Jiang Mumu sipped milk tea and lounged in her air-conditioned room, bored, when she opened a monster-raising game still in testing, Monster Raising Guidebook.
Monster Raising Guidebook offered an incredible degree of freedom, and each little monster’s starting identity was randomly generated.
Jiang Mumu rolled a lump of flesh.
On the screen, a weak, pitiful, ugly lump of flesh shivered in a dark place crawling with monsters. An information prompt appeared above it: [Dear test player, please give the monster you want to raise a name~]
Jiang Mumu: Ah! It’s so ugly! No way! My little one can’t be this ugly!
*
When her little monster had no food or cold-weather gear, and its health was plummeting:
Jiang Mumu: Time to spend! How could my little one starve or freeze to death? Do you think I can’t afford it? And while you’re at it, give it some beauty points.
When her little monster could only sleep out in the wilderness, and had to fend off attackers from time to time, unable to rest in peace:
Jiang Mumu: Time to spend! My little one is getting a luxurious mansion, no question. And while you’re at it, give it some beauty points.
When her little monster was all alone, while the other monsters lived in groups and ganged up on it, bullying it with superior numbers:
Jiang Mumu: Time to spend! How hard can it be to draw cards and expand the team? And while you’re at it, give it some beauty points.
“…”
Hard work paid off. After a while of spending money and grinding, Jiang Mumu finally raised her little monster to be both beautiful and powerful. It even earned a dazzling title: [Evil God: Master of Monsters]
By then, the test period for the game was about to end.
Completely satisfied, Jiang Mumu happily took a few screenshots and prepared to quit the game.
But just as she was about to uninstall it, her phone screen suddenly went black, and she was sucked into the game.
Looking at the terrifying Evil God before her, beautiful beyond compare and ruler of all monsters...
Jiang Mumu swallowed. Games were different from reality. When something like this happened, you turned around and ran!
But unexpectedly...
He dropped to one knee before her and said reverently, humbly, “My dear goddess, you have finally chosen to appear before me.”
*
Monsters were born in the dark wasteland, fighting desperately every day just to survive. They paid no heed to their pain, accustomed to tending their wounds alone.
But one day, a mysterious power appeared beside a monster.
Monsters were always ravenous from fighting. Losing flesh and limbs just to stay alive was an everyday occurrence. The mysterious power healed his wounds and gave him rare, warm food.
The monster had never known what it meant to have a home. He slept beneath the open sky and wandered from place to place. The mysterious power built him sturdy walls, so that neither scorching heat nor bitter frost could hurt him again.
The monster had always been outnumbered. No other monsters of his kind lived alongside him, and he struggled against the encroaching hordes of other clans. The mysterious power gathered a team for him, and they smashed the other side’s heads in.
“…”
An ugly monster could actually... receive the mercy of a god.
With the god by his side, the monster grew stronger and stronger, until he became the supreme Evil God of the Dark Lands, praying for the god to answer him.
#No nesting identities for gods#
#211202
#### Advance preview: My Stepsister Is a Cross-Dressing Jellyfish Monster
On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, Illya remembered that she was the villainess in an otome game.
She was the heroine’s stepsister: a scheming, fragile green tea type who was jealous of the heroine and constantly targeted her. After a series of foolish acts, she was executed by the prince, one of the heroine’s suitors.
To stay alive, Illya began building a good relationship with her stepsister.
When her sister’s dress didn’t fit, Illya took her measurements herself and was more diligent about it than anyone.
When her sister first entered the Imperial Magic Academy, Illya stayed right by her side, standing up for her at every turn.
When her sister fell ill with a high fever, Illya cared for her attentively, never leaving her side.
And that wasn’t all. To strengthen their sisterly bond, Illya would carry a pillow into her sister’s bedroom every night.
She would tug at her sister’s sleeve, looking frail and pitiful as she begged to sleep together, nestling into her sister’s cool embrace.
Just as she’d hoped, Illya and her stepsister, the heroine, grew closer and closer.
Now all she had to do was wait for the heroine to get together with one of her love interests.
Once that happened, the game would end, and she wouldn’t have to worry about the power of the plot anymore.
But Illya packed her bags and waited, and waited, yet no news of her sister falling in love ever came.
One night, as they slept in each other’s arms again, Illya anxiously asked whether her sister had someone she liked.
Her stepsister’s eyes grew dark as she lifted Illya’s chin.
Cold lips pressed against hers. Illya’s eyes widened in shock.
“You really are slow on the uptake.”
“I’ve been doing this to you every night, and you still haven’t noticed.” Her stepsister’s voice was hoarse. A masculine outline appeared on her face, while slick jellyfish tentacles climbed and coiled around them.
Illya fainted in fright. When she opened her eyes, she found herself still in her stepsister’s arms, and fainted again.
This is bad!
It wasn’t a dream!
She was supposed to be the heroine, so how did she turn into a jellyfish monster?!
#Nonhuman love interest
#Male lead disguises himself as a woman
#Western fantasy
#The monster and the human are not related by blood
Theme: Treat the little ones you raise with care
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Finished reading! Very happy! Don't you plan to have a post-marriage extra?
It's finished so soon... It's so good, I love watching it and want to watch it [pairing fingers]
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".?" This is a big bug for the author~
One more question mark
Ah, it's not enough. I should write 3,000 words in detail here.
Where my wife is, my home is. Rush duck
Finished reading! Very happy! Don't you plan to have a post-marriage extra?
It's finished so soon... It's so good, I love watching it and want to watch it [pairing fingers]
Finished Spreading Flowers I really like the male and female protagonists
It's beautiful, I like it very much, I finished it in one go
This is gone! I can't bear to bear it! [Crying]
Woohoo, wow, finished reading! ! It's so sweet ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. So sweet that I rolled on the bed in the middle of the night [love eyes] [love eyes]
".?" This is a big bug for the author~ One more question mark
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