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- 451 A Northeastern Tough Guy Reincarnates as an Alpha 东北爷们儿穿成Alpha An Alpha who spoils his wife with the warmth of frozen pears from Northeast China & a cool, career-focused Omega 1 Xu Tianhe is a tough-as-nails Northeasterner. One morning, he wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated into an ABO world. The good news: he’s an Alpha, and he has a beautiful wife. The bad news: his predecessor was a scumbag who lived off his wife and made her life miserable. Xu Tianhe: (cursing furiously.jpg) 2 After falling in love with Cheng Nian at first sight, Xu T 13.2kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
- 452 EN Seriously, What Alpha Eats Little Cakes? 离谱，谁家Alpha吃小蛋糕啊 [This book has been acquired for publication. Tap the author’s profile for more details] [Two powerful leads + chasing his lover + scheming + intense romantic tension + ABO] Ji Chi was a top-tier Alpha, the son of Jiangcheng’s richest man and a born favorite of fortune. Everyone assumed he would marry an Omega from an equally powerful family. He thought so too. That was before this top-tier Alpha started avoiding an Omega with no pheromones day after day. Things took a strange turn. Friend 1: “Y 41.5kReads9.6Score5.3kShelves
- 453 The School Bully’s Young Alpha Master Has Been Won Over 校霸小少爷alpha被攻略了 [Two Male Leads + EABO + Original Worldbuilding + Two Powerful Leads + Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger] [Proud Schoolyard Alpha King VS Scheming, Green-Tea Enigma] An EA romance, super sweet with no angst or contrived drama, and they dote on each other. Ye Chengwei, the sole heir to the Ye Group, was an alpha. He had never doubted that he would differentiate into a powerful alpha. When Ye Chengwei met Ning Xingzhi as a child, he thought he was a cute little girl. When they met again as adults, 5.4kReads9.4Score986Shelves
- 454 Unbridled 脱缰 [Dual Male Leads] [Fake Death Story] [Manga Adaptation and Publishing Rights Signed; Print Edition Now Available] In Qi Zhen's eyes, Lin Shouyan is a silly little colt who has broken free of his reins, utterly sincere and devoted to him with all his heart. Qi Zhen falls for him quickly. But in Lin Shouyan's eyes, Qi Zhen is a fool playing the part Lin Shouyan made up for him, dragged down from his lofty pedestal and forced to teach himself, while Lin Shouyan has to personally teach his wife all 43.7kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves
- 455 After Picking Up a Mad Villain, the Cannon Fodder Keeps Trying to Save Himself 捡了疯批反派后，炮灰总想自救 [Dual Male Leads, Transmigrated into a Comic, Two Powerful Leads, A Little Funny, Villain] A scheming, unhinged yandere villain who seems sweet but is secretly dark, with a love-struck puppy-dog side, falls for a fiercely protective, doting, powerful, universally adored top. [Modern setting in an alternate world] Xu Chi transmigrates into a comic and, without really knowing what he’s doing, takes home an unbelievably pretty boy. Only when his memories come back does he realize that the boy he pi 30kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
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After Transmigrating into a Washed-Up Celebrity, I Can’t Hide My Charm 穿成糊咖后，万人迷属性藏不住了
[Entertainment Industry + Two Male Leads + Everyone’s Favorite + System + Lighthearted + Love Rival Showdown] Chu Yanzhou is bound to the [Low-Profile Survival System] and transmigrates into the body of a nobody in the entertainment industry, ranked 360th-tier. System: Host, please stick to your invisible persona. Play your corpse well and make sure you get your boxed lunch! Chu Yanzhou: No problem! Lying flat is what I do best! He diligently plays dead and serves as a background extra, wishing
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Tricking an Evil God into Being My Husband—That's Fair Game, Right? 开局骗个邪神当老公，不过分吧？
[Infinite-flow + two male leads + strong leads + cool-headed, rational beauty as the bottom x an evil god who rejects it, then comes back for more] 1v1, both pure When he held the blade to his throat, Li Xian wasn’t afraid. When he opened his eyes again in an infinite world where survival was almost impossible, Li Xian wasn’t surprised. When he learned he had to play the role of a bride, Li Xian paused in confusion, then calmly accepted it. But when he heard what his skill was, he finally lost h
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Rivalry Road Couple 对抗路夫夫
Rivals-to-lovers who spoil each other + mutually exclusive devotion and first love for both + blunt, direct flirting + HE + 1v1 + moderately sweet Character setup: a poor boy and a rich young master What happens when two stubborn hopeless romantics fall in love? Come see their unconventional college life in this original setting. Mu Nansang comes from a farming family at the bottom of Zhongjing City’s social ladder. His family is so poor they can barely afford to send him to school, but he’s han
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Embrace the Gods and Share This Life 拥抱神明，共赴此生
Embrace the divine and journey through this life together.
