A Guide to Raising a Merman Chuuya

Please bookmark my ongoing novel, Dancing in Front of the Original While Wearing Secret Identities. No-CP male-lead story about secret identities. The blurb is at the very end. What would you do if you suddenly learned that you were merely a being someone had made up? And not entirely made up, either: you were a high-quality copy fashioned after the original. Mermaid Chuuya didn't know what other people would do, but he wanted to give the culprit the finger and then thrash the bastard with his tail. Don't think a copy has no temper. He'd stake the dignity of the Gravity Manipulator on this: this time, he would call the shots. Boss Dazai had never regretted anything that had already happened, because regret was pointless. That was, until he watched his Chuuya turn into bubbles and disappear like the Little Mermaid, while he reached out and failed to catch a thing. Only then did he learn what regret felt like. The prince in the fairy tale did not care when the Little Mermaid died, because he did not love her. But Boss Dazai was no prince. His mermaid was the light in his heart, the reason he found the courage to keep living. So he would find that light again, no matter what it cost him. What Boss Dazai hadn't expected was that his mermaid would be so attractive, bringing home a whole crowd of rivals. Including, but not limited to: an arrogant, strongest-in-the-world sorcerer; a black-hearted Tenth Generation boss who looked sweet and mild; and the Demon Lord's top assassin, among others. Boss Dazai: ... He'd stake his reputation as a master manipulator on this: no one was taking his mermaid away from him! My take on Boss Dazai x Mermaid Chuuya. The pairing is Soukoku. Some out-of-character moments are inevitable. If it's not to your taste, just click away. [Please Note] The so-called rivals are only rivals in one silly character's mind. Some of them simply admire one another. P.S. They're equals, and they both give to the relationship. Neither is more submissive or desperate than the other. Secret Identity Story Blurb Below After an unscrupulous System got Wakematsu Haruya killed, he was forced onto the path of becoming a master actor. He had to put on secret identities and deceive all sorts of people to earn a chance at resurrection. The problem was, he had terrible luck and could never draw a normal secret identity. Looking at the identities that seemed completely out of place in modern society, Wakematsu Haruya could only pick up his pen and start writing their stories himself. At a lively executive's birthday party, a lifeless zombie stood on the far side of the river, gazing toward the light as he offered words that might have been a blessing or a curse. "What you don't want to lose will one day be lost. You can never know what the next second of life will bring, so cherish the present, Chuuya." Zombie Chuuya At a friend's grave, a demon dressed in white as pure as snow carefully held a white lotus, his smile more sorrowful than tears. "I once had everything, and then I had nothing. It seems we can never protect the things we want to protect." White Lotus Dazai In a gloomy alley, a compassionate divine son clung tightly to his lively younger sister, abandoning all pretense of composure. "You meet many people in life, but no one can take the place of family. Don't... let yourself live with regrets." Sun God Son Akutagawa In the agency's infirmary, a scrawny white rabbit beastman stared blankly as he begged the doctor who saved lives to grant him death. "One's species is an original sin. When being born is a mistake, then living is a crime. I'm merely correcting a mistake." White Rabbit Atsushi Please Note: No one discovers the secret identities throughout the story. Their personalities are completely different from those of the originals. The secret identity designs are from the mobile game Bungo Stray Dogs: Tales of the Lost, and their specific backgrounds are fan-created. Theme: Don't wait until something is gone to realize how precious it was