How an Omega Villain Survive chapter 2

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Henry accepted this situation after half a day as he sat dazedly in a corner of a ballroom.

“If I hit my head against the wall, will I wake up?”

It would probably just hurt.

“Maybe it’s a magical wall, and my body could pass through it.”

‘No way. That’s a foolish delusion. There’s no magic in this novel. I’d just bounce off, and people would give me pitying looks.’

“Ahhh.”

Henry buried his face in his hands.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out why he ended up in this BL novel.

As he groaned in frustration, he looked down at his hands. Long, slender fingers without a single callus.

Of course, the original owner of this body had never done hard labor and was very delicate.

‘Delicate…villainous omega Henry.’

Having lived as an ordinary man, now he was not only an omega but had also possessed the frail body of a villain.

“Is this some kind of punishment?”

Maybe he became Henry because he found the initial setup intriguing.

Henry looked around. The ballroom’s decorations indicated it was prepared for a specific person.

Dozens of long boxes piled among the gift packages hinted at the host’s hobby of collecting swords, and an ice sculpture, starting to melt, captured the likeness of a man.

From these details, Henry deduced the current point in the story.

The ballroom scene described in the novel was from the very beginning, celebrating the male protagonist’s birthday.

Edwin Lorenz, heir to the Lorenz duchy and an ultra-dominant alpha. One of the two most popular men in the empire, alongside the crown prince.

The setup was like that from the start.

The male protagonist had everything good concentrated in him.

But the author took away two crucial things: his personality and pheromones.

He was indifferent to everything but became highly sensitive when something irritated him.

Moreover, although Edwin manifested as an ultra-dominant alpha, he had the inability to sense others’ pheromones due to an incident during his first manifestation.

‘And that incident is connected to… me.’

Originally, today was the day Henry would reveal something shocking to Edwin: the reason he couldn’t sense other people’s pheromones was because…

‘Because he imprinted with me.’

It was an imperfect imprinting caused by an accident during Edwin’s first manifestation.

Henry, who was a beta at the time, had sneaked in to meet Edwin, only to manifest as an omega poorly, causing their pheromones to interact and result in an imprint without physical contact.

Once imprinted, no matter how unstable, they could only sense each other’s pheromones, excluding everyone else’s. Similarly, no one else could sense their pheromones.

Thus, even as an omega, Henry was still known as a beta, and Edwin was bewildered by his abnormal state post-manifestation.

Had Edwin not fainted from the intense pain on his manifestation day, he would have noticed Henry entering his room.

He would have realized that an imprint could occur without a relationship, but either way, it was an unfortunate event for Edwin.

Unable to sense others’ pheromones, Edwin became a half-baked ultra-dominant alpha and lost interest in everything. He became a lifeless half, as if his heart had hardened.

Knowing the cause, Henry waited for Edwin’s birthday on purpose. He endured for five years, stabbing his thigh to create a dramatic moment.

He intended to tell Edwin that no one else could sense his pheromones and take him away from proposing to his sister.

So, did he live well after that?

‘I died.’

Of course not. This scene was at the novel’s beginning for a reason. Henry married Edwin as planned but slowly withered under his coldness and died.

Only then did the imprint break, allowing Edwin to fall in love with another protagonist.

Henry sighed deeply after summarizing his future predicament.

‘Why… Why! Of all characters, why Henry?’

Henry clutched his hair and let out a low scream.

He had no idea how to escape this body, but at least he should have been someone who could live reasonably in this world.

Henry anxiously chewed his fingers, unaware of the glances directed at him.

‘What should I do? Should I just leave?’

The best option was to leave the ballroom and return home, pretending nothing happened the next day.

‘Yeah. Let’s get out of here first.’

As Henry rose and checked the direction of the exit, someone grabbed his arm.

“Henry oppa, where are you going?”

Henry looked at the white hand holding his arm, then slowly followed it up.

A pretty woman with the same platinum hair and dark eyes as Henry stared at him. Henry awkwardly addressed her.

“Hena.”