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- 460 [BL] A Match Made in Hell 【双男】天打雷劈的恶人夫夫 [BL] A Villainous Couple Destined to Be Struck by Lightning 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 461 Dual Male Leads: What?! Why Is My Childhood Friend Like This?! 【双男】惊！！我发小为何这样！ [BL] What?! Why Is My Childhood Friend Like This?! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 462 A Beauty with a Crippled Spirit Root? She's Actually the Sect's Beloved, Irresistible Darling 废灵根美人？实乃宗门团宠万人迷 Newly launched Two male leads cultivating immortality + beloved by all + power-up wish fulfillment + sweet romance + devoted couple [Straightforward, gentle white-haired, blue-eyed beauty, the bottom x Sharp-tongued, adoring, looks-obsessed god with a mind full of romance-novel plots, the top] Sacrifice yourself to Heaven, and your magic knows no bounds. But why is this “magic” like that? Still, Shen Qiyun is a grateful sort. If this “magic” lets him repay a debt and grow stronger, why not? T 7.4kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
- 463 After Transmigrating, I Level Up in the Cultivation World by Taking Beatings 穿越后我在修仙界靠挨打升级 After Transmigrating, I Level Up in the Cultivation World by Getting Beaten 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 464 [BL] 108 Ways to Save the Son of Fortune 【双男】拯救气运之子的108式 [Male-Male] 108 Ways to Save the Child of Fortune —Reads—Score—Shelves
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What Do You Do When the Script Goes Off the Rails? 剧本乱了怎么搞
Through one careless mishap, Qin Mo transmigrates into the role of the heroine’s devoted doormat and feels the author’s deep-seated malice. While doing everything he can to avoid becoming cannon fodder, he decides to hurry the plot along and get back to the real world as soon as possible! Lying or putting on an act, it’s all fine by him! Until one day, he gets drunk and makes a scene, gets into trouble with the male lead, and receives a trial pass to experience life as the heroine. From then on,
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Why Does the Cool, Composed Commander Cry at the Slightest Touch? 清冷指挥官怎么一碰就哭？
Plot-Driven / Urban / Younger Man / Sweet Romance / Ensemble Cast Gentle, obsessive, roguish bad boy × Cool, withdrawn, sickly beauty In 2055, mechanical flesh-and-blood creatures known as “beasts” invade the human world, bringing it to the brink of collapse. To fight back, humanity's cyborg technology has become highly advanced. Yet Zhao Yingquan, chief commander of the Public Security Bureau, is framed and demoted to leading a rookie squad. But why is there a delinquent named Ouyang Jingying i
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Special Forces Soldier Enters the Esports World, and the Captain Has His Eye on Me 特种兵穿电竞，我被队长盯上了
The rating just came out, and this is only the initial score. It'll keep rising! Yi Shuo, former commander of a national special forces unit, died heroically during a peacekeeping mission. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to a parallel world and become a boy with the same name, scraping by through livestreaming the game Eternal Night while struggling to pay his grandmother's medical bills. In this world, countries compete for dominance through Eternal Night VR tournaments, the equi
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- 468 Reunion of Top-Tier Stars: The Movie Emperors Took Their Fake Romance for Real 顶流重逢：影帝他们假戏真做了 Triple Gold Best Actor Yan Shiyu has been in the industry for five years, with no kissing scenes and no dating rumors. His contract spells it out in black and white: no intimate physical contact of any kind. Top-tier star Xi Run is a household name, with over a hundred million fans. His agent has warned everyone: anyone who makes him shoot an intimate scene will be blacklisted. The whole internet thought these two icebergs would never cross paths, until a two-male-lead film called Melting Fire w 595Reads—Score118Shelves
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The Love and Hate of Two Mosquito Coils 两盘电蚊香的爱恨情仇
[Two male leads + System + instances + wild imagination + pure love + both virgins] Hotheaded, sharp-tongued attack × aloof, teasing receiver. Lin Ye is unexpectedly pulled into an instance world, where he meets Shen Yi. This NPC is a little different. What kind of NPC risks his life to protect a player? When Shen Yi finally dissolves into streams of data in Lin Ye’s arms, Lin Ye makes a decision: he’ll stay in the instance world. With every new world he enters, the System erases his memories. H
