The Imperial Coroner Fanfiction: The One in the Game

[Next Book Coming Soon] Aria of Guns and Roses (Vampires)

The straightforward spoiler version

Vampire hunter Mu Xin falls in love with Lan Luo, a prince of the vampire clan. They dance together, practice magic, share cake, go to concerts... Their romance goes incredibly smoothly. Mu Xin feels unbelievably lucky: even someone as unsure of herself as she is can find love. Just when Mu Xin thinks she and her beloved can spend their lives together, a struggle for power between their races breaks out once more, and Lan Luo dies protecting her.

Heartbroken, Mu Xin wants to change everything and bring her lover back to life. A witch tells her there's only one way: make Lan Luo fall in love with her again.

Mu Xin is full of confidence: That's it? But after returning to the past, she discovers that making Lan Luo fall in love with her isn't easy. She even comes up with a special "Plan to Win Over Lan Luo," swearing to capture his heart. She makes him a cake herself and asks him to try it. Lan Luo: Thanks, but I don't like sweets. She offers to teach him magic, and he immediately casts an advanced healing spell. She asks him to teach her to dance. Lan Luo: I can't dance. She invites him to the theater. Lan Luo: I'm busy. Mu Xin: I haven't even told you what day it is...

In short, the Plan to Win Over Lan Luo fails spectacularly. The reason: her target is far too proper and chaste. Another possibility: Lan Luo simply doesn't like her.

Downhearted, Mu Xin wants to give up, unaware that Lan Luo fell in love with her long ago...

The silly version

Mu Xin is the ultimate "unlucky loser": she hides in the big boss's room to avoid the minor enemies, goes to an auction only to realize she doesn't have enough money, gets eye-rolled at while quietly watching the commotion, is told to go to a school to complete a mission but isn't allowed to enroll, gets knocked out and kidnapped while peacefully walking down the street, helps someone only to be shoved forward as a scapegoat, sees her favorite singer run away, and finally falls in love with someone only for him to die.

What, you want to know why I put "unlucky loser" in quotation marks?

Because that's not the whole story. For instance, after being kidnapped, Mu Xin becomes a pirate queen (not really).

And that's not the only ridiculous thing that happens. For example:

(1)

Question: What's it like to be forced to watch a romantic short film about a couple with someone else?

Top-voted answer (Mu Xin): Thanks for asking. It's sweet, but deadly (from embarrassment).

(2)

Someone asks Mu Xin, "Do you believe in God?"

Mu Xin: Party members aren't allowed to believe in religion.

(3)

Client A: "I want to take my beloved B home."

Client B: "Kill A."

Mu Xin, having accepted both jobs: ?

(4)

When Mu Xin, disguised as a believer, meets an evil god disguised as the God of Light.

On the surface:

Mu Xin (with tears in her eyes): "Lord God of Light, you are my god!"

Evil god (calmly): "I will accept your faith and grant your wish."

In reality:

Mu Xin: Fake God of Light.

Evil god: Fake believer.

Mu Xin: Actually, I have multiple identities. Depending on the mission, I draw the appropriate identity card. I'm both an upper-class noblewoman and a poor, insecure theology student, both an auction bidder and a radio host. I'm both a kidnapped girl and a pirate, both a vampire hunter and a vampire bride.

Lan Luo is also an "unlucky loser." In the scene he fears most, all he wants is to get closer to Mu Xin, but the woman he loves shoots him ten times.

As he collapses against her, he says, "So it takes ten bullets to get close to you."

[Reader's Guide]:

(1) A Western fantasy setting, with vampires, werewolves, elves, dragons, dwarves, demons, gods, and other races appearing from time to time. The setting of the thirteen vampire clans is inspired by the Bible. Other details are the author's own inventions.

(2) About the heroine: She's a materialist. She has a fearful-avoidant attachment style: she longs for love but is afraid of it. After meeting the hero, she gradually overcomes that fear and learns to love bravely.

(3) One-on-one romance, happy ending.

Main couple: A vampire prince who's good at flirting but can't handle being flirted with × a clever, brave vampire hunter

Side couples: Dragon × princess (ambition and promises)

Human × elf (love and freedom)

The literary version that ties into the title

A gun is what hunters use to kill vampires.

A rose is what the vampire clan gives its brides.

01

What price would you pay for a face that never ages and a life without end?

Would you be willing to sleep in a coffin?

Would you be willing to live on blood?

Would you be willing to wander through the night forever, never seeing daylight?

Then I grant you eternal life.

02

(Heroine's perspective)

Mu Xin is a vampire hunter who specializes in killing vampires that prey on humans. During a mission, she has a "romantic encounter" with someone. He comes from a noble family, is breathtakingly beautiful, and has impeccable manners... He's practically Mu Xin's ideal type.

Unfortunately, he's a vampire.

03

(Hero's perspective)

Before I met you, I was already dead.

But then you appeared before me, bringing dazzling sunlight and a gentle breeze, so unexpectedly...

From that moment on, I realized my heart had never truly died. It was only sleeping, waiting for someone to wake it.

Are unparalleled beauty and eternal life gifts from heaven, or a curse?

Was my dreamlike, wonderful encounter with him a coincidence, or was it fate?...

If this long life must eventually end, I only wish to give you a rose that will never fade.

[Synopsis]

Will you choose loyalty to the throne and country, or me?

Xue Rucheng, Prince Chang × Prince An

A refined scoundrel and treacherous rebel × an upright judicial officer

Theme: Love your country