He and It

A collection of short stories about nonhuman beings! The six installments have very different styles, so just pick the ones you like. No need to buy the whole collection ^ ^ (Be sure to read this entire blurb before opening the novel. It's not easy for anyone to earn money, so please double-check before making a purchase : p)

① [Demon warhorse x human farrier]

Yu Mengzhou makes his living trimming horses' hooves.

He's naturally beloved by horses, and every horse whose hooves he trims buries its big head in his arms and nuzzles him.

Then one day, Yu Mengzhou suddenly falls into another world.

The demon warhorses of this world are huge and imposing, with black flames burning around them. The herd's leader has just led a rebellion, tearing apart and devouring the riders they once carried. It looks down at this frail human who fell from the sky and bares its mouthful of savage fangs

Yu Mengzhou stares at the warhorse leader's hooves, studded with thorny bone spikes. He hesitates, then asks in a small voice:

“Need your hooves trimmed? I can do it for free as a trial.”

② [Abyss-class warship incarnation x a human who once lost everything]

Gu Xingqiao doesn't want to live anymore.

Gu Xingqiao is utterly dispirited, all hope gone, and feels no joy or sorrow in life.

Gu Xingqiao eventually falls aboard a warship that has been abandoned for who knows how many centuries.

The consciousness of the Abyss warship, which has wandered alone through the universe for thousands of years, has finally found fresh prey again. It wants to torment him, give him hope, then ruthlessly strip it all away. It wants to make him wail, cry, and scream in despair! It...

[...Uh, why aren't you running away?]

Gu Xingqiao: “What the hell?”

③ [Albino giant sea otter x human sacrifice meant for the Sea God]

When there is nothing left to protect, a guardian deity will vanish from the world.

The sea otter is the guardian deity worshipped by the people of the Frozen Sea. But with the dawn of a new era, new gods have risen everywhere, and only one member of the ancient sea otter clan remains. It is especially large and especially white.

The albino giant sea otter lives alone and wanders alone, waiting for its destined end. Until one day, it finds a living sacrifice, battered and bruised, on the beach, meant to be offered to a new god.

Giant sea otter: A wild baby has fallen from the sky! It's mine. Snatch it up, quick!

Also:

④ [A vicious mermaid in mating season x a human caretaker who thinks it's just being affectionate]

⑤ [Male Echidna x a stubborn human painter]

⑥ [A dragon burdened with the evil of all worlds x a human prince offered as a sacrifice] (This installment comes last! I've decided to let loose and write a groveling-chase romance. I've said this once in the author's notes, and I'll say it again: if you can't handle that, please don't buy it.)

Note: The blurb is already long, but I still have to say this: the nonhuman is the seme, and all the semes are emotionless “wife-calling machines.”

The short stories won't be written in the order they're listed in the blurb. I'll write whichever one inspires me most.

I'll add the rest when I think of them.

Theme: Love transcends everything