Read with caution: A somewhat slow burn, bittersweet rather than purely sweet, happy ending.
Proud, aloof emerald dragon top x A puppet-like human bottom who is sometimes alive and sometimes a ghost. Their morals are both flexible.
[Blurb]
Gaius is an emerald dragon who can transmigrate between worlds.
The biggest mistake he ever made was picking up a soul from another world, Fu Zhao, while traveling in a different realm and not thinking clearly.
At first, he gave Fu Zhao a new body, taught him magic, and kept him by his side.
Later, the puppet he crafted with his own hands became his lover.
Later still, his lover raised a dagger and pointed it at him.
Even while imprisoned in the deepest part of the dragon's lair, Gaius still wondered: How had he let a puppet take full control of his life, death, love, and hatred?
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Meanwhile, traveling alone, Fu Zhao touched his warm but false flesh and understood what had killed him in his former life, and how he had later survived by sheer luck.
Enemy, benefactor, lover.
From beginning to end, it had all been the same person.
Theme: Life is finite.
