Reclaiming My Family's Treasure Map

A practice piece with extremely, extremely niche tags. If you're really bored, feel free to give it a try, but don't get your hopes up too high.

[Reader's Guide]

Cuisine: Western fantasy

Subgenre: A world inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire

Flavor: No romance

Serving utensils: Redemption and love

[The Serious Blurb]

Buto is the lord of the merfolk in his stretch of sea.

His mother, the previous lord, drew a treasure map.

But she died in the Western Continent before she could finish it.

Buto struggled to accept reality, then followed in his mother's footsteps and made his way to the Western Continent.

She came to draw a map. He came to take revenge.

And, of course, he also had to get his family's treasure map back.

So later, a passage like this was added to The Merchant's Handbook:

"If you encounter a mermaid while out at sea..."

"First, think back: have you ever wronged him, his family, or his people?"

"If you have, apologize immediately and beg for your life."

"If you haven't, congratulations! You've just landed a great business deal."

[How to Enjoy This Meal]

1. Different opinions are welcome. Feel free to discuss the flavor of this dish and what you'd like to try next in the comments.

2. No bringing your own ginseng or rooster. The chef works hard, so don't make things difficult for them.

3. The first course plants clues, and the later courses resolve them. By the end of each dish, you'll see that the chef has told a complete story.

4. Enjoy, and come back if you like it.

The next story I'll write is Becoming an Animal Delivery Driver.

If you're interested, feel free to bookmark it!

[Blurb]

While helping a friend deliver takeout one day, Qian Chengzhou happened to get into an accident.

When he woke up, he found himself bound to a System.

System: "Hello, Mr. Qian. Welcome to the animal world. We're currently short a delivery driver. You seemed good at it, so I took the liberty of bringing you on board."

Qian Chengzhou: "???"

System: "Now that everyone's here, the animal world experiment officially begins."

Forced to do so, Qian Chengzhou began his work as an animal delivery driver.

The System had him deliver ice cubes to a polar bear, emergency contraceptive pills to an African lion, dental floss to a great white shark...

Qian Chengzhou: "...I feel like I'm the dental floss here."

System: "The conditions for this dental floss delivery mission are extremely hazardous. After requesting authorization, you have been granted three days of rest upon completing it."

Three days later, Qian Chengzhou's access level was upgraded, and he began delivering pressurized water cannons, drones, and more...

(Added 2022/09/04)

Theme: Cherish freedom