Forced to Become the Darling Mermaid of the Entire Galaxy

[Main story complete, ready to read] In the interstellar era, humanity has evolved, and everyone awakens their beastfolk genes before turning eighteen. But Shen Zhi is an exception. He doesn’t awaken his beastfolk genes until he’s twenty, when he suddenly sprouts a beautiful mermaid tail. Yes, Shen Zhi has the honor of being the only mermaid in the entire universe. To keep himself from being taken to the Academy of Sciences and bled for research, he secretly hides his evolved genes and heads into the entertainment industry with a little bundle of belongings to earn money. He wants to buy a mansion! The kind with a luxurious swimming pool where he can soak his tail! Shen Zhi does a good job of hiding his tail, and his father does a good job of hiding his origins. It isn’t until Shen Zhi is stopped at his film set by his uncle, cousins, and maternal grandparents that he learns his father is a wealthy young master who ran away while pregnant. Shen Zhi: Shocked.JPG Looking at his uncle and the others, who hold the empire’s economy in their hands, Shen Zhi falls into deep thought. But he doesn’t have long to ponder before the Imperial Palace’s butler shows up, tears in his eyes, and calls him the little prince. Shen Zhi: Shocked again.JPG Is there anything more surprising than suddenly discovering that your father is the youngest son of the richest man in the empire? There is: finding out that your father is the empire’s most esteemed ruler. Not long after entering the entertainment industry, Shen Zhi catches people’s attention thanks to his striking looks and lands a spot on a variety show. But while he’s gaining fans, he also attracts plenty of haters. Seeing Shen Zhi display aristocratic etiquette on the show, his haters say he must have learned it on purpose to climb the social ladder. Not long after, the official royal account announces Shen Zhi’s identity. Federation netizens then seize on the fact that Shen Zhi hasn’t revealed his beastfolk genes, viciously attacking the Imperial Prince and claiming his beastfolk genes must be ugly and useless. But during a livestreamed variety show, Shen Zhi accidentally gets seawater on himself, and his enormous tail appears with a sudden slap in front of countless viewers. The entire internet erupts, and the livestreaming site crashes under the traffic. The topic #Shen Zhi Is a Mermaid!# shoots to the top of the trending charts in just a few minutes. Everyone: Holy crap!!! Check out my upcoming novel, the first one in my author page, TVT~ The Only One in the Universe with Two Spirit Beasts Eighteen-year-old Ming Jiang has exquisite, striking features, but he has lived alone in a refugee district in a remote star system since childhood. Being good-looking isn’t a good thing there. Fortunately, Ming Jiang’s spirit beast is a rare plant type. Thanks to that, he manages to scrape through the entrance exams to the Imperial Military Academy before turning eighteen and leave the chaotic refugee district behind. The military academy believes in fairness, so dorm assignments are made randomly by terminal. On Ming Jiang’s first day, he opens the dorm door and comes face-to-face with the vicious glare of the empire’s second prince, notorious for his short temper and love of fighting. Ming Jiang has two secrets. 1. He has more than one spirit beast. 2. He once rescued a man whose aircraft had crashed. Later, he sees him again at the head of the audience during a lecture by the marshal, a decorated war hero invited by the academy. While studying at the military academy, Ming Jiang worries about two things: getting the second prince to calm down, and hiding his second spirit beast, which is always itching to come out. Then, at the grand military academy tournament six months after enrollment, Ming Jiang’s second spirit beast breaks free of its restraints and, in front of everyone, forms a psychic resonance with the ruler of the Vigson Empire, the kind of bond only relatives can share. In interstellar year 20222, news that the rulers of the Lotes Empire and the Vigson Empire had fallen in love sent shockwaves across the universe. The two had three princes together, but their loving relationship abruptly ended after their third child disappeared. The ruler of the Vigson Empire left Lotes with his eldest son, and relations between the two empires turned hostile. And it all came to an end at a military academy tournament. Theme: Striving at life and work, and working hard to buy a mansion