Want to Pet My Pretty Tail? [Western Fantasy]

[Currently drafting: After Becoming the Pathetic Childhood Friend of a Stock-Picking Novel's Male Lead. An emotionally detached, ice-cold graduate of the All-Loving Dao x a sunny, cheerful, curly-haired puppy. See the announcement for the blurb and a direct link~]

When I was ten, my two fathers disappeared.

To find them, I enrolled at my father's alma mater and met a kind senior fellow disciple, but a fanatical suitor dragged me into a lake.

I died, then crawled up from the bottom of the lake. My ears had become fins, my legs had turned into a tail, and my hair, claws, and fangs were all poisonous.

I had become a monster, no longer human.

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My senior fellow disciple, who happened to be passing by, took me in. He shed his usual stern, composed manner and followed me everywhere. His innocent, pitiful eyes made him look like a big dog that had fallen into the water, and if I stared too long, he would even blush.

"If you're going hunting, could you consider me first?" he begged, tears in his eyes.

Damn it. Humans were always so unscrupulous when it came to courtship.

I gritted my teeth and bit the corner of his mouth.

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We finally reached the place where my fathers had disappeared all those years ago, only to be ambushed by ill-intentioned people and trapped in the ruins of an underwater temple.

To get me out, my senior fellow disciple planned to sacrifice himself to the ancient deity enshrined there.

I pressed him down and looked up, feeling a little guilty.

The good news: I'd found my fathers. The bad news: They didn't seem to like my senior fellow disciple at all.

I looked at the sea god statue, whose face had turned livid, and decided to play dumb.

"...Edgar isn't who you think he is! He's really different from all those people out there!"

[Content Warnings]

1. First-person narration, primarily from the son, Ilyermont's, point of view.

2. Two couples.

(Sons' couple) A dependable, levelheaded senior fellow disciple with a hopeless romantic streak x a naturally dark, beautiful junior fellow disciple with a little humanity; (fathers' couple) A strong, sunny, cheerful scholar x a highly socialized, fake-human, stunning beauty.

3. Fictional Western fantasy setting, with pregnancy. Both couples involve nonhumans. May contain mildly disturbing scenes, so please don't overanalyze.

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Theme: Embrace life and welcome the future