Gu Yan, the empire’s only S-rank mantis male, can slice through warships with his scythe blades, and his venom strikes fear across the stars.
On the battlefield, he finds a butterfly just emerged from its cocoon: a Queen Alexandra’s birdwing, a legendary royal long thought extinct. Its wings are icy blue, veined like a galaxy, and the beauty mark beneath its eye is enchantingly alluring.
The butterfly is delicate and spoiled, and can’t even drink its own nutrient solution. The whole empire laughs at Gu Yan for losing his head over a pretty good-for-nothing. Gu Yan can’t be bothered to explain: It’s my butterfly, and I’ll spoil it as much as I please.
Then pirates attack, and Gu Yan is surrounded. At the last possible moment, the butterfly that only ever pouts and bats its eyes slowly spreads its wings, freezing the entire enemy fleet into cosmic dust.
He turns back with a gentle smile. “The bad guys are gone. Don’t I get a kiss as a reward?”
Only then does Gu Yan realize he hasn’t picked up a pretty little thing, but a beloved ancestor. And ever since the moment it emerged from its cocoon, his scythe has been more than willing to sheath itself for him.
[Violet Crystal Venomous Mantis Warrior Top × Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing, Sweet but Secretly Dangerous Bottom]
[A power couple who dote on each other, monogamous and devoted, all sweetness]
[Reader’s Guide]
✅ Top’s perspective, satisfying and sweet throughout
✅ An unconventional insectoid setting, complete with pheromones, marking, and heat cycles
✅ They spoil each other, both wholeheartedly devoted
✅ A sweet-looking but secretly dangerous bottom, with secret identities revealed one by one
✅ No angst or melodrama, enjoy with peace of mind
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