Rules for Spoiling Little Ones

As Lan Yi neared retirement, he received one final assignment from the System Administration Bureau. Battle-hardened and full of confidence, he opened the mission card: [Please solve the shortage of offspring among the dragonfolk, merfolk, vampires, and elves. They are violent, cold, bloodthirsty, and arrogant, and they will not accept any forced pairings.] Lan Yi: No problem. Am I the head of the prenatal care office this time, or a member of the mobilization team? System: [You're the offspring.] Lan Yi: ...?o? System: [We'll also give you the rare skill "Offspring Aura." Your task is to survive the battlefield of doting admirers and complete your offspring missions, while making sure your monstrous parents don't steal you in the middle of the night. Each species' mission lasts ten years.] [Warning: All the species listed above live in the same world. Protect your secret identity at all costs.] Lan Yi: Ten years? So I just charm them and run? Thinking.jpg - After six hundred years, the dragonfolk finally welcomed their dragon hatchling. Their new baby was frail, timid, and beautiful, and always clung to their tails, begging for meat. It was nothing like an evil dragon, but that didn't stop the whole clan from showering it with food and love, until the high priest told them: this hatchling only has ten years to live... - Much later, after completing his perilous offspring missions, Lan Yi retired in triumph. But through a series of twists and turns, four top-tier species ended up living in the same area. Turn left out the door and there's Dragon Daddy, turn right and there's Fish Daddy. Take two steps and you're in vampire territory; step back twice and you're in the elven capital. His multiple secret identities are on the verge of being exposed. Lan Yi: I might as well die. Even the System panicked: [Wait! There's one more big problem! They're devastated by your "short lifespan," so they prepared four husbands-to-be to bring you good fortune. Since you faked your death, they're all mourning you as widowers.] Lan Yi: What?! Can this even be broadcast?! Warning: Adorable little dragons, fish, and ghouls / possessive-dad battlefield / freewheeling child-rearing story *Modern setting, not futuristic or Western fantasy. Detailed worldbuilding appears in the story. Theme: Protecting offspring is essential to the survival of a species.