The Years I Spent as a Hero

[My next novel, After Joining an "All Villains" Variety Show with My Childhood Friend, He Became Love-Brained, will be a regret-and-pursuit story. See the blurb below. If you're interested, please follow my author page and add it to your reading list. XOXO. (*^▽^*)] Plot: Savi was saddled with the Hero's Sword and forced to become the only hero on the continent of Yase. He thought that was bad enough, but reality proved him wrong. He thought he could get rid of the sword after finding its lost gem, but then his identity was exposed. He thought becoming a mercenary would keep him safe from the authorities' wanted posters, but after he became one, the posters were canceled. He thought he could reach the peak of life in no time by leading his team to slay a dragon and rescue a princess, but it turned out the princess had run off with the "dragon." He thought... He thought the person he'd rescued was just an ordinary wanderer, even if he acted a little strange. It turned out he was the great Demon King who had once wanted to destroy the world. The Demon King said he didn't want to destroy the world. He only wanted to date the hero. Ha. Damn it! He quit being a hero! Romance: That night, beneath the beautiful moonlight, the Demon King opened his eyes and discovered someone was trying to "drown" him. Very good, young man. You've got guts! The Demon King was captivated by this refreshingly unpretentious hero and embarked on the long road to winning his heart (not really). In short, this is a slow-burn story about a hero and a demon king adventuring together. Happy ending. After Joining an "All Villains" Variety Show with My Childhood Friend, He Became Love-Brained Ji Jiashu was a washed-up actor with barely any fame. He'd had a crush on his childhood friend Sheng Mu for years, but Sheng Mu had someone else in his heart. On his birthday, Ji Jiashu gathered his courage and confessed to Sheng Mu. But once again, Sheng Mu left him alone for that other person, turning both his confession and his birthday into a joke. That was when he awakened. It turned out he was merely the villainous male supporting character in an old-fashioned rich-family novel. In the book, because he had a crush on the male lead, Sheng Mu, he grew jealous of the male lead's love interest, Lu Feibai. He did everything he could to frame him, drove a wedge between the two, tricked him into meeting Sheng Mu's rival, nearly got him assaulted, and even hired people to kidnap him and try to kill him... Calling him a criminal who thought himself above the law would be no exaggeration. In the end, he got what he deserved: abandoned by everyone, disfigured and disabled, with a miserable fate. Ji Jiashu: ??? What a load of crap! Get lost! He booked a flight abroad that very night to continue his studies. Let the chips fall where they may. He was done with it. Three years later, he had become a hugely popular star, with half the internet loving him and the other half hating him. Because of his bad temper and diva behavior, netizens voted him onto a troublemaking variety show packed with "villains." As he grimaced and grumbled at the results, he realized Sheng Mu was on the show too. Ji Jiashu: ... Damn it. Now he wanted to swear even more. * After spending so many years together day in and day out, Sheng Mu had long grown used to having Ji Jiashu around. He'd never imagined that one day Ji Jiashu would leave him. And be gone for years. After their reunion, Sheng Mu could no longer see himself in Ji Jiashu's eyes. Watching him laugh and chat with other people made Sheng Mu so jealous he was going mad. He wanted to drag him home right away and lock him up, so Ji Jiashu could only look at him. Suppressing the dark, twisted feelings inside him, he pretended everything was normal and joined the variety show Ji Jiashu was on. Then everyone watched what they thought would be a vicious show where villains tormented each other until they were "old and gray" turn into a full-blown pursuit of a lover. Netizens had this to say: "The way he looks at him is definitely not innocent." "Watching him try so hard to act like they don't know each other has me in tears." "Would you believe these two have nothing going on, or that I'm Qin Shi Huang?" "Come on, he's completely in love with him!" * No one ever imagined that Sheng Mu, born into a prominent family and proud to the point of arrogance, would lower himself for anyone. Ji Jiashu was no exception. And yet, for him, Sheng Mu stepped down from his pedestal. Possessive, rabid pursuer X sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, easily riled love interest Childhood friends; the love interest has a crush on the pursuer. The pursuer doesn't realize he is in love at first, then goes to great lengths to win him back. Theme: Face difficulties without fear and keep moving forward. A brave heart can break through any darkness.