Everyone at the Imperial Military Academy knows that the Empire's crown prince comes from a prestigious family. But Chang Si, who is hailed alongside him as one of the Empire's twin stars, has had a very different life.
Chang Si's life was destined to be difficult from the moment he was born. He came from the lowest-ranked planet, where resources were scarce and even survival was a struggle.
At six, his life plunged into an even deeper abyss. His parents died in a war, leaving him an orphan.
The only gift fate gave him was his talent. He was a top-tier alpha, a legendary weapon of war.
But even that was taken from him.
On his way home victorious from battle, Chang Si was betrayed by his mentor and died in space.
When he opened his eyes again, he had gone from a rising star of the Empire with boundless prospects, a former top-tier alpha, to an omega lying in a cultivation pod.
An artificial human, even lower than the lowest-ranked citizen.
No rights. No future.
His fate was to be imprisoned for life by his own mentor.
He would spend the rest of his life in darkness.
The achievements he had earned through countless injuries were casually handed by his mentor to a new student, becoming a stepping stone to that student's success.
His past "scandals" were made public, and he went from hero to a criminal everyone wanted to see punished.
His mentor took the new student to a victory banquet, helped him claim the heir's position, and basked in glory and praise.
"How dare you think you deserve any of this? You're nothing but mud," his mentor said.
"You deserve nothing."
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As the Empire's marshal, Zhongli Hui was born into one of its most prestigious families. From his youth, he had been the brightest star in the entire Empire.
There were only two blemishes on Zhongli Hui's record:
One was taking a commoner from the lowest social stratum as his student.
The other was losing to that commoner student.
Zhongli Hui never cared.
Everyone knew that Zhongli Hui loved his student most of all.
But no one could have imagined that one day Zhongli Hui would be the one to send his own student to his death.
"Why are there always so many people watching you?"
The young man, radiant in battle, held one hand to his earpiece. Even with half his face hidden by a helmet, his small glimpse of snowy-white jaw and crimson lips curled into a smile, driving countless people wild.
Only Zhongli Hui was unhappy.
He had crushed the rose he raised with his own hands and ground him into the mud.
But when he returned from the battlefield with his new student, he saw the young man, who should have been asleep in nutrient fluid, at the crown prince's birthday banquet.
The crown prince, who usually looked down on everyone, bent over with laughter as he teased him. "Want me to make you my future empress?"
Zhongli Hui nearly crushed the terminal in his hand.
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As a top-tier alpha, the Empire's crown prince was considered perfect in every way.
There was just one thing: he had no interest in associating with omegas. His lack of sexual desire was so well known that the whole Empire talked about it.
People often joked that he was an ascetic monk from the depths of hell.
According to the data profile generated by the Empire's central system, arrogance and humility coexisted within him, envy and kindness went hand in hand, wrath was accompanied by patience, sloth lived alongside diligence, greed joined with generosity, and gluttony resided with restraint.
Lust was entirely absent, leaving only chastity.
Until one day, the central System issued a warning: the indicator for lust had shot off the charts.
The prince, who had once bluntly declared that "sex is the most useless thing in the world," was ordered by his doctor to abstain for a month because of excessive indulgence.
The prince stood with his clothes in disarray, his shirt fastened only at the bottom button. Sweat rolled from his collarbone down to his abdomen as he smiled lazily. "Only I'm supposed to abstain? I see."
As he spoke, he flexed his wrists, especially... his ten slender fingers.
[Reading Notes]
The protagonist is a mildly adored type.
The second male lead taking the top spot is just a general description. The protagonist has never dated or been in love with any of the other characters. At its core, this is still a romance between a couple.
Happy ending, both leads' first times.
Theme: Love can overcome any obstacle.