Cat Memes Conquer Another World [Western Fantasy]

Modern man Vincent wakes up in a Western fantasy world as an alchemy apprentice who was nearly robbed.

The bad news: His predecessor was just killed, and his pursuers are right outside.

The good news: He's in an adventurers' tavern, crowded and full of witnesses, and he has a magical prop that can be used for shadow puppetry.

Behind him are the thugs chasing him. In front of him are indifferent adventurers who don't even bother watching the bard's performance onstage, much less getting involved in his business...

Wait! The bard's performance?

If he gets up on the most conspicuous stage in the tavern and draws everyone's attention, then even the rowdiest thugs won't dare openly murder and rob someone in front of a crowd!

Sorry, senior bard! Let me borrow the stage to save my life!

Vincent whips out his magical prop and decides to put on a play based on a once wildly popular Blue Star meme: "The King of Soldiers Returns Home, Only to Find His Five-Year-Old Daughter Living in a Doghouse!"

He conjures a moving forest, a lifelike carriage interior, and...

A whole bunch of cat actors!

He used to be a cat-meme blogger before he transmigrated, and he'd spent last night editing videos. His brain was still being scrambled by those addictive memes, so his puppet show unconsciously turned into a cat play!

Th-that's... fine, right?

ദ്ദി ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ ) A smiling boy never has the worst luck.

Ignas, young vice-captain of the Bloodhorn Mercenary Corps, is Vincent's most devoted guard (and update nagger).

One day, as soon as the show ends, Ignas catches up with Vincent, who's sneaking toward the backstage. "Vincent! If you leave the story hanging at a crucial moment like this again, I will, "

"You'll what?" Vincent watches Ignas warily. "You're not the type to threaten an author with razor blades, are you?!"

"What's a razor blade? They're expensive because they're hard to grind so thin, even more expensive than making a sword." Ignas scratches his head, looking completely sincere. "If you don't have any, can I just follow you around with a sword and watch?"

Vincent: "...?"

What are you even saying?! People from this other world, with your incomplete legal system, are terrifying!

Vincent's acting career is taking off!

He easily wins over the adventurers with the story of "The King of Soldiers Returns Home, Only to Find His Daughter Living in a Doghouse." Then he gets the townspeople to empathize with a tale about "Favoritism Ruining the Life of the Favorite Child." And he makes the noble who plagiarized him turn red with rage through a story about "An Impostor Schemes and Schemes, Only to End Up With Nothing..."

Vincent only wanted to make a little money and stay alive, but things are starting to spiral out of control!

Because in this world without smartphones, internet, or short videos...

He's the only one who knows how to make a hit.

With the Muse Goddess marveling at him and the great ancient families falling under his spell...

Vincent sets out to conquer the world.

The CP is a pair of idiots (not in the intellectual sense) who fell in love at first sight without realizing it, and who keep failing to get the other's hints.

"About an alchemist and a demon guard who fell in love at first sight and secretly pined for each other, without either of them noticing."

[Witty, Mischievous, Timid Bottom x Powerful, Naturally Scheming Top]

₍^_ ̫ _^₎ × ୧(´▽`★)୭

Note: Vincent can be read as the surname Wen and given name Sen, or as Vincent, from the Latin vincere, meaning "to conquer." Many supporting characters get their own stories in this novel. They're the "otherworld" Vincent conquers~

Upcoming Story Divider (won't start until this one is finished)

Roland transmigrated to another world many years ago and became a commoner with a bit of talent.

To survive in this world overrun by monsters, he studied magic and martial arts, then began hunting monsters and protecting the people.

Because he brought peace to the chaotic world, the Church appointed him as its Saint.

Roland thought he would live out his days in quiet obscurity. But after barely surviving a battle with the Demon King and claiming the divine artifact, the World Tree Staff, he was preparing to use it to heal himself when...

The Church tried to kill him after he'd served his purpose, hoping to seize the hard-won artifact.

Roland fled in panic, heading for the Land of Exile!

The Land of Exile was choked with toxic fog. After a struggle, he used the lord's seal he'd found in a ruined city to become its lord, unlocked the lord's chambers, and clung to life in the city.

Then he unexpectedly gained the divine artifact's recognition and discovered he could summon players from Earth in the form of a full-dive game.

Well, what are we waiting for? My fellow countrymen! Let's claim new lands and give the Pope a good kicking!

