The Blind Alpha Coveted by the Frail Beauty Omega - Chapter 33

A Single Door Apart

【System 233: Actually…】

Under Xiao Dong’s guidance, Wei Jiangxue headed toward the live-streaming area, simultaneously asking 233 in her mind: 【What’s wrong?】

【System 233: Literally a second after I finished my last sentence, a random task was generated. It requires the Host to replace the perfume the protagonist usually uses… with one that smells like the Host’s pheromones. Bonus points—additionally spray the perfume on Mi Ruian’s clothes.】

What kind of inexplicable task was this? It even had a bonus point system; what kind of points were being added here? Wei Jiangxue wrinkled her nose, unable to understand content that seemed to be thought up on a whim.

【System 233: Hey, don’t worry, don’t worry. Let me double-check. This is a bit strange. You just finished marking Mi Ruian, and she is bound to develop a certain dependence on your pheromones. If the goal was to make her hate you, it wouldn’t make sense. If it’s to assist the protagonist, this is completely unrelated to the main plot…】

However, System 233 returned quickly with a message—there was no error in this task assignment!

Both the System and the Host fell into a collective silence. Wei Jiangxue finally compromised helplessly: 【In that case, let’s just do it.】

Given Wei Jiangxue’s logic, she at most assumed this task was a desperate counterattack by the “cannon fodder” role-playing mechanic—as if to prove her character was still cannon fodder, regardless of the reality of the situation.

Leaving behind a scent identical to her pheromones felt like a provocation, but replacing the perfume felt… ambiguous.

She had agreed, but after 233 went quiet, Wei Jiangxue couldn’t help but squeeze her eyes shut, pressing her brow lightly with the knuckle of her bent index finger.

Was it her imagination? She felt the style of the tasks had changed… the content was much more detailed, strictly defining every action she took. Before, there was at least some room for improvisation. For example, when she had to “destroy” Mi Ruian’s things, Wei Jiangxue never expected that “breaking” Mi Ruian’s lip would count.

System 233 had previously mentioned that the restrictions the small world placed on the Host largely depended on Mi Ruian’s attitude. That meant if Mi Ruian gave her a “high score,” the world consciousness would not restrict her too much or suppress her strength. But if Mi Ruian had a bad impression of her, Wei Jiangxue would become a literal cannon fodder weakling.

Was she weak now? Wei Jiangxue wasn’t sure.

233 also said that as an Omega, Mi Ruian’s pheromones could suppress many elite Alphas and were highly dangerous. Yet… Wei Jiangxue hadn’t felt it. Even though she lacked many memories from the rut, she faintly sensed that she had never been under any attack during that period. Even after waking up, what she felt was still the same rose scent she encountered daily. It was as if Mi Ruian had never hidden anything from her.

Why did the protagonist’s pheromones, which were supposedly a weapon, show no aggression in front of her? If it were truly as 233 said, how could Wei Jiangxue have successfully given Mi Ruian a temporary mark? She should have been beaten to the ground by Mi Ruian… and why was Mi Ruian so tolerant of her? Was it because she saw through many suspicious points?

Wei Jiangxue took a sharp breath. Could these abnormalities be related to the strangeness of this task?

Was she being too sensitive and overthinking? Or…

“Master Xiaoxue, is there anything else Xiao Dong can do? You have been staring blankly for over five minutes. Xiao Dong is very worried~” Xiao Dong’s voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts. Wei Jiangxue shook her head, putting those thoughts on hold.

Sometimes, if you can’t find the answer, thinking too much only adds more trouble. She’d take it one step at a time. She didn’t believe that if she followed the task process honestly, she could still mess it up.

Wei Jiangxue reorganized her emotions and called 233 to help process the private messages on her live-streaming account. At the same time, she posted an explanation and apology on her homepage for her sudden disappearance, stating she would resume streaming tonight.

She specifically looked for the private messages from Mi. The other party had asked about her status several times over the past few days, sending a new message every other day. The tone had shifted from confusion when Wei Jiangxue didn’t reply to alarm upon realizing she was out of contact. Today, Mi claimed that if Wei Jiangxue didn’t reply, she was going to report a missing person’s case.

Wei Jiangxue felt a warmth in her heart and immediately replied: 【Sorry, sorry, I’m back! I’m so sorry for making you worry for so long!】

Mi didn’t reply instantly, but Wei Jiangxue wasn’t in a hurry. she wrote a short “essay” explaining the reason for her disappearance. Of course, she couldn’t say she had spent her rut with her Omega roommate, so she fabricated a lie, saying her eye condition had worsened and she was forced into hospital rest.

After sending the message, Wei Jiangxue felt an inexplicable sense of guilt. The other party was her big client and cared so much about her, yet she couldn’t tell the truth… She would have to find a chance to thank Mi properly in the future.

