The Moon, Scent Glands, and Mushroom Soup

Hard-boiled domestic beta bottom x Amnesiac, gloomy alpha top

"So you're clinging to me now. What, do I look like your dad?"

"...You look like my master."

A cataclysm swallowed 70% of the land. Aggressive, powerful Alphas and Omegas, who carried the hope of reproduction, claimed the limited space above ground, while the useless Betas were driven into underground cities.

Zheng Zhong, the leader of Underground City No. 14, had always hated the AOs living aboveground and basking in the sun. Then one day, in a pipe that carried trash from aboveground down below, he found the chief aide who had once vowed to abandon the underground city for good.

A boss who loves cooking picks up an amnesiac, gloomy puppy. The old chestnut of raising him into a sunny puppy, only for him to regain his memories. ABO, younger man, melodrama, chasing his love, with a bit of food.

Cover art: Fajite. Layout design: Liang Chan.

*No AI will be used for this entire novel.

Also known as The Calm at the Epicenter and After Losing My Memories, I Became His Dog

Theme: Equality, freedom, love.