When an Alpha Ascends the Throne in the Insect World

Back when Alpha Surya roamed the stars, killing alien beasts, he played a game called Star of Dawn whenever he could get online.

Unlike the real world, which has six genders, the game only had male and female bugs. Players could also make contracts with “alien species” using their mental power, borrowing their strength to fight.

Surya had only one thing to say about that: “This game is a total flop.” The bugs in this game even needed outside help. They were no match for the giant space insect he'd once killed, which had evolved into a collective organism.

But it was just a game, something to pass the time.

So Surya played Star of Dawn to kill time, rescuing bugs, killing alien species, fighting in the colosseum, and even gathering forces to start a rebellion.

As he played, Surya hadn't even made it to major general in real life, but had already ascended the throne in the game.

He'd barely held the throne for two days when, in the real world, a planet exploded and wiped him out on the battlefield as he fought off a wave of alien beasts. When he opened his eyes again

Surya was standing at the military academy's new student registration.

The good news: He'd transmigrated into the game Star of Dawn, and the timeline was favorable. The so-called emperor had been missing for years.

The bad news: His mental power had shrunk to Grade A, and enemies were everywhere. The Lord of the Deep, the Angel of Judgment, the Darkwing Vermilion Bird, any one of the foes he'd once trounced could crush him to pulp.

Worse still, he'd been a chaotic-evil troublemaker in the game, and the bugs and alien species he'd offended could form a line from the capital planet to the border outposts.

Surya decides to keep his head down, enroll at the military academy to learn what's going on, and then work on regaining his strength.

But he forgets one thing

In this world, he's a male bug.

And the ratio of female to male bugs is 10:1. Female bugs have to compete with other female bugs for males, and with alien species for them too.

From the very first second he steps through the school gates, “keeping a low profile” is no longer an option for Surya.

The command division's only new student: beautiful, powerful, cold, and single.

All the female bugs at the military academy are consumed by a frenzied pursuit of him.

Surya stares expressionlessly at the female bugs lined up before him. “...Doesn't this military academy have any other eligible male bugs?”

The female bugs smile. “No. Only you.”

Surya falls silent.

...Well, all right.

In that case

He'll get the top score in the whole school first, then beat all those enemies into submission again, one by one.

[Victory and praise should be mine]

Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, “Hymn of Apollo.”

Reading guide:

· Alpha top, chaotic-evil troublemaker x a cast of love-struck female bugs and alien species

· Not a typical love rivalry; a betting-pool story with plenty of contenders

· This is my own take on a bug world. Please don't overanalyze it. If the protagonist seems not smart enough, it's not because he's incompetent, but because the author is.

Theme: Take life seriously and do your work well