【System 233: Your private messages have completely exploded… Eh, Mi only sent you six messages? One a day, that’s surprisingly consistent.】

233 complained that the back-end message bar was so full it was about to vomit. It checked Wei Jiangxue’s side and was momentarily surprised: 【I thought she’d send you at least five or six messages a day. Why so few?】

Wei Jiangxue said helplessly: 【How can you talk about the sponsor like that? People are busy, you know. She probably just checked in on me when she had time. It’s already very nice.】

【System 233: Fine, I was just saying. By the way, when are you doing the new task?】

Wei Jiangxue confirmed it had finished handling her messages and thought for a moment: 【Now.】

The morning light was so delicate it seemed like gold dust floating in the air. A fair hand landed on the door handle, which had been warmed by the sun, and quietly pressed down.

Wei Jiangxue was originally followed by Xiao Dong, but the robot’s voice function was too likely to reveal her position. So, Wei Jiangxue forced it to “rest” and pushed it into a room to charge. As for a guide, Wei Jiangxue had her own choice—she and 233 had worked together for so long that their rapport was naturally better than with Xiao Dong.

The task issued by 233 needed to be done while Mi Ruian was away. Knowing the other woman already knew too many of her secrets, Wei Jiangxue wasn’t about to go looking for her.

So she had to be stealthy: sneak into Mi Ruian’s bedroom, slip into the walk-in closet, place the perfume that smelled like her pheromones there, and then successfully retreat.

The sound of water pitter-pattered in the bathroom; it seemed Mi Ruian was still bathing. This white noise actually made the bedroom feel even more silent. Wei Jiangxue tiptoed into the room and closed the door. The perfume in her other hand was the task item provided by 233.

Replacing the perfume and the “bonus point”—both sounded like dancing on someone’s nerves. How would Mi Ruian react?

As Wei Jiangxue walked toward the closet, she imagined Mi Ruian’s shock when she used her usual fragrance only to find the scent was wrong. As for 233’s claim that an Omega would develop an Alpha-pheromone dependency, Wei Jiangxue didn’t quite believe it.

As the protagonist, Mi Ruian shouldn’t, right? According to popular tropes, such a protagonist should be unmoved by external things, say “NO” to all temptations, and focus only on her career.

Therefore, the protagonist should endure her heat alone and resist anyone approaching her with ulterior motives—which logically included Wei Jiangxue.

The result was obvious: after smelling Wei Jiangxue’s pheromones, Mi Ruian might show some signs of being affected, but she would exercise extreme restraint to keep her biological instincts from taking over, successfully overcoming her animal nature.

Wei Jiangxue was very satisfied with her imagination. When the water in the bathroom suddenly stopped, she cut her thoughts short. Holding her breath like a slippery fish, she quickly darted into Mi Ruian’s walk-in closet.

233 cooperated perfectly. After Wei Jiangxue sprayed the perfume haphazardly over several sections of clothing, it pointed out the location of the perfume cabinet, allowing Wei Jiangxue to swap one of the bottles with the identical-looking task item.

The swap task was complete, and she’d hit the bonus point! But the notification chime didn’t trigger. Was something not quite right?

Just as she was wondering, damp steam poured out along with the sound of the bathroom door opening, and a rich scent of roses instantly filled the entire room. Wei Jiangxue couldn’t help but be glad that she had asked 233 to use technical means to completely erase her own pheromone scent, or else Mi Ruian would have discovered her long ago.

However, the scent of the perfume she brought was very strong… Wei Jiangxue was certain Mi Ruian had realized someone had entered the room. Not just because Omegas, like Alphas, had sharper senses than Betas, but because she heard Mi Ruian’s footsteps pause briefly, then change direction, heading straight for the closet.

It was too late for Wei Jiangxue to back out now. She “looked” around blankly and, under 233’s urging, gritted her teeth and desperately dove into Mi Ruian’s wardrobe. Fortunately, 233 swore it had cleared her scent so thoroughly that Mi Ruian could never identify her location by smell.

Wei Jiangxue listened with her heart in her throat as Mi Ruian walked to the perfume cabinet. With a creak, the cabinet door was pulled open, and the glass bottle was picked up by Mi Ruian.

According to 233’s real-time broadcast, Wei Jiangxue knew she had picked up the very bottle she had just placed there.

Then, a light clicking sound followed, breaking the abnormal silence.

A faint, breathy chuckle sounded outside the wardrobe, followed by two or three continuous “hisses.” That was Mi Ruian using the perfume Wei Jiangxue had swapped in. The cool scent of freesia seeped into the wardrobe through the slatted doors.

At this point, the notification chime for completing the task finally rang.

But Wei Jiangxue didn’t care about that. Outside the wardrobe were footsteps that made her soul scatter—Mi Ruian was only a single door apart from her.