I Woke Up to Find the World Had Ended

Coming soon: Becoming the Useless Spirit Companion of a Sweet-on-the-Outside, Ruthless Prince. Synopsis at the end!

Synopsis

The apocalypse arrived. All life mutated, and humanity evolved amid high fevers and brief comas, gaining strength beyond its limits.

Li Yu was something else. At the very beginning of the apocalypse, he fell into a coma and slept for fifty years.

At last, Li Yu woke up.

And at last, the world had fallen apart so badly that he could no longer recognize it.

There were giant man-eating fish smiling at him, cute man-eating flowers with fangs, and even flies with proboscises two meters long...

The good news was that humanity had not gone extinct in this evolution. People had built steel fortresses to keep all kinds of mutated creatures out, creating shelters for humankind.

The bad news was that he had gained no powers in this worldwide evolution. In an age when practically everyone was built like a superhero, he was so frail he hardly seemed like someone living in the apocalypse.

Li Yu: ? I think the whole world has left me out

The White Tower's operatives moved among the alien species, their minds constantly eroded by contaminants.

Sometimes their guns had to be pointed not only at mutated creatures, but at their own comrades as well.

Lu Zhichuan was the White Tower's chief executive, known as humanity's final line of defense.

People said he was so cold he had no regard for anyone, until they saw him bring back a handsome young man.

The young man looked frail and soft, with clear eyes that seemed out of place in the apocalypse.

From the very first moment he met Li Yu, Lu Zhichuan thought there was something strange about him.

The man seemed to have no common sense about daily life and knew nothing about human social etiquette.

Everyone watched as the beautiful young man tugged at the chief executive's sleeve and said softly, "Sir, can I live with you?"

Onlookers: ...He's done for.

But the chief executive merely lowered his eyes and did not remove the hand.

"Suit yourself," he said casually.

But Lu Zhichuan soon regretted it.

Looking at the little bundle that had rolled into his arms in the middle of the night, he muttered, "Go back to your bed."

Li Yu looked up in confusion. "We're both human. Why can't we sleep together?"

Contaminants were slowly eroding Lu Zhichuan's mind, and yet the hand that should have pushed Li Yu away gradually came to rest on his back.

"...Suit yourself."

Coming-soon synopsis

Luolan was the heir to the Kingdom of Lotharan, admired by all from childhood.

At seventeen, he was about to undergo a ritual of immense importance to both himself and the entire Kingdom of Lotharan:

Spirit Companion Awakening.

Everyone was certain their prince would awaken a spirit companion of legendary power.

Luolan believed the same.

He had always been the most outstanding prodigy of his generation.

But when the blinding light faded, out walked a...

white crow?!

And not just any white crow. It stood with its chest puffed out.

Luolan and the crow stared at each other.

Luolan: ???

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Zhu Yuan had transmigrated, to his great honor.

In a spacefaring era where spirit companions were usually tigers, leopards, eagles, falcons, or even mythical beasts,

he became a spirit companion.

A crow.

...Huh?

His caretaker, Luolan, was the heir to the Lotharan Empire.

He was warm and courteous, a perfect gentleman, praised and admired by all.

The other spirit companions were very envious of Zhu Yuan. "Prince Luolan must treat you so well. You're incredibly lucky!"

Zhu Yuan: Heh.

A story about a scatterbrain and a sourpuss.

The one mistaken for an ancestor might not be an ugly duckling. He could be a crow instead.

Theme: Even when mired in the muck, you will one day shine in your own way.