Every Day, I Work Hard to Be a Spy

Xie Shi'an is an undercover agent. His mission is to get close to the Imperial Crown Prince and steal classified information.

To carry out the mission, Xie Shi'an goes to the Empire's capital planet, infiltrates an aristocratic academy, and becomes the Crown Prince's classmate.

The school just has a few too many rules. Everyone has to wear formal uniforms and gloves, and high-collared shirts squeeze so tight he can barely breathe.

No matter. Those are small problems. The most important thing is to get close to the Crown Prince.

Xie Shi'an works hard every day to get near his target:

At afternoon tea, he secretly records the Crown Prince's likes and dislikes.

At banquets, he sneaks away the Crown Prince's used tableware.

But the Crown Prince remains aloof and hard to approach.

Xie Shi'an: This is a tough mission.

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The love interest's perspective:

As one of the academy's top students, the Crown Prince finds the new transfer student a little strange.

The school rules state that everyone must wear gloves.

But the transfer student always takes his gloves off and deliberately makes physical contact with him.

The transfer student also keeps sneaking glances at him, filling a diary with his name, and secretly collecting the teacups and tableware he has used.

The transfer student's behavior is very suspicious.

The Crown Prince thinks: He's suspicious.

After thinking it over, the Crown Prince decides: He must have a crush on me.

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Later, Xie Shi'an reports to the organization.

Xie Shi'an: The Crown Prince is starting to suspect my identity. He asked if I was deliberately getting close to him.

Organization: Find a way to keep him calm!

Xie Shi'an: Understood. I'll tell the Crown Prince I'm getting close to him because I want to become his Crown Princess.

Later, the organization goes to war with the Empire, and Xie Shi'an contacts them.

Xie Shi'an: Do I still have to stay undercover? If you don't send someone soon, I'm going to become the Crown Princess.

Organization: Hang in there a little longer! We're about to defeat the Empire!

Later still, Xie Shi'an, now the Crown Princess, asks the organization for help.

Xie Shi'an: When are you sending someone to get me? The Crown Prince is about to ascend the throne, and I'm going to become Empress of the Empire!

Organization: Sorry, we lost the war. We'll have to leave you in the Empire to get married.

Xie Shi'an: ?

[Reader's Notes]

A sweet, everyday romance, both are each other's first love

The protagonist is an undercover agent and will put the mission first

The love interest has a secret identity, and it's a very substantial one. It won't be revealed until near the end

The protagonist has only platonic friendships with the other supporting characters

The cover was commissioned by the protagonist. The snake in the water is the love interest's true form

Coming soon: Custody Battle for the Little One

Premise:

A five-year-old child arrives in another world and becomes an egg.

After finally hatching, the little one discovers they've been born among the dragonkind.

The dragonkind respect strength above all, and the little one is terribly weak.

They have no strong body, no wings that block out the sky, and hatch in human form, unable to transform into a dragon.

Among the whole nest of eggs, the little one is the weakest.

The other dragon hatchlings are all strong. Within three days of hatching, they learn to hunt, eat raw meat, and sleep in caves.

But a month after hatching, the little one still hasn't learned to hunt and can't even lift a weapon.

The little one can't get used to eating raw meat or sleeping in a cave, and every day on Dragon Island is spent hungry and poorly dressed.

So the little one goes to complain to their parents.

Little one: I don't think my life is supposed to be like this.

Parent: ?

Little one: I should be sleeping in a soft, roomy bed made of feathers, and even my drinking water should be morning dew.

Parent: ? Our dragonkind has no spoiled brats.

The weak little one can't hunt, and even staying alive is especially difficult.

To feed the pampered little one, the dragon parents finally learn to cook the meat, and even make the most luxurious bed out of gold coins for the little one to sleep on.

But even then, the little one still can't get used to sleeping on it.

Lying on the bed of gold coins, the little one silently rolls over.

The bed is so hard. I can't sleep well.

*

The Star Beasts are the most mysterious alien race in the galaxy.

They are powerful and cold.

But they have great difficulty producing offspring, and no new hatchlings have been born for hundreds of years.

Star Beast hatchlings are fragile and prone to dying young, so they need careful nurturing.

But now their inheritance has been lost, and their race no longer has any hatchlings.

The Star Beasts gradually fall into slumber in the depths of the universe, taking no part in the conflicts of the outside world.

Until one day, a hatchling's voice appears in the minds of all the sleeping Star Beasts:

[I'm so hungry. I want something to eat...]

[I want to sleep in a bed...]

Only then do the Star Beasts realize that one of their hatchlings has been left behind in the outside world.

But now, the hatchling is being bullied.

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Later, the Star Beasts go to war with the dragonkind.

To fight for custody of the little one.

Theme: The distance between two sincere hearts