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    Chapter 5

    In his original world, Ruan Xi was nothing but a loser. He heard that coming to this world would allow him to replace Ruan Tang as the protagonist and have a sweet andcherished life that belonged to him.

    Ruan Xi signed the agreement with the system without hesitation.

    Ruan Xi believed that Ruan Tang’s achievements in the original book were solely due to his good luck and the people he attracted who became his golden fingers.

    Therefore, he decided without hesitation to steal all of Ruan Tang’s golden fingers.

    And over the years, Ruan Xi and the system had indeed been doing just that… Shen Mozhi, Zhou Yao, Wen Run, and even Ruan Tang’s father, Ruan Ming. He subtly attracted their attention in the same way Ruan Tang had, bringing them to his side one by one. He painstakingly worked to strip away and dismantle Ruan Tang’s protagonist halo.

    For the first few years, this plan was very successful. Ruan Xi almost completely ruined Ruan Tang’s reputation, stripped him of all his golden fingers, and turned everyone against him.

    However, Ruan Tang did not become the crazed and twisted character he had envisioned – a mere foil to highlight himself. Instead, he became increasingly calm and indifferent to them.

    And with Ruan Tang’s indifference, the halo Ruan Xi could steal from him dwindled.

    “You’ve taken almost everything from him. There’s only one thing left. You haven’t been able to destroy his divinity… His divinity comes from his tenacious soul. As long as Ruan Tang’s divinity remains uncracked, you will never be able to replace him as the protagonist,” the system told him.

    As the protagonist of the world, how could Ruan Tang be good for nothing besides the love of others and his pheromones?

    It was just that he possessed too much, overshadowing his halo.

    The strength of the protagonist’s soul was simply unparalleled.

    Ruan Xi clenched his fists tightly, wishing he could strangle Ruan Tang to death. “What do I do? What should I do?”

    “You can’t kill Ruan Tang. The rules of the world prevent it. As long as Ruan Tang’s divinity remains, the protagonist halo will continue to protect him. Without a crack in his divinity, no one can kill him,” the system’s mechanical voice echoed in his mind, “Except for the villain.”

    The rules of the world dictated that no one could kill the protagonist, except for the villain created by the world to be the protagonist’s lifelong enemy, who had a sliver of a chance to kill the protagonist.

    Now that Ruan Tang had lost his halo, all that remained was his divinity… The villain’s power had therefore increased infinitely, making him the most likely to kill the protagonist.

    Because the villain also possessed a halo bestowed upon him by the world.

    Hearing this hint, Ruan Xi immediately made a plan.

    The villain in this book was none other than the mad dog Duke Auston of the royal family. He was an Alpha, and because Ruan Tang’s pheromone scent was special, almost every Alpha was attracted to it the moment they smelled it.

    This mad dog duke from the royal family was no exception.

    The compatibility between his pheromones and Ruan Tang’s was even above 95%, a very high rate.

    But the reason he became a villain instead of one of the potential love interests in Ruan Tang’s harem novel was that, while he was attracted to Ruan Tang, he had no desire to possess this Omega. Instead, he thought Ruan Tang’s skin was very good, fair as snow, and delicate. He wanted to peel off Ruan Tang’s skin and keep it as a collection, making a ‘beauty lantern.’

    He thought Ruan Tang’s scent was very good, so he wanted to cut off his glands and use them as spices.

    He was completely a pervert with a different train of thought from ordinary people.

    And in the original book, Auston had been doing this relentlessly ever since he met Ruan Tang. Such a villain who coveted the protagonist and wanted to kill him would naturally be torn to pieces by the protagonist’s loyal admirers in the end…

    Ruan Xi had long forgotten who Auston’s partner was in the original book. He vaguely remembered that it seemed to be an Omega with a compatibility rate of up to 80%, who was scared to death by Auston on the wedding day.

    And now, because Ruan Xi had successfully hindered the plot by predicting it, preventing the womanizer Ruan Ming from feeling guilty towards his ex-wife and children and thus doting on Ruan Tang, he had instead used Ruan Ming’s stubborn psychology to make him dislike Ruan Tang…

    Ruan Tang failed to become Ruan Ming’s most beloved Omega child. Instead, he lost his halo. After receiving a hint from the system, Ruan Xi unhesitatingly engineered the marriage between Ruan Tang and Auston.

    After all, Ruan Tang and Auston had a high compatibility rate of over 95%… And Ruan Tang was unpopular, making it easy to arrange their marriage.

