Powerful Dragon Alpha Chapter 39: Differentiation

Chapter 39: Differentiation

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Mimosa

It was the fruit that he had eaten that had given him a stomach ache. 

However, it was not so serious.

Ming Huan was a little distracted during the differentiation period, and he didn’t keep an eye on it, so something went wrong.

Yu Hanzhou began to regret that he cut so much for him at one time.

What’s worse was that the overhead lights started to flicker, just like the day of Ming Huan’s differentiation.

What also happened was that there were locks on his room – although Ming Huan had the authority to open the doors in the mansion, only Yu Hanzhou’s bedroom and the room at the end of the second floor were not authorized.

However, just now, Ming Huan pushed open the door of his room.

This meant that Ming Huan was in physical distress, triggering a small riot of mental energy.

It was too late for Yu Hanzhou to fly the enclosed craft, so he flew the small leap fighter out of the mansion directly. He asked Officer Lin to open the shield of the branch’s main building first, and he prepared to leap over directly.

After carrying Ming Huan to the warplane, the buttons on the console quickly and automatically adjusted the leap operation. It was debugged in a flash to achieve accurate and suitable positioning.

A small rift quickly opened in the basement of the residence, and the rift broke open over the hospital before it quickly closed. Half a second later, a gust of wind wrapped around the fighter plane from the sky and steadily parked it on the top floor of the hospital.

From a distance, Officer Lin was still watching this amazing scene from a small flying machine.

‘–Such a short distance, the Admiral actually held Ming Huan while starting the leap fighter, and the landing position was so precise.’

Officer Lin was not that much faster, because after the craft drove closer, he found the admiral trying to open the door of the fighter to carry the man down.

The fighter went into Level 1 alert mode.

The admiral unlocked the alert mode, and the fighter opened again as it was unlocked.

No one touched the console, but the fighter kept switching modes.

It was the cub.

He was unconsciously controlling the fighter without a sense of security, not letting it turn on.

Officer Lin worked in the technical institute for more than 60 years before following Yu Hanzhou. He probably knew what SSS-Level mental energy and the white feathered dragon species meant. When he saw it with his own eyes, he still felt that the collision of the two mental energies, even if the hedge shield had been opened, was still struggle to stabilize the wind speed.

In such a small mental energy storm, his small craft could not easily approach the roof of the hospital. He could only wait for a while at a little distance.

Finally, he waited until Admiral Yu controlled the small young dragon’s mental energy by temporarily suppressing it and then opened the warplane hatch.

The Admiral came down with the little one in his arms with a blue face, and supposedly the delay was more annoying to him as such a look on his face was not common.

He could also clearly see the dark gray horns on Ming Huan’s forehead and the long, thin dragon’s tail coiled around Yu Hanzhou’s wrist.

In the end, he was able to land on the roof of the hospital. Officer Lin was doing the closing work for the admiral, while strengthening the shielding and protective equipment near the hospital to be as foolproof as possible.

An omega in the differentiation period would be vulnerable.

‘But this was also -’

‘too delicate.’

Why was the mental energy powerful enough to easily operate mecha leap, and the SSS Level dragon cub didn’t even become unconscious after controlling the fighter….but….

The SSS Level dragon cub fainted from abdominal pain from eating a melon!

The admiral took long-legged strides while holding the little dragon all the way into the high-speed elevator to the isolation ward prepared in advance, and Ming Huan’s butterfly bone showed a little wing.

The little dragon gave an unconscious struggle, and the nurses simply could not let him quietly inhale the sedative.

When the dean hurried over, the entire floor of the vacant extra large VIP ward was smashed to bits, and the baby dragon’s wings were still fluttering unconsciously, setting off another hurricane that shattered the glass.

“Did he pass out?”

“Yes.” Yu Hanzhou did not dare to directly invade his mental energy suppression, only slowed down a few riots.

“What about him? Is it a stomach ache?”

“It should be, he ate too much fresh fruit….”

“His mental energy riot is because he is in too much pain. Young omegas can not tolerate pain, plus he lost consciousness and can not control his mental energy, producing unconscious riots. Now do not give him inhalation sedatives, we need to awaken his consciousness!” The dean called off the nurses next to him and told them to withdraw a little distance away.

Yu Hanzhou knew that later on in the period of differentiation, more attention should be paid to Ming Huan’s physical condition as well as his physical state.

Otherwise, once the mental energy riot occurs, it would be an extremely dangerous thing.

