[The King's Avatar] Ye God, Want to Adopt a Cat?

[Pre-release: Is It Really Okay to Marry First and Fall in Love Later with Ye Xiu?] ★ Synopsis ★ By the time An Miao became conscious, he already knew he was the boss of the Forest of Green in this game: the Night Cat Demon. All he wanted was to sleep, eat, and sleep again, enjoying a peaceful life as a game cat. A cat can be sitting at home and still attract trouble. He ran into the greatest enemy of his cat life: Lord Grim and the man controlling him, Ye Xiu. Lord Grim... Ah, Ye Xiu was really vicious. Great Goddess of Glory, I offer up all my materials. Could you make Lord Grim go away? Whenever Lord Grim attacked, a speech bubble appeared over the Night Cat Demon's head: [Great Goddess of Glory, I wish Lord Grim would stop hitting me. It hurts QAQ] Ye Xiu: A bug? He poked the Night Cat Demon with his Myriad Manifestation Umbrella. The Night Cat Demon clutched its head, and another speech bubble appeared: [Great Goddess of Glory, please tell Lord Grim to stop tickling me!] Ye Xiu closed his eyes. Staying up too late was making him hallucinate. The Night Cat Demon seemed to be acting cute. Was this some special feature or new strategy in the Tenth Server? Ye Xiu spotted the little cat sneaking bites of materials in the Spider Cave, the Skeleton Graveyard, the Frost Forest... At last, he was certain that this Night Cat Demon was a bug, though it didn't seem to affect the game. Whenever Lord Grim approached the little cat, a speech bubble appeared over its head: [Great Goddess of Glory, please don't let me run into Lord Grim farming dungeons again!] Ye Xiu: "..." He was both speechless and amused. "I just wanted to ask if you wanted something to eat." Cat: [Great Goddess of Glory, today I met a kindhearted god!] Ye Xiu: "..." In the end, Ye Xiu took the Night Cat Demon in. Forum: [Why is the Night Cat Demon in the Tenth Server acting cute? Is this normal?] Forum: [Are you playing a bootleg? Wait, I'm going to farm this boss right now.] Forum: [Holy crap, the Night Cat Demon really is acting cute. This has to be a bug!] Forum: [I fed it some materials and it rubbed against my leg. So cute! I want one! Join the Cat Cult!] Forum: [The speech bubbles are so cute! The Tenth Server has perks like this? Join the Cat Cult, join the Cat Cult, the Night Cat Cult!] Forum: [I don't know what any of you are talking about, but I'm joining the Cat Cult!] Forum: [I got there too late. The bug's been fixed.] After the game System corrected the bug, An Miao thought he was going to disappear. But when he opened his eyes, he saw a head of blond hair. The blond-haired man hugged him in delight. "My cat came out of the game! Join the Cat Cult!" An Miao: "Meow?" Oh, Huang Shaotian had fed him before... But he was clearly Ye Xiu's cat. Ye Xiu had only been away from the game for a few hours. When he logged back into Glory, his cat... was gone. ## In a casual chat among professional players, Huang Shaotian popped up. Huang Shaotian: [Everyone has their own Night Cat Demon.] Huang Shaotian: [I mean, how did you know I got a cat? Join the Cat Cult, join the Cat Cult!] Huang Shaotian: [Photo.jpg] Ye Xiu stared at the photo and thought, This looks... so much like my cat. Back in the familiar professional players' chat: Huang Shaotian: [My cat's been stolen! My cat's been stolen! Aaaaaah! Damn it, who stole my cat?] Yu Wenzhou: [That's awful.] Wang Jiexi: [Everyone has their own Night Cat Demon. Join the Cat Cult.] Wang Jiexi: [Cat from behind.jpg] Huang Shaotian: [Who asked you? Who asked you? Where's my cat? Where's my cat? I'm calling the police!!!] Huang Shaotian: [Damn it, I can tell at a glance that's my cat. Give him back!] One day, Huang Shaotian got a private message from Zhang Xinjie. Zhang Xinjie: [Your cat climbed into my bed last night and kept me from sleeping. Can you come take him away?] The next day, Huang Shaotian saw this: Huang Shaotian: [????] Zhang Xinjie: [Cat from behind, perched on Han Wenqing's shoulder.jpg] Zhang Xinjie deleted a message. Zhang Xinjie: [Sorry, sent that by mistake. I meant to say the cat is cute.] Huang Shaotian: [????] The young man sat in a gaming chair, wearing a coat, his tail and ears swaying as he stared at the lively professional players' group chat. "Ye Xiu, they made Night