The Creator's Second Career

[Detailed Blurb] "How about a beautiful Slime pet? Metallic, muted Morandi colors, mythological palettes: if you can imagine it, we can make it!" Eli never imagined that, after discovering he was a Creator and inheriting an alchemy workshop in another world, he'd end up running a Slime pet shop. But that's all right. With a stunning, unhinged fortune-teller at his right hand and a tiny, clever little spirit who can handle all the household affairs at his left, he can become the world's best, even if all he's doing is selling pets. ***The Real World*** This is both the best and the worst of times. The gears of industry grind human limbs to pieces, feeding on blood and tears. The nobility, proud of producing nothing, occupy their positions without doing a thing, seize the land, and squeeze the poor dry. The mysteries that walk the earth grow weaker by the day, becoming tools for further exploitation. Every last bit of a person's value, in life and after death, is stripped away... If the gods of this world are mere puppets of wood and clay, why should anyone worship them? The Creator from another world, crossing the sea between dimensions, asks a question that shakes the heavens. (The pet shop storyline officially begins in Chapter 13.) [Lighthearted Blurb] [As a naturally frail Creator, you are destined to make only limp, squishy Slimes.] Eli: ? Eli: 6 Where's the triumphant return and the everyone-loves-me story I was promised? From the start, he finds himself in a mysterious world with four Primordial Gods, twelve True Gods, and countless evil gods. His haul? An alchemy workshop, a mountain of debt, and a cat. Another day, another scam. (Smiles.) P.S. 1. Original fictional setting, completely made up. 2. The author has no manners, none at all! Malicious comments will be deleted. 3. This is not a full-time project, so there won't be daily updates. 4. If there's an update, it will be at 8 p.m. 5. Completed novel recommendation: Teyvat's Disaster Preparedness Guide, a Genshin Impact fanfic. 6. Also writing: I Raised the Entire Zerg Eli has a boyfriend. His boyfriend is tall, handsome, gentle, and affectionate. He indulges him in everything and never speaks harshly to him. Until... His boyfriend kneels before him, bowing his head in submission and begging him to have children. He wants a perfectly normal, human, male person to have children. Eli's smile slowly disappears. He wants to kick his boyfriend to the curb and find someone else. But it turns out Eli isn't a man, or even human. His children have cold shells, grotesque mandibles, and sharp wings. The Ticarun Zerg, lost in the dust of time, welcome their destined king. He will follow fate back to the Zerg's place of origin and give birth to their earliest glory. The revived Ticarun Zerg conquer every corner of the universe, surrounding their king at its very center. Awake in the middle of the night in the royal tent, Eli can't stop wondering: Does Erwin love him, or is he simply submitting to him? Erwin refuses to answer, spreading his wings to draw His Majesty into their embrace. P.S. This story has unusual kinks. There are too many potential triggers to list them all. I'm done trying. There is a male mommy. A little bit of Lovecraftian horror, enough to lower your sanity (really, just a little!). And finally, no pants, pants flying away! Theme: Embrace differences and build a new world together.