Ming Huan was originally emotionally overstimulated which triggered his early differentiation. For an omega dragon like him, he should be a little more careful and a little more cautious.

“Ming Huan, Ming Huan!” Yu Hanzhou forcibly suppressed his mental energy that caused Ming Huan subconscious resistance..

Fortunately, Ming Huan gradually regained a little consciousness under Yu Hanzhou’s voice.

“Ming Huan, Ming Huan….”

“You relax a little, I need to invade your mental energy, to help you suppress the riot.” Yu Hanzhou moved closer and instructed in a recognizable manner in his ear, “Don’t resist, be obedient.”

Ming Huan felt like an ice needle was suddenly inserted into his head. The deeper it was, the more obvious was the feeling of being invaded. However, he heard Yu Hanzhou say that he should not resist and be obedient.

The mental energy riot was suppressed little by little.

The hurricane that had been whistling in the ward finally subsided.

Ming Huan’s wings and tail also retracted, leaving only a pair of tiny horns on top of his head.

At last, it was calm.

The dean touched the sweat on his forehead and looked at the teenager who could finally, “Fortunately he trusts you very much, otherwise this time, there would have definitely been more trouble.”

“Remember that our side suggested that he should be more careful with his diet. You can not give him too much fruits and vegetables, the diet must be meat-based….” The dean let the nurse push the quiet little dragon first to do a physical examination before he looked at Yu Hanzhou, “Admiral Yu, if you are affected by pheromone too much, our side recommends that you don’t continue to raise this omega young dragon for the next ten days.”

“No, I’m not affected by pheromones.” Yu Hanzhou rubbed his eyebrows, “I’ve been using the special effects inhibitor every day.”

“What?!” Dean closed the packet of information in his hand, “This is even worse! Special effects inhibitors cause too much damage to your mental energy. Admiral, please consider temporarily handing over this omega dragon to our hospital to take care of in your place. We will definitely do our best to not make a mistake. Continue to keep him at your side if you are reluctant.”

The dean knew.

This was not only the little dragon that the admiral raised, but also his future mate.

Any high-level alpha dragon would not want their mate to be surrendered.

However, the hell portion of it was that this hatchling had not yet finished differentiating.

Later his mental energy would only get stronger and stronger, and the pheromone concentration would get higher and higher.

The dean wanted to say something but stopped.

‘You feed too much melon a few more times like this, then this will trigger a few more such riots. I’m afraid that with ten days left of his differentiation period, he will end up losing half of his life.’

Yu Hanzhou shook his head, “If he has a mental energy riot, you can not suppress it.”

‘However…. This also made sense.’

Although, it did not look like a good relationship with the time that this little dragon had been with the admiral. He was even treated as an alpha for the previous three years.

Half a month ago, the admiral made him angry enough to differentiate.

Now he was being fed too much fruits and vegetables, triggering a small mental energy riot due to unbearable pain.

But–

He subconsciously trusted the admiral.

He trusted him so much that he was willing to control himself again and again not engage in the mental energy backlash, allowing the admiral to constantly suppress his mental energy.

This kind of mental energy sovereignty concession for high-level dragons, was like handing over your life to others.

If the young dragon was not so trusting to the admiral that he easily acquiesced to his mental energy invasion, then the SSS-Level omega dragon’s mental energy riot would be too much for the doctors.

The empty hospital ward was quiet.

The moonlight stretched out Yu Hanzhou’s shadow.

Once the mental energy riot was resolved, this became a simple gastrointestinal consultation.

After giving Ming Huan a little medicine and another injection, Ming Huan started to get up in the early hours of the morning. He got up in a daze, hugging the toilet and throwing up three times as he dumped out all the food that his intestines could not absorb. Finally, there was nothing at all, so he fell asleep again with two injections of nutrients and sedatives.

Within a short day, Ming Huan’s cheeks were hollow as they had sunken a little. This was the second time that Yu Hanzhou had caused Ming Huan to be hospitalized because of a mistake.

Although Ming Huan was already more than three years old, his appearance was young as he was not tall but also extra thin. Once he got sick again, the dragon was even lighter, and was like a few feathers in his arms.

Yu Hanzhou silently guarded the ward. His irritation caused all of the nurses to be scared away. It was him who did not raise this little hatchling dragon well. Whether as a [guardian], or as a [match]. Shu Yun came over to see Ming Huan once and reassured the admiral that there was nothing wrong when he woke up. However, to be safe, he was hospitalized for two days for observation.

When Ming Huan woke up that night, Yu Hanzhou was next to him. The empty ward was so quiet that he could hear the wind raging outside.

