How Did Slaying Dragons Turn Into Marriage? [Western Fantasy]

With the lockdown leaving me nothing to do, I thought of this story. The outline will stay the same, but I'll tell it in a different way and turn it into a sweet little romance. Please read with caution.

Su Tang transmigrates and becomes the beloved little prince of the Holy Spirit Empire. The prince is exquisitely beautiful, the empire's number one beauty, but he's also arrogant and a notorious bully at the academy.

When Su Tang arrives, he's in the middle of raising his hand to bully a cold and handsome top student from a poor background, who relies on a scholarship to attend school. His rowdy friends are egging him on from the sidelines.

With the entire academy hating him and his older brothers fighting over the throne, Su Tang angrily punches a tree.

The tree falls. A game notification sounds: Ding-dong! You have successfully slain a tree. Experience +10. You have obtained a pair of basic gloves. Congratulations on embarking upon the epic path of dragon slaying. Dragon-Slaying System binding in progress.

After standing stunned for three seconds and learning the System's ultimate mission, Su Tang takes his rowdy friends to task in the classroom.

"Why pick fights? Why bully people? Why not study hard and join me in forming a mercenary band to travel the world and slay dragons!"

The academy's handsome top student, who happens to be passing by outside (a true dragon experiencing human life): "..."

Ian is a boss-level dragon who loves all things glittering and beautiful. Hearing that the Holy Spirit Empire's little prince has hair more dazzling than gold coins and eyes more beautiful than crystals, he travels a great distance to inspect this potential addition to his collection.

At first, Ian thinks: The collectible has a bad personality, which diminishes its beauty. I might as well kill it, freeze it, and take it away.

Later, he changes his mind and decides to join the dragon-slaying team. Watching the collectible come to my house of its own accord sounds like fun.

Little Prince # Dragon

Coming soon: Living with a Ferocious Merman Big Shot

To prevent demons and monsters from causing trouble and build a peaceful, friendly society, the Alliance establishes a school for monsters. Xia Zhi transmigrates into the body of a half-monster at the Monster University of Yun Country.

The half-monster has no parents and an unknown identity. Because he can't take on a monster form, he is constantly judged at school and grows into a gloomy, friendless nobody. In the end, he dies by suicide after falling into depression.

After transmigrating, the first thing Xia Zhi does is dye his hair back to its original color. The second is move out of his dorm.

His counselor agrees and asks, "Who do you want to live with?"

Xia Zhi is about to say he doesn't mind, but then he sees the handsome top student passing by and declares, "I want to live with him!"

Jiang Yi, the one he just named: "..."

After the student leaves, the counselor quietly warns him, "He's a merman, vicious and bloodthirsty. Nobody dares go near him. How about picking someone else?"

Xia Zhi realizes he's seriously attracted to beautiful, dazzling things and replies without hesitation, "I'll take him!"

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Shui Wuhen comes from the mysterious depths of the sea. He is the prince of the merman clan, lost and only recently found. He has come to the human world to study and gain experience before returning home to inherit the throne.

Everyone fears his brutal, bloody fighting style and keeps their distance. He doesn't care.

Until one day, on his way back to the dorm, he sees a half-monster boy pointing at him and demanding to live with him.

Shui Wuhen sneers. Another hypocritical human after his good looks and wealth. He'll be running away in terror within a day.

But...

On their first day living together, his roommate stares at him, then stays out all night.

On their second day living together, his roommate stares at him, then stays out all night.

On their third day, their thirtieth day...

Shui Wuhen finally loses patience and deliberately corners him, then beats someone into a severely disabled state right in front of him.

That should scare him off, right?

Xia Zhi swiftly delivers a finishing blow to the injured man, then throws an arm around Shui Wuhen's shoulders like an old pal. With blood smeared across his cheek, he says, "Thanks, bro, but you were way too gentle. When you deal with enemies, you have to be ruthless, precise, and decisive!"

Shui Wuhen: "..."

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People at the Monster Academy see the useless half-monster teaming up with Shui Wuhen for the league and assume Jiang Yi is no longer brutal. They try to force their way into the team, only to be mercilessly beaten half to death by Jiang Yi, regardless of gender.

When joining the team fails, they challenge and ambush Xia Zhi, convinced he's used some monster magic to bewitch the big shot and is only trying to cling to him and bully them.

A half-monster nobody like you thinks you're good enough?

On the arena or out on a training expedition, Xia Zhi twirls his blade and steps on their heads. "So what if I'm a half-monster? You think you're fit to fight me? Call me Dad and I'll let you off!"

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Xia Zhi becomes famous and finally makes a name for himself. He's invited to his roommate's coronation. His roommate looks devastatingly handsome, like a heavenly being, and Xia Zhi boasts to everyone he sees, "See him? He's my roommate. We've been through life and death together. Isn't he gorgeous?"

The hall falls abruptly silent. He hears his roommate's cool voice in front of him.

Jiang Yi kneels on one knee and smiles at him. "Since you think I'm handsome, and we've been through life and death together, may I have the honor of becoming your husband?"

#I thought we were bros, but you thought I was your wife?#

#How dare you!#

He Qing is a half-monster phoenix, reborn in fire and returned as a king.

The love interest is a merman.

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Please add to your reading list: My Teammate Is the Ferocious Merman Big Shot Whose Proposal I Rejected

He Qing is an unconscious spiritual entity who possesses the body of a little prince. The prince fell into depression and killed himself after being offered to the ferocious Merman King.

The little prince had gone missing as a child and was only recently brought back to the palace. Now, after trying to kill himself out of sheer obstinacy, he's being vilified across the internet, while his other brothers weep sorrowfully.

He Qing smacks the coffin lid open and comes face to face with a row of horrified eyes.

"Sorry to disappoint everyone, but I'm still alive."

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He Qing disgraces the empire and is exiled. Citizens across the internet treat him like a joke, mocking him as an illegitimate child and a hypocrite. They ask, "Why would the Merman King ever want you?"

He Qing laughs it off and tells a newly made friend, "They say mermen are cruel, ruthless, and petty. Being made their poster child, I don't even know who I'm supposed to feel sorry for."

His cruel, petty new friend: "..."

He Qing gets up to leave. "Thanks for showing a lost traveler the way, friend. Dinner's on me. See you around."

"No need." His new friend suddenly smiles faintly, a glint of bloodlust passing through his eyes. "You're homeless, and so am I. We could team up and hunt monsters to make a living."

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Many years later, He Qing feels he's secured both wealth and power. He parts on good terms with his teammate, seizes the empire, and becomes a laid-back emperor. He leisurely watches the shocking gossip spreading across the Star Network about the Merman King searching the entire galaxy for someone.

One day, he travels to the merman star system, hoping to see the Merman King's peerless beauty for himself. At a grand banquet, someone grabs him by the scruff of the neck.

The Merman King grits his teeth. "You finally came to find me? We're getting married, now, immediately, this instant!"

He Qing turns around and sees his former teammate. "Huh?"

#Wait, the Merman King is my teammate?#

#My teammate is the person whose proposal I rejected?#

#I only came to see a peerless beauty. How did I end up getting married?#

One-on-one romance.

Theme: Stay strong and keep striving through adversity.