Yuri Luo Aosite was young, exceptionally handsome, and powerful.
He was the esteemed Duke Luo Aosite, the Imperial Marshal who commanded countless battleships, and the idol and idealized beloved of trillions of Zerg.
Yet this male Zerg died in an accident on the eve of his second evolution, becoming an unspoken source of pain and regret for the Empire.
At the same time, the amnesiac, empty-headed sub-female Yuri awoke on some godforsaken planet in the Empire.
To return to the capital planet and recover his memories, Yuri put on a wig, pretended to be a male Zerg, and started livestreaming.
Viewer 1: A male Zerg?! I'd pay 100,000 star coins for a VIP subscription!
Viewer 2: Everyone knows a male Zerg's looks are directly linked to his rank. My guess is an A?
Viewer 3: What are you all dreaming about? It's obviously just a filter trick.
But a fake was still a fake. A male Zerg livestream without official verification had no future.
Just as Yuri was about to die of old age on that desolate planet, a vicious female Zerg dropped from the sky.
With enemies on their tail, she casually hauled him aboard her aircraft.
Yuri: You're abducting a female Zerg! Put me down!
Mysterious female Zerg: ... (Unconscious. Do not disturb.)
With enemies bearing down on them, Yuri could only fire wildly.
A dozen minutes later, one enemy aircraft after another crashed before his eyes.
Yuri: Flying a fighter jet is kind of fun.
*
The vicious female Zerg, codename K, was a big shot in the Imperial military.
Confronted with this highly suspicious young sub-female, she offered him a position.
“I want to recruit you.”
The female Zerg's lips curled as her golden eyes fixed on him. She struck a supremely cool, devil-may-care pose.
“I refuse.” Yuri stood up.
“An annual salary of thirty million credits.”
Yuri stopped walking: “...”
“No regular office hours. Take time off whenever you like. As long as I approve it, your vacation is unlimited.”
Yuri turned around and sat back down: “Deal.”
Livestreaming on the government's dime while slacking off and looking for his memories: anyone who has tried it knows how satisfying it is.
Especially when a certain tyrannical Zerg inexplicably treats him like a soulmate.
The two Zerg spar and compete in their downtime, flirt over comms when they're busy, and enjoy luxury cars, flowers, and candlelit dinners after work.
Maybe... it wouldn't be so bad to reluctantly sleep with this big shot who has a pathetic crush on him?
Yuri stroked his chin and began to seriously consider it.
*
When the crowd of Zerg heard their boss was dating, they took it upon themselves to save the wayward sub-female and tried to talk him out of it:
“He's vicious. Be careful.”
It's fine. He can't beat me.
“He's promiscuous. Think carefully.”
Oh, he's a virgin.
“He loves someone else. You're just a substitute.”
Well, that person just needs to die.
*
It was a long time before a high-ranking official at the Empire's classified intelligence agency realized just how badly he'd misjudged things.
The weak, pitiful, helpless little sub-female he'd imagined was actually a man-eating, ruthless powerhouse.
K packed up in the middle of the night, ready to run.
But his dead beloved caught him with one hand: “I heard you loved me so much you wanted to die for me?”
K denied it fiercely: “I didn't! They made that up!”
Yuri caressed the female Zerg's lips and lowered his voice: “You tried to jump into a river while drunk several times. I was there every time.”
K: !!
Yuri smiled faintly. “Darling, let's get reacquainted. I'm Yuri Luo Aosite, your betrothed male.”
K: “You liar! Get out!”
A beautiful, powerful, aloof, sweet-on-the-outside-but-dark-on-the-inside gong x a fierce, unhinged, but secretly devoted and powerful shou. One-on-one romance, gong's POV.
Theme: Freedom is my destination! The stars are my ocean!