“Yu Hanzhou, aren’t you going to sleep?” Ming Huan’s voice had not yet recovered as it had a little hoarseness.

“No. Your stomach, does it still hurt?”

Ming Huan grunted and nodded his head. The air was devoid of the familiar incense and the slowly falling ginkgo leaves as well as the little hand-made bear doll that he slept with every day for the last few days. Ming Huan could only bury his head in the blanket. The corner of the quilt was bunched into a ball and held in his arms.

Yu Hanzhou looked at Ming Huan’s pale face and suddenly asked, “Ming Huan, your differentiation period still has eight days left. You’ll live in the hospital to let the doctors take care of you, or….”

A hand stretched out of the comforter, grabbing the corner of Yu Hanzhou’s clothes. The little dragon’s palm was not large, and his pink and white nails scratched Yu Hanzhou’s clothes. Since it was too sharp, it even cut two tears.

The little dragon seemed to feel that his throat was itchy, and his voice released a lighter tone that was soft as silky satin, “I do not want to live in the hospital.”

In the darkness, the admiral breathed slightly. The young dragon’s voice was still a little weak, but there was no hesitation in those pretty honey jar-like pupils. His fingertips reached out with long curved nails, hooked Yu Hanzhou’s sleeve, and brought his broad hand to his own.

He used the tip of his horns to gently rub his cold palm.

“Yu Hanzhou, let’s go home.”

***

Ming Huan was classified by Yu Hanzhou to have a follow-up to the “leapfrog incident” because of his illness. The classes that he needed to take at the military academy were all canceled, and even the ones that could be taught in the virtual classroom were postponed by Yu Hanzhou.

He was completely and utterly kept in the residence like a protected animal.

Yu Hanzhou’s control over him was even stricter, forbidding him to go out anymore and forbidding him to eat anything.

Ming Huan’s cheeks, which had been slimmed down after an illness, were restored in just three days.

Not only that, because of the intense growth of his body, Ming Huan’s body would itch every night when he fell asleep.

Yu Hanzhou rubbed special cream over him two or three times a day in order to ensure the quality of his deep sleep.

Due to this, Yu Hanzhou completely stopped going to the Military Department in recent days. He stayed with Ming Huan every night. In the last few days, Yu Hanzhou was not very suitable to accompany Ming Huan.

This was because Dean Shu had warned him that Ming Huan’s pheromone concentration had exceeded 80%.

For an [absolute match], this concentration was quite dangerous. Once the isolate loses its effectiveness, it might make the alpha simply lose their mind and mark the omega forcibly.

On Dean Shu’s advice, Yu Hanzhou had to temporarily move out of his house during the last seven days of the differentiation period.

Ming Huan discovered how fast hatchlings grew – in just seven days, he grew a full five or six centimeters taller under the uncompromising diet.

Ming Huan went from looking like a young teenager of about fifteen years old to a human of about twenty years old.

It seems that in a short period of less than a month of differentiation, he had gone through four or five years of human adolescence.

Shu Yun once again came to see Ming Huan in the admiral’s residence to do some routine checks on him instead of his father.

“Pheromone concentration, 98%.”

He should soon completely differentiate.

“Ming Huan.” Shu Yun sat on the edge of the bed, and Ming Huan’s pajamas were significantly shorter – although the last one that Yu Hanzhou bought him was one size larger, but he now needed two or three sizes larger.

The sleeves did not cover his wrists, and his pant legs did not cover his ankles.

It seems that when he completely differentiated, Yu Hanzhou would have to spend money and buy him new clothes.

‘Ah no.’

‘After differentiation, Yu Hanzhou’s [custody] expires completely, right?’

The last time that he got sick, he also spent a lot of money. This time of differentiation, he would even directly drive Yu Hanzhou out of his home, leaving him alone to occupy the nest – this was too exaggerated.

“A word for you.”

“What?”

“When the pheromone concentration reaches 100%, you will complete the differentiation. Then you will usher in the first estrus, this estrus and the small fevers previously are different. At that time, it will be extremely difficult for you, more painful than every injury you have experienced since you broke your shell…. ” Shu Yun’s words were gentle. “But, fortunately, you have a highly matched alpha.”

Ming Huan flinched abruptly.

“Admiral Yu has intercepted the message, and that alpha does not know. You now face two choices. Be temporarily marked, or, use a soothing agent.”

“Temporarily… marked?” Ming Huan hesitantly asked. The original text indicated that the protagonist was an alpha, and did not describe in detail how an omega would differentiate. He was not sure whether his differentiation in this world and temporary mark and the original world were the same, “What do you mean, temporary mark?”