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- 470 The Streamer I Fan Over Is Actually Married to the Movie Emperor! 我粉的主包竟然和影帝结婚了！ By day, Lin Luwan is the principal dancer of a dance company in City A, an elf onstage whose every move exudes breathtaking grace and beauty. By night, he is the well-known gaming streamer “Little Deer Eats No Grass,” winning countless fans with his elegant hands and clear, gentle voice. No one knows that this streamer, who never shows his face, has been married for four years. His spouse is none other than the aloof, distinguished Song, the Movie Emperor, who keeps everyone at arm’s length on s 1.2kReads6.6Score188Shelves
- 471 He Swore: Alliance Members Don't Lie to Alliance Members 他发誓，联盟人不骗联盟人 [Interstellar + two male leads] [Slow burn + extensive original worldbuilding] Wen Chao (zhao), the powerful fighter who takes the bottom role × Ruan Jiang Sui, the beauty who takes the top role Long afterward, someone once asked Wen Chao, “If you had the chance to return to the past, when would you want to go back to?” Wen Chao shook his head. “I have no desire to return to the past.” There are too many regrets in this world, and some things cannot be forced. The person paused, then asked, “Th 541Reads9.2Score102Shelves
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The Day I Left My Master, I Banged My Head and Killed My Entire Family 出师当天，我一头磕死满院亲人
A yellow weasel weeps at a grave, a dead woman gives birth. A sinister, uncanny world of curse magic unfolds...
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Reborn: Addicted to My CEO Husband's Mark 重生：总裁老公标记成瘾
[ABO | Two Male Leads | Marriage First, Love Later | Selfish and Self-Serving | Scumbag | Two Powerful Leads | Proceed with Caution if You Favor Either Lead | Wife-Chasing Crematorium | Top's POV] [Cold, Controlling Alpha Top x Cool Omega Bottom Who Suddenly Presents as S-Rank] In his previous life, Shen Zhao was betrothed to the younger son of the Gu family, and his days passed quietly without incident. Reborn, he already knows about the shocking twist awaiting them on the day of the final pr
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Help! I'm Afraid of Snakes 救命！我怕蛇
[Dual Male Leads] [Both Chaste, Sweet Romance] Pet shop owner Xian Zhouzhui loves fluffy little animals! But one day, a friend moving abroad left a pet snake at his shop. And it was a venomous snake! "Such an adorable little snake. You have to take reeeally good care of him, okay?" "What's so adorable about it!" Xian Zhou flew into a rage. That night, Si Zhumian, now in human form, cornered the pet shop owner. "Tell me! What exactly isn't adorable about me?!"
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- 475 The Villain Insists on Playing Nice 恶人偏偏爱装乖 [Dual Male Leads | Pathological and Unhinged | One-on-One Ending | All Villains | Everyone's Favorite | Seme Is Pure in Body and Mind | Uke Is a Player | Love Triangle Chaos] From the start: his own father sent him to Duan Jiyan's bed. Shen Youbai is an absolute villain: absolutely selfish, absolutely stubborn, and absolutely heartless. He's vain and afraid of death, and loves being fawned over, but he's never truly let anyone into his heart. When someone loves him, the first thing he does is 11Reads—Score140Shelves
- 476 I’m a Dragon, but I’m Really Not a Villain 是龙，但真不是反派 [Two male leads + Western Fantasy + Gourmet] [Dragon bottom and archmage top] [Apparently, sweet romance can be found amid a leisurely farming life] Xie Wen died. He died in a car accident. When he woke up, he had been reborn as an evil dragon in a Western Fantasy world. That well-behaved, sensible nephew standing in front of him looked just like a dragon slayer! No, don’t! I’m a good dragon. I mean, I’m a harmless dragon… But, nephew, why is the way you look at me getting stranger and stranger… 665Reads7.5Score105Shelves
- 477 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Male Lead Thinks the Male Lead Is Sick Again Today 快穿：男配今天也觉得男主有病 4kReads—Score340Shelves
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The Unhinged Tycoon Imprisons His Canary and Turns Him Into a Little Ancestor 疯批大佬把金丝雀囚成小祖宗了
[One-on-one romance, two male leads + reborn + both untouched + showbiz] [Unhinged movie emperor VS genius singer-songwriter] The new novel, The Gentle Military Governor’s Madcap Eldest Young Master, is now being serialized!~~ Gu Tanwei is reborn on the night before learning that his scumbag boyfriend plans to marry the daughter of an entertainment company owner. At a bar, a customer hits him with a liquor bottle, leaving him unconscious. In his previous life, his scumbag boyfriend emotionally
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The Campus Heartthrob Is My Nemesis? One Flirt and He's Asking to Date Online 校草死对头？怎么一勾就要网恋啊
