The Frail Little Nobody Becomes the Beloved of the Variety Show

Nafei was an orphan with a frail body, and he couldn't even use his mental power. From the moment he was born, he was destined to be among the lowest in the empire's rigid hierarchy.

The sickly little boy grew up slowly and unsteadily in the orphanage. After another bout of illness, he started counting his starcoins listlessly.

Treatment would cost at least ten million, while he had... one hundred.

Nafei didn't want to die. Desperate to find a way to survive, he happened to see an online casting call for a reality show called The Strongest Heir.

Anyone who got selected would earn a salary of a full ten million starcoins!

Nafei's eyes lit up. I can live! I can live!

He immediately packed his things, brought his favorite little robot, Abeibei, said goodbye to his friends at the orphanage, and rushed all the way from the frontier star system to the Capital Star.

The Strongest Heir was an official reality show made for the children of the powerful and influential. It brought the empire's youngest generation into the public eye and let the people choose the most outstanding heir.

But the empire's most powerful man, His Majesty the Emperor, and the General had yet to have a child, leaving the royal family's seat empty. Nafei did his utmost to get selected for the Major General's son's faction.

It wasn't for any other reason. Among all the boys who were nearly adults, fifteen-year-old Nafei was conspicuously short. He noticed the height difference between himself and the others, and quietly rose onto his tiptoes to look a little taller.

The Major General's son: "...Are you an adult yet?"

Nafei: "I'm twenty. I'm just malnourished."

The Major General's son: "..."

If we don't take him, he'll cry, won't he?

Soon, the day of the first livestream arrived.

When viewers saw Nafei's poster, they couldn't help worrying for him. The second-generation heirs had all been spoiled rotten, with sky-high opinions of themselves and nasty personalities. Wouldn't they bully this adorable child?

But once the show aired, the Major General's son shielded frail Nafei behind him, the Chief Justice's daughter tried every day to persuade Nafei to switch factions, and the twins from the head of the Chamber of Commerce's family stayed by his side...

"Huh? Something about this doesn't seem right..."

"Are these second-generation heirs really being so nice? Are they doing charity work now?"

"Wait... is it just me, or does this little cutie look a bit like His Majesty?"

Nafei got along famously with the heirs. Everyone was so, so nice~

One day, the Emperor came in person to inspect the heirs' training. In front of all those watching, Nafei stared blankly at the supreme ruler.

This uncle feels so familiar~

The Emperor looked at the face that bore a striking resemblance to his own, said nothing, and complained to his beloved at home that he had found another illegitimate child of his father's.

The Emperor thought coldly that he should find an opportunity to kill this half-brother who wasn't really his.

That was, until the paternity test came back.

The Emperor: "..."

Wait, this is my biological son?!

Theme: Life is precious