Cat Demon plushies!" "Don't wave your tail around." Ye Xiu held it still from behind and placed the fluffy plush in the young man's arms, his voice carrying a teasing chuckle. "Is this the plushie you mean?" Reading Guide: ★ A beloved cat, with Ye Xiu as the love interest ∩_∩ ★ No side pairings between other characters, just pure friendship and camaraderie. ★ The protagonist is a cat demon/little cat with no special abilities. ★ Almost no tournament content or serious plot. The focus is on romance, with a fair amount of forum-style posts. In short, it's a fluffy cat-raising romance with little logic or plot. Turn off your brain and enjoy. ★ Any out-of-character writing is on me; Glory belongs to Ye Xiu. Pre-release: [The King's Avatar] Is It Really Okay to Marry First and Fall in Love Later with Ye Xiu? Synopsis: [Synopsis under revision] Yu Zhiqiao is a famous male streamer for a certain game. He has three famous traits: 1. He's good-looking. 2. He's terrible at the game. 3. His idol is Ye Xiu. The chat says: If God Ye saw he had a fan like this, he'd run away overnight. When Yu Zhiqiao learned that his blind date was Ye Xiu, the older boy next door from his childhood, he firmly declined. "I only see him as my idol! An idol can't become your husband!" But he was still forced to go to the restaurant. The idol across from him was just like the one on screen, and seemed no different from the older Ye Xiu in his memories. Sitting across from him in a gray coat, he looked as if he were smiling a little. A real, live idol! Nervous about meeting his idol, Yu Zhiqiao's tongue slipped. "W-Will you marry me?" No, no, that wasn't what he meant to say! How could he marry his idol? ...Well, they were getting married anyway. It wouldn't be so bad. Would his idol play games with him after they got married? Better not. He'd probably make his idol dizzy with how bad he was. ★★ After retiring, Ye Xiu heard the old man say, "He's the kid who used to cling to you when you were little. Something's happened to him. Go see him." So Ye Xiu found himself at a blind date. Who could have guessed that the shy, stammering young man across from him would blurt out, "W-Will you marry me?" A hundred thoughts raced through Ye Xiu's mind before he asked, "Are you sure?" And then they got their marriage license. Married life wasn't quite what Ye Xiu had imagined. His partner was always up to something behind his back, and sometimes acted as if he'd seen a ghost whenever he saw Ye Xiu. His partner was peeking out of the bedroom door again, but that didn't look like the way someone looked at their husband... Then Ye Xiu's eyes landed on the big word "Defeat" on Yu Zhiqiao's computer screen. He pointed at it. "Why didn't you ask me to play with you?" Yu Zhiqiao's eyes lit up. In a clear, formal voice, he said, "Big brother, please carry me to victory!" Mystery solved: Yu Zhiqiao had always thought of him as an older brother. Ye Xiu touched his ear, though he had to admit, it sounded pretty nice when Yu Zhiqiao called him that. ★★ One day: Glory held a streamer invitational tournament and invited Yu Zhiqiao. After losing fight after fight, Yu Zhiqiao raised his hand. "I remember we're allowed to call in outside help!" The organizers: "Yes." Yu Zhiqiao pointed toward the audience and declared, with the solemnity of a man pledging his life to the cause, "Husband, you're up!" Husband? The camera turned, and Ye Xiu's face appeared on the big screen. The entire venue erupted. Only Huang Shaotian started rambling, saying he'd been dying to get that off his chest. Yu Zhiqiao's fans: "Holy crap, that 'big brother' Little Yu keeps calling on stream is actually God Ye? We suspected it, but it was too ridiculous to believe!" Reading Guide: 1. Ye Xiu pairing, childhood friends brought together by fate, marriage first and love later. 2. A romance-heavy two-person story. Serious game and esports content is practically nonexistent, though there will be streams, chat posts, and forum-style posts. 3. No side pairings. Other characters are purely friends; no mention of other ships. 4. The story takes place after the original novel ends. 5. Any out-of-character writing is on me; Glory belongs to Ye Xiu. Many alternate-universe details, including a setting where same-sex marriage is legal. Message: Glory