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Next up: The Protagonists I Courted All Turned Dark

[Elite academy romance, scheming bad-boy beauty bottom x top]

Alice Academy is renowned as a bastion of high society. Its students are all rich or influential...

All except He Deng.

He Deng is an orphan from the slums. By a twist of fate, he receives an invitation to Alice Academy and becomes one of its newest students.

But life here is hardly any better than the filthy, stinking slums. With no power or connections, He Deng is reduced to the lowest class of “livestock” at the academy. After offending a certain noble young lady, he finds himself bullied at every turn.

This can’t go on, He Deng thinks.

After someone dumps another bucket of cold water over him, he slips, soaked to the skin, into what seems to be an abandoned lounge. As he trembles and takes off his uniform, kneeling on the floor in nothing but his pale skin...

The door opens.

*

The “crown prince,” newly returned from abroad, has fallen in love.

The news quickly sweeps through the academy, breaking hearts and stirring curiosity. Everyone starts asking who the lucky person is.

After being questioned time and again, one of the crown prince’s close friends finally lets slip a few clues:

“He’s beautiful, and so pure.”

He isn’t a rose raised in a greenhouse. He shines like a comet.

*

But no one knows that the “crown princess,” rumored to be the very picture of purity, will not only knock on the door on the night the crown prince takes power, dressed in a special outfit, and say with a lovely arch of his brows, “I’m your present.”

When the crown prince is about to graduate, he’ll also whisper sweet nothings to one person while looking past their shoulder and meeting the eyes of the next new “crown prince.”

How do I get a new boyfriend?

*

The world passes down tales of love. I am a beautiful legend.

P.S. 1. This is seriously, seriously, seriously cheesy. I’m dying of embarrassment. T_T

2. The love interest is the strongest one. I’m firmly sticking to the one-on-one romance route, and both are inexperienced.

3. This is my take on a campus romance. I went to school, so the school I’m writing about is nothing like the one I went to.

4. The protagonist is absolutely irresistible to everyone, men and women alike.

5. There will be cheesy descriptions of his looks (lights cigarette).

6. I’m a hardcore protagonist fan.

7. The blurb may differ somewhat from the actual story, so please read with caution! The only thing I can guarantee is that it’s cheesy.

8. Both the top and bottom are adults.

9. This is so cheesy, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

One more plug for my upcoming novel!

The Protagonists I Courted All Turned Dark

Irresistible bottom x top

Zhen Yi transmigrates.

When he wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated into a badly written fantasy game he once played. Like other transmigrators, he has a System, but there’s one thing that sets his apart: it’s incredibly...

Glitchy.

*

The ring-shaped System tells Zhen Yi: “You must win over the people in this game with the greatest potential to become protagonists and awaken their love and sense of justice. Once we give this unfinished game a satisfying ending, we can grant you one wish.”

Sure, sure. Love and a sense of justice? How hard can that be?

Let’s start with love.

*

Once Zhen Yi agrees, the System gives him the first clue about the first person: “He’s very close to you...”

A Saint beloved by the masses of the Church, Zhen Yi looks around and spots the guard assigned to protect him at close range. He starts making advances.

By the time the flustered, innocent guard he’s been flirting with is too red-faced to look him in the eye, the System, which has been frozen this whole time, finally finishes its sentence: “...and has golden hair like the sun.”

Zhen Yi glances at the silver-haired man in front of him, then turns and sees another personal guard standing behind him, watching him with jealous eyes.

That one is blond.

*

And it’s not just the first one. When Zhen Yi goes looking for other potential protagonists, the System keeps freezing up.

“He’s very intelligent...”

Zhen Yi approaches the Dwarf chief and maxes out his favorability. Then the System adds: “...and cold and abstinent.”

Zhen Yi: “...”

It’s the Elven king he’s already toyed with.

*

“He is light...”

Zhen Yi approaches the God of Light. After the god descends from his altar for him, the electronic voice of the System finally chimes in: “...’s opposite.”

Zhen Yi, held tightly in someone’s arms as they whisper words of love: “...?”

*

What do I do when everyone I’ve courted turns dark?

The world is drunk with longing for the reflection I cast upon the shattered waters.

P.S. 1. The bottom is an ultimate playboy with the temperament of a very spoiled young lady, but he won’t be put through misery.

2. The bottom is gorgeous and ridiculously charming, the most beautiful person in the world.

3. The top is split into many pieces, a lot of pieces. There may be more than twenty, and they’ll all turn dark.

4. The tops get jealous and possessive, and they’ll fight over him. If that bothers you, don’t read.

5. More to come.

Theme: There will be a time when we ride the wind and cleave the waves.