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He mocked the omegaverse. Now he’s living it—with a baby on the way.

Souta Tachibana was just your average, overworked office drone—until his BL-obsessed coworker introduced him to a trashy omegaverse romance novel. Curious (and a little horrified), Souta read it for laughs. But then he died in an accident.

Now, he wakes up in the body of Lucien d’Armoire, a minor noble in the empire of Aetheria. No plot relevance. No destined lovers. Just a quiet, boring life as a background beta.

Until one morning, he throws up into a chamber pot… and his doctor says something unthinkable:

“Baron d’Armoire, you’re pregnant.”

Which is impossible.
Because he's male.
And straight!
And because Betas can’t get pregnant.
…Right?

Except Lucien is no Beta. He’s a rare male Omega. Apparently, during one reckless, drunken night, Lucien slept with an Alpha. Now he's pregnant, confused, and definitely not ready to be a father. To make matters worse—he doesn’t even know who the father is.

The Omega Who Wasn’t Supposed to Exist

[Imperial Palace – East Garden / Thirty Minutes and Seven Pastries Later]

Lucien had just devoured his second lemon tart. Seraphina was slowly dismantling a biscuit like it had personally insulted her lineage.

She was sipping her tea with the calm grace of a woman who knew her schemes were genius and her hair immaculate.

The silverware sparkled ominously.

And the air—the air thickened with the weight of suspense. It was the kind of atmosphere that warned, Something scandalous this way comes.

And then—Footsteps.

A young knight stepped into the garden, armor gleaming like a diplomatic mirror ball, eyes wide with the kind of nervousness only royalty, pregnancy, and dangerous gossip could inspire.

He bowed low, nearly dropping his scroll. "G-Greetings, Empress."

The Taste of Secrets & the Price of Silence