Assigned Partners (Insectoid World)

Qi Yu merely fell asleep, then woke up in a world with a completely different setup from his own.

And he had become a male Insectoid!

Qi Yu: Great, now I can take it easy.

But less than three days after transmigrating, the Insectoid Central System assigned him a partner.

Qi Yu, a confirmed bachelor: Can I just not live off someone else?

There was no way he would freeload, and married life was out of the question. Qi Yu planned to have a proper talk with his newly assigned female consort and, ideally, reach an agreement so they could part on good terms.

But the more they talked, the redder his consort's face became. He looked at Qi Yu with shy, bashful eyes.

Qi Yu: "..."

Later, looking at his consort lying beside him, Qi Yu sighed inwardly. Well, this is actually pretty great!

Mo Yan was a general of the Insectoid army, hailed as the model female Insectoid.

No matter the circumstances, he always followed the rules for female Insectoids without distraction. Then one day, General Mo Yan was matched by the Central System with a male Insectoid.

And after that, the model was no more.

Before the match: "Take a good look at General Mo Yan. That's how a female Insectoid should behave. If you were all like him, no male Insectoids would turn you down."

Just after the match: "What's the point of being a model female Insectoid? He was still matched with a C-rank. An S-rank with a C-rank, that's all his life will amount to."

After the couple appeared in public: "Don't follow General Mo Yan's example. He threw the rules for female Insectoids and consorts to the dogs. Every male Insectoid has a whole bunch of female Insectoids, but he goes and keeps his own husband all to himself."

Qi Yu, an S-rank male Insectoid who had stayed at C-rank because he was too lazy to get tested: "???" Is this some kind of expert-level face-changing act?

Mo Yan had always thought his husband didn't care about him at all. Then one day, when he was in danger, he saw a familiar figure emerge from the flames and fell silent.

Mo Yan: I thought my husband was all bark and soft-hearted, but also innocent and kind. I never expected him to be such a powerhouse.

A powerhouse esper gong who works hard to earn star coins to preserve his carefree life x a seemingly gentle general shou with overwhelming possessiveness.

Also known as "The Carefree Guy Who Loves Making Money Gets Taken Home," "My Consort Keeps Showing Up Wherever I Go to Make Money," and "After Offering Myself Up, I Achieved My Carefree Dream."

* A setting with many female Insectoids and few males.

* Extensive original worldbuilding.

[This is a fictional setting unrelated to reality. Please do not conflate it with real life.]

Coming next: The Insectoid Protagonist I Wrote, a story about an author who transmigrates into his own book and tries to bring his half-corrupted protagonist back, only to go a little overboard.

Synopsis: Wen Qi first saw Gu Nan in person at an auction.

On the auction platform, Gu Nan was bound high up, with only his toes touching the ground. Bright red blood dripped onto the stage, and the pair of bone wings Wen Qi loved so much were marked with several deep gashes that nearly pierced through them.

In a daze, Wen Qi met those green eyes.

A precious jewel buried in dust, no longer free-spirited. Those eyes were as still as a pool of dead water, and he was nothing like the proud, confident Domain Lord Wen Qi had written.

The free-spirited protagonist he'd created had been bullied to this state by a Tasker from another world.

Wen Qi, who had transmigrated into the book, gritted his teeth and brought out all his savings.

That day at the auction, every Insectoid heard a voice, gentle to the extreme, ask, "Would you like to come home with me?"

Wen Qi saved Gu Nan on a whim. All he wanted was for Gu Nan to return to an ordinary life. Waging wars and killing was never what he wanted.

He only hoped to nurse this battered Insectoid back to health, then a little more, until he regained his former pride and confidence.

As for what he had to do... He would also deal with the Tasker and restore the world's original order. Then he could finish his mission and return to his own world.

Wen Qi clung to this idea until the day the Tasker died. The proud, handsome female Insectoid held the Insectoid Emperor's crown and knelt before him, his every thorn withdrawn, utterly humble. "I will be your guardian, your blade. Please, don't abandon me."

Wen Qi, who had just agreed with the System on a departure date: "...What?"

In the first half of his life, Gu Nan dreamed of living like an ordinary female Insectoid. After a sudden downfall, dark thoughts gradually took hold of him. From then on, his dream was to trample those arrogant, conceited, useless male Insectoids beneath his feet and make them submit.

The day he learned Wen Qi was about to leave, his dream changed. Now he wanted, at any cost, to keep the Insectoid who had given him warmth when he was at his lowest.

"Wen Qi, if you dare leave, I'll make this world pay for it."

Little scene:

One day, a newly appointed minister watched His Majesty hurry away after a meeting and sighed with feeling. "His Majesty must have such a hard day at work."

A veteran minister gave him a sympathetic look. "Busy getting jealous, busy taking advantage of his favor, busy threatening us with the Empress... How could it not be hard?"

The new minister: "..."

[Proud and confident, breathtakingly beautiful, responsible and mischievous male Insectoid gong and Insectoid Empress.]

[Half-corrupted, stunningly handsome, insecure, naturally commanding Insectoid Emperor shou who gets jealous every day.]

Theme: Relying on yourself is better than relying on others. A different way of life might offer a better experience!