A Guide to Escaping an Arranged Marriage [Sentinel and Guide]

The whole novel is written in advance before posting. Updates will be steady once it starts. Currently at 301,000/500,000 words.

Blurb

On the eve of the wedding of the century, Xuan Ran learns that his fiancé has been cheating on him.

His fiancé says, "Since you've found out, I'll tell you: I'll marry you, but I'll never bond with you." His fiancé's father, the king, says, "All men are like this. He'll change after you get married." His friend says, "Just put up with it. You have no powerful connections, and you're no match for them." The people cry and say, "Even if His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't love you, you'll always be our most beloved princess consort."

His archenemy says, "If you want to get back at your husband, you can come to me. And if you're too shy, I promise we won't get caught by the media."

...What?

His archenemy is his fiancé's younger brother, recently returned from the front lines. Rumor has it he refuses to be bound by bonding or marriage. Though he's an S-rank Sentinel, he only accepts regular guidance from the Tower. For years, the gossip rags have tried and failed to uncover the identity of his secret lover.

In a way, they seem professionally compatible.

Xuan Ran rolls his eyes, speechless. He's just about to tell the man to get lost when his legs suddenly go weak. His head spins, his body burns, and he can't control himself.

After spending a long time with a highly compatible partner without bonding, his bonding heat has suddenly hit.

When he wakes up, he finds himself lying in an unfamiliar king-sized bed. His archenemy's fluffy spirit companion is beside the bed, licking his hair, while the man himself is in full battle gear... doing housework in his room.

"Oh, you're awake." The man puts down his vacuum cleaner and brushes cat hair off himself. "This is my place. Your bonding heat came on suddenly, so I helped you out a little."

"Your cycle will probably be unstable for a while. If you liked it this time, remember to come to me again next time."

.

Dude, you actually went through with it???

#Falling for someone else's wife sounds awful

#But if the person I love became someone else's wife, then I just sound pitiful

A powerful, calculating Sentinel who keeps everything under control x a sharp-tongued, proud, dishonest beauty of a Guide

Their spirit companions are a big cat and a little cat (〃′o`)

[Reading Guide]

1. Lots of original worldbuilding and melodrama. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. Interstellar setting, with a chaotic tech tree and high-tech pregnancy for men. The main characters won't have a child in the main story, but there will be some joking about it.

3. Due to the setting, the story has some everyone-loves-the-protagonist elements, though perhaps not the kind you expect. Most of it consists of one-sided crushes from side characters. The main couple's love is unwavering, but it won't be revealed too quickly. My preference when writing this kind of story is having two people love each other so much that everyone else loses it... In short, this isn't for readers with strong preferences about who takes which role.

// The cover uses a template and is not exclusive.

Theme: Arranged marriage is a bad idea