Taoist: The Story of Me and the Spirits

I recently watched New Tales of the Strange, and the stories still follow the same old formula: a seemingly honest but actually slick-tongued scholar and a beautiful, kindhearted demon who refuses to act like one fall into a winding, heartrending romance. Then someone got to wondering: why do demons only ever get mixed up with scholars? Why not Taoist priests? There is a reason, really. The Taoist priests in Strange Tales are mostly old men, and every one of them is ruthless, willing to do anything to slay demons and vanquish evil. How could men like that qualify as romantic leads? At best, they can be the second villains, since the first is naturally the male demon pursuing the female demon. The only Taoist priest who is both young and reasonably good-looking is a minor character in The Rakshasa Sea. The heroine once saves him, and he saves her in return to repay the favor. While watching The Rakshasa Sea, I really wanted the young priest and the Dragon Lady to have a little chemistry. The scholar can stay with the young lady, so why go after someone else's demon? But the screenwriter was truly ruthless: from beginning to end, the young priest and the Dragon Lady didn't have even the slightest hint of romance. Infuriating, absolutely infuriating!

So I've decided to give Taoist priests their turn in the spotlight, and write a fun story about a young priest who is dazed, weak at magic, and a sucker for beauty (gender undisclosed~), and a mischievous (what kind of demon isn't mischievous?), odd, irresistibly alluring demon (gender undisclosed~).

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