Song of the White Whale

First-person narration from the male lead’s perspective (the author is obsessed with first person) A sickly, universally adored male scholar falls in love with a white whale who can take human form. But people from all sides keep fighting over him, separating the two. The male lead endures a ship explosion, imprisonment, war and political struggles, among countless other trials, yet he never gives up and resolutely makes his way back to his white-whale wife. A gloomy, aloof, people-hating, universally adored scholar × a simple, cheerful, innocent, adorable white-whale woman The male lead suffered severe physical and emotional trauma in the past, so he is not sexually inexperienced. He has shut himself away through amnesia, and intensely hates humanity. His memories are revealed obliquely later on. The female lead still has her animal nature and is rather innocent. She can take the form of either a white whale or a human. She loves the barnacles the male lead roasts for her, can’t be bothered to learn human language properly, but is very clever. The universally adored aloof beauty falls for an innocent white whale. The male lead is neither perfect nor a good person. He has moral limits, but will do whatever it takes to survive (he doesn’t toy with people’s feelings). He makes an exception only for his wife, whom he spoils. Happy ending. The female lead doesn’t suffer, but the male lead goes through quite a lot. This is how a sickly male lead gets knocked around by fate again and again, then picks himself up, bruised and battered, and keeps looking for his wife... This story features the universally adored trope for both men and women, including a quasi-forced romance, so the story takes many directions. “I dedicate this book to my beloved, The White Whale Emperor who roams the icy seas day and night.” The female lead pops up: “Gupji!” The whole story is complete and is being released gradually. Updates every Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. (with bonus chapters on some Sundays) Theme: A hymn to idealism