“Edwin oppa is coming soon. Where are you going?”

Henry hesitated at Hena’s question.

What excuse should he use to leave? He hurriedly tugged at his collar and said,

“I’m thirsty.”

“If that’s the case, there’s no need for you to move. Hey, you! Bring some water.”

Upon Hena’s instruction, an attendant quietly moved and brought water.

As Henry accepted the water cup, he once again reminded himself of his identity.

‘Right. Henry, a child from a high-ranking noble family.’

Just like Hena’s recent demeanor, Henry naturally gave orders and lived a life of commanding others, but he momentarily forgot his own character.

“Are you nervous? Why are you drinking water like that?”

At Hena’s question, Henry looked at the now-empty cup in his hand.

As he licked his lips regretfully, Hena gave him a strange look.

“If anyone saw, they’d think you were the one getting proposed to.”

Startled by Hena’s playful remark, Henry, who was about to put the cup down, flinched.

‘I shouldn’t be sitting here drinking water like this.’

Hena’s words reminded Henry of why he was trying to leave this place. Today, Edwin was going to propose to Hena, Henry’s sister.

Hena, who liked Edwin, would gladly accept the proposal even if he couldn’t sense her pheromones.

And it was Henry who intervened between the two.

‘Just greedy….’

It wasn’t that he hated Hena, but Henry desired Edwin.

He yearned for Edwin so much that he even took him from his sister under the pretext of imprinting.

Despite the rumors of siblings vying for one man, Henry didn’t care at all.

He had gotten the Edwin he wanted so badly.

In the process, he forcibly married Hena off to another country, got rid of any omegas approaching Edwin with vicious methods, and committed countless misdeeds.

‘I deserve to die.’

Now that he had become Henry, his evil deeds felt even more pronounced than they did in the novel. Looking at Hena’s innocent eyes, Henry sighed deeply.

“I have something to do.”

Just as he was about to say, ‘I need to go,’ Hena suddenly stood up.

“Edwin!”

With Hena’s delighted voice, Henry stiffened.

He swallowed dryly at the overwhelming presence coming from behind him.

‘Is this pheromones?’

He never thought he’d be able to feel pheromones, something he had only read about.

It wasn’t just the mental shock of becoming Henry; it was real.

The pheromones of an extreme alpha had a force that made Henry’s fingertips tingle.

Wrapped in the invisible pheromones, Henry found it hard to breathe.

‘How did he endure this all this time?’

It was impressive how the original Henry had pretended not to notice the pheromones that only the imprinted partner could feel.

“Henry.”

Edwin, who had just greeted Hena, called Henry in a subdued voice.

Although it could be mistaken as a typical call, Henry could clearly sense the dislike in it.

Of course, through his pheromones.

“Huh? Oh. Why? Why did you call me?”

Recalling the explanation that they were the same age and usually acted familiar, Henry replied.

“That’s what I want to ask.”

“You? Why?”

“You gave me this. It says you had something to tell me, to make sure I came to see you.”

“…Did I?”

Henry subtly turned his head to look at Edwin, who wore an expressionless face and held a pink card in his hand.

What a meticulous guy. Simply getting away wouldn’t solve anything.

“Henry?”

“Uh?”

“If you have something to say, say it quickly.”

Under Edwin’s cold gaze, Henry nervously rubbed his neck. Just being stared at made his throat tighten and his back shiver.

Pretending to clear his throat, Henry avoided Edwin’s eyes.

“Well, that is…”

Feeling the growing attention from Hena and others, Henry’s forehead began to sweat.

In the original, this is where Henry revealed that he was Edwin’s imprinted partner.

They would then get married, but…

“Happy birthday. Happy birthday. To my dear… Edwin. Happy birthday…”

I had no intention of saying that.

With nothing else coming to mind, I started singing, feeling my face flush with embarrassment.

The sudden silence that fell over the ballroom after Henry’s song made him wish he could disappear into a hole.

‘But it’s better than dying.’

He consoled himself with such thoughts.

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