(BL) Reborn as Lycan's Emperor's abandoned Beta concubine?!

Chapter 54: 54. Hidden origin story detected

AT THE SAME TIME

XAVIER

Nobody answered. The silence stretched across the banquet table, then footsteps approached from the corridor. Huan appeared. He stopped beside the table and immediately bowed.

"Your Majesties."He said calmly.

"What is it?"Lang Li looked toward him.

"I may have an explanation."Huan slowly raised his head.

"For what?"My stomach tightened.

"For how Prince Wei ended up in the Lycan kingdom in the first place."Huan glanced at the flute in my hands.

Everyone went silent again.

"You know something?"I stared at him.

"Not everything." Huan admitted. "But I found something while going through the old palace records."

"What records?"Zhao Rui leaned forward.

"Transportation and servant transfer records from nearly twenty years ago."Huan explained. "Being merchant allowed me to sort it as I also rather talented as my hobby, and it’s good way earn extra coin."

"Twenty years..."Lin Rui’s expression changed.

"One record mentions an unidentified child being brought across the border under a false identity."Huan nodded.

"Was it me?"My fingers tightened around the flute.

"We don’t know for certain." Huan looked at me. "But the timing matches."

"Where was the child taken?"Song Hue suddenly stood.

"Eventually?"Huan hesitated. His eyes shifted toward Lang Li. "To the Lycan imperial palace."

The entire room froze as I slowly turned toward Lang Li.

"What?"I asked.

Lang Li’s expression became serious.

"The strange part is that the records don’t identify the child as a royal hostage."Huan continued.

"Then what was he?" Madam Qiao asked.

"A Beta servant."Huan swallowed.

"A servant?"My heart dropped.

"Yes." Huan looked uncomfortable. "And later, that same unidentified Beta was transferred into the imperial household."

"Concubine records."Lang Li’s eyes narrowed.

"Exactly."Huan nodded.

I stared at the table. So Wei hadn’t simply wandered into the Lycan kingdom, someone had brought him there, someone had erased his identity, and somehow, that had eventually led to him becoming Lang Li’s forgotten Beta concubine.

"Someone deliberately separated him from the Blood Moon Empire."Song Hue’s expression darkened.

"And whoever did it may have intended for him to remain hidden forever."Huan nodded.

I looked down at the flute. The melody suddenly felt different in my hands.

"What happened after he arrived?"I asked.

"That’s what we’re still trying to uncover."Huan shook his head.

"Ding."Then the system flickered. "Hidden origin route detected."

"Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me."I stared at the notification.

"What?"Huan blinked.

"Nothing." I closed the system window.

But one thought refused to leave my mind. Maybe becoming Lang Li’s concubine hadn’t been an accident, maybe someone had planned it from the beginning. The moment Huan finished speaking, another memory slammed into me. Red. Endless fields of red roses surrounded a beautiful imperial garden. I was smaller, much smaller. A little hand was holding mine, Song Hue. I could not see his face clearly, but I knew him, he was laughing. Then the memory changed as someone grabbed me. Hard. My hand slipped from Song Hue’s.

"Wait!" I screamed.

Song Hue reached for me, but someone pulled me away through the rose garden. The memory shattered. I gasped and grabbed the table.

"Xavier!" Lin Rui immediately stood.

I looked toward Song Hue, he was staring at me with a pale expression.

"I remember."I said.

"The roses..."His eyes widened as Song Hue whispered.

"I think... I was chosen as your mate."I swallowed.

The entire banquet hall fell silent, then footsteps approached. Mei Lin appeared with Han Jin beside her.

"What happened?" She immediately noticed my expression.

"I remembered."I stared at her.

"What?"Her face changed.

"I think I was supposed to be Song Hue’s mate."I said quietly.

Mei Lin went completely still, Han Jin looked between us.

"Then it’s time I told you everything."Then Mei Lin slowly sighed.

"Everything?"I frowned.

"I already told you that I’m a reincarnator."She nodded.

"I know."I said.

"And you already know you’re Xavier."She said.

I nodded.

"But there’s something I didn’t tell everyone."Mei Lin squeezed Han Jin’s hand.

"I remember the unfinished version of the original novel."She looked around the room.

"The unfinished version?"My stomach tightened.

"Yes." She looked directly at me. "In that version, Wei was never supposed to become Lang Li’s concubine."

"What?"Lang Li’s expression darkened.

"The story originally followed Song Hue and Wei. Wei was chosen as Song Hue’s mate when they were young. Then Wei disappeared."Mei Lin continued carefully.

"And after that?"My heart pounded.

"That was where the published story changed." She glanced at Han Jin. "I became the female lead in the version everyone knew."

"But you said you were supposed to love Lang Li."I stared at her.

"I was." She nodded. "That was the rewritten plot."

Silence.

"I have slowly realized something."Mei Lin took a breath.

"What?"I asked.

"Our world isn’t following one story anymore." She looked toward me. "It’s combining both."

"The unfinished plot where Wei belongs with Song Hue..."My blood ran cold.

"And the completed plot where I was supposed to become connected to Lang Li."She glanced toward Lang Li.

"But we changed our roles."Then she looked at Han Jin.

"She chose me instead."Han Jin smiled faintly.

"And you changed too."Mei Lin nodded.

"So that’s why everything feels wrong."I looked down at my hands.

"Exactly." Mei Lin’s expression became serious. "The original unfinished story and the published novel are merging together."

"Ding. Dual narrative convergence detected."The system flickered.

I stared at the notification.

"Looks like the system agrees."Mei Lin slowly smiled.

"That’s the last thing I wanted to hear."I groaned.

Song Hue stepped closer, his gaze remained fixed on me.

"And if the stories are merging..."He began.

"What?" I looked at him.

"Then the person who took you away may still be part of this story."He finished quietly,

My smile disappeared, because suddenly, finding out who separated us wasn’t just about recovering Wei’s memories anymore. It might determine which version of our entire world survived.

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