“It’s to let that alpha take a bite of your gland and inject his pheromone.”

Ming Huan jumped in shock and immediately denied, “No, then he’ll know who I am.”

“It’s okay to take it needle injection style without him finding out the identity.” Shu Yun considered and explained about the soothing agent as well, “As for the soothing agent, it is a kind of medicine made by using that alpha pheromone to relieve your symptoms of estrus. A soothing agent can only solve 60% to 80% of your symptoms. But the temporary marker can make you painless and for at least six months, you will not actively usher in estrus once again. But temporary marking carries a huge risk. In the temporary marking process, you may face serious mental energy riot problems.”

Ming Huan ] didn’t understand. He didn’t seem to understand why he was making this choice now, and subconsciously looked toward the door and asked, “Where’s Yu Hanzhou? He, did he give this advice? Why is he not here these days?”

Shu Yun patiently explained, “Because he is an alpha and had to move out these days to avoid your estrus.”

“But he’s not matched with any omega, he had less than a 10% match with any omega, in this case, it’s an estrus….”

“You are an omega, he is an alpha. At this particular time, regardless of the match, you are not suitable to be together.” Shu Yun unexpectedly found out from Ming Huan’s subconscious questioning statement that Ming Huan’s dependence on Yu Hanzhou was much higher than a mate.

He was an omega, and he was an alpha.

Ming Huan realized that he had never faced up to the issue of his gender difference with Yu Hanzhou, who was an alpha. However,he had been with Yu Hanzhou throughout his entire period of differentiation, and his pheromone concentration was not low the entire time….

‘Ah.’

Yu Hanzhou’s body carried a strong smell of an inhibitor all this time.

Even if the match was low, his pheromone was an omega pheromone so it would always have an impact.

Ming Huan opened the terminal and found that a message had just come from above.

[Don’t be afraid.]

It was sent by Yu Hanzhou.

[Choose what you want.]

In the master bedroom, the sunlight penetrated through the white curtain and was cast on the floor.

The young man, who had not yet lost his youthfulness, lay on the snow-white bed, with a long but lean figure.

“I want to talk to him.”

Ming Huan looked at the two lines of words indifferently.

Shu Yun nodded, “Of course you can, but you have to choose quickly. Maybe after dark, you will welcome the final differentiation.”

Ming Huan requested Yu Hanzhou’s terminal to connect to the call, and the voice was connected almost instantly.

Yu Hanzhou’s voice reached directly into his mind, inaudible to Shu Yun in front of him.

“Thank you for helping to intercept.” Ming Huan whispered, “The doctor said, said tonight would be the final differentiation….”

“Mn.”

“Have you been busy the past two days?”

“Fine.” The voice there seemed excessively calm, so calm that there was no ripple or even a slight dip.

This kind of tone made Ming Huan suddenly realize, after completely differentiating, he would have nothing to do with Yu Hanzhou. He would live alone in this world as an adult dragon. 

‘Although Yu Hanzhou proposed to continue to live together, that kind of verbal agreement, as long as the boredom occurred, could be changed at will, right?’

The silhouette of the dragon was handsome, and the jawline was clearly defined. His long eyelashes were like crow feathers, covering the pupils of his bright and translucent eyes.

“You, where are you?”

“Even if I don’t want to see you, you don’t want to see me?”

“Now…. Not so convenient.”

‘Oh, yes.’

‘He had already delayed too much in the Military Department for the previous half month or so to take care of him, right?’

He must be too busy these days to make up for his leave. The country’s important matters, compared to his differentiation, were certainly more important, not to mention with the doctor here, and the first star hospital’s best few doctors waiting downstairs.

Yu Hanzhou was not a doctor, and if he came, he’d be useless.

Ming Huan knew this, but he suddenly felt a little aggrieved.

Although Yu Hanzhou was busy, he didn’t hang up on him.

“Then– Then what should I choose, a temporary marker or a soothing agent?”

‘Ah. He was asking him. He couldn’t answer such a question even if he asked an alpha, right?’

However, Yu Hanzhou would tell him. Yu Hanzhou would always give him some advice. Since those suggestions were forced, he was very upset.

However, due to the differentiation period’s emotional instability for omegas, he couldn’t decide. 

Instead, Ming Huan now seemed to need this kind of advice.

“You choose yourself.”

There was a long silence, and his voice seemed to be excessively thin with a little tired raspiness.