After Bonding with a Big Shot, I Made a Lazy Comeback

Blurb 1:

A genius demon hunter loses all her powers and becomes a lowly archive clerk at the Office of Divination. After ten years of coldly pursuing money and plotting her escape, she goes against the rules and secretly raises little demons, making a fortune on the black market.

Then one day, someone shows up at her door to "lend a helping hand." A thousand-year-old white tiger demon comes out of nowhere and forcibly binds her to a blood pact, thinking he can push her around.

Du Kui stands with his arms crossed. "Humans are ants. Consider yourself lucky. I'll spare your life and put you to use."

Cold weapon and weapons master Cen Zhao: "This Tang sword is more than enough to turn you into a roast chicken before you recover."

Du Kui: ...

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In the middle of her despair, Cen Zhao unexpectedly discovers that the blood pact can convert Du Kui's demonic power into the magical power she needs. It can even rebuild her core, giving her hope of returning to her peak.

Cen Zhao: "Oh, nice. An ATM."

Everyone at the Office of Divination is desperate to know why their reclusive junior uncle has suddenly learned to use simple talismans.

So they imitate him, making a spell gesture with their left hand and holding a sword in their right.

Before they can get the hang of it, their junior uncle has already been promoted. When they look again, he's broken into the demon realm in search of forbidden spells. Wait, their junior uncle isn't human!

At last, they turn their gaze to the white animal at their junior uncle's side.

A certain white animal: "Thanks for asking. I'm just a sidekick."

Blurb 2:

Du Kui had been born someone others could only look up to. He never expected that one day someone would nearly destroy his demon core and drain him of all his demonic power.

With pursuers at his back and his own kind at his throat, he had never been in such a sorry state. In desperation, he chose a useless demon hunter with little magical power and bound her to him with a blood pact.

He hadn't expected the little demon hunter to not only disregard him, but also start laying down terms. They had once been at each other's throats, with nothing between them but self-interest.

But when that day finally came, he found himself unwilling to let go.

The day he regained his demonic power, she coolly packed up all her belongings and prepared to run, scattering talismans all around his home to buy herself time.

The person inside merely raised a hand, binding her in midair and drawing her to his side. Long, slender fingers gently caressed her face as he smiled and asked, "Where are you going?"

The immense pressure sent the birds scattering in every direction. His golden eyes were unfathomably deep.

Fate had tied them together, so from now on, things would go his way.

1. A whole pile of original settings. A comeback story about someone who was never meant to be cannon fodder.

Theme: Never give up, no matter what