly belonged, the people around her all tried to persuade her to stay.

Lord Bugewen's smile was just as it had always been. "I kept order firmly in my heart, until I realized that nothing beyond order could be judged with certainty. Lucia, I want to invite you to my side and share with you the surprises that lie beyond order."

The blond duke drew her close with an affectionate smile. "Oh, lovely girl, when will those eyes, more beautiful than anything in the world, look only at me?"

Her childhood companion, once quiet and introverted, showed a stubborn expression for the first time. "Lucia, we'll always be the best of friends. You said so yourself. Are you going to break your promise now?"

The academy's most popular upperclassman embraced her from behind. "Come closer to me. Even if you only treat me as a substitute, that's fine."

The eyes of the senior, a complete stranger in real life who called her by an endearment in her dreams, brimmed with obsessive love and stormy emotion. "Are you going to leave me again this time?"

Reading Guide:

1. Here comes that familiar flavor again! Western-style romance!

2. One-on-one ending.

More to come.

Theme: Greatness grows from the ordinary. Every soul has the power to save the world, just waiting to be awakened.