Wait, is he the only person in the Land of Exile?

Does that mean that, besides being the lord, he'll have to moonlight as a bunch of NPCs?

Roland rummages through the lord's chambers for various outfits, dresses up, and starts wandering around in front of the players...

On Earth, a full-dive game called Dawn Expedition begins its beta promotion. Its promotional videos are everywhere, but no one has seen actual gameplay or heard how to get a beta key.

The game is bizarre. Nobody knows its development team, technical background, or business model. It doesn't even have a marketing campaign. It just appeared out of nowhere.

Online, people speculate:

"What kind of full-dive game is this? The name's so cringey. How have I never heard of it before?"

"The poster boy in the video is way too handsome. They probably spent the whole budget on a model designed to trick people into playing."

"Why do all your NPCs use the same handsome face model as the poster boy?! Is that the only human model in the whole game?!"

Game streamers are convinced they'll get a tidal wave of views by trashing a low-quality game, so they all eagerly apply for beta access!

And then every last one of them gets hooked!

"Sure, people might say that in real life, but in a game, who wouldn't go all out gathering materials to convince the newbie-zone poster boy to spin a wheel and give them a white or orange weapon?"

"That's a huge leap! Are you being trained like dogs?!"

"Whoa, the classic Church villain is coming for the poster boy too... Wait! Why are they chasing him across such a huge area?!"

"Don't hurt my healing spring, resurrection spring, traveling merchant, scrap collector who gives out skill books, occasional holiday equipment-giver, or the great quest giver who handles class changes!"

"There's no room for this many people here!"

The exiles struggling at the edge of the Land of Exile were the first to notice the changes in that wasteland.

At first, they thought Saint Roland was just another unfortunate soul abandoned by the Church. They watched coldly as he fled from his pursuers toward the ruins in the heart of the Land of Exile.

But at some point, the toxic fog that had swallowed countless lives was stopped by an invisible barrier outside the ruins.

They clambered up to high ground and looked over, trembling. But they didn't see holy light descending from the heavens. They saw a strange city.

Towering stone walls rose from the earth, wrapped in enormous vines that glowed a soft green. Wherever their light reached, the toxic fog dispersed.

At the center of the territory, two springs bubbled up with potions for the adventurers who called themselves "players" to take for free.

Magnificent buildings sprang up on land that had once been ruins, and several player estates appeared on the outskirts of the city.

More chilling still, those players were clearly immortal, yet they willingly let Roland direct them as they tirelessly built the creations of the gods...

The World Tree Staff had always been conscious.

It had witnessed Roland's heroism in defeating the Demon King and his compassion in protecting the people. So, it offered its essence to him, battered as he was, hoping he would continue to shine above them like the moon.

But the Church wanted to take it from him so badly that they were willing to kill Roland.

It was in agony. It wanted a body, to move, to protect Roland...

As it struggled, the essence it offered touched Roland's unusual soul, opening a passage between this world and Roland's world of origin!

Roland held it, now in the body of an elf. "Oh my darling! Did you summon my fellow countrymen for me? What's your name?"

"You don't have one? Then how about I give you a name?"

"What about Ye Qingheng?"

That day, "it" became "he."

At last, one day, Ye Qingheng took human form from the wooden staff! He looked like a child in his teens, but he could finally help Roland with his burdens!

Roland picked him up and gleefully spun around the city. "This is great! I won't have to play a dozen NPCs by myself anymore!"

Ye Qingheng tugged at his sleeve, and Roland obligingly put him down. "What's wrong?"

Ye Qingheng suddenly pressed his lips to Roland's, kissing his cheek. "You gave me a name, so I will give you the roots of the entire world."

Roland stared at him blankly.

Passing Player A: ?! Give-give?!

Passing Player B: ?! Kissing-kissing?!

#Nobody said that Saint Roland in the newbie village was a priest?!#

Roland, reading the comments on the official website, let out a scream. "How many tens of thousands of years old is he?! I've been wronged for eternity!"

Saintly poster boy on the surface, ruthless construction boss behind the scenes, bottom (Roland)

VS

Elf-like mascot on the outside, chaotic World Tree on the inside, top (Ye Qingheng)

P.S. The top's name is given to him by the bottom. Both the top and bottom's territories develop over time 😋☝🏼️

Theme: Even in another world, make sure everyone remembers who you truly are.