[Male-male romance / university setting, all characters are adults / turning a straight man gay / online romance, hidden identity revealed / enemies to lovers] · Fu Xu and Shen Zhili used to be best friends. Now they can’t stand each other. After falling out with Shen Zhili, Fu Xu makes a female account and starts dating him. Good news: They get together. Bad news: Fu Xu gets bored. · Before Fu Xu can break up with Shen Zhili, he moves into Shen Zhili’s dorm. Soon after, everyone in Dorm 301 lea
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The Right Way to Raise a Canary into a Wife 论把金丝雀养成老婆的正确方式
[Devoted Alpha CEO who takes his job of spoiling his spouse seriously × clear-headed Omega canary who takes her career seriously] [Two male leads + ABO + mutual firsts + down-to-earth sweetness + a tiny bit of wife-chasing hell] As the CEO’s canary, Jiang Junming knows exactly where he stands. He needs to focus on his career and escape CEO Huo as soon as possible. Huo Mochen is earnestly saving up to support his spouse. After finally waiting until they were old enough to register their marriage,
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What? To Get Rid of My Bad Luck, I Have to Marry Him? 什么？想摆脱霉运就要跟他结婚？
Gu Siming had been unlucky from the day he was born. Before he was even a few months old, someone carried him off, intending to give him away. When he developed a high fever on the way, they abandoned him by the roadside. If his master hadn’t found him, he could have gone straight to be reborn. He grew up through one hardship after another. Just as he’d gotten used to his rotten luck and was preparing to wait for his master to die so he could inherit the Daoist temple, the inevitable happened: h
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Farming in Another World, I Found Myself a Husband 异世种田，我捡到一个夫君
[Both leads are devoted only to each other, sweet romance, transmigrate, special abilities, golden finger, direct and honest pursuit] Ye Zi developed a cure for the zombie virus. He had hoped to become an adult, but instead, he died for the cause. He got the chance to transmigrate and be reborn. He should have been thrilled, but instead he became someone who was neither male nor female. Fortunately, he likes men, and here he can find a partner without hiding it. Their first meeting: “Marry me
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- 483 Planting Time: Childhood Friends Take the Same Exam 植时：竹马同检 Planting Time: Childhood Friends Get Tested Together 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 484 Diary of Raising a Wolf: My Fluffy Companion Became My Boyfriend 养狼日记：毛茸茸上位当男友 [The rating just opened, and it’ll rise later] [Their identities have been exposed] [Two male leads + sweet romance + fluffy + 1V1 + happy ending] [Possessive wolf pretending to be a fluffy animal + soft, sunny human] - Lian Xingye transmigrates into the body of a wicked young master who loves tormenting small animals. But he adores animals! He loves fluffy things most of all. To keep up his persona, he buys a pitiful little white dog at an auction. Young Master Lian, in public: Just watch me t 12.4kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
- 485 The Husband I Hired to Pretend to Be Gay and Help Me Avoid an Arranged Marriage Isn’t a Fugitive, Is He? 为逃避联姻雇来装断袖的夫君不是亡命徒吗？ Isn’t the husband I hired to fake being gay so I could escape an arranged marriage a fugitive? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 486 A Cat-Hair Allergy Sufferer's Daily Life Raising a Leopard 猫毛过敏患者的养豹日常 [Beta top, scheming cat lover and Chief Inspector Beta X feline-mutation anthropomorphic beast, a black panther Alpha. Both are pure, HE, 1v1] Who could possibly resist something fluffy? During a raid to clear out an illegal fighting arena, Chief Inspector Lu Xiao, who had always enforced the law impartially, took home a black panther that had bared its teeth and snarled at him. From then on, he began living the ultimate life with a “cat,” equal parts blissful and unhinged. Workaholic Lu Xiao lo 4.5kReads9.5Score883Shelves