    Recalling Ruan Tang’s words in front of Zhou Yao that he and Auston were quite suitable, Ruan Xi giggled, as if he had thought of something extremely funny. He said to himself, “My dear brother, it’s not my fault. You made the choice to marry that villain…”

    “This Bluebeard Duke is different from those Alphas who are infatuated with your pheromones. If you get your skin peeled off, don’t blame me…” Ruan Xi was lost in his own fantasy. As long as he thought of Ruan Tang being killed, skinned, and having his glands removed after marriage, he couldn’t help but get excited. He would replace him as the protagonist.

    He didn’t realize that he was just a puppet manipulated by the system.

    Meanwhile, in the Auston Duke’s manor, the elderly butler, acting on the empress’s orders, carefully told his master about Ruan Tang’s words to his ex-fiancé, that he thought he and Duke Auston were quite suitable.

    “That Omega really said that he thought I was quite suitable for him, that I would be the most suitable husband for him…” Hearing this, a strange light flashed in the eyes of the eccentric Duke Auston, and he let out an extremely terrifying laugh from his throat.

    Interesting, very interesting.

    He had never had an Omega say that he was suitable for him, that he would be a suitable husband for him.

    “Yes, Your Grace.” Hearing his laughter, the butler felt chills all over his body and subconsciously held his breath, but he still tried his best to keep his voice calm and composed: “I heard that the wife Her Majesty the Empress chose for you has a pheromone compatibility rate of up to 95%… Surely the wife must greatly admire Your Grace’s reputation, love Your Grace very much, and look forward to marrying Your Grace.”

    He felt very sorry for the Omega who was about to marry Auston, but he was still constantly saying good things about Ruan Tang, trying to make Auston have a good impression of Ruan Tang.

    With the crown prince dead, the Auston Duke’s descendants were the last hope for Her Majesty the Empress and her family.

    But Duke Auston, this madman, was not interested in the affairs between AOs and Omegas, only liking killing and blood… Marking and bonding were normal things for normal Alphas, but it was extremely difficult to get this one to do it.

    Although he had finally agreed to the marriage, his attitude was still very reluctant.

    What this man liked to do most was to go against the empress and do things she didn’t want him to do. No one could guarantee that he would be willing to mark that Omega and make him pregnant.

    This was a very headache for the empress.

    The empress was very worried, but she couldn’t tell her son directly, for fear of stimulating him too much. She could only let the people around Duke Auston hint at it indirectly.

    Trying to guide Auston to have a good impression of his future partner like a normal person… Hoping that the natural attraction between AO could bewitch him.

    Let him naturally mark his partner and make him pregnant.

    But this man’s train of thought was different from ordinary people.

    Seeing that he hadn’t spoken for a long time, the butler breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had found the right way to coax him this time, and that there was hope.

    “Admire me, look forward to marrying me?” Auston repeated the butler’s words, as if talking to himself, looking very normal.

    The butler immediately took advantage of the situation and wanted to say a few more good words for Ruan Tang: “Yes, Your Grace…”

    “Good, very good. Since he thinks I’m quite suitable for him…” Auston suddenly laughed, his white teeth showing through the gaps in the mask, matching his strange laughter, making it extremely frightening: “Then I’ll see how brave he is.”

    His words implied that he regarded his future partner as some novel toy…

    Hearing the meaning in his words, the butler almost fainted to the ground.

    He knew that this madman’s train of thought was different from ordinary people. If it were a normal Alpha, with his face ruined and his legs disabled, if an Omega was willing to marry him, and still a well-known beauty in Imperial Star, no matter why they were marrying him, he would probably be grateful and cherish them carefully…

    But this one was different –

    The butler’s forehead was dripping with cold sweat: “Your Grace, the future wife is not the same as the Omega prisoners in the past. You can’t…”

    “You said this Omega is different from other Omegas. Would he be very fun and not easy to die?” Auston became excited all of a sudden, showing more and more interest in Ruan Tang: “How many days do you think he can survive in my hands?”

    He hated Omegas the most in his life.

    He knew what kind of person he was and what kind of reputation he had outside. The Omega chosen by his noble mother, who also took the initiative to marry him… Probably also an ambitious Omega like his mother, who thought he could play Alpha and power in the palm of his hand, right?

    It must be very interesting to torture such an Omega.

    “Your Grace, the future wife is your partner. You are going to spend your whole life with him. You can’t treat him like that. You can’t kill him,” the butler didn’t know how to deal with this off-track situation at all.

    As a normal person, he couldn’t understand the madman’s train of thought.

    “Partner? A lifetime?” Hearing this, Auston sneered mockingly.

    What lifetime did he have left?

    Living was simply the most meaningless thing in the world.

    Therefore, he especially liked to see death.

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