I Was Too Timid, So I Ended Up Winning the Lord of the Underworld's Heart

Meng Yuan, the youngest heir of a family of ghost-hunting celestial masters, finally graduates after years of hard study and training, becoming a licensed trainee celestial master. He is then assigned to guard a street notorious for paranormal incidents.

...But the young celestial master is actually terrified of ghosts.

When he was training, he could recite spells to keep his fear under control with a senior at his side. Now that he's on his own, Meng Yuan is a nervous wreck. To make matters worse, the Celestial Masters' Association has rented him a haunted house.

On his first night, Meng Yuan sees a fuzzy hand-shaped shadow floating behind the curtains. Too scared to go home, he heads to a bar to get drunk for courage.

Tipsy and stumbling, he sees a tall, handsome man in a black coat outside his front door, radiating a sense of security.

The young celestial master is definitely drunk. He grabs the man's arm and asks, "Could you walk me home? My place is haunted, and I'm scared."

The man looks down at him: "..."

Meng Yuan glances at the fuzzy hand behind the curtains, which has suddenly gone perfectly still, and feels reassured. He really is drunk off his head.

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Later.

The young celestial master exorcises an object in the wilderness. After he casts his spell, the cursed object gradually returns to its original appearance.

The client beams with joy and is just about to thank him when a ball of black fire suddenly flashes over the object, and its sinister aura surges.

Client: ?!?!

The client stammers, "M-Master Celestial, did we summon something even more terrifying?"

The young celestial master across from him wears an expression of utter exasperation and slaps the black fire back into place. "...That's my boyfriend. Sorry."

...?

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Drunken little sweetheart VS the noble, aloof (crossed out) Lord of the Underworld

One-on-one romance, happy ending

This is a modern alternate-universe story. All names, places, and events are fictional.

Theme: Be upright, be kind, and believe.