- 487 Congratulations! You’ve Found a Wild Mix of Boys’ Love Stories! 恭喜！你刷到了双男故事大乱炖！ [Light Sci-Fi, Strong Leads, Mutual Redemption] The Absolutely Rational S-Rank Agent VS the Test Subject Codenamed “Siren” Reason hunts instinct, but the prey captures the hunter's heart. Li Han, an S-rank agent renowned for his absolute rationality, is ordered to eliminate Chi Yuan, “Siren,” whose presence awakens desire in every living thing. Yet with every pursuit, he is the one who ends up being lured in. When he finally points his gun at Chi Yuan's heart, he can't pull the trigger. In this 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 488 The Downcity Stray Dog's Survival Guide [Everyone's Favorite] 下城区野狗生存法则【万人迷】 Everyone is a lunatic with a one-sided crush + secret identities exposed in a battlefield of love + morally chaotic cast + schemes within schemes within schemes + best friends turned love rivals + emotional manipulation + father-son power plays | A coming-of-age story of growth and redemption. There are no fairy tales in the Lower District. Shootouts are part of everyday life; gang wars are a cause for celebration. The rules here are simple: 1. Fists are more useful than reason. 2. Live on your 27.1kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
- 489 The Clingy Little Rascal I Took In Traded a Kingdom for Me Alone 【双男主】捡到的粘人精拿江山换他一人 [Male Leads] The Clingy Man He Found Offered Up an Empire for Him Alone 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 490 Emperor, Your Favorite Son Is Gay 皇帝，你最宠的儿子是GAY [Ensemble Cast + Two Male Leads + Political Intrigue + Palace Struggles + Transmigration + Bottom + Nation-Building + Fight for the Throne + Supporting Couple + Romance Comes Later + For content warnings, see the author's note in Chapter One (updated regularly)] Liang Jining x Xie You The Great Xuan's number-one playboy: a sunny, cheerful bottom who's also a smiling schemer with at least eight hundred tricks up his sleeve × A skilled actor with many faces, a quick learner who's cool and aloof 14.3kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 491 I Sent Him Away With My Own Hands, Then Begged on My Knees for Him to Return 我亲手送他走，我跪着求他回 I Sent Him Away with My Own Hands, Then Begged on My Knees for Him to Come Back 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 492 The Handsome Hostage Prince 蓝颜质子 The Blue-Eyed Young Hostage 890Reads—Score—Shelves
- 493 Is That Funny? All I See Is a Helpless Old Granny 好笑吗？我只看见一个无助的嬷嬷 [Campus + secret identity + sweet romance + lighthearted comedy] [A seemingly obedient, inwardly lascivious romance author bottom × a seemingly cold, actually sadistic top] Chen Qi × Lu Yuheng - Chen Qi was a danmei author, and a devoted bottom stan. A doctoral senior with an intimidatingly impressive resume had returned to the lab. His fellow students either feared him or admired him, while some planned to follow him around and get a few scraps. Only Chen Qi’s gaze grew steadily more resolute: 35.2kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves
- 494 The Disabled Young Master I Rescued From the Mass Grave Turned Out to Be My Long-Lost Beloved 乱葬岗捡回的残废少主竟是多年白月光 The Crippled Young Lord He Rescued from the Mass Grave Turned Out to Be His Beloved from Years Ago 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 495 After His Substitute Endured Endless Torment, the Regent Went Mad 替身受尽折磨后，摄政王疯了 After the Substitute Suffered Endless Torment, the Regent Prince Went Mad 5.9kReads—Score107Shelves
- 496 A Guide to Evolution for the Most Hated Cat 万人嫌的猫咪进化指南 [Two male leads + adorable pet-raising + card-draw System + from everyone’s least favorite to everyone’s favorite + both pure + sweet romance] [Calico cat version of an automatic troublemaking machine 0 x gloomy, powerful villain 1] Lu Xian died. The good news: he wasn't completely dead. He had been bound to a System. The bad news: the System had bound the wrong person, and now they were both doomed. System 833 said, “I still have one trick up my sleeve.” So when Lu Xian opened his eyes again, h 19.8kReads9.5Score2.4kShelves
- 497 When Rivals Reveal Their True Identities 当冤家掉马后【双男主】 [Male Leads] When the Rivals' True Identities Are Revealed 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 498 Captive Love, Ashes of the Past: The Obsessive CEO Has No Way to Win Back His Wife 囚宠归烬：偏执总裁追妻无门 Prisoner, Returned to Ashes: The Obsessive CEO Has No Way to Win Back His Wife 928Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Warm Snake 暖蛇
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The Paper-Doll Character I Raised Myself Forced Me into Love 被亲手养大的纸片人强制爱了
[Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Virtual Pet Game] He raised a little boy in a game, only for him to grow up and become his boyfriend. Mad Emperor × Broken Beauty In real life, he is Yu Wu, a man with a broken leg. In the game, he is a healthy god. In the illusory game, Yu Wu can stand again, but he can no longer tell reality from fantasy. He accompanied the little boy from the cold palace all the way to the throne, only to suddenly lose connection because of his failing health, and die with his so
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