How Did the Tyrant End Up on Top?

[Blurb finalized on 25.11.21]

World-weary, languid, and barely alive day to day, the tragic former emperor top × violent, capricious, gorgeous, big-breasted new emperor bottom

Yuwen Sotoyas × Lance Shaliber

Sotoyas is a cursed nation. Most of its kings die young, whether from illness, madness, warmongering, or lives of debauchery. No one can escape the curse, not even Yuwen, hailed by the people as the Son of Ten Thousand Swords, the wisest king, and the “Jade Branch of Sotoyas.”

So the king, stripped of his fortune, was overthrown by a usurper. The one who drove him from the throne was Lance Shaliber, a foreign warrior whom Yuwen had once abandoned in the wilderness.

The Shaliber clan was savage, cunning, and greedy for power. Lance was no different. On the very night he seized the capital, he dragged the old king to the platform in the center of the Grand Plaza and loudly declared:

“From this day on, the former king is my property. Anyone who dares speak out of turn about the previous dynasty is challenging my royal authority.”

The crowd erupted.

It was the ultimate humiliation for the former emperor.

After that, no one ever saw the old King Yuwen again. Some speculated that he was dead, while more believed that Lance, with his vindictive nature, had locked him away to torment him day and night.

In reality, Yuwen was indeed being tormented in a bedchamber of golden splendor, warmed by jade and fragrant with incense.

Draped in thin silk, he leaned against the heated silk bed and glanced wearily at Lance as he entered.

“I told you, I won’t give you the imperial scepter. You can’t lift my curse, either. Stop insisting.”

Lance tilted his head. His golden crown glittered as he took off his ceremonial robes in front of Yuwen, revealing a body adorned with countless gold ornaments.

“No. There’s one more method we haven’t tried.”

Yuwen assumed Lance was going to torment him like before, and closed his eyes to avoid looking. But Lance climbed onto the bed, his gold ornaments jingling.

Yuwen: “...”

The new emperor pressed down on his shoulders and sat down.

Reader’s Guide:

[1] The top bears a curse that cannot be removed, only eased. It affects his will and wears down his body. He was once a spirited young emperor, but the curse has worn him down until he’s barely alive: a frail, tragic beauty.

[2] The bottom is an obsessive, vicious mad dog who will do anything to save the top. He’s the former emperor’s biggest fan.

[3] The kinks are very strange, and they go very far. Kink overload, but the top is unquestionably dominant and has maximum control. It’s just that he’s world-weary and usually half-dead, giving the impression that he’s become more easygoing with age (?).

[4] A medium-length story, between 200,000 and 300,000 characters.

Theme: Fight for a better tomorrow