The man who entered was none other than the Emperor of the Empire, Brixain.
Brixain's golden eyes gave a cursory glance at everyone and spotted a small figure between the tall statuettes of the alphas in the room.
His eyes glinted with mischief and he calmly accepted the salutes from this bunch of soon-to-be unlucky alphas.
"We greet the eternal sun of the Empire."
"All of you can relax, I'm just here to join in. Director Maine invited me as well, after all." It was puzzling to the Emperor how these usually sharp alphas neglected the presence of their omega sitting in a small corner.
Looking at the familiar faces of the alphas around, the corner of the Emperor's mouth can't help but twitch in delight and mockery.
'The day has finally come when these ruffians got their retribution!' Brixain happily sat in a seat where he could effortlessly see the whole place.
'These bastards are the type to give me big troubles back then in the academy. Hah. Let's see how this plays out.'
Even the scrunched face of his trusted aide, Troy, didn't deter the Emperor's good mood. It was as if he was waiting for a good play to start.
However, Brixain's good mood halted upon smelling the dominating pheromones in the room. He frowned and pinched his nose in repulsion.
It was a very well-known fact that alphas don't like smelling other alphas pheromones, the scale of 'don't like' grew to 'disgust' when it comes to dominating pheromones.
It just happened that there were 10 Dominant alphas in the room with stubborn personalities, each releasing dominating pheromones to suppress the others.
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Freya sat on her seat and felt a cold sweat trickle on her forehead and back. The atmosphere lightened up a little due to the Emperor's arrival, but after that, it became more bloody.
After a grueling 2-minute wait, a projector hologram appeared. A tall and handsome middle-aged man wearing a laboratory jacket materialized.
The attention of the handsome men and the Emperor became directed at the man.
"I'm sorry for the delay, Emperor Brixain, and the prestigious noblemen of our Empire." The middle-aged man apologetically bowed his head.
The Emperor graciously waved his hand to pardon the director but inside his heart, he was roaring: 'Damnit! Why didn't I come here in a holographic projection? I forgot due to my schadenfreude. Now I have to suffer the dominating pheromones of these bastards!'
"I apologize for appearing in a materialized state but as all of you know, though I'm a marked omega, the prestigious noblemen here in attendance are Dominant Alphas. Your dominating pheromones can make me go into heat in one sniff." Director Maine sighed.
"Without further ado, let me explain what happened." With a wave of his hand, Director Maine activated the holographic screens in the room.
"As all of you know, the Mating Test just happened three days ago, and all of you noblemen received...joyful news." Director Maine's tone became awkward at the stares directed at him.
"Ehem. And I feel that everybody here already knows the result. The ten noblemen here were paired to a single omega." Director Maine flicks his fingers and Freya's profile appears on the screens.
Freya awkwardly stared at her picture and the information data on the screen.
"It wasn't shocking that an omega can be matched with more than one alpha, but when a situation like that arises, the Mating Hall usually pairs the omega to the alpha with the highest percentage of matching pheromones. But the situation of the gentlemen here is unique. All of you matched to a single omega with a total of 100%, the very first in the history of our Mating Hall." Director Maine showed the dominant alphas the highest percentages of matches in the history of the Mating Hall.
"The highest match we ever discovered is 97% from 10 years ago. The Omega matched seven people. She was paired with her current partner and produced an excellent offspring, a Dominant Alpha. By the protocol, this is what usually happens. The Mating Hall is supposed to create a high percentage pair but because of the continuous 100% matches, the Mating Hall was forced to send messages to all of you, gentlemen." Director Maine looked at the emotionless faces of the men in front and steeled himself to continue.
"I and other Directors of the Mating Hall analyzed what happened and discovered that within Lady Freya Holsworth's blood, there is a mixed substance, her pheromones. Instead of being emitted, the accident that happened 10 years ago to Lady Freya led the pheromones to be mixed into her blood, resulting in higher percentages upon matching. We still don't know the process of how her pheromones mixed with her blood as we are still currently researching it." Director Maine then clapped, and all the screens vanished.
"The Mating Hall Directors have an urgent meeting about what to do about this matching problem and we have all agreed with the Mating Hall A. I that the sooner the gentlemen establish a bond with Lady Freya, the better it is."
When Maine's words ended, he felt goosebumps on his arms, feeling that even though he wasn't personally in front of the Dominant Alphas, their expression alone could intimidate him.
"Are you saying that I must share my mate with THEM?" Rin's vivid red eyes constricted in possessiveness as he pointed at the other Dominant Alphas. He finally had a mate but it just happened that he must share her with these annoying bugs. That's unacceptable.
"You talk as if we like this situation, Rin Waine." Deep purple eyes glared at the tanned man.
Collins loosened his tie in irritation. His dominating pheromones exploded, contending against Rin's.
"I have a question. Why do we all need to bond with her? Is there some reason?" Henry calmly raised his hand and asked. He was releasing his dominating pheromones to fend himself from the annoying pheromones of the others.
"Actually, about that, we are still finding out why the Mating Hall A. I recommended that and kept pushing for it. The preliminary reason we thought is that the different dominating pheromones you gentlemen had might have some effect on the pheromone mixed blood of Lady Freya. As for what reactions the mixed blood will have, it was still a mystery to us." Director Maine awkwardly explained.
Director Maine also wants to know why the Mating Hall AI, which has been operating for at least 540 years with accurate judgment, is so adamant about recommending Lady Freya to bond